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Staying fit<br />

Business on the Move luncheon highlights ways to improve<br />

fitness while at work, Page 4<br />

Making a splash on safety<br />

D210 officials limit public access to school’s track,<br />

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Elizabeth Morris speaks out March 5 during a special<br />

Village meeting regarding the proposed regional<br />

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2 | March 15, 2018 | The New Lenox Patriot calendar<br />

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Police Reports................. 6<br />

Pet of the Week.............11<br />

Standout Student...........14<br />

Sound Off.....................17<br />

Poetry Corner................21<br />

Puzzles..........................28<br />

Home of the Week.........31<br />

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FRIDAY<br />

Basic Self-Defense for<br />

Women<br />

7:30-9:30 p.m. March 16,<br />

Jung’s Champion Taekwondo,<br />

2433 Joliet Highway,<br />

New Lenox. New Lenox<br />

Police is proud to sponsor<br />

a basic self-defense class<br />

for women with Master<br />

Jung from Jung’s Champion<br />

Taekwondo. Lean how to<br />

protect yourself at this free<br />

event. Class size is limited,<br />

with New Lenox residents<br />

given preference. Must be<br />

18 years or older to register.<br />

To register, email mbell@<br />

newlenox.net.<br />

SATURDAY<br />

Bunny Breakfast<br />

7:30-11:30 a.m. March<br />

17, Lincoln-Way Central<br />

Cafeteria, 1801 E. Lincoln<br />

Highway, New Lenox. Cost<br />

is $6 and tickets will be sold<br />

by Lincoln-Way Music Students<br />

at the door. There will<br />

be breakfast items, games,<br />

face painting, an Easter egg<br />

hunt and, of course, The<br />

Easter Bunny! For more information,<br />

email Linda at<br />

marsrl@sbcglobal.net.<br />

ArtWorks 2018 Festival<br />

10 a.m.-3 March 17, Lincoln-Way<br />

East High School,<br />

201 Colorado Ave., Frankfort.<br />

Students from 32 area<br />

schools, including all three<br />

Lincoln-Way High Schools,<br />

will exhibit their musical<br />

and visual art talents at<br />

“ArtWorks 2018,” a fine arts<br />

festival sponsored by Lincoln-Way<br />

Community High<br />

School District 210. Spend<br />

the day listening to a variety<br />

of musical groups, looking<br />

at art exhibits and demonstrations,<br />

and participating<br />

in hands-on art activities for<br />

all ages. Admission is free.<br />

SUNDAY<br />

Pancake Breakfast<br />

7:30 a.m.-noon March<br />

18, New Lenox VFW Post<br />

9545, 323 Old Hickory<br />

Road, New Lenox. Join<br />

Boy Scout Troop 49 for a<br />

pancake breakfast with pancakes,<br />

sausage and eggs as<br />

well as a bake sale and raffle<br />

table. Cost is $6 for ages 12<br />

and older, $5 for seniors and<br />

children 6 and younger eat<br />

free. All proceeds benefit<br />

Troop 49 scouts.<br />

MONDAY<br />

Committee of the Whole<br />

7 p.m. March 19, Village<br />

Hall, 1 Veterans Parkway, New<br />

Lenox. The New Lenox Village<br />

Board meets the second and<br />

fourth Monday of each month.<br />

The third meeting of the month<br />

is the Committee of the Whole<br />

Meeting. Meetings are open<br />

to the public and all citizens<br />

are invited to attend. For more<br />

information, visit www.new<br />

lenox.net.<br />

TUESDAY<br />

Plan Commission Meeting<br />

7 p.m. March 20, Village<br />

Hall, 1 Veterans Parkway,<br />

New Lenox. The Plan<br />

Commission/Zoning Board<br />

of Appeals meets the first<br />

and third Tuesday of each<br />

month. For more information,<br />

visit ww.newlenox.net.<br />

Wednesday<br />

Park District Meeting<br />

6 p.m. March 21, Village<br />

Hall, 1 Veterans Parkway,<br />

New Lenox. The Park District<br />

meets the third Wednesday<br />

of each month. For more<br />

information, visit www.newlenox.net.<br />

UPCOMING<br />

Village Board Meeting<br />

7 p.m. Monday, March<br />

26, Village Hall, 1 Veterans<br />

Parkway, New Lenox. The<br />

New Lenox Village Board<br />

meets the second and fourth<br />

Monday of each month.<br />

Meetings are open to the<br />

public and all citizens are<br />

invited to attend. For more<br />

information, visit www.new<br />

lenox.net.<br />

Matter of Balance<br />

9:30-11:30 a.m. Mondays,<br />

beginning April 2, New<br />

Lenox Village Hall, 1 Veterans<br />

Parkway, New Lenox.<br />

This class will be held in<br />

the Community Room on<br />

the lower level and will run<br />

through May 21. This class<br />

is designed for older adults<br />

with a fear of falling. A Matter<br />

of Balance is designed<br />

to reduce the fear of falling<br />

and increase activity levels<br />

among older adults. Participants<br />

learn to set realistic<br />

goals to increase activity,<br />

change their environment to<br />

reduce fall risk factors, and<br />

learn simple exercises to increase<br />

strength and balance.<br />

For more information and<br />

registration, call (815) 462-<br />

6493.<br />

Canine Health Clinic<br />

9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Tuesday,<br />

April 10, Francis Field<br />

Youth Foundation Building,<br />

801 E. Francis Road, New<br />

Lenox. Heartworm testing<br />

($25), Bordatella ($20),<br />

Distemper/Parvo/Lepto<br />

($20), 1 year Rabies ($15),<br />

3 year Rabies ($30), Microchip<br />

($25), and nail trims<br />

($10) will be available during<br />

this canine health clinic.<br />

Appointment required. For<br />

more information and to<br />

make an appointment, call<br />

(708) 805-8415 or email<br />

goldenhse@aol.com.<br />

Health and Safety Expo<br />

5-7 p.m. Thursday, April<br />

19, Lincoln-Way West High<br />

School performing arts center,<br />

21701 S. Gougar Road,<br />

New Lenox. Visit approximately<br />

50 organizations that<br />

will provide information related<br />

to health, safety, fitness,<br />

preparedness and emergency<br />

response. Pick up literatures<br />

and giveaways and speak to<br />

the experts to find out what’s<br />

new. For more information,<br />

call (815) 462-6493 or email<br />

dmartin@newlenox.net.<br />

Stay afterward for a free severe<br />

weather spotter training<br />

session from 7-8:30 p.m.<br />

Severe Weather<br />

Spotter Training<br />

7-8:30 p.m. Thursday,<br />

April 19, Lincoln-Way West<br />

High School performing arts<br />

center, 21701 S. Gougar<br />

Road, New Lenox. Weather<br />

spotter training gives people<br />

basics on what to look<br />

for during severe weather<br />

season; defines advisories,<br />

watches and warnings; describes<br />

basic characteristics<br />

of storms that have the potential<br />

of tornado activity;<br />

and how and where weather<br />

spotters can report information<br />

from the safety of their<br />

homes. The training is free<br />

of charge and is appropriate<br />

for anyone interested in<br />

learning more about severe<br />

weather. Registration is requested<br />

at www.new-lenoxspotter-class.eventbrite.com.<br />

Come early for a free health<br />

and safety expo from 5-7<br />

p.m..<br />

ONGOING<br />

Summer Theatre Program<br />

Registration is now open<br />

for Curtain Call Theatre’s<br />

Summer Theatre Program.<br />

The four week camps will<br />

begin in July. The Emily<br />

McCabe Musical Theatre<br />

Program is now in its<br />

16th year. Grades K-3 will<br />

perform “Bugs!” and grades<br />

4-8 will perform “Singin’<br />

in the Rain Jr.” Both camps<br />

will begin June 11 and will<br />

be held at St. Mary School,<br />

11409 195th St., Mokena.<br />

Grades K-3 will meet<br />

Monday-Thursday for four<br />

weeks. Their performance<br />

will be on July 5 at Lincoln-<br />

Way Central. Grades 4-8<br />

will meet Monday-Thursday<br />

(Monday-Friday the first<br />

week) for five weeks. Each<br />

camp has both a morning<br />

and afternoon session. Cost<br />

is $295 for grades K-3 and<br />

$395 for grades 4-8. To register,<br />

visit ccctheatre.com<br />

and click on the “Children’s<br />

Program” tab.<br />

Cops Care Food Drive<br />

Ongoing though March<br />

23. Food donations can<br />

be dropped off at the New<br />

Lenox Village Hall, 1 Veterans<br />

Parkway, New Lenox<br />

or the New Lenox Police<br />

Department, 200 Veterans<br />

Parkway, New Lenox. With<br />

the active participation of<br />

New Lenox School District<br />

122, the department will be<br />

leading an effort to impress<br />

upon the youth of our village<br />

the value of service to<br />

community. This challenge<br />

will not only help fill the local<br />

food pantries but raise<br />

the consciousness of our<br />

children. For more information,<br />

contact Sgt. Mike<br />

Jurka at (815) 462-6100.<br />

Lincoln-Way Half Marathon<br />

Registration is open for<br />

the 2nd Annual Lincoln-<br />

Way Half Marathon. Race<br />

will be at 7 a.m. Sunday,<br />

April 22 and will begin at<br />

Breidert Green, 123 Kansas<br />

St., Frankfort. After<br />

2.7 miles of running on<br />

the scenic, tree-lined Old<br />

Plank Trail, runners will<br />

turn off into the Hickory<br />

Creek Forest Preserve.<br />

The rolling hills of the forest<br />

preserve will provide<br />

a picturesque tour as they<br />

reach the halfway and turnaround<br />

point in the race.<br />

Current registration cost is<br />

$70. Volunteers are being<br />

sought for the race as well.<br />

For volunteer sign-up and<br />

race registration, visit lincol<br />

nwayhalfmarathon.com.<br />

To submit an item to the printed<br />

calendar, contact Assistant<br />

Editor Amanda Stoll at (708)<br />

326-9170 ext. 34, or email<br />

a.stoll@22ndcenturymedia.<br />

com. Deadline is noon<br />

Thursdays one week prior to<br />

publication.


newlenoxpatriot.com news<br />

the New Lenox Patriot | March 15, 2018 | 3<br />

Village sees land near Silver Cross as alternative for wastewater plant<br />

Megann Horstead<br />

Freelance Reporter<br />

The Village of New Lenox<br />

is eyeing some property near<br />

Silver Cross Hospital to<br />

serve as the site of its proposed<br />

regional wastewater<br />

treatment plant.<br />

At a March 5 special meeting,<br />

New Lenox officials,<br />

joined by representatives<br />

from Strand Associates,<br />

were tasked with presenting<br />

the findings of their search<br />

and review of land.<br />

The proposed wastewater<br />

treatment plant site has been<br />

a source of contention at public<br />

meetings in recent weeks<br />

in part because the Village is<br />

eyeing an approximate 80-<br />

acre property off of Delaney<br />

Road. Plans for the project,<br />

which consisted of expanding<br />

the Jackson Branch plant,<br />

had been on the books for<br />

more than 20 years.<br />

The Village presented information<br />

on a third viable<br />

option, in addition to the two<br />

previously identified sites.<br />

New developments in the<br />

search for land show that<br />

the Village has come to an<br />

agreement in principle with<br />

an owner to obtain property<br />

near Silver Cross Hospital,<br />

which is located in proximity<br />

to New Lenox’s wastewater<br />

treatment plant No. 3.<br />

Many of those on hand<br />

for the special meeting applauded<br />

this option, in part,<br />

because the project is anticipated<br />

to be constructed farthest<br />

from the nearest home.<br />

“It has become now a viable<br />

option,” Mayor Tim<br />

Baldermann said.<br />

The price tag to construct<br />

a regional wastewater treatment<br />

plant, along with other<br />

associated costs for labor<br />

and conveyance, will vary,<br />

given the specifics regarding<br />

the site.<br />

The Village presented information<br />

of an expansion of<br />

LT Lee asks the panel about potential dangers of pollution<br />

from the project.<br />

the Jackson Branch plant’s<br />

footprint amounting to about<br />

$121 million. Another site<br />

off of Delaney Road has the<br />

project totaling to roughly<br />

$134 million. A third location<br />

near Silver Cross Hospital<br />

adds a price tag between<br />

$4 and $5 million more than<br />

the latter.<br />

Baldermann said the Village<br />

had found out within<br />

hours of its special meeting<br />

that a due diligence agreement<br />

could be struck for the<br />

latter at a cost of approximately<br />

$1.5-1.75 million.<br />

New Lenox will require<br />

approximately 20 to 30 acres<br />

to expand wastewater treatment<br />

plant No. 3.<br />

If the Village proceeds with<br />

the land sale, the impact will<br />

be reflected in changes to<br />

New Lenox’s home-rule sales<br />

tax and water and sewer fees.<br />

Daniel “D.J.” Moran, a<br />

doctor for Silver Cross Hospital,<br />

was one of dozens on<br />

hand that took time to make<br />

a public comment.<br />

“I am concerned for the<br />

citizens of New Lenox,” he<br />

said. “We know about respiratory<br />

infections, [and] we<br />

know about airborne pathogens,<br />

so the fact that you’re<br />

thinking about other sites<br />

where it might not have such<br />

a negative impact on the residents,<br />

I really respect you<br />

for doing that.”<br />

Not everyone, however,<br />

was on board with the Village’s<br />

idea of expanding<br />

wastewater treatment plant<br />

No. 3.<br />

Bill Walter wants the Village<br />

Board to move forward<br />

with expanding the Jackson<br />

Branch plant and said the<br />

cost of water and sewer fees<br />

is already costly enough.<br />

Several people on hand<br />

for the special meeting wanted<br />

more specifics on how the<br />

project would impact them<br />

financially.<br />

“Not everything is dollars<br />

and cents, and we realize<br />

that,” Baldermann said.<br />

Baldermann acknowledged<br />

that the Village Board<br />

has a fiduciary responsibility<br />

to put taxpayer dollars<br />

to proper use and said if the<br />

community is agreeable, officials<br />

will vote in kind.<br />

Not everyone on hand<br />

for the special meeting was<br />

satisfied by the Village’s response<br />

to the community’s<br />

concerns. Consider Elizabeth<br />

Morris, a resident of the<br />

Waters Edge subdivision.<br />

“I wish we would’ve<br />

had this [special meeting]<br />

months ago, otherwise we<br />

may not be here tonight,”<br />

she said.<br />

Mayor Tim Baldermann hosted a special meeting March 5 at Lincoln-Way West High School<br />

to discuss alternative options after a site proposed off of Delaney Road received negative<br />

feedback from residents from that area. Photos by Geoff Stellfox/22nd Century Media<br />

Baldermann tried to lessen<br />

the concern and said it’s important<br />

to note that the Village<br />

didn’t have an agreement<br />

in principle for the site<br />

near Silver Cross Hospital<br />

months ago.<br />

Morris called into question<br />

the Village Board’s<br />

backbone to pressure the<br />

mayor may exert over how<br />

they choose to vote.<br />

“I was hoping that [project]<br />

was not going to be influenced<br />

by the deal that you made<br />

with them,” she said, referring<br />

to Baldermann’s mayoral<br />

campaign fund.<br />

According to campaign<br />

contribution details, one<br />

of Baldermann’s donors is<br />

Hartz, the landowner off of<br />

Delaney Road in which the<br />

Village has secured a $1.9<br />

million due diligence agreement.<br />

The Village has taken<br />

action in recent weeks to<br />

complete its work with respect<br />

to surveying the property.<br />

Trustee David Smith<br />

sought to dispel the idea that<br />

Baldermann could sway the<br />

Local Girl Scout Amanda Widstrand asks a question during<br />

public comment.<br />

way the Village Board votes.<br />

“I’ll be voting on this,” he<br />

said. “I do not have a fundraiser.<br />

I do not raise funds. I<br />

spend my own money. I will<br />

be voting on this. … Tim is<br />

really only one vote.”<br />

Baldermann said if the<br />

Village weren’t serious<br />

about pursuing the site near<br />

Silver Cross Hospital, they<br />

would not go to this length,<br />

if that were the case.<br />

The Village intends to<br />

seek a 60-day extension with<br />

regard to the due diligence<br />

deal with Hartz Homes, enabling<br />

the time needed to<br />

construct a similar agreement<br />

for the property near<br />

Silver Cross Hospital.<br />

Baldermann said this contract<br />

will be presented to officials<br />

at their second regular<br />

meeting this month.<br />

The Village Board continued<br />

discussions of the regional<br />

wastewater treatment<br />

plant at its March 12 regular<br />

meeting.


4 | March 15, 2018 | The New Lenox Patriot News<br />

newlenoxpatriot.com<br />

Keeping the physique while at the workplace<br />

Chamber luncheon<br />

teaches ergonomics,<br />

stretching at work<br />

Amanda Stoll, Assistant Editor<br />

It has been said that sitting<br />

is the new smoking, and<br />

while that comparison is up<br />

for debate the notion that the<br />

majority of people sit too<br />

much is not.<br />

“People are meant to<br />

move,” said Dr. Scott J.<br />

Kenny, a chiropractic physician<br />

and co-owner at the Integrated<br />

Physical Medicine<br />

New Lenox office.<br />

During the Get Fit While<br />

You Sit presentation on<br />

March 6 at the New Lenox<br />

Public Library, which was<br />

sponsored by the New Lenox<br />

Chamber of Commerce, he<br />

talked to local business owners<br />

about the importance for<br />

both themselves and their<br />

employees to get up, move<br />

around and stretch during<br />

the work day.<br />

“Most humans sit way<br />

too much, and with said sitting<br />

too much can end up<br />

having other problems, like<br />

back pain and hip pain and<br />

neck pain and headaches and<br />

migraines and all the things<br />

that nobody wants,” he said<br />

before the presentation.<br />

“We live in a world that<br />

is technologically advanced<br />

and everything that we do<br />

is at a computer or a laptop<br />

or a cellphone in front of us.<br />

Dr. Scott J. Kenny, a chiropractor and co-owner at the Integrated Physical Medicine New Lenox office, spoke to business<br />

owners March 6 during the New Lenox Chamber of Commerce’s Business on the Move Luncheon about the importance<br />

of stretching and moving during the workday for office workers, as well as laborers. Photos by Amanda Stoll/22nd Century<br />

Media<br />

Over time that just brings<br />

in more chances of leaning<br />

forward and slouching and<br />

slumping and all the reasons<br />

people end up in my office.”<br />

Although he said he sees<br />

many patients who have<br />

had workplace injuries from<br />

heavy lifting and construction<br />

jobs, he said he sees<br />

just as many, if not more,<br />

that have injuries from office<br />

work.<br />

Those types of injuries often<br />

involve numbness or tingling<br />

in the hands and/or feet<br />

as well as neck pain, headaches<br />

and migraines. All of<br />

those things are preventable,<br />

according to Kenny, with<br />

proper ergonomic desk set<br />

up, stretched and periodic<br />

movement.<br />

Many of the stretches<br />

and movements he demonstrated<br />

in the presentation<br />

were things that people can<br />

do at their desk to decrease<br />

discomfort, pain and injuries<br />

but also not hamper productivity.<br />

For those who might feel<br />

uncomfortable doing some<br />

of the recommended stretches<br />

at their desk, Kenny said<br />

they simply need to get over<br />

it for their own health’s sake.<br />

“If they don’t make the<br />

changes that they need to<br />

they’re going to end up with<br />

other problems and spend<br />

way too much money on<br />

doctors and spend way too<br />

much money on medication<br />

and technically end up being<br />

less productive at work<br />

because they call in sick<br />

because they have a headache,”<br />

he said.<br />

Emily Johnson, CEO of<br />

the New Lenox Chamber of<br />

Commerce, said the business<br />

on the move topic was<br />

something she though could<br />

resonate with just about<br />

anyone for themselves or<br />

their employees — including<br />

herself.<br />

“I sit most of my day in<br />

the chamber office, so I think<br />

it’s something that rings true<br />

with a lot of our business<br />

owners,” Johnson said. “A<br />

lot of us in our professions<br />

find ourselves sitting, and<br />

when you spend the majority<br />

of your day seated, you’re<br />

not giving your body what<br />

it needs to be in [its] best<br />

health.”<br />

She said it is good to see<br />

companies putting an emphasis<br />

on their employees’<br />

Kenny demonstrates the proper form someone should use when squatting to pick<br />

something up. He said it’s possible for someone to injure their back even when picking up<br />

something as small as a pen or a cellphone if done incorrectly.<br />

health, which not only increases<br />

productivity and reduces<br />

sick days and workers<br />

compensation claims but in<br />

the end could increase business<br />

profits, as well.<br />

“I think in today’s corporate<br />

society, too, that businesses<br />

are really focused<br />

on the health and wellness<br />

of their employees, and if<br />

they’re not they should be<br />

because that’s where you’re<br />

making your money and<br />

that’s where you’re — in<br />

turn as a business owner<br />

— where your livelihood is<br />

coming from.


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the New Lenox Patriot | March 15, 2018 | 5<br />

Brewing beer and doing good for the LWSRA<br />

Woggly Square<br />

Brewing raises<br />

funds, awareness for<br />

LWSRA and autism<br />

Amanda Stoll, Assistant Editor<br />

The mark of a good beer is<br />

obviously the taste, but what<br />

about for a beer that does<br />

good as well?<br />

Brothers John and Mark<br />

Newton fell in love with<br />

brewing after diving in headfirst<br />

to home brewing. They<br />

started with a few extract<br />

brewing kits and quickly<br />

moved on to more advanced<br />

full-grain brewing.<br />

“Since then we’ve been<br />

brewing pretty prolifically,<br />

I can say that for sure. Almost<br />

every weekend at first<br />

we were brewing,” said John<br />

Newton, who said they made<br />

“a lot of good ones and some<br />

stinkers.”<br />

Making beer, as is turns<br />

out, is as much of a learning<br />

process as any, but they<br />

didn’t give up and started to<br />

get a lot of good feedback<br />

from their taste testers.<br />

“Then we decided one Saturday<br />

to try to make our own<br />

recipe. We played around and<br />

looked at other recipes and<br />

came up with something we<br />

called Simcoe Kid, which is<br />

a single-hop IPA with mosaic<br />

[hops],” said Mark Newton<br />

“...That ended up so good<br />

and we had such a good time<br />

that we’ve just been doing<br />

our own recipes ever since.”<br />

They entered a few contests,<br />

not expecting much since they<br />

were still so new to brewing,<br />

but surprised themselves<br />

by winning a few homebrew<br />

awards along the way.<br />

“We just started dreaming<br />

about what it would be like<br />

to do this for a living,” said<br />

Mark Newton.<br />

Most homebrewers never<br />

brew outside of the confines<br />

of their kitchens or garages,<br />

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

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

but the Newtons teamed<br />

up with their friends at 350<br />

Brewing Company in Tinley<br />

Park and brought their love<br />

of craft brews to a new level.<br />

The name Woggly Square<br />

comes from a saying that<br />

John Newton’s 12-year-old<br />

autistic son Matt has. Though<br />

they aren’t sure what it actually<br />

means, it means something<br />

to them.<br />

It’s a reminder of the challenges<br />

people with autism<br />

face and the inspiration behind<br />

their brewing company,<br />

which has an appropriate<br />

logo designed with puzzle<br />

pieces and hops.<br />

By contract brewing<br />

through 350 Brewing Co., the<br />

duo has been able to test out<br />

their recipes on a larger scale,<br />

serve them to customers and<br />

raise money for a cause close<br />

to their hearts.<br />

They recently brewed a<br />

special batch — which was<br />

funded by 350 Brewing and<br />

brewed by themselves —<br />

called Piece of Mind. The<br />

Northeasern-style American<br />

IPA was bottled and sold to<br />

benefit the Lincolnway Special<br />

Recreation Association<br />

and their upcoming project<br />

to create a sensory room for<br />

children with special needs.<br />

“The sensory room is just a<br />

room where our participants<br />

can go to if they’re having a<br />

rough day that they can go<br />

to to sort of relax and calm<br />

down [and] decompress if<br />

they’re having a tough day,”<br />

said Karen Reczek, marketing,<br />

fundraising and outreach<br />

coordinator with the LWS-<br />

RA.<br />

In all, Woggly Square and<br />

350 Brewing raised $6,092<br />

from beer sales and accompanying<br />

raffles, bringing<br />

the LWSRA closer to their<br />

$55,000 goal.<br />

Perhaps more important<br />

than their goal to raise money<br />

for various organizations<br />

involved in providing care,<br />

education and opportunities<br />

for those with autism is John<br />

and Mark Newton’s desire to<br />

bring awareness to the needs<br />

of autistic adults — many of<br />

whom have great difficulty<br />

finding employment after<br />

aging out of the school system.<br />

“We’re trying to find and<br />

create vocational opportunities<br />

for autistic adults when<br />

they age out, which is a concern<br />

that I have certainly,”<br />

John Newton said. “...When<br />

you age out of the school<br />

system a lot of the resources<br />

dry up, and that’s something<br />

that’s a major concern.”<br />

The nature of many brewing<br />

responsibilities are repetitive<br />

and structured, which<br />

he said could be a good fit<br />

for many individuals with<br />

autism. Though individuals<br />

vary widely on the spectrum,<br />

he and Mark believe it can be<br />

a step in the right direction to<br />

help business owners see autistic<br />

individuals as potential<br />

employees.<br />

John Newton said that<br />

even if the brewing concept<br />

doesn’t generate tons<br />

of money, if they can bring<br />

awareness and job growth for<br />

adults with autism he would<br />

be “thrilled.”<br />

“The goal is to break out<br />

on your own at some point,”<br />

(left to right) John, Mark and Scott Newton pose with beer<br />

bottles they went on to sell as a fundraiser for LWSRA.<br />

said John Newton. “The<br />

beautiful thing about doing<br />

it this way is you’re learning<br />

from guys who know the<br />

business well.”<br />

Todd Randall, owner of<br />

350 Brewing said he is happy<br />

to be a part to Woggly<br />

Square’s journey and will<br />

continue to support them<br />

until such a time as they are<br />

ready to open up their own<br />

place.<br />

“People are going to drink<br />

beer anyways, so part of it<br />

might as well be going to<br />

something positive,” said<br />

Randall, who was at the<br />

LWSRA with the Newtons to<br />

present the check.<br />

Although they have set the<br />

bar high for themselves, John<br />

and Mark said they have<br />

received an immense outpouring<br />

of support and have<br />

confidence they can make a<br />

different.<br />

“I really think that no one<br />

has ever achieved those types<br />

of goals on a whim or just<br />

stumbled upon them,” John<br />

Newton said. “You’ve got to<br />

have something that you’re<br />

going for.”<br />

To learn more about Woggly<br />

Square Brewing Company<br />

or 350 Brewing Company,<br />

visit www.wogglysquare.<br />

com or www.350brewing.<br />

com. To contribute to the<br />

LWSRA’s sensory room, visit<br />

www.lwsra.org/donate.<br />

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Police Reports<br />

Six reports of graffiti sprayed<br />

across town within three-day span<br />

There were six reports of<br />

vandalism by graffiti reported<br />

between Feb. 27-March<br />

2.<br />

Most recently, on March<br />

2, several business on the<br />

1000 block of Star Lane had<br />

graffiti spray-painted in the<br />

exterior of the buildings. In<br />

addition, a wall in a resident’s<br />

backyard on the 2200<br />

block of Wellington Court<br />

also had graffiti. Graffiti was<br />

also found at Martino Junior<br />

High’s exterior.<br />

On March 1, the interior<br />

walls of a women’s restroom<br />

was spray-painted in a<br />

building on the 100 block of<br />

Walona Avenue.<br />

On Feb. 27, Ross Dress<br />

for Less on the 400 block of<br />

East Lincoln Highway had<br />

its exterior spray-painted, as<br />

well as another building on<br />

the 1000 block of Star Lane.<br />

March 4<br />

• Roughly $260 worth of liquor<br />

reportedly was stolen<br />

from Walmart on the 500<br />

block of East Lincoln Highway.<br />

• Kelly R. Buben, 42, of<br />

620 Northgate Road in New<br />

Lenox, was charged with retail<br />

theft and contributing to the<br />

delinquency of a minor after<br />

he and two minors allegedly<br />

stole $260 worth of items from<br />

Walmart on the 500 block of<br />

East Lincoln Highway.<br />

March 3<br />

• Liam F. Gilhooly, 22, of<br />

19948 Red Oak Drive in<br />

Mokena, was charged with<br />

driving under the influence<br />

of alcohol when he was<br />

stopped on Lincoln Highway<br />

and Pine Street for allegedly<br />

speeding.<br />

March 2<br />

• An employee of a company<br />

on the 1100 block of South<br />

Cedar Road reportedly stole<br />

company tools after he was<br />

terminated.<br />

• A jacket reportedly was<br />

stolen from Route 66 Food<br />

& Fuel on the 2500 block of<br />

North Cedar Road.<br />

March 1<br />

• A New Lenox resident’s<br />

personal information reportedly<br />

was stolen and used to<br />

open a fraudulent account.<br />

Feb. 28<br />

• Sebastian L. Gates, 18, of<br />

412 Garnsey Ave. in Joliet,<br />

was charged with retail theft<br />

and possession of a controlled<br />

substance after he allegedly<br />

stole roughly $120<br />

worth of items at Walmart<br />

on the 500 block of East<br />

Lincoln Highway. In addition,<br />

the officer reportedly<br />

discovered that Gates was<br />

in possession of a controlled<br />

substance, which he did not<br />

have a prescription for.<br />

Feb. 27<br />

• A New Lenox resident’s<br />

personal information reportedly<br />

may have been stolen<br />

after the person applied for<br />

a job online, and the website<br />

was hacked.<br />

Feb. 26<br />

• A New Lenox resident’s<br />

credit card reportedly was<br />

lost, and it was revealed that<br />

an unknown person found<br />

it and made fraudulent purchases<br />

with it.<br />

EDITOR’S NOTE: The New<br />

Lenox Patriot’s Police Reports<br />

are compiled from official<br />

reports found online on the<br />

New Lenox Police Department’s<br />

website or releases<br />

issued by the department and<br />

other agencies. Anyone listed<br />

in these reports is considered to<br />

be innocent of all charges until<br />

proven guilty in a court of law.<br />

This St. Patrick’s Day, don’t<br />

rely on the luck of the Irish<br />

Submitted by the Will<br />

County Sheriff’s Office<br />

The Will County Sheriff’s<br />

Department announced Monday,<br />

March 12, it will conduct<br />

special patrols this St.<br />

Patrick’s Day to crack down<br />

on drunk drivers and encourage<br />

people to wear their seat<br />

belts.<br />

Widely celebrated across<br />

the country, St. Patrick’s<br />

Day is one of the deadliest<br />

holidays due to the number<br />

of drunk drivers on the road.<br />

Drunk driving kills more<br />

than 10,000 people each year<br />

in our country, and each of<br />

those deaths is preventable.<br />

“We’re urging our community’s<br />

residents and guests<br />

to plan ahead for St. Patrick’s<br />

Day celebrations,” said Sgt.<br />

Kyle Lakomiak. “If you’re<br />

going to drink, designate a<br />

sober driver before you go<br />

out. Remember: It’s not just<br />

about you. There are other<br />

people on the roads who want<br />

to get where they are going<br />

safely.”<br />

Designating a sober driver<br />

and not letting friends drive<br />

drunk are two easy ways to<br />

avoid a tragic crash or an arrest<br />

for drunk driving. Following<br />

are some additional tips.<br />

If hosting a St. Patrick’s<br />

Day party:<br />

• Remember, you can be<br />

held liable if someone you<br />

serve is involved in a drunk<br />

driving crash.<br />

• Make sure your guests<br />

designate a sober driver in<br />

advance or help arrange ridesharing<br />

with sober drivers.<br />

• Serve plenty of food and<br />

non-alcoholic beverages.<br />

• Keep phone numbers for<br />

local cab companies or your<br />

favorite ride-sharing app<br />

handy and take keys away<br />

from anyone who is thinking<br />

of driving drunk.<br />

Those who are going out<br />

for St. Patrick’s Day:<br />

• Designate a sober driver<br />

ahead of time and give that<br />

person your car keys.<br />

• If you don’t have a designated<br />

driver, call a cab, use<br />

ride-sharing, have a sober<br />

friend or family member pick<br />

you up or stay where you are<br />

and sleep it off.<br />

• Never let a friend leave<br />

your sight if you think they’re<br />

about to drive after drinking.<br />

• Buckle up – it’s your best<br />

defense in a crash.<br />

• Pedestrians are at risk,<br />

too. If you are walking, keep<br />

an eye out for cars. Even a<br />

sober driver is a risk if you<br />

are drinking and walking.<br />

Designated drivers: Be alert<br />

for impaired walkers who<br />

may not obey street signs and<br />

pedestrian signals.<br />

The Illinois St. Patrick’s<br />

Day Drive Sober or Get<br />

Pulled Over campaign is<br />

funded by federal highway<br />

safety funds administered<br />

through the Illinois Department<br />

of Transportation.<br />

WC Forest Preserve schedules<br />

spring volunteer workdays<br />

Submitted by Forest<br />

Preserve District of Will<br />

County<br />

The temperatures are rising,<br />

so it’s a good time to<br />

consider volunteering for<br />

the Forest Preserve District<br />

of Will County’s natural resource<br />

management workdays.<br />

This is a great opportunity<br />

to pitch in if you love nature<br />

and want to help the environment.<br />

Workdays are scheduled<br />

for 8 a.m.-noon. A District<br />

representative will be at each<br />

workday to coordinate the<br />

day’s activities. Registration<br />

is required; contact volunteer<br />

supervisor Renee Gauchat<br />

at (815) 722-7364 or rgauchat@fpdwc.org.<br />

Volunteer workdays at<br />

Hickory Creek include:<br />

• Sunday, April 8: Hickory<br />

Creek Preserve – Hickory<br />

Creek Junction (Brush Control)<br />

• Saturday, April 21: Hickory<br />

Creek Preserve (Brush<br />

Control)<br />

• Sunday, May 6: Hickory<br />

Creek Barrens Nature Preserve<br />

(Garlic Mustard Removal)<br />

Other workdays in the Will<br />

County area:<br />

• Tuesday, April 3: Keepataw<br />

Preserve, Lemont (Brush<br />

Control)<br />

• Tuesday, April 17:<br />

O’Hara Woods Preserve,<br />

Romeoville (Garlic Mustard<br />

Removal)<br />

• Sunday, April 22: Joliet<br />

Junior College, Joliet (Brush<br />

Control)<br />

• Tuesday, April 24:<br />

O’Hara Woods Preserve,<br />

Romeoville (Garlic Mustard<br />

Removal)<br />

• Saturday, April 28: Whalon<br />

Lake, Naperville (Brush<br />

Control)<br />

• Tuesday, May 1: Evans-<br />

Judge Preserve, Wilmington<br />

(Garlic Mustard Removal)<br />

• Saturday, May 5: Messenger<br />

Woods Nature Preserve,<br />

Homer Glen (Garlic<br />

Mustard Removal)<br />

• Sunday, May 6: Hickory<br />

Creek Barrens Nature Preserve,<br />

New Lenox (Garlic<br />

Mustard Removal)<br />

• Tuesday, May 8: Messenger<br />

Woods Nature Preserve,<br />

Homer Glen (Garlic Mustard<br />

Removal)<br />

• Sunday, May 20: Sugar<br />

Creek Preserve, Joliet (Plug<br />

Planting)<br />

• Tuesday, May 22: Messenger<br />

Woods Nature Preserve,<br />

Homer Glen (Garlic<br />

Mustard Removal)<br />

• Saturday, June 9: Sugar<br />

Creek Preserve, Joliet (Weed<br />

Control)<br />

Dress for the weather and<br />

outdoor work. Wear long<br />

pants, closed-toe shoes and<br />

work gloves. Work will take<br />

place on uneven terrain that<br />

is primarily natural surface.


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Business Briefs<br />

Childerguild in Silver Cross<br />

to host book fair on March<br />

26-27<br />

Childerguild will host a<br />

Collective Goods (formerly<br />

Books are Fun) Book Fair<br />

Monday, March 26, and<br />

Tuesday, March 27, from 8<br />

a.m.-4 p.m. outside the Seasons<br />

Dining Room at Silver<br />

Cross Hospital.<br />

A variety of popular children’s<br />

books and games,<br />

cookbooks, self-help books<br />

and other interesting adult<br />

books will be available.<br />

Cash, check and major credit<br />

cards will be accepted. For<br />

more than a century, Childerguild<br />

has helped women and<br />

children at Silver Cross Hospital.<br />

Founded in 1910, by<br />

13 benevolent women who<br />

had no children of their own,<br />

Childerguild was formed<br />

to benefit the obstetrics and<br />

pediatrics departments at<br />

Silver Cross Hospital. In<br />

the early years, Childerguild<br />

raised funds through private<br />

donations and by hosting<br />

card parties. Today, proceeds<br />

from annual events such as<br />

the Childerguild Ball along<br />

with the efforts of Childerguild<br />

members to operate<br />

the hospital’s Gift Shop has<br />

allowed the organization to<br />

donate more than $4 million<br />

to Silver Cross Hospital.<br />

For more information about<br />

Childerguild, call the Silver<br />

Cross Volunteer Department<br />

at (815) 300-7117. To make<br />

a monetary donation to the<br />

Silver Cross Foundation,<br />

visit www.silvercross.org.<br />

Silver Cross recognized for<br />

quality in maternity care<br />

Blue Cross and Blue<br />

Shield of Illinois has recognized<br />

Silver Cross Hospital<br />

with a Blue Distinction Center<br />

for Maternity Care designation<br />

as part of the Blue<br />

Distinction Specialty Care<br />

program. Blue Distinction<br />

Centers are nationally designated<br />

hospitals that show<br />

expertise in delivering improved<br />

patient safety and<br />

better health outcomes,<br />

based on objective measures<br />

that were developed with<br />

input from the medical community.<br />

“Choosing where to have<br />

a baby is a major decision,”<br />

said Silver Cross President<br />

Ruth Colby. “I’m proud to<br />

say that when expectant<br />

families choose Silver Cross,<br />

they can be confident they’re<br />

receiving care that meets the<br />

highest standards for quality,<br />

safety and outcomes. In fact,<br />

that’s why we’ve earned the<br />

Blue Distinction Center for<br />

Maternity Care designation<br />

– and it’s also why we deliver<br />

more than 3,000 babies<br />

every year. Thank you to our<br />

entire team for helping us<br />

earn this prestigious honor.”<br />

Silver Cross has brought<br />

together cutting-edge medical<br />

technology with spa-like<br />

amenities to make a comfortable<br />

birthing experience<br />

The Birthing Center at Silver<br />

Cross Hospital has 12 birthing<br />

suites designed for labor,<br />

delivery and recovery so<br />

parents can have the convenience<br />

of staying in the same<br />

room through recovery followed<br />

by a stay in one of 30<br />

private mother-baby suites.<br />

Each private suite is fullyequipped<br />

with a bathroom<br />

with a shower and immersion<br />

tub to help with labor<br />

pains, blanket warmer, refrigerator,<br />

wireless internet<br />

access, flat screen DirectTV<br />

system, and a comfortable<br />

sofa-sleeper so family<br />

members can stay around<br />

the clock. And for deliveries<br />

requiring surgery, there<br />

are three complete cesarean<br />

suites. Silver Cross’ Nursery<br />

is designated as a Level 2E<br />

and Ann and Robert H. Lurie<br />

Children’s Hospital neonatologists<br />

and pediatric hospitalists<br />

are onsite 24 hours a<br />

day, seven days a week.<br />

Business Briefs are compiled<br />

by editor James Sanchez,<br />

james@newlenoxpatriot.com.<br />

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March 20th, HELP US HELP YOU!<br />

What would the referendum do for the <strong>NL</strong>FPD<br />

and its residents?<br />

The referendum would:<br />

Maintain manpower to existing stations and quick<br />

response times, continuing high-quality service the<br />

residents have come to expect. Increase revenue<br />

to keep up with the ever-growing needs of the<br />

community.<br />

Maintain sufficient manpower to continue running<br />

Cardiac Arrest Management Program (CAMP) at<br />

current level.<br />

• Before instituting CAMP program in 2015, the<br />

district’s save rate for cardiac events where<br />

someone’s heart stopped was 3%. In the last 2<br />

years, this save rate has increased to 25%!<br />

Outdated equipment would be replaced and<br />

updated to increase safety for our personnel and<br />

our residents. (Costs to replace does not include<br />

any equipment, such as extrication tools, Cardiac<br />

Monitors, etc.)<br />

• 2001 Engine with over 120,000 miles, $500k to replace<br />

• 2003 Engine with over 120,000 miles, $500k to replace<br />

• 2004 Engine with over 115,000 miles, $500k to replace<br />

• 1986 Tender, $400k to replace<br />

• 2010 Ambulance (x2), $250k/each to replace<br />

Note: According to Fire Apparatus Manufacturers<br />

Association, the average life expectancy of a fire engine<br />

in a suburban area is 16 years. Industry Standard for an<br />

front line ambulance is 7 years.<br />

What will happen if the referendum is not passed?<br />

Without a much-needed tax increase, the fire district<br />

will be forced to make major cuts in personnel,<br />

facilities, and equipment, which will adversely affect<br />

response time and therefore, our “save rate.”<br />

If the referendum does not pass, residents will be<br />

exposed to a reduction in service.<br />

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22CM Boost offers writing services to local businesses<br />

Staff Report<br />

A new division from 22nd<br />

Century Media, publisher<br />

of The New Lenox Patriot,<br />

aims to share the company’s<br />

way with words with local<br />

businesses.<br />

22CM Boost, which<br />

launched last week, will leverage<br />

the media company’s<br />

connection to numerous<br />

professional reporters and<br />

editors to provide businesses<br />

with writing and text solutions.<br />

22CM Boost will operate<br />

as a separate entity under<br />

the supervision of Heather<br />

Warthen, 22nd Century Media’s<br />

chief events officer<br />

who also leads the company’s<br />

marketing efforts.<br />

Aside from offering advertising<br />

solutions on multiple<br />

platforms, to serve<br />

local businesses, 22nd<br />

Century Media has put on<br />

local events and expos —<br />

such as Lady: A Women’s<br />

Expo, Active Aging and the<br />

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businesses,” Warthen said.<br />

“Boosting local business<br />

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Megann Horstead<br />

Freelance Reporter<br />

The lights are turned<br />

down low and the bowling<br />

alley is buzzing from wall<br />

to wall, as last calls are<br />

made for anyone seeking<br />

to participate in the raffle<br />

prize drawing. The afternoon<br />

soon sped into action<br />

with bites of pizza and sips<br />

of pop and water between<br />

several games of bowling.<br />

The afternoon of March<br />

3 marked the Lincoln-Way<br />

Area Special Education<br />

Joint Agreement Foundation’s<br />

second annual Strike<br />

it Up fundraiser.<br />

The event, held at Thunder<br />

Bowl Mokena, was designed<br />

to be family-oriented<br />

and fun.<br />

“This is the big one,”<br />

Ken Buck, president of the<br />

Lincoln-Way Area Special<br />

Education Joint Agreement<br />

Foundation, referring to<br />

non-profit organization’s<br />

fundraisers.<br />

The foundation has a<br />

50/50 raffle they conduct<br />

every year around the holiday<br />

season, and they used to<br />

hold a fashion show.<br />

All funds they raised<br />

throughout this event will<br />

be used to support teachers<br />

and administrative staff<br />

in the Lincoln-Way area.<br />

They are allowed to put in<br />

requests for funds through<br />

a grant the foundation extends.<br />

“We take all the sheets<br />

and all the requests and we<br />

go through them,” Buck<br />

said. “We’ll offer money to<br />

those teachers or programs<br />

that need extra funds.”<br />

In the past, the grant has<br />

provided teachers with<br />

funding to bring in reptile<br />

wranglers to supplement<br />

classroom instruction, purchase<br />

sensory materials to<br />

support students with sensory<br />

needs and plants to<br />

support instruction in the<br />

sciences.<br />

Typically, Strike it Up<br />

raises between $7,000 and<br />

$9,000.<br />

“It’s not a huge amount,<br />

but it’s enough to help us<br />

support the cooperatives’<br />

needs through the extracurricular<br />

activities,” Buck<br />

Frankie Bertino rolls a bowling ball down the lane March 3 during the Lincoln-Way Area<br />

Special Education Joint Agreement Foundation’s second annual Strike it Up fundraiser at<br />

Thunder Bowl Mokena. Megann Horstead/22nd Century Media<br />

said. “It’s been very rewarding<br />

helping staff to get<br />

things done that otherwise<br />

wouldn’t have gotten done.”<br />

The foundation had door<br />

prizes for those on hand<br />

for the fundraiser, as well<br />

as raffle baskets, a split the<br />

pot for 50/50 and a gift card<br />

wall.<br />

“We’ve had businesses<br />

that donated raffle baskets,”<br />

Buck said. “Some<br />

staff members pitched in<br />

and bought some things for<br />

baskets. So, it’s a combination.”<br />

Approximately 85 people<br />

came out to show support<br />

for the Lincoln-Way Area<br />

Special Education Joint<br />

Agreement Foundation’s<br />

fundraiser.<br />

“Last year was our first<br />

year, and everybody was<br />

like, ‘Oh, sign me up next<br />

year. I’ll come back,’” said<br />

Tracey Lesh, one of the directors<br />

for the Lincoln-Way<br />

Area Special Education<br />

Joint Agreement Foundation.<br />

Lane sponsors during the<br />

fundraiser included: Flying<br />

High Sports and Rec<br />

Center; Gift of Hope Organ<br />

and Tissue Donor Network;<br />

Treasured Smiles Pediatric<br />

Dentistry; Lincoln-Way<br />

Special Education Association;<br />

Tara Moustis; Gina’s<br />

TearDrop Café; Paul A.<br />

Panzica, Forefront Adult &<br />

Pediatric Care; Witkowski<br />

Dental; Tia Triezenberg,<br />

Century 21; Jim Moustis,<br />

Will County Board District<br />

2; and Gavin Michael Quinlan,<br />

DUP 15Q Alliance.


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Cedar Road water main replacement<br />

to impact residents, <strong>NL</strong> commuters<br />

HELP YOUR CUSTOMERS<br />

Megann Horstead<br />

Freelance Reporter<br />

Cedar Road, one of the<br />

main roadways in New<br />

Lenox, will have its water<br />

main replaced later this<br />

month.<br />

The $4.07 million project<br />

primarily focuses on replacing<br />

close to two miles of<br />

water main, stretching from<br />

Illinois Highway to Francis<br />

Road.<br />

“Our plan is to replace all<br />

that stuff, so that we don’t<br />

have all those [water main]<br />

breaks that we have all the<br />

time in the middle of the<br />

night,” Civil Engineer Will<br />

Nash said. “You know, you<br />

get up in the middle of the<br />

night to take a shower, and<br />

you can’t. This will be a<br />

middle of the day, two-hour<br />

timeframe where you can’t<br />

use the water.”<br />

In addition to the water<br />

main, the Village will be<br />

replacing hydrants, valves,<br />

and water service pipes.<br />

“This is where we were<br />

having our biggest issues,”<br />

Village Administrator Kurt<br />

Carroll said of the aging water<br />

main. “We can always<br />

work on other things later.”<br />

The project has been in<br />

talks for the Village of New<br />

Lenox the last two to three<br />

years, Nash said. The Village<br />

is working with Christopher<br />

B. Burke Engineering<br />

and Superior Excavating to<br />

satisfy this aim.<br />

Replacement of the Cedar<br />

Road water main is slated<br />

to begin mid-March. The<br />

Village will utilize message<br />

boards to inform people.<br />

Work will be completed<br />

in four block stages, with<br />

different segments moving<br />

south to north from Illinois<br />

Highway to Wood Street,<br />

Joliet Highway to Route 30,<br />

Route 30 to Wood Street,<br />

and Wood Street to Francis<br />

Road.<br />

The Village anticipates<br />

one lane of traffic will be<br />

closed during the project.<br />

At the time, residents and<br />

commuters may see flaggers,<br />

depending on what’s going<br />

on with the traffic, Nash<br />

said. Safety is their No. 1<br />

priority, he added.<br />

The Village intends to limit<br />

any impact the project has<br />

on residents and commuters.<br />

Nash said the Village<br />

apologies for any inconvenience.<br />

“Our hope is [to] get that<br />

done, and we don’t have<br />

these unscheduled inconveniences<br />

at all hours of the<br />

day, wrecking everybody’s<br />

travel schedule, or not getting<br />

you a shower when you<br />

need to, or [not turning] on<br />

the water.”<br />

There will be at least two<br />

water main shutdowns, with<br />

advance notice given to residents.<br />

A letter went out to residents<br />

recently notifying<br />

them of lead services, in accordance<br />

with Illinois Environmental<br />

Protection Agency<br />

requirements.<br />

Nash said the Village is<br />

not aware of any lead services<br />

they’ll need to perform.<br />

“If we do something, I<br />

think that’s going to be caseby-case<br />

basis to try to figure<br />

out,” he said.<br />

There will be a short period<br />

of time when the old<br />

and new water mains will<br />

be fired up, Nash said. The<br />

old water main will remain<br />

in place shut off, as well as<br />

be capped and drained by the<br />

project’s end.<br />

“It should be better,” Nash<br />

said of the water pressure.<br />

“[The water main] won’t be<br />

leaking as much.”<br />

The project is to be paid<br />

for using the Village’s water<br />

and sewer fees, as well as an<br />

Illinois Environmental Protection<br />

Agency loan.<br />

Nash said the Village’s<br />

website, at www.newlenox.<br />

net, will be providing weekly<br />

updates, should residents<br />

want to know more information<br />

about the project once it<br />

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Tingley said the decision<br />

was made with building administrators,<br />

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and assistant principals,<br />

who he said were “all<br />

in agreement that it would be<br />

prudent at this time to limit<br />

the access to our schools<br />

during the day.”<br />

“The security of the building<br />

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the administration,” he said,<br />

citing board policy 4.170,<br />

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maintain a comprehensive<br />

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response, and recovery for<br />

each school; Provisions for<br />

a coordinated effort with local<br />

law enforcement and fire<br />

officials, emergency medical<br />

services personnel, and the<br />

Board Attorney; A school<br />

safety drill plan; Instruction<br />

in safe bus riding practices;<br />

and a clear, rapid, factual,<br />

and coordinated system of<br />

internal and external communication.”<br />

No formal action on the issue<br />

was taken by the board.<br />

Tingley said there had been<br />

discussions with board<br />

members prior to making the<br />

decision.<br />

District 210 Board Secretary<br />

Aaron Janik said that<br />

the move was “an administrative<br />

decision.”<br />

Janik was the only member<br />

of the board to respond<br />

to requests for comments.<br />

Prior to March 8, community<br />

members were permitted<br />

to use track and pool<br />

facilities at Lincoln-Way<br />

district high schools while<br />

classes were in session.<br />

Now, those hours will be<br />

limited to those after school<br />

park district hours.<br />

Tingley said there will be<br />

an exception made for some<br />

morning swimmers, but<br />

those programs will be revisited<br />

with the park district<br />

before the start of the next<br />

school year.<br />

“There will still be opportunities<br />

for the community to<br />

use our facilities through the<br />

park district hours,” Tingley<br />

said. “They can still come<br />

and walk the track. We still<br />

have evening swim hours<br />

that are in place, so they still<br />

have access to the facilities.”<br />

The move comes ostensibly<br />

in response to recent<br />

tragedies involving shootings<br />

at schools across the country;<br />

however, a 2004 report<br />

from the Secret Service and<br />

the Department of Education,<br />

which looked at 37 such incidents<br />

involving 41 suspects<br />

from 1974-2000, showed<br />

that, “Almost all of the attackers<br />

were current students<br />

at the school where they carried<br />

out their attacks” — 95<br />

percent of them, in fact.<br />

Although community users<br />

were required to scan their<br />

driver’s licenses into the Raptor<br />

Visitor Management software<br />

upon entering the building,<br />

Tingley said the school<br />

did not have an employee assigned<br />

to walk to the athletic<br />

facilities with those users to<br />

insure they did not stray to<br />

other parts of the building.<br />

In response to security<br />

concerns concerning people<br />

bringing in large duffel bags,<br />

he said front desk personnel<br />

would not be tasked with<br />

bag searches because they<br />

are not considered security<br />

personnel.<br />

“That’s a clerical position,”<br />

Tingley said. “That’s<br />

not a security position,<br />

so they’re not trained nor<br />

would they qualify to do<br />

searches of bags, searches of<br />

individuals or their person.”<br />

“We still want to partner<br />

with our community and<br />

that’s why there will still be<br />

park district access in the<br />

evenings to our facilities and<br />

also we will have access to<br />

our swimming pools still<br />

free of charge,” Tingley said.<br />

In fact, the agreement to<br />

allow community members<br />

access to the schools’ facilities<br />

was part of a referendum<br />

passed in 2006, which created<br />

the Lincoln-Way Area<br />

Park District program.<br />

“Our community members<br />

are going to have to adjust<br />

their personal schedules<br />

to make that work,” Tingley<br />

said. “We certainly understand<br />

the inconvenience.<br />

We still want to provide the<br />

opportunity for usage of our<br />

facilities, but at the same<br />

time you’re not going to see<br />

many other high schools that<br />

are doing what we did. Not<br />

in today’s world.”<br />

In response to the assertion<br />

that he told people the decision<br />

would not be made until<br />

the March 15 board meeting,<br />

Tingley declined to answer<br />

the allegation directly, and<br />

only offered: “As I told all<br />

the individuals, this has been<br />

discussed for years. This isn’t<br />

a new topic. There have been<br />

discussions about limiting<br />

the use of outside groups.”<br />

As of press time, the agenda<br />

for the March 15 Board of<br />

Education meeting was not<br />

available.<br />

Additional reporting by T.J.<br />

Kremer, Contributing Editor


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competitive dance but when<br />

I do I have a few hobbies like<br />

writing and photography.<br />

I also enjoy trying to learn<br />

new things using YouTube<br />

tutorials. Recently, I’ve been<br />

in the process of learning<br />

sign language. I also like the<br />

outdoors, and I like to take<br />

my dog for walks on my favorite<br />

local trails.<br />

What is your dream job?<br />

I’m still slightly indecisive<br />

about my career path, but I<br />

know for a fact that I want<br />

my career to inspire change<br />

or research in global warming<br />

or other environmental<br />

issues caused by man. The<br />

state of our environment has<br />

always been my biggest passion<br />

and I can’t see myself<br />

doing anything else.<br />

What is one thing people<br />

don’t know about you?<br />

Despite my outgoing and<br />

friendly personality now,<br />

a lot of people don’t know<br />

Photo Submitted<br />

that I used to be extremely<br />

shy when I was younger. I<br />

was scared to talk to people<br />

and found it much easier<br />

to read a book than try and<br />

make a friend. As I matured,<br />

I learned how to come out of<br />

my shell and express myself.<br />

Whom do you look up to and<br />

why?<br />

One person I look up to<br />

in my life is my dad. He’s<br />

a sergeant for the Illinois<br />

State Police and he’s always<br />

worked extremely hard to<br />

provide and protect for his<br />

family and our communities.<br />

I also greatly admire my<br />

Grandpa Mikelos who immigrated<br />

from Hungary to<br />

escape a civil war. He lived<br />

out his American dream and<br />

eventually owned his own<br />

business. He always made<br />

it a point to remind me how<br />

fortunate we are to live in<br />

a country where you can<br />

achieve any dream you work<br />

hard enough for.<br />

Who is your favorite teacher<br />

and why?<br />

My favorite teacher at<br />

West is my freshman English<br />

teacher Mrs. Schiller. I<br />

greatly admire her passion<br />

and excitement towards her<br />

material and the dedication<br />

she had to improving<br />

her students’ skills. Beyond<br />

the classroom, she remains<br />

genuine, kind and hilarious,<br />

and I always look forward to<br />

being able to chat with her<br />

when I see her in the halls,<br />

whether it’s for advice or<br />

just to catch up.<br />

What’s your favorite class?<br />

My favorite class would<br />

have to be a tie between biology,<br />

chemistry and physics.<br />

I have always excelled<br />

at science, and these three<br />

classes were extremely interesting<br />

and were all taught<br />

by amazing teachers.<br />

What’s one thing that stands<br />

out about your school?<br />

I think a unique aspect of<br />

West is the involvement of<br />

students within the school.<br />

Many of the school’s best<br />

ideas and traditions have<br />

come from current and former<br />

students from West. It’s<br />

so easy for students to start<br />

their own club or fundraiser,<br />

and it’s cool to see how many<br />

people take advantage of this.<br />

What’s your morning<br />

routine?<br />

It usually starts off by<br />

me hitting the snooze button<br />

about three times before<br />

actually getting up. From<br />

there, I always make sure to<br />

eat some breakfast or else<br />

I will have zero energy for<br />

the day. Other than that, it’s<br />

pretty basic: I wash my face,<br />

get dressed and head out.<br />

What’s your best memory<br />

from school?<br />

My favorite memory from<br />

my four years at West was<br />

my sophomore year conference<br />

dance competition.<br />

It was hosted at home that<br />

year, and I remember walking<br />

into the gym and seeing<br />

the huge crowd of friends<br />

and family that completely<br />

filled the bleachers. It was<br />

the most nerve-wracking,<br />

yet exhilarating moment of<br />

my life. I’m always so grateful<br />

for the immense amount<br />

of support shown for the<br />

dance team at West.<br />

Standout Student is a weekly<br />

feature for The New Lenox<br />

Patriot. Nominations come from<br />

New Lenox area schools.<br />

Combined LWC, LWW AFJROTC drill<br />

team takes first in SWSC Championship<br />

Submitted by Lincoln-Way<br />

Community High School<br />

District 210<br />

Last month, four schools<br />

competed in the South-West<br />

Suburban Conference Drill<br />

Championship.<br />

The event lasted four<br />

hours was hosted in the field<br />

house of Lincoln-Way Central<br />

High School. The Lincoln-Way<br />

Central/West Air<br />

Force Junior ROTC Varsity<br />

Drill Team took first place<br />

in the Championship, with<br />

many individual teams earning<br />

high honors.<br />

In their best performance<br />

of the year, the Armed Color<br />

Guard team, commanded by<br />

Jory Bell along with Adam<br />

Grande, Anika Svancarek<br />

and Madison Kosel took first<br />

place. The Armed Duet by<br />

Anthony Grande and Patrick<br />

Murphy III finished as conference<br />

champions.<br />

Second place-finishers<br />

include: Unarmed Color<br />

Guard commanded by Zoe<br />

Dauer; Unarmed Inspection<br />

commanded by Abigail Sutter;<br />

and Unarmed Duet by<br />

Jade Espinoza and Magan<br />

Martinez.<br />

In Armed Knock-Out division,<br />

Dustin Haven won the<br />

bronze medal, Danny Lewis<br />

won silver and Robert Osdieck<br />

won the gold. In Unarmed<br />

Knock-Out, Patrick<br />

Murphy III won the silver<br />

medal and Abigail Knippel<br />

took home bronze.<br />

“There have been a lot<br />

of ‘mountain top’ moments<br />

along with a lot of ‘valleys’<br />

throughout the season,” said<br />

Master Sgt. Dan Schliffka.<br />

“It’s exciting to see the cadets<br />

push through and finish<br />

so strongly to exceed expectations.<br />

We are all looking<br />

forward to be heading to Nationals<br />

as conference champions.”<br />

The cadets will head to<br />

the 2018 Air Force JROTC<br />

Open Drill Nationals competition<br />

on Saturday, March<br />

24. They will compete at<br />

Wright State University Nutter<br />

Center from 7:00 a.m.<br />

until 6:30 p.m along with<br />

24 other JROTC drill teams<br />

from across the country.<br />

LWC Wind Ensemble enhances skills at EIU visit<br />

Submitted by Lincoln-Way Community High<br />

School District<br />

Last month, the Lincoln-Way Central<br />

Wind Ensemble traveled to Eastern Illinois<br />

University to tour the campus, practice their<br />

music skills and perform.<br />

After eating lunch, the 50 students attended<br />

a campus tour, a clinic with EIU Assistant<br />

Director of Bands Dr. Ben Druffel<br />

and instrument specific masterclasses.<br />

“The whole day was a really fun experience,”<br />

said senior euphonium player<br />

Dominic Terrones. “I feel like it was the<br />

best performance we have had as the Wind<br />

Ensemble during my time at Lincoln-Way<br />

Central. I also really enjoyed exploring the<br />

Doudna Fine Arts Center at EIU; it is a really<br />

cool space.”<br />

In the clinic, the students performed and<br />

The Lincoln-Way Central/West AFJROTC team pose<br />

for a picture with the first-place plaque for its SWSC<br />

Championship win on Feb. 17. Photo Submitted<br />

learned from Dr. Druffel; the musicians focused<br />

on how to perform the music with<br />

more detail and nuance. In the instrument<br />

specific masterclasses, students were able<br />

to receive group instruction from the EIU<br />

Studio Faculty in order to improve their<br />

skills on an individual level. This event will<br />

help the musicians in preparation for their<br />

performance at the Chicagoland Band Festival<br />

on Saturday, April 7.<br />

After a day of learning and practicing<br />

new musical skills, the trip concluded with<br />

a concert in the Dvorak Concert Hall, featuring<br />

select EIU Studio Faculty and the<br />

EIU Wind Symphony.<br />

“The students had a blast seeing the beautiful<br />

Doudna Fine Arts Center, and they<br />

played so well,” said Lincoln-Way Central<br />

Band Director, Chris Mroczek. “I was very<br />

proud.”


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Pair of LWW students earn Manhattan Irish Fest Scholarship<br />

Submitted by Lincoln-Way<br />

Community High School<br />

District 210<br />

On Feb. 21, the Manhattan<br />

Irish Fest Committee announced<br />

the winners of the<br />

2018 Michael J. McHugh<br />

Memorial King and Queen<br />

Scholarship, which were two<br />

Lincoln-Way West students.<br />

The King award goes to<br />

Ryan Gentile and the Queen<br />

award goes to Sara Swanberg.<br />

Each student will receive a<br />

$1,000 scholarship toward the<br />

school of choice. Since 2004,<br />

the Manhattan Irish Fest has<br />

awarded $27,000 in scholarships.<br />

Additionally, the committee<br />

announced the Grand<br />

Marshal of the parade: Lincoln-Way<br />

Community High<br />

School graduate, Joseph “Joe”<br />

Curran.<br />

The King and Queen<br />

Scholarship is named the<br />

“Michael J. McHugh Memorial<br />

King and Queen Scholarship”<br />

in honor of McHugh.<br />

“Mike was a lifelong<br />

Manhattan area resident and<br />

business owner who dedicated<br />

himself to the community,”<br />

The Manhattan Irish<br />

Fest Committee stated. “He<br />

was a founding member of<br />

the Irish American Society<br />

of County Will in 1981 and<br />

one of the original founding<br />

organizers of the Manhattan<br />

Irish Fest. Mike gave back<br />

to his community in many<br />

ways and loved to talk about<br />

his Irish Heritage.”<br />

The “King” award winner,<br />

Ryan Gentile, is the son<br />

of James and Karen Gentile<br />

of Manhattan. He plans to<br />

major in biology at The University<br />

of Illinois – Urbana<br />

or Lewis University, Romeoville.<br />

Gentile plans to study<br />

to become an optometrist<br />

after completing his undergraduate<br />

studies. Gentile has<br />

been extremely active during<br />

his high school years,<br />

participating in the wide<br />

variety of bands at West, as<br />

well as joining many clubs<br />

and activities. He is a member<br />

of the Principal’s Cabinet,<br />

National Honor Society,<br />

Tri-M Music Honor Society<br />

and Mu Alpha Theta. Since<br />

junior high, Gentile has volunteered<br />

with many groups<br />

and local non-for-profits.<br />

The “Queen” award winner,<br />

Sara Swanberg is the<br />

daughter of Dale and Tracy<br />

Swanberg of Manhattan.<br />

Swanberg will study engineering<br />

in college and wants<br />

to use her degree to “give<br />

back to the world.” She<br />

loves math and has challenged<br />

herself in rigorous<br />

courses throughout her high<br />

school career. Swanberg is a<br />

member of the basketball and<br />

badminton teams at Lincoln-<br />

Way West. She is a member<br />

of the Principal’s Cabinet,<br />

Future Business Leaders of<br />

America, the Athletic Outreach<br />

program and numerous<br />

others. Last summer,<br />

Swanberg volunteered to be a<br />

Unified Tennis Partner. This<br />

organization partners persons<br />

with special needs with<br />

a volunteer to learn and play<br />

tennis. Swanberg and her<br />

partner played in numerous<br />

tournaments across the state.<br />

In order to determine the<br />

Grand Marshal of the Irish<br />

Fest Parade, the committee<br />

selects an individual who<br />

“exhibits the grass-roots ideals<br />

the Fest exemplifies of<br />

service to the community,<br />

devotion to family and love<br />

of country.” Lincoln-Way<br />

Community High School<br />

graduate Joseph Curran will<br />

be the 2018 Grand Marshal.<br />

Curran lives in Manhattan<br />

and is a 1997 graduate of<br />

Lincoln-Way. He is the son of<br />

the late Robert “Bob” and Patricia<br />

“Pat” Curran. Joe Curran<br />

proudly served as a Sargent<br />

in the United States Army,<br />

where he served tours in both<br />

Afghanistan and Iraq. When<br />

Curran returned from the service,<br />

he volunteered his time<br />

to speak to students at Lincoln-<br />

Way about his life in the Army<br />

and dedication to his country.<br />

Curran is currently employed<br />

as an Irrigation Specialist<br />

at the Abraham Lincoln<br />

National Cemetery by the<br />

U.S. Department of Veterans<br />

Affairs; he takes great pride<br />

in providing a beautiful final<br />

resting place for American<br />

soldiers and their spouses.<br />

Central student wins essay contest, offered full tuition scholarship<br />

Submitted by Lincoln-Way<br />

Community High School<br />

District 210<br />

Lincoln-Way Central student<br />

Kayla Szymanski isn’t<br />

your typical risk-taker.<br />

“I am not a risky person by<br />

any means, especially with<br />

my writing because I take it<br />

very seriously,” she said.<br />

But when put on-the-spot<br />

during an essay contest for<br />

an opportunity to gain full<br />

tuition, Szymanski pushed<br />

her creative abilities to the<br />

limit, earning herself a full<br />

tuition scholarship.<br />

Szymanski first applied to<br />

Central Michigan University<br />

after visiting the campus<br />

in the fall of 2017. Before<br />

knowing whether or not she<br />

would be accepted, she began<br />

looking for scholarships<br />

online to help fund her potential<br />

CMU education.<br />

In her search, Szymanski<br />

discovered the Centralis<br />

Scholarship Competition for<br />

the school’s prestigious Honors<br />

Scholar Program. The<br />

Honors Scholar Program is<br />

“an academic experience for<br />

high academic ability students<br />

who seek to aim higher<br />

and achieve more.” In order<br />

to apply, high school seniors<br />

must have a minimum 3.7<br />

GPA, a 27 ACT score and<br />

already be accepted into<br />

CMU. Szymanski’s GPA<br />

and test scores met the requirements,<br />

but at the time,<br />

she was still waiting on a<br />

CMU acceptance letter.<br />

“They don’t send the Centralis<br />

scholarship application<br />

until you’ve been admitted<br />

to the school,” she said. “I<br />

didn’t get accepted until the<br />

day before the competition,<br />

so I had to get the entire application<br />

done in one day.”<br />

The application asks students<br />

to provide personal information<br />

regarding grades,<br />

coursework and awards,<br />

as well as participation in<br />

school and community. It<br />

required essays regarding<br />

diversity, overcoming challenges,<br />

as well as a personal<br />

statement regarding a piece<br />

of literature, art or music.<br />

The application also called<br />

for a creative project to express<br />

an interpretation of<br />

yourself and why you would<br />

be a great fit for the honors<br />

program, Szymanski said.<br />

She had 24 hours to complete<br />

the requirements before<br />

participating in the largest<br />

part of the scholarship:<br />

the live competition essay.<br />

The day after rushing to<br />

submit her application for<br />

the scholarship, Szymanski<br />

attended the competition essay<br />

portion of the application<br />

process. Students viewed a<br />

presentation regarding what<br />

the judges sought to learn<br />

from their essays; judges<br />

reminded the applicants to<br />

showcase their talents, abilities,<br />

and originality by “taking<br />

risks.”<br />

Despite not knowing the<br />

application question beforehand,<br />

Szymanski’s creative<br />

abilities kicked in.<br />

“I usually come up with<br />

my best ideas when planning<br />

everything out, but I<br />

came up with this idea on the<br />

spot,” she said.<br />

The essay question asked<br />

Lincoln-Way Central senior poses for a picture during a visit at Central Michigan University.<br />

She was offered free tuition at the school for winning an essay contest. Photo Submitted<br />

the students to write about<br />

two people of historical significance<br />

— dead or alive —<br />

that they would invite to a<br />

dinner conversation.<br />

“I chose myself at age 7<br />

and at age 40,” Szymanski<br />

said. “That way, I could look<br />

back on where I came from<br />

and see if my morals are still<br />

the same as what my family<br />

raised me to be, and I could<br />

look into the future to have<br />

someone reassure me that<br />

I can succeed and achieve<br />

what I want.”<br />

During the second week<br />

in December, Szymanski received<br />

a letter in the mail.<br />

“I was astonished,” she<br />

said. “I had kind of forgotten<br />

about it because I was<br />

unsure if I was going to be<br />

given that prestigious opportunity,<br />

but I opened it in the<br />

kitchen with my family and<br />

was just so excited.”<br />

The letter was confirmation<br />

that Szymanski’s creative<br />

and risky response<br />

had earned her a full tuition<br />

scholarship to the Honors<br />

Scholar Program.<br />

“I decided I wanted to take<br />

this one risk, and I think it<br />

paid off,” she said.


16 | March 15, 2018 | The New Lenox Patriot NEWS<br />

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FROM THE TI<strong>NL</strong>EY JUNCTION<br />

Two Tinley Park USPS<br />

workers convicted for<br />

marijuana delivery scheme<br />

A federal jury in Chicago<br />

convicted two United States<br />

Postal Service employees<br />

who worked at the Tinley<br />

Park Post Office for scheming<br />

to deliver marijuana<br />

through the mail, the U.S.<br />

Attorney’s Office for the<br />

Northern District of Illinois<br />

announced March 6.<br />

Over a five-month period<br />

in 2016, Marvin Jones, 51,<br />

of Hazel Crest, and Angela<br />

Wansley, 44, of Harvey,<br />

while employed at the Tinley<br />

Park Post Office, intercepted<br />

parcels of marijuana and<br />

other controlled substances<br />

that had been mailed to the<br />

post office by a co-defendant,<br />

Jason Smith, 34, of Country<br />

Club Hills, according to<br />

the press release. Jones and<br />

Wansley then furnished the<br />

intercepted parcels to Smith<br />

or a fourth defendant, Courtney<br />

Poindexter, 38, of Country<br />

Club Hills, in exchange<br />

for cash. Smith and Poindexter<br />

pleaded guilty prior to<br />

trial.<br />

According to evidence at<br />

trial, Jones was a letter carrier<br />

and supervisor, while Wansley<br />

worked as a sales associate.<br />

Jones provided Smith<br />

with information about unoccupied<br />

P.O. boxes and customers<br />

who had placed mailhold<br />

requests at the Tinley<br />

Park Post Office. Smith then<br />

mailed the parcels of controlled<br />

substances and provided<br />

Jones with the tracking<br />

information to be intercepted.<br />

After a four-day trial, a<br />

jury convicted Jones and<br />

Wansley of accepting bribes<br />

to perform official postal duties,<br />

conspiring to commit<br />

obstruction of correspondence,<br />

and obstruction of<br />

correspondence. The bribery<br />

charge is punishable by up to<br />

15 years in prison, while the<br />

conspiracy and obstruction<br />

charges are punishable by up<br />

to five years.<br />

Reporting by Cody Mroczka,<br />

Editor. For more, visit<br />

TinleyJunction.com.<br />

FROM THE FRANKFORT STATION<br />

Griffins’ postseason run ends<br />

One program was playing<br />

in this game for the 46th time<br />

in its 108-year history. The<br />

other was playing in it for the<br />

first time in its 17-year history.<br />

So, history was not on<br />

the side of the Lincoln-Way<br />

East boys basketball team in<br />

its first sectional appearance<br />

— and, in the end, neither<br />

was the score.<br />

West Aurora pulled away<br />

in the third quarter and went<br />

onto a 70-58 victory over<br />

East on March 7 in the second<br />

semifinal of the Class 4A<br />

Romeoville Sectional.<br />

The second-seeded Blackhawks<br />

(24-4) won for the<br />

16th straight time and attempted<br />

to win a sectional<br />

title for the 22nd time in their<br />

history when they played topseeded<br />

Bolingbrook Friday,<br />

March 9.<br />

Bolingbrook (22-6) outlasted<br />

No. 4-seeded Joliet<br />

Central 94-91 March 6 in an<br />

unforgettable opening semifinal<br />

game.<br />

East (23-6), the No. 3 seed,<br />

was playing in a sectional<br />

for the first time. Sam Shafer<br />

capped his outstanding career<br />

for the Griffins by scoring a<br />

game-high 22 points. But it<br />

was not enough, as East never<br />

led in the second half.<br />

“That could have had<br />

something to do with it,” East<br />

coach Rich Kolimas said of<br />

West Aurora having tons of<br />

program experience, while<br />

the Griffins were in their<br />

first sectional game. “I don’t<br />

know the answer to that. It’s<br />

difficult to tell. They just<br />

played better than us.<br />

“We didn’t treat it any differently<br />

than any other game,<br />

but with what was at stake it<br />

was a bigger stage.”<br />

Reporting by Randy Whalen,<br />

Freelance Reporter. For more,<br />

visit FrankfortStation.com.<br />

FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND<br />

Adventure seekers to have<br />

new conquest in Lockport<br />

When storytellers brainstorm<br />

together, anything is<br />

possible.<br />

Creating new worlds that<br />

have not been discovered and<br />

designing ways for people to<br />

experience those worlds is<br />

exactly what Zombie Army<br />

Productions does and will<br />

be doing for the new Legacy<br />

Adventure Park set to open<br />

April 14 in Lockport.<br />

Co-owner, creative director<br />

and operations manager<br />

John Laflamboy, also is coowner<br />

of Zombie Army<br />

Productions, which operates<br />

HellsGate Haunted House<br />

in Lockport next door to<br />

Legacy Adventure Park. The<br />

LTHS alum wanted to create<br />

a place that offers something<br />

for everyone in the community.<br />

“We are creating all these<br />

different micro-adventures<br />

that you can have out here,”<br />

Laflamboy said.<br />

Throughout the 66 acres<br />

of forest and trails, guests<br />

can play paintball, archery<br />

tag, outside laser tag, zombie<br />

tag, and engage in a zombie<br />

hunt and treasure hunt. Many<br />

of the games include the use<br />

of radiofrequency equipment<br />

that require the players<br />

to wear an electronic device<br />

to track their progress in the<br />

games.<br />

Players in zombie tag<br />

are assigned the task to escape<br />

the zombies, played<br />

by real-life actors. The radiofrequency<br />

device will let<br />

the player know when zombies<br />

are close, or when they<br />

themselves have turned into a<br />

zombie. The twist: guests are<br />

playing for cash and prizes.<br />

“We’re doing these special<br />

events throughout summer<br />

that’s all for cash and prizes,”<br />

Laflamboy said.<br />

There’s something for everyone<br />

at Legacy Adventure<br />

Park, which has been a year<br />

in the making.<br />

“I’m not doing anything<br />

on this park that I don’t enjoy<br />

playing,” he said.<br />

Reporting by Jacquelyn<br />

Schlabach, Assistant Editor. For<br />

more, visit LockportLegend.com.<br />

FROM THE HOMER HORIZON<br />

TLC Animal Shelter in need of<br />

cash for medical expenses<br />

A little over 20 years ago,<br />

TLC Animal Shelter in Homer<br />

Glen received a stray pit<br />

bull named Bertha from animal<br />

control. Bertha’s physical<br />

appearance made those<br />

at the shelter think she was<br />

pregnant and anticipated the<br />

delivery of her pups any day.<br />

Unfortunately, the situation<br />

was much worse.<br />

“We took her into the vet,<br />

and it was the heartworm that<br />

was that bad; it was filling<br />

her with fluids,” said Janine<br />

Carter, one of the founders of<br />

TLC Animal Shelter.<br />

Heartworm is transmitted<br />

to dogs via a mosquito<br />

bite. The disease can result<br />

in severe lung disease, heart<br />

failure and death. But it is<br />

not contagious and cannot<br />

be spread by being near an<br />

infected dog. Unfortunately,<br />

for Bertha, the heartworm<br />

had gotten so bad that she<br />

was euthanized. It is in her<br />

memory that the Bertha Fund<br />

at TLC was born, which<br />

helps animals in need of extensive<br />

medical care.<br />

Years later, and with countless<br />

animals helped since<br />

then, TLC is in need of donations<br />

to help with four dogs<br />

between the ages of 2 and 6<br />

who came to the shelter with<br />

heartworm.<br />

They also are always in<br />

need of treats, non-scoopable<br />

cat litter, paper towels, cleaning<br />

supplies, toys, collars<br />

and leashes. The shelter will<br />

frequently update its website<br />

with a TLC Wish List that<br />

identifies their needs at the<br />

time.<br />

For more information, visit<br />

www.tlcanimalshelter.org or<br />

the shelter at 13016 W. 151st<br />

St. in Homer Glen.<br />

Reporting by Jacquelyn<br />

Schlabach, Assistant Editor. For<br />

more, visit HomerHorizon.com.<br />

FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE<br />

Guy allegedly scares man,<br />

woman on roadway by<br />

pointing BB gun at them<br />

A Tinley Park man allegedly<br />

pointed a BB gun at a<br />

man and a woman in another<br />

vehicle March 5 while driving<br />

in Orland Park, leading<br />

the two to contact police for<br />

fear for being shot.<br />

Hussien A. Ahmad, 20, of<br />

16212 Princeton Ave., was<br />

charged with two counts of<br />

aggravated assault, a Class A<br />

misdemeanor, according to a<br />

press release issued the next<br />

day by the Orland Park Police<br />

Department.<br />

The incident occurred<br />

around 5:19 p.m. on northbound<br />

94th Avenue at 151st<br />

Street, according to the release.<br />

Police received a call<br />

about a man pointing a gun<br />

at another motorist in traffic.<br />

Officers learned that a man<br />

driving a blue BMW pulled<br />

alongside the victim’s vehicle,<br />

gestured toward the<br />

man and woman, and pointed<br />

what they thought to be a<br />

black, Glock-style handgun<br />

at them, according to the release.<br />

The man and woman<br />

reportedly provided a description<br />

of the suspect and<br />

his vehicle, along with a partial<br />

license plate number.<br />

Officers located the BMW,<br />

parked at Ahmad’s residence<br />

in Tinley Park, police said.<br />

They reportedly made contact<br />

with Ahmad and identified<br />

him as the person who<br />

pointed the gun.<br />

Police found a Stinger<br />

BB gun under the front seat<br />

of the BMW, and Ahmad<br />

was arrested, according to<br />

the release. He reportedly<br />

posted bond and was released,<br />

pending a court date<br />

scheduled for 10:30 a.m.<br />

April 12 at the Cook County<br />

Courthouse for the Fifth<br />

Municipal District in Bridgeview.<br />

Reporting by Bill Jones, Editor.<br />

For more, visit OPPrairie.com.<br />

FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER<br />

Longtime Mokena resident<br />

reflects on teaching career<br />

As someone who has lived<br />

in Mokena since 1951, Eleanore<br />

Stewart has seen a lot of<br />

changes in the town.<br />

When she and her husband<br />

built their home in 1969,<br />

there were no sidewalks or<br />

paved roads, and the post office<br />

did not deliver mail in<br />

their Sunny Acres neighborhood,<br />

just off of 194th Street.<br />

Stewart is best known for<br />

being a second-grade teacher<br />

in Mokena until her retirement<br />

in 2000 at the age of<br />

65. During her teaching career,<br />

she nurtured hundreds<br />

of young minds, all while<br />

raising a family with her late<br />

husband, Jim.<br />

“I enjoyed doing it,” Stewart<br />

said. “I went through all<br />

those years of getting my<br />

degree, and so I stayed with<br />

it. It was something I could<br />

do with the children, and that<br />

was my main thing: to stay<br />

with the children. My husband<br />

and I were always with<br />

them. They were never alone.<br />

I think that’s very, very important.”<br />

In addition to her three<br />

children, Stewart’s family<br />

has grown through the years<br />

to include nine grandchildren<br />

and 14 great-grandchildren,<br />

with the most recent arriving<br />

in the last few weeks.<br />

“My family is the greatest<br />

I could have,” said Stewart,<br />

who is now living at Clarendale<br />

of Mokena following a<br />

hip injury.<br />

Nowadays, she spends her<br />

time writing about anything<br />

and everything that sparks<br />

her interest including animals,<br />

gardening, recycling,<br />

and church news for both the<br />

Clarendale newsletter and for<br />

her church newsletter.<br />

Reporting by Amanda Stoll,<br />

Assistant Editor. For more, visit<br />

MokenaMessenger.com.


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Social snapshot<br />

Top Web Stories<br />

From NewLenoxPatriot.com as of Monday,<br />

March 12<br />

1. Administration approves walkout, requests<br />

students stay inside<br />

2. Village could secure land deal for<br />

wastewater plant near Silver Cross Hospital<br />

3. New priest hopes to revitalize Grace<br />

Episcopal Church<br />

4. Cedar Road water main replacement to<br />

impact residents, <strong>NL</strong> commuters<br />

5. 10 Questions with Nathan Clendenning,<br />

Basketball, Lincoln-Way West<br />

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New Lenox School District 122 posted this<br />

on March 6:<br />

“We had a great week at Haines celebrating<br />

Dr. Seuss’ birthday! 1st grade sponsored<br />

special dress up days, door decorating<br />

and our week ended with a great birthday<br />

party in each classroom! We love reading at<br />

Haines!”<br />

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“Thank you Mary for hosting and planning<br />

special games every year! It’s an amazing<br />

event! WE ARE READY TO COMPETE!!”<br />

@LWWestside on March 7<br />

Follow The New Lenox Patriot: @The<strong>NL</strong>Patriot<br />

From the Assistant Editor<br />

Balancing safety and reason<br />

Amanda Stoll<br />

a.stoll@22ndcenturymedia.com<br />

The recent decision by<br />

Lincoln-Way administrators<br />

to restrict<br />

public access to the athletic<br />

facilities during school<br />

hours may not be shocking<br />

to most, whether you support<br />

their decision or not.<br />

Yes, the safety measures<br />

have been discussed for<br />

years, but still I don’t think<br />

people thought a decision<br />

would be made so quickly<br />

that the Lincoln-Way Community<br />

High School District<br />

210 Board of Education<br />

wouldn’t even have a<br />

chance to vote on it.<br />

I went to a school where<br />

members of the public were<br />

allowed to use the joint Park<br />

District and school facilities<br />

throughout the day.<br />

Those rules haven’t<br />

changed in my hometown,<br />

so why have they here?<br />

Tragedies happen in<br />

big cities and small towns<br />

alike, and anyone from a<br />

small town knows that even<br />

though the crime rate may<br />

be low it doesn’t mean that<br />

there aren’t problems.<br />

What we should be<br />

talking about is whether<br />

members of the public who<br />

come to use the pool and<br />

track are a perceived threat<br />

or an actual threat.<br />

Are the morning swimmers<br />

or early afternoon<br />

joggers the people we really<br />

need to be concerned about?<br />

Is a senior citizen coming<br />

into the school wielding a<br />

duffle bag with her swimsuit,<br />

towel and sandals<br />

where the danger lies?<br />

Research suggests it is not.<br />

What no one seems to be<br />

talking about is where the<br />

actual danger lies. No one<br />

wants to admit that the most<br />

dangerous person is probably<br />

already in the school.<br />

From my own research<br />

as well as information from<br />

various studies, including notfor<br />

profit organizations, the<br />

Secret Service and Department<br />

of Education, school<br />

shooters have largely been<br />

current or former students.<br />

It can be difficult to define<br />

and study school shootings<br />

because of the varying circumstances<br />

surrounding each<br />

tragedy, but one of the most<br />

recent and comprehensive<br />

studies, which was conducted<br />

by the Secret Service and the<br />

Department of Education,<br />

specifically focused on incidents<br />

of “targeted violence.”<br />

Those were defined as<br />

incidents “where the school<br />

was deliberately selected as<br />

the location for the attack and<br />

was not simply a random site<br />

of opportunity.”<br />

Some of the findings from<br />

the Secret Service report<br />

published in 2004 included:<br />

• Incidents of targeted violence<br />

at school rarely were<br />

sudden, impulsive acts.<br />

• There is no accurate or<br />

useful “profile” of students<br />

who engaged in targeted<br />

school violence.<br />

• Most attackers engaged<br />

in some behavior prior to<br />

the incident that caused others<br />

concern or indicated a<br />

need for help.<br />

• Most attackers had difficulty<br />

coping with significant<br />

losses or personal failures.<br />

Moreover, many had considered<br />

or attempted suicide.<br />

• Many attackers felt bullied,<br />

persecuted, or injured<br />

by others prior to the attack.<br />

The full report can be<br />

found at www2.ed.gov/<br />

admins/lead/safety/preventingattacksreport.pdf.<br />

Similar to what I wrote<br />

last week, which is supported<br />

by the study’s findings,<br />

is that someone somewhere<br />

probably suspected these<br />

school shooters needed<br />

help. If that person had gotten<br />

the care and professional<br />

support they needed, maybe<br />

their actions would not have<br />

escalated to such extremes.<br />

Maybe a tragedy could<br />

have been prevented.<br />

I believe Lincoln-Way’s<br />

student reporting system is<br />

a step in the right direction,<br />

allowing students to anonymously<br />

report incidents of<br />

bullying or concerns of selfharm<br />

or violence. I also think<br />

the decision to restrict the<br />

public from using the athletic<br />

facilities during the day is a<br />

misguided action that is not<br />

addressing the real issue.<br />

If the school truly wants to<br />

continue being a partner with<br />

the community, as Superintendent<br />

Dr. R. Scott Tingley<br />

said in an interview with me,<br />

then I think it should reverse<br />

its decision and come up<br />

with a different solution than<br />

restricting access during the<br />

day entirely.<br />

A separate entrance could<br />

be delegated to allow public<br />

access, or a staff member<br />

could be tasked with walking<br />

down to the facility to<br />

ensure users go directly<br />

there rather than straying to<br />

other parts of the building.<br />

I realize that may require a<br />

dedicated security officer,<br />

but maybe that cost could<br />

be justified based on fees<br />

charged to use the facility.<br />

Rather than spending<br />

our collective time fighting<br />

amongst each other and getting<br />

nasty on social media<br />

or going around and around<br />

in board meetings, maybe<br />

our time would be better<br />

spent focusing on the students<br />

already in the school.<br />

With a demanding course<br />

load, pressure to be admitted<br />

to a good college,<br />

involvement in numerous<br />

school activities, peer pressure<br />

and teenage hormones,<br />

high school can be a stressful<br />

place for anyone.<br />

For those already suffering<br />

from mental health issues,<br />

that type of stress can<br />

be marginalizing, depressing<br />

and unstabilizing.<br />

Just as it has taken people<br />

years to be more comfortable<br />

talking about tough topics,<br />

such as cancer, so too must<br />

we as a society start talking<br />

about mental health.<br />

If our children are so<br />

important to us, let’s, as a<br />

community, start making<br />

their mental well-being a<br />

priority.<br />

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Fun for everyone<br />

LWC hosts another year of<br />

Special Games for 10 area<br />

schools, Page 24<br />

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Boiling over Tom Kelly’s gets<br />

ready to sell more than 2,000 pounds<br />

of beef for St. Patrick’s Day, Page 27<br />

New Lenox Chamber board member Mike<br />

Vita, from Thornton Powell Insurance,<br />

poses for a picture with Captain America<br />

Saturday, March 10, during the New Lenox<br />

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and Home Show at Lincoln-Way Central.<br />

Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media<br />

More than 70<br />

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20 | March 15, 2018 | The New Lenox Patriot FAITH<br />

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In memoriam<br />

Susan Linn Clark<br />

Susan Linn Clark, 49,<br />

of New Lenox, died Feb.<br />

27. She is survived by her<br />

husband Timothy Clark;<br />

children Aubrey Clark and<br />

Paitlyn Clark; parents David<br />

and Jackie Heitman; siblings<br />

Jennifer (John) Wielgosz and<br />

David (Alison) Heitman; and<br />

nieces and nephews Zach,<br />

Nicole, Chris, Austin, Katie,<br />

Jake, Ally and David. Susan<br />

graduated from Lockport<br />

Township High School with<br />

the class of 1987. On March<br />

27, 2004 she was united in<br />

marriage to Timothy Clark<br />

and moved to New Lenox.<br />

Family received friends at<br />

Kurtz Memorial Chapel. Internment<br />

was private. In lieu<br />

of memorials, donations to<br />

www.gofundme.com/sueclark<br />

would be appreciated.<br />

Norma Louise Garza<br />

Norma Louise Garza (nee<br />

Matt), of New Lenox, died<br />

Feb. 21. She is survived by<br />

her four children Jodi (John)<br />

Posego, Jean (Mark) Fisher,<br />

Michael (Lori) Garza and<br />

Robert Garza; grandchildren<br />

Cody Garza, Jesse Fisher,<br />

Robert Garza, Gina (Rosauro)<br />

Perez, Joshua Fisher,<br />

John (Samantha) Posego,<br />

Kyle Posego and Laurene<br />

Posego; siblings Lawrence<br />

(Carol) Matt, and Gerald<br />

(the late Marilyn) Matt; numerous<br />

nieces, nephews,<br />

and former daughters-in-law<br />

Sandy Garza and Tammy<br />

Garza. A New Lenox resident<br />

for 40 years, Norma<br />

worked in the downtown<br />

Chicago as a teletypist. She<br />

bowled at Country Lanes<br />

(now Laraway Lanes) in<br />

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traveled to South Korea for<br />

the 30-year anniversary of<br />

the Korean War. Norma’s<br />

family wishes to thank her<br />

many friends for their love<br />

and lifelong support. Family<br />

received friends at Kurtz<br />

Memorial Chapel. Internment<br />

was at Abraham Lincoln<br />

National Cemetery. In<br />

lieu of memorials, donations<br />

in Norma’s name to Wreaths<br />

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Contact Jessica Nemec<br />

@708.326.9170 ex.46<br />

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Lung Association, or Disabled<br />

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would be appreciated.<br />

Elwood E. Wicks<br />

Elwood “Woody” E.<br />

Wicks, 85, of New Lenox,<br />

died Feb. 3. He is survived<br />

by his children Cynthia<br />

(Greg) Kramer, Bradley<br />

(Carrie) and Barton; grandchildren<br />

Kyle (Ashlie) and<br />

Kendra (Andy) Hines; and<br />

two great-grandchildren<br />

Alton Hines and Grayson<br />

Wicks. Woody worked for<br />

Caterpillar Tractor Company<br />

in Joliet until 1987 when he<br />

retired after 35 years of service.<br />

Family received friends<br />

at Ottawa Funeral Home.<br />

Private graveside services<br />

were held at Oakwood Memorial<br />

Park. In lieu of memorials,<br />

donations may be<br />

made to the American Heart<br />

Association or P.A.W.S. Animal<br />

Shelter of Tinley Park.<br />

Paul Robet Manley<br />

Paul Robert<br />

Manley, 79, died<br />

Feb. 17. He is survived by<br />

his children Kathleen and<br />

her husband Donald Zolfo,<br />

and Michael Manley; grandchildren<br />

Rachel and her husband<br />

Michael Twarog, Daniel<br />

and Matthew Zolfo. In<br />

addition, he is survived by<br />

his three step-children and<br />

their spouses Gary Kirby,<br />

and his companion, Becky<br />

Fessler, Roger and Pam Kirby<br />

,and Tina and Dan Tonsor;<br />

grandchildren and their<br />

spouses Justin Kirby, Brandon<br />

and Jacqueline Kirby,<br />

Preston Kirby, Andy Kirby,<br />

Arlee and Nathan Walker,<br />

Abbie and Ryan Bean, Drew<br />

Kirby, and Jeremy and Emily<br />

Clay; step granddaughter<br />

and her husband Kelsey<br />

and Marty Meyer; and 14<br />

great-grandchildren. Paul<br />

had the type of personality<br />

that drew people to him. He<br />

was a kind, Christian man<br />

and a true gentleman. He<br />

loved this country and was<br />

proud to serve in the US<br />

Navy. He worked at Olin<br />

Chemical Corporation and<br />

retired after 40 years of employment.<br />

Paul loved to fish,<br />

classic cars, traveling, but<br />

most of all his family meant<br />

everything to him. Family<br />

received friends at Crawford<br />

Funeral Home in Jerseyville.<br />

He was laid to rest at Roselawn<br />

Memory Gardens in<br />

Bethalto. A memorial mass<br />

will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday,<br />

June 2 at St. Jude<br />

Catholic Church in New<br />

Lenox for friends and family<br />

from northern Illinois. In<br />

lieu of memorials, donations<br />

may be given to either Holy<br />

Family Villa (a subsidiary<br />

of Catholic Charities) or to<br />

the Joslin Diabetes Center,<br />

in care of Crawford Funeral<br />

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FAITH BRIEFS<br />

United Methodist Church of New Lenox (339 W.<br />

Haven Ave, New Lenox)<br />

Palm Sunday Cantata<br />

Sunday, March 25. The United<br />

Methodist Church will host its<br />

Palm Sunday Cantata, “Praise the<br />

God of Resurrection,” performed<br />

by the Chancel Choir with a live<br />

24 piece orchestra. For more information<br />

call (815) 485-8271.<br />

Easter Egg Hunt<br />

10 a.m. Saturday, March 31.<br />

The United Methodist Church<br />

will host its annual Easter egg<br />

hunt. All are welcome. Toddlers<br />

through children in fifth grade are<br />

welcome to collect eggs. For more<br />

information, call (815) 485-8271.<br />

Disney Spectacular Show<br />

7 p.m. Saturday, April 21. Enjoy<br />

the first ever Bell Choirs and<br />

Chancel Choir as they perform For<br />

more information call (815) 485-<br />

8271.<br />

Chapel Bible Study<br />

7 p.m. every Monday.<br />

Mom Heart Group Book Club<br />

6:30-7:30 p.m. Thursdays.<br />

This group will meet on the first<br />

Thursday of every month to study<br />

“The Lifegiving Home: Creating<br />

a place of belonging and becoming”<br />

by Sally and Sarah Clarkson.<br />

Discuss how to make “home” your<br />

family’s favorite place to be. The<br />

group will meet in the Fellowship<br />

Hall and is open to the public. For<br />

more information, email stepha<br />

niekush@gmail.com.<br />

Wildside<br />

7-8:30 p.m. Thursdays. This<br />

group is for students in grades<br />

7-12. For more information, call<br />

(815) 485-8271.<br />

Christ Mission Church (22811 S. Cedar Road, New<br />

Lenox)<br />

Celebrate Recovery<br />

7-9 p.m. every Tuesday. For<br />

anyone struggling with hurts,<br />

habits, or hang-ups. For more information,<br />

call Deb at (708) 516-<br />

6318.<br />

St. John of Chicago Chapel (112 Church Street,<br />

New Lenox)<br />

Orthodox Divine Liturgy<br />

10-11:30 a.m. Sundays.<br />

Journey to Fullness<br />

7 p.m. Wednesdays. This is a<br />

ten-part video introduction to the<br />

Orthodox Church. There will be<br />

an open discussion with refreshments<br />

after. Seekers are welcome.<br />

Missio Dei Church (123 W. Wood St., New Lenox)<br />

Women’s Study<br />

6:30-8 p.m. Tuesdays and<br />

9-10:30 a.m. Saturdays. Study materials<br />

will cost $10.50, and books<br />

will be distributed before the study<br />

begins. Payments will be collected<br />

on the first class. Pay by cash or<br />

make checks payable to Missio<br />

Dei Church.<br />

Elder-led Prayer<br />

7-8 p.m. second Tuesday of every<br />

month, 123 W. Wood St., New<br />

Lenox. For more information, visit<br />

mdchurch.us.<br />

Date With Our Beloved<br />

7-8:30 p.m. every first Friday<br />

of every month, Kati Konkol’s<br />

house. This will be a time of silent<br />

prayer and meditation on the<br />

Lord as well as group prayer and<br />

short devotions. All women are<br />

welcome. For directions and more<br />

information, visit mdchurch.us.<br />

Gathered Worship<br />

9:30-11 a.m. every Sunday.<br />

New Life Church (500 Gougar Road, New Lenox)<br />

Worship Services<br />

10 a.m. Sundays. For more information,<br />

call (815) 462-0202.<br />

Revolution Church (1900 Heatherglen Dr., New<br />

Lenox)<br />

Men’s Ministry<br />

7 p.m. every Tuesday. For directions<br />

and more information, email<br />

pastorbilly@therevolutionchurch.<br />

org.<br />

Women’s Bible Study<br />

6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursdays at a<br />

private home in New Lenox. The<br />

theme is “Making the Most of<br />

Your Resources.” For the exact<br />

location, visit www.therevolutionchurch.org.<br />

For more information,<br />

email penny@therevolutionchurch.org.<br />

The Hub (1303 S. Schoolhouse Road, New Lenox)<br />

The Landing<br />

6:30-8:30 p.m. every Wednesday.<br />

This is a group to help teens<br />

break free from hurts, hang-ups<br />

and addictions. There is no charge.<br />

For more information, search for<br />

Freedom Haus on Facebook.<br />

The Center Youth Group<br />

6:30-9 p.m. every Thursday.<br />

Teens ages 12-19 are welcome.<br />

The night features live music, an<br />

open gym, an encouraging message<br />

and a chance to meet new<br />

friends. For more information,<br />

call (815) 717-8002.<br />

Parkview Christian Church (2121 S. Schoolhouse<br />

Road, New Lenox)<br />

Worship Services<br />

4 p.m. Saturdays; 8:30 a.m., 10<br />

a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Sundays.<br />

Peace Lutheran Church (1900 E. Lincoln Highway,<br />

New Lenox)<br />

Peace Women’s Group<br />

The Peace Women’s Group is<br />

open to all women 18 and older.<br />

We invite all interested to join us<br />

for our next events. For more information,<br />

contact Jan Stoller at<br />

(815) 530-2786. Please use the<br />

sign-up slip in the bulletin and<br />

indicate which events you would<br />

like to attend.<br />

Peace Buddies<br />

Noon – 2:00 p.m. Sundays.<br />

Peace Buddies is a special needs<br />

youth group for high school age<br />

and older. New Buddies are always<br />

welcome. You do not have<br />

to be a part of the church. This<br />

group usually meets on the first<br />

and third Sundays of the month.<br />

For questions, please see Pastor<br />

Dave or call (815) 529-7546.<br />

A Man in Recovery<br />

7-8:30 p.m. Every Tuesday.<br />

This recovery group is for those<br />

who are struggling with addiction<br />

or those who love someone struggling.<br />

For more information, call<br />

Tom at (815) 354-3195.<br />

Bible Study<br />

10 a.m. Every Wednesday. For<br />

more information, call (815) 485-<br />

5327.<br />

St. Jude Catholic Church (241 W. Second Ave., New<br />

Lenox)<br />

Called To Holiness<br />

7-8:30 p.m. every first Monday<br />

of the month. This is a new<br />

young adult faith-sharing group<br />

for Catholics in their 20s or 30s<br />

in the Chicago Southland area.<br />

Its purpose is to grow in our faith<br />

through scripture, discussion and<br />

prayer. For directions to the meeting<br />

location and more information,<br />

contact Jennifer at calledtoholinessgroup@gmail.com.<br />

Central Presbyterian Church (1101 S. Gougar Road,<br />

New Lenox)<br />

Church Service<br />

10:30 Sundays. For more information,<br />

call the church at (815)<br />

485-5152.<br />

Bible Study<br />

7 p.m. Tuesdays<br />

Trinity Lutheran Church (508 N. Cedar Road, New<br />

Lenox)<br />

Sunday School and Living<br />

Lutheran<br />

9:15 a.m. Sundays. For more<br />

information, call (815) 485-6973.<br />

Adult Bible Study<br />

8:30 a.m. Wednesdays<br />

Lincolnway Christian Church (690 E. Illinois Highway,<br />

New Lenox)<br />

Grandparents Raising<br />

Grandchildren<br />

6:30-8:30 p.m. the fourth<br />

Thursday of each month. Are you<br />

a grandmother/grandfather/aunt/<br />

uncle or other relative age 55<br />

or older raising a child in place<br />

of their parents? This support<br />

group will assist with social<br />

and emotional support and<br />

ideas to help you cope with the<br />

impact of this role on your health,<br />

emotional well-being, finances,<br />

and family. Social skills groups<br />

are also provided for children<br />

ages 3-12 with a reservation. To<br />

reserve a spot, call Kimberley<br />

Tarcak at the Senior Services<br />

Center of Will County at (815)<br />

740-4225.<br />

Have something for Faith Briefs?<br />

Contact Assistant Editor Amanda<br />

Stoll at a.stoll@22ndcenturymedia.<br />

com or call (708) 326-9170 ext.<br />

34. Information is due by noon on<br />

Thursdays one week prior to publication.<br />

Poetry Corner<br />

Jesus, can you<br />

hear me?<br />

There is a God in the heavens above<br />

I prayed to Him last night<br />

On bended knees, I cried out to him<br />

Surrendered in my fight.<br />

Chained to sin with lustful desires<br />

My choices brought the pain<br />

Now I’m dressed in lonely attire<br />

These pleasures sought in vain.<br />

Oh Jesus, can you hear me?<br />

Can you mend this soul that bleeds<br />

Can you ease the pain that aches<br />

within?<br />

Jesus can you rescue me?<br />

Oh Jesus, how I need you<br />

Please turn your ears to me<br />

I’m your lost sheep that went astray<br />

Please help me to find my way.<br />

Temptation called, I took the bait<br />

Then darkness swallowed me<br />

Now I long for love, life and peace<br />

Please end this misery.<br />

I’ve run so much, left family<br />

Self-centeredness prevailed<br />

My traveled path, the end of me<br />

Destruction now unveiled.<br />

Oh Jesus, can you hear me?<br />

I’m lost, I’m cold, I’m scared<br />

Can’t go on like this anymore<br />

It’s been awhile since someone<br />

cared.<br />

Oh Jesus, can you love me?<br />

Can you forgive me all my sins?<br />

Can You take the ugliness I’ve<br />

sown<br />

Call me child, no longer disowned?<br />

Apply your atoning sacrifice to me<br />

And Lord Jesus, set me free.<br />

I am no longer the black sheep, now<br />

I’m part of the flock.<br />

I follow and trust in the Good Shepherd,<br />

Jesus Christ, who died for me,<br />

shed his blood for me, forgave me.<br />

I’ll never be disowned.<br />

Praising God for the salvation gift<br />

of Jesus Christ, my lord and savior.<br />

Julie Sanders, New Lenox resident<br />

To submit a poem to poetry corner,<br />

email james@newlenoxpatriot.com.


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More than 70 exhibitors join chamber community expo<br />

Laurie Fanelli<br />

Freelance Reporter<br />

Each year, after a long<br />

winter of weather-driven<br />

hibernation, New Lenox<br />

residents emerge from their<br />

seasonal slumbers eager to<br />

see what’s new in town.<br />

The New Lenox Chamber<br />

of Commerce’s annual<br />

Community Expo and<br />

Home Show provided the<br />

perfect opportunity to ring<br />

in the new season as families,<br />

local businesses, nonprofits<br />

and civic groups<br />

came together for a day of<br />

fun.<br />

On top of a vast array of<br />

exhibitors, the 2018 Community<br />

Expo and Home<br />

Show – held on Saturday,<br />

March 10 at Lincoln-Way<br />

Central’s field house – featured<br />

a wide variety of offerings,<br />

including jump<br />

houses, appearances by<br />

princesses and superheroes,<br />

raffle prizes, health screenings,<br />

concessions and more.<br />

Emily Johnson, CEO of the<br />

New Lenox Chamber of<br />

Commerce, considers the<br />

expo one of her favorite<br />

events of the year.<br />

“There’s a good variety<br />

of everything here, and it’s<br />

a nice way to get to know<br />

what’s in your community,”<br />

she said. “My goal is to always<br />

host this as a true family<br />

and community event.<br />

We want to make sure that<br />

there is something for everyone.<br />

So while you’re<br />

here looking for information<br />

about remodeling your<br />

bathroom, your kids will be<br />

entertained and having a<br />

good time.”<br />

Among more than 70<br />

booths were representatives<br />

from the Chamber of<br />

Commerce’s 2017 Business<br />

of the Year, Atrium Dental,<br />

which spent the day spreading<br />

the word about a few<br />

upcoming special events.<br />

“The first Saturday in<br />

May will be our seventh<br />

year offering a free dental<br />

day, Dentistry from<br />

the Heart,” said financial<br />

manager, Courtney Roels.<br />

“We’re letting people know<br />

about the free cleanings,<br />

extractions and fillings. Everyone’s<br />

welcome, no questions<br />

asked. And through<br />

June, we are doing in-office<br />

whitenings for half price<br />

and all the proceeds will be<br />

split between the Smiles for<br />

Life Foundation and, locally,<br />

Guardian Angel Community<br />

Services.”<br />

Atrium was also one of<br />

the 2018 Community Expo<br />

and Home Show’s Premium<br />

Partners along with JBD<br />

White Horse Inn and Nu-<br />

Mark Credit Union.<br />

New Lenox residents<br />

Bonnie and Bill Freundt enjoyed<br />

a Saturday filled with<br />

community events.<br />

“We were at the Pancake<br />

Breakfast at the Fire Hall<br />

and now we’re stopping<br />

here to see what’s going<br />

on,” Bonnie said.<br />

Attendees were able to<br />

collect pamphlets, business<br />

cards and information<br />

about everything from<br />

animal care (Animal Clinic<br />

of New Lenox) to Zumba<br />

(New Lenox Park District).<br />

“We have a lot of new<br />

businesses here that are<br />

new to our community and<br />

also new to the Chamber,”<br />

Johnson said. “It’s a great<br />

mix of area businesses,<br />

health professionals, youth<br />

sports organizations, civic<br />

organizations and churches.<br />

We also have fun stuff for<br />

the kids.”<br />

KidsWork Children’s<br />

Museum’s booth, Party<br />

Hoppers’ jump house and<br />

Face Painting by Kerri were<br />

among the most popular<br />

stops for children.<br />

It may still be chilly in<br />

March, but when the sun<br />

New Lenox resident Cyndi Holcik (left) greets Ron Williams from Will County Well & Pump Co. Saturday, March 10, during<br />

the New Lenox Chamber of Commerce’s Community Expo and Home Show hosted at Lincoln-Way Central.<br />

Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media<br />

Atrium Family Dental dental assistant Nhi Le and financial<br />

manager Courtney Roels pose for a photo at their booth.<br />

is out, so is the New Lenox<br />

community, Johnson said,<br />

“This is the ideal weather<br />

today,” she said. “It’s nice<br />

and pretty, so you don’t<br />

want to be locked in your<br />

house but it’s too cold to<br />

be outside. The Expo and<br />

Twin sisters Ava and Bree Newman show off their matching<br />

face paint at the Face Paint by Kerri booth.<br />

Home Show is the perfect<br />

place to spend your Saturday<br />

morning.”<br />

More information on the<br />

New Lenox Chamber of<br />

Commerce can be found<br />

at www.newlenoxchamber.<br />

com.


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TRIAD TALK FOR SENIORS<br />

A guide to internet safety for seniors<br />

Kathie Johnson<br />

Director of Family Services for<br />

New Lenox Township<br />

Most American<br />

seniors are now<br />

online. That number<br />

is getting bigger all the<br />

time, and for good reason.<br />

The internet is a great way<br />

to read the latest news,<br />

stay in touch with family,<br />

get medical information,<br />

and manage appointments,<br />

renew prescriptions and<br />

access medical records. It’s<br />

how many of us shop and<br />

bank without leaving our<br />

homes.<br />

According to the FBI’s<br />

Scams & Safety web page,<br />

seniors are highly targeted<br />

by scammers of all kinds<br />

because they are widely<br />

expected to have a nest egg<br />

saved up, own their own<br />

house and have excellent<br />

credit. Because children in<br />

the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s<br />

were taught to be polite<br />

and trusting, scammers also<br />

expect older generations<br />

to be easier targets. Many<br />

scammers think seniors are<br />

even easier targets online<br />

because they did not grow<br />

up with today’s technology,<br />

like younger generations<br />

did, and therefore, scammers<br />

don’t think they will<br />

be as savvy about internet<br />

safety and risks.<br />

Seniors are also less<br />

likely to report scams. They<br />

either do not know who<br />

to report a scam to or they<br />

are simply embarrassed.<br />

Whatever the reason, this<br />

tendency also puts seniors<br />

at higher risk. To report a<br />

scam, contact the FBI at<br />

www.fbi.gov/contact-us/<br />

field, or submit a report<br />

online through the Internet<br />

Crime Complaint Center,<br />

www.ic3.gov/default.aspx.<br />

Seniors, like all internet<br />

users, will also benefit from<br />

general computer security<br />

practices, such as using antivirus<br />

software, setting up a<br />

firewall and never opening<br />

emails from unknown<br />

addresses or following<br />

links to unknown sites. The<br />

Department of Homeland<br />

Security’s National Cyber<br />

Security Awareness Month<br />

website offers even more<br />

information about computer<br />

safety basics if you visit<br />

www.dhs.gov and click on<br />

“cyber security.”<br />

Here are a few recommendations<br />

to keep your<br />

internet safe:<br />

• Use security software<br />

– To protect your devices<br />

install security software<br />

on your devices from a<br />

reliable source and keep it<br />

updated. It is best to run the<br />

anti-virus and anti-spyware<br />

software regularly.<br />

• Adjust your browser<br />

safety setting – Adjust your<br />

internet browser setting options<br />

for optimum security.<br />

The menus are often found<br />

in upper right corn of your<br />

browser. Clear your browsing<br />

history at the end of<br />

your session so you do not<br />

leave a trail of sensitive<br />

data.<br />

• Use the default firewall<br />

security protection on your<br />

computer – Your operating<br />

system (OS) has default<br />

firewall settings that will<br />

protect your computer<br />

without needing adjustment.<br />

If your antivirus software<br />

includes additional firewall<br />

protection that you can<br />

adjust separately, consider<br />

contacting a computer<br />

professional for assistance<br />

to ensure you’re safely<br />

protected without overblocking<br />

sites and programs<br />

you use regularly.<br />

• Secure your Internet<br />

router – Your internet router<br />

is the most important electronic<br />

device in their home.<br />

It links most of our devices<br />

together and to the world,<br />

so it has a highly privileged<br />

position that hackers can<br />

exploit. Some of these problems<br />

can’t be fixed by users,<br />

but there are many actions<br />

that can be taken to at least<br />

protect these devices from<br />

large-scale, automated attacks.<br />

Don’t let your router<br />

be a low-hanging fruit for<br />

hackers.<br />

Secure your passwords –<br />

Use strong and unique passwords<br />

and never share your<br />

passwords with anyone,<br />

unless you’ve designated<br />

someone you trust to manage<br />

your accounts. Make<br />

sure your passwords are<br />

long, at least eight characters<br />

and include numbers,<br />

upper and lowercase letters<br />

and symbols. Avoid using<br />

names of dictionary words.<br />

• Secure access to your<br />

accounts – Since passwords<br />

can be stolen, adding<br />

two-step authentication to<br />

accounts provides a second<br />

layer of protection. Many<br />

online services, including<br />

apps and websites, offer<br />

free options that could help<br />

you protect your information<br />

and ensure it’s actually<br />

you trying to access your<br />

account, not just someone<br />

with your password. Learn<br />

to lock down your login at<br />

www.lockdownyourlogin.<br />

com. And, for more information<br />

about two-step<br />

authentication, go to www.<br />

turnon2fa.com.<br />

• Log out – Remember to<br />

log out of apps and websites<br />

when you are done using<br />

them. Leaving them open on<br />

your computer screen could<br />

make you vulnerable to<br />

security and privacy risks.<br />

Practicing cyber safety<br />

can go a long way toward<br />

protecting your identity and<br />

sensitive personal information.<br />

Cybersecurity is about<br />

risk reduction. There is<br />

no such thing as “perfect<br />

security” but if you can arm<br />

yourself with information,<br />

you can make yourself a<br />

more difficult target to hit.<br />

Remember education is the<br />

best form of protection.<br />

If you follow some general<br />

rules and guidelines,<br />

you will find the internet a<br />

non-scary, fun and enchanting<br />

place to visit.<br />

If you want to learn more<br />

details about online safety<br />

for seniors, please attend<br />

the Manhattan-New Lenox<br />

TRIAD for Older Adults<br />

monthly meeting. We meet<br />

every fourth Thursday of<br />

each month. This month’s<br />

date is on Thursday, March<br />

22, at 1:30 p.m. at the Village<br />

of Manhattan Community<br />

Room, 260 Market<br />

Place in Manhattan.<br />

Any questions? Call Kathie<br />

at (815) 717-6221.<br />

D210, D122 students’ artwork to be featured at ArtWorks 2018<br />

Submitted by Lincoln-Way<br />

Community High School<br />

District 210<br />

Students from 32 area<br />

schools, including all three<br />

Lincoln-Way High Schools,<br />

will exhibit their musical<br />

and visual art talents at<br />

“ArtWorks 2018,” a fine arts<br />

festival sponsored by Lincoln-Way<br />

Community High<br />

School District 210.<br />

Visitors to ArtWorks 2018<br />

will have an opportunity to<br />

view musical performances<br />

by school choirs, youth<br />

strings and jazz combos;<br />

attend a variety of art demonstrations<br />

and hands-on<br />

workshops for all ages; and<br />

view an art exhibit of approximately<br />

900 art pieces<br />

by students ranging from<br />

kindergarten to high school.<br />

Participating school districts<br />

are Lincoln-Way High<br />

School District 210, New<br />

Lenox School District 122,<br />

Frankfort School District<br />

157C, Summit Hill School<br />

District 161, Mokena School<br />

District 159 and Manhattan<br />

School District 114, as well<br />

as Providence High School<br />

and St. Mary’s School.<br />

Professional artists from<br />

the community John Tylk,<br />

Ken Hawke and Ted Fuka<br />

will be in attendance to answer<br />

questions and demonstrate<br />

various art techniques.<br />

The ArtWorks Festival is<br />

being held in conjunction<br />

with the Frankfort Commu-<br />

Please see D210, 29<br />

Scheduled activities<br />

in the art classrooms<br />

include:<br />

10 a.m. – Fish printing<br />

project<br />

10:30 a.m. – Pinch pots<br />

in clay<br />

11 a.m. – Paper kites and<br />

cosmic sun catchers<br />

11:30 a.m. – Watercolor<br />

resist painting<br />

12:30 p.m. – Cut paper<br />

collage project<br />

1 p.m. – Origami activity<br />

1:30 p.m. – Relief printing<br />

and jewelry copper<br />

enameling<br />

Performances in the<br />

cafeteria and auditorium<br />

include:<br />

10:30 a.m. – Hickory<br />

Creek Vocal Ensembles<br />

(cafeteria)<br />

11 a.m. – Lincoln-Way<br />

Youth Strings Orchestra<br />

(auditorium)<br />

Noon – Lincoln-Way East<br />

Jazz Combo (cafeteria)<br />

Professional artists will<br />

be in the cafeteria from<br />

11:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.,<br />

which include:<br />

• John Tylk – Oil painting<br />

demonstration<br />

• Ted Fuka – Pastel<br />

demonstration<br />

• Ken Hawke –<br />

Professional photographer


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Unity among schools<br />

Area schools congregate at LWC for Special Games<br />

West students (clockwise from left) Cammy Holzhauer, Bella Tracey, Abby Lavelle and<br />

Daniel Ramsden pose for a picture before the introduction ceremony starts.<br />

Jordan Telez (left), dressed as the Lincoln-Way West Warriors’ mascot, poses for a picture<br />

with Adam Klee Thursday, March 8, during the Special Games hosted at Lincoln-Way<br />

Central. Photos by James Sanchez/22nd Century Media<br />

ABOVE:<br />

Central<br />

student Justin<br />

Kim shows off<br />

his costume.<br />

LEFT: Central<br />

students<br />

Thomas<br />

O’Hea (left)<br />

and Morgan<br />

Schiller raise<br />

the ceremonial<br />

torch.<br />

ABOVE: Central<br />

participants<br />

in the Special<br />

Games pose for<br />

a picture at the<br />

event.<br />

LEFT: West<br />

student Jack<br />

White performs<br />

the National<br />

Anthem.


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the New Lenox Patriot | March 15, 2018 | 25<br />

Tuning into spring<br />

LW Central, Martino bands kick off new season with concert<br />

Arwen Rolinitis plays the piano during the concert.<br />

Sarah Nori (middle) and Grace Strache play the French horn Thursday, March 8, during<br />

Lincoln-Way Central’s Winter Step-Up Concert hosted at the school.<br />

Photos by Paul Bergstrom/22nd Century Media<br />

ABOVE: Percussionist<br />

Mason Zaker plays the<br />

drums.<br />

LEFT: Pictured is<br />

Lincoln-Way Central’s<br />

band, which also<br />

performed with Martino<br />

Junior High and<br />

Mokena Junior High.<br />

The last song of the<br />

night featured all three<br />

schools performing<br />

together.<br />

ABOVE: Amanda<br />

Bozzetti (left)<br />

and Samantha<br />

Bath perform<br />

with the flute<br />

section.<br />

LEFT: Pictured<br />

are some of<br />

Lincoln-Way<br />

Central’s<br />

trumpet section<br />

performing at the<br />

concert.


26 | March 15, 2018 | The New Lenox Patriot NEW LENOX<br />

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The Dish<br />

Tom Kelly’s in New Lenox all about good times<br />

Upcoming Irish<br />

events to bring<br />

Guinness, corned<br />

beef, cabbage<br />

Amanda Stoll, Assistant Editor<br />

Tucked behind the Jewel-<br />

Osco near the intersection of<br />

Route 30 and Interstate 80 is<br />

a building that in many ways<br />

looks like a house. And with<br />

its two fireplaces, Tom Kelly’s<br />

Chophouse & Pub feels<br />

like home to many.<br />

That is the kind of atmosphere<br />

owner Kelly Trumpey<br />

said she and her husband,<br />

Brett, have tried to foster<br />

since the business opened 11<br />

years ago this March.<br />

Fittingly, Kelly Trumpey<br />

said they celebrate the business<br />

anniversary around St.<br />

Patrick’s Day, giving them<br />

another reason to throw an<br />

unforgettable party every<br />

year, complete with a heated<br />

tent set up in the parking lot,<br />

and music and entertainment<br />

all day long.<br />

This year, the Irish holiday<br />

falls on a Saturday, and<br />

Trumpey said they will begin<br />

the festivities at 10 a.m.<br />

and the music at noon with<br />

a performance by traditional<br />

Irish fiddlers. There will be<br />

music throughout the day,<br />

and bagpipers are to join the<br />

party at 6 p.m., followed by<br />

the headlining band, Hillbilly<br />

Rockstarz.<br />

“It’s a super-fun atmosphere,<br />

because everyone’s<br />

Irish on St. Patrick’s Day, so<br />

everyone’s just here to have<br />

a good time,” Trumpey said.<br />

“It’s like a sea of green.”<br />

Based on past years,<br />

Trumpey estimates the restaurant<br />

will sell more than<br />

2,000 pounds of corned beef<br />

during the weekend. Last<br />

year, revelers consumed seven<br />

kegs worth of Guinness.<br />

Tom Kelly’s Chophouse & Pub<br />

495 Degroate Road in New Lenox<br />

Hours<br />

• 11:30 a.m.-1 a.m. Sunday-Thursday (kitchen closes<br />

at 9 p.m. Sunday, 11 p.m. Monday-Thursday)<br />

• 11:30 a.m.-2 a.m. Friday (kitchen closes at midnight)<br />

• Noon-2 a.m. Saturday (kitchen closes at midnight)<br />

For more information ...<br />

Web: www.tomkellys.com<br />

Phone: (815) 462-8420<br />

This year she plans to order<br />

10 kegs — the equivalent<br />

of 1,653 bottles of the Irish<br />

brew.<br />

Though the economic recession<br />

hurt many businesses<br />

when it hit hard a decade<br />

ago, Trumpey said Tom Kelly’s<br />

survived because of its<br />

customer service and loyal<br />

customers.<br />

“If you don’t know a<br />

name, you know the drink or<br />

you know what they eat, and<br />

we find that that really got<br />

us through those really hard<br />

recession times,” Trumpey<br />

said.<br />

About four years ago,<br />

Trumpey said business really<br />

started to pick up again,<br />

which allowed Tom Kelly’s<br />

to put the focus back on<br />

menu items, fresh ingredients<br />

and homemade sauces.<br />

She said the restaurant is<br />

known for its food, but 28<br />

craft beers on tap, and a full<br />

whiskey and bourbon bar, do<br />

not go unnoticed.<br />

Tom Kelly’s is popular<br />

with Blackhawks fans during<br />

hockey season and March<br />

Madness, but Trumpey said<br />

recently it has started hosting<br />

children’s events, including<br />

Halloween and Christmas<br />

parties. The next such event,<br />

an Easter party, is to begin at<br />

noon, March 31.<br />

Trumpey said she and her<br />

husband tried to think about<br />

the kinds of things they<br />

enjoy in addition to those<br />

their two youngsters do, and<br />

an event at the restaurant<br />

seemed to fit the bill, with<br />

food and drinks for the parents,<br />

and crafts and activities<br />

for the children.<br />

Keeping with the family<br />

friendly theme, Tom Kelly’s<br />

kid’s menu includes mac and<br />

cheese, chicken nuggets,<br />

mini burgers and grilled<br />

cheese.<br />

For the adults, Tom Kelly’s<br />

appetizer menu includes<br />

American favorites, such as<br />

wings tossed in either BBQ,<br />

garlic, mild or hot sauce;<br />

fried pickles served with<br />

chipotle ranch; and nachos<br />

with beef or homemade chili<br />

or shredded chicken.<br />

Trumpey said among her<br />

favorite things on the menu<br />

are the Reuben rolls. The<br />

sliced corned beef, Swiss<br />

cheese and sauerkraut are<br />

served in a deep fried wonton<br />

for a crunchy, bite-sized<br />

take on the popular sandwich.<br />

For sauerkraut and corned<br />

beef lovers, there are other<br />

Reuben items on the menu,<br />

including the traditional<br />

Reuben sandwich, the Reuben<br />

burger and the 12-inch<br />

Reuben pizza.<br />

The burger options can be<br />

ordered with bison, Angus<br />

beef, grilled chicken breast<br />

or a turkey burger. Prices<br />

vary by item.<br />

Although Trumpey said<br />

the restaurant has added and<br />

changed the menu many<br />

times, the corned beef and<br />

The corned beef and cabbage is at the heart of Tom Kelly’s menu for St. Patrick’s Day<br />

guests. Photos by Amanda Stoll/22nd Century Media<br />

Chicken Parmesan recently was added to Tom Kelly’s menu at the request of customers<br />

who wanted to see more pasta dishes during winter months.<br />

cabbage is an obvious staple<br />

of Tom Kelly’s traditional<br />

Irish fare. Other Irish entrées<br />

include shepherd’s pie, the<br />

Guinness beef stew and the<br />

beer-battered fish and chips.<br />

Trumpey said new specials<br />

are always being tested<br />

out throughout the month. If<br />

popular, she said they may<br />

be added to the regular menu<br />

the next time around.<br />

“I think we can always<br />

continue to grow,” Trumpey<br />

said.


28 | March 15, 2018 | The New Lenox Patriot PUZZLES<br />

newlenoxpatriot.com<br />

crosstown CROSSWORD & Sudoku<br />

The crosstowns: Frankfort, Homer Glen, Lockport, Mokena, New Lenox, Orland Park, Tinley Park<br />

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur<br />

Across<br />

1. Porters softball star,<br />

going to play for Southern<br />

Indiana University,<br />

goes with 9 across<br />

5. People for whom a state<br />

is named<br />

9. See 1 across<br />

14. Battery for laser pointers<br />

15. Not one<br />

16. Excludes<br />

17. Indy 500 winner<br />

Mears: 1979 and 1984<br />

18. Fed<br />

19. Below (in text)<br />

20. Chooses beforehand<br />

23. Resident’s suffix<br />

24. Ravel’s “Gaspard de<br />

la ___”<br />

25. Bird word<br />

27. Guy in the black hat<br />

31. Stole<br />

32. Metric meas.<br />

35. Blew it<br />

36. Playwright<br />

39. Ages and ages<br />

40. Hair style<br />

41. Dissolute man<br />

42. Small white legumes<br />

45. Unresolvable, in a way<br />

46. Word of encouragement<br />

47. Mountains, abbr.<br />

48. Vichyssoise ingredient<br />

49. Sot’s sound<br />

50. Indian silk dress<br />

52. ___ George<br />

54. Threat at sea<br />

60. Porters bowling ace,<br />

Mitchell ___<br />

62. Resembling thick<br />

cords<br />

63. “Combat” painter,<br />

William<br />

64. Arbitration decision<br />

65. “Last train” singer,<br />

Guthrie<br />

66. Barge ___<br />

67. Dishes of many ingredients<br />

68. “___ here long?”<br />

69. Tear down<br />

Down<br />

1. 1994 Costner role<br />

2. Animal house<br />

3. 1984 T.V. movie starring<br />

Phoebe Cates<br />

4. Shoots the breeze<br />

5. Detach<br />

6. “As the World Turns”<br />

actress<br />

7. Execute<br />

8. In the mail<br />

9. ___ polloi<br />

10. Prenatal test, for short<br />

11. Knack<br />

12. Parisian “to be”<br />

13. U.S. intelligence org.<br />

21. “Camelot” character<br />

22. Pond algae<br />

26. Mouths, in zoology<br />

27. Gambling game<br />

28. “He’s ___ nowhere<br />

man” (Beatles lyric)<br />

29. Horde<br />

30. Refuse<br />

31. Clappers<br />

32. Plains Indian<br />

33. Astronaut’s wear<br />

34. Court figure<br />

36. Abbreviations for<br />

certain companies<br />

37. Escape<br />

38. Meadowlands pace<br />

43. ASCAP rival<br />

44. Emulate Albrecht<br />

Durer<br />

45. Dark<br />

48. Victimize<br />

49. Prefix meaning<br />

“water”<br />

50. Chewy treat<br />

51. Sufficient<br />

52. Wail<br />

53. Resort town near<br />

Santa Barbara<br />

55. Egyptian, e.g.<br />

56. Inheritor<br />

57. Volcano in Sicily<br />

58. Encyclopedic range<br />

59. Metric unit of force<br />

60. Comptroller General’s<br />

agcy.<br />

61. Newspaper inserts<br />

Fox’s Restaurant and Pub<br />

(11247 W. 187th St., Mokena;<br />

(708) 478-8888)<br />

■6 ■ p.m. Thursdays,<br />

Fridays and Saturdays:<br />

Performance by Jerry<br />

Eadie<br />

Open Mic Night<br />

The Outpost Pub & Grill<br />

(14929 Archer Ave., Lockport;<br />

(815) 836-8893)<br />

■8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays and<br />

Thursdays: Karaoke<br />

How to play Sudoku<br />

Each sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that<br />

has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 3x3<br />

squares. To solve the puzzle, each row, column and<br />

box must contain each of the numbers 1 to 9.<br />

LEVEL: Medium<br />

NEW LENOX<br />

Little Joe’s Restaurant<br />

(1300 N. Cedar Road,<br />

New Lenox; (815) 463-<br />

1099)<br />

■5-8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays:<br />

Piano Styles by Joe<br />

MOKENA<br />

The Alley Grill and Tap<br />

House<br />

(18700 S. Old LaGrange<br />

Road, Mokena; (708) 478-<br />

3610)<br />

■9 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Karaoke<br />

Jenny’s Southside Tap<br />

(10160 191st St., Mokena;<br />

(708) 479-6873)<br />

■6 ■ p.m. Tuesdays:<br />

Psychic night - second<br />

Tuesday every month.<br />

■9 ■ p.m. Thursdays:<br />

Karaoke<br />

LOCKPORT<br />

Port Noir<br />

(900 S. State St., Lockport;<br />

(815) 834-9463)<br />

■4-7 ■ p.m. Monday-Friday:<br />

Happy Hour<br />

■8-10 ■ p.m. Thursdays:<br />

Comedy Bingo<br />

■8-11 ■ p.m. Fridays and<br />

Saturdays: Live Band<br />

■7-11 ■ p.m. Sundays:<br />

Strike N Spare II<br />

(811 Northern Drive,<br />

Lockport; (708) 301-<br />

1477)<br />

■9:30 ■ p.m.-12:30 a.m.<br />

Mondays: Quartermania<br />

■10 ■ p.m.-midnight Saturdays:<br />

Cosmic Bowl<br />

HOMER GLEN<br />

Front Row<br />

(14903 S. Bell Road,<br />

Homer Glen; (708) 645-<br />

7000)<br />

■7 ■ p.m. Wednesdays:<br />

Trivia<br />

To place an event<br />

in The Scene, email<br />

a.stoll@22ndcenturymedia.<br />

com.<br />

answers<br />

Sudoku by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan


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the New Lenox Patriot | March 15, 2018 | 29<br />

New Lenox native named Woman of the Year<br />

Submitted by St. Jude<br />

Church<br />

D210<br />

From Page 23<br />

nity Showcase. The Community<br />

Showcase will be<br />

held in the Lincoln-Way<br />

East Field House, and will<br />

offer families many opportunities<br />

to interact with local<br />

Pat Hammer, a 34-<br />

year member of St. Jude<br />

Church has been named the<br />

2018 Woman of the Year<br />

by the Council of Catholic<br />

Women.<br />

Hammer has been involved<br />

in many parish activities<br />

such as teaching<br />

religious education, baking<br />

for Daybreak, helping with<br />

Fair Trade Craft shows and<br />

counting contribution money.<br />

And, she also belongs to<br />

a bible study group. Pat is<br />

a past CCW president and<br />

helps with the funeral lun-<br />

New Lenox native was<br />

recently named the 2018<br />

Woman of the Year by the<br />

Council of Catholic Women<br />

of St. Jude Church. Photo<br />

Submitted<br />

cheons and bake sales. She<br />

is always looking for ideas<br />

for the CCW programs and<br />

has been successful in her<br />

businesses and vendors.<br />

ArtWorks will begin at<br />

10:00 a.m. Saturday, March<br />

17 at Lincoln-Way East<br />

High School. The festival<br />

offers free admission and<br />

will conclude at 3 p.m. All<br />

are encouraged to stop by<br />

and enjoy a day devoted<br />

endeavors.<br />

Pat is a retired fifth- and<br />

sixth-grade teacher. She has<br />

one son, Christopher, and<br />

one daughter, Denise. Christopher<br />

and his wife, Laura,<br />

have two sons, Matthew and<br />

Michael, so she has the joys<br />

of being a grandma.<br />

About three years ago, Pat<br />

moved to a new townhouse<br />

in Manhattan, but St. Jude’s<br />

will always be her spiritual<br />

home.<br />

Congratulations on this<br />

wonderful honor and thank<br />

you for all you have done<br />

for the community, St. Jude<br />

Church and all those in your<br />

life.<br />

to celebrating the arts and<br />

the community. There will<br />

be many activities, performances<br />

and art for all ages to<br />

enjoy. Those with questions<br />

can contact Lincoln-Way Art<br />

Department Chair Phil Labriola<br />

at (815) 717-3561 or<br />

plabriola@lw210.org.<br />

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Distinctive Home Builders Introduces New Craftsman Home Series<br />

At Prairie Trails in Manhattan and WestGate Manor in Peotone!<br />

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

Two refreshing designs mark<br />

the beginning of a new series<br />

of Craftsman-style homes<br />

available from Distinctive Home<br />

Builders at its latest new home<br />

communities: Prairie Trails;<br />

located in Manhattan within the<br />

highly-regarded Lincoln-Way<br />

School District and at WestGate<br />

Manor in Peotone within<br />

the desirable Peotone School<br />

District.<br />

“Craftsman homes were<br />

introduced in the early 1900s<br />

in California with designs<br />

based on a simpler, functional<br />

aesthetic using a higher level<br />

of craftsmanship and natural<br />

materials. These homes were a<br />

departure from homes that were<br />

mass produced from that era,<br />

“according to Bryan Nooner,<br />

president of Distinctive Home<br />

Builders.<br />

“The Craftsman design has<br />

made a comeback today for<br />

many of the same reasons it<br />

started over a century ago. Our<br />

customers want to live in a home<br />

that gets away from the “mass<br />

produced” look and live in a<br />

home that has more character. As<br />

a result of our daily interaction<br />

with our homeowners and their<br />

input, we are excited to introduce<br />

these two homes, with additional<br />

designs in the works.”<br />

Nooner, who meets with<br />

each homeowner prior to<br />

construction, has been working<br />

on these plans for a while and felt<br />

that the timing was ideal for the<br />

debut. “Customers were asking<br />

for something different and<br />

simple with less monotony and<br />

higher architectural standards.”<br />

The result was the Craftsman<br />

ranch and the Prairie twostory,<br />

now available at Prairie<br />

Trails and WestGate Manor.<br />

The Craftsman ranch features<br />

an open floor plan with Great<br />

Room, three bedrooms, two<br />

baths and a two-car (optional<br />

three-car) garage. The Prairie<br />

features a two-story foyer and<br />

Great Room, three bedrooms<br />

and one and one-half baths, a<br />

convenient Flex Room space<br />

on the main level and a two-car<br />

(optional three-car) garage. The<br />

Craftsman architectural elements<br />

on both homes include brick and<br />

stone exteriors with cedar shake<br />

accent siding, low-pitched gabled<br />

bracket roofs, front porches with<br />

tapered columns and stone piers,<br />

partially paned windows, and a<br />

standard panel front entry door.<br />

Distinctive Home Builders<br />

offers a Craftsman-style trim<br />

package offering trim without<br />

ornate profiles and routers. The<br />

trim features simplicity in design<br />

with rectangles, straight lines and<br />

layered look trims over doors for<br />

example. The front entry door<br />

will have the standard Craftsman<br />

panel style door. Distinctive has<br />

also created a Craftsman color<br />

palate to assist buyers in making<br />

coordinated choices for the<br />

interior of their new Craftsman<br />

home. Colors, cabinet styles and<br />

flooring choices blend seamlessly<br />

with the Craftsman trim package<br />

and are available in gray tones<br />

package and earth tones.<br />

Distinctive offers custom maple<br />

kitchen cabinets featuring solid<br />

wood construction (no particle<br />

board), have solid wood drawers<br />

with dove tail joints, which is<br />

very rare in the marketplace.<br />

“When you buy a new home<br />

from Distinctive, you truly are<br />

receiving custom made cabinets<br />

in every home we sell no matter<br />

what the price range,” noted<br />

Nooner.<br />

Distinctive Home Builders<br />

works to achieve a delivery goal<br />

of 90 days with zero punch list<br />

items for its homeowners. “Our<br />

three decades building homes<br />

provides an efficient construction<br />

system,” said Nooner. “Many of<br />

our skilled craftsmen have been<br />

working with our company<br />

for over 20 years. We also<br />

take pride on having excellent<br />

communicators throughout our<br />

organization. This translates into<br />

a positive buying and building<br />

experience for our homeowners<br />

and one of the highest referral<br />

rates in the industry.”<br />

Nooner added that all homes<br />

are highly energy efficient. Every<br />

home built will have upgraded<br />

wall and ceiling insulation<br />

values with energy efficient<br />

windows and high efficiency<br />

furnaces. Before homeowners<br />

move into their new home,<br />

Distinctive Home Builders<br />

conducts a blower door test that<br />

pressurizes the home to ensure<br />

that each home passes a set of<br />

very stringent Energy Efficiency<br />

guidelines.<br />

With the addition of these two<br />

new designs, there are now 15<br />

ranch, split-level and six twostory<br />

single-family home styles to<br />

choose from each offering from<br />

three to eight different exterior<br />

elevations at both communities.<br />

The three- to four-bedroom<br />

homes feature one and one-half<br />

to two-and-one-half baths, twoto<br />

three-car garages and a family<br />

room, all in approximately 1,600<br />

to over 3,000 square feet of living<br />

space. Basements are included in<br />

most models as well. Distinctive<br />

also encourages customization<br />

to make your new home truly<br />

personalized to suit your lifestyle.<br />

Oversize home sites; brick<br />

exteriors on all four sides of the<br />

first floor; custom maple cabinets;<br />

ceramic tile or hardwood<br />

floors in the kitchen, baths and<br />

foyer; genuine wood trim and<br />

doors and concrete driveways<br />

can all be yours at Prairie<br />

Trails and WestGate Manor.<br />

Most all home sites at Prairie<br />

Trails and WestGate Manor<br />

can accommodate a three-car<br />

garage; a very important amenity<br />

to the Manhattan homebuyer,<br />

said Nooner.<br />

“When we opened Prairie<br />

Trails and WestGate Manor we<br />

wanted to provide the best new<br />

home value for the dollar and<br />

we feel with offering Premium<br />

Standard Features that we do<br />

just that. So why wait? This is<br />

truly the best time to build your<br />

dream home!”<br />

Prairie Trails is also a beautiful<br />

place to live and raise a family<br />

featuring a 20-acre lake on site,<br />

as well as direct access to the 22-<br />

mile Wauponsee Glacial Prairie<br />

Path that borders the community<br />

and meanders through many<br />

neighboring communities and<br />

links to many other popular<br />

trails. The Manhattan Metra<br />

station is less than a mile away.<br />

Besides Prairie Trails,<br />

Distinctive Home Builders<br />

has built homes throughout<br />

Manhattan in the Butternut<br />

Ridge and Leighlinbridge<br />

developments, as well as in the<br />

Will and south Cook county<br />

areas over the past 30 years.<br />

Distinctive Home Builders<br />

chose the Will County village<br />

of Peotone for its newest<br />

community of 38 single-family<br />

homes at WestGate Manor<br />

within walking distance of the<br />

esteemed Peotone High School.<br />

Its convenient location between<br />

Interstate 57 and Illinois Route<br />

50 provide easy access to I-80<br />

and commuters enjoy several<br />

nearby train stations and a<br />

35-minute drive to Chicago.<br />

Visit the on-site sales<br />

information center for<br />

unadvertised specials and view<br />

the numerous styles of homes<br />

being offered and the available<br />

lots. Call Lynne Rinck at (708)<br />

737-9142 or (708) 479-7700 for<br />

more information or visit www.<br />

distinctivehomebuilders.com.<br />

The Prairie Trails and WestGate<br />

Manor new home information<br />

center is located three miles<br />

south of Laraway Rd. on Rt.<br />

52. The address is 24458 S.<br />

Rt. 52, Manhattan, IL. 60422.<br />

Open Daily 10:00 a.m. – 5:00<br />

p.m. Closed Wednesday and<br />

Thursday and always available<br />

by appointment.<br />

Specials, prices, specifications,<br />

standard features, model<br />

offerings, build times and lot<br />

availability are subject to change<br />

without notice. Please contact<br />

a Distinctive representative for<br />

current pricing and complete<br />

details.<br />

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32 | March 15, 2018 | The New Lenox Patriot Classifieds<br />

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per line 7 papers<br />

Merchandise<br />

$30 7 4 papers<br />

lines/<br />

Accounting Manager<br />

SW Suburban Manufacturing Company seeks an Accounting<br />

Manager with Direct Experience in all areas of Accounting<br />

and Human Resources. Accounting responsibilities include<br />

preparation & analysis of monthly and year-end financial<br />

statements in a timely manner, a working knowledge of<br />

accounts receivable & payable, prepaid & accrued expenses,<br />

journal entries, cash reconciliation & management, inventory<br />

control, and supervision of the daily operations of the<br />

Accounting Staff. Human Resource responsibilities include<br />

management of health insurance programs, 401k, workers<br />

compensation, payroll taxes, and other HR duties. Must have<br />

minimum 5 years experience in these areas. Successful<br />

candidate should be detail & accuracy-oriented with<br />

advanced skills with Microsoft Office & accounting software<br />

and communication skills to effectively communicate with<br />

management team members.<br />

Competitive Salary and fringe benefits including health<br />

insurance and 401k. Please send resume to:<br />

Email: cstratton@aerorubber.com<br />

AERO Rubber Company, Inc.<br />

8100 West 185th Street<br />

Tinley Park, IL 60487<br />

(708) 430-4900<br />

Summer Day Camp Counselors/Program Coordinator<br />

The Frankfort Park District is currently accepting<br />

applications from college students interested in working<br />

full-time as Summer Day Camp Counselors and Day<br />

Camp program Coordinator. Must be 18 years of age or<br />

older. General Camp hours are Monday - Fridays 9:00 am<br />

- 4:00 pm. Before Camp hours are 7:00-9:00 am. After<br />

Camp hours are 4:00-6:00 pm. This is a summer position<br />

is from June 11 - August 3. Applicants must be available<br />

for the entire camp scheduled dates. Applicants must<br />

possess experience working with children, planning and<br />

implementing children's programs, and enjoy outdoor<br />

activities. Applicants must be available to work the<br />

Fourth of July Celebration held on July 4. Download an<br />

application at www.frankfortparks.org or at the<br />

Founders Community Center located at 140 Oak Street,<br />

Frankfort, IL 60423. For questions please contact<br />

Kristen Morrison, Recreation Supervisor at (815)<br />

464-5579 or kmorrison@frankfortparks.org. The<br />

Frankfort Park District is an equal opportunity employer.<br />

Nancy’s Pizzeria in Mokena<br />

hiring exp. pizzeria/ kitchen<br />

help. Located 1 mi S of I-80<br />

on LaGrange Rd. 30-40<br />

hrs/wk with open availability,<br />

evening hrs. Competitive<br />

wages starting at $10+/hr w/<br />

exp. Contact 708.906.7040.<br />

P/T Shampoo Assistant<br />

for Lockport salon & spa.<br />

Th w/ alternating F-Sa.<br />

Apply within: Studio 305,<br />

230 E. 8th St, Lockport<br />

815.834.0401<br />

Landscaping & Lawn<br />

Maintenance Personnel<br />

Experience needed.<br />

$13-18/hr. F/T, Immediate<br />

Hire (708) 687-8091 /<br />

office@threebrothers<br />

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F/T Front Office Help<br />

Diverse tasks: receivables;<br />

data entry; etc. Computer/<br />

phone skills req. Will train.<br />

Email resume to:<br />

employment1256@gmail.com<br />

1003 Help Wanted<br />

Village Seeks Seasonal Maintenance Workers<br />

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

seasonal maintenance worker positions. This position<br />

requires physical labor and will assist in maintaining the<br />

grounds of public property.<br />

Applicants must be 18 yrs. of age, have a H.S. diploma or<br />

GED. Pay rate is $10.50 per hr for approx. 40 hrs. per<br />

week from May to October. Selected candidates will be<br />

required to pass a criminal background check, medical<br />

physical and drug screen.<br />

Interested candidates must complete the job application<br />

found on the Village’s website www.homerglenil.org<br />

Completed applications can be e-mailed to Heather<br />

Kokodynsky at hkokodynsky@homerglenil.org or<br />

mailed to Village of Homer Glen, Attn: Heather<br />

Kokodynsky, 14240 W. 151st Street, Homer Glen,<br />

IL 60491.<br />

INDUSTRIAL SALES<br />

SW Suburban (Tinley Park)<br />

Manufacturing Company<br />

seeks a person with<br />

experience in B2B Sales of<br />

industrial products<br />

(non-chemical).<br />

This is an inside,<br />

consultative Sales position<br />

which will focus on new<br />

product sales development and<br />

existing product sales.<br />

This sales/marketing<br />

function selects and targets<br />

decision makers to discuss the<br />

product features relative<br />

to the prospect’s existing &<br />

potential needs.<br />

Successful candidates<br />

should be proactive and have<br />

strong sales experience.<br />

Excellent salary and fringe<br />

benefits.<br />

Annual performance bonus<br />

potential.<br />

It is NOT an outside sales,<br />

telemarketing, nor a<br />

commission paid position.<br />

Send resume to:<br />

AERO Rubber Company, Inc.<br />

bschatte@aerorubber.com<br />

P/T Warehouse Labor<br />

Seasonal thru Oct. $13/hr<br />

20-25 hrs/wk. Approx.<br />

3-7pm. Apply in person:<br />

7320 Duvan Dr, Tinley<br />

Park, M-F 8a-4p or call<br />

708.514.0324.<br />

New Lenox, P/T office<br />

help. Skills required:<br />

phone; data entry; A/R.<br />

$12-14/hr. Send resume to:<br />

P.O. Box 1013, New<br />

Lenox, IL 60451<br />

Lawn Care Service<br />

Looking for responsible,<br />

motivated with driver’s<br />

license. Pay based on exp.<br />

Paid training. 708.226.9322<br />

The Cottages of New Lenox<br />

is Hiring Caregivers<br />

Seeking caregivers for our<br />

memory care community.<br />

Responsible for providing<br />

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daily care & services. Come<br />

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P/T. Shifts: 6:45a - 3:00p,<br />

2:45p - 11:00p & NOC<br />

10:45p - 7:00a.<br />

Apply to:<br />

adminassist@<br />

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seniorliving.com<br />

1023 S. Cedar Rd.<br />

New Lenox, IL 60451<br />

LAWN TECHNICIAN<br />

Professional company<br />

located in Frankfort<br />

looking for reliable<br />

individual to apply dry<br />

fertilizer. Experience a<br />

plus, but not necessary.<br />

For interview call:<br />

(708)479-4600<br />

landscapeassociatesinc.com<br />

Landscape Help Wanted:<br />

Valid CDL driver’s license<br />

a + & labor exp. Selfstarter<br />

& quick learner a +.<br />

Pay based upon exp.<br />

English speaking a benefit.<br />

Email resume/info to<br />

cedarvalley07@att.net<br />

Outdoor work: F/T<br />

year-round & seasonal<br />

Employment<br />

Potential for paid winters<br />

off. Benefits incl. health,<br />

dental, IRA. Clean driving<br />

record a MUST. Starting<br />

rate: $14/hr. Time and 1/2<br />

over 40 hrs. Apply<br />

in-person 7320 Duvan Dr,<br />

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1003 Help<br />

Wanted<br />

SALES ASSISTANT<br />

Due to our rapid growth and<br />

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industrial mfg. Sales office<br />

seeks exp’d, detail-oriented<br />

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ARC does both sales,<br />

secretarial & customer service<br />

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FAST-PACED office. The<br />

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HIGHLY MOTIVATED and<br />

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Excellent computer literacy<br />

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Excel. Industrial cust. service<br />

exp. req’d. Repeat customer<br />

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PET SITTER WANTED<br />

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Background check req.<br />

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Screen Printers &<br />

Warehouse Needed<br />

Experience preferred.<br />

Please apply in person:<br />

Same Day Tees 112 S.<br />

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P/T Equipment Repair<br />

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F/T avail for right candidate.<br />

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Hiring Desk Clerk<br />

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Super 8 Motel<br />

Apply within:<br />

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P/T Mechanic & Handyman<br />

Exp. w/ Lawn Equip & small<br />

machine repair. Flexible hrs.<br />

Apply at Melka Landscaping,<br />

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or email<br />

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P/T Delivery Driver<br />

CDL req. Exp w/ driving a<br />

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Flexible hrs. Apply at Melka<br />

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F/T Customer Service Rep<br />

$12/hr seasonal thru June<br />

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CLASSIFIEDS<br />

Help Wanted · Garage Sales · Automotive<br />

Real Estate · Rentals · Merchandise<br />

1022 Caregiver Wanted<br />

Caregiver Services<br />

Provided by<br />

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1052 Garage Sale<br />

Tinley Park, 6626 W. 165th<br />

Pl. Mar 17th 8-3, Mar 18th 8-1.<br />

Family is downsizing! Items<br />

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SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE<br />

of 611 Bobwhite Lane, New Lenox, IL<br />

60451 (Single family). On the 5th day<br />

of April, 2018 to be held at 12:00 noon,<br />

at the Will County Courthouse Annex,<br />

57 N. Ottawa Street, Room 201, Joliet,<br />

IL 60432, under Case Title: The Bank<br />

of New York Mellon fka The Bank of<br />

New York, as Trustee for the Certificateholders<br />

of the CWABS Inc.,<br />

Asset-Backed Certificates, Series<br />

2006-24 Plaintiff V. Elias Kadous aka<br />

Elias Kaddus aka Elias Kudos; Nadia<br />

Kadous; Unknown Owners and<br />

Non-Record Claimants Defendant.<br />

Case No. 16CH 0874 in the Circuit<br />

Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit,<br />

Will County, Illinois.<br />

Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the<br />

time of sale and the balance within<br />

twenty-four (24) hours. Nojudicial sale<br />

fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring<br />

the residential real estate pursuant<br />

to its credit bid at the sale or by any<br />

mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other<br />

lienor acquiring the residential real estate<br />

whose rights in and tothe residential<br />

real estate arose prior to the sale. All<br />

payments shall be made in cash or certified<br />

funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will<br />

County.<br />

In the event the property is acondomin-<br />

ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS<br />

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

ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS<br />

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

that the purchaser of the unit, other than<br />

amortgagee, shall pay the assessments<br />

and legal fees required by subdivisions<br />

(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and the as-<br />

2701 Property for<br />

Sale<br />

sessments required by subsection (g-1)<br />

of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium<br />

Property Act.<br />

Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J)<br />

if there is a surplus following application<br />

ofthe proceeds of sale, then the<br />

plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant<br />

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

to the proceeding advising them of<br />

the amount ofthe surplus and that the<br />

surplus will beheld until aparty obtains<br />

acourt order for its distribution or, in<br />

the absence of an order, until the surplus<br />

is forfeited to the State.<br />

For Information Please Contact:<br />

ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER<br />

LLC.<br />

1771 W. Diehl Rd. Suite 120<br />

NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS 60563<br />

P: 630-453-6960<br />

F: 630-428-4620<br />

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT<br />

COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT<br />

YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS<br />

LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A<br />

DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING<br />

TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY<br />

INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL<br />

BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.<br />

2702 Public<br />

Notice<br />

Certificate No. 32090 was filed in<br />

the office of the County Clerk of<br />

Will onFebruary 21, 2018 wherein<br />

the business firm of Jane & Rosemary<br />

located at 816 SCedar Rd,<br />

New Lenox, IL 60451 is registered<br />

and acertificate notice setting forth<br />

the following:<br />

Abigail Nowakowski, 816 SCedar<br />

Rd, New Lenox, IL 60451<br />

815-954-0398<br />

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have<br />

hereunto set my hand and Official<br />

Seal at my office in Joliet; Illinois,<br />

this 21st day of February, 2018<br />

Nancy Schultz Voots<br />

Will County Clerk<br />

2703 Legal<br />

Notices<br />

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT<br />

COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT<br />

YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS<br />

LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A<br />

DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING<br />

TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY<br />

INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL<br />

BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.<br />

STATE OF ILLINOIS )<br />

) SS.<br />

COUNTY OF WILL )<br />

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE<br />

TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT<br />

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS<br />

The Bank of New York Mellon fka The<br />

Bank of New York, as Trustee for the<br />

Certificateholders of the CWABS Inc.,<br />

Asset-Backed Certificates, Series<br />

2006-24<br />

Plaintiff,<br />

vs.<br />

Elias Kadous aka Elias Kaddus aka<br />

Elias Kudos; Nadia Kadous; Unknown<br />

Owners and Non-Record Claimants<br />

Defendant. No. 16 CH 0874<br />

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE<br />

Public notice ishereby given that pursuant<br />

toajudgment entered in the above<br />

cause on the 8th day of September,<br />

2017, MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will<br />

County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the<br />

5th day of April, 2018 ,commencing at<br />

12:00 o'clock noon, at the Will County<br />

Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street,<br />

Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, sell at public<br />

auction to the highest and best bidder<br />

or bidders the following-described real<br />

estate:<br />

LOT 16I<strong>NL</strong>ARAWAY RIDGE UNIT<br />

NO. 2, BEING A SUBDIVISION IN<br />

,<br />

THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OFSECTION<br />

33, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE<br />

11, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCI-<br />

PAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO<br />

THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED<br />

MARCH 16, 2000 DOCUMENT NO.<br />

R2000027618 AND CERTIFICATE OF<br />

CORRECTION RECORDED JANU-<br />

ARY 18, 2001 AS DOCUMENT NO.<br />

R2001005672, IN WILL COUNTY, IL-<br />

LINOIS.<br />

Commonly known as: 611 Bobwhite<br />

Lane, New Lenox, IL 60451<br />

Description of Improvements:<br />

Single family<br />

P.I.N.: 15-08-33-103-016-0000<br />

Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the<br />

time of sale and the balance within<br />

twenty-four (24) hours. Nojudicial sale<br />

fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring<br />

the residential real estate pursuant<br />

to its credit bid at the sale or by any<br />

mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other<br />

lienor acquiring the residential real estate<br />

whose rights in and tothe residential<br />

real estate arose prior to the sale. All<br />

payments shall be made in cash or certified<br />

funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will<br />

County.<br />

In the event the property is acondomin-<br />

ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS<br />

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

ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS<br />

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

that the purchaser of the unit, other than<br />

amortgagee, shall pay the assessments<br />

and legal fees required by subdivisions<br />

(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and the assessments<br />

required by subsection (g-1)<br />

of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium<br />

Property Act.<br />

Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J)<br />

if there is asurplus following application<br />

ofthe proceeds of sale, then the<br />

plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant<br />

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

to the proceeding advising them of<br />

the amount ofthe surplus and that the<br />

surplus will beheld until aparty obtains<br />

acourt order for its distribution or, in<br />

the absence of an order, until the surplus<br />

is forfeited to the State.<br />

FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CON-<br />

TACT:<br />

ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER<br />

LLC.<br />

1771 W. Diehl Rd. Suite 120<br />

NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS 60563<br />

P: 630-453-6960<br />

F: 630-428-4620<br />

Plaintiff's Attorney<br />

MIKE KELLEY<br />

Sheriff of Will County<br />

NOTICE OF HEARING BEFORE<br />

THE PLAN COMMISSION<br />

OF THE VILLAGE OF<br />

NEW LENOX, ILLINOIS<br />

NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN that<br />

a public hearing will beheld bythe<br />

Plan Commission of the Village of<br />

New Lenox, Illinois, at the New<br />

Lenox Village Hall, 1 Veterans<br />

Parkway, New Lenox, Illinois, at<br />

7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 3,<br />

2018, at which time and place the<br />

Planning Commission of said Village<br />

will consider petitions submitted<br />

by Mark Kaup of Camelot<br />

Homes for annexation and rezoning<br />

to R-2A Single-Family Residence<br />

District for approximately<br />

24.90 acres generally located west<br />

of Spencer Road, 1000 feet south<br />

of Laraway Road, P.I.N.<br />

15-08-35-100-008-0000.<br />

The proposed requests concern the<br />

following property:<br />

THAT PART OF THE WEST<br />

HALF OF THE NORTHWEST<br />

QUARTER OF SECTION 35,<br />

TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE<br />

11 EAST OF THE THIRD PRIN-<br />

CIPAL MERIDIAN EXCEPT<br />

THE NORTH 1000.00 FEET<br />

THEREOF LYING NORTH OF<br />

2703 LegalNotices<br />

THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED<br />

LINE: BEGINNING AT A<br />

POINT LYING ON THE WEST<br />

LINE OF THE NORTHWEST<br />

QUARTER OF SAID SECTION<br />

35, 319.86 FEET NORTH OF<br />

THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF<br />

THE SAID NORTHWEST<br />

QUARTER OF SECTION 35;<br />

THENCE NORTH 88°-19’-24”<br />

EAST A DISTANCE OF 82.90<br />

FEET; THENCE NORTH<br />

42°-43’-58” EAST ADISTANCE<br />

OF 1062.07 FEET; THENCE<br />

NORTH 88°-31’-05” EAST A<br />

DISTANCE OF 492.87 FEET TO<br />

A POINT ON THE EAST LINE<br />

OF THE WEST HALF OFTHE<br />

NORTHWEST QUARTER OF<br />

SAID SECTION 35, SAID POINT<br />

LYING 1081.37 FEET NORTH<br />

OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER<br />

OF THE WEST HALF OFTHE<br />

NORTHWEST QUARTER OF<br />

SAID SECTION 35, ALL IN<br />

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS.<br />

A copy of said petitions may be examined<br />

atthe office of the Community<br />

Development Director, 1<br />

Veterans Parkway, New Lenox, Illinois.<br />

All persons desiring to appear<br />

and be heard for or against<br />

this subject may appear and be<br />

heard thereon.<br />

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WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS<br />

Robin L. Ellis, AICP<br />

Community Development Director<br />

NOTICE OF HEARING BEFORE<br />

THE PLAN COMMISSION<br />

OF THE VILLAGE OF<br />

NEW LENOX, ILLINOIS<br />

NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN that<br />

a public hearing will beheld bythe<br />

Plan Commission of the Village of<br />

New Lenox, Illinois, at the New<br />

Lenox Village Hall, 1 Veterans<br />

Parkway, New Lenox, Illinois, at<br />

7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 3,<br />

2018, at which time and place the<br />

Planning Commission of said Village<br />

will consider petitions submitted<br />

by Jim Paul of ALPS Group for<br />

arezoning from C-3 General Business<br />

to the R-2 Single-Family<br />

Residence District and aSpecial<br />

Use for a preliminary planned unit<br />

development plat for approximately<br />

16.9 acres generally located<br />

north ofU.S. Route 30, west of<br />

Marley Road, P.I.N.<br />

15-08-15-400-007 and P.I.N.<br />

15-08-15-400-009.<br />

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following property:<br />

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THAT PART OF THE EAST 1/2<br />

OF THE EAST 1/2 OF THE<br />

SOUTH EAST 1/4 OF SECTION<br />

15, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH,<br />

RANGE 11 EAST OF THE<br />

THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN,<br />

LYING SOUTHERLY OF THE<br />

SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY<br />

LINE OF THE CHICAGO, ROCK<br />

ISLAND AND PACIFIC RAIL-<br />

ROAD COMPANY, AND LYING<br />

NORTH OF A LINE DE-<br />

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EAST 1/2 695.92 FEET NORTH<br />

OF THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID<br />

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EASTERLY TO A POINT ON<br />

THE EAST LINE OF SAID<br />

SOUTH EAST 1/4 THAT IS<br />

687.42 FEET NORTH OF SAID<br />

687.42 FEET NORTH OF SAID<br />

SOUTH LINE OF SAID QUAR-<br />

TER, FOR THE POINT OF TER-<br />

MINUS, EXCEPTING THERE-<br />

FROM THE EAST 120.5 FEET<br />

THEREOF, ALL IN WILL<br />

COUNTY, ILLINOIS.<br />

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THAT PART OF THE EAST 1/2<br />

OF THE EAST 1/2 OF THE<br />

SOUTH EAST 1/4 OF SECTION<br />

15, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH,<br />

RANGE 11 EAST OF THE<br />

THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN,<br />

LYING NORTH OF THE NORTH<br />

LINE OF A 40 FOOT WIDE<br />

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LINE DESCRIBED AS BEGIN-<br />

NING ON THE WEST LINE OF<br />

SAID EAST 1/2 695.92 FEET<br />

NORTH OF THE SOUTH LINE<br />

OF SAID SOUTH EAST 1/4;<br />

THENCE EASTERLY TO A<br />

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SAID SOUTH EAST 1/4 THAT IS<br />

687.42 FEET NORTH OF SAID<br />

SOUTH LINE OF SAID SOUTH<br />

EAST 1/4, FOR THE POINT OF<br />

TERMINUS, EXCEPTING<br />

THEREFROM THE EAST 120.5<br />

FEET THEREOF, ALSO EX-<br />

CEPTING THE WESTERLY<br />

190.0 FEET THEREOF, AND<br />

ALSO EXCEPTING THE EAST<br />

55 FEET OF THE WEST 245<br />

FEET OF THE SOUTH 170 FEET<br />

THEREOF, ALL IN NEW LE-<br />

NOX TOWNSHIP, IN WILL<br />

COUNTY, ILLINOIS.<br />

A copy of said petitions may be examined<br />

atthe office of the Community<br />

Development Director, 1<br />

Veterans Parkway, New Lenox, Illinois.<br />

All persons desiring to appear<br />

and be heard for or against<br />

this subject may appear and be<br />

heard thereon.<br />

VILLAGE OF NEW LENOX,<br />

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS<br />

Robin L. Ellis, AICP<br />

Community Development Director<br />

Dated this 14th day of March, 2018<br />

ANNUAL TOWN MEETING<br />

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN<br />

To the legal voters, residents ofthe<br />

Town of New Lenox in the County<br />

of Will and State of Illinois, that<br />

the Annual Town Meeting ofsaid<br />

Town will take place on<br />

Tuesday, April 10, 2018<br />

as required by 60 ILCS 1/30-10<br />

at the hour of 6:30 o'clock PM. at<br />

1100 South Cedar Rd.<br />

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for the transaction ofthe miscellaneous<br />

business of the said town;<br />

and after a Moderator having been<br />

elected, will proceed tohear and<br />

consider reports of officers, and<br />

decide on such measures as may, in<br />

pursuance of law, come before the<br />

meeting; and especially to consider<br />

and decide the following:<br />

Dated March 12, 2018<br />

Ṡue L. Smith<br />

Town Clerk


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Athlete of the Week<br />

10 Questions<br />

with Josh Carlson<br />

Lincoln-Way West senior<br />

Josh Carlson is on the boys<br />

swimming team and water<br />

polo team.<br />

How did you get started<br />

in swimming and water<br />

polo?<br />

It started when I was five.<br />

My mom wanted me to try<br />

out after my older brother<br />

started swim lessons and<br />

tried out for the team. I’ve<br />

loved swimming since<br />

then and swam all the way<br />

through high school. Then<br />

in freshman year of high<br />

school, all the swimmers<br />

played water polo, so they<br />

wanted me to join, too.<br />

How are things this<br />

year as one of the<br />

senior leader?<br />

I have to step up as a<br />

leader and so do the other<br />

seniors, like our goalie Brennan<br />

O’Brien. He’s got to<br />

step up this year, and I think<br />

he will. He was our starting<br />

goalie last year, and also senior<br />

Liam Hall, he’ll step up,<br />

too. I’d say the three of us<br />

are the team leaders. It’s going<br />

to be hard without Cody<br />

[Torres], but we got to push<br />

through.<br />

If you had to choose<br />

to be a professional<br />

in either sport, what<br />

would it be?<br />

I would definitely choose<br />

water polo because I think<br />

water polo is more fun and<br />

more of a game. I just like it<br />

a lot better.<br />

What’s your greatest<br />

Photo Submitted<br />

memory in water polo?<br />

My sophomore year, our<br />

varsity team won the firstever<br />

varsity tournament ever<br />

in school history at the Schaumburg<br />

Invite (2016).<br />

If you could own an<br />

exotic pet, what would<br />

it be?<br />

I think a dolphin would be<br />

cool because it swims, like<br />

me, and it would be cool to<br />

play with it in the water.<br />

What would your<br />

splurge post-match meal<br />

be?<br />

I would say Asian zing<br />

wings from Buffalo Wild<br />

Wings. I could eat those all<br />

day.<br />

What matches are you<br />

looking forward to this<br />

year?<br />

The Schaumburg Invite<br />

(March 16-17) because we<br />

want revenge from last year.<br />

A lot of people on the team<br />

thought we should’ve won<br />

[the championship game]<br />

because we were right there<br />

at the end but lost the lead.<br />

So that and also the game<br />

against Lincoln-Way Central.<br />

If you could be someone<br />

else for a day, who<br />

would you be?<br />

I’d pick Michael Phelps<br />

back in 2008 when he was<br />

winning all those gold medals.<br />

Just living through a<br />

day at the Olympics and to<br />

be that good of a swimmer,<br />

would be cool.<br />

What are three things<br />

you can’t live without?<br />

My phone because I’m on<br />

it so much and it’s the generation<br />

we live in. No. 2,<br />

I’d say water polo because<br />

I love it so much. It’s something<br />

that makes me excited.<br />

And No. 3, probably Mexican<br />

food because that’s one<br />

of my favorite types of food.<br />

Who’s your favorite<br />

teammate?<br />

He was a former teammate;<br />

he was a senior when<br />

I was a sophomore. I’d say<br />

my brother, Jake Carlson,<br />

just because he’s my brother,<br />

and he was a great role<br />

model. He pushed me. That<br />

season was fun. Sophomore<br />

year, when I got to start with<br />

him, just us playing together,<br />

that was so much fun. It’s<br />

fun competing with your<br />

brother, especially when<br />

he’s a great mentor.<br />

Interview by Editor James<br />

Sanchez.<br />

TWI<br />

From Page 44<br />

■March ■ 17 - at Edwardsville, 3 p.m.<br />

■March ■ 17 - at St. Louis-Marquette, 5:30 p.m.<br />

■March ■ 20 - hosts Marist, 4:30 p.m.<br />

Softball<br />

■March ■ 19 - at Plainfield North, 4:30 p.m.<br />

Boys water polo<br />

■March ■ 16 - at Saxon Invite, 4 p.m.<br />

■March ■ 17 - at Saxon Invite, 8 a.m.<br />

■March ■ 19 - at Homewood-Flossmoor, 5 p.m.<br />

■March ■ 20 - hosts Stagg, 5 p.m.<br />

Girls water polo<br />

■March ■ 15 - hosts Hinsdale South, 5 p.m.<br />

■March ■ 17 - hosts Schaumburg, 9 a.m.<br />

■March ■ 19 - hosts Homewood-Flossmoor, 5<br />

p.m.<br />

■March ■ 20 - at Stagg, 5 p.m.<br />

Boys Volleyball<br />

■March ■ 21 - at Plainfield East, 5:30 p.m.<br />

Girls track and field<br />

■March ■ 17 - at SWSC Meet, 10 a.m.<br />

Badminton<br />

■March ■ 15 - at Hornet Quad, 4:30 p.m.<br />

■March ■ 17 - at Joliet Central Invite, 9 a.m.<br />

■March ■ 19 - at Rotating Quad<br />

■March ■ 20 - hosts Six-Team Round Robin<br />

Girls Soccer<br />

Sharpshooter<br />

shines from<br />

3-point line<br />

New Lenox shooting<br />

specialist places in<br />

Top 5 at state-wide<br />

3-point contest<br />

Chicago Christian High<br />

School sophomore<br />

basketball player and New<br />

Lenox resident Micah<br />

Schnyders placed fifth out<br />

of 32 competitors at the<br />

IHSA Country Companies<br />

3-Point competition at<br />

Bradley University on<br />

Thursday, March 8. Photo<br />

Submitted<br />

■March ■ 15 - at Reavis Invite. 4:30 p.m.<br />

■March ■ 17 - at Reavis Invite, 10 a.m.<br />

■March ■ 20 - at Reavis Invite, TBA<br />

Celtics varsity athletics<br />

Baseball<br />

■March ■ 19 - at Joliet Central, 4:30 p.m.<br />

■March ■ 20 - at Naperville Central, 4:30 p.m.<br />

Softball<br />

■March ■ 20 - hosts Lincoln-Way Central, 4:30<br />

p.m.<br />

Boys track and field<br />

■March ■ 17 - at CCL Indoor Championship, TBA<br />

Girls track and field<br />

■March ■ 17 - at GCAC Indoor Championship,<br />

TBA<br />

Girls Soccer<br />

■March ■ 15 - at Reavis Invite. 6 p.m.<br />

■March ■ 17 - at Reavis Invite, TBA<br />

■March ■ 20 - at Reavis Invite, TBA<br />

Boys volleyball<br />

■March ■ 20 - at Romeoville, 5:30 p.m.<br />

Boys lacrosse<br />

■March ■ 20 - hosts Lockport, 7 p.m.<br />

Boys tennis<br />

■March ■ 17 - at Illiana Christian, 11 a.m.<br />

■March ■ 21 - hosts Andrew, 4 p.m.


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Girls Water Polo<br />

Warriors put up a fight in close season opener<br />

RANDY WHALEN<br />

Freelance Reporter<br />

A pair of local girls water<br />

polo teams that are both<br />

expecting improvement<br />

squared off in an early season<br />

clash last week.<br />

In the end it was Lockport<br />

Township which emerged<br />

with a 14-10 victory over<br />

Lincoln-Way West in a<br />

SouthWest Suburban Conference<br />

meeting on March 6<br />

in Lockport.<br />

It was the season opener<br />

for both teams. The Porters<br />

were 12-17 last year<br />

while West was 10-14. Both<br />

squads saw good things and<br />

both also saw things they<br />

need to improve on.<br />

“I’d have to say in the first<br />

half there were little things<br />

we had to figure out,” Lockport<br />

coach Rick De Leon<br />

said. “But it was the first<br />

game and we had to get some<br />

of the rust off. We picked it<br />

up as the game got going,<br />

and the result was good.”<br />

Lockport (1-0, 1-0) led<br />

10-6 after three quarters. But<br />

the Warriors (0-1, 0-1) certainly<br />

didn’t go away as Cailey<br />

Janosek and her younger<br />

sister, Delaney Janosek,<br />

scored back-to-back goals<br />

to bring them within 10-8<br />

with 5:29 left to play in the<br />

game. Senior Riley Klimek<br />

(2 goals, assist) came back<br />

with a tally for the Porters,<br />

but once again Delaney<br />

Janosek deposited a goal for<br />

West to make it 11-9 midway<br />

through the final quarter.<br />

Delaney Janosek finished<br />

with a game-high six goals.<br />

“Delaney is one of our<br />

faster girls,” West coach Eric<br />

Pavlacka said. “Her game<br />

awareness is what makes her<br />

so good. If she can get some<br />

spacing, she can get her<br />

teammates to find her and<br />

get some goals.”<br />

Lockport junior Francesca<br />

Brunetti, however,<br />

came alive in the final 2:48<br />

to score a trio of goals and<br />

put the game away for the<br />

Porters as they extended<br />

to a 14-9 lead. Junior Josie<br />

Torres added a final goal for<br />

West with 34 seconds to play<br />

in the game.<br />

“There was a lot of swimming<br />

out there and to score<br />

the last few goals was nice,”<br />

said Brunetti, who tallied a<br />

team-high four times on the<br />

day. “I was open and [senior]<br />

Kayley Uy got me the ball.<br />

It’s nice when the team works<br />

well together. It’s only our<br />

first game after only a week<br />

of practice. I’m looking forward<br />

to scoring more.”<br />

The Porters scored early<br />

on. West had its only lead<br />

when senior Alex Carter<br />

crammed a goal past junior<br />

Kaya Naskinska (8 saves) 52<br />

seconds into the game. But<br />

Lockport hammered home<br />

the next four goals as junior<br />

Renee Solis, Klimek, senior<br />

Kennedy Ruther (3 goals, assist),<br />

and senior Emily Adelman<br />

bunched their goals in<br />

a two minute span. Delaney<br />

Janosek answered to make in<br />

4-2 after a quarter.<br />

Ruther made it 5-2 in favor<br />

of the Porters with an<br />

early score in the second<br />

quarter. But back came Delaney<br />

Janosek with a trio of<br />

goals in just over two minutes<br />

to tie the game at 5-5<br />

with 1:38 left in the first half.<br />

Late goals by Ruther and<br />

Brunetti gave Lockport a 7-5<br />

halftime advantage.<br />

Maeve Bauer closed the<br />

Warriors within a goal as she<br />

scored with 3:49 left in the<br />

third. But sophomore Emily<br />

Plaszewski put in all three<br />

of her goals for the Porters<br />

in the final 3:13 of the third<br />

quarter to give them the 10-6<br />

advantage heading into the<br />

final quarter.<br />

“Defensively we settled<br />

One of Lincoln-Way West’s senior captains, Alex Carter, fires a shot March 6 during warmups before the Warriors’ season<br />

opener against Lockport Township in Lockport. Photos by James Sanchez/22nd Century Media<br />

West goalie Julia Mindy passes the ball.<br />

in and made some adjustments,”<br />

De Leon said. “I’m<br />

happy with the win. Most of<br />

the varsity team is back from<br />

last year, we just have to get<br />

in rhythm.”<br />

Pavlacka agreed that the<br />

wrinkles need to be ironed<br />

out.<br />

“There were quite a few<br />

momentum swings and at<br />

times it was a sloppy game,”<br />

he said. “Once the season<br />

gets going we can maintain<br />

some things and definitely<br />

do better.”<br />

While its two months<br />

away, the Porters also hope<br />

to do better in the postseason.<br />

After making the sectional<br />

semifinals in 2013,<br />

they have gone out in the<br />

first round of the sectional<br />

three times in the past four<br />

seasons, including a 10-8<br />

loss to St. Charles East in the<br />

opener last year.<br />

“Last year we lost in the<br />

sectional first round by two<br />

goals,” Brunetti confirmed.<br />

Lockport’s Sabrina Pacione (left) and Lincoln-Way West’s<br />

Delaney Janosek race for a loose ball.<br />

“So I’m excited to see what<br />

the sectional will bring this<br />

year. We want to take it further.”<br />

So does West, which has<br />

only advanced past the sectional<br />

quarterfinals once - in<br />

2015. One measurement will<br />

be to see how the Warriors<br />

matchup against Lockport<br />

when the two teams meet<br />

again on April 17 in New<br />

Lenox. The SWSC went to a<br />

schedule where teams meet<br />

up jut once this season. So<br />

why is West playing the Porters<br />

twice?<br />

“We are still playing a<br />

couple of [SWSC] opponents<br />

twice this season,”<br />

said Pavlacka, whose team<br />

is also facing Andrew twice<br />

this spring. “We feel that<br />

we are close with Lockport,<br />

so the next time we play we<br />

will see where we are and<br />

what we have to work on to<br />

be where we want to be.”


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Boys water polo<br />

LW Central starts season with win over Shepard co-op<br />

Steve Millar<br />

Freelance Reporter<br />

Lincoln-Way Central senior<br />

Ryan Burke couldn’t<br />

wait for his senior season to<br />

begin March 6.<br />

“I’m just so excited to play<br />

some water polo,” Burke<br />

said. “It’s my senior year<br />

and it’s a lot of fun getting<br />

back in the pool to play. I’m<br />

so ready for this season.”<br />

Burke had a big debut,<br />

scoring five goals as the visiting<br />

Knights rolled to a 19-5<br />

win over Shepard co-op in<br />

Palos Heights.<br />

“Ryan was awesome,”<br />

Central coach Pat Shaughnessy<br />

said. “He’s worked<br />

very hard and he’s been a<br />

great leader. You can tell it’s<br />

his senior year and he really<br />

wants to do something big<br />

with it.”<br />

Senior Adam Ceh added<br />

three goals for Central (1-0),<br />

while seniors Ben Bethke<br />

and Josh Fox and junior<br />

Tommy Kirk scored two<br />

each.<br />

Knights sophomore goalie<br />

Anthony Schletz made six<br />

saves.<br />

Central wasted no time<br />

jumping all over Shepard,<br />

racing to a 6-0 lead in the<br />

first quarter. Burke scored<br />

on a pair of man-up opportunities<br />

in the first minute. After<br />

goals from seniors Zach<br />

Athos and Justin Hearne,<br />

Ceh scored twice in the final<br />

1:31 of the quarter.<br />

“We moved the ball well<br />

and got a lot of people involved,”<br />

Burke said. “We<br />

worked well as a team.<br />

Coming back after losing<br />

some key players from last<br />

year’s team, this was a good<br />

start. We’re doing a good job<br />

getting back in the swing of<br />

things.”<br />

Burke struck for his third<br />

power play goal early in the<br />

second quarter. The Knights<br />

had eight man-up opportunities<br />

in the game, scoring on<br />

five of them.<br />

“It was nice to get those<br />

chances to work on those<br />

situations,” Shaughnessy<br />

said. “We haven’t worked on<br />

man-ups a lot, so it was nice<br />

to see what we did well and<br />

where we had deficiencies.<br />

We’ll work on those a lot<br />

more the rest of the week.”<br />

After Shepard got within<br />

7-2, Ceh struck for a pair of<br />

goals and senior Tim Murphy<br />

added one to send the<br />

Knights to halftime with a<br />

10-2 lead.<br />

Ceh said it was easy for<br />

the experienced Knights,<br />

with 10 seniors on the roster,<br />

to click in their first game.<br />

“Everyone knows what<br />

they’re doing, so that helps a<br />

lot,” he said. “We don’t have<br />

to take extra time to teach<br />

new things to people. So,<br />

we were ready to go for this<br />

game.”<br />

Burke, Bethke and Fox<br />

“I might not have one stud All-Stater, but I’ll have<br />

seven guys in the pool that can hold their own. I<br />

think that’s going to be our biggest strength.”<br />

Pat Shaughnessy — Lincoln-Way Central boys water polo head coach, on his<br />

team’s strength<br />

each scored twice in the second<br />

half, while Ceh added<br />

one. Senior Hunter Kolbus<br />

and junior Jack Benzing also<br />

got in on the scoring with a<br />

goal apiece.<br />

In all, 10 players scored<br />

for the Knights.<br />

“I tried to mix it up as<br />

much as possible to get everyone<br />

involved,” Shaughnessy<br />

said. “I think this year<br />

I’ll have seven guys in there<br />

all the time that are all equal.<br />

I don’t have that one guy<br />

that the opposing coach can<br />

focus on stopping, because<br />

they can all do damage.<br />

“I might not have one<br />

stud All-Stater, but I’ll have<br />

seven guys in the pool that<br />

can hold their own. I think<br />

that’s going to be our biggest<br />

strength.”<br />

As good as the Knights<br />

were offensively, their defense<br />

was equally impressive,<br />

limiting Shepard to 11<br />

shots on goal.<br />

“We were able to stay in<br />

the passing lanes and press<br />

them hard,” Ceh said.<br />

Schletz wasn’t tested often<br />

but came through big<br />

when needed. His highlight<br />

came in the fourth quarter<br />

when he stopped a Shepard<br />

penalty shot.<br />

“We really wanted to focus<br />

on defense,” Shaughnessy<br />

said. “I told them,<br />

‘I don’t care what you do<br />

on offense, have fun,’ but I<br />

wanted to stop them. They<br />

ran the shot clock out a lot,<br />

so that was great. Anthony is<br />

a sophomore in goal and he<br />

held his own. It was good all<br />

around.”<br />

Going forward, Shaughnessy<br />

hopes the Knights’<br />

experience will pay off this<br />

season.<br />

“I’ve got 10 seniors and if<br />

those 10 can work together,<br />

we’re going to be a really<br />

good team,” he said. “If everyone<br />

can play their part, if<br />

everyone has a role, it can be<br />

a really good season.”<br />

It’s Shaughnessy’s first<br />

year coaching the Knights.<br />

He was the only boys water<br />

polo coach in Lincoln-Way<br />

North history, coaching the<br />

Phoenix for eight seasons<br />

with a record of 135-92-4.<br />

After the closure of North,<br />

Shaughnessy spent last season<br />

coaching the Knights’<br />

junior varsity girls team.<br />

“I’m excited to be back,”<br />

he said. “I treated JV girls<br />

like it was varsity boys last<br />

year, so I was still way into<br />

it, but this is a much faster<br />

pace now.”<br />

Shaughnessy is the fourth<br />

coach in four years for the<br />

Knights, so he knows there<br />

may be a bit of a learning<br />

curve for his players.<br />

“I keep saying it might<br />

take us 28 games, but we<br />

want to be ready for the last<br />

three [at sectionals],” he<br />

said. “We’re going to have<br />

some good games and some<br />

bad games. These guys have<br />

had a lot of turnover, a lot of<br />

coaching changes, so there’s<br />

a lot of things we need to do<br />

to get on the same page and<br />

make sure we’re all working<br />

together.”<br />

Ceh said that’ll be easier<br />

this year than last, when<br />

players from Lincoln-Way<br />

East moved over to join the<br />

program. The Knights went<br />

17-15 in 2017 and lost in the<br />

sectional semifinals.<br />

“Last year, with all the<br />

new guys coming in from<br />

East, it was more like a transition<br />

year,” Ceh said. “We<br />

had to spend a lot of time<br />

getting everything down.<br />

But this year, we’ve got it.<br />

We have a lot of team chemistry<br />

this year.”<br />

Burke wants to be one of<br />

the guys leading the way.<br />

“My freshman year, I<br />

played with my brothers<br />

[Jake and Pat], who were<br />

seniors and I saw what kind<br />

of leaders they were,” Burke<br />

said. “I want to fill their<br />

shoes this year and help out<br />

the young players we have.<br />

“I think if we work hard<br />

enough as a team, we can do<br />

some great things. Hopefully<br />

we can win sectionals and<br />

get to state.”<br />

That’s the main goal for<br />

Ceh, who along with Burke<br />

was part of the only Central<br />

team to make it to state, in<br />

2015.<br />

“This year, I want to have<br />

fun because it’s my senior<br />

year and I get to share it with<br />

all my senior friends,” Ceh<br />

said. “I was on the sectional-winning<br />

team as a freshman<br />

and it was so much fun<br />

winning that and going to<br />

state, so I want to get back<br />

this year. I want to lead with<br />

my senior friends and get us<br />

there.”<br />

This Week In...<br />

Lincoln-Way Co-op<br />

varsity athletics<br />

Boys lacrosse<br />

■March ■ 16 - host Naperville<br />

North, 7:30 p.m.<br />

■March ■ 17 - at Lemont, 3:30<br />

p.m.<br />

■March ■ 20 - at Homewood-<br />

Flossmoor, 4:30 p.m.<br />

■March ■ 22 - host Lockport,<br />

7:30 p.m.<br />

Girls lacrosse<br />

■March ■ 20 - host Benet<br />

Academy, 8 p.m.<br />

■March ■ 22 - at Metea Valley,<br />

6:30 p.m.<br />

Knights varsity<br />

athletics<br />

Baseball<br />

■March ■ 16 - at Marist, 4:30<br />

p.m.<br />

Softball<br />

■March ■ 17 - at Naperville<br />

North, 11 a.m.<br />

■March ■ 19 - host Marist,<br />

4:30 p.m.<br />

■March ■ 20 - at Providence,<br />

4:30 p.m.<br />

■March ■ 21 - host Tinley Park,<br />

4:30 p.m.<br />

Boys track and field<br />

■March ■ 16 - at SWSC Indoor<br />

Meet, 4 p.m.<br />

Girls track and field<br />

■March ■ 17 - at SWSC Indoor<br />

Meet, 10 a.m.<br />

Boys water polo<br />

■March ■ 17 - at Hinsdale<br />

South Invitational, 7:30 a.m.<br />

■March ■ 20 - at Sandburg, 5<br />

p.m.<br />

Girls water polo<br />

■March ■ 17 - at Naperville<br />

North Invitational, 9 a.m.<br />

■March ■ 20 - host Sandburg,<br />

5 p.m.<br />

Girls badminton<br />

■March ■ 17 - at Addison Trail<br />

Invitational, 9 a.m.<br />

■March ■ 20 - at Lincoln-Way<br />

East, 4:30 p.m.<br />

■March ■ 22 - host Lockport,<br />

4:30 p.m.<br />

Girls soccer<br />

■March ■ 17 - at Reavis<br />

Tournament, TBA<br />

■March ■ 20 - at Reavis<br />

Tournament, TBA<br />

■March ■ 22 - at Marist, 6:15<br />

p.m.<br />

Warriors Varsity<br />

Athletics<br />

Baseball<br />

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Hockey<br />

LW Hockey eliminated from postseason<br />

Team improves from<br />

two wins two years<br />

ago to fourth place<br />

in IWHSH league<br />

Chris Walker<br />

Freelance Reporter<br />

Sometimes you just have<br />

to tip your helmet and say<br />

good game.<br />

Unfortunately, Friday<br />

night, March 9, was one of<br />

those times for Lincoln-Way.<br />

For the fifth time this season,<br />

and the most important<br />

time with the season on the<br />

line in the Amateur Hockey<br />

Association of Illinois Varsity<br />

Combined state playoffs,<br />

Lincoln-Way came up<br />

short against Waubonsie,<br />

4-0.<br />

Friday’s game wasn’t<br />

nearly as close as the two<br />

team’s prior meetings,<br />

which included three games<br />

decided by a single goal and<br />

the other a 4-2 decision.<br />

“Every game we’ve<br />

played against them was<br />

very close,” Lincoln-Way<br />

coach Kevin Galassini said.<br />

“They executed a great<br />

game plan. They dumped<br />

the puck, they got it deep<br />

and just floor checked us<br />

and we couldn’t get out of<br />

our zone.”<br />

Waubonsie (34-19-1) took<br />

advantage of a power play<br />

opportunity at the 5:04 mark<br />

in the first period as William<br />

Naffziger scored. It proved<br />

to be the only scoring it<br />

needed.<br />

The Warriors extended<br />

their lead to 2-0 with 1:44<br />

remaining in the period<br />

when Jack Flood and Cade<br />

Kenyon assisted on Alex<br />

Wilder’s finish.<br />

“Our first two shifts of<br />

the game we were all over<br />

them,” Galassini said. “We<br />

had a couple of shots that<br />

Alex Vanderlee skates up the ice.<br />

we almost got and that<br />

would’ve changed the<br />

game. That’s how close<br />

these teams are. I think if<br />

we got a one-goal lead early<br />

it would’ve been a different<br />

game, but then in the next<br />

minute we got a penalty and<br />

they scored and that was the<br />

game.”<br />

Still, Lincoln-Way had to<br />

feel it was within striking<br />

distance, recognizing fully<br />

well that they had played the<br />

Warriors tough all season<br />

long and with a little bit of<br />

offensive firepower could<br />

make things really interesting.<br />

Perhaps that’s what they<br />

were thinking as the final<br />

seconds ticked off in what<br />

appeared destined to be a<br />

scoreless second period.<br />

It didn’t end up that way<br />

though as Flood, Kenyon<br />

and Wilder duplicated their<br />

efforts just like they did late<br />

in the first period, but this<br />

time did it with only seven<br />

seconds left before the end<br />

of the second period.<br />

“Whenever you score in<br />

the last minute or first period<br />

it’s just a big morale<br />

booster,” Waubonsie coach<br />

Jimmy Frasco said. “I think<br />

that gave us a big boost and<br />

kind of deflated them a bit<br />

more.”<br />

Lincoln-Way just couldn’t<br />

get much going offensively<br />

to really put any pressure on<br />

the Warriors, whose goalie<br />

Alex Lee only had to make<br />

nine saves and just four after<br />

a first period in which Lincoln-Way<br />

did create some<br />

opportunities. Lincoln-Way<br />

was outshot 32-13.<br />

“Everything was working<br />

good for us,” Frasco said.<br />

“Our defense was strong,<br />

our goalkeeping was good<br />

and our forwards moved the<br />

puck so it was good all the<br />

way around.<br />

“At the end of the year<br />

now, a couple of bad mistakes<br />

or bounces and you’re<br />

going home. We were just<br />

lucky enough against a good<br />

Lincoln-Way team. Maybe<br />

we just wanted it a little bit<br />

more because they played<br />

very strong.”<br />

Despite the sting of the<br />

immediate end, Lincoln-<br />

Way will look back on an<br />

extremely successful season<br />

and the program should remain<br />

strong, although it will<br />

lose some seniors.<br />

“It was just two years ago<br />

Lincoln-Way Hockey’s George Griggs chases after a puck Friday, March 9, during an AHAI<br />

state quarterfinal matchup in the Varsity Combined division against Waubonsie at Edge Ice<br />

Arena in Bensenville. Photos by Bob Klein/22nd Century Media<br />

Right defenseman Matt Fabish looks to get past a Waubonsie player.<br />

that we won only two games<br />

and last year we finished<br />

in the middle of the pack,”<br />

Galassini said. “This year<br />

we finished fourth so it’s<br />

been a pretty big jump. Of<br />

course, we wanted to go a<br />

little further, but didn’t.”<br />

And there’s always next<br />

year.<br />

“The program is on the<br />

right foot,” Galassini said.<br />

“We have six seniors, but<br />

we’ve got some kids coming<br />

up from JV that are pretty<br />

good. We should have a nice<br />

nucleus and be OK next<br />

year.”


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West alum, soccer star takes next step at professional level<br />

Steve Millar<br />

Freelance Reporter<br />

A dream came true for<br />

New Lenox native and Lincoln-Way<br />

West graduate Ian<br />

McGrath when he took the<br />

field last month for his first<br />

professional soccer game.<br />

McGrath, who graduated<br />

from West in 2014, recently<br />

signed with Nashville SC,<br />

an expansion team that will<br />

play this season in the United<br />

Soccer League, one level<br />

below the Major Soccer<br />

League, but could join the<br />

MLS in 2019 or 2020.<br />

Nashville SC played the<br />

first exhibition game in franchise<br />

history that day, drawing<br />

a huge crowd.<br />

“I walked out of the tunnel<br />

and there were 10,000 people<br />

in the stands,” McGrath<br />

said. “It was amazing. I took<br />

it all in. I let myself take a<br />

second to think about how<br />

far I’ve come to get here.<br />

“My family got to come<br />

to the game, and when I<br />

saw them in the crowd, I got<br />

emotional. They’ve given<br />

me such great support.”<br />

McGrath, a 6-foot-4 midfielder,<br />

finished a highly successful<br />

collegiate career at<br />

Evansville last fall. For the<br />

second straight season, he<br />

led the Purple Aces in goals,<br />

scoring 12 and adding six assists.<br />

McGrath began getting<br />

noticed by pro scouts a year<br />

before, when he scored 11<br />

goals as a junior.<br />

“I garnered a lot of attention<br />

with my big junior<br />

year,” he said. “Going into<br />

my senior year, I felt like I<br />

had a really good chance of<br />

getting drafted by an MLS<br />

team.”<br />

When the MLS Super-<br />

Draft was held in January,<br />

however, McGrath did not<br />

have his name called.<br />

“I was really happy with<br />

how my senior year went,<br />

so I was confident I’d get<br />

a chance,” he said. “It was<br />

a little rough to not see my<br />

name up there on the draft<br />

board, but I knew there were<br />

still opportunities. I had a<br />

great support system to help<br />

me pick back up and keep<br />

working hard.”<br />

McGrath had several<br />

teams express interest in him<br />

attending a free-agent tryout,<br />

and he eventually went<br />

to Nashville for a week-long<br />

trial.<br />

Nashville SC signed Mc-<br />

Grath on Feb. 9.<br />

“Nashville is a phenomenal<br />

city and a great place<br />

for a new soccer team,” Mc-<br />

Grath said. “I’m so excited<br />

to be here. Playing professionally<br />

is something I’ve<br />

been dreaming about since<br />

I was playing youth soccer<br />

and I’m really happy to have<br />

made it this far.”<br />

Nashville coach Gary<br />

Smith is excited to have Mc-<br />

Grath on the roster.<br />

“Ian gives the team versatility<br />

in both midfield and<br />

defense,” Smith said. “He<br />

has great competitive attributes<br />

and is dominant aerially.<br />

His college appearances<br />

showed that he also has an<br />

eye for goal from midfield.”<br />

While McGrath was disappointed<br />

not to be drafted,<br />

he was certainly not defeated.<br />

After all, he’s become<br />

accustomed to being the underdog.<br />

McGrath cracked the varsity<br />

lineup at Lincoln-Way<br />

West as an undersized freshman.<br />

By the time he was a<br />

senior playing for coach Jeff<br />

Theiss, he was a dominant,<br />

All-State player who had<br />

grown more than a foot since<br />

starting high school.<br />

“He came in at 5-foot<br />

nothing and was this little,<br />

skinny freshman,” Theiss<br />

said. “Once he hit that<br />

growth spurt, we knew he<br />

was going to be special. He<br />

Lincoln-Way West alumnus Ian McGrath was drafted last month by Nashville SC, a team<br />

that is expected to join Major League Soccer in 2019 or 2020. His first pro game will be on<br />

Saturday, March 17. Photos courtesy of Evansville University<br />

Ian McGrath scored 23 goals the past two seasons for University of Evansville.<br />

still had the same skill set<br />

that he had when he was<br />

smaller, but now he had the<br />

size, too. Back then, I knew<br />

he had a shot to be a professional<br />

soccer player.”<br />

McGrath, though, was still<br />

flying under the radar when<br />

it came to college scouts.<br />

“He really put in the work<br />

to start selling himself to<br />

college teams,” Theiss said.<br />

“He made highlight videos,<br />

he contacted coaches on his<br />

own, and he worked hard to<br />

make sure he’d get noticed.”<br />

McGrath drew the interest<br />

of Evansville and joined<br />

the Purple Aces as a walk-on<br />

initially.<br />

“When I was in high<br />

school, I wrote down all my<br />

goals on a chalkboard in my<br />

room,” McGrath said. “Most<br />

of them involved playing in<br />

college, and I accomplished<br />

all those goals.<br />

“It wasn’t until I was a<br />

junior at Evansville that I<br />

started thinking about new<br />

goals. I started to realize that<br />

it was possible I could play<br />

professionally.”<br />

Soccer has always been a<br />

big part of McGrath’s family.<br />

His father, Myles, grew<br />

up playing the sport in Ireland<br />

and taught it to Ian, as<br />

well as older brother, Conor,<br />

and younger brother, Nolan.<br />

“I’ve been playing ever<br />

since I was 3 or 4 years old,”<br />

McGrath said. “I watched<br />

Conor play on teams and<br />

always thought it was really<br />

cool. I was playing for fun,<br />

and then eventually I got my<br />

chance to play for a club and<br />

it all graduated from there.”<br />

According to Theiss, Mc-<br />

Grath is a role model for future<br />

players at West, and an<br />

example of where hard work<br />

can get you.<br />

“His work ethic is what<br />

got him to his level,” Theiss<br />

said. “I remember there were<br />

days in the winter when he’d<br />

shovel snow off the turf himself<br />

and would be out there<br />

alone practicing. He always<br />

went the extra mile to get<br />

better.”<br />

Theiss has had McGrath<br />

speak to teams at West,<br />

where his brother Nolan still<br />

plays. McGrath enjoys doing<br />

that.<br />

“It’s great that I have my<br />

brother still in the program,<br />

and I love being around West<br />

and getting to see him play,”<br />

he said. “I’m always happy<br />

if I get a chance to kind of<br />

tell them my story and how<br />

I got here and hopefully inspire<br />

them to keep working<br />

hard, because you never<br />

know where it’ll get you.”<br />

Nashville SC will play<br />

its first regular season game<br />

March 17 in Louisville. It<br />

will mark the official launch<br />

of a career McGrath hopes is<br />

just getting started.<br />

“I want to continue to<br />

develop my skills and keep<br />

getting better,” he said. “I’m<br />

hoping that I’ll be able to<br />

earn a lot of playing time.<br />

I’m just really excited to get<br />

going. I can’t wait.”


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fastbreak<br />

Hockey<br />

Celtics can’t overcome penalties in state quarterfinal<br />

Photo courtesy of<br />

University of Evansville<br />

1st-and-3<br />

Kicking off a career<br />

1. Ian McGrath (above)<br />

The University of<br />

Evansville alum led<br />

the Purple Aces in<br />

goals his junior and<br />

senior year, registering<br />

23 goals in those<br />

two seasons combined<br />

to help earn<br />

him a spot on a pro<br />

team.<br />

2. ESPN Top 10<br />

McGrath garnered national<br />

attention when<br />

he was on Sportscenter’s<br />

Top 10 Plays last<br />

August for a goal he<br />

scored from midfield.<br />

The play was No. 8 on<br />

the list.<br />

3. Growing into form<br />

McGrath grew a<br />

foot from his freshman<br />

year to his final<br />

season at Lincoln-Way<br />

West. The 6-foot-4<br />

midfielder left his<br />

mark on the program<br />

as an All-State player<br />

before joining the<br />

Purple Aces as a<br />

walk-on.<br />

Chris Walker<br />

Freelance Reporter<br />

Penalties have plagued<br />

Providence while Stevenson<br />

has had the Celtics’ number<br />

all season long.<br />

Nothing really changed<br />

during the March 7 quarterfinal<br />

game between the<br />

two teams in the Amateur<br />

Hockey Association of Illinois<br />

Red Varsity Division<br />

state playoffs in Bensenville<br />

as the Patriots advanced with<br />

a 5-1 victory.<br />

Providence, the state runner-up<br />

the past two seasons,<br />

saw its season come to an<br />

end at 28-17-7.<br />

“The penalties came up<br />

and bit us again,” Celtics<br />

coach Nick Iaciancio said.<br />

“All year long, every time<br />

we had any momentum, we<br />

were called for something.<br />

We had a power play and<br />

took a penalty and come<br />

playoff time you can’t overcome<br />

those as often as we<br />

had to.”<br />

The Celtics, who had tied<br />

Stevenson 3-3, and lost 3-1<br />

and 6-2 previously, were<br />

cited for nine infractions this<br />

time.<br />

“We were tight against<br />

them and only had the one<br />

game that got a little out of<br />

hand,” Iaciancio said. “The<br />

one we tied was in a tournament<br />

when they scored on a<br />

last minute faceoff play so<br />

we’ve played them pretty<br />

good.”<br />

Stevenson (54-17-2) converted<br />

its power play chance<br />

at the 6:00 mark of the first<br />

period when Adam Offenbach<br />

slipped a pass to Trevor<br />

Hilt who sent a shot out of<br />

the reach of Providence<br />

goalie Kameron Bustos.<br />

The Celtics had chances<br />

of their own to draw even,<br />

but attempts by Dylan Gorski,<br />

Cam Cutler, Colin Ries<br />

and Jack McConnell were<br />

offline, deflected or snatched<br />

up by Stevenson goalie Elias<br />

Sandholm, a transfer student<br />

from Sweden, who saved<br />

27-of-28 shot attempts.<br />

Stevenson extended their<br />

lead to 3-0 in the second<br />

period on a transition goal<br />

from its leading scorer, Jackson<br />

Leptich, and then a bit<br />

of a lucky goal from Seth<br />

Cohen as the puck caromed<br />

amongst a crowd of players<br />

and slipped past Bustos.<br />

“I told the guys in between<br />

periods that we outplayed<br />

them and out-chanced them<br />

in the first two periods but<br />

we weren’t getting bounces,”<br />

Iaciancio said. “Sometimes<br />

you have to make your<br />

own luck and that’s what we<br />

were hoping to come out<br />

in the third period and try<br />

to do. Other than giving up<br />

the goals we gave up, I was<br />

happy with how we played<br />

in those first two periods.”<br />

One thing the Celtics<br />

weren’t blessed with this<br />

season was a bunch of bigtime<br />

scorers, although they<br />

had a handful of talented<br />

guys that were capable of<br />

finding the net.<br />

Gorski was the lone one<br />

to find it for the Celtics as<br />

New Lenox resident Ryan Kaup finished his final game with the hockey team with an<br />

assist during the loss to Stevenson. He was named All-State as a defenseman. BURNS<br />

PHOTOGRAPHY<br />

he cut their deficit to 3-1 at<br />

the 10:38 mark of the third<br />

period. McConnell and Ryan<br />

Kaup assisted on his effort.<br />

Tom Davis and Shane<br />

Horan had solid scoring<br />

chances shortly thereafter to<br />

attempt to draw the Celtics<br />

to within a goal, but both had<br />

their shots turned away from<br />

Sandholm.<br />

Offenbach gave the Patriots<br />

additional breathing<br />

room when he scored at the<br />

5:43 mark of the third period<br />

and Leptich sealed the game<br />

when he delivered just 1:26<br />

later.<br />

“We obviously knew anything<br />

could happen against<br />

them so we tried to come<br />

out at our best and I think<br />

we did a pretty good job of<br />

that,” Leptich said. “We just<br />

tried to stick what we do best<br />

against them, defense, floor<br />

checking, blocking shots<br />

and staying disciplined and<br />

that seemed to work out well<br />

for us.”<br />

Despite falling short of<br />

a third straight appearance<br />

in the state title game at the<br />

United Center, the Celtics<br />

still finished with a strong<br />

post-season run after losing<br />

to Benet in the Kennedy<br />

Cup.<br />

“That was tough, but they<br />

came back and have played<br />

well the last few weeks,” Iaciancio<br />

said. “If you go back<br />

eight or nine years ago, this<br />

would’ve been a great finish.<br />

Expectations are a little<br />

higher now, but I think we<br />

realize we’re not going to<br />

win every time, but getting<br />

to the Elite Eight year after<br />

year after year is a sign of a<br />

successful program.”<br />

LISTEN UP<br />

“My family got to come to the game, and when I saw<br />

them in the crowd, I got emotional. They’ve given me<br />

such great support.”<br />

Ian McGrath – Lincoln-Way West alum and now Nashville SC soccer<br />

player, on playing his first exhibition game as a pro in front of his<br />

family<br />

Tune In<br />

Softball<br />

4:30 p.m. Monday, March 19<br />

• Lincoln-Way West softball will open the season on the<br />

road against Plainfield North.<br />

Index<br />

44 – This Week In<br />

41 – Athlete of the Week<br />

FASTBREAK is compiled by Editor James Sanchez,<br />

james@newlenoxpatriot.com.


new lenox’s Hometown Newspaper | www.newlenoxpatriot.com | March 15, 2018<br />

West alum kicks off his soccer career<br />

with Nashville SC, Page 46<br />

Lincoln-Way West alumnus Ian McGrath was drafted last month by Nashville SC and<br />

will play his first professional game on Saturday, March 17, against Louisville City.<br />

Photo courtesy of University of Evansville<br />

Quarterfinal clash<br />

Providence hockey can’t fool Swedish<br />

goalie on Stevenson to keep season<br />

alive, Page 47<br />

Season’s greetings<br />

LWC boys polo kicks off season<br />

opener in dominant fashion, Page 44

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