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to assist students with meeting socialemotional 

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students stand D210 

students, area residents share reactions 

to national student walkout, Page 5 

Staying safe 

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vehicle-related burglaries, Page 8 

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THURSDAY 

Business After Hours 

5-7 p.m. March 22, 

Breathe Fitness, 7545 W. 

159th Place, Tinley Park. 

Join the Frankfort and Tinley 

Park Chamber of Commerces 

for a BAH at Breathe 

Fitness. 

Plan Commission Meeting 

6:30 p.m. March 22, Village 

Administration Building, 

432 W. Nebraska St., 

Frankfort. The Frankfort 

Plan Commission meets the 

second and fourth Thursdays 

of each month. For the agenda 

or more information, visit 

www.villageoffrankfort. 

com, or call (815) 469-2177. 

TOPS Open House 

6:30 p.m. March 22, Old 

Plank Trail Community 

Bank, 20901 S. LaGrange 

Rd., Frankfort. Join TOPS 

(Take Off Pounds Sensibly) 

members from Frankfort and 

neighboring towns, including 

Mokena, as we get ready 

for spring. Come see what 

TOPS is all about. For more 

information, call (800) 932- 

8677, or visit www.tops.org. 

Please park in back and enter 

through the double doors. 

SATURDAY 

Pizza with Peter Rabbit 

11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. March 

24, Mary Drew Elementary 

School, 20130 S. Rosewood 

Drive, Frankfort. Hop on 

down to Mary Drew for an 

egg-cellent morning with the 

Easter Bunny. Enjoy lunch, 

games, activities, and an extra 

special egg hunt through 

the park. Each child will also 

take home a goody bag filled 

with treats. This program is 

open to all ages. Cost is $12. 

For more information, call 

(815) 469-3524. 

Egg Hunt with Peter 

Cottontail 

1 p.m. March 24, Commissioners 

Park, 22108 S. 

80th Ave., Frankfort. The 

Frankfort Area Jaycees and 

the Frankfort Park District 

will again host the annual 

egg hunt. Every child will 

receive a bag of candy. This 

event is for ages 1-8. Rain 

location is the Founders 

Community Center, 140 Oak 

St., Frankfort. 

Super Dog Egg Hunt 

2:30 p.m. March 24, Bark 

Park at Commissioners Park, 

22108 S. 80th Ave., Frankfort. 

Egg hunting has gone 

to the dogs! Dash around 

the Bark Park at Commissioners 

Park with your dog 

while collecting treat-filled 

eggs. The dog that sniffs 

out the special egg will win 

a prize. Families and all 

friendly dogs are welcome 

at this free, on-leash event. 

An adult should accompany 

dog-owners under the age 

of 12. Rain date is Tuesday, 

March 27 at 6 p.m. 

MONDAY 

Game Day at the Library 

2-4 p.m. Monday, March 

26, Frankfort Public Library, 

21119 S. Pfeiffer Road, 

Frankfort. Looking for something 

to do during Spring 

Break? Come to the library 

and play some games. There 

will be a variety of board 

games, card games, mind 

games, and more available to 

play with family and friends. 

Walk-in registration. 

UPCOMING 

Library Closure 

Friday, March 30. The 

Frankfort Public Library 

will be closed for Good Friday. 

Matter of Balance 

Class begins 1 p.m. Friday, 

March 30, Frankfort Police 

Department, 20602 Lincoln- 

Way Lane, Frankfort. The 

Frankfort Police Department 

will be hosting a Matter 

of Balance Class starting 

March 30 at the Frankfort 

Police Department. This 

eight week class meets every 

Friday from 1-3 p.m. A matter 

of balance is an awardwinning 

program for anyone 

concerned about falls. This 

class will help to increase 

balance, flexibility, strength, 

and give you fall prevention 

strategies. To register for this 

free class please contact Sergeant 

Bender at (815) 469- 

9435. Space is limited. 

Business After Hours 

5-7 p.m. Wednesday, April 

4, Riverside Healthcare, 

23120 S. La Grange Rd., 

Frankfort. Join the Frankfort 

Chamber of Commerce and 

Riverside Healthcare for a 

Business After Hours. 

Preschool Open House 

9:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, 

April 14, Park District Administrative 

Building, 7540 

W. Braemar Lane, Frankfort. 

Looking for a Preschool 

Program for your 3 or 4 year 

old? The Frankfort Square 

Park District will be holding 

their first Preschool Open 

House where parents can 

tour the classrooms and meet 

some of the teachers. Bring 

your children so they can see 

the environment in which 

they will be learning and socializing 

with our certified 

teachers. For more information, 

call (815) 469-3524. 

Senior Driving Seminar 

10 a.m.-noon Tuesday, 

May 22, Parker Road Bible 

Church, 18512 Parker Road, 

Mokena. State Representative 

Margo McDermed will 

provide four senior driving 

seminars over the course 

of the year for older drivers 

looking to refresh their 

memory of the written driving 

test, a necessary step 

to renewing their license. 

Each two-hour seminar will 

be taught by an instructor 

from the Secretary of State’s 

Office. The seminar will 

cover an overview of the 

contents of the Rules of the 

Road booklet and include a 

sample test. The seminars 

are offered free of charge. 

For more information and to 

RSVP, call (815) 277-2079. 

AshleyCan Golf Outing 

10 a.m. Saturday, August 

18, Green Gardens Country 

Club, 9511 W. Manhattan- 

Monee Road, Frankfort. Registration 

will begin at 10 a.m. 

followed by a modified shotgun 

start at 11 a.m. Cost is 

$125 for an individual golfer 

and $450 for a team of four. 

Single registrants will be put 

together to make a team. Cost 

includes green fee, cart and 

a dinner of baked chicken, 

sirloin of beef, mostaccoli 

and sausage, mashed potatoes 

and gravy, soup, salad, 

ice cream and soda. There 

will be a cash bar, raffles and 

50/50. For more information 

and registration, call (815) 

922-4106, email maureen. 

ashleycan@gmail.com or 

visit www.ashleycan.org. 

ONGOING 

Preschool Registration 

Registration takes place 

at the Founders Community 

Center, 140 Oak St., Frankfort. 

All Frankfort Park District 

preschool programs 

run from September 2018 

to May 2019. A copy of the 

child’s birth certificate is 

required at the time of registration 

for new participants. 

All registrations must be 

done in person. A $50 nonrefundable 

registration fee is 

due at the time of registration. 

If tuition is paid in full 

between May 1 and July 16, 

there will be a 10% discount 

for the entire year. For more 

information or to schedule a 

tour, call (815) 469-9400. 

Summer Theatre Program 

Registration is now open for 

Curtain Call Theatre’s Summer 

Theatre Program. The 

Editor's Note 

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22 edition of The 

Frankfort Station was 

published before results 

were available for the 

March 20 Gubernatorial 

Primary Election. Stories 

related to the election 

results are to appear in 

print in the Thursday, 

March 29 edition of 

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viewed online sooner at 

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four week camps will begin 

in July. The Emily McCabe 

Musical Theatre Program is 

now in its 16th year. Grades 

K-3 will perform “Bugs!” 

and grades 4-8 will perform 

“Singin’ in the Rain Jr.” Both 

camps will begin June 11 

and will be held at St. Mary 

School, 11409 195th St., Mokena. 

Grades K-3 will meet 

Monday-Thursday for four 

weeks. Their performance will 

be on July 5 at Lincoln-Way 

Central. Grades 4-8 will meet 

Monday-Thursday (Monday- 

Friday the first week) for five 

weeks. Each camp has both 

a morning and afternoon session. 

Cost is $295 for grades 

K-3 and $395 for grades 4-8. 

To register, visit ccctheatre. 

com and click on the “Children’s 

Program” tab. 

Lincoln-Way Half Marathon 

Registration is open for 

the 2nd Annual Lincoln-Way 

Half Marathon. Race will be 

at 7 a.m. Sunday, April 22 and 

will begin at Breidert Green, 

123 Kansas St., Frankfort. 

Current registration cost is 

$70. Volunteers are being 

sought for the race as well. 

For volunteer sign-up and 

race registration, visit lincoln 

wayhalfmarathon.com. 

To submit an item to the 

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Lincoln-Way Community High School District 210 

Students, residents speak out against administrative actions 

T.J. Kremer III, Editor 

There was a larger than 

normal crowd on hand for 

the Thursday, March 15, 

Lincoln-Way Community 

High School District 210 

Board of Education meeting, 

and many were there to get 

answers to two recent administrative 

moves that left parents, 

students and residents 

scratching their heads. 

During the public comments 

portion of the meeting, 

which occurs immediately 

following the roll call, two 

students got up to speak out 

against what they perceived 

as injustices committed 

against them during National 

Walkout Day March 14. 

Calvin Hendren, a junior 

at Lincoln-Way East, talked 

to the board about the events 

that took place that day, and 

asked the board to look into 

his allegations that students’ 

civil rights may have been 

infringed upon by not being 

allowed to leave the inside of 

the school for a preplanned 

peaceful memorial for the 

17 students killed during last 

month’s Parkland, Florida, 

school shooting. 

“I was shocked when I 

entered the building because 

I saw a wall of administrators 

and local police officials 

blockading the doors, 

preventing the students from 

leaving the building if they 

wanted to,” Hendren said. 

“This raises serious concerns 

to me, as students have the 

right at any time.” 

Hendren said he consulted 

the ACLU and was reportedly 

told that move by administration 

may have resulted in a 

civil rights violations, specifically 

a clause about physical 

restraint without due process 

under the 14th Amendment 

and the right to be free from 

unreasonable seizures under 

the Fourth Amendment. 

“I’m here to ask you why 

the administration was allowed 

to block the students 

off from exiting the building 

against our rights,” Hendren 

said. 

Superintendent R. Scott 

Tingley responded to Hendren’s 

comments by saying 

that students “can walk out of 

any of our buildings, you can 

walk out of any exit.” 

“In terms of what changed 

and what predicated the 

decision to stay inside, it 

would’ve been parents and 

law enforcement officials 

believed it was in the best interest 

of our students to stay 

inside,” Tingley said. “And, 

while you could’ve walked 

through and out the front 

doors, out anywhere, that 

would’ve been your right to 

do so.” 

Another student, East junior 

Sydney Nekola, spoke 

about what she perceived as 

a culture of intimidation by 

school officials on the day of 

the walkout. 

Nekola described for the 

board the events leading up to 

the planned 10 a.m. walkout, 

in which an email had been 

sent out by the school’s Principal 

Dr. Sharon Michalak notifying 

students that they “are 

not to leave the building,” 

which she followed up with 

the same message during the 

morning announcements. 

“Although given a month 

to be a part of our plan, administration 

waited until 

the day of to tell us what to 

do,” Nekola said. “They controlled 

our actions and stole 

our voice.” 

Also voicing their displeasure 

with district administrators 

were several area residents 

who came to ask the 

board to take action to allow 

residents use of the schools’ 

facilities during daytime 

hours. 

Liz Home and Sue Fabris, 

of New Lenox, along with 

Colleen Malloy and Kim 

Kosmatka, of Mokena, made 

arguments that the evening 

hours were inconvenient for 

people with families and for 

seniors who don’t like to 

drive at night. Further, the 

swimmers act as an extra set 

of eyes for the schools to help 

keep them safe. 

Moody’s rating upgraded 

It was announced during 

the meeting that Moody’s 

gave the district a new rating, 

Ba1 with a stable outlook, 

and agreed to re-evaluation 

in the fall once the district 

completes its next audited financials. 

In April 2016, the district 

went from A1 to Baaa3 with 

a negative outlook. In December 

2016, it went from 

Baa3 to Baa1, still with a 

negative outlook. This latest 

rating marks an improvement 

with the “stable outlook” designation. 

The next move could be 

an upgrade to “investment 

grade,” said Bradley Cauffman, 

assistant superintendent 

of business for the district. 

The earliest the district 

could receive a new rating 

would probably be in the 

spring of 2019, Cauffman 

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Officials hope to address students’ 

social-emotional learning needs 

Megann Horstead 

Freelance Reporter 

The Summit Hill District 

161 Board of Education is 

looking to better meet the social-emotional 

learning needs 

of students. 

At a March 14 regular 

meeting, officials took a series 

of actions to satisfy this 

aim. 

Issues of bullying and 

cyberbullying have long 

been an issue for students in 

school, including those enrolled 

in Summit Hill District 

161. 

“We continually work to 

strengthen the elements of 

our bullying/cyberbullying 

prevent program and supports 

for student social-emotional 

needs,” Superintendent 

Barb Rains said. 

Rains said the board is 

not taking action in direct 

response to any bullying/ 

cyberbullying issues of note, 

saying that these initiatives 

are board goals derived out 

of planning to support staff. 

Officials aim to address 

any concerns should they 

arise at Summit Hill Junior 

High and Hilda Walker Intermediate 

schools. 

Earlier this year, the board 

started discussing the idea of 

opening up new positions. 

Out of the meeting, ideas 

were introduced to consider 

creating two districtwide 

coordinator of instructional 

support positions, one districtwide 

coordinator of student 

support services position, and 

two social worker positions. 

These jobs would follow the 

teacher-salary schedule. 

Board Member James 

Martin questioned why the 

board was seeking to create 

an additional Summit Hill 

Junior High School assistant 

principal position, though 

Round it up 

A brief recap of action and discussion at a March 14 regular 

meeting of the Summit Hill District 161 Board of Education: 

• A motion was passed to authorize the solicitation of 

a request for proposals for annual financial auditing 

services. 

• A motion was passed to authorize the development of the 

tentative budget for the 2018-2019 school year. 

• Officials awarded 12 teachers second-year probationary 

contracts, 11 teachers third-year probationary contracts, 

eight teachers four-year probationary contracts and 14 

teachers tenure contracts for the 2018-2019 school year. 

• The board awarded administrative employment contracts 

to Barb Rains, Frances Boss, Colin Bradley, Tracy Bulfer, 

Maura Carroll, Leslie DeBoer, Laura Goebel, Jason 

Isdonas, Daniel Pierson, Michael Ruffalo, John Snipes, 

Doug Wiley, and Dana Wright. The contracts include a 3 

percent salary increase. 

• Officials issued a one-year lawn maintenance contract in 

the amount of $25,466 to Bill’s Lawn Maintenance and 

Landscaping. 

this hadn’t been introduced 

to officials when they met 

earlier this year. 

“Don’t get me wrong, I 

understand that we are understaffed, 

I’m not arguing 

against the position in any 

way, shape, or form,” Martin 

said. “I’m just curious as to 

where this came up.” 

Around that time, the 

board discussed the possibility 

of creating a position for a 

new Summit Hill Junior High 

School administrator, though 

the role was not clearly defined. 

“At that time, we did not 

have data, and we did not 

want to presume that the 

other positions were moving 

forward,” Rains said. “Once 

we felt that there was a possibility, 

then we went back and 

started to dig in and make 

sure we had support all the 

way around for both the two 

coordinators for instruction 

and the one coordinator for 

student support services.” 

As the District started to 

delve into what positions 

they were going to need and 

how the workload is currently 

divvied, staff learned that 

time is maxed out. 

Rains said with another set 

of hands, staff will be able to 

focus more on instruction, 

provide support as needed, 

and create room for greater 

communication. 

The board in recent months 

has put increased emphasis 

on a desire to increase student 

involvement in extracurricular 

activities to help 

promote their benefit to social-emotional 

learning. 

The District wants to ensure 

they have all the support 

mechanisms in place to support 

students next year. 

“We’re increasing our bullying 

program,” Rains said. 

“With our current makeup, 

we won’t have the staff to do 

that.” 

Rains said the administrative 

level is half of the District’s 

challenge. 

A contract will be extended 

to a person who goes on to fill 

the new assistant principal 

position. 

Placement of the two ad- 

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Students, community react to #NationalWalkoutDay 

T.J. Kremer III, Contributing Editor 

As thousands of high 

schools around the country 

galvanized to show support 

for victims of last month’s 

shooting at Marjory Stoneman 

Douglas High School 

and to raise awareness of gun 

violence by participating in 

national walkout day, Lincoln-Way 

Community High 

School District 210 students 

were a no show, at least to 

anyone outside the buildings. 

According to an emailed 

statement from D210 spokeswoman 

Taryn Atwell: “Students 

at all three schools 

gathered in different designated 

areas in our buildings 

... In some areas, student 

leaders honored the Parkland, 

Florida, students by speaking 

to their classmates and reading 

the names of those killed; 

in other areas, no discussion 

occurred.” 

An estimated 300 students 

at Lincoln-Way Central, 

which represents approximately 

14 percent of 

the student population there, 

participated indoors in one 

of several administrationdesignated 

spots, or simply 

outside their classrooms in 

the hallway. 

Over at Lincoln-Way West, 

things went pretty much according 

to plan, according to 

junior Elizabeth Prynn. 

“Going to the walkout, 

there were faculty members 

standing at every exit of the 

school,” Prynn said. 

According to multiple social 

media posts, signs of 

protest could be seen held by 

students, including at least 

two Gadsden flags and at 

least one American flag. 

“There were a few kids 

at the protest who had some 

flags and signs, but it was 

taken away,” Prynn said. 

Prynn described West’s 

assembly as well-organized. 

The student leaders were already 

at the gym and on the 

podium were orange balloons, 

which would be released 

after the reading of the 

Parkland students’ names. 

Samantha Keel, another junior 

at West, said the walkout 

ended up being indoors partly 

because of the weather, and 

partly because of administration’s 

concerns over safety, 

but that the assembly had met 

its goals. 

Across town in Frankfort, 

things were far from any 

sense of orderly and organized, 

despite the students’ 

best efforts. 

Outside of Lincoln-Way 

East, more than a dozen area 

residents lined the sidewalk 

in front of the school in a 

show of support for the students. 

Frankfort resident Rebecca 

Guillemette, whose son Drew 

attends Lincoln-Way East, 

showed up with her daughter 

Jenna, a seventh-grader 

at Hickory Creek Middle 

School, and her mother, Linda. 

The three family members 

wore blue March for 

Our Lives T-shirts and plan 

to attend the national rally in 

Washington, D.C. on Saturday, 

March 24. 

“[We’re here] in support 

of the activism ... against gun 

violence and against guns 

in the schools,” Guillemette 

said. 

Mike Polski, who said he 

had been an activist since 

1980, held a large sign that 

read “Big money corrupts 

politics!” in large green letters 

and said he was “sick of” 

gun violence. 

“Kids getting slaughtered 

in Sandy Hook, Connecticut, 

and Florida, Pulse nightclub 

by weapons of war ... when 

the Second Amendment was 

written, a gunman can only 

shoot two bullets a minute,” 

he said. 

Students at Lincoln-Way 

East began planning their assembly 

about a week after the 

Parkland shooting. Watfae 

Zayed, a senior at East and 

one of the eight organizers, 

said the group decided the 

(Left to right) Sue Laue, Dorelle Ackermann, Teresa 

Stinnett, Dianna Rosko, Joan Cap and Mike Polski stand on 

the sidewalk in front of Lincoln-Way East High School on 

March 14, to show solidarity with students during National 

School Walkout. Nuria Mathog/22nd Century Media 

professional way to approach 

things was to go through the 

proper channels with administration. 

Administrators, specifically 

East’s Principal Dr. 

Sharon Michalak, said the 

school wouldn’t promote 

it, but wouldn’t stop it, and 

stated there would be no 

consequences. About a week 

before the walkout, organizers 

were told by the principal 

that students would no longer 

be allowed outside because 

of some students’ concerns 

for safety. 

But the East organizers had 

other ideas. 

“We were thinking it over, 

and we realized we wanted 

to stand with the rest of the 

nation and do it outdoors,” 

Zayed said. 

But the students weren’t 

able to leave the building. 

Exits were blocked by security 

and deans, Zayed said. 

So, students began walking 

toward the fieldhouse but 

saw some others heading toward 

the courtyard, so some 

students went there instead. 

Zayed said that students got 

an email that morning notifying 

students they would not be 

able to leave. Michalak made 

the announcement around 9 

a.m. that no one was to go outside. 

This caused mass confusion 

among students. 

“We were really upset with 

the way that it was handled. 

We were really split,” Zayed 

said. 

“I just think we were treated 

like children when, in reality, 

we took the adult route 

about it. It was people of all 

grades of the school, and we 

agreed the right way to go 

about this is to talk with administrators. 

So we did that. 

We were meeting, communicating, 

doing everything the 

way we were supposed to, 

but then I felt like the whole 

thing was pulled out from under 

us. 

“We felt like the whole 

thing was sabotaged, in a 

way. And it was really hard 

to keep things organized, 

even from an hour before. It 

divided the school more than 

it united us.” 

Some faculty members 

even suggested that students 

do 17 days of kindness instead 

of 17 minutes of remembrance 

as an alternative 

to the assembly, according to 

East junior Grace McMann. 

“I disagreed with that because 

why can’t we do both?” 

McMann said. 

“We believed we had a 

right to assemble, because 

it’s our First Amendment 

[right],” McMann said. “We 

wanted to still go out to the 

flagpole but were told we 

could not.” 

McMann said members 

of law enforcement and administration 

were standing 

in front of exits, preventing 

students from leaving the 

building. 

“I’d hoped we could be a 

better community than what 

we were [March 14],” Mc- 

Mann said. 

East senior Mackenzie 

Miller said “it felt strange” 

that students were not allowed 

to go outside considering 

they were not intending 

to make a showy political 

statement. 

She said that while the police 

presence was likely there 

to help keep the peace, it also 

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Anyone who has traveled 

outside of the country 

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of the country — has more 

than likely experienced and 

learned about another culture. 

Students and families in 

District 157-C, however, 

did not have to travel farther 

than the intersection 

of Laraway and Owens 

roads in Frankfort to get 

their own taste of countries 

around the globe on Thursday, 

March 15. 

Dozens of families volunteered 

to represent their native 

country’s heritage at the 

Family School Partnership’s 

Siblings Sam Joudeh (left) and Hana Yassin, whose 

parents moved to the United States from Palestine in 1967, 

represented the country at the event. 

annual Around the World 

night at Hickory Creek 

Middle School, where tables 

and wall space were adorned 

with flags, maps and items 

native to the corresponding 

country. 

“District 157-C students 

and families are truly making 

a difference by sharing 

their cultures, ethnic 

backgrounds, and family 

traditions,” said event chairperson 

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school faces felony charge 

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Contributing Editor 

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ditional social workers will 

be determined at the end of 

April. 

“I think people are going 

to wonder where we’re expanding 

administration and 

expanding these things,” 

Martin said. “How do we say 

we’re going to make sure that 

we monitor the performance 

of this, and we’ll make sure 

that it is appropriate?” 

To achieve this aim, the 

District intends to maintain a 

balance between the Summit 

Hill Junior High and Hilda 

Walker Intermediate schools. 

Board Member Joy Murphy 

called into question the 

board’s ability to open up 

new positions, knowing the 

financial uncertainty the District 

could face in one or two 

years. 

“We have to a make a hard 

decision,” Board Secretary 

David Faber said. 

Murphy said she is torn, in 

part, because it’s easy to add 

a position and it would be 

difficult to take it away. 

In a series of 7-0 votes, officials 

decided to approve the 

From march 13 

Will County Sheriff’s Officers 

arrested a 16-yearold 

male Lincoln-Way East 

student Friday, March 9, 

after a classmate reportedly 

told school officials the boy 

made a threat that included 

firearms against the school, 

according to Will County 

Deputy Chief Dan Jungles. 

According to Jungles, the 

incident was reported on 

Thursday, March 9, but the 

evidence only supported a 

misdemeanor disorderly conduct 

charge; however, sheriff’s 

officers soon discovered 

a photo of the the 16-yearold, 

whose name has not 

been released, holding a firearm. 

That, and the discovery 

that the boy was the subject 

of a separate investigation 

involving stolen firearms, 

led officers to seek a felony 

charge from the State’s Attorney, 

Jungles said. 


High School District 210 officials 

sent a notice to parents 

Monday, March 12, informing 

them of the incident. 

creation of various positions 

to help address students’ 

social-emotional learning 

needs. 

Because of personnel 

changes, shifting, and retirements 

made by the Board of 

Education, the District is anticipating 

that its payroll and 

benefit expenses are down by 

about $153,000 with these 

positions added to next year’s 

budget. 

Boiler project bid approved 

During the meeting, the 

board also authorized a payment 

of $186,600 to Monaco 

Mechanical for work to be 

performed on a Hilda Walker 

Intermediate School boiler 

project. 

The District has enlisted 

the assistance of the Tria Architecture 

to address building 

facilities needs. 

A full bid scope review of 

the contractor, Monaco Mechanical, 

showed that they 

are in good standing, according 

to references, searches, 

and a check of state licensing. 

Tria Architecture did not 

find any reason to raise concern 

over the project bid. 

Frankfort police warn community 

about increased burglaries to vehicles 

Nuria Mathog, Editor 

Following a string of vehicle-related 

thefts, Frankfort 

Police Department officials 

are asking residents to be 

vigilant and take precautions 

to avoid having their cars and 

personal belongings stolen. 

In 2015, the department 

logged 21 incidents of burglaries 

to motor vehicle and 

seven vehicle thefts. The 

following year, those numbers 

increased to 42 and 11, 

respectively, and in 2017, 35 

burglaries to motor vehicles 

and 12 vehicle thefts were 

reported. 

As of mid-March, there 

were 11 burglaries to vehicles 

and three vehicle thefts reported 

in 2018, Frankfort Police 

Chief John Burica said. 

“We’ve seen this happen 

over the past few years, 

where it’s increased that 

way, and we’ve recently had 

a rash again—and when I 

say we, it’s the whole area,” 

he said. “It’s from Monee to 

New Lenox to Mokena…the 

surrounding Lincoln-Way 

area, including unincorporated 

areas, have been getting 

hit with both stolen vehicles 

and burglary to motor 

vehicles.” 

In just the past week, Burica 

said, there were multiple 

reported incidents of 

stolen vehicles and cars that 

had been broken into—all 

of which occurred overnight 

and involved vehicles that 

had been left unlocked. 

“These crews come out, it 

looks like at night, usually a 

car with four or five people in 

them, and they will literally 

just go from subdivision to 

subdivision and they pull on 

car doors to see if they’re unlocked,” 

he said. “And then 

they also like to hit the start 

buttons on cars to see if the 

key fob is inside.” 

He advised residents to 

avoid leaving purses or other 

valuables in plain view 

— especially items such as 

wallets and purses, which 

can leave them vulnerable to 

identity theft — and to make 

sure to always lock their vehicles, 

in addition to following 

the "see something, say 

something" motto. 

"It does appear to us that 

most of these are probably 

happening between 1 a.m. 

and 6 a.m., when we see 

them," Burica said. "And 

that's the other thing we want 

people to know--call us. 

We've heard from other people, 

you know, 'my dog was 

barking at a strange time.' 

One of our last incidents, 

the person had heard her 

car beeping and didn't think 

much of it ... we want people 

to know if they see something 

that's odd, call us." 

Police Sgt. Leanne Bender 

said the department has also 

been trying to get the word 

out to the community via 

social media and the Nixle 

alert system, which allows 

residents to anonymously 

text "TIP FRANKFORT" to 

888-777 to share tips with the 

police department about suspicious 

activity. 

"We're really trying to 

get the word out there," she 

said. "So we really need 

everybody's help to do this. 

It's a very easy crime to be 

stopped. It's very preventable. 

We need everybody's 

help, though, to be locking 

their stuff up and calling us 

when they see something so 

we can catch these people." 

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and Daniel Wilson, 

Frankfort Fire Chief Bob 

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Julie Kreyenbuehl (right) talks with event attendees about 

the four different official languages spoken in Switzerland. 

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email. “This school district 

knows how to celebrate diversity, 

while the rest of the 

world seems to shy away 

from our differences.” 

McGuire puts together 

the event each year with a 

team of volunteers, which 

included Country Coordinator 

Hana Yassin, who represented 

Palestine, and ELL 

Liaison Julie Kreyenbuehl, 

who represented Switzerland. 

Other countries and commonwealths 

represented at 

the event included Austria, 

Chile, Costa Rica, France, 

Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, 

India, Italy, Ireland, 

Jordan, Lebanon, Mexico, 

Pakistan, the Philippines, 

Peru, Poland, Puerto Rico, 

Russia, South Korea, Sweden 

and Taiwan. 

Food trucks brought a 

tasty addition to the fifth 

event of its kind, but Mc- 

Guire said it is about more 

than good food, fun photos 

or lovely performances. 

“It is the country representatives 

themselves," she 

said. "Twenty-four countries 

were represented by 

over 40 district families. 

Some meeting and coming 

together because of 

this event. Seeing friendships 

form, bonds being 

made, and watching these 

kids in their traditional 

country dress gleaming 

with ethnic-pride as they 

teach their peers about their 

heritage, geography, religion, 

history. 

“ ... Our kids are given 

the opportunity to learn so 

much more. They are learning 

to communicate and respect 

one another. They are 

seeing our school district 

and our community come 

together in a unique way.” 

Representing Guatemala 

was Lisa Sexton and her 

family. Although Sexton is 

not from Guatemala, her 

children are. The Sextons 

adopted their children from 

Guatemala more than a decade 

ago but have made 

an effort to keep Guatemalan 

traditions alive in their 

home. 

“We’re trying to show the 

beauty and the colorful nature 

of their culture,” Sexton 

said about their booth at 

the event, where her daughter, 

Olivia, demonstrated 

and taught others traditional 

Guatemalan backstrap 

weaving. 

“They have such beautiful 

traditions," she said. 

"Not only the weaving but 

the sawdust carpet, which is 

something they do at Easter 

time, and those are all traditions 

we’ve tried to weave 

into our family traditions.” 

Sexton said the event provides 

children a chance to 

experience parts of other 

cultures that they may never 

otherwise see during the 

regular school day. 

“They’re learning about 

other cultures and the variety 

of people that make up 

all of us in the United States 

and the heritage that so 

many of us are proud of and 

where we came from,” she 

said. “ ... When they’re in a 

classroom together, there’s 

a lot of sameness, but when 

an event like this happens, 

they’re able to see that their 

friends and their classmates 

and the kid sitting next to 

them all come from different 

places and have different 

traditions.” 

At Switzerland’s table, 

Kreyenbuehl said the event 

was a good opportunity for 

those families and children 

who may not able to travel 

internationally often or 

ever. 

Kreyenbuehl, who grew 

up in France, moved to 

Switzerland when she married 

her husband and lived 

there for 10 years before the 

family made the move to 

America nearly three years 

ago with their three children. 

Switzerland is a small 

country with four official 

languages, lots of mountains 

and lots of chocolate, 

and Kreyenbuehl said the 

event was a good opportunity 

to talk to people about 

multilingualism. She speaks 

French, German and English, 

as do her children. 

“If you live in Switzerland, 

even as a kid, you will 

have to learn another language 

at school," she said. 

"You will need to speak at 

least two languages, and 

then you will have English." 

Frankfort 157-C families 

were not the only ones 

talking about different cultures 

and languages at the 

event. Other organizations, 

including the Greenheart 

Foreign Exchange program, 

Lincoln-Way East 

High School’s foreign language 

students, Frankfort 

Public Library, Frankfort 

Girl Scouts and Jr. JROTC 

students from Lincoln-Way 

East, were all on hand to 

help out. 

The Polish representatives 

chose to teach their 

country’s history in addition 

to their culture. While Poland’s 

table was stationary, 

the dancers from the Polish 

school treated attendees to a 

traditional group dance performance 

in the gym. 

Teresa Smith, who moved 

to the United States from 

Poland 25 years ago, said 

she enjoys telling people 

about famous people in history 

who were from Poland, 

such as Nicolaus Copernicus 

and Kazimierz Pulaski. 

“I think it’s a great event 

because geography is a 

subject that can be always 

explored,” Smith said. “It 

gives really a big window 

for kids to get to know the 

world.” 

She said even if they do 

not remember everything 

they learned at each table, 

the event is about more than 

learning facts about each 

country. She said she enjoys 

when the children ask questions 

and curiosity sparks in 

their young minds. 

“You can Google everything 

now, but do you want 

to Google everything? Maybe 

there’s something that 

you’re going to learn, and 

it’s going to give you a reason 

to learn more,” Smith 

said. 

The wealth of knowledge 

and experience in the room 

gave Frankfort 157-C students 

and families a chance 

to share and receive cultural, 

geographic and historical 

knowledge with each 

other and create a stronger 

community bond — without 

having to become world 

travelers to do so. 

“We don’t realize that 

there are so many people 

from different ethnic backgrounds, 

and I think it is 

really good for the kids to 

realize that we are all different, 

but we are all the same 

at the end,” Kreyenbuehl 

said.

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Super Senior Day 

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Most people can’t imagine 

what their life would be like 

without their independence. 

Seemingly simple tasks like 

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doctor’s appointment or visiting 

with friends can all be put 

to a near-complete stop without 

the use of a vehicle. 

For many seniors, however, 

that is a constant worry. 

To help seniors keep their 

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“When they go into the 

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And that’s the sole purpose 

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Adults age 75 and older are 

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so they were unable to fully 

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event. It did allow them to review 

the exam, ask questions 

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written and practical exams. 

“We’re giving licenses out 

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“I thought it was very informative, 

and it was good because 

the workbook was what 

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[the instructor] said that could 

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it’s got a lot of stuff in there,” 

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Frankfort resident Barb 

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it has been a long time since 

she last had to take the driving 

test. 

“I can’t remember when 

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Ellegood said. “I’d be guessing.” 

For some, that time between 

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“I put a lot of emphasis 

on trying to make them feel 

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I know — and especially as I 

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far as there’s always a lot of 

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Shane Crean to compete 

in State Geography Bee 

Submitted by Frankfort 

School District 157-C 

Hickory Creek Middle 

School eighth-grade student 

Shane Crean has been notified 

by the National Geographic 

Society that he is one 

of the semifinalists eligible to 

compete in the 2018 Illinois 

National Geographic State 

Bee. The contest will take 

place at Illinois State University 

in Normal, Illinois on 

April 6, 2018. 

This is the second level of 

the National Geographic Bee 

competition, which is now 

in its 30th year. School bees 

were held in schools with 

fourth- through eighth-grade 

students throughout the state 

to determine each school 

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then took a qualifying 

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students in each of the 50 

states, the District of Columbia, 

Department of Defense 

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the state bees. 

To celebrate the 30th annual 

National Geographic Bee, 

the cash prize for the top three 

students in each state has 

doubled. Each state champion 

will receive $200, the 

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at National Geographic Society 

headquarters, May 20- 

23, 2018. Students that come 

in second place will receive 

$150 and those that come in 

third will receive $100. The 

Shane Crean, an eighthgrade 

student at Hickory 

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Hickory Creek teacher 

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for the school’s Geography 

Bee. 

Providence Catholic students pray 

instead of walking out in protest 

Submitted by Providence 

Catholic High School 

Providence Catholic High School students honored victims of school violence with a 

prayer service on March 14. Photo submitted 

For 17 minutes starting 

at 10 a.m. March 14, across 

each time zone, students, 

faculty and supporters nationwide 

walked out of their 

schools to honor those killed 

in the massacre at Majory 

Stoneman Douglas High 

School in Parkland, Florida. 

Instead of walking out, 

Providence Catholic High 

School students walked to 

the school’s gymnasium for 

a prayer service for peace 

and healing to honor the 

victims of school violence 

and their families. The idea 

was one of the school’s student 

council and administration. 

“This was a way for the 

student body and our school 

community to come together 

and honor with the power 

of prayer the ones who lost 

their lives,” School President 

Fr. John Merkelis, 

OSA explained. 

Merkelis led the prayer 

service for the victims to 

“mourn their loss, and pray 

for guidance as we continue 

to seek a way to live in 

peace with one another.” 

Student leaders with candles 

led the student body 

from their classrooms in 

silence into the prayer service. 

Students and staff 

members processed into the 

gym holding candles that 

represented the students and 

teachers who lost at Majory 

Stoneman Douglas High 

School in Parkland, Florida. 

A candle was placed 

on the alter as each of the 

seventeen victim’s names 

were read and a moment of 

silence was observed. 

Pioneer Grove Educational Center Student Receives Technology Award 

Submitted by Mokena 

School District 159 

Local area resident Brody 

Anders received the 2018 

Infinitec Outstanding Student 

Technology award at 

the Infinitec awards banquet 

on March 8. He attends 

Pioneer Grove Educational 

Center in Frankfort. Brody 

has made huge gains over 

the past years and is being 

honored at Infinitec. 

“Brody was nominated 

for the 2017-18 Infinitec 

Southwest Outstanding Student 

Technology Achievement 

Award because he has 

made great strides in his 

progress of communicating 

with others using a communication 

app on his iPad 

mini,” said Anne Trovato, 

Speech Language Pathologist 

for Lincoln-Way Area 

Special Education Cooperative 

District 843. “Brody 

is a fun-loving and caring 

young boy whose smile 

lights up a room. The members 

of the educational team 

here at Pioneer Grove Educational 

Center are all proud 

of his accomplishments and 

enjoy hearing him tell a joke 

or ask ‘What’s up, dude?’” 

Infinitec, which stands for 

infinite potential through 

technology, is the technology 

program of UCP Seguin 

of Greater Chicago. 

The mission of Infinitec is 

to advance independence 

and promote inclusive opportunities 

for children 

and adults with disabilities 

through technology. 

The Infinitec Outstanding 

Technology Award honors 

students for their achievements 

in using assistive 

Brody Anders (bottom left), a Pioneer Grove Educational 

Center student, received the 2018 Infinitec Outstanding 

Student Technology award at the Infinitec awards banquet 

on March 8. photo submitted 

technology in school. The 

students selected have dramatically 

increased their 

independence by using 

technology such as special 

software, adapted wheelchairs, 

augmentative communications 

devices and 

other equipment and approaches.

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Custom screen printing company 

Same Day Tees moves to Frankfort 

Submitted by Same Day Tees 

When Same Day Tees 

moves to its new headquarters 

in Frankfort in April, 

the custom screen printing 

and embroidery company 

will bring a wide range of 

resources typically unavailable 

from local printers. 

“We’ll basically be a national 

printer right in the 

neighborhood,” said Same 

Day Tees President Pete 

Bolsoni. 

The 15-year-old company 

has had its eye on Frankfort 

for some time since outgrowing 

its Peotone base thanks 

to booming sales. The move 

to 9525 W. Laraway Road 

more than doubles the business’s 

space, from 7,500 to 

18,000 square feet. 

With a staff of 25 artists, 

walkout 

From Page 5 

felt to her like they were there 

to make them feel “intimidated” 

and herd the students 

toward the fieldhouse, where 

they were being encouraged 

to go for the gathering. 

Although the main goal of 

the gathering was to honor 

and remember the victims, 

Miller said when the 17 minutes 

were over she didn’t feel 

like that was the end of the 

conversation. 

“This was a really lovely 

memorial kind of thing, but 

we can’t just stop here,” Miller 

said. “And we have to keep 

talking about this and keep 

pushing for what we believe 

for change.” 

District 210 Superintendent 

Dr. R. Scott Tingley, in 

a request for comment as to 

why students were kept indoors 

during the preplanned 

printers, embroiderers, quality 

control, customer service 

and sales personnel, Same 

Day Tees creates screen 

printed and embroidered tee 

shirts, polos, hoodies, caps, 

jackets, jerseys, work uniforms, 

and more for businesses, 

organizations, nonprofits, 

sports teams, and 

other groups. 

“We do a lot of really 

complicated designs and 

cool pieces of art that most 

smaller shops aren’t capable 

of because they don’t have 

the talent or the equipment,” 

said Bolsoni. 

Frankfort with its extensive 

industry, ideal demographics, 

and the high visibility 

of the Laraway Road 

location offered the perfect 

headquarters for Same Day 

Tees’ burgeoning business. 

walkout, issued this statement 

via email: 

“Concerns from parents 

and administrators, along 

with recommendations from 

law enforcement were determining 

factors in choosing 

to keep the students indoors. 

Students were made aware of 

this update during the morning 

announcements, before 

the walkout took place; they 

were informed that they were 

not to leave the building. Although 

law enforcement and 

administrators were at the entrances, 

at no time were students 

physically prevented 

from leaving the building. 

The safety of the students is 

the district’s responsibility.” 

Teresa Stinnett, a former 

member of the Frankfort 

School District 157-C Board 

of Education, said she thought 

the students should have been 

able to leave campus during 

the walkout and expressed 

Bolsoni, who runs the 

company with his wife, 

Sandy, plans to expand the 

second shift by summer, 

increasing staff to 35 – 40 

employees. The new location 

also will include a 

showroom where customers 

can explore samples and 

observe the printing and 

embroidery process. In addition 

to a variety of automatic 

and direct-to-garment 

presses and embroidery machines, 

the Frankfort facility 

offers space for a versatile 

18-color press and new 

low water consumption, 

environmentally-friendly 

equipment. 

“These were the key factors 

we were looking for,” 

said Bolsoni. “So when the 

Frankfort location popped 

up, we jumped on it.” 

disapproval over the way the 

administration handled the 

matter, calling it “a shame.” 

“They’re using, ‘Oh, we’re 

fearful,’” she said. “Well, every 

other school that the kids 

are walking out of throughout 

this country, they probably 

had the same, the same crank 

calls saying something’s going 

to happen. But that’s 

what you have the police for, 

that’s what you have security 

for. You do not take away 

somebody’s right to dissent.” 

The Southwest Suburban 

Activists plan to co-host a 

local March for Our Lives 

rally with the Illinois chapter 

of Moms Demand Action 

at 2-4:30 p.m. on Saturday, 

March 24, at Breidert Green 

in Frankfort. 

Additional reporting provided 

by Contributing Editors Nuria 

Mathog, James Sanchez and Assistant 

Editor Amanda Stoll.



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Police Reports 

Vehicle break-ins reported 

Police responded to a report 

of vehicle break-ins 

March 7 at a business in 

the 10300 block of Lincoln 

Highway, according to an 

alert from the Frankfort Police 

Department. 

The suspect reportedly 

grabbed purses left unattended 

in the vehicles. 

Department officials reminded 

residents to always 

keep vehicle doors locked 

and avoid leaving valuable 

items inside vehicles. 

March 12 

• Miscellaneous items were 

reported taken from an unsecured 

vehicle in the 22100 

block of Jasmine .Drive. 




block of Chamomile Drive. 

• Anthony Daoud, 29, of 

19514 Victorian Drive in 

Mokena, was charged with 

felony retail theft. 

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March 22 

• An unsecured vehicle was 

reported stolen from a driveway 

in the 200 block of 

Grant Avenue. 


reported taken from a vehicle 

in the 200 block of Mulberry 

Road. Police received 

reports that additional vehicles 

in this general area were 

also entered but no items 

were reported missing from 

the other vehicles. 


reported taken from several 

unsecured vehicles in the 

22100 block of Rosemary 

Road. 




block of Johnson Avenue. 

• An entry was reported to 

an unsecured vehicle in the 

200 block of Oak Street; no 

items were reported taken. 

March 9 




block of LaPorte Meadows 

Drive. 




block of Wildflower Drive. 

Another unsecured vehicle 

in the same driveway was 

reported stolen. 

March 8 


reported taken from two 

vehicles in a business parking 

lot in the 10000 block of 

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vehicle parked in a 

driveway in the 22300 block 

of Woodland Lane. 

March 7 




block of Aspen Street. 

• A purse was reported stolen 

while in a business establishment 

in the 11000 block of 

Lincoln Highway. 

• An unsecured vehicle 

parked in a driveway was 

reported stolen in the 8200 

block of Parkview Lane. 

• An entry was reported to an 

unsecured vehicle parked in 

a driveway in the 100 block 

of Larch Road. No items 

were reported missing. 

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Frankfort 

Station’s Police Reports 

are compiled from official 

reports found online on the 

Frankfort Police Department’s 

website or releases issued 

by the department and other 

agencies. Individuals named 

in these reports are considered 

innocent of all charges until 

proven guilty in a court of law. 

FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT 

Fundraising the star of the 

runway at local Lions Club 

fashion show 

Looking good while doing 

good never goes out of 

style. 

South suburban fashionistas 

got a sneak preview of 

the spring season’s trendiest 

looks at the New Lenox 

Lions Club’s Garden Party 

Fashion Show March 11. 

The annual event — hosted 

at VFW Post 9545 — featured 

local ladies modeling 

outfits from local businesses, 

catching the eye of 

a wide variety of ages and 

tastes. 

Each $25 ticket included 

soup, salad, drinks and dessert, 

and proceeds will help 

the Lions Club continue to 

do good through several 

charitable programs. 

“We’re excited,” said Lisa 

Kline, the fashion show 

chairperson. “This is a great 

time to promote women and 

Lionism. It’s a fun, ladies 

day event, and it helps us 

give back to the community 

in a variety of ways, including 

Lincoln-way scholarships, 

sight-and-hearing 

programs, and many, many 

more things. ...This is a fantastic 

fundraiser and a day 

of good fellowship.” 

After attendees enjoyed 

their meals, the lights 

dimmed, music played, and 

the fashion show began. 

New Lenox Lions Club 

President Marie Wheeler 

took the mic, as the event’s 

emcee, describing spring 

looks from Briosa Boutique, 

Moody Blues Jean Boutique, 

Simply Rose Boutique, That 

Girl Boutique and To the 

Nines on 9th, as the models 

walked down the runway. 

Moody Blues Boutique 

owner Kathy Wilda sent a 

variety of cool, casual looks 

down the runway. 

Reporting by Laurie Fanelli, 

Freelance Reporter. For more, 

visit NewLenoxPatriot.com. 

FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE 

Man arrested after allegedly 

selling quarter-pound of 

cannabis to cop 

A Palos Hills man was 

arrested after he allegedly 

tried to sell a quarter-pound 

of cannabis to an undercover 

Orland Park police officer. 

Mohammed Khattab, 24, 

of 9199 Windsor Drive, 

was charged with one count 

each of unlawful delivery of 

cannabis, a Class 3 felony; 

unlawful possession of a 

controlled substance (psilocybin) 

with intent to deliver, 

a Class 3 felony; and unlawful 

possession of a controlled 

substance (amphetamine) 

with intent to deliver, a 

Class 2 felony; according to 

a press release issued March 

13 by the Orland Park Police 

Department. 

Police recently began an 

investigation into a man unlawfully 

selling cannabis to 

people in the southwest suburbs, 

according to the press 

release. 

At 4:30 p.m. March 9, 

Khattab drove a vehicle to 

an area near College Drive 

and Ridgeland Avenue in 

Palos Heights, where he met 

an undercover officer and 

tried to sell him the cannabis, 

police said. 

Following his arrest, a 

search of Khattab’s vehicle 

reportedly led to the recovery 

of additional cannabis, 

psilocybin (a type of mushroom 

containing a psychedelic 

substance) weighing 8 

grams, 70 assorted amphetamine 

pills (Adderall), along 

with a scale and packaging 

materials. Police also seized 

cash and the vehicle, according 

to the release. 

Orland Park Police Cmdr. 

Tony Farrell said “just under” 

30 grams of additional 

cannabis was recovered 

from a 2012 Hyundai Santa 

Fe. The cash seized was 

$159, he added. 

Reporting by Bill Jones, Editor. 

For more, visit OPPrairie.com. 

FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER 

Proposed development met 

with skepticism 

Approximately 40 people 

attended the meeting of 

the Mokena Village Board 

March 12 to voice concerns 

over a concept review for a 

proposed development on 

Townline Road. 

Alan Zordan, Mokena’s 

director of Economic and 

Community Development, 

said Roxbury Partners is 

looking to develop the 56- 

acre property at 19924 S. 

Townline Road — west of 

The Oaks subdivision, as 

well as all along the Riivendell 

subdivision in unincorporated 

New Lenox Township 

— with 64 townhomes, 

75 single-family lots and 

two detention ponds. Zordan 

said the project would 

require annexation, rezoning 

of the property and approval 

of a planned unit development. 

At the outset of the work 

session discussion, Mayor 

Frank Fleischer told residents 

it was just a concept review 

and to listen to what the 

board members thought of 

the item before commenting. 

“You can’t get any earlier 

in the process than this tonight,” 

Fleischer said. “Nothing 

has been decided, and 

nothing has even been looked 

at by the board yet. The information 

the board is going to 

be discussing tonight was information 

that was just given 

to them recently.” 

Fleischer promised the 

residents in attendance that if 

they did not agree with what 

the board members said regarding 

the concept review of 

the proposed development, 

“I will let every one of you 

speak tonight.” 

“If we have to stay here 

all night to listen to you, we 

will,” he said. “But I don’t 

think we will.” 

Reporting by Jon DePaolis, 

Freelance Reporter. For more, 

visit MokenaMessenger.com.

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From the Managing Editor 

Inside voices, demonstrations at a distance 

Bill Jones 

Managing Editor 

Around our office, it 

started with Lincoln- 

Way Community 

High School District 210. 

Days before a national 

walkout from schools planned 

by students across the country, 

to take place on the one-month 

anniversary (March 14) of a 

shooting at Marjory Stoneman 

Douglas High School in 

Parkland, Florida, that claimed 

17 lives, we learned administrators 

were communicating 

with students in at least one 

of the district’s three high 

schools regarding their plans. 

Those choosing to participate 

would leave their classrooms 

but stay inside the building — 

as all three schools ended up 

doing. Safety was cited as the 

primary concern. 

We then learned that all 

campuses would be closed 

during the walkout. No one, 

including members of the 

press, would be able to see 

what transpired. We asked 

then if students might be made 

available for interviews but 

were denied by district administration. 

This time, some 

students being minors and 

the divisive nature of debate 

surrounding gun control issues 

were offered as explanation. 

Again, it was to protect 

students. 

Both concerns are fair. 

School administrators are 

responsible for students when 

they step on campus. They 

should care about student 

safety. And students opining 

on the issues at hand undoubtedly 

are subjected to what 

passes for discourse online 

nowadays. 

But we would have worked 

with the district. We planned 

to stay true to our values as a 

company in how we portray 

minors. We offered to meet 

with 18-year-olds or work directly 

with parents to include 

their children in our coverage. 

The district wanted nothing 

to do with it. That’s no longer 

a safety concern; that’s something 

else. 

Next up was Lockport 

Township. Mere hours 

after receiving word from 

the district that students were 

going to walk to the East 

Campus football field, and 

we were welcome to cover it, 

we got another call. The story 

changed. We were no longer 

welcome. 

So while LTHS students 

ultimately walked out, the 

football field demonstration 

was not seen easily from any 

public right-of-way. 

Consolidated High School 

District 230 posted a public 

letter noting that while 

administrators would not be 

involved directly in planning 

any walkout, students would 

not be penalized for preannounced 

and orderly participation. 

The letter also showed 

support for the students’ right 

to have a voice. 

It was a nice sentiment, 

a public self high-five. But, 

behind the scenes, some 

administrators were only OK 

with students having a voice 

so long as it was not loud 

enough for anyone to actually 

hear (or see). 

So, we started using social 

media in an attempt to reach 

students. What we got was a 

conversation dominated by 

adults. People shared links 

to articles with which they 

agreed. They supported 

student demonstrations. They 

protested protests. They 

offered alternatives to the 

walkout. They delved into 

the topics of gun control and 

school shootings and what it 

means to be American. They 

talked liberals and conservatives. 

They argued over tax 

dollars and how schools use 

them. They knew what would 

and would not solve our country’s 

social issues. 

They missed the point. 

Often left the predominant 

victims of school shootings 

and at the mercy of decisions 

made by adults for whom 

many cannot vote, students 

organized an event to make 

their voices heard. While 

adults argue the issues 365 

days a year, students asked to 

be part of the conversation for 

17 minutes. 

That made a lot of adults 

really nervous. And, almost 

universally, we failed these 

children. 

Our schools — undoubtedly 

facing pressure from 

angry parents/voters, and legal 

issues tied to public schools 

and political agendas — suppressed 

the impact students 

could make. Online commenters, 

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their self-importance, would 

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any length of time. 

To paraphrase one Facebook 

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got it: This was a teachable 

moment for these students. All 

we ended up teaching them 

was that a lot of us weren’t 

very interested in listening to 

what they had to say. Many 

apparently still live by the old 

adage that children are better 

seen (albeit from a distance) 

and not heard. 

No matter our political 

stances, no matter our opinions 

regarding walkouts, we 

should have let them lead the 

conversation — if only for 17 

minutes. It wasn’t a lot to ask. 

And while our staff worked 

tirelessly to make sure the 

discussion did not end where 

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While these students probably 

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Faith Briefs 

Good Friday Cross Walk 

12:30 p.m. Friday, March 

30. The walk will begin at 

St. Peter’s United Church 

of Christ, 12 W. Sauk Trail, 

Frankfort. Begin the Passion 

of our Lord Jesus Christ 

from the Gospel of St. Mark; 

continuing to Frankfort 

United Methodist Church, 

and concluding at Good 

She;herd Lutheran Church, 

295 W. Sauk Trail. Also participating 

are Peace Lutheran 

Church of New Lenox, 

and St. Anthony Catholic 

Church of Frankfort. This is 

a great community and family 

event. 

Lighthouse Fellowship (8128 W. Lincoln 

Highway, Frankfort) 

Group Prayer Meeting 

7 p.m. Wednesdays. All 

are welcome. 

Revolution Youth Group 

7-9 p.m. Wednesdays. 

This youth ministry is for 

those in grades 7-12. Meet 

for worship, games, food and 

Bible study. Enter through 

the upper-west doors. For 

more information, call (815) 

469-0611. 

Men’s Prayer Group 

8-9 a.m. Saturdays. 

Bible Study 

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

These small groups meet at 

the church and are open to 

anyone who wants to attend, 

offering a place to ask questions 

and get answers without 

being put on the spot. 

Coed groups for students 

and adults of all ages are offered 

along with men’s and 

women’s groups. For more 


0611. 

Peace Community Church (21300 S. 

LaGrange Road, Frankfort) 

Worship Services 

9:30 a.m. Sundays. The 

church offers a staffed nursery 

during the service, Sunday 

School programs and 

biblically based teaching. 

For more information, visit 

www.peaceinfrankfort.org. 

Food Pantry 

Peace’s food pantry is 

open the first Sunday of 

every month. For more information 

on the pantry’s 

services, email deacons@ 

peaceinfrankfort.org. 

Healing Hope 

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

Sunday. 

Women’s Bible Study 

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

8 p.m. Wednesdays. 

Men’s Meeting 

7-8:30 a.m. Saturdays in 

the Fellowship Room 

Heritage Baptist Church (21739 S. La 

Grange Road, Frankfort) 

Morning Worship 

10:30 a.m. Sundays. 

Evening Worships 

6 p.m. Sundays. 

Sunday School 


Ladies’ Bible Study 

9 a.m. Tuesdays. 

Truth Trackers 

7 p.m. Wednesdays. This 

group is for students in 

grades K-6. 

International Community Church (200 S. 

Elsner Road, Frankfort) 

Sunday Service 

10 a.m. Nursery available. 

For more information, visit 

www.icchurch.us. 

Teen Impact 

7 p.m. Mondays. 

Divorce Care support group 

7 p.m. Mondays. For more 

information about this divorce 

support group, contact the 

church at (815) 469-1966 or 

email iccis4me@sbcglobal. 

net. 

Frankfort United Methodist Church (215 

Linden Drive, Frankfort) 

Worship Service 

9-10 a.m. Sundays. For 


469-5249. 

Living Streams / Calvary Chapel (7837 W. 

Lincoln Highway, Frankfort) 

Midweek Bible Study 

7 p.m. Wednesdays. The 

group study will focus on 

Old Testament-II Kings. For 


464-5230. 

Sunday Morning Service 

10 a.m. The weekly service 

will focus on Book of 

Matthew. For more information, 

call (815) 464-5230. 

American Islamic Association (8860 W. St. 

Francis Road, Frankfort) 

Daily Prayer Services 

For service times, visit 

www.AIAmasjid.org. 

Jum’ah Prayer Services 

Fridays. Sermon at 1:10 

p.m. followed by prayers at 

1:30 p.m. 

The Family Hearth (119 Kansas St., 

Frankfort) 

Spiritual Direction 

By appointment. Personal 

spiritual direction session for 

men or women with a male/female 

spiritual director who is 

fully trained and experienced 

with 15 years of experience. 

Free will donation. To register, 

call (708) 334-1988 or email 

familyhearthfrankfort@gmail. 

com. 

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (177 

Luther Lane, Frankfort) 

Divine Worship Service 

8 a.m. Sundays. 

Sunday School 


Adult Bible Class 


Contemporary Worship 

Service 


Weight Watchers 

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

Alcoholics Anonymous 

10 a.m.-noon Saturdays. 

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

Sauk Trail, Frankfort) 

Sunday Worship with 

Communion 

9:30 a.m. every first Sunday 

of the month. 

Sunday School 

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

Sew What? 

This is an ongoing gathering 

for beginning to advanced 

sewers that alternates 

on Fridays and Saturdays. 

For dates and more information, 

call (815) 469-2220. 

USO Drop-off 

The church serves as a 

drop-off location for donations 

to the USO from 9 

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

The church accepts 

entertainment items such 

as movies and games; food 

including beef jerky, powdered 

drink mix and coffee; 

hygiene items such as baby 

wipes, shampoo and toothpaste; 

and miscellaneous 

items such as bug spray, sunscreen 

and fabric softener. 

For a list of things that can 

and cannot be donated, or for 


469-2220. 

Hickory Creek Community Church (10660 

W. Lincoln Highway, Frankfort) 

Worship Services 

5 p.m. Saturdays and 9 

a.m., 11 a.m. Sundays. For 


469-9496. 

Powerzone Kids Ministries 

During worship at 5 p.m. 

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

Sundays. Children newborn 

to fifth grade will enjoy ageappropriate 

Bible lessons 

each week. For more information, 

call (815) 469-9496. 

Reach Student Ministries 

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

Students from sixth 

grade through high school 

can worship, connect with 

other students, learn about 

God and his word, and enjoy 

high energy activities. For 


469-9496. 

Mixed Bible Studies 

We have many Bible studies 

that meet throughout the 

week in the evenings. Contact 

the church at (815) 469- 

9496 for a current schedule. 

Women’s Bible Study 

Gathering is typically on 

Mondays, Tuesdays and 

Fridays at various times 

throughout the year. Contact 

the church at (815) 469-9496 

for a current schedule. 

Men’s Bible Study 

7:30-9 a.m. Saturdays at 

the church. Session is off 

the last Saturday of every 

month. 

Amazing Love Lutheran Church (21301 S. 

Pfeiffer Road, Frankfort) 

Mornings with Mommy 

10–11 a.m. first and third 

Wednesdays of each month. 

The cost to attend the onehour 

session is $5 per child 

per session, and payments 

can be made by cash or 

check. Registration is required, 

and those interested 

may do so online. For more 

information, contact program 

director Marlena Spurbeck 

at marlenaspurbeck@ 

gmail.com or visit www. 

amazinglove.org/morningswith-mommy. 

Teen Group 

Teens in grades 6-12 are 

welcome to join. There will 

be a meeting with new activities 

every second Saturday 

of the month. For more 

information, visit www. 

amazinglove-ministries.org. 

Women’s Group 

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

and third Saturday of the 

month, at the church. This 

semester we will be studying 

“Uninvited” by Lysa Ter- 

Keurst. More information is 

available at the church. 

Men’s Group 

6:30-8 a.m. every second 

and fourth Saturday of the 

month, at the church. This 

group uses the Men’s Fraternity 

curriculum, which is 

currently focusing on “Winning 

at Work and Home.” 

St. Anthony Catholic Church (7659 Sauk 

Trail, Frankfort) 

Mass Service 

5 p.m. Saturdays; 7:30 

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

noon Sundays. 

Reconciliation 

4-4:50 p.m. Saturdays. 

Knights of Columbus 

Meetings 

7:30 p.m. every second 

and fourth Tuesday of the 

month in St. Anthony Hall. 

The Knights help at parish 

functions such as the church 

picnic and their annual pancake 

breakfast. 

Pro-Life Rosary Group 

7 p.m. every first Monday 

of the month in the Padua 

Center. This group prays for 

the Rosary of Life for the 

unborn. If interested in joining, 

call (815) 469-3750. 

Bereavement Support 

7 p.m. once a month at 

the Padua Center. For more 


3750. 

St. Anthony Seniors 

Wednesday afternoons 

monthly. Seniors gather for 

meetings, bingo and more. 

For more information, contact 

Pat Backus at (708) 720- 

9321. 

Holy Spirit Prayer Group 

7 p.m. Tuesdays at the 

Padua Center. Meetings are 

open to anyone who would 

like to join to grow spiritually 

through praise, prayer, 

scripture and music. For 


469-3750. 

To have your church’s events 

included in Faith Briefs, 

email them to Assistant 

Editor Amanda Stoll at 


or call (708) 326-9179 ext. 34. 

Deadline is noon Thursdays 

one week prior to publication.

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Dragon' which is a fantasy 

style piece,” he said. “It's 

very upbeat and tells a story 

about a fantasy scenario. It's 

a fun song to sing.” 

Members of the Hickory 

Creek ensembles performed 

in the cafeteria where attendees 

could enjoy the 

music while looking at the 

sprawling Student Art Exhibit. 

Mokena resident Ava 

Narcissi – a fifth-grader at 

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by spring when creating 

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“I drew with oil pastel 

paints and it's three flowers; 

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Tylk and Fuka were even 

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Several art students from 

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young attendees in 

creating their own masterpieces 

during the hands-on 

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New Lenox resident Payton 

Eggert – who takes Ceramics 

2 at Central – assisted 

during the kite demonstration. 

“This event is great because 

you can express yourself 

and show younger kids 

that art is fun and you don't 

have to be a really good artist 

to enjoy art,” he said. “I 

think that's really important.” 

Along with all the Art- 

Works fun, attendees were 

also invited to stop by 

the Frankfort Community 

Showcase, which took place 

simultaneously in the field 

house. Lunch was available 

in the cafeteria and all 

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proceeds from concessions 

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He added, “It's a fun experience 

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Hickory Creek eighth-grader Dane Dal Bianco, of Frankfort, gives a round of applause to 

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Frankfort Irish dancer to 

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Ten-year-old Emma 

Broderick has spent more 

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Her years of hard work 

have certainly paid off. On 

March 24, she will bring her 

talents to the stage of the 

2018 World Irish Dancing 

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While this year marks 

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previously danced at a national 

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Orleans and participated 

in an oireachtas, an annual 

championship competition, 

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to her mother, Lauren 

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Lauren said her daughter 

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Emma typically practices 

dancing three to 

four times a week at her 

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dances every day at home, 

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"I feel like the ceilings 

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As part of the St. Patrick's 

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March 16. 

Mayer said she expects 

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rounds in front of seven 

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Judges look at factors 

such as whether the dancers' 

feet are turned out, their 

posture is perfectly still and 

their material is current, 

Mayer said. 

The style of dance dates 

back to the 1800s, she added. 

"It became a social thing 

to do," she said. "People 

did it in their houses. During 

the times of war ... they 

weren't allowed to have 

fun, basically, or dance. It 

was against the law, so they 

would dance, but if somebody 

looked in the windows 

of their house, it would look 

like they were just walking 

across the floor." 

Mayer said she hopes 

Emma "goes up there and 

dances the best she can do," 

adding the competition to 

Emma Broderick (center) participates in an Irish dancing 

competition. PHOTO SUBMITTED 

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Sarah Pajeau (center, back row), a Lincoln-Way North alumna, spent a 

summer volunteering in an orphanage in Nairobi. photo submitted 

Lincoln-Way North graduate 

focuses efforts on serving others 

Submitted by Lincoln-Way Community 


Lincoln-Way North graduate Sarah 

Pajeau doesn’t let her busy schedule 

interfere with her passion. As a full 

time student at Lewis University, a 

store manager at a retail shop, and 

babysitter, one might think it would 

be difficult to find time for volunteering. 

Pajeau, however, seems to make 

her mission a top priority. 

“…I want to help give to the people 

who mean so much to me,” she said. 

Pajeau first became involved in International 

Volunteer Headquarters 

(IVHQ) in 2017. She discovered the 

company while researching volunteer 

opportunities abroad. 

“I came across many volunteer 

companies online, but something 

about this company stuck out to me,” 

she said. 

International Volunteer Headquarters 

states that its mission is “to 

change the face of volunteer travel.” 

IVHQ works with over 40 worldwide 

destinations, placing thousands of 

volunteers in various locations. The 

IVHQ website reads: “We believe in 

a future where any traveler, anywhere 

in the world is empowered to make 

a meaningful difference in the community 

they are visiting, and we take 

pride in making this happen.” 

After researching the various opportunities 

and seeing Kenya on the 

destination list, Pajeau applied to 

work in childcare. In the summer of 

2017, she was assigned to an orphanage 

in Bethsaida, north of Nairobi. 

“I quickly fell in love with the children 

there and knew I would be coming 

to see the kids again,” Pajeau said. 

“I saw extreme poverty daily in Kenya, 

but it was all around me in the orphanage. 

I started a fundraiser because 

I love the kids and the women who 

created the orphanage…” 

On May 6, 2018, Pajeau will hold 

a self-organized fundraiser for the 

orphanage. The event, “Bowling, dinner 

and fun for Bethsaida Children’s 

Home!” will be held from 4–7 p.m. at 

Thunder Bowl in Mokena. Tickets are 

$25 and include three hours of bowling 

and dinner. All funds raised from 

the event will go toward the orphanage; 

food, water, medication, school 

supplies and clothing are just a few 

of the necessities that will be provided 

by the event. Those interested 

in attending or donating can purchase 

tickets by contacting Pajeau via email 

at sarah.r.pajeau@gmail.com. Pajeau 

will return to the orphanage in May, 

where she will use the funds raised to 

help improve the lives of the children 

she loves. 

“My job as a volunteer included 

teaching, cooking, cleaning, and even 

gardening,” Pajeau said. “I met so 

many strong and compassionate people, 

but it was the beautiful children 

that stole my heart.” 

Lincoln-Way Half Marathon 

offers virtual running option 

Submitted by Lincoln-Way 

Community High School District 

210 

Students participate in district welding competition 

Submitted by Lincoln-Way 

Community High School District 

210 

Lincoln-Way Central served 

as host to the second annual Lincoln-Way 

District Welding Contest 

on the evening of March 8, 

2018. With more than 49 students 

registering to compete, it was the 

largest District 210 welding contest 

to date. 

“The fact that we have 49 students 

competing is remarkable,” 

welding instructor Daymon Gast 

said. “Students all noted that 

the contest was fun, fair and 

challenging … In addition, the 

contest makes it possible for us 

to practice for three additional 

welding contests that our students 

will compete in this year.” 

Parents, friends and former 

high school welding students 

also attended, bringing the total 

attendance to approximately 85 

people. 

The second annual Lincoln- 

Way Half Marathon will take 

place on Sunday, April 22, 2018 

at 7 a.m. The race will be hosted 

by the Lincoln-Way High School 

District 210 Foundation for Educational 

Excellence, and will offer 

a “virtual runner” option for 

those who would simply like to 

donate. Virtual runners will receive 

a sticker showing their support 

of the Lincoln-Way Foundation 

Half Marathon, and are 

invited to cheer for other runners 

along the route, as well as attend 

the post-race celebration. 

“Whether you enjoy walking, 

running or pure relaxation, we 

welcome the participation of the 

entire community,” race director 

Stacie McGlone said. “We’ve 

heard people say that they would 

rather donate than run, so we offer 

our virtual runner option to 

those who prefer to participate 

from the sidelines! The net proceeds 

go to the same wonderful 

cause of benefitting Lincoln-Way 

students. Virtual runners are just 

as important to us as those who 

go the full 13.1 miles.” 

The race will begin and end at 

Breidert Green Park in downtown 

Frankfort and participants will 

run along Old Plank Road Trail 

and the Hickory Creek Forest 

Preserve throughout the race. The 

cost to register is $75. Runners 

will receive a performance T-shirt 

and items donated by sponsors. 

Finishers will receive a custom 

medal depicting the marathon 

logo designed by Lincoln-Way 

West student, Olivia Judge. 

The $5 entry fee charged to 

competitors covered the cost of 

pizza, refreshments and desserts. 

“The cost and time is offset by 

the opportunity to compete for 

over $1,000 in prizes and trophies,” 

Gast said. 

Proceeds from the race will go 

directly toward enhancing educational 

experiences of District 210 

students; students of Lincoln-Way 

have received donations aiding 

in every subject matter since the 

Foundation’s inception. In January 

of this year, the Foundation made a 

$100,000 donation to enhance technology 

among all three schools, as 

well as donated more than $5,000 

to enhance the Lincoln-Way Transition 

Program. Annually, the 

Foundation gives 30 scholarships 

to graduating seniors from all three 

schools, as well as two honorary 

scholarships from former Board 

Directors for golf and music. 

Sponsorships for the marathon 

are available as well. Those interested 

in running, volunteering or 

partnering with the Foundation 

can sign up at www.lincolnway 

halfmarathon.com. 

(Left to right) Lincoln-Way East students Alex Jansen, Mario Brcik, 

Matt Gorzynski, Adam Hudson and Adrian Villasenor were winners 

in the second annual Lincoln-Way District Welding Contest. Photo 

submitted 

Each participant also received 

a contest T-shirt. 

“Students are very excited 

about the opportunities for wellpaying 

careers that await them in 

the hot work trades; welding gets 

them prepared,” Gast said.



Retiree undergoes unique spinal procedure at Silver Cross 

Submitted by Silver Cross 

Hospital 

Chances are when the 

weather is nice you’ll find 

Anthony Burcar, 77, at the 

driving range. And when 

the weather isn’t so nice, 

you might find him in his 

basement chipping and putting 

golf balls. 

Burcar said going to the 

driving range is his therapy. 

He’s even kept track of 

how many golf balls he’s 

hit over past few years (15- 

20,000 per year). But a few 

years ago while he was living 

in Texas, he was at a fitness 

center and he noticed a 

twinge in his back. At first 

he didn’t bother getting it 

checked, and he slowed 

down his workout routine, 

but he didn’t give up on the 

driving range. 

“I noticed over time when 

I would go out to the golf 

course, my back would 

bother me a little more,” 

Burcar said. By November 

2016, the pain got to a point 

where he could no longer 

go to the driving range and 

instead could only chip 

and putt at the golf course. 

That’s when he called a spinal 

doctor. Even though he 

was still living in Texas, 

Burcar said he preferred to 

be treated at home, in Joliet. 

Once he moved back with 

his wife, he met with Dr. 

Cary Templin, orthopedic 

and spinal surgeon specializing 

in minimally invasive 

spinal surgery, at Silver 

Cross Hospital to discuss 

his options. 

Dr. Templin recommended 

an oblique lumbar 

interbody fusion (OBLIF) 

procedure to help relieve 

his back pain. A traditional 

interbody fusion requires 

stripping the muscles and 

soft tissue, which can lead 

to recovery problems, and 

more pain after surgery. 

OBLIF is a minimally invasive 

technique that removes 

damaged invertebral discs 

between the vertebral bones 

in the spine and fuses the 

bones together. 

“Our lower spine has five 

vertebral bones, and in between 

these bones are those 

soft, spongy discs that help 

cushion the spine while we 

move,” Dr. Templin said. 

“Over time these discs can 

wear down and become 

damaged, which can lead 

to severe back pain and leg 

pain from pinched nerves. 

OBLIF is one of the best 

way to relieve this pain 

without having to fully open 

a patient up. It leads to faster 

recovery, less complications, 

and a better lifestyle 

for patients.” 

Burcar had the procedure 

done in December, and said 

he felt an improvement almost 

immediately. He was 

able to walk around the hospital 

floor several times the 

day after surgery. 

“When Dr. Templin came 

in to see me that next day, 

I had tears in my eyes because 

I felt so good,” Burcar 

said. 

He plans to get back to 

the driving range as soon 

as the weather warms 

up. 

“I tell people Dr. Templin 

didn’t just keep me alive, he 

gave me my full active life 

back,” he said. 

RIGHT: Frankfort resident 

Anthony Burcar recently 

underwent an oblique 

lumbar interbody fusion 

with Dr. Cary Templin of 

Silver Cross Hospital. 


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Across 

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school 

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35. Where to find a hero 

36. Wings 

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41. Begin 

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FRANKFORT 

Pete Mitchell’s Bar & Grill 

(21000 Frankfort Square 

Road, Frankfort; (815) 

464-8100) 

■6-8 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Free N’ Fun Bar Game. 

Free to play. 

ORLAND PARK 

Girl in the Park 

(11265 W. 159th St., 

Orland Park, IL; (708) 

226-0042) 

■7 ■ p.m. Mondays: Trivia 

■5:30 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: 

Live Music 

■8 ■ p.m. Thursdays: 

Bingo 

■8 ■ p.m. Fridays and 

Saturdays: Live Music 

TINLEY PARK 

350 Brewing 

(7144 W. 183rd St., Tinley 

Park (708) 825-7339) 

■■6:30 p.m. First Thursday 

of each month: 

Laugh Riot. Cost is 

$25 and includes 

dinner, two beers 

and a comedy show. 

For tickets, email 

todd@350brewing.com. 

LOCKPORT 

Port Noir 

(900 S. State St., Lockport; 

(815) 834-9463) 

■4-7 ■ p.m. Monday-Friday: 

Happy Hour 

■8-10 ■ p.m. Thursdays: 

Comedy Bingo 

■8-11 ■ p.m. Fridays and 

Saturdays: Live Band 

■7-11 ■ p.m. Sundays: 

Open Mic Night 

MOKENA 

Jenny’s Southside Tap 

(10160 191st St., Mokena; 

(708) 479-6873) 

■6 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Acoustic 

Avenue, Psychic 

night - second Tuesday 

every month. 

■9 ■ p.m. Thursdays: 

Karaoke 

■Fridays ■ and Saturdays: 

Live bands 

NEW LENOX 

Little Joe’s Restaurant 

(1300 N. Cedar Road, 

New Lenox; (815) 463- 

1099) 

■5-8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: 

Piano Styles by Joe 

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IMPRESSIVE QUALITY, GREAT LOCATION 

Location and quality are two 

big steps leading to a home 

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A poor quality home in a 

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quality home. Likewise, a wellbuilt 

home in a poor location 

cannot be moved. Savvy 

buyers looking for the best 

of both and are finding it at 

Brookside Meadows in Tinley 

Park - along with many more 

reasons to own a new home. 

Brookside Meadows is a 

rare find for those who are 

upsizing, downsizing or who 

may be first time owners. Now 

entering its final phase in a 

peaceful Tinley Park setting, 

the neighborhood is developed 

by Crana Homes, legendary 

builder of Brookside Glen and 

other thriving communities. 

These luxury townhomes, with 

award-winning designs and 

energy-efficient features, are 

setting standards for maximum 

comfort and minimum care. 

Thousands of buyers who 

trusted Crana’s reputation 

for an excellent quality home 

that will hold its appreciation 

value know their investment 

was a smart choice. The 

same holds true at Brookside 

Meadows where all the same 

craftsmanship, attention to 

detail and customer care 

still distinguish the Crana 

difference. With standout 

design features – and with 

prices holding in the upper 

$200s (including site) - these 

homes continue to impress 

buyers who are looking for 

reliable value in a perfectly 

placed home. 

Brookside Meadows’ 

location is an absolute 

winner! Tucked away in a 

quiet area, the community is 

close to everything. Shopping, 

restaurants and recreation 

are minutes away and Tinley 

Park’s proximity to a major 

world class city offers a long 

list of activities and fun 

things to do. Traveling is 

easy, too. Major expressways, 

highways and major streets 

are all nearby. Hundreds of 

local retail choices, including 

numerous Orland Park malls, 

can be found in every direction. 

The Metra rail station is a 

short drive away, perfect for 

commuters traveling to and 

from the city. 

Tinley Park is well-known 

for its excellent grade schools 

and high school - getting high 

marks from state and local 

educators. The energetic 

city also maintains 40 parks, 

over 30 ball fields and 

other facilities including the 

Bettenhausen center with an 

indoor playground, and much 

more. 

Brookside Meadows 

currently features two very 

popular luxury townhome 

designs. The Fahan II is a 

beautiful 3,303 total square 

foot home (2,087’ living space 

and a 1,216’ basement) with 

a dry-walled, two-car garage 

and cement driveway. The split 

level layout has three (optional 

four) bedrooms and two-andhalf 

baths. The Lennan 

II is a comfortable two (or 

optional three) bedroom split 

level home and includes most 

of the features of the Fahan 

II except the spacious master 

suite has an optional cathedral 

ceiling and is located on the 

upper level. The Lennan II 

has 3,167 square feet of total 

space (2,118’ living space and 

1,049’ basement) and a twocar 

garage. 

Both designs have large 

open space kitchens with 

generous cabinet space and 

sleek granite countertops. 

A stately loft overlooks an 

impressive and relaxing great 

room which is adjacent to the 

kitchen. Gorgeous oak is used 

throughout – including doors, 

kitchen cabinets, railings and 

trim. Ceramic tile floors are 

finished in the foyer as well 

as the bathrooms - which also 

feature cultured marble vanity 

tops. A full lookout basement 

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Popular options can make 

a great home even better! A 

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touch as well as coffered 

ceilings. Skylights provide 

natural light and a soaker tub 

in the master bath provides 

natural comfort. A walkout 

basement is available in some 

layouts. Specs and options 

can change so contact a sales 

associate for details. 

Buyers are also looking for 

ways to lower their utility 

expenses. The attached 

homes at Brookside Meadows 

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throughout the home. Other 

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ORLAND PARK, 

IL (February 8, 

2018)-Improvements 

to healthcare are 

extending life spans for 

millions of Americans 

while presenting a 

new set of concerns. 

It is a delicate balance 

between providing 

care for aging parents 

while still providing 

opportunities for them 

to maintain their 

independence. Related 

living homes are 

gaining in popularity as 

more and more families 

are returning to this 

type of lifestyle as a 

solution that relieves 

parents of the burden 

of home maintenance 

while allowing for them 

to be more active with 

their grandchildren. 

The Carson model 

by T. J. Cachey 

Builders, currently 

under construction 

in the Western 

Trail Subdivision in 

Manhattan, is a perfect 

example of related 

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to navigate, and 

zero threshold 

showers and 

grab bars can be 

added if needed 

or set up to 

anticipate future 

needs. T. J. 

Cachey Builders 

is a semi-custom 

home builder. The 

Carson boasts an 

open floor plan with 

a kitchen overlooking 

the family room, three 

bedroom layout and a 

flex room, and is priced 

from $314,900 to 

$370,000. The master 

bedroom has three 

closets (two are walk-in), 

and a private bath. The 

second bedroom or 

the related living suite 

has a private bedroom, 

bath and kitchenette/ 

living room. It’s a great 

opportunity for Mom 

and Dad to have their 

own space. In addition 

to the Carson model, 

there are three other 

three bedroom ranch 

plans to consider from 

1,500 square feet and 

starting at $240,900. 

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The final phase of 

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priced from $296,900 

with look-out lots 

and the popular 

Stagecoach 

model available 

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in Sky Harbor, 

located at 2198 Alta 

Vista in New Lenox, 

between 11 a.m. and 

3 p.m. on Friday, 

Saturday, or Sunday. 

There are only four lots 

remaining in Cherry 

Hill South starting at 

$240,900, and one lot 

available at Western 

Trail in Manhattan. 

Choose from five other 

home plans or design 

a custom home from 

scratch in any one of 

these communities. 

T. J. Cachey Builders 

also offers duplex ranch 

and two-story villas 

in Manhattan from 

$204,900. Many of 

which include first floor 

bedroom suites. 

Families who purchase 

a home from T. J. 

Cachey Builders can 

take comfort in the fact 

that the company is 

celebrating its 91st year 

in business, survived 

the recent recession, 

is financially secure 

and has constructed 

thousands of homes for 

satisfied homeowners 

in Chicago, South 

Holland, Oak Lawn, 

Orland Park, Palos 

Park, Homer Glen, 

Frankfort, Manhattan 

and Mokena. Tom 

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Distinctive Home Builders Introduces New Craftsman Home Series 

At Prairie Trails in Manhattan and WestGate Manor in Peotone! 

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

Two refreshing designs mark 

the beginning of a new series 

of Craftsman-style homes 

available from Distinctive Home 

Builders at its latest new home 

communities: Prairie Trails; 

located in Manhattan within the 

highly-regarded Lincoln-Way 

School District and at WestGate 

Manor in Peotone within 

the desirable Peotone School 

District. 

“Craftsman homes were 

introduced in the early 1900s 

in California with designs 

based on a simpler, functional 

aesthetic using a higher level 

of craftsmanship and natural 

materials. These homes were a 

departure from homes that were 

mass produced from that era, 

“according to Bryan Nooner, 

president of Distinctive Home 

Builders. 

“The Craftsman design has 

made a comeback today for 

many of the same reasons it 

started over a century ago. Our 

customers want to live in a home 

that gets away from the “mass 

produced” look and live in a 

home that has more character. As 

a result of our daily interaction 

with our homeowners and their 

input, we are excited to introduce 

these two homes, with additional 

designs in the works.” 

Nooner, who meets with 

each homeowner prior to 

construction, has been working 

on these plans forawhile and felt 

that the timing was ideal for the 

debut. “Customers were asking 

for something different and 

simple with less monotony and 

higher architectural standards.” 

The result was the Craftsman 

ranch and the Prairie twostory, 

now available at Prairie 

Trails and WestGate Manor. 

The Craftsman ranch features 

an open floor plan with Great 

Room, three bedrooms, two 

baths and a two-car (optional 

three-car) garage. The Prairie 

features a two-story foyer and 

Great Room, three bedrooms 

and one and one-half baths, a 

convenient Flex Room space 

on the main level and a two-car 

(optional three-car) garage. The 

Craftsman architectural elements 

on both homes include brick and 

stone exteriors with cedar shake 

accent siding, low-pitched gabled 

bracket roofs, front porches with 

tapered columns and stone piers, 

partially paned windows, and a 

standard panel front entry door. 

Distinctive Home Builders 

offers a Craftsman-style trim 

package offering trim without 

ornate profiles and routers. The 

trim features simplicity in design 

with rectangles, straight lines and 

layered look trims over doors for 

example. The front entry door 

will have the standard Craftsman 

panel style door. Distinctive has 

also created a Craftsman color 

palate to assist buyers in making 

coordinated choices for the 

interior of their new Craftsman 

home. Colors, cabinet styles and 

flooring choices blend seamlessly 

with the Craftsman trim package 

and are available in gray tones 

package and earth tones. 

Distinctive offers custom maple 

kitchen cabinets featuring solid 

wood construction (no particle 

board), have solid wood drawers 

with dove tail joints, which is 

very rare in the marketplace. 

“When you buy a new home 

from Distinctive, you truly are 

receiving custom made cabinets 

in every home we sell no matter 

what the price range,” noted 

Nooner. 


works to achieve a delivery goal 

of 90 days with zero punch list 

items for its homeowners. “Our 

three decades building homes 

provides an efficient construction 

system,” said Nooner. “Many of 

our skilled craftsmen have been 

working with our company 

for over 20 years. We also 

take pride on having excellent 

communicators throughout our 

organization. This translates into 

a positive buying and building 

experience for our homeowners 

and one of the highest referral 

rates in the industry.” 

Nooner added that all homes 

are highly energy efficient. Every 

home built will have upgraded 

wall and ceiling insulation 

values with energy efficient 

windows and high efficiency 

furnaces. Before homeowners 

move into their new home, 


conducts a blower door test that 

pressurizes the home to ensure 

that each home passes a set of 

very stringent Energy Efficiency 

guidelines. 

With the addition of these two 

new designs, there are now 15 

ranch, split-level and six twostory 

single-family home styles to 

choose from each offering from 

three to eight different exterior 

elevations at both communities. 

The three- to four-bedroom 

homes feature one and one-half 

to two-and-one-half baths, twoto 

three-car garages and a family 

room, all in approximately 1,600 

to over 3,000 square feet of living 

space. Basements are included in 

most models as well. Distinctive 

also encourages customization 

to make your new home truly 

personalized to suit your lifestyle. 

Oversize home sites; brick 

exteriors on all four sides of the 

first floor; custom maple cabinets; 

ceramic tile or hardwood 

floors in the kitchen, baths and 

foyer; genuine wood trim and 

doors and concrete driveways 

can all be yours at Prairie 

Trails and WestGate Manor. 

Most all home sites at Prairie 

Trails and WestGate Manor 

can accommodate a three-car 

garage; a very important amenity 

to the Manhattan homebuyer, 

said Nooner. 

“When we opened Prairie 

Trails and WestGate Manor we 

wanted to provide the best new 

home value for the dollar and 

we feel with offering Premium 

Standard Features that we do 

just that. So why wait? This is 

truly the best time to build your 

dream home!” 

Prairie Trails is also a beautiful 

place to live and raise a family 

featuring a 20-acre lake on site, 

as well as direct access to the 22- 

mile Wauponsee Glacial Prairie 

Path that borders the community 

and meanders through many 

neighboring communities and 

links to many other popular 

trails. The Manhattan Metra 

station is less than a mile away. 

Besides Prairie Trails, 


has built homes throughout 

Manhattan in the Butternut 

Ridge and Leighlinbridge 

developments, as well as in the 

Will and south Cook county 

areas over the past 30 years. 


chose the Will County village 

of Peotone for its newest 

community of 38 single-family 

homes at WestGate Manor 

within walking distance of the 

esteemed Peotone High School. 

Its convenient location between 

Interstate 57 and Illinois Route 

50 provide easy access to I-80 

and commuters enjoy several 

nearby train stations and a 

35-minute drive to Chicago. 

Visit the on-site sales 

information center for 

unadvertised specials and view 

the numerous styles of homes 

being offered and the available 

lots. Call Lynne Rinck at (708) 

737-9142 or (708) 479-7700 for 

more information or visit www. 

distinctivehomebuilders.com. 

The Prairie Trails and WestGate 

Manor new home information 

center is located three miles 

south of Laraway Rd. on Rt. 

52. The address is 24458 S. 

Rt. 52, Manhattan, IL. 60422. 

Open Daily 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 

p.m. Closed Wednesday and 

Thursday and always available 

by appointment. 

Specials, prices, specifications, 

standard features, model 

offerings, build times and lot 

availability are subject to change 

without notice. Please contact 

a Distinctive representative for 

current pricing and complete 

details. 

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The Frankfort Station’s 

Sponsored content 

of the 

WEEK 

There is a half-mile paved 

walking/jogging trail that 

circles a scenic pond just 

steps away from the home, 

which is within walking 

distance of Hickory Creek 

Middle School. 

What: Located in 

Brookmeadow Estates, this 

custom home backs up to 

open space with a park and 

beautiful water views from 

the family room, kitchen 

and master bedroom. 

Where: 22040 Mary Drive 

in Frankfort 

Amenities: Your family will 

love this stunning custom 

two-story home tucked 

away in sought-after 

Brookmeadow Estates. The 

large family home features 

four spacious bedrooms 

with tray ceilings and 

large walk-in closets. The 

beautiful kitchen features 

custom kitchen cabinetry, 

granite counters, butler 

pantry and views of the 

adjacent park and lake. 

The views extend to the 

family room, which features 

a stone fireplace and dual 

staircase. You will love the 

main level office, and the 

beautiful cherry doors throughout the home. The home also gives you room to grow, with 

a full unfinished basement with a plumbed in bath. Professional landscaping and night 

illumination add to this home’s gorgeous curb appeal, and you’ll enjoy your time outside 

around the gas fire pit on the large paver patio. Fences allowed. You don’t want to miss 

this gem. 

Asking Price: $539,900 

Listing Agent: Jeff Abbott, CRIS Realty. For more information, please call 

(815) 277-6910. 

To list a home as Home of the Week, contact t.weber@22ndcenturymedia.com. 

Feb. 2 

• 19829 S. Glasgow 

Drive, Frankfort, 60423- 

8806 — Reb Enterprises 

Llc to David M McAndrew, 

Victoria McAndrew, 

$250,000 

Feb. 6 

• 273 Mulberry Road, 

Frankfort, 60423-1211 — 

Darren Lattz to Thomas 

John Touhy, $275,000 

Feb. 7 

• 20900 S. 80th Ave., 

Frankfort, 60423-9185 

— John Mackey Trustee 

to Michael S Waleski, 

Robin A Gareiss Waleski, 

$145,000 

Feb. 8 

• 10237 Frankfort Main, 


— John W Freeston to 

Brendan E Burfeind, 

$342,000 

• 11912 Elise Boulevard, 

Frankfort, 60423-7993 — 

First Bank Of Manhattan 

Truste to Steven B Cheek, 

$570,000 

• 20332 S. White Fence 

Court, Frankfort, 60423- 

8707 — Cody M Murphy to 

Frederick J Pufahl, Natalie 

R Pufahl, $285,000 

• 21757 Cappel Lane, 

Frankfort, 60423-2277 — 

Wendy Troeger to Jeffrey 

Eugene Frazier, Linda Lee 

Frazier, $335,000 

• 863 Highland Road, 


— Letourneau Trust to 

Michael R Bremer, Linda 

R Bremer, $270,000 

The Going Rate is provided by 

Record Information Services 

Inc. For more information, 

visit www.public-record.com 

or call (630) 557-1000.

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lines/ 

Accounting Manager 

SW Suburban Manufacturing Company seeks an Accounting 

Manager with Direct Experience in all areas of Accounting 

and Human Resources. Accounting responsibilities include 

preparation & analysis of monthly and year-end financial 

statements in a timely manner, a working knowledge of 

accounts receivable & payable, prepaid & accrued expenses, 

journal entries, cash reconciliation & management, inventory 

control, and supervision of the daily operations of the 

Accounting Staff. Human Resource responsibilities include 

management of health insurance programs, 401k, workers 

compensation, payroll taxes, and other HR duties. Must have 

minimum 5 years experience in these areas. Successful 

candidate should be detail & accuracy-oriented with 

advanced skills with Microsoft Office & accounting software 

and communication skills to effectively communicate with 

management team members. 

Competitive Salary and fringe benefits including health 

insurance and 401k. Please send resume to: 

Email: cstratton@aerorubber.com 

AERO Rubber Company, Inc. 

8100 West 185th Street 

Tinley Park, IL 60487 

(708) 430-4900 

Village Seeks Seasonal Maintenance Workers 

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

seasonal maintenance worker positions. This position 

requires physical labor and will assist in maintaining the 

grounds of public property. 

Applicants must be 18 yrs. of age, have a H.S. diploma or 

GED. Pay rate is $10.50 per hr for approx. 40 hrs. per 

week from May to October. Selected candidates will be 

required to pass a criminal background check, medical 

physical and drug screen. 

Interested candidates must complete the job application 

found on the Village’s website www.homerglenil.org 

Completed applications can be e-mailed to Heather 

Kokodynsky at hkokodynsky@homerglenil.org or 

mailed to Village of Homer Glen, Attn: Heather 

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

IL 60491. 

Outdoor work: F/T 

year-round & seasonal 

Employment 

Potential for paid winters 

off. Benefits incl. health, 

dental, IRA. Clean driving 

record a MUST. Starting 

rate: $14/hr. Time and 1/2 

over 40 hrs. Apply 

in-person 7320 Duvan Dr, 

Tinley Park M-F 8a-4p. 

Medical Transportation 

Drivers Wanted. Call or 

email: 815.464.9600 

transportationresume4@ 

gmail.com 

Small Engine/Auto Mechanic 

F/T. $18+/hr based on exp. 

Call (708) 687-8091 / 

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landscaping.net 

1003 Help 

Wanted 

INDUSTRIAL SALES 

SW Suburban (Tinley Park) 

Manufacturing Company 

seeks a person with 

experience in B2B Sales of 

industrial products 

(non-chemical). 

This is an inside, 

consultative Sales position 

which will focus on new 

product sales development and 

existing product sales. 

This sales/marketing 

function selects and targets 

decision makers to discuss the 

product features relative 

to the prospect’s existing & 

potential needs. 

Successful candidates 

should be proactive and have 

strong sales experience. 

Excellent salary and fringe 

benefits. 

Annual performance bonus 

potential. 

It is NOT an outside sales, 

telemarketing, nor a 

commission paid position. 

Send resume to: 

AERO Rubber Company, Inc. 

bschatte@aerorubber.com 

SALES ASSISTANT 

Due to our rapid growth and 

expansion, Tinley Park 

industrial mfg. Sales office 

seeks exp’d, detail-oriented 

Sales Assistant for full-time 

position. A Sales Assistant at 

ARC does both sales, 

secretarial & customer service 

functions. This is a very 

diversified position in our 

FAST-PACED office. The 

ideal candidate must be 

HIGHLY MOTIVATED and 

needs to possess strong 

organizational & 

communication skills. 

Excellent computer literacy 

needed, including MS Word & 

Excel. Industrial cust. service 

exp. req’d. Repeat customer 

& supplier contact. No 

telemarketing, no cold calling 

req’d. Competitive salary & 

benefit pkg incl. 401K. Send 

letter & resume to: 

cstratton@aerorubber.com 

FALL IN LOVE WITH 

A NEW CAREER! 

JOIN OUR ABC TEAM. 

CALL TODAY: 

708.349.1866 

F/T Customer Service Rep 

$12/hr seasonal thru June 

Approx. 8a-4p, M-F 

Apply in person at 7320 

Duvan Dr., Tinley Park, 

M-F: 8a-4p 

1003 Help 

Wanted 

The Cottages of New Lenox 

is Hiring Caregivers 

Seeking caregivers for our 

memory care community. 

Responsible for providing 

personal assistance & routine 

daily care & services. Come 

make a difference, as we want 

you to join our team. F/T or 

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

2:45p - 11:00p & NOC 

10:45p - 7:00a. 

Apply to: 

adminassist@ 

cottagesofnewlenox 

seniorliving.com 

1023 S. Cedar Rd. 

New Lenox, IL 60451 

Screen Printers & 

Warehouse Needed 

Experience preferred. 

Please apply in person: 

Same Day Tees 112 S. 

First St, Peotone 

(relocating to 9525 

Laraway Rd, Frankfort) or 

email 

pete@samedaytees.com 

PET SITTER WANTED 

Must LOVE dogs, have 

excellent references and be 

available M-F from 10-3. 

Background check req. 

Please email: 

spoiledrottenpooches@ 

yahoo.com 

Part-time Telephone Work 

calling from home for 

AMVETS. Ideal for 

homemakers and retirees. 

Must be reliable and have 

morning &evening hours 

available for calling. 

If interested, 

Call 708 429 6477 

M-F, 10am - 1pm Only! 

Hiring Desk Clerk 

(must be flexible w/ 

shifts) & Housekeeping 

(Morning) Needed at 

Super 8 Motel 

Apply within: 

9485 W. 191st St, Mokena 

No Phone Calls 

1003 Help 

Wanted 

LAWN TECHNICIAN 

Professional company 

located in Frankfort 

looking for reliable 

individual to apply dry 

fertilizer. Experience a 

plus, but not necessary. 

For interview call: 

(708)479-4600 

landscapeassociatesinc.com 

Landscape Help Wanted: 

Valid CDL driver’s license 

a + & labor exp. Selfstarter 

& quick learner a +. 

Pay based upon exp. 

English speaking a benefit. 

Email resume/info to 

cedarvalley07@att.net 

Fence Installers & Laborers 

wanted for growing fence 

business. Exp preferred but 

will train. Competitive wage 

& benefits incl’d medical 

insurance. Please apply within 

at K Brothers Fence, 19008 

Wolf Rd in Mokena. 

Landscaping & Lawn 

Maintenance Personnel 

Experience needed. 

$13-18/hr. F/T, Immediate 

Hire (708) 687-8091 / 

office@threebrothers 

landscaping.net 

P/T Warehouse Labor 

Seasonal thru Oct. $13/hr 

20-25 hrs/wk. Approx. 

3-7pm. Apply in person: 

7320 Duvan Dr, Tinley 

Park, M-F 8a-4p or call 

708.514.0324. 

Nancy’s Pizzeria in Mokena 

hiring exp. pizzeria/ kitchen 

help. Located 1 mi S of I-80 

on LaGrange Rd. 30-40 

hrs/wk with open availability, 

evening hrs. Competitive 

wages starting at $10+/hr w/ 

exp. Contact 708.906.7040. 

P/T Delivery Driver 

CDL req. Exp w/ driving a 

6-wheel dump truck req. 

Flexible hrs. Apply at Melka 

Landscaping,11606 179th St, 

Mokena or email 

gardencenter@jimmelka.com 

P/T Mechanic & Handyman 

Exp. w/ Lawn Equip & small 

machine repair. Flexible hrs. 

Apply at Melka Landscaping, 

11606 179th St, Mokena 

or email 

gardencenter@jimmelka.com 

1003 Help 

Wanted 

New Lenox, P/T office 

help. Skills required: 

phone; data entry; A/R. 

$12-14/hr. Send resume to: 

P.O. Box 1013, New 

Lenox, IL 60451 

Lawn Care Service 

Looking for responsible, 

motivated with driver’s 

license. Pay based on exp. 

Paid training. 708.226.9322 

1004 Employment 

Opportunities 

PAID IN ADVANCE! 

Make $1000/week mailing 

brochures from home! 

No exp. req. Helping home 

workers since 2001! 

Genuine opportunity. 

Start immediately! 

www.MailingTeam.net 

1023 Caregiver 

Caregiver Services 

Provided by 

Margaret’s Agency Inc. 

State Licensed & Bonded 

since 1998. Providing 

quality care for elderly. 

Live-in/ Come & go. 

708.403.8707 

Heaven Sent Caregivers 

Professional caregiving 

service. 24 hr or hourly 

services; shower or bath 

visits. Licensed & bonded. 

Try the best! 708.638.0641 

1025 Situations 

Wanted 

Heavenly Clear Out 

Will Declutter & Organize 

Your Home, Basement, 

Garage, etc. 

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2701 Property for 

Sale 

SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE 

of 20600 South Acorn Ridge Drive, 

Frankfort, IL 60423 (Single Family). On 

the 29th day of March, 2018 to be held 

at 12:00 noon, at the Will County Courthouse 

Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street, 

Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, under Case 

Title: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 

Plaintiff V. Timothy J. Lepper; Alyson 

E. Pech, AKA Alyson Pech; Marquette 

Bank; The United States of America, 

The Secretary of Housing and Urban 

Development; Midland Funding LLC 

Defendant. 

Case No. 17CH 1022 in the Circuit 

Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, 

Will County, Illinois. 

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

time of sale and the balance within 

twenty-four (24) hours. Nojudicial sale 

fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring 

the residential real estate pursuant 

to its credit bid at the sale or by any 

mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other 

lienor acquiring the residential real estate 

whose rights in and tothe residential 

real estate arose prior to the sale. All 

payments shall be made in cash or certified 

funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will 

County. 

In the event the property is acondomin- 

ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS 

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

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

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

that the purchaser of the unit, other than 

amortgagee, shall pay the assessments 

and legal fees required by subdivisions 

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

required by subsection (g-1) 

of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium 

Property Act. 

Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J) 

if there is asurplus following application 

ofthe proceeds of sale, then the 

plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant 

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

to the proceeding advising them of 

the amount ofthe surplus and that the 

surplus will beheld until aparty obtains 

acourt order for its distribution or, in 

the absence of an order, until the surplus 

is forfeited to the State. 

For Information Please Contact: 

Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 

One East Wacker Suite 1250 

Chicago, IL 60601 

P: 1-614-220-5611 

F: 

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT 

COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT 

YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS 

LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A 

DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING 

TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY 

INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL 

BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 


of 7704 West Frankfort Square Road, 

Frankfort, IL 60423 (SINGLE FAM- 

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

be held at 12:00 noon, at the Will 

County Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa 

Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, 

under Case Title: Wells Fargo Bank, 

N.A., as Trustee for Stanwich Mortgage 

Loan Trust, Series 2009-2 Asset-Backed 

Pass-Through Certificates Plaintiff V. 

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

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGIS- 

TRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; Defendant. 





Sale 

y, 













County. 



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

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








Property Act. 













SHAPIRO KREISMAN AND ASSO- 

CIATES, LLC. 

2121 Waukegan Rd, Suite 301 

Bannockburn, Illinois 60015 

P: 847-770-4348 

F: 847-291-3434 










of 20152 South Deerfield Court, Unit D, 

Frankfort, IL 60423 (Condo). On the 

12th day of April, 2018 to be held at 

12:00 noon, at the Will County Courthouse 

Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street, 

Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, under Case 

Title: Statebridge Company, LLC Plaintiff 

V.Marie L. Kane aka Marie Kane; 

Court Homes ofFrankfort Square Condominium 

Association No. 1; Unknown 

Owners and non-Record Claimants Defendant. 
















County. 



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

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



Sale 

g y y 







Property Act. 


if there is a surplus following application 











ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER 

LLC. 

1771 W. Diehl Rd. Suite 120 

NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS 60563 

P: 630-453-6960 

F: 630-428-4620 









2703 Legal 

Notices 









STATE OF ILLINOIS ) 

) SS. 

COUNTY OF WILL ) 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE 

TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

Timothy J. Lepper; Alyson E. Pech, 

AKA Alyson Pech; Marquette Bank; 

The United States of America, The Secretary 

of Housing and Urban Development; 

Midland Funding LLC 

Defendant. No. 17 CH 1022 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that pursuant 

toajudgment entered in the above 

cause on the 2nd day of October, 2017, 

MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will 

County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the 

29th day of March, 2018 ,commencing 

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



sell at public auction tothe highest and 

best bidder orbidders the following-described 

real estate: 

Lot 28inBlock 26, Frankfort Square 

Unit No. 6, Being aSubdivision of Part 

of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 24, and 

Part of the Southwest 1/4 ofSection 13, 

Township 35 North, Range 12, East of 

the Third Principal Meridian, According 

to the Plat thereof Recorded October 17, 

1975 as Document No. R75-28267 and 

Certificate of Correction Recorded April 

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12, 1976 as Document No. R76-10130, 

in Will County, Illinois. 

Commonly known as: 20600 South 

Acorn Ridge Drive, Frankfort, IL 60423 

Description of Improvements: 

Single Family 

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













County. 



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FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CON- 

TACT: 

Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 

One East Wacker Suite 1250 

Chicago, IL 60601 

P: 1-614-220-5611 

F: 

Plaintiff's Attorney 

MIKE KELLEY 

Sheriff of Will County 










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Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for 

Stanwich Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 

2009-2 Asset-Backed Pass-Through 

Certificates 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

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

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGIS- 

TRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; 





cause on the 19th day of May, 2016, 

MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will 


5th day of April, 2018 , commencing at 

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

Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street, 

Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, sell at public 

auction to the highest and best bidder 

or bidders the following-described real 

estate: 

LOT 25INBLOCK 43 IN FRANK- 

FORT SQUARE UNIT NO. 16, BEING 

A SUBDIVISION OF THE SOUTH- 

WEST 1/4 OF SECTION 12, AND 

PART OFTHE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF 

SECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 35 

NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST OF THE 

THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, LY- 

ING NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE 

INDIAN BOUNDARY LINE AC- 

CORDING TOTHE PLAT THEREOF 

RECORDED OCTOBER 25, 1978 AS 

DOCUMENT NO. R73-42509, IN 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 

Commonly known as: 7704 West 

Frankfort Square Road, Frankfort, IL 

60423 


SINGLE FAMILY 

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

Terms ofSale: ten percent (10%) at the 


twenty-four (24) hours. No judicial sale 






whose rights inand to the residential 




County. 



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








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TACT: 

SHAPIRO KREISMAN AND ASSO- 

CIATES, LLC. 

2121 Waukegan Rd, Suite 301 

Bannockburn, Illinois 60015 

P: 847-770-4348 

F: 847-291-3434 


MIKE KELLEY 


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Statebridge Company, LLC 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

Marie L. Kane aka Marie Kane; Court 

Homes ofFrankfort Square Condominium 

Association No. 1; Unknown Owners 

and non-Record Claimants 





cause on the 15th day of December, 

2017, MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will 


12th day of April, 2018 ,commencing 

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



sell at public auction tothe highest and 

best bidder orbidders the following-described 

real estate: 

UNIT NUMBER 184 IN COURT 

HOMES OFFRANKFORT SQUARE 

CONDOMINIUM UNIT NUMBER 1, 

TOGETHER WITH ITS UNDIVIDED 

PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN THE 

COMMON ELEMENTS, AS DE- 

FINED AND DELINEATED IN THE 

DECLARATION OF CONDOMIN- 

IUM RECORDED AS DOCUMENT 

NUMBER R72-2236 AS AMENDED 

FROM TIME TO TIME, IN THE 

NORTHWEST 1/4 OFSECTION 13, 

TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 12, 

EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL 

MERIDIAN, IN WILL COUNTY, IL- 

LINOIS. 

Commonly known as: 20152 South 

Deerfield Court, Unit D, Frankfort, IL 

60423 


Condo 

P.I.N.: 19-09-13-122-004-0000 

Terms ofSale: ten percent (10%) at the 


twenty-four (24) hours. No judicial sale 






whose rights inand to the residential 




County. 



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

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








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TACT: 

ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER 

LLC. 

1771 W. Diehl Rd. Suite 120 

NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS 60563 

P: 630-453-6960 

F: 630-428-4620 


MIKE KELLEY 


ANNUAL TOWN MEETING 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN 

To the legal voters, residents ofthe 

Township of Frankfort in the 

County of Will and State of Illinois, 

that the Annual Township 

Meeting of said Township will take 

place on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 

being the second Tuesday ofsaid 

month at the hour of 7o'clock P. 

M. at Frankfort Township Hall, 

11000 W. Lincoln Hwy, Frankfort 

for the transaction ofthe miscellaneous 

business of the said town; 

and after a Moderator having been 

elected, will proceed tohear and 

consider reports of officers, and 

decide on such measures as may, in 

pursuance of law, come before the 

meeting; and especially to consider 

and decide the following: 

o Selection of Moderator 

o Fee for Moderator 

o Oath of Moderator 

oApproval of 2017 Annual Township 

Meeting Minutes 

oAppointment ofCPA to Perform 

Annual Audit of Town Accounts 

Supervisor's Report/Summary of 

Accounts 

o Assessor's Report 

o Highway Commissioner's Report 

o Public Input 

oNext Annual Meeting (April 9, 

2019) 

o Adjournment 

March 12, 2018 

Nella Piccolin 

Frankfort Township Clerk 


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Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

with Sam Shafer 

Sam Shafer is a senior on 

the Lincoln-Way East boys 

basketball team. 

How long have you 

been playing basketball, 

and how did you get 

started with the sport? 

I'd say I was in about second 

grade when I got started. 

My parents, they played 

when they were younger, so 

they taught me the sport. I 

had a natural ability to play, 

and they just kept going with 

it, and as I got to the older 

grades, I started realizing I 

could play college basketball 

and then I started working 

as hard as I can. And I 

met my goal. 

What was it like 

winning a regional title 

this year? 

The regional title was my 

goal my whole year, and it 

was awesome winning it 

with my teammates and my 

coach. We just went into 

the game knowing we could 

come out with a loss and we 

just went in and got everything 

done. 

What has this year's 

team done really well? 

It's been a great year ... 

going to some tournaments 

has helped us develop just 

a great chemistry that has 

helped us in every game, 

knowing what each other is 

going to do. 

What are your biggest 

strengths as an athlete? 

My biggest strengths 

would probably be shooting 

the basketball. 

You're attending 

Southern Illinois 

University in the fall. 

What are your goals at 

the collegiate level? 

I really want to make the 

March Madness tournament 

one of the years... I want to 

play a lot. I'm going to work 

as hard as I can to make a big 

impact on the school. 

What do you typically 

do in preparation for a 

big game? 

I would say, before every 

game, I always retie my 

shoes as tight as I can. And I 

ask one of my players ... my 

friend cracks my back before 

the game. And it would feel 

really weird if I went out 

there without it. 

What have you most 

enjoyed about your final 

season at East? 

This year, I really like 

how I committed early, so I 

went out there not worried 

about anything. I just went 

out there and gave it everything 

I had no matter what. 

And this whole team, I just 

wanted to win every time we 

stepped on the floor. 

What advice would 

you give to next year's 

team? 

Some advice would be, 

no matter how much you're 

down or how many losses 

you've had, never give up 

... anything could happen at 


any moment. Keep working 

hard and great things will 

come. 

Do you have a role 

model? 

My whole life I've been 

looking up to my brother. 

He's one year older than me 

and he's always been doing 

the right thing. He's a 

three-sport athlete and I've 

always admired that. Growing 

up, I always had to play 

against him and he usually 

beat me, and it just made me 

work harder, and I've always 

looked up to him. 

If you won a million 

dollars tomorrow, how 

would you spend it and 

why? 

I'd love to donate a lot of it 

to charity, and I'd buy a lot of 

stuff for my family, because 

they've helped me so much 

throughout my career, and 

they gave me so much support 

and I would give them 

anything they want. 

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Area wrestlers help Bulldogs 

to a second-place finish 

STAFF REPORT 

The Tinley Park Bulldogs 

wrestling team took second 

place in the Illinois Kids 

Wrestling Federation State 

Tournament in Rockford on 

March 9-10. 

There were 179 teams competing, 

according to Bulldogs 

coach Mickey Griffin. 

Three Bulldog wrestlers - 

Colin Kelly, Michael Kelly 

(both of Mokena), and Ryan 

Boersma (Minooka)- won 

state titles. 

Seven other wrestlers 

earned All-State honors, including 

runner-up RJ Schneider 

(New Lenox). 

Third-place finishers were 

Trevor Silzer (Tinley Park), 

Kamron Beal (Tinley Park), 

Owen Jacobson (Chicago) 

and Elliot Lewis (Chicago). 

Owen Dunlap (Tinley Park) 

took sixth and Domanic Abeja 

(Tinley Park) claimed eighth. 

Other state qualifiers were 

Noah Ciolkosz (Tinley Park), 

Liam Kelly (Mokena), Alex 

Lizak (Frankfort), Ryan 

Wojcik (Tinley Park), Noah 

Cozzolino (Tinley Park), 

William Jacobson (Chicago), 

Josh Tanquilut (Tinley Park), 

Rylan Breen (Mokena), Henry 

Coughlin (Tinley Park), 

Caden Muselman (Oak Forest), 

Tommy McAuliffe (Orland 

Park), Nathan Chirillo 

(Tinley Park), Michael 

Rydell (Orland Park), and Jacob 

Goodman (Tinley Park). 

This finish capped off a 

season in which the Bulldogs 

won the Central Chicago regional 

and sectional championships. 

‘Pink Game’ adds to SHJH successful season 

Submitted by Summit Hill 

Junior High School 

The Tinley Park Bulldogs finished second in the IKWF state 

meet in Rockford earlier this month. PHOTO SUBMITTED 

This Week In 

Griffins Varsity 

Athletics 

Girls water polo 

■March ■ 22 – hosts Riverside- 

Brookfield, 5 p.m. 

■March ■ 27 – at Sandburg, 

9 a.m. 

■March ■ 28 – at Lincoln-Way 

Central, 5 p.m. 

Boys water polo 

■March ■ 23 – plays Brother 

Rice at St. Pats Invite, 

6:10 p.m. 

■March ■ 23 – plays Andrew at 

St. Pats Invite, 7:50 p.m. 

■March ■ 24 – at Stevenson, 

1 p.m. 

■March ■ 27 – hosts 

Sandburg, 9 a.m. 

■March ■ 28 – hosts Lincoln- 

Way Central, 10 a.m. 

Girls soccer 

■March ■ 22 – at Providence 

Catholic, 4:30 p.m. 

■March ■ 24 – at Windy City 

Classic, TBA 

■March ■ 27 – hosts Stagg, 

11 a.m. 

Girls badminton 


West, 4:30 p.m. 


Central, Glenbard West, Stagg 

LWC Knights Quad, 9 a.m. 

■March ■ 29 – hosts Bradley- 

Bourbonnais, 10 a.m. 

Boys volleyball 

■March ■ 22 – hosts Glenbard 

West, 6 p.m. 

■March ■ 24 – at New Trier, 3 

p.m. 

■March ■ 28 – at Wheaton 

Warrenville South Tiger 

Classic, 5 p.m. 

■March ■ 29 – at Wheaton 

Warrenville South Tiger 

Classic, 5 p.m. 

Boys baseball 

■March ■ 23 – plays Geneva at 

Lenz Jamboree, 6:45 p.m. 

■March ■ 24 – plays Glenbard 

East at Lenz Jamboree, 9 a.m. 

■March ■ 26 – hosts 

Thornridge, 10 am. 


West, 11 a.m. 

■March ■ 29 – hosts Thornton, 

11 a.m. 

high school 

highlights 

The rest of the week in 

high school sports 

Boys baseball 

LWE 13, Wilmington 0 

Cole Kirschieper picked 

up the win on the mound 

for the Griffins in the 2018 

opener on March 14. Zach 

Jurgens led the offensive 

surge with 2 hits including a 

3 run homerun. Jacob Slager 

was the only other hitter 

with a multiple hit game. 

Girls soccer 

LWE 4, Morton 3 

Haley Moustis scored 2 

goals on March 15. Kayleigh 

Hanlon and Tessa Ippolito 

scored 1 goal apiece. 

High School Highlights is compiled 

by Editor Nuria Mathog, 

nuria@frankfortstation.com 

The Summit Hill Junior High Spartans seventh-grade 

girls volleyball team had a Feb. 1 matchup with Hickory 

Creek Middle School that involved the rival teams coming 

together to fight breast cancer as part of the “Pink Game.” 


The Summit Hill Junior 

High Spartans seventh-grade 

girls volleyball team had a 

successful 2018 season ending 

with a 16-8 overall record. 

The Spartans finished 

second in the Des Plaines 

Valley Conference Regular 

Season with a 6-1 record. 

The highlight of the season 

was a Feb. 1 matchup with 

crosstown rival Hickory 

Creek Middle School that 

the Spartans won. While the 

Spartan victory was nice, the 

highlight was the two rivals 

coming together to raise 

money for the fight against 

breast cancer in the “Pink 

Game.” Both teams wore 

pink jerseys for the game 

and helped raised money in 

the fight against breast cancer 

through a bake sale and 

raffles during the match. The 

members of the seventhgrade 

Summit Hill team 

were co-captains Brianna 

Haggerty and Amanda Martineck, 

Caroline Beaudin, 

Olivia Nightingale, Addi 

Fisher, Nina Drozd, Brooke 

Imhof, Emma Roberts, CeCe 

Petrovich, Makenzie Ramos, 

Morgan Montaque, Maddy 

Hickey, Jessica Byrne, Ellie 

Pipikios, Brianna Barranca, 

Roisin Walsh, managers 

Sofia Cialdella and Rachel 

Overocker. The seventhgrade 

team is coached by 

Keith McGrail and assisted 

by Jen Lewis. 

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At the end of every boys basketball season, 22nd Century Media scours through stories, stat sheets and 

reporters’ notebooks to compile its Team 22 All-Star lineup. The team features student-athletes from 

Lincoln-Way Central, LW East, LW West, Providence Catholic, Andrew, Tinley Park, Lockport Township and 

Sandburg high schools. 

—Compiled by 22nd Century Media staff 

First team 

second team 

Forward 

Guard 

F: Andrew Hancock, senior, LW Central 

10.4 PPG, 5.5 RPG. All-SWSC Red. 

G: Sean Curran, freshman, LW Central 

11.4 PPG, 5.3 APG, 2.5 RPG, 1.4 SPG. 

All-SWSC Red. 

G: Jake Pygon, senior, Sandburg 

9.7 PPG, 4.2 APG, 2.6 RPG. All-SWSC 

Blue. 

Sam Shafer, senior, LW East 

18.9 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 3.1 APG. All-SWSC Blue. 

SWSC Blue Player of the Year. Dominating 

all area stats, Shafer played more of a guard 

role but has the height to be a forward. He’s 

a First Teamer any way you slice it. 

Troy Murphy, senior, Andrew 

16.8 PPG, 4.2 RPG, 2.4 APG. All-SWSC 

Red. SWSC Red Player of the Year. While 

Shafer dominated the Blue Division of the 

SouthWest Suburban Conference, Murphy 

owned the Red. 

G: Evan Yerkes, senior, Andrew 


Red. 

G: Joey Buggemi, senior, LW East 

12.5 PPG, 2.9 RPG. 

Guard Guard Guard 

Honorable mentions 

Zach Parduhn, senior, LW East 

11.1 PPG, 3.7 APG. All-SWSC Blue. 

Parduhn was a difference-maker, plain and 

simple. He put up big numbers all season 

and enabled others on a strong team. 

Jake Karli, junior, Lockport 

7.6 PPG, 4.6 RPG, 4 APG. All-SWSC Blue. 

While on paper the numbers aren’t as 

showy as some others, most folks agree 

that, at point guard, Karli was the guy 

making things happen for the Porters. 

Sami Ismail, senior, Sandburg 


Blue. Ismail’s name just kept coming up 

on every list, as his work was a highlight 

reel unto itself for the Eagles’ 2017-2018 

season. 

F: Thomas Halatek, junior, Lockport; 

Marvin Agwomoh, junior, Sandburg. 

G: Dan Gierhahn, senior, Andrew; 

Luke Handley, senior, LW Central; 

Chris Robinson, senior, LW Central; 

Matt Hatzopoulos, junior, Lockport; 

Josiah Bickhem, senior, Tinley; Adam 

Taylor, junior, Provi; Jason Cook, 

senior, Tinley; Brandon Petkoff, senior, 

LW East; Matt DiNardi, junior, Provi; 

Nathan Clendenning, junior, LW West.



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Frankfort Warriors finish 2017-2018 season 

Submitted by Frankfort 

Park District 

The Frankfort Warriors 

travel basketball program 

for boys grades 4-8 began in 

2003 in cooperation with the 

Frankfort Park District. The 

emphases of the program are 

skill development and improvement 

gained through 

multiple weekly practices 

and tournaments. 

The Warriors not only 

provide quality coaching 

and competition but also 

help develop a core foundation 

of ethics (teamwork, 

commitment, responsibility, 

respect and sportsmanship) 

into players that they can use 

now and take with them into 

adulthood. 

The Frankfort Warriors 

participated in their last tournament 

of the 2017-2018 

season on Feb. 25. Overall, 

the program was very successful 

this season, as all age 

divisions qualified for additional 

tournaments including 

the Illinois Middle School 

Basketball Championship, 

Chicago Youth Basketball 

Network (CYBN) Top 20 

Invitational Tournament and 

the West Suburban Youth 

League (WSYL) All Star 

Tournament. 

Memorable 2017- 2018 

season tournament 

champions 

Nov. 11 - Eighth-grade 

Frankfort Warriors - Coach 

Buggemi 

Chicagoland Showdown 

at Score Sports Center 

Nov. 11 - Sixth-grade 


Dell 

Chicagoland Showdown 

at Score Sports Center 

Nov. 19 - Seventh-grade 


Basile 

Warriors Invitational 

Shootout at Lincoln Way 

East 

Dec. 2 - Sixth-grade 

The fourth-grade Frankfort Warriors were the tournament champions Jan. 14 at the Pizza Pub Shootout at Wisconsin Dells. Photos submitted 


Dell 

Roma Shootout at Roma 

Sports Club Frankfort 

Jan. 14 - Fourth-grade 

Frankfort Warriors Coach 

Sillas 

Pizza Pub Shootout at 

Wisconsin Dells 

Jan. 27 - Fifth-grade 


Borden 

Survivor Classic at Oswego 

High School 

Jan. 27 - Seventh-grade 


Basile 

Survivor Classic at Oswego 

High School 

Maurice Sullivan, recreation 

supervisor, held individual 

awards ceremonies 

and scheduled photographers 

to take group and individual 

photos for each team. 

To close out the season the 

Frankfort Park District held 

an end of the season pizza 

party for all of the Warriors 

and their family. 

The sixth-grade Frankfort Warriors won a championship 

at the Chicagoland Showdown at Score Sports Center on 

Nov. 11. 

To find out more information 

about the Frankfort Warriors 

follow the Facebook 

page at www.facebook.com/ 

FrankfortWarriorsBasket 

ball/. 

For additional information, 

questions or a quote, 

call Maurice Sullivan, recreation 

supervisor, at the 

Frankfort Park District office 

at (815) 469-9400 or send an 

email to MSullivan@frank 

fortparks.org 

The fifth-grade Frankfort Warriors won the Survivor Classic 

at Oswego High School on Jan. 27.



Home game 

LW East baseball team plays Plainfield Central in season 

opener 

East's Jake Tencza (left) catches the out at first base as Plainfield Central's Charlie 

Bischoff heads for the base. 

East's Zach Jurgens (right) and Plainfield Central's Nick Heffernan wait for the pitch Friday, 

March 16. The Griffins lost the game to the Wildcats 3-0. Photos by Julie McMann/22nd 

Century Media 

The Griffins' Brandon Laux is brought in to pitch and Wildcats player Bobby Boekeloo 

prepares to swing. 

Griffins player Ryan Ritter hits a single. 

East pitcher Cole Kirschsieper throws a pitch.

54 | March 22, 2018 | The frankfort station sports 


LW lacrosse makes IHSA debut 

Steve Millar 


March 14 was a night 

Maggie Huizinga had waited 

a long time for. 

The Lincoln-Way coop 

lacrosse team opened 

its season at home against 

Naperville Central, for the 

first time taking the field at 

Lincoln-Way Central as a 

school-sponsored team playing 

an official IHSA sport. 

Boys and girls lacrosse is 

making its debut as an IHSA 

sport this season and Huizinga, 

a senior at Lincoln- 

Way East, couldn’t be more 

excited. 

“It makes us more proud,” 

she said. “We’ve always 

represented our schools, but 

now our schools recognize 

us. Being able to wear that 

Lincoln-Way name means 

a lot, especially because the 

schools have had so much 

success in other sports. It’s a 

prestigious name. 

“This is my last season, 

and I want to help start 

something that’ll hopefully 

last for a long time. We want 

to be the founders of a great 

team and the stepping stones 

for something great going 

forward.” 

The debut was an auspicious 

one. Sophomore 

Caroline Behrens scored six 

goals, Huizinga added four 

and Lincoln-Way pulled 

away late for a 14-5 win. 

“There are a lot of eyes on 

us now since we’re the new 

official sport, and we have 

expectations we need to uphold,” 

Huizinga said. “We 

went out there and delivered. 

I was really happy with how 

we went out there and performed.” 

Lincoln-Way coach Wei 

Chenh was equally pleased. 

“We had a lot of teamwork 

on the field,” she said. 

“We can definitely work on 

communication a bit more, 

but we supported each other 

as teammates and that was 

good to see.” 

Wednesday was an exciting 

night as well for Chenh, 

who’s been involved with 

lacrosse in Illinois since high 

school. She played for Lane 

Tech from 2001 to 2004 and 

went on to play at Lindenwood 

University in Missouri. 

She’s coached at Lane 

Tech and Robert Morris College 

and, most recently, for 

the Eagles co-op team, which 

has players from Sandburg, 

Andrew and Stagg. 

“Now that it’s an IHSA 

sport, it’s even more exciting,” 

Chenh said. “I’ve been 

around for a while and to see 

the sport growing like this 

is great to see. If we can get 

more officials and people 

who are willing to coach, I 

can see the sport really taking 

off in the Midwest.” 

Behrens, a Lincoln-Way 

East student, led the team 

in scoring last season with 

81 goals, and she picked 

up right where she left off 

Wednesday, finding the net 

twice in the opening six minutes 

to give Lincoln-Way a 

2-0 lead. 

“I love getting our team 

going,” she said. “I love encouraging 

everyone to go out 

there and give it their all and 

push them to new heights. 

We came out and got rolling 

right from the start.” 

Behrens, who scored again 

19 minutes in to put Lincoln- 

Way up 4-2, said she has to 

make some adjustments now 

that opponents know all 

about her and focus on slowing 

her down. 

“I just have to focus on my 

fundamentals and knowing 

what I can do,” she said. “It’s 

about believing in myself, 

not letting opponents get in 

Maggie Huizinga (right), a member of the Lincoln-Way co-op girls lacrosse team, carries 

the ball across the field March 14 during the team’s game against Naperville Central, while 

teammate Hannah Laverty follows close behind. Photos by Julie McMann/22nd Century Media 

Lincoln-Way’s Caroline Behrens (left) and Naperville Central’s Amanda Thomas battle for 

the ball. 

my head, and just working 

around what they do.” 

Naperville Central got 

within 5-4 with three minutes 

left in the first half, but 

Huizinga and Hayley Brothen, 

a senior at Lincoln-Way 

East, scored back-to-back 

goals to make it 7-4 at halftime. 

Lincoln-Way rolled in the 

second half, outscoring Naperville 

Central 7-1. 

“Halftime is when you 

tweak a few things to make 

it all connect,” Chenh said. 

“The girls pushed themselves 

to play even better in 

the second half.” 

After Naperville Central 

scored the first goal of the 

second half to cut it to 7-5, 

Lincoln-Way scored the final 

seven goals of the game. 

Behrens made it 8-5 before 

Huizinga scored backto-back 

goals to push the 

lead to five with just five 

minutes to go. 

“We practiced hard these 

last few days, coming together 

as a team with a bunch 

of new girls,” Behrens said. 

“We’re meshing well and really 

working together.” 

Grace Pawelczyk, Behrens, 

Brothen and Hannah 

Laverty all added goals in 

the final five minutes for 

Lincoln-Way. 

Pawelczyk and Laverty 

are both seniors at East. 

Elizabeth Myotte, a sophomore 

at East, made one 

save. 

Last year, in its final season 

as a club team, Lincoln- 

Way had its best season in 

the program’s history, going 

11-6. 

Huizinga said the team developed 

a new level of confidence 

that’s carried over into 

this year. 

“Last year, we beat all expectations 

we had,” she said. 

“Every season we get better 

and better, so this season the 

sky’s the limit for us.” 

Delia Dohm, a junior at 

Lincoln-Way Central, was 

thrilled with the way her 

team played in its first game. 

“We’ve been strategizing 

a lot getting ready for this, 

and it felt good to finally get 

out there and put everything 

together,” she said. “I think 

we started out really well. 

There are still things to work 

on, but it was nice to see us 

all come together and play 

like we did.” 

Dohm said she and her 

teammates are like a family. 

“I feel like we all have a 

special connection to each 

other, even though we go to 

different schools,” she said. 

“It’s like anywhere you go, 

you have a friend.”



fastbreak 

Frankfort athlete raises money to battle childhood cancer 

RANDY WHALEN 


22nd Century Media file 

photo 

1st-and-3 

Three things to 

know about the 

Lincoln-Way - 

Naperville Central 

lacrosse game 

1. Maggie Huizinga, 

a senior at Lincoln- 

Way East, scored 

four goals during 

the game, Lincoln- 

Way's first since 

lacrosse became 

an IHSA sport. 

2. Caroline Behrens, 

scored twice in the 

first six minutes of 

the game to give 

Lincoln-Way a 2-0 

lead. She scored 

a total of six goals 

that evening. 

3. Elizabeth Myotte, 

a sophomore 

attending Lincoln- 

Way East, made 

one save during the 

game. 

At a young age, Bella Versetto 

is already a great golfer. 

More importantly, the 

8-year-old Frankfort resident 

is doing other great things 

through golf. 

Versetto has already placed 

high in golf tournaments on 

a national level and will continue 

to play on that scale 

around the country this year. 

When she does, she will be 

raising money to battle childhood 

cancer through Alex's 

Lemonade Stand Foundation, 

a charitable group that states 

its mission is "to change the 

lives of children with cancer 

through funding impactful 

research, raising awareness, 

supporting families, and empowering 

everyone to help 

cure childhood cancer." 

Alex's Lemonade Stand is 

named after Alexandra "Alex" 

Scott, who passed away at the 

age of eight from pediatric 

cancer. But her initial idea for 

a lemonade stand to help fight 

the disease at age four has 

now inspired and raised more 

than $1 million towards finding 

a cure for the disease that 

took her life. The organization 

funds more than 800 cuttingedge 

pediatric cancer research 

projects at 135 institutions, 

which are looking for a cure 

for the disease. 

Thankfully, Versetto is 

healthy and thriving. But 

what was instilled in her at a 

young age has been the driving 

force behind her joining 

this cause. 

"I like it a lot," Versetto 

said of the her contribution 

Bella Versetto was the runner-up in her age group at the 

Florida PGA National in West Palm Beech in January. 

to the cause, which she titled 

'Bella drives for a cure.' "I 

like helping people." 

It was her mom, Krystyna, 

and dad, Nick, who planted 

that care and help of others 

into her at an early age. 

"This all stemmed from 

when she was little," Nick 

Versetto said. "We would go 

to places like Toys "R" Us or 

Target and buy toys and gifts 

and take them to places like 

children's hospitals. Bella 

wanted to do something 

more, something with her 

golf. So we researched it and 

came up with Alex's Lemonade 

Stand. 

"Then she was all excited 

to use her golf season for 

this." 

Taking the toys to the kids 

gave Bella a sense of giving 

and compassion. 

"Yes, I liked doing that," 

she said of visiting the children's 

hospital. "I liked that 

[the kids] got to play with the 

toys and do things like us." 

Bella also likes that she's 

now able to tie her golfing 

in with helping the kids too. 

She gets lots of opportunities 

to meet a lot of people and is 

already good at networking 

her cause. 

"Mostly when I get to 

play with new players and 

make new friends," she said 

of what she enjoys about the 

game. "Sometimes just talking 

bout it [the cause] makes 

them interested. We have it 

so people can make their own 

[ball marking] chips and start 

their own charities." 

When the 'Bella drives for a 

Bella Versetto, 8, practices her swing. The Frankfort golfer 

is raising money to battle childhood cancer through Alex's 

Lemonade Stand Foundation. Photos submitted 

cure' page started last November 

in conjecture with Alex's 

Lemonade Stand Foundation 

and Kick It, the goal was 

to raise $500. That goal has 

nearly been reached and she 

certainly hopes to continue to 

raise awareness and surpass it. 

How it works is as she plays 

in tournaments throughout 

the country this year, people 

can pledge a dollar amount 

for each time she shoots a 

birdie or par on a hole. The 

totals are then added up for 

the season. 

"She wants to get others involved," 

Nick Versetto said. 

When she was 6, Bella 

took one golf lesson and was 

hooked from there. With the 

help of coaches Suzie Owens 

and Kevin Weeks, she's one 

of the top golfers in the country 

in her age bracket. She 

was runner-up at the Florida 

PGA National in West Palm 

Beech in January. Then in 

Dallas on March 3 and 4 of 

this month, she won the Future 

Champions Golf Texas 

Championships. She will 

participate in the Callaway 

Junior World Golf Championships 

in mid July. 

Residents interested in donating 

to her cause or finding 

out more information can 

find the "Bella drives for a 

cure" page online or meet 

her from 7-10 a.m. on Saturday, 

March 31, when she will 

have a table set up at Dunkin' 

Donuts at 11212 W. Lincoln 

Highway in Mokena. 

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“We had a lot of teamwork on the field,” she said. “We can 

definitely work on communication a bit more, but we supported 

each other as teammates and that was good to see.” 

Wei Chenh — Lincoln-Way girls lacrosse coach 

Boys water polo 

Hosts Lincoln-Way Central, Tuesday, March 28, 10 a.m. 

• The Griffins play a home game against the Knights 

in a Lincoln-Way matchup. 

49 — This Week In... 

48 — Athlete of the Week 

FASTBREAK is compiled by Editor Nuria Mathog, 

nuria@frankfortstation.com.

Frankfort’s Hometown Newspaper | www.frankfortstation.com | March 22, 2018 

Act of charity 

Young Frankfort golfer 

dedicates season to 

children with cancer, 

Page 55 

Play ball 

Griffins baseball hosts 

inaugural season game, 

Page 53 

Lincoln-Way lacrosse 

opens season with 

game against Naperville 

Central, Page 54 

Lincoln-Way’s Hannah 

Laverty (left) races across 

the field March 14 

while Naperville Central’s 

Ryleigh Nelson defends. 

Julie McMann/22nd Century 

Media 

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