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22nd Century Media's Lady - A Women's 

Expo comes to Tinley Park, Page 5 

development discussion 

Village approves variances for new 

home construction, Page 8 

public showing 

Film about traumatic brain injury to 

debut in Frankfort, Page 10 

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THURSDAY 

Kids Garage Sale 

Deadline to register is 

April 12. The 9th Annual 

Kids Garage Sale will be 

held from 11:30-2:30 p.m. 

Saturday, April 21, Puent 

Building/Main Park, 400 W. 

Nebraska St., Frankfort. The 

Garage Sale will be outdoors 

in the Puent Building parking 

lot. Children ages 4-15 will 

be able to make some money 

and room for new items. Parents 

please don’t be tempted 

to set your own stuff out. 

Children are not to be left 

unattended; an adult should 

be with them at all times. 

Cost for a table and advertising 

is $9. For more information 

or booth availability, call 

(815) 469-9400 or visit www. 

frankfortparks.org. 

Ribbon Cutting & Reception 

4:30-6:30 p.m. April 12, 

Same Day Tees, 9525 Laraway 

Road, Frankfort. Join the 

Frankfort Chamber of Commerce 

for a ribbon cutting and 

reception at Same Day Tees. 

Ribbon Cutting & Reception 

5-7 p.m. Thursday, April 

12, Morgan’s Place, 9 W. Nebraska 

St., Frankfort. Join the 

Frankfort Chamber of Commerce 

for a ribbon cutting and 

reception at Morgan’s Place. 

New Children’s Museum 

Exhibit 

5-6:30 p.m. April 12, KidsWork 

Children’s Museum, 

11 S. White St., Frankfort. 

Join the Frankfort Children’s 

Museum to celebrate 

the arrival of a long awaited 

new exhibit. There will be a 

celebratory toast at 5:30 followed 

by light refreshments 

provided by Cafe Milan. 

Job Interview Workshop 

6-8 p.m. Thursday, April 

12, Frankfort Public Library, 

21119 S. Pfeiffer Road, 

Frankfort. Job interviews got 

you nervous? At this twohour 

workshop, learn what to 

do before, during, and after 

an interview; the importance 

of appearance, punctuality, 

and non-verbal communication; 

the 5 different kinds of 

interviews; and the 12 most 

commonly asked questions. 

Learn how to get the variables 

within your control to 

work for you. To register, 

visit www.frankfortlibrary. 

org or call (815) 534-6173. 

FRIDAY 

St. Anthony WOW 

7 p.m. April 13, Frankfort 

Township Building, 11000 

W. Lincoln Highway, Frankfort. 

Join St. Anthony WOW, 

a non-denominational social 

group for widows and widowers, 

for a meeting, entertainment 

and refreshments. 

New faces are always welcome. 

For more information, 

call Mary at (815) 469-4351 

or Bill at (708) 478-6118. 

SATURDAY 

Mandala Workshop 

9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. April 14, 

The Franciscan Sisters of 

the Sacred Heart, the Assisi 

Conference Center, 9210 W. 

St. Francis Road, Frankfort. 

Lisa Brown, M.A. Creative 

Arts Education www.art-astherapy.com 

artist/workshop 

facilitator with Janet Aulet 

Maulbeck B.A. Social Work 

and an avid devotee of Joseph 

Campbell’s hero’s journey 

from Summit, New Jersey 

will present Hero’s Journey 

Mandala Workshop which 

is based upon an archetypal 

hero as described in Joseph 

Campbell’s book, The Hero 

Has a Thousand Faces. This 

workshop will help the participant 

understand the pattern 

of personal development 

and transformation. Campbell 

depicts the journey as a 

circle of growth when we return 

forever changed. Create 

a personal Visioning collage 

during this workshop using 

magazine images in anticipation 

of your next adventure to 

help you envision your own 

transformative story. A donation 

of $125.00 includes all 

art supplies and lunch. To 

register, call or text Karen at 

(708) 860-7813. 

Preschool Open House 

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

Orizomegami Workshop 

10 a.m.-noon April 14, 

Frankfort Public Library, 


Frankfort. Join artist Pam 

Martinez for a 2 hour introduction 

to Orizomegami, the 

ancient Japanese art of decorating 

papers by folding them 

into geometric shapes and 

dipping them into pools of 

natural dyes. No experience 

necessary. A non-refundable 

$10 art supplies fee is required 

and payable online at 

time of registration or at the 

Circulation Desk. All fees 

must be paid prior to program 

start time. To register, visit 

www.frankfortlibrary.org or 

call (815) 534-6173. 

MONDAY 

Design Your Own Stamps 

7-8 p.m. April 16, Frankfort 

Public Library, 21119 

S. Pfeiffer Road, Frankfort. 

Learn how to design your 

own stamp on a computer. 

Use the Carvey (CNC Mill) 

to carve a design into MDFbacked 

linoleum. For more 

information and registration, 


org or call (815) 534-6173. 

TUESDAY 

Meet, Greet & Network 

7:30-9 a.m. April 17, 



Frankfort. Join the Frankfort 

Chamber of Commerce for 

a Meet, Greet and Network 

event at the library. 

Kick for a Cure 

Games begin at 4 p.m. 

April 17, Lincoln-way East 

high School, 201 Colorado 

Ave., Frankfort. All proceeds 

from the 9th annual 

Kick for a Cure event will 

be donated to University 

of Chicago Comprehensive 

Cancer Center at Silver 

Cross Hospital and Juvenile 

Diabetes Research Foundation. 

There will be raffles for 

gift baskets and concessions. 

Cut & Sew 

6-8:30 p.m. April 17, 



Frankfort. Possible projects 

include making your own 

models, game pieces, replacement 

parts, stamps, and 

engravings. Staff will provide 

assistance with using 

machines and software. Registration 

required. For more 



org or call (815) 534-6173. 

WEDNESDAY 

Wild Wednesday 

4-5 p.m. April 18, KidsWork 

Children’s Museum, 

11 S. White St., Frankfort. 

Join KidsWork and The Frog 

Lady for an interactive visit 

with reptiles and amphibians 

including turtles, snakes, 

frogs and toads. Cost is $2 

for members and $4 for nonmembers. 

For more information, 

call (815) 469-1199. 

Chamber Open House 

5-7 p.m. Wednesday, April 

18, 123 Kansas St., Frankfort. 

Join the Frankfort Chamber 

of Commerce for networking 

and refreshments with prospective 

chamber members. 

If you are considering joining, 

now is the time to visit. 

UPCOMING 

Pub! Grub! Network! 

Deadline to register is Friday, 

April 20. 5-8:30 p.m. 

Thursday, April 26, various 

locations, Frankfort. Stops 

this year will include Stray 

Bar, 17 Old Frankfort Way; 

Chef Klaus Bier Stube, 

20827 S. LaGrange; and 

Trail’s Edge Brewing, 20 

Kansas St. Cost is $30 for 

Chamber members and $40 

for nonmembers. Ticket price 

includes transportation, appetizers, 

beverages, dessert and 

a raffle ticket for a chance to 

win a prize. Bring plenty of 

business cards to share and 

register early. Seats are limited 

for this event, which sold 

out in 2016 and 2017. Register 

at www.frankfortchamber. 

com. 

ONGOING 

KidsWork Day Camps 

Registration is open for 

KidsWork Children’s Museum’s 

summer day camps. 

Camps will be from 9:30 

a.m.-noon Tuesday-Friday 

June 19-22 (Out of this 

World); June 26-29 (Camp 

KWCM!); July 3, 5 and 6 

(Robot Rage); and July 10- 

13 (Animal Adventure). 

Each day there will be outside 

fun, snack time, free 

play, story time , crafts and 

games. These camps are for 

ages 4-8. Cost is $105 for 

members and $115 for nonmembers. 

Cost includes a 

t-shirt. Save $10 when registered 

by May 22. For more 


call (708) 250-5858. 

To submit an item to the 

printed calendar, contact 

Amanda Stoll at (708) 

326-9170 ext. 34, or email 


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Sarina Smith, Tommy Sieka, Jackie Drees (back) and Sophia Giampaolo skirmish off the 

pitch during Loyola University’s Lumos! Quidditch Club event at Frankfort Public Library 

on Sunday, April 8. Photos by Rochelle McAuliffe/22nd Century Media 

Quidditch event helps 

imaginations take flight 

Rochelle McAuliffe 

Freelance Reporter 

Wingardium Leviosa! 

For anyone that’s gotten 

lost in a fictional book, living 

out that world seems like 

the genre – fantasy. However, 

on Sunday, April 8, 

the magic of Harry Potter 

was lifted off the pages and 

brought to life as witches 

and wizards of all ages gathered 

at the Frankfort Public 

Library to learn the basics of 

Quidditch with players from 

Loyola University’s Lumos! 

Quidditch Club. 

For the unacquainted, 

Quidditch is a mixed-gender 

contact sport with a unique 

mix of elements from rugby, 

dodgeball, and tag. The 

sport was originally created 

by Harry Potter author J.K. 

Rowling but was adapted to 

a real-life “muggle” sport 

in Middlebury, Va. in 2005. 

The basic rules don’t vary 

Please see quidditch, 4 

Jackie Drees attempts to score as Leah Milosovic plays 

keeper during Loyola University’s Lumos! Quidditch Club 

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quidditch 

From Page 3 

much from magical Quidditch, 

although unfortunately, your feet 

must be on the ground to play. 

Even though their feet were on the 

ground, Ian Coon, Loyola Lumos! 

Quidditch Club president knows 

that this is a childhood dream come 

true for some of these kids. 

“This is something in their imaginations, 

or it’s on TV, and a lot of 

people don’t ever think they’ll get 

to do this," he said. "Kids especially, 

they don’t care that they’re not 

flying, because to them, they are 

flying, so it’s really great to bring 

it alive for them." 

Figuring how to connect the library’s 

collection and their services 

to kids and teens is one of the best 

parts of the job for Rachel Cuzzo, 

who works as the youth services 

education specialist at the Frankfort 

Public Library. When thinking 

of things she could do to connect 

pieces of literary works to kids, she 

said it was a no-brainer to do something 

with Harry Potter. 

“Kids love Harry Potter, kids love 

Quidditch, I just thought it would be 

super fun for kids to learn how to 

play the game ‘muggle-style,’ and 

it’s just a really good connection. 

People are here, they’re outside, 

they’re breathing the fresh air,” 

Cuzzo said. “I’ve always really 

wanted to do a Quidditch event here 

at the library since I found out there 

was such a thing as a Quidditch 

league in the world.” 

For Tina Romberg and her son 

Shane, of Frankfort, Harry Potter is 

a family thing. The Romberg vehicle 

was packed with suitcases – as 

they had just returned from seeing 

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 

on Broadway. 

“We literally just got back from 

Harry Potter in New York [City]; 

why do you think I signed him 

up?” Tina laughed. 

One of the biggest skills a “muggle” 

Quidditch team looks for? 

A willing and accepting attitude. 

Coon emphasized that Quidditch 

is about inclusivity, and that being 

apart of the team isn’t even about 

playing necessarily. 

“Our attitude is pretty laid back 

about everything, there are lots of 

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Jenna Tuckerman and Ian Coon of Loyola University laugh as Leah Milosovic (back) throws a ball. Rochelle 

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Lady - A Women’s Expo to return April 21 to Tinley Park Convention Center 

Jon DePaolis 


It is a Mother’s Day tradition 

unlike any other. 

Lady - A Women’s Expo, 

presented by 22nd Century 

Media and Planet Fitness, 

is set to return from 9 a.m.- 

1 p.m. Saturday, April 21, at 

the Tinley Park Convention 

Center, 18451 Convention 

Center Drive in Tinley Park. 

The annual event also is 

sponsored by the Chicago 

Sky, Ingalls Health System 

and Celebrity Cruises. 

The free event has more 

than 100 vendors slated to 

attend this year — covering 

health and wellness to fashion 

and beauty, food to financial 

planning — making it the 

largest Lady expo to date, according 

to Heather Warthen, 

chief events officer at 22nd 

Century Media. 

“The nice thing about this 

expo that I see year to year 

is that we see a lot of girls 

getting together and starting 

a ladies day out,” Warthen 

said. “We also draw moms, 

daughters and granddaughters. 

That’s what makes me 

happy. It’s a great prelude 

into Mother’s Day weekend 

and a great chance for women 

of all ages to bond.” 

Among the highlights this 

year will be an expanded roster 

of vendors, as well as entertainment 

options. 

“I think people like to see 

what the vendors have to offer,” 

Warthen said. “It’s a 

great opportunity, because 

we have an entire stage of 

cooking demos, which is 

back again this year. We have 

some great local chefs, and 

you can pick up some new 

cooking tips. I know that was 

a huge draw last year.” 

She also pointed to the 

main stage attractions, such 

as Danni Allen — the winner 

of Season 14 of “The Biggest 

Loser” — and plenty free fitness 

classes, including cardio 

and yoga. 

Also returning to the expo 

this year is Silk Avenue, from 

Lady – A Women’s Expo: Four hacks 

to get the most out of your visit 

Jon DePaolis 


A lot of people will be 

strolling through the aisles 

Saturday, April 21, for the 

fifth annual Lady – A Women’s 

Expo. We asked Heather 

Warthen, 22nd Century 

Media’s chief events officer 

and resident expert expo authority, 

for some “hacks” for 

those who plan to attend, so 

they can make best use of 

their time there. 

1. Scout ahead: Take a 

look at the event’s Eventbrite 

webpage before you 

head to the convention center. 

It will have the full list 

of vendors, an event schedule 

for the fitness classes, 

cooking demos and main 

stage entertainment. Map 

out some things you definitely 

want to do and save 

yourself some idle time. 

2. Arrive early to get 

some swag: Have you ever 

heard the expression, “The 

whom attendees can purchase 

custom-made scarves. 

“We’ve got something for 

everybody,” Warthen said. 

“There’s plenty to do, and 

I think people like seeing 

the variety of vendors we 

get. It’s not all clothing or 

food or home remodeling or 

repairs; we really do try to 

bring in a variety that people 

will enjoy.” 

early bird gets the worm?” 

Well, in this case, early arrivers 

have the best chance 

at receiving a free gift bag. 

There only are 500 of these 

bad boys, so the closer you 

arrive to 9 a.m., the better 

your chance to pick one up. 

3. Be a trendsetter; go 

against the flow: Warthen 

says that oftentimes, expogoers 

tend to follow a similar 

path through the aisles, 

leading to some congestion 

at certain spots. One way to 

avoid that? Be a trailblazer 

and walk in the opposite 

direction, by working from 

the back to the front. 

4. Don’t be a hero, choose 

comfort over style: If those 

boots aren’t made for walking, 

leave them at home. 

With approximately 100 

vendors and some serious 

entertainment, odds are your 

daily step count is going 

to exceed your goal. Wear 

some comfortable shoes. 

Entertainment schedule 

• 9-9:15 a.m. Dr. Finkelstein, Women’s Healthcare of Illinois 

• 9:15-9:30 a.m. Ingalls Health System 

• 9:30-10 a.m. Cardio with Planet Fitness 

• 10-10:45 a.m. Planet Fitness presents Danni Allen, 

winner of “The Biggest Loser” Season 14 

• 10:45-11 a.m. Dancing with Fred Astaire Dance Studio 

• 11-11:30 a.m. Yoga with Yoga 360 

• 11:30 a.m.-noon “Life Happens Laugh Anyway” - Laugh 

Anyway Mom Tracy DeGraaf 

• Noon-12:15 p.m. Dancing with Fred Astaire Dance Studio 

• 12:15-12:30 p.m. Chicago Sky WNBA 

New this year will be Tracy 

DeGraaf, who authored the 

2010 book, “Laugh Anyway 

Mom: Hilarious Survival Stories 

From a Mother of Five 

Who Has Learned How to 

Keep the Joy in Motherhood 

and How You Can Too.” 

Also new this year will 

be a couple of mobile boutiques, 

such as Coash Clothing 

Company and Three B’s 

Vendors list 

• 22nd Century Media 

• Abbie Applies 

Professional In-Home 

Makeup Classes 

• Agnes & Dora 

• Aloette 

• Amelia James by Amanda 

• Arbonne 

• Artistic Designs 

• Bada Bling 

• Bath Planet 

• B. Nutty LLC 

• Brannigan Chiropractic 

Center 

• Broadway Jewelry 

• Castillo’s Craftycles 

• Celebrity Cruises 

• Chicago Sky 

• Chiro One 

• Coash Clothing Company 

• College of DuPage 

Nursing Department 

• Color Street 

• Cook County MEDS 

• Country Financial 

• Damsel in Defense 

• Dan Mosca State Farm 

• Dana Digrispino - Custom 

Clothing & Alterations 

• Dilly Nature 

• DIY Sign Party 

• doTERRA Essential Oils 

• EveFit 

• Evergreen Senior Living 

• Family Source 

Consultants 

• Floor Coverings 

International 

• Fred Astaire Dance Studio 

• Gracie Pie Apothecary 

• Green Mountain Energy 

Company 

Cooking demo schedule 

• 9:15-9:45 a.m. Chef Ruben L. Pazmino, 

Rubi Agave Latin Kitchen, Tequila and 

Whiskey Bar Homer Glen 

• 9:50-10:20 a.m. Chef Sue Kainrath, 

Joliet Junior College Culinary Arts and 

Neighborhood Gourmet owner 

• 10:25-10:55 a.m. Chef Tom Grotovsky, 

Mobile Boutique. 

LifeSource also will be 

sponsoring blood and bone 

marrow drives during the 

expo. Appointments may be 

• Hempworx 

• Hubbard House 

Publishing Company 

• Hustle & Heart 

• Illinois State Treasurer 

• Ingalls Health System 

• Jewels2U 

• Joliet Slammers 

• Juicy Luzy Sangria 

• Just Greetings - Greeting 

Card Line 

• Kevin M. Wiggins Agency 

• Kimberly Neill - Keller 

Williams Preferred Realty 

• La Bella Uniforms 

• Lange 

• LeafFilter Gutter Protection 

• LifeSource 

• LipSense by SeneGence 

• LK Acupuncture 

• LuLaRoe 

• Luminess Airess 

• Make Up Eraser 

• Mary Kay Cosmetics 

• Miss Lilly’s Bridal 

Creations 

• Monat 

• Naddle’s Sweet Treats 

• Nerium International 

• Norwex 

• Nothing Bundt Cakes 

• Nspire Network 

• NuMark Credit Union 

• Orland Park Crossing 

• Passanante’s Home Food 

Services 

• Planet Fitness 

• Porter Place 

• Power Home Remodeling 

• Practical Products 

• Providence Palos Heights 

• Pucher & Ranucci, P.C., 

made in advance by calling 

(877) 543-3768 or visiting 

www.LifeSource.org. 

Free gift bags also will be 

given to the first 500 people 

Attorneys at Law 

• Questions Kids Ask About 

God 

• Renewal by Andersen 

Windows and Doors 

• Rodan & Fields 

• Ruby Ribbon 

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District officials consider moving 

from textbooks to Techbooks 

Meredith Dobes 


Round it up 

A brief recap of action and discussion from the April 4 

meeting of the D157-C School Board 

• The School Board unanimously approved a three-year 

contract with Klein Hall CPAs for the 2017-2018 audit. 

• Science, technology, engineering and mathematics 

resources and training for Chelsea and Hickory Creek were 

unanimously approved in the amounts of $22,000 for the 

2018-2019 school year; $27,600 for the 2019-2020 school 

year; and $31,200 for the 2020-2021 school year. 

• The School Board unanimously approved the $96,250 

purchase of one-to-one laptops and carts for fifth-graders in 

the 2018-2019 school year and the $120,000 purchase of 

additional laptops, carts and projectors for Hickory Creek. 

• Board members unanimously accepted the retirement of 

Chelsea Principal Sharon Paver-Nepote. 

• The district has received many applicants for its open 

positions for next school year, according to Director of Human 

Resources Craig Schoppe. It works to narrow the narrow the 

applicants down and has a thorough interview process to 

select the best candidates, he added. 

• Over spring break, the district's Technology Team, which is led 

by Jake Nelson, prepared roughly 1,000 laptops for Partnership 

for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers testing. 

April 4 was the first day of testing, and he said it went well. 

• The district's Athletic Boosters need new board members 

for next school year in order to continue as an organization. 

Anyone interested in joining may contact Booster President 

Monica Meseck at meseck.five@gmail.com. 

Sixth- through eighthgrade 

students at Frankfort 

School District 157-C may 

soon have the ability to 

learn about social studies in 

an entirely new way. 

At the district's April 4 

School Board meeting, Director 

of Curriculum and 

Instruction Janet McClarence, 

Instructional Coach 

Tricia Dotson and Hickory 

Creek social studies teacher 

Tonia Gatsios walked board 

members through Discovery 

Education's Techbook 

for social studies. 

New state standards are 

requiring students to learn 

social studies through "inquiry-based" 

approaches, 

which the Techbooks would 

include. These approaches 

involve use of the "five Es:" 

engage, explore, explain, 

elaborate and evaluate. 

Dotson said "engage" is 

for students to get excited 

about material as it is just 

being introduced; "explore" 

is for students to review 

the material, as they would 

with a traditional textbook; 

"explain" is for students to 

show what they've learned 

through an activity of their 

own choice; "elaborate" is 

for students to dig deeper 

into the material through 

another activity like role 

play or document research; 

and "evaluate" is 

for the review of concepts 

learned. 

Dotson and Gatsios were 

part of a group that piloted 

the Techbooks at Hickory 

Creek. 

Gatsios said the perks 

of the online resources are 

that students and teachers 

are able to instantly 

access a wealth of additional 

resources related to 

the text. Teachers can also 

share strategies and ideas 

with each other through 

the Discovery Education 

Network. 

Gatsios showed board 

members that for one assignment 

a student may 

choose to complete an investigation 

activity. She 

showed that this might be 

an interactive online activity 

where a student is introduced 

to three or four 

people from the historical 

era he or she is studying 

and asked to identify how 

these people may respond 

to a certain situation or idea, 

based on what the student 

knows about the people. 

"We're excited to possibly 

have the opportunity to 

use this as a main resource," 

Gatsios said of the group 

of teachers who piloted the 

Techbooks. 

McClarence said that because 

the resource is entirely 

online, new content is always 

being added and kept 

up-to-date. She said this 

was one of three resources 

the district reviewed, and it 

offered the most. 

The Techbooks would 

cost $65,000 for six years, 

including three sessions of 

professional development 

for teachers, McClarence 

said. She said textbooks 

would cost more money and 

require the district to purchase 

more supplementary 

materials over time. 

Board Member Brett 

Cosich questioned what a 

student would do if they 

did not have access to a 

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becoming a victim of theft or 

car burglary. 

According to police, a suspicious 

vehicle was recently 

sighted in the Charrington 

subdivision and quickly fled 

after seeing officers. The vehicle 

was later determined to 

have been stolen from Evanston. 

Police urge residents to 

report activity out of the ordinary, 

such as a dog barking 

or car door shutting at 

an unusual time, to immediately 

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the non-emergency number, 

(815) 485-2500. 

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• Jerry D. Hampton, 38, 742 

Notre Dame Drive in Matteson, 

was cited for an alleged 

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April 3 

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21300 block of Brittany 

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Frankfort Village Board 

Trustees approve variances for Old Town subdivision home construction 

Nuria Mathog, Editor 

A project to build a new 

home in Frankfort's Old 

Town Subdivision will 

move forward after the 

Frankfort Village Board on 

April 2 approved a series of 

variances required for construction 

to take place. 

The proposed project by 

Alexi Development LLC 

involves razing a structure 

currently located at 122 

Walnut Street in order to 

construct a 3,288-square 

foot single-family home. 

The applicant previously 

requested five variances 

to permit the construction: 

specifically, a front yard 

setback from 30 feet to 20.5 

feet, a rear yard setback 

from 30 feet to 28.2 feet, 

a corner side yard setback 

from 30 feet to 21 feet, a 

first floor building materials 

variance to permit the use 

of Hardi composite siding 

and a lot coverage variance 

from 20 percent to 20.1 percent. 

On March 8, the Plan 

Commission reviewed the 

project and voted to forward 

four 4-1 recommendations 

to the Village Board to 

approve the front yard, rear 

yard and corner yard setbacks 

and the building materials 

variance, along with 

a 3-2 recommendation to 

deny the lot coverage variance 

request. 

During its April 2 meeting, 

the Village Board voted 

mostly in line with those 

recommendations. The 

trustees voted 5-0 -- Trustee 

John Clavio was absent -- to 

approve the front yard, rear 

yard and corner yard sidekicks 

and 4-1 to approve the 

first floor building materials 

variance, with Trustee Bob 

Kennedy casting the dissenting 

vote. 

However, the trustees ultimately 

voted to approve 

the lot coverage variance 

4-2, with both Kennedy and 

Trustee Cindy Heath voting 

no and Mayor Jim Holland 

adding a vote in favor of the 

variance. 

Prior to the vote, Trustee 

Mike Stevens noted several 

residents had voiced concerns 

about the project during 

the March 8 meeting, including 

concerns about the 

orientation of the entrance 

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of the new home. He further 

commented the owner 

representative had stated 

he and his clients had gone 

through several iterations 

of the home's architectural 

designs to address concerns 

and that the applicant had 

met with a group of residents 

in the area. 

"The applicant commented 

the purpose of demolishing 

the home was due to a 

new proposed floor plan 

which the existing structure 

could not accommodate," 

Stevens said, adding 

the variance requests were 

part of an effort to construct 

a home that was generally 

consistent with the surrounding 

area in terms of 

both site design and architectural 

character. 

Several residents took the 

opportunity to share their 

thoughts on the proposed 

project during the meeting. 

Robert Allen, a resident 

of the home near the proposed 

house, said he was 

"very strongly in favor" of 

the variance requested for 

the side yard. 

"When you consider the 

fact that that new house is 

going to be sitting there and 

it's going to be on the north 

side right now, it's like 20 

feet, that's what they're proposing," 

he said. "If you 

push that and remove that 

side yard dimension and 

push that toward me, well 

then I lose another 10 feet, 

so basically I'm going to be 

sitting there literally looking 

in their window in the 

morning and seeing them 

have their coffee." 

Frankfort resident Pam 

Biesen described the tearing 

down of the existing structure 

as "a sad loss." 

"I don't know how we can 

address that prior to voting 

on these ... this is the fourth 

public meeting on this," she 

said. "Are the builders not 

understanding that a teardown 

is not an optimal start 

for a new project?" 

In pre-prepared comments 

he read during the 

meeting, Holland said many 

homeowners in Old Town 

demonstrated great pride in 

their properties by taking 

time and spending money 

to care for their homes and 

he thought most Frankfort 

residents wanted to see the 

homes in the area preserved. 

However, he said, an Old 

Town property owner had 

asked for his or her home 

to be removed and replaced 

with a new one 13 times in 

the last 15 years. 

Holland further said the 

most common concern he 

hears from community 

members about new homes 

in Old Town is that they 

are "too large for the lot," 

adding he thought it should 

be of comfort to the community 

that the builder and 

future homeowner agreed 

to reduce the size of their 

homes so that a lot coverage 

variance would not be 

needed. 

"After spending the time 

and spending the money 

to redesign their home to 

fit our laws, a slight error 

in the size of the lot was 

discovered," he said. "The 

new slightly smaller lot size 

made the newly redesigned 

home 18 square feet-- or 

maybe less than that-- over 

the lot requirement." 

While normally he would 

not support a lot coverage 

variance for this property, 

under these "peculiar circumstances" 

he did support 

the variance, he said. 

Holland acknowledged 

the concerns about the direction 

of the front door 

and said he understood the 

argument that there could 

be instances in which moving 

the entry from one street 

to another might affect the 

neighborhood's character. 

However, he said, the front 

of the proposed home will 

be "heavily decorated" in 

a way that enhances its appearance. 

"I believe that the majority 

of Frankfort residents 

will be best served if the 

front door and the greatest 

amount of beautification 

to the home are located on 

this longest south side as the 

property owner has requested," 

he said. "It will result 

in the most appealing view 

from the public's right-ofway." 

Toward the end of the 

meeting, Frankfort resident 

Stephanie Kush approached 

the podium with a large 

stack of documents she said 

she had obtained through 

information requests under 

the Freedom of Information 

Act, which she indicated 

pointed to a lack of commitment 

to historic preservation 

in Frankfort on the 

Village's part. 

“You have not, nor do you 

currently care about fostering 

or encouraging preservation 

or restoration as 

outlined in the code of ordinances," 

she told the board. 

"This goes way beyond one 

home, this goes way beyond 

the Queen Anne, which was 

discussed earlier. Your actions, 

which was represented 

in these FOIAs, speak 

louder than your words. I 

look forward to participating 

in the comprehensive 

plan to enact change at 

that level, but you must do 

more.” 

Board gives go-ahead to 

resubdivision project 

In other action, the board 

voted to approve the final 

plat of the AGA resubdivision 

in the Kean Avenue 

Estates Subdivision, which 

involves consolidating two 

existing properties located 

at 312 and 320 S. 95th Ave. 

into a single 94,348-square 

foot lot in order to construct 

a single family residence. 

The Plan Commission unanimously 

recommended approval 

of the consolidation 

request during its March 8 

meeting. 

During the mayor's report, 

Holland noted the Village 

was starting to update 

its Comprehensive Plan 

and asked residents to participate 

in the process by 

registering online at www. 

yourfrankfort.com, an ideasharing 

platform designed 

to allow Frankfort residents 

to share ideas and receive 

information about the status 

of the project. 

He also reminded residents 

that Frankfort's 

branch collection programs 

and NuWay Disposal yard 

waste collection services 

began on April 2. Branches 

should be stacked neatly in 

the parkway with cut ends 

facing the street by 7 a.m. 

on Mondays, allowing the 

Village's public works crew 

members to collect them, 

and yard waste materials 

must be placed in a brown 

paper yard waste bag and 

marked with a yard waste 

sticker; stickers can be purchased 

at the Village Administration 

Building, 432 

W. Nebraska Street. 

Additionally, Holland 

said Frankfort plans to celebrate 

its annual Earth Day/ 

Arbor Day event on Saturday, 

April 21. The celebration 

is scheduled to begin 

at 830 a.m. at the Village's 

utilities and public works 

facility, 524 Center Road, 

and end with a volunteer 

luncheon at 11:30 a.m. at 

the same site. 

He further remarked the 

spring Country Market will 

open on Sunday, April 29, 

with hours from 10 a.m. to 

2 p.m.

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Ruth Colby brings vast experience to Will County Children’s Advocacy Center Board 

Submitted by Will County 

State’s Attorney James 

Glasgow 

Will County State’s Attorney 

James Glasgow is 

pleased to announce the appointment 

of Ruth Colby, 

president and CEO of Silver 

Cross Hospital, to the Will 

County Children’s Advocacy 

Center’s Board of Directors. 

Colby will bring to the 

Board of Directors a wealth 

of professional experience, 

a history of community involvement, 

proven leadership, 

and a deep commitment 

to protecting children from 

sexual abuse. 

State’s Attorney Glasgow, 

who chairs the board, established 

the Children’s Advocacy 

Center in 1995 as 

a not-for-profit agency to 

improve investigations into 

cases involving child sexual 

abuse. When children make 

an outcry of sexual abuse, 

they are brought to the center, 

where trained and compassionate 

forensic interviewers 

obtain an accurate statement 

in a neutral, non-suggestive, 

and child-friendly environment. 

Interviews recorded 

at the center have been used 

to successfully prosecute 

thousands of predators. In 

addition, the center’s experienced 

staff provides children 

and families with advocacy, 

counseling, and social services 

that enable the healing 

process to begin. 

Colby, who was named 

President and CEO of Silver 

Cross Hospital in 2017, has 

a long history of working 

with organizations that provide 

services to children. She 

served for two decades on the 

Board of Directors for the 

Heartland Alliance, which 

has developed programs that 

provide support services, 

shelter, and placements for 

children who were the victims 

of human trafficking. 

And over the years, she has 

developed strong relationships 

with local youth-based 

organizations, including the 

Forest Park Community Center, 

the Harvey Brooks Center, 

and the Warren-Sharpe 

Community Center. 

In additional to playing a 

pivotal role over the years in 

the expansion of the Silver 

Cross campus and the hospital’s 

clinical programs, Colby 

has been actively involved 

with many community health 

organizations, including the 

Will County Health Department’s 

Mobilizing for Action 

through Planning and Partnerships 

Collaborative Council, 

the University of Chicago 

Medicine Cancer Research 

Women’s Board, and the Silver 

Cross Healthy Community 

Commission. 

At Silver Cross Hospital, 

Colby succeeded longtime 

President and CEO Paul 

Pawlak, who donated an office 

suite on the Silver Cross 

Hospital campus for the Center 

when it was newly established 

by State’s Attorney 

Glasgow back in 1995. 

“Ruth brings to the table 

her tremendous experience 

and a great passion for protecting 

vulnerable children,” 

State’s Attorney Glasgow 

said. “Silver Cross Hospital 

has been there from the start 

for the Children’s Advocacy 

Center, and Ruth’s service on 

the board is a continuation of 

that valued relationship. I am 

honored that she is putting 

her skills to work for this vital 

agency.” 

The Will County Children’s 

Advocacy Center also 

is a proud partner of United 

Way of Will County. For 

information about the Will 

County Children’s Advocacy 

Center, call (815) 774-4565 

or visit www.willcountycac. 

org. 

Ruth Colby, president and CEO of Silver Cross Hospital, 

was recently appointed to the Will County Children’s 

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‘Every 21 Seconds’ to make public debut 

T.J. Kremer III 

Contributing Editor 

On Friday, April 13, “Every 

21 Seconds,” the film 

based on Mokena native 

Brian Sweeney’s struggle 

with traumatic brain injury, 

will debut at Emagine Theatre 

in Frankfort. 

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on his struggles with a traumatic brain injury, poses with Shannon Brown, who plays 

Sweeney in the movie with the same title. The film opens for to the public Friday, April 13, 

at Emagine in Frankfort. 22nd Century Media file photo 

“Every 21 Seconds” follows 

Sweeney’s life after 

he was viciously attacked 

outside of a bar in Wisconsin 

in 1992. The attack left 

Sweeney with a traumatic 

brain injury. Since then, 

Sweeney has been on a mission 

to share his story in 

the hopes that it will raise 

awareness and spur action 

for the approximately 2 million 

people per year who are 

diagnosed with and suffer 

from a TBI. 

“I spent the first five 

years trying to convince 

people that there was nothing 

wrong with me, and 

every day since trying to 

get people to understand 

what the challenges are for 

folks who go through this, 

what some of the deficits 

might be,” Sweeney said 

in an interview with The 

Messenger back in January. 

“But, also, what you 

can do, not what you can’t 

do. I always say focus on 

the capabilities, not the 

disabilities. 

“I wanted to be the voice 

that gave these people a 

voice.” 

The movie is based on 

Sweeney’s book of the same 

name. 

The film was recently 

nominated for several 

awards — including Best 

Picture, Best Actor in a 

Leading Role and Best Ensemble 

— by Festigious, a 

monthly online film festival.

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The Chelsea 

playgrounds 

Darren Hill 

Chelsea Intermediate School 

third-grader 

At Chelsea Intermediate School 

there are two playgrounds. They 

are called the north playground 

and the south playground. The 

south playground is bigger than 

the north playground. The south 

playground has a very big track. 

Sometimes we go on the playgrounds 

for P.E. or physical education. 

If you unfortunately do not 

have a friend to play with there is 

a bench called the buddy bench. If 

you sit at the buddy bench it shows 

that you don’t have a friend to play 

with. Usually someone will see 

you and come play with you. 

The north playground has a 

very big blacktop. It is very fun 

to play on the swings. There is a 

small field that you can play football 

on. Also, on the south playground, 

there is a sand pit at the 

track. It is most commonly used 

as a long jump. 

In the middle of the track, there 

is a basketball court with newly 

installed benches. Also, there are 

small exercise bicycles that overlook 

the track. They are a great 

way to get some exercise. Some 

people bring small notepads to 

draw on during their recess time. 

Usually, a large group of people 

play football. Different classes go 

to different playgrounds. There 

are usually six classes in a recess. 

When we line up, we are expected 

to do so quietly. Then we go into 

the building to eat lunch or go 

back to class. Chelsea recess is 

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Four Lincoln-Way students named National Merit Scholar Finalists 

Submitted by Lincoln-Way 

Community High School District 

210 

Lincoln-Way East student Lucas 

Nienhouse was one of four 

Lincoln-Way students to be named 

a National Merit Scholar finalist. 

Photos submitted 

In mid-January, Lincoln-Way 

Community High School District 

210 recognized 35 total students in 

a special ceremony for outstanding 

academic performance based 

on the National Merit Scholarship 

Corporation (NMSC) requirements. 

Of the 35 students, 

31 earned Commended status and 

four earned Semifinalist status. 

After celebrating their Semifinalist 

status in January, students Alexandria 

Krupske (Lincoln-Way 

West), Taylor Lenburg (Lincoln- 

Way Central), Lucas Nienhouse 

(Lincoln-Way East) and Karnap 

Patel (Lincoln-Way East), each 

submitted an application for Finalist 

status. Despite the competitiveness 

of the NMSC program, all 

four advanced as Finalists. 

“This is the equivalent to be 

named an academic All American,” 

said Assistant Superintendent 

of Curriculum Tim 

Reilly. “These students should 

be incredibly proud of their 

achievement.” 

According to the NMSC website, 

of the 1.6 million entrants, 

approximately 50,000 test takers 

with the highest PSAT/NMSQT 

Selection Index scores qualify for 

recognition in the National Merit 

Scholarship Program. More than 

two-thirds of the 50,000 high scorers 

on the PSAT/NMSQT receive 

Letters of Commendation in recognition 

of their outstanding academic 

promise. One-third of the 

50,000 high scorers are notified 

that they have qualified as Semifinalists. 

From there, after submitting 

additional qualifications 

and an essay response to a writing 

prompt, approximately 15,000 Finalists 

are chosen. 

“It’s always exciting because of 

all the scholarships that can come 

along with it, so it opened up opportunities 

for colleges that I may 

not have looked at if I didn’t win 

this,” Alexandria Krupske said of 

earning Finalist status. 

In her essay application for 

NMSC, Krupske wrote about her 

job as a math tutor and how she 

unexpectedly enjoyed it. Her involvement 

in various clubs and 

activities has kept her busy at Lincoln-Way 

West. Krupske is a part 

of National Honor Society, Math 

Honors Society, Scholastic Bowl, 

Mathletes and Bowling. She is also 

president of Key Club. She applied 

to 20 total colleges, writing a different 

essay for each application. 

“I’m deciding between Northeastern 

University, University of 

Southern California and UCLA,” 

she says. “I want to study finance, 

and some schools will offer the opportunity 

to merge entrepreneurship 

with finance, so that would be 

my preference.” 

When senior Taylor Lenburg 

of Lincoln-Way Central was first 

called down to the office to notify 

her of her Finalist status, she says 

she slightly panicked. 

“I’ve never been called down 

to the office before,” Lenburg 

said. “So I was actually scared; I 

thought I was in trouble ... Then it 

kind of occurred to me that maybe 

it was about the National Merit 

recognition.” 

When Principal Steve Provis 

presented her with her certificate 

of achievement, Lenburg’s fears 

disappeared. While at Lincoln- 

Way Central, she has kept busy by 

Karnap Patel, a senior at Lincoln- 

Way East, was also selected as a 

National Merit Scholar finalist. 

participating in Mathletes, Guitar 

Studio Ensemble, Tri-M Honor 

Society, National Honor Society 

and AFJROTC. 

While she’s excited for college, 

she’s still trying to decide which 

one she’d like to attend. 

“I’m choosing between Illinois 

Wesleyan and Knox College; I’m 

thinking I want to go pre-law,” she 

said. “If not, I’ll major in psychology 

and decide when I get there, 

but either way, I think graduate 

school is in my future.” 

Finalist Lucas Nienhouse of 

Lincoln-Way East was excited to 

reach Finalist status. For the essay 

portion of the NMSC application, 

he was asked to write about someone 

who has been inspirational 

in his life. Nienhouse chose his 

grandmother. 

“She’s got a plethora of medical 

conditions, and she still always 

acts not for herself, but for everyone 

else,” he said. 

When he heard letters were 

mailed notifying students of their 

status, he “bolted out” to his mailbox 

and opened the letter with his 

Finalist status. 

“I was like ‘Nice!’” he said. 

“I’m a twin, so having two kids 

going to college is a big monetary 

deal for my parents.” 

Nienhouse says, however, that 

his academic performance and Finalist 

status will help him secure 

scholarships. 

“By designating schools I’d like 

to attend on the National Merit 

website, I can get scholarship benefits 

for my Finalist status,” he 

said. 

Although some students will 

attempt to “lighten the load” of 

their classes and activities during 

their senior year, Nienhouse has 

kept himself incredibly busy and 

dedicated. He is part of Computer 

Club and Mathletes, and is also the 

current president of Gamers Club. 

Nienhouse is a member of National 

Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, 

Pi Sigma Pi, and Science National 

Honor Society. His favorite class 

is Calculus BC, where he earned 

over 100 percent last semester and 

aims to do the same during his final 

semester of high school. 

Karnap Patel, who also earned a 

perfect score on his ACT, earned 

National Merit Finalist status as 

well. During his time at Lincoln- 

Way East, Patel has been a part of 

the National Honor Society, Mu 

Alpha Theta, Science National 

Honors Society, Mathletes, Computer 

Club, Gamers Club, and was 

also the co-captain of the Ultimate 

Frisbee team. This year, he joined 

track and field to give shot put and 

discus a try. 

Patel wants to study aerospace 

engineering and is still waiting to 

hear back from a few of the six 

colleges to which he’s applied. 

“A lot of colleges have meritbased 

scholarships, so I’m sure it 

helps me there,” he said. “One of 

the colleges that I’m really interested 

in right now is University of 

Michigan; I know their aerospace 

engineering program is really 

good ... U of I is also another one 

I’m looking at; I was really impressed 

by their clubs that related 

to aerospace.” 

Patel says he was able to look 

at “some higher tiered colleges” 

due to his National Merit Finalist 

status, as well as his perfect ACT 

score. He looks forward to receiving 

responses over the next few 

weeks before making his final decision. 

“I have good options,” he said.

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Sink’s shots 

Butch 

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friendly, outgoing cat who 

enjoys spending time with 

people and typically comes 

up to them and meows until 

they give him attention. He spends his days looking for 

people to hang out with, and he is comfortable with 

the 18-month-child in his foster home. He would likely 

do best in a home with other cats who wouldn’t be 

disappointed if he doesn’t want to interact with them. 

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Frankfort dance troupes participate in competitions 

Submitted by Frankfort 

Park District 

The 2018 Frankfort On 

the Pointe and 2 the Pointe 

dance troupes competed 

this year at two dance 

competitions: the Legacy 

Dance Championship 

held at Oswego East High 

School in Oswego, Ill. on 

March 10 and the Bravo 

Dance Competition held at 

Governors State University 

in University Park, Ill. on 

March 17. 

The 2 the Pointe Group 

earned fifth and sixth 

place overall at the Legacy 

Dance Championship. At 

the Bravo Dance Competition, 

the group won a Judges 

Award for a ballet dance 

called “May the Force Be 

with You.” There are only 

three of these awards given 

out at the competition. 

The On the Pointe Dance 

Troupe won first, second, 

and third places at Legacy 

Dance Championships 

with dances called “Backwards,” 

“Wild Hearts,” and 

“Light of Seven.” They 

also won first, second, third 

and fourth places at Bravo 

Dance Competition with all 

of these dances, as well as 

one dance they have performed 

in the past called 

“Ex’s and Oh’s.” 

The Frankfort Park 

District would like to express 

their congratulations 

to all the girls on these 

accomplishments and are 

happy that all of their 

hard work has paid off. 

The district would like 

to give a big thank you 

to instructor and coach 

Jen Ward for all of her 

hard work and dedication. 

Residents interested in the 

dance competition groups 

can take summer classes to 

help prepare for the 2018- 

2019 season. 

Benevolent babies give to children fighting cancer 

Submitted by Pediatric 

Oncology Treasure Chest 

Foundation 

The family and friends of 

Max are giving to children 

and teens fighting cancer. 

The family of 1-year-old 

Max Gnade of Frankfort decided 

to ask friends to bring 

toys and gift card donations 

to their family party. When 

the party was over, Max accumulated 

toys and $175 to 

donate to The Pediatric Oncology 

Treasure Chest Foundation. 

“My brother was a recipient 

of the Treasure Chest and 

the Treasure Chest Foundation 

is near and dear to my 

family,” Mom Tina Gnade 

said. “My brother has been 

in remission for 12 years 

now.” 

POTCF Founder and CEO 

Colleen Kisel said, “We feel 

so blessed to have the support 

of the Gnade family and 

all of their friends. Today the 

Gnade family has given back 

to the Treasure Chest Foundation, 

and for that we are 

extremely grateful.” 

The POTCF is a unique 

organization whose services 

impact more than 13,000 

young cancer patients enduring 

20,000 clinic visits each 

month in 19 states across the 

nation. Nowhere else in the 

nation does such a program 

exist. Colleen Kisel founded 

the organization in 1996 

after her then seven-yearold 

son Martin had been 

diagnosed with leukemia in 

1993. Ms. Kisel discovered 

that giving her son a toy after 

each procedure provided 

a calming distraction from 

his pain, noting that when 

children are diagnosed with 

cancer their world soon becomes 

filled with doctors, 

nurses, chemotherapy drugs, 

surgeries and seemingly 

endless painful procedures. 

Martin celebrated his 25th 

anniversary of remission 

Both the 2018 Frankfort On the Pointe and 2 the Pointe 

dance troupes placed highly at the Legacy Dance 

Championship held at Oswego East High School in 

Oswego on March 10. 

(left to right) Three-year-old Bennett, 1-year-old Max and 

4-year-old Lily Gnade display the donated toys at the 

Treasure Chest Foundation’s Orland Park warehouse. Their 

donation of toys will help comfort young cancer patients 

nationwide. Photo submitted 

from the disease in March. 

For further information 

about the Treasure Chest 

Foundation, please contact 

Colleen Kisel at 708-687- 

8697 or visit the Foundation’s 

web site at www.treasurechest.org. 

Dancers compete at the Bravo Dance Competition held at 

Governors State University in University Park on March 17. 

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FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE 

Trustees open discussion 

about reverting mayoral role 

to part-time status 

The days of a full-time 

mayor in Orland Park may be 

on borrowed time. 

During the Finance Committee 

meeting April 2, three 

Village Board members forwarded 

on an item — without 

a recommendation — to 

the full Village Board for discussion 

and possible action 

that could revert the full-time 

Village president position 

back to a part-time position 

after the 2021 election. 

The three members of 

the committee are trustees 

Michael Carroll, Dan Calandriello 

and Patricia Gira, 

who asked for the item to be 

placed on the April 2 committee 

meeting agenda. 

During the meeting, Gira 

said there has been a lot of 

discussion — and confusion 

— regarding the role of the 

full-time position. 

“It is very difficult without 

clearly outlined parameters 

for the full-time position versus 

the part-time mayor’s position,” 

Gira said. “We’re not 

clear on it, and I don’t think 

anyone has a good understanding 

of it.” 

Carroll, the committee 

chairman, said he checked 

with the Village clerk’s office 

to confirm that Mayor Keith 

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Pekau was sworn in May 15, 

2017. To give it a full year to 

see “the effectiveness of our 

ordinance,” Carroll suggested 

sending it to the board level 

for discussion on May 21. 

Calandriello agreed with 

Carroll about having the conversation 

May 21. 

The committee members 

voted 3-0 to send the item on 

to the Village Board without 

a recommendation for discussion 

and possible action 

May 21. 

Reporting by Jon DePaolis, 

Freelance Reporter. For more, 

visit OPPrairie.com. 

FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND 

Lockport native to compose 

piece for Chicago Symphony 

Orchestra 

For a final project in his 

summer course at Northwestern, 

Jim Stephenson 

was instructed to write a bad 

piece of music. The course, 

Adventures in Bad Music, 

had a backward approach 

to helping students discover 

what they do and do not like. 

The 24-year-old at the time 

had never taken a composition 

course before this one 

and, surprisingly, wrote a 

“bad” piece that ended up being 

enjoyed by his classmates. 

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“I was like, well, if I try 

to write a bad piece and 

someone likes it, let’s see 

what happens when I try to 

write good music,” he said. 

“I started composing at the 

age of 24, and that grew and 

grew and grew.” 

His talent and love for 

music composition led him 

to receive an invitation in 

November 2015 to write a 

piece for the Chicago Symphony 

Orchestra that will 

be premiered during one of 

their concert weekends in 

June 2019. 

“It’s just one of those 

beautiful things that you 

never expect,” Stephenson 

said. “I mean, this is literally 

the orchestra I grew up listening 

to. My dream as a kid 

was to someday play in the 

Chicago Symphony. That’s 

not happening, because I 

don’t play trumpet anymore, 

but this about as close or 

maybe even better.” 

Reporting by Jacquelyn Schlabach, 

Assistant Editor. For 

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FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION 

Tinley Park gas station 

annexation request faces 

opposition 

It was just after midnight 

April 6 when the Tinley 

Park’s Plan Commission 

voted to continue rather than 

adjourn a public hearing that 

had already lasted in excess 

of four hours. 

A quorum of Commissioners 

came to a consensus that 

the advisory group needed 

more time to deliberate before 

offering a recommendation to 

the Board of Trustees on an 

annexation request that has 

drawn vocal opposition from 

nearby residents, who cite 

concerns over traffic, safety 

and property values from 

Lenny’s Food N Fuel, located 

at 19420 S. Harlem Ave. 

Owner Leonard McEnery 

petitioned the Village to annex 

a 4.87-acre parcel of 

property that operates as a 

diesel and regular fuel station, 

Dunkin’ Donuts drivethru, 

car wash, and propane 

fueling station. The parcel 

is located in unincorporated 

Will County, and receives 

water and sewer services 

from Frankfort. 

The agreement is contingent 

upon the Village the 

rezoning the property from 

C-2 to B-3 and creating a 

new liquor license to allow 

for the sale of packaged liquor, 

as well as 24-hour 

video gaming in compliance 

with the Illinois Gaming 

Commission’s definition of a 

“truck stop.” The businesses 

in operation also would need 

two special use permits to 

operate within Tinley Park. 

Officials said the annexation 

could bring in $408,000 

of revenue annually from 

sales, property, and video 

gaming taxes. The public 

hearing is scheduled to continue 

Thursday, April 19, at 

the next Plan Commission 

meeting. 

Reporting by Cody Mroczka, 

Editor. For more, visit Tin 

leyJunction.com. 

FROM THE HOMER HORIZON 

Healthy Kids Running Series 

returns to Homer for second 

year 

The Esquivels from Lockport 

all have one thing in 

common — running. 

Robert participates in 

half-marathons and marathons, 

and his wife, Rebecca, 

joins him on Saturdays 

for their running club. In the 

last year, their 5-year-old 

daughter, Graysen, began to 

follow in their footsteps and 

lace up her own sneakers to 

participate in the Healthy 

Kids Running Series in 

Homer Glen. 

The series, which features 

five races over five weeks, 

began Sunday, April 8, and 

will continue for the next 

four Sundays at Stonebridge 

Park. 

“My husband was running 

marathons and half-marathons, 

and [Graysen] loved 

to go watch,” Rebecca said. 

“She always runs with him 

to get his medal, so she’ll 

run the last 75 feet or so, 

whatever she can. So when 

[the Healthy Kids Running 

Series] came up, it was like, 

‘This is yours; you can do 

this for yourself,’ and she 

loved it.” 

Greysen participated in the 

series’ inaugural year in Homer 

Glen in 2017, winning her 

division in the 50-yard dash. 

Children in pre-kindergarten 

run the 50-yard dash, while 

kindergartners and first-graders 

run a quarter of a mile. 

Second- and-third-grade students 

run a half mile, with the 

fourth- and fifth-graders running 

a full mile. 

The series is held twice a 

year in the spring and fall. 

In 2017, there were 130 

children that participated 

between both. Currently, 

approximately 70 children 

signed up for this year’s 

spring series. 

Parents can register their 

children online at www. 

healthykidsrunningseries. 

org/race_locations/homerglen-il-2. 

The cost is $35 for 

the series, or $10 per race. 

Reporting by Jacquelyn Schlabach, 

Assistant Editor. For 

more, visit HomerHorizon.com. 

FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT 

Police: Phone charger may 

have caused house fire that 

killed man, dog 

A 69-year-old New Lenox 

resident died Friday, April 

6, following a house fire on 

April 3 that took place in the 

2200 block of Sanford Avenue 

in New Lenox. 

Larry Crabb Sr. reportedly 

was removed from 

the burning house by his 

son, Larry Crabb Jr., and 

a utility line worker, who 

was working nearby. The 

family’s dog died during 

the fire, according to New 

Lenox Deputy Chief Louis 

Alessandrini. The elder 

Crabb’s wife was not home 

at the time of the incident, 

Alessandrini added. Crabb 

Sr. reportedly was taken 

to Silver Cross Hospital 

and was later transferred 

to Loyola Medical Center’s 

Burn Center in Maywood. 

Alessandrini said Crabb 

Jr. was out to take the family’s 

other dog to the vet and 

came back at around 9:30 

a.m. to find that the house 

was on fire. He solicited help 

from the aforementioned 

utility line worker to help 

save his dad. The tri-level 

home sustained “extreme” 

damage before it was extinguished 

by the New Lenox 

Fire Protection District and 

several other fire departments, 

including Mokena, 

Frankfort, Orland Park, 

Homer Glen and Lockport, 

according to a press release 

from the New Lenox Fire 

Protection District. 

Alessandrini said the 

cause of the fire is still under 

investigation, but he 

was told by detectives at 

the scene that an off-brand 

phone charger may have 

been the source of an electrical 

fire. 

Reporting by James Sanchez, 

Editor. For more, visit New 

LenoxPatriot.com.

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I can’t sing, but they sure can 

Amanda Stoll 


The Lincoln-Way 

schools are not just 

competitive athletically 

and educationally — 

you would not be hardpressed 

to find a winner 

in the theater and music 

departments, as well. 

All three schools excel 

with their band and choir 

programs, and all that young 

talent spills over into the 

spring musical theater productions. 

Last week, I attended part 

of a rehearsal at Lincoln- 

Way West, where the 

students are putting on a 

production of “Fiddler on 

the Roof,” and I was very 

much impressed by the skill 

of everyone on stage. 

With any large cast, there 

is a lot that goes into keeping 

everything organized 

much less actually making 

it look good, and West has 

certainly done both those 

things. 

Many established actors 

police 

From Page 7 

with a felony charge of manufacture/delivery 

of cannabis 

and a misdemeanor charge of 

possession of cannabis. 

March 28 

• A unsecured vehicle was 

reportedly entered in the 300 

and actresses have played 

those same parts in Broadway-scale 

productions of 

the classic show, but I think 

the West students can surely 

hold their own onstage 

despite their age. 

I spent a lot of time at 

the theater in high school 

helping out with costumes, 

playing in the pit, directing 

the spotlight and dancing 

on stage, and it was both 

exhausting and exhilarating. 

The students involved 

spend hours and hours practicing 

after school, sometimes 

in addition to other 

extra curricular activities. 

They do all this while still 

finishing their homework, 

doing class projects and 

maintaining their grades. 

It is a lot to ask of high 

school students, but the 

Lincoln-Way students rise 

to the challenge each year 

because they love what they 

do. 

I know. I was in their 

shoes many times, and it 

was not always fun — but it 

was always worth it. 

While most athletic teams 

or scholastic extracurricular 

activities have a season's 

worth of meets and games 

to attend, the theater group 

only performs one weekend 

during the semester. 

This is a chance for you 

to support those students in 

something they are passionate 

about, so don’t miss out. 

block of Wisconsin Road. No 

items were reported missing. 

• A vehicle was reported stolen 

from a residential driveway 

in the 500 block of Lincoln 

Lane. 


reported missing from an unsecured 


in the 400 block of Illinois 

Road. 

Upcoming Shows 

Lincoln-Way West 

“Fiddler on the Roof” 

7 p.m. Friday, April 13 

7 p.m. Saturday, 14 

3 p.m. Sunday, 15 

Cost: $10 

Tickets: www.lwwmusic. 

org 

Lincoln-Way East 

“The Hunchback of Notre 

Dame” 

7 p.m. Friday, April 27 

1 p.m. and 7 p.m. 

Going downtown Chicago 

or traveling to New York 

City to see a professional 

production can be time 

consuming and expensive, 

and why do that when it is 

spring musical season in the 

Lincoln-Way area? 

With three very different 

shows being performed 

at the three schools this 

year, there is something for 

everyone. Maybe even consider 

attending all three! 

Each show will only set 

you back $10, but, after 

what I saw at rehearsal, I 

think that is a steal. 

This year, none of the performance 

weekends conflict 

between the three schools, 

which makes it easier to attend 

them all. 

West’s performances of 

“Fiddler on the Roof” are 

taking place this weekend, 

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. 

Saturday, April 28 

3 p.m. Sunday, April 29 

Cost: $10 

Tickets: www.lwemusic. 

org 

Lincoln-Way Central 

“Shrek the Musical” 

7 p.m. Thursday, May 3 

7 p.m. Friday, May 4 

7 p.m. Saturday, May 5 

Cost: $10 

Tickets: www.lwcmusic. 

org 

while East’s production of 

“The Hunchback of Notre 

Dame” will happen April 

27, 28 and 29. Central’s 

rendition of “Shrek the Musical” 

will follow on May 3, 

4 and 5. 

So, get your tickets, find 

your seat, sit back and enjoy 

the show. 

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Workout notes 

Fun run and walk benefits Lincoln- 

Way East Music Boosters, Page 25 

Car-ving out a niche 

Chuy’s brings Tex-Mex to Orland Park with its 

own eccentric brand of style, Page 31 

Frankfort woman helps bring 

dental care to low-income 

communities, Page 23 

Dayna Mazurek, a dental hygienist at Advanced Family Dental 

in Frankfort,completed training from the American Dental 

Association to become a community dental health coordinator. 

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22 | April 12, 2018 | The frankfort station faith 


Faith Briefs 

Lighthouse Fellowship (8128 W. Lincoln 

Highway, Frankfort) 

Group Prayer Meeting 

7 p.m. Wednesdays. All 

are welcome. 

Revolution Youth Group 

7-9 p.m. Wednesdays. 

This youth ministry is for 

those in grades 7-12. Meet 

for worship, games, food and 

Bible study. Enter through 

the upper-west doors. For 

more information, call (815) 

469-0611. 

Men’s Prayer Group 

8-9 a.m. Saturdays. 

Bible Study 

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

These small groups meet at 

the church and are open to 

anyone who wants to attend, 

offering a place to ask questions 

and get answers without 

being put on the spot. 

Coed groups for students 

and adults of all ages are offered 

along with men’s and 

women’s groups. For more 

information, call (815) 469- 

0611. 

Peace Community Church (21300 S. 

LaGrange Road, Frankfort) 

Worship Services 

9:30 a.m. Sundays. The 

church offers a staffed nursery 

during the service, Sunday 

School programs and 

biblically based teaching. 

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. Sundays. Nursery 

available. For more information, 

visit www.icchurch.us. 

Adult Sunday School 

9 a.m. Sundays. 

Teen Impact Study 


Highpoint! 

10:30 a.m. Sundays. This 

children’s church teaches 

character-buildling virtues 

in a fun and interactive way. 

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 family 

hearthfrankfort@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 more information, 

call (815) 469-2220. 

Hickory Creek Community Church (10660 

W. Lincoln Highway, Frankfort) 

Worship Services 

5 p.m. Saturdays and 9 

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


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 mar 

lenaspurbeck@gmail.com or 

visit www.amazinglove.org/ 

mornings-with-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 

information, call (815) 469- 

3750. 

Tuesday Morning Rosary and 

Scripture Group 

9:30 a.m. Tuesdays at the 

Padua Center. To join, call 

the Parish Office at (815) 

469-3750. 

St. Anthony Seniors 

Wednesday afternoons 

monthly. Seniors gather for 

meetings, bingo and more. 

For more information, contact 

Pat Backus at (708) 720- 

9321. 

Sew ‘n’ Sews 

10 a.m. Tuesdays in 

Memenas Hall. Attendees 

make handmade crafts for 

the church. For more information, 

call (815) 469-3750. 

Holy Spirit Prayer Group 

7 p.m. Tuesdays at the 

Padua Center. Meetings are 

open to anyone who would 

like to join to grow spiritually 

through praise, prayer, 

scripture and music. For 


469-3750. 

St. Anthony Religious 

Education 

Faith formation Classes 

are Wednesdays or Sundays 

weekly beginning first 

through eighth grade. Please 

call (815) 469-3750 for more 

information. 

To have your church’s 

events included in Faith 

Briefs, email them to Assistant 

Editor Amanda Stoll at 


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

Deadline is noon Thursdays 

one week prior to publication.

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Creating a community with 

healthy teeth, access to care 

Amanda Stoll, Assistant Editor 

The dentist’s office isn’t 

most people’s favorite place 

to find themselves, but for 

those who cannot afford 

a visit, it is even harder 

to get themselves in that 

chair. 

Dayna Mazurek, a dental 

hygienist at Advanced 

Family Dental in Frankfort, 

is not only helping patients 

find their way to an office 

but finding her way to them 

as well. 

After completing an 

American Dental Association 

training to become a 

community dental health 

coordinator, Mazurek has 

increased her involvement 

in the community and on 

social media. 

“I bring all my experiences 

out in the public and 

to here where I can educate 

the patients more one-toone,” 

said Mazurek, who 

said she is able to better 

talk to patients and educate 

them about their oral health 

both in the office and at 

public events such as health 

fairs. 

Mazurek said it can be 

difficult for those who are 

uninsured or underinsured 

to find the resources they 

need, but she is hoping to 

change that by distributing 

information on those programs 

more widely. 

“I grew up in a singlefamily 

household,” Mazurek 

said. “As I was a teenager 

and younger adult I was 

on Medicaid, so I have that 

experience to help those 

less fortunate because I was 

in their shoes, too.” 

Advanced Family Dental 

in Frankfort accepts both 

private insurance and public 

aid and has HMO and cash 

patients as well. Mazurek 

said the office treats all its 

patients the same regardless 

of their insurance status, unlike 

some dental practices 

where she has worked in the 

past. 

In addition to educating 

the public about their 

options financially and 

spreading the word about 

free or discounted dental 

care programs, Mazurek 

said she spends a lot of her 

time educating people about 

their own health and how it 

relates to their mouth. 

“A lot of patients are really 

unfamiliar with dental 

terminology, dental care 

and health,” she said. “They 

don’t realize the link between 

their oral health and 

their systemic health.” 

She said many times 

people with certain medical 

conditions, including diabetes, 

are unaware the effect 

their dental health can have 

on other factors such as 

blood pressure, blood sugar, 

and wound healing. 

Many prescription medications 

can also cause side 

effects, such as dry mouth, 

that Mazurek said can have 

a detrimental effect on overall 

oral health. 

“By having them in here 

and educating them it really 

helps them be more 

familiar with their body,” 

she said. 

Through her own personal 

social media and networking 

with other dental 

professionals, Mazurek said 

she has been effectively 

reaching more and more 

people than she ever could 

otherwise. Add that to the 

patients she sees both in the 

office and out of the office, 

and she is positively impacting 

more people than 

she could ever know. 

Tickets on sale for LWE production 


East music 

Tickets are on sale now 

for Lincoln-way East's production 

of Disney's Hunchback 

of Notre Dame. 

All shows will be held in 

the LWE Fine Arts Auditorium, 

201 Colorado in Frankfort. 

Shows are scheduled 

for April 27 and 28 at 7 p.m., 

April 28 at 1 p.m. and April 

29 at 3 p.m. 

Tickets are available at 

lwemusic.org. 

Based on the Victor Hugo 

novel and songs from the 

Disney animated feature, 

The Hunchback of Notre 

Dame showcases the film’s 

Academy Award-nominated 

score, as well as new songs 

by Menken and Schwartz. 

Peter Parnell’s new book 

embraces story theatre and 

features verbatim passages 

from Hugo’s gothic novel. 

The set is an amazing 

recreation of Notre Dame, 

complete with stained glass 

and life-size "bells of Notre 

Dame." 

Tickets are only $10 with 

a $1 online service fee. For 

tickets and more information 

please visit lwemusic.org. 

Lincoln-Way science students 

participate in hands-on learning 


Community High School 

District 210 

Phone: 630-381-1100 

 

Throughout the past two 

decades, Lincoln-Way District 

210 has supported a 

motivating and experiential 

Anatomy & Physiology 

Medical (A&P Medical) 

class. This class has worked 

closely with the Lincoln-Way 

community by fostering relationships 

with nearby hospitals, 

including Presence St. 

Joseph, St. James, and Silver 

Cross. 

“It is unbelievable how 

our community embraces our 

students,” said Lincoln-Way 

Central Science Department 

Chair Sarah Highfill. “The 

local hospitals open their 

doors to the future nurses, 

doctors, medical administrators, 

physical therapists and 

physician assistants to an experience 

which helps cement 

their interest and dreams.” 

The program began with 

Lincoln-Way Central students 

visiting Presence St. 

Joseph in the mid-1990s. 

Since then, partnerships have 

formed between other area 

hospitals as well. Lincoln- 

Way East students attend St. 

James Hospital in Olympia 

Fields and Silver Cross Hospital, 

and Lincoln-Way West 

students attend Presence St. 

Joseph as well. The program 

accepts senior A&P Medical 

students through an application 

and interview process. 

“Each week at the hospital, 

we shadow different departments 

to understand the different 

day to day tasks that 

take place and what the reality 

of each job is,” says senior 

Katherine Kedzior. “…I 

am able to experience actual 

patient to employee interactions 

and gain a better understanding 

of what type of field 

I would like to go into.” 

The experiential learning 

aspects of the course draw 

the interest of many. The 

class meets for two periods 

per day, giving students time 

to examine and study each 

topic in-depth. During the 

first semester, students complete 

the coursework; during 

the second semester, students 

travel to the hospital during 

class to complete the observations. 

At all Lincoln-Way campuses, 

the A&P Medical 

teachers invite medical professionals 

to serve as guest 

speakers in their classrooms. 

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In memoriam 

George Richard Mistro 

George Richard Mistro, 

88, of Frankfort, died 

March 28, 2018. George is 

survived by his loving wife 

of 62 years Pauline (nee 

Durrette); daughter Dawn 

(Rich) Hasty; sons George 

A. Mistro and Scot (Nancy) 

Mistro; sisters Janet (Raymond) 

Norkus and Elaine 

(Jim) Corkery; brothers Leroy 

(the late Connie) and 

Raymond (Janice) Mistro, 

four grandchildren, five 

great-grandchildren and numerous 

nieces and nephews. 

He was preceded in death by 

his brothers Victor Jr., Wally 

& Harry. Visitation was held 

April 3 at Gerardi Funeral 

Home. Services were held 

April 4 at the funeral home. 

Interment took place at 

Abraham Lincoln National 

Cemetery in Elwood. 

Naomi L. Weitendorf 

Naomi L. Weitendorf (nee 

Lindhout), 94, of Frankfort, 

died March 29, 2018, 

at Carle Foundation Hospital 

in Champaign. Naomi is 

survived by her loving family: 

children David Weitendorf 

and Adrienne (Brian) 

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United Church of Christ in 

Frankfort. Family received 

friends at Kurtz Memorial 

Chapel on April 2. A funeral 

service was held April 3 at 

the funeral home. Interment 

took place in Pleasant Hill 

Cemetery in Frankfort. 

Karen J. Javorski 

Karen J. Javorski (nee 

Janicki), 52, of Frankfort, 

died April 1, 2018, at Macneal 

Hospital in Berwyn. 

Karen is survived by her 

loving family: husband Scott 

Javorski; sons Scott Javorsk, 

Ryan Javorski and Frank Javorski; 

parents David Janicki 

and Beverly Janicki; siblings 

Kathy (Jim) Dawson, 

Kim (Darryl) Nybert amd 

Kelly (Javier) Mendez and 

several nieces and nephews. 

Karen was a member of St. 

Anthony’s Catholic Church 

in Frankfort and a teacher’s 

aide at Lincoln-Way High 

School in New Lenox. Family 

received friends at Kurtz 

Memorial Chapel on April 5. 

A funeral service was held 

April 6 at St. Anthony’s 

Catholic Church in Frankfort. 

Interment was private. 

In lieu of flowers, donations 

to the American Breast Cancer 

Foundation would be appreciated. 

Robert E. Dodaro 

Robert E. 

Dodaro, 92, a 

longtime Frankfort resident 

and formerly of Chicago’s 

Roseland and Kensington 

neighborhoods/St. Anthony 

Parish. Retired after over 

30 years of service as a 

salesman for the Prudential 

Life Insurance Company. 

Graduate of Fenger High 

School – class of 1943. U.S. 

Navy Veteran/WWII. Husband 

for 69 years of Lorraine 

nee Galloy. Father of 

Robert (Maureen), Thomas 

(Karen Jo), William (Karen 

Lee) Dodaro, Susan (Dale) 

Beauchamp, Timothy (Kimberly), 

James (Jean Maynard) 

and Phillip (Lynn) 

Dodaro. Grandfather of 22 

and great-grandfather of 37. 

Brother of the late Armand 

and Mario (late Dorothy) 

Dodaro. Beloved uncle 

and dear friend of many. 

Family received friends at 

Kurtz Memorial Chapel on 

April 8, and a funeral was 

held April 9, with prayers 

at the funeral home and a 

service at St. Mary Catholic 

Church in Mokena. A mass 

of Christian burial was held 

and interment took place at 

Abraham Lincoln National 

Cemetery in Elwood. 

Patricia Ann Beard 

Patricia Ann Beard, 76, 

of Frankfort and formerly 

of Mountain Home, Ark., 

died April 4, 2018. Patricia 

is survived by her loving 

family, husband of 57 

years Jim Beard; daughter 

Debra (Kurt) Berg; grandchildren 

Breanna (Nicholas) 

Eno, Kaylin Berg and 

Erika Berg; sister-in-law 

Barbara (Calvin) Howlett. 

Patricia was preceded in 

death by her parents Joseph 

Hess and Helen Wright, 

her adopted father Edward 

Woods and brother Jack 

Woods. Patricia invited 

Christ in her life as a Savior 

and Lord at age 14. Her 

passion in life was sharing 

Christ with children. She 

began as a children’s teacher 

in the church in 1956. 

She was a member of Twin 

Lakes Baptist Church and 

C3 Church in Mountain 

Home, Ark., and was attending 

Parkview Christian 

Church, New Lenox. A memorial 

service was held at 

Kurtz Memorial Chapel on 

April 9, followed by a memorial 

service in the funeral 

home chapel. In lieu of 

flowers, donations to World 

Vision, PO BOX 70271 

Tacoma, WA 98481-0271, 

would be appreciated. 

Have someone’s life you’d 

like to honor? Email nuria@ 

frankfortstation.com with information 

about a loved one who 

was a part of the Frankfort 

community.



Miles for Music does a spirit and community good 

Laurie Fanelli, 


A recent UK study revealed 

that live music can 

actually increase feelings of 

well-being, which, in turn, 

can lengthen life expectancy. 

Add a bit of cardio to that 

equation and living a long, 

healthy life has never been 

easier. 

On Sunday, April 8, more 

than 150 community concertlovers 

gathered at Breidert 

Green and Old Plank Road 

Trail to participate in Miles 

for Music, a benefit 5K/10K 

for the music department 

at Lincoln-Way East High 

School. The LWE Music 

Boosters – a parent and community 

group – sponsored the 

event in a continuing effort to 

support student musicians as 

they pursue their artistic ambitions. 

“We're very vested in the 

music education of our students,” 

said LWE Music 

Boosters secretary and Miles 

for Music fundraising chair 

Trudy Sturino. “Our booster 

organization has structured 

the jazz program, which is 

here today showcasing their 

talents. We also make contributions 

to other music groups 

including the orchestra and 

choral groups. We support all 

the extracurricular music activities 

as well.” 

Along with the new addition 

of the 10K option, this 

year's event also featured live 

music on the course from the 

Lincoln-Way East drum line 

at the turnaround and tenor 

saxophone player Aiden 

Dehn positioned near the 

start and finish. Members of 

the jazz band also provided 

pre-race entertainment and 

choral singers performed the 

“The Star-Spangled Banner” 

before the start. 

Music Department Chair 

Bert Johnson was on hand 

for the event as he signed up 

for the 5K with his wife Erika 

and daughters Ellery, 7, and 

Britton, 4. 

“Lincoln-Way East's music 

program is pretty all encompassing 

with choral, instrumental, 

band, orchestra, jazz, 

vocal jazz, marching band, 

pep band and winterguard – 

it's huge,” he said. “We probably 

have close to 500 kids in 

the program and a lot of them 

participate in more than one 

group. Their families are all 

really passionate about music 

too so that's great.” 

While Dr. Johnson was 

focused on the music, Ellery 

and Britton were more interested 

in the miles. 

“I did some stretches earlier 

and I did 10 push-ups and 

10 sit-ups,” said Ellery Johnson 

of her pre-race preparations. 

Britton didn't seem worried 

about any sisterly competition, 

proudly declaring, 

“I'm more faster.” 

Joliet residents Linda and 

Cassandra Salkas also made 

the event a family affair as the 

mother-daughter duo signed 

up for the 10K as a training 

run for an upcoming 15K. 

“Even if we're running slow, 

we like to run the whole track 

with no walking breaks,” said 

Linda Salkas. 

“I haven't ever ran a 10K 

race yet so I wanted to try. I 

just want to finish it, I'm not 

really worried about my time,” 

added Cassandra Salkas. 

Tinley Park resident Nolan 

Enright didn't have to worry 

about his time either as he 

finished first in the 5K race 

along with female first place 

finisher – Lincoln-Way East 

teacher – Caroline Gerritsen. 

Frankfort residents Daryl 

Sweeney and Pam Erickson 

were the first place finishers 

in the inaugural 10K. 

Following the success of 

the Miles for Music fundraiser 

– and the recent Fish 

Fry series – the Lincoln-Way 

East Music Boosters will be 

gearing up for the annual 

Jazz Showcase fundraiser on 

Friday May 4 and Saturday, 

May 5. 

More information is available 

at www.lwemusicboosters.org. 

5K participants start the over-three mile run on Sunday, April 8, at the Old Plank Road Trail during the Miles for Music 

event, which benefits Lincoln-Way East High School's music department. Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media 

10K winner Daryl Sweeney, of Frankfort, reaches the halfway point of the race.



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Fresh Raised Gardens to participate in Kids Expo 

Submitted by Fresh Raised 

Gardens 

Fresh Raised Gardens is 

a family-owned business 

by Jason and Rachel Feil of 

Frankfort Township. They 

specialize in creating raised 

bed vegetable gardens for 

families, schools and community 

centers. 

“I have been gardening 

with my family my entire 

life, while Jason has been a 

successful builder/business 

owner for over 20 years,” 

Rachel Feil said. “We started 

out with the intention of creating 

a simple way to grow 

safe fresh food for our own 

family and friends, but we 

soon discovered many more 

reasons to help others plant 

a garden too. Our goal is to 

help people take control of 

the foods they eat by harvesting 

their own fresh produce 

in an easy to maintain 

raised bed system.” 

The business helps families 

take control of what 

they eat. By growing their 

own food, they can eliminate 

chemicals, pesticides 

and waxes and even produce 

such as organic citrus fruits, 

out-of-season organic cucumbers 

and organic apples 

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fresh food from their own 

healthy soil gives them more 

control over its quality, reducing 

concern for those 

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Fresh Raised Gardens encourages 

kids of all ages to 

eat produce. The business 

thanks gardening for the 

wide range of foods children 

love to eat. The Feils note it 

wasn’t until their children 

began school that other parents 

noticed their kids ate 

differently. A mother would 

call their after her child ate 

Fresh Raised Gardens, a Frankfort Township family-owned business, specialize in creating raised bed vegetable gardens for families, schools and 

community centers and will be at the Kids Expo at the Roma Sports Club in Frankfort on April 14 and 15. Photo submitted 

dinner at their house, asking 

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Additionally, Fresh 

Raised Gardens encourages 

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Lincoln-Way students and advisor 

attend leadership conference 


Community High School 

District 210 

From March 9-11, 2018, 

the Illinois-Eastern Iowa 

District of Key Club International 

(referred to as the 

I-I District) held its annual 

Leadership Conference and 

District Convention at the 

Crown Plaza in Springfield, 

Ill. Each year at the event, 

elections are held for various 

positions on the executive 

board as new divisional lieutenant 

governors are sworn 

in. 

Three outstanding Lincoln-Way 

students and one 

excellent Lincoln-Way leader 

were highlighted during the 

conference. 

Amanda Pohrte, a graduating 

senior from Lincoln-Way 

East, turned over her leadership 

responsibilities to a 

fellow District 210 student. 

Pohrte served as lieutenant 

governor of the I-I District 

for the 2017-2018 school 

year and successfully assisted 

Key Club members within 

Division 23, which covers 

12 high schools including 

Bloom, Bloom Trail, Joliet 

Catholic, Joliet Central, Joliet 

West, Lincoln-Way Central, 

Lincoln-Way East, Lincoln- 

Way West, Rich Central, 

Rich East, Rich South and 

Watseka. 

“She has made more club 

contacts and was able to 

make more club visits than 

any I’ve seen in ten years as 

advisor,” Lincoln-Way East 

Key Club advisor Matthew 

Jordan said. As a 12-school 

division, the I-I District is 

one of the largest in the state. 

Abigail Caskey, a Lincoln- 

Way West sophomore, was 

also highlighted during the 

conference as she was sworn 

in as lieutenant governor; 

Caskey’s appointment marks 

the first time in Lincoln-Way 

West history that a Warrior 

Amanda Pohrte (left) a 

graduating senior from 

Lincoln-Way East, turned 

over her leadership 

responsibilities to Lincoln- 

Way West student Abigail 

Caskey (right) at the Illinois- 

Eastern Iowa District of Key 

Club International annual 

Leadership Conference 

and District Convention in 

March. photo submitted 

has assumed the lieutenant 

governor’s post. 

“I am ecstatic to start my 

term,” Caskey said. “I plan 

to unite all of the Key Club 

schools in my division. I am 

elated to see how this year 

shapes me as a person going 

forward.” 

Her Lincoln-Way West 

Key Club advisor, Brian K. 

Willis Jr., said, “We are proud 

to have our first ever lieutenant 

governor elected from 

Lincoln-Way West. Abigail’s 

perseverance was the ‘key’ to 

her success, and we know she 

will do a great job in her new 

position.” 

David Vargas, a Lincoln- 

Way East sophomore, was 

also elected to be the new 

treasurer of the I-I District. 

This marks the first time in 

30 years a District 210 student 

will be part of the executive 

board. Over the weekend, 

Vargas held ten caucuses 

ahead of voting in order to 

introduce himself and answer 

questions from other Key 

Club members across the 

state. 

Vargas says, “Words can’t 

describe how excited I am to 

be the Illinois Eastern Iowa 

district treasurer for Key 

Club. It’s totally surreal to 

me. My job as I-I treasurer 

is to look over the financials 

for the district and make sure 

that everything is in order. I 

know it’s a huge responsibility, 

however, I know with 

my energetic personality, my 

bubbly attitude and my ability 

to work well with others, 

I am able to accept the challenge 

and get the job done!” 

It wasn’t only District 210 

students who received appointment 

and recognition at 

the event; during the conference, 

Lincoln-Way East Key 

Club advisor Matthew Jordan 

was surprised to learn that 

he had been chosen as the 

Illinois-Eastern Iowa Faculty 

Advisor of the Year. 

“The kids surprised me by 

submitting a nomination and 

writing letters,” he said. “One 

of the most rewarding parts 

was actually getting to see 

the letters they wrote.” 

Unbeknown to Jordan, 

Pohrte began spearheading 

the nomination packet in November. 

“Mr. Jordan has been a 

wonderful support for me 

and many students throughout 

my time at Lincoln Way,” 

Pohrte said. “Our Key Club 

would not be anywhere near 

as strong as it is without him. 

I wanted to show him just 

how much he means to our 

club, and other students were 

excited to write letters to 

help with the application and 

show just how amazing of an 

advisor Mr. Jordan is.” 

Jordan was announced as 

the recipient of the Advisor of 

the Year award during Saturday 

night’s Governor’s Banquet 

and awards ceremony.

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The Dish 

Chuy’s Tex-Mex offers a different kind of fusion 

Amanda Stoll, Assistant Editor 

True or False? Traditional 

Mexican tacos are served 

topped with cheese? 

If you guessed true, you 

would be wrong according to 

Jose Salazar, general manager 

at Chuy’s in Orland Park. 

Lucky for those cheeselovers 

out there, Chuy’s 

serves both traditional and 

Texan-inspired dishes, and 

some with a little bit of both. 

The chain started in Austin, 

Texas in 1982 and has nearly 

100 locations, mostly spread 

across the South, East Coast 

and Central Great Plains. 

Hallmarks of the chain 

include a nacho car, a selfserve 

nacho bar situated in 

the trunk of a Buick 1958, 

and the chihuahua bar, where 

visitors can bring a framed 

picture of their dogs to hang 

up and receive a free appetizer 

to boot. 

Salazar said last week there 

were almost 300 pups adorning 

the walls and bar area, but 

he is hoping to get that number 

up to at least 1,000. 

One room is reserved as 

the hubcap room, where the 

ceiling in the original location 

was painted purple, and 

— because of the owners’ 

displeasure with the color — 

consequently covered with a 

variety of hubcaps. 

Upon closer inspection, 

the iconic purple paint can be 

seen between the gleaming 

hubcaps at the Orland Park 

location. 

Many of the same things 

can be found at all Chuy’s 

locations — including the 

menu, nacho car, chihuahua 

bar, indoor palm tree decor 

and hubcap room — but the 

artwork adorning the walls, 

the design and layout are 

unique to each location. 

Most of the decor in the 

restaurant is brought in from 

Mexico, where Salazar said 

The Chicka-Chicka Boom-Boom chicken enchiladas ($12.29) at Chuy’s feature freshlyroasted, 

hand-pulled chicken and cheese inside homemade tortillas and topped with 

Boom-Boom sauce. Photos by Amanda Stoll/22nd Century Media 

the company tries to support 

local artists, including those 

who have been making the 

more than 1,000 hand-carved 

wooden fish on the ceiling in 

the bar area. 

Chuy’s opened March 27, 

and so far Salazar said the 

Chicka-Chicka Boom-Boom 

chicken enchiladas ($12.29) 

have been among the most 

popular menu items. He 

said what sets the dish apart 

are the fresh ingredients, inhouse 

roasted chicken and, 

of course, the Boom-Boom 

sauce. 

The Boom-Boom sauce, 

one of a variety of sauce options 

at Chuy’s, is made with 

cheese, roasted New Mexican 

green chiles, tomatillos, 

green onions, cilantro and 

lime juice, as well as some 

“secret spices.” 

The creamy jalapeño 

sauce, although originally 

served as only a salad dressing, 

has become a favorite, 

Salazar added. It is a ranchbased 

sauce with a jalapeno 

kick, and people put it on everything 

from tortilla chips to 

burritos and tacos. 

Chuy’s even sells the 

creamy jalapeño sauce in 

32-ounce take-home containers 

for those who cannot live 

without it. 

Their burritos ‘big as yo’ 

face,’ tacos, house specialties 

and enchiladas are served 

with freshly cooked Mexican 

or green chile rice, and 

house-made refried or charro 

beans. 

Their burritos are made 

with homemade tortillas 

stuffed with refried beans 

and cheese ($9.99), seasoned 

ground sirloin ($10.29), oven-roasted 

chicken ($11.29), 

or fajita chicken or beef 

($11.99). 

The Elvis Green Chile 

Fried Chicken ($12.29) is a 

popular Chuy’s original recipe, 

featuring a chicken breast 

breaded with Lay’s potato 

chips, deep fried and topped 

with green chile sauce and 

cheddar sauce. 

Chuy’s connection to The 

King includes a small shrine 

within the restaurant and an 

annual celebration in January, 

during which patrons 

who dress up as Elvis or Priscilla 

Presley eat for free. 

Happy Hour at Chuy’s is 

Chuy’s 

15610 S. LaGrange 

Road in Orland Park 

Hours 

• 11 a.m.-10 p.m. 

Sunday-Thursday 

• 11 a.m.-11 p.m. 

Friday-Saturday 

For more information … 

Web: chuys.com 

Phone: (708) 403-5334 

from 4-7 p.m. Monday-Friday, 

when visits to the fullyloaded 

nacho car are free of 

charge. 

Happy Hour also features 

drink specials including traditional 

or strawberry house 

ritas ($5.95) served frozen, 

on the rocks and made with 

fresh squeezed lime juice; the 

grande house ritas ($8.95), 

served in a pint glass with 

1800 Silver tequila and extra 

Grand Marnier; the house 

Texas martinis ($9.75), made 

with top-shelf premium tequila 

and a choice of Cointreau, 

Grand Marnier, or 

Patron Citronge, and served 

with jalapeño-stuffed olives; 

and domestic beers ($4). 

The purple ceiling in the hubcap room at Chuy’s is adorned 

with hubcaps from various cars of various eras, providing a 

uniquely shiny and interesting focal point. 

The blended strawberry margarita is made with freshsqueezed 

lime juice. 

Other specialty drinks on 

the menu at Chuy’s include 

the Chuy’s Brew, a frozen 

lime margarita topped with a 

7-ounce Corona, and seasonal 

sangrias made with fresh fruit. 

Salazar said Chuy’s regularly 

partners with local 

organizations such as The 

Bridge Teen Center in Orland 

Park and area schools 

for fundraisers. 

For more information on 

upcoming events and fundraisers, 

visit www.chuys. 

com/community.

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Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur 

Across 

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leader 

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pop-rock singer, first 

name 

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doubled 

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system 

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“___ Smile” 

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label 

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Gingrich 

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Down 

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8. Sir Toby of “Twelfth 

Night” 

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campus in Orland 

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464-8100) 

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Free to play. 

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Girl in the Park 

(11265 W. 159th St., 

Orland Park, IL; (708) 

226-0042) 

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9463) 

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7000) 

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Avenue, Psychic 

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Distinctive Home Builders Introduces New Craftsman Home Series 

At Prairie Trails in Manhattan and WestGate Manor in Peotone! 

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

Two refreshing designs mark 

the beginning of a new series 

of Craftsman-style homes 

available from Distinctive Home 

Builders at its latest new home 

communities: Prairie Trails; 

located in Manhattan within the 

highly-regarded Lincoln-Way 

School District and at WestGate 

Manor in Peotone within 

the desirable Peotone School 

District. 

“Craftsman homes were 

introduced in the early 1900s 

in California with designs 

based on a simpler, functional 

aesthetic using a higher level 

of craftsmanship and natural 

materials. These homes were a 

departure from homes that were 

mass produced from that era, 

“according to Bryan Nooner, 

president of Distinctive Home 

Builders. 

“The Craftsman design has 

made a comeback today for 

many of the same reasons it 

started over a century ago. Our 

customers want to live in a home 

that gets away from the “mass 

produced” look and live in a 

home that has more character. As 

a result of our daily interaction 

with our homeowners and their 

input, we are excited to introduce 

these two homes, with additional 

designs in the works.” 

Nooner, who meets with 

each homeowner prior to 

construction, has been working 

on these plans for a while and felt 

that the timing was ideal for the 

debut. “Customers were asking 

for something different and 

simple with less monotony and 

higher architectural standards.” 

The result was the Craftsman 

ranch and the Prairie twostory, 

now available at Prairie 

Trails and WestGate Manor. 

The Craftsman ranch features 

an open floor plan with Great 

Room, three bedrooms, two 

baths and a two-car (optional 

three-car) garage. The Prairie 

features a two-story foyer and 

Great Room, three bedrooms 

and one and one-half baths, a 

convenient Flex Room space 

on the main level and a two-car 

(optional three-car) garage. The 

Craftsman architectural elements 

on both homes include brick and 

stone exteriors with cedar shake 

accent siding, low-pitched gabled 

bracket roofs, front porches with 

tapered columns and stone piers, 

partially paned windows, and a 

standard panel front entry door. 

Distinctive Home Builders 

offers a Craftsman-style trim 

package offering trim without 

ornate profiles and routers. The 

trim features simplicity in design 

with rectangles, straight lines and 

layered look trims over doors for 

example. The front entry door 

will have the standard Craftsman 

panel style door. Distinctive has 

also created a Craftsman color 

palate to assist buyers in making 

coordinated choices for the 

interior of their new Craftsman 

home. Colors, cabinet styles and 

flooring choices blend seamlessly 

with the Craftsman trim package 

and are available in gray tones 

package and earth tones. 

Distinctive offers custom maple 

kitchen cabinets featuring solid 

wood construction (no particle 

board), have solid wood drawers 

with dove tail joints, which is 

very rare in the marketplace. 

“When you buy a new home 

from Distinctive, you truly are 

receiving custom made cabinets 

in every home we sell no matter 

what the price range,” noted 

Nooner. 


works to achieve a delivery goal 

of 90 days with zero punch list 

items for its homeowners. “Our 

three decades building homes 

provides an efficient construction 

system,” said Nooner. “Many of 

our skilled craftsmen have been 

working with our company 

for over 20 years. We also 

take pride on having excellent 

communicators throughout our 

organization. This translates into 

a positive buying and building 

experience for our homeowners 

and one of the highest referral 

rates in the industry.” 

Nooner added that all homes 

are highly energy efficient. Every 

home built will have upgraded 

wall and ceiling insulation 

values with energy efficient 

windows and high efficiency 

furnaces. Before homeowners 

move into their new home, 


conducts a blower door test that 

pressurizes the home to ensure 

that each home passes a set of 

very stringent Energy Efficiency 

guidelines. 

With the addition of these two 

new designs, there are now 15 

ranch, split-level and six twostory 

single-family home styles to 

choose from each offering from 

three to eight different exterior 

elevations at both communities. 

The three- to four-bedroom 

homes feature one and one-half 

to two-and-one-half baths, twoto 

three-car garages and a family 

room, all in approximately 1,600 

to over 3,000 square feet of living 

space. Basements are included in 

most models as well. Distinctive 

also encourages customization 

to make your new home truly 

personalized to suit your lifestyle. 

Oversize home sites; brick 

exteriors on all four sides of the 

first floor; custom maple cabinets; 

ceramic tile or hardwood 

floors in the kitchen, baths and 

foyer; genuine wood trim and 

doors and concrete driveways 

can all be yours at Prairie 

Trails and WestGate Manor. 

Most all home sites at Prairie 

Trails and WestGate Manor 

can accommodate a three-car 

garage; a very important amenity 

to the Manhattan homebuyer, 

said Nooner. 

“When we opened Prairie 

Trails and WestGate Manor we 

wanted to provide the best new 

home value for the dollar and 

we feel with offering Premium 

Standard Features that we do 

just that. So why wait? This is 

truly the best time to build your 

dream home!” 

Prairie Trails is also a beautiful 

place to live and raise a family 

featuring a 20-acre lake on site, 

as well as direct access to the 22- 

mile Wauponsee Glacial Prairie 

Path that borders the community 

and meanders through many 

neighboring communities and 

links to many other popular 

trails. The Manhattan Metra 

station is less than a mile away. 

Besides Prairie Trails, 


has built homes throughout 

Manhattan in the Butternut 

Ridge and Leighlinbridge 

developments, as well as in the 

Will and south Cook county 

areas over the past 30 years. 


chose the Will County village 

of Peotone for its newest 

community of 38 single-family 

homes at WestGate Manor 

within walking distance of the 

esteemed Peotone High School. 

Its convenient location between 

Interstate 57 and Illinois Route 

50 provide easy access to I-80 

and commuters enjoy several 

nearby train stations and a 

35-minute drive to Chicago. 

Visit the on-site sales 

information center for 

unadvertised specials and view 

the numerous styles of homes 

being offered and the available 

lots. Call Lynne Rinck at (708) 

737-9142 or (708) 479-7700 for 

more information or visit www. 

distinctivehomebuilders.com. 

The Prairie Trails and WestGate 

Manor new home information 

center is located three miles 

south of Laraway Rd. on Rt. 

52. The address is 24458 S. 

Rt. 52, Manhattan, IL. 60422. 

Open Daily 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 

p.m. Closed Wednesday and 

Thursday and always available 

by appointment. 

Specials, prices, specifications, 

standard features, model 

offerings, build times and lot 

availability are subject to change 

without notice. Please contact 

a Distinctive representative for 

current pricing and complete 

details. 

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2703 Legal 

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Serving The Southwest Suburbs since 1947 

15939 S. Bell Rd. Homer Glen 

(Behind the Bonfire Restaurant) 

SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE 

of 8272 Parkview Lane,, Frankfort, IL 

60423 (Single Family Residence). On 

the 26th 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: BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, 

LLC, Plaintiff V. WILLIAM L. JA- 

RECKI, MARY B.JARECKI, JPMOR- 

GAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL 

ASSOCIATION, I.S.P.C. and 

LAKEVIEW ESTATES HOMEOWN- 

ERS ASSOCIATION, Defendant. 

Case No. 13CH 3077 in the Circuit 

Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, 

Will County, Illinois. 

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

time of sale and the balance within 

twenty-four (24) hours. Nojudicial sale 

fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring 

the residential real estate pursuant 

to its credit bid at the sale or by any 

mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other 

lienor acquiring the residential real estate 

whose rights in and tothe residential 

real estate arose prior to the sale. All 

payments shall be made in cash or certified 

funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will 

County. 

In the event the property is acondomin- 

ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS 

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

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

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

that the purchaser of the unit, other than 

amortgagee, shall pay the assessments 

and legal fees required bysubdivisions 

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

required by subsection (g-1) 

of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium 

Property Act. 

Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J) 

if there is asurplus following application 

ofthe proceeds of sale, then the 

plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant 

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

to the proceeding advising them of 

the amount ofthe surplus and that the 

surplus will beheld until aparty obtains 

acourt order for its distribution or, in 

the absence of an order, until the surplus 

is forfeited to the State. 

For Information Please Contact: 

Heavner Beyers and Mihlar LLC 

111 E. Main Street, 

Decatur, Illinois 62523 

P: 217-422-1719 

F: 217-422-1754 

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. 

SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE 

of 547 Illinois Road, Frankfort, IL 

60423 (Single Family Home). Onthe 

19th 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: U.S. Bank National Association, 

not in its individual capacity but solely 

as trustee for the RMAC Trust, Series 

2016-CTT Plaintiff V. John Ellul; et. al. 

Defendant. 

Case No. 16CH 0996 in the Circuit 

Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, 

Will County, Illinois. 









whose rights in and tothe residential 




County. 



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

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








Property Act. 












For Information Please Contact: 

Codilis & Associates, P.C. 

15W030 N. Frontage Road Suite 100 

Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527 

P: 630-794-5300 

F: 630-794-9090 









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STATE OF ILLINOIS ) 

) SS. 

COUNTY OF WILL ) 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE 

TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

WILLIAM L. JARECKI, MARY B.JA- 

RECKI, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, 

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, I.S.P.C. 

and LAKEVIEW ESTATES HOME- 

OWNERS ASSOCIATION, 

Defendant. No. 13 CH 3077 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that pursuant 

toajudgment entered in the above 

cause on the 3rd day ofAugust, 2017, 

MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will 

County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the 

26th day of April, 2018 ,commencing 

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

County Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa 

Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, 

sell at public auction tothe highest and 

best bidder orbidders the following-described 

real estate: 

fka 09-35-202-008-0000 Lot 85 in 

Lakeview Estates Unit 1, being a Subdivision 

in the Northeast 1/4 ofSection 

35, Township 35 North, Range 12 East 

of the Third Principal Meridian, according 

tothe Plat thereof recorded July 20, 

2001 as Document Number 

R2001-93834, in Will County, Illinois. 

Commonly known as: 8272 

Parkview Lane,, Frankfort, IL 60423 

Description of Improvements: 

Single Family Residence 

P.I.N.: 19-09-35-202-008-0000 




fee shall be paid by the mortgagee ac- 

quiring the residential real estate pursuant 




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 








Property Act. 












FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CON- 

TACT: 

Heavner Beyers and Mihlar LLC 

111 E. Main Street, 

Decatur, Illinois 62523 

P: 217-422-1719 

F: 217-422-1754 

Plaintiff's Attorney 

MIKE KELLEY 

Sheriff of Will County 









STATE OF ILLINOIS ) 

) SS. 

COUNTY OF WILL ) 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE 

TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

U.S. Bank National Association, not in 

its individual capacity but solely as trustee 

for the RMAC Trust, Series 

2016-CTT 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

John Ellul; et. al. 

Defendant. No. 16 CH 0996 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that pursuant 

toajudgment entered in the above 

cause on the 17th day of January, 2018, 

MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will 

County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the 

19th day of April, 2018 ,commencing 

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

County Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa 

Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, 

sell at public auction tothe highest and 

best bidder orbidders the following-described 

real estate: 

LOT 7IN BLOCK 6IN ARTHUR T. 

MCINTOSH AND COMPANY'S LIN- 

COLN MEADOWS UNIT NO. 2, A 

SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE 

NORTH 1/2 OFSECTION 21, TOWN- 

SHIP 35NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST 

OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERID- 

IAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT 

THEREOF, RECORDED 1/11/60 AS 

DOCUMENT 895415 AND CERTIFI- 

CATE OF CORRECTION RE- 

CORDED 4/8/60 AS DOCUMENT 

901302, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLI- 

NOIS 

Commonly known as: 547 Illinois 

Road, Frankfort, IL 60423 

Description of Improvements: 

Single Family Home 

P.I.N.: 19-09-21-104-007-0000 

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 








Property Act. 












FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CON- 

TACT: 

Codilis & Associates, P.C. 

15W030 N. Frontage Road Suite 100 

Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527 

P: 630-794-5300 

F: 630-794-9090 

Plaintiff's Attorney 

MIKE KELLEY 

Sheriff of Will County 

LEGAL NOTICE 

We hereby give notice that apublic 

hearing will be held before the Village 

of Frankfort Plan Commission/Zoning 

Board of Appeals on 

April 26, 2018, at 6:30 p.m., in the 

Board Room of the Frankfort Village 

Hall, 432 W. Nebraska Street, 

Frankfort, Illinois 60423. 

AGS, Inc. has filed anapplication 

for rezoning from I1 to I2, variance 

of required landscape of front yard 

setback requirement from 25 feet 

to 20 feet, and variance to permit a 

loading area inthe front yard, to 

permit construction of a new 

49,500 sq. ft. building within the 

East Point Industrial Park. Other 

request: Final plat approval. 

PIN: 19-09-34-201-007-0000 

LOT 26 IN EAST POINT PARK, 

BEING A SUBDIVISION OF 

PART OFTHE NORTHEAST 1/4 

OF SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP 35 

NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST OF 

THE THIRD PRINCIPAL ME- 

RIDIAN, ACCORDING TOTHE 

PLAT THEREOF RECORDED 

SEPTEMBER 15, 200, AS DOCU- 

MENT NUMBER R2006-156045, 

IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 

LEGAL NOTICE 



of Frankfort Plan Commission/Zoning 






Thomas Creal has filed an application 

for special use for indoor recreation 

and entertainment topermit



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the operation of Cube Training 

Center, anindoor hockey training 

facility, located at 9216 Gulfstream 

Road, Unit A. The property islegally 

described as follows: 

PIN: 19-09-34-326-007-0000 

UNIT A IN GULFSTREAM 

CONDOMINIUM, AS DELINE- 

ATED ON APLAT OF SURVEY 

OF THE FOLLOWING DE- 

SCRIBED TRACT OF LAND: 

LOT 60 IN AIRPORT INDUS- 

TRIAL PARK UNIT NO. 2, BE- 

ING ASUBDIVISION OF PART 

OF THE NORTH 80 ACRES OF 

THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SEC- 

TION 34, TOWNSHIP 35 

NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST OF 


RIDIAN, ACCORDING TOTHE 


NOVEMBER 29, 1990 AS 

DOCUMENT R90-65424, 

WHICH PLAT OF SURVEY IS 

ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT “A” 

TO THE DECLARATION OF 

CONDOMINIUM RECORDED 

NOVEMBER 7, 2002 AS DOCU- 


AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO 

TIME; TOGETHER WITH ITS 

UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE IN- 

TEREST IN THE COMMON 

ELEMENTS, INWILL COUNTY, 

ILLINOIS. 

LEGAL NOTICE 


meeting will be held before the 

Village of Frankfort Plan Commission/Zoning 






Valletta Byrd has filed an application 

for special use for a massage 

establishment to operate Equanimity 

Massage and Wellness, located 

at 20950 S. Frankfort Square Road, 

Unit A-4. The property is legally 

described as follows: 

PINS: 19-09-24-101-025-0000 & 

19-09-24-101-026-0000 

LOTS 1 AND 4INFINAL PLAT 

OF SUBDIVISION FOR CAPPEL 

COMMONS, BEING A SUBDI- 

VISION OF PART OFTHE EAST 

HALF OF THE NORTHWEST 

QUARTER OF SECTION 24, 

TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 

12 EAST OF THE THIRD PRIN- 

CIPAL MERIDIAN, RECORDED 

OCTOBER 20, 2009 AS DOCU- 


IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 

LEGAL NOTICE 



ofFrankfort Plan Commission/Zoning 






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Gary Guild has filed an application 

for avariance ofside yard setback 

from 15 feet to 13 feet to permit 

the construction of an addition to 

the existing home located at 1014 

N. Butternut Circle. The property 

is legally described as follows: 

PIN: 19-09-20-204-028-0000 

LOT 101, IN BUTTERNUT 

CREEK WOODS UNIT 4,BEING 

A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF 

THE EAST HALF OFSECTION 

20, IN TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, 

AND IN RANGE 12, EAST OF 


RIDIAN, FRANKFORT TOWN- 

SHIP, ACCORDING TO THE 


SEPTEMBER 11, 1987 AS 

DOCUMENT NO. R87-50556 

AND CERTIFICATE OF COR- 

RECTION RECORDED MARCH 

15, 1998 AS DOCUMENT NO. 

R88-10124, IN WILL COUNTY, 

ILLINOIS. 

BID NOTICE 

Frankfort Township Road District 

is accepting sealed bids for anew 

2018 Spartan Leaf Pro Plus or 

equal. 

Specifications may be picked up 

starting Friday April 13, 2018 after 

10:00 AM at the Frankfort Township 

Road District office, 9434 W. 

LaPorte Road, Mokena, IL 60448, 

(708-479-9673). Bids will be received 

until 10:00 on Friday April 

27, 2018 at which time they be 

publicly opened and read. 

The Highway Commissioner reserves 

the right toreject any or all 

bids and accept the bid most advantageous 

to the Township. 

Bill Carlson 

Highway Commissioner 

Nella Piccolin 

Town Clerk 

2900 

Merchandise 

Under $100 

1990 Chicago Cubs All Star 

game souvenir ball. Cubs All 

Star logo on the ball (not a 

game ball). Great piece! $20. 

708.426.3698 

2high top wicker back chairs 

from Pier One $75. 43’H 19’W 

29 seat. Call Cindee 

708.212.1514 

2 terrariums/ aquariums 

36x12x16 and 36x18x17 plus 

cabinet stand all for $50. 

708.774.8999 

2018 pocket calendars $1 ea. 

T. wax spray protectant for vinyl 

cleaner $3. Caqr wash $3. 

Two auto micro 15x15” towels 

$3. 708.460.8308 

$52 

4 lines/ 

7 papers Help Wanted 

$50 

7 lines/ 

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$13 

per line 

4 lines/ 

7 papers 

$30 

4 lines/ 

7 papers 

2900 

Merchandise 

Under $100 

92” queen sleeper sofa, neutral 

colors, smoke/pet free home 

$100. Love seat extra. 

708.429.7107 

92” queen sleeper sofa, nuetral 

colors, smoke free/pet free 

home $100. Love seat extra. 

708.429.7107 

All trade air plus air tools. 

Grinder, air hammer, ratchet, 

wrench sockets &chisels. All 

for $75. Please call 

708.567.8999 

Bunny water bottles w/ holders 

16 oz $2, 32 oz $3. Large cat 

litter covered box w/ extras 

$15. Small guitar amp 6 in. 

speaker $35. 708.460.8308 

Calcium chloride ice melt 50 lb 

bag $32. New Ames bent handle 

shovel, $20. Misc excellent 

snow shovels, used, $10 ea. 

708.460.8308 

Car stuff: blue coral upholstery 

cleaner $5. Tire shine spray or 

wheel cleaner $3 ea. New bone 

shape sponge $1.50. 

708.460.8308 

Hutch with 3shelves, assembly 

required, black $20. Round 

coffee table $10. Papasan 

chair, round shape with blue 

cushion $50. Can text pictures 

in interested. Call Beth 

708.218.6334 

JC Penny’s lavendar drapes, 

two 6ft. x5ft. panels, two valances, 

58” wide. Two sparkle 

flower tie backs, originally 

$80, aksing $25. Call 

708.420.0740 

Ladies dresser $25. Mens 

dresser $25. Kitchen table $20. 

Night stand $20. 2ft. figure of 

clown $10. 708.448.3093 

Lemax Xmas Village retired 

pieces, all lighted. Flying 

Santa, many extras, original 

boxes $100. Leave message, 

will call back, 708.301.3587 

Metal work bench 4ft x 2ft. 

Pullout metal drawer attached 

4’x2’ pegboard with 100+ 

metal hooks for tools. Electric 

strip attached. Very good condition 

$50. Call Tom 

815.462.3884 

Mission style sofa, good condition, 

medium brown twill fabric 

83” long $100. 

815.469.4093 

Pachinko game machine, needs 

repair $45 OBO. 708.774.8999

frankfortstation.com sports 


Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

with Savanna Watson 

Savanna Watson is a senior 

on the Lincoln-Way East 

girls badminton team. 

How long have you 

been playing badminton, 

and how did you get 

started with the sport? 

I've been playing badminton 

since sophomore year, 

and I was deciding between 

and badminton, and my 

friend Veda — she was Athlete 

of the Week last week 

— she was like, "Oh, just 

try out for badminton." And 

I did. 

What are you most 

excited about this 

season? 

This season, I think I'm 

excited to go to sectionals 

and then eventually hopefully 

state. Because this year 

it's looking like we will. 

What athletic 

accomplishment are you 

the most proud of? 

I think the accomplishment 

I'm most proud of is 

winning conference last year 

with Veda for doubles. 

What are some of your 

biggest strengths as an 

athlete? 

I think resilience, because 

even though I might have a 

bad day one day I can usually 

bounce back and be able 

to improve the next. 

Outside of badminton, 

are you involved in 

any other sports or 

activities? 

At East I'm part of Fellowship 

of Christian Athletes 

and I played tennis for three 

years but I didn't this year. 

And I'm part of Pi Sigma Pi, 

Key Club and Spanish National 

Honor Society. 

How do you typically 

prepare for a big meet? 

Usually, to prepare for a 

big meet, sometimes Veda 

and I will talk before. I 

drink a lot of water too, 

because it helps me stay 

hydrated and focused. And 

just relaxing, too. Usually, 

I take it easy the night before. 

What are some things 

that this year's team 

really excels at? 

I think our bonding and 

just our overall connection, 

because we really just enjoy 

spending time with each other 

on and off the court. So, 

we're really strong in that 

aspect? 

Photo submitted 

What do you most enjoy 

about playing for the 

Griffins? 

The whole program, meeting 

younger kids and older 

kids and people from other 

schools too. It's fun to be 

able to talk to players from 

other schools, and also connecting 

with them too. 

Who is your role model? 

I think my parents are my 

biggest role models. But 

also, coach Evenhouse is a 

role model and some of my 

teachers, like Mr. McCleish 

and Ms. Zaplatosch too. 

If you won a million 

dollars, what would you 

do with it and why? 

I'd probably put it all on 

the bank, because I probably 

wouldn't spend it; I have to 

pay for college. I feel like a 

lot of people would probably 

have a more fancy answer, 

but I'd put it in the bank. 

Interview by Editor Nuria 

Mathog

48 | April 12, 2018 | The frankfort station sports 


This Week In... 

Griffins Varsity 

Athletics 

Girls badminton 

■April ■ 12 – at Bolingbrook, 

4:30 p.m. 

■April ■ 14 – at T.F. South 

Varsity Red Invite 

■April ■ 16 – hosts Joliet West, 

4:30 p.m. 

■April ■ 17 – at Lockport, 

4:30 p.m. 

Boys tennis 

■April ■ 12 – hosts 

Thornwood, 4:30 p.m. 

■April ■ 14 – at Geneva Boys 

Tennis Invite, 9 a.m. 

■April ■ 16 – at Metea Valley, 

4:30 p.m. 

■April ■ 17 – hosts Sandburg, 

4:30 p.m. 


Homewood-Flossmoor, 

4:30 p.m. 

Girls soccer 

■April ■ 12 – at PepsiCo 

Showdown, TBA 

■April ■ 14 – at PepsiCo 

Showdown, TBA 

■April ■ 17 – hosts H-F vs 

LWW, LWC vs LWE C4C Soccer 

Games, 4:30 p.m. 

Girls water polo 

■April ■ 12 – at Lockport, 5 p.m. 

■April ■ 13 – at Prospect 

Palatine Invite, 5:20 p.m. 

■April ■ 14 – at Palatine Invite 

vs. Conant, 8:50 a.m. 

■A[ril ■ 14 – at Palatine Invite 

vs. St. Charles North, 

11:20 a.m. 


Homewood-Flossmoor, 5 p.m. 

Boys water polo 

■April ■ 12 – hosts Lockport, 

5 p.m. 

■April ■ 17 – at Homewood- 

Flossmoor, 5 p.m. 

Boys volleyball 

■April ■ 12 – hosts Joliet 

Catholic Academy, 5:30 p.m. 

■April ■ 17 – at Hinsdale 

Central, 5:30 p.m. 

■April ■ 19 – hosts Stagg, 

5:30 p.m. 

Girls track and field 

■April ■ 13 – at Raider Invite, 

4:30 p.m. 

■April ■ 18 – hosts SWSC 

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Homewood-Flossmoor, 

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LWE 3, Joliet West 1 

Allison Jaquith was 2 for 4 

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The rest of the week in high school sports 

Girls badminton 

LWE 13, Shepard 2 

Megan Blaney and Haley 

Elmer had a great game at 

No. 4 doubles, with all doubles 

teams winning on April 

2. Singles went 8-2 with 

strong wins from Elizabeth 

Tremblay at No. 7 and Paige 

Carlson at No. 10. 

LWE 15, Stagg 

Mackenzie Dockweiler 

and Madison Phillips had 

a big win at No. 3 doubles, 

along with No. 1 singles 

for Madeleine Tremblay, 

No. 8 singles for Megan 

Blaney, No.9 singles for 

Haley Elmer and No. 10 for 

Paige Carlson at the April 3 

event. 

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her best is :15.64; the 800, 

where she’s run 2:25.09 outdoors 

and 2:25.95 indoors; 

and the 400, where her PR of 

1:02.80 came indoors. She’s 

also posted indoor hurdles 

bests of :09.40 at 55 meters 

and :10.26 at 60. 

DeJulius earned a varsity 

basketball letter at Lincoln- 

Way East as well. 

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BASEBALL 

Lockport Sectional loaded with area teams 

JEFF VORVA 


Providence Catholic’s 

unprecedented baseball 

title reign ended last year 

when Sandburg knocked the 

Celtics off at the Class 4A 

Homewood-Flossmoor Sectional. 

The Celtics had a postseason 

23-game winning streak 

snapped. They had won three 

consecutive state titles, which 

had never been done before 

in the history of the Illinois 

High School Association. 

If the Celtics want to win 

BASKETBALL 

CJB sixth graders win three tournaments 

STAFF REPORT 

The Cardinal Joseph 

Bernardin sixth grade boys 

basketball team won three 

tournaments this season en 

route to a 32-7 campaign. 

The Cardinals capped the 

season off by winning the 

South Suburban League 

championship. They also 

won the Ridge Park and 

Queen of Martyrs tournaments 

earlier in the season. 

another state title in 2018, 

they have a rough road, 

which includes many area 

teams standing in the way. 

The IHSA announced its assignments 

and the Celtics 

plus six other 22nd Century 

Media teams will duke it 

out in the 21-team Lockport 

Sectional. Lockport, Lincoln-Way 

East,Lincoln-Way 

Central, Lincoln-Way West, 

Sandburg and Andrew are 

also in the mix. Providence 

is the only area team that 

will lost a regional. 

Other teams in the sectional 

are Eisenhower, 

Marist, Bloom, Marian, 

Crete-Monee, Homewood- 

Flossmoor, Thornton, Joliet 

Central, Joliet West, 

Thornton Fractional South, 

Shepard, Stagg, Romeoville 

and Thornwood. 

In the April 2 edition of 

the Prep Baseball Report 

state rankings, six teams 

from the Lockport Sectional 

are in the top 25. Lincoln- 

Way East was ranked sixth, 

Andrew 13th, Lockport 

14th, Sandburg 17th, Providence 

22nd and Marist 25th. 

That means at least two of 

those teams will not win one 

of the four regional titles. 

In Class 3A, Tinley Park 

is in the 10-team sub-sectional 

of the Ottawa Sectional. 

The Titans are joined 

by Thornton Fractional 

North, Chicago Agricultural 

Science, Morgan Park, 

Hillcrest, Evergreen Park, 

Illiana Christian, Lemont, 

Bremen and Oak Forest. 

Seeds will be announced 

on May 8. The regionals 

begin May 21 and the state 

finals are June 8-9.-- 

Cardinal Joseph Bernardin’s sixth-grade basketball team finished 32-7 and won three tournaments this season. Photo 

submitted 

Members of the team are 

Orland Park’s Alec Hickey, 

Josh Montalvo and Jack 

Nolan,Tinley Park’s Matt 

Cotter, Homer Glen’s Logan 

Stafford, Frankfort’s 

Aiden Cech and Corey Hansen, 

Chicago Heights’ Issac 

Krabbe and Christo Krabbe, 

Monee’s Chris McGrath 

and Crete’s Zach Rhein 

The coaches are Joe 

Hickey, Mario Montalvo 

and Russ Cech. 

SOFTBALL 

Lincoln-Way East player Alex Storako rounds the bases 

during a game against Lincoln-Way Central on March 29. 

22nd century media file photo 

Local squads aiming 

for postseason success 

JEFF VORVA 


Lincoln-Way East’s softball 

team dominated regional 

and sectional action en 

route to a second-place finish 

in Illinois High School 

Association Class 4A state 

tournament in 2017. 

East outscored Thornton 

Fractional South, Minooka, 

Joliet West and Lockport 

by a combined score of 26- 

3. 

Will the Griffins be able to 

breeze in the early part of the 

postseason again? 

The other teams in the 19- 

team Joliet West Sectional 

will have something to say 

about that. 

The Griffins will join 

22nd Century Media-area 

teams Lockport, Lincoln- 

Way Central, Lincoln-Way 

West and Andrew in that 

sectional. 

Others in the tournament 

are Bolingbrook, Bloom, 

Crete-Monee, Homewood- 

Flossmoor, Thornton, Joliet 

Central, Joliet West, 

Thornton Fractional South, 

Minooka, Plainfield Central, 

Plainfield East, Plainfield 

South, Romeoville and 

Thornwood. 

Sandburg is heading to a 

19-team sectional that does 

not have a host yet. Other 

teams in that sectional are 

Morton, Eisenhower, Reavis, 

Curie, Kelly, Kennedy, 

Marist, Mother McAuley, 

Hinsdale South, Proviso 

West, Hinsdale Central, Lyons, 

Oak Lawn, Richards, 

Shepard, Stagg, Riverside- 

Brookfield and Argo. 

In Class 3A, Providence 

Catholic and Tinley Park are 

in a sub-sectional at the 20- 

team Ottawa Sectional. 

Other teams in the subsectional 

are Coal City, Hillcrest, 

Joliet Catholic Academy, 

LaSalle-Peru, Morris, 

Ottawa, Plano and Sandwich. 

Seeds will be announced 

on May 8. The regionals 

begin May 21 and the state 

finals are June 8-9.



Basketball 

Griffins basketball players stand out on the court 

RANDY WHALEN 


Sam Shafer remembers 

looking at the basketball 

record board when he first 

came to Lincoln-Way East 

as a freshman. 

"I was in gym class and 

the record board hangs in 

place in the gym," Shafer 

recollected of his first time 

seeing the list. "I thought 

some of those records were 

amazing and knew it took 

a lot of hard work to get 

them." 

Little did Shafer know 

then that by the time he finished 

high school, he would 

be listed among those leaders 

in most major categories. 

While Shafer was setting 

records and leading the boys 

hoops team to new heights, 

Carolyn Waleski was doing 

the same as a senior 

guard on the girls basketball 

side. 

Both programs set school 

records for wins in a season 

and advanced the furthest 

they have in the postseason. 

Behind those accomplishments 

were a bunch of talented 

players. But Shafer 

and Waleski. stick out as 

being special among the 

players. 

That wasn't by accident. 

"It took a lot of hard 

work," said Shafer, who is 

good friends with Waleski. 

"But I also looked at the 

board to see the team titles 

for boys basketball. It only 

listed on conference championship 

[in the SICA West 

in 2002-03]. So, I wanted to 

put a year up there and win 

something in my career." 

He did as the Griffins (23- 

6) won a regional championship 

for the first time in 

school history with a 61-48 

victory over Romeoville on 

March 2 in the title game of 

the Class 4A Lincoln-Way 

Central Regional. After setting 

a new school record 

the previous season with 

20 wins, East bettered that 

with 23 this season before 

losing to eventual sectional 

champion West Aurora in 

the semifinals of the Romeoville 

Sectional. 

What made this group so 

special? 

"The chemistry," Shafer 

said of his bond with 

his teammates, especially 

fellow senior guards Joey 

Buggemi and Zach Parduhn. 

"We all knew what 

each other were going to 

do on the court. Plus we all 

had fun together. We really 

enjoyed our trips to Teutopolis, 

and we all enjoyed 

coming to practice and being 

together." 

Along the way Shafer set 

many records. He now holds 

the Griffin season school records 

for most points (549), 

most rebounds (189), and 

most free throws (175), 

which included making 13 

in a game three times. He 

was All-SouthWest Suburban 

Conference for the second 

straight season. 

A three-year varsity player 

and starter that whole 

time, Shafer also owns 

many career marks from 

2015-18. Those are most 

points (1,296), most field 

goals (418), most 3-pointers 

(137), and most free throws 

(323). Along the way he 

made several All-Area and 

All-State teams, including 

the Illinois High School Association 

All-State Second 

Team, after being Special 

Mention as a junior. He 

played in the City-Suburban 

All-Star game in Chicago 

on April 6 and will play 

in the Illinois Basketball 

Coaches Association one in 

Pontiac in June. 

"Sam led the way for our 

Griffins basketball player Sam Shafer shoots the ball Dec. 

8 during the team's game against Homewood-Flossmoor. 

22nd Century Media file photo 

first regional championship 

and a record-setting 23-6 

mark for this past season," 

East boys basketball coach 

Rich Kolimas said. "He is 

a terrific shooter with great 

vision at 6-foot-6 inches. 

"He can also rebound and 

pass the ball. He is going to 

have a fine career at SIU." 

Shafer, who got involved 

in basketball thanks to his 

parents Jill and Ernie Shafer 

and his older brother Max 

Shafer, will continue his 

career at Southern Illinois 

University. Heavily recruited, 

he went with SIU because 

the university showed 

interest in him. 

"SIU first contacted me 

my junior year," he said. 

"They weren't the first 

school, but they showed the 

most interest. That always 

stuck with me. They were 

straight up and made me 

feel very welcome. They 

made me a first priority and 

wanted me to go there really 

bad. I loved the campus, 

team and everything." 

While Waleski doesn't 

hold as many records as 

Shafer, she still certainly 

left her mark at East. As a 

freshman and sophomore 

she attended Lincoln-Way 

North, before moving onto 

East after North closed in 

2016. 

"My junior year we had 

trouble getting together with 

the two different styles," 

Waleski said of the two different 

programs from East 

and North meshing. "But 

our energy grew from that 

and we, as players, wanted 

to make coach [Jim] Martin's 

last year a special one. 

Every day we had motivation 

to keep getting better." 

As a 3-year varsity player 

and starter, she finished 

with a career scoring mark 

of 1,074 points. Since the 

Phoenix records combined 

with East, Waleski is sixth 

on the all-time scoring list 

for the Griffins. 

She made several All- 

Area and All-State teams, 

including Illinois High 

School Association All- 

State - Third Team. She was 

named All-SWSC Conference 

in the Blue Division 

for the second straight season. 

This past season she 

averaged 12.5 points per 

game (391 points), 3.5 assists 

per game (83), 5.1 rebounds 

per game (168), and 

4 steals per game (132). 

In fact, the steals mark 

of 132 set a new school record 

for most in a season. 

Waleski also had 11 steals 

in a game, which was a new 

school record too. 

"It's always a goal to do 

the best I could," Waleski 

said of the records. "When 

I was close to the steals record 

[for a game], coach 

[assistant coach and former 

North head coach Jim] Nair 

told me I was two away 

from the record. I didn't set 

out to get that, it was more 

of a being in the moment 

goal. I also had the records 

for steals at North. I believe 

that was nine in a game and 

123 in a season." 

In this recently completed 

campaign, East (28-5) set 

a school record for most 

wins in a season. The Griffins 

also advanced to the 

sectional title game for the 

third time in their 17-year 

history. But they fell to host 

Mother McAuley in the title 

game. 

"Carolyn was the catalyst 

for this year’s team," East 

girls basketball coach Jim 

Martin said. "She led the 

way to a school-record 28 

wins and set school records 

with 11 steals in a game 

and 132 in a season. She is 

one of the best athletes we 

have had here at East. Her 

quickness and anticipation 

of where the ball is going 

makes her an extra-special 

player." 

Waleski, who has a 4.916 

GPA and scored a 1270 on 

her SAT test, will attend 

the University of Illinois 

at Urbana-Champaign as 

a preferred walk-on in the 

basketball program and major 

in engineering. 

"I had a lot of other programs 

offer me, but there 

was no program that could 

beat Illinois in engineering," 

Waleski said. "So going 

there is for for academics. 

But I certainly believe I 

can play with those girls. I 

knew I wanted to go there 

the first time I went to visit 

there. I had other opportunities, 

but my heart pushed 

me there." 

Her heart will also never 

forget her time at Lincoln- 

Way North and East. 

"Just all the relationships 

and friendships I've made," 

Waleski said of what she 

would remember from high 

school. "We got to play in 

front of some huge crowds 

in the sectional. I was super 

happy to be part of [setting 

the record for most wins in a 

season]. I'll miss everyone."



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A decade of writing sports stories for 22nd Century Media 

RANDY WHALEN 


It was Feb. 5, 2008. The 

new year had settled in and 

on this sixth Tuesday of it I 

was a bit more excited than 

usual to cover a boys basketball 

game in my hometown 

of Lockport. 

That's because in addition 

to a couple of other papers, 

I was covering it for a newer 

publication — The Homerian. 

Lockport Township defeated 

Bolingbrook 52-43 

that day and went onto place 

fourth in the state in Class 4A 

about six weeks later. 

Little did I know that day 

that I'd be continuing my 

journalism career a decade 

later, mostly writing for that 

same company that published 

The Homerian. That, 

of course, is 22nd Century 

Media, which includes one of 

the papers you're reading this 

column in now. 

A lot has changed in those 

10 years, including the name 

of The Homerian. Shortly 

after I started freelancing 

there it became The Homer 

Horizon. When I first started 

stringing for 22nd Century 

Media there were two Lincoln-Ways. 

That fall, there 

were three, the next year 

four, and sadly, now it's back 

to three again. 

In the decade that I've 

done this job I've covered 

everything from golf to the 

latest official sport, lacrosse. 

Working in the community 

newspaper environment has 

helped make me a better reporter, 

a better writer, and 

hopefully, a better person. 

In the time I've freelanced 

for 22nd Century Media, the 

company has grown into not 

only the North Shore suburbs 

but also Malibu, Calif. I've 

remained in my favorite coverage 

area, the area I'm from 

— the southwest suburbs. 

The schools that I've covered 

in the past 10 years have 

captured a combined 30 — 

that's right, 30 — state championships 

during that time 

period. t would have been 

32, but a pair of state titles by 

Lockport Township and Tinley 

Park in cheerleading took 

place on the weekend before 

I started covering events for 

the papers. But if there's one 

thing I have learned from 

covering the state cheer tournament 

the past few years, 

it's that cheer is most definitely 

a sport. 

But back to the 30 state 

titles ... Right here, in our 

little corner of the world, 

we are fortunate enough to 

have some of the best high 

school athletes and programs 

around. There are too many 

individuals who have won 

state titles for me to mention 

them all. But I'm going 

to touch on some highlights 

below from each school I've 

covered in that time period, 

starting with perhaps the 

most amazing accomplishment 

of them all. 

Providence baseball captured 

three straight large 

school state titles. Between 

2014-2016, the Celtic baseball 

team never lost in the 

Class 4A postseason tournament. 

How hard is it to win 

a single elimination baseball 

tournament for three straight 

seasons? It had never been 

done in the 75-year history of 

the tournament before Providence 

pulled it off. In fact, 

a repeat had only been done 

twice in any class. 

Many times in that stretch 

the Celtics were down to 

their final inning, final out 

and even final strike. Under 

the leadership of coach Mark 

Smith, they kept battling all 

the way through it, however, 

and that resolve paid off with 

a trio of first place trophies. 

Actually, the best Providence 

baseball team in the last decade 

was the 2011 team, 

which went 37-4. But it ran 

into another 37-4 team — 

Lyons Township, which just 

happened to be the better 

team that day in the state title 

game. 

The Celtics also captured 

state titles in cheerleading in 

2013 and football in the fall 

of 2014. Personally, two of 

my favorite Providence performances 

in this time were 

the 2012 softball team taking 

third in Class 3A, along 

with the recently completed 

wrestling season in which 

longtime coach Keith Healy 

departed with one more wizard-like 

lineup juggling performance 

as the Celtics also 

placed third in Class 3A. He 

went out with a final victory. 

While Lincoln-Way North 

never captured a team title in 

its too brief eight-year run as 

a school, there were certainly 

many highlights. Perhaps the 

main highlight was that when 

the school was open, athletes 

were given more opportunities 

to play and coaches had 

more opportunities to coach 

in a very talented area. 

The Phoenix football team 

went 0-9 in its first season, 

but the George Czart-coached 

team went 54-20 with six 

playoff berths in the next seven 

seasons. They started 11-0 

in their final season in the fall 

of 2015 before losing in the 

quarterfinals for the second 

time in three years. The boys 

volleyball team capped an 

amazing season with a second 

place finish in 2013. 

Although they weren't official, 

North had two state 

titles (2011, 2015) in the Phil 

Lawler Summer Classic, 

put on by the Illinois High 

School Baseball Coaches Association. 

I got to cover both, 

as the one in 2011 saw perhaps 

the greatest comeback I 

have ever witnessed. Down 

12-0 down in the regional 

title game, including 12-6 in 

the seventh, North rallied to 

defeat Joliet Catholic Academy 

13-12 in eight innings 

under the lights on a sweltering 

July night. 

North's baseball teams 

Randy Whalen. Photo 

submitted 

were excellent in the spring 

too, winning at least 22 games 

and a regional title for their 

final seven seasons between 

2010-2016. But the Phoenix 

had the unfortunate matchup 

of running into Providence in 

sectional title games in 2014 

and 2016. 

Now in its ninth year as a 

school, Lincoln-Way West 

also has yet to capture that 

team title. I, however, got to 

cover a pair of bowlers who 

won individual state championships: 

Morgan Flaherty 

— who is now an assistant 

girls bowling coach at West 

— in 2012 and Josh Glover 

in 2014. 

While the Warriors haven't 

won a team title, they certainly 

came close during the 

2015-2016 school year. The 

football team lost in the Class 

5A state title game that fall 

and the boys basketball team 

tumbled in the Class 3A state 

championship game the following 

March. 

Even though the boys basketball 

team lost the championship 

game, the fact that the 

Warriors got there was one of 

the best stories I've followed. 

It should give hope to how 

a program can turn around. 

The team went from 0-31 in 

its first season and a total record 

of 14-104 in its first four 

seasons to a state title appearance 

in its seventh season. 

The highlight of that season 

was defeating Morgan Park 

68-60 locally in the Joliet 

Central Supersectional. The 

Warriors weren't supposed to 

be within 20 points, let alone 

win that game. 

From the school's inception, 

the baseball, softball, 

and girls basketball teams 

have always been top-notch 

programs. I'm fortunate to 

deal with so many excellent 

coaches and administrators in 

my job. Two of the best are at 

West with Athletic Director 

Ted Robbins and Principal 

Monica Schmitt. With their 

leadership, there shouldn't 

be too long of a wait before 

a team tile comes to the West 

side of New Lenox. 

In my time as a local sports 

reporter I've encountered 

many, many good coaches. 

But perhaps the one I was 

most happy for when he won 

a state title was Dick Mandella. 

I first met coach Mandella 

when he was a fiery boys 

basketball coach in the mid 

80s at Providence. He later 

became the softball coach 

there and turned that program 

around. 

In 2001, Mandella took a 

job as softball coach at the 

one-and-only Lincoln-Way, 

which became Lincoln-Way 

Central when East opened 

in the fall of 2001. His teams 

from 2001-07 won at least 

26 games each season and 

went a total of 201-40. But 

the Knights never won a 

sectional, so they and coach 

Mandella were labeled as 

"couldn't win the big one." 

But everything that went 

wrong in the postseason those 

previous seasons went right 

in a glorious run in 2008. I 

got to cover the Knights' last 

five games that spring as it all 

came together and they found 

ways to win. From the home 

run hitting of right fielder 

Courtney Dunker in the sectional 

semifinal game. From 

center fielder Desi DeMarco 

hitting a late home run in the 

sectional final and throwing 

out a New Trier runner 

at home in extra innings in 

a scoreless state semifinal 

game. 

From shortstop Cassie 

Redman overcoming an earlier 

error and making a pair 

of good plays in the bottom 

of the seventh as the Knights 

overcame a bases loaded, no 

out situation to keep the supersectional 

game scoreless. 

To Rachel Larson lambasting 

a 2-run home run the next inning 

as Central defeated Moline 

2-0 to advance to state. 

To the clutch pitching of 

Jackie Dugan throughout the 

postseason, including a pair 

of shutouts and a final fantastic 

performance in a 4-1 win 

over Barrington in the the 

first ever Class 4A state title 

game. It was my first state 

title coverage for 22nd Century 

Media and is still one of 

my favorite memories. 

That was the only team 

title for Central in the past 

decade. The badminton team 

placed second in 2008 and 

2009, the girls water polo 

team came close with a runner-up 

state finish in 2013, 

and the Coley O'Connellcoached 

boys bowling team 

just placed third this season. 

I always enjoy going to the 

original Lincoln-Way high 

school and with many of its 

sports programs on the rise 

in the past couple of years, 

another state title should certainly 

happen soon. 

When I think Lincoln- 

Way East, I think athletic 

excellence. In the decade 

I've been working for 22nd 

Century Media, the Griffins 

have won 10 state titles in 

five different sports and have 

nine runner-up state finishes. 

I was on hand for only two 

titles, but two is more than a 

lot of other schools have ever 

won. The Griffins no longer 

compete in boys gymnas-



tics, but from 2005-12 they 

were among the best in the 

state with a pair of first place 

finishes and five seconds. I 

was there when Ajani Cargle 

helped lead them to the title 

on their home floor in 2011. 

While it was considered a coop 

team and an entire District 

210 title, it's still listed under 

East since that's where the 

team practiced and a majority 

of them were from. 

Bolstered by some amazing 

individual talent, the East 

girls track and field team won 

four straight Class 3A state 

titles between 2013-2016. 

Aaliyah Brown helped kick 

that off in 2013 by winning 

the 100- and 200-meter dash 

as well as being a member 

of the first place 4x100 and 

4x200 meter relay teams. 

The Griffin cheer squad took 

home a trio of titles between 

2014-2017. I was there for 

the 2017 state championship, 

and once again I will tell 

anyone that cheerleading is 

a sport. 

Since its inception in the 

fall of 2001, the Griffin football 

team has made the playoffs 

every year and been a 

powerhouse. This past fall 

they took home their second 

state championship trophy, 

capping off a thrilling Class 

8A ride with a 23-14 victory 

over Loyola Academy. East 

also took second in 2012. The 

boys volleyball team capped 

off an outstanding 41-1 season 

with a state title in 2014 

and placed second a year ago. 

The sports I've covered 

the most at East are both 

boys and girls basketball 

and softball. While neither 

program has brought home 

a state trophy, you won't find 

many better coaches than 

Rich Kolimas or Jim Martin. 

I really loved following both 

of those teams setting school 

records for wins this season. 

You also won't find many 

better softball programs than 

the Griffins, who brought 

home a trio of state trophies 

in the past four years, including 

second place finishes in 

2015 and 2017. They have 

a great opportunity to bring 

home another this spring. 

A sport I've loved to cover 

in the past decade is bowling. 

We've been fortunate to have 

some of the top programs 

around and for one glorious 

three-week period in 2012, 

Andrew was the state champion 

in both boys and girls 

bowling. The girls title was 

completely unexpected, but 

the Julie DeChene-coached 

Thunderbolts held off Minooka 

by 22 pins to capture 

the championship. The boys 

team, coached by Mark 

Lobes, took home another 

trophy with a second place 

finish two years later. 

The T-Bolt baseball and 

softball programs have always 

been winning ones and 

that's continued as I've been 

covering games for The Tinley 

Junction. But a program 

that didn't always win was the 

boys basketball team. That 

changed, however, in 2012 

when Andrew went 24-3 

and won just the second regional 

title in school history. 

It was an unforgettable moment 

to see then=coach Mike 

O'Halloran carried around after 

the T-Bolts edged Marian 

Catholic to win the regional 

title on their home court. 

Andrew had more hardcourt 

success this season too, winning 

19 games and a share of 

the SWSC Red title. 

Sometimes the best stories 

aren't from state title runs. 

They are seeing the improvement 

of a program and building 

it back to where it once 

was. The T-Bolt football 

team fell on some hard times, 

and still had them under new 

coach Adam Lewandowski, 

losing the first eight games 

of the 2016 season. But they 

won the final one of the season 

over District 230 rival 

Stagg. It was fun to see the 

smiles on the faces of the 

players after they managed 

a victory to avoid a winless 

season. 

It was more fun to see the 

smiles on their face in the fall 

of 2017 as they had six wins 

and made the playoffs. That 

was a fantastic turnaround 

from a single win to a playoff 

berth and I was very happy 

to be able to report and write 

about it. 

Anytime I go to Tinley 

Park High School, it's like a 

throwback. The school itself 

isn't that old, opening in 1961. 

But its setting makes it appear 

older. I enjoy the smaller 

gym there. It gets loud when 

the place is packed. I always 

love covering a football game 

there, with the woods set in 

the background. It always 

looks like something out of a 

movie. 

No matter the setting, I 

always feel very welcomed 

whenever I'm at Tinley. 

The Titan football team 

has been back on the map 

in recent years too with five 

playoff appearances, including 

a run to the quarterfinals 

in 2015. I've been around 

so long as a sports reporter 

in general that I covered the 

Tinley Park state champion 

football team in 1986. In 

a theme that is personally 

growing common for me, I 

saw Eric Schultz compete 

in football and win an individual 

state title in wrestling 

at 195 pounds in Class 2A in 

2016. I also covered his dad 

— who shares the same name 

— when he played football 

and won an individual state 

title in wrestling in Class AA 

at 167 in 1987. 

As I mentioned at the 

start, I just missed the Titan 

cheerleading state title. But 

the cheer team is one of the 

school's top programs, qualifying 

for the state finals in 

all 13 years of its existence. 

A few other teams I always 

enjoys covering at the school 

are coach Wendy Podbielniak's 

softball team — which 

had a great run to third place 

in Class 3A in 2013 — and 

coach Lee Rucinski's girls 

volleyball team, which won 

sectional titles in the fall of 

2014 and 2017. Coach Josh 

O'Shea has turned the Titan 

baseball program into a winner 

and I look forward to seeing 

what the team can continue 

to accomplish. 

Everyone is from somewhere. 

Personally, I'm from 

Lockport. So, when I first 

started working for 22nd 

Century Media 10 years ago, 

I was extremely happy that 

my hometown school was 

in the coverage area with 

the Homer Horizon. Some 

of the people, who lived in 

Lockport, wondered where 

my stories on the Porters 

were in those days. But they 

no longer had to do that 

when The Lockport Legend 

was launched in 2011. I was 

proud to write a little intro in 

the initial paper seven years 

ago. 

Since I just missed the 

cheerleading one, the Porters 

have captured four state 

titles in the past decade that 

I've worked with 22nd Century 

Media. They nearly took 

home two titles in bowling in 

2009. The boys team placed 

second while the girls team 

won it all. But the boys got 

their team title in 2013 as 

Shane Matejcek also won the 

individual top spot. Matejcek 

became the second Lockport 

bowler to win the individual 

championship. Kyle Anderson 

won it in back to back in 

2010-11. I was on hand for 

the most recent girls bowling 

title, the fourth in school 

history, in 2015. That was the 

the first of three straight state 

trophies for the Porters. 

The Lockport wrestling 

team also brought home 

three straight trophies. That 

tied the girls bowling team 

and the 1996-98 boys cross 

country team — which took 

third and then won two titles 

— for most consecutive seasons 

a Porter program has 

brought home a trophy. The 

Josh Oster-coached wrestling 

team capped that three-year 

stretch off in style with an 

undefeated state championship 

in 2017. 

Once again, two of my favorite 

memories of Lockport 

sports don't involve state title 

teams, but rather a couple 

of programs that finished 

fourth. The first was right 

after I started, taking place 

in March of 2008. There, the 

Porter boys basketball team 

won two of the most exciting 

games in team history, first 

beating Bloom Township in 

overtime on its home court 

to win the sectional title and 

then stunning O'Fallon 50- 

47 when Brian Bradley hit a 

3-pointer at the buzzer for the 

supersectional win at Illinois 

State University. The 2012 

Lockport boys water polo 

team had what is still the best 

celebration I ever saw after a 

victory. The Porters avenged 

a pair of one-point losses earlier 

in the season by beating 

Homwood-Flossmoor 10-9 

to win their first ever sectional 

title. The coaches and 

players were human jumping 

beans at the end as there was 

complete joy in the accomplishment. 

With good nature, people 

always give me grief about 

being a Lockport fan at heart. 

I will always treat every program 

I cover with the same 

respect and thought. But yes, 

I'm from Lockport and still 

live in the town. There was 

always an amazing amount of 

Porter pride that was instilled 

when I was younger and then 

through high school. That, 

and my enjoyment of food, 

has helped make me into the 

person I am today. 

Speaking of high school, 

when I was in high school 

I didn't even know where 

Sandburg was located. In 

the past decade I've gone 

there as much or more than 

any school — and with good 

reason. The Eagles have won 

eight state titles in the past 

decade. I've been on hand to 

witness a trio of them. 

The badminton team took 

first in the spring of 2011 and 

the cheerleading squad captured 

first in 2009 and 2012 

with a couple of third place 

finishes (2010, 2017) tossed 

in there too. The always excellent 

Eagle wrestling team 

followed up a trio of titles in 

the mid part of last decade by 

bringing home five trophies 

in six seasons. Coach Eric 

Siebert's groups won Class 

3A state titles in 2012 and 

2013, took second in 2010 

and 2015 and third in 2011. 

I was there to see the boys 

volleyball team take home 

the championship and cap 

off a memorable 39-win season 

in 2011. I was literally in 

the midst of another memorable 

and fantastic celebration 

when the Sandburg boys 

cross country team capped 

off a long journey and captured 

the Class 3A title in 

2015. My favorite Eagle state 

championship came in my 

favorite sport to cover — 

softball. That was in 2010, 

where Jim Fabianski's squad, 

the best softball team I've 

ever covered, capped off an 

amazing 40-2 season with 

a 2-1 victory over Fremd in 

the Class 4A title game. I will 

never forget pitcher Brittany 

Gardner running up to hug 

her dad, Paul, after the game. 

I've covered a lot of swimming 

and water polo at 

Sandburg over the years. Of 

course, Jane and Jim Caliendo 

coached for much of 

that time and their leadership 

spurred success. When 

Jane died in 2014, the community 

came together and 

still does each September to 

honor her memory with the 

Jane's Warriors 5K Run and 

Walk event. 

One of my favorite things 

as a sports reporter, in one 

way or another for 34 years, 

has been to cover kids of kids 

that I covered. That and to 

see athletes I've covered go 

on and become coaches and 

even professional athletes. 

Someone I saw numerous 

times as a softball sensation 

at Stagg in the late 90's 

was Jen Tyrrell, who will be 

the new principal at Sandburg 

starting next school 

year. With her leadership the 

school will continue its track 

record of success. 

Which goes to show this ... 

I can list all the titles, great 

moments, amazing athletic 

accomplishments in the past 

decade in this area. But what 

was behind all of them? People. 

The wonderful people of 

the southwest suburbs have 

made the past 10 years my 

most enjoyable as a sports 

reporter. Here's to the next 

decade and beyond.



Youth football leagues taking safety head on 

T.J. Kremer III 


Football is an inherently 

violent sport. Very few 

people would dispute that. 

There’s no real way of getting 

around that violent aspect 

of the game and still 

have it called “football.” The 

game is filled with violent 

collisions on nearly every 

single play; however, steps 

have been taken in recent 

years in light of the discoveries 

that long-term damage 

from concussions can have 

on players’ brains. 

Improvements to players’ 

gear, better training of coaching 

staff and a reduction in 

the amount of contact drills 

in practices are just some of 

the ways area youth football 

leagues are working to make 

the game safer for younger 

players. 

What the data shows 

Despite the best intentions 

of many scientists and those 

in the medical field, the data 

on concussions and traumatic 

brain injury can be spotty, 

mostly due to a lack of sufficient 

reporting of those 

injuries from youth football 

leagues across the country. 

One recent study, published 

in the Orthopaedic Journal of 

Sports Medicine in February 

2017, reports that injury rates 

among the approximately 2.8 

million participants in youth 

football can vary anywhere 

from 2.3 percent all the way 

up to 30.4 percent, and cites a 

report from USA Football of 

a concussion rate of 4 percent. 

The study found that: “Of 

the 46,416 exposures, there 

were a total of 128 injuries, 

representing 121 different 

players. The players who 

were injured ranged from 

8 to 13 years of age, with a 

mean age of 10.6 years and a 

median age of 11 years. The 

overall injury rate was 2.76 

injuries per 1000 exposures. 

Of the 128 injuries, 65 were 

considered severe. Of the 65 

severe injuries, 33 were classified 

as concussions.” 

The data also showed, 

perhaps somewhat surprisingly, 

that participants in flag 

football had nearly double 

the concussions per 1,000 exposures 

rate (1.33) as tackle 

football (.68). 

The Mokena Burros, now in their 56th year, joind the nationwide Pop Warner League this past year, which brings access to 

training on how to make practices and games safer. photos submitted 

Long histories, new safety 

measures 

Some of our area youth 

football leagues have been 

around for decades, such as 

the Mokena Burros, now 

in its 56th year. The Burros 

made a switch this past year 

to join the nationwide Pop 

Warner League, the same 

league as Lockport Junior 

Porters; while the Frankfort 

Square Wildcats and the 

Homer Stallions belong to 

the River Valley Youth Football 

League. 

With the switch to the 

Pop Warner league comes a 

wealth of national resources 

for the Mokena and Lockport 

leagues, including access to 

the latest training for coaches 

on how to make practices and 

games safer for participants. 

The Burros have eliminated 

kick-offs for games, 

which was aimed at significantly 

reduce the amount of 

full-speed, head-on impact 

in games. Instead of kicking 

it off, the ball is placed at the 

35-yard line to start each half 

and after each score in all 

Tiny Mite (5- to 7-years-old), 

Mitey Mite (7- to 9-year olds) 

and Junior Pee Wee (8- to 10- 

year olds) games; however, 

the Burros will still teach the 

fundamentals of kick-off and 

receive, albeit non-contact, at 

practice to prepare them as 

they get older, according to 

Rusy Mitcheff, president of 

the Burros. 

Pop Warner has also implemented 

limiting player contact 

at practice, restricting contact 

to 25 percent of practice time. 

“With the tools and support 

provided by Pop Warner 

to the Mokena Burros, we believe 

we can achieve a quality, 

fundamental practice and 

teach the game of football,” 

Mitcheff said. 

Coaches are now certified 

and are mandated to train in 

USA Football’s Heads Up 

Football program and Pop 

Warner certification where 

safer approaches to tackling 

and blocking are taught. 

In addition to the coaching 

certification, first responders 

are provided at both Pop 

Warner and River Valley 

League games to promote 

safety and to provide the attention 

to a player if required. 

Finally, equipment from 

both leagues is inspected, 

yearly in Pop Warner and 

once every two years in River 

Valley, and any defective 

equipment is replaced to ensure 

safety. 

And the leagues are always 

looking for the latest equipment 

to offer that would increase 

safety even more, said 

The Frankfort Square Wildcats, who play in the River Valley Youth Football League, are 

always looking for new equipment to increase safety, according to coach Ken Dangman. 

Ken Dangman, Frankfort 

Square Wildcats coach and 

director of equipment on the 

Frankfort Square Wildcats 

Board of Directors. 

“Better safe than sorry. 

You never know when and 

if something is going to 

happen,” Dangman said. 

“We’re obviously real big 

on the equipment. We follow 

all the rules, like we’re 

supposed to… Just making 

sure the kids are safe. 

They’re out there under our 

hands. We’re with them everyday. 

God forbid something 

would happen. That’s 

not something we’d ever be 

looking to have happen.” 

Registration is currently 

ongoing for all flag football, 

tackle football and cheer 

programs. For more information 

on registration visit: 

Mokena Burros at mokenaburros.com, 

Homer Stallions 

at homerstallions.com, and 

Lockport Junior Porters at jrportersfootbal.com



fastbreak 

Track and field 

East's Kruzel siblings make their mark in discus 

22nd Century Media file 

photo 

1st-and-3 

Three things to 

know about Sam 

Shafer and Carolyn 

Waleski 

1. Sam Shafer, 

an East boys 

basketball player, 

holds the Griffin 

season school 

records for most 

points (549), most 

rebounds (189), 

and most free 

throws (175). 

2. Carolyn Waleski, 

a Griffins girls 

basketball player, 

set a new school 

record for most 

steals in a season 

(132) and most 

steals in a game 

(11). 

3. Shafer 

will play for Southern 

Illinois University 

in the fall, while 

Waleski will attend 

the University of 

Illinois at Urbana 

Champaign as a 

preferred walk-on. 

Nuria Mathog, Editor 

Brother and sister Brittney 

and John Kruzel are a force 

to be reckoned with. 

The Frankfort residents 

and Lincoln-Way East varsity 

track and field athletes 

have an impressive list of 

accomplishments under their 

belts. Brittney, a four-year 

varsity athlete, is this year's 

team captain and has held the 

school record for the discus 

throw since her junior year, 

when she threw a 117-7 at the 

Glenbard South Lady Raider 

Invitational in April 2017. 

She was also a member of the 

state title-winning 2015-2016 

track and field team. 

John, a sophomore entering 

his second year on the 

boys varsity team, won the 

2017 Carlin Nalley Invitational 

as a freshman and 

threw his personal record of 

149-2. 

For Brittney, the journey to 

success began as a seventhgrader 

at Hickory Creek 

Middle School, where she 

played on the Tigers softball 

team. 

"We had a really awesome 

coach at Hickory Creek — 

his name was Mitch Stein, 

Mr. Stein," she said. "He 

was an awesome coach, and 

he asked me if I wanted to 

try throwing the discus after 

softball practice one day. 

And I threw it. I ended up doing 

track next year with him 

and I've loved it ever since. I 

ended up choosing to throw 

discus instead of being on the 

Siblings and Lincoln-Way East athletes John (left) and Brittney Kruzel have both performed well in the discus throw. Photo 

submitted 

softball team, because track 

was just really my passion, 

and I loved throwing." 

John followed in his sister's 

footsteps and quickly 

discovered he had a gift for 

the event as well, earning 

two state discus titles during 

his time at Hickory Creek — 

once in seventh grade and 

once in eighth grade. 

"(Brittney's) eighth-grade 

year, when I was going into 

sixth grade, I tried discus ... 

and I ended up being really 

good at it," he explained. "It's 

very rare for a sixth-grader to 

go to state. I went to state that 

year, and after that I realized 

that I was very, very good at 

that." 

At East, the two siblings 

often train together during 

track and field practice and 

also work with a private instructor 

on Sundays and during 

the summer. 

The experience has 

brought the pair much closer 

together, Brittney said. 

"We spend a lot of time just 

working together and helping 

and improving each other," 

she said. 

Brittney's strengths lie not 

just on the field but in the 

classroom as well — she is a 

member of Pi Sigma Pi, Mu 

Alpha Theta and National 

Honors Society, as well as 

a 2018-2019 Illinois State 

Scholar. This fall, she will 

attend Hawaii Pacific University 

on a full academic 

scholarship. 

In the meantime, she hopes 

to finish out her career at East 

by breaking the school record 

she set and returning to state. 

"It's my senior year, so I 

definitely want to finish out 

and just get my mark even 

higher," she said. 

John has an ambitious season 

ahead of him as well; 

he will divide his time this 

spring between track and 

baseball. 

"I'm the third person to do 

it in Lincoln-Way school history 

... as of right now, I'm 

doing really well in it," he 

said. "I'm doing really well 

in baseball and also doing 

well in track. And hopefully, 

throughout the year, I will 

progress and get better at 

each one." 

Listen Up 

"Carolyn was the catalyst for this year’s team. She led 

the way to a school-record 28 wins and set school records 

with 11 steals in a game and 132 in a season. She is one 

of the best athletes we have had here at East." 

Jim Martin — Lincoln-Way East girls basketball coach 

What 2 Watch 

Girls track and field 

At Lincoln-Way East, 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 18. 

• East will compete against both Bolingbrook and Lockport 

during the SWSC Triangular meet. 

Index 

48 — This Week In... 

47 — Athlete of the Week 

FASTBREAK is compiled by Editor Nuria Mathog, 

nuria@frankfortstation.com.

Frankfort’s Hometown Newspaper | www.frankfortstation.com | April 12, 2018 

Game on 22nd 

Century reporter 

reflects on decade of 

sportswriting, Page 52 

Big points 

Griffins basketball 

players break school 

records, Page 50 

Area youth teams try to make football safer, Page 54 

Members of the Mokena Burros, an area youth football team, prepare for a big game. Photo submitted 

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