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Orland Park Bitcoin ATM causing
social disruption at The Black Sheep
Rochelle McAuliffe
Freelance Reporter
The Black Sheep is the only location in Orland Park known
to have Bitcoin ATM, pictured here.
Bill Jones/22nd Century Media
For The Black Sheep in
Orland Park, it is one thing
to sound like you are changing
the game, but it is a whole
other thing to do it.
Formerly Zante of Orland,
The Black Sheep opened under
its new name in December
2015, and from the eclectic
food to its wacky themed
nights, this social distortion is
doing what it can to separate
itself from the flock.
In February, the bar joined
the cryptocurrency movement
and installed an ATM
that instantly converts cash to
digital coins. Since installing
the only Bitcoin ATM in Orland
Park, it has drawn new
customers and even Bitcoin
investors to the bar.
The ATM transforms cash
into a digital currency called
Bitcoins. This cryptocurrency
operates independently of
a central bank, with no government
intervention, and
allows users to make direct,
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with no fees. There are other
kinds of cryptocurrencies, as
well, such as Ethereum and
Litecoin.
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one begins with a
one-time registration with
the ATM. Then, a SMS text
code is sent to a cellphone
to verify identity. Customers
are asked to take a selfie and
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ID. After that, a text
confirms the registration has
been completed. The customer
then can buy between $20
and $500 worth of cryptocurrency.
After purchasing, the
currency is downloaded to
the customer’s wallet.
Purchasing through an
ATM allows consumers to buy
cryptocurrency in a quicker
and more discrete way than a
coin exchange, such as Coinbase.
Rather than linking their
bank accounts and having to
wait 48-72 hours, the entire
process usually takes 3-5 minutes
and transfers the cryptocurrency
to the customer’s
wallet quickly.
Since the ATM’s installation
at the bar a month ago,
it has seen its fair amount of
use. The biggest explosion of
crypto trading happened late
last year, and since there has
been a decline in the value of
cryptocurrencies across the
board. Despite this, investors
are still following rates closely
and using ATMs to instantaneously
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At present, most Bitcoin
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and bar offers a unique location
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the group that
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There are nearly 2,500 ATMs
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Jon DePaolis
Freelance Reporter
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
an item — without
a recommendation — to the
full Village Board for discussion
and possible action
that could revert the fulltime
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 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.
“It is very difficult without clearly
outlined parameters for the fulltime
position versus the part-time
mayor’s position. We’re not clear
on it, and I don’t think anyone has
a good understanding of it.”
Patricia Gira — Orland Park trustee, on what she
thinks has led to some problems with the full-time
mayoral change
Gira asked why it could
not happen at the next board
meeting April 16 but said
she would support having
the discussion on May 21
if that is what the other two
trustees wanted.
The committee members
voted 3-0 to send the item to
the Village Board without a
recommendation for discussion
and possible action May
21.
Trustees elaborate
After the meeting ended
— and prior to the start
of the regularly scheduled
meeting — the three trustees
on the Finance Committee
explained why they felt a
change to the ordinance was
warranted.
Gira reiterated that she
does not think there is a
“clear cut understanding of
the full-time economic development
position and the
part-time mayor position.”
“One does not, I don’t
think, influence the other,”
Gira said. “We still have a
professional management
form of government. We
have a Village manager. We
have professional development
services directors. We
have a professional government.
“What I had envisioned
the economic development
coordinator position [to be]
was going out after businesses
in the [Interstate] 80 corridor,
specifically. Let’s get
some development in there.
That property, we’re told, is
one of the prime locations in
Will County.
“We haven’t seen that
happen, but we still would
like to see that. I hoped that
[mayor] role, because it was
full-time, would certainly
have enough time to devote
themselves to that.”
But Gira said she has not
seen any progress over the
past year.
“I think [the role] is too
conflicted,” Gira said. “Village
Hall isn’t clear on who
is running the day-to-day,
and I believe it should be the
Village manager. That is our
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erendum.”
Gira also said the “sunset”
provision, which automatically
would have reverted
the mayoral position back
to a part-time role without
board action for the 2021
election cycle, was removed
prior to the vote — something
about which a few of
the trustees were unaware
at the time. Therefore, the
board members would have
to vote on rolling it back.
For his part, Carroll said
that over the past year, several
board members expressed
opinions on how the
full-time mayor position was
going. He thinks the oneyear
mark is a good time to
review it.
Carroll said the original
intent of the move to a fulltime
mayor was to have
someone outside of the Village
staff who would be able
to spend 100 percent of their
work hours trying to network
with other governmental
agencies and businesses
to spur development.
But he said the reality is
that the Interstate 80 corridor
is something Village Board
members have been talking
about for years. Carroll said
one of the problems with
getting development there
has to do with the property
owners who “do not have a
view as to the value of their
property that encourages
someone to come in to try to
purchase it and develop it.”
“People can yell at us all
day long for not getting it
developed, but we don’t own
the land,” Carroll said. “We
never have owned the land.
So, trying to get developers
and the owner to sit down
and play nice together, despite
our best efforts, hasn’t
worked so far.”
He said that is why, in his
mind, the board members
wanted to get someone who
could commit their full-time
job to helping with that area.
Carroll said it has been
brought up by other board
members to ask the mayor to
show evidence of work done
to get development along
“Either it’s the right thing or it is not the right thing.
They think it was the right thing before, and now it’s
not the right thing, because their guy didn’t win. I
think that’s been pretty clear for the last 10 months.”
Keith Pekau — Orland Park mayor, responding to the suggestion of reverting
the mayor’s role to part-time
I-80, and that it was something
they should ask the
mayor to provide prior to the
May 21 meeting.
Gira added that the mayoral
position is the only position
in the Village not accountable
to anyone.
“I think that is unfortunate,”
Gira said, adding that
is why it was important for
the mayor to report on what
was taking place development-wise.
“We need to be
included in the conversation.”
Gira admitted it could
have been the fault of the
board members for not specifically
putting in parameters
or guidelines on how the
mayor should report back on
the actions or discussions
taking place regarding development.
Gira also wanted to be
clear: the position was for
a part-time mayor, full-time
economic development coordinator.
“And that makes my point
[about] the confusion there
is,” she said. “A full-time
mayor, I think, implies running
the Village’s day-today
operations. That’s just
not the case. That’s our Village
manager.”
When asked if the decision
to review the full-time position
was being considered
because the current mayor
was not the person originally
intended for the role, Gira
said the position change was
an experiment.
“That is a difficult corridor,
no question,” Gira said.
“But if somebody had fulltime
availability to work on
it, and work with the property
owners, and bring in businesses
— not the ones that
call us; that’s the easy stuff
— but bring in businesses
that might be suitable to that
corridor, [so] that we would
be more successful. It hasn’t
happened. Now, maybe it
wouldn’t have happened no
matter who was there. I can’t
say to that, because we don’t
know.”
Carroll also responded to
the question of whether or
not the outlook on the role
would be different if former
Mayor Dan McLaughlin had
been re-elected. He said one
of the things he took away
from the 2017 election was
that it was a single-issue
campaign.
“Clearly, the residents and
voters of Orland Park did
not like the idea of a fulltime
mayor at $153,000 in
salary,” Carroll said. “That
message was sent to us loud
and clear. So, I think to not
revisit that would be foolish
to begin with.
“Secondly, yes, we did
draft an ordinance that was
in large part based on the
skill set of the candidate we
had that we felt could fulfill
those roles. I think some of
the board members have expressed
some concern that
those objectives haven’t
been met. The skill sets of
the two people are completely
different, and that’s not a
knock on [Pekau] personally,
but what I had hoped would
be accomplished based on
the amendment to the ordinance
hasn’t happened.”
Meanwhile, in response
to a question, Calandriello
said the mayor is not legally
obligated to accept the full
salary.
“There is only one person
who can roll back the salary,
and that’s the mayor,”
Calandriello said. “He’s the
only one who has control
over that.”
But Gira said the proposed
ordinance would just scale
back the mayoral position to
being part-time with a parttime
salary of $40,000 after
the 2021 election.
She also said the mayor
had been informed of the ordinance
prior to the meeting.
Pekau responds
Minutes later, Mayor
Keith Pekau was asked his
thoughts on the proposed
ordinance. He denied having
much advance knowledge of
what was being proposed.
“Pat Gira told me she was
going to bring something up
at some point, but that was
it,” Pekau said. “So, I didn’t
know what was going on today.
I didn’t see it.
“I don’t know what they
brought up tonight, so I don’t
know what they were talking
about. But I think it’s pretty
clear that from the beginning
they weren’t too happy with
who won.”
Pekau said he thinks board
members should be “intellectually
consistent” on the
issue.
“Either it’s the right thing
or it is not the right thing,”
he said. “They think it was
the right thing before, and
now it’s not the right thing,
because their guy didn’t win.
I think that’s been pretty
clear for the last 10 months.”
When asked about progress
he has made on the economic
development front
since taking over as mayor,
Pekau said Village Board
members have blocked most
of what he has tried to do.
But he cited his work on the
Amazon bid and the Seritage
redevelopment project at the
mall as things he championed.
“I’ve also started an I-80
corridor working group with
Tinley Park and Mokena,
which has never existed before,”
he said. “[But] you
can go through the executive
minutes, and you’ll see
how much pushback I’ve
gotten since I’ve been here
on any idea I’ve had. How
many times have you heard
it said that I’m one vote out
of seven?”
Pekau said his position
has been stated in the past
about the role of the mayor.
He thought it should have
stayed a part-time position.
“It’s not currently,” he
said. “They have to do
whatever they are going to
do. Again, I didn’t know it
was going to the committee
tonight. If it comes to the
board at the next meeting,
great.”
But is it fair to expect results
after just 11 months?
“That’s something you’ll
have to ask them,” Pekau
said. “At the end of the day, I
was elected, and I was elected
into a full-time position.
I treat it as such. A lot of it
is going to a lot of different
meetings, retention visits,
setting up the Economic Development
Advisory Board.
I am constantly working the
phone on those issues with
the state, with the county.
That’s what a lot of that
work is, and that’s what I’m
doing.”
Pekau said there were no
projects in the pipeline for
I-80 when he took over.
“Mokena hadn’t been
engaged, and Tinley Park
hadn’t been engaged,” Pekau
said. “So, first, I had to
engage our neighbors.”
He said the working
group’s third meeting will
take place in May, and it has
already gotten the ball rolling.
“We’re putting marketing
materials together, collectively,
the three of us, with
the Will County Center for
Economic Development,”
he said. “That takes time, because
[the other towns] have
to get approval from their
boards.”
Pekau said he got verbal
approval from each board
member about the goals for
the I-80 work group, as well,
meaning “it’s absolutely not
true” that he had not been
keeping the board members
apprised of his work.
Pekau also said the Amazon
work led to some interest
in the I-80 corridor
from Illinois Department of
Commerce & Economic Opportunity
and INTERSECT
Illinois, a private-public
partnership for economic development
who sent a representative
to go on a full-day
tour of Orland Park and the
I-80 corridor.
In terms of his hours, he
said they vary — daytime
hours, nighttime hours,
weekdays and weekends.
But he is doing the work.
“Ask my wife how many
hours I put in,” Pekau said,
smiling. “That would be a
good person to ask.”
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Open Plan Commission chairmanship leads to strife
Jon DePaolis
Freelance Reporter
Another meeting, another
fight over commission appointments.
This time, the Village of
Orland Park Board of Trustees
argued April 2 over who
should serve as the next
chairman of the Plan Commission.
Mayor Keith Pekau put
forward ex-Trustee Ed
Schussler, who recently
was appointed to the commission,
as his nomination.
But as soon as the item was
motioned for and seconded
by the current Village Board
members, a discussion followed
about potentially
moving the chairmanship to
a rotating basis.
Ultimately, the Village
Board members voted
6-1 against appointing
Schussler as chairman of
the Plan Commission, with
Pekau casting the lone affirmative
ballot.
During the discussion,
Trustee Kathleen Fenton
pointed out that she thought
the other members of the
commission who had served
on it longer should have
been considered.
“In relation to this appointment,
I personally
feel that there are five other
members who have more
seniority on the Plan Commission,
who rightfully deserve
to have that position
versus someone who just
joined the Plan Commission,”
Fenton said.
Trustee Michael Carroll
said he shared the same
concern as Fenton.
“My understanding is that
this member, [Schussler],
has been on for three meetings,”
Carroll said. “All of
our commissions do a lot
great, hard work for the Village.
But I can’t think of
any other commission currently
that does more work
in advance of their meetings,
during their meetings
and serves a pretty vital
role in helping us parcel
out what we want to do as
a board. I think not having
one of the members that has
been a vice chair or been a
long-serving member get
an opportunity to serve [as
chairman] — at least for a
little while — wouldn’t be
fair.”
Trustee Patricia Gira,
who said she served on the
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Plan Commission for almost
10 years, put forward
a different idea for how to
handle the chairmanships of
the commissions.
“I can tell you that there
are many people there that
work very hard,” she said. “I
think it would be disheartening
to all of those who have
been serving for so long
to appoint a new person as
chair. I think there should be
a rotation established.”
Trustee Carole Griffin
Ruzich said the Plan Commission
is one of the most
important commissions in
the Village, and she also is
in favor of a rotating chairmanship.
“I think everyone on that
commission is qualified to
serve as a chairman, including
Ed Schussler,” Ruzich
said. “He obviously served
as a board member for many
years. I think he would be
qualified.
“Now, having said that,
I like the idea of a rotating
chairmanship. I don’t know
if that is something we have
done ever in the past, before
I was on the board, but
I think for those who have
served for a longer period
of time, the opportunity to
serve as a chairman should
be considered to those.”
Trustee James Dodge said
when he was on Metra’s
board, they did something
similar with rotating chairmanship.
He wondered out
loud if something similar
could be done for the Plan
Commission, with a one- or
two-year rotation.
Trustee Dan Calandriello
also voiced support for a rotating
chairmanship.
Pekau, however, said the
Village Board just went
through a “painstaking process”
for nearly 10 months in
reviewing the commissions.
He said these concerns were
never brought up.
“In this case, we have
someone who has resigned,
so I am using my prerogative
to appoint who I feel
will make the best chairman,”
Pekau said. “I don’t
think there is anyone on this
board who would question
Ed Schussler’s qualifications
to fill this role. I didn’t
hear anyone question his
qualifications. So, from that
standpoint, that’s my position
and that’s who I’m appointing.”
Later, during final comments
from the board, Carroll
said he wanted to address
something before the
“spin.”
“You saw this board approve
six of the president’s
nominees for commissions
tonight,” Carroll said. “Prior
to tonight, we approved
a dozen more, maybe even
dozens, of appointments
through the advice and
consent powers the board
has. I do take exception to
the comment that we have
blocked an appointment.
“First of all, we did approve
Ed Schussler to go on
the Plan Commission. We
did not block the appointment.
But, with advice and
consent, commonly, previous
mayors in this Village
and in other Villages have
discussed these things with
the board members prior to
the board meeting.
“We have routinely granted
our advice and consent,
but all six of us expressed
our concern that the chair-
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turn in expired, unwanted or
unused pharmaceutical drugs
and over-the-counter medications
to the Orland Park
Police Department for the
National Prescription Drug
Take Back Day from 10 a.m.-
2 p.m. Saturday, April 28.
The Orland Park Police
Station is located at 15100
S. Ravinia Avenue.
The confidential and
anonymous service is free
of charge. Syringes, sharps,
needles, glass containers,
any type of liquids or illegal
drugs will not be accepted.
In addition to the twiceyearly
Drug Take-Back
Days, OPPD offers a yearround
collection from 9
a.m.-1 p.m. Monday-Thursday
at the station. Medications
are not accepted at the
police station on holidays.
Liquid drugs, aerosol
medications and hypodermic
needles and syringes are not
accepted.
Instructions for how to
safety dispose of sharps or
syringes are available by
calling Waste Management
at (800) 796-9696.
For more information
about Orland Park’s collection,
call (708) 349-4111.

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Orland library a collection site for stuffed animals for nonprofit
Eagle Scout from
OP troop aims to
accumulate 800
donations
Thomas Czaja
Contributing Editor
Patrons visiting Homer
Township Public Library
may notice something new
greeting them when they
walk in this month: a stuffed
bear.
The bear is part of a display
and collection bin for
the Eagle Scout project of
Homer Glen resident Alex
Woracheck, 14, who is an
eighth-grader at Cardinal
Joseph Bernardin Catholic
School in Orland Hills.
Woracheck, who is part of
Boy Scout Troop 318 out
of Orland Park, decided he
wanted to help hospitalized
children for his project.
He has set up drop boxes
at a number of locations,
including the local library,
for visitors to donate new
stuffed animals. The collection
is to run throughout
April, and Woracheck then
is to help deliver them to
John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital
of Cook County in Chicago.
He is doing the project
for Comfort Fur Kids, a
nonprofit founded in 2013
by Caley Trepac, who was
diagnosed with Chiari malformation,
syringomyelia
and scoliosis, and had brain
decompression surgery, according
to the Comfort Fur
Kids website. The website
said she held onto her
stuffed animal during severe
headaches, blurred vision,
fatigue, nausea, numbness
in her hands and face, and
weakness in her legs. She
wanted other children to
have a furry friend, as well,
during the difficult moments
while hospitalized.
“The organization works
with children having surgeries,”
Woracheck explained.
“It helps comfort them. My
brother went through surgeries
when he was really little,
and getting a stuffed animal,
he was comforted and excited,
even when he went
through a lot of pain.”
The inspiration from his
younger brother Justin and
wanting to help other children
going through a tough
time made the choice for his
project an easy one.
In addition to having a
collection site at the Homer
library, 14320 W. 151st
St. in Homer Glen, other
drop-off sites are Cardinal
Joseph Bernardin Catholic
School, 9250 W. 167th St.
in Orland Hills; the Orland
Park Public Library, 14921
S. Ravinia Ave.; The Music
Connection, 10751 165th St.
in Orland Park and 9370 W.
Laraway Road in Frankfort;
St. Francis of Assisi Catholic
Church, 15050 Wolf Road in
Orland Park; and BDI Playhouse
Children’s Therapy,
11411 W. 183rd St. in Orland
Park and 600 N. Commons
Drive, Suite 102, in
Aurora.
Woracheck’s initial goal
was to collect 500 or more
stuffed animals, but he decided
to push that goal even
higher.
“My first estimate was
500, but then I raised it up
to 800,” he said. “Anything
lower or higher than that is
good, but my final estimate
Homer Glen resident and Boy Scout Troop 318 member
Alex Woracheck is collecting stuffed animals throughout
April for his Eagle Scout project for Comfort Fur Kids,
a nonprofit that gives the toys to hospitalized children.
Photo submitted
right now is 800.”
He said the collection is
going well and anticipates it
will pick up more as people
hear about the different donation
sites. His mother, Jennifer,
said she is excited for
him and thinks it is a great
collection different from the
typical Eagle Scout project
and allows the community
to give back to others in the
community.
“Alex knows it’s not easy
for children to be in the hospital,
and that they don’t
completely understand what
is going on with their bodies
at the time,” she said. “We
want to bring that comfort to
the children.”
She added that Comfort
Fur Kids splits the stuffed
animals into two different
categories: one for infants
and toddlers with stuffed animals
that do not have anything
that could potentially
be a choking hazard, and
then all other stuffed animals
for older children.
Jennifer noted Trepac was
older when she had one of
her surgeries, and she thinks
all children and teens up to
18 years old — and others at
any age — could find a simple
joy and comfort provided
by a stuffed animal.
Sheree Kozel-La Ha, executive
director of the Homer
Township Public Library,
said Alex reached out to her
about the project. She invited
him to stop by, and said
she and the rest of library
staff were excited and happy
to support him toward his
philanthropic goal.
“I was impressed with
him,” Kozel-La Ha said. “I
think it is really a characterbuilding
thing. I personally
believe that any type of
project that touches so many
young lives is worthwhile.
“It is worthwhile to get
sick kids something that
could bring them some type
of comfort.”
The chance to give back is
likewise a great opportunity
to those who frequent the library,
the executive director
said. She has seen families
come in and teach their children
to be part of something
bigger than themselves.
Consequently, a child will
come in and donate a stuffed
animal or two for another
child in need.
Seniors also love to give,
according to Kozel-La Ha.
They will mention they have
several stuffed animals at
home that they may have received
as a present and are
still in pristine condition.
They bring them in to donate.
Ultimately, any age can
and does give with a sense
of enjoyment and pride in
the kind act.
“For a community thing
like this, an Eagle Scout
project, everyone wants to
help Alex achieve his goal,”
Kozel-La Ha said.
Alex and Troop 318 have
been and will continue to
come in every other day during
the month in their Boy
Scout uniforms in a collaborative
effort to collect donations.
They had a lot to collect
recently, as Homer Township
Vision Center owner and Orland
Park resident Jeanine
Reding stopped by with a
few dozen stuffed animals to
contribute to the cause. The
certified optician said she is
trying to downsize at home
and gathered the stuffed animals
when hearing about the
project.
“I’m a give-back person,”
Reding said. “It always
feels good when you change
somebody’s day and help
somebody out.”
She also gave Alex credit
and said she thinks he will
be very successful in life.
Alex, who spent his younger
years in Cub Scout Pack 64
in Homer Glen/Lockport,
is set to attend Lockport
Township High School next
school year.
“I think it’s excellent,”
Reding said of Alex’s project
and his determination to
give back. “You can never
have too much to get people
involved with.”
Village
From Page 8
man should be on a rotating
basis. We are more
than willing to work with
the board president on who
those people may be. But
all six of us indicated we
would prefer it be a rotating
chairmanship. This could
have been resolved prior to
tonight with a simple discussion
with each of us.”
Pekau said, “it’s not spin.”
“No one has mentioned
rotating [chairmanships] on
anything over the last nine
months that we’ve had this
drawn-out discussion on
boards and commissions,”
Pekau said. “Additionally,
it has been made very clear
to me regularly that if there
were vacancies, there would
be no issues; it was replacements
that were a problem.
“There’s a vacancy. It is the
first chairperson that I have
appointed. The very first
and only. And the vote was
6-1 against. So, we will just
continue to work, like we
have for the last 10 or 11
months. And we’ll continue
to move forward.”

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Lady - A Women’s Expo to return April 21
Jon DePaolis
Freelance Reporter
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.”
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Lady – A Women’s Expo: Four hacks to get the most out of your visit
Jon DePaolis, Freelance Reporter
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 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
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, The Unforgettable
Chef
• 11-11:30 a.m. Chef Chris
Schwellenbach, Joliet Junior
College Culinary Arts
• 11:35 a.m.-12:05 p.m. Chef
Tim Bucci, Joliet Junior College
Culinary Arts
• 12:10-12:40 p.m. Tin Fish
Restaurant, Tinley Park
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
• 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.,
Attorneys at Law
• Questions Kids Ask About
God
• Renewal by Andersen
Windows and Doors
• Rodan & Fields
• Ruby Ribbon
• Scout & Cellar Clean-Crafted
Wine
• ScrapElegance Creations
• Sensual Scentduction
Candle Co.
• Shades Luxury Cosmetics
• Sheets by Karen
• Sheila’s Decorative Pens
• ShelfGenie
• Silk Avenue
• Silver Strand Boutique
• Sleep Number
• Something That Fits
• Surprise Parties
• Tastefully Simple
• The Baby’s Crib
• The Furever Home Friends
• The Law Office of Sonia D.
Coleman, P.C.
• Thirsty Donkey Skin Co.
• This Is My Legacy
• Three B’s Mobile Boutique
• Total Life Changes
• Tracy DeGraaf
• Traveling Vineyard
• Usborne Books and More
• Vitalife
• Window Works
• World Global Network (Helo
LX)
• Wyndham Vacation Resorts
Inc.
• Yoga 360
• Young Living Essential Oils

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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 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.”
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
Mobile Boutique.
LifeSource also will be
sponsoring blood and bone
marrow drives during the
expo. Appointments may be
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
through the doors.
To learn more about Lady
- A Women’s Expo, visit
www.22ndcenturymedia.
com/lady.

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What do you like to do when not in school or
studying?
I like to play video games, draw, and play
piano and drums.
What is your dream job?
I would like to be a doctor, because I would
like to take care of people like my mom.
What is one thing people don’t know about
you?
That I like Star Wars.
School News
Florida State University
Orland Parker joins Phi
Kappa Phi
Bill Ntovas, of Orland
Park, recently was initiated
into The Honor Society of
Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s
oldest and most selective alldiscipline
collegiate honor
society. Ntovas was initiated
at Florida State University.
Ntovas is among approximately
30,000 students, faculty,
professional staff and
alumni to be initiated into Phi
Kappa Phi each year. Membership
is by invitation only
and requires nomination and
approval by a chapter. Only
the top 10 percent of seniors
and 7.5 percent of juniors
are eligible for membership.
Graduate students in the top
10 percent of the number of
candidates for graduate degrees
also may qualify, as do
faculty, professional staff and
alumni who have achieved
scholarly distinction.
Photo submitted
Whom do you look up to and why?
Alana, my big sister, because she is always
looking out for me.
What’s your favorite class and why?
Science, because of all the experiments,
and I like learning about the world.
What is one thing that stands out about
your school?
Trot-a-Thon and Fall Fest are our annual
fundraisers.
What is your favorite thing to eat in the
cafeteria?
My favorite lunch is sushi.
What’s your best memory from school?
Bringing my dogs to show my friends.
Standout Student is a weekly feature for The
Orland Park Prairie. Nominations come from
Orland Park area schools.
University of Dayton
Student from Orland Park
manages $30 million slice of
endowment
Mitchell Schleyer, of Orland
Park, is among a select group
of students at the University
of Dayton who manage a $30
million slice of the institution’s
endowment, using it to buy,
sell and trade stocks.
The student money managers
— working in a high-tech,
interactive center that simulates
Wall Street’s trading
floor — recorded investment
returns last year that catapulted
them to the top peer
group of professional money
managers in the United States.
They outperformed the S&P
500 benchmark last year by
returning 24.26 percent, well
above the national average.
Each semester, more than
40 undergraduates manage
a diversified portfolio in the
Davis Center for Portfolio
Management, where they use
the same analytical software
and database subscription
services employed by financial
institutions around the
world.
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bill@opprairie.com.

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FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER
‘Every 21 Seconds’ to make public
debut
On Friday, April 13, “Every 21
Seconds,” the film based on Mokena
native Brian Sweeney’s struggle
with traumatic brain injury, will
make its public debut at Emagine
Entertainment’s Frankfort Theatre.
The film previously had been
screened by a private audience in
January.
“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 hope 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 recently was nominated
for several awards — including
Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading
Role and Best Ensemble — by
Festigious, a monthly online film
festival.
Reporting by T.J. Kremer III, Editor.
For more, visit MokenaMessenger.
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. It
was that moment that encouraged
Stephenson to begin writing music
full-time.
“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 more, visit
LockportLegend.com.
FROM THE FRANKFORT STATION
Frankfort dental hygienist helps
create a community with healthier
teeth
The dentist’s office is not 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 also finding her way to them.
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 oneto-one,”
noted 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 single-family
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.
Reporting by Amanda Stoll,
Assistant Editor. For more, visit
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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 TinleyJunction.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 halfmarathons
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 prekindergarten
run the 50-yard dash,
while kindergartners and firstgraders
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.healthykids
runningseries.org/race_locations/
homer-glen-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 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 NewLenoxPatriot.com.

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Poetry in OP
‘Ode to a
Summer’s Day’
Lin Peterson
Contributing Columnist
I sit, relaxing, on my deck;
safe within my screens from
summer’s pests.
I hear the ducks on the pond
outside, quacking away.
The geese squawking back,
calling to each other
in loud raucous honks …
All.Day.Long.
I hear the trash trucks
BEEPING as they back into
place,
the engines REVVING as
the hoist their loads,
the grind of gears as they
move to the next stop.
The lawn mowers are here
now,
Engines ROARING, two or
three at a time.
Must get everything done in
a hurry and move on.
Leaf blowers and weed
whackers join in.
Dogs BARK at the landscapers
as they walk or ride
by,
Neighbors SCREAM at the
dogs to be QUIET.
Cars pass, radios BLARING
OUT POUNDING BEATS.
A ball bounces constantly
on the basketball court in
the playground.
Passing walkers YAK
LOUDLY on their phone
about things I’D RATHER
NOT KNOW!
THIS IS NOT THE SUM-
MER OF MY CHILD-
HOOD!
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“During National Youth Art Month, Park School
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This week’s cover
story focuses on the
Orland Park Village
Board, which has dealt with
on-again, off-again spats ever
since Mayor Keith Pekau
took office last May.
That is not to place all
of the blame squarely on
Pekau, but, since his victory,
a Village Board — that
largely favored his competitor
and former Mayor Dan
McLaughlin to retain in the
race — has found itself at
odds with its Village president.
It has faced bouts of
disagreement over the likes
of commission and committee
appointments, development
— hell, they couldn’t
even agree on a single Year
in Review when The Orland
Park Prairie requested it at
the end of 2017.
That is not to say everything
has been a fight, but
the breaks from the norm,
for obvious reasons, take the
spotlight. And that spotlight
was white-hot during last
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Expensive experimentation
week’s Finance Committee
meeting, when Trustee Patricia
Gira publicly broached the
topic of reverting the mayor’s
full-time role to a part-time
one, not even a year into the
first term since it was changed
from part-time to full-time.
But Gira herself admitted
there are no real guidelines
nor review process for the
new full-time role. That’s like
giving someone a job, giving
him no instructions, having
no process to review his work
and then saying he has been
doing it wrong.
It all lends a little credence
to Pekau’s theory that they
want to take it away because
“their guy” didn’t win. At the
very least, it seems to confirm
it was a role designed with a
single person in mind, with
a shoddy contingency plan
for the results of an uncertain
election.
It suggests that, as implemented,
maybe it was a bad
idea from the start. Maybe the
Village of Orland Park should
have stuck with a recommendation
to hire another
individual — one with the
skill set to do the economic
development job it needed
— rather than leave it to the
chance of an open election.
Yet, none of this precludes
the fact that the Village Board
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has a right to be concerned
with how things are going.
Maybe Pekau simply isn’t
doing the job well. And
maybe he will need to put his
money where his mouth is in
addressing a change to which
he was vocally opposed from
the start.
But maybe no one else
would be finding any more
success — getting anywhere
more than a few conversation-starters
— in that
role. That corridor has been
stagnant for years, despite
being called a prized piece
of land for developers. And
that includes the many years
the former mayor served the
Village (albeit part-time).
But this structure also very
well still may work going
forward. Maybe it just hasn’t
had the time it needs to take
root and grow results.
It is all possible, but at the
very least the Village Board
finally realized it has some
pressing questions to ask
about the mayor and his role,
and plans to do so in May. It’s
just a shame they’re doing
it a year-and-a-half too late,
following an experiment that
could end up costing taxpayers
more than half a million
when the budget is already
tight. Oof.

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The latest Business Briefs and more from
area organizations, Page 26
Car-ving out a niche
Chuy’s brings Tex-Mex to Orland Park with its
own eccentric brand of style, Page 27
Kip Pasta’s abstract sculptures, now on display at Orland Park Public Library, open to interpretation, Page 23
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In Memoriam
Lucille Bartels
Lucille R. Bartels (nee
Rago), 93, of Orland Park,
died March 27.
She was formerly of Chicago’s
Roseland neighborhood,
St. Louis of France
Parish. Attended St. Louis
Academy and Graduate of
Fenger High School Class
of 1942. Past president/treasurer
of St. Louis of France
Woman’s Guild, past officer
of the Loyal Order of the
Moose Roseland Women’s
Chapter. Active member at
St. Elizabeth Seton Church,
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Shoppe on Michigan Avenue
in Roseland, a Weber sales
representative and real estate
agent. Lucille was an artist,
dollmaker, seamstress, judge
of elections, superb cook, an
enthusiastic Chicago Cubs
and Blackhawks fan, and an
avid golfer with the Tuesday
Swingers golf league. Family
and friends meant the
world to Lucille, whether
it was being involved with
their activities, vacations,
holiday parties and casual
get-togethers.
Wife for 57 years of the
late Robert Bartels; mother
of Kathleen (James) Adduci,
Suzanne (David) Pengelly,
Michael (Joan) Bartels,
Robert J. (Manita) Bartels
and Karen (Michael) Zarifis;
grandmother of 12; greatgrandmother
of four and the
late Kane Anthony; daughter
of the late Margaret nee Adducci
and Joseph Rago; sister
of Cecile (late Edward)
Majchrzak, the late Antoinette
(late Armand) Salin
and Joseph Rago; aunt to
many nieces and nephews.
A Funeral Mass was
held at St. Elizabeth Seton
Church. Private inurnment
Abraham Lincoln National
Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorials
in Lucille’s name
to the Multiple Myeloma
Research Foundation at
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Illinois Children’s
Contact Jessica Nemec
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Heart Foundation at illinois.
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Sclerosis Society at www.
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nate.
Randall Mitchell
Randall E. “Randy”
Mitchell Jr., 83, of Orland
Park, died March 25.
Husband for 57 years to
Janice; father of Clayton,
Jeff (Bill Schmitt), Christine
(Matt) Keim and the late
Scott Randall (Kelli) Mitchell;
grandfather of Mitchell
Keim, Jennifer Keim, Derek
Mitchell and Kevin Mitchell;
and great-grandfather of
Aurelia Keim.
Longtime member and
performer for the Palos Village
Players.
Family is to receive relatives
and friends from 10-11
a.m. Saturday, April 14, with
a memorial service to celebrate
Randy’s life to follow at
11 a.m. at All Saints Lutheran
Church, 13350 S. LaGrange
Road in Orland Park.
FAITH BRIEFS
Faith United Methodist Church (15101 S.
80th Ave., Orland Park)
Men of Faith Spaghetti
Dinner
5-7:30 p.m. Saturday,
April 14. “All you can eat”
spaghetti, salad and dessert.
Intended audience: preschoolers,
free; children
younger than 12, $6; adults,
$10; and family, $32. Carryout
available.
Christ Lutheran Church (14700 S. 94th
Ave., Orland Park)
Services
5 p.m. Saturdays; 8 a.m.,
9:30 and 11 a.m. Sundays.
Sunday School and Bible
study during the 9:30 a.m.
service.
Zumba Classes
6 p.m. Every Wednesday.
The cost to participate is
$5. Attendees can bring
their own towels and water
Memorials to American
Cancer Society preferred,
cancer.org.
Barbara Olson
Barbara Ann Olson, 63, of
Orland Park,died March 23.
Mother of Kenneth (Gloria)
O’Cain, Valerie Mandru
and the late Keith Cain;
daughter of Vernon Olson
and the late Ann (nee Berzinski)
Olson; sister of
Kathy, Diane, Mary, Vernon
and the late Chuck Olson;
grandmother of Kadence
and Kristen; aunt to Kathy,
Jason, Jackie, Sara, Natalie
and Lindsey; partner of Walter
Mahaffey.
She will be remembered
fondly by her extended family
and friends. The family is
planning a memorial service.
Have someone’s life you’d
like to honor? Email Editor
Bill Jones at bill@opprairie.
com with information about a
loved one who was a part of the
Orland Park community.
bottles.
St. Michael Church (14327 Highland Ave.,
Orland Park)
Showers of Fashions
Noon-3 p.m. Thursday,
April 19, at Orland Chateau,
14500 S. LaGrange Road.
Luncheon will be served
and Chico’s of Orland Park
will be providing the latest
spring and summer fashions.
Tickets are $45 and can
be purchased in the parish
office, or contact Mary at
(708) 349-5407 or Paulette
at (708) 460-6535.
St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
(15050 S. Wolf Road, Orland Park)
Religious Education Program:
New Family Registration
New family Registration
begins June 4. Families
can register their children
in Grades 1-8 for the
religious education classes

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that begin in September.
Parents should bring child’s
baptism certificate. Stop
by the RE Office at the
St. Francis Center (on the
hill). Registration will take
place between 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Monday-Thursday. Afterhours
appointments will be
available by appointment.
For more information, call
(708) 460-0155 or visit
www.sfaorland.org.
Living in the Light Workshop
9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday,
April 14, at the St. Francis
Center (up on the hill).
People can listen to Janene
Ternes, founder of Prayer
in Motion, as she guides
the crowd towards a more
intimate connection with
God. For more information,
contact Sue at (708) 969-
4898. To register, visit www.
sfaorland.org/living-in-thelight.html.
Calvary Church (16100 S. 104th Ave.,
Orland Park)
Men’s Barnabas Bible Study
7-8:30 a.m. Thursdays.
Study various books written
by Christian authors. Coffee
and light refreshments
are served. For more
information, email info@
calvaryop.org.
Sunday Services
9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
Living Word Lutheran Church (16301 S.
Wolf Road, Orland Park)
PUSH Prayer
9:30 a.m. Tuesdays. All
are welcome to take part in
person or take 10-15 minutes
to pray for the country,
church, community and
individual needs. Meetings
take place the second
Tuesday of the month.
Presbyterian Church in Orland Park
(13401 S. Wolf Road, Orland Park)
MOPS (Mothers of Pre-
Schoolers)
9-11 a.m. 2nd and 4th
Tuesdays of the month
Thursday Evening Bible
Study
7-8:30 p.m. Thursdays
Gamblers Anonymous
7:30- 9 p.m. Thursdays
Emotions Anonymous
7:30-9 p.m. Fridays
Hope Covenant Church (14401 West Ave.,
Orland Park
Services
10 a.m. Sundays
Junior High Youth Group
Noon-2 p.m. every other
Sunday. This is an active
group of children from
fourth to seventh grades. It
meets every other Sunday
for a lesson, activity, games,
treats and fellowship.
Southwest Seventh Day Adventist Church
(15760 Wolf Road, Orland Park)
Bible Study
7 p.m. Wednesdays.
Attendees can learn more
about the Seventh Day
Adventist Church. For more
information, call (618) 556-
8002.
Our Lady of the Woods Church (10731 W.
131st, Orland Park)
Eucharistic Adoration
9 a.m.-1 p.m. Fridays. The
church invites all to spend
some quiet time with the
Lord. Eucharistic adoration
will be held in the Day
Chapel. First hour is vocal
prayer, followed by silence.
For more information,
contact the front office at
(708) 361-4754.
Standing Stone Church (Robert Davidson
Center, 14700 Park Lane, Orland Park)
Sunday Services
9 a.m. and 11 a.m.
Hour of Prayer
6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesdays
Children and Youth Activities
7 p.m. Wednesdays
St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church (9300
W. 167th St., Orland Hills)
H.O.P.E. Employment
Support Ministry
7 p.m. first Tuesday of
the month in the Parish
Hall. Helpful Outreach
for People seeking
Employment welcomes all
faiths and denominations
and offers support,
fellowship, guidance
and information for the
employed, unemployed or
those in a career transition.
Every month, H.O.P.E. also
provide a guest speaker to
support those in transition.
For more information, call
(708) 403-0137.
AA Meetings
7-9 p.m. every Thursday
in the Church Hall.
Rosary Prayer Group
9:30 a.m. every Tuesday
and Thursday. The Rosary
Prayer Group gathers in
the church after mass to
offer intentions with the
intercession of Mary, and
pray the decades of the
rosary while contemplating
the scenes of our Lord’s life,
death and resurrection.
Weekday Service
9 a.m. Monday through
Friday.
Saturday Service
5 p.m. every week.
Sunday Services
7:15 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 10
a.m. and 11:30 a.m. every
week.
Zion Lutheran Church (17100 S. 69th
Ave., Tinley Park)
Artisan Signs Prayer Group
Noon-1 p.m. Monday-
Wednesdays. Artisan
Sign and Lighting,
15617 71st Court. The
nondenominational prayer
group will meet weekly
and is open to anyone
who wishes to attend.
This group is not affiliated
with any church. For more
information, contact Ruth at
(708) 841-1313.
Have something for Faith
Briefs? Contact Editor Bill
Jones at bill@opprairie.com
or call (708) 326-9170 ext. 20.
Information is due by noon on
Thursdays one week prior to
publication.

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Kip Pasta reveals his abstract work at OP library
Laurie Fanelli
Freelance Reporter
Abstract, organic and architectural
— the art of Glen
Ellyn’s Kip Pasta inspires
intrigue with complex yet
visually effortless designs.
Stories unfold in angles
and lines with each of his
multi-dimensional pieces,
which he refers to as “construction
sculptures” because
of his departure from
the aesthetics of classic art
sculptures. Pasta’s work
is on display at the Orland
Park Public Library this
month, and the artist himself
stopped by for a special meet
and greet the evening of Friday,
April 6.
Outreach Assistant Duke
Phelps explained that the
structural elements of Pasta’s
work inspired library
staff to display the artist’s
collection.
“We were very interested
in showcasing someone
more sculptural this month,
and I think Mr. Kip Pasta
represents that in what he
does here,” Phelps said. “He
has a sculptural effect, along
with other elements mixed
into the pieces. There’s
something very different and
unique in what he creates.”
Though Pasta works in
three dimensions, he counts
American painter Jackson
Pollock as one of his greatest
influences.
“Jackson Pollock’s paintings
were called splatter
paintings — they are very
abstract; I was inspired by
him,” Pasta explained. “I
thought, ‘Can I translate that
type of abstract work into
something three-dimensional?’”
With his sculptural pieces,
Pasta pairs childlike wonder
with a mathematical mind.
Each element is scrutinized
to perfection before being
placed into the piece in a
way that connects with the
creativity of viewers.
“It’s interesting,” Pasta
said. “When little children
see my work, they seem to
be the most fascinated by it.
There’s no hidden agenda
with children. They look at
it, and they’re very excited
about it. As an artist, you
want to get those emotional
or inspirational responses
from someone.”
Pasta takes great care
to perfect his creations, at
times spending hundreds of
hours on one sculpture.
“I take my time, looking
for space, dimensions and
lines,” he said. “There’s always
a relationship in the
work from one piece to the
next. Negative space has a
big value. That’s all thought
out to enhance the work. I’ve
spent hours sometimes figuring
out where one or two
pieces will go in the sculpture.
That’s all part of the
process.
“When the work is done,
you can look at it and — to
me — it’s flawless. If the
viewer is looking at it, and
the work has the ability to
draw their eye from part to
part in a comfortable fashion,
you’ve achieved one of
your goals.”
Throughout the artist meet
and greet, Pasta said he enjoyed
chatting with library
patrons as they discovered
their own interpretations of
his art. He was open to sharing
the background of his
process, but when it came to
a piece’s specific meaning,
he thinks that is best decided
by each individual.
He explained, “I love abstract
art because the viewer’s
imagination enhances
the work. An artist can paint
a rose, and 100 people will
look at it and see a rose. If
you do a piece of abstract
art, 100 people look at it and
Kip Pasta shares insight into the inspiration behind his “construction sculptures” Friday, April 6, during a Meet the Artist
event at Orland Park Public Library. Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media
Orland Park residents Nettie and Tom Grudowski check out
the work of Kip Pasta.
you’ll get 100 different responses.
It’s like a treasure
hunt of the imagination.”
To learn more about the
art of Kip Pasta, visit www.
outsidethegallery.com.
Several of Kip Pasta’s “construction sculptures” are on
display on the first floor of the library.

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Orland Fire to offer meeting on
importance of ‘Homecare’ for seniors
Submitted by Orland Fire
Protection District
Aishling Dalton of Aishling
Companion Home Care
is to be the special guest at
the next Coffee & Conversation
event to be held Thursday,
April 26, by the Orland
Fire Protection District.
The Fire District hosts the
free Coffee & Conversations
programs each month to educate
residents on services
related to healthcare, emergency
care and fire safety.
Orland Fire Public Education
coordinator Elizabeth
“Betsy” Dine said that the
sessions are important especially
to seniors, and families
who have members who
are disabled and in need.
The two-hour Coffee &
Conversations program is
held each month and sponsored
by the Orland Fire,
the Senior Advisory Council
and Aishling care.
The next meeting begins
at 9 a.m. April 26. The meetings
are held at the Fire District’s
Administration Building
at 9790 W. 151st St.
Junior Cadet Program
Overview
The Junior Cadet Class (Pilot
Program) is being offered
this year as a one-day class on
Monday, July 16. This class
is to be offered to the first 15
children (residents) between
the ages of 13 and 15.
This class is to give students
a glimpse of an opportunity
to explore Fire Rescue and
emergency medical services.
This class is to provide a
combination of classroom and
side-by-side training with our
cadets and firefighters.
Junior Cadet Class registration
is to begin from 9 a.m.-3
p.m. Monday, June 4, at the
Administration Building.
Kid’s Fire & Life Safety
Camp
The Kid’s Fire & Life
Safety Camp is to be offered
again this coming summer
as a three-day camp, starting
on Wednesday, July 18,
and ending on Friday, July
20. This class will be offered
to the first 40 children
(residents) between the ages
of 8 and 12. This camp is interactive.
The campers will
receive classroom and outside
activities.
Orland Fire Protection
District Annual Open House
Our Annual House is to
be held from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Saturday, July 21. The Open
House features a wide range
of demonstrations, showcasing
how firefighters address
various emergency situations.
Different major fire equipment
that is used for emergency
responses will be shown. A
surprise scenario will be displayed
at some point during
the day.
This event features free
giveaways, refreshments and
the involvement of many
community organizations
throughout the district, which
are to provide information on
emergency and health services
and prizes. The Senior
Advisory Council is to be on
hand to help the staff of the
fire district.
Residents can nominate
Orland Park for $20K prize
Submitted by Village of
Orland Park
This Earth Month, the National
Recreation and Park
Association is collaborating
with The Walt Disney
Company to revitalize parks
across the United States for
a third year. The city that receives
the most nominations
is to receive a $20,000 grant
to improve a local park as
part of a Meet Me at the Park
campaign.
Through April 30, Orland
Park residents have the opportunity
to nominate the
Village to receive $20,000
in grant funding to make improvements
at a local park.
By visiting NRPA.org/
BeInspired, park supporters
can nominate Orland Park.
New this year, everyone
who nominates a city will be
entered into a drawing for a
tablet outfitted for the outdoors.
“Village parks have always
been an integral part of
family life in Orland Park,”
said Trustee Dan Calandriello,
chair of the village’s
Recreation and Parks Committee.
“We hope everyone
will join us by nominating
Orland Park to receive the
grant funds for improvements
to the parks we know
and love.”
For more information
about the contest, contact
Irene Buikema at (708) 403-
6280.
Family Health Expo to return
April 14 to OP Sportsplex
Submitted by Village of
Orland Park
The community is invited
to the Village of Orland Park
Recreation Department’s
annual Family Health Expo
from 9 a.m.-noon Saturday,
April 14, at the Sportsplex,
11351 W. 159th St.
The free and fun-filled
day is to highlight the fitness
needs of those both young
and old.
Hurley to stage Kids’ Health and Safety event
Submitted by the Office of
State Rep. Fran Hurley
State Rep. Fran Hurley is
inviting families to attend
a Kids’ Health and Safety
Fun Fair from noon-3 p.m.
Saturday, April 21, at the
Orland Township Building,
14807 S. Ravinia Ave. in
Orland Park.
Hurley is sponsoring the
fair in conjunction with
state Sen. Bill Cunningham
and Orland Township Supervisor
Paul O’Grady.
It will feature several
Business Briefs
Debbi Weston certified as
SilverSneakers instructor
SilverSneakers, a national
exercise program for
seniors, has certified Debbi
Weston as an instructor. She
is a personal trainer at Anytime
Fitness in Orland Park
and Romeoville.
Weston has customized
her own SilverSneakers
yoga classes through which
those who need modifications
will be coached for a
chair style yoga routine. In
this program she will slowly
guide participants through
The expo offers information
on various health and
nutrition issues; a chance to
sample aerobic classes; and
free blood pressure screenings,
flexibility testing and
injury screenings.
New in 2018, guests are
encouraged to dress comfortably
and join in on group
exercise classes. This year’s
expo also is to feature new
vendors, along with skin
health and safety booths
from local and state government
agencies that provide
a wide range of safety education,
health care and programs
for children.
Hurley is to welcome
the Brookfield Zoo Animal
Ambassadors to exhibit
zoo animals for children
to see and interact with;
the Orland Park Police Department
is to do free child
fingerprinting; and Orland
Township Health and Youth
Services is slated to screen
immunization records,
poses, and those who find
it easy are coached to “intensify”
safely within their
abilities.
Weston also is certified as
a personal trainer and as a
yoga instructor. She teaches
several SilverSneakers formats,
including circuit training
and “cardio,” which is
described as low-impact aerobics
training with strength
and conditioning.
Debbi launched the Silver
Sneakers classes in the Orland
Park location last October.
She also has taught the
cancer screenings done by
Skin MD.
Children also are in for
fun, as the expo features face
painting, a dino jump inflatable
and an obstacle course.
If children have bicycles,
they are encouraged to bring
them to have a safety check
done by Performance Bicycle.
For more information, call
(708) 645-7529.
and offer vaccines and eye
health testing to youth from
Orland Township meeting
certain eligibility requirements.
Hot dogs and refreshments
are to be served. Admission
to the Kids’ Health
and Safety Fun Fair is free,
and the first 25 children in
the door will be entered to
win a $50 gift card.
For more information,
contact Hurley’s constituent
service office at (773) 445-
8128.
programs in his Romeoville
club since 2016.
The free Silver Sneakers
classes are held in on at
11 a.m. and noon Tuesdays,
12:30 p.m. Wednesdays, and
noon and 1 p.m. Thursdays
at the Orland Park location.
For more information,
email OrlandParkIL@AnytimeFitness.com,
call (708)
995-7581 or visit www.anytimefitness.com/gyms/2837/
orland-park-il-60467.
Compiled by Editor Bill Jones,
bill@opprairie.com.

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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 company tries to support
local artists, including
those who have been making
the more than 1,000 handcarved
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
The blended strawberry
margarita is made with
fresh-squeezed lime juice.
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
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
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
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 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.
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).
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.
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leader
8. Moisten the turkey
13. Compass point
14. Regattas
16. British megastar
pop-rock singer, first
name
17. Key abbr.
18. Sponge
19. Smoked delicacies
20. Ending for Israel
21. Educator Bill
22. Dance, when
doubled
23. Orland Park lake
27. Le ___, France
30. Optician’s output
32. Apple operating
system
33. Bicycle part
34. Large northern deer
35. Condensed waters
36. Chow ___
37. Toby Keith song:
“___ Smile”
39. Hairdo
41. Longtime record
label
44. Corporation type
45. Switch settings
46. Michelin offering
51. Aquatic mammal
54. Reprimanded harshly
55. Prefix with dermis
56. Expressions of
surprise
57. “Take me __ am”
58. Lots of land
60. Bread and butter, e.g.
63. High ball
64. Fly fishing place
65. Takes in
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67. Like dishwater
68. Former Speaker
Gingrich
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Down
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2. Arch
3. Withdraw, formally
4. Website symbol
5. Envelope that comes
back to you
6. Picturesque
7. Conserve resources by
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8. Sir Toby of “Twelfth
Night”
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10. University with a satellite
campus in Orland
Park
11. Foot digit
12. One-striper, abbr.
15. Mideast money
24. Score marking
25. Decorative case
26. German classical
composer
28. Argument
29. Twisty turn
31. First U.S. space station
35. Channels
36. Gathered
38. Stew cooker
39. Nanki-___ of “The
Mikado”
40. Neighbor of Que.
42. Moses ___ of the NBA
43. Des Moines native
47. “Yeah, right!”
48. Printing style
49. Fix your shoe
50. Like some mushrooms
52. Fencing swords
53. Perilous
58. Temperature controls,
briefly
59. Vineyard in France
61. Compass direction
62. Former fast flier, for
short
ORLAND PARK
Girl in the Park
(11265 W. 159th St.,
Orland Park, IL; (708)
226-0042)
■5:30 ■ p.m. Tuesdays:
Live Music
■8 ■ p.m. Thursdays: Bingo
■8 ■ p.m. Fridays and Saturdays:
Live Music
The Brass Tap
(14225 95th Ave. Suite
400, Orland Park; (708)
226-1827)
■8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Trivia.
Prizes awarded
■9 ■ p.m. Fridays and Saturdays:
Live music
Fox’s Restaurant and Pub
(9655 W. 143rd St.,
Orland Park; (708) 349-
2111)
■6:30-9:30 ■ p.m. Friday,
July 20 and Saturday
July 21: Local songwriter
Michael Satarino on
acoustic guitar and vocals
performing favorite
covers with a flamenco
specialty
■6 ■ p.m. Tuesdays,
Wednesdays and Thursdays:
Live entertainment
■7 ■ p.m. Fridays and Saturdays:
Live entertainment
and face painter
Papa Joe’s
(14459 S. LaGrange
Road, Orland Park; (708)
403-9099)
■5-9 ■ p.m. Thursdays:
Gene Infelise and Francesca
■6-10 ■ p.m. Fridays: The
keyboard stylings of
Roger Pampel
Square Celt Ale House &
Grill
(39 Orland Square Drive,
Orland Park; (708) 226-
9600)
■8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Acoustic
Night/Open Mic
Night
■8 ■ p.m. Wednesdays:
Free Trivia
Traverso’s Restaurant
(15601 S. Harlem Ave.,
Orland Park; (708) 532-
2220)
■8 ■ p.m. Wednesdays and
Saturdays: Karaoke
To place an event
in The Scene, email
a.stoll@22ndcenturymedia.
com.
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FREE
ADMISSION
22nd Century Media & Planet Fitness Presents
Saturday, April 21 / 9am–1pm
Tinley Park Convention Center
18451 Convention Center Drive, Tinley Park
FREE
Parking
FREE
Gift bags *
*Gift bags for first
500 people
MORE thAN 90 vENDORS!
Food drive
See Danni Allen, winner of “The biggest loser”
Season 14, speak about her experience
at 10 a.m.!
Laugh with the Laugh Anyway Mom!
at 11:30 a.m
LifeSource will host blood and bone marrow drives.
Pre-register by calling (877) 543-3768.
Donate canned food items to help stock the Micro
Pantries in the Will County area!
VendorS include:
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
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., Attorneys
at Law
Questions Kids Ask About God
Renewal by Andersen Windows
and Doors
Rodan & Fields
Ruby Ribbon
Scout & Cellar Clean-Crafted Wine
ScrapElegance Creations
Sensual Scentduction Candle Co.
Shades Luxury Cosmetics
Sheets by Karen
Sheila’s Decorative Pens
ShelfGenie
Silk Avenue
Silver Strand Boutique
Sleep Number
Something That Fits
Surprise Parties
Tastefully Simple
The Baby’s Crib
The Furever Home Friends
The Law Office of Sonia D.
Coleman, P.C.
Thirsty Donkey Skin Co.
This Is My Legacy
Three B’s Mobile Boutique
Total Life Changes
Tracy DeGraaf
Traveling Vineyard
Usborne Books and More
Vitalife
Window Works
World Global Network (Helo LX)
Wyndham Vacation Resorts, Inc.
Yoga 360
Young Living Essential Oils
And more to come!
SponSored by
To register for FREE tickets and more info, visit 22ndcenturymedia.com/lady Or Call: 708.326.9170

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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.
Distinctive Home Builders
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,
Distinctive Home Builders
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,
Distinctive Home Builders
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.
Distinctive Home Builders
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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• 14014 Cheswick Drive, Orland Park,
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• 10607 Gabrielle Lane, Orland Park,
60462-2803 - Martin Ozinga III to Kyle
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1003 Help Wanted
Village Seeks Seasonal Maintenance Workers
The Village of Homer Glen is seeking to fill 2 F/T
seasonal maintenance worker positions. This position
requires physical labor and will assist in maintaining the
grounds of public property.
Applicants must be 18 yrs. of age, have a H.S. diploma or
GED. Pay rate is $10.50 per hr for approx. 40 hrs. per
week from May to October. Selected candidates will be required
to pass a criminal background check, medical physical
and drug screen.
Interested candidates must complete the job application
found on the Village’s website www.homerglenil.org
Completed applications can be e-mailed to Heather
Kokodynsky at hkokodynsky@homerglenil.org or mailed
to Village of Homer Glen, Attn: Heather
Kokodynsky, 14240 W. 151st Street, Homer Glen,
IL 60491.
F/T and P/T RESIDENTIAL CLEANING
PROS NEEDED!
START IMMEDIATELY! Up to $13/hr plus tips and
bonuses. APPLY NOW!
15868 WOLF RD, ORLAND PARK
708.873.9044 - MaidPro.com
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Growing Media Company
Seeks Sales Directors
Position Overview:
22nd Century Media, a media
publishing company based in
Orland Park, is seeking Sales
Directors to join their team.
Responsibilities Include:
Proactively prospecting and
qualifying potential new
advertising accounts; handling
incoming leads; guiding ad
copy for clients; identifying
business opportunities and
working with decision makers
to obtain customer
commitment; and achieving
weekly revenue targets.
Qualifications:
Ideal candidates will possess
1–3 years of experience in
local/retail advertising sales
and/or media environment.
Must have a strong work ethic
and ability to work
independently as well as with
a team. Excellent
communication skills,
time-management and
interpersonal skills required.
Next Steps:
For more information or to be
considered for this
opportunity, email a
resume to:
careers@22ndcenturymedia.com
No phone calls please. EOE
Help
Wanted
INDUSTRIAL SALES
SW Suburban (Tinley Park)
Manufacturing Company
seeks a person with
experience in B2B Sales of
industrial products
(non-chemical).
This is an inside,
consultative Sales position
which will focus on new
product sales development and
existing product sales.
This sales/marketing
function selects and targets
decision makers to discuss the
product features relative
to the prospect’s existing &
potential needs.
Successful candidates
should be proactive and have
strong sales experience.
Excellent salary and fringe
benefits.
Annual performance bonus
potential.
It is NOT an outside sales,
telemarketing, nor a
commission paid position.
Send resume to:
AERO Rubber Company, Inc.
bschatte@aerorubber.com
Cashier/Sales Help Wanted
Will-Cook Ace Hardware
12121 W. 159th St.
Homer Glen, IL 60471
708.301.7130
1003 Help
Wanted
SALES ASSISTANT
Due to our rapid growth and
expansion, Tinley Park
industrial mfg. Sales office
seeks exp’d, detail-oriented
Sales Assistant for full-time
position. A Sales Assistant at
ARC does both sales,
secretarial & customer service
functions. This is a very
diversified position in our
FAST-PACED office. The
ideal candidate must be
HIGHLY MOTIVATED and
needs to possess strong
organizational &
communication skills.
Excellent computer literacy
needed, including MS Word &
Excel. Industrial cust. service
exp. req’d. Repeat customer
& supplier contact. No
telemarketing, no cold calling
req’d. Competitive salary &
benefit pkg incl. 401K. Send
letter & resume to:
cstratton@aerorubber.com
F/T Cook Wanted
Retirment setting
experience preferred but
willing to train.
Must be Reliable,
Professional, Respectful,
Courteous & Kind
APPLY IN PERSON
ONLY - Mon-Fri 1-3pm
16301 S Brementowne Rd
Tinley Park, IL 60477
Hardwood Floor Installers
& Finishers needed. Must be
dependable, experienced and
have transportation. Pay based
on exp. Email resume or
summary of qualifications to
info@hardwoodfloors
bymanny.com
Landscaping & Lawn
Maintenance Personnel
Experience needed.
$13-18/hr. F/T, Immediate
Hire (708) 687-8091 /
office@threebrothers
landscaping.net
Lawn Care Service
Looking for responsible,
motivated with driver’s
license. Pay based on exp.
Paid training. 708.226.9322
Looking to hire for
Remodeling
Concrete Exp. a plus!
Call 815.412.4705
1003 Help
Wanted
P/T Cashier & Sales
Customer service & POS
system exp. required. Must
enjoy working w/ people &
available on weekends.
Contact Lauren @ Melka
Garden Center or
email resume to
gardencenter@jimmelka.com
Part-time Telephone Work
calling from home for
AMVETS. Ideal for
homemakers and retirees.
Must be reliable and have
morning &evening hours
available for calling.
If interested,
Call 708 429 6477
M-F, 10am - 1pm Only!
Screen Printers &
Warehouse Needed
Experience preferred.
Please apply in person:
Same Day Tees
9525 W Laraway
Frankfort, IL 60423
or email:
pete@samedaytees.com
Security Officers
Hiring Event 4/16,
9 to 10:00! Orland Park
Retirees welcomed FT/PT.
call 708-385-3300 for apt.
www.guardiansecurityinc.com
The Lucky Hot Dog in
Tinley Park is now hiring
Kitchen Shift Leaders
Call 708-263-0130
1004 Employment
Opportunities
HELP WANTED!
Make $1000/week mailing
brochures from home!
No exp. req. Helping home
workers since 2001!
Genuine opportunity.
Start immediately!
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since 1998. Providing
quality care for elderly.
Live-in/ Come & go.
708.403.8707
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services; shower or bath
visits. Licensed & bonded.
Try the best! 708.638.0641
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26321 S. 104th Ave. 4/13 8-5p
&4/14 8-2p. Huge sale, antique,
vintage &collectibles.
Large variety of items!
New Lenox, 741 Dartmouth
Fri -Sat 4/13 &4/14, 9-4p.
Car tools, household, clothes,
sports & more!
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1057 Estate Sale
Homer Glen 14364 SBoulder
Dr 4/13-4/14 9-4pm 4/15
9-3pm Furn, elec, toys, clothing,
collectibles, Cash Only
1058 Moving Sale
Lockport 14913 W Victoria
Crossing Way 4/13-4/15 8-2pm
Furniture, Keurig, Trek mountain
bike, toys, books, home
decor, curtains/rods, storage &
more!
New Lenox 1225 Andrea Dr
4/14 10-3pm Furniture, two
desks, lawn mower, ext. ladder,
Xmas tree & misc! Must See!
New Lenox, 22527 Farmview
Saturday April 14th & 21st,
9a-2p. Too many treasures to
list!
Automotive
1061 Autos
Wanted
WANTED!
WE NEED
CARS, TRUCKS
& VANS
Running Or Not
from Old to New!
Top Dollar Paid !!!
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708 205 8241
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Call (815)838-7046
RealEstate
1090 House for
Sale
Orland Park
13643 Deerpath Drive
ESTATE SALE
2,200 sq ft ranch. 3BR, 2Ba,
2.5 car garage, 1/2 bsmnt unfinished
+crawl, laundry, living
rm, family rm, dining rm,
kitchen w/peninsula countertop,
fireplace, patio, hardwd
flrs. Master bedrm+ bath. 10K
sq ft lot. New windows, roof,
A/C, & gutters. $5,136 taxes.
Motivated seller ready to
move in. $314,900. Call or
text today.
FSBO 312-343-6378
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136 Evergreen Dr.
Frankfort, IL
Updated home, new hardwd flrs,
central AC &heating, open concept.
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brand new kitchenaid SSappls,
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BA, (attached to master BR is a
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fireplace. New washer & dryer.
Backyard is spacious w/ wood
pergola, cement patio & fully
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779-254-7663
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Rental
1225 Apartments
for Rent
Oak Forest Terrace
15815 Terrace, Oak Forest
Spacious 1 & 2 Bdrms.
Serene setting & Beautiful
Grounds. Tennis, Pool,
Walking Trails. Near metra.
708-687-1818
oakterrapts@att.net
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2701 Property for
Sale
2701 Property for
Sale
2701 Property for
Sale
2703 Legal
Notices
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“What do you say?...you say KUSAY!”
Serving The Southwest Suburbs since 1947
15939 S. Bell Rd. Homer Glen
(Behind the Bonfire Restaurant)
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFCOOK
COUNTY, ILLINOIS
COUNTY DEPARTMENT -CHAN-
CERY DIVISION
WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SO-
CIETY, FSB D/B/A CHRISTIANA
TRUST, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT
AS TRUSTEE FOR CARLSBAD
FUNDING MORTGAGE TRUST
Plaintiff,
-v.-
DAVID C. SONNE, NOLA C. SONNE,
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGIS-
TRATION SYSTEMS, INC, AS
NOMINEE FOR FOUNDERS BANK,
THE TOWNES OFORLAND WOODS
TOWNHOUSE ASSOCIATION
Defendants
17 CH 06393
17722 MAYHER DRIVE Orland Park,
IL 60467
NOTICE OF SALE
PUBLIC NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN
that pursuant to aJudgment ofForeclosure
and Sale entered in the above cause
on February 20, 2018, an agent for The
Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30
AM on May 21, 2018, at The Judicial
Sales Corporation, One South Wacker
Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at
public auction to the highest bidder, as
set forth below, the following described
real estate:
Commonly known as 17722 MAYHER
DRIVE, Orland Park, IL 60467
Property Index No.
27-31-105-051-0000.
The real estate is improved with asingle
family residence.
The judgment amount was $325,586.01.
Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid
by certified funds at the close of the sale
payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation.
No third party checks will beaccepted.
The balance in certified funds/or
wire transfer, is due within twenty-four
(24) hours. The subject property issubject
to general real estate taxes, special
assessments, or special taxes levied
against said real estate and is offered for
sale without any representation as to
quality or quantity of title and without
recourse toPlaintiff and in "AS IS" condition.
The sale is further subject to confirmation
by the court.
Upon payment in full ofthe amount bid,
the purchaser will receive aCertificate
of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to
adeed to the real estate after confirmation
of the sale.
The property will NOT be open for inspection
and plaintiff makes no representation
astothe condition ofthe property.
Prospective bidders are admonished
to check the court file to verify all
information.
If this property isacondominium unit,
the purchaser ofthe unit atthe foreclosure
sale, other than amortgagee, shall
pay the assessments and the legal fees
required by The Condominium Property
Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If
this property is a condominium unit
which ispart ofacommon interest community,
the purchaser ofthe unit atthe
foreclosure sale other than amortgagee
shall pay the assessments required by
The Condominium Property Act, 765
ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).
IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR
(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE
RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION
FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF
AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN AC-
CORDANCE WITH SECTION
15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.
You will need a photo identification issued
by a government agency (driver's
license, passport, etc.) in order togain
entry into our building and the foreclosure
sale room in Cook County and the
same identification for sales held at
other county venues where The Judicial
Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure
sales.
For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney:
POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES,
P.C., 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD,
STE 610, Chicago, IL 60606, (312)
263-0003 Please refer tofile number
106043.
THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORA-
TION
One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor,
Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312)
236-SALE
You can also visit The Judicial Sales
Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a7
day status report of pending sales.
POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C.
223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610
Chicago, IL 60606
(312) 263-0003
E-Mail: ilpleadings@potestivolaw.com
Attorney File No. 106043
Attorney Code. 43932
Case Number: 17 CH 06393
TJSC#: 38-1743
NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection
Practices Act, you are advised
that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be
adebt collector attempting tocollect a
debt and any information obtained will
be used for that purpose.
I3079377
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFCOOK
COUNTY, ILLINOIS
COUNTY DEPARTMENT -CHAN-
CERY DIVISION
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA-
TIONAL ASSOCIATION
Plaintiff,
-v.-
MARY ABRAHAM, PHILIP
MATHEW, KGH CONSULTATION &
TREATMENT, INC.
Defendants
14 CH 009103
11838 CALIFORNIA TRAIL OR-
LAND PARK, IL 60467
NOTICE OF SALE
PUBLIC NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN
that pursuant to aJudgment ofForeclosure
and Sale entered in the above cause
on January 15, 2016, an agent for The
Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30
AM on May 4, 2018, at The Judicial
Sales Corporation, One South Wacker
Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at
public auction to the highest bidder, as
set forth below, the following described
real estate:
Commonly known as 11838 CALIFOR-
NIA TRAIL, ORLAND PARK, IL
60467
Property Index No. 27-06-110-004.
The real estate is improved with asingle
family residence.
Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid
by certified funds at the close of the sale
payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation.
No third party checks will beaccepted.
The balance in certified funds/or
wire transfer, is due within twenty-four
(24) hours. The subject property issubject
to general real estate taxes, special
assessments, or special taxes levied
against said real estate and is offered for
sale without any representation as to
quality or quantity of title and without
recourse toPlaintiff and in "AS IS" condition.
The sale is further subject to confirmation
by the court.
Upon payment in full ofthe amount bid,
the purchaser will receive aCertificate
of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to
adeed to the real estate after confirmation
of the sale.
The property will NOT be open for inspection
and plaintiff makes no representation
astothe condition ofthe property.
Prospective bidders are admonished
to check the court file to verify all
information.
If this property isacondominium unit,
the purchaser ofthe unit atthe foreclosure
sale, other than amortgagee, shall
pay the assessments and the legal fees
required byThe Condominium Property
Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If
this property is a condominium unit
which is part of acommon interest community,
the purchaser ofthe unit atthe
foreclosure sale other than amortgagee
shall pay the assessments required by
The Condominium Property Act, 765
ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).
IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR
(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE
RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION
FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF
AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN AC-
CORDANCE WITH SECTION
15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.
You will need a photo identification issued
by a government agency (driver's
license, passport, etc.) in order togain
entry into our building and the foreclosure
sale room in Cook County and the
same identification for sales held at
other county venues where The Judicial
Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure
sales.
For information, examine the court file
or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS
& ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030
NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE
100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630)
794-9876 Please refer tofile number
14-13-33027.
THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORA-
TION
One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor,
Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312)
236-SALE
You can also visit The Judicial Sales
Corporation atwww.tjsc.com for a7
day status report of pending sales.
CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C.
15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD,
SUITE 100
BURR RIDGE, IL 60527
(630) 794-5300
E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com
Attorney File No. 14-13-33027
Attorney ARDC No. 00468002
Attorney Code. 21762
Case Number: 14 CH 009103
TJSC#: 38-2799
NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection
Practices Act, you are advised
that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be
adebt collector attempting tocollect a
debt and any information obtained will
be used for that purpose.
I3082722
2703 Legal
Notices
Legal Notice
Community Consolidated School
District 146
Notice of Public Meeting
On Thursday, April 19, 2018, at
9:30 a.m., the annual Timely and
Meaningful Consultation and annual
Title One, Title Two Consultation
will beconducted by Community
Consolidated School District
146, at the Robert Procunier
Administration Center, 6611 W.
171st Street in Tinley Park, IL. The
purpose ofthe meeting will beto
discuss the district’s plans for providing
special education services to
students with disabilities who attend
private schools within district
boundaries (St. George School,
Trinity Lutheran School, Hope
Montessori, and Zion Lutheran
School) and also those students
who are currently being
home-schooled. If you are aparent
of a home-schooled student who
has been or may be identified with
adisability, and you reside within
District 146 boundaries, you are
encouraged to attend. If you have
plans to attend or you have further
questions pertaining to this meeting,
please contact Dr. Princy
Abraham, Director of Student
Services, at (708) 614-4545.
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
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

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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.
THIS WEEK IN...
EAGLE VARSITY ATHLETICS
BASEBALL
■April ■ 18 – hosts Tinley Park-
, 4:30 p.m.
■April ■ 19 – hosts
Bolingbrook, 4:30 p.m.
Members of the team are
Orland Park’s Alec Hickey,
Josh Montalvo and Jack Nolan,
Tinley Park’s Matt Cotter
and Corey Hansen, Homer
Glen’s Logan Stafford,
Frankfort’s Aiden Cech,
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.
BOYS CO-OP GYMNASTICS
■April ■ 19 – hosts Andrew
Triangular with Fenton and
Glenbard South, 5:30 p.m.
BOYS TENNIS
■April ■ 12 – hosts Lincoln-Way
West, 4:30 p.m.
■April ■ 19 – hosts Bolingbook,
4:30 p.m.
BOYS CO-OP LACROSSE
■April ■ 9 – hosts Downers
Grove South, 6:30 p.m. at
Andrew
LowerSchoolShowcase
At atime when curriculums arebeing cut, MPA’sschool dayisinfused
with art,music, drama, worldlanguages, technology,and physical
education. Come see whythese classes, in addition to our core
curriculum, makeusspecial.
Thursday, April26th |6p.m. in Barker Hall
RSVP: morganparkacademy.org
Cardinal Joseph Bernardin’s sixth-grade basketball team
finished 32-7 and won three tournaments this season.
PHOTO SUBMITTED
| 2153 W. 111th Street,Chicago
■April ■ 11 – hosts Plainfield,
6 p.m.
BOYS TRACK AND FIELD
■April ■ 10 – hosts
Bolingbrook/Andrew, 4:30
p.m.
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
■April ■ 12 – hosts Marist,
5:30 p.m.
BOYS WATER POLO
■April ■ 12 – hosts Stagg, 5
p.m.
■April ■ 13 – hosts Sandburg
Varsity Invitational, 4:30 p.m.
■April ■ 14 – hosts Sandburg
Varsity Invitational, 8 a.m.
GIRLS CO-OP LACROSSE
■April ■ 12 – hosts Minooka,
6:30 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
■April ■ 17 – hosts Stagg, 6:30
p.m.
GIRLS SOFTBALL
■April ■ 13 – hosts
Bolingbrook, 4:30 p.m.
■April ■ 14 – hosts New Trier,
11 a.m.
GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD
■April ■ 13 – at Wheaton North
Invitational, 4:30 p.m.
GIRLS WATER POLO
■April ■ 17 – hosts Andrew, 5
p.m.
■April ■ 19 – at Lockport, 5
p.m.
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
10 Questions
with Heather Vetter
Sandburg senior Heather
Vetter is a second baseman
for the softball team
and is heading to Aurora
University in the fall to play
softball and pursue a nursing
degree.
What do you love about
softball?
I like how on every single
team I’ve played for, the
players have been so close.
There is a bond between all
of the softball players.
Even though its spelled
different, do people
think you are related to
Pearl Jam singer Eddie
Vedder?
Everybody asks me that.
My nickname is “Eddie.”
Do you know Eddie
Vedder’s music?
I think I might have heard
of one song before but I
don’t have any favorites.
What is your proudest
moment in softball?
Starting in the regional finals
last year. I always wanted
to play in a big game and
play well. I actually played
one of my best games.
Do you have any
embarrassing moments?
Last year we were running
out onto the field and I had
to jump and my head hit the
(dugout) roof and I fell onto
the field. I had to awkwardly
get up and play it off like I
meant to do it.
Why are you shooting
for a nursing degree?
JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY
MEDIA
My uncle (Todd Vetter)
passed away from leukemia
and my grandparents always
tell stories about how the
nurses impacted their lives
so it’s always been a goal of
mine to impact someone’s
life like that.
Do you have a movie
you can watch 100
times without getting
tired of it.
Probably the “Lion King.”
It’s my all-time favorite. My
sister and I have watched
that movie growing up and
we still watch it. I got my
tonsils out in December and
we watched it four times.
Is the TV show you
could binge forever?
“Gray’s Anatomy.” I am
hooked into it. I feel like I
am a part of their lives even
though I do absolutely nothing
with them.
If they made a movie
about your life, who
should play you?
Jennifer Aniston. I like
“Friends” and she seems
quirky and funny.
What would the title
be?
“Softball” or “The Life
of a Softball Player.” Something
like that.
Interview conducted by Sports
Editor Jeff Vorva

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BOYS TRACK
Jacobs finishes 23rd among elite runners
JEFF VORVA, Sports Editor
During a week in which
many outdoors events were
postponed because of the
weather, Sandburg senior
state and national elite cross
country runner Dylan Jacobs
headed to California to take
on some of the top track stars
in the nation in the 3200-meter
run.
The weather was warmer.
The competition was absolutely
scalding.
Jacobs finished 23rd out
of 33 runners in the Arcadia
Invitational at Arcadia
High School in Arcadia,
California.
He ran a time of 9 minutes,
6.75 seconds on Saturday,
April 7.
Sixteen runners broke the
nine-minute barrier.
To put that in perspective,
last year at the Illinois
High School Association the
winning Class 3A time was
9:03.41.
Jacobs’ time in the California
race would have
placed him second in the
state last year.
Marcus Kemp of St.
Mary’s High School in
California won the event in
8:50.95. a second.
YOUTH BASKETBALL
Lightning dancing in East Lansing
STAFF REPORT
The Orland Park Lightning
seventh-grade girls basketball
team travelled to East
Lansing, Michigan and came
home as a champion.
The Lightning finished
6-0 and earned a championship
in the 30-team Michigan
State Spartan Showcase.
Members of the team are
Elise Ward, Cara Hall, Averey
Bartley, Katy Cupp. Ixtel
Guerrero, Claire Callaghan,
SPORTS BRIEFS
Attack Rookie Program
registration open
The Attack Volleyball
Club’s Spring Rookie Program
registration is open and
it will run from Friday, April
13 through May 18.
For more information and
to register, visit: www.at
tackvolleyballclub.net
Shooters looking for players
The Southside Shooters
eighth grade basketball team
The Lightning seventhgraders
won a tournament
at Michigan State. PHOTO
SUBMITTED
Megan Flynn and Camden
McElligott,Sam Pagnucci and
Yarrah Abdallah.
is looking for two players
to fill its spring roster. The
team will consider strong
seventh grade players, playing
up. For more info or to
schedule a tryout call coach
Bill Finn at 708-508-0170 or
email finn@morainevalley.
edu. For further information,
contact Bill Lammel at 708-
289-3438.
Compiled by Sports Editor Jeff
Vorva
Dylan Jacobs, shown at the
IHSA state track meet last
year, competed with other
elite runners in California
over the weekend. FILE
PHOTO BY CLARK BROOKS/
PHOTONEWS
high school
highlights
The rest of the week in
high school sports
BASEBALL
Sandburg 11, Bradley 0
Evan Tenuta threw a shutout
on April 2 while Andrew
Tenison, Seth Masters,
Branden Comia and William
Wirt drove in runs.
LACROSSE
Andrew co-op 8, District
228 5
Nick Redman scored two
goals while Jack Teschke,
Mark Teschke, Aiden McKernan,
Tim Krafcisin and
Danny Slater each scored
goals in a game on April 4.
BOYS GYMNASTICS
Andrew co-op 111.6,
Homewood-Floosmoor
106.8
Junior Sawyer Mackovitch
led Andrew with a 40.8
all-around score in a South-
West Suburban Conference
tilt.
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BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Eagles aim to come out of break reversing losing trend
JEFF VORVA, Sports Editor
Sandburg’s boys volleyball
team has just about done
it all.
The Eagles have won four
Illinois High School state
championships and brought
home four more top-four
trophies.
They have won numerous
sectional and regional titles.
They won 30 or more
matches 18 times and won
41 matches in 2000.
One thing the Eagles
haven’t done, however, is
endure a losing season. According
to IHSA records,
they are 23-for-23 in .500-
plus seasons.
So the fact that the team
entered this week’s action
with a 5-8 record might be
cause for alarm.
But no panic has set in yet
with coach Dave Vales and
his troops.
“If we finished under .500,
I would be quite disappointed,”
said 6-foot-8 senior
Jake Ostema, who is heading
to Trinity Christian College
in the fall. “But I know
we could do better than that.
We’ve lost a lot of second
sets by two or three points.
If we can come back and refine
some of those things, we
will be looking good.
“I really don’t see us losing
many more times. We
have to get the energy and
the momentum up. We can’t
come out flat. It’s hard to get
on a run when you come out
flat.”
The Eagles are ending a
seven-day break by hosting
Marist on Thursday, April
12,
Prior to the break, the Eagles
were involved in a pair
of wild matches in Orland
Park.
St. Rita came in an
knocked the Eagles off 25-
Will Marks slams down a kill for Sandburg against Hinsdale South in a three-set win.
17, 13-25, 26-24 on April 3.
The match ended with officials
calling a point against
the Eagles when some in the
stands thought the Mustangs
hit the ball out of bounds.
Vales called it a “bangbang”
play that grazed one
of his players’ shirt.
“The referee made the
right call,” he said. “But it
was still a hard way to end
a match.”
Will Marks had 16 kills
against Mustangs and 6-foot-
6 junior setter Cameron Petrusevski
had 19 assists.
That loss gave the Eagles
its second three-game losing
streak of the season but it
was quickly forgotten after a
25-21, 24-26, 25-10 victory
over Hinsdale South the next
day.
The dominance of that
third game helped send the
Eagles into the week-long
break on a good note.
“Between the two matches,
we watched film - we
want to watch more film
with the young kids to they
can see their mistakes,”
Vales said. “It’s one thing to
say it but its another to see it
in video. I have a couple of
kids who have put in hours
this past week looking at
film to try to improve.”
Marks, Ostema and Cort
Jensen each had six kills and
Ostema added three blocks.
Freshman Jeremiah Burden
had 12 digs and Petrusevski
had 19 assists.
The roster features six seniors,
six juniors, two sophomores
and a freshman.
“We’ve had a ton of close
losses with a young roster,”
Vales said. “We need to get
those confidence moments.
When you win these sets by
two points, you can get on
a roll. But when you lose
them, you start getting nervous
about everything. You
get nervous about mistakes.
We need to have more successful
moments.”
Sandburg’s Daniel Gentile (left) and Jeremiah Burden
nearly collide but Gentile was able to get the set off in a
three-set victory over Hinsdale South on April 4. PHOTOS BY
JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA
Sandburg middle hitter Jake Ostema had six kills and three
blocks against Hinsdale South in Orland Park.

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BASEBALL
Lockport Sectional loaded with area teams
JEFF VORVA, Sports Editor
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
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
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.
Sandburg’s baseball team is one of six state-ranked teams in the Lockport Sectional.
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SOFTBALL
Local squads aiming for postseason success
JEFF VORVA, Sports Editor
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.
That might prove to see a
tough sectional to get out of
for the Eagles as Marist returns
a ton of talent from a
team that won 25 games and
finished fourth in the state in
Class 4A in 2017.
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.
RIGHT: Sarah Fuller and
Sandburg will head to a
sectional that does not have
a host. 22ND CENTURY MEDIA
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Eye-yi-yi: Staff, students have fun at Classic
JEFF VORVA, Sports Editor
When Courtney Milligan
was growing up in Decatur,
she said she was a swimmer.
That means she was used
to chlorine in her eyes.
But the Orland Park
School District 135 Crosstown
Classic was even
tougher on her eyes.
Milligan, the assistant
principal at Liberty School,
was a member of the Liberty
staff volleyball team
that beat Prairie School staff
members 24-26, 25-11, 25-
16 in front of hundreds of
fans Thursday, April 5 in the
third Crosstown Classic at
Jerling Jr. High School.
Five minutes before the
start of the match, a ball hit
her in the right eye hard during
warmups. She spent a
few minutes smiling, wincing
and covering the eye with
her hand but proclaimed, “It
didn’t hurt.”
After the match, Milligan,
Liberty Principal Daniel
Prorok, Prairie Principal
Jeff Nightingale and Prairie
Assistant Principal Laurie
Patterson all had pies thrown
in their faces as a part of a
raffle.
Both of Milligan’s eyes
took a beating after that, but
she still maintained a smile.
Interestingly, the pregame
shot to the right peeper came
courtesy of Prairie’s Lauren
Billo. Billo has gone through
some pain of her own this
school year. She is an assistant
girls volleyball coach,
at Sandburg and injured her
Achilles while coaching in
the fall and needed surgery
in October. She was seen
scooting around on a scooter
during some matches.
This was her first volleyball
action since the surgery.
“That felt good,” she said
after the match. “I was a
little nervous and tentative at
first. But it was fun.”
Billo is a co-coach of Prairie’s
eighth-grade volleyball
team with Bill Zopf.
Liberty has made it threefor-three
in Crosstown wins.
Rebecca Reitz, who works
with Marla Erdmann, Courtney
Luckhard, Dolly Mc-
Namara and Margaret Stoklosa
on the Volleyball Game
Committee, said money
raised from the event goes to
the Prairie Elementary Parents
for Education organization,
as well as the Liberty
School Parents for Education
group.
RIGHT: Young Liberty
School fans cheer during
the Crosstown Classic on
Thursday, April 5, at Jerling
Junior High. PHOTOS BY JEFF
VORVA/22ND CENTUREY MEDIA.
Prairie’s Lauren Billo played volleyball for the first time since having surgery on her
Achilles in October.
Liberty Principal Daniel Prorok took a pie to the face after
his team’s volleyball win over Prairie.

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fastbreak
THURSDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK
Plenty of great sporting events are close by
JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY
MEDIA
1st and 3
SOME NUMBERS ABOUT
SANDBURG’S BOYS
VOLLEYBALL TEAM
(ABOVE) IN WHAT HAS
BEEN A ROUGH SEASON
SO FAR.
1. 1-1
The Eagles were 1-1
at home and 1-1 as
visitors in their first
13 matches. They
were 3-6 in neutral
matches.
2. 7
Sandburg played
seven three-set
matches in its first
13 matches. The
Eagles were 3-4 in
those contests.
3. 2
The Eagles played
Brother Rice two
times this year. They
lost 25-22, 25-21 to
open the season on
March 20 in Chicago
and dropped a
closer 23-25, 25-21,
25-22 setback in
the semifinals of the
Vernon Hills Tournament
on March 24.
Jeff Vorva
j.vorva@22ndcm.com
So, this is a hyperlocal
paper and 99 percent
of the time, we will
be writing about Tinley
Park (in The Junction) and
Orland Park (in The Prairie)
athletes and events in
this section.
But as long as people in
our communities have cars
and we have a few special
arenas within driving distance,
I will use this space
on occasion to write about
some happenings at Chicagoland
Speedway, Route
66 Raceway and Route 66
Stadium in Joliet, Standard
Bank Park in Crestwood,
and Toyota Park in Bridgeview.
Will we devote 10 pages
to the big NASCAR race on
July 1 at the speedway?
Heck no.
We may not even devote
10 words to it.
But if there is something
cool going on at the track,
we will try to let you know
about it — especially if
there is a local angle. We
want to tell the stories of
some local racers and drag
Officials at Standard Bank Stadium, which hosted an Andrew/Sandburg baseball game in March, plan to host events every
day at the park, whether they are high school, college or travel league games. JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA
racers who will participate
in the smaller race circuits.
Oh, and the president of
both tracks, Scott Paddock,
is an Orland Park resident.
Insiders say that Standard
Bank Stadium will host
events every day this spring
and summer — weather
permitting of course —
including high school and
college baseball games,
travel league tournaments
and its main attraction, the
Windy City Thunderbolts.
Orland Park native and
Frontier League All-Star
Kyle Wood is expected to
return for his third season
with the Bolts. Keep an eye
out for him.
Keep your ears open for
the Bolts’ announcer. He is
Jon Zaghloul and he goes
to Andrew High School. He
doesn’t have his diploma
yet but he is good enough to
beat out experienced adults
for the gig.
The team had a handful
of players head to affiliated
organizations in 2017, so
the quality of baseball is
usually decent, although
there are moments.
Plus, on Thursdays when
the Thunderbolts play, they
host wrestling shows after
the game with a special
guest. One of the special
guests this year is the Iron
Sheik. Decades ago, I
interviewed Mr. Sheik and
learned that the guy who
made his money getting
booed while singing the
Iranian national anthem and
spitting on the American
flag actually helped coach
United States Olympic
wresting hopefuls. That
ranks up there as one of my
favorite columns.
Although Standard Bank
is probably too busy to do
this now, it was cool that
in March it was able to
host several high school
games. When Andrew and
Sandburg needed a park on
March 28 for their rivalry
game, the two District 230
teams were able to use the
turf field in Crestwood.
Back in Joliet, Silver
Cross Field is now known
as Route 66 Stadium and,
before I get to chatty about
what is happening there, we
have to see when the field
will actually be ready for
play.
Field Turf was supposed
to replace the grass field
and as of early April, the
weather was not cooperating
and the field was not
draining properly. No turf
was laid down. The May
15 Slammers home opener
could be in jeopardy. Let’s
hope that these setbacks
don’t interfere with the
Illinois High School Association
Class 3A and 4A
baseball state championships.
Toyota Park is the home
of the Chicago Fire.
Yes, the Cubs, White
Sox, Bears, Bulls, Blackhawks
and now Sister
Jean’s Loyola Ramblers
have a higher profile in the
Chicago area than the Fire
but Bastian Schweinsteiger
is an international star
and Nemanja Nikolic is an
amazing goal scorer.
So, we will keep an eye
on some of these places in
the coming months.
It should be a fun spring
and summer ahead.
LISTEN UP
“I really don’t see us losing many more times.
We have to get the energy and the momentum
up.”
Jake Ostema — Sandburg’s middle hitter on his volleyball team’s
5-8 start
What 2 Watch
Baseball - 4:30 p.m. April 18
• Tinley Park visits Sandburg on
an afternoon that the Eagles will
honor former coach Doug Sutor in a
retirement ceremony.
INDEX
43 - High School Highlights
42 - Athlete of the Week
Compiled by Sports Editor Jeff Vorva, J.vorva@22ndcm.com.

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GOING PLACES
See where Sandburg’s
baseball and softball
teams are going in the
playoffs, Page 45
TAKE A BREAK
Sandburg’s boys
volleyball team entered
a seven-day break with
a rare losing record,
Page 44
Liberty assistant principal
gets any eyeful before and
after the D135 Crosstown
Classic, Page 46
Liberty Assistant Principal Courtney Milligan laughs as she tends to her right eye after getting hit with a volleyball before the D135 Crosstown Classic
(left) and tends to her left eye after receiving a pie in the face after the match, which her team won. PHOTOS BY JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA