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Hitting pause
Village Board tables final vote on whether or not
to allow video gaming, Page 4
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THURSDAY
Intro to iPad
6 p.m. May 17, Orland
Park Public Library, 14921
S. Ravinia Ave. Adults can
bring an iPad and learn how
to customize settings and use
applications.
An Introduction to Commonly
Used Indian Spices
7 p.m. May 17, Orland
Park Public Library, 14921
S. Ravinia Ave. In this class,
Indrani Hausner will talk
about the health benefits of
the commonly used Indian
spices and provide some
recipes, as well as alternate
ways to use the spices, not
just in cooking.
FRIDAY
Teen DIY T-Shirt Bag
5 p.m. May 18, Orland
Park Public Library, 14921
S. Ravinia Ave. Teens, come
and learn how to turn old T-
shirts into an awesome bag.
Bring your own shirt to use
or use one of ours. Registration
required with teen’s
Orland Park Public Library
card.
Buenas Noches
6:30 p.m. May 18, Orland
Park Public Library, 14921
S. Ravinia Ave. Children
4 years and older can drop
in and learn basic Spanish
through stories and songs
during this interactive storytime.
Showcase - David Chiriboga
7 p.m. May 18, Orland
Park Public Library, 14921
S. Ravinia Ave. David Chiriboga’s
playing is rooted in
flamenco, Spanish classical
and Latin guitar.
‘Something’s Fishy’ Mystery
Night
7:30-10:30 p.m. May 18,
The Bridge Teen Center,
15555 S. 71st Court. Students
will celebrate summer
approaching with a fun mystery
night involving games
and live music from Glass
Pony and Ardent Life. Red
Lobster will provide free
food samples. This is a free
event for teens in grades
7-12. For more information,
call (708) 532-0500 or visit
www.thebridgeteencenter.
org.
SATURDAY
Bright Starts Family
Storytime
10 a.m. May 19, Orland
Park Public Library, 14921
S. Ravinia Ave. Children of
all ages and their families
can come together for stories,
songs and fun. Children
participate by repeating
words or phrases or making
animal sounds. These books
enforce vocabulary, word
recognition, rhythm and
rhyme.
Bingo!
2 p.m. May 19, Orland
Park Public Library, 14921
S. Ravinia Ave. Adults can
join for coffee and bingo in
the afternoon. Registration
not required. Space is limited.
MONDAY
Pages & Pastries Book
Discussion at Panera Bread
10 a.m. May 21, Panera
Bread, 15252 S. LaGrange
Road. Offsite book discussion
hosted by the Orland
Park Public Library. Patrons
can chat about he book of
the month, “Cork Dork” by
Bianca Bosker. New members
always welcome. Books
are available at the library
for checkout.
eBooks, eMagazine,
eReaders, oh my!
2 p.m. May 21, Orland
Park Public Library, 14921
S. Ravinia Ave. Patrons
can drop by the Adult Services
reference desk for a
one-on-one lesson with an
available librarian. They
should be sure to bring
device(s) with them and
have account log-in information
on hand. No appointments
necessary.
Video Game Club
3:30 p.m. May 21, Orland
Park Public Library, 14921
S. Ravinia Ave. Children
kindergarten through eight
grade can drop in to play
some multiplayer Nintendo
games with friends. Teens
in grades 9-12 can help every
Monday with the setup,
running and tournaments
for the club. They will
also receive an hour of service
time for each session.
Registration required with
teen’s Orland Park Public
Library card.
TUESDAY
Microsoft Powerpoint Part 1
6 p.m. May 22, Orland
Park Public Library, 14921
S. Ravinia Ave. Adults can
create slide shows. Prerequisite:
mouse skills.
The Great American Game
Show from the Early Days of
Radio to TV
7 p.m. May 22, Orland
Park Public Library, 14921
S. Ravinia Ave. Program is
for adults.
WEDNESDAY
Drop In Study Lounge w/
Fruit Skewers
2-6 p.m. May 23, The
Bridge Teen Center, 15555
S. 71st Court. Students
can come and go to enjoy
a snack of fresh fruit
while studying. This is
a free event for teens in
grades 7-12. For more information,
call (708) 532-
0500 or visit www.theb
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Open Art Studio
4-5:30 p.m. May 23,
The Bridge Teen Center,
15555 S. 71st Court. Students
can enjoy the brandnew
art studio space, practicing
creativity with a
variety of art tools. This
is a free event for teens in
grades 7-12. For more information,
call (708) 532-
0500 or visit www.thebri
dgeteencenter.org.
UPCOMING
Coffee & Conversation
9-11 a.m. Thursday, May
24, Orland Fire Protection
District Administration
Building, 9790 W. 151st St.
OFPD, Orland Senior Advisory
Council and Aishling
Companion Home Care
discuss issues of safety for
families, young people, seniors
and others monthly.
The topic for this month is
personal assistants. For more
information, visit www.or
landfire.org.
Orland Reads @ Mariano’s
9 a.m. Thursday, May 24,
Mariano’s Cafe, 9504 W.
142nd St. For adults. Offsite
book discussion hosted
by the Orland Park Public
Library. Discussion of
“Stay with Me” by Ayobami
Adebayo. Books are available
at the library for checkout.
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Microsoft Word Part 2
11:30 a.m. Thursday, May
24, Orland Park Public Library,
14921 S. Ravinia
Ave. Adults can discover
advanced options. Prerequisite:
Word Part 1.
ONGOING
Leisure Plotters Club
12:30-2:30 p.m. every
third Thursday of the month,
Orland Township, 14807 W.
Ravinia Ave. All seniors are
invited to join in for coffee,
bingo and socialization. For
more information, contact
Alice at (708) 614-9202.
The Leisure Plotters are to
host their holiday party from
11:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Dec. 13 at
Orland Chateau. Tickets are
$20 and can be purchased at
the November meeting. The
price includes family-style
food service and entertainment.
Orland Grassland Habitat
Rescue Team
9 a.m.-noon second and
fourth Saturday of every
month, 167th Street, just
west of LaGrange Road. The
volunteer Habitat Rescue
Team is looking for people
who love nature, hiking into
the prairie wilderness, and
helping bring the prairie
ecosystem to vibrant good
health. The group also meets
at various locations around
the site every Wednesday,
same timeframe, but advance
notice is required.
Fore more information, visit
www.orlandgrassland.org or
contact Pat Hayes at (708)
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Orland Park Village Board
Officials say no in split vote to Centennial Park West concert in 2018
Jon DePaolis
Freelance Reporter
Whether or not they fear
the reaper, a majority of
Orland Park Village Board
members did fear moving
forward with a ticketed summer
concert that could have
brought an act the likes of
classic rock band Blue Öyster
Cult to town.
On May 7, the Village
Board voted 4-3 against
staging an August ticketed
concert at Centennial Park
West, with trustees citing
concerns over the band
choices, the budget and the
timeframe.
Mayor Keith Pekau and
Trustees Carole Griffin Ruzich
and James Dodge cast
the three affirmative votes.
Before the vote, Pekau
updated the Village Board
members on some recent developments
involving a potential
concert at the site. He
said as recently as the week
prior, artists Buddy Guy and
Peter Cetera were in play for
Centennial Park West. But
both fell through before the
Village Board could vote.
“So, over the weekend,
I picked up the phone and
threw a Hail Mary to see if I
could find some other acts,”
Pekau said.
The mayor said four acts
were identified, but he did
not feel two were appropriate
fits for the village. The
two he did think could work
were Blue Öyster Cult and
Mark Farner’s American
Band — featuring the frontman
and guitarist formerly
of Grand Funk Railroad.
Pekau said he used Village
staff’s projections on costs
to stage the concert and determined
where tickets prices
would need to be set and
how many sold in order to
break even on the event.
According to the mayor’s
projections: for a $25 ticket,
the Village would need to
sell 4,745 tickets to break
even; at $30 a ticket, a total
of 3,992 tickets would need
to be sold; at $35 a ticket, a
total of 3,442 tickets would
need to be sold; and at $38 a
ticket, a total of 3,180 tickets
would need to be sold.
The proposed concert date
was to be Aug. 18.
“The nice thing about the
Aug. 18 date is there are no
other local [concerts],” Pekau
said, though he noted
Pearl Jam will be playing at
Wrigley Field and Keith Urban
would be playing at the
Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
on that day.
The new proposal would
allow for residents to bring
their own food and beverages,
but Pekau said the plan
also would include having
vendors come in to sell food
and drinks.
During the discussion,
Dodge said the challenge has
always been putting together
a business model to start
having bigger concerts at
the park, in the vein of what
happens at Ravinia.
“I’ve long been a supporter
and proponent of this,
and I think we should try
to get started,” Dodge said.
“We very well might not
make a whole lot of money.
I get that. But we’ve done a
lot of events in Orland [on]
a community-basis to try to
get something moving.”
Other trustees seemed
less enthused to get going in
2018. Trustee Patricia Gira
said when the item was last
discussed, she was interested
in the potential for a concert
and wanted to get more information.
“But it was always with
the idea that it would bring
in a higher level of entertainment
than we have at the
Taste,” Gira said. “I think
the Taste has fabulous entertainment;
it’s just not the
professional level that we
had hoped to bring in.”
Gira said she Blue Öyster
Cult was not quite what she
was expecting for Centennial.
“I have to admit, I looked
[up] Blue Öyster Cult —
maybe it’s my age, but I had
never heard of them before,”
she said with a laugh.
Gira said it was her hope
that instead of rushing into
a concert in August — and
taking whatever band was
available — that the Village
take some time and plan for
a concert next year.
“I’d like to budget for it,”
Gira said.
She also said the recent
closing of Carson’s factored
into her decision.
Ruzich said band choice
was not a sticking point for
her.
“I did say ... it would depend
on who the band was,”
Ruzich said. “And what I’ve
discovered since then is you
could talk to every person in
this room, and they would
have a different opinion.
Music is art. What I love and
what you love could be vastly
different. So, I don’t know
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Orland Park Village Board
Officials raise, table video gaming question in split vote
Jon DePaolis
Freelance Reporter
The battle over whether or
not to allow video gaming in
Orland Park continues, after
the Village Board voted 4-3
May 7 to table a decision on
the ordinance.
Mayor Keith Pekau and
trustees Michael Carroll and
Dan Calandriello cast the
dissenting ballots.
The ordinance on the floor
was to allow video gaming
within Village limits, albeit
with many restrictions, and
came after three town hall
meetings on the topic and
two non-binding/advisory
referendum questions on
the March primary ballot.
The results of the election
showed a slight edge for
those against video gaming
in Orland Park.
The ordinance would have
called for the board members
to review the ordinance,
and its successes or failures,
yearly for the first three years
post-implementation. It also
set forth several expectations
and restrictions on businesses
that would receive gaming
licenses, such as: only
allowing it for Class A liquor
license holders, meaning “licensed
retail establishments
where alcoholic liquor is
drawn, poured, mixed or
otherwise served for consumption
on the premises,”
that have been conducting
business on the property for
at least 18 months prior to
applying for the gaming license;
limiting each license
holder to five gaming terminals;
capping the number
of available licenses to 20
for first year; prohibiting
off-premises signs advertising
that the establishment
has video gaming; having
the business place a decal or
sign on each public entrance
to the establishment letting
customers know the business
is licensed for video
gaming; and requiring the
business install a video camera
surveillance system that
monitors the video gaming
area, and allowing the police
chief or a designee to review
the footage.
A total of nine residents
— both for and against video
gaming — spoke about the
issue to the Village Board.
Then, the trustees and mayor
had a chance to weigh in on
the topic.
“Between my years on
the police department of Orland
Park, interacting with
the business community in
the Village, and the years at
my law practice, I’ve seen
firsthand how significant of
an impact the decisions the
Village Board makes can
have on our business community,”
Trustee Michael
Carroll said. “In my estimation,
there is no policy currently
that creates as much
of a competitive disadvantage
for our businesses as
our gaming ban. I’ve personally
spoke with a half-dozen
businesses in Orland Park
that are contemplating either
closing or moving to neighboring
villages that allow
gaming.”
Carroll said he spoke with
people after the election who
said they were confused by
the referendums.
“I’ve talked to dozens of
people who realized after
the fact that they had cast an
improper vote on one or both
of the referenda,” Carroll
said. “The results were 52-
47 percent on the one, and
51-49 percent on the other.
Approximately 600 votes,
or approximately 1 percent
of the registered voters of
Orland Park, differentiated
the first referendum, and
approximately 200 votes,
or four-tenths of a percent
of the registered voters of
Orland Park, separated the
other.
“Despite arguments to the
contrary, this surely was not
a decisive vote nor a mandate
of any proportion.”
Carroll said he rejects the
notion that a strict, regulated
ordinance allowing gaming
would change the character
of Orland Park, and he
thought voting in favor of a
highly restrictive ordinance
was the proper course of action.
Trustee James Dodge also
said he spoke with several
people who reached out to
him earlier in the day about
this issue. He said he was
not sure that most people
knew just how many restrictions
were put in the draft
ordinance, but he said there
were points of agreements
between the different sides,
such as the desire to not have
flashing, electronic signs in
Orland Park.
“The last thing I want to
see in Orland Park is electronic
signs,” Dodge said.
“I get a lot of grief from the
business community about
that. I’m simply not voting
for electronic signs.”
But he also reiterated his
long-held belief about video
gaming.
“Gaming is adults doing a
legal activity with their money,”
Dodge said.
Trustee Patricia Gira during
her comments said she
felt the referendum process
was flawed.
“First of all, it should not
have been during a primary,”
she said. “I know a number
of people — maybe some of
you here — who don’t want
to vote in a primary, because
you choose not to identify
with either party, which is
required. A number of people
chose not to vote.”
Gira said she supports the
small businesses in Orland
Park, because those businesses
donate and volunteer
in the community.
Round It Up
A brief recap of action and discussion from the May 7
meeting of the Orland Park Village Board.
• The Village Board members voted 7-0 to appoint
Nick Parisi chairman of the Plan Commission. No
discussion was had on the motion.
• Sarah Carroll, store manager at the Old Navy store
located in Orland Park, was given an award recognizing
her “bravery and composure” during the recent fire
that took place at the store. Mayor Keith Pekau pointed
out that no one was harmed during the fire, and
credited Carroll and her staff.
• Trustee Kathleen Fenton was recognized for serving
the Village for 25 years.
• The Village Board members voted 7-0 to approve a
sponsorship agreement with Palos Health and Loyola
Medicine in the amount of $75,000 for the 2018 Taste
of Orland Park.
“Our small mom and pop
[stores] are the backbone of
Orland Park, and I sympathize
with this,” Gira said.
“They asked us to level the
playing field for them. I get
that. I understand that, and
that makes sense to me.”
But she said she had a
problem with the cap on 20
licenses.
“We have 60-some Class
A [liquor] licenses in town,”
Gira said. “So, the problem
with this, as I see it, is that
we’re creating an unlevel
playing field within our
community. We give out 20
[gaming] licenses, then what
about the other businesses
that may be across the street
from one that has it and they
don’t. Now, we have a special
elite tier.
“For that reason, I say it
should be available to all
businesses with a Class A license
or none — and I can’t
support all, so I have to say
none,” Gira said.
Trustee Carole Griffin Ruzich
said when discussions
started roughly nine months
ago, she was adamantly opposed
to allowing video
gaming. But she decided she
would keep an open mind.
She said she was always
concerned about two issues:
signs and the number
of licenses that would be allowed.
“Right now, this ordinance
has 20,” Ruzich said. “For
me, that’s too many. Could I
live with probably 15? Possibly.
But what I don’t have
is a firm legal opinion that it
could withstand a challenge.
My understanding is that we
hired outside counsel to give
us that opinion. I thought
we’d have it by today, but I
haven’t seen it. Without that,
I cannot vote on this.”
Trustee Kathleen Fenton
said she understood the
plight of the small business
owners.
“My husband and I had
two small businesses, and
we struggled,” she said. “It’s
hard out there.”
Fenton said she would not
approve 67 licenses for gaming,
and so she was not ready
to vote on the ordinance.
Trustee Dan Calandriello
did not comment publicly on
the matter.
Mayor Keith Pekau said
he thinks the Village Board
made the right decision in
November 2009 to not allow
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From MAY 8
Former Orland
Park resident
charged with
sexual abuse
of minor teen
T.J. Kremer III, Editor
A former Orland
Park and
current Frankfort
resident
was arrested
this week, after
he allegedly
had a sexual Buroff
relationship
with a minor teenager.
Philip W. Buroff, 25, was
charged with two counts
aggravated criminal sexual
abuse/ages 13 to 18 and two
counts of aggravated criminal
sexual abuse after he was
brought in Monday, May 7,
for questioning in regard to
complaints made by an employee
of the Wendy’s in
Mokena, where he served as
a supervisor, according to a
press release issued Tuesday,
May 8, by the Will County
Sheriff’s Office.
The crimes included “inappropriate
sexual advancements
over cellphone texting
and a private social media
site and eventually turned
into engaging in sex,” following
the two working together
and becoming friends
over the course of a year, according
to the press release.
Buroff was set to appear
for a bond hearing Tuesday,
May 8.
Police are asking anyone
with information about
Buroff to contact Detective
Corey Burket at (815) 727-
8574 ext. 4965.
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Orland-Palos VFW Post celebrates 45th anniversary with open house
Laurie Fanelli
Freelance Reporter
In 1973, Orland Park veterans
established VFW Post
2604. Since then, the organization
has been a force
of good in the community
both for veterans and neighbors
by contributing to local
charities, speaking at area
schools, honoring members
of the military and much
more.
The organization — which
consolidated with Palos
Heights and Palos Park to
become Orland-Palos Reber-
Tesmond VFW Post 2604 in
2012 — celebrated the past
45 years with a special party
and open house the evening
of May 9.
Along with commemorating
this momentous occasion,
the event also gave VFW
members and the public the
opportunity to meet the new
officers for 2018-2019.
Orland Park resident Ron
Raimbault — who was
elected to serve as post commander
in the coming year
— said he is looking forward
to continuing the good work
of the VFW while increasing
membership and collaborating
even more with the community.
“Tonight is our 45th anniversary,
and this is the
first time we’ve really had
an anniversary party,” he
explained. “We’re inviting
people to join and letting
them know what we’re doing,
while also letting local
businesses know what we
can do to help them.”
Members of the Orland
Park Area Chamber of Commerce,
Orland Park Health
and Fitness Center, Village
officials and many more attended
the anniversary party
and open house.
Many memories were
made over the past 45 years,
and longtime Post 2604
member and Orland Park
resident Bruce Borowicz
counts the annual Orland
Days celebration among the
best.
“We’ve been a part of the
Orland Days Parade, and we
were privileged to lead off
the parade every year,” he
said. “We’ve had a couple
of tremendous captains, and
we used to have, when I first
started, 25 guys in uniform
— maybe more — marching
in the parade.”
Pancake breakfasts
with the Boy Scouts, buying
cookies from the Girl
Scouts, and participating in
Honor Flights and Wreaths
Across America are among
the long list of positive
programs supported by the
VFW. The group also works
with blind veterans from
Hines VA Hospital.
Homer Glen resident Bill
Christie explained that one
of the most special — albeit
sad — acts of service by the
VFW comes in the form of
honoring those who gave all.
“This is a good organization
full of great guys,” he
said. “We go and we do a
final tribute to fallen comrades
at funerals. We go out
there and we’re all in uniform
and it’s a nice service.”
Christie added that the
VFW will provide this service
for any fallen soldier,
regardless of his or her affiliation
with Post 2604.
He said, “The reason for
the VFW is camaraderie, but
it’s also about what can we,
as an organization made up
of people who fought for our
country, do for the community
we live in.”
Even at the post’s anniversary
party, members spent
most of the time connecting
with the community and
forging relationships that will
produce further opportunities
to do good in Orland Park.
Post Chaplain Joe Liccese, of
Past and present VFW Post 2604 Cmdrs. (left to right) Jon Marshall, Bob Elli, Bruce Borowicz and Ron Raimbault pose for
a photo May 9 during a 45th anniversary party for the organization. Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media
“The reason for the VFW is camaraderie,
but it’s also about what
can we, as an organization made
up of people who fought for our
country, do for the community we
live in.”
Bill Christie — member, on the purpose of Orland-Palos
Reber-Tesmond VFW Post 2604
Tinley Park, gave each open
house attendee a small soldier
figure — donated by Our
Lady of the Woods — which
was accompanied by a printout
of a prayer.
“I’m looking forward to
meeting more new faces and
giving the best impression to
those who care to share the
event with us,” he said.
Veterans who are interested
in becoming members
of the organization can stop
by the veterans building at
15045 West Ave. in Orland
Park for the post’s general
meetings at 7 p.m. on the
third Wednesday of the moth
or at 9 a.m. every Tuesday
Mayor Keith Pekau looks at memorabilia from the past 45
years of VFW Post 2604’s history.
morning for fellowship,
led by member and Palos
Heights resident Tim Rudis.
“There’s a certain kind of
bonding that members of the
military — no matter what
branch — all seem to speak
the same language,” Rudis
said.
Christie added, “Everybody
that’s in the VFW has
to have served in combat,
which makes it a real brotherhood.
You have an immense
amount of respect for
every guy who sits in here,
no matter what branch.”
More information about
Orland-Palos Reber-Tesmond
VFW Post 2604 can
be found at www.orland
palosvfw.com.

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Orland Park Village Board
Motion to review full-time role of mayor goes nowhere
Jon DePaolis
Freelance Reporter
A motion to review the
compensation and role of the
full-time Village of Orland
Park president died on the
floor May 7, as no Village
Board member opted to second
it.
The motion — which was
made by Trustee Patricia
Gira — came after an April
2 Finance Committee meeting
during which Gira and
Trustees Michael Carroll
and Dan Calandriello forwarded
the item to the full
Village Board without recommendation.
The proposed
ordinance would revert the
role and compensation of the
full-time Village president
position back to a part-time
position after the 2021 election.
After the motion failed
to garner a second, Gira
spoke about it during her
comments to the rest of the
board at the end of the meeting.
She said there had been
some confusion about the ordinance,
and reiterated that
the change would not take
effect until after the 2021
mayoral election.
She also directly addressed
Mayor Keith Pekau.
“Frankly, I’m a little surprised,
Mr. Mayor, because I
thought this was one of the
keystones of your campaign:
to restore the position to
part-time,” Gira said.
Trustee Carole Griffin
Ruzich also spoke about
the failed motion during her
comments to the board.
“This was one of the first
discussions that the mayor
and I talked about when we
met a couple days after his
election,” Ruzich said. “We
talked about what would be
appropriate timing to visit
this issue. I think he agreed
— and I agreed with him —
that it would be a couple of
years that we would need to
figure this out.”
Ruzich said the reason she
did not second Gira’s motion
was that she thought it was
too soon.
“I was a big proponent
of having a full-time mayor
back when we voted on
that,” Ruzich said. “I think
whoever is on this board in
two years should make that
decision. There’s nothing
that could be affecting the
current mayor; it would be
for the future [term of mayor].
That is the reason why I
think it was premature.”
Ruzich said the discussion
will take place down the
road, and the mayor will be
in on the discussion.
“It’s not been a perfect
year by anyone’s imagination,”
Ruzich said. “We have
a new mayor, and we have a
new Village manager. And
no matter who was in those
positions, we would have
had some bumps along the
road. But I’m confident that
those are going to smooth
out over the next couple of
years.”
Pekau also had some comments
for the board regarding
the failed motion.
“So, it would seem that
the trustees did heed the
concerns of the people, and
I believe made the correct
decision to table discussion
about performance and the
position,” Pekau said. “Because
I answer to the people
of Orland Park, not the trustees
— just as the trustees answer
to the people of Orland
Park and not to me, the referendum
on our performance
comes through elections.
That’s the foundation of our
representative democracy.”
Pekau said, however, that
because “the genie was let
out of the bottle,” he had
some thoughts about the
full-time position after a
year on the job.
“I believe it brings into
question the original decision
to make the position
of mayor full-time without
changing the form of government,”
Pekau said. “After
serving in this position for a
year, I’m uniquely qualified
to judge both. A mayor can
certainly earn the salary the
board voted on prior to my
election, and there is plenty
of work for a full-time mayor,
which I said during the
election. In this case, given
the makeup of the board versus
one change agent that
was voted on, which was me,
put in place by a substantial
majority, being full-time has
allowed me to work through
a lot of obstacles this past
year.”
He said the Village has
had many successes over the
past year.
“The problem is that the
statutory manager form of
government and a full-time
mayor are definitely inconsistent
with one another,”
Pekau said. “But it is what
we’re going to have for the
next three years. Before
making the mayor position
full-time, the current form of
government in Orland Park
should have been examined.
The main idea behind
this form of government is
it eliminates the politics by
hiring a professional manager.”
Pekau said his opinion is
that if the form of government
does not change, the
mayor position should return
to a part-time position. But
he said if the form of government
changes, the mayor’s
position could adapt to
whatever is consistent with
the form of government.
Disagreement over the
ordinance
Reached by phone May
8, Trustee James Dodge disagreed
with several of the
assertions made by Pekau
about the role of the Village
president and the Village
form of government.
“Here’s why there is inconsistency:
the board never
voted for a full-time mayor,”
Dodge said. “As is specified
by that ordinance, we
clearly call out it was enhanced
compensation for the
equivalent of full-time hours
focused on economic development.
It had nothing to do
with changing the form of
government.”
Ordinance No. 5135 states
that the Village received a
professional staffing study
that recommended creating
two positions — a second
assistant Village manager
and an economic development
coordinator — to help
with the growing demands
of Orland Park as a community.
Instead of hiring the
two positions, the ordinance
approved expanding the
mayor’s role. It read, in part,
as follows.
“The Village President
will engage in promoting
and facilitating the economic
development of the
Village in order to maximize
the Village’s long-term employment
opportunities for
residents, the Village’s commercial
tax base and would
generally foster economic
development opportunities.
In addition, the Village President
will undertake a proactive
approach in assisting local
businesses, organizations
and individuals with creating
and establishing economic
development plans
and promoting the Village to
new purposeful opportunities,
in addition to resolving
constituent issues.”
The ordinance also states
that in order to fulfill these
obligations, the expectation
of the Village Board was
that the Village president
would put in working hours
“equivalent to those of a
full-time Village employee.”
The compensation was set at
$150,000.
“[The mayor] and I clearly
have different interpretations
of what is actually in
the ordinance,” Dodge said.
“What he may prefer and
what he may try to advocate
for, that’s up to him. That’s
his choice. My choice was to
get somebody to focus fulltime
on economic development
because, in my years
of experience, oftentimes
developers before they commit
to a big project in Orland
Park would like to talk to the
elected board who has final
approval, not just staff.
“Nothing in that ordinance
says anything about fulltime
mayor. I absolutely do
not concede the point, and I
don’t like the label that this
is a full-time mayor’s position.”
To Dodge, the ordinance
should be viewed as the Village
president continuing his
part-time role as mayor, with
additional compensation to
work full-time hours toward
economic development for
Orland Park.
“One of the big factors
for my vote in that compensation
was that we needed
all the help we could get to
market the village and drive
economic development,”
Dodge said. “It wasn’t fair
to ask whoever was in the
mayor’s office to do that
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OFPD offers guidance to avoid mishaps while grilling
Submitted by Orland Fire
Protection District
The Orland Fire Protection
District hosts a monthly Coffee
and Conversation with
residents to discuss issues
of safety for families, young
people, seniors and others.
The next meeting is to be
held at 10 a.m. Thursday,
May 24, at the Fire District’s
administration building. The
public is invited.
This month’s topic is
Grilling Safety and how to
avoid mishaps while grilling
on the barbecue.
Coffee & Conversation
is hosted by the OFPD, Orland
Senior Advisory Council
and Aishling Companion
Home Care.
The Coffee & Conversation
meetings are held at the
administration building, 9790
W. 151st St. in Orland Park
and generally run two hours.
Attendance is free of
charge.

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the orland park prairie | May 17, 2018 | 9
Mokena resident wins 2018 Vacation Photo Contest by reflecting
Bill Jones, Editor
Road trips are about the
moments while they are happening.
But those moments
often lead to fond reflection
years later.
And this year’s Vacation
Photo Contest had Amy
Knoop reflecting about,
well, a reflection.
Last summer, she took a
road trip with her daughters
Riley and Jaiden along the
Florida Gulf Coast. They set
out, Knoop said, to experience
“sunsets, seashells and
swimming.”
While they were taking a
swimming break to catch the
“amazing sunset” in Sanibel
Island, Florida, Knoop captured
the photo that would
end up winning in 22nd Century
Media Southwest Chicago’s
2018 Vacation Photo
Contest.
“The sunset was reflecting
off the water, creating a mirror
image of the gorgeous
sky,” she wrote. “When
imagining what a summer
family vacation should be,
I will forever think of this
image, because it sums it all
up so beautifully. No filters
needed.”
Knoop’s winning photo
is published on the cover
of the 2018 Summer Fun
Guide, included with this
week’s issue of The Orland
Park Prairie. She also won
the following Grand Prize
Package: gift cards valued at
$200 for Gizmos Fun Factory,
66 Orland Square Drive,
Suite D, in Orland Park; a
gift certificate for two hours
of bowling and shoe rentals
for up to six people on a
lane at Laraway Lanes, 1009
W. Laraway Road in New
Lenox (the certificate also
includes one 12-inch pizza
and one pitcher of pop); four
passes, each good for 13 entries
for one session for one
child at Mokena Community
Park District’s Yunker Farm
Splash Park, 10824 LaPorte
Road in Mokena; a gift certificate
for a 45-minute salt
cave session at Royal Salt
Cave & Spa, 20881 S. La-
Grange Road in Frankfort;
a gift certificate valued at
$25 for Rubi Agave, 12622
W. 159th St. in Homer Glen;
a gift certificate valued at
$25 for Odyssey Fun World,
19111 Oak Park Ave. in Tinley
Park; and six $5 gift certificates
from Dairy Queen,
950 E. 9th St. in Lockport.
Publisher 22nd Century
Media asked area readers
for their best vacation photos,
this year focusing on
a theme of “road trips and
winging it.” Entries were
judged based on photo quality,
originality, capturing the
essence of vacation, emphasis
on summer and ability to
fit the theme.
The staff at 22nd Century
Media would like to thank
everyone who took the time to
share their photos and stories
with us for this year’s iteration
of the contest, as well as the
local businesses that donated
prizes for our winner.
Business Briefs
Parkside Square of Orland Park
celebrates a year
Beechen & Dill Homes is celebrating
one year of building new
homes in their Orland Park community
Parkside Square.
On June 2, the home builder is
to host a 1 Year Anniversary Tour
of three available homes and the
Hampton model home.
The available, move-in ready
homes featured on the tour include
the Aspen, the Sierra Ranch and the
recently announced Northport floor
plan.
In addition to the tour, Beechen &
Dill Homes will be offering catered
lunch to attendees from recently
opened City Barbeque of Orland
Park. Cold homemade lemonade,
which will be provided by the glass
in front of the sales office/model.
To shake things up, the home
builder will be conducting a contest
for prizes. Attendees will receive a
blank card, and each location will
have a different color sticker to
place on the card. Once the card
has a sticker from each location, the
participant will turn it in for a prize
at The Hampton Sales Model.
For more information, contact
Bob Williams at (312) 804-1312 or
visit www.beechendill.com.
Orland Park resident chooses white
Jeep for grand prize
Cheryl Andrews is the Darvin
Furniture grand prize winner of a
2018 Jeep Sahara Unlimited 4x4.
After much consideration and looking
at options at the Bettenhausen
Jeep dealership, the Orland Park
resident chose a white Sahara for a
permanent spot in her driveway.
Darvin Furniture, 15400 La Grange
Road in Orland Park, marked the
grand opening of its all-new exterior
facade and entryway by conducting
a drawing for the all-new Jeep, thousands
of entries were received over
the three-week period from customers
visiting the showroom.
Andrews, an Orland Park resident
of more than 28 years who had been
in the store weeks before to shop for
a bedroom set, she had made two
stops to shop at Darvin, and it was
her second visit when she took a few
moments to fill out the entry form.
Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau
picked her name from a bin at
Darvin.
Bettenhausen Jeep, Darvin’s partner
for the grand prize drawing, was
able to offer Andrews the opportunity
to select her own color in a variety
of Jeep vehicles.
Geneva residents Mike and
Kathy Henderschott are to open
a Hand & Stone Massage and Facial
Spa in Orland Park on Friday,
May 18, marking the fourth Hand
& Stone location for the husbandwife
duo in the Chicago area. Mike
and Kathy opened their first Hand &
Stone in Wheaton in 2013 and have
since brought locations to Geneva,
Naperville and now Orland Park.
Compiled by Editor Bill Jones, bill@
opprairie.com.
Concert
From Page 3
if we’re ever going to agree on a
band. I think our job is to agree on
the concept for this year and [if]
we are willing to try it.”
Ruzich asked staff if they
thought they could pull off a concert
in three months.
Village Manager Joe La Margo
said the short timeframe is
a challenge but if the Village
Board decided to approve the
concert, staff would work to
VOTE
From Page 4
video gaming when it was first approved
by the state. But as time
went on, the decision deserved to
be reviewed.
He said his personal opinion
is that he is not opposed to video
gaming, so long as it is tightly controlled.
Motion
From Page 8
make sure it happened.
“At the end of the day, it’s the
board’s decision,” he said. “And if
the board directs us to do it, we’ll
figure out a way.”
Trustee Dan Calandriello said he
was not in favor of doing a concert
in 2018 for a number of reasons,
including that money identified
to pay for it would come, in part,
from the Appearance Improvement
Grant fund. But he said he
would support a concert next year.
Before the vote, Pekau said
the Village needs to start finding
“Our ordinance that we’ve
drafted is the most restrictive ordinance
that is in existence in the
state,” Pekau said.
Pekau said he disagreed with Illinois
allowing video gaming, but
since the state allows it and it surrounds
Orland Park, the Village
has to deal with it.
“It’s a 50-50 issue, with emotion
on both sides,” he said. “Since this
without compensation.
“This was never about changing
the Village form of government.”
Meanwhile, Village Manager
Joe La Margo — reached by
phone on May 8 — said his role
has not changed from his predecessor’s.
“I still run all the day-to-day operations,”
La Margo said. “All the
staff still reports to me. None of
the fundamentals of what a council-manager
form of government
is have changed.”
La Margo said he works collaboratively
with Pekau, just as staff did
under the previous mayor. He said
he has standing meeting with the
mayor twice a week, which is a little
different, just based on the availability
of a mayor with full-time hours.
“But, as far as what the role
events it can stage that are budgetneutral.
He said the concert would
be a modest risk for something the
community would enjoy.
“If we do this successfully,
we’re going to create revenue for
other events, which just takes that
much more budget pressure off,”
Pekau said.
Despite the outcome of the May
7 vote, the majority of the board
members expressed interest in
continuing to work on a ticketed
concert at Centennial Park West
for next year.
was put on the agenda as a political
issue ... it will continue to be
made a political hot potato until it
is resolved.”
Pekau said he was not in favor
of tabling, because sometimes politicians
have to make tough votes.
But Dodge motioned to table
the vote in an effort to let the
community keep talking about
this issue.
of a village manager is, it has
not changed at all from what any
other Village manager here has
experienced,” La Margo said.
“The mayor and the board are the
policymakers. My job is to make
sure that my staff and my departments
carry out the policies that
the board creates. Regardless of
how many hours someone puts in,
the roles have not changed; they
create policy, and we carry out
policy.”

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The Orland Park Prairie’s
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Claire Callaghan,
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Claire Callaghan was
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What is one essential you
must have when studying?
When I am studying, I
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to be by myself, so I can focus.
I am an auditory learner,
so studying out loud helps
put it in my brain.
What do you like to do when
not in school or studying?
When I am not in school
or studying, I like to play
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friends. I also like to spend
time with my family and talk
to my sister Grace, who is
away at college.
What is your dream job?
When I get older, I would
like to be a doctor who specializes
in taking care of
people with broken bones,
which is an orthopedic surgeon.
What is one thing people
don’t know about you?
One thing people don’t
know about me is I like to
bake.
Whom do you look up to and
why?
I look up to my three sisters,
Grace, Annie and Caroline.
I love them all so much,
and they set a great example
for me. I hope that one day
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because it comes easily to
me, and I have always loved
it. My teacher is fantastic
and is always an awesome
teacher.
What is one thing that
stands out about your
school?
One thing that I believe
stands out at my school
would be all of the activities
in which anyone can be involved.
There is something
for everybody.
What’s your best memory
from school?
My best memory of
school was in first grade,
when I met my best friend.
To this day, Camden, I love
her dearly. She is the most
amazing friend that anyone
could ask for.
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School News
Marian Catholic High School
Orland Parker recognized at
Academic Breakfast
Marian Catholic High
School recognized 91 sophomores,
juniors and seniors
at the school’s annual Academic
Breakfast on April
26. Students honored have
earned a grade-point average
of 4.0 or higher in all
semesters at Marian Catholic.
Among them was Emily
Kaderabek, a junior from
Orland Park.
Providence Catholic High
School
Students from Orland Park
join Augustinian Youth
Ministry
The Rev. John Merkelis,
president of Providence
Catholic High School, recently
presided over the induction
of 41 students into
the school’s Augustinian
Youth Ministry organization
April 10 at the school.
AYM is the largest student
organization at Providence
Catholic, with more than
150 members. The group
is charged with promoting
Christian service and
Augustinian spirituality in
the community. AYM organizes
blood donor drives,
food drives, clothing drives
and many other service activities.
Their service projects
benefit the community
at large, as well as the high
school.
Among the students from
Providence Catholic who are
the newest members of AYM
are Emily Dykas, Kathryn
Hamilton, Kathleen Johnson,
Colin Peck , Nora Whitten
and Katianne Soltys, all
of Orland Park.recent inductees
of the Motor Board
was Madeline Hirschfield, of
Orland Park.
Cedarville University
Orland Park student
graduates
Raseena Jacob, of Orland
Park, recently graduated
from Cedarville University
with a degree in middle child
education.
Monmouth College
Student from Orland Park
among first graduates of
Global Public Health Triad
Jayna Kozlowski, a biopsychology
major from Orland
Park, will be among the
first graduates of Monmouth
College’s Global Public
Health Triad.
Monmouth’s Global Public
Health Triad — a minor
that integrates the disciplines
of kinesiology, modern
languages and psychology
— develops students’
knowledge of a variety of
approaches to understanding
and improving health, from
an individual level to an international
level.
Global Public Health students
participate in either an
internship focused on health
or a study-abroad program
focused on health, both of
which deepen their understanding
of specific issues
and also provide preparation
for a career or graduate
school.
Olivet Nazarene University
Orland Park student earns
bachelor’s degree
CONTACT
Valerie Seehafer recently
received Bachelor’s of Science
degree from Olivet
Nazarene University.
She is one of approximately
1,450 students to
earn an associate, baccalaureate,
master’s or doctoral
degree this year at Olivet.
Her major field of study was
international business.
Seehafer previously graduated
from Sandburg High
School in Orland Park. She
is the daughter of Todd and
Mary Seehafer of Orland
Park.
Valerie’s activities and
honors while attending
Olivet included the Honors
Program, where she completed
an undergraduate
research project, and International
Business Institute, a study
abroad program during the
summer of
2017 through which she
traveled 12 different countries
and visited 26 corporations.
Purdue University
Two students from Orland
Park named to honors list
Purdue University’s College
of Science recently congratulated
the members of its
semester honors and dean’s
lists. Among those named
were Amir Zegar and Jake
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University of Alabama
Orland Parker inducted into
Phi Beta Kappa
Sahiti Madireddy, of
Orland Park, has been inducted
into The University
of Alabama’s chapter of Phi
Beta Kappa.
The mission of The Phi
Beta Kappa Society is to
champion education in the
liberal arts and sciences,
foster freedom of thought,
and recognize academic excellence.
Students are elected to
membership on the basis
of outstanding academic
achievement in the liberal
arts and sciences.
Western Illinois University
Orland Parker among
honored scholars
Western Illinois University
recently announced
spring 2018 college, departmental
and honors scholars
following with spring commencement
May 11-13.
Among the scholars recognized
was Kyle Murphy,
of Orland Park, who is a
forensic chemistry Honors
Scholar.
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bill@opprairie.com.

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FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION
Beloved Andrew teacher Lloyd
Eichwald dies unexpectedly
The tributes began pouring in on
social media as soon as the unexpected
news made its way around
the Andrew High School community.
Science instructor Lloyd H. Eichwald,
of New Lenox, died over the
weekend of May 6. Adored by students
and respected by colleagues,
Eichwald taught the subject of biology,
but it was his compassionate
and connective approach, often
starting class with an introductory
“good morning, inspiring scholars”
and finishing with a joyful “biology
is life” farewell that made the longtime
educator stand out, according
to past and current students.
“Mr. Eichwald was not ill nor
had any health conditions, making
his passing all the more surprising
and challenging,” Andrew Principal
Bob Nolting said in a message
to families. “For those who
knew Mr. Eichwald knew a teacher
who was passionate about his subject
but more passionate about the
connections he made with his students.”
Counselors and social workers
were available for students and
staff throughout the week to help
those in need to cope.
“Yesterday was a challenge for
many students, staff, alumni and
parents,” Nolting said in a followup
message posted May 8. “Many
shared their thoughts on Mr. Eichwald
through letter-writing, storysharing,
twitter posts and art. Mr.
Eichwald was a beloved teacher
and it was a painful, but healthy,
day to grieve as a school. We know
that students and staff will continue
to struggle, as we attempt to return
to some level of normalcy.”
Eichwald is survived by his wife,
Nancy, and children, Shannon,
Lindsey and Erich.
Reporting by Cody Mroczka, Editor.
For more, visit TinleyJunction.com.
FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER
Event by Accelerate, police
encourages driving safety
With prom just around the corner
for many high school students, the
Mokena Police Department teamed
up with Accelerate Indoor Speedway
to show students firsthand the
dangers of distracted and impaired
driving.
“Hopefully, kids will have a better
appreciation of what impaired
driving can cause, what distracted
driving can cause and, of course,
the inherent dangers,” Mokena Police
Chief Steven Vaccaro said.
Although he said the department
does not respond to many calls of
young drivers driving under the
influence, Vaccaro noted distracted
driving is a problem for many people
in the community.
“Distracted driving and impaired
driving are not only dangerous for
[the driver], but they’re dangerous
to the entire community and any
community [they] drive through,”
Vaccaro said.
High school students were challenged
to drive the course in a kart
while wearing goggles that simulated
drowsy driving or intoxicated
driving — at a blood alcohol level
twice the legal limit.
Even Accelerate employees who
know the course better than anyone
had difficulty navigating the
orange cones lining the center of
the curves and creating obstacles
on the straightaways.
Officers from the Illinois State
Police, as well as the Carol Stream
Police Department, teamed up to
bring a rollover simulator and lowspeed
crash simulator to the event.
While the rollover simulator was
not interactive in the sense of actually
being able to experience a
crash, the low-speed impact simulator
was.
Reporting by Amanda Stoll, Assistant
Editor. For more, visit MokenaMes
senger.com.
FROM THE FRANKFORT STATION
Restaurant, hockey training center
to come to Frankfort
A new Freddy’s Frozen Custard
& Steakburgers and an indoor
hockey training facility are one
step closer to becoming a reality,
after the Frankfort Village Board
on May 7 granted special use permits
for both projects.
Freddy’s intends to construct a
3,476-square foot restaurant at the
Frankfort Crossing Shopping Center,
9701 W. Lincoln Highway. The
special use permits approved by
the Village allow a drive-up service
window, a carryout restaurant and
outdoor seating for the project.
The board also approved a major
planned unit development change
to allow the construction of the
restaurant, conditional upon staff
approval of a revised landscape
plan and verification that the garden
well height will be sufficient to
provide screening from headlights
from Route 30.
Another special use permit approved
by the Village trustees will
allow The Cube Training Center, a
proposed indoor hockey facility, to
use the space at 9216 Gulfstream
Road, Unit A, in the Airport Industrial
Park, for indoor recreation and
entertainment purposes.
Trustee Bob Kennedy said he
wanted to thank the planning commissioners
for their work on the
projects.
“I want to thank them for their
diligence, their vision, their agreements
and their disagreements, to
get the best overall product together
for us as trustees to review that,
I think, has an overall net benefit
to the Village of Frankfort and its
residents,” he said.
Reporting by Nuria Mathog, Editor.
For more, visit FrankfortStation.com.
FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT
Park district celebrates everyday
heroes
With “Avengers: Infinity War”
topping the box office records,
it seems that superheroes remain
a favorite in today’s culture. Although
superheroes like Batman
and Wonder Woman come to mind
when one thinks of a superhero, the
New Lenox Community Park District
highlighted the superheroes in
our everyday lives: moms.
On May 6, the park district hosted
its third annual Mom/Son Superhero
Night. With plenty of activities,
food and fun, mothers and
their sons were invited to spend an
evening together the weekend before
Mother’s Day.
Looking for a new type of mother-son
event, Recreation Supervisor
Tracy Wrase came up with the
superhero night, which has proven
successful since its inception, she
said. This year, the event reached
capacity, with more than 100 people
at the event.
“I like that we can have fun celebrating
moms and all the hard
work they do,” Wrase said. “And
we want to show them that the park
district is with them, because they
do so much work, and we want to
do something special for them.
“It’s a really great event that
grows every year. I’m very happy
moms enjoy the event.”
Attendees were not only invited
to dress up as their favorite superheroes
but also got involved in a
variety of craft activities, including
making their own masks, capes and
superhero tools to fend off villains.
Additionally, young heroes had the
opportunity to test their skills in an
agility course. Last but certainly
not least, mothers and sons had the
opportunity to meet Captain America,
who was present at the event
for a meet-and-greet and photos.
Reporting by Amanda Del Buono,
Freelance Reporter. For more, visit
NewLenoxPatriot.com.
FROM THE HOMER HORIZON
Former LTHS teacher pleads guilty
in revenge porn case
A former science teacher at
Lockport Township High School
pleaded guilty May 7 to an attempt
of nonconsensual dissemination of
private sexual images, according to
Chuck Pelkie, a spokesperson for
the Will County State’s Attorney’s
Office.
Stephen Soderborg, 30, of 19508
Parker Road in Mokena, reversed
his earlier plea of not guilty after
an unsuccessful attempt by his
lawyer, Jeff Tomczak, to argue that
the law under which Soderborg
was charged was unconstitutional,
court records show. Tomczak has
not returned a request for comment
on the matter.
The conviction, which is a Class
A misdemeanor, carries two years
of court supervision; a $750 fine;
and requirements to attend anger
management classes, complete 50
hours of community service at a
facility that benefits women or victims
of domestic violence, and refrain
from contact with the victim.
Soderborg was charged in January
2017 for posting a private photo
of his ex-girlfriend online, Will
County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman
Kathy Hoffmeyer said at
the time. She said then that the
charge was the result of an investigation
which started in November
2015, when Soderborg’s exgirlfriend
alleged he had private
photos of her in his possession and
had posted them online without her
permission.
Hoffmeyer added at that time
that Soderborg made statements
to detectives that he had taken
the pictures offline and realized
he should not have posted them,
though results of a search warrant
still found one image online, which
led to his arrest.
Reporting by T.J. Kremer III, Contributing
Editor. For more, visit Homer
Horizon.com.
FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND
Lockport artist finds community at
artist guild
Diane Clavio has been a member
of The Artist Guild of Lockport for
less than a year, but the group already
has had a significant impact
on her.
“I was looking for a group, because
I’m social,” she said. “I don’t
like to paint by myself all the time
and not have other creative people
around me. So, I was looking
around, and I tried one group and
I didn’t like it. So then, I went to
the art museum in Lockport, and
the curator there ... was telling me
about the guild. So, I decided to try
it.”
After having used mostly oils
early in her art career, Clavio transitioned
to acrylic paint, which is
what she uses today.
“I used to, when I first started,
do oils mostly, but then I met this
painting teacher, and we became
friends, and she just did acrylics,”
Clavio said. “So, I tried her methods,
and I like it a lot..”
Clavio was inspired to start her
art career before even reaching
high school, and has been honing
her craft off and on ever since then.
Reporting by Max Lapthorne, Editor.
For more, visit LockportLegend.com.

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From the Editor
Talking can be tough
BILL JONES
bill@opprairie.com
People say the two
things you do not
talk about — be it at
gatherings or when meeting
strangers or during dinner
— are politics and religion.
But when addressing
potentially sensitive subject
matter from which people
shy away, that is far from a
complete list.
Ours is a society still painfully
shy about sexual matters
(many parents are more
concerned with kissing than
gunfire on their children’s
televisions); mental health
discussion acceptability
varies by everything from
region to treatment to the
particular malady; and then
there is suicide.
Earlier this year, I had to
report on a couple of deaths
by suicide in roughly a
week’s time. Since then, I
have seen stories regarding
cases of suicide and suicide
attempts in newspapers we
run from Tinley Park all the
way to Malibu.
Our reporting on them
differs a bit from the way
we approach other stories.
In an effort to be respectful
to the families who have lost
someone and sensitive to
the situation, we approach
whether or not we are even
going to write a story carefully
— weighing whether
or not the public’s right
to know outweighs those
sensitivities. When we do
report them, we often omit
the names, unless they made
it to print before we understood
the final cause and
manner of someone’s death,
Perusing the polls
Bill Jones, Editor
The Orland Park Village
Board may have some disappointed
residents on its
hands after voting 4-3 this
week to forget about a ticketed
concert at Centennial
Park West for 2018, if a recent
poll is at all indicative
of overall opinions on the
matter.
Starting May 1, we asked
followers on Twitter @OP
Prairie, “Do you think Orland
Park should hold a paid
concert at Centennial Park
with a potentially big-name
act?”
Only 9 percent of 72 respondents
unequivocally
said “no,” citing it as a financial
risk.
Of those remaining, 54
percent simply said “yes,”
because the park is built for
such concerts, 31 percent
said it would depend on the
band and 6 percent said they
were only on board if they
could bring their own food
to the park for the show.
Beyond the Twitter poll,
several people emailed
The Orland Park Prairie
to share their thoughts. Of
those, a couple said “no,”
citing it as a financial risk.
“Check with Chicago
Ridge how much was made
(lost) by having big names
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at their yearly fest,” one
wrote. “A much better idea
is to copy Tinley Park’s free
concerts at the train station.
Orland could do Friday
night concerts, so not to
compete with theirs on Saturday.”
Another wrote in support
of the idea, citing the Triple
Play series in New Lenox
as a blueprint for success.
“We have attended several
concerts in New Lenox at
their Triple Play Series. We
have seen Chicago, Michael
McDonald and Buddy Guy,
all of whom are members
of the Rock & Roll Hall of
Fame. It is a very popular
event; it sells out quickly,
never loses money and is a
great event. ... Orland has
twice the population of New
Lenox, which should make
this a slam dunk — a great
event which is self-sustaining.
... A phone call to Mayor
[Tim] Baldermann would
answer any questions as to
how successful this can be
in its present form.”
When it was voted down
by the board (see full story
on Page 3 this week), Blue
Öyster Cult was one of the
acts named as a possibility,
with a combination of vendors
and allowing people
to bring their own food and
beverages the plan.
or unless families have opted
to go on the record with it to
spread a message.
And it is a policy with
which I tend to agree, though
similar to our policy on not
reporting some domestic
incidents — which have the
ability to inherently out the
victim and/or make home
life troubles worse — it has
the unfortunate by-product
of stifling conversations on
important matters. When we,
as a society, fail to recognize
the prevalence of these
things in our communities,
we often, too, fail to truly
address them. And without
addressing problems, it is
hard to find solutions.
I recently caught up on
“13 Reasons Why,” a show
on Netflix that deals with the
suicide of a teenager and the
fallout among the student
body at the high school
she attended. I hesitated to
review it, because I had a
tough time reconciling its
flaws as a television show
with the importance of the
topic it addresses.
Episode to episode, I
found myself angry with
how the show handled a
story of suicide. I still don’t
know that its premise works
the way its creators want.
The writing is stupid, at
times — some of its characters
more so. And the show
walks a fine line between
provocatively making its
viewers think and exploiting
a fictional death for episodic
entertainment.
Many others had issues
with it, too, as evidenced
by stories of some schools
actually banning discussion
about the series.
But as much as I found
myself reacting negatively
to the show, I also give it
credit for the fact that it
got me talking episode to
episode more than any other
show in quite some time,
and it got me talking about
an important topic outside of
my comfort zone. It got me
asking questions, doing research,
wondering what the
“right” way to broach such a
topic might be.
It’s not an easy conversation,
by any means. But I
think even if we are flawed
in our approach to some topics,
they are conversations
worth having. We owe it to
the people we care about, the
people in these stories, the
people we never see, to have
these tough talks. They literally
could save lives.

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Review times two
Editor Bill Jones looks at ‘Deadpool
2,’ ‘God of War,’ Page 23
Two Dishes brewing
Double dose of The Dish digs in at Sushi
Nova, Trail’s Edge, Pages 24, 25
Jiu jitsu studio celebrates three years in
Orland Park, Page 21
RŌL Academy
students (left to
right) Gio Ducato,
Andres Larios and
Lorenzo Ducato
chat May 5 before
a third anniversary
workshop at the
Orland Park studio.
Laurie Fanelli/22nd
Century Media

20 | May 17, 2018 | The orland park prairie Faith
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FAITH BRIEFS
Christ Lutheran Church (14700 S. 94th
Ave., Orland Park)
Summer Worship Schedule
Begins May 26-27. wServices
on Saturdays at 5 p.m.
and Sundays at 8 and 10
a.m., through Labor Day
weekend. New this year,
Third Wednesday Communion
Services will be held at
6 p.m. June 20, July 18 and
Aug. 15.
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.
Southwest Seventh Day Adventist Church
(15760 Wolf Road, Orland Park)
Revelations Study
7 p.m. Wednesdays. Attendees
can learn more about
the Seventh Day Adventist
Church. For more information,
call (618) 556-8002.
Living Word Lutheran Church (16301 S.
Wolf Road, Orland Park)
Preschool Primer/Summer
Fun Jam
9 a.m.-noon June 12, 13,
14, 19, 20 and 21. Cost is
$40 per day, and people may
register for any individual
date(s) as they wish. Children
ages 3 through those
entering kindergarten are
eligible. All children must
be potty trained. To reserve
a spot, contact Marisa Walsh
at (708) 226-1160.
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.
Faith United Methodist Church (15101 S.
80th Ave., Orland Park)
Witness to Fitness
9-10 a.m. Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays.
Walking club for prayer and
exercise. Free. All are welcome.
Tai Chi
10:30 a.m. Mondays and
Wednesdays. Free classes
offered in church gym.
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
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.
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.
Ashburn Baptist Church (153rd Street and
Wolf Road, Orland Park)
Bible Study
9:45 a.m.
Services
11 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Teen Programs
7 p.m. Wednesdays; 9:45
a.m., 5 p.m. Sundays
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
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.
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.
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.
In Memoriam
Ann Boras
Ann Boras (nee Fencik),
91, of Orland Park, died May
4. Formerly employed by the
Wm. Wrigley Gum Factory
in Chicago as a supervisor
and a proud homemaker for
many years. Wife of the late
Henry S. for 66 years; loving
mother of the late Mark
(Georgeann) Boras and the
Rev. Kurt D. Sister, sisterin-law,
aunt and friend.
Visitation was held at
Markiewicz Funeral Home.
A Funeral Mass was to be
held at St. Patrick Church.
Entombment Resurrection
Mausoleum.
In lieu of flowers, donations
to Mercy Home for
Boys and Girls, www.mer
cyhome.org, or call (877)
637-2955.
Loretta Greene
Loretta Greene, 90 formerly
of Orland Park, died
May 1.
She was born on Feb. 7,
1928 in Chicago. She was
outgoing and had a keen
sense of humor and was athletic
in her younger days.
She worked at Western Electric
and the American Can
Company, where she met
and later married her late
husband, Glenn, to whom
she was married for 55 years
until his death in 2007. They
were blessed with four children.
In 1963, they moved
their family to Orland Park.
Loretta worked for Mr.
Ed’s IGA for several years.
In 1996, the family relocated
to sunny Scottsdale, Arizona.
In 2011, she moved to
Brookdale Assisted Living,
where she met many new
friends and enjoyed playing
bingo and Scrabble.
She would reside there until
2016. Needing more care
and wanting her to be closer,
the family moved her
to an assisted living group
home in Fountain Hills, Arizona.
Loretta was preceded in
death by her husband, Glenn,
and daughter, Diane. Survivors
include her daughter,
Susan Green (Don) Anderson;
daughter, Carol Walker;
son, Glenn (Susan) Greene;
grandson, Stephen (Marsha)
Dickens; granddaughters,
Alicia and Cat Walker;
great-grandchildren, Indigo
and Juno Dickens; sister,
Josephine Honeman; as well
as cousins and many nieces,
nephews and friends.
Funeral services were held
at Queen of Heaven Catholic
Funeral Home. Interment
Queen of Heaven Catholic
Cemetery.
Santi Maraldo
Santi W. Maraldo, 69, of
Lockport, died May 8.
He was born in Abbadia
San Salvatore, Italy, and
lived in Lockport for 10
years. A graduate from John
Marshall Law School in
1988, Santi practiced law in
Orland Park until he retired
a few years ago. Many of
his clients became his life
friends.
He loved all things Italian.
He could fix things, build
things, grow things and
cook. He loved motorcycles,
long cross-country bike
trips, fast cars and his dog,
Pinky. He was a character,
hard on the outside but soft
on the inside, always there to
help, and he will be greatly
missed.
Preceded in death by
his mother, Antonia, and a
brother, Mario.
Survived by his wife of
45 years, Linda (Ducsik);
a sister, Elizabeth (Robert)
Sheppe; brother-in-law,
Marty (Susan) Ducsik; and
an extended family in Italy.
Several nieces, nephews and
many friends also survive.
In lieu of flowers, memorials
to PAWS, pawstinleypark.
org, or the National Kidney
Foundation, www.kidney.
org, would be appreciated.
Santi’s family greeted relatives
and friends at O’Neil
Funeral Home in Lockport.
There will be no services or
burial. Cremation rites were
to be respectfully addressed
after visitation.
Phyllis Shem
Phyllis J. Shem (née Ferris),
88, of Mokena, formerly
of Orland Park, died May 4.
Wife of 63 years of the late
Roger; mother of Jacqueline
Runia, Donna (Barry)
O’Keefe, Bert (Gina) Shem,
Cheryl (James) Kettmann
and Christine (Timothy)
Hammond; grandmother
of David, Elizabeth, Owen,
Jay, Christine, Kay, Sean and
Daniel; sister of the late Beverly
(late Vito) Florio; aunt
of many nieces and nephews.
Visitation was held at
Thornridge Funeral Home. A
Funeral Mass was held at St.
Michael Church. Interment
St. Casimir Cemetery. Memorials
may be directed to
the National Multiple Sclerosis
Society, the National Eye
Institute or Joliet Area Community
Hospice.
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.

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RŌL Academy of Jiu Jitsu celebrates 3 years in Orland Park
Laurie Fanelli
Freelance Reporter
Black Belt Dan Hornbuckle (left) demonstrates one of his favorite jiu jitsu moves on Aden Redzovic.
Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media
A strong body and mind
will get one far in life. And
with the proper skills, one
can do just about anything.
This philosophy permeates
through RŌL Academy
of Jiu Jitsu, as its instructors
teach students how to use
their individual strengths
through a variety of classes
that focus on self-defense for
adults and children.
On May 5, the Orland
Park martial art studio — located
at 15629 S. 71st Court
— celebrated its third anniversary
with a special event
inviting instructors, students
and the entire community to
share in the success of the
local business. Owner and
head instructor Thomas Rozdzynski
said that operating
his academy in Orland Park
has been a dream come true.
“It’s a fabulous community,”
he said. “A lot of students
live nearby, and they enjoy
what we’re doing. They enjoy
learning self-defense and
jiu jitsu. They use that as a
platform in their personal
lives and to really make an
impact on their families
and their professional lives.
The community provides us
with the support we need to
achieve our mission.”
Students and instructors
from RŌL Academy’s adult
and kids programs along
with a number of black belts
from across Chicago area —
including Homewood resident
Erik Butler, who first
introduced Rozdzynski to
jiu jitsu when they worked
together at an IT company
— came out to participate in
the anniversary party workshop
and enjoy refreshments
with family and friends.
“Today is a milestone
for us being in existence, if
you will,” Rozdzynski said.
“This is about bringing everyone
together with their
families, spending time together
and connecting with
each other.”
Several RŌL Academy
instructors were on hand
to help with the workshop
and share information about
their jiu jitsu philosophy.
Chicago resident 14-yearold
Gio Ducato has been taking
jiu jitsu since he was 5
years old, and he especially
has enjoyed his time at RŌL
Academy.
“It’s fun, and you meet a
lot of people,” he said. “The
studio — the actual structure
— is really well-built, also.”
Along with celebrating
the last three years at RŌL
Academy, Rozdzynski also
took time out during the
Saturday morning event to
look forward to the future
by announcing new classes
and curriculums.
“For the past three years,
we have been working on establishing
and creating this
relationship with the community,”
he said. “Today is
the first day of the new chapter
of RŌL Academy and
this community, where we
will be expanding out and
taking this to the next level.”
Rozdzynski added, “Our
Mission at RŌL Academy is
to give everybody the opportunity
to try jiu jitsu. It might
not be for everybody, but I
would love for everyone to
try it and at least get a taste
of it.”
RIGHT: RŌL Academy
owner and head instructor
Thomas Rozdzynski
watches the anniversary
party workshop unfold May
5 in Orland Park.
Orland Park
History Museum
to offer Old
Orland walking
tour on May 19
Submitted by Village of
Orland Park
The Village of Orland
Park History Museum is to
offer a walking tour of Old
Orland from 2-3 p.m. Saturday,
May 19.
The tour is open to those
ages 18 and older.
Registration is available at
Recreation Administration,
14600 S. Ravinia Ave. Participants
are to meet at the
museum, 14415 S. Beacon
Avenue.
The cost is $15 for village
residents and $23 for nonresidents.
For more information, call
the museum at (708) 873-
1622.
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rating: R | genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy | run time: 119 minutes
Absent shock value, ‘Deadpool 2’ falls on flat parody
Bill Jones, Editor
When “Deadpool” hit the
scene in 2016, it had the element
of surprise.
A lot of people never
thought they would see the
day the Marvel character
actually made it to the big
screen and — if we were so
lucky — the odds of getting
the foul-mouthed, ultra-violent,
fourth wall-breaking,
meta-medium-mocking mercenary
right were not good.
But thanks in large part
to the efforts of Ryan Reynolds,
who pushed for and
ultimately played Wade
Wilson (the guy behind the
mask of the “Merc with
a mouth”); a solid script
by Rhett Reese and Paul
Wernick, of “Zombieland”
fame; and the direction of
Tim Miller, who helped
guide what ultimately
amounted to a comedy but
still heavily featured the action
stylings of a superhero
movie; “Deadpool” not only
succeeded but reset the bar
for what a comic book-inspired,
R-rated film could
be. Which is to say, it was
a critic-certified, moneymaking
machine.
But knowing it can be
done? “Deadpool 2” feels
a little weak — still mostly
amused by the jokes we have
heard for a couple of years
now, falling back on parody
when the script does not offer
opportunities to break
new ground and mostly taking
itself as seriously as the
movies it once mocked. It
has its moments, but they are
far and few between.
Following a personal
tragedy, Deadpool sets out
to form a mutant team to
help an adolescent boy developing
powerful abilities
but stuck in the crosshairs
of the time traveler Cable
(Josh Brolin). What follows
is a James Bond riff on the
opening credits, a “Say Anything”
boombox scene and a
lot of the same.
T.J. Miller as Weasel ripping
on Wade’s disfigured
face played well in the first,
so it gets revisited a bit here.
DMX was the perfect fit
for “Deadpool,” so why not
bump it again in the sequel?
Different limbs are regenerated
for comedic effect. A
blind friend is still blind and
aims at the wrong things.
Deadpool also further
explores his relationship
with Colossus by getting
grabby. But when the first
dovetailed with the X-Men
franchise, “Deapool” both
played well with the limited
association and used it
to make some of the rest of
the comics world the butt of
his jokes. This time, it feels
like Wade is hanging around
them for the added credibility.
The midsection of the first
movie, delving into Deadpool’s
origin, was by far
its weakest moment. And
“Deadpool 2” doubles down
on that by investing a lot of
time in a story that is not incredibly
interesting nor ever
feels truly high-stakes.
Even as Wade mocks the
superhero world, his movie
so desperately seems like it
wants to be a part of it rather
than apart from it. But
in that world, “Deadpool
2” is mediocre, at best. It
feels like every other sequel
that has even gone through
the motions; not the evolution
of a series having its
fun at the expense of those
films.
Two credits gags get the
biggest laughs of “Deadpool
2.” They are stellar,
well-earned and bound to
leave people thinking better
of “Deadpool 2” than it deserves.
But they are all but
a few seconds, and what it
should leave people thinking
is, “Where was this sense of
humor the prior two hours?”
Seen a movie or played a video
game recently and want to let
everyone know about it? The
Orland Park Prairie is looking
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reviews around 400 words or
fewer and try not to give away
the key moments. Submit your
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Please include your name and
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We Got Games
Sony’s ‘God of War’ is a once-in-a-generation masterpiece
Bill Jones, Editor
When the first “God of
War” hit the market in 2005
for PlayStation 2, it was
hailed as one of the best
action-adventure games of
a generation — at least until
“God of War II” came
around in 2007. And it was a
well-earned title.
But the story was a fairly
one-note tale of vengeance
— despite its surprises, twists
and reveals — for series protagonist
Kratos. Full of rage
over the loss of his family
under the meddling of the
Greek gods, he makes a proverbial
deal with the devil to
become powerful enough to
strike them down. And the
progression of the series was
focused mostly on finding
him bigger and badder enemies
to eviscerate, with the
series catering as much to the
bloodlust of its audience as
that of Kratos, and ultimately
showcasing the graphics of
the PS3 with the third main
entry of the franchise.
Had “God of War” come
back in 2018 with nothing
but new coat of paint,
it would have been a major
disappointment. The selfish
anger simply moving on to
Norse mythology would not
play. The once-innovative
combat would have felt stale.
The goofy sexual mini-games
woefully out of date.
Thankfully, the “God of
War” revival on PlayStation
4 is not a remake nor a reboot
of an old franchise. It is
something that builds upon a
history and takes it in exciting
new directions, honoring
the best of what came before
it while showing no fear
when it comes to breaking
free from its chains. It deftly
bridges the gap between a
generation not only of games
but also of people, bringing a
franchise to new heights.
In the process, Sony Santa
Monica created a game that
may end up defining the PS4
in “God of War.”
Kratos has moved on following
his days with the
Greeks. He is in a new land,
with a better beard. His vicious
blades and the chains
that once bound them to
his arms are nowhere to be
found. He now lives in a cabin
with a son named Atreus.
They are mourning the loss
of the boy’s mother, preparing
for a quest to spread her
ashes from the highest peak
in all the land, when a mysterious
and powerful man
shows up to confront Kratos.
The story that follows is
not only engaging but smartly
embraces the changes in
the world around it. Kratos
comes across as nothing
short of bad dad early in the
story, missing the signs in an
effort to toughen a gentler
but troubled son for a harsh
world. When the threats rise,
the lessons of Kratos are no
doubt important for Atreus to
learn. But Kratos also learns
plenty from his son, whose
demeanor works to secure
the duo allies. This is not a
journey Kratos can go alone,
like before, and the cast of
characters who support and
confront him are phenomenal.
But “God of War” is more
than a give-and-take between
two characters. The story
addresses the problems that
come of Kratos simply trying
to bury an unsavory past —
in many ways a reflection of
the franchise owning its past
while trying to move past it.
As modern gamers, we
are compelled by a flawed
man making small changes
to become a better person,
predominantly because his
motivations are no longer
selfish. We also see the value
in what he can still bring to
a complex tale of fatherhood
and changing times and a
new world.
The “God of War” combat
evolves, too. While the
axe Kratos wields this time
around looks categorically
different from his previous
weapons at first glance, it,
too, builds upon what made
the original combat system
so good. The involvement of
Atreus adds complexity, with
the game rewarding players
who invest the time to learn
its mechanics. That includes
some RPG elements now, as
attacks can be gained through
experience and leveling up
armor sets becomes a necessity.
And this violence at the
core of “God of War” is still
incredibly important, both
as a tool and for the consequences
it often brings.
In a practical sense, gamers
will love exploring the open
world in “God of War.” But
it also gives the story some
time to breathe. It lets “God
of War” find room for believable
change — baby steps toward
a new era, all presented
with a certain sense of fatalism.
This progression was inevitable,
written on the walls.
Thankfully, “God of War”
makes a compelling case for
growing up if we are to leave
a better world — and generation
of gaming — for our
children. It also promises that
doing so still can be a lot of
fun, and a richer experience
in the long run.

24 | May 17, 2018 | The orland park prairie Dining Out
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The Dish
Sushi Nova brings its Japanese specialties to the southwest suburbs
Nuria Mathog, Contributing Editor
Orland Park’s Sushi Nova is
only a few months old — owner
Angela Liang and her husband,
Jeff Chen, opened the business in
late January — but already boasts
an impressive menu, with a large
selection of signature rolls, nigiri
and sashimi, and other types of
Japanese entrées.
Chen, a longtime sushi chef,
found inspiration for the restaurant’s
name in Japan.
“He knows everything about
sushi,” Liang said. “And then,
I love sushi, and we just wanted
to try having a business
here.”
One of the Sushi Nova’s most
popular rolls is the Mango Tango
roll ($14.95), an eight-piece roll
featuring shrimp tempura, cucumber
and cream cheese, topped with
mango, lobster salad, tomato, with
eel sauce and mango sauce, Liang
said.
Other frequently ordered specialties
are the Fire Dragon roll
($14.95) — which includes
shrimp tempura and cream cheese,
and is topped with salmon and
white tuna, and baked with special
sauce — and the Spicy 2 in 1
roll ($12.50), which takes its name
from the spicy salmon and spicy
tuna combination inside, comes
with avocado and is wrapped in
pink soybean paper and topped
with a dab of chili sauce.
Liang noted Sushi Nova also
serves several cooked sushi rolls
for diners who do not want to eat
raw fish.
“We also have very traditional
Japanese entrées, like hibachi,
teriyaki, fried rice,” she said. “If
there’s a customer, and they’re not
a big fan of sushi, they can choose
a kitchen entrée.”
Diners looking for unique drinks
to pair with their meals should be
sure to stop by the restaurant’s bar,
which offers items such as lychee
martinis ($7). Sushi Nova is also
offering a $3 draft Sapporo beer
special Monday through Thursday
for the next few months, Liang
said.
The Fire Dragon roll ($14.95, eight pieces), includes shrimp tempura
and cream cheese, and is topped with salmon and white tuna, and
baked with special sauce.
Sushi Nova
16081 S. LaGrange Road in
Orland Park
Hours
• 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Monday-
Thursday
• 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m. Friday
and Saturday
• 12-9:30 p.m. Sunday
For more information ...
Web: sushinovail.com
Phone: (708) 460-4778
Sushi Nova provides an all-youcan
eat menu, priced at $18.99 per
person for lunch and $23.99 per
person for dinner, which includes
a selection of appetizers, salad and
soup, nigiri, and the restaurant’s
signature and regular sushi rolls,
along with seven vegetarian sushi
options. The dinner menu also
includes a choice of sashimi and
three types of dessert: mocha ice
cream, tempura banana and regular
ice cream, available in vanilla,
chocolate, red bean and green tea
flavors.
“We’ve got so many good reviews,”
Liang said of the restaurant.
“After the customers try it,
they like it. They all love it. And
we’re feeling so happy.”
Sushi Nova’s Spicy 2 in 1 roll ($12.50, eight pieces) comes with spicy
salmon, spicy tuna and avocado on the inside, and is wrapped in pink
soybean paper and topped with chili sauce.
Photos by Nuria Mathog/22nd Century Media
The Mango Tango roll ($14.95, eight pieces), features shrimp tempura,
cucumber and cream cheese topped with mango, lobster salad, tomato,
eel sauce and mango sauce.

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The Dish
Trail’s Edge Brewing Co. a trailblazer for beer in Frankfort
Business to
celebrate grand
opening weekend of
May 18
Thomas Czaja
Contributing Editor
There is a stretch of the 22-
mile Old Plank Road Trail
that runs through downtown
Frankfort.
A short distance off the
trail downtown rests Trail’s
Edge Brewing Co., the reincarnation
of Smokey
Barque.
Tommy Ridings, and his
wife, Mary Ann, were the
owners of the former Smokey
Barque and decided it was
time for something new. The
couple — formerly of Frankfort,
now of New Lenox —
partnered with the Cosgrove
family, of Frankfort, to convert
the former barbecue restaurant
into a brewery with an
apt namesake paying homage
to the trail.
“The Cosgroves and I
started talking about opening
up a brewery here,”
Tommy recalled. “I’ve been
talking about it for a long
time, and downtown Frankfort
definitely needed one.”
Trail’s Edge is an approximately
11,000-square-foot,
three-floor establishment
across the street from downtown
Frankfort’s Breidert
Green Park, and it required
a seven-week construction
period beginning the second
week of January and concluding
the end of February
to morph into the brewery.
Its updated look features a
pergola outside, with the interior
being “nothing it was before,”
according to the owner,
who said it was reconstructed
on the main level partially
with hand-hewn, 100-year-old
beams made from reclaimed
and re-purposed wood. It
Brewmaster Mike Byrnes is hard at work at the new
Frankfort brewery, Trail’s Edge.
makes for an atmosphere that
ties into its theme of the outdoors
and trail.
After adding a
3,000-pound beam for support
and making other structural
upgrades to retrofit the
building into a brewery, the
beer began to pour.
The Trail’s Edge American
Pale Ale (6.5 percent alcohol
by volume), the Banana Seat
Hefeweizen (5.7 percent
ABV) and Derailer Double
IPA (8.2 percent ABV) were
the original three brews and
are all $6, though a stout and
hoppy wheat also have recently
been barreled.
Being a modest-sized
brewery, Tommy wants to
set a maximum output.
“We’ll probably have it
maxed out at six beers, because
the building is not
that big, and we can only
produce so much liquid at
a time,” Tommy said. “Our
brewer, Mike [Byrnes], and
I chat about [what beers to
brew], and the seasons have
a lot do with it. When you
are fermenting and brewing,
it is about a four- to six-week
process. We’ve only been
open for eight weeks, so this
is basically our second batch
of beer.
“We have been selling
[beer] so well we have had a
hard time keeping up.”
While the plan does not
call for a summer seasonal
brew quite yet, patrons can
expect to see a variety of
drinks in the future.
“Right now, we’re just doing
craft beer,” Tommy said.
“We probably will do a cider,
maybe at the end of summer.”
As for the food, while
Ridings said he still loves
barbecue and cooks it frequently
at home, it was time
to go in a fresh direction,
while keeping a few of the
favorites on the menu.
“I wanted to be able to create
some different dishes and
items to expand outside barbecue,
so that was one of the
biggest reasons we changed
the menu,” Tommy said.
“The name change — I think
it’s a cool name. We are going
to do a lot of events with
the trail — bike to the brewery,
just fun things like that.”
One area of expansion on
the menu is the availability
of various pizzas. The owners
purchased an infrared,
high-temperature oven to
cook the pizzas in a matter
of minutes.
Tommy’s favorites for
pizza include the No. 2
($13), which comes with
fresh mozzarella, tomato,
spinach, roasted garlic olive
oil and a basil pesto. Another
unique pie he said he likes is
the No. 5 ($13), which features
ground lamb, olive
Trail’s Edge Brewing’s brisket grilled cheese ($13) has brisket, Swiss cheese, kale
Brussels slaw and Thousand Island dressing, and it is served on marble rye.
Photos by Jacquelyn Schlabach/22nd Century Media
oil, blue cheese, fig jam and
rosemary.
All pizzas are 10 inches,
and a gluten-free, low-carb
cauliflower crust is available
upon request for an additional
$2.
Remnants of the old
Smokey fare can be found in
the likes of the slow-smoked
pulled pork ($12), a sandwich
with tangy barbecue
sauce and crispy onions, with
a choice of side; the smoked
wings ($11), 1 pound of
wings with mango Scotch
bonnet sauce and blue cheese
dressing; and baby back ribs
($17 for half slab, $23 for
full slab), which comes with
sweet potato fries and kale
Brussels slaw.
Several new burgers tie
into the outdoor trail theme,
too. The Peak Burger ($15) is
Tommy’s favorite and is made
as a double-patty burger with
bacon, barbecue sauce, grilled
onion, pepper, mushroom and
hot giardiniera.
“The inspiration for it I
would say is, well, you’ve
hit the peak,” Tommy said.
“So we did a double patty
and just threw as much as we
possibly could on it.”
Whether it is one of the
burgers or sandwiches; a
seafood, pasta or steak entrée;
a soup or salad; one
of the 10 appetizers on the
menu; a weekly special; or
any of the current or future
beers; Tommy said Trail’s
Edge is committed to serving
only top-quality food
and beverages.
“We try to scratch make
as much as we possibly can
with organic and natural
ingredients,” Tommy said.
“That’s very important to us.
“We’re not going to put
anything out there that is not
100 percent quality. We will
not serve anything that’s not
above-par.”
Trail’s Edge Brewing Co.
20 Kansas St. in
Frankfort
Hours
• 5-9 p.m. Monday
• 11 a.m.-10 p.m.
Tuesday-Sunday
• Bar open to 11:30
p.m.
For more information ...
Web: www.
trailsedgebrewing.com
Phone: (815) 277-2502
Getting ready for a party
The business is to celebrate
its grand opening
Friday, May 18, with two
bands playing in the upstairs
banquet room. There will be
raffles and giveaways beginning
May 18 and carrying on
through the weekend.
Also, beer and food samples
will be distributed for
the weekend grand opening,
and all three floors, including
the upstairs and basement
banquet rooms, will be
open for people to dine.
“[The grand opening] is
going to be a lot of fun,”
Tommy said. “We have been
getting a lot of response on
Facebook with it.”
Tommy said the menu
will continue to evolve and
update. And rebranding and
opening Trail’s Edge has
made for a path he has enjoyed
immensely.
“It’s amazing coming to
work every day,” the owner
said. “People are liking the
beer and menu, and really
appreciating what we’ve
done to the outside and inside.
It’s great coming here.”

26 | May 17, 2018 | The orland park prairie Puzzles
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crosstown CROSSWORD & Sudoku
The crosstowns: Frankfort, Homer Glen, Lockport, Mokena, New Lenox, Orland Park, Tinley Park
Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur
Across
1. Health resort
4. Bismarck’s state
8. Data Act, abbr.
11. Georgetown U.
athlete
13. Small battery
14. K or Wal
15. Baldwin, Guinness
and others
17. Do away with
18. “Put ___ on it!”
19. Lincoln-Way West
boys basketball coach
21. Neg. responses
22. One waving a red
flag
23. Won __ __ nose
25. Old White House
nickname
28. “Pulp Fiction” star,
Thurman
30. Shoulder muscle
32. Reversing
35. Start of an apology
36. Campers, for short
37. Ryan of “Top Gun”
38. Awareness
43. Girls’ basketball
star with the Porters,
goes with 60 across
44. Orange tuber
45. Fr. holy woman
46. Chinese truth
47. African river
52. Whopper
54. Fade gradually
56. Native Dakota
people
58. ___ the crack of
dawn
60. See 43 across
61. Check out
62. Breed
63. It’s soothing
64. Med. drama sites
65. Encrusted
66. Learn
Down
1. 2000 Sam L. Jackson
film
2. Ristorante offering
3. Annually
4. Tammany Hall cartoonist
Thomas
5. Former Pistons coach
Chuck
6. Auto insurer with roadside
service
7. Cosmetics company
founder Mary ___ Ash
8. Misrepresentations
9. “...___ quit!”
10. “___ be my pleasure!”
12. Sore feeling
14. Red Book author
16. Emergency supply
20. Vatican site
21. One of the major
leagues, abbr.
23. Harsh and metallic
24. __ oughta know!
26. King ___
27. .0000001 joule
29. Dry gulch
31. They’re often pressed
for cash
32. Foolish
33. Tobacco kiln
34. Law and Order ___
35. Name on a Champagne
bottle
38. They may get burned
39. Refer to
40. ___ manner of speaking
41. Of ships and tars, abbr.
42. Hammer in
48. Swift horse
49. Bright bodies in space
50. Cunning
51. “Who’s there?” response
53. Suffix with final or solo
54. Monopoly avenue
55. “Combat” painter, William
56. Numbered hwy.
57. Ballad’s end?
58. Trojans’ home
59. Blue grass
ORLAND PARK
Girl in the Park
(11265 W. 159th St.,
Orland Park, IL; (708)
226-0042)
■7 ■ p.m. Mondays: Trivia
■5:30 ■ p.m. Tuesdays:
Live Music
■8 ■ p.m. Thursdays: Bingo
■8 ■ p.m. Fridays and Saturdays:
Live Music
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
■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
■8 ■ p.m. Thursdays: Country
Night
■10 ■ p.m. Fridays: Live DJ
Traverso’s Restaurant
(15601 S. Harlem Ave.,
Orland Park; (708) 532-
2220)
■8 ■ p.m. Wednesdays and
Saturdays: Karaoke
TTo place an event
in The Scene, email
a.stoll@22ndcenturymedia.
com.
answers
How to play Sudoku
Each sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that
has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 3x3
squares. To solve the puzzle, each row, column and
box must contain each of the numbers 1 to 9.
LEVEL: Medium
Sudoku by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan

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the orland park prairie | May 17, 2018 | 27
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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www.guardiansecurityinc.com
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
Tow Truck Driver
Full or Part Time
Must have CDL & Some
Experience
708-403-2277
GENERAL OFFICE /
SALES SUPPORT
Tinley Park industrial
manufacturing sales office
seeks a qualified, energetic
individual for a full-time
position. This diversified
position includes data entry,
sales support, and general
office functions in our
fast-paced office.
Ideal candidate should be
highly motivated, detail-oriented,
and have excellent
organizational and
communication skills.
Computer skills including MS
Word and Excel are required.
Competitive salary & benefit
package including 401K.
Send letter & resume to:
cstratton@aerorubber.com
School Bus Drivers Wanted
Safe, caring drivers needed in
Homer CCSD 33C, Homer
Glen, IL. FULL BENEFITS,
regular & favorable hours,
work days based on student
calendar. Opportunity for
overtime. Call 708.226.7625
or visit homerschools.org &
open “Employment” tab to
complete application.
Hiring Desk Clerk
(must be flexible w/ shifts)
& Housekeeping (Morning)
Needed at
Super 8 Motel
Apply within:
9485 W. 191st St, Mokena
No Phone Calls
1010 Sitters
Available
Dog Sitting
Loving Home Atmosphere
Large Fenced Yard
60 lbs or Less
Call (815)722-3415
1023 Caregiver
Caregiver Services
Provided by
Margaret’s Agency Inc.
State Licensed & Bonded
since 1998. Providing
quality care for elderly.
Live-in/ Come & go.
708.403.8707
Caring, mature, experienced,
compassionate, home care
companion. Over 10 yrs exp.
Many hours avail. References.
Rate starts at $12/hr.
Call Kathy (708)431-4099
Heaven Sent Caregivers
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5/17-5/19 8am-3pm Best garage
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Pinewood East: W. of Wolf
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Orland Park, 18229 Imperial
Ln. Friday May 18th -Sunday
May 20th: 8-7p, Sun 8-3p.
Tinley Park, 17934 Ridgeland
Ave. 5/18 &5/19, 9-2p. New
tools, maint supply, Nascar,
fishing, Army RR, clothing,
guy’s items, household items.
No toys.
Orland Park 13831 Logan Dr
Pinewood North Sub Sat 5/19
8-3pm Furn, housewares,
kitchenware, home decor, NordicTrack
treadmill, Solaris
C2050
Frankfort , 20527 Abbey Dr.
5/19 9-4p &5/20, 9-2p. Toys,
designers women’s clothes,
tons of tools &1,000 record
vinyl albums. Misc household
items.
Lockport, 17211 S. Huron Ct.
Broken Arrow Subdivision.
May 18-19. New items with
tags still on. Christmas &
crafts!
Frankfort 22155 S 104th Ave
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more! MASSIVE BARN
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1052 Garage Sale 1054 Subdivision
Sale
Mokena Community
Wide Garage Sale
40+ HOMES!
May 17th, 18th, 19th & 20th
Flyers available for pickup at
11020 Front St. Unit A
Mokena, IL 60448
Hours available for pickup
8-4pm Monday-Friday
1053 Multi Family
Sale
Frankfort Cobblestone Walk
& Flagstone Subdivision 5+
Families! 5/18-5/19 9-2pm
Clothes, hshld items, purses,
jewelry, furn, bedding & tools
Frankfort Square, 8214 W.
Orchard Dr. 5/18 &5/19, 8-3p.
Toys, tools, clothing, &much
more! Too much to mention!
Homer Glen Christian Life
Church 15609 W 159th St
5/19 10-4pm 30+ Vendors!
Concessions, raffles & more!
Orland Park 16930 Blue
Heron Dr 5/18-5/19 8:30-4pm
Hshld, comforters, quilts, furn,
jewelry, home decor, clothes,
yard tools, crystals, essential
oil products & more!
Tinley Park, Evergreen Dr.
163rd &164th, 3blocks West
of 80th Ave. 5/17, 5/18, 5/19,
9am-close.
1054 Subdivision
Sale
Orland Park, Breckenridge
Annual Garage Sale, 5/17,
5/18 &5/19, 8-3p. 183rd and
Wolf Road. Behind the Jewel
Store.
1057 Estate Sale
Frankfort 10900 Turnberry
Dr Sat 5/19 8-3pm Dishes, furniture,
tools, electronics &
more! Everything must go!
Tinley Park 16715 Old Barn
Ct 5/19-5/20 6am-5pm Walter
E Smithe & Crate & Barrel
furn, pro gym equip, designer
clothes. Everything gently
used!
1058 Moving Sale
Lockport 1237 E Wellwood
Dr 5/18-5/19 9-2pm Kitchen,
household, tools, patio furniture
& Much More!
Automotive
1061 Autos
Wanted
Real Estate
1090 House for
Sale
Orland Park
Heritage Estates subdivision
Immaculate 3-STEP RANCH
on alg., professionally landscaped
lot. This exceptionally
clean 3BR home (w/ optional
4th bedrm/office inthe finished
bsmnt), has 2.5Ba features
Pella windows &doors,
custom oak trim, oak 6-panel
doors/cabinets throughout &
much more. Must see –will
go fast! $339,900
708-460-9538
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2001 Attorney
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
CLASSIFIEDS
Help Wanted · Garage Sales · Automotive
Real Estate · Rentals · Merchandise
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$52 4 lines/
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$50 7 7 papers
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Help Wanted
$13 4 lines/
per line 7 papers
Merchandise
$30 7 4 papers
lines/
Business Directory
2003 Appliance Repair
QUALITY
APPLIANCE
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• Air Conditioning • Furnaces
Refrigeration • Dishwashers
Stoves & Ovens • Microwaves
Garbage Disposals
Washers&Dryers
Family Owned &Operatedsince 1986
Someone you can TRUST
All work GUARANTEED
BEST price in town!
708-712-1392
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2004 Asphalt Paving/Seal Coating
Lockport - Long Bow
Creek, Dakota Glen &
Thunder Hill of Broken
Arrow. On Division St btw
Gougar & Farrell. South
on Gougar to Thunder Hill:
5/17, 5/18, 5/19,
9am-2pm. 50+ homes.
Don’t miss.
New Lenox Taylor Glen &
Horizon Meadows. 8a-2p,
May 17, 18, & 19. Annual
Subdivsion Sale. Get map at
2938 or 2978 Horizon Trl.
Frankfort, Timbers Edge Annual
Subdivision Sale. 80th
Ave. & Laraway, 5/18-5/19,
8-3pm. Household, clothes,
furniture, and much more!
Homer Glen
Woodbine Subdivision
20+ garage sales
151st St & Eagle Ridge Dr
5/18 & 5/19, 9am-3pm
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Real Estate · Rentals · Merchandise
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2006 Basement Waterproofing
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• Concrete Raising
• Crack Raising
• Crawlspaces
• Drainage Systems
• Sump Pumps
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Automotive
$52 4 lines/
7 papers
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lines/
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per line 7 papers
Merchandise
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lines/
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2011 Brick/Chimney Experts
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2017 Cleaning Services
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2025 Concrete Work
2070 Electrical
2120 Handyman
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Curbs
Colored & Stamped
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Driveways
Walks
Garage Floors
Over 30 Years Experience!
708 663 9584
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2075 Fencing
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2130 Heating/Cooling
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2150
Paint & Decorating
2140
Landscaping
2145 Lawn
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2150 Paint & Decorating
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2170 Plumbing
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$13
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2200 Roofing
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2489 Merchandise
Wanted
2701 Property for
Sale
2702 Public
Notices
2703 Legal
Notices
2703 Legal Notices
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Scrap Metal, Garden
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2701 Property for
Sale
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFCOOK
COUNTY, ILLINOIS
COUNTY DEPARTMENT -CHAN-
CERY DIVISION
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA-
TIONAL ASSOCIATION
Plaintiff,
-v.-
JASON C. SUDAR, BRIDGET K. SU-
DAR, UNITED STATES OF AMER-
ICA, EQUABLE ASCENT FINAN-
CIAL, LLC, STATE OF ILLINOIS,
UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRE-
CORD CLAIMANTS
Defendants
2017 CH 14878
16701 ROBINHOOD DR ORLAND
PARK, IL 60462
NOTICE OF SALE
PUBLIC NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN
that pursuant to aJudgment ofForeclosure
and Sale entered in the above cause
on March 27, 2018, an agent for The Judicial
Sales Corporation, will at 10:30
AM on June 29, 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 16701 ROBIN-
HOOD DR, ORLAND PARK, IL
60462
Property Index No.
27-26-105-001-0000.
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 asto
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.
Where asale of real estate is made to
satisfy alien prior to that of the United
States, the United States shall have one
year from the date of sale within which
to redeem, except that with respect to a
lien arising under the internal revenue
laws the period shall be 120 days or the
period allowable for redemption under
State law, whichever is longer, and in
any case inwhich, under the provisions
of section 505 of the Housing Act of
1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k),
and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title
38 of the United States Code, the
right toredeem does not arise, there
shall be no right of redemption.
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, 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
14-17-15789.
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.
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. 14-17-15789
Attorney ARDC No. 00468002
Attorney Code. 21762
Case Number: 2017 CH 14878
TJSC#: 38-2790
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.
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2702 Public
Notices
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to
“An Act in relation to the use of an
Assumed Business Name in the
conduct or transaction of Business
in the State,” as amended, that a
certification was registered by the
undersigned with the County Clerk
of Cook County.
Registration Number: D18154347
on May 2, 2018
Under the Assumed Business
Name ofWebsight Clarity with the
business located at: 8945 Willow
Terrace Drive 1909, Orland Hills,
IL 60487
The true and real full name and
residence address ofthe owner is:
Daniel Berk, 8945 Willow Terrace
Drive 1909 Orland Hills, IL 60487
USA
2703 Legal
Notices
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFCOOK
COUNTY, ILLINOIS, COUNTY DE-
PARTMENT, PROBATE DIVISION.
ESTATE OF Richard M. Kubis, DE-
CEASED. CASE NO. 18 P 001216.
Notice is hereby given tothe creditors
and claimants of the death of Richard
M. Kubis. Letters of Office were issued
to Kathryn M. Kubis, 9919 West Somerset
Lane, Palos Park, IL 60464, as Independent
Administrator, whose attorney
ofrecord is Sandra Makowka, Cohen
Jutla Dovitz Makowka, LLC, 10729
West 159th Street, Orland Park, Illinois
60467. The estate will be administered
without court supervision, unless under
§28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS
5/28-4) any interested person terminates
independent administration atany time
by mailing ordelivering apetition to
terminate to the clerk. Claims against
the estate may be filed inthe office of
the clerk, Room 1202, Richard J. Daley
Center, 50W. Washington Street, Chicago,
IL, orwith the Administrator, or
both, on or before November 10, 2018,
or, if mailing ordelivery ofanotice
from the representative is required by
section 5/18-3 of the Probate Act (755
ILCS 5/18-3), the date stated in that notice.
Any claim not filed onorbefore
that date is barred. Copies ofaclaim
filed with the clerk must be mailed or
delivered bythe claimant tothe representative
and to the attorney within 10
days after it has been filed.
DEPARTMENT OF
HOMELAND SECURITY
FEDERAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AGENCY
Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations
for the Village of Orland
Park, Cook County, Illinois, and
Case No. 18-05-2733P. The Department
ofHomeland Security's
Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) solicits technical
information orcomments on proposed
flood hazard determinations
for the Flood Insurance Rate Map
(FIRM), and where applicable, the
Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report
for your community. These flood
hazard determinations may include
the addition or modification of
Base Flood Elevations, base flood
depths, Special Flood Hazard Area
boundaries or zone designations, or
the regulatory floodway. The
FIRM and, if applicable, the FIS
report have been revised to reflect
these flood hazard determinations
through issuance of a Letter of
Map Revision (LOMR), in accordance
with Title 44, Part 65 of the
Code of Federal Regulations.
These determinations are the basis
for the floodplain management
measures that your community is
required to adopt orshow evidence
of having in effect to qualify or remain
qualified for participation in
the National Flood Insurance Pro-
gram. For more information on the
proposed flood hazard determinations
and information onthe statutory
90-day period provided for appeals,
please visit FEMA's website
at
www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/fhm/b
fe, or call the FEMA Map Information
eXchange (FMIX) toll free at
1-877-FEMA MAP
(1-877-336-2627).
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION
OF BANK SUBSIDIARY
Notice is hereby given that First
Personal Bank, an Illinois state
non-member bank with its main office
located at 14701 South Ravinia
Avenue, Orland Park, Illinois,
has filed an application with the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
requesting approval for First
Personal Bank, toassume all remaining
assets and liabilities of
First Personal Insurance Services,
Inc., an Illinois Corporation, with
its main office located at 14701
South Ravinia Avenue, Orland
Park, Illinois, following the voluntary
dissolution of First Personal
Insurance Services, Inc.
This notice is published pursuant to
Section 18(c) ofthe Federal Deposit
Insurance Act.
Any person wishing to comment
on this application may file his or
her comments inwriting with the
Regional Director ofthe Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation at
its Regional Office located at 300
South Riverside Plaza, Suite 1700,
Chicago, Illinois 60606, not later
than June 2, 2018. The non-confidential
portions of the application
are onfile atthe Regional Office
and are available for public inspection
during regular business hours.
Photocopies of the nonconfidential
portion of the application file will
be made available upon request.
May 3, 2018
First Personal Bank
Orland Park, Illinois
First Personal Insurance Services,
Inc.
Orland Park, Illinois
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The Pointe
Northwest Corner of 143rd Street and Southwest Highway
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN that aPublic Hearing will be held before
the Plan Commission of the Village ofOrland Park, Illinois beginning at
7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, on June 12,
2018 at Village Hall, located at 14700 South Ravinia Avenue, Orland
Park, Cook County, Illinois, to consider recommending the approval of an
application for aSpecial Use Permit with modifications, Site Plan, Landscape
Plan, Elevations, and Plat of Subdivision for “The Pointe”, pursuant
to the provisions ofthe Land Development Code of the Village ofOrland
Park, with respect to the following real estate:
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: PARCEL 1:LOTS 7,8,9, 10, AND 11 IN
BLOCK 14 IN MAREK KRAUS' ORLAND PARK HIGHLANDS, A
SUBDIVISION OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OFSECTION 4, TOWN-
SHIP 36 NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL ME-
RIDIAN, (EXCEPTING THEREFROM 2ACRES FOR SCHOOL IN
THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SOUTHEAST 1/4 AND EX-
CEPTING PROPERTY INWABASH RAILROAD COMPANY LYING
WITHIN SAID SOUTHEAST 1/4) IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
PARCEL 2: THAT PART OF LOT 5 INTRUSTEES RESUBDIVISION
OF BLOCK 14(EXCEPT LOTS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 AND 23
THEREOF) IN MAREK KRAUS' ORLAND PARK HIGHLANDS, A
SUBDIVISION OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OFSECTION 4, TOWN-
SHIP 36 NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL ME-
RIDIAN, (EXCEPT THEREFROM 2ACRES FOR SCHOOL IN THE
SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SOUTHEAST 1/4 AND EXCEPT-
ING THE PROPERTY OFTHE WABASH RAILROAD COMPANY
LYING WITHIN SAID SOUTHEAST 1/4) LYING SOUTH OFALINE
DRAWN 141 FEET NORTHEASTERLY OF AND PARALLEL WITH
THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 5, IN COOK COUNTY,
ILLINOIS. PARCEL 3: THAT PART OF LOT 5INBLOCK 14 IN
TRUSTEES RESUBDIVISION OF BLOCK 14(EXCEPT LOTS 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 AND 23 THEREOF) IN MAREK KRAUS'S OR-
LAND PARK HIGHLANDS A SUBDIVISION OF THE SOUTH EAST
1/4 OF SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST OF
THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, (EXCEPT THEREFROM 2
ACRES FOR SCHOOL IN THE SOUTH WEST CORNER OF SAID
SOUTH EAST 1/4 AND EXCEPTING THE PROPERTY OF THE WA-
BASH RAILROAD COMPANY LYING WITHIN SAID SOUTH EAST
1/4) LYING NORTH OF ALINE DRAWN 141 FEET NORTHEAST-
ERLY OF AND PARALLEL WITH SOUTH WESTERLY LINE OF
SAID LOT 5, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PARCEL 4:LOT 6IN
TRUSTEES RESUBDIVISION OF BLOCK 14(EXCEPT LOTS 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 AND 23 THEREOF) IN MAREK KRAUS' ORLAND
PARK HIGHLANDS, A SUBDIVISION OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF
SECTION 4,TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST OF THE
THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, (EXCEPT THEREFROM 2ACRES
FOR SCHOOL IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SOUTH-
EAST 1/4 AND EXCEPTING THE PROPERTY OFTHE WABASH
RAILROAD COMPANY LYING WITHIN SAID SOUTHEAST 1/4) IN
COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
PINs: 27-04-416-009-0000, 27-04-416-010-0000, 27-04-416-011-0000,
27-04-416-012-0000, 27-04-416-013-0000, 27-04-416-032-0000,
27-04-416-033-0000
COMMONLY KNOWN AS: The Northwest Corner of 143rd Street and
Southwest Highway (14352 Southwest Highway, 14240 Southwest Highway,
and 14231 Union Avenue) in ORLAND PARK, ILLINOIS.
SUMMARY: The Applicant proposes to construct a 103,164 square foot
multi-family residential development (known as “The Pointe”) including
sixty-four (64) attached dwelling units on approximately 1.13 acres of land
in the northwest corner of 143rd Street and Southwest Highway in Orland
Park within the Village Center (VCD) Zoning District. The Applicant
seeks approval for aSite Plan, Landscape Plan, Elevations, Plat ofSubdivision,
and aSpecial Use Permit for (1) attached dwellings; and (2) a
building larger than 50,000 square feet; with modifications from the Village
of Orland Park Land Development Code, including:
1. Building Height (Section 6-212.D.3.c.): A two (2) story modification to
allow a maximum of five (5) stories.
2. Building Setback (Section 6-212.D.6.c.): A 2' 9 3/4” modification toallow
a 2' 2 1/4” setback at the southwest corner of the building after adedication
of land at the south portion of the site.
3. Rear Yard Setback (Section 6-212.D.6.d.): A 20' modification to allow
the underground parking to be set back 10' from the rear (north) property
line.
4. Parking Setback Landscape Buffer (Section 6-212.D.6.e. and Section
6-305.D.4.b.1.): An 8-10' modification for the east and west parking landscape
setback to allow 0-2' of landscaping between the parking lot and
right-of-way.
5. Parking Lot and Loading Area Location (Section 6-212.E.2.): Amodification
toallow the trash enclosure and loading area to be located between
the building and the street.

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6. Drop-Off/Drive Aisle Setback (Section 6-212.E.2.): Amodification to
allow drop-off and drive aisles between the building and the street.
7. Drop-Off/Drive Aisle Screening (Section 6-212.E.2.g.): Amodification
to allow less than 36” of screening adjacent to drop-off and drive aisles at
certain locations.
8. Street Level Transparency (Section 6-212.E.3.): An 11% modification
to allow 24% transparency at street level.
9. Retaining Wall Height, Spacing, and Setback (Section 6-302.C.31): A
modification to allow height, spacing, and setback differences for retaining
walls at certain locations on the site.
10. Foundation Planting (Section 6-305.D.5.a.): A 10' modification toallow
0' of foundation planting along the east and west facades.
The proposed project also includes landscape improvements, an underground
parking garage with parking for vehicles and bicycles, a management
office, and amenities such as alounge, community room, fitness center,
and rooftop terrace. The Applicant also proposes to dedicate approximately
0.197 acres of land tothe Village ofOrland Park for future roadway
improvements.
The proposed application may be added to, revised, or eliminated as aresult
of the Public Hearing. All interested parties should attend and will be
given an opportunity to be heard. The Public Hearing may be continued by
the Plan Commission without further notice except as may be required by
the Illinois Open Meetings Act.
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THIS WEEK IN...
Eagles varsity athletics
BASEBALL
■ ■May 17 – at Steve Bajenski
Memorial Tournament, TBA
■May ■ 18 – at Steve Bajenski
Memorial Tournament, TBA
■May ■ 19 – at Steve Bajenski
Memorial Tournament, TBA
■May ■ 21 - Class 4A
Regionals, TBA
BOYS TENNIS
■May ■ 19 - at Class 2A
Sandburg Sectional, TBA
BOYS LACROSSE CO-OP:
■May ■ 21 - hosts Providence
in Lockport Sectional at
YOUTH SPORTS
Shooters enjoying hot spring season
STAFF REPORT
The Southside Shooters
eighth Grade Basketball
team has been hot this
spring.
Recently the Shooters,
which features several players
from Orland Park, went
3-0 at The Score in Willow
Springs.
They defeated Lockdown
42-22, the LaGrange Bulls
58-48, and Unleashed 48-47
in the championship game.
The team is also participating
in the GSBS Spring
League at the Swanson Center
in Bedford Park. They
Shooters won their first five
out of six games and were
in first place. They defeated
the Shimko Stars White 39-
16, Shooters Green 36-31,
Shimko Stars Black 40-19,
Shimko Stars White 40-26,
and Shooters Green 36-33.
Their only defeat came to
the BTA Bulldogs 42-36.
Members of the team are
Matt Strama, Elias Garcia,
Karim Elsokary, Jake Mc-
Griff, Will Lammel, Eric
Burke, Aiden Gutierrez, Lukas
Pukstys, and Edgar Orellana.
They are coached by
Bill Lammel and Eric Burke.
Andrew, 5:30 p.m.
■May ■ 23 - Lockport Sectional
semifinals, 7 p.m., if
necessary
BOYS TRACK AND FIELD
■May ■ 18 - at Class 3A
Downers Grove North
Sectional, 4:30 p.m. (field
events), 6 p.m. (running
events)
VOLLEYBALL
■May ■ 17 – hosts Lincoln-Way
East, 5:30 p.m.
■May ■ 18 – hosts Providence
Catholic, 5:30 p.m.
■May ■ 22 - at Lockport
Regional semifinal, 6:30 p.m.
■May ■ 23 - at Lockport
Regional final, 6 p.m., if
necessary
GIRLS LACROSSE CO-OP
■May ■ 21 - at. O’Fallon in
Minooka Sectional, TBA.
■May ■ 23 - semifinals at
Minooka Sectional, 5:30 p.m.,
if necessary
GIRLS SOCCER
■May ■ 18 - Class 3A Sandburg
Regional final, 5 p.m., if
necessary
SOFTBALL
■May ■ 17 – hosts Homewood-
Flossmoor, 4:30 p.m.
GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD
■May ■ 18-19 - IHSA State
Meet, TBA
The Southside Shooters are off to a hot start this season,
winning The Score Tournament and are on top of the GSBS
league. PHOTO SUBMITTED
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
10 Questions
with Brendan Coghlan
Brendan Coghlan is an Orland
Park resident and track
athlete at Brother Rice who
also played basketball. He
plans on studying business
at Indiana University and
will giver up competitive
sports.
What is your proudest
moment in either sport?
My junior year, playing
basketball against an undefeated
Marist team. We got
the win at home in overtime
and our student section
stormed the court. It was an
unforgettable experience
and a great game.
Are there any
embarrassing moments
you had in either sport?
In our regional championship
game last year against
Homewood-Flossmoor, I
made a move to the rim and
scored a layup. On the way
down, my defender landed on
my foot and knocked off my
shoe. I had to play the next
few possessions in an intense
game with a shoe missing. I
kept slipping and almost fell
a couple of times. Fortunately
though, we got the win.
Do you have a favorite
pregame pump-up song?
I like to listen to a lot of
music, but if I had to pick
one it would be “The Way
Life Goes” by Lil Uzi Vert
Do you have a hero, or
someone you look up
to?
I’d have to pick my dad
(Ed) because of how hard
working he is and how fun
he is to be around. He definitely
sets a great example
for me and my three sisters
to follow.
Is there something
people don’t know
about you?
Many people do not know
that I like to dance.
Is there a movie you
could watch over and
over without getting
bored with it?
Definitely the movie
“Tommy Boy” with Chris
Farley and David Spade. I
love to laugh and this movie
never fails to make me do so.
How about a TV show
that you could watch
over and over?
“The Office”. This is my
JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA
all time favorite show because
each episode is hilarious,
no matter how many
times you’ve watched it.
If you could have dinner
with anyone — living
or dead — who would
it be with?
I’d like to have dinner
with Michael Jordan because
who wouldn’t want to
have dinner with the greatest
basketball player of all time?
If they made a movie
about your life, who
should play you?
John Krasinski
What would that movie
be called?
“Straight Outta Orland”.
Interview conducted by Sports
Editor Jeff Vorva

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SAYING GOODBYE TO THE CLASS OF 2018
A gallery of Sandburg spring sports seniors
Sandburg boys track seniors pose before the Pete Struck Invitational.
The Eagles baseball team, which is hoping for a deep run in the playoffs this season, is
graduating a ton of talent. PHOTOS BY DONNA NEVELS/D.NEVELS IMAGES
Seniors from the Eagles’ girls soccer squad gather before a game earlier in the month.
Seniors from the Sandburg boys water polo team pose before a recent match.
Eagles senior girls track athletes gather for a photo earlier this month.

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Sandburg’s top-seeded water polo teams eliminated by LWE
RANDY WHALEN
Freelance Reporter
It was a sad day for Sandburg.
Both the Eagles boys and
girls water polo teams entered
the sectional as the top
seeds. But both fell short to
the host Griffins in a pair of
tough, defensive games on
Saturday, May 12, in the title
matches of the Lincoln-Way
East Sectional in Frankfort.
It remains to be seen if it is
for good, but the Eagles 9-7
loss on the girls side might
signal an end to the coaching
career of Jim Caliendo.
The veteran coach retired a
year ago as the Eagles boys
coach, but came back on the
girls side for his 39th season
this spring. He said he
is glad he did but wants to
move on, too.
“I did have fun,” Caliendo
said. “But I’m officially retired
again.”
His team did not go down
without a fight.
Goals were at a premium
throughout but especially
in the second half for Sandburg.
The score was tied 5-5
at halftime, but junior Erin
Falsey (3 goals) gave the
Eagles (26-7) their final lead
at 6-5 on a goal with 4 minutes
and 58 seconds left in
the third quarter.
The problem was, the
Eagles could hardly muster
anything after that on offense.
Emma Hernandez had
three goals, and goalie
Emma Crnich picked up a
goal when she fired in a shot
from three-quarters of the
pool away with 15 seconds
to play.
“In the first half, we did
a pretty nice job getting
where we wanted to be to
take our shots,” Caliendo
said. “But if we didn’t get
out ahead of them, they surrounded
us with three girls.
Our girls are down, but once
that’s over they will realize
what they’ve done this season
[and] they will be pretty
happy. Led by [senior] Natalie
[Barkowski], we played
some great defense and only
allowed 5.5 goals per game.
But we also only averaged
10 goals per game.
“Bella [Wrobel] and Tara
[Maher] were our only fouryear
seniors, and Tara scored
over 100 goals on the season.
Erin was the only junior
that started, and she came up
big [in the sectional final].”
The main thing Caliendo
wants to do is leave the program
in good hands.
“The search is on again,”
he said of looking for a
new coach. “The girls need
someone young and energetic,
like [first-year Sandburg
boys coach] Matt Neimeier
did on the boys side, to give
the program a shot in the
arm.”
Neimeier certainly had a
successful rookie season.
But his Eagle team also had
issues scoring in the second
half and fell 9-8 to East in
the title game.
“Most of the shots were
good ones, but we just put
them off the crossbar or the
post,” Neimeier lamented of
the second half, where his
squad had at least a half-dozen
shots bounce out off the
iron. “We wanted to control
the pace, and early on we
were doing that.”
The Eagles (24-7) scored
three straight goals midway
through the second quarter
to take a 6-4 lead at halftime.
East (20-11) had the momentum
at halftime, though,
after scoring at the buzzer.
East tied it up midway
through the third quarter.
The Eagles answered
when Richard Sokolowski
(4 goals) scored on a quick
flick in front for a 7-6 lead
with 2:35 to play in the third.
Sandburg’s Joey Jenkot gets off a shot in a 9-8 loss to Lincoln-Way East for the boys water polo sectional title.
PHOTOS BY JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA
But Sandburg didn’t score
for more than 9 more minutes,
and East scored three.
Joe Jenkot scored with 32
seconds left for the Eagles
and narrowed the margin to
one.
They forced a turnover
with 23 seconds to play but
East locked down on defense,
and the only attempt
that the Eagles got off was
one by Sokolowski from
midway across the pool that
sailed over the goal just before
the final buzzer.
Josh Grella added two
goals for Sandburg.
It was the third straight
sectional title for the Griffins,
who lost to Sandburg
twice in the regular season.
“It would have been nice
to have had the same score
Sandburg girls water polo coach Jim Caliendo may have coached the final game of his
illustrious career Saturday, May 12, in a 9-7 loss to Lincoln-Way East in the sectional final.
as the [regular season],”
Neimeier said. “Richard
Sokolowski really came out
like a bat out of hell and had
an awesome game for us.
“I know the guys are disappointed,
but I couldn’t be
more proud of the way they
played throughout the year.”

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BASEBALL
Sandburg 3, Marian Catholic
0
Tommy Windt had two
doubles and scored twice in
the non-conference win on
Friday, May 11. The Eagles
improved to 18-5.
Sandburg 12, Lockport 2
Branden Comia drove in
high school highlights
The rest of the week in high school sports
five runs and Ryan Hampe
added four as the Eagles improved
to 7-1 in the South-
West Suburban Conference
Blue division on Thursday
May 10.
SOFTBALL
Sandburg 12 Riverside-
Brookfield 2
Molly O’Sullivan fired the
victory for the Eagles while
Lilli McGlothlin had a grand
slam and a three-run homer
on Friday, May 11.
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Richards Tournament
The Eagles finished second
after winning their first
four matches over Morton,
Richards, Stagg and Hinsdale
South.
Sandburg’s Maha Abed competes in the 100-meter hurdle event at the Lockport Sectional
on Thursday, May 10. JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA
Murray picks up a victory at
state badminton tournament
JEFF VORVA
Sports Editor
Sandburg junior Kaylynn
Murray finished 1-2 in the
Illinois High School Association
Badminton State
Finals on Friday, May 11, in
Charleston.
Murray opened the tournament
with a tough 21-
19, 19-21, 21-15 setback to
Glenbrook North’s Maddy
Chen.
In the first round of consolation,
she won a 16-21,
21-17, 21-18 war over Joliet
Central’s Brooke Long.
Since the IHSA began charting
the tournament in 1997,
the Eagles have had at least
one representative down
state who won at least one
match.
But her tournament came
to an end with a 21-10, 21-
14 setback to Glenbrook
South’s Sophia Lau.
Girls Track
Despite six top-10 finishes,
Sandburg failed to send any
athletes to the state meet at the
Class 3A Lockport Sectional
Meet on Thursday, May 10.
Brielle Morris finished
fifth in the 800 meter run,
Obia Chibueze claimed
sixth in the long jump, Hannah
Lenhardt took seventh
in the 3,200 run, Evelynn
Tylka placed ninth in the
300 hurdles, Kelsey Woods
took ninth in the discus and
10th in the shot up and Lana
Musa tied for ninth in the
high jump but did not advance.
Bass Fishing
Sandburg finished sixth at
the Joliet Central Sectional
May 7 on the Des Plaines
River, Big Basin Marina.
The Eagles had a haul of
6 pounds, 11.8 ounces and
missed making it to the state
finals by three spots.
Providence Catholic’s
boat of Hunter Dauparas,
Nick Katello and Michael
Jurlow won the sectional
title with 10 pounds, 15.6
ounces.
Brother Rice (with Nolan
Quinn, Jack Finnegan and
Collin Rice) was second and
Marist (Sean Murphy, Dan
DeMars and Ryan Arbagy)
was third.
Baseball
Sandburg drew the fourth
seed in the loaded Class 4A
Lockport Regional.
Lincoln-Way East, Marist
and Andrew picked up the
top three seeds.
The regional portion of
the sectional opens for Sandburg
Tuesday, May 22 and
the Eagles face either Thornwood
or Joliet Central on at
4 p.m. Wednesday, May 23
at Providence Catholic.
Softball
Sandburg is seeded third
in the Class 4A Hinsdale
South Sectional behind topseeded
Marist and Shepard.
The regional portion of
the sectional opens for the
Eagles on Tuesday, May 22
when they face 14th-seeded
Hinsdale Central at 4:30
p.m. in the Lyons Sectional.
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tured match in five sets, with
the last two sets only being
played to 15 points. But the
results didn’t matter as much
as the experience.
“It was a really good
crowd and a great local
match,” Zidek said. “My
family came out and we had
a lot of South Side pride.”
The South Side connection
is shown in the choosing
of one of the assistants,
Maggie Strus. A 2010 Stagg
graduate, who went onto be a
standout volleyball player at
University of Illinois - Chicago,
Strus grew up around
DePaul athletics. Her mom,
Debra, played basketball and
volleyball at DePaul and was
inducted into the Athletics
Hall of Fame in 2000. Her
brother, Max, is a heralded
junior guard on the men’s
basketball team.
“I was looking for people
that understand how special
of a place DePaul is,” Zidek
said of hiring Strus. “She was
an amazing pick-up for me.
She understands the pride
and love that we have here.”
The current Blue Demon
roster has four players from
Illinois on it. Included in that
is sophomore Summer See, a
2017 Providence graduate.
“We want to look for a lot
of local talent and Summer
is a good example of that,”
Zidek said. “We want a lot
of high quality athletes that
want to stay near home, play
here and show a lot of pride
with that.”
Zidec will have a busy
summer as she has been selected
to the coaching staff
of the U.S. Women’s Collegiate
National Team. It will
compete in the 14th annual
European Global Challenge
July 9-13 in Pula, Croatia.
The under-23 team of 12 top
collegiate volleyball players
will arrive July 5 in Venice,
Italy for training and friendly
matches.
Orland Park native Summer See, an Orland Park native who graduated from Providence
Catholic, is on DePaul’s volleyball roster. JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA.

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Marie Zidek, an Orland Park native, coaches DePaul during an April scrimmage against
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Orland Park native is new
DePaul volleyball coach
RANDY WHALEN
Freelance Reporter
Growing up in the Southwest
suburbs, Marie Zidek
received a great sense of
family values.
Now Zidek, who has
many ties to Orland Park, is
taking that sense of family
on her new job. That is the
head coach of the DePaul
University women’s volleyball
team.
DePaul athletics director
Jean Lenti Ponsetto announced
on Dec. 22 that
Zidek would be the new
head coach of the Blue Demon
volleyball program. Before
that, Zidek had numerous
stops and experiences in
volleyball. Recently she was
an assistant coach at the University
of San Diego for the
last four seasons. There she
helped the program to four
consecutive NCAA Tournament
appearances.
Now she’s glad to be back
home and ready to lead the
Blue Demons.
“It’s a phenomenal opportunity,”
Zidek said. “I’m
very glad to be back here at
DePaul, where we have 85
full-time staff members for
220 student athletes. That’s
the way Jean [Lenti Ponsetto]
has set it up and the
level of development for the
student athlete is pretty special.”
Zidek grew up in a volleyball
family. Her mom,
Donna [Sniegowski] Zidek
is in the University of St.
Francis Hall of Fame member
from her days as a setter
in the late 70s and early 80s.
Her dad and younger brother
are both named Kevin. The
younger Zidek is a Sandburg
graduate. Growing up in Evergreen
Park, Marie went to
high school there for two
years, before transferring to
Marian Catholic and graduating
there in 2002.
Around her senior year,
the family moved to Orland
Park. Zidek graduated from
Northern Illinois in 2006
with a Kinesiology degree.
She went on and completed
a master’s degree in Exercise
and Sports Science at
Oregon State, where she was
also a grad assistant in the
volleyball program in 2010.
From there, Zidek went
to DePaul, where she was
an assistant coach from
2010-12. She was on the
staff at Buffalo for one season
before moving to San
Diego in 2014. In between
Zidek, who is also a certified
strength and conditioning
coach by the NSCA, got to
coach in Finland.
Less than four months into
the job, Zidek got an opportunity
to show off her Blue
Demons squad on Saturday,
April 14 at Mother McAuley
High School. They scrimmaged
Notre Dame. On a
fun-filled afternoon, before a
good-sized crowd of 1,500,
DePaul dropped an unstruc-
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fastbreak
THURSDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK
VB stars won’t make White House trip
JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY
MEDIA
1st and 3
With the ihsa spring
postseason going
in full swing, here
are a few fun facts
about sandburg high
school and the state.
1. Baseball
The Eagles won their
only state title was
2002, when they
claimed the Class AA
title. They had nine
losses that season.
2. Softball
Coach Jim Fabianski
(above) and
his troops finished
second in the state
in Class 4A in 2014.
The Eagles lost 16
games in the regular
season that campaign.
3. Boys volleyball
The Eagles won
every state award
possible. They won
numerous regional
and sectional titles.
The took home first-,
second-, third- and
fourth-place state
trophies.
Jeff Vorva
j.vorva@22ndcm.com
Playing a little catchup:
Andrew graduate
Sanil Thomas and former
Sandburg hitter Jake Hanes
will not be hanging out with
President Trump this year.
The two Ohio State
University men’s volleyball
players had a chance to visit
Trump and the White House
in December after the Buckeyes
won the NCAA Division
I/II national championship
in 2017. Hanes was a
redshirt and didn’t play on
that team, and Thomas was
a backup.
Both were invited to the
White House and both said
they enjoyed the experience.
This year, both area
superstars had huge roles in
OSU’s season. The Buckeyes
lost in the Final Four
in a wild semifinal affair to
eventual champion Long
Beach State on May 3, 25-
22, 25-23, 25-27, 32-30 at
historic Pauley Pavilion in
Los Angeles.
The 6-foot-10 Hanes
led everyone with 21 kills,
while junior Thomas racked
up 52 assists.
To get to the semifinals,
the Buckeyes survived a
five-set war with UC Irvine,
and Hanes tied a team record
and with eight aces in
the match. Thomas had 57
assists and had a team-high
three blocks.
For the season, the
Buckeyes finished 25-6
and Thomas (1,309 assists)
made the Midwest
Intercollegiate Volleyball
Association First Team and
was an American Volleyball
Coaches Association All-
America honorable mention.
Hanes (400 kills) made the
MIVA Second Team and
was named to the first team
among freshmen.
With these two scheduled
to come back next year,
maybe another visit to the
White House will be in
order in 2019.
In Division III volleyball,
the Stevens Institute of Technology
in New Jersey made
it to the title game before
bowing out to Springfield
College in three sets.
Sophomore Grant Burden,
a Sandburg graduate,
is on the roster as a setter
and played in 22 matches
and dished out 370 assists,
including 42 in a Final Four
match against Dominican
University.
About that match...
Freelance reporter Phil
Arvia and I were supposed
to double-team coverage of
a boys tennis match between
Andrew and Sandburg on
May 3, but that match was
postponed until May 7,
which started a few hours
after our deadline.
Arvia did an outstanding
job featuring Andrew coach
Mike Maratea and his son,
Nick, who is Sandburg’s
No. 1 player, for the May 10
issue.
For those interested in
how the match went down,
Andrew pulled off a 5-2
victory. Andrew’s Gabe
Mayuga beat Nick Maratea,
2-6, 7-6, 10-3 in a match
that was uncomfortable for
the T-Bolts coach to watch.
Other Andrew winners
were singles player Nathan
Cappi and the doubles
teams of Massi Petrizzi-
Ethan Nicholson, Noah
Berchman-Ryan Croce and
Will Flowers-Nathan Dring.
Sandburg’s Dan Lim and
Yianni Livieratos-Adam
Caridi won for the Eagles.
Coyne to speak in Rosemont
Olympic hockey gold
medal winner Kendall
Coyne and an array of
impressive athletes are to
speak at the Empowering
Girls for Life convention on
Aug. 10-12 at the Donald E.
Stephens Convention Center
in Rosemont.
The Sandburg graduate
joins volleyball star Christa
Dietzen, soccer player
Jake Hanes, left, and Sanil Thomas had their men’s
volleyball season at Ohio State stopped in a heartpounding
loss to Long Beach State.
JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA
Christie Pearce, gymnastics
standout Laurie Hernandez,
softball stars Jennie Finch,
Jessica Mendoza and Stacey
Nuveman and others.
For more information,
visit www.empoweringgirls.
life.
BESPY winner
Bradley University junior
golfer Frankie Saban earned
the BESPY Award for the
school’s top female athlete
for the 2017-2018 season.
The Sandburg graduate’s
top moment was finishing
second in the Missouri Valley
Conference Tournament
at the end of the season.
Wood injured
Orland Park’s Kyle Wood
will start the 2018 season
for the Windy City Thunderbolts
on the inactive list.
Wood, a former St. Laurence
and Purdue standout,
is injured and could be back
on the active roster in June.
He has been with the T-
Bolts for a portion of 2016
and all of 2017.
Running wild
Tinley Park High School
graduate Arturs Bareikis and
his wife, Jane, were the top
male and female finishers
in the at the Southwest
Half Marathon on May 6 in
Palos Heights. It was Arturs’
second straight win at the
Southwest event.
It’s the second time in two
months the Bareikas couple
won their divisions in a local
race. In March, the two won
the Running of the Green 8K
run in Tinley Park.
LISTEN UP
“I did have fun. But I’m officially retired again.”
Jim Caliendo - Sandburg water polo coach, who retired coaching
the boys team last year after a long, Hall-of-Fame career but came
back for one year to coach the girls team
What 2 Watch
Boys Volleyball, 6 p.m., Wednesday, May
23
• If the seed hold true, Sandburg will
be playing Lockport in the Lockport
Regional title game.
INDEX
45 - Postseason roundup
40 - Athlete of the Week
Compiled by Sports Editor Jeff Vorva, J.vorva@22ndcm.com.

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NEW DEMON
DePaul’s new volleyball
coach hails from Orland
Park, Page 46
SENIOR
MOMENTS A look
at Sandburg seniors in
five sports, Page 41
Members of Sandburg’s
girls water polo team
(inset) hug after a 9-7
loss to Lincoln-Way
East, and Sandburg’s
boys water polo player
Richard Sokolowski
(main) punches the water
in frustration after his
team lost to LW East,
9-8, on Saturday, May 12
at the Lincoln-Way East
Sectional in Frankfort.
PHOTOS BY JEFF VORVA/22ND
CENTURY MEDIA
Both top-seeded Sandburg water polo teams lose heartbreakers to Lincoln-
Way East Saturday, May 12, in the sectional championships, Page 44
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