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Park plans 

Next phase of Heritage Park development reviewed 

at Village Committee of the Whole meeting, Page 6 

Entertainment expansion 

Rubi Agave opens new room that serves as 

multi-purpose space, Page 8 

Never forgotten 

The Horizon honors local military members who died 

in the line of duty ahead of Memorial Day, Page 10 

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THURSDAY 

Red Nose Day Photo Booth 

8 a.m.-6 p.m. May 24, 

Functional Therapy and Rehabilitation, 

14301 Golden 

Oak Drive, Homer Glen. 

Join FTR/GoodLife in helping 

to raise money and 

awareness to combat childhood 

poverty. Red noses 

will be available in the clinics, 

and a minimum donation 

of $1 will provide the 

opportunity to take pictures 

in the photo booth with team 

members. 

Solo Backpacking for Women 

7-8 p.m. May 24, Homer 

Township Public Library, 

Community Meeting Room, 

14320 W. 151st St., Homer 

Glen. Attendees will learn 

tips and tricks on how to 

prepare physically and mentally, 

and ease the fears of 

family and friends when 

planning time in the wilderness 

alone. Cathy Rehr 

has backpacked solo at the 

Rocky Mountain National 

Park, and other places, and 

will be sharing her experiences. 

Registration required. 

Providence Catholic High 

School Graduation 

7:30-9:30 p.m. May 24. 

Rialto Square Theatre 102 

North Chicago St., Joliet. 

MONDAY 

American Legion Post 18 

Memorial Day Ceremony/ 

Picnic 

11 a.m. May 28, Post 18, 

15052 S. Archer Ave., Lockport. 

Ceremony at the Post 

Memorial followed by a 

family picnic with live music. 

Bring a dish to pass. 

UPCOMING 

Will County School District 

92 Graduation 

7-8 p.m. Thursday, May 

31, Lockport Township High 

School East Campus, 1333 

E. 7th St., Lockport. 

Frozen Treats 

7-8 p.m. Thursday, May 

31, Homer Township Public 

Library, Community Meeting 

Room, 14320 W. 151st 

St., Homer Glen. Chill out 

at this night of frozen treats. 

Attendees can try several 

varieties of popsicles and 

ice cream bars. This event is 

for children in sixth through 

12th grade. 

Homer Jr. High Graduation 

7 p.m. Friday, June 1. 

Lockport Township High 

School East Campus, 1333 

E. 7th St., Lockport. 

LTHS Class of 2018 

Graduation 

4 p.m. Saturday, June 2, 


School East Fieldhouse, 

1333 E. 7th St., Lockport. 

Shady Oaks Camp Carnival 

Day 

Noon-3 p.m. Saturday, 

June 2, Shady Oaks Camp, 

16300 Parker Road, Home 

Glen. There will be games, 

prizes, bean bag toss tournaments, 

a bouncy house, 

obstacle courses, food and a 

DJ. Fun for the whole family. 

Celebrate Life Event 

11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, 

June 3, Jean Marie Salon 

& Spa, 14907 S. Founders 

Crossing, Homer Glen. On 

Cancer Survivor Day, the salon 

will offer free service for 

cancer survivors, families 

and friends. Free gifts will 

be given out to attendees. 

Knights of Columbus 5th 

Annual Charity 5K 

8:30 a.m. Saturday, June 

9, Messenger Marsh Forest 

Preserve, South Bell Road, 

south of Route 7/159th 

Street in Homer Glen. Proceeds 

from the event will go 

toward Shady Oak Summer 

Camp for People with Disabilities. 

For more information 

and to register for the 

event, visit www.omgck 

nights.com. 

Homer Stallions Cheer Day 

Camp 

9:30 a.m.-2:45 p.m. Saturday, 

June 9, William E. 

Young School, 16040 Cedar 

Road, Homer Glen. Participants 

will experience a day 

of skill-building, tumbling 

and stunting. Lunch and a 

T-shirt will be provided. A 

performance will be put on 

for the families at 2:30 p.m. 

Open to athletes kindergarten 

through eighth grade. 

Register online at www. 

homerstallions.com. 

Youth Horticulture Workshop 

4:30-5:30 p.m. Monday, 

June 11, Homer Township 

Public Library, Community 

Meeting Room, 14320 W. 

151st St., Homer Glen. Join 

the University of Illinois 

Master Gardeners and create 

a composter with worms 

to take home, and plant a 

special garden project for 

the library. Registration is 

required and a fee of $2. 

Payment is due one week in 

advance of the event. 

Illinois Secretary of State 

Mobile Unit 

10 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday, 

June 19, Village of Homer 

Glen Community Room, 

14240 W. 151st St., Homer 

Glen. Services will be provides 

such as; renewal/correction 

of driver’s license, 

license plate stickers, new/ 

renewal correction of state 

ID, organ donation registration 

with renewal of driver’s 

license or ID and others. 

Homer Community Fest 

Thursday, June 21-Sunday, 

June 24, Festival 

Grounds, 14500 W. 151st St. 

in Homer Glen. The annual 

summer fest will have live 

music performances, a carnival, 

fireworks and more. 

A fireworks show is to be on 

Thursday, June 21 at 9:30 

p.m. An Independence Day 

Parade is planned 11 a.m. 

Saturday, June 23 at 151st 

Street and Parker Road that 

will head north on Parker 

and end at Briarwood Drive. 

For more information, visit 

www.homerfest.com. 

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ONGOING 

Big Tree Champion Contest 

In honor of Arbor Day, the 

Homer Glen Environment 

Committee is looking for the 

biggest trees in the Village 

of Homer Glen. Nominations 

for every type/species 

of living tree that exists are 

encouraged to be submitted. 

Verification of measurement 

will be made by the Environment 

Committee. The largest 

tree of each species will 

receive recognition. Residents 

and stakeholders are 

encouraged to search in forests, 

parks and their private 

property (or other with permission 

of the property owner) 

in the Village of Homer 

Glen. Applications are available 

on the Village website 

at www.homerglenil.org and 

at Village Hall, 14240 W. 

151st St. The deadline for 

submissions is Thursday, 

May 31. 

Vintage Hats, Will County in 

War Exhibits 

Noon-4 p.m. Wednesdays 

through Sundays, Will 

County Historical Museum 

and Research Center, 803 

S. State St., Lockport. A 

new exhibit “Vintage Hats” 

is on display, as well as a 

19th century doctor’s office, 

“Will County in War” and 

early textiles. For more information 

or tours, call (815) 

838-5080 or visit www.will 

history.org. 

Teen Volunteer Night 

6-8 p.m. first Thursday of 

each month, Homer Township 

Public Library, 14320 

W. 151st St., Homer Glen. 

Teens in grades 6-12 can 

participate in the volunteer 

night, which includes tasks 

such as cutting items for 

story time prep and straightening 

shelves. Registration 

is required and opens on the 

first day of each month for 

that month’s session. For 

more information, contact 

Heather Colby at heather@ 

homerlibrary.org or call 

(708) 301-7908.

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Willie Jordan hunts for bargains at the Woodbine Estates subdivision garage sale Friday, 

May 18, in Homer Glen. More than 20 homes in the subdivision participated in the event. 

Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media 

More than 20 homes join 

for subdivision garage sale 

Range of items 

available at 

event that brings 

neighbors together 

Laurie Fanelli 

Freelance Reporter 

Garage sale shoppers looking at the offerings at longtime 

Woodbine resident Kim Cochrane’s home. 

Garage sale season is here, 

and one recent bargain bazaar 

brought a local subdivision 

together to partake in 

some old-fashioned spring 

cleaning, deal hunting and 

neighborhood fun. 

Homer Glen’s Woodbine 

Estates subdivision, located 

at 151st Street and Eagle 

Ridge Drive, recruited more 

than 20 homes to join forces 

for a collective sale event. 

Everything from furniture to 

clothes to decorations were 

available during the two-day 

sale — held on Friday, May 

18 and Saturday, May 19 

— which featured reasonable 

prices on new and used 

items. 

The 2018 affair marked 

the triumphant return of 

Woodbine’s giant garage 

sale, as the neighbors took 

the year off in 2017. Kim 

Cochrane — who has been 

involved with the event 

since its inception more than 

20 years ago — was happy 

to once again participate, 

as the sale gives her an opportunity 

to clear away the 

clutter and convert trash into 

treasures. 

“It’s fun to do, and it 

makes you purge all your 

junk,” Cochrane said on Friday 

morning. “My husband 

is retiring in five years, so 

I have to get rid of some of 

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Woman’s Club announces garden walk for June 16 

Submitted by Homer Glen 

Junior Woman’s Club 

The Homer Junior Woman’s 

Club is hosting a garden 

walk featuring six different 

gardens from 9:30 a.m. to 1 

p.m. on Saturday, June 16, 

around Homer Glen. 

The garden walk, entitled 

“Every Garden Has a Story 

to Tell,” provides a unique 

opportunity for gardeners 

to see how everyday people 

work their yards. The selfguided 

tour will allow ticket 

holders to visit six gardens 

around the community, including 

a prairie garden, 

vegetable garden, shade 

garden, pollinator garden, 

art/rock garden and a fairy 

garden. 

It will be a leisurely day 

outside to share design 

ideas and growing tips 

with fellow gardeners. No 

gardening experience is 

necessary. Attendees are 

asked not to bring pets or 

strollers. 

Advance tickets can be 

purchased for $10 online 

at www.homerglenjuniors. 

org through June 15. Registration 

will begin at 9:30 

a.m. at Annunciation Byzantine 

Catholic Church at 

14610 S. Will-Cook Road. 

Tickets will be sold on the 

day of the event for $15. 

Children under 12 are free. 

This event will take place 

rain or shine; tickets are a 

non-refundable donation 

to the Homer Glen Junior 

Woman’s Club. 

All participants will start 

out at the registration site 

and will be given a flyer 

that includes descriptions 

of each garden, as well as 

a map of the locations. Attendees 

can tour the gardens 

at their own pace from 9:30 

a.m. to 1 p.m. and join their 

fellow horticulture enthusiasts 

for a social at garden 

No. 6 at 1 p.m. 

The Homer Glen Junior 

Woman’s Club would 

like to thank event sponsor 

M&D Farms. A portion 

of all proceeds will benefit 

HGJWC’s philanthropic efforts 

that include a high 

school student scholarship, 

favorite teacher awards, 

Earth-Arbor Day project 

with Homer Community 

Consolidated School District 

33C and an art garden 

collaboration with 

Homer Township Public 

Library. 

For more information, 

visit www.homerglenju 

niors.org. 

sale 

From Page 3 

this stuff. We’re selling everything, 

including kitchen 

supplies, furniture, a grill 

— because I just ordered my 

husband a new one for his 

60th birthday — blankets. 

My daughter, who is home 

from college, is also selling 

stuff.” 

Many of the garage sale 

participants had a variety of 

offerings, which was perfect 

for Orland Park resident 

Mick Jurynec, a semiprofessional 

“garage-saler” 

who was looking for things 

he can use, things he can sell 

and things he can give away 

to family and friends. 

“It’s great here,” he said. 

“This is fantastic. I got a 

LEGO set for my grandson 

for $5 so that’s not bad.” 

Most houses were selling 

traditional garage sale 

pieces, but a few families 

also had specialty items 

available. Anna Richiusa is 

known for the beautiful wedding 

dresses she creates with 

her business, A-Richi Design, 

and she had a rack of 

new dresses, as well as additional 

gowns in her in-home 

studio, available during the 

subdivision sale. 

“I do alterations and custom 

design work, and I’ve 

acquired sample gowns from 

different stores, so I brought 

my inventory out today,” she 

explained. “I even have extra 

Unexpected items — like a free Christmas tree — could be 

found at non-participating homes in the subdivision. 

material for sale from all the 

different projects that I’ve 

custom made for customers.” 

Across the neighborhood, 

residents came together to 

help make the Woodbine 

subdivision garage sale a 

success. It was common to 

see several family members, 

neighbors and friends pool 

their efforts to make each 

sale stop a highlight. 

Linda Krynski offered to 

hold down the fort for her 

daughter and son-in-law — 

Melanie and Ted Rellstab — 

while they were at work. 

“I volunteered to run [the 

family’s garage sale], and I 

recruited my cousin to help 

me today, and my sister to 

help tomorrow,” Krynski 

said. “We all did a little house 

cleaning. We’re selling some 

great things, like a whole set 

of golf clubs and nice car seat 

and stroller sets. Hopefully, 

someone can use them.” 

Krynski added that she 

appreciates how Woodbine 

neighbors work together 

to create an enticing multihome 

garage sale. 

“It brings out a lot more 

people,” she said. “It’s very 

nice that someone takes 

charge and puts it all together.” 

Everything from children’s items to electronics to chairs to sporting equipment were 

available at the garage sale. Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media 

Anna Richiusa displays one of the wedding gowns she was selling in her in-home studio 

during the sale.



Homer Township Board of Trustees 

All seven funds balanced in approved fiscal year budget 

Jessie Molloy 


The Homer Township 

Board of Trustees approved 

its fiscal year 2018-2019 

budget at its May 14 monthly 

meeting. 

The budget was approved 

after a brief public hearing, 

during which no one came 

forward to speak. The budget 

accounts for $2.54 million 

in revenue and $5.73 

million in expenditures 

across the Township’s seven 

funds. Each fund’s expenses 

and revenues are kept separately, 

as three of them are 

separate items on residents’ 

tax bills, and the others receive 

their funding through 

a combination of rent, fees, 

bonds, donations and grants. 

Each of the seven Township 

funds is balanced for 

the coming year and is slated 

to have a small surplus at 

the end of the fiscal year on 

March 31, 2019, thanks to 

surplus funds from the last 

fiscal year totaling $3.20 

million. 

It was emphasized that 

the surpluses listed on each 

fund in the budget document 

are estimations. Some will 

likely be higher at the end 

of the year (as they have in 

prior years) due to some revenues 

being uncertain — and 

therefore being budgeted 

very low — and some expenditures 

coming in under 

budget. 

The Township’s largest 

fund is the Town Fund, 

which accounts for $1.61 

million of the Township’s 

tax levy, and $2.89 million 

in spending, including 

$472,974 in Homer Township 

Assessor’s Office expenditures. 

The Township’s other 

funds are the Founders 

Crossing Bond Fund, the 

Founders Crossing General 

Fund, the General Assistance 

Fund, the Open Space 

Fund, the Park Developer 

Contributions Fund and the 

Park Fund. The Park Fund, 

the Town Fund and the 

General Assistance Fund 

are funded by the Township 

property tax levy. 

Along with the Township 

budget, the board also 

approved the budget for 

the Homer Township Road 

District. Like the Township 

budget, the items in the 

Road District’s budget are 

taxed separately, so the district’s 

two funds can’t share 

or move their funding. 

The total revenue of the 

Road District for fiscal year 

2018-2019 is $4.42 million, 

and the budgeted expenses 

of the Road and Bridge Fund 

and Equipment & Building 

Fund are a combined $5.84 

million. The two funds started 

the year off in April with 

a combined existing balance 

of $1.42 million. 

The largest spending area 

in the Road District’s budget 

is the maintenance portion 

of the Road and Bridge 

Fund. This area accounts for 

$4,21 million of the fund’s 

$5.28 million budget, with 

$1.55 million of that money 

budgeted for road maintenance 

services in the fund’s 

largest category of spending, 

Contractual Services, which 

makes up $1.87 million total. 

The budget was approved 

unanimously with over a 

month to go before its approval 

deadline. 

Spring, summer maintenance 

updates 

After approving the budget, 

the board commenced 

with its regular meeting, 

which included a number of 

announcements about upcoming 

events and projects. 

Supervisor Pam Meyers 

noted that as the weather has 

gotten warmer, many spring 

and summer maintenance 

programs have resumed, 

but she asked residents to 

be patient, as many projects 

were put behind schedule 

by the late arrival of spring 

weather. 

One project which is still 

being postponed until the 

weather stabilizes and becomes 

drier is the repairs 

on the fencing and tennis 

courts at Yangas Park caused 

by damage from a falling 

tree. Meyers reported that 

the contractor, U.S. Tennis 

Courts, is confident the work 

will be done as soon as the 

daily minimum temperature 

remains at 50 degrees or 

higher and dry. 

Among the resumed activities 

is the Township mosquito 

abatement program 

and restored water supply to 

the sports complex irrigation 

system and concession stand 

at Town Center Park. 

Due to damage caused to 

the irrigation system on one 

of the complex’s fields, the 

board also voted to approve 

a maintenance proposal 

from Razor Edge for the system. 

Razor Edge provided 

the system’s maintenance 

last summer to the satisfaction 

of the Township and is 

already scheduled to come 

out in early June to fix problems 

with exposed sprinkler 

heads. 

Another project underway 

at the sports complex is the 

repaving of the parking lots. 

The board voted to approve 

a bid for overlays of both 

parking lots for a cost of 

$63,836.30. The amount was 

accounted for in the budget 

and was approved unanimously. 

Once the paving is completed 

in the parking lots, 

another contractor will be 

hired to stripe them. Since 

the striping of the lots is 

imperative to ensure safe 

use of the heavily trafficked 

facility during the baseball 

season and the upcoming 

Homer Community Fest, the 

board gave approval to Meyers 

to solicit a bid from last 

year’s low bidder on other 

park parking lot projects, 

Mrs. B’s, and approve lot 

striping if the cost comes in 

within the budgeted amount 

of $75,000. 

The Road District will 

also look into its potential 

price to stripe the lot as a 

competing bid, and Meyers 

will be allowed to award the 

contract without a second 

board vote to the lowest bidder 

in order to expedite the 

process. 

Sowa steps down from 

position as co-chair on 

Parade & Festival Committee 

Finally, the board took 

several actions to finalize the 

members of two committees. 

Township Clerk Linsey 

Sowa officially resigned from 

her position as the Township 

co-chair of the joint Village 

and Township Parade & Festival 

Committee. While Sowa 

said she still wants to remain 

a part of the planning process 

for the Earth Day-Arbor Day 

and Homer Harvest Days 

events — which are both not 

being held in 2018 — in the 

future, she is stepping down 

from her role of organizing 

Homer Community Fest. 

“I know and appreciate the 

amount of work [Sowa] has 

done for the committee over 

the years,” said Meyers, who 

symbolically voted no on the 

accepting of the clerk’s resignation. 

“On behalf of the 

Township, I just want to say 

thank you very much for all 

your contributions.” 

After accepting Sowa’s 

resignation, the board voted 

unanimously for Trustee Ed 

Kalas to take her place as cochairman. 

The board then voted to 

approve the appointment, 

made by Kalas, of Road District 

Commissioner Mike 

DeVivo to the committee to 

fill the vacancy created by 

Sowa. Trustee Tom Fijan abstained 

from the vote since 

DeVivo was appointed without 

filling out an official application 

so shortly after the 

official application process 

had ended. 

The board also voted 

unanimously to approve the 

appointment, made by Fijan, 

of Kathy Pecora to the 

Open Space Operations & 

Planning Committee. Pecora 

had applied to the position 

within the deadline, but a 

communication error had 

prevented her application 

from being submitted. 

Given her enthusiasm and 

qualification for the role, the 

board voted to appoint her to 

correct the oversight. 

Roof replacement of granary 

building 

The board gave approval 

to solicit proposals and 

budgetary estimates for the 

needed roof replacement of 

the Trantina Farm historic 

granary building. The board 

will compare the costs of 

replacing the roof with shingles 

similar to the existing 

roof, as well as galvanized 

metal roofing, and will seek 

alternate pricing for the 

project with and without 

replacement of the cupola, 

which blew off in a storm 

shortly after the Township 

purchased the building. 

Fijan reported that if the 

building is to be saved, “It’s 

now or never.” 

Township website 

Meyers announced that 

due to other projects taking 

priority, the development of 

the Township’s new website 

has been put on hold. It’s not 

certain when progress will 

resume. 

Culver Park project bids 

It was announced that HR 

Green will be resuming its 

services moving the Culver 

Park Detention Basin Retrofit 

project along. The project 

is aimed at restoring native 

plant to the pond in Culver 

Park to improve water quality 

and is receiving funding 

from an IEPA grant. 

Bids were to be opened on 

May 30, with work hopefully 

beginning on July 9. The 

project is slated for completion 

by the end of September. 

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Committee of the Whole 

Officials give updates on Phase II of Heritage Park development 

Timeline for project, 

design features 

shared at meeting 

Jessie Molloy 


The Village of Homer 

Glen held a Committee of 

the Whole meeting before 

its regular Village Board 

meeting May 9 to discuss 

updates to the plans for 

Phase II of the Heritage 

Park development. 

Architects James Petrakos 

and Nick Graal, of Tria 

Architecture, and landscape 

architects Lori Vierow and 

Sarah Dreier, of Greenberg 

Farrow, who are working 

on the park’s design, gave 

a presentation to Village 

officials and interested residents 

going over some of 

the latest developments in 

the plan before it went out 

to bid. 

Board members last met 

with the architects on March 

28 to go over initial plans. 

The presentation given May 

9 incorporated some of their 

suggestions from the previous 

meeting, as well as introducing 

new suggestions 

for specific elements of the 

park design. 

Phase II of the park development 

will mostly work 

around the active core area 

of the park, which will feature 

the adult challenge 

course; tennis, pickleball 

and sand volleyball courts; 

areas for bocce, horseshoes, 

bean bags and disc golf; a 

sensory garden; children’s 

play areas; a sled hill; as 

well as a gazebo and central 

plaza surrounding a “tree of 

life.” 

Some of the new features 

revealed at the meeting included 

design concepts for 

the gazebo and entryway 

signage for the area. Petrakos 

and Graal revealed designs 

incorporating lots of 

wooden beams, which are 

meant to match the aesthetic 

of the Village Hall and 

the general nature-friendly 

atmosphere of the community. 

The signs would be made 

of wooden archways set in 

stone bases, and the gazebo 

would be constructed completely 

from dark wood. It 

will also be raised off the 

ground, with steps in the 

front, and a handicap accessible 

ramp in the back. 

“We tried to give you 

something unique that surrounding 

municipalities 

don’t have which also fit 

with the community,” Graal 

said. 

Board members were enthusiastic 

about the designs 

but said they would want 

more information about the 

warranties and maintenance 

of the wood materials before 

giving final approval. 

Other concepts which 

were reviewed were preliminary 

sketches of a possible 

park logo, which could be 

put on signage, and decorative 

tree grates for plants 

surrounded mostly by concrete 

pathways. 

Dreier and Vierow were 

happy to share that in their 

designs they had been able 

to save all but two existing 

trees in the park design. 

The two which need to 

be removed are currently 

standing where the tennis 

courts are going to be located. 

Three trees will be located 

in the middle of paths 

by the sensory garden and 

would need the protection 

of grates. The architects 

shared several custom designs 

featuring flowers and 

musical notes for the board 

to chose from which would 

complement the different 

elements of the sensory areas. 

Homer Glen Junior Woman’s Club members (left to right) Lorena Castro, Karen Hill-Davis and 

Mary Lee stand with Mayor George Yukich after the woman’s club was recognized May 9 at the 

Village Board meeting for providing a $24,000 Legacy Project Grant that is to be used toward 

the constructing of a gazebo in Heritage Park. The gazebo is planned to be a feature of the 

sensory garden located in the active core area of the community park. Photo submitted 

Benches for Tree of Life 

Plaza 

The Greenberg Farrow 

team also discussed the 

selection of materials for 

benches in the Tree of Life 

Plaza. The sitting area will 

be situated around a large 

tree specially farmed to be 

planted at an advanced size. 

The benches Dreier and 

Vierow proposed for placement 

around the area would 

be made of a wood composite 

material called Thermory 

Ash, a sturdy wood made 

from the trunks of ash trees 

that have been cut down because 

of emerald ash borers. 

“We thought it would be a 

nice way of recycling those 

trees which have had to be 

removed,” Vierow said. 

Addressing lighting 

While several decisions 

still need to be made about 

the naming of the different 

areas within the Phase II 

development, one decision 

was largely reached by the 

committee members and 

architects in regard to lighting. 

In order to maintain the 

Village’s Dark Sky recognition, 

lighting in the park 

will be limited, but not to 

the detriment of public safety. 

Downward-facing lights 

will be installed along the 

paths within the park, and 

on-demand lighting will be 

available after dark on the 

sport courts until the park 

closes. Additionally, downward 

lighting will be put 

on the signage at all the entrance 

points of the active 

core area, though lights will 

most likely not be installed 

on the play areas or challenge 

course. 

Next steps 

Finally, the architects 

suggested that the board 

allow for a longer bidding 

process on the project to 

draw in more competitive 

bids. Vierow explained that 

due in part to the late arrival 

of spring, some contractors 

are behind schedule 

and may not be able to 

put together a bid in short 

order. 

While the Village originally 

hoped to open the 

bidding process in May and 

award the bids at the June 

13 board meeting, the architects 

advised extending 

the bidding process by a 

week and approving the bid 

instead by June 27. 

According to Village 

Manager Mike Mertens, the 

extended bidding process 

will likely result in more 

competitive bids and a construction 

start date of July 

9. The Village budget estimated 

the cost of Phase II’s 

construction between $1.8 

and $2.2 million. 

Although the project 

is large, Mertens said the 

board is hoping for a completion 

date in October, 

with segments of the park 

— including the challenge 

course and playground areas 

— finished and open to 

the public in mid-September. 

Several sections of the 

park, including the seeding 

of the sled hill and the sensory 

garden flowers, will require 

fall plantings, so those 

areas will not be complete 

until spring. The sled hill 

will be fenced off and kept 

off limits during the coming 

winter. 

The disc golf course is 

also likely to be open by 

mid-September. However, 

it is being designed and bid 

separately. 

The third piece of work 

going on in the park this 

summer will be the drainage 

and bioswale construction 

being supported by an 

IEPA 319 grant. The project, 

which is 60 percent 

funded by the IEPA, will 

improve drainage in the 

park and the neighboring 

subdivision and assist with 

water quality in the village’s 

creeks by expanding several 

ponds and planting local, 

water-improving plants. 

That project will also be 

bid separately and will be 

under construction at the 

same time as the active core 

area. 

Despite the ongoing 

work, Phase I of the park, 

including the ring road, 

open play area and biking 

and walking trails, will be 

open to the public this summer. 

Fencing will erected to 

keep residents safe from the 

construction.

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8 | May 24, 2018 | The Homer Horizon NEWS 


The Rubi Room opens in same building as Homer Glen restaurant 

Rubi Agave expands 

to offer versatile 

space for customers 

Thomas Czaja, Editor 

The business was already 

one that offered food, drinks, 

dancing and entertainment 

to its patrons, and it now is 

taking the next step in what 

it can provide. 

Homer Glen’s Rubi Agave 

Latin Kitchen, Tequila and 

Whiskey Bar has become 

well-established in the community 

for its fare, cocktails 

and lounge/supper club setting. 

Given its success, owner 

and executive chef Ruben 

Pazmino could easily have 

been satisfied with leaving 

things as they were. 

But when the request and 

idea for The Rubi Room 

came about, Pazmino envisioned 

the addition as 

something that would be 

worthwhile for customers. 

The new room is in the same 

building as Rubi Agave, but 

on the right-hand side, further 

toward the back of the 

structure and not directly 

connected to the main restaurant 

and bar. 

It is a multi-purpose space 

that can serve any number 

of functions, whether for 

graduation parties, wedding 

and baby showers, or as a 

classroom setting, according 

to the owner. 

“One customer actually 

came in and wanted to do a 

private event for a shower, 

and we had space for it, but 

they wanted something completely 

secluded from the 

rest of the restaurant, and it 

always stuck in my mind,” 

Pazmino recalled of how 

the idea of The Rubi Room 

originated. “This space finally 

became available, and, 

boom, I jumped on it.” 

The Rubi Room, which 

began being constructed at 

the start of February, took 

three months to complete. 

Pazmino said his vision for 

it was something not as “aesthetically 

extreme” as the vibrancy 

of Rubi Agave’s colorful 

hues, so he focused on 

creating something that felt 

like it could simultaneously 

be a setting for a corporate 

event or some sort of family 

party or gathering. 

The need to house extra 

office space in his efforts to 

expand on catering and marketing 

also made The Rubi 

Room the perfect solution, 

as the space also serves that 

purpose for Pazmino. 

It may also be an ideal solution 

for those looking to 

have a space for their function 

instead of needing to 

worry about cleaning and 

prepping at home. 

“Sometimes, you don’t 

want to clean the mess,” 

Pazmino said. “You just 

want to walk and leave.” 

He added that he feels 

the room is a good middle 

ground — not as expensive 

as a banquet hall, but nicer 

than going to a cheaper bar. 

The room is also capable 

of housing seminars, as Rubi 

has various tables, a projector 

screen and sound system 

that Pazmino said is state-ofthe 

art. 

The room is reserved and 

can be booked for one hour, 

two hours or even the whole 

day, if requested. 

“Whatever you need,” 

Pazmino said. 

Besides all the above, 

Zumba and salsa classes 

have been taking place in the 

space already, too. It has a 

maximum occupancy of 120 

people, and Pazmino is looking 

to hire somebody to be 

in charging of booking the 

room out. 

Whether a political or religious 

group wants to use 

the space, or ideas are suggested 

to the owner — with 

one patron commenting it 

would make a great karaoke 

space — all are welcome to 

A sign for The Rubi Room greets guests when they first walk into the new space, which 

is in the same building but separate from Rubi Agave Latin Kitchen, Tequila and Whiskey 

Bar in Homer Glen. The Rubi Room held its first official event earlier this month. Photos by 

Jacquelyn Schlabach/22nd Century Media 

The Rubi Room is a versatile space that can be used by a variety of groups for different 

purposes, whether family parties, corporate events, fundraisers, rehearsals, art galleries, 

classes and more. 

The Rubi Room. 

“We are going to throw a 

lot of ideas out there in our 

advertising,” Pazmino said. 

The first official event in 

The Rubi Room involved a 

big name stopping by while 

visiting Homer Glen. Illinois 

Gov. Bruce Rauner was 

in attendance for a meeting 

with local Republicans in the 

space earlier this month. 

But whether the governor 

or just a normal family 

in town, The Rubi Room is 

flexible. Pazmino said guests 

can bring their own food, if 

they choose, though the restaurant 

will cater. The only 

catch is the business has to 

provide any alcohol, meaning 

none can be brought in. 

Beyond that, all other details 

can be accounted for, 

including what the food goes 

on and is eaten with. 

“We can take care of all 

that — table skirting, utensils, 

plates, whatever it is 

needed,” Pazmino said. 

Rates for The Rubi Room 

begin at $50 an hour. As 

long as the schedule for the 

room is open, there is no 

problem in accommodating 

as much time as needed. 

It is an exciting time for 

Rubi, as the warm weather 

has brought with it the reopening 

of the pergola outside, 

as well as new seasonal 

summer food and drink 

items at Rubi Agave. 

“We’re adding a summer 

menu, changing up our 

cocktails a little,” Pazmino 

said. “We will have a little 

more exotic, fresh fruits like 

guava, dragon fruit, that type 

of stuff.” 

Two drinks fitting this 

summer mold that can be 

served in The Rubi Room are 

the mango mojito ($9.95), 

which is a concoction of 

rum, muddled spearmint, 

fresh lime juice and sugar, 

and the strawberry jalapeño 

Ruben’s margarita ($10.95), 

which is mild but can be 

made spicier and comes with 

strawberry, orange juice, 

tequila, muddled jalapeños 

and triple sec. 

For food, one new summer 

selection is the cabana 

shrimp tacos ($15), which is 

tiger shrimp dipped in Corona 

beer batter that comes 

with rice, salad and beans. 

Another upcoming addition 

is a chef’s table, which 

Pazmino said he will use to 

cook made-to-order plates in 

front of patrons in a setting 

that is ideal for hosting small 

parties of six to eight people. 

The owner is always looking 

to take customer feedback 

and evolve his business, 

and The Rubi Room 

is the next major precious 

stone in that development. 

“I think people will like 

it,” Pazmino said of The 

Rubi Room. “A lot of people 

need space [like that].” 

For more information on 

The Rubi Room, call (708) 

966-2801. Those inquiring 

can also call Rubi Agave, located 

at 12622 W. 159th St. in 

the same building as The Rubi 

Room, at (708) 301-8006. 

Those interested in learning 

more can also visit www. 

rubiagave.com.



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Honoring the Fallen 

In honor of Memorial Day this Monday, May 28, The Homer Horizon is honoring the soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice. Below is a list of soldiers who have died while serving their country 

since the Civil War, compiled from www.thewall-us.com and www.icasualties.org, and with the help of John Johnson, Brian Boland and Ken Dobson of the from the Lockport Geneological 

Society, as well as Lockport Township High School teacher Ron Vasile and LTHS files. 

The Horizon salutes all those who have served and continue to serve our country. 

Civil War 

April 12, 1861 – April 9, 

1865 

Theodore Dorkendoff 

Urias Frey 

William Hartwell 

Alonzo Rose 

Charles Rowley 

Mathias Snyder 

Lockport area 

Benjamin Hopkins 

James Stice 

Albert Anderson 

John Hopkins 

Marcus Taylor 

Herbert Anthony 

Thomas Humphrey 

Edward Townsend 

George Barrett 

Andrew Kenney 

Peter Wagner 

John Bartie 

Jefferson Knight 

Joseph Walker 

Elijah Basset 

Aaron Legg 

James Wells 

John Beagley 

John Lepp 

Edward Welsh 

Curtis Beal 

Charles Maguire 

Nelson Wicker 

Abbott Benoni 

George Mason 

Albert Zweifel 

James Blount 

Lorenzo Mason 

Martin Brinkerhoff 

Wade McFadden 

World War I 

Robert Brown 

Michael Murphy 

April 1917-Nov. 11, 1918 

Albert Bump 

Daniel O’Brien 


Albert Chamberlain 

Henry Clark 

Thomas Clayton 

John Conners 

John Crosby 

Enos Dodge 

William Parks 

Seward Pettingill 

William Poor 

Lewis Prosser 

Sidney Quick 

Riley Ritchey 

School Alumni 

Edward G. Blakeslee 

Carl O. Rosequist 

Lawrence A. King 

World War II 

Dec. 7, 1941-Sept. 2, 1945 


School Alumni 

Hugh Allison 

John Baxter 

Arnold Bartleson 

Melvin Boe 

Nolan Etchison 

David Faut 

Stephen Fracaro 

Frank Graning 

Bernard Homerding 

Fred Johnson 

John Kirkham 

John Krpan 

Donald Markstrom 

Andrew Materna 

Howard Mathison 

John Melanovich 

Robert Pierce 

Arthur Pius 

Robert Popovich 

Joseph Radich 

James Smith 

Earl Smithpeters 

Charles Sovich 

Frank Spiecker 

Melvin Strong 

Joseph Tusek 

Jack Underwood 

Adam Vanchina 

Robert Whalen 

Robert Ziesmer 

Korean War 

June 25, 1950-Jan. 31, 1955 

Adam Peter Tymowicz 

Marvin Odell Walters 

James M. Smith 

Vietnam 

Aug. 7, 1964-January 1973 


School Alumni 

John Steven Ambrosini 

William Joseph Brencich 

William Eugene Carroll 

Steven Lee Inboden 

Glen Alan Jackson 

Gary Steven Johnson 

Leo Juan Miller 

Robert Lee Mitchell 

Charles Lloyd Morrison 

Paul Henry Stein Jr. 

Frank Jay Strnad 

Chatwin Arnold Strother 

Timothy James Sweeney 

Albert Lee Vicich 

Iraq War 

March 20, 2003–Dec. 18 

2011 


School Alumni 

Michael C. Olivieri 

Travis L. Patriquin 

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Ludwig School students explore variety of jobs during Career Day 


Assistant Editor 

“What do you want to be 

when you grow up?” is a 

common question children 

are asked. 

Children have such a big 

imagination, that for them, 

there’s no limit as to what 

they can be. On May 11, 

fourth- and fifth-graders at 

Ludwig School got to learn 

about 14 different careers 

that they could one day pursue. 

Parents of students, 

friends of teachers and those 

just passionate about sharing 

what they do for a living, 

filled the classrooms at 

Ludwig, as students traveled 

from room to room to hear 

the presenters. 

“I like how everybody 

explains their jobs and how 

diverse everybody’s job is, 

so we can learn more about 

them,” fifth-grader Logan 

Kairis said. 

Kairis’ class had just 

finished listening to Pam 

Santucci, a volunteer at 

Brookfield Zoo and retired 

fifth-grade teacher at Ludwig. 

“I hope they want to come 

to the zoo to see the animals, 

learn about the animals and 

hopefully do something to 

help the animals or their environment,” 

Santucci said. 

She brought camel fur, a 

turtle shell, a white-tailed 

deer antler and other artifacts 

to share with the students, 

and she shared the interesting 

things her job allows her 

to see and do. 

Across the hallway, Phil 

Blazewski spoke to students 

about his love for being a 

commercial pilot. He flies 

for SkyWest Airlines and 

has been a pilot for about 16 

years. 

“I just would like to spread 

the word about aviation and 

what a great field it is, what a 

great career it is,” Blazewski 

said. “I really love my job, 

so I want everybody to know 

how much I love it, so that 

way, if they express interest 

in it, they would pursue it, as 

well.” 

It was his first time presenting 

for Career Day, and 

he discussed the training he 

has to go through, where he 

flies — and how often — as 

well as the average salary of 

a pilot. 

“I hope it incites their 

imagination,” he said. “I 

hope they like to look at the 

sky and think, ‘Hey, that 

could be me someday.’ Because 

that’s what I did when 

I was a kid and know that actually 

they can do that.” 

Fifth-grader Mia Di- 

Giovanni said she enjoys 

learning about all the different 

kinds of jobs that she 

might not have even thought 

of. 

“I like how we can see 

different jobs and not just 

common jobs, like out-ofthe-box 

jobs, what normal 

people wouldn’t do,” Di- 

Giovanni said. 

Ludwig has organized 

Career Day for the last 18 

years, and principal Lisa 

Lyke said that with Common 

Core implemented in 

schools, the curriculum is 

career and college readiness 

focused, which helps students 

be exposed to various 

subjects that can lead to a 

career choice. 

“I hope [the students] 

have an opportunity to learn 

about careers they didn’t 

even know existed, or just 

careers they never really 

thought about, and hopefully 

learn a little bit more about 

it,” Lyke said. 

Other presenters included 

an actor, banker, engineer, 

police officer, firefighter, 

meteorologist, FBI agent 

and more. 

“I think it’s cool how firefighters 

save lives,” fourthgrader 

Eden Leise said. 

Leise and her fourth-grade 

peers had the opportunity 

Students (left to right) Alex Brown, Jack Swedo, Paul Kotsonis and Broofield Zoo volunteer Pam Santucci look at the 

different animal artifacts she brought in to show the students May 11 for Career Day. Photos by Jacquelyn Schlabach/22nd 

Century Media 

Meteorologist Richard Castro shares with fifth-graders how 

clouds and rain form. 

to see a fire truck in the 

school parking lot as Lockport 

Township Fire Protection 

District firefighter Rob 

Cronholm taught them about 

each aspect of the truck. 

“I love educating young 

children about various 

jobs that are out there, and 

they’re very inquisitive, and 

just giving them the opportunity 

to ask questions and 

answer them, and just letting 

them know what jobs are really 

like,” FBI agent Andrea 

Kropf said. 

The favorite part of her 

job, just like Lockport Police 

Lockport Township Fire Protection District firefighter Rob 

Cronholm shares with Eboni Haywood’s fourth-grade class 

about every aspect of the fire truck and what it is used for. 

Department police officer 

Jeren Szmergalski, is that 

every day is different. 

“There’s always kind of a 

revolving door where there’s 

always different jobs or responsibilities 

that you can 

take on as a police officer, 

and it’s not the same thing 

every day,” Szmergalski said. 

Her goal for speaking to 

the fourth-graders is to instill 

in them that police are nothing 

to fear, and they are there 

to help protect the children 

and everyone around them.



Lockport Woman’s Club awards seven scholarships to LTHS seniors 

Nearly 100 students 

earn recognition at 

Senior Awards Night 



Throughout the last 60 

years, the Lockport Woman’s 

Club has awarded 

$750,000 in scholarships to 

graduating seniors at Lockport 

Township High School. 

This year, seven students 

from the Class of 2018 were 

recognized Thursday, May 

17, at LTHS’s East Campus 

for earning the scholarship. 

The seven students were 

a part of nearly 100 seniors 

who were also in attendance 

on Senior Awards Night for 

receiving scholarships from 

various organizations, community 

clubs and families 

who created memorial funds 

in honor of LTHS teachers 

and alumni. 

“The Lockport Woman’s 

Club has for over 60 years 

given scholarships — hundreds 

and thousands of dollars, 

and I acknowledge and 

thank them for their effort 

and energy on behalf of our 

students,” Superintendent 

Todd Wernet said at the 

opening of the program. 

The Lockport Woman’s 

Club was founded in 1902 

and has always focused their 

attention on reading and education. 

Approximately 80 

women are a part of the club, 

who reside in Lockport and 

surrounding areas. 

“When the club was able 

to actually save money back 

in the [19]60s, [scholarships] 

was one of the first 

things we decided to spend 

it on,” Lockport Woman’s 

Club President Chris Wallace 

said. 

Jessica Brown, Grace 

Evans, Allison Hankins, 

Jordan Martiniak, Olivia 

Palumbo, Grace Tessitore 

and De’Johnna Wright were 

the recipients of the Lockport 

Woman’s Club College 

Scholarship. Students found 

out the night of May 17 that 

they had received the honor. 

“My heart was pumping 

really fast and I was very really 

excited, though; I was 

very happy to receive [the 

award],” Tessitore said. 

The 18-year-old will pursue 

an advertising degree at 

the University of Illinois at 

Urbana-Champaign in the 

fall. 

“My ultimate dream is to 

work on an advertisement 

for the Super Bowl, because 

I would be able to use my 

creativity to the maximum 

extent that I could,” she said. 

Wright received five 

scholarships that night and 

said they will all be very 

helpful for her in achieving 

her goals in computer science 

engineering at Howard 

University in Washington, 

D.C. 

“[A college degree] helps 

you better the world and become 

more successful,” she 

said. 

Chairperson of the Lockport Woman’s Club monetary committee Barb Mullin (left) and President Chris Wallace announce 

the recipients of the Lockport Woman’s Club College Scholarship Thursday, May 17, at Lockport Township High School’s 

East Campus Senior Awards Night. Jacquelyn Schlabach/22nd Century Media 

Forty seniors applied for 

the Lockport Woman’s Club 

scholarships, according to 

chairperson of the monetary 

committee who selected the 

recipients, Barb Mullin. The 

application requires students 

provide information on how 

they plan to pay for college 

to give an idea of their financial 

need, list the activities 

they were involved in, 

provide two letters of recommendation 

and write an 

essay about what their goals 

are after graduation. 

“I feel like I’ll better myself, 

even if it’s not toward 

my major,” Palumbo, who 

will attend Joliet Junior College 

for the first two years, 

said. “I’ll become a better 

person with [my degree].” 

When the Lockport Woman’s 

Club first began awarding 

the scholarships 60 years 

ago, they were valued at 

$250. Over the years, the 

amount has increased due to 

the success of the Christmas 

Crossroads Craft Show held 

annually for the last 46 years 

at LTHS in November. Proceeds 

from the craft show go 

directly toward the scholarship 

fund. 

As a result, Martiniak and 

Hawkins received $1,000 

for a two-year school, and 

the five other recipients received 

$2,000 for a fouryear 

school. 

LTHS East Campus Principal 

Dennis Hicks closed 

the program by thanking 

all the donors of the scholarships 

and presenters for 

helping the students grow 

and giving them a “very 

bright future.” 

“Most importantly, you’re 

all shining stars to me,” 

Hicks told the seniors.”Your 

future is very bright, so really, 

good luck in everything 

you do. It’s well-deserved. 

I’m very proud to be your 

principal.” 

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LTHS inducts students into 

world language honor societies 

Submitted by Lockport 

Township High School 

District 205 

The Lockport Township 

High School World Languages 

and Cultures Department 

recently inducted 

more than 110 students into 

their respective honor societies 

in French, German, 

Japanese and Spanish. 

The keynote speaker 

at the induction was Sarah 

Lallky, a 2016 graduate 

of LTHS. Lallky is an 

esteemed alum who was 

an active member in both 

National Honor Society, 

Spanish Honor Society and 

Interact Club. She was recognized 

for her academic 

achievements being selected 

as a Top 10 and Illinois 

State Scholar. 

Currently, Lallky is 

studying nursing at Saint 

Louis University and hopes 

to receive a minor in Spanish 

and psychology. She 

currently is living in Madrid, 

Spain and using her 

language skills learned at 

LTHS. 

Before an audience of 

parents and family members, 

students became members 

of their honor societies, 

led by LTHS teachers 

Karla Button, Japanese; 

Kathy Pratt, Spanish; Drew 

Reaves, German; and Tina 

Sochacki, French. 

In their respective languages, 

students promised 

to continue their commitment 

to the study of their 

language and further develop 

their skills and knowledge 

of culture. 

Inductees include: 

• German Honor Society: 

Bryce Bejlovec, Michael 

Cheehy, James Ewers, Antonio 

Godinez, Francesca 

Martino, Jacob Maly, Audrey 

Reed, Maggie Rosier 

and Paris Ward. 

• Japanese National Honor 

Society: Nathan Berglund, 

Payton Collins, Anthony 

Gerritsen, Vincent Kast, 

Ivan Montoya and Brooke 

Paulson. 

• La Société Honoraire de 

Français: Jineen Abdallah, 

Katie Addante, Tanner Beattie, 

Stephanie Behland, 

Kyle Boone, Jaclyn Calandriello, 

Sarah Calvert, 

Natalie Carroll, Brian Carter, 

Emily Chlebek, Jenna 

Cotter, Matthew Daciolas, 

Noah Davidson, Christian 

Elsing, Madison Gontarz, 

Justin Grilli, Tim Hoak, 

Sawyer Hollatz, Kendall 

Jackson, Tom Keska, Olivia 

Lattuca, Maddy Lindskag, 

Emily London, Casey 

Miller, Olivia Miller, Iram 

Montoya, Skyler Murphy, 

Kaya Nasinska, Bryan 

Orea, Kadence Ott, Grace 

A. Passolano, Jacob Prince, 

Alexandra Ramirez, Jessica 

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Kailey Shea, Alyssa 

Sheehan, Jon Studniarz, 

Ben Turner, Marcos Voulgaris 

and Alex Williams. 

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Savita Chandarana, Devin 

Cronin, Nicole Donnelly, 

Sophia Errico, Emma Estes, 

Danika Eustaquio, 

Sarah Evans, Tomas Ferriter, 

Tyler Fouts, Rebecca 

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Kayla Garcia, Aleksai Herrera, 

Matthew Houlihan, 

Aanchal Joshi, Mackenzie 

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Megan Kohley, Abigail Kozak, 

Patrick Kozak, Marciana 

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Alexi Littmann, Matthew 

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Alex Matteucci, Matthew 

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Alexis Nichols, Klaudia 

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Michael O’Callaghan, Madeline 

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Aidan Pajeau, 

Morgan Pawyza, Madison 

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Kaitlyn Sadler, Alexandra 

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FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER 

Cheers! Mokena Brewing 

Company granted special use 

permit 

There will soon be another 

brewery in town, after 

the Village of Mokena Board 

of Trustees voted 6-0 May 

14 to approve a special use 

permit for Mokena Brewing 

Company. 

Steve Smolinske, on behalf 

of Mokena Brewing 

Company, requested the special 

use permit to operate a 

6,751-square-foot alcohol 

production facility at 19031 

Old LaGrange Road. 

As part of the special use 

permit agreement, Zordan 

said the Village would grant 

the business a Class G liquor 

license, which would allow 

the brewery to produce the 

beer to be consumed on-site 

as well as be sold for distribution 

for consumption offsite. 

Zordan said it would 

operate similar to the Tribes 

Beer Co. site on Front Street. 

Zordan said the proposed 

hours of operation would be: 

11 a.m.-10 p.m. Sundays; 

closed on Mondays; and 

11 a.m.-11 p.m. Tuesdays 

through Saturdays. Live indoor 

entertainment was proposed, 

as well. 

As part of the special use 

permit, the applicant would 

agree to several items, including: 

not having any 

video gaming terminals on 

the premises; the alcoholic 

beverages sold for off-site 

consumption will be limited 

to only those beverages 

produced on-site; and upon 

completion of the kitchen 

area, the applicant will be 

able to sell alcohol produced 

on-site, as well as alcohol 

packaged and produced offsite. 

A full-service restaurant 

component of the business is 

planned to open between 12- 

18 months after the brewery 

opens. 

It is anticipated that the 

brewery could open sometime 

this fall. 

Reporting by Jon DePaolis, 

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FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT 

Family thankful for Oster- 

Oakview staff following 

son’s allergic incident 

Barbara Hotter received 

news from the school her 

son attends that no mother 

would want to hear. 

Her son Chase, 10, a fifthgrader 

at Oster-Oakview 

School, suffered an allergic 

reaction earlier this month, 

when he shared food with 

a classmate and was sent to 

the emergency room. 

“It’s the dreadful phone 

call that no one wants to 

get,” Hotter said. “‘Please 

meet me in the emergency 

room; your kid just left [the 

school.]’” 

Chase is allergic to tree 

nuts. What triggered his allergic 

reaction was when he 

asked to try a classmate’s 

chocolate chip cookie dough 

granola bar, which he did not 

know had cashews in it. 

“My tongue started feeling 

weird, and it reminded 

me of a long time ago when 

I first tried a tree nut,” Chase 

said. “I automatically knew, 

so I asked the lunch ladies to 

go to the nurse.” 

The school nurse administered 

an EpiPen, and when 

paramedics arrived they gave 

him Benadryl through an IV 

while he was on his way to 

the hospital. There, he received 

a steroid to fully treat 

his conditions, Hotter said. 

“We don’t know how long 

this reaction would’ve affected 

Chase if he didn’t 

have immediate attention 

right away from school 

staff,” Hotter said. “I was 

truly amazed of [Principal 

Theresa Baumann] at [Oster-Oakview]. 

She met me 

at the emergency room. She 

took a picture of the [granola 

bar] wrapper and gave it to 

me. She was just so wonderful, 

and the whole staff was 

great.” 

Reporting by James Sanchez, 

Editor. For more, visit 

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FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION 

Kulpinski masters art of 

volleyball, music and studies 

The Renaissance figure is 

both a romantic and abstract 

notion — hard to pinpoint 

exactly and even harder to 

fully materialize. 

But Megan Kulpinski 

helps to bring shape, voice 

and definition to the notion. 

Scholar, athlete and artist, 

Kulpinski bridges many 

divides and various disciplines. 

She makes them all 

connect in revealing the 

force of her personality and 

a drive that has made her the 

envy of her school. 

A senior at Providence 

Catholic in New Lenox, 

Kulpinski is a scholar, athlete 

and artist. She ranks No. 

1 in her class of 276 students 

with a weighted 4.75 grade 

point average. She has been 

named the student of the 

month three times. She is the 

valedictorian of the class of 

2018, which is to participate 

in graduation ceremonies 

Thursday, May 24, at the Rialto 

Square Theatre in Joliet. 

And She has been accepted 

into the engineering program 

at Notre Dame. 

The oldest of three girls 

who has lived her whole 

life in Tinley Park, Kulpinski 

was a two-year varsity 

starter in volleyball who perfected 

the role of the libero, 

the defensive specialist who 

effectively functions as the 

coach on the floor. 

Reporting by Patrick Z. 

McGavin, Freelance Reporter. 

For more, visit TinleyJunction. 

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From THE FRANKFORT STATION 

Wild Wednesday introduces 

children to exotic animals 

Things got exciting, interesting, 

wacky and a bit 

weird on May 16 at KidsWork 

Children’s Museum 

in Frankfort, when Animal 

Quest dropped by with a select 

few of its wild creatures. 

Among the visitors were 

two guinea pigs, a pixie frog, 

a pygmy goat, a Patagonian 

cavy, a white-nosed coatimundi, 

a lop bunny, a chicken 

and a parrot, as well as 

Animal Quest owner Steve 

Reedy and animal handler 

Lottie Villarreal. 

Throughout the program, 

Reedy entertained the children 

and parents in attendance 

with his high-energy 

program, while Villarreal 

brought out many of the different 

animals. Most of the 

animals were introduced 

by first having two children 

stand on the stage with their 

eyes closed, touching the 

animals and to guess what 

they were. 

Some animals, like the 

coatimundi, Reedy handled 

himself and were not offered 

for petting because of their 

less-than-cuddly nature. 

Reedy said allowing participants 

to touch as many 

of the animals as they can is 

important to him during his 

programs, because it completes 

the experience, especially 

for young children. 

“It’s been scientifically 

proven if you touch the animals 

it’s more meaningful 

for you, and you’ll remember 

that,” Reedy said. “At 

some of these younger ages, 

they’ll remember it for the 

rest of their lives [and] hopefully 

take away that there’s 

other critters on this planet 

besides ourselves.” 

He said his program can 

help remind people to “treat 

the planet a little nicer.” 

Reporting by Amanda Stoll, 

Assistant Editor. For more, visit 

FrankfortStation.com. 

FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND 

Lockport Resource Center 

bike drive raises money for 

scholarship 

For four years, proceeds 

from the Lockport Resource 

Center’s Pass it On 

Thrift Shop and its third annual 

bike drive have helped 

Lockport residents by “trying 

to change their story.” 

Each year, the LRC Transformation 

Scholarship, 

worth approximately $1,000, 

is awarded to an individual 

whose goal is to further their 

education and go to college. 

No matter how old or young, 

residents are encouraged to 

apply by writing an essay 

on how they hope to benefit 

from higher education, 

either in a trade or technical 

school or university. 

“It’s going to change their 

story,” Lockport Resource 

Center President Cean Magosky 

said. 

Previous scholarships 

have been used for culinary 

arts school, community college 

tuition, and even helping 

a single parent with an 

after-school program for his 

or her child. LRC is still accepting 

applications for its 

the scholarship it plans to 

award this spring. 

A partnership among 

LRC, Lockport Love and 

the Lockport Police Department 

has continued to make 

its annual bike drive a success 

by raising money for 

the scholarship. On average, 

approximately 35-40 bikes 

in various conditions are donated 

every year during the 

one-month drive that started 

in April. The Lockport Police 

Department has been the 

donation site where people 

can drop off their bikes. 

“Our hope for the bike 

drive is to get bicycles that 

aren’t being used out of 

people’s way into the hands 

of people who need or want 

them — affordably, safely 

and to raise a little bit of 

awareness of our scholarship 

fund,” Magosky said. 

Reporting by Jacquelyn 

Schlabach, Assistant 

Editor. For more, visit 

LockportLegend.com. 

FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE 

Orland Days to return May 

31-June 3 with changes for 

2018 

The annual Orland Days 

festival is returning for 

2018 but with some tweaks 

to how it has been run in the 

past. 

Because of financial 

constraints, the Orland 

Park Lions Club, which 

stages the event, decided 

to shorten the festival by 

a day and remove the annual 

parade from this year’s 

lineup. 

While it was a difficult 

decision, it was a necessary 

one, according to Orland 

Days Event Chairman Steve 

Anton. 

“Unfortunately, this year 

there will be no Orland Park 

Lions parade,” Anton said. 

“We decided not to hold it 

this year because of the cost 

incurred in it.” 

Despite the changes, Orland 

Days — which has 

been a staple of the village’s 

summer festivities for more 

than 40 years — will still 

look much the same. 

“[Orland Days] is our 

annual way to kick off the 

summer in the village and 

hopefully raise enough 

funds to continue to do what 

the Lions do: help the blind 

and the deaf and the needy 

in the community,” Anton 

said. 

The event is slated to be 

held from Thursday, May 

31, to Sunday, June 3, at 

the 153rd Street Metra Station. 

It is to include a carnival, 

live entertainment and 

food vendors, as it has in 

the past. 

Orland Days runs from 

5-midnight Friday, June 1; 

noon-midnight Saturday, 

June 2; and noon-9 p.m. 

Sunday, June 3. For more 

information, visit www.or 

landparklionsclub.com. 

Reporting by Erin Redmond, 

Freelance Reporter. For more, 

visit OPPrairie.com.

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From the Editor 

Looking ahead to the future with confidence 

Thomas Czaja 

tom@homerhorizon.com 

It is our natural tendency 

to jump between past, 

present and future. 

We always try to live in 

the present, but it is human 

nature to sometimes have 

our thoughts drift back to 

the past or wander ahead to 

the future. I will actually be 

somewhat doing the latter in 

this column, as I speak a bit 

on graduation. 

We know it is getting 

close, as we see the listings 

for the Providence 

Catholic High School, Will 

County School District 92, 

Homer Community Consolidated 

School District 

33C and Lockport Township 

High School District 

205 graduations in this 

week’s calendar on Page 

2. In fact, the Providence 

graduation is happening a 

little before the other three 

on the same day of this 

issue date. 

But given we have a story 

on the Lockport Township 

High School Senior Awards 

Night on Page 12 of this 

issue, focusing on the students 

who received scholarships 

from the Lockport 

Woman’s Club, I thought it 

fair game to talk about it a 

bit early. 

This time of year is one 

both of reflection and taking 

the next step, as students 

transition on to high school, 

college and the working 

world. It can be an exciting 

time for many reasons, 

including for receiving 

scholarships and recognition 

for academic, extracurricular 

and community service 

achievements. 

As the story about Career 

Day at Ludwig School on 

Page 11 shows, it also can 

be a time for younger students 

not yet close to graduating 

to still learn about and 

dream of potential careers to 

come at some point in their 

futures. The Ludwig youngsters 

heard from everyone 

from a retired teacher who 

is now a zoo volunteer to 

a pilot to an FBI agent and 

more. 

It doesn’t matter if we 

are in elementary school, 

with years of schooling 

still in front of us, or a 

recent college grad unsure 

of what that first full-time 

job out of university will 

be — we tackle life with 

a curiosity on where our 

career path might one day 

take us. 

As we have Career Day 

for younger students and 

a Senior Awards Night for 

high school, it is important 

to remind children and teens 

that while it is great to look 

ahead to the future and 

always try to plan ahead, 

there is no rush in determining 

a career, and that there 

is still time. 

Present day, we hear 

about millennials trying 

multiple career paths, 

switching around jobs after 

several years or a certain 

amount of time. There is no 

right or wrong career path; 

rather, it is a journey for 

each individual to continually 

find things they are passionate 

about doing. 

During this graduation 

season, as graduates move 

on to the next chapter — or 

students simply transition 

on to the next grade level — 

I hope they continue to find 

an open-minded world, one 

both ripe with and full of 

possibilities. 

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Raising the bar Orland Park’s Sushi Nova 

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fifth grade will experience 

four days filled with games, 

Bible stories, snacks, crafts, 

science and music. The 

theme for 2018 is superheroes. 

Spaces are limited. 

Cost is $10 per child. Registration 

forms are available 

at the church and at www. 

crossofglory.com. The Vacation 

Bible School is also in 

need of volunteers. For more 

information, call (708) 301- 

6998. 

Worship Service 

9:30 a.m. Sundays, 6:30 

p.m. Wednesday. 

Parishioners may use the 

nursery for their children 

up to age 3 during services. 

There is a Kids Klub for 

children in grades 4-5 during 

the service. 

Bible Study 

7:30 p.m. Wednesdays. 

Open to anyone ready to 

discuss the Bible. 

Christian Life Church (15609 W. 159th St., 

Homer Glen) 

Sunday Service 

10 a.m. 

Thursday Service 

7:30 p.m. 

EDGE Youth Service 

7:30-9:30 p.m. Thursdays. 

Our Mother of Good Counsel Parish 

(16043 S. Bell Road, Homer Glen) 

Pope Francis’ Exhortation 

“Rejoice and Be Glad” 

1-2:30 p.m. and 7-8:30 

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p.m. Wednesday, May 30. 

Fr. Joseph will lead prayer, 

fellowship and discussion. 

Please call the Faith Formation 

Office at (708) 301- 

0214 to enroll in these discussion 

sessions. 

‘That Man is You’ 

7 p.m. Mondays. This 

talk is for men 21 years old 

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and fathers. The program 

harmonizes current social 

and medical science with the 

teaching of the Church and 

the wisdom of the saints to 

develop the vision of man 

fully alive. For more information, 

visit www.omgccc. 

org. 

Confessions 

4-4:45 p.m. Saturdays; 

9:30-10:15 a.m. Sundays; 

8:30 a.m. every first Friday 

Council of Catholic Women 

7 p.m. Second Tuesday of 

the month. 

Women of the parish meet 

to discuss its needs. The 

group also hosts a monthly 

charity bake sale. 

St. Bernard Parish (13030 W. 143rd St., 

Homer Glen) 

Weekday Worship 

9:30 a.m. weekdays. Communion 

Service on Thursdays. 

Weekend Worship 

4:30 p.m. Saturdays. 8:30 

a.m., 10 a.m., and 11:30 a.m. 

every Sunday. 

Confession 

3:30-4:15 p.m. First and 

third Saturday of the month. 

Confessions are also available 

upon request at any 

time. 

Community Choir Practice 

7:30-9 p.m. Thursdays. 

Parish members ages 16 and 

older may join the choir. The 

choir needs vocalists and 

instrumentalists. For more 

information, join the weekly 

rehearsal or contact the music 

director, Julie Kane, after 

Mass on Sundays. 

First United Methodist Church of Lockport 

(1000 S. Washington St., Lockport) 

Sunday Worship 

9 a.m. Sunday School 

10:25 a.m. Worship 

Circle of Love 

9 a.m. Wednesdays. Circle 

of Love provides diapers, 

feminine and incontinence 

products to clients who are 

qualified to use the local 

FISH Food Pantry. For more 


1017. 

Assumption Greek Orthodox Church 

(15625 S. Bell Road, Homer Glen) 

Assumption Night with the 

Chicago Fire Soccer Club 

7:30 p.m. June 30. Watch 

the Chicago Fire take on 

New York City FC. Corner 

kick tickets are $25. Tailgating 

begins at 4:30 p.m. For 

more information, contact 

the church at (708) 645- 

0652. 

Be Greek for a Day 

July 20-22. Enjoy a funfilled 

weekend for the whole 

family with delicious Greek 

cuisine, pastries, authentic 

Greek yogurt, games for 

all ages, a gift shop, Greek 

dance performances and 

more. There will be a $10 

cover charge on Friday, July 

20, and a $2 admission Saturday, 

July 21 and Sunday, 

July 22. 

New Life Community Church - Homer Glen 

(14832 W. 163rd St., Homer Glen) 

Weekly Worship Services 

10 a.m. Sundays; for more 


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Kids Zone Ministry 

10 a.m. Sundays. 

Children up to fifth grade 

can participate in games, 

singing, take part in interactive 

Bible teaching and participate 

in hands-on crafts. 

Participants should arrive 

5-10 minutes prior to the service 

to sign children up for 

the group. For more information, 

call (815) 838-1416. 

Have something for Faith 

Briefs? Contact Assistant 

Editor Jacquelyn Schlabach at 

j.schlabach@22ndcentury 

media.com or call (708) 326- 

9170 ext. 15. Information is 

due by noon Thursday one 

week prior to publication.

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LTHS sophomore to direct ‘Seussical Jr.’ at Homer church 

Ferricks recruits cast of 

43 children, teens for 

upcoming production 

Laurie Fanelli, Freelance Reporter 

“And will you succeed? Yes! 

You will indeed (98 and 3/4 percent 

guaranteed),” wrote Dr. Seuss 

(Theodor Seuss Geisel) in his popular 

book, “Oh, the Places You’ll 

Go.” 

In the case of Brooke Ferricks, 

Seuss would have upped his odds 

of success to 100 percent if he had 

known about the 15-year-old’s 

drive to do good while promoting 

the arts in Homer Glen, Lockport 

and beyond. For her next Brooke’s 

Backyard Productions project, the 

LTHS sophomore has recruited a 

cast of 43 children and teens — 

ages 3 to 15 — to join her in presenting 

“Seussical Jr.” at St. Bernard’s 

Catholic Church on June 23 

and 24. There are no tickets, and 

all proceeds from at-will donations 

will benefit SOS Children’s Village 

in Lockport, which is in need of a 

new playground. 

“I’ve known about SOS Village 

for a long time,” Ferricks said. “I 

was looking for a local place that 

we could raise money for, and my 

mom and I came by to see what 

they needed. That’s when we discovered 

that they were in need of a 

playground. And I think that works 

good with the whole imagination, 

fun, childhood theme of ‘Seussical.’” 

SOS Village educational and activities 

coordinator Lauren Clark 

explained that updated slides, 

swings and climbing obstacles 

are on the organization’s wishlist. 

“Our playground is out of date, so 

we’re looking to spruce it up a little 

bit.” 

Accounting Supervisor Renee 

Fitzpatrick added that the new 

playground will be used by the 

over 50 children who are involved 

in SOS Village’s programs. “We 

help a lot of families and a lot of 

kids,” said Fitzpatrick. “We’re a 

close-knit village where all the kids 

Members of the “Seussical Jr.” cast and crew pose for a photo in front of the SOS Children’s Village 

playground May 16 in Lockport. They are helping replace the playground with proceeds raised from the show, 

which is scheduled to be staged next month at St. Bernard’s Catholic Church in Homer Glen. 

Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media 

see each other and are around each 

other, and they need a playground.” 

The importance of play was a 

driving force behind Ferricks’ decision 

to spearhead the campaign to 

get SOS new park equipment. 

“Some of my best memories 

from growing up are playing on 

the monkey bars, being at the park, 

playing and having fun,” Ferricks 

said. 

Ferricks has once again been 

busy leading rehearsals, handling 

correspondences with parents and 

promoting philanthropy, all while 

encouraging her cast and crew to 

enjoy a lifelong passion for art and 

creativity. 

“I’m excited to do ‘Seussical,’ 

because it’s such a magical show,” 

she explained. “It all centers 

around the imagination and letting 

your mind expand and go to different 

places. It’s a good show that 

works well for our theater troupe.” 

Lockport resident Zachary Mueller, 

13, who is a veteran performer 

with Brooke’s Backyard Productions, 

is taking on the role of one of 

Seuss’ most iconic characters during 

the upcoming show. 

“I’m playing Horton,” he said. 

“The character is pretty fun, how 

clueless he is with everything. It’s 

kind of funny.” 

Mueller added that the group’s 

commitment to giving back is one 

of the driving forces to his continued 

participation. 

“They do it for a good cause,” he 

said. “It’s pretty fun to be involved 

with something good.” 

Self-proclaimed momager and 

Brooke’s mother, Lisa Ferricks, is 

blown away by the overwhelming 

response from neighborhood children 

to step up, lend a helping hand 

and dedicate themselves to putting 

on the best show possible. 

“I think the more they get involved 

with the community, the 

more questions they ask about what 

else they can do to help,” Lisa said. 

“It also brings the parents together, 

too. And St. Bernard’s loved what 

Brooke was doing, so they made 

her the theater minister. 

“These productions are a great 

way to bring the community together 

— regardless of religious affiliation 

— to bloom. She is teaching 

kids confidence, as well as the 

benefits of community outreach. 

My heart expands every time she 

takes on a new project.” 

The Brooke’s Backyard Productions 

presentation of “Seussical 

Jr.” will take place at St. Bernard’s 

Catholic Church in Homer Glen at 

7 p.m. on June 23 and at 2:30 p.m. 

on June 24. 

For more information on “Seussical 

Jr.” and other upcoming 

events, visit www.brookesback 

yardproductions.com. 

Those interested in helping SOS 

Children’s Village in Lockport 

raise money for a new playground 

can contact the staff there at (815) 

740-7280. 

RIGHT: Homer Glen resident 

Kenzie Talaski (left) gives 

“Seussical Jr.” director Brooke 

Ferricks a hug before taking a 

cast photo.

22 | May 24, 2018 | The Homer Horizon Life & arts 


Wel-Coom home 

LTHS grad Ron Coomer celebrates Coom’s Corner 

restaurant grand opening 

Grand opening event attendees Cy Simmons (right) and Suede Mondrella (middle) have a 

discussion. 

Ron Coomer addresses attendees Thursday, May 10, at the Coom’s Corner grand opening 

event in Lockport. Photos by Adam Jomant/22nd Century Media 

Ron Coomer lets Jake Moerman wear his Chicago Cubs World Series championship ring 

and poses for a photo with him. 

Chicago Cubs national anthem singer John Vincent sings for the crowd during the event. 

Event attendees (left to right) Anthony Calzaretta, Colton Carli, Vinny Calzaretta Jake 

Moerman and Nicky Moernan pose for a photo with Ron Coomer.

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Former LTHS student to compose piece for Chicago Symphony Orchestra 



For a final project in his 

summer course at Northwestern 

University, Jim Stephenson 

was instructed to 

write a bad piece of music. 

The course, Adventures in 

Bad Music, had a backward 

approach to helping students 

discover what they do and 

don’t like. The 24-year-old 

student at the time had never 

taken a composition course 

before this one, and, surprisingly, 

wrote a “bad” piece 

that ended up being enjoyed 

by his classmates. It was that 

moment that encouraged 

Stephenson to begin writing 

music full-time. 

“I was like, ‘Well, if I 

try to write a bad piece and 

someone likes it, let’s see 

what happens when I try to 

write good music,” he said. 

“I started composing at the 

age of 24, and that grew and 

grew and grew.” 

His talent and love for music 

composition led him to 

receive an invitation in November 

2015 to write a piece 

for the Chicago Symphony 

Orchestra that will be premiered 

during one of its concert 

weekends in June 2019. 

“It’s just one of those 

beautiful things that you 

never expect,” Stephenson 

said. “I mean, this is literally 

the orchestra I grew up listening 

to. My dream as a kid 

was to someday play in the 

Chicago Symphony. That’s 

not happening, because I 

don’t play trumpet anymore, 

but this about as close, or 

maybe even better.” 

Stephenson played the 

trumpet growing up in Lockport, 

and when he was 14 

years old, a year after he attended 

Lockport Township 

High School, he knew if he 

was going to take his music 

career seriously, he needed 

to attend a school that focused 

on the arts. From 

sophomore year to senior 

Former Lockport Township High School student and composer Jim Stephenson was 

invited to write a piece for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to debut in June 2019. 

Photo by Sandy Swanson 

year, he went to Interlochen 

Center for the Arts for high 

school in Interlochen, Michigan. 

Following graduation, 

he continued his music studies 

at New England Conservatory 

in Boston. 

His first job out of school 

was playing trumpet with 

a symphony orchestra in 

Naples, Florida. He had the 

summers off, which led him 

to take the Adventures of 

Bad Music course at Northwestern 

one year. In 2007, 

he quit the orchestra, and his 

wife, Sally, and their four 

children moved to Lake Forest, 

where he currently lives. 

That’s when his composition 

career began to take off. 

Stephenson has written 

approximately 250 pieces 

for various singers, soloists 

and ensembles, such as the 

Minnesota Orchestra, Los 

Angeles Philharmonic, Atlanta 

Symphony Orchestra 

and many more. He and his 

wife have their own business, 

Stephenson Music, 

where Jim writes the pieces, 

and Sally prints the music 

and ships them right from 

their home office. 

“For the most part, my 

business works with wordof-mouth,” 

he said. “So, if I 

write a piece, and hopefully 

somebody likes it, they’ll 

either put a video of themselves 

playing it, or they’ll 

tell their friends about it. I 

mean social media is such a 

big help for us composers; 

it can also be a big hurt, of 

course, too. If I write something 

that’s terrible, then 

people will talk about that, 

as well. 

“I’m only as good as my 

last piece, so I just try to put 

the best stuff out there that I 

possibly can, and hopefully 

people will talk about it.” 

A few years ago, Stephenson 

wrote a piece that was 

played at Ravinia Festival 

in Highland Park, which is 

where the Chicago Symphony 

Orchestra plays during 

the summer. Charles 

Vernon, a bass trombone 

player for CSO, approached 

Stephenson following the 

performance of his piece and 

asked Stephenson if he could 

see more of his music. Little 

did Stephenson know, Vernon 

brought the music to the 

conductor of CSO, Riccardo 

Muti, and he liked what he 

heard. Shortly after, Stephenson 

was asked to write 

a piece for the orchestra. 

“[Vernon] goes, ‘Jim, 

I’ve got some news for you 

— how would you like to 

write a piece for the Chicago 

Symphony?,’ Stephenson 

recalled. “And, you know, 

I picked my jaw up off the 

floor, and I said, ‘Yeah, that 

would be pretty cool.’” 

Stephenson wasn’t able 

to go public with the information 

until this past January, 

when CSO made the 

announcement themselves. 

According to him, big orchestras 

plan their seasons 

usually two years in advance, 

which led to Stephenson 

not revealing to anyone 

about him writing music for 

CSO until this year. In June, 

he will start to compose the 

15-minute piece, featuring 

the bass trombone player as 

the soloist, that will take him 

about two months to write. 

“I’m kind of a quicker 

composer compared to most, 

and I don’t know if that will 

ever change, it’s just kind 

of the way I work,” he said. 

“But it is my job. I get up 

in the morning, and I work 

from 8 a.m. until 4 or 5 p.m. 

writing music, but it’s completely 

my job.” 

The piece doesn’t have a 

title just yet, but Stephenson 

said that may come as 

he starts writing, or after it’s 

completed. In the meantime, 

he will meet with Vernon 

prior to writing the music to 

give Stephenson an idea of 

how he wants it to sound and 

mesh with the ensemble. 

“What’ll happen more 

than anything is I will just 

hear [Vernon’s] personality 

in his sound, because just 

like we all have different 

speaking voices, we all have 

different sounds on our instruments,” 

Stephenson said. 

“I’ll hear his personality, and 

it’ll give me ideas [on how 

to write the piece].” 

Normally, Stephenson 

doesn’t meet with the soloist, 

because many of the pieces 

he writes are for people or 

ensembles not in the area. 

He’ll write the piece based 

on what he’s told by the soloist, 

what he hears off recordings 

or with background 

knowledge he already has. 

“[Vernon] might just do 

something totally at random, 

and I’ll be like, ‘Oh, there 

we go, I’m going to feature 

that,’” he said. “It’s very important 

for me to hear how 

he plays. I mean, I already 

sort of have an idea, because 

he’s been in the orchestra a 

long time, and I’ve heard the 

orchestra. But hearing him 

up close and personal will be 

hugely important for me.” 

Those who want to hear 

Stephenson’s piece up close 

and in-person might have to 

wait until 2019, but it should 

be worth the wait. 

“It’s a dream come true 

for me; it literally is,” Stephenson 

said. “When I was 

in high school, I used to play 

recordings of the Chicago 

Symphony, nonstop, listening 

to them over and over 

again, and so now to get to 

write a piece ... I mean these 

are the best players, and to 

get to put music on their 

stands, written by me, is going 

to be really cool.”



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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.” 

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 

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. 

Sushi Nova provides 

an all-you-can 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.” 

RIGHT: The Mango Tango 

roll ($14.95, eight pieces), 

features shrimp tempura, 

cucumber and cream 

cheese topped with mango, 

lobster salad, tomato and 

eel sauce and mango sauce. 

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. 

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. Photos by Nuria 

Mathog/22nd Century Media

26 | May 24, 2018 | The Homer Horizon puzzles 


crosstown CROSSWORD & Sudoku 

The crosstowns: Frankfort, Homer Glen, Lockport, Mokena, New Lenox, Orland Park, Tinley Park 

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur 

Across 

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7. Letters on a tire 

10. Swelling reducer 

13. Bottled spirits 

14. Google co-founder 

Sergey 

15. Negative votes 

16. Take baby steps 

17. Actress Diana 

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19. Golf location 

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Down 

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6. Compass point 

7. Retailing competition 

8. Pupils take part in it 

9. Swenson of “Benson” 

10. Queued up 

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12. Portuguese coins 

14. Plucky 

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for short 

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47. Scorches 

48. Knock over 

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56. Stub your toe, word 

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60. Singer/songwriter 

DiFranco 

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HOMER GLEN 

Front Row 

(14903 S. Bell Road, 

Homer Glen; (708) 645- 

7000) 

■7 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Trivia 

TINLEY PARK 

Durbin’s 

(17265 Oak Park Ave., 

Tinley Park; (708) 429- 

1000) 

■9-11 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: 

Open Mic 

■9 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Karaoke 

■8-10 ■ p.m. Thursdays: 

Live music by Miguel 

Garza 

■Fridays ■ and Saturdays: 

DJ Dance Party until 3 

a.m. 

JW Hollstein’s Saloon 

(17358 S. Oak Park Ave., 

Tinley Park; (708) 429- 

7000) 

■9 ■ p.m. Mondays: Karaoke 

■7 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Trivia 

■8, ■ 9 p.m. Wednesday: 

Trivia 

■10 ■ p.m. Thursdays: Live 

DJ 

■11 ■ a.m. Fridays: Free 

pizza with drink purchases 

FRANKFORT 

Pete Mitchell’s Bar & Grill 

(21000 Frankfort Square 

Road, Frankfort; (815) 

464-8100) 

■6-8 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Free N’ Fun Bar Game. 

Free to play. 

MOKENA 

Fox’s Restaurant and Pub 

(11247 W. 187th St., Mokena; 

(708) 478-8888) 

■6 ■ p.m. Thursdays, 

Fridays and Saturdays: 

Performance by Jerry 

Eadie 

Jenny’s Southside Tap 

(10160 191st St., Mokena; 

(708) 479-6873) 

■6 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Acoustic 

Avenue, Psychic 

night - second Tuesday 

every month. 

■9 ■ p.m. Thursdays: 

Karaoke 

■Fridays ■ and Saturdays: 

Live bands 

To place an event 

in The Scene, email 

a.stoll@22ndcenturymedia. 

com. 

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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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optional coffered ceiling and 

the optional master bath plan 

includes a soothing soaker tub. 

An elegant loft overlooks 

a great room adjacent to 

the kitchen. Beautiful oak is 

selected for doors, railings and 

trim. Ceramic tile covers the 

floors in the foyer as well as the 

bathrooms - which also feature 

granite vanity tops. A full 

lookout basement and a patio 

are included in the Fahan II. 

The Lennan II is a 

comfortable two/three 

bedroom split level home 

with two and a half baths, 

and includes most of the 

outstanding features and 

options of the Fahan II with 

the spacious master suite 

relocated to the upper level and 

the addition of an impressive 

dining/family room. With 

3,167 square feet of total 

space (including a 1,049 sq.’ 

basement), there is plenty of 

room to entertain family and 

friends in comfort and style. 

The Dunree II is a sharp 

three bedroom, two and a 

half bath home with 3,194 

total square feet (including 

a large 1,226 sq.’ basement) 

with a master suite on the 

first floor. The foyer, powder 

room, kitchen and living room 

all have stunning hardwood 

oak floors. Attached is a twocar, 

drywalled garage with a 

cement driveway. The home 

also includes a 12’ x 12’ deck. 

All homes have deluxe 

landscaping, underground 

utilities and a first floor laundry 

room. Where available, buyers 

can select options like an 

impressive fireplace, walkout 

basement, coffered ceilings, 

skylights and a soaker tub in 

the master bath. 

Brookside Meadows includes 

sprinkler systems, smoke 

detectors and Lake Michigan 

water in all homes. Energysaving 

features like a highefficiency 

furnace and Lo-E 

glass, Energy Miser hot water 

heater, vented soffits, 1.75” 

insulated entrance doors, 

energy efficient appliances and 

Tuff-R insulated wall sheathing 

are all standard. 

Brookside Meadows is close 

to everything: retail, dining, 

transportation routes, Metra 

rail station and airports. The 

school system is among the 

best in the state and Tinley 

Park, named “The Best Place 

In America to Raise a Family” 

by Bloomberg’s BusinessWeek 

maintains 40 parks and the 

huge Bettenhausen indoor 

recreational center. 

It’s easy to see why this 

community is nearly sold 

out. The sales center, with 

fully furnished and beautifully 

decorated models, is open 

Monday through Thursday 

10:00am to 4:00pm; Saturday 

and Sunday from noon to 

4:00pm; and open Friday 

by appointment. Options, 

dimensions and specs can 

change so contact a Sales 

Associate at 708-479-5111 

for updates and go online at 

www.cranahomes.com. To 

visit Brookside Meadows take 

I-80, exit La Grange Road 

south for just under two miles 

to La Porte Road and turn east 

for one-half mile. If mapping 

by way of a GPS, enter the 

address: 19839 Mulroy Circle, 

Tinley Park, IL. 

FahanII 

3Bedrooms Plus Loft,2½Baths 

Full Walkout or Lookout Basement&Deck 

Cost-Effective&Energy-Saving Features 

SpaciousFloorplans|Chicago Water 

School System is Among theBest in the State 

Peaceful Neighborhood BacksuptoaNatural Setting 

Since 1970 

Decorated Models areOpen 

Mon-Thu 10am-4pm 

Sat/Sun Noon-4pm | Friday byAppt. 

Exit I-80 at La Grange Road south for just under twomiles to La PorteRoad andturn east for one-half mile to Brookside Meadows. 

Contactthe Sales Center fordetails at 708.479.5111 and visit onlineany time at www.cranahomes.com 

OPPORTUNITY

28 | May 24, 2018 | The Homer Horizon local living 


Distinctive Home Builders Introduces New Craftsman Home Series 

At Prairie Trails in Manhattan and WestGate Manor in Peotone! 

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

Two refreshing designs mark 

the beginning of a new series 

of Craftsman-style homes 

available from Distinctive Home 

Builders at its latest new home 

communities: Prairie Trails; 

located in Manhattan within the 

highly-regarded Lincoln-Way 

School District and at WestGate 

Manor in Peotone within 

the desirable Peotone School 

District. 

“Craftsman homes were 

introduced in the early 1900s 

in California with designs 

based on a simpler, functional 

aesthetic using a higher level 

of craftsmanship and natural 

materials. These homes were a 

departure from homes that were 

mass produced from that era, 

“according to Bryan Nooner, 

president of Distinctive Home 

Builders. 

“The Craftsman design has 

made a comeback today for 

many of the same reasons it 

started over a century ago. Our 

customers want to live in a home 

that gets away from the “mass 

produced” look and live in a 

home that has more character. As 

a result of our daily interaction 

with our homeowners and their 

input, we are excited to introduce 

these two homes, with additional 

designs in the works.” 

Nooner, who meets with 

each homeowner prior to 

construction, has been working 

on these plans forawhile and felt 

that the timing was ideal for the 

debut. “Customers were asking 

for something different and 

simple with less monotony and 

higher architectural standards.” 

The result was the Craftsman 

ranch and the Prairie twostory, 

now available at Prairie 

Trails and WestGate Manor. 

The Craftsman ranch features 

an open floor plan with Great 

Room, three bedrooms, two 

baths and a two-car (optional 

three-car) garage. The Prairie 

features a two-story foyer and 

Great Room, three bedrooms 

and one and one-half baths, a 

convenient Flex Room space 

on the main level and a two-car 

(optional three-car) garage. The 

Craftsman architectural elements 

on both homes include brick and 

stone exteriors with cedar shake 

accent siding, low-pitched gabled 

bracket roofs, front porches with 

tapered columns and stone piers, 

partially paned windows, and a 

standard panel front entry door. 

Distinctive Home Builders 

offers a Craftsman-style trim 

package offering trim without 

ornate profiles and routers. The 

trim features simplicity in design 

with rectangles, straight lines and 

layered look trims over doors for 

example. The front entry door 

will have the standard Craftsman 

panel style door. Distinctive has 

also created a Craftsman color 

palate to assist buyers in making 

coordinated choices for the 

interior of their new Craftsman 

home. Colors, cabinet styles and 

flooring choices blend seamlessly 

with the Craftsman trim package 

and are available in gray tones 

package and earth tones. 

Distinctive offers custom maple 

kitchen cabinets featuring solid 

wood construction (no particle 

board), have solid wood drawers 

with dove tail joints, which is 

very rare in the marketplace. 

“When you buy a new home 

from Distinctive, you truly are 

receiving custom made cabinets 

in every home we sell no matter 

what the price range,” noted 

Nooner. 


works to achieve a delivery goal 

of 90 days with zero punch list 

items for its homeowners. “Our 

three decades building homes 

provides an efficient construction 

system,” said Nooner. “Many of 

our skilled craftsmen have been 

working with our company 

for over 20 years. We also 

take pride on having excellent 

communicators throughout our 

organization. This translates into 

a positive buying and building 

experience for our homeowners 

and one of the highest referral 

rates in the industry.” 

Nooner added that all homes 

are highly energy efficient. Every 

home built will have upgraded 

wall and ceiling insulation 

values with energy efficient 

windows and high efficiency 

furnaces. Before homeowners 

move into their new home, 


conducts a blower door test that 

pressurizes the home to ensure 

that each home passes a set of 

very stringent Energy Efficiency 

guidelines. 

With the addition of these two 

new designs, there are now 15 

ranch, split-level and six twostory 

single-family home styles to 

choose from each offering from 

three to eight different exterior 

elevations at both communities. 

The three- to four-bedroom 

homes feature one and one-half 

to two-and-one-half baths, twoto 

three-car garages and a family 

room, all in approximately 1,600 

to over 3,000 square feet of living 

space. Basements are included in 

most models as well. Distinctive 

also encourages customization 

to make your new home truly 

personalized to suit your lifestyle. 

Oversize home sites; brick 

exteriors on all four sides of the 

first floor; custom maple cabinets; 

ceramic tile or hardwood 

floors in the kitchen, baths and 

foyer; genuine wood trim and 

doors and concrete driveways 

can all be yours at Prairie 

Trails and WestGate Manor. 

Most all home sites at Prairie 

Trails and WestGate Manor 

can accommodate a three-car 

garage; a very important amenity 

to the Manhattan homebuyer, 

said Nooner. 

“When we opened Prairie 

Trails and WestGate Manor we 

wanted to provide the best new 

home value for the dollar and 

we feel with offering Premium 

Standard Features that we do 

just that. So why wait? This is 

truly the best time to build your 

dream home!” 

Prairie Trails is also a beautiful 

place to live and raise a family 

featuring a 20-acre lake on site, 

as well as direct access to the 22- 

mile Wauponsee Glacial Prairie 

Path that borders the community 

and meanders through many 

neighboring communities and 

links to many other popular 

trails. The Manhattan Metra 

station is less than a mile away. 

Besides Prairie Trails, 


has built homes throughout 

Manhattan in the Butternut 

Ridge and Leighlinbridge 

developments, as well as in the 

Will and south Cook county 

areas over the past 30 years. 


chose the Will County village 

of Peotone for its newest 

community of 38 single-family 

homes at WestGate Manor 

within walking distance of the 

esteemed Peotone High School. 

Its convenient location between 

Interstate 57 and Illinois Route 

50 provide easy access to I-80 

and commuters enjoy several 

nearby train stations and a 

35-minute drive to Chicago. 

Visit the on-site sales 

information center for 

unadvertised specials and view 

the numerous styles of homes 

being offered and the available 

lots. Call Lynne Rinck at (708) 

737-9142 or (708) 479-7700 for 

more information or visit www. 

distinctivehomebuilders.com. 

The Prairie Trails and WestGate 

Manor new home information 

center is located three miles 

south of Laraway Rd. on Rt. 

52. The address is 24458 S. 

Rt. 52, Manhattan, IL. 60422. 

Open Daily 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 

p.m. Closed Wednesday and 

Thursday and always available 

by appointment. 

Specials, prices, specifications, 

standard features, model 

offerings, build times and lot 

availability are subject to change 

without notice. Please contact 

a Distinctive representative for 

current pricing and complete 

details. 

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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 

Homer Township is 

accepting applications for: 

P/T/Seasonal 

Maintenance Laborer. 

Includes, but not limited to 

lawn care, weed & trash 

removal, restroom care, 

painting, building 

maintenance. Not to 

exceed 1,000 hours. 

708.301.0522 

www.homertownship.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. 

Help 

Wanted 

1003 Help Wanted 

INDUSTRIAL 

SALES ENGINEER 

SW Suburb of Chicago 

manufacturing company seeks 

a proactive, hard-working 

individual with at least 3-5 

years of experience in B2B 

Sales of industrial products 

(non-chemical). 

This inside, consultative sales 

position will focus on new and 

existing product sales development. 

This sales role targets 

users to discover if their 

current and future product 

needs match those of Aero's 

product features. Successful 

candidates should also have 

experience working with 

vendors to produce 

competitive quotes. 

Excellent salary and benefits 

package with annual 

performance bonus potential. 

Send resume to: 

bschatte@aerorubber.com 

AERO Rubber Company, Inc. 

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 

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 

Security Officers 

FT/PT. Great for Retirees! 

Southwest suburbs. call 

708-385-3300 or apply at 

www.guardiansecurityinc.com 

1003 Help 

Wanted 

Growing Residential 

Cleaning Co. has openings 

for Cleaning Pros 

Exp. Preferred but Will 

Train. P/T Weekdays. 

No Evenings/Weekends 

815-464-1988 

Tow Truck Driver 

Full or Part Time 

Must have CDL & Some 

Experience 

708-403-2277 

Welder/ Fabricator 

Must have valid Drivers 

License, Bilingual a plus. 

Please call Al @ 

630-327-2435 Lockport area 

1004 Employment 

Opportunities 

HELP WANTED! 

Make $1000/week mailing 

brochures from home! 

No exp. req. Helping home 

workers since 2001! 

Genuine opportunity. 

Start immediately! 

www.IncomeCentral.net 

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 

1023 Caregiver 

Heaven Sent Caregivers 

Professional caregiving 

service. 24 hr or hourly 

services; shower or bath 

visits. Licensed & bonded. 

Try the best! 708.638.0641 

1037 Prayer / 

Novena 

Holy Spirit thou who make mesee 

everything and show me the way to 

reach myideal. You who give me 

the divine gift to forgive, and forget 

the wrong that is done to me 

and who are in all instances of my 

life with me. I, in this short dialogue, 

want to thank You for everything 

and confirm once more that 

Inever want to be separated from 

You, no matter how great the material 

desires may be. Iwant to be 

with You and my loved ones in 

Your Perpetural Glory, Amen. Say 

this prayer for 3consectutive days. 

After 3days the favor requested 

will be granted even though it may 

appear difficult. This prayer must 

be published immediately after the 

favor is granted w/o mentioning 

the favor. Thank you! P.H. 

Oh most Beautiful Flower of 

Mt Carmel, Fruitful vine, 

splendor of heaven, blessed 

mother of the Son of God, 

Immaculate Virgin, Assist me 

in this my neccessity, oh star of 

the sea help me and show me 

herein you are my mother. Oh 

holy Mary, Mother of God, 

Queen of Heaven and Earth, I 

humbly beeseach you from the 

bottom of my heart to succor 

me in my necessity (make 

request) there are none that can 

withstand your power, oh Mary 

conceived without sin, pray for 

us who have recourse to thee 

(3x). Holy Mary I place this 

cause in your hands (3x). Say 

this prayer for three 

consecutive days, you must 

publish it and it will be granted 

to you. Thank you For 

Granting my request. 

-MMT- 

Prayers Answered Lady of 

Mt. Caramel. BM 

1050 Community 

Events 

Giant Perennial Sale 

Frankfort 220 Pacific St. 

Sat 6/2 8a.m. - 2p.m. Lilies, 

Hostas, asst. perennials. 

Very affordable! 

CLASSIFIEDS 

Help Wanted · Garage Sales · Automotive 

Real Estate · Rentals · Merchandise 

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Charge It | DEADLINE - Friday at 3pm 

1052 Garage Sale 

Frankfort, Gateway Homes 

Annual Community Sale. Individual 

Homes Just East of 

LaGrange Rd. & North of 

Steger Rd. 

Fri. June 1st 9am-4pm & 

Sat. June 2nd 9am-4pm 

Orland Park, 10716 Andrea 

Dr. Friday Only 5/25, 8-2p. 

Furniture, decor, sports eqpt, 

small appliances & much 

more! Tons of “college” 

items! 

Orland Park, 11509 W. 135th 

St. 5/25 &5/26, 8-3p. Furniture, 

many tools, bricks, landscaping 

tools & more! 

Tinley Park 17231 Valley Dr 

5/24-5/26 8-3pm Something 

for everyone, too much to list! 

Vera Bradley, saws & more! 

Lockport, 1217 Darin Dr. May 

24-26, 9-3p. Antiques, vintage, 

furniture, farm rustics, yard art, 

misc. 

1053 Multi Family 

Sale 

Frankfort, 20347 Fallingwater 

Cr. 5/26, 9-4p. Jewelry, bedroom 

set, couch, recliner, hshld 

& many other items! 

Homer Glen, 15606 Badger 

Ln. Sat 5/26 8-4p. -Sun 5/27 

10-4p. Appliances, size 16-18 

womens clothing, bedding, 

toys, 400 CDs &crafts. Don’t 

miss this one! 

Palos Hills 10630 & 10643 S 

Michael Dr 5/25-5/26 9-3pm 

Purses, hshld, clothes, tools, 

jewelry & too much to list! 

Tinley Park, 8401 W. 167th 

St. 5/25 9-4p, 5/26 9-1p. Everything 

must go! Household, 

toys, tools, misc items! 

1054 Subdivision 

Sale 

New Lenox, Grand Prairie 

Sub. on Haven b/t Nelson & 

Gougar.Saturday, June 2nd. 

8-3pm. 13+ Homes! 

Automotive 

$52 4 lines/ 

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Real Estate 

$50 7 7 papers 

lines/ 

1058 Moving Sale 

Orland Park 16930 Blue 

Heron Dr 5/25-5/26 8:30-4pm 

Hshld, comforters, quilts, furn, 

jewelry, home decor, clothes, 

yard tools, crystals, essential 

oil products, books & more! 

Automotive 

1061 Autos 

Wanted 

Help Wanted 

$13 4 lines/ 

per line 7 papers 

Merchandise 


lines/ 

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WE NEED 

CARS, TRUCKS 

& VANS 

Running Or Not 

from Old to New! 

Top Dollar Paid !!! 

Free Pick-Up 

Locally Located 

708 205 8241 

Real Estate 

1221 Houses for 

Rent 

Homer Glen 

4BR, 3Ba, beautiful scenery 

home off pond with over 100 

trees some 300 yr. old oaks. 

Includes outside maintenance, 

snow plowing in winter. 

$2,800/mo plus security deposit 

& credit check required. 

708-227-4237 

DRIVE CAR BUYERS 

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30 | May 24, 2018 | The Homer Horizon Real estate 


The Homer Horizon’s 

The current owners decided 

it’s time to downsize from 

this sprawling property, so 

now it’s available for a new 

buyer to love. 

What: A 3,600-square-foot 

custom ranch on 1.4 acres. 

Where: 15306 Pantigo 

Lane, Homer Glen 

sponsored content 

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Amenities: A stunning, 

custom ranch that exudes 

quality and elegance 

throughout with its 

amazing architecture, 

quality construction 

and attention to detail! 

Nestled on a 1.4-acre lot in 

desirable, unincorporated 

Homer (lower taxes), this 

home features an open 

floor plan that includes: 

Gourmet kitchen with 

cherry cabinets, granite 

counters, large island and 

butler’s pantry that’s great 

for entertaining, and a 

turret-style breakfast room; 

formal living room and 

dining room; large family 

room with dramatic, custom 

fireplace; double door 

entry to main level office; 

wonderful, vaulted sunroom 

that encompasses the 

entire rear of the home and 

offers picturesque views 

of the parklike, fenced yard that boasts two patios, an eight-and-a-half-foot, saltwater, 

in-ground pool and pole building; spacious master suite with double door access to 

the sunroom, his and hers walk-in closets and posh master bath with whirlpool tub, 

separate shower, double vanity and water closet; three-car heated garage with separate 

workshop with sink. Reverse osmosis. Newer roof, hardwood floors, pool and more. 

Listing Price: $575,000 

Listing Agent: Kim Wirtz; 

708-516-3050 or visit 

www.kimwirtz.com. 

Agent Brokerage: Century 

21 Affiliated 

Want to know how to become Home of the Week? Contact Tricia at (708) 326-9170 ext. 47. 

April 4 

• 15609 Glen Wood Court, Homer 

Glen, 604918739 Sandra M. Davidson 

Trustee to Joseph Bartnik, Ashley 

Bartnik, $360,000 

April 5 

• 14627 S. Pheasant Lane, Homer 

Glen, 604919293 Nicholas A. 

Iannantone to Brice A. Harris, $270,000 

• 13431 W. Pawnee Lane, Homer Glen, 

604918901 Edita Radzeviciene to 

Nicolae Stepan, $348,000 

The Going Rate is provided by Record Information 

Services, Inc. For more information, 

visit www.public-record.com or call (630) 

557-1000.

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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 

2001 Attorney 

1310 Offices for 

Rent 

Homer Glen 

4BR, 4000 square foot 

house, ideal for office 

space, located on Teerling 

nursery property. All maintenance 

provided, includes 

snowplowing, nice landscape, 

plenty of parking. 

708-227-4237 

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• Air Conditioning • Furnaces 

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Stoves & Ovens • Microwaves 

Garbage Disposals 

Washers&Dryers 

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2004 Asphalt Paving/Seal Coating 

2006 Basement Waterproofing 

Leaky Basement? 

2007 Black Dirt/Top Soil 

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Pulverized Black Dirt 

Rough Black Dirt 

Driveway Gravel 

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For Delivery Pricing Call: 

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SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE 

of 13029 Buttercup Court, Homer Glen, 

IL 60491 (Single family). On the 31st 

day ofMay, 2018 to be held at 12:00 

noon, at the Will County Courthouse 

Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street, Room 201, 

Joliet, IL 60432, under Case Title: BMO 

Harris Bank N.A. f/k/a Harris N.A. 

s/b/m Harris Bank Argo Plaintiff V. 

Cara King; JPMorgan Chase Bank, 

N.A.; Bank of America N.A.; United 

States of America; Unknown Owners 

and Non-Record Claimants Defendant. 

Case No. 16CH 0345 in the Circuit 

Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, 

Will County, Illinois. 

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

time of sale and the balance within 

twenty-four (24) hours. No judicial sale 

fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring 

the residential real estate pursuant 

to its credit bid at the sale or by any 

mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other 

lienor acquiring the residential real estate 

whose rights inand to the residential 

real estate arose prior to the sale. All 

payments shall be made in cash or certified 

funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will 

County. 

In the event the property is acondomin- 

ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS 

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

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

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

that the purchaser of the unit, other than 

amortgagee, shall pay the assessments 

and legal fees required by subdivisions 

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

required by subsection (g-1) 

of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium 

Property Act. 

Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J) 

if there is asurplus following application 

ofthe proceeds of sale, then the 

plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant 

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

to the proceeding advising them of 

the amount ofthe surplus and that the 

surplus will beheld until aparty obtains 

acourt order for its distribution or, in 

the absence of an order, until the surplus 

is forfeited to the State. 

For Information Please Contact: 

Egan & Alaily LLC 

321 N. Clark Street Suite 1430 

Chicago, IL 

P: 1-312-253-8640 

F: 

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT 

COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT 

YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS 

LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A 

DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING 

TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY 

INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL 

BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT 

COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT 

YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS 

LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A 

DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING 

TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY 

INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL 

BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 

STATE OF ILLINOIS ) 

) SS. 

COUNTY OF WILL ) 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE 

TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

BMO Harris Bank N.A. f/k/a Harris 

N.A. s/b/m Harris Bank Argo 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

Cara King; JPMorgan Chase Bank, 

N.A.; Bank of America N.A.; United 

States of America; Unknown Owners 

and Non-Record Claimants 

Defendant. No. 16 CH 0345 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that pursuant 

toajudgment entered in the above 

cause on the 26th day of February, 

2018, MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will 

County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the 

31st day of May, 2018 ,commencing at 

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

Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street, 

Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, sell at public 

auction to the highest and best bidder 

or bidders the following-described real 

estate: 

LOT 191, IN MEADOWVIEW SUB- 

DIVISION UNIT 2, BEING ASUBDI- 

VISION IN PART OF THE EAST _ OF 

SECTION 14, TOWNSHIP 36 

NORTH, RANGE 11, EAST OF THE 

THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN AC- 

CORDING TOTHE PLAT THEREOF 

RECORDED NOVEMBER 17, 1978 

AS DOCUMENT NUMBE R 

R78-45966, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLI- 

NOIS. 

Commonly known as: 13029 Buttercup 

Court, Homer Glen, IL 60491 

Description of Improvements: 

Single family 

P.I.N.: 16-05-14-402-036-0000 

Terms ofSale: ten percent (10%) at the 

time of sale and the balance within 

twenty-four (24) hours. No judicial sale 

fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring 

the residential real estate pursuant 

to its credit bid at the sale or by any 

mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other 

lienor acquiring the residential real estate 

whose rights inand to the residential 

real estate arose prior to the sale. All 

payments shall be made in cash or certified 

funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will 

County. 

In the event the property is acondomin- 

ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS 

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

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

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

that the purchaser of the unit, other than 

amortgagee, shall pay the assessments 

and legal fees required by subdivisions 

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

required by subsection (g-1) 

of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium 

Property Act. 

Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J) 

if there is asurplus following application 

ofthe proceeds of sale, then the 

plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant 

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

to the proceeding advising them of 

the amount ofthe surplus and that the 

surplus will beheld until aparty obtains 

acourt order for its distribution or, in 

the absence of an order, until the surplus 

is forfeited to the State. 

FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CON- 

TACT: 

Egan & Alaily LLC 

321 N. Clark Street Suite 1430 

Chicago, IL 

P: 1-312-253-8640 

F: 

Plaintiff's Attorney 

MIKE KELLEY 

Sheriff of Will County 

F18010096 SELENE 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE 

12TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 

WILL COUNTY‚ JOLIET, ILLINOIS 

MTGLQ Investors, L.P. 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

Dorothy Miller aka Dorothy Sophie 

Miller aka Dorothy S. Miller; Rodney 

Miller aka Rodney Keith Miller aka 

Rodney K. Miller; Discover Bank; 

Meadowcrest Homeowners Association; 

Unknown Owners and Non-Record 

Claimants 

Defendants. 

CASE NO. 18 CH 559 

17012 Pineview Drive, Homer Glen, Illinois 

60491 

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION 

The requisite affidavit for publication 

having been filed, notice is hereby given



2703 Legal 

Notices 

2703 Legal 

Notices 


Under $100 

you, Dorothy Miller aka Dorothy Sophie 

Miller aka Dorothy S. Miller, Rodney 

Miller aka Rodney Keith Miller aka 

Rodney K. Miller, and UNKNOWN 

OWNERS and NON-RECORD 

CLAIMANTS, defendants in the above 

entitled cause, that suit has been commenced 

against you and other defendants 

inthe Circuit Court for the Judicial 

Circuit bysaid plaintiff praying for 

the foreclosure of acertain mortgage 

conveying the premises described as 

follows, to wit: 

LOT 113 IN MEADOWCREST SUB- 

DIVISION UNIT THREE, BEING A 

SUBDIVISION IN THE NORTHEAST 

1/4 OF SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 36 

NORTH, RANGE 11 EAST OF THE 

THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, AC- 

CORDING TOTHE PLAT THEREOF 

RECORDED JULY 18, 1989, AS 

DOCUMENT NO. R89-34950, AND 

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION 

RECORDED OCTOBER 10, 1989 AS 

DOCUMENT NO. R89-051878, IN 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 

P.I.N.: 05-25-277-009-0000 

Said property is commonly known as 

17012 Pineview Drive, Homer Glen, Illinois 

60491, and which said 

mortgage(s) was/were made by Rodney 

Miller and Dorothy Miller and recorded 

in the Office of the Recorder ofDeeds 

as Document Number R2008025232 

and for other relief; that Summons was 

duly issued out of the above Court 

against you as provided by law and that 

said suit is now pending. 

NOW THEREFORE, unless you, the 

said above named defendants, file your 

answer tothe complaint inthe said suit 

or otherwise make your appearance 

therein, inthe Office of the Clerk of the 

Court at Will County on or before June 

18, 2018, adefault may be taken against 

you at any time after that date and a 

Judgment entered in accordance with 

the prayer of said complaint. 

YOU MAY STILL BE ABLE TO 

SAVE YOUR HOME. DO NOT IG- 

NORE THIS DOCUMENT. By order 

of the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court 

of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, this case 

is set for Mandatory Mediation onJune 

26th, 2018 at 2:15 p.m. at the Will 

County Court Annex-3rd Floor (Arbitration 

Center), 57N.Ottawa Street, Joliet, 

Illinois. A lender representative will be 

present along with acourt appointed 

mediator to discuss options that you 

may have and to pre-screen you for a 

potential mortgage modification. For 

further information on the mediation 

process, please see the NOTICE OF 

MANDATORY MEDIATION on file 

with the Clerk of the Circuit Court or by 

contacting the Plaintiff‚Äôs attorney at 

the address listed below. 

YOU MUST APPEAR ON THE ME- 

DIATION DATE GIVEN, OR YOUR 

RIGHT TO MEDIATION WILL TER- 

MINATE. 

This communication is an attempt to 

collect adebt and any information obtained 

will be used for that purpose. 

Steven C. Lindberg 

ANSELMO LINDBERG & ASSOCI- 

ATES LLC 

1771 W. Diehl Rd., Ste 120 

Naperville, IL 60563-4947 

630-453-6960 | 866-402-8661 | 

630-428-4620 (fax) 

Attorney No. Cook 58852, DuPage 

293191, Kane 031-26104, 

Peoria 1794, Winnebago 3802, IL 

03126232 

IllinoisCourts@AnselmoLindberg.com 

THIS LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE 

A DEBT COLLECTOR. 

Notice is hereby given that onor 

after 6/6/2018 at or after 10:00 am 

at 15935 S Parker Rd, Homer 

Glen, IL 60491, Parker Self Storage 

will sell by public auction the 

miscellaneous personal property 

stored in unit, B03 Fred Rice. 


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Old Style beer pitcher $20. 

1950s Schlitz pewter ice cooler 

made in Italy $25. 8beer steins 

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Chilton’s auto service repair 

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Sensors: speed, milage, pulse, 

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Hoover steam vac, 4brushes, 

retracks w ater $75. 

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Jacuzzi pool pump 11/2 HP 

motor 2speeds, high &low 

$80. Call Lou after 6PM 

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mower, rear discharger, runs 

fine, no bag $75. Frankfort 

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machine $35. Like new 

10” milter saw $50. Long extension 

chord onwheel $10. 

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blue, large seat $30. Canary 

cages, $15 ea. 708.478.8976 

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300MM with adjustable angel 

square includes new blade $35. 

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Cadaco brand $15. Soda 

stream Genesis model new 

$40. Metal vintage reversible 

checker/chinese checker game 

$10. 708.301.0519 

PF product classic vintage retro 

novelty wall phone with push 

button dials $35. 708.466.9907 

Refrigerator -GE french door 

bottom freezer, white 22 cu. ft. 

like new $100 firm. 

815.838.1745 

RockFord vintage heavy duty 

short barrel pnuematic chisel 

air hammer model 705 $35. 

708.466.9907 

Shawnee pottery pieces, Lucky 

the elephant, Puss ‘n’ Boots 

p itchers $100 each. 

815.838.9179 

Small Char-Broil grill white 

wheels. Included: grill cover, 

extra LPgas tank, tools, wire 

brush, timer $50 takes all. 

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color tumbleweed, 15 pcs box 

12’ long $100. 708.301.3598 

Sony stereo, 5 discs, tapes, 

AM-FM stereo, 2 speakers 

$100. 708.301.5849 

Tools: pliers, screwdrivers, staple 

guns, ect. Slightly used. 

Most 50 cents. 708.609.8625 

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board with steel frame, medium 

wood stain $25. Hitachi 

3x.131 bright framing nails, 

4000 cases $20. Call 

708.567.8999 

Whirlprool over range microwave, 

includes backing for 

plate for install, has turntable. 

Runs great! $65. 312.320.4664 

Chilton’s auto service repair 

manual 1993-1997 hardcover 

$20. 708.466.9907 

Dog booster bath 48L 25W 

12D on portable stand $75. X 

Large. 708.534.3423 

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color wood, 4 drawers, 2 

shelves with changing pad in 

great condition$75. Text ifinterested 

- can send you apicture 

708.420.0740 

Five patio/deck chairs, steel 

construction with full seat and 

back cushions, all in excellent 

condition $75. 708.846.5411 

George Forman electric grill 

$45. 815.838.6198 

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708.717.5054 

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Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

with Ally Fischer 

Ally Fischer is a senior at 


School. She’s been a fouryear 

varsity player for the 

Porters soccer team. 

The season came to a 

disappointing end when 

the Porters saw a 4-0 

lead slip away and lost 

5-4 in a game that went 

to penalty kicks in the 

regional semifinal. What 

happened? 

I feel like it was completely 

mental errors. We were 

going strong, and then we 

made mental mistakes. We 

just couldn’t finish it. 

Was it especially hard 

for you and the other 

three seniors? 

Yes, I’m already disappointed 

the season is over. 

I looked forward to coming 

out day after day. Now, 

I won’t be able to see my 

friends all the time. 

How did you get started 

playing soccer? 

I started playing when I 

was 3 at the [Chicago] First 

Church of the Nazarene in 

Lemont. Then, when I was 

5 years old, I first played for 

the Homer Hawks club team. 

When they switched to Inter, 

I kept playing with them. I’m 

still playing for them, on their 

23 and under team. When I 

was younger, I played goalie 

for half the game, and in the 

field for half the game. But 

that was short-lived, as I was 

too short to play goalie. So, 

I’ve mostly played forward 

ever since. 

Did you play any other 

sports? 

I did cross country and 

track at Homer Jr. High in 

seventh and eighth grade. 

But I didn’t do that in high 

school, just soccer. 

What is it about soccer 

that makes it the sport 

for you? 

Every game is different. It 

keeps me moving and takes 

a lot of athleticism to play. 

Do you do anything to 

fire yourself up before a 

game? 

Yes, I listen to music. But I 

always turn on one song that 

is heavy metal. It doesn’t 

matter which one, but it’s 

heavy metal, and I scream at 

the top of my lungs and get 

angry. The rest of the team 

thought it’s funny, and they 

always like to film it. 

How did your bond 

with the other seniors 

— Madi Davis, Lauren 

Pikulski and Stephanie 

Quigley — come about? 

Yes, we were all really 

close. Me and Lauren [Pikulski] 

have been playing together 

on club ball since fifth 

grade. Actually, this year’s 

senior and junior class had a 

good bond as a team. 

What have you learned 

from Lockport coach 

Todd Elkei? 

I’ve learned to never give 

up and do the best that I can. 

I also learned that we can’t 

let down for one second, but 

that’s what we did [against 

West Aurora]. 

Photo submitted 

Are you going to play 

soccer in college? 

Yes, I’m going to play at 

the University of Illinois at 

Springfield. It’s a Division 

II program. [Porter goalie] 

coach EJ [Kirn] is an alumni 

there, and he got ahold of 

the coach. So, I went there 

for some visits last summer 

and signed to go there last 

October. I want to major in 

pre-dentistry and minor in 

business. I want to become 

an orthodontist and have my 

own practice. 

What’s the best thing 

about being an athlete 

at Lockport? 

Just what a big community 

it is. Yes, you have friends 

on your team, but everyone 

looks up to you as an athlete. 

You get that name, you put 

yourself in that position and 

I really like it. 

Interview by Freelance Reporter 

Randy Whalen 

This Week In... 


School Varsity Athletics 

Baseball 

■May ■ 30 host IHSA Sectional, 

4:30 p.m. 

Softball 

■May ■ 24 host IHSA Regional, 

4:30 p.m. 

■May ■ 25 host IHSA Regional 

(Rain Date), TBA 

■May ■ 26 host IHSA Regional 

Championship, 10 a.m. 

■May ■ 29 at IHSA Sectional, 

TBA 

■May ■ 30 at IHSA Sectional, 

TBA 

Boys Track and Field 

■May ■ 25 at IHSA State 

Championship, TBA 


Championship, TBA 

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The rest of the week in high school sports 

Boys Volleyball 

Lockport 25-25, Homewood-Flossmoor 8-9 

Pat Surane and Kyle Dixon each recorded 

four kills Thursday, May 17, as the Porters 

downed Homewood-Flossmoor in a South- 

West Suburban Conference match in Lockport. 

Anthony Pfeiffer made his presence felt 

Boys Tennis 


Championship, TBD 





Boys Lacrosse 

■May ■ 25 host IHSA Sectional, 

4:30 p.m. 

with eight kills, seven assists and three aces. 

Lockport 23-25-25, Bolingbrook 25-17-16 

Anthony Pfeiffer was the catalyst for the 

Porters, tallying 14 kills and 12 assists as 

they defeated Bolingbrook May 15. Kyle 

Dixon also contributed 15 kills, 1.5 blocks 

and two aces. 

Oak Prairie students 

compete at state track meet 

Submitted by Will County 

School District 92 

A number of students 

from Oak Prairie qualified 

for the state track and field 

meet that held last weekend. 

Qualifiers were: sixthgrader 

Jaden Roat, 400-meter, 

100-meter hurdles and 

800-meter relay; sixth-grader 

Heather Canny, 800-meter; 

seventh-grader Alivia 

Czaplicki, 100-meter and 

800- and 1,600-meter relays; 

seventh-grader Abby 

Budz, 400-meter and 800- 




and 1,600-meter relays; 

seventh-grader Marissa 

Massaro, 800- and 1,600- 

meter relays; seventh-grader 

Chloe O’Connor, 800- and 

1,600-meter relays; seventhgrader 

Cedar Groenwoldt, 


seventh-grader Elijah 

Beltran, 1,600-meter relay; 

seventh-grader Ryan Bentivenga, 

1,600-meter relay; 

seventh-grader Jake Suchorabski, 


seventh-grader Rocco Biamonte, 


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eighth-grader Francesca Frieri, 

400-meter and 800- and 

1,600-meter relays; eighthgrader 

Sammie Weisner, 

1,600-meter and 800- and 

1,600-meter relays; eighthgrader 

Lexie Fontaine, 


eighth-grader Kailyn 

Mitchell, 1,600-meter relay; 

eighth-grader Emma 

Schmutzler, discus; eighthgrader 

Isabella Bozen, 

discus; and eighth-grader 

Gabe Czako, 110-meter 

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Girls Soccer 

Porters drop regional semi in penalty kicks 

West Aurora mounts 

comeback to take 

down LTHS in playoff 

match in Lockport 

Randy Whalen 


Sports are supposed to 

teach life lessons. 


High School girls soccer 

team experienced one of 

those lessons last week. 

The Porters lost a fourgoal 

lead and eventually fell 

in penalty kicks 5-4 to West 

Aurora in the second semifinal 

matchup of the Class 3A 

Lockport Regional on May 

16 at the Lockport soccer 

field. 

With the amazing comeback, 

the No. 9-seeded 

Blackhawks (9-6-2) moved 

on to play Naperville North, 

which is the top seed in the 

Plainfield North Sectional. 

The Huskies defeated Plainfield 

Central 7-0 on May 

15 in the opening semifinal 

game. 

Lockport (13-8-1) was 

bidding to advance to the regional 

title game on its home 

field for the second-straight 

season, but instead, the Porters 

saw their six-game win 

streak, all by shutout, end, 

as they suffered a secondhalf 

collapse that left them 

stunned. 

“Nope, never,” Lockport 

coach Todd Elkei responded 

when asked if he’d ever had 

a team lose a four-goal lead 

in his 20-plus years as a head 

coach. “I guess it’s a lesson 

to the girls to don’t ever give 

up, to keep working. This 

just shows our girls that, no 

matter how bad it gets, keep 

fighting, because anything 

can happen. [The Blackhawks] 

did that and gave us 

a life lesson.” 

Lockport’s Madi Davis corrals the ball during a game earlier 

this season. 

West Aurora did not give 

up, especially down the 

stretch. Lockport led 4-1 

at halftime and maintained 

that lead for the first 20- 

plus minutes of the second 

half. Then, a bevy of Blackhawks 

goals tied it. First, 

sophomore midfielder Sarai 

Munoz scored off a corner 

kick by senior forward Riley 

O’Brien to make it 4-2 with 

19:17 to play in the game. 

About two minutes later, 

sophomore midfielder Kiara 

McPherson tallied to make 

it 4-3. Three minutes later, 

McPherson took a restart 

from O’Brien and converted 

it. All of a sudden, the score 

was tied at 4-4 with 14:13 

remaining in regulation, as 

West Aurora scored a trio of 

goals in a span of 5:04. 

“We knew they were dangerous 

on the set pieces,” 

Elkei said of the Blackhawks. 

“We wanted to limit 

the restarts, and we didn’t 

do that. We had a lot of miscommunication.” 

West Aurora nearly won 

in regulation when sophomore 

forward Audrey Stephens 

blasted an attempt that 

hit the crossbar with 2:43 to 

play. O’Brien had a rebound 

shot, but senior defender 

Madi Davis made a nongoalie 

save for Lockport. 

In the two 10-minute 

overtime periods, the Porters 

had a few more opportunities, 

but shots by senior 

forward Ally Fischer and junior 

forward Jenifer Latoza, 

along with junior midfielders 

Finley Travis and Natalie 

Miller, were saved. 

In the shootout, the Porters 

went first and fell behind 

right away, as sophomore 

keeper Hannah Gove came 

up with a critical save. Freshman 

midfielder Amelia Diaz 

and senior midfielder Stephanie 

Quigley scored in the 

second and third rounds for 

Lockport, but Gove recorded 

another save at the left post 

to open the fourth round. 

And when senior defenseman 

Sofia Papoutsis scored 

with a shot on the right side, 

Midfielder Stephanie Quigley was one of four seniors on this year’s LTHS girls soccer 

team. 22nd Century Media File Photos 

the Blackhawks celebrated 

the victory. O’Brien, Kiara 

McPherson and sophomore 

midfielder Olivia McPherson 

also scored for West Aurora 

in the shootout. 

“We had all of our energy 

early in the game,” Quigley 

said. “We felt awesome, I 

mean everyone on the team 

thought we had it in the bag, 

but you can’t think that way. 

You have to play the whole 

80 minutes in soccer. We 

stopped going for 50/50 

balls. All during the season, 

if the other team scored, 

we’d put our head down. 

That’s what we did again.” 

In 12 of the Porters’ 13 

wins, they registered a shutout, 

most of those behind 

sophomore keeper Reagan 

Tompkins. They were also 

shutout five times in their 

eight losses. 

Early on, Lockport sophomore 

midfielder Grace Galfano 

scored two goals in just 

under two minutes for a 2-0 

lead. Travis assisted on both, 

with the second one being a 

heads-up play. It developed 

as junior forward Jennifer Latoza 

started the play on a free 

kick which found the head 

of Travis, whose attempt 

clanged off the left post. The 

ball, however, ricocheted to 

Galfano, who scored on the 

rebound for a 2-0 lead just 

6:51 into the game. 

Quigley converted a penalty 

kick with 25:15 left in 

the first half for a 3-0 lead. 

The Porters made it 4-0 

when Fischer arced a corner 

kick from the right side to 

the far post. Miller was there 

to head it in with 21:03 left 

in the first half, and it appeared 

everything was going 

right for Lockport. 

“That was the best 20 minutes 

of soccer we’ve had this 

year,” Elkei said of the first 

half. “But then, the fouls and 

giving up set pieces hurt us. 

We needed to hit a reset button.” 

Stephens started the 

Blackhawks comeback on a 

goal with 5:19 left in the first 

half. She took a feed from 

junior defenseman Laeticia 

Mbende and slid it past 

Tomkins, off the left post 

and in for the score. 

Each team only has four 

seniors. Davis, Fischer and 

Quigley all played significant 

roles as seniors for the 

Porters. So did Lauren Pikulski, 

who along with Fischer 

and Quigley were four-year 

varsity players. But Pikulski 

sat on the bench, as she 

had an allergy attack and 

wasn’t able to play, since she 

couldn’t wear her contacts. 

“I feel bad for the seniors,” 

Elkei said. “They’ve done so 

much and had a goal to reach 

the regional final. All four 

years, the seniors worked hard 

to get that team bond, and I’m 

proud of them for that.” 

Quigley, one of those seniors, 

won’t soon forget this 

season. 

“This season was my favorite, 

and I love these girls 

so much,” she said. “We 

were closer than ever this 

year, and I will miss them 

all.”



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Boys Tennis 

Randall leads LTHS to fourth-straight sectional title 

Randy Whalen 


Jack Randall is ready for 

the challenge. 


senior will look to capture 

the Class 2A singles state 

tennis championship this 

weekend. Last weekend, 

he tuned up for that possibility 

by capturing the title 

of the Class 2A Joliet West 

Sectional that was held Saturday, 

May 19, at Challenge 

Fitness in Lockport, having 

been moved indoors because 

of earlier rains in the 

area. 

With the win in a familiar 

place, Randall improved to 

29-0 on the season and became 

the first Porter tennis 

player to win four-straight 

sectional titles. Lockport 

has also captured the team 

title at those sectionals all 

four years. 

Randall, who placed 

fifth in Class 2A last year, 

moves on to the state finals. 

Those are to be held 

this Thursday, May 24 

through Saturday, May 26, 

at various locations, with 

the main site being Hersey 

High School in Arlington 

Heights. 

“I’m really confident,” 

Randall said of this weekend. 

“I’m not putting any 

pressure on myself. No matter 

what, I’ve had a great 

career. 

“Winning [sectional] that 

first year was the easy part, 

since you have a target on 

your back the next three 

years. So, I’m really proud 

to be able to do this.” 

No matter what happens, 

he’s left his mark on the 

Lockport program. 

“Jack was fifth last year 

and hasn’t lost this season,” 

Lockport coach Bob Champlin 

said. “He is really excited 

about this weekend. 

He’s played a lot of the 

Fernando Meraz won the doubles title at the sectional along with partner Douglas 

Blomquist. 22nd Century Media File Photos 

guys who finished ahead of 

him last year. His style is 

counter-punching, and he’s 

very aggressive. It takes 

the power pace from the 

opponent. He can play the 

whole court and come to the 

net, and he mixes it up very 

well.” 

That showed in the sectional, 

where Randall won 

48 of a possible 53 games. 

He toppled Oswego freshman 

Gabriel Sardo 6-1, 

6-2 in the finals. His victory 

helped the Porters 

to 33 total points and not 

only their fourth-straight 

sectional championship, 

but the seventh one (1986, 

2003, 2010) in school 

history. 

Lockport (33 points) outdistanced 

Romeoville (22) 

for the team title. Oswego 

(19), Plainfield Central 

(14), Plainfield South (12) 

and Plainfield North (12) 

followed. Bolingbrook (8), 

Plainfield East (6) and Joliet 

West (2) rounded out participating 

teams. 

Seth Yaeger also advanced 

to state with a thirdplace 

finish for Lockport. 

After losing to Sardo 6-2, 

6-1 in the semifinals, the 

senior defeated Romeoville 

senior Jacob Armea 6-0, 6-4 

for third. 

“This has been one of our 

best years since we have a 

close group of guys,” Randall 

said. “Seth [Yaeger] almost 

got there last year, so 

for him to be able to do it 

this year is great. I’m proud 

of him since he put in a lot 

of hard work. And Fernando 

and Douglas have a lot of 

potential.” 

Sophomore Fernando 

Meraz and freshman Douglas 

Blomquist won the 

doubles title for the Porters. 

They defeated Romeoville 

senior Martin Rayos del Sol 

and junior Jakub Sudol 7-6, 

4-6, 6-1 in the final. To say 

that the duo never dreamt 

of this a year ago is an understatement. 

Last summer, 

Meraz was living in Mexico 

and playing soccer, not 

tennis. He moved here six 

months ago. 

“I hadn’t played that 

much, but coming here 

changed my mind,” said 

Meraz, who first started 

playing tennis at Challenge 

Fitness. “We’re a 

young team and still have 

a lot to work on. After I 

met the coaches, they’ve 

been helping me out, and 

now I love the sport. Jack 

is a very good player and 

motivates us a lot. Being 

this young and winning 

this tournament is very 

exciting.” 

Blomquist agreed with 

Meraz’s sentiment. 

“It feels amazing, and I 

worked really hard for it,” 

he said. “The good thing 

Jack Randall is 29-0 this season and a top contender for 

the state singles title. 

is that we have a lot to get 

better at. Fernando has 

been really good, and me. 

We work well together and 

have great communication 

on the court. It’s also been 

really nice to see Jack all of 

the time since he’s a great 

player.” 

The Porters second doubles 

team of junior Jacob 

Cala and freshman Peter 

Naylor narrowly lost to 

Rayos del Sol and Sudol 

7-5, 7-6 in the quarterfinals, 

or they could have 

potentially faced their teammates 

for the title, but all of 

Lockport’s doubles players 

are expected back next 

season. 

In the third-place doubles 

match, it was Oswego senior 

Max Blount and junior 

Darren Li with a 6-4, 6-2 

win over Plainfield Central 

seniors Sam Jackson and 

Noah Bylon.



Girls Track and Field 

Youthful Porters compete at state meet 

LTHS qualifiers gain 

valuable experience 

for next season 

Erin Redmond 


The Porters may not be 

bringing back any medals 

from the state meet, but they 

aren’t leaving empty-handed. 

Lockport coach Joe 

Kravitz said his young squad 

— many of whom were making 

the trip to the IHSA Class 

3A state tournament for the 

first time — are now armed 

with invaluable experience. 

“It was one of those meets 

where we wanted to get them 

some experience and shoot 

for some [personal records],” 

the Porters coach said of the 

meet, held Thursday, May 17 

through Saturday, May 19, at 

O’Brien Field on the campus 

of Eastern Illinois University 

in Charleston. “They did the 

best they could in potentially 

getting to the finals. We fell a 

little short on some of those, 

but I think they really battled 

as best they could, considering 

the youth.” 

Lockport freshman Josephine 

Bober was the lone 

representative of her squad 

on the final day of competition. 

She placed 27th in the 

3,200-meter run with a time 

of 11:55.88 — just shy of her 

personal best of 11:37.58 she 

set at the May 10 Lockport 

Sectional. 

“This is one of those ‘chalk 

it to experience’ [moments],” 

Kravitz said. “... When she 

started running, the weather 

changed a little bit; it was a 

little bit rainy. I think there’s 

always nerves your first time 

down here, but that’s the 

great thing about doing it as 

a freshman: You get so many 

more opportunities to come 

back and improve on what 

you established down here 

the first time.” 

Junior Andi Hennessey 

also had a strong showing 

at state, coming within three 

inches of making the finals. 

The Porters’ pole vaulter 

easily cleared the opening 

height of 10 feet. She came 

back just as strong in her 

10-foot-6-inch jump, but she 

was unable to clear the bar at 

10-feet-9-inches to move on 

to Saturday. 

And while Sarah Gomez, 

the lone senior competing 

for Lockport, officially recorded 

a scratch at state in 

the high jump, Kravitz said 

the result did not match the 

effort. 

“All of her jumps were 

excellent attempts,” he said. 

“It’s just small, tweaky things 

that pushed the bar down. 

The recorded effort is no 

height, but it was much better 

than what it shows on there. 

It’s really tough; [5-feet-1- 

inch] as an opening height is 

really high and tough for a lot 

of kids to hit that.” 

Lockport’s 3,200-meter 

relay team of junior Kate 

Wojciewicz and sophomores 

Madison Polinski, 

Abbey Kozak and Anna Kozak 

placed eighth in Heat 

2 on Friday with a time of 

9:45.09, less than 20 seconds 

shy of the final qualifying 

time in their heat. 

Wojciewicz also competed 

individually in the 800-meter 

run on Friday, placing 

10th with a time of 2:24.30. 

While a solid showing, it 

wasn’t enough to bump her 

into the finals. 

Junior Jacqueline Mathius 

rounded out the roster for 

Lockport, competing in the 

200-meter dash. She placed 

eighth in the second heat of 

Lockport freshman Josephine Bober placed 27th in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 11:55.88 during the IHSA Class 3A 

state meet held Thursday, May 17 through Saturday, May 19, at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. 

22nd Century Media File Photos 

the event on Friday with a 

time of 26.47, about two seconds 

off the final qualifying 

time in her heat. 

Despite falling short of the 

finals in most events, Kravitz 

said he was pleased with the 

team’s showing at state and 

overall this season. 

“I think every season that 

we can continue to be able 

to compete with the teams 

in our conference and sectional 

… those teams are 

so strong,” he said. “I think 

being able to compete with 

them all the time just makes 

us consistent and hungry to 

achieve what they’re doing. 

… I think we have a nice, 

young group to continue 

pushing us forward as time 

goes on. I think we’re holding 

steady in the direction 

we want to go.” 

LTHS sophomore Madison Polinski was part of the 3,200-meter relay team that placed 

eighth in Heat 2 with a time of 9:45.09 on Friday, May 18, at the state meet.



Lockport boys track and field wins five events at sectional 

Meyer, McCarthy 

lead LTHS at 

Downers Grove 

North meet 

Randy Whalen 



boys track team hasn’t won 

a sectional since 2012. 

The Porters were favored 

to break that streak last 

week, but they instead fell a 

point short and finished second 

behind Romeoville on 

Friday, May 18, at the Class 

3A Downers Grove North 

Sectional. It’s the fourth time 

in a row and fifth time in the 

six seasons since 2012 that 

Lockport has placed second 

in its sectional. 

This season, it was an old 

rival that prevented the Porters 

from capturing the sectional. 

That was Romeoville, 

which finished first with 73 

points. 

The Spartans, who won 

their only other sectional 

title in 1999, won one individual 

title with Joseph 

Otchere (22.17 seconds in 

the 200-meter dash). But 

they qualified two individuals 

in two events, two others 

in one event and advanced a 

relay. Romeoville scored in 

half of the events and had 

multiple scorers in four. 

“Our guys competed well 

all year,” said Romeoville 

coach Scott Harper, a Lockport 

graduate who has been 

the track coach at the school 

since 1993. “Even with all 

of the bad weather, our kids 

came to compete every day, 

and it showed. Everybody 

worked up to their potential, 

and I kind of scored it before 

we got here, and I knew 

where we needed to score 

points, and we got lucky 

and scored points where we 

needed to.” 

Conor McCarthy won the long jump with a mark of 22-feet-4.5 inches and also was on the 

winning 800-meter (1:28.71) and 1,600-meter (3:20.81) relay teams for the Porters at the 

sectional meet. 

The Porters, who entered 

the meet ranked No. 2 in 

the state in Class 3A, won 

five of the 18 events and 

finished with 72 points. But 

those were the only events 

they qualified in. Naperville 

Central (57) was third, followed 

by Bolingbrook (49) 

and Downers Grove North 

(47). Hinsdale Central (46) 

and Sandburg (46) tied for 

sixth. 

Downers Grove South 

(40), Shepard (30) and Stagg 

(23) rounded out the Top 10. 

Eisenhower (20), Hinsdale 

South (13), Richards (13), 

Naperville North (12) and 

Benet Academy (9) completed 

the 15-team field. 

“We had some kids banged 

up, but we still ran well, and 

we competed well,” Lockport 

coach Tom Razo said. “I 

thought we had a solid meet. 

We got second for how many 

years now? But we didn’t set 

ourselves up for that. We set 

ourselves up to advance, and 

we did. 

“This is one of my best 

groups, and I’m hoping the 

very best things for them at 

state.” 

Lockport will bid for its 

first state trophy in the sport 

this weekend in the state finals. 

Those are held between 

Thursday, May 24 and Saturday, 

May 26, at O’Brien 

Field on the campus of Eastern 

Illinois University in 

Charleston. 

Also bidding to do something 

special at state is Lockport 

standout John Meyer. 

Now a senior, he will attempt 

to become the first 

boys athlete in Illinois state 

history to three-peat in the 

shot put. Plus, after finishing 

second in Class 3A last year, 

he will also attempt to win 

the discus throw, too. 

He coasted to the sectional 

championships in both. 

His best qualifying shot put 

throw was 68-feet-1 inch, 

which won by over 14 feet. 

In the discus, Meyer had a 

toss of 181 feet even to win 

by over 32 feet. Romeoville 

junior Amiri Buchanan was 

second in both. 

“I felt pretty good and had 

solid throws,” Meyer said of 

his sectional performance. 

“I’m pretty happy with how 

I did. I had the throw of 68-1 

on my first attempt in the 

shot put. That just felt really 

good and smooth.” 

Of course, Meyer would 

love to bring back another 

championship medal for 

himself, but he’d love to 

help the team to its best collective 

performance, too. 

“As a team perspective, I 

want the team to do well,” 

he said. “Hopefully, we can 

get a trophy. We did well at 

the sectional, and the team 

looked really good. [Personally], 

I just have to stay 

relaxed and keep positive 

Lockport’s John Meyer dominated in winning the shot 

put and discus events by more than 14 and 32 feet, 

respectively, over the next closest competitor on Friday, 

May 18, at the Class 3A Downers Grove North Sectional. 

22nd Century Media File Photos 

thoughts in my head. My 

goal is to once again win 

the shot put and do as well 

as I can in the discus.” 

Senior Conor McCarthy 

won the long jump with a 

mark of 22-feet-4.5 inches. 

“I was pretty happy with 

our performance overall 

as a team,” said McCarthy, 

who also qualified in 

the long jump last year. “I 

wasn’t feeling 100 percent 

this whole [last] week since 

I was sick, but that’s no excuse. 

You have to go out 

here and do what you have 

to do, and I feel that we can 

definitely do more.” 

McCarthy was also on the 

winning 800-meter (1:28.71) 

and 1,600-meter (3:20.81) 

relay teams. The other members 

on both teams were 

senior Gabriel Amegatcher, 

along with sophomores Michael 

Walkosz and Kyle 

Langellier. 

“From Day 1, we knew 

that we had to keep pushing 

each other,” Amegatcher 

said. “The seniors have to 

show the sophomores on the 

relays how it’s done and lead 

by example. We got first but 

didn’t [personal record], so 

we’ll wait to get to state to 

show what we’ve got.”



fastbreak 

22nd Century Media File Photo 

1st and 3 

Lockport boys track 

and field second at 

sectional 

1. Close competition 

The Lockport boys 

track and field team 

finished second with 

72 points Friday, 

May 18, at the Class 

3A Downers Grove 

North Sectional. The 

team fell one point 

shy of Romeoville, 

who won the meet 

with 73 points. 

2. Meyer marvel 

Lockport’s John 

Meyer had another 

fine performance, 

qualifying for state 

in both shot put 

(68-feet-1 inch) and 

discus (181 feet). 

3. Other qualifiers 

The Porters also 

qualified for in 

three other events. 

Conor McCarthy 

won the long jump 

(22-feet-4.5-inches) 

and was part of the 

winning 800-meter 

(1:28.71) 

and 1,600-meter 

(3:20.81) relay 

teams. 

Girls Soccer 

Celtics showcase high-powered offense with 12 goals to open playoffs 

Dave Owen, Freelance Reporter 

Providence’s girls soccer 

team can produce offense 

at a pace many basketball 

teams would envy. 

Scoreless with Marian 

Catholic through the first 15 

minutes of the Class AA St. 

Laurence Regional semifinal 

on May 15, the Celtics (11- 

9-2) exploded for 10 goals 

in the next 19 minutes of 

play. That incredible run of 

rapid-fire scoring powered 

the Celtics to an eventual 

12-0 win. 

“It took us a little while to 

figure it out,” Celtics coach 

Dan Potempa said. “They 

were packing in their defense 

on us. The nice thing 

was, the way that we figured 

it out was by playing good 

soccer. We tried to possess it 

and play give-and-gos, and 

we did that.” 

Sophomore Cameron Korhorn 

put Providence up 1-0 

with 24:36 left in the first 

half off a Homer Glen resident 

Karli Boyd assist. 

Then after a Boyd goal 

just 41 seconds later on the 

rebound of a blocked Korhorn 

shot attempt, Korhorn 

completed her very quick hat 

trick by scoring goals 23:55 

and 21:35 before halftime 

— first assisted by Maria 

Spesia, then on a breakaway 

— to give the Celtics 

a 4-0 lead in the virtual blink 

of an eye. 

“It took us awhile to get 

the first goal,” Korhorn said, 

“but once we got it, our intensity 

went up, and we 

just kept scoring after that. 

It gave us confidence, and 

we just kind of flowed from 

there.” 

Providence’s speedy scoring 

continued with goals 

within 26 seconds of each 

other by Brianna Geary and 

Boyd to lead 6-0 with 18:06 

left in the half. 

Standout defender Regan 

Sauer then got into the 

act offensively. Her corner 

kick in the 30th minute was 

headed in by Molly Houlihan. 

Then Sauer’s corner 

kick two minutes later deflected 

off a Marian Catholic 

defender and in as the lead 

grew to 8-0. 

Goals by Lindsay Graham 

with 6:27 before halftime 

and Brooke Geary off a 24- 

yard free kick strike with 

5:36 before halftime made 

the score 10-0 going into the 

second half. 

Sarah Barrett, off another 

Sauer corner kick, and 

Emma Schroeder added second-half 

goals for an even 

dozen. 

In Friday’s regional final, 

the Celtics posted a 7-0 victory 

over Crete-Monee for 

their first sectional trip since 

2015. 

After a tough 2017 season 

(10-14 record) that ended 

with a 1-0 loss at regionals 

to Streator, Providence responded 

with a strong 2018. 

“We’re all really close,” 

said Boyd, a senior. “It’s 

different than other years. 

And last year in the regional 

championship, it didn’t go 

how we wanted it to, so that 

Although Regan Sauer is a defender, she got into the act offensively with a goal and an 

assist May 15 in a 12-0 Providence win over Marian Catholic in the Class AA St. Laurence 

Regional semifinal in Burbank. 22nd Century Media File Photo 

definitely motivated us this 

year.” 

“We have a positive attitude 

every game,” Potempa 

added. “When we get 

down, we know we come 

back. Whatever is going on, 

they’re like, ‘We can do this, 

we can do this.’ That’s really 

kept us together this year.” 

With Boyd’s 29 goals and 

11 by Korhorn, the Celtics 

have featured offensive 

punch and much more. 

“Karli’s been playing well 

up top,” Potempa said. “Cam 

has done really well controlling 

the ball — her and Lindsay 

[Graham] work really 

well together in the middle. 

“The other forwards 

Claire [Barrett] and Sierra 

[Vidican] have been platooning 

in with Karli up top, 

and our defense has been 

pretty solid. 

“This is our ninth shutout 

of the season, so [top defenders] 

Regan [Sauer] and 

Chase [McCool] back there 

have been really solid. Overall, 

we’ve had a lot of good 

team efforts.” 

Korhorn’s first hat trick 

of the season and motivation 

for postseason success 

produced a huge day on May 

15. 

“I think this year is different 

than other years,” Korhorn 

said. “Our attitude is 

a lot different, and we just 

want it a lot more this year.” 

Providence was in the 

Lemont Sectional semifinals 

Tuesday, May 22, with the 

finals at 4 p.m. Friday, May 

25. 

LISTEN UP 

“This is one of my best groups, and I’m hoping the very best 

things for them at state.” 

Tom Razo — LTHS boys track and field coach, after his team took second 

at the Downers Grove North Sectional 

Tune In 

Boys Track and Field 

Ending at Eastern — Thursday, May 24, to Saturday, 

May 26, at Eastern Illinois University 

• The Porters look to get the first state trophy in 

the history of the program when they compete 

at state this weekend. 

Index 

41 - Athlete of the Week 

41 - This Week In 

FASTBREAK is compiled by Editor Thomas 

Czaja, tom@homerhorizon.com.

homer glen’s Hometown Newspaper | www.homerhorizon.com | May 24, 2018 

Crossing the finish line 

Porters girls track and field runners, high jumper, 

pole vaulter give their all at state, Page 45 

Acing the opposition 

LTHS boys tennis wins Class 2A Joliet West 

Sectional, Page 44 

John Meyer has another big day in 

shot put, discus to highlight Porters 

boys track and field members 

advancing to state, Page 46 

Lockport’s John Meyer easily took first 

in both shot put and discus Friday, 

May 18, at the Downers Grove North 

Sectional to advance to this weekend’s 

state competition. 22nd Century Media 

File Photo

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