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Rewarding scholars 

Lockport Woman’s Club College Scholarships 

highlight annual LTHS awards night, Page 4 

Getting the go-ahead 

Highland Ridge Apartments approved at City Council 

meeting, Page 5 

Raising the roof 

Lockport Police Department takes part in Cop on a Rooftop 

to benefit Special Olympics, Page 10 

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Lockport Township Park District staff, board members, honored guests and members of the preschool program lead the Dellwood Park Community Center ribbon cutting 

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THURSDAY 

Teen Craft: DIY Body Scrub 

6:30-8 p.m. May 24, 

White Oak Library Children’s 

Program Room 121 

E. 8th St., Lockport. Smell 

great and make one’s very 

own body scrub. Registration 

is required. For more 

information, call (815) 552- 

4260. 

Movies at The Roxy 

6-9 p.m. May 24, The 

Roxy Theater, 1017 S. State 

St., Lockport. Enjoy this free 

family movie night watching 

Big Hero 6. 

Fairmont School eighthgrade 

graduation 

6 p.m. May 24, 735 Green 

Garden Place, Lockport. 

SATRUDAY 

Big Run Wolf Ranch Family 

Day/Open House 

10 a.m.-4 p.m. May 26, 

Big Run Wolf Ranch, 14857 

Farrell Road, Lockport. The 

open house will feature eight 

wolves, a Siberan tiger, a 

black bear, cougar, skunk, 

donkey and more. There will 

be raffles to bottle feed the 

wolf pups. Food, music, and 

a gift shop will be available. 

Attendees can park at Wal- 

Mart, 16241 Farrell Road 

with a non-stop school bus 

service to the ranch. Handicapped 

parking is available 

at the ranch. 

Admission is $6. 

MONDAY 

Memorial Day Ceremony 

10 a.m. May 28, Lockport 

Cemetery, 528 Madison St., 

Lockport. 

American Legion Post 18 

Ceremony/Picnic 

11 a.m. May 28, Post 18, 

15052 S. Archer Ave., Lockport. 

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. 

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. 

Cruisin’ into Lockport 

6:30-8:30 p.m. Monday, 

June 4, Central Square, 222 

E. Ninth St., Lockport. This 

classic car cruise night is 

free for the family. Cadillac 

Groove will perform. 

Town Hall Meeting with 

John Connor 

7-8 p.m. Monday, June 4, 

White Oak Library Meeting 

Room B, 121 E. 8th St., 

Lockport. Join state Representative 

John Connor for a 

town hall meeting to discuss 

legislative updates from 

Springfield, as well as state 

and local issues. 

Microsoft Excel (2010) 

Basics 

3-4:30 p.m. Wednesday, 

June 6, White Oak Library 

Computer Lab, 121 E. 8th 

St., Lockport. Attendees will 

learn how to create spreadsheets, 

open, close, save and 

print files. Discussion will 

also include adding and editing 

data and formatting a 

spreadsheet. This class requires 

basic computer, keyboard 

and mouse skills, as 

well as minimal experience/ 

exposure to Microsoft Office 

products. Registration is 

required. For more information, 

call (815) 552-4260. 

‘Grease’ Musical 

7 p.m. June 7, 8, 9 and 3 

p.m. June 10. Taft Elementary 

School, 1605 S. Washington 

St., Lockport. Bragi’s 

Players will perform the 

musical Grease. Tickets are 

$12 and can be purchased 

online at eventbrite.com. 

For more information, email 

colepay75@gmail.com. 

Coal Black Exotics Animal 

Show 

7-8 p.m. Thursday, June 7, 

White Oak Library Meeting 

Room A/B, 121 E. 8th St., 

Lockport. Have fun leanring 

about the many different reptiles 

that will be at the library. 

Registration is required. 

LockRocks Free Concert 

Series 

9-11:30 p.m. Friday, June 

8, Dellwood Park, Rte. 171 

and Wood Drive, Lockport. 

There will be a beer garden 

and food. The opening band 

will begin at 7 p.m. and 

Kashmir will perform at 9 

p.m. 

Fermilab: Bringing the world 

together to solve nature’s 

mysteries 

6:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, 


Meeting Room A/B, 


Katie Yurkewicz, Ph.D, 

Communication Director at 

Fermilab will discuss America’s 

particle physics and 

accelerator laboratory. This 

talk will give an overview 

of the lab’s history, current 

programs and more. Registration 

is required. 

Epic Mountain Bike Ride in 

Nepal 

6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, 


Meeting Room A/B, 121 

E. 8th St., Lockport. Renee 

Thakali, who is a member of 

the Joliet Bicyle Club, will 

talk about her adventures on 

a mountain bike ride through 

Nepal. A Q&A session will 

follow. Registration is required. 

ONGOING 

Citizens Against Ruining the 

Environment 

6-7:30 p.m. every third 

Monday of the month, White 

Oak Library, 121 E. 8th St., 

Lockport. CARE, a nonprofit 

all-volunteer organization, 

to discuss environmental 

and health related issues in 

Will County and the surrounding 

areas. Community 

service hours also available. 

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Challenge Fitness Court 

Rentals 

Challenge Fitness, 2021 

S. Lawrence Ave., Lockport, 

offers court rentals for 

tennis and racquetball/wallyball 

courts when Lockport 

Township Park District programs 

are not running. Tennis 

courts are rented on a per 

hour basis, with rates beginning 

at $14 an hour during 

the summer. Racquetball/ 

wallyball courts begin at $3 

an hour and have a two-hour 

limit. Individuals who are 

not members of Challenge 

Fitness are subject to guest 

fees. For more information 

on rates and court availability, 

please call (815) 838- 

3621, ext. 0 or visit www. 

lockportpark.org. 

Senior Cards 

1-3 p.m. Mondays and Fridays, 

Gladys Fox Museum, 

231 E. 9th St., Lockport. The 

senior Pinochle Club meets 

twice per week and does not 

require registration or fees. 

Bingo 

9-11 a.m. Mondays, 

Wednesdays and Fridays, 

Gladys Fox Museum, 231 

E. 9th St., Lockport. There 

is to be refreshments served. 

There is no registration or 

fee required. 

Lockport Senior Men’s Club 

Meeting 

8:30 a.m. first Tuesday of 

the month, Gladys Fox Museum, 


The club meets from 

September to June beginning 

with a buffet breakfast 

at 8:30 a.m. followed by a 

speaker. For more information, 

visit www.lockport 

park.org or call (815) 838- 

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Dellwood Park Community Center unveiled at grand opening 

Laurie Fanelli 

Freelance Reporter 

Dellwood Park has always 

been a meeting place 

for members of the greater 

Lockport community, especially 

when sunny skies 

compel residents to run 

the path, catch a ball game 

or simply spend quality 

time with family. Visitors 

can now enjoy Dellwood 

Park whether the weather 

is warm, cold, sunny or 

rainy as the Lockport Township 

Park District has now 

opened the Dellwood Park 

Community Center (DPCC) 

at the popular landmark. 

From noon-4 p.m. on Saturday, 

May 19, attendees 

were welcomed to a special 

grand opening celebration 

for the new facility which 

featured a preview of upcoming 

programs, open 

gym time, contests, raffle 

prizes and much more. The 

day began with a ceremonial 

ribbon cutting by park district 

staff, board members, 

special guests and members 

of the preschool program 

who will enjoy brand new 

classrooms in the DPCC. 

Lockport Township Park 

District executive director 

Bill Riordan led the ribbon 

cutting ceremony — which 

included statements from 

several individuals involved 

in the development of the 

DPCC including Board 

President Jeff Rigoni, former 

executive director Sue 

Micklevitz as well as architects 

and designers — taking 

time out to acknowledge 

all of the hard work staff 

contributed to make the 

building a success. 

“Thank you for your tireless 

dedication to this project,” 

Riordan said during 

the presentation. 

The full gym, which is 

to be used for programs as 

well as open gym, is one of 

the many highlights of the 

new center. Prior to opening 

the doors of the DPCC, 

Riordan explained, “We’re 

excited about all the classes 

we can offer here. We’ll 

have the full-size gymnasium, 

which we previously 

did not have within our park 

district boundaries, and 

we also have the new preschool 

rooms which will be 

an awesome benefit for the 

kids.” 

Park district PR and marketing 

supervisor Pam Hutton 

said the grand opening 

celebration provided staff 

the perfect opportunity to 

introduce everyone to the 

many programs that will be 

held at the new facility. 

“Today we’re showcasing 

everything we’re going 

to have in the new building 

and what we have to offer 

the community including 

futsal, volleyball and basketball,” 

she said. “We also 

have new preschool rooms 

which will accommodate 

all-day options.” 

After the ribbon was cut, 

the community ventured 

into the DPCC to see the 

new facility. The multipurpose 

room was filled 

with instructors, sharing information 

about upcoming 

programing, including Priscilla 

Plebanek, who will be 

teaching her popular dance 

classes in the new space. 

“We will be doing all of 

our classes out of this building,” 

she explained. “We 

will be having all of our ballet, 

tap, and jazz programs 

for kids as well as ballroom 

classes and tap classes for 

adults out of this building. 

We’re going to be starting 

a new competition program 

and an all boys tap class. We 

are super thrilled to be a part 

of this new building and everything 

it has to offer the 

residents of Lockport.” 

The preschool rooms 

were of interest to many 

parents in attendance at the 

grand opening, including 

Lockport resident Heather 

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4 | May 24, 2018 | The Lockport Legend NEWS 


Lockport Woman’s Club awards 7 scholarships to LTHS seniors 

Nearly 100 students 

earn recognition at 

annual awards night 


Assistant Editor 

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 for earning the 

scholarship. 

The seven students were 

a few of nearly 100 seniors 

who were 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,” D205 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 who reside in Lockport 

and surrounding areas 

are part of the club. 

“When the club was able 

to actually save money back 

in the 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 excited, though. I was 

very happy to receive [the 

award],” Tessitore said. 

The 18-year-old plans to 

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. 

Forty seniors applied for 

the scholarship, 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,” said Palumbo, 

who plans to attend Joliet Junior 

College for the first two 

years. “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 

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. 

Jacquelyn Schlabach/22nd Century Media 

amount has increased because 

of 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 afford 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.” 

LTHS seniors (left to right) De’Johnna Wright, Olivia Palumbo, Grace Evans, Grace Tessitore, 

Jessica Brown, Allison Hankins and Jordan Martiniak gather after being announced 

as recipients for the Lockport Woman’s Club College Scholarship. Photo submitted

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City Council 

Highland Ridge apartment 

complex approved at meeting 

Jessie Molloy 


The Lockport City Council 

approved the final plans 

for a new apartment complex 

and laid the groundwork for 

several upcoming road and 

infrastructure improvements 

at its May 16 meeting. 

The final construction 

plans for a new 240-unit 

housing complex known as 

the Highland Ridge Apartments, 

and a retail development 

which is to include a 

hotel and gas station, were 

approved without dissent. 

Aldermen Jason Vandermeer 

and Jim Petrakos were absent. 

The 34-acre development 

is to break ground at the 

intersection of 143rd Street 

and Archer Avenue this summer 

once six conditions from 

the Planning and Zoning 

Commission are met, including 

the acquisition of permits 

from other government 

agencies, the submission of 

a sign permit application, 

and the presentation to the 

City of street improvement 

plans for 143rd Street along 

with updated engineering 

cost estimates and proof of 

compliance with Illinois Department 

of Transportation 

lighting requirements. 

Before the board voted on 

the issue, City Administrator 

Ben Benson also took a moment 

to address a rumor that 

the complex developer had 

been seeking financing from 

the department of Housing 

and Urban Development. 

“The newspaper [the Joliet 

Herald News] reported 

that HUD was going to be 

involved in the project, and 

while that had been considered 

a while ago, that is not 

the case,” Benson said. “I 

know there were some residents 

concerned by that report, 

and I just wanted to be 

clear, they are seeking regular 

financing for the project. 

There will be no government 

money involved.” 

In addition to the apartment 

complex and shopping 

area, the development will 

also bring improvements to 

the city’s water system, as 

the developer has agreed to 

construct a regional water 

and sewer system in the area, 

including a larger lift and 

pumping station than would 

be needed to service just its 

development, in exchange 

for the City agreeing to cap 

the development’s fees. 

Roadwork and infrastructure 

In addition to the apartment 

complex approval, the 

board voted to move forward 

with several plans for 

upcoming road projects. 

The board voted to move 

forward with an extension 

of the 9th Street streetscaping 

project from State Street 

west to the railroad tracks. 

Since the larger portion of 

the street’s work, State to 

Hamilton, came in significantly 

under budget and the 

area was already being impacted 

by the work, the public 

works department opted 

to move forward with the 

project. The board voted to 

move forward with a project 

survey, concept planning, 

and construction documents 

for the strip of road for a cost 

of $59,868. Once the survey 

is complete the project 

is estimated to cost around 

$450,000, however, according 

to Benson, the City is 

hoping this work will also 

come in under budget. 

Alderwoman Catherine 

Perretta cast the only dissenting 

vote on the measure. 

Perretta was the lone “no” 

vote on a measure to approve 

design documents and 

constructions estimates on 

the downtown streetscaping 

work on State Street from 

10th to 11th streets and 9th 

Street from State to Hamilton 

streets. The measure 

was approved for a cost of 

$107,900. 

The board voted unanimously 

to approve the engineering 

contract for the longawaited 

bike and walking 

path project on Farrell Road. 

The path is to run along the 

west side of Farrell from 7th 

Street to Division Street, 

passing Lockport Township 

High School on its east side 

and giving bike path access 

to students. The project is 

also to include a crosswalk 

with a push-button signal at 

Division Street to give access 

to the east side of Farrell 

near the CVS. 

The engineering work is 

to be finished this summer, 

and construction is slated to 

begin on the project in June 

2019. 

The board also gave approval 

for the first phase of 

the annual roadway resurfacing 

work. The projects, 

which are spread throughout 

the city, will be completed 

by PT Ferro for a cost of 

$453,000. The budgeted 

cost of the roadwork was 

$500,000. Since the cost was 

lower than expected, Benson 

said it is likely that additional 

work will be slated 

for later this summer. 

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there will be more opportunities 

for the kids. They can 

go outside and play now so 

that’s really cool.” 

Dr. Reno Caneva wrote a 

book on Dellwood Park — 

his title “Dellwood Chronicles” 

was published earlier 

this year — and he thinks 

the DPCC will only add to 

the enjoyment that families 

get from the recreation hub. 

“This is phenomenal and 

it’s incredible that the park 

district would build something 

like this with all these 

great elements inside and 

outside,” he said. “This is 

just amazing to me. I know 

we are one of the top park 

districts in the state and I 

can see why. It’s a very, 

very great place to be.” 

Registration is currently 

open for summer programs 

at the DPCC — and across 

the park district — and residents 

can also look forward 

to the upcoming LockRocks 

concert series at Dellwood 

Park. Performances are free 

of charge and are to feature 

Night Train and Kashmir on 

June 8, Brass Buckle Band 

and The Country Night on 

Aug. 17 and The Ron Burgundys 

on Sept. 8. 

More information about 

upcoming programs and 

events can be found at 

www.lockportpark.org. 

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6 | May 24, 2018 | The Lockport Legend News 


Third annual bike drive raises money for scholarship 



For the last four years, 

proceeds from the Lockport 

Resource Center’s Pass it On 

Thrift Store and its third annual 

bike drive, have helped 

four 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 how 

young, residents are encouraged 

to apply by writing an 

essay on how they hope to 

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either in a trade or technical 

school, or university. 

“It’s going to change their 

story,” president of the Lockport 

Resource Center Cean 

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A partnership among LRC, 

Lockport Loves 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 drive that 

started at the beginning of 

the month. The Lockport Police 

Department has been the 

donation site where people 

could drop off their bikes. 

“We had run into some kids 

that needed bicycles, and personally 

I knew I had a couple 

bikes in my shed that my kids 

had grown, so I brought them 

in and we realized lots of 

people in town have bikes in 

sheds they don’t use, nor intend 

to use,” Lockport Police 

Chief Terry Lemming said. 

He said just last week, one 

resident came and dropped 

of eight bikes to the station. 

Once necessary repairs are 

made, a couple bikes will remain 

at the station in case officers 

run into someone who 

needs one. 

“We try to get involved in 

anything to be more active 

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asked for adult bikes, a $20 

donation for children’s bikes 

and scooters, and $15 for tot 

size bikes. In the past, the 

bikes have been stored at the 

police department following 

the drive, but this year, owner 

of Whizzy Puffs Mervet 

Nolte has offered one of her 

store fronts as a storage for 

LRC. 

“Our hope for the bike 

drive is to get bicycles that 

aren’t being used out of 

peoples’ 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. 

If someone is unable to afford 

to purchase one of the 

bikes or uses it as a means for 

transportation, Magosky said 

those circumstances are considered 

separately. 

“If someone has a need, all 

they have to do is ask, and 

that’s our policy at the thrift 

store, is if anyone is in need 

all they need to do is ask,” he 

said. 

Last year, roughly six 

bikes were given away for 

free, and others were sold at 

a discounted price. 

“The name of the thrift 

store reflects our mission— 

and that’s what we’re trying 

to do,” Magosky said. 

He said doing projects like 

these are good for the community, 

and LRC continues 

to offer various opportunities 

like the bike drive for 

residents and non-residents 

throughout the year. 

Those who shop at the thrift 

store can participate in the 

insider bag program, where 

people can purchase a tote for 

$5 and fill it with as much as 

Please see BIKE, 8 

Lockport City Attorney Sonni Williams (left) and Lockport 

Finance Director Lisa Heglund clean two bikes Saturday, 

May 19, that were donated through the bike drive. 

Photos Submitted 

(Left to right) City Finance Director Lisa Heglund, Lockport 

Police Chief Terry Lemming and City Attorney Sonni Williams 

pose for a photo while cleaning and checking bikes.

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LTHS student helps senior residents for Eagle Scout project 



Alvernia Manor Senior 

Living in Lemont now has 

two hand-built flower beds 

in their outside pavilion area 

for residents to plant their 

own vegetables and flowers 

thanks to Lockport Township 

High School junior 

Andy Smigielski. 

On May 12, Smigielski 

and 12 Scouts in the Homer 

Glen Boys Scout Troop 63 

got together for almost eight 

hours to build the flower 

beds at the senior home for 

his Eagle Scout project. 

“It was cold, it was rainy, it 

was damp, but they showed 

up with their tools and they 

were digging,” said Sister 

Cindy Drozd, administrator 

at Alvernia Manor. “It was 

just so very impressive to 

see the gentleman with their 

leaders.” 

Smigielski started thinking 

about community service 

ideas a year ago to 

earn his Eagle Scout Badge. 

He volunteered at Alvernia 

Manor just before he started 

working part-time there for 

a year, and thought there 

wasn’t a better place he 

could help out. 

“They had [the flower 

beds] before, and they don’t 

have them anymore so they 

needed some new ones,” 

Smigielski said. 

One of the requirements 

“It was cold, it was rainy, it was 

damp, but they showed up with 

their tools and they were digging.” 

Sister Cindy Drozd — Alvernia Manor administrator, 

on Andy Smigielski’s Eagle Scout project 

for the project is that the 

17-year-old had to show 

leadership by organizing and 

planning it himself. 

Eagle Scout Badge Coach 

Scott Reid works with Troop 

63 and helps guide those 

working toward the badge. 

Smigielski presented his 

plan to Reid and the coach 

thought it was a great idea. 

Ultimately, the Rainbow 

Council, which is a body of 

representatives that approximately 

50 troops in the state 

are affiliated with, gave the 

OK to the Scout to proceed 

with his desired plan. 

Reid was there May 12 

and helped the Scouts complete 

the project with the direction 

of Smigielski. 

“It’s his show,” Reid said. 

Drozd said she went shopping 

with Smigielski to 

get the necessary tools and 

supplies, such as frames, to 

build the flower beds. In early 

March, he measured the 

area outside to see how big 

the beds could be and how 

Drozd envisioned them. 

“He had everything 

planned out,” Drozd said. 

“He got his fellow troop 

members and the project became 

real Saturday.” 

The design of the flower 

beds matches the garden 

area in the pavilion that the 

residents call “a little bit of 

heaven.” 

“The whole purpose is [the 

residents] could plant, put 

their fingers in the dirt and 

they don’t have to bend over 

to the ground and get hurt, 

[because] they’re raised,” 

Drozd said. 

In the coming weeks, any 

of the 36 residents will have 

the opportunity to plant any 

vegetables or flowers they 

want. There will also be a 

garden club for the residents 

to join, as well. 

“I just want to say how appreciative 

I am of Andy and 

all the Scouts in Troop 63. I 

was very proud of each of 

them,” Drozd said. 

Andy said his hope is that 

the residents will enjoy the 

planters. 

Lockport Township High School junior Andy Smigielski (left) and Sister Cindy Drozd at 

Alvernia Manor Senior Living in Lemont measure the flower beds after planting them into 

the ground May 12. Photo submitted 

BIKE 

From Page 6 

they can from the store. Each 

refill of the tote is $5. There 

are week-long insider community 

day sales that mark 

the price down from $5 to 

$3. Each month has its own 

theme to introduce the sale, 

with the mid-summer sale 

running June 19-23. 

Regardless of income, the 

store is open to everyone. 

Clients of the Fish Food Pantry 

get a half-priced discount 

on the bag sale, and individual 

item prices can be negotiated 

for anyone. 

“We’ve had some very 

nice collectible things, very 

quality items come through,” 

Magosky said. 

Items ranging from clothing 

to household items, to sporting 

goods and more are available 

at Pass It On Thrift Store. 

“We get some treasures, 

but we keep the prices deliberately 

low,” Magosky said. 

Proceeds from the thrift 

store not only benefit the 

scholarship, but they also 

help support the Fish Food 

Pantry and an emergency relief 

loan fund for those who 

need assistance with paying 

for bills, car repairs, rent or 

other related circumstances. 

People must be a Lockport 

resident to receive that help, 

and aren’t required to pay it 

back, but can do so if their 

means allow it. 

“If people are in need, we 

get them what they need,” the 

president said. 

The Lockport Resource 

Center is located at 944 N. 

State St. in Lockport. To 

learn more information on 

their mission and what they 

do, call (815) 838–9615. 

RIGHT: Several community 

members cleaned and 

checked the bikes Saturday, 

May 19, before they will be 

distributed. Photo Submitted



D91 students take part 

in TECH 2018 event 

Submitted by Lockport 

School District 91 

Kelvin Grove students 

participated in the annual 

Students for the Information 

Age TECH 2018 event May 

10 at the Illinois State Capitol 

Building in Springfield 

where hundreds of students 

and teachers represented 

schools from throughout the 

state. 

At the event, students 

showed the public and members 

of the Illinois State Senate 

and House of Representatives 

how technology is 

being used in the classroom 

to increase student engagement 

and improve achievement. 

From elementary to 

the high school classrooms, 

TECH 2018 highlighted the 

crucial role that technology 

plays in education — ranging 

from increases in collaboration 

and critical thinking, 

to promoting learning beyond 

the limits of the school 

day — by creating a space 

for students to share their 

learning and innovative uses 

of devices, the internet and 

digital curriculum. 

Kelvin Grove students Nicole 

Carlson, Kara Billings 

and Michael Bain took part 

in the demonstrations locally. 

Kelvin Grove students 

wrote, produced, filmed, 

broadcasted and published 

videocasts to Google Drive 

and District 91 online, using 

the KGTV green room, 

iPads, teleprompter and 

chromakey technology. This 

technology met district longterm 

goals allocating student 

creativity, ownership and 

stakeholder informationsharing 

via KGTV daily announcements. 

The purpose of TECH 

2018 was to raise awareness 

of the critical role technology 

plays in preparing students 

to succeed in today’s 

world, and to show the need 

for increased funding for 

classroom technology. Students 

demonstrated for lawmakers 

and the public the 

creative ways technology is 

being used to enhance and 

accelerate student achievement 

in Illinois schools today. 

TECH 2018 is a not-forprofit 

initiative presented by 

Illinois Computing Educators 

(ICE), and is supported 

by a broad range of education 

and business organizations. 

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Kelvin Grove TECH 2018 participants (left to right) sponsor Dianna Skoczek, sponsor Sharon 

Bruemmer, Michael Bain, Nicole Carlson, Kara Billings pose for a photo with State Sen. 

Pat McGuire. Photo submitted



Rooftop cops 

Members of Lockport law enforcement take part in Cop on a 

Rooftop in support of Special Olympics 

Jim Pacetti, a K9 Officer with Cook County, checks out the action from the ground. 

Taking part in Cop on a Rooftop Friday, May 18, at the Lockport Dunkin’ Donuts are (left 

to right) Lockport Police Department Deputy Chief Ron Huff, Lockport Auxiliary Officer 

Phil Rittenhouse, Lockport Officer Debbie Schenk and Mocha Latte. Photos by Mary 

Compton/22nd Century Media 

Lockport police officer Debbie Schenk (left) talks to drivers as they wait in the drive-thru as 

Ron Huff looks on. 

Michele Maldonado (left) makes a donation to Special Olympics as B.J. Ferry (middle) collects 

the donation and John Sola looks on. 

Priscilla Plebanek (left) an alumna of the Lockport Citizens Police Academy, thanks Neal 

Brown from Romeoville for his donation to Special Olympics.



Calling all campers 

Lockport resident and Aviation Ordnance Airman Cody Kirkland (middle) poses for a photo 

with Command Master Chief Ben Rushing (left) and Capt. Greg Huffman after being chosen 

as Sailor of the Day. Navy Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Angelina Grimsley 

Lockport sailor serves on 

the USS John C. Stennis 

Submitted by the United 

States Navy 

Fermilab lecture coming to library 

Communications 

director for 

accelerator lab to 

visit Lockport 

Submitted by the White Oak 

Library District 

The White Oak Library 

District Lockport Branch is 

to hold a lecture about Fermilab 

from 6:30-7:30 p.m. 

Aviation Ordinance Airman 

Cody Kirkland, from 

Lockport, was recently selected 

as the Sailor of the 

Day aboard the aircraft carrier 

USS John C. Stennis. 

The USS John C. Stennis 

is underway with the ships 

June 13. 

To celebrate the Illinois 

Bicentennial, Katie 

Yurkewicz, communications 

director at Fermilab, 

will be talking about the 

Chicago area’s very own 

particle physics and accelerator 

laboratory. Fermilab 

has been an international 

hub for research on matter, 

energy, space, and time for 

more than 50 years. This 

talk is to give an overview 

and squadrons of Carrier 

Strike Group 3 conducting 

group sail training in preparation 

for its next scheduled 

deployment. 

of the lab’s history, its current 

science and technology 

program, and a new flagship 

science experiment under 

construction with partners 

from more than 30 countries. 

Those interested can 

register online at whiteoak 

library.org or call (815) 

552-4260. For more information, 

contact Kelsey 

Flynn at kflynn@whiteoak 

library.org. 

Park district to offer 

variety of camps this 

summer 

Submitted by the Lockport 

Township Park District 

The Lockport Township 

Park District is hosting 

three camps during the 

month of June. 

The Chaney Mini Day 

Camp is for children ages 

6-13 and is held at Chaney 

Pool, 410 Rose St. in Crest 

Hill. The camp is to begin 

June 4 and run through June 

22 on Monday, Wednesday 

and Friday. It runs from 

8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. and includes 

sports, games, swimming, 

crafts and field trips. 

The fee for the Chaney Mini 

Day Camp is $177 for residents 

and $187 for nonresidents. 

Another camp option the 

Lockport Township Park 

District is offering is the 

Willow Walk Park Camp. It 

is for children ages 5-12 and 

also runs from June 4-22 on 

Monday, Wednesday and 

Friday. The Willow Walk 

Park Camp has a later start 

though, as it runs from 10 

a.m.-3 p.m. at Willow Walk 

Park on Cagwin Drive in 

Lockport. Camp attendees 

are to participate in games, 

sports and crafts, and the 

O’Dwyer named Buddy 

Director of the Year 


Township High School 

Dylan O’Dwyer, a student 

at Lockport Township High 

School, has earned the honor 

of being named Best Buddies 

Illinois Buddy Director 

of the Year. 

O’Dwyer earned the honor 

with a strong performance 

as Lockport’s Buddy Director 

this year. Staff at Best 

Buddies were impressed 

with O’Dwyer’s effortless 

ability to contribute his ideas 

to the conversations during 

the Walk kick-offs and his 

speeches as a new ambassador. 

The award was presented 

to Dylan after the Friendship 

Walk on May 5. 


School student Dylan 

O’Dwyer was recently 

named the Best Buddies 

Illinois Director of the Year. 

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Camp Heritage Falls is 

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the park district and is to 

run from June 5-21 on Tuesdays 

and Thursdays from 10 

a.m.-3 p.m. It’s to take place 

at Heritage Falls Waterpark, 

101 Troxel in Romeoville. 

Activities are to include 

games in the pool, crafts, 

sports and swimming. All 

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Honoring the Fallen 

In honor of Memorial Day this Monday, May 28, The Lockport Legend is honoring 

the soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice. Below is a list of Lockport soldiers 

who have died while serving their country since the Civil War, compiled from www. 

thewall-usa.com, www.icasualties.org www.koreanwar.org, and with the help of John 

Johnson, Brian Boland and Ken Dobson from the Lockport Geneological Society, as 

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

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

Civil War 

April 12, 1861 – April 9, 

1865 

Lockport area high school 

alumni 

Albert Anderson 

Herbert Anthony 

George Barrett 

John Bartie 

Elijah Basset 

John Beagley 

Curtis Beal 

Abbott Benoni 

James Blount 

Martin Brinkerhoff 

Robert Brown 

Albert Bump 

Albert Chamberlain 

Henry Clark 

Thomas Clayton 

John Conners 

John Crosby 

Enos Dodge 

Theodore Dorkendoff 

Urias Frey 

William Hartwell 

Benjamin Hopkins 

John Hopkins 

Thomas Humphrey 

Andrew Kenney 

Jefferson Knight 

Aaron Legg 

John Lepp 

Charles Maguire 

George Mason 

Lorenzo Mason 

Wade McFadden 

Michael Murphy 

Daniel O’Brien 

William Parks 

Seward Pettingill 

William Poor 

Lewis Prosser 

Sidney Quick 

Riley Ritchey 

Alonzo Rose 

Charles Rowley 

Mathias Snyder 

James Stice 

Marcus Taylor 

Edward Townsend 

Peter Wagner 

Joseph Walker 

James Wells 

Edward Welsh 

Nelson Wicker 

Albert Zweifel 

World War I 

July 28, 1914-November 

11, 1918 


School alumni 

Edward G. Blakeslee 

Carl O. Rosequist 

Lawrence A. King 

World War II 

September 1, 

1939-September 2, 1945 


School alumni 

Hugh Allison 

John Baxter 

Arnold Bertelson 

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 War 

Dec. 22, 1961-May 7, 

1975 


School alumni 

John Steven Ambrosini 

(Lockport) 

William Joseph Brencich 

William Eugene Carroll 

(Lockport) 

Steven Lee Inboden 

Glen Alan Jackson 

(Lockport) 

Gary Steven Johnson 

(Lockport) 

Leo Juan Miller (Lockport) 

Robert Lee Mitchell 

(Lockport) 

Charles Lloyd Morrison 

Paul Henry Stein Jr. 

(Lockport) 

Frank Jay Strnad 

(Lockport) 

Chatwin Arnold Strother 

(Lockport) 

Timothy James Sweeney 

Albert Lee Vicich 

Iraq War 

March 20, 2003– 

December, 18 2011 


School alumni 

Michael C. Olivieri 

Travis L. Patriquin 

(Lockport) 

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the Lockport Legend’s 

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Maanav Kaistha, Morgan Park 

Academy eighth-grader 

Maanav Kaistha is a Lockport resident who 

was chosen as Standout Student for his 

academic excellence. 

What is one essential you must have when 

studying? 

Music usually, or someone to talk to. It’s 

strange, but I cannot study without these 

things for some inexplicable reason. 

What do you like to do when not in school or 

studying? 

I enjoy studying computer science when I 

am at home. It really lets me better understand 

and appreciate the technology around 

us. 

What is your dream job? 

I’d like to be a physician when I grow up, 

following in my father’s footsteps. Although 

it seems very stressful, seeing the near-hundred 

calls he gets daily, I can and will put in 

the effort to get there. 

What is one thing people don’t know about 

you? 

I am very good at piano and guitar, though 

I really dislike the instruments. 

Whom do you look up to and why? 

Mr. [Thomas] Malcolm, a science teacher 

who retired from MPA last year, is the person 

I look up to. To have that much dedication 

to one job is astounding and to teach as 

well as he did just boggles me. No matter the 

project, topic, assignment, he always made 

it extremely easy to take in and understand. 

Who is your favorite teacher and why? 

I would say Mrs. [Peggy] Scolan. Her way 

of teaching math is so compelling and fun. 

It’s astounding, to say the least, how far I’ve 

come in math over my two years at MPA. 

What’s your favorite class and why? 

For me, it would have to be science class, 

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because the discussions we get into every 

day are very interesting and easy to get into. 

Every day I can take lots of key, new information 

from the class, without any stress or 

excessive studying. 

What’s one thing that stands out about your 

school? 

MPA has opportunities that few schools 

across America allow, from high schoolers 

traveling across the world yearly to allowing 

seventh-graders to live on a farm for a week! 

It’s just incredible how much this school 

does, and how well the school does all these 

trips. 

What’s your best memory from school? 

That seventh-grade trip I mentioned, staying 

at the Heifer Ranch in Arkansas last year, 

was just incredible. The service and activities 

we did daily really brought our class together 

in a way few previous trips had done. 

It immersed us into life as refugees and really 

humbled me on the true state of the world. 

Standout Student is a weekly feature for The 

Lockport Legend. Nominations come from Lockport 

area schools. 

LTHS inducts students into 

world language honor societies 


Township High School 


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. Sarah 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 Ten and Illinois State 

Scholar. Currently, Sarah is 

studying nursing at St. 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 

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• 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 

Ramirez, Nate Schwartzkoph, 

Kailey Shea, Alyssa 

Sheehan, Jon Studniarz, Ben 

Turner, Marcos Voulgaris 

and Alex Williams. 

• Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica: 

Jannah Abu-Khalil, 

Lena Abu-Safieh, Kaelum 

Alvarez, David Blickhahn, 

Allison Brown, Kelsey 

Burkett, Miranda Chaidez, 

Savita Chandarana, Devin 

Cronin, Nicole Donnelly, 

Sophia Errico, Emma Estes, 

Danika Eustaquio, 

Sarah Evans, Tomas Ferriter, 

Tyler Fouts, Rebecca 

Frischkorn, Grace Galfano, 

Kayla Garcia, Aleksai Herrera, 

Matthew Houlihan, 

Aanchal Joshi, Mackenzie 

Kesteloot, Samantha Keta, 

Megan Kohley, Abigail Kozak, 

Patrick Kozak, Marciana 

Kozuch, Natasha Lipsa, 

Alexi Littmann, Matthew 

Mahalik, Alyssa Mane, Alex 

Matteucci, Matthew Morgan, 

Alyssa Munis, Alexis 

Nichols, Klaudia Nowak, 

Emilia Nykaza, Michael 

O’Callaghan, Madeline 

Odeen, Chibueze Onyenemezu, 

Aidan Pajeau, Morgan 

Pawyza, Madison Polinski, 

Quinlan Roth, Kaitlyn 

Sadler, Alexandra Skibicki, 

Colin Stapleton, Gia Stramaglia, 

Joanna Turziak, 

Angeline Ungaro, Donald 

Wallace, Izabella Zadora, 

Jennah Zegar and Diana 

Zimmerman.

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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 off-site. 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 

off-site. 

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, 

Freelance Reporter. For more, 

visit MokenaMessenger.com. 

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 about 

her child. 

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 

NewLenoxPatriot.com. 

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. 

“They definitely go together,” 

Kulpinski said. 

“Whether academics or 

athletics, I think one thing I 

have learned is how to prioritize 

my time. You have 

to know how to manage. 

Some people, if they know 

they have a game and they 

are not going to get home by 

9:30, might put off their [academic] 

work until the next 

day. That has never been my 

mentality.” 

Reporting by Patrick Z. 

McGavin, Freelance Reporter. 

For more, visit TinleyJunction. 

com. 

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.” 

When Animal Quest first 

started, Reedy said they had 

mostly small animals, like 

lizards, frogs and guinea 

pigs, but as his company 

grew he began to inherit a 

lot of animals, such as pigs, 

that do not make such great 

pets. 

Reporting by Amanda Stoll, 

Assistant Editor. For more, 

visit FrankfortStation.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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Making improvements in the community 

Max Lapthorne 

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No matter how great 

something is, there 

is always room for 

improvement. 

I find this to be true in a 

number of different ways, 

whether it relates to a person, 

team or even a place. 

Knowing I am far from 

perfect, I do my best to improve 

as often as possible. 

That could mean any number 

of things from going out 

of my way to learn something 

new to improving my 

communication skills. Most 

of the time, it doesn’t really 

matter what I’m doing, it’s 

more about the fact I’m consciously 

making an effort to 

improve. 

The same goes for teams 

or groups of people. Easy 

examples are successful 

sports teams like the Golden 

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been the best team in their 

league for several years, 

but continue to evolve and 

get better. They might have 

been able to continue winning 

by staying the course 

and hoping for the best, but 

instead they signed Kevin 

Durant, one of the best players 

in the league, making 

them even more formidable. 

There are many great 

things about the city of 

Lockport. It has plenty of 

historical significance, a 

burgeoning downtown area 

and plenty of fantastic local 

businesses. But — as you 

could probably guess from 

the theme of this column — 

there is room for Lockport 

to improve as well. And 

featured in this week’s issue 

are a couple of the ways that 

is happening. 

First and foremost, our 

news cover story on Page 3 

features the grand opening 

of the new Dellwood Park 

Community Center. The 

new facility has been in the 

works for a long time and 

its opening has been highly 

anticipated. You can read 

all about the new features 

it brings to the Lockport 

community in the article, 

but even looking past the 

granular improvements it 

brings, the construction of 

a brand new community 

gathering place is a boon to 

Lockport. 

On Page 22, we have 

coverage of this year’s 

Main Street Lockport Clean 

Sweep event. The event has 

traditionally served as an 

opportunity for community 

members to come together 

and clean up the downtown 

area a bit and make it look 

nice for the summer. However, 

with the State Street 

construction this summer, 

the event has taken on even 

more significance. 

Disruption to local businesses 

during the construction 

is unavoidable given 

the project’s large scope, but 

there are countless people 

from the mayor all the 

way down, who are doing 

everything in their power 

to mitigate the construction’s 

effect. This year’s 

Clean Sweep was one of 

those efforts as community 

members did their best to 

maintain as much of the 

downtown area’s charm as 

possible. 

Since I started covering 

Lockport several years ago, 

the commitment of residents 

and public officials to 

improving the city was evident. 

There is already plenty 

to love about Lockport now, 

and I look forward to watching 

it get even better in the 

future. 

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Crucial cleaning 

Annual Clean Sweep event takes on more 

importance with downtown construction, Page 22 

Digging in We stop by Orland 

Park’s new Pita Pita Mediterranean Grill 

for the latest Dish, Page 25 

LTHS student’s theater 

company prepares for next 

philanthropic production, 

Page 21 

“Seussical Jr.” director 

Brooke Ferricks smiles 

while interacting with 

some of her youthful 

cast during a photoshoot 

May 16 at SOS Children’s 

Village in Lockport. 

At-will donations will be 

collected at the show’s 

two performances to 

help construct a new 

playground at SOS 

Children’s Village. Laurie 

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FAITH BRIEFS 

First Congregational United Church of Christ 

(700 E. 9th St., Lockport) 

Greet & Meet over Treats 

10:30 a.m. Sundays. 

Children’s Sunday Mornings 

9:45 a.m. Second through 

fourth Sundays. Stories 

with Puppets. 

Contemplative Evening 

Worship 

6:30 p.m. second and 

fourth Wednesdays. Casual 

blend of music & meditation 

over scripture. 

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Dartball 

7 p.m., first, third and 

fourth Tuesdays of the month. 

Worship 

9:30 a.m. Sundays. 

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First Sunday of the 

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9:45 a.m. Sundays. Children’s 

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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 information, call 

(815) 838-1017. 

Communion 

First Sunday of the 

month. 

Joliet Seventh-Day Adventist Church (21514 

W. Division St., Lockport) 

Saturday Services 

9:30 a.m. Sabbath school; 

10:45 a.m. Worship Hour. 

Prayer Meeting 

7:30 p.m. Wednesdays. 

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St. Dennis Church (1214 S. Hamilton St., 

Lockport) 

Daily Mass Times 

8 a.m. Monday, Tuesday, 

Thursday 

8:15 a.m. Wednesday 

8 a.m. Friday with communion 

service 

Saturday Mass 

4:30 p.m. 

Sunday Mass 

8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 

11:15 a.m. All are welcome. 

Healing Prayer 

Following the Saturday 

mass and 9:30 a.m. and 

11:15 a.m. Sunday mass. 

All are welcome. Contact 

Parish Secretary at secretary@saint-dennis.org 

or 

call (815) 838-2592 for 

more information. 

Assumption Greek Orthodox Church (15625 

S. Bell Road, Lockport) 

Sunday Services 

8:15 a.m. Orthros; 9:30 

a.m. Divine Liturgy; 10 a.m. 

Sunday School. For more 

information, call (708) 645- 

0652. 

IN MEMORIAM 

Kenneth “Ken” John Jadron 

Kenneth “Ken” John Jadron, 

81, of Lockport, died 

May 16. He was born in Joliet, 

and was a lifelong area 

resident. Ken was a retired 

carpenter from Will County 

Carpenters Union Local 

174. He was also a member 

of Moran A.C., enjoyed the 

outdoors, tinkering with his 

tools, and was an avid Chicago 

White Sox fan. He is 

survived by his wife of 54 

years, Janet; sons, Michael 

(Gina) and Scott (Gulcin); 

grandchildren, Madeleine, 

Abigail, Ada and Leyna; 

sisters-in-law, Peg Norcross 

THRIVE Church (1605 Washington St., 

Lockport) 

Worship Services 

10 a.m. service; Meet and 

greet with coffee at 9:30 

a.m. and Children’s Church 

— infant to fifth grade — 

also at 10 a.m. New summer 

hours; all are welcome to 

join for coffee, fellowship, 

worship and the word. 

Thrive Youth 

7 p.m. Wednesdays night 

youth gatherings 

Thrive Small Groups 

6:30 p.m. Tuesdays night 

gatherings 

Women’s Bible Study 

7-8:30 p.m. Every other 

Monday. The group meets 

at Charity McCarthy’s 

home in Lockport. For more 

information you can reach 

her at charitymccarthy1@ 

gmail.com. 

Shepherd of the Hill Lutheran Church (925 E. 

9th St., Lockport) 

Vacation Bible School: 

Splash Canyon God’s 

Promise on Life’s Wild Ride 

9 a.m.- noon, July 16-20. 

Registration is now open for 

children age 4 through fifth 

grade. Cost is $15 per child, 

Please see FAITH, 23 

and Donna Stewart; several 

nieces and nephews also 

survive. In lieu of flowers, 

memorials to Compassionate 

Care Hospice Foundation 

would be appreciated. 

Per Ken’s wishes, cremation 

rites were respectfully addressed. 

A memorial mass 

was held May 21 at St. Joseph 

Church in Lockport. 

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LTHS sophomore’s play to raise money for new playground 

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 

are to 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,” she said. 

Accounting Supervisor Renee 

Fitzpatrick added that the new 

playground will be used by the 

more than 50 children who are involved 

in SOS Village’s programs. 

“We help a lot of families and a lot 

of kids,” Fitzpatrick said. “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.” is to 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 Lockport Legend life & arts 


Nearly 100 volunteer at annual Clean Sweep 

Mary Compton 


From a senior resident to 

a kindergarten Tiger Scout, 

Lockport and Homer Glen 

residents came together 

Saturday, May 19, for Main 

Street Lockport’s annual 

Clean Sweep. 

Thirty ROTC cadets from 


School and several Cub 

Scouts from Pack 64 made 

up the most of the volunteers 

who showed up for the event 

aimed at cleaning up and 

beautifying the downtown 

area. 

Ishar Marrero, a sophomore 

from LTHS, was the 

PO for event. 

“I love doing community 

service, it’s fun,” Marrero 

said. “When I drive past this 

street and see all the flowers, 

I think I helped do that. 

I think it’s important to see 

how clean the streets are. It 

makes residents happier to 

see the difference.” 

At Lockport Township 

High School, 40 hours of 

community service are required 

for graduation. Ishar 

completed her required 40 

hours the first semester in 

her freshman year. 

Matthew Kranz, an ROTC 

cadet from LTHS, was happy 

to volunteer to help the 

community. 

“I love helping the community,” 

Kranz said. “Today 

is just to make things better, 

everyone has to come 

together and finish it. I have 

some great friends out here 

helping as well.” 

Sean Tunney, a lifelong 

Lockport resident, was happy 

to be joining other cadets 

as well. 

“I’ve always enjoyed this 

event and I enjoy doing a bit 

of hard work,” Tunney said. 

“It’s keeping my town looking 

good. I love being out 

in the spring and summer, 

walking around and seeing 

Cub Scout Pack 64 member Anthony Ackerman, 10, carries 

several flowers to be planted near the Illinois State Museum 

Lockport Gallery. 

everything. It relaxes me. 

Serving my community is 

very important. I’m living 

here so I need to do my part 

to keep my community looking 

good and in order. This 

is our home. It’s overall a 

beautiful little town and we 

should preserve that. I believe 

everyone in the community 

should do their part 

to keep our town both safe 

and clean.” 

Charlene Bailey has lived 

in Lockport since 1965 and 

was urged by a neighbor to 

volunteer at the event. 

“She asked me to come 

down here and start cleaning 

here,” Bailey said. “I think 

this is a good project. Makes 

the city looks so much better. 

This is important for the 

eye appeal, we get a lot of 

traffic through here. This is 

a good city. I like the small 

town coziness.” 

Main Street Lockport 

board member Karen Timm 

helped direct the volunteers 

on Saturday. 

“My family has been in 

Lockport since 1860,” Timm 

explained. “Landscaping has 

been my livelihood. Any 

way that I can help Lockport, 

I want to help. I donate 

my time to do the designs 

and order the plants and do a 

lot of the coordination. 

“Because of the construction 

we don’t get to do State 

Street which is normally 

where the planters are... Our 

town is worth this. This is 

our home, we want to make 

Lockport the best possible 

town it can be. We appreciate 

all the volunteers that 

come and take part in our 

Main Street events... Today 

we are close to 100 volunteers. 

Come on down and 

enjoy the business’s even 

when construction is going 

on. Support them. We don’t 

want to see anyone lose 

their business because of 

construction. It will be great 

when this is finished.” 

Bob Morris, who has 

served Lockport as a member 

of the Main Street Board 

of Directors, Chamber Board 

of Directors and Roxie Theater 

Development Committee, 

swept in front of the 

Illinois State Museum Lockport 

Gallery. As a National 

Historic District, the state of 

Illinois required to have an 

architect with a historic preservation 

background. Morris 

is that architect. 

“I love Lockport,” Morris 

said. “ It’s awesome to see 

the transformation in this 

city. People coming together 

Lockport resident Bob Morris (left) shows Cub Scout Pack 64 member Jacob Chavez, 

7, how to properly sweep Saturday, May 19, during Main Street Lockport’s annual Clean 

Sweep event. Photos by Mary Compton/22nd Century Media 

Lucas Allen (left), 8, and Santos Deneen, 6, plant flowers in the parking lot area at the Illinois 

State Museum Lockport Gallery. 

just loving our town and trying 

to make it beautiful... 

We’re all out here because 

we love Lockport and we 

want to promote Lockport. 

Things like the museum, the 

canal, we have all sorts of 

treasures here. We are guarding 

Lockport not only for 

now but for the future generations 

that will be coming 

through here. We have generations 

out here that have 

been pouring their hearts 

into Lockport. We need an 

army of volunteers to come 

along and move the momentum. 

An awful lot of credit 

goes to the people who have 

been investing money into 

this community for a long 

time. This is a city with deep 

roots and we want to guard 

those roots,” he added.

lockportlegend.com the Lockport Legend | May 24, 2018 | 23 

City announces weekly music event 

Submitted by the City of 

Lockport 

This summer, Gallery Seven 

Fine Art Gallery is to host “Fridays 

in the Park with Abe.” 

This outdoor event will be 

held the first Friday of every 

month from June-October at 

Lincoln Landing from 7-9 p.m. 

There is to be live entertainment, 

food trucks and more. 

Also, Gallery Seven, located 

in the Gaylord Building, will 

be open before and during the 

show. 

Opening night, June 1, is to 

feature Kate Foley singing jazz 

and the Taco Maui food truck 

will be selling tacos and other 

food. Also, the Public Landing 

restaurant will have the outdoor 

bar open for those who 

would like to purchase cocktails. 

Attendees can also bring 

their own picnic food and nonalcoholic 

drinks. 

Since this is an outdoor 

venue, it is weather dependent, 

and the shows will be cancelled 

upon inclement weather. 

The full line-up of entertainment 

is to be announced at a 

later date. 

Kate Foley is to sing jazz June 1 at the first “Fridays in the 

Park with Abe” event that is to run from June-October this 

summer. Photo submitted 

FAITH 

From Page 20 

or $35 per family. 

First Baptist Church of Lockport (800 

Thornton St., Lockport) 

Sunday Services 

9:30 a.m. Sunday School; 

10:45 a.m. Morning Worship 

Angel Food House Food 

Pantry 

12:15-1:15 p.m. Sundays 

and 6-7 p.m. Wednesdays. 

Open to the public. First 

time users please bring two 

forms of identification. 

Wednesday Night Bible 

Study 

6:30-7:30 p.m. 

Summer Break Fun Nights 

6-7 p.m. Wednesday 

nights during months of 

June-August. This is an 

opportunity for children to 

come have fun and learn 

about God. 

MEGA Camp 

6-8:30 p.m. July 9-13. 

Children through sixth 

graders will have an opportunity 

to learn sport skills 

from soccer to basketball, 

and life skills from cooking 

and crafting. There will 

also be Bible stories, music, 

games, food and more fun. 


(815) 838-4004. 

5-Day Club 

1-2:30 p.m. July 16-20. 

Children are welcome to 

enjoy an afternoon filled 

with games, stories, Bible 

lessons, food and more. 


(815) 838-4004. 

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church (1500 S. Briggs 

St., Lockport) 

Divine Worship 

5:30 p.m. Saturdays and 

9 a.m. Sundays with Fellowship 

to follow at 10 a.m. 


(815) 838-1832. 

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.

24 | May 24, 2018 | The Lockport Legend life & arts 


Blessed pets 

United Methodist Church of Lockport holds Pet Blessing 

Pet Blessing attendees gather for a photo. 

Lockport resident Amy Visser (left) gets her pet beagles Bella and Candy blessed by 

United Methodist Church of Lockport The Rev. Phil Sheets Saturday, May 19. Photos by Bob 

Klein/22nd Century Media 

The Rev. Phil Sheets blesses Roxie, a Chiwinni, while her owner, Megan Hill of Lockport, 

looks on. 

Katie Winter,12, of Lockport holds her French Bulldog Gabrie for The Rev. Phil Sheets to 

bless. 

Gabrie, a french bulldog from Lockport, is greeted by Roxie, a Chiwinni from Lockport.

lockportlegend.com dining out 


The Dish 

Pita Pita Mediterranean Grill specializes in quick comfort food 

New Orland Park 

spot offers family 

recipes from the 

Middle East 

Cody Mroczka 

Contributing Editor 

Pictured is an order of muthawama — puréed garlic potato 

dip, mixed with yogurt and lemon, topped with a drizzle of 

olive oil — at Pita Pita in Orland Park. 

The Hammad family 

grew up eating and then 

perfecting the Middle Eastern, 

Mediterranean-inspired 

tastes they now share with 

several Chicago-area communities. 

Pita Pita Mediterranean 

Grill in Orland Park 

is the latest family-owned 

and -operated venture for 

the Hammads, branching 

into southwest suburbs 

from the northwest suburbs 

of Palatine, Hoffman Estates 

and Lombard, where 

the business has cultivated 

a following for its modern 

take on traditional cultural 

cuisine. 

“The Hammad family is 

very passionate about Mediterranean 

food,” District 

Manager Joseph Lozano 

said. “We serve fresh, alternative 

food that we try to get 

out in 10-12 minutes. It’s 

non-expensive. Our mixed 

meat combo has three types 

of chicken and beef. It’s a 

big portion, big plates that 

you can split with someone 

or the family.” 

For co-owner and General 

Manager Bilal Hammad, 

cousin of owner Mustafa 

Hammad, Pita Pita’s dishes 

are a throwback to his childhood. 

“It’s not your traditional 

tastes or techniques,” Hammad 

said. “The family tradition 

makes it feel like 

you’re back in the Middle 

East.” 

Whether a meat-lover, 

vegan or vegetarian, Pita 

Pita’s variety of appetizers, 

entrées, salads, wraps 

and sandwiches are prepared 

with fresh garnishes, 

lemon, olive oil, and spices 

and herbs such as cumin, 

parsley and mint. Common 

ingredients and sides found 

in multiple dishes include 

grilled onion and tomato, 

diced cucumber, lentils, 

rice, and tahini sauce, made 

from ground sesame seeds. 

Popular appetizers include 

hummus, stuffed grape 

leaves, falafel, baba ghanouj 

(a grilled eggplant purée) 

and muthawama (a puréed 

garlic potato dip, mixed 

with yogurt and lemon, and 

topped with olive oil). 

“The muthawama is lifechanging,” 

Lozano said. 

“Usually, people that come 

in once, they come back in 

again.” 

Hammad recommends 

new customers try a mixed 

meat or vegetable entrée 

to sample the tastes to see 

what they like. Because of 

the generous portion sizes, 

Lozano said a good plan 

is to split platters and try a 

bit of everything. The chefs 

prepare chicken, beef and 

Pita Pita Mediterranean 

Grill 

31 Orland Square Drive 

in Orland Park 

Hours 

• 11 a.m.-9 p.m. 

Sunday-Thursday 

• 11 a.m.-10 p.m. 

Friday-Saturday 

For more information ... 

Web: www.eatPitaPita. 

com 

Phone: (708) 981-7100 

lamb for shish kebabs, kutfa 

kebabs, shish tawook and 

shawarma — customary 

meat preparations that use 

grill heat and a combination 

of spices to tenderize the 

proteins. 

“Everything has very 

specific ingredients and the 

way its prepared,” Hammad 

said. 

All the meat used is prepared 

and certified halal 

— for Muslim communities 

who are observing the 

Islamic holy month of Ramadan. 

Pita Pita’s popular mixed meat combo ($12.50) features beef kufta kebab, chicken shish 

tawook and beef/chicken shawarma, along with two sides. Photos by Cody Mroczka/22nd 

Century Media 

The artwork at the Orland Park location of Pita Pita Mediterranean Grill pays tribute to the 

cultures that inspire its cuisine. 

“Just the tenderness of the 

meat stands out,” Lozano 

said. “We really focus on 

quality.” 

Though respectful of past 

traditions, Pita Pita has embraced 

the modern small 

business landscape by parterning 

with Uber Eats and 

GrubHub for local delivery. 

Patrons even can sign up 

with Pita Pita using the Five 

Star mobile application, 

which allows repeat customers 

to earn free meals. 

Catering services also are 

offered for events as small 

as 10 people.

26 | May 24, 2018 | The Lockport Legend 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 

1. Hard to come by 

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 

18. Rainbow’s curve 

19. Golf location 

20. Griffins defensive 

lineman, Jaden ____ 

21. NCAA’s Fighting 

Tigers 

22. How fast 

24. Rank modifier 

26. Variegated 

27. Life duration 

28. Refresh 

29. Golden rule word 

30. Biblical region 

32. Having no residue, 

as a hearth 

35. ___-bitty 

37. Australian jumpers 

38. Blue-eyed cat 

41. Flatfishes 

45. Atlas section 

46. Large amounts 

49. Ending with Sea 

or Ski 

50. Wine and Martini 

bar in Lockport, goes 

with 58 across 

51. Away from waves 

52. Invoice abbr. 

53. Corporation type 

54. Cornerstone abbr. 

55. Bribe 

57. Musical aptitude 

58. See 50 across 

59. Himalayan kingdom 

62. Sault ___ Marie 

63. Chemical endings 

64. Certain geologic 

epoch 

65. Darn 

66. The in German 

67. Baseball’s “Iron 

Horse” 

Down 

1. Military rank, abbr. 

2. Top exec 

3. “Tell me more” 

4. Heckle 

5. Throw a party 

6. Compass point 

7. Retailing competition 

8. Pupils take part in it 

9. Swenson of “Benson” 

10. Queued up 

11. Close-fitting undergarments 

12. Portuguese coins 

14. Plucky 

20. Chick’s mom 

22. PC alternative 

23. Sports tour organizer, 

for short 

25. Landlord’s income 

26. Heartbeat indicator 

31. Set one’s sights on 

33. Dry 

34. Kind of crab or clam 

36. More frothy 

38. Like a dry maple 

39. Confine 

40. Plane employees 

42. Multi-plug connecter 

43. Soccer fan in the family 

44. Boozer 

47. Scorches 

48. Knock over 

51. Collectively 

54. Geraint’s lady 

56. Stub your toe, word 

59. Entreat 

60. Singer/songwriter 

DiFranco 

61. Photog’s item 

LOCKPORT 

Port Noir 

(900 S. State St., Lockport; 

(815) 834-9463) 

■4-7 ■ p.m. Monday-Friday: 

Happy Hour 

■8-10 ■ p.m. Thursdays: 

Comedy Bingo 

■8-11 ■ p.m. Fridays and 

Saturdays: Live Band 

The Outpost Pub & Grill 

(14929 Archer Ave., Lockport; 

(815) 836-8893) 

■8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays and 

Thursdays: Live DJ and 

Karaoke 

Strike N Spare II 

(811 Northern Drive, 

Lockport; (708) 301- 

1477) 

■■9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. 

Mondays: Quartermania 

■10 ■ p.m.-midnight Saturdays: 

Cosmic Bowl 

TINLEY PARK 

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) 

■9 ■ p.m. Thursdays: 

Karaoke 

■Fridays ■ and Saturdays: 

Live bands 

To place an event 

in The Scene, email 

a.stoll@22ndcenturymedia. 

com. 

answers 

How to play Sudoku 

Each sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that 

has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 3x3 

squares. To solve the puzzle, each row, column and 

box must contain each of the numbers 1 to 9. 

LEVEL: Medium 

Sudoku by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan

lockportlegend.com local living 


Impressive Luxury Townhomes are Closing Fast at Brookside Meadows 

This is it! One of the best 

values in a new home will soon 

be gone forever. Brookside 

Meadows, Crana Homes’ 

community of award-winning 

luxury townhomes in Tinley 

Park, is nearly complete. These 

attractive luxury townhomes 

range from the upper- 

$200s – including site - so 

demand is high and buyers are 

advised to act now while some 

choice sites are still available. 

Ideal location. Beautiful 

designs. Quality construction. 

Great value. When shoppers 

review their new home ‘wish 

list’ it’s clear that Brookside 

Meadows is perfect for first 

time buyers, last time buyers or 

those who want a great place 

to raise a family. These energyefficient 

luxury townhomes 

are impressively designed and 

set apart in a quiet section of 

Tinley Park. But Brookside 

Meadows is over 75% sold 

out so now is the time to select 

a site and create a home from 

the award-winning floorplans 

of the Fahan II, the Lennan 

II and the latest design, the 

Dunree II. 

Need to stretch out? The 

Fahan II is a beautiful 3,303 

total square foot luxury 

townhome (including a 1,216 

sq.’ basement) with an attached 

two-car, dry-walled garage and 

cement driveway. The twostory 

stately entrance foyer 

opens up to a split level floor 

plan that has three bedrooms 

(fourth bedroom optional) 

and two and a half baths. A 

large open kitchen design with 

stunning granite countertops 

is surrounded by generous 

custom maple cabinets and 

a ceramic tile floor. The 

master bedroom offers an 

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 Lockport Legend 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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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! 

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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/ 

7 papers 

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/ 

WANTED! 

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 

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• 1334 McCameron 

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2710 - Michael V. De Vito 

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• 16513 W. Deerwood 

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6107 - MC Custom 

Homes Inc to Anthony 

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$474,500 

• 17077 S. Auburn Ridge 

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4005 - Elliott D. Kaye 

to Jose A. Villa Gomez, 

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• 17448 Teton Circle, 

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- Gavin M. Docherty 

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• 3312 Lakeridge Drive, 

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- Jon W. Day to Sandra 

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• 518 Rhonda Drive, 

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- Pamela L. Zieler Trust 

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1225 Apartments 

for Rent 

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15815 Terrace, Oak Forest 

Spacious 1 & 2 Bdrms. 

Serene setting & Beautiful 

Grounds. Tennis, Pool, 

Walking Trails. Near metra. 

708-687-1818 

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space, located on Teerling 

nursery property. All maintenance 

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Garbage Disposals 

Washers&Dryers 

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2132 Home Improvement 

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BEECHY’S 

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Custom Painting 

Drywall & Plaster Repair 

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Tile & Laminated Flooring 

Light Plumbing & Electrical 

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Install StormWindows/Doors 

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7 papers 

Real Estate 

$50 

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7 papers 

Merchandise 

$30 

4 lines/ 

7 papers 

2200 Roofing



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2255 Tree Service 

2276 Tuckpointing/Masonry 

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2294 Window 

Cleaning 

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CLEANING CO. 

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Gutter Cleaning 

Power Washing 

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2489 Merchandise 

Wanted 

Metal Wanted 

Scrap Metal, Garden 

Tractors, 

Snowmobiles, 

Appliances, Etc. 

ANYTHING METAL! 

Call 815-210-8819 

Free pickup! 

$52 

4 lines/ 

7 papers Help Wanted 

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7 lines/ 

7 papers Merchandise 

2296 Window 

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Repair 

I Do Windows & 

Interiors 

Call Pat 

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$13 

per line 

4 lines/ 

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4 lines/ 

7 papers 

Merchandise 

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2490 Misc. 

Merchandise 

2 Adjustable Steel Racks 

6’x4’x2’ $45 each. 

New Women’s Bike 4 Speed 

$45. New Space Heater $45. 

Air Compressor $25. 

(708)466-8314 

Hamilton Baby 

Grand Piano 

5 Feet with Mahogany Finish, 

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2701 Property for 

Sale 

SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE 

of 14629 Archer Avenue, Lockport, IL 

60441 (Single Family). On the 14th day 

of June, 2018 to be held at 12:00 noon, 

at the Will County Courthouse Annex, 

57 N. Ottawa Street, Room 201, Joliet, 

IL 60432, under Case Title: U.S. Bank 

National Association, as Trustee for 

Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust, 

Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 

Series 2006-BNCl Plaintiff V. Joseph J. 

Thoman; Darlene Thoman; Mary E. 

Pressley-Thoman Defendant. 

Case No. 17CH 0060 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: 

Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 

One East Wacker Suite 1250 

Chicago, IL 60601 

P: 1-614-220-5611 

F: 

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT 

COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT 

YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS 

LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A 

DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING 

TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY 

INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL 

BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 


of 1309 EAST NORTH STREET, 

LOCKPORT, IL 60441 (single family 

home with attached 2 car garage.). On 

the 31st day of May, 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: DITECH FINANCIAL LLC 

Plaintiff V. RYAN J ANDERSEN 

A/K/A RYAN JANDERSON, A/K/A 

RYAN ANDERSON; ABCD HOLD- 

INGS LLC, Defendant. 
















County. Judgment amount is 

$246,229.52 plus interest, cost and post 


Sale 

judgment advances, if any. 



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

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








Property Act. 













PIERCE AND ASSOCIATES 

1 N. Dearborn Suite 1300 

Chicago, Illinois 60602 

P: 312-346-9088 

F: 










of 510 East 13th Street, Lockport, IL 

60441 (Single Family Residence ). On 

the 7th day ofJune, 2018 to be held at 




Title: U.S. Bank ,National Association 

as Legal Title Trustee for Truman 2016 

SC6 Title Trust Plaintiff V. Terrence T. 

Arnold; Renae L. Arnold; Defendant. 




Terms ofSale: ten percent (10%) at the 












County. 



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

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








Property Act. 













Randall S. Miller & Associates 

120 N. LaSalle Suite 1140




Sale 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

2703 Legal 

Notices 


P: 1-312-239-3432 

F: 1-312-284-4820 










of 3218 Heritage Lake Drive, Lockport, 

IL 60441 (SINGLE FAMILY). On the 

7th day of June, 2018 to be held at 




Title: Carrington Mortgage Services, 

LLC Plaintiff V. BRIAN BECK; NI- 

COLE BECK A/K/A NICOLE L. 

BECK; FIRST MIDWEST BANK, 

SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO 

STANDARD BANK AND TRUST 

CO.; Defendant. 






twenty-four (24) hours. Nojudicial sale 






whose rights in and tothe residential 




County. 



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

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








Property Act. 













SHAPIRO KREISMAN AND ASSO- 

CIATES, LLC. 

2121 Waukegan Rd, Suite 301 

Bannockburn, Illinois 60015 

P: 847-770-4348 

F: 847-291-3434 









2703 Legal 

Notices 









STATE OF ILLINOIS ) 

) SS. 

COUNTY OF WILL ) 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE 

TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

U.S. Bank National Association, as 

Trustee for Structured Asset Investment 

Loan Trust, Mortgage Pass-Through 

Certificates, Series 2006-BNCl 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

Joseph J. Thoman; Darlene Thoman; 

Mary E. Pressley-Thoman 

Defendant. No. 17 CH 0060 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that pursuant 

toajudgment entered in the above 

cause on the 27th day of November, 

2017, MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will 

County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the 

14th day of June, 2018 ,commencing at 

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

Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street, 

Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, sell at public 

auction tothe highest and best bidder 

or bidders the following-described real 

estate: 

That part of the Northeast quarter of 

Section 12, Township 36 North, Range 

10 East of the Third Principal Meridian, 

defined asbeginning at apoint that is 

149.87 feet northeasterly of the South 

line ofthe Northeast quarter of said Section 

12, at an angle of80degrees 48 

minutes to the said South line from east 

to Northeast atapoint that is 518.40 

feet westerly of the Southeast corner of 

said Northeast quarter of said Section 

12, thence continuing Northeasterly 

235.43 feet; thence Southwesterly 

175.70 feet at an angle of52degrees 18 

minutes from the southeast to the Southwest; 

thence Southeasterly atanangle 

80 degrees 20 minutes from Northeast 

to Southeast, 193.40 feet to the point of 

beginning, in Will County, Illinois. 

Commonly known as: 14629 Archer 

Avenue, Lockport, IL 60441 

Description of Improvements: 

Single Family 

P.I.N.: 11-04-12-204-050-0000 













County. 



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

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








Property Act. 












FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CON- 

TACT: 

Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 

One East Wacker Suite 1250 


P: 1-614-220-5611 

F: 

Plaintiff's Attorney 

MIKE KELLEY 

Sheriff of Will County 










) SS. 





DITECH FINANCIAL LLC 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

RYAN JANDERSEN A/K/A RYAN J 

ANDERSON, A/K/A RYAN ANDER- 

SON; ABCD HOLDINGS LLC, 





cause on the 27th day of February, 

2018, MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will 


31st day of May, 2018 ,commencing at 




auction to the highest and best bidder 


estate: 

LOT 3, IN ABBEY GLEN ESTATES 

UNIT 1, BEING A SUBDIVISION IN 

THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OFSECTION 

13, TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH, RANGE 

10, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCI- 

PAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO 

THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED 

OCTOBER 28, 1992 AS DOCUMENT 

NO. R92-85348, IN WILL COUNTY, 

ILLINOIS. 

Commonly known as: 1309 EAST 

NORTH STREET, LOCKPORT, IL 

60441 


single family home with attached 2car 

garage. 

P.I.N.: 11-04-13-216-003-0000 













County. Judgment amount is 

$246,229.52 plus interest, cost and post 

judgment advances, if any. 



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

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








Property Act. 













TACT: 

PIERCE AND ASSOCIATES 

1 N. Dearborn Suite 1300 

Chicago, Illinois 60602 

P: 312-346-9088 

F: 


MIKE KELLEY 











) SS. 





U.S. Bank , National Association as Legal 

Title Trustee for Truman 2016 SC6 

Title Trust 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

Terrence T. Arnold; Renae L. Arnold; 





cause on the 2nd day ofMarch, 2018, 

MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will 








estate: 

Lot 15inBlock 155 in W.J. Denton`s 

Subdivision of part of Block 154, and 

all of Block 155, in the Village ofLockport, 


Commonly known as: 510 East 13th 

Street, Lockport, IL 60441 


Single Family Residence 

P.I.N.: 11-04-23-413-017-0000 













County. 



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

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








Property Act. 













TACT: 

Randall S. Miller & Associates 

120 N. LaSalle Suite 1140 


P: 1-312-239-3432 

F: 1-312-284-4820 


MIKE KELLEY 











) SS. 





Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

BRIAN BECK; NICOLE BECK A/K/A 

NICOLE L.BECK; FIRST MIDWEST 

BANK, SUCCESSOR ININTEREST 

TO STANDARD BANK AND TRUST 

CO.; 





cause on the 6th day of March, 2018, 

MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will 








estate: 

LOT 40, IN HERITAGE LAKE ES- 

TATES UNIT ONE, A SUBDIVISION 

OF THE SOUTH 1/2 OF THE SOUTH- 

EAST 1/4 OFSECTION 24, TOWN- 

SHIP 36 NORTH, RANGE 9, EAST 

OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERID- 

IAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT 

THEREOF RECORDED DECEMBER 

13, 1994, AS DOCUMENT NO. 

R94-111242, IN WILL COUNTY, IL- 

LINOIS. 

Commonly known as: 3218 Heritage 

Lake Drive, Lockport, IL 60441 


SINGLE FAMILY 

P.I.N.: 06-03-24-403-006-0000 













County. 



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

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








Property Act. 













TACT: 

SHAPIRO KREISMAN AND ASSO- 

CIATES, LLC. 

2121 Waukegan Rd, Suite 301 

Bannockburn, Illinois 60015 

P: 847-770-4348 

F: 847-291-3434 


MIKE KELLEY 


USADVENTURE RVofNaperville, 

IL is notifying owner or owners 

ofa1977 Airstream International 

VIN number 131-B7J-3037 

that we are applying for a mechanics 

lien tosettle a $6000.00 storage 

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Large dog cage $20. 

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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 

Boys Volleyball 

Lockport def. Homewood- 

Flossmoor 25-8, 25-9 

Pat Surane and Kyle 

Dixon each recorded four 

kills Thursday, May 17, 

as the Porters downed 

Homewood-Flossmoor in a 

Tennis 

From Page 45 

in the finals. His victory 

helped the Porters to 33 total 

points and not only their 

fourth straight sectional 

championship, but seventh 

(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 third 

place 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 

■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 


TBA 

high school highlights 

The rest of the week in high school sports 

SouthWest Suburban Conference 

match in Lockport. 

Anthony Pfeiffer made his 

presence felt with eight 

kills, seven assists and 

three aces. 

Lockport def. Bolingbrook 

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 dreamed 

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 

Boys Tennis 


TBD 


TBD 


TBD 

Boys Lacrosse 

■May ■ 25 host IHSA Sectional, 

4:30 p.m. 

23-25, 25-17, 25-16 

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. 

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 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 for 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.

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Educator endurance 

Oak Prairie teacher Jillian Blondell competes in 2018 Boston Marathon 

Kelvin Grove seventh-graders (left to right) Kenny Kelty, 

Richie Hagen, Madi Dahlberg, Sophie Ervin, Emily Hejl, 

Miranda Huerta, Abby Andrews and Lauren Donnelly represented 

their school at the track and field state tournament 

May 11 and 12 in East Peoria. Photo submitted 

Kelvin Grove 

seventh-graders run 

in state track meet 

Eight students 

participate in 

various events at 

meet in East Peoria 



Eight seventh-grade athletes 

on the Kelvin Grove 

track and field team participated 

in the state tournament 

held May 11 and 12 in East 

Peoria. 

The seventh-grade boys 

track team at Kelvin Grove 

took first May 5 at the sectional 

at Joliet Central High 

School, and the KG seventh-grade 

girls team finished 

second. The athletes 

qualified for the state meet 

by placing first or second in 

their event or meeting the 

qualifying time at the sectional. 

Athletes who participated 

were: Kenny Kelty, discus 

and shot put; Richie Hagen, 

high jump; Madi Dahlberg, 

1,600 meter relay; Sophie 

Ervin, 1,600 meter relay; 

Emily Hejl, 1,600 meter relay; 

Miranda Huerta, 1,600 

meter run; Abby Andrews, 

1,600 meter relay; and Lauren 

Donnelly, 1,600 meter 

relay and shot put. 

Jillian Blondell, a health and physical education teacher at Oak Prairie Jr. High, participated in the 2018 Boston Marathon 

on April 16. Photos submitted 

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Girls Soccer 

Porters drop regional semi in penalty kicks 

West Aurora mounts 

comeback to take 

down LTHS 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 Porters 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 

on Saturday, May 19, and 

moved indoors because of 

earlier rains in the area, to 

Challenge Fitness in Lockport. 

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. 

Now Randall, who placed 

fifth in Class 2A last year, 

moves onto the state finals. 

Those are held this 

Thursday, May 24, through 

Saturday, May 26, at various 

locations with the 

main one 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. 

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

Blomquist. 22nd Century Media File Photos 

“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.” 

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

the state singles title. 

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 guys who 

finished ahead of him last 

year. His style is counterpunching 

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 

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Oak Prairie students test their talents at state track meet 

Submitted by Will County 


A number of students from 

Oak Prairie qualified for the 

state track and field meet 

that was held last weekend. 

Qualifiers were: sixthgrader 

Jaden Roat, 400 

meter, 100 meter hurdles 

and 800 meter relay; sixthgrader 

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; seventh-grader 

Cedar Groenwoldt, 800 and 

1,600 meter relays; seventhgrader 

Elijah Beltran, 1,600 

meter relay; seventh-grader 

Ryan Bentivenga, 1,600 


Jake Suchorabski, 1,600 


Rocco Biamonte, 1,600 

meter relay; eighth-grader 

Francesca Frieri, 400 meter 

and 800 and 1,600 meter relays; 

eighth-grader Sammie 

Weisner, 1,600 meter and 

800 and 1,600 meter relays; 

eighth-grader Lexie Fontaine, 

800 and 1,600 meter 

relays; eighth-grader Kailyn 

Mitchell, 1,600 meter 

relay; eighth-grader Emma 

Schmutzler, discus; eighthgrader 

Isabella Bozen, discus; 

and eighth-grader Gabe 

Czako, 110 meter hurdles.



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 six seasons 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. 

He coasted to the sectional 

championships in both. 

His best qualifying shot put 

throw was 68-feet-1 inch, 

which won by more than 14 

feet. In the discus, Meyer 

had a toss of 181 feet even 

to win by more than 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 

thoughts in my head. My 

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 

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 one, 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.”

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fastbreak 

Girls Track and Field 

Youthful Porters compete at state meet 

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 at the 

Class 3A Downers 

Grove North Sectional. 

The team 

fell one point shy of 

Romeoville. 

2. Meyer marvel 

Lockport’s John 

Meyer had another 

fine performance at 

the sectional, qualifying 

for state in both 

shot put (68-feet-1 

inch) and discus (181 

feet). 

3. Other qualifiers 

The Porters also 

qualified for state 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 that also 

advanced. 

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Mostly 

underclassmen 

qualifiers gain 

valuable experience 

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 

“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 

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 

Tune In 

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 Photo 

“I think we have a nice, young 

group to continue pushing us forward 

as time goes on.” 

Joe Kravitz — LTHS girls track and field coach 

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 

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. 

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 

the event on Friday with a 

time of 26.47, about two seconds 

off the final qualifying 

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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.” 

FASTBREAK is compiled by Contributing Editor 

Thomas Czaja, tom@homerhorizon.com.

lockport’s Hometown Newspaper | www.lockportlegend.com | May 24, 2018 

Crossing the finish line 

Porters girls track and field runners, high jumper, 

pole vaulter give their all at state, Page 47 

Acing The Opposition 

LTHS boys tennis team tops sectional yet 

again, looks toward state, Page 45 

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 

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