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Orland Days around the 

corner Lions Club’s big event to be shortened 

by a day but still packed with entertainment, Page 3 

Kicking off summer programming 

The Bridge Teen Center plans open house 

just before registration starts on June 2, Page 4 

Staying positive in hard times 

Financial concerns addressed, plans for 

future discussed during State of the Village, Page 9 

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THURSDAY 

Intro to iPad 3 

6 p.m. May 24, Orland 

Park Public Library, 14921 

S. Ravinia Ave. Adults can 

bring their iPads and learn 

how to use email and keep a 

tablet secure. 

Heroes on the Air 



S. Ravinia Ave. Steve Darnall 

examines those heroes 

who made their way from 

comic strips and comic 

books to radio in the 1930s. 

FRIDAY 

Buenas Noches 

6:30 p.m. May 25, Orland 


S. Ravinia Ave. Children 

4 years and older can drop 

in and learn basic Spanish 

through stories and songs 

during this interactive storytime. 

SATURDAY 

Bright Starts Family 

Storytime 

10 a.m. May 26, Orland 


S. Ravinia Ave. Children of 

all ages and their families 

can come together for stories, 

songs and fun. Children 

participate by repeating 

words or phrases or making 

animal sounds. These books 

enforce vocabulary, word 

recognition, rhythm and 

rhyme. 

Smash Bros. Bonanza 



S. Ravinia Ave. Children of 

all ages can play some multiplayer 

Super Smash Bros. 

games and do other activities 

while learning more about 

Nintendo’s history. Teen 

volunteers needed starting at 

12:30 p.m. Register. 

TUESDAY 

Drop In Study Lounge w/ 

Popcorn Bar 

2-6 p.m. May 29, The 

Bridge Teen Center, 15555 

S. 71st Court. Students are 

welcome to come and go as 

they please to enjoy a quiet 

study space with a free snack 

of popcorn and various toppings. 

This is a free event 

for teens in grades 7-12. For 

more information, call (708) 

532-0500 or visit www.theb 

ridgeteencenter.org. 

Ping Pong & Pies 

4:30-5:30 p.m. May 29, 

The Bridge Teen Center, 

15555 S. 71st Court. Students 

will play a game of 

ping pong then enjoy a piece 

of delicious pie. This is a 

free event for teens in grades 

7-12. For more information, 

call (708) 532-0500 or visit 

www.thebridgeteencenter. 

org. 

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Finals Frenzy 

6 p.m. May 29 and 30, 

Orland Park Public Library, 

14921 S. Ravinia Ave. Open 

quiet study room for grades 

6-12. 

English Conversation for ESL 

Learners 




practice listening to and 

speaking English while 

making new friends. Residents 

can pair up with fellow 

residents to engage in 

friendly conversation aimed 

at helping those who are 

learning English to improve 

their speaking and comprehension 

skills. 

WEDNESDAY 

Wool Needle-Felting w/ 

Anna 

4-5 p.m. May 30, The 

Bridge Teen Center, 15555 

S. 71st Court. Students will 

use special barbed needles 

to poke through soft wool in 

order to compact fibers and 

form shapes. This is a free 

event for teens in grades 


call (708) 532-0500 or visit 


org. 

Board Game Night 



S. Ravinia Ave. For adults. 

A casual-atmosphere program 

for rediscovering the 

fun of old-fashioned gaming. 

Participants can bring 

their own or try the library’s 

games. 

UPCOMING 

Orland Days 

May 31-June 3, 153rd 

Street Metra station. Orland 

Park Lions Club. Special 

Kids Day is scheduled for 

Thursday, May 31. For more 

information, visit www.or 

landparklionsclub.com. 

Dudes & Donuts (Guys Only) 

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

May 31, The Bridge Teen 

Center, 15555 S. 71st Court. 

In this boys-only program, 

participants will go head-tohead 

in a ring toss competition 

and then enjoy donuts 

while talking about leading 

by example. This is a free 

event for teens in grades 


call (708) 532-0500 or visit 


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Intro to iPad 4 

6 p.m. Thursday, May 

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31, Orland Park Public Library, 

14921 S. Ravinia 

Ave. Patrons can bring 

their iPads and learn about 

additional apps and content 

like Netflix, iTunes, 

Google Maps and more. 

20 Great Moments in 

Chicago’s 20th Century 

7 p.m. Thursday, May 31, 


14921 S. Ravinia Ave. 

Drawing on historic photographs 

and visual materials 

from the Chicago Public 

Library, the Chicago History 

Museum and other institutions, 

urbanologist Max 

Grinnell invites patrons 

into a discussion of these 

themes. 

Summer Reading Kick-Off 

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

June 2, Orland Park Public 

Library, 14921 S. Ravinia 

Ave. All ages can stop by 

to sign up for the Summer 

Reading Challenge. This 

year’s theme is “Reading 

Takes You Everywhere.” 

The library will have games, 

activities, new technology to 

try, Mr. D’s Magic Wagon 

and horses. People should 

sign up to receive a reading 

log. Teen volunteers needed 

starting at 12:30 p.m. Register. 

ONGOING 

Sculpture by Melissa Weber 

Through May, Orland 


S. Ravinia Ave., center display 

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The Art of Beekeeping 

Through June, Orland 


S. Ravinia Ave., lobby display 

case. 

Art by Vali Dugan 



S. Ravinia Ave., free standing 

display case. 

NASA - Inside and Out 



S. Ravinia Ave., NASA display 

cases. 

Summer Reading Challenge 

June-July, Orland Park 

Public Library, 14921 S. 

Ravinia Ave., center display 

case. 

Make It Take It Table in the 

Teen Space 

Weekdays June 4-Aug. 2, 


14921 S. Ravinia Ave. Each 

week there will be a different 

project for teens to try, 

while supplies last. 

Crackle Glass 

July-August, Orland Park 

Public Library, 14921 S. 

Ravinia Ave., lobby display 

case. 

Food and Consumables, and 

Testing Equipment 

July-September, Orland 


S. Ravinia Ave., NASA display 

cases.

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the orland park prairie | May 24, 2018 | 3 

Orland Days to return May 31- 

June 3 with changes for 2018 

Parade, day cut from 

event schedule 

Erin Redmond 

Freelance Reporter 

“The Orland Park Lions are very 

grateful and thankful for all the 

years that we’ve been running Orland 

Days. It’s a big event for a civic 

organization to put together, but 

we look forward to it every year.” 

Steve Anton — Event chairman for Orland Days 

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 is slated to 

kick off from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. 

the morning of May 31 with 

the Lions Club’s Special Peoples 

Day, an invitation-only 

event. 

“It will have approximately 

1,800 handicapped 

children and individuals partake 

in our event, all free of 

charge,” Anton said. “That’s 

done through the generosity 

of our supporters.” 

The Lions Club has a full 

slate of live bands playing 

in the Entertainment Tent, 

starting with CTA, a Chicago 

tribute band, which is scheduled 

to play from 6-8:30 

p.m. Friday, June 1. The Hair 

Band Nights will take the 

stage right after, playing until 

11:45 p.m. 

On Saturday, June 2, festival-goers 

can take in performances 

from The Hat Guys 

from 6-8 p.m. and Infinity 

at 9-11:45 p.m. On Sunday, 

June 3, Rosie & The Rivets 

are to play from 2-4 p.m.; 

Matt, Zach & Tom from 

4:30-6:30 p.m.; and Semple 

from 7-9 p.m. 

All ages are welcome in 

the Entertainment Tent but 

must be 21 or older to purchase 

beer. 

On the carnival side, 

visitors may notice a slight 

change in the rides offered, 

as the Lions Club will use a 

new carnival vendor this year: 

Windy City Amusements, 

which also provides service to 

the St. Michael Fall Festival. 

“It’ll be similar to what 

we’ve had in the past, but 

we like to mix it up,” Anton 

said. “We like to have a place 

to bring the little ones, have 

their rides, to make sure they 

have something to do at the 

fest. We also have the larger 

rides for the adults and the 

teenagers to enjoy. We have 

to offer something for everybody 

— and we do.” 

There will be six vendors 

offered on the food vendor 

side this year. Papa Joe’s will 

remain in its usual spot in the 

Entertainment Tent. 

All proceeds from Orland 

Days benefit the organizations 

the Lions Club supports 

in the community. 

“Every dollar that we get, 

we give away,” Anton said. 

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. 

“The Orland Park Lions 

are very grateful and thankful 

for all the years that we’ve 

been running Orland Days,” 

Anton said. “It’s a big event 

for a civic organization to put 

together, but we look forward 

to it every year. It’s here now, 

and we’re ready to get going. 

Hopefully, the patrons will 

enjoy themselves this year 

and the weather will agree.” 

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The Bridge Teen Center announces summer open house 

New student 

orientation, more to 

take place June 2 

Megan Schuller 


The Bridge Teen Center 

plans to kick off the summer 

by offering more than 100 

free programs for students 

across the area, as the center 

celebrates its eighth year in 

Orland Park with its annual 

open house and new student 

orientation day Saturday, 

June 2. 

“Summers are really 

amazing at the bridge,” said 

Priscilla Steinmetz, The 

Bridge’s executive director 

and co-founder. “I think it’s 

a great opportunity for students 

in the area.” 

New student orientation is 

from 10-11 a.m. June 2, and 

the center opens to the community 

from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. 

Parents and students can get 

tours of the facility and meet 

the staff. Starting at 2 p.m., 

students can sign up for 

summer programs. 

“One of the reasons why 

we really encourage both 

new seventh-graders and 

students who have never 

been to The Bridge to come 

to orientation is it’s one of 

the only days we’re open to 

the public,” Steinmetz said. 

“It gives parents a chance to 

view it as a family.” 

This summer local businesses 

from across the area 

will be involved with classes 

on various subjects. 

The Mokena Animal 

Clinic is to lead a program 

in which a veterinarian discusses 

working with animals. 

and shows students 

how to read X-rays and examine 

specimen jars. 

Tinley Park’s Bettenhausen 

Automotive is slated to 

offer a program on basic auto 

maintenance, like recharging 

the air-conditioning and 

changing the oil. 

Frankfort businesses Fat 

Rosie’s and Down Home 

Guitars also are to lead programs 

on how to prepare authentic 

corn tamales and play 

the ukulele, respectively. 

The center offers programs 

and events for students 

grades 7-12. To date, 

more than 6,100 students 

from 128 different communities 

have been involved 

with The Bridge. 

Sandburg High School 

sophomore Jade Hamilton 

has frequented The Bridge 

Teen Center since seventhgrade. 

She has attended and 

help run programs, as well 

as volunteered at The Bridge 

Thrift Store as part of the job 

readiness program. 

“Running programs there 

has helped me become more 

comfortable talking to people,” 

Hamilton said. “I’ve 

met friends there that I still 

talk to today.” 

Hamilton works the register 

at the thrift shop and 

said that work experience in 

customer service has helped 

her feel confident for future 

opportunities. 

“It has helped gear me toward 

having a future job,” 

she said. 

There are 10-15 sales associate 

positions at the thrift 

shop for which students can 

apply once the student becomes 

16 years old. 

“It helps them gain skills 

and volunteer hours, if needed,” 

Steinmetz said. 

A variety of volunteer 

opportunities also will be 

available and can be used as 

community service hours for 

school. 

“We’re really trying to 

encourage them to be selflearners, 

to explore and innovate,” 


The Bridge Teen Center 

recently installed a new interactive 

art wall in the art 

studio. An art club is to be 

launched during the summer. 

“Students will have the 

opportunity to commit to a 

series of programs that are 

more advanced,” Steinmetz 

said. “They’ll come and they 

can work on a long-term 

project. They’ll get to see the 

process of a long-term project 

while learning advanced 

art skills.” 

There are plans in the future 

for a garden club, different 

athletic clubs and several 

music clubs, according to 

Steinmetz. 

Steinmetz also suggested 

that parents and students fill 

out the student membership 

form on the website in advance, 

so they get their username 

and password to sign 

up for programs at 2 p.m. 

June 2. 

On orientation day, students 

can become members 

and get their Bridge Teen 

Center ID cards to scan in 

and out of the center. 

“Come get a tour, meet 

the staff and see the space,” 


For more information 

about The Bridge Teen Center, 

visit www.thebridgete 

encenter.org or call (708) 

532-0500. 

Orland School D135 Board of Education 

Officials look to expand policy on service animals in schools 

Superintendent gets 

three-year contract 

extension, raise 



Policy revisions took center 

stage May 14, when the 

Orland School District Board 

of Education met at Prairie 

School for its Committee of 

the Whole Meeting. 

One policy proposed 

would expand the existing 

policy on service dogs in 

school to include therapy 

and emotional support animals 

to assist particular students 

in need or to visit children 

in groups. According to 

Special Education Specialist 

Karen Janettas, a female student 

at Meadow Ridge has 

had a therapy dog with her 

throughout this year, and it 

has been successful. 

“The additional policy I’m 

asking you to consider would 

expand our current policy on 

support and therapy animals, 

so that they can come into 

our schools.” Janettas said. 

“It would be for all students, 

because we have found that 

therapy dogs provide emotional 

support to all of us.” 

It also would open up possibilities 

of contracting with 

a therapy animal agency, or 

for animals to be brought in 

by a trained staff member. 

At the board meeting, 

several important decisions 

were made including 

a modification of the holiday 

waiver, which passed unanimously. 

This allows the optional 

use of certain holidays 

as school days in order to 

make up days of canceled 

school for snow/emergency 

day. Martin Luther King 

Jr.’s Birthday, Abraham 

Lincoln’s Birthday, Casimir 

Pulaski Day, Christopher 

Columbus Day and Veterans 

Day are the five holidays 

that can be used as school 

days, as needed. 

“If we do a holiday waiver, 

there has to be specific 

focus of instruction on that 

holiday,” Superintendent 

DJ Skogsberg said after 

the meeting, “If you think 

back to six or seven years 

ago, when we had pretty 

inclement weather, there 

were many districts that 

were closed from inclement 

weather for 5-6 days. If you 

had that policy in place , ou 

would be more easily able to 

absorb those days.” 

If the holiday falls in the 

middle of the week, the school 

also may choose to be in session, 

and it shortens the school 

year by one day. According 

to Skogsberg, it has become 

more and more of a common 

practice for school districts 

to use remaining holidays to 

absorb inclement weather and 

emergency closing days. 

After over an hour-long 

closed session, the board approved 

the resolution of considering 

and improving the 

superintendent’s contract, 

according to the details they 

discussed in closed session. 

According to Jen Obright, 

director of communications 

for D135, the board 

approved a new three-year 

contract with a base salary 

3.1 percent increase to 

$193,802. New goals were 

also established, she said. 

No public comments were 

made during either meeting. 

Orland Township announces 

Senior American Idol Winner 

Singing competition 

benefits scholarship 

foundation 

Submitted by Orland 

Township 

Fourteen talented seniors 

recently showcased their vocal 

skills before a live audience, 

as they vied for the title 

of 2018 Orland Township 

Senior American Idol. 

After three rounds of singing 

their favorite tunes, fivetime 

competitor Phil Orsi, of 

Orland Hills, was crowned 

2018 Orland Township Senior 

American Idol. 

Orsi started off the night 

with Frank Sinatra’s “Chicago,” 

continuing in the second 

round with “Georgia” 

by Ray Charles. In the final 

Orland Township 

Supervisor Paul O’Grady 

(right) congratulates 2018 

Orland Township Senior 

American Idol winner Phil 

Orsi (middle), standing 

alongside his sister Sharon 

Maggy. Photo submitted 

round, Orsi impressed the 

audience and judges with 

“Feeling Good” by Michael 

Bublé. 

Contestants for the finals 

were chosen from a group 

of more than 25 people who 

sang a cappella during auditions 

in February.



Inclusive spring fun: D146’s CMS Olympics bring everyone together 

Jamilyn Hiskes 


The laughter of children 

on a sunny day can be 

enough to lift even the sourest 

of spirits. 

Under the hot sun of a late 

spring afternoon, dozens of 

students from Community 

Consolidated School District 

146 gathered on the large 

field outside Central Middle 

School Thursday, May 17, 

for the start of the annual 

CMS Olympics. 

The CMS Olympics, organized 

by District 146 Student 

Services and CMS, is a 

yearly event similar to the 

Special Olympics in which 

students of various abilities 

are paired to participate in 

sports-related activities. The 

day is meant to encourage 

students to celebrate their 

unique qualities, according 

to a press release issued by 

D146. 

Margi Strombeck, a special 

education teacher at 

CMS and the organizer of 

the CMS Olympics, said 

events such as this help “expand 

the world” for children 

with disabilities. 

“I don’t think anyone 

knew how it would turn out 

when we started [in 2017],” 

Strombeck said. “But it’s 

great to see the students play 

together. Everyone has a 

good time.” 

The event began with the 

participants gathering in the 

library of CMS for preliminary 

announcements from 

Strombeck. Paper torches 

were given to students who 

could hold them, and “torch 

hats” were given to students 

who could not. From there, 

the students paraded through 

the halls while the “Olympic 

Fanfare” played over a 

speaker, and fellow classmates 

and teachers applauded 

from the sidelines. 

The event included indoor 

and outdoor activities, 

such as T-ball, soccer, races, 

adaptive bowling and an obstacle 

course. The activities 

at the CMS Olympics were 

designed to be accessible to 

students of all ability levels, 

according to Strombeck. 

“We work with the teachers 

and [physical and occupational] 

therapists when we 

plan the event,” Strombeck 

said. “We also do group 

work with students to promote 

sportsmanship skills 

throughout the year.” 

In 2017, only 10 students 

with disabilities were sent 

to CMS for the CMS Olympics. 

This year, Strombeck 

said D146 schools sent 25 

students. Ron Gonser, the 

principal of Fulton Elementary 

School, said he enjoys 

seeing students from his 

school participate in this 

event and hopes to send 

more next year. 

“Some of these students 

don’t normally have the opportunities 

for these social 

activities, so it’s wonderful to 

get them out here and watch 

them maybe trying something 

new,” Gonser said. 

Throughout the afternoon, 

students mingled, laughed 

and helped each other, while 

kicking around huge inflatable 

soccer balls and crawling 

through collapsible vinyl 

tunnels. Even when an unexpected 

fire alarm forced 

students out of the gym 

and away from the indoor 

activities, spirits were not 

dampened. Strombeck and 

a few other teachers simply 

brought out a huge rainbow 

parachute, keeping the children 

excited and engaged 

with impromptu fun. 

“It’s one of the best feelings 

in the world to know 

you’re making a difference 

to these kids,” said Jack Day, 

an eighth-grader at CMS. 

He said he was changed 

by his experience helping 

Lucas Podoreski, from Kruse Education Center, boots an inflatable soccer ball Thursday, May 17, during the CMS 

Olympics staged by Community Consolidate School District 146 at Central Middle School. 

Photos by Julie McMann/22nd Century Media 

with the 2017 CMS Olympics 

and sees volunteering in 

his future after he graduates 

this summer. 

The busy day ended with a 

brief awards ceremony in the 

library, during which each 

participating student with a 

disability proudly posed for 

photos with their medals, 

trophies and certificates. 

“It’s a good opportunity to 

socialize and play, and it’s 

just a great initiative to support,” 

said Maram Sweis, 

the mother of Misho Sabbagh 

from Kruse Education 

Center. “[CMS] has great 

facilities, and the kids are so 

supportive and helpful.” 

RIGHT: Vraj Patel (left) and 

Dayton Young, both from 

Central Middle School, race 

to the cone and back, as 

fellow students cheer for 

them.


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The best of the rest, Part I 

The Orland Park Prairie features favorite 

Vacation Photo Contest local runners-up 

Mike Knight, of Orland Park, said he has visited Aspen 

before for the skiing. His wife does not ski, but he always 

wanted to show her Aspen, so they took a road trip. The 

photo was taken at the Maroon Bells, just outside of Aspen. 

Terry Lavinge, of Orland Park, submitted this image of his 

grandson Liam Scott in Pentwater, Michigan, for the 2018 

Vacation Photo Contest. The photo was taken by Liam’s 

sister Olivia. Photos submitted 

Hanan Abdallah, a 15-year resident of Orland Park, shared 

this photo from her travels to the Tulum Ruins while in 

Cancun, Mexico. 

Candice Bielski, of Orland Park, submitted this entry, called 

“Somewhere in Georgia.” Bielski noted the two had never 

seen a payphone before this. 

Orland Park’s Marita Kay-Chester sent this photo of the 

Chester girls on a spring break road trip through Texas. 

Pictured here at Barton Springs in Zilker Park in Austin. 

Katie Mathis, of Orland Park, found herself standing in two 

places at once, with one foot in Nevada and the other in 

Arizona, with this entry.

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Mayor says ‘Orland Park is the place to be’ for development opportunities 

Annual State of 

the Village address 

tackles financial 

hardships 



Mayor Keith Pekau discussed 

the state of the Village 

Thursday, May 17, at 

the Orland Park Civic Center, 

during an address hosted 

by the Orland Park Area 

Chamber of Commerce. 

After years with the chamber, 

the address moved to 

Sandburg High School but 

this year returned to the 

care of the chamber. During 

the address, Pekau gave 

updates on several ongoing 

road projects funded through 

the State and federal governments. 

He said 159th Street, from 

Ravinia Avenue to Will- 

Cook Road, is supposed to 

be open by the fall, and it 

will be open all the way to 

Interstate 355 by the end of 

the year. 

Meanwhile, 151st Street 

and Wolf Road are to be resurfaced 

in 2019. The 143rd 

Street and Wolf Road widening 

plans have been engineered, 

but there currently is 

no money to start them, he 

said. 

“We’ve been pushing the 

State and local legislators 

to get money, so we can get 

those on the agenda to get 

them done,” Pekau said. 

The mayor also said he 

would like to change the Village’s 

streetlights to LED efficient 

lights in the future. 

“That’s something that if 

we do now, it will pay itself 

back in about eight years,” 

Pekau said. 

The progress on funding 

the CREATE project was 

highlighted by the mayor, 

which is a proposed 75th 

Street flyover bridge to expand 

train service to Chicago 

for the southwest area. 

Currently, it is difficult 

to service the area, because 

the Metra would run into the 

freight lines at 75th Street. 

Metra does not own those 

tracks, so it is already congested 

as freight lines and 

Metra share those tracks. 

The project is to bypass 

the freight lines to connect to 

the Rock Island District Metra 

line that ends at LaSalle 

Street Station in Chicago. 

“It’s been about 10 years 

that it’s been on the of our 

radar screen,” Pekau explained. 

“It’s just finding the 

money to do it. Illinois decided 

to submit for the new 

transportation bill that came 

out from the feds, and the 

only project they submitted 

was that project. Since the 

project is set into four phases, 

they only submitted money 

for the first two phases.” 

The Village should find 

out in June or July whether 

or not the State can fund the 

project. The first two phrases 

will take 4-5 years; however, 

if there is funding available, 

they can do all the phases 

in conjunction with one another. 

“Hopefully, with any 

luck, we’ll start to see some 

progress with that within the 

next year,” Pekau said. “I 

know that’s been something 

worked on since at least 

2000. It’s so very important 

to the southwest region.” 

The Village took a financial 

hit this year, losing 

roughly $1.2 million in revenue 

from store closing like 

Carson’s, Sears, and Toys 

“R” Us, according to Pekau. 

“We do a good job of 

keeping our reserves at a 20 

percent level or above, and 

that is so if we do have [a 

loss] we can address those 

issues,” Pekau said. “Because 

our revenues are going 

down and our costs are 

going up, we’re seeing our 

projected reserves are going 

down. That doesn’t mean 

Others State of the 

Village Highlights 

• The Village donated 

30 pallets of goods for 

Hurricane Harvey relief 

• Village Board meetings 

are now recorded for the 

website 

• The operational 

Village’s budget was 

reduced by 2 percent 

Mayor Keith Pekau speaks to the business owners and residents about the current state 

and future of Orland Park Thursday, May 17, during an address at the Civic Center. 

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the sky is falling, but it does 

mean we have to address the 

issues.” 

Pekau’s plan is to reduce 

costs at minimal impact to 

services through finding operating 

and staffing efficiencies. 

Early retirement packages, 

technology efficiency, 

reducing the operating budget 

and economic development 

are among the ideas to 

offset the financial losses. 

“It’s important we reduce 

our cost structure first, before 

we look at alternative 

revenue sources,” Pekau 

said. “Us, as board, owe that 

to you. The good news is, we 

are in a great position to address 

those issues because of 

how strong Orland Park is.” 

The Interstate 80 corridor 

was an anticipated discussion 

by many business owners 

at the luncheon. There 

has been little developed 

there since 2009, so the 

mayor advocated for economic 

diversification and a 

partnership with surrounding 

towns. 

The mayor introduced 

the Chicago Southland Interstate 

Alliance between 

Tinley Park, Orland Park 

and Mokena, as well as their 

shared vision for the I-80 

corridor. 

“Developing that area, in 

my opinion, will require the 

cooperation of our neighbors, 

Will County and Illinois,” 

Pekau said. “We’re 

working regionally together 

to develop the I-80 corridor.” 

The villages in CSIA created 

a list of what they do and 

do not want along the corridor. 

They are prohibiting 

heavy industrial warehousing, 

houses and billboards. 

The ideal development 

would have a “campus-look 

along the I-80 corridor” according 

to the mayor. 

“All of the financial issues 

I’ve talked about, this 

is what’s going to fix that,” 

Pekau said, referring to the 

confirmed and proposed 

projects that will enhance 

Orland Park’s economy. 

Debi Ross, owner of the 

interior design firm Inside 

Looks by debi Ross, said she 

likes the possibility of new 

development in Orland Park. 

“I love the village of Orland 

Park,” she said. “That’s 

why my business is here and 

I live here. What [Pekau] 

presented showed that Orland 

Park is the future, and 

we should be a leader and 

economic driver. I want my 

company to be a part of that 

momentum.” 

Among the new development 

projects that the mayor 

thinks will help Orland’s 

economy are the future developments 

along the I-80 

corridor, the Sears redevelopment 

into an AMC Theatre, 

the new Pace bus station 

and downtown. 

The Triangle development 

features several parcels 

which have yet to be developed 

for the downtown area. 

With Nintey7Fifty and the 

University of Chicago Medicine 

within the triangle, it 

has made that area attractive 

to investors like Edwards 

Reality, who is one of the finalists 

in the bid for the land. 

President of Edwards Realty 

Ramzi Hassan said he 

recognized Orland Park’s 

economic importance in the 

area. 

“Orland Park is the hub 

of the southwest suburbs,” 

Hassan said. “The decisions 

we’re making about the 

mall, the triangle or anything 

else, it’s really affecting everywhere 

from northwest Indiana 

to Manhattan, Monee, 

Lockport and even Homer 

Glen. This is an important 

update for the southwest 

suburbs.” 

The development within 

the triangle is estimated to be 

completed over the course of 

3-5 years. 

“The decisions we make in 

the next 2-3 years will set Orland 

Park up for the next 20- 

30 years,” Pekau said. “It’s 

very similar to the decisions 

made in the early [1970s] to 

bring the mall here,” 

Pekau called the mall an 

“economic engine” for Orland 

Park and showed confidence 

in the future of new 

development in the mall and 

around Orland Park. 

“We have so much to offer,” 

Pekau said. “The economic 

development in Orland 

Park is the place to be. 

This whole region needs to 

work together to develop.” 

Businesses like Edwards 

Realty also are optimistic 

about the future of developing 

Orland Park. 

“Like the mayor said, 

there are some negatives 

with the financial reserves, 

but we have a lot of opportunities 

at Orland Park,” 

Hassan said. “It’s just takes 

capitalizing on them by decisions 

in the public and private 

sector to make it a better 

place to live.”


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Honoring the Fallen 

In honor of Memorial 

Day Monday, May 28, 

The Orland Park Prairie 

is honoring the soldiers 

who made the ultimate 

sacrifice. Below is a full 

list (submitted by the 

Village of Orland Park) of 

Orland Park and Township 

soldiers who have died 

while serving their country 

since World War I. 

The Prairie salutes all 

those who have served 

and continue to serve our 

country. 

World War I 

April 6, 1917-Nov. 11, 

1918 

• Donald Cox 

World War II 

Dec. 7, 1941-Sept. 2, 

1945 

• Tom Davidson 

• James Frundel 

• Harold Kay 

Korean War 

June 25, 1950-July 27, 

1953 

• Arthur Kimmel 

Vietnam War 

Aug. 7, 1964-Jan. 27, 

1973 

• Edward Novak 

• Michael Reber 

• Dennis Stiehler 

• Ronald Zinn 

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opens, veterans 

honored and 

remembered 

Submitted by Village of 

Orland Park 

Memorial Day Weekend 

means the start of summer in 

Orland Park. 

The Village’s Veterans’ 

Commission is to hold its 

annual Memorial Day Ceremony 

at 1 p.m. Monday, May 

28, at the Village’s memorial, 

Ara Pace - Place of Peace, 

located at the Village Center, 


The names of 15 veterans 

have been added to Orland 

Park’s granite wall since the 

Village’s Veterans Day Ceremony. 

Those whose names 

have been added will be present 

with family and friends. 

Honored veterans who have 

died will be represented by 

family members. 

Refreshments are to be 

served inside of the Orland 

Park Civic Center immediately 

following the ceremony, 

and attendees will be able 

to view the memorial table 

with photos of the veterans 

who have been added. 

Frann Carnivele is slated to 

sing the national anthem. Colors 

will be presented by members 

of Palos-Orland Reber- 

Tesmond VFW Post 2604 and 

the American Legion Orland 

Memorial Post 111. 

The Pledge of Allegiance 

is to be led by the 20-plus 

members of Orland Park Daisy 

Girl Scout Troop 65111. 

The village’s Centennial 

Park Aquatic Center is to 

begin its 27th season from 

noon-8 p.m. Saturday, May 

26. Pool members may enter 

at 11 a.m. 

Located at 15600 West 

Avenue, Centennial includes 

a lazy river, a 200-foot enclosed 

body slide, a 328 foot 

enclosed tube slide, a drop 

slide, two speed slides, two 

body slides, a platform cliff 

jump and a large zero depth 

pool with a children’s play 

and spray structure. 

The concession area offers 

a full menu with pizza, hamburgers, 

hot dogs, nachos, ice 

cream and more. Tube rentals 

are free, and lockers are 

available for a nominal fee. 

The Village’s Recreation 

Department offers open 

swim, swim lessons, splash 

parties, pavilion rentals, latenight 

swims and family fun 

events. The full schedule appears 

in the Recreation Department 

Summer Program 

Guide and can be found online 

in the recreation area of 

orlandpark.org. 

Pedal boat and kayak 

rentals at the adjacent Lake 

Sedgewick also open for the 

season Memorial Day Weekend. 

Pedal boats and kayaks 

may be rented noon-8 p.m. 

weekdays and 11 a.m.-8 p.m. 

weekends. The last boat rental 

is one hour before closing. 

Single and tandem kayaks 

are available for $5 per person 

per hour. Four-person 

pedal boats may be rented for 

$10 an hour. Boat rentals are 

not available when the pool is 

closed or when weather conditions 

are deemed unsafe for 

boaters. 

For more information 

about the Village’s summer 

offerings at Centennial Park, 

call (708) 403-7275. 

Village offices and the Secretary 

of State satellite facility 

at the Village Hall are to 

be closed Monday, May 28, 

in observance of the holiday. 

Garbage pick-up will be one 

day later that week.

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Development concerns raised, sign codes recommended 



The Orland Park Village 

Hall board room did not have 

an empty seat the evening of 

May 8 during a public hearing 

of the Plan Commission. 

Residents of the Vintage 

Crossing, Sterling Crossing 

and Fawn Ridge subdivisions 

expressed concerns regarding 

the proposed Villas 

of Tallgrass duplex development 

adjacent to their neighborhood. 

The proposed development 

is to be on rezoned land 

that is currently wetlands. 

The plan calls for 38 duplex 

ranch-style units. Located 

along 167th Street, the development 

site is an 11-acre 

site east of the Metra tracks. 

The developers will remove 

the wetlands to bring in an 

estimated 65 residents, with 

homes costing in the ballpark 

of $399,000-$600,000. 

The development’s retention 

pond also will be responsible 

for the runoff water 

from the new homes and the 

surrounding subdivisions, 

which raised red flags for 

nearby residents. 

Aurabind Balagari, who 

lives in the Fawn Ridge 

subdivision, delivered the 

community’s petition, and 

was one of the residents to 

express his concerns to the 

commissioners. 

“We came in thinking that 

they would take our concerns 

into account but clearly 

seemed to have a preconceived 

decision that they let 

move forward,” Balagari said 

after the meeting. “They were 

defending the developer, and 

at no point did they say ‘Yes, 

you have a good point.’” 

Residents were concerned 

about the wetlands, possibilities 

of flooding, increased 

traffic, child safety, water 

mitigation and potentially 

decreased property values. 

The commission members 

listened, had the developer 

address the issues and voted 

Images depict which types are signs would (left) and would not be allowed under the new 

codes recommended to the Village Board by the Plan Commission. Images submitted 

unanimously to recommend 

the development for board 

approval, despite the petition. 

The echoed response 

between several commissioners 

was that when they 

had bought their own properties 

in Orland Park that 

backed up to farmland, they 

knew development was 

eventually going to happen, 

and it did. 

Manolin Santos lives in 

the Vintage Crossing subdivision 

and shared his frustration 

over the decision. 

“At times, they were actually 

defending the plan of the 

building rather than listening 

to the community,” Santos 

said. “We got signatures from 

almost every single resident 

in the neighborhood.” 

The petition they delivered 

had more than 60 signatures 

of residents within 

the several subdivisions that 

shared the same concerns 

and were all against the development. 

“I think the proposal is a 

reasonable proposal for the 

site that won’t adversely affect 

the neighborhood,” Commissioner 

Ed Schussler said. 

“A lot of people have unrealistic 

expectations of what the 

future holds. When you move 

into a subdivision that dead 

ends to a field, you have to 

realize that at some point that 

street is going to go into that 

field, and there will be houses 

on either side of it.” 

Schussler said the concerns 

of the community 

were addressed, and what 

is being proposed by the developer 

will fit into what is 

already there. 

“Eventually, the farmland 

is going to be developed. We 

have to do the best we can 

to ensure that it’s developed 

with quality products that 

don’t adversely the surrounding 

area. It will be a nice addition 

to the neighborhood I 

think,” Schussler said. 

Balagari said there should 

be a way to plan the development 

in a way that conserves 

nature and addresses 

the needs of the community. 

“Many of us are taken 

by surprise,” Balagari said. 

“When we bought into the 

neighborhood, we were told 

prior to buying that area is a 

wetland, so it is unable to be 

constructed upon.” 

Signs of what’s to come 

The last item on the agenda 

were new signage codes 

that moved forward with a 

5-1 vote in favor of recommending 

board approval. 

Schussler cast the dissenting 

vote. 

Among the codes is one 

that prohibits the use of 

electronic and digital signage. 

Schussler said during 

the meeting he thought not 

acknowledging digital signs 

was a mistake and that it 

should be regulated, not ignored. 

“I think that the staff is recommending 

against [digital 

signs] and most of the planning 

commission is going 

along with that. So I think 

it probably will go through 

with no digital,” Schussler 

said after the meeting adjourned. 

Among the new codes 

was limitation on how long 

temporary signs can be displayed. 

Banners are the only 

types of temporary signs that 

will be allowed for more 

than a grand opening period. 

According to the codes, a 

business can have up to three 

feather flag signs, but they 

are only allowed for 14 days 

following a grand opening. 

Businesses who find their 

permanent signage to not 

conform to the code will not 

be forced to change their existing 

signs, but the codes 

will apply for future temporary 

and permanent signs. 

The Orland Grassland 

Volunteers announce bird 

walk, work day for May 26 

Submitted by Orland 

Grassland Volunteers 

Orland Grassland Volunteers, 

Forest Preserves of 

Cook County and Audubon 

Great Lakes from 8 a.m.- 

noon Saturday, May 26, are 

to hold a spring bird walk, 

followed by moving across 

the prairie to cut callery 

pear saplings — an invasive 

species that is a threat to 

the biodiversity within the 

grassland. 

The bird walk is to begin 

promptly at 8 a.m., and the 

work day will follow, starting 

around 9 a.m. Participants 

should wear long pants, 

boots and long sleeves, and 

bring binoculars, a water 

bottle, bug spray and a sun 

hat. Work gloves, tools and 

snacks will be provided. 

Cost is free. All ages are 

welcome. No experience 

necessary. 

For more information, 

contact Pat Hayes at pti 

hys@yahoo.com or Teri 

Valenzuela at tvalenzuela@ 

audubon.org. 

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Police nab man who allegedly ‘fought’ with Chicago cops 

Bill Jones, Editor 

A Chicago man accused 

of fighting with Chicago police 

officers and fleeing was 

indicted Friday, May 18, 

by Orland Park police after 

they caught him following 

a foot pursuit in the village 

last month. 

Arturo Galvez, of 3927 

Sacramento Ave. in Chicago, 

was charged with 

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count of resisting arrest, a 

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in apprehending a fleeing 

suspect, according to the 

release. Galvez was wanted 

for an incident in Chicago 

and thought to be armed 

with a handgun, police said. 

Chicago officers attempted 

to take Galvez into custody 

near 147th Street and 

John Humphrey Drive, but 

he “fought” with them and 

fled on foot, running into 

a business at 10 Orland 

Square Drive, police said. 

When Chicago police officers 

followed him into the 

business, Galvez again allegedly 

fought with them 

and fled into another area of 

the business. 

Orland Park police set 

up a perimeter and began a 

search inside and around the 

business, and 15 minutes 

later Galvez was observed 

inside the Walgreens at 

147th Street and LaGrange 

Road, according to the release. 

He reportedly 

fled 

officers on 

foot but was 

stopped and 

arrested in 

the parking 

lot of a bank Galvez 

at 14701 Ravinia 

Ave. 

Orland Park police reportedly 

used an FAA-certified 

done for aerial surveillance 

and recorded the apprehension. 

Galvez had an active warrant 

for his arrest, and he 

reportedly was turned over 

to Chicago police on the 

scene. No handgun was located 

at the scene, police 

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they allegedly tried to take 

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Orland Park Police Department to 

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Submitted by Village of Orland 

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The Orland Park Police Department 

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Police Academy, giving young 

adults an inside view of law enforcement. 

The department is to offer a 

free two-day worksite-based 

program for village residents 

between the ages of 15 and 18, 

introducing teens to a number of 

the department’s programs and 

responsibilities. 

The teen academy is to be held 

from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. on Tuesday, 

June 5, and Wednesday, June 6, 

at the Orland Park Police Department, 


Participants must pass basic 

background checks, and space is 

limited. 

Participants will learn about 

recruiting, training, dispatch, patrol, 

K9, traffic enforcement/DUI, 

internet investigations and more. 

Topics also include crime scene 

investigation, the department’s 

use of force simulator, search and 

seizure law, and a mock courtroom 

trial. 

The Teen Citizens’ Police 

Academy includes two sessions, 

with lunch provided by the Village 

of Orland Park. Those who 

complete both sessions of the 

academy are to receive certificates. 

Registration forms can be 

found on the village’s website 

at orlandpark.org by searching 

2018 Teen Citizens Police Academy. 

For more information, call 

the Orland Park Police Department 

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“marsh-filled area” off 159th 

Street. He had an active warrant 

in Cook County for trespass 

to motor vehicle and 

was on parole, police said. 

He additionally was charged 

with resisting a police officer. 

Krask reportedly had five 

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May 2 

• Domanique E. Taylor, 29, 

of 46 Elm St. in Glenwood, 

and Deon J. Garrett, 29, of 

7548 Carpenter St. in Chicago, 

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with one count of retail theft 

after they allegedly tried to 

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Avenue. They both selected 

the merchandise, and Taylor 

concealed it under an infant 

carrier, according the report. 

They left without paying, 

placed the merchandise in a 

vehicle and pulled into the 

parking lot of Babies “R” 

Us, 15820 S. 94th Ave., and 

they were ultimately stopped 

and identified inside the 

store, police said. 

• Garrett additionally was 

charged with obstructing 

identification after he allegedly 

gave police a false 

name and date of birth. 

April 27 

• Anthony John N. Weinert, 

29, of 12332 75th Ave. in 

Palos Heights, was charged 

with retail theft after he allegedly 

tried to take six lug 

nut sets and an anchor point 

valued at a total of $449.93 

from an automotive store 

in the 7900 block of 159th 

Street. 

Police saw Weinert come 

from the auto shop to a 2000 

Ford Focus in the parking lot 

of Walgreens, 7960 159th 

St., and get into the passengers 

seat, according to 

the report. The vehicle reportedly 

then exited the lot 

northbound on 80th Avenue. 

Weinert was not wearing a 

seatbelt, and the vehicle was 

stopped on Wheeler Drive, 

east of 80th Avenue, police 

said. 

He was spotted reaching 

down near his feet twice, 

once before and once after 

the traffic stop, police said. 

An officer spotted four new 

packages of lug nuts in the 

backseat and a bulge near 

the ankle area of Weinert’s 

pants, according to the report. 

Two more lug nuts sets 

in hard plastic cases and an 

anchor point reportedly were 

found on his person. 

• Derwin Covington Jr., 21, 

of 14542 Union Ave. in Harvey, 

was cited with leaving 

the scene of an accident, 

failure to give information, 

failure to reduce speed to 

avoid an accident, improper 

lane usage and operation of 

uninsured motor vehicle after 

he allegedly sideswiped 

another vehicle while driving 

westbound in the 7600 

block of 159th Street. 

A 41-year-old was driving a 

vehicle in the curb lane when 

struck by the vehicle driven 

by Covington, according to 

the report. He then allegedly 

made a U-turn and fled 

eastbound on 159th Street. A 

witness to the vehicle fleeing 

provided police with 

the plate registration that 

ultimately led to Covington, 

who first made contact with 

police by phone April 28 and 

then came to the station May 

2, police said. 

April 15 

• Shannon M. McGrail, 21, 

of 16206 Alexandria Drive 

in Tinley Park, was charged 

with retail theft after she allegedly 

tried to take 31 items 

valued at a total of $356.30 

from a store in the 15800 

block of 94th Ave. She removed 

necklaces and earrings 

from sales packaging, 

put some on her person and 

concealed others in a backpack, 

according the report. 

She also concealed makeup 

in her clothing and in the 

backpack, and left without 

paying for the items, police 

said. 

Editor’s note: The Orland Park 

Prairie’s police reports come 

from the Orland Park Police 

Department. Anyone listed in 

these reports is considered to 

be innocent of all charges until 

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FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER 

Mokena Brewing Company 

granted special use permit 

There will soon be another 

brewery in town, after 

the Village of Mokena Board 

of Trustees voted 6-0 May 

14 to approve a special use 

permit for Mokena Brewing 

Company. 

Steve Smolinske, on behalf 

of Mokena Brewing 

Company, requested the special 

use permit to operate a 

6,751-square-foot alcohol 

production facility at 19031 

Old LaGrange Road. 

As part of the special use 

permit agreement, Zordan 

said the Village would grant 

the business a Class G liquor 

license, which would allow 

the brewery to produce the 

beer to be consumed on-site 

as well as be sold for distribution 

for consumption offsite. 

Zordan said it would 

operate similar to the Tribes 

Beer Co. site on Front Street. 

Zordan said the proposed 

hours of operation would be: 

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

closed on Mondays; and 

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

through Saturdays. Live indoor 

entertainment was proposed, 

as well. 

As part of the special use 

permit, the applicant would 

agree to several items, including: 

not having any 

video gaming terminals on 

the premises; the alcoholic 

beverages sold for off-site 

consumption will be limited 

to only those beverages produced 

on-site; and upon completion 

of the kitchen area, 

the applicant will be able to 

sell alcohol produced on-site, 

as well as alcohol packaged 

and produced 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 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 fifth-grader 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 New 

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FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION 

Kulpinski masters art of 

volleyball, music and studies 

The Renaissance figure is 

both a romantic and abstract 

notion — hard to pinpoint 

exactly and even harder to 

fully materialize. 

But Megan Kulpinski 

helps to bring shape, voice 

and definition to the notion. 

Scholar, athlete and artist, 

Kulpinski bridges many 

divides and various disciplines. 

She makes them all 

connect in revealing the 

force of her personality and 

a drive that has made her the 

envy of her school. 

A senior at Providence 

Catholic in New Lenox, 

Kulpinski is a scholar, athlete 

and artist. She ranks No. 

1 in her class of 276 students 

with a weighted 4.75 grade 

point average. She has been 

named the student of the 

month three times. She is the 

valedictorian of the class of 

2018, which is to participate 

in graduation ceremonies 

Thursday, May 24, at the Rialto 

Square Theatre in Joliet. 

And She has been accepted 

into the engineering program 

at Notre Dame. 

The oldest of three girls 

who has lived her whole 

life in Tinley Park, Kulpinski 

was a two-year varsity 

starter in volleyball who perfected 

the role of the libero, 

the defensive specialist who 

effectively functions as the 

coach on the floor. 

“They definitely go together,” 

Kulpinski said. 

“Whether academics or athletics, 

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have learned is how to prioritize 

my time. You have 

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FROM THE HOMER HORIZON 

Ludwig School students 

explore variety of jobs 

“What do you want to be 

when you grow up?” is a 

common question children 

are asked. Children have 

such big imaginations that, 

for them, there are no limits 

as to what they can be. 

On May 11, fourth- and 

fifth-graders at Ludwig 

School got to learn about 14 

different careers they could 

one day pursue. 

Parents of students, 

friends of teachers and those 

just passionate about sharing 

what they do for a living 

filled the classrooms at 

Ludwig, as students traveled 

from room to room to hear 

the presenters. 

“I like how everybody 

explains their jobs and how 

diverse everybody’s job is, 

so we can learn more about 

them,” fifth-grader Logan 

Kairis said. 

Kairis’ class had just 

finished listening to Pam 

Santucci, a volunteer at 

Brookfield Zoo and retired 

fifth-grade teacher at Ludwig. 

“I hope they want to come 

to the zoo to see the animals, 

learn about the animals and 

hopefully do something to 

help the animals or their environment,” 

Santucci said. 

She brought camel fur, a 

turtle shell, a white-tailed 

deer antler and other artifacts 

to share with the students, 

and she shared the interesting 

things her job allows her 

to see and do. 

Across the hallway, Phil 

Blazewski spoke to students 

about his love for being 

a commercial pilot. He 

flies for SkyWest Airlines 

and has been a pilot for 

roughly 16 years. 

Other presenters included 

an actor, banker, engineer, 

police officer, firefighter, 

meteorologist and FBI agent. 

Reporting by Jacquelyn Schlabach, 

Assistant Editor. For 

more, visit HomerHorizon.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.” 

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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 

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FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND 

Bike drive raises money for 

scholarship 

For four years, proceeds 

from the Lockport Resource 

Center’s Pass it On 

Thrift Shop and its third annual 

bike drive have helped 

Lockport residents by “trying 

to change their story.” 

Each year, the LRC Transformation 

Scholarship, 

worth approximately $1,000, 

is awarded to an individual 

whose goal is to further their 

education and go to college. 

No matter how old or young, 

residents are encouraged to 

apply by writing an essay 

on how they hope to benefit 

from higher education, 

either in a trade or technical 

school or university. 

“It’s going to change their 

story,” Lockport Resource 

Center President Cean Magosky 

said. 

Previous scholarships 

have been used for culinary 

arts school, community college 

tuition, and even helping 

a single parent with an 

after-school program for his 

or her child. LRC is still accepting 

applications for its 

the scholarship it plans to 

award this spring. 

Reporting by Jacquelyn Schlabach, 

Assistant Editor. For 

more, visit LockportLegend. 

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While my childhood 

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achievement — all of those 

things are no stranger to 

me. Through the adversity 

I have experienced on 

the field and in my life, I 

learned one thing: consistency 

creates success. 

To be proud of what you 

can and will accomplish 

begins with how you start it, 

and I plan to start this new 

chapter of my life continuing 

to show I have something 

to be proud of. 

Letters to the Editor 

Professional, experienced 

economic development 

director needed 

It has been more than a 

year since the Village of Orland 

Park decided to experiment 

with the idea of making 

the mayor’s job a full-time 

position and to include in that 

position the task of economic 

development and business 

growth; thus eliminating the 

need to hire an economic development 

director. 

While eliminating a position 

seems like a sound fiscal 

choice, the reality is that 

over the last 12 months, Orland 

Park has lost Sears and 

will soon see Toys “R” Us, 

Babies “R” Us, Carson Pirie 

Scott and Carson’s Furniture 

Gallery close their doors. 

The loss of these major retailers 

will cost our area in 

sales tax annually, not to 

mention the loss of property 

Orland School District 135 posted the accompanying 

image May 15 with the note, 

“TEACHER TUESDAY: This week’s featured 

teacher is Cathy Patla, 4th grade teacher at 

Liberty School! ‘Every year, new students enter 

my classroom and become a part of my life. I 

enjoying creating a love of learning and creativity! 

Laughing with them, and building their 

confidence to believe in what they know, and 

how to push them further. I am truly grateful 

and blessed every day!’ - Patla” 

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tax paid by these companies. 

This loss affects residents of 

Orland Township and will 

adversely affect many of 

the services we are able to 

offer our residents, many of 

whom are senior citizens. 

These store closings are an 

unfortunate sign of the times. 

Drive around any town, and 

you will see many vacant 

store fronts in many strip 

malls. As an elected official, I 

find it ridiculous that the Village 

chose this time of economic 

crisis to “experiment” 

with the mayor’s position and 

financial states of the Village 

and the Township. 

As it is, they are now 

backpedaling, and debating 

whether or not the mayor is 

worth the money he is being 

paid and if the position 

should revert back to a parttime. 

I’m sure that when 

they are done with the mayor’s 

review, they will realize 

that what is really needed 

is an experienced economic 

development director — one 

who has successfully worked 

with other municipalities. 

While the Village can 

have that small-town feel, 

it is not Mayberry; it is a 

major economic hub with a 

wide variety of businesses 

that they should be working 

diligently on keeping and 

expanding. The Village and 

the Township need and deserve 

the oversight and input 

of an experienced economic 

development director, and 

I hope the Village will stop 

experimenting and start exploring 

the hiring of one. 

Paul O’Grady 

Orland Township supervisor 

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20 | May 24, 2018 | The orland park prairie Faith 

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In Memoriam 

Juanita Lucille Christie 

Juanita Lucille Christie 

(nee Lucas), 78, formerly of 

Orland Park, died May 11. 

She loved baking and decorating 

cakes, puzzles, and 

to be with her family. She 

was an amazing mother, sister, 

daughter, grandmother 

and friend to all. To know 

her was to love her and be 

loved in return. She will 

be greatly missed for many 

years to come. 

She is survived by her 

daughters, Laura Christie 

and Catherine (David) 

Cheatle; son, Michael 

(Mary) Christie; and grandchildren, 

Christie Rae 

(Mark) DeHaan, Stephanie 

Nicole Christie, Richard 

Frederick Cheatle, Jessica 

Brianne, Michael Frederick 

and Gabrielle Marie 

Christie. She was preceded 

in death by her husband, 

Frederick W. Christie; her 

mother, Dorothea May; and 

sisters; Georgia Soria and 

Jeanette Tracy. 

Visitation and interment 

were to be private, and her 

final resting place Oakridge- 

Glen Oak Cemetery. 

Michael Skinner 

Michael “Mike” E. Skinner, 

68 of Orland Park, died 

May 5. 

He was the husband of 

Marybeth for 37 years; father 

of Christopher (Jen) 

Skinner and Casey (Tim) 

Kahle; grandfather of Gwen 

Skinner and Delaney Kahle; 

brother of Sue (Tom) Hart 

and Robert Skinner; brotherin-law 

of the late Raymond, 

Bob (Beverly), John (Tracy), 

Mark and Peter (Janet) 

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and Matthew Schuller; uncle 

of many nieces and nephews. 

Mike enjoyed reading, 

golfing and fishing. He also 

enjoyed spending time with 

his family, especially his 

granddaughters, Gwen and 

Delaney. 

In lieu of flowers, donations 

to Memorial Sloan 

Kettering Cancer Center 

(www.mskcc.org). 

Marian Quinn 

Marian D. Quinn (nee Doerries), 

91, of Orland Park, 

died May 11. 

She is survived by her 

loving family — children, 

Deborah (William) Mehren, 

Roberta Dilworth, Geoffrey 

(Nina) Quinn, Paul (Mary 

Jo) Quinn, Gregory (Regina) 

Quinn, Janet (John) Lancaster 

and Anne Marie Ernst; 

31 grandchildren; and eight 

great-grandchildren. 

She was preceded in 

death by her parents, William 

& Mary Ann Doerries; 

husband, Harry J. Quinn; 

daughter, Christine Quinn; 

son-in-law, Robert Dilworth; 

and brother, William 

(late Margaret) Doerries. 

Marian was a member of 

St. Mary Catholic Church in 

Mokena. 

Family was to receive 

friends at St. Mary Catholic 

Church until time of a Mass 

of Christian Burial. Interment 

private at Queen of 

Heaven Cemetery. 

In lieu of flowers, donations 

to the Leukemia Foundation 

in memory of the late 

Harry J. Quinn would be appreciated. 

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Begins May 26-27. wServices 

on Saturdays at 5 p.m. 

and Sundays at 8 and 10 

a.m., through Labor Day 

weekend. New this year, 

Third Wednesday Communion 

Services will be held at 

6 p.m. June 20, July 18 and 

Aug. 15. 

Southwest Seventh Day Adventist Church 

(15760 Wolf Road, Orland Park) 

Revelations Study 

7 p.m. Wednesdays. Attendees 

can learn more about 

the Seventh Day Adventist 

Church. For more information, 

call (618) 556-8002. 

Living Word Lutheran Church (16301 S. 

Wolf Road, Orland Park) 

Preschool Primer/Summer 

Fun Jam 

9 a.m.-noon June 12, 13, 

14, 19, 20 and 21. Cost is 

$40 per day, and people may 

register for any individual 

date(s) as they wish. Children 

ages 3 through those 

entering kindergarten are 

eligible. All children must 

be potty trained. To reserve 

a spot, contact Marisa Walsh 

at (708) 226-1160. 

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W. 167th St., Orland Hills) 

H.O.P.E. Employment 

Support Ministry 

7 p.m. first Tuesday of the 

month in the Parish Hall. 

Helpful Outreach for People 

seeking Employment 

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the employed, unemployed 

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Pastor Column 

‘Rejoice and be glad’ 

The Rev. Michael Foley 

Our Lady of the Woods 

Last month, Pope 

Francis issued an apostolic 

exhortation, 

which, when translated, 

is titled “Rejoice and Be 

Glad.” 

It is a document about 

Christian holiness. I know 

that many of those reading 

this column are not Catholic 

nor even Christian, but 

there are aspects of the 

Pope’s wisdom that are 

applicable to all of us who 

seek to be holy, whatever 

our religious background. 

I also know that like 

many papal documents, 

only a small percentage 

of individuals will actually 

take the time to read 

this. So, I will offer a few 

nuggets that I think can be 

useful to all. They are two 

admonitions, two scriptural 

perspectives and finally 

a context for holiness to 

flourish. 

In the first part of the 

document, the Pope warns 

against two heresies that 

were common in the beginning 

of the church and are 

present today. They are 

Gnosticism and Pelagianism. 

Let me summarize in a 

sentence or two how these 

dangers might apply to you 

and I. 

The modern version of 

Gnosticism is that belief 

that knowledge is the key 

to solving all our problems 

and to living a good life. 

It is truthful that education 

is helpful and necessary. 

We can think of all the 

advances in science and 

technology that make our 

lives better. 

Yet, knowledge is not 

the full answer. Intelligent 

people have built bombs, 

created weapons of mass 

destruction and plot evil. 

Germany in the 1930s was 

the most educated country 

in Europe; yet, that did not 

prevent the Holocaust. 

To be fully human is 

more than possessing 

knowledge. To be fully 

human requires a spiritual 

component. 

Pelagianism in the modern 

form is a belief that all 

we need to create a better 

world with our wills. If we 

only choose to be better we 

will be. 

Once again, there is an 

element of truth in this. The 

human will is important. 

We make all sorts of decisions. 

Yet, there are also limits. 

Anyone who has struggled 

with addictions knows that 

deciding to get better, while 

necessary, is not the whole 

story. There is a mystery of 

what we call grace at work. 

There are two biblical 

perspectives that Pope 

Francis uses to frame our 

understanding of holiness. 

We find them in the fifth 

and 25th chapters of Matthew’s 

Gospel. Again they 

illustrate a wisdom that can 

be helpful for any of us. 

The first is that holiness 

is, at least part, an interior 

attitude. 

Jesus says, “Blessed 

are the poor in spirit … 

Blessed are those who 

mourn ... Blessed are the 

meek … Blessed are those 

who hunger and thirst for 

righteousness … Blessed 

are the merciful … Blessed 

are the pure in heart.” 

The idea is that holiness 

begins with the attitude of 

the heart. That is different 

from thinking it or willing 

it. We must open ourselves 

to it. 

We cannot stop there. 

Holiness must be lived in 

action. In Matthew 25, Jesus 

says we will be judged 

on how we feed the poor, 

care for the stranger, reach 

out to those in prison, shelter 

the homeless and 

more. In other words, 

holiness is made visible in 

service. 

Finally, the Pope states 

that holiness needs a community 

to nurture it. In 

America, we have a great 

deal of emphasis on the 

individual’s journey. Spirituality 

becomes my truth, 

while another person takes 

another path. The many 

self-help books marketed 

illustrate this cultural idea. 

From the standpoint of 

religious experience, this 

search for meaning within 

one’s own life alone is 

incomplete. We are part 

of something larger than 

ourselves, and therefore we 

need our faith to form us. 

This is, of course, a 

thumbnail sketch of a document 

that can be found by 

going to the website “The 

Holy See.” I encourage you 

to read it, especially my 

fellow Catholics. All of us 

can benefit from appreciating 

that holiness is found in 

the most ordinary places in 

our lives. 

The opinions of this column are 

those of the writer. They do not 

necessarily reflect those of the 

orland park prairie. 

Pastor Column 

Whose neighbor will you be? 

Rev. Caleb Hong 

Faith United Methodist Church 

Back in February, the 

Philadelphia Eagles 

defeated the New 

England Patriots in one of 

the most memorable Super- 

Bowls ever. Of course, all 

I remember about the game 

are the commercials. 

This year, one commercial 

stood out from the 

rest. It is a commercial for 

a car manufacturer involving 

a pastor, rabbi, imam 

and monk. The commercial 

opens with a Jewish rabbi 

picking up a Christian pastor. 

Then, they pick up a 

Muslim imam. Finally, they 

pick up a Buddhist monk. 

Together, they sing, laugh 

and speed off to a football 

game, where they are chided 

by Catholic nuns for arriving 

late to the big football game. 

As they cheer their team 

scoring a touchdown, the 

commercial ends with the 

words, “We’re all one team.” 

I think Jesus might 

rephrase the ending to say, 

“We’re all neighbors.” 

In the Gospel of Luke, an 

expert in the law tests Jesus 

and asks, “Teacher, what must 

I do to inherit eternal life?” 

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Orland Park) 

Jesus responds by asking 

the expert what he thinks, 

and the expert responds, 

“Love the Lord your God 

with all your heart, soul, 

mind and strength,” and, 

“Love your neighbor as 

yourself.” Jesus says, “You 

have answered correctly. Do 

this and you will live.” 

But the expert wants to 

justify himself, so he asks 

Jesus a follow-up question, 

“Who is my neighbor?” 

In essence, he’s asking, 

“Who is not my neighbor? 

Who don’t I have to love?” 

Jesus responds by telling 

a parable — one of the most 

famous parables of all about 

a man who was travelling 

from Jerusalem to Jericho. 

On his way, he fell into the 

hands of robbers, who beat 

him, stripped him and left 

him for dead on the side of 

the road. When a priest came 

by and saw him, he passed 

by on the other side. Likewise, 

when another religious 

leader came by, he (too) 

passed by on the other side. 

And then came a Samaritan, 

who Jesus’ audience 

viewed with fear, suspicion 

and contempt. When the Samaritan 

saw this half-dead 

man lying on the side of the 

road, he not only stopped to 

bandage and care for him, 

but he put him on his donkey, 

brought him to an inn, 

and saw to his ongoing care 

and recovery. 

Jesus closes the parable 

by asking, “Who was neighbor 

to this man in need?” 

I’m sure y’all realize 

that the “Samaritan” in this 

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story is interchangeable. In 

today’s context, we could 

insert “Protestant” as the 

person who stopped and offered 

help. We could insert 

“Catholic” or “Hindu” or 

“Muslim” or “atheist” or 

any number of other groups 

that people view with suspicion 

or fear. 

Jesus’ point in this parable 

is the reminder that 

we’re all neighbors. God 

longs for us to be neighbors 

to one another, regardless 

of our racial, social, even 

theological differences. 

Jesus invites us to love our 

neighbors while recognizing 

that God’s boundaries for 

“neighbors” is much wider 

than our own. 

On a personal note, it’s 

important for me (as a pastor 

and as Christian) to be 

involved in ecumenical and 

inter-faith gatherings. They 

help me know my neighbors. 

They help me learn 

how to love those whose 

religious beliefs/practices 

differ from my own. More 

importantly, they help me 

model for my children (and 

my congregation) that we 

don’t have to live in fear 

and suspicion of those who 

look different, dress differently, 

even worship differently 

than us. 

So, I ask you: How do 

you treat those who are 

different from you? Whose 

neighbor will you be? 

The opinions of this column are 

those of the writer. They do not 

necessarily reflect those of the 

orland park prairie. 

Have something for Faith 

Briefs? Contact Editor Bill 

Jones at bill@opprairie.com 

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Dogs, people hit the trails at Centennial Park in support of PAWS 

Mary Compton 


John Niendorf, of Frankfort, finishes first in the 5K. 

For John Greenan, with 

PAWS of Tinley Park, his 

dog Buggs is more than a 

pet. 

“Last year, I was hospitalized, 

had over six surgeries 

and spent a month in the hospital,” 

Greenan explained. 

“Buggs is my service dog 

As a service dog, he stayed 

with me in the hospital. 

Buggs not only provided 

support physically but emotional 

support, as well. He is 

my best friend. He changed 

my life.” 

It was stories like this 

that were told at Centennial 

Park Saturday, May 19, as 

PAWS held its annual Run 

to the Rescue 5K Run/Walk. 

Greenan has been one of the 

organizers of the event since 

the beginning. 

“It’s good to give back to 

the community, so we can 

help as many homeless animals 

as possible,” Greenan 

said. “One hundred percent 

from the 5K race today goes 

to our shelter. We had $2,500 

in sponsorships — one being 

Midwest Animal Hospital, 

which is our biggest sponsor 

for each event for every 

year that we put this together. 

We’re also helping out 

Orland Township’s pet food 

pantry today. We’ve asked 

everybody to make a donation 

to the food pantry and 

the pet pantry.” 

Greenan suffers from multiple 

sclerosis, lupus and a 

traumatic brain injury. More 

than six years ago, Buggs 

was brought back to PAWS 

after being adopted into his 

fifth home. 

“Buggs had separation 

anxiety,” John explained. 

“When he was adopted out 

five other times, he literally 

destroyed people’s houses. 

We decided to make another 

solution for Buggs by getting 

him to do a task. When 

we worked with a trainer, 

she said he would make a 

great service dog. Buggs 

was one of the few dogs at 

PAWS that was unadoptable. 

He not only got a new life 

but a new career as a service 

dog.” 

Runners taking part in 

Run to the Rescue said they 

were happy to not only support 

dogs like Buggs but also 

homeless animals. 

Lindsay McMullen, of 

Tinley Park, brought her dog 

Odin to the 5K. 

“It’s my first time running 

this race,” McMullen said. “I 

adopted my other dog from 

PAWS about 4 years ago. I 

like the fact that all the proceeds 

from this run are going 

to PAWS. They are big on 

rescues, and I love running 

5Ks. I think it’s important 

to don’t shop [but] adopt. 

There are so many animals 

that need homes out there. 

They are your best friends 

for life. You can’t get better 

than a pet.” 

Andi Avalos from Orland 

Park was more than happy 

to provide her voice and sing 

the national anthem at the 

PAWS 5K. 

“I’m excited to be here today 

working for charity and 

representing my band, The 

Long Lost,” Avalos said. 

“I’ve done a lot of events 

with PAWS — close to 10. 

It’s a cause near and dear 

to my heart. I’ve grown up 

with animals my entire life. 

I’ve always lived in a little 

bit of a zoo. Helping animals 

has always been important to 

me and my family, as well. 

I would say if you can’t 

donate your time, come to 

these events, donate supplies. 

Any little bit counts, it 

goes toward the animals.” 

Kathryn Sokolowski and 

her dog Baymax, of Orland 

Park, joined Run to the Rescue 

for the first time. 

“Every dog I’ve ever 

owned has been an adoption 

through PAWS or different 

shelter,” she said. “Animals 

have a lot of love to give. 

Anything you can do for 

PAWS, whether it be supplies 

or volunteering, whatever 

you can do to help our 

buddies find some homes.” 

According to Greenan, 

maintaining a shelter can be 

costly. 

“We are strictly run on donations,” 

he explained. “We 

can always use volunteers. 

We have a juniors program, 

and students can come and 

do service hours at the shelter, 

as well. 

“We also go out and do rescues. 

We run an animal therapy 

through PAWS. These are 

John Greenan and his service dog Buggs take a walk around Centennial Park during the 

Run to the Rescue 5K Run/Walk Saturday, May 19, in support of PAWS of Tinley Park. 

Photos by Mary Compton/22nd Century Media 

animals that are up for adoption 

that go out to the community 

and go out to elderly 

patients in the senior homes. 

We have confidence in our 

animals, they are all behavior 

tested before they go out to 

the community or out to an 

event. This service is provided 

for free. We also go to the local 

high schools and bring our 

animals to help students going 

through their finals. We are 

taking our shelter dogs and 

interacting with the teenagers. 

This service is free. There is 

not an animal that we won’t 

try and save.” 

As the first runner to cross 

the finish line, teacher John 

Niendorf, of Frankfort, explains 

why he took part in 

Run to the Rescue. 

“Every life — whether 

it’s human, dog or cat — 

deserves a good and happy 

life,” he said. 

For more information on 

PAWS, visit pawstinleypark. 

org. 

Patrick Barker, of Tinley Park, meets Finn at Centennial 

Park in Orland Park..

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Author shows students how to be ‘Everest Strong’ 



Local author Rob Besecker 

recently visited Century 

Jr. High School to inspire 

students to reach new 

heights. 

Seventh graders packed 

the gym May 7 to hear 

Besecker’s story of perseverance. 

“When I talk about my 

struggles in 2001, my five 

cardiac surgeries in one year, 

I say that is the most difficult 

thing I’ve ever done,” 

Besecker said. “When I talk 

about climbing up Mount 

Everest, I say that’s the most 

difficult thing I’ve done on 

purpose.” 

His memoir “Everest 

Strong: Reaching New 

Heights with Chronic Illness” 

was published in December 

2017, and detailed 

his struggle to not only stay 

alive but to live his life to 

the fullest, despite the lifechanging 

diagnoses of cardiac 

issues and muscular 

dystrophy. 

His message to the students 

was simple: Do not 

give up, no matter what obstacles 

you face. 

“I know how much of 

a struggle life can be for 

people sometimes, and I just 

want to inspire everyone to 

keep going,” Besecker said. 

When Besecker received 

his diagnosis of muscular 

dystrophy in 2006 after experiencing 

aches and fatigue 

that his heart was not 

responsible for causing, he 

decided to take his life into 

his own hands and travel to 

all seven continents. 

“I was looking at the limitations 

behind muscular dystrophy, 

and I wanted to do 

everything I could to live my 

life. I started travelling a lot 

more,” Besecker said. 

Over the course of 2011, 

Besecker had five cardiac 

surgeries and 20 defibrillator 

shocks. 

“A lot of people questioned 

if I was going to survive, 

and nobody expected 

I’d make a full recovery,” 

Besecker recalled. 

A year after recovering, 

Besecker was invited to 

participate in an Everest expedition 

with a health care 

group. Despite his doctor’s 

lack of faith in his ability to 

complete the hike because of 

his health, Besecker started 

to train to earn his doctor’s 

permission and prove he 

could do it. 

To prepare himself for 

the Everest journey, he did 

altitude training while he 

climbed Mount St. Helens, 

Alma in Fairplay, Colorado, 

and Grouse Grind in Vancouver, 

Canada. 

“It is so easy to get into a 

dark place, especially when 

you’re struggling,” Besecker 

said. “At every stage of life, 

you go through struggles. 

There’s all these transitions 

in life, and a lot of people 

struggle through them. I 

struggled through them. 

When a lot of detours come 

into your life, it’s tough.” 

Despite the unknown 

health risks of low oxygen 

in the mountains, his health 

issues and a fear of heights, 

he reached the base camp on 

Everest in 2015. 

He showed students pictures 

of his hospital stays, his 

hike up to the base camp on 

Everest and the devastation 

of the 7.8 magnitude Nepal 

earthquake that happened 

while he was still in the 

mountains in April of 2015. 

Besecker explained to students 

that, with every obstacle, 

he chose positivity and 

determination to overcome it. 

Seventh-grader Averey 

Bartley saw the presentation 

and said she took a lot away 

from the Besecker’s story. 

“It was really cool to see 

his story and see somebody 

go through so much and 

still be able to accomplish 

Rob Besecker discusses his memoir, “Everest Strong: Reaching New Heights with Chronic Illness,” May 7 at Century Jr. 

High in Orland Park. Photos by Megan Schuller/22nd Century Media 

all these amazing things in 

life,” Bartley said. “I took 

away that there’s going to be 

obstacles in life, but as long 

as you do everything you 

can to move toward your 

goal, you can accomplish it.” 

As a Hickory Hills native 

but current Tinley Park resident, 

Besecker said it is important 

for him to give talks 

throughout the community 

and reach as many people as 

he can. 

“It’s truly a blessing to 

stay local and to take an 

hour out of my job to come 

talk to kids. Hopefully, I can 

be an inspiration to them,” 

Besecker said. 

Seventh-grade math 

teacher Victoria Russell said 

she admired his message 

about positive perseverance, 

always showing up and dealing 

with the situation. 

“You’re going to have 

obstacles, but how are you 

going to overcome them?” 

Seventh grader Averey Bartley (right) meets author Rob 

Besecker after the presentation, as he signs books for 

students. 

Russell said. “I feel like 

that’s my philosophy, too. 

He pushes you to have a 

positive experience in life 

and to do the best you can in 

life. He has a great attitude, 

always helping and pushing 

others in the community.” 

At the end of the talk, he 

projected a list of diagnoses 

he had been given in his 

lifetime. Among the list was 

diagnoses of anxiety disorder, 

chronic fatigue, lumbar 

degenerative disease, hypertrophic 

cardiomyopathy, 

lipoma and myotonic muscular 

dystrophy type 2. 

“All the words up there 

don’t define me,” Besecker 

said to students, while 

pointing at the list projected 

above him on the gym wall. 

“Going through obstacles is 

a fact, but how we react is 

what defines us.” 

Russell said that showing 

the list of diagnoses helped 

students connect his message 

with issues in their own 

lives. 

“All these kids can relate 

to these things,” Russell 

said. “Most of them don’t 

have muscular dystrophy; 

however, they do have underlying 

issues that you 

can’t see with the human 

eye, but we know that they 

have them.” 

When a student asked 

about what his next challenge 

will be, Besecker said 

there is still a lot he wants to 

accomplish. 

“We don’t ever run out of 

challenges,” Besecker said to 

the student. “I will never run 

out of things I want to do.”

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Pita Pita Mediterranean Grill specializes in quick comfort food 

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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 

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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 

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which allows repeat customers 

to earn free meals. 

Catering services also are 

offered for events as small 

as 10 people.

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■8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Trivia. 

Prizes awarded 

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Fox’s Restaurant and Pub 

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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 

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for one-half mile. If mapping 

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28 | May 24, 2018 | The orland park prairie Local Living 

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Distinctive Home Builders Introduces New Craftsman Home Series 

At Prairie Trails in Manhattan and WestGate Manor in Peotone! 

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

Two refreshing designs mark 

the beginning of a new series 

of Craftsman-style homes 

available from Distinctive Home 

Builders at its latest new home 

communities: Prairie Trails; 

located in Manhattan within the 

highly-regarded Lincoln-Way 

School District and at WestGate 

Manor in Peotone within 

the desirable Peotone School 

District. 

“Craftsman homes were 

introduced in the early 1900s 

in California with designs 

based on a simpler, functional 

aesthetic using a higher level 

of craftsmanship and natural 

materials. These homes were a 

departure from homes that were 

mass produced from that era, 

“according to Bryan Nooner, 

president of Distinctive Home 

Builders. 

“The Craftsman design has 

made a comeback today for 

many of the same reasons it 

started over a century ago. Our 

customers want to live in a home 

that gets away from the “mass 

produced” look and live in a 

home that has more character. As 

a result of our daily interaction 

with our homeowners and their 

input, we are excited to introduce 

these two homes, with additional 

designs in the works.” 

Nooner, who meets with 

each homeowner prior to 

construction, has been working 

on these plans 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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Next Steps: 

For more information or to be 

considered for this 

opportunity, email a 

resume to: 

careers@22ndcenturymedia.com 

No phone calls please. EOE 

Homer Township is 

accepting applications for: 

P/T/Seasonal 

Maintenance Laborer. 

Includes, but not limited to 

lawn care, weed & trash 

removal, restroom care, 

painting, building 

maintenance. Not to 

exceed 1,000 hours. 

708.301.0522 

www.homertownship.com 

School Bus Drivers Wanted 

Safe, caring drivers needed in 

Homer CCSD 33C, Homer 

Glen, IL. FULL BENEFITS, 

regular & favorable hours, 

work days based on student 

calendar. Opportunity for 

overtime. Call 708.226.7625 

or visit homerschools.org & 

open “Employment” tab to 

complete application. 

Help 

Wanted 

1003 Help Wanted 

INDUSTRIAL 

SALES ENGINEER 

SW Suburb of Chicago 

manufacturing company seeks 

a proactive, hard-working 

individual with at least 3-5 

years of experience in B2B 

Sales of industrial products 

(non-chemical). 

This inside, consultative sales 

position will focus on new and 

existing product sales development. 

This sales role targets 

users to discover if their 

current and future product 

needs match those of Aero's 

product features. Successful 

candidates should also have 

experience working with 

vendors to produce 

competitive quotes. 

Excellent salary and benefits 

package with annual 

performance bonus potential. 

Send resume to: 

bschatte@aerorubber.com 

AERO Rubber Company, Inc. 

GENERAL OFFICE / 

SALES SUPPORT 

Tinley Park industrial 

manufacturing sales office 

seeks a qualified, energetic 

individual for a full-time 

position. This diversified 

position includes data entry, 

sales support, and general 

office functions in our 

fast-paced office. 

Ideal candidate should be 

highly motivated, detail-oriented, 

and have excellent 

organizational and 

communication skills. 

Computer skills including MS 

Word and Excel are required. 

Competitive salary & benefit 

package including 401K. 

Send letter & resume to: 

cstratton@aerorubber.com 

Hiring Desk Clerk 

(must be flexible w/ shifts) 

& Housekeeping (Morning) 

Needed at 

Super 8 Motel 

Apply within: 

9485 W. 191st St, Mokena 

No Phone Calls 

Security Officers 

FT/PT. Great for Retirees! 

Southwest suburbs. call 

708-385-3300 or apply at 

www.guardiansecurityinc.com 

1003 Help 

Wanted 

Growing Residential 

Cleaning Co. has openings 

for Cleaning Pros 

Exp. Preferred but Will 

Train. P/T Weekdays. 

No Evenings/Weekends 

815-464-1988 

Tow Truck Driver 

Full or Part Time 

Must have CDL & Some 

Experience 

708-403-2277 

Welder/ Fabricator 

Must have valid Drivers 

License, Bilingual a plus. 

Please call Al @ 

630-327-2435 Lockport area 

1004 Employment 

Opportunities 

HELP WANTED! 

Make $1000/week mailing 

brochures from home! 

No exp. req. Helping home 

workers since 2001! 

Genuine opportunity. 

Start immediately! 

www.IncomeCentral.net 

1010 Sitters 

Available 

Dog Sitting 

Loving Home Atmosphere 

Large Fenced Yard 

60 lbs or Less 

Call (815)722-3415 

1023 Caregiver 

Caregiver Services 

Provided by 

Margaret’s Agency Inc. 

State Licensed & Bonded 

since 1998. Providing 

quality care for elderly. 

Live-in/ Come & go. 

708.403.8707 

1023 Caregiver 

Heaven Sent Caregivers 

Professional caregiving 

service. 24 hr or hourly 

services; shower or bath 

visits. Licensed & bonded. 

Try the best! 708.638.0641 

1037 Prayer / 

Novena 

Holy Spirit thou who make mesee 

everything and show me the way to 

reach myideal. You who give me 

the divine gift to forgive, and forget 

the wrong that is done to me 

and who are in all instances of my 

life with me. I, in this short dialogue, 

want to thank You for everything 

and confirm once more that 

Inever want to be separated from 

You, no matter how great the material 

desires may be. Iwant to be 

with You and my loved ones in 

Your Perpetural Glory, Amen. Say 

this prayer for 3consectutive days. 

After 3days the favor requested 

will be granted even though it may 

appear difficult. This prayer must 

be published immediately after the 

favor is granted w/o mentioning 

the favor. Thank you! P.H. 

Oh most Beautiful Flower of 

Mt Carmel, Fruitful vine, 

splendor of heaven, blessed 

mother of the Son of God, 

Immaculate Virgin, Assist me 

in this my neccessity, oh star of 

the sea help me and show me 

herein you are my mother. Oh 

holy Mary, Mother of God, 

Queen of Heaven and Earth, I 

humbly beeseach you from the 

bottom of my heart to succor 

me in my necessity (make 

request) there are none that can 

withstand your power, oh Mary 

conceived without sin, pray for 

us who have recourse to thee 

(3x). Holy Mary I place this 

cause in your hands (3x). Say 

this prayer for three 

consecutive days, you must 

publish it and it will be granted 

to you. Thank you For 

Granting my request. 

-MMT- 

Prayers Answered Lady of 

Mt. Caramel. BM 

1050 Community 

Events 

Giant Perennial Sale 

Frankfort 220 Pacific St. 

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

Hostas, asst. perennials. 

Very affordable! 

CLASSIFIEDS 

Help Wanted · Garage Sales · Automotive 

Real Estate · Rentals · Merchandise 

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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 

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Running Or Not 

from Old to New! 

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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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This family has loved living 

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Where: 16617 Grant Ave. in 

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subdivision 

What: Beautiful Orland Park 

home located in desirable 

Alpine Heights subdivision. 

Four-bedroom/2.5-bath 

custom two-story home with 

full finished lookout basement 

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Amenities: Exceptionally 

well-maintained and features 

convenient first floor master 

bedroom with full master 

bath. Beautiful kitchen with all 

stainless appliances. Formal 

living room and dining room. 

Spacious family room with 

fireplace. Gleaming hardwood 

floors on main level. Spacious 

second bedroom/master 

bedroom upstairs with shared 

bath. Large look-out basement 

with endless possibilities. Deck 

overlooking 

spacious yard 

with mature 

trees. Front 

and back lawn 

sprinklers. Sideload 

garage. 

Asking Price: $324,000 

Listing Agent: Bill Weber. 

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Agent Brokerage: Re/Max 

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

For more, visit OPPrairie.com/realestate. 

Jan. 23 

• 14740 Montgomery 

Drive, Orland Park, 

60462-3264 - Jacob L. 

Arredondo to Geronimo 

Aguilar, $170,000 

• 10672 Olde Mill Drive, 

Orland Park, 60467-1474 

- Boscardin Trust to Kevin 

B. Kroll, Elise R. Kroll, 

$725,000 

Feb. 21 

• 9933 Treetop Drive 

3E, Orland Park, 60462- 

4640 - Carol L. Boravicka 

to James Rybarczyk, 

Jfffrey R. Rybarczyk, 

$114,000 

• 15030 Huntington 

Court, Orland Park, 

60462-3044 - David 

Jonjevic to Salvador 

Ramirez, $231,500 

• 15238 Sunset Ridge 


60462-4024 - Mary Jo 

McCarthy Trustee to Edita 

Jakubauskas, Evaldas 

Jakubauskas, $262,000 

• 13799 Creek Crossing 


60467-7422 - Greystune 

Ridge LLC to Mahammed 

Osama Hanich, Ebanah 

Hasanat, $563,000 

Feb. 22 

• 15023 Highland Ave., 

Orland Park, 60462- 

3035 - Hartneck Trust 

to Ala Basem Shubbak, 

$173,000 

• 11080 Deer Haven 

Lane, Orland Park, 

60467-7822 - Flaherty 

Builders Incorp to Daniel 

P. Curry, Aimee B. Curry, 

$852,000 

Feb. 27 

• 15656 116th Ave., 

Orland Park, 60467- 

4493 - Irene D. Michalski 

to Bernard Scatena, 

Kathryn Scatena, 

$120,000 

• 16504 Garnet Court, 


- Kruspe Trust to Connie 

L. Sutherland, $263,000 

• 11028 W. 167th Place, 


- Federal Home Loan 

Mtg Corp to Sara Olson, 

Jeffrey Olson, $344,000 

The Going Rate is provided 

by Record Information Services 

Inc. For more information, 

visit www.public-record. 

com or call (630) 557-1000.



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2701 Property for 

Sale 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFCOOK 

COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

COUNTY DEPARTMENT -CHAN- 

CERY DIVISION 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA- 

TIONAL ASSOCIATION 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

JASON C. SUDAR, BRIDGET K. SU- 

DAR, UNITED STATES OF AMER- 

ICA, EQUABLE ASCENT FINAN- 

CIAL, LLC, STATE OF ILLINOIS, 

UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRE- 

CORD CLAIMANTS 

Defendants 

2017 CH 14878 

16701 ROBINHOOD DR ORLAND 

PARK, IL 60462 

NOTICE OF SALE 

PUBLIC NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN 

that pursuant to aJudgment ofForeclosure 

and Sale entered inthe above cause 

on March 27, 2018, an agent for The Judicial 

Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 

AM on June 29, 2018, at The Judicial 

Sales Corporation, One South Wacker 

Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at 

public auction to the highest bidder, as 

set forth below, the following described 

real estate: 

Commonly known as 16701 ROBIN- 

HOOD DR, ORLAND PARK, IL 

60462 

P roperty Index No. 

27-26-105-001-0000. 

The real estate is improved with asingle 

family residence. 

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid 

by certified funds at the close of the sale 

payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. 

No third party checks will beaccepted. 

The balance in certified funds/or 

wire transfer, is due within twenty-four 

(24) hours. The subject property issubject 

to general real estate taxes, special 

assessments, or special taxes levied 

against said real estate and is offered for 

sale without any representation asto 

quality or quantity of title and without 

recourse toPlaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. 

The sale is further subject to confirmation 

by the court. 

Upon payment in full ofthe amount bid, 

the purchaser will receive aCertificate 

of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to 

adeed to the real estate after confirmation 

of the sale. 

Where asale of real estate is made to 

satisfy alien prior to that of the United 

States, the United States shall have one 

year from the date of sale within which 

to redeem, except that with respect to a 

lien arising under the internal revenue 

laws the period shall be 120 days or the 

period allowable for redemption under 

State law, whichever is longer, and in 

any case inwhich, under the provisions 

of section 505 of the Housing Act of 

1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), 

and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 

38 of the United States Code, the 

right to redeem does not arise, there 

shall be no right of redemption. 

The property will NOT be open for inspection 

and plaintiff makes no representation 

astothe condition ofthe property. 

Prospective bidders are admonished 

to check the court file to verify all 

information. 

If this property isacondominium unit, 

the purchaser ofthe unit atthe foreclosure 

sale, other than amortgagee, shall 

pay the assessments and the legal fees 

required by The Condominium Property 

Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If 

this property is a condominium unit 

which is part of acommon interest community, 

the purchaser ofthe unit atthe 

foreclosure sale other than amortgagee 

shall pay the assessments required by 

The Condominium Property Act, 765 

ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR 

(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE 

RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION 

FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF 

2701 Property for 

Sale 

AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN AC- 

CORDANCE WITH SECTION 

15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS 

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. 

You will need a photo identification issued 

by a government agency (driver's 

license, passport, etc.) in order togain 

entry into our building and the foreclosure 

sale room in Cook County and the 

same identification for sales held at 

other county venues where The Judicial 

Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure 

sales. 

For information, examine the court file 

or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS 

& ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 

NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 

100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 

794-9876 Please refer tofile number 

14-17-15789. 

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORA- 

TION 

One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, 

Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 

You can also visit The Judicial Sales 

Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a7 

day status report of pending sales. 

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 

15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, 

SUITE 100 

BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 

(630) 794-5300 

E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com 

Attorney File No. 14-17-15789 

Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 

Attorney Code. 21762 

Case Number: 2017 CH 14878 

TJSC#: 38-2790 

NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection 

Practices Act, you are advised 

that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be 

adebt collector attempting tocollect a 

debt and any information obtained will 

be used for that purpose. 

I3086725 

2702 Public 

Notices 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

“An Act in relation to the use of an 

Assumed Business Name in the 

conduct or transaction of Business 

in the State,” as amended, that a 

certification was registered by the 

undersigned with the County Clerk 

of Cook County. 

Registration Number: D18154347 

on May 2, 2018 

Under the Assumed Business 

Name of Websight Clarity with the 

business located at: 8945 Willow 

Terrace Drive 1909, Orland Hills, 

IL 60487 

The true and real full name and 

residence address ofthe owner is: 

Daniel Berk, 8945 Willow Terrace 

Drive 1909 Orland Hills, IL 60487 

USA 

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFCOOK 

COUNTY, ILLINOIS, COUNTY DE- 

PARTMENT, PROBATE DIVISION. 

ESTATE OF Richard M. Kubis, DE- 

CEASED. CASE NO. 18 P 001216. 

Notice is hereby given tothe creditors 

and claimants of the death of Richard 

M. Kubis. Letters of Office were issued 

to Kathryn M. Kubis, 9919 West Somerset 

Lane, Palos Park, IL 60464, as Independent 

Administrator, whose attorney 

ofrecord is Sandra Makowka, Cohen 

Jutla Dovitz Makowka, LLC, 10729 

West 159th Street, Orland Park, Illinois



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60467. The estate will be administered 

without court supervision, unless under 

¬ß28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 

5/28-4) any interested person terminates 

independent administration atany time 

by mailing ordelivering apetition to 

terminate to the clerk. Claims against 

the estate may be filed inthe office of 

the clerk, Room 1202, Richard J. Daley 

Center, 50W. Washington Street, Chicago, 

IL, orwith the Administrator, or 

both, on or before November 10, 2018, 

or, if mailing ordelivery ofanotice 

from the representative is required by 

section 5/18-3 of the Probate Act (755 

ILCS 5/18-3), the date stated in that notice. 

Any claim not filed onorbefore 

that date is barred. Copies ofaclaim 

filed with the clerk must be mailed or 

delivered bythe claimant tothe representative 

and to the attorney within 10 

days after it has been filed. 

DEPARTMENT OF 

HOMELAND SECURITY 

FEDERAL EMERGENCY 

MANAGEMENT AGENCY 

Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations 

for the Village of Orland 

Park, Cook County, Illinois, and 

Case No. 18-05-2733P. The Department 

ofHomeland Security's 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency (FEMA) solicits technical 

information orcomments on proposed 

flood hazard determinations 

for the Flood Insurance Rate Map 

(FIRM), and where applicable, the 

Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report 

for your community. These flood 

hazard determinations may include 

the addition or modification of 

Base Flood Elevations, base flood 

depths, Special Flood Hazard Area 

boundaries or zone designations, or 

the regulatory floodway. The 

FIRM and, if applicable, the FIS 

report have been revised to reflect 

these flood hazard determinations 

through issuance of a Letter of 

Map Revision (LOMR), in accordance 

with Title 44, Part 65 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations. 

These determinations are the basis 

for the floodplain management 

measures that your community is 

required to adopt orshow evidence 

of having in effect to qualify or remain 

qualified for participation in 

the National Flood Insurance Program. 

For more information on the 

proposed flood hazard determinations 

and information onthe statutory 

90-day period provided for appeals, 

please visit FEMA's website 

at 

www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/fhm/b 

fe, or call the FEMA Map Information 

eXchange (FMIX) toll free at 

1-877-FEMA MAP 

(1-877-336-2627). 

Kruse Education Center 

7617 Hemlock Drive 

LEGAL NOTICE 

NOTICE OF 

PUBLIC HEARING 

NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN that 

aPublic Hearing will be held before 

the Plan Commission of the 

Village ofOrland Park, Illinois beginning 

at 7:00 p.m., or as soon 

thereafter as the matter may be 

heard, on June 12, 2018 at the Orland 

Park Village Hall, located at 

14700 South Ravinia Avenue, Orland 

Park, Cook County, Illinois, 

to consider an application for a 

Special Use Permit with modifications, 

Site Plan, Landscape Plan, 

and Elevations for Kruse Education 

Center, pursuant to the provisions 

of the Land Development 

Code of the Village of Orland 

Park, with respect tothe following 

described real estate: 

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: THAT 

PART OF THE SOUTHEAST 

QUARTER OF THE NORTH- 

WEST QUARTER OFSECTION 

13, TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH, 

RANGE 12 EAST OF THE 

THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, 

DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: 

COMMENCING AT THE CEN- 

TER OF SECTION 13; THENCE 

NORTH 00 DEGREES 04 MIN- 

UTES 21 SECONDS EAST, 215 

TO THE POINT OF BEGIN- 

NING; THENCE NORTH 89 DE- 

GREES 57 MINUTES 25 SEC- 

ONDS WEST ALONG A LINE 

WHICH IS PARALLEL WITH 

AND 215 FEET NORTH OF THE 

SOUTH LINE OFTHE NORTH- 

WEST QUARTER OF SAID SEC- 

TION 13, FOR ADISTANCE OF 

847.23 FEET; THENCE NORTH 

16 DEGREES 30 MINUTES 11 

SECONDS WEST, 298.63 FEET; 

THENCE NORTH 73 DEGREES 

29 MINUTES 49 SECONDS 

EAST, 90.43 FEET TO A POINT 

OF CURVATURE; THENCE 

EASTERLY ALONG ACURVE 

CONVEX NORTHERLY, HAV- 

ING ARADIUS OF 297.00 FEET, 

ADISTANCE OF 857.68 FEET 

TO THE EAST LINE OF THE 

NORTHWEST QUARTER; 

THENCE SOUTH 00DEGREES 

04 MINUTES 21 SECONDS 

WEST, 435.00 FEET TO THE 

POINT OF BEGINNING, IN 

COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 

PIN: 27-13-101-002-0000 

COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 7617 

Hemlock Drive, Orland Park, Illinois 

SUMMARY: The Applicant proposes 

to construct a 16,095 square 

foot addition to the existing 54,754 

square foot building toexpand the 

cafeteria and add classrooms. The 

site is approximately 7.97 acres 

and istobeaSpecial Use (School) 

within the R-3 Residential Zoning 

District. The Applicant seeks approval 

for aSite Plan, Landscape 

Plan, Elevations, and aSpecial Use 

Permit for a public school with 

modifications from the Village of 

Orland Park Land Development 

Code requirements, including: 

1. Number of Parking Spaces. 

(Section 6-306.B.): A50parking 

space modification to allow 90 

parking spaces within the site 

where the parking requirement is 

40 spaces. 

2. Front Parking Setback (Section 

6-306.E.7.a.): Amodification toallow 

parking within the setback between 

the building and the 

right-of-way. 

3. Side Parking Setback (Section 

6-306.E.8.a.): Amodification toallow 

parking within the required 

side yard setback in aresidential 

district. 

4. Shed Size (Section 6-302.C.33.): 

A14square foot modification to 

allow a 214 square foot shed. 

The proposed project also includes 

landscape improvements, a new 

parking lot/drop-off area, a new 

play area, anew trash enclosure, 

relocating ashed, and stormwater 

improvements. 

The proposed project asapplied for 

may be added to, revised, or eliminated 

as a result of the Public 

Hearing. All interested parties 

should attend and will be given an 

opportunity to be heard. The Public 

Hearing may be continued bythe 

Plan Commission without further 

notice except as may be required 

by the Illinois Open Meetings Act. 

PLAN COMMISSION OF THE 

VILLAGE 

OF ORLAND PARK, ILLINOIS 

By: Nick Parisi, Chairperson 


Under $100 

1950s Heilmans heavy glass 

Old Style beer pitcher $20. 

1950s Schlitz pewter ice cooler 

made in Italy $25. 8beer steins 

$5 ea. 708.614.8148 

2-26” Huffy bikes, new $75. 

708.599.6796 

4parrot cages: 1small $10, 2 

medium $15 each, 1large $20. 

Large dog cage $20. 

708.308.8342 

Beautiful old fashioned amish 

made wood high chair. Excellent 

condition. Paid $170, now 

$90 obo. 708.620.8220 

Chicago cutlery vintage 8” 66S 

carving slicing knife stainless 

blade & walnut handle $20. 

708.466.9907 

Chilton’s auto service repair 

manual 1993-1997 hardcover 

$20. 708.466.9907 

Exercise bike, hardly used, 

Edge 288r by Fitness Quest. 

Sensors: speed, milage, pulse, 

$80. 260.585.4393. Lockport. 

Faberware stainless steel vintage 

8”blade with oak wooden 

handle chef/butcher knife $18. 

708.466.9907 

Hoover steam vac, 4brushes, 

retracks w ater $75. 

708.478.5338 LM 

Jacuzzi pool pump 11/2 HP 

motor 2speeds, high &low 

$80. Call Lou after 6PM 

708.448.9597 

Lawn boy 6.75 HP push 

mower, rear discharger, runs 

fine, no bag $75. Frankfort 

815.469.1638 

Like new 7” electric tile cutting 

machine $35. Like new 

10” milter saw $50. Long extension 

chord onwheel $10. 

708.479.0193 

Mens 26” Free Spirit bicycle, 

blue, large seat $30. Canary 

cages, $15 ea. 708.478.8976 

PF product classic vintage retro 

novelty wall phone with push 

button dials $35. 708.466.9907 

Refrigerator -GE french door 

bottom freezer, white 22 cu. ft. 

like new $100 firm. 

815.838.1745 

RockFord vintage heavy duty 

short barrel pnuematic chisel 

air hammer model 705 $35. 

708.466.9907 

Shawnee pottery pieces, Lucky 

the elephant, Puss ‘n’ Boots 

p itchers $100 each. 

815.838.9179 

Small Char-Broil grill white 

wheels. Included: grill cover, 

extra LPgas tank, tools, wire 

brush, timer $50 takes all. 

708.403.2504 

Soffit vinyl exterior mat’l. 

color tumbleweed, 15 pcs box 

12’ long $100. 708.301.3598 

Sony stereo, 5 discs, tapes, 

AM-FM stereo, 2 speakers 

$100. 708.301.5849 

Tools: pliers, screwdrivers, staple 

guns, ect. Slightly used. 

Most 50 cents. 708.609.8625 

Twin bed headboard and floor 

board with steel frame, medium 

wood stain $25. Hitachi 

3x.131 bright framing nails, 

4000 cases $20. Call 

708.567.8999 

Whirlprool over range microwave, 

includes backing for 

plate for install, has turntable. 

Runs great! $65. 312.320.4664 

Chilton’s auto service repair 

manual 1993-1997 hardcover 

$20. 708.466.9907 

Dog booster bath 48L 25W 

12D on portable stand $75. X 

Large. 708.534.3423 

Dresser/changing table, blonde 

color wood, 4 drawers, 2 

shelves with changing pad in 

great condition$75. Text ifinterested 

- can send you apicture 

708.420.0740 

Five patio/deck chairs, steel 

construction with full seat and 

back cushions, all in excellent 

condition $75. 708.846.5411 

George Forman electric grill 

$45. 815.838.6198 

Ikea inreda bookshelf halogen 

LTS. New have 10, $5 ea. MP3 

pro digital metal detector used 

once to find ring. Carl 

708.717.5054 

Inground pool cover reel (no 

cover) $75. 708.403.3720. 

Leave message. 

Kitchen table and chairs $99. 

29”x47” table, 4 chairs with 

white seats, 1yrold, perfect! 

$99. 708.205.4625 

Large variety of Craftmans 

tools, take all for $100. 

708.349.3238 

2018 Land Development Code Amendments I 

LEGAL NOTICE 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 

NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN that aPublic Hearing will be held before 

the Plan Commission of the Village ofOrland Park, Illinois onJune 12, 

2018 at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter asthe matter may be heard, at the 

Orland Park Village Hall, located at 14700 South Ravinia Avenue, Orland 

Park, Cook County, Illinois, to consider the following amendments to the 

Village of Orland Park Land Development Code: 

SECTION 2-102 DEFINITIONS TO UPDATE DEFINITION TOTHE 

TERM "DAY CARE CENTER"; SECTIONS 6-201.F, 6-202.F, 6-203.F, 

6-203.5.F, 6-204.F, 6-204.5.F, 6-205.F, AND 6-206.G “LOT COVER- 

AGE” TO UPDATE LOT COVERAGE REGULATIONS FOR RESI- 

DENTIAL PROPERTIES IN THE E-1, R-1, R-2, R-2A, R-3, R-3A, R-4 

AND RSB DISTRICTS; SECTION 6-501.B TO ADD AREQUIRE- 

MENT THAT UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED MEASUREMENTS 

SHALL BETAKEN FROM THE PROPERTY LINE; SECTION 6-104.A 

BULK REGULATIONS TO REMOVE TABLE 6-104(A).1 “DEVELOP- 

MENT STANDARDS” AND TABLE 6-104(A).2 “SETBACKS 

SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED AND DETACHED DWELLINGS IN- 

CLUDING DUPLEXES AND TOWNHOMES”; SECTION 6-204, 

6-204.5, SECTION 6-205, and 6-206 TO UPDATE SPECIAL USES AND 

SETBACK REGULATIONS IN THE R-3, R-3A, R-4 RESIDENTIAL 

DISTRICT AND RSB RESIDENTIAL SUPPORTING BUSINESS DIS- 

TRICT; SECTION 6-212.E TO UPDATE REQUIREMENTS FOR 

STREET LEVEL TRANSPARENCY IN THE VCD VILLAGE CENTER 

DISTRICT; SECTION 6-209.G, SECTION 6-209.H, SECTION 6-209.I, 

SECTION 6-209.J TO UPDATE THE REVIEW PROCESS FOR ACER- 

TIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS IN THE OLD ORLAND HIS- 

TORIC DISTRICT; SECTION 6-410 WATER SUPPLY TO UPDATE 

THE SECTION IN ITS ENTIRETY; SECTION 6-411 SOIL EROSION 

AND SEDIMENTATION CONTROL TO UPDATE THE SECTION IN 

ITS ENTIRETY; 6-308.F BUILDING AND STRUCTURE DESIGN TO 

UPDATE BUILDING MASONRY REQUIREMENTS; SECTION 

6-305.F.3.F TREE REPLACEMENT STANDARDS TO UPDATE TREE 

MITIGATION AND REPLACEMENT REQUIREMENTS, CASH IN 

LIEU OF TREE REPLACEMENT, AND REQUIREMENTS AND TO 

UPDATE TABLE 6-305.F.3.F.1 (A) AND CREATE TABLE 

6-305.F.3.F.1 (B): NON- NATIVE ILLINOIS TREE REPLACEMENT 

STANDARDS; SECTION 6-302.I.2 “OUTSIDE STORAGE” TOUP- 

DATE SITE AND LANDSCAPE PLAN REQUIREMENTS FOR THE 

OUTDOOR STORAGE OF VEHICLES IN MFG MANUFACTURING 

DISTRICT; SECTION 6-305 TO UPDATE LANDSCAPE PLAN RE- 

QUIREMENTS FOR THE OUTDOOR STORAGE OF VEHICLES IN 

MFG MANUFACTURING DISTRICT; SECTION 6-305.B.2.a TO 

CLARIFY ALL NEW SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLINGS 

AND ATTACHED 2-UNIT DWELLINGS ONASINGLE PARCEL 

SHALL ONLY COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 

6-305.E “LANDSCAPE PLAN” AND 6-305.F “MAINTENANCE AND 

PRESERVATION”; SECTION 6-305.E.3.a TO CLARIFY THAT FINAL 

LANDSCAPE PLANS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED IN CONJUNCTION 

WITH FINAL ENGINEERING SUBMITTALS AND THAT ADIGITAL 

COPY MUST ACCOMPANY ALL LANDSCAPE PLAN SUBMIT- 

TALS; SECTION 5-112.E.9.e.3 TO UPDATE LANDSCAPE PLAN RE- 

VIEW AND INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO THE 

PAYMENT OF FEES; SECTION 5-112.E.9.e.3 TO CLARIFY THE VIL- 

LAGE POLICY THAT MINIMUM OF THREE (3) YEARS OF CON- 

SECUTIVE NATURALIZED LANDSCAPE AREA INSPECTION AP- 

PROVALS SHALL BEATTAINED BEFORE VILLAGE APPROVAL 

AND ACCEPTANCE OF STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AREAS; 

SECTION 1-104 “REVIEW FEES” TOCLARIFY AT WHAT POINT 

COSTS INCURRED BYTHE VILLAGE SHALL BE PAID BYAPETI- 

TIONER AND THAT THE PAYMENT OF FEES INCURRED BYTHE 

VILLAGE IS STILL REQUIRED UPON A PETITION BEING WITH- 

DRAWN, DENIED OR TERMINATED; SECTION 6-304 TO UPDATE 

THE REQUIREMENTS AND REGULATIONS FOR TEMPORARY 

USES AND ASSOCIATED PERMITS; SECTION 6-304 “TEMPORARY 

USES” TO UPDATE REQUIREMENTS FOR HIRING TRAILERS; 

SECTION 6-302.D "DUMPSTERS AND TRASH HANDLING AREAS" 

TO CLARIFY THAT DUMPSTER AND GREASE RECEPTACLES 

MUST HAVE LIDS AND REMAIN INSIDE GARBAGE ENCLO- 

SURES; SECTION 6-205.1 "LSPD LARGE SCALE PLANNED DEVEL- 

OPMENT DISTRICT" TO UPDATE PERMITTED USES IN LSPD DIS- 

TRICT; SECTION 6-302.C.33 "SHEDS AND STORAGE BUILDINGS" 

TO UPDATE THE MAXIMUM SIZE OF APERMITTED SHED OR 

STORAGE BUILDING; SECTION 6-409.E, SECTION 6-411.B, SEC- 

TION 6-412.D, SECTION 6-412.I AND SECTION 6-305 AND FIGURE 

6-305.D.8.b (A) TO CLARIFY MINIMUM DEVELOPMENT DIS- 

TANCE FOR WATER BODIES INCLUDING DETENTION/RETEN- 

TION PONDS; SECTION 6-308.F, SECTION 6-212.E.2.i., SECTION 

6-210.F.4.g, SECTION 6-211.F.3.g, SECTION 6-207.F.4.g, AND SEC- 

TION 6-208.F.4.g TO RELOCATE REQUIREMENTS FOR BUILDING 

ELEVATIONS FACING ASTREET FROM EACH DISTRICT TO THE 

DESIGN STANDARDS; SECTION 6-306.B.6 TO CLARIFY THAT RE-

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10 Questions 

with Kelli Bergmark 

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Kelli Bergmark (left in 

photo) is a senior soccer 

player at Sandburg who will 

continue her athletic and 

academic career at Wisconsin-Euu 

Claire. 

How did you find Eau 

Claire or how did they 

find you? 

I was going to visit my 

sister in Minneapolis and my 

dad told me I should look 

for some college I.D. camps 

at the colleges I had left on 

my list that were in that area. 

Eau Claire happened to have 

one the weekend I would be 

there, so I flew to Minneapolis 

and drove to Eau Claire. I 

went to the camp, and by the 

end of the camp the coach 

said he was really interested 

in me and would like to offer 

me a roster spot. 

What is your major 

going to be? 

I am going to major in music. 

I have played percussion 

for seven years, and music 

is in my blood and I love it. 

Eventually, I would like to 

become a manager of a recording 

studio. 

What is your proudest 

moment in soccer? 

It was on my club soccer 

team sophomore year. Our 

team was undefeated at the 

THIS WEEK IN... 

EAGLES VARSITY ATHLETICS 

BASEBALL 

■May ■ 26 - Class 4A Providence Catholic 

Regional final, 11 a.m.* 

BOYS CO-OP LACROSSE 

■May ■ 25 - Lockport Sectional final, 5:30 p.m.* 

time and it was the last game 

of the season. We were losing. 

We had 15 seconds left in 

the game, and I was playing 

stopper which was not my 

normal position at the time. I 

was dribbling the ball in open 

space when coach yelled to 

me to shoot it from half. I 

shot the ball it went in the upper 

90 corner of the goal. We 

tied the game and remained 

undefeated. Everyone was 

screaming with excitement. 

Do you have a favorite 

pregame pump-up song? 

“Pretty Girl Rock,” by 

Keri Hilson 

Is there something 

people don’t know 

about you? 

I love poetry. I read it every 

night before I go to sleep. 

Is there a movie you 

could watch over and 

over without getting 

bored with it? 

“Sound City”. It is a documentary 

about a recording 

studio called Sound City that 

many well known albums 

have been recorded at. I love 

it because it follows a great 

story line and every time I 

watch it, there seems to be 

something new that I didn’t 

notice when I watched it before. 

When I watched this it, 

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22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

triggered me to want to major 

in music. 

How about a TV show 

that you could watch 

over and over? And 

Why? 

I love “New Girl” because I 

literally am Jess. We are both 

really goofy and outgoing. 

If you could have dinner 

with anyone — living 

or dead — who would 

it be with? Why? 

I would have dinner with 

Dave Grohl because he is a 

music genius. He has been 

in Nirvana, and is in Foo 

fighters today. He is one of 

my role models, and I think 

hearing about his life would 

be super interesting. 

If they made a movie 

about your life, who 

should play you? 

Blake Lively 

What would that movie 

be called? 

“Team No Sleep” 

Interview conducted by Sports 

Editor Jeff Vorva 

BOYS VOLLEYBALL 

■May ■ 25 - Brother Rice Sectional semifinal, 

5:30 p.m. * 

SOFTBALL 

■May ■ 26 - Class 4A Lyons Regional final, 11 

a.m. * 

• if necessary 

; 

QUIREMENTS BASED ON SQUARE FEET MEAN SQUARE FEET 

OF GROSS BUILDING FLOOR AREA, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE IN- 

DICATED; SECTION 6-306.C TO CLARIFY DIRECTION OF TRAF- 

FIC INFIGURE 6-306(C) REQUIRED PARKING STALL AND AISLE 

DIMENSIONS; SECTION 5-112.E.3 TO UPDATE REQUIREMENTS 

FOR LETTERS OF CREDIT TOINCLUDE THE COLLECTION OF AN 

ADDITIONAL 7% OF THE TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION TO 

RECOVER FOR MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE TIME 

AND EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE VILLAGE STAFF IN PROC- 

ESSING AND ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS 

AND LANDSCAPING; AND SECTION 2-102 TO CLARIFY THAT IF 

A TERM IS NOT DEFINED WITHIN THIS SECTION TO REFER- 

ENCE THE MERRIAM WEBSTER DICTIONARY”. 

Copies ofthe public hearing draft of the Amendments to said Ordinance 

No. 2084 may be examined atthe Development Services Department, in 

the Village Hall, 14700 S. Ravinia Avenue, in the Village of Orland Park. 

All parties interested should attend and will be given an opportunity to be 

heard. Such hearing may be continued bythe Plan Commission without 

republication except as may be required by the Illinois Open Meetings 

Act. 

PLAN COMMISSION OF THE VILLAGE 

OF ORLAND PARK, ILLINOIS 

By: Nick Parisi 

Chairperson 

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BOYS LACROSSE 

Emotional senior night for Teschke family 

JEFF VORVA, Sports Editor 

Steve Teschke said that 

for the past 16 years, he 

and his wife, Donna, were 

working hard to try to make 

lacrosse an Illinois High 

School Association-recognized 

sport. 

It was announced in 2016 

that it would be recognized 

as a sport starting in 

2018. 

A month before the start 

of the season, Donna died. 

While she was able to receive 

the good news that it 

would indeed be an IHSA 

sport, she was not around to 

watch her sons, Mark and 

Jack, play in their inaugural 

season under the IHSA’s umbrella. 

The two Sandburg seniors 

are a part of Andrew’s coop 

team that features players 

from Andrew, Sandburg 

and Stagg. They joined 10 

teammates in a senior night 

ceremony in Andrew’s stadium 

in Tinley Park before 

a victory over Minooka on 

May 16. 

It was a night of mixed 

emotions for the Teschkes. 

“I wish she could have 

been here for this,” Steve 

said of Donna. 

Steve and his sons shared 

a long hug during the senior 

ceremony. 

Even though this is a firstyear 

sport under the IHSA’s 

watch, many of these players 

competed on the club level 

with the Chiefs. 

Other seniors recognized 

Andrew co-op lacrosse players prepare to present their 

parents with flowers during a senior night presentation on 

May 16. 

were Michael Stevens, 

Justice Buttala, Nicholas 

Redman, Mitch Redman, 

Drew Gossage, Tim Krafcisin, 

Hunter Morris, Chris 

Houchins, Noah Perry and 

John Brody. 

Mark Teschke (Augustana 

College) and Perry 

(Dubuque) will play the 

sport in college and some of 

the other seniors will play in 

Mark Teschke (No. 1) and his brother Jack (right) hug 

their father, Steve, during a senior night ceremony for the 

Andrew co-op boys lacrosse team. 

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college on the club level. 

Andrew finished 12-3 

overall during the regular 

season and 8-0 in the Southland 

Lacrosse Association. 

They opened up postseason 

play hosting Providence 

Catholic on Monday, May 

21, in the first round of sectional 

play. 

BASEBALL 

No minor matter, Sandburg wins Stevie’s Tournament 


Sandburg’s baseball team 

steamrolled into the postseason 

by winning the South- 

West Suburban Conference 

and then becoming the first 

public school team to win 

the seventh Do It Stevie’s 

Way Tournament. 

In order to win the tournament, 

the Eagles had an unusual 

itinerary on Saturday, 

May 19. They played a late 

morning semifinal game at 

Joliet Route 66 Stadium and 

beat Oak Park River Forest, 

12-7, took a break in the 

mid-afternoon and headed to 

Crestwood in the evening to 

knock off St. Laurence, 6-0, 

at Standard Bank Standard 

Bank Stadium. 

Two minor league parks. 

Two wins. 

A huge championship. 

“It was really nice to 

play at these parks,” Eagles 

catcher Ryan Hampe said. 

“We had great support at 

both games. Obviously we 

had more for the championship 

game. It was great.” 

Oh, and that park in Joliet? 

That’s a place the Eagles 

(23-6) want to return to. 

Route 66 Stadium hosts the 

Illinois High School Association 

Class 4A State Baseball 

finals on June 8-9. They 

opened postseason play this 

week and if the seeds held 

true and they won their 

first-round regional game 

scheduled for Wednesday, 

May 23, the fourth-seeded 

Eagles would have a showdown 

against fifth-seeded 

Providence Catholic in the 

Providence Regional championship 

at 11 a.m. 

Last year, the Eagles 

snapped the Celtics’ staterecord 

23-game postseason 

winning streak with a 12-10 

victory at the Homewood- 

Flossmoor Sectional. 

After winning their conference 

for the third straight 

season and winning Stevie’s 

Tournament, named in honor 

of Mokena’s Steve Bajenski, 

a Mt. Carmel student and 

member of the Orland Parkbased 

Sparks team who died 

in 2009, the Eagles are ready 

for the postseason grind. 

“The tournament was like 

a playoff atmosphere,” said 

Hampe, who joined Orland 

Park resident and St. Laurence 

catcher Matt McCormick, 

won a Do It Stevie’s 

Way Award after the title 

game. “We’re playing great 

now. Our wins have been really 

solid. We’re hitting the 

ball and our pitching has 

been solid.” 

Seth Masters threw the 

shutout against St. Laurence 

and allowed two hits – both 

to McCormick. 

“We played some of the 

best teams in the area to 

win this – it’s just amazing,” 

Masters said. “We lost to 

Marist (in a second-round of 

seeding game on Thursday 

May 17) but we’ve lost six 

games this year and every 

time we lose, we come back 

and bang balls around more 

than we ever had before.” 

Hampe had four hits in 

the semifinal game in Joliet, 

Masters drove in two runs 

and scored two more while 

Andrew Tenison hit a threerun 

homer and Brian Adams 

drove in three runs. 

In the title game, Tenison 

had three hits while Tommy 

Windt and Branden Comia 

each added two. 

Sandburg’s baseball team hoists the Do It Stevie’s Way 

trophy after beating St. Laurence, 6-0, Saturday, May 19, in 

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Sandburg scores a goal, but loses another heartbreaker 


It figures. 

Sandburg’s girls soccer 

team, which had scored just 

six goals in 16 regular-season 

matches, couldn’t catch 

many breaks on the field or 

off the field. 

The Eagles dropped their 

first-round regional game to 

Mother McAuley, 2-1, on 

May 15 at the Sandburg Regional. 

Bella Strolia scored 

a first-half goal but McAuley 

tied it up in the second 

half and eventually won on 

penalty kicks after overtime 

play. 

Yet, due to a reporting 

error to the Illinois High 

School Association, it was 

reported all around the 

state that the Eagles lost the 

match, 1-0. 

An injury to scoring 

threat Madison Manzke hurt 

the Eagles (2-13-2) all season 

and while they played 

strong defense throughout 

the year against a tough 

schedule, they lost seven 

matches 1-0 and had a 0-0 

tie. 

It’s the first time since 

1996 that the Eagles did not 

win a postseason tournament. 

District 230 rival Andrew 

won the regional on Friday, 

May 18, with a 2-0 victory 

over McAuley. 

Bass fishing 

Sandburg finished fourth 

out of six teams in the state 

in the unified competition 

on Saturday, May 19 at Carlyle 

Lake in Carlyle. 

The unified division requires 

that at least two anglers 

in the boat are special 

needs students. 

The Eagles caught one 

fish totaling 1 pound, 1/16 

ounces. Pontiac won by 

catching eight fish weighing 

8-6/16. 

In the state competition, 

Providence Catholic took 

eighth with a haul of 12- 

10/16. 

Boys track 

Orland Park’s Brian Ferguson, 

a sophomore at 

Marist High School, won 

the Class 3A Morton Sectional 

400-meter dash with 

a tie of 49.88 seconds on 

Friday, May 18. 

Ferguson broke his own 

school record for sophomores 

in that event and he 

will participate in the IHSA 

state meet beginning Friday 

at Eastern Illinois University 

in Charleston. 

Tennis 

For the second straight 

year, Sandburg did not 

have a qualifier for the state 

tournament as the Eagles 

finished tied for sixth in its 

own Class 2A sectional on 

Friday, May 18 and Saturday, 

May 19. 

District 230 rival Stagg 

won the event with 28 

points and will send two 

singles players and two 

doubles teams to the state 

tournament. 

Water polo 

Sandburg’s Joseph Jenkot, 

Josh Grella and Kyle 

Fox were named to the Lincoln-Way 

East all-sectional 

boys water polo team. 

Mike Rzeszowicz and 

Richard Sokolowski made 

the third team. 

Tara Maher, Natalie Barkowski 

and Bella Wrobel 

made the first team for the 

girls at LWE while Emma 

Crnich was on the second 

team and Ashleigh Asiddao 

was on the third team. 

RIGHT: Sandburg soccer 

player Bella Strolia 

(waving) scored the Eagles’ 

lone goal in a 2-1 regional 

loss to Mother McAuley. 

Sandburg’s Grace Corluka (left) and Mother McAuley’s Margo Chakinis jostle during regional action on May 15. PHOTOS BY 

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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT 

Sismelich goes a long distance to help Cardinals 

PATRICK Z. MCGAVIN 


The very idea of running is to be 

open, free and alive. 

The Cartesian assertion, “I think, 

therefore I am,” is the dominant 

form of expression. 

The middle and long distance 

runner embodies these feelings intimately. 

Steve Sismelich is acutely 

aware of the feeling of release 

and pure sensation. The challenge 

is achieving a particular kind of 

grace. 

“One of the first things they 

teach you is that you have to be the 

runner you want to become,” Sismelich 

said. 

An Orland Park native, Sismelich 

wrapped up a distinguished 

four-year running career in cross 

country and track at North Central 

College, a Division III powerhouse 

program in Naperville. 

On May 5, he helped the Cardinals 

capture the men’s outdoor 

championship in the College Conference 

of Illinois & Wisconsin. 

He set a personal record by 

clocking 31 minutes, 8.74 seconds 

to finish second to teammate Nolan 

McKenna (30:58.40) as North 

Central captured the top five places 

in the 10,000-meter run. 

“We have great camaraderie, and 

the fact we have so many other 

great runners is why I have been 

able to run these times,” he said. 

Sismelich has shown versatility 

and passion for the sport, running 

everything from the indoor mile 

to the 10,000 meters. In April, Sismelich 

established personal bests 

in the 1,500 (4:06.42), the 3,000 

(9:09.90) and 5,000 (14:46.09). 

The Cardinals open NCAA Division 

III Outdoor National Championships 

in La Crosse, Wisconsin, 

starting Thursday, May 24. Sismelich 

found out on Saturday, May 

19, that his times did not qualify, 

however, so his college running career 

is over. 

He first developed his passion 

for running at Providence Catholic, 

where he graduated in 2014. 

“It was my freshman year at 

Providence, and at that point in my 

life I had not really been involved 

in competition and I had a buddy 

who encouraged me,” he said. “I 

tried it, and I had some initial success 

and it was just something I 

wanted to continue.” 

Another former Providence runner, 

Jerry Davis, helped influence 

him to matriculate to North Central. 

At Providence, Sismelich had 

plenty of natural ability but was 

still learning about discipline, purpose 

and the nature of competition. 

In making the transition to college 

competition, he underwent 

an accelerated process in learning 

and developing those necessary 

traits. 

“The two main things you learn 

about college competition is the 

mental part and the training,” he 

said. His workout rhythm and 

training regimen is both grueling 

and intense. 

He estimates averaging running 

between 80 to 90 miles per week. 

North Central is rated the No. 1 

Division III program in the country 

by the U.S. Track & Field and 

Cross Country Coaches Association. 

The Cardinals’ middle and long 

distance runners undergo two significant 

movements, on Mondays 

and Wednesdays, a tempo workout 

that emphasizes speed and a midweek 

uphill work that helps build 

endurance. His longest race — 

10,000 meters — converts to 6.2 

miles. 

It is natural to wonder what races 

through his mind. 

“In the 10,000, it has what we 

call three stages, and the most important 

and hardest is the third part, 

and what you never want to do in 

that third part is what we call fall 

asleep,” Sismelich said. “Once you 

do that, you can never get back. 

What I focus on and what I try to 

do is visualize the practice, and 

ideally what you want is to have 

your practice run and your [competition] 

run to be parallel with each 

other.” 

Sismelich has also excelled 

off the track. He is academic all- 

CCIW and is set to graduate with 

his degree in marketing in June. 

The next stage of his life is open 

and marked by discovery. He concedes 

his competitive running career 

is probably over. He is mulling 

joining some college classmates 

and possibly take part running a 

marathon in Minnesota. 

Running has taught him crucial 

life lessons. 

“Running has made me not just 

an athlete but a better person,” he 

said. “One of the things the coaches 

talk about and what you learn is 

not to be intimated or be afraid, of 

the talent level around you or the 

times you run, and in the process 

you learn a presence, a lifestyle of 

discipline.” 

Steve Sismelich, an Orland Park native, has been competing with 

talented teammates in the 5,000- and 10,000-meter events at North 

Central College, which is the top NCAA Division III program in the 

country. Photo submitted 

Football 

From Page 47 

Finally, Tinley Park 

would be in Class 5A, 

District 4 along with Marian 

Catholic, Thornridge, 

Hillcrest, Joliet Catholic 

Academy, Rich Central, 

Rich East and Rich South. 

Again, there are no powerhouses. 

Joliet Catholic has 

one of the richest traditions 

in IHSA football history but 

the Hilltoppers have been 

down for the last couple of 

years. 

All of this is going to 

take a lot of work and a lot 

of time before we see it – if 

we see it. 

But while we are yakking 

about this overhaul, let’s 

consider another problem 

that coaches and fans have 

– the public vs. private 

school issue. 

I have written thousands 

of columns over the years 

and never once touched 

on this hot-button issue 

because it’s something that 

I never believed would be 

changed without a major 

overhaul of the system. 

Well, now that the system 

could be overhauled, this 

issue should be in the conversation. 

We all know that private 

and public schools do not 

play on a level playing 

field. Private schools can 

draw student athletes 

from a heck of a lot more 

miles than public schools 

can. How many kids from 

Indiana play at Mt. Carmel? 

Having a separate playoff 

system for private and 

public schools may or may 

not be the best idea, but 

it should be given careful 

consideration while we 

are considering changing 

conferences to districts. 

After all, why try to fix 

the engine and ignore the 

four flat tires?


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Top-seeded Jacobs, 3,200 relay team eying state track titles 


If there was a Mount 

Rushmore for boys Sandburg 

High School runners, 

one would probably need 

five busts instead of four. 

Tom Graves, Lukas Verzbicas 

and the Torpy twins 

– Sean and Chris – all have 

great credentials in cross 

country and track, and 

should be automatic candidates. 

And then there is Dylan 

Jacobs. 

His last Illinois High 

School Association competition 

in a Sandburg uniform 

is set for Friday, May 25, 

and, likely, Saturday May 

26, in the Class 3A state 

meet at O’Brien Field at 

Eastern Illinois University 

in Charleston. 

In this four years at the 

Orland Park school, he 

seemingly has done it all. 

As a sophomore, he was 

a key member of a cross 

country team that finished 

first in the state in Class 3A, 

even though he suffered an 

injury at the sectional race 

at Katherine Legge Memorial 

Park in Hinsdale. The 

following spring, he was 

on the Eagles 3,200-meter 

relay team that set a state 

record of 7 minutes, 37.36 

seconds with the Torpy 

twins and Tom Brennan. 

His junior year, he finished 

third in the state in 

cross country and helped 

the 3,200 relay team to a 

second-place finish in the 

state. Jacobs finished ninth 

in the 1,600. 

His senior year, he was 

one of a handful of athletes 

in history to ever break 14 

minutes at the Detweiller 

Park cross country course in 

Peoria, as he accomplished 

that during a regular season 

meet. He won the national 

Foot Locker race a month 

after he finished sixth in 

Sandburg’s 3,200-meter relay team of (from left) Nico Calderon, Connor Devlin, Dylan Jacobs and Peter Demogerontas enter this weekend’s state meet 

with the top sectional time. JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

the state in cross country. 

He faced international 

competition in Scotland in 

January. 

But one thing is missing 

on the Notre Dame-bound 

Jacobs’ monumental resume. 

He has yet to win an individual 

IHSA state championship. 

He will get that opportunity 

after qualifying in the 

1,600 run at Downers Grove 

North on Friday, May 18. 

He is also the anchor of the 

qualifying 3,200 relay team. 

The relay team — also 

featuring Connor Devlin, 

Nico Calderon and Peter 

Demogerontas, is seeking 

Sandburg’s seventh straight 

Top 4 state finish in that 

event. 

Also qualifying for Sandburg 

were the 800 relay 

team of Marvin Agwomoh, 

Nick Shelton, Rick Kwak 

and Demogerontas, Calderon 

in the 1,600, and Rob 

Sieczkowski in the 3,200. 

Jacobs’ 4:12.24 was the 

best sectional time in the 

state with Downers Grove 

North’s Jacob Ridderhoff 

second at 4:16.28 Whitney 

Young’s Clayton Mendez 

is third at 4:17.59. The 

Eagles’ 3,200 team had 

the best sectional time at 

7:47.75 followed by Danville 

(7:49.35). 

Jacobs said this will 

not be his last time in the 

Charleston stadium. 

“I’ll be back in the stands 

watching,” he said. “But being 

a runner on that track is 

an amazing experience. The 

crowd is loud. You have the 

best runners in the state. 

There is so much competition. 

Everyone is running 

their [personal record]. It’s 

definitely going to be disappointing 

that it will be my 

last time I will be there, but 

I’m definitely going to enjoy 

the moment and really 

have a good time with my 

teammates.” 

Eagles coach Joe Nemeth 

savored watching Jacobs’ 

career. 

“The kid’s a killer,” Nemeth 

said. “He runs so 

smooth and so under control. 

In 2016, that team 

broke the record, and he 

was just a sophomore. Now, 

he’s grown up, and he’s going 

to Notre Dame. 

“He’s been awesome. 

Personally, I would like to 

get him a state title, because 

I believe he has earned it. I 

think he had his mind set on 

that one in November and 

didn’t quite have the health 

to do so.’’ 

Jacobs was a favorite to 

win the state cross country 

meet and suffered a viral 

infection before the state 

cross country meet. His 

coach, John O’Malley, seriously 

thought of pulling 

him out of the meet. After 

the race, O’Malley lauded 

the sixth-place finish, given 

the severity of the illness. 

“I was going for the win 

but [champion Danny Kilrea 

of Lyons] ran great 

that day,” Jacobs said. “I 

couldn’t have done any 

more than I did, so I can’t 

be disappointed coming out 

of it. You can’t be mad at 

finishing sixth. It’s pretty 

good. Our team did pretty 

well, so I am not disappointed 

at all.” 

The 3,200 relay team is 

also hoping for another high 

finish. It was first in 2015 

and 2016 and second last 

year. 

Nemeth has been mixing 

and matching that team 

all year, and hopes he has 

found the right combination 

this weekend. 

“It’s been coming together,” 

he said. “When 

you have Dylan Jacobs as 

an anchor, if you are somewhere 

in contention, you 

let the chips fall where they 

may. All you can ask for in 

state is to be in the mix. We 

don’t have a 7:37 this year, 

but if you are in contention 

with Dylan, you are in good 

shape.”



fastbreak 

THURSDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK 

As long as we’re messing with the system… 

JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY 

MEDIA 

1st and 3 

SANDBURG’S BASEBALL 

TEAM (ABOVE) WON 

ITS THIRD STRAIGHT 

SOUTHWEST SUBURBAN 

CONFERENCE BLUE 

TITLE. HERE ARE A FEW 

FACTS ABOUT THAT 

TITLE.. 

1. The loss 

The Eagles’ lone 

loss in the league 

was to Lincoln-Way 

East, 3-2, in Frankfort 

on April 26. 

2. Revenge 

Sandburg got even 

with the Griffins with 

a 4-2 victory in Orland 

Park on May 1. 

3. Locking down Lockport 

Lockport has proven 

to be tough to beat 

this season but 

Sandburg beat the 

Porters 14-3 on May 

7 and 12-2 on May 

9. The Porters had 

not lost by more 

than five runs before 

running into the 

Eagles. 

Jeff Vorva 

j.vorva@22ndcm.com 

There are less than 

100 days to kickoff 

for the 2018 Illinois 

High School Football Association 

football season. 

You would think there 

wouldn’t be a lot of news 

or conversation about the 

sport in late May. 

You would be wrong. 

Those who are really 

geeked up about the sport 

are all in a dither about 

potential changes to the 

conference structure and 

playoff system down the 

line. Way down the line. 

The idea, which is in the 

infant stages of talk by the 

IHSA Football Advisory 

Committee and may not 

get serious until November, 

is that the state will do 

away with conferences and 

place teams in districts for 

football. 

One of the reasons is because 

some decision makers 

are getting fed up with 

teams leaving conferences 

and conferences changing 

too much mostly because of 

football. 

In our neck of the woods, 

Sandburg’s football team could be playing in a district rather than a conference if the Illinois High School Association 

makes drastic changes. 22ND CENTURY MEDIA FILE PHOTO 

the SouthWest Suburban 

Conference is an algebraic 

mass of goofiness in football 

in which six teams play 

seven league games and 

seven teams play six games 

and some teams have to 

find games in Michigan, 

Indiana and Missouri for 

non-conference tilts. That 

came right after Lincoln- 

Way North closed and the 

Joliet schools left the conference 

to hang out with the 

Plainfields and Oswegos. 

But conference-hopping 

is going on all over the 

state. 

So, in a few years, we 

may have districts. 

Sports writer Steve 

Soucie, who does the dirty 

work of research predicting 

who is playing who in 

the playoffs during each 

season, decided to do the 

dirty work of figuring out 

who would be in which 

district, and his work has 

been published in several 

newspapers and web sites. 

He has Sandburg in Class 

8A, District 7 along with 

Bloom, Lincoln-Way East, 

Homewood-Flossmoor, 

Joliet Central, Joliet West, 

Lockport and Lincoln-Way 

Central. The Eagles would 

face a few new faces and 

wouldn’t have to deal with 

Bolingbrook, but having to 

beat out LW East and H-F 

remains a tough problem. 

Soucie also has Andrew 

in Class 7A, District 7 

along with Eisenhower, 

Thornton, T.F. South, 

Lincoln-Way West, Plainfield 

Central, Romeoville 

and Thornwood. That 

could be a fun conference 

to watch, because none of 

those teams have been state 

powers consistently over 

recent years. 

Please see VORVA, 45 

LISTEN UP 

“The kid’s a killer.” 

Joe Nemeth — Sandburg boys track coach, on heralded senior 

Dylan Jacobs, who is to run his final Illinois High School Association 

races in an Eagles uniform this weekend in the state finals 

What 2 Watch 

Boys track and field, Saturday, May 26, 9 

a.m, 

• Sandburg’s 3,200 relay team is looking 

for its seventh straight Top 4 finish at 

the IHSA State meet in Charleston. 

INDEX 

41 - Sandburg baseball 

40 - Athlete of the Week 

Compiled by Sports Editor Jeff Vorva, J.vorva@22ndcm.com.

Orland Park’s Hometown Newspaper | www.opprairie.com | May 24, 2018 

Senior Dylan 

Jacobs, one of 

the top runners 

in Sandburg 

history, has one 

more weekend 

to earn an 

individual state 

championship. 

JEFF VORVA/22ND 

CENTURY MEDIA 

Standout Eagles runner Jacobs 

closes out high school career hoping 

for state championship, Page 46 

LOOKING OUT 

FOR NO.1 

Orland Park’s 

Sismelich contributes 

to NCC’s top-ranked 

track team, Page 45 

POSTSEASON ROUNDUP 

How Sandburg has been faring in the IHSA playoffs, 

Page 44

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