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11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., May 

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a gentle, non-strenuous 

chair yoga session that focuses 

on meditation and 

soft exercises. Registration 

begins on the 20th of the 

month as instructor Kathy 

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MONDAY 

Memorial Day Ceremony 

10-11:30 a.m., May 28, 

Patrick E. Rea Veterans 

Plaza, 18001 80th Ave., 

Tinley Park. The Village of 

Tinley Park and the Tinley 

Park Veterans Commission 

will host the annual Memorial 

Day Celebration featuring 

patriotic music by the 

Andrew High School band, 

short speeches, a wreathlaying 

ceremony and gun 

salute. 

TUESDAY 

Cruise Nights 

4:30-9 p.m., May 29, 

171st Street to North Street, 

Tinley Park. Free admission. 

Enjoy a classic car and 

hot rod show with food and 

beverages for sale and music 

provided by a DJ. Due to 

public safety concerns, both 

northbound and southbound 

Oak Park Avenue will be 

closed starting this year 

from 171st Street to North 

Street. 

UPCOMING 

Shred Cancer 

9 a.m.-12 p.m., June 2, 

Proshred, 7700 Graphics 

Drive, Tinley Park. Proshred 

in partnership with 

The American Institute for 

Cancer Research invites 

the community to securely 

shred documents with personal 

information while 

raising money for cancer research. 

Suggested donation 

of $5 per box. For more information, 

please visit aicr. 

org/events/shredcancer/ 

VVAC Art Show & Sale 

10 a.m. - 4 p.m., June 2, 

Vogt Visual Arts Center, 

17420 S. 67th Ct., Tinley 

Park. Free admission. 

VVAC’s annual Art Show 

& Sale features artist vendor 

booth, the June Artist 

Reception, children’s crafts 

and live demonstrations, as 

well as live entertainment 

from Eric Ortiz and the 

Nuclear Jazz Quarktet. For 

event information, please 

call (708) 342-4200. 

Seniors and Law 

Enforcement 

1 p.m., June 4, Tinley 

Park Police Department, 

7850 West 183rd Street. 

The Tinley Park Police Department 

Seniors and Law 

Enforcement Together invites 

residents 55 years of 

age and older to its meeting 

featuring guest presenter 

Steve Bernas, president of 

the Better Business Bureau 

of Chicago and Northern Illinois. 

He will be presenting 

on frauds and scams targeting 

senior citizens. 

Luck on the Links 

10:30 a.m., registration 

begins; 11:30 shotgun start; 

5 p.m. dinner, June 6, Odyssey 

Country Club, 19110 

Ridgeland Avenue, Tinley 

Park. Together We Cope’s 

annual golf outing, Luck on 

the Links, begins at 10:30 

a.m. with a light breakfast, 

and the shotgun start is 11:30 

a.m. Registration for the full 

day’s activities is $150 and 

includes 18 holes of golf, all 

on-course games, breakfast, 

lunch, and dinner at 5 p.m. 

Fee for golf-only is $120 per 

person and includes all oncourse 

games, breakfast and 

lunch. Price for dinner only 

is $50 per person. 

ONGOING 

Tinley Farmers Market 

7:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Saturdays 

from June to October, 

Zabrocki Plaza, 17375 

S. Oak Park Avenue, Tinley 

Park. Visit the Downtown 

Tinley Farmers Market every 

weekend for the next 

four months for a great selection 

of fruits, vegetables 

and fresh flowers. 

Call for Artists – June 

Exhibit 

The Tinley Park-Park District 

is seeking artists of all 

mediums (up to three pieces 

per artist) for the Vogt Visual 

Art Center June exhibit 

“Open Music Show.” Dropoff 

dates are May 22-26. If 

interested in participating, 

please call the Gallery Director, 

Julie Dekker at (708) 

309-4371. 

Queen of Hearts Kitchen 

Wednesdays, Bremen 

VFW Post 2791, 17147 

Oak Park Ave, Tinley Park. 

Queen of Hearts Kitchen 

is now back and open each 

week. VFW Post 2791 will 

serve $5 dinners with something 

different each week to 

taste. For more information, 

please call (708) 532-2333. 

Will-Cook Barbershop 

Harmony 

7:30 p.m. Alternating 

Thursdays in Tinley Park 

and Lockport. Glory to God 

Church, 18401 66th Ave., 

Tinley Park. Guests are welcome 

for an evening of singing 

and fellowship with the 

Knights of Harmony Chorus. 

For more information 

contact Hank King at (708) 

614-8999 or mjking1@ 

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Southwest Suburban 

Widow/Widowers Social 

Club 

6:30-9 p.m. Next meeting 

date: June 1, Zion Lutheran 

Church, 17100 South 69th 

ave. Tinley Park. The South 

Suburban widow/widowers 

is a group of people, caring, 

sharing and reaching out to 

one another in friendship. 

Some of our activities include 

monthly general meetings, 

organized restaurant 

outings, dances, trips, theater 

visits, monthly games, 

discussion, interaction meetings, 

and newcomers get acquainted 

meetings. For more 

information call Phyllis Peterson 

708-636-6534 or Bill 

Dolehide at (708) 342-6820. 

Village Board Meetings 

7:30 p.m. the first and 

third Tuesdays of the month, 

Village Hall, 16250 S. Oak 

Park Ave., Tinley Park. 

For more information, visit 

www.tinleypark.org. 

Southside (net)Working 

Women 

11:45am, Tuesdays, The 

Station Pub and Eatery 6657 

South St. This group is a 

business networking group 

for women and meets on 

the third Tuesday of each 

month. For information and 

updates visit southsidenet 

workingwomen.org or email 

ssnww@outlook.com. 

Evergreen Masonic Lodge 

Meetings 

7:30 p.m. second and 

fourth Tuesday of the 

month, Evergreen Park 

Masonic Lodge No. 1171, 

6825 W. 170th St., Tinley 

Park. Brothers interested in 

visiting for an evening of 

fellowship can attend meetings, 

events and excursions 

to other lodges in the area. 

For more information, visit 

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

Jamilyn Hiskes, Freelance 

Reporter 

The laughter of children 

on a sunny day can be 

enough to uplift 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, 

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 

Vraj Patel (left) and Dayton Young, both from Central Middle 

School, race to the cone and back as fellow students cheer 

for them. 

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 

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Park on May 

28 for annual 

Memorial Day 

Ceremony 

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The Village of Tinley Park 

and the Tinley Park Veterans 

Commission will host 

the annual Memorial Day 

Ceremony at 10 a.m. Monday, 

May 28 at the Gen. Patrick 

E. Rea Veterans Plaza, 

18001 S. 80th Ave., Tinley 

Park. 

The ceremony will include 

patriotic music by 

the Victor J. Andrew High 

School band, short speeches, 

a wreath-laying ceremony 

and a gun salute. 

“We take this occasion not 

only to express how grateful 

we are to the brave men 

and women who risked their 

lives so that we might enjoy 

our freedom, but also to express 

our gratitude to their 

families who suffered from 

their loss,” Tinley Park Veterans 

Commission Chairperson 

Wiley Roberts said. 

“Please join the Village in 

honoring those who have 

died serving our country.” 

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Board of Trustees 

Debate over ethic code amendment continues 

Village, Tinley park 

district have deal on 

“Tot” lot 

Cody Mroczka, Editor 

Tinley Park Trustees unanimously 

approved the first 

reading of the ethics code ordinance 

amendment, but further 

changes could be made. 

After a brief discussion 

by the Board on May 15, an 

amended motion made by 

Trustee Michael Pannitto that 

struck a line regarding the 

serving of filed complaints 

was passed by a vote of 

vote of 6-0. Trustee Michael 

Mangin was not present due 

to current employment matters, 

but partook in the meeting 

via teleconference. 

“The way it’s written now 

you have service on the party 

whose the subject of the 

complaint be made by the 

citizen,” Pannitto said. “I 

think that may scare people 

away plus cause trauma.” 

By striking that particular 

language from the amendment, 

complainants still have 

to make the filings with the 

Clerk’s Office, but do not 

have to serve the alleged violator. 

A separate motion made 

by Trustee Michael Glotz 

and seconded by Trustee 

Cynthia Berg to add a limit 

on the amount of unfounded 

complaints filed in a yearly 

period failed to reach a roll 

call vote. 

“We’ve had recommendations 

from attorneys, I think 

it was Owen, that we should 

put a limit on the unfounded 

ethics complaints,” Trustee 

Glotz said. “I think that’s a 

good idea. I think we need 

to set parameters and listen 

to the attorneys that we are 

paying for their advice.” 

He recommended placing 

a cap of three unfounded 

Round It Up 

A brief recap of action and discussion 

from the May 15 Board of Trustees 

meeting: 

• The 2018 Tinley Park Bulldogs 

varsity state series wresting team was 

recognized for a successful season in 

which they captured two first and second 

place tournament finishes. Additionally 

the team had ten individual Illinois Kids 

Wrestling Federation all-state wrestlers 

and three state champions. 

• A resolution was adopted to allow for 

the closure of a portion of 183rd Street 

on May 27 for the Ruck March. The 22- 

mile walk in remembrance is in support 

of veterans suffering from Post Traumatic 

Stress Disorder. 

complaints in a 12-month period, 

but also proposed a total 

number of four. Village Attorney 

Patrick Connelly said 

the motion would have to be 

clearly stated to be properly 

added to the amended code. 

“It’s got to be pretty clear 

if we’re going to do it at the 

dais,” Connelly said. “I think 

it’s a very good point. It was 

certainly recommended. My 

request would be I would 

like to flush it out a little 

more.” 

Mayor Jake Vandenberg 

suggested the Board consider 

the amended ordinance 

in front of them and make 

changes later. 

“I don’t see there being 

any reason that you don’t 

move forward with this ordinance 

this evening and dump 

it back into (Legal and) Administration 

(Committee) 

or COW (Committee of the 

Whole) and discuss this,” he 

said. “It’s obviously a topic 

that probably will not go 

away.” 

Trustee Pannitto echoed 

Vandenberg’s thoughts and 

noted the numerous discussions 

the Admin and Legal 

Committee has had for the 

last several months. 

“We’ve been talking about 

this for months. I want this 

done, so we have it finished,” 

Trustee Pannitto said. “A big 

part of what we’re trying to 

do is not chill people from 

filing legitimate complaints. 

Obviously there’s a possibility 

somebody could abuse 

the process.” 

Trustee Glotz said he was 

fine with postponing the idea 

of adding a capped limit so 

long as the Admin and Legal 

Committee agreed to discuss 

the item at a future meeting, 

possibly at their next meeting 

on May 22. 

“These ethics ordinances 

- they’re living, they’re 

breathing,” Connelly concluded. 

“You have to keep 

looking at it.” 

Tot Lot reopening 

A compromise “in the interest 

of intergovernmental 

coordination” was struck 

between the Village and the 

Tinley Park-Park District 

to officially transfer ownership 

of the “Bormet Tot 

Lot” from the former to the 

latter. According to Village 

documents, the story starts 

• The Oak Park Avenue Playbook grant 

program, which authorizes $350,000 in 

2018 for five types of grants available 

to businesses in the downtown core and 

downtown flex districts, was approved by 

the Board. 

• Three corresponding ordinances 

establishing the New Bremen TIF District 

and adopting the Redevelopment Project 

Area plans were approved by a majority 

vote of Trustees. Trustee Cynthia Berg 

cast dissenting votes. 

•A contract not to exceed $163,914 

for audio and visual upgrades to Village 

Hall, including a new camera system, 

control equipment, and interfacing 

coordination was awarded to Advanced 

Communications of Michigan City, 

Indiana. 

in 2000 when the Village 

carved four lots from the 

detention basin at Meadow 

Park Estates while acquiring 

property for the future development 

of the Tinley Park 

Convention Center. Three 

lots were deeded for residential 

homes, but the remaining 

small “tot” lot was requested 

to be a neighborhood park. 

“At that time the Tinley 

Park-Park District had refused 

to accept this park site 

as it fell below a minimum 

benchmark they had established 

for park sizes,” Trustee 

Michael Pannitto said. 

“The Park District agreed to 

provide basic maintenance 

of the park, but not ownership. 

With consultative assistance 

from the Park District, 

the Village purchased and 

equipped this park.” 

But the play equipment 

got old and in 2016, the Park 

District approaches the Village 

about replacements. The 

two parties hashed out an 

agreement, according to Village 

documents, that in essence 

transferred ownership 

and maintenance costs of the 

Bormet Tot Lot going forward 

if the Village agreed to 

foot the bill of replacement 

costs. To sweeten the deal, 

the Park District obtained a 

grant that reduces the Village’s 

cost “by approximately 

50% to just under 

$50,000.” Previously recommended 

for approval at a 

Nov. 14, 2017 Committee of 

the Whole meeting, the new 

equipment will incorporate 

the Village’s music branding 

theme and funds have been 

budgeted in the 2018 and 

2019 fiscal year budgets. A 

ribbon cutting reopening ceremony 

was held on May 19 

by the Park District. 

Emergency expenditure 

needed 

With nearly 80 percent of 

sanity sewer line televising 

complete from a separate 

project, the Village was dealt 

more bad news in the form 

of necessary emergency repairs. 

A resolution waiving the 

formal bidding process to 

grant an emergency expenditure 

was unanimously approved 

to allow for bank 

stabilization, manhole repairs 

and required restoration 

along Midlothian Creek. 

For an amount not to exceed 

$55,000, the pending 

contract for Airy’s, who has 

been cleaning and performing 

manhole inspections for 

the Village near Willow Lane 

Drive and Forest Glen Drive, 

requires the contractor to restabilize 

the creek bank and 

required maintenance for two 

sanitary manholes adjacent 

to the creek bank, according 

to Village documents. 

“Funds are included in 

the Water and Sewer Fund 

to restore an existing utility 

easement that will be needed 

to access the project, epoxy 

coat two existing Village 

sanitary sewer manholes that 

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Committee of the Whole 

Current provider recommended to continue Tinley Park EMS 

Trustees request 

bid from current 

insurance provider 


Concluding a lengthy 

exploration process for requests 

for proposals that began 

last November, Tinley 

Park’s Director of EMS And 

911 Communications recommended 

the Village stick 

with its current emergency 

medical services provider. 

Pat Carr, who also serves 

as the assistant Village manager, 

said on May 15 that 

the Village should accept a 

proposal from Kurtz Ambulance, 

the lowest of three 

bidders and current provider 

of five ALS ambulances 

stationed at each of Tinley 

Park’s fire stations. Kurtz 

current contract with the Village 

expires on July 31. 

“The Village of Tinley 

Park has the highest EMS 

call volume in the suburban 

Chicagoland area. Calls are 

in excess of 6,000 requests 

per year with an average response 

time of 4 minutes,” 

according to an interoffice 

memo from Carr dated May 

10. “For the past four years, 

EMS has been integrated 

into the fire stations along 

with automatic dispatch 

through our 911 CAD system. 

This has been a first 

in the history of the Tinley 

Park Fire Department and 

has achieved great success.” 

Nonetheless, on Nov. 21, 

2017, Village staff was directed 

by the Board of Trustees 

to explore options for 

a new ambulance contract 

and later issued a Request 

for Proposals that were due 

by May. Kurtz Paramedic 

Services, along with Trace 

Ambulance and Metro Paramedic 

Service were the three 

bidders. Issues raised by 

several citizens during prior 

public meetings included the 

current salary of paramedics 

as well as personnel retention. 

In response, the Village 

formed a task force committee 

to develop priority items 

and requirements of providers 

that included a starting 

salary of $43,000, 18 months 

of continued service time 

and training requirements, to 

name a few. 

“Kurtz not only do they 

have the low price, but had 

the same amount of continuity 

that we currently have 

to provide for some of the 

plans that we want to go forward,” 

Carr said. “Not only 

that, we’re going to get five 

new box type ambulances, 

which was a recommendation 

from our task force, 

with the emphasis being on 

pay and benefits.” 

The Village’s ultimate 

goal is to have EMS function 

completely under the Fire 

Department, which would 

require ALS and BLS licensure 

and the purchase of ambulances, 

the former already 

being undertaken by TPFD. 

Once licensing of new paramedics 

is completed, TPFD 

would be able to respond to 

calls for service. 

Carr said due to the renegotiations 

and competitive 

bids, the Village will save an 

estimated $400,000 in first 

year costs alone. Some of 

the savings are expected to 

come in the form of the Village 

handling E-911 communications, 

though still 

could contract services with 

Kurtz. Regardless, Carr said, 

the savings would still be 

around $350,000 with dispatch 

contracting. Because it 

is a professional service, the 

Village has no obligation to 

accept the lowest bidder. 

“I don’t want this to be 

about the cheapest price,” 

Trustee Brian Younker said. 

“It’s about life safety.” 

Liability, workers comp 

insurance 

Bucking the recommendation 

of Village Staff, Board 

of Trustees by a vote of 4-2 

recommended seeking a 

quote from the Village’s current 

insurance provider Alliant 

Mesirow as opposed to 

a request for qualifications 

process in which staff recommended 

the selection of 

two brokers who would be 

required to submit at least 10 

insurance bids for liability 

and workers compensation 

insurance, according to an 

interoffice memo. 

The Village has until Aug. 

31 to decide whether to officially 

withdraw from the Intergovernmental 

Risk Management 

Agency risk pool 

fund of which it has been 

a part since 1998. The Village’s 

next renewal date with 

IRMA is Jan. 1. Previous discussions 

had involved bringing 

on an insurance adviser 

to help prepare applications 

and policy requirements, but 

opposition from citizens and 

some Trustees seems to have 

made the Board reconsider. 

Trustee Cynthia Berg, who 

opposed the broker selection 

process, made the motion 

to seek a quote from Alliant 

Mesirow. She said the Board 

was listening to its constituents 

by making the request 

and not hiring another consultant. 

Village Manager David 

Neimeyer said the broker 

would only be paid if the Village 

decided to accept one 

of the bids and then would 

agree to a three year contract 

if successful. He said the Village 

would need to approve 

the two brokers at the June 5 

Board of Trustees meeting. 

According to Village 

documents, IRMA currently 

provides general liability, 

auto liability, public officials 

liability, crime and cyber risk 

insurance coverage with a 

member annual payment cap 

of $6 million and agency aggregate 

cap of $70,407,125. 

Due to the Committee of 

the Whole recommendation, 

an agenda item on the May 

15 Board of Trustees agenda 

was removed from action 

and discussion. 

Other business 

Village staff have recommended 

changing Tinley 

Park’s annual appointment 

process, which officials 

cited as a point of concern 

amongst prospective candidates. 

According to an interoffice 

memo dated May 11 

by Village Manager David 

Niemeyer, Assistant Village 

Manager Pat Carr, Village 

Attorney Patrick Connelly, 

and Human Resources Director 

Denise Maiolo, each 

spring the Mayor and Board 

approve annual appointments 

of all full-time employees, 

including some 

part-time employees. The 

Village looked at nine different 

suburban municipalities 

and found its current 

practice to be “unusual,” 

although some communities 

do approve annual appointments 

related to upper management 

positions. 

“Illinois is an at-will state, 

so the practice of annual reappointments 

is really unnecessary. 

An at-will employee 

can be dismissed for any reason 

as long as the reason is 

not illegal,” the memo states. 

“The practice of annual reappointments 

is frequently 

raised as an issue of concern 

among prospective recruitment 

candidates. The candidates 

fear they may make a 

major career move only to 

be arbitrarily not reappointed 

six months later.” 

Neimeyer said if the Village 

wants to continue some 

of the appointments, the Village 

Manager and department 

heads could continue 

to be annually reappointed. 

The change would not affect 

the initial appointment of an 

employee by the Mayor and 

the Village Board and those 

appointments would continue 

as they have in the past. 

If the Board decides to move 

forward with Village Staff 

recommendation, a number 

of corresponding ordinances 

for the positions would been 

to be revised to eliminate the 

one-year appointment process, 

the memo concluded. 

Preview of public hearings for Tesla, Verizon requests 


Tinley Park’s Plan Commission 

canceled a meeting 

scheduled for May 17, 

postponing public hearings 

for two Special Use Permit 

requests by two large corporations. 

Previously on May 

3, at the request of representatives 

from Elon Musk’s 

Tesla Motors, the Plan Commission 

unanimously tabled 

the public hearing scheduled 

for that day and rescheduled 

to May 17. Prior to that on 

April 19, a workshop was 

held for the petitioner Christina 

Suarez, of Black and 

Veach, who is representing 

Tesla. The electric automobile 

manufacturer has 

requested to construct a supercharging 

station within 

the parking area of lot 13 

in the B-3 Zoning District 

located at 7204 W. 191st 

Street. The proposal requires 

a Site Plan approval and a 

Special Use Permit for a 

Substantial Deviation from 

the Brookside Market Place 

Planned Unit Development 

for the structure proposed 

for the parking lot southwest 

of the Panera and Visionworks 

retailers and behind 

or immediately north of the 

main entrance sign at 191st 

and Market Place Drive. The 

supercharging station would 

including ten charging stations, 

five supercharger 

cabinets, one utility transformer, 

five autotransformers, 

two pedestrian light 

poles and one switchgear 

assembly, according to staff 

documents. Going into the 

workshop, Planning Department 

staff outlined a number 

of concerns and considered 

a total of four items related 

to the requests as open. According 

to Village document, 

those included the location 

— in close proximity 

to the main entrance of the 

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Most marathons are either 

five or 10K, but Tinley 

Park’s Southwest Chicago 

Christian School’s benefit 

run/walk was specifically in 

between. 

Six kilometers or 3.7 miles 

or 19,536 feet is the average 

distance people, mostly 

women and children, in developing 

countries across 

the globe travel to collect 

usable water and often from 

a contaminated source, according 

to the international 

Christian non-for-profit 

branch, Team World Vision, 

in which students, staff and 

families raised money for on 

May 19. 

Through donations and 

sponsorships, students registration 

fees of $25 and adult 

fees of $50, that grew to 

olympics 

From Page 3 

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 

Participants in the 2018 Global 6K for Water take off from 

the starting at Southwest Chicago Christian School in 

Tinley Park on May 19. CODY MROCZKA / 22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

more than $20,000 from approximately 

290 registered 

individuals, will help support 

Team World Vision’s 

clean water initiatives for 

2018 which culminate in 

annual 6Ks held across the 

globe with Chicago being 

one a premier host site. 

That’s how Tony Gabrielse, 

a technology teacher at 

SWCCS-Tinley Park, whose 

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, 

participated in the event 

for the past several years 

through his church found 

out about the cause. Every 

spring SWCCS takes on a 

world needs project and Gabrielse 

pitched hosting the 

event for the first time for 

Team World Vision’s 2018 

plan to provide 50,000 people 

with clean water sources. 

Please see mission, 9 

an eighth-grader at CMS. 

He said he was changed 

by his experience helping 

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.”

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Author shows students how to be ‘Everest Strong’ 

Megan Schuller 

Freelance Reporter 

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 the 

Tinley Park resident’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 

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?” 

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 

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 

Seventh-grader Averey Bartley (right) meets author Rob Besecker after the presentation, 

as he signs books for students. 

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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mission 

From Page 6 

“We just kind ran with it. 

It can be groups of 10 people 

up to 1,000, so it’s kind of fun 

and manageable,” Gabrielse 

said. “These kids for $50 can 

have clean water for the rest 

of their lives. It’s a big deal, 

so that just made our family 

want to join in and get more 

people involved.” 

According to Team World 

Vision, funds raised on May 

19 will be used to “dig new 

water wells, build handwashing 

stations, improve 

water infrastructure and 

pipelines, train community 

members to maintain these 

projects, and more.” 

Cheryl DeJong, a music 

teacher at SWCCS-Tinley 

Park, said organizers had to 

get a little creative with the 

course due to the school’s location, 

17171 84th Avenue, 

in a mostly residential area 

of Tinley Park. 

“We were trying not to 

have to repeat the same thing 

and count laps, so we figured 

out a kind of reverse eight 

around this block and the 

block to the south,” she said. 

“We’re very excited about 

the turnout.” 

Participants received a 

Team World Vision 6K orange 

and white T-shirt, a 

medal and more personally 

a race bib with the face of a 

child for whom their donations 

will be helping. As a 

reminder of the conditions 

faced by those less fortunate, 

a couple of jerrycans, often 

used to collect and transport 

daily water sources, were set 

up on display. 

“It’s something I take for 

granted when I don’t think 

about turning on the faucet, 

or taking a shower, or washing 

my hands,” Gabrielse 

said. “I think the fact that 

$50 can provide one person 

with clean, lasting water for 

life - that’s a huge thing.” 

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soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice. Below is a full list 

(submitted by the Tinley Park Veterans Commission) of Tinley 

soldiers who have died while serving their country. The Junction 

salutes all those who have served and continue to serve our 

country. 

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Dec. 22, 1961-May 7, 

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Charles Hollwedel 

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Police Reports 

Harvey woman charged with aggravated felony 

Patricia S. Abraham, 37, 

of W. 151st Street in Harvey, 

was charged with felony aggravated 

driving under the 

influence of alcohol among 

three charges on May 10. 

According to a Tinley Park 

Police Department report, 

at approximately 8:04 p.m. 

an officer patrolling the area 

near 159th Street and Harlem 

Avenue reportedly observed 

a vehicle parked in a turning 

lane partially into the intersection. 

The officer pulled 

behind the dark colored 

Buick and then pulled Abraham 

over in a nearby parking 

lot after the vehicle failed to 

turn on a green light. She 

reportedly displayed slurred 

speech and glossy, bloodshot 

eyes while emitting the 

scent of alcoholic beverages. 

After running a state identification 

through LEADS, 

Abraham was placed under 

arrest for driving without 

a valid license. According 

to the report, when the officer 

went to retrieve her cell 

phone from the vehicle, he 

reportedly observed a plastic 

cup emitting the smell of 

alcohol. Abraham was transported 

to TPPD where she 

reportedly failed three field 

sobriety tests. At approximately 

11:08 p.m. a breath 

intoxication sample reportedly 

registered .118/210L. 

She reportedly admitted to 

consuming “three cups of 

vodka and a ‘blunt’ of cannabis.” 

May 13 

Gregory K. Brown, 60, of 

163rd Place, was arrested 

for allegedly leaving the 

scene of a motor vehicle 

accident involving damage 

that reportedly occurred at 

12:03 p.m. According to a 

Tinley Park Police Department 

report, the victim reported 

she was rear ended 

while stopped at 161st 

Street and Harlem Avenue 

and the responding officer 

noted minor damage to the 

rear of the vehicle. The victim 

told police when she 

photographed the vehicles 

and told Brown she was going 

to call the cops, he allegedly 

asked her not and 

drove away from the scene. 

Brown was placed into 

custody at his arrested and 

transported to TPPD. 

May 11 

Eugeniu Dogoter, 33, of 

Tampa Bay, Florida, was 

arrested at approximately 

3:46 at the Kohl’s on 191st 

Street for alleged retail theft. 



loss prevention employees 

told police Dogoter had concealed 

various pairs of shoes 

in a bag and had been entering 

and exiting the store. 

The officer uncovered $190 

worth of unpaid shoes reportedly 

in Dogoter’s possession. 

He was given a 

$1,500 bond. 

May 10 

Patrick J. Lynch, 20, of 

67th Court in Tinley Park, 

was arrested at approximately 

10:09 p.m. following 

a traffic stop by Orland Hills 

Police at 8401 159th Street. 



an assisting officer on the 

scene reportedly observed a 

street sign in the back seat 

of Lynch’s Ford Mustang. 

The street sign was an intersection 

off 179th Street 

and 67th Court. Lynch allegedly 

told police he had 

struck the pole holding the 

sign just after midnight on 

the morning of May 10. A 

separate officer confirmed 

the sign was missing and 

the pole appeared to have 

been knocked down and 

stood back up. Lynch was 

issued two citations, one for 

failing to give information 

after striking a parked motor 

vehicle or other property 

and another for exerting 

unauthorized control over 

Village-owned property. 

The sign was returned to 

the Public Works Department 

and Lynch was given 

a $1,500 bond. 

May 8 

A pair of license plates 

were stolen off a recently 

purchased vehicle at the Apple 

Chevrolet car dealership 

on 159th Street. According 

to a Tinley Park Police Department 

report, the subject 

who purchased the car back 

in April came to pick it up 

and noticed the already purchased 

license plates were 

gone. There was no security 

camera footage on site to review. 

An unknown subject described 

as a 30-year-old 

white male wearing a grey 

T-shirt and backwards baseball 

cap with facial hair reportedly 

stole $130 worth 

of disposable razor blades. 


Police report, Menard’s loss 

prevention employees reported 

the subject concealed 

the items under his shirt the 

day prior. The subject was 

last seen in a blue Chevrolet 

sedan, license plate unknown. 

A Tinley Park woman 

was reportedly the victim 

of fraud after uncovering 

an unauthorized purchase 

of $397 withdrawn from her 

bank account. According 

to a Tinley Park Police Department 

report, the victim 

told police she did not have 

an account with the credit 

card company who made the 

withdrawal from her compromised 

account. 

Editor’s Note: The Tinley Park 

Junction’s police reports come 

from the Tinley Park Police 

Department. Anyone listed in 

these reports is considered to 

be innocent of all charges until 

proven guilty in a court of law. 

TPPD investigating reported 

aggravated assault on May 15 

STAFF REPORT 

The Tinley Park Police 

Department is investigating 

an aggravated assault and 

possible attempted armed 

robbery that reportedly occurred 

on May 15. 

The incident involved the 

displaying of a handgun in 

the area of Target on 191st 

Street and Harlem Avenue, 

according to an alert issued 

by the Village of Tinley Park 

Public Safety Department at 

approximately 10:23 p.m., 

while TPPD officers were 

still investigating the area. 

Little details were available 

other than the alleged 

perpetrator was described as 

a “younger male black offender 

driving a red sedan.” 

No other description was 

made publicly available and 

suspects direction of travel 

was unknown. 

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Tinley one of 16 Illinois municipalities with Class 1 ISO rating 

SUBMITTED BY VILLAGE OF 

TINLEY PARK 

Representatives from the 

Insurance Services Office 

(ISO) recently visited Fire 

Station No. 46 to officially 

honor the Tinley Park Fire 

Department for being graded 

an ISO Class 1 community. 

This new rating, which 

will go into effect July 1, 

will result in a reduction of 

fire insurance premiums to 

Tinley Park businesses and 

residents whose insurance 

companies utilize ISO criteria 

to determine their premiums. 

“Out of 47,000 fire districts 

in the country, Tinley 

Park is one of only 315 communities 

that has achieved 

this accomplishment,” said 

ISO Community Hazard 

Mitigation Manager Randy 

Downs. “Congratulations – 

that’s a very nice number to 

have and a pretty elite group 

to belong to.” 

Downs also said Tinley 

Park is only one of 16 municipalities 

in Illinois to 

achieve the rating. 

“Illinois has one of the 

highest concentrations of 

Class 1 communities, so 

whatever it is you guys are 

doing here in regards to your 

fire service, keep it up,” he 

said. “It’s great work that’s 

obviously paying off in dividends 

here.” 

The rating was derived 

from the Public Protection 

Classification (PPC) survey, 

which ranked communities 

on a scale from 1 to 100. 

The survey looked at the fire 

department – specifically, 

apparatus, bunking capacity, 

staffing, training, response 

time and deployment (where 

fire stations are located and 

if they’re spaced apart well 

enough to cover the entire 

Village). 

The survey also looked at 

the Water Division – how 

much water is available, as 

well as inspection and flow 

testing practices. It also examined 

the building makeup 

of the community, the emergency 

communication center 

and Tinley Park’s community 

risk efforts, including 

public education, code enforcement, 

fire inspections 

and fire investigations. 

“So as you can see, it’s an 

overall community rating, 

not just one that focuses on 

the fire department,” Downs 

said. 

Tinley Park scored 92.29, 

which is more than two 

points higher than the 90 

needed to achieve Class 1 

status.

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Lincoln-Way Community High School D210 Board of Education 

District’s financials at the forefront of discussion at recent meeting 

Officials address 

public’s pool, track 

access, LW North 

buyers (sub) 

Megan Schuller, Freelance 

Reporter 

District 210’s financials 

are still a debated topic of 

discussion at the board of 

education meeting on Thursday, 

May 17, as the board 

looks for solutions. The district 

is at their lowest cash 

point of the year and took 

out $2 million to ensure they 

could fund the payroll according 

to Bradley Cauffman, 

assistant superintendent 

of business. 

Some of that debt burden 

will be felt by residents. The 

board approved a flat $50 

participation fee for all students, 

regardless of if and 

how many athletics and extracurricular 

activities they 

partake in. It was a 4-2 vote, 

with Christopher Lucchetti, 

Joseph Kirkeeng casting 

dissenting votes. The expected 

revenue from that 

fee would bring in roughly 

$310,000. 

The board tabled the vote 

for the Will County school 

facilities sales tax resolution 

Round it up 

A brief recap of action and discussion at the Lincoln- 

Way Community High School District 210 board of 

education’s regular meeting on Thursday, May 17: 

• Lincoln Way District was a leader in the statewide led 

Reading Program “Read for a Lifetime.” 

• Board voted in favor of School Handbook changes. 

Changes were minor, to keep up with the changing 

times of technology, transportation, vaping and drug 

use by students. 

• Graduating Student Council leader members were 

given sweatshirts by the board with their soon to be 

college’s logo on it. 

• Property at Harlem and 191st street is back on 

the market after a deal with Woodman’s Market fell 

through. 

• A $50 student activity fee was passed by the board. 

to be put on the ballot. The 

district would bring in about 

$3.5 million for the school 

to use on school facilities, 

however it has restrictions as 

to what kind of sales would 

be taxed. 

“Will County has turned 

into a logistics hub,”Board 

President Joseph Kirkeeng 

said, referring to the Will 

County Freight Mobility 

Study that showed Will 

County handles 3.5 percent 

of the nation’s gross domestic 

product. “That’s outside 

money coming in here that 

could be taxed at 1 percent.” 

The study conducted last 

year by the Will County 

Center of Economic Development 

showed that Will 

County is the largest inland 

port in North America, with 

$65 billion worth of products 

flowing through the 

county annually. 

Cars, Trucks, ATVs, Boats 

and RVs, mobile homes, 

unprepared food, drugs (including 

over‐the‐counter 

and vitamins), farm equipment, 

farm Inputs and services 

would be excluded 

from the 1 percent tax. 

Other districts have been 

voting on the same proposal. 

When school boards representing 

more than 50 percent 

of the resident student enrollment 

in the county adopt 

the resolution, the Regional 

Superintendent will certify 

the question to the County 

Clerk, who will then place 

on the ballot at the next 

election. Frankfort D157-C 

unanimously rejected the 

resolution at their meeting 

on May 16. 

Several people spoke during 

open comments regarding 

the district’s restriction 

on the community use of 

facilities. The board later 

discussed that they allowed 

community members early 

morning pool access because 

they had already paid. 

They are rethinking their 

current plan for next year, 

which would ideally limit 

the pool, track and fitness 

center to after hours when 

students are not in session. 

Some board members suggested 

during the discussion 

to not allow the community 

to use the facilities because 

it makes it difficult to ensure 

a student’s safety who stays 

after school to participate in 

an activity. 

“We would not be banning 

public use of facilities, 

we would be restricting it at 

times that students are present 

during the school day,” 

Kirkeeng said. 

Lucchetti asked the board 

about using Lincoln-Way 

West for the community’s 

needs, and Kirkeeng said it 

wasn’t possible. 

“We’re not able to block 

it off, Chris, because of the 

way the atrium is set up,” 

Kirkeeng said in reply to 

Lucchetti’s question. 

Board member Beth Janus-Doyle 

suggested the 

board to ask the staff members 

that would be staying 

after school with students 

how comfortable they’d be 

with community use of the 

school facilities. 

“In my high school I’d 

feel comfortable to not allow 

them to roam the halls while 

I’m teaching,” Janus-Doyle 

said in discussion. 

A woman in the audience 

quickly shouted out, “We 

don’t roam the halls” in response 

to Janus-Doyle’s 

comment. 

The board determined that 

it needed further discussion 

before making a decision on 

it. 

“There were promises 

made to use the new facilities, 

and they’re going back 

on that promise,” D210 resident 

Mike Barnas said after 

the meeting. “[The community 

members] have every 

right to voice that concern, 

and hopefully the board will 

make the right decision. Security 

should be a concern 

but there are ways to accommodate 

what the community 

is requesting, as well as 

keeping the facility secure.” 

The board also stated that 

the contract to sell the property 

at Harlem and 191st 

street has been voided due 

to the potential buyer Woodman’s 

Market letting the due 

diligence period to expire. 

As the hunt for a new buyer 

begins, in closed session 

they discussed how to move 

forward and a new selling 

price. 

While discussing other 

district business, the board 

mentioned the unit district 

and acquisition of the 

Lincoln-Way North High 

School proposal given by 

Steve Cook during the public 

comments at the last 

D161 meeting on May 9. 

“There was information in 

regards to potential unit district 

Summit Hill 161,” Kirkeeng 

said. “We’ve asked 

for that information. That’s 

something we’ll continue to 

monitor as it is something 

that would impact Lincoln- 

Way. It’s an interesting proposal. 

We know that asset 

needs to be addressed.” 

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shopping center — which 

prompted staff to offer three 

alternative locations and a 

revised landscaping/equipment 

screening plan with 

more shrub, grass and tree 

plantings as well as reducing 

the amount of rock and 

mulch. Additional concerns 

expressed by the Planning 

Department included the 

parking stall and charging 

station signage and the addition 

of two pedestrian 

LED light poles. To remedy 

the last items, staff recommended 

the Planning Commission 

not allow signage 

that would restrict the shared 

parking spaces to Tesla-only 

usage as well as signage and 

lighting to be consistent with 

existing surroundings for the 

PUD and another Tesla station 

in a Tinley Park Kohl’s 

parking lot. Jordan Rhyne, a 

Product Developer at Tesla, 

said the location was chosen 

due to its close proximity 

to I-80 and quick access 

to restaurants and retail. He 

said Tesla drivers would stop 

for approximately 30-minutes 

while their vehicles recharge. 

In a response to an 

inquiry regarding security 

by Commissioner Tim Stanton, 

Senior Planner Kimberly 

Clark said the Village 

is hoping to work with Tesla 

to provide security cameras 

to oversee the entrance of 

the shopping center. Rhyne 

acknowledged that alternative 

sites on the grounds 

had been requested by the 

Village, but that the current 

property owner was not willing 

to grant usage for them. 

Planning Department Director 

Paula Wallrich expressed 

concern regarding 

any future expansion and 

the visuals of the stations 

near the main entrance to 

the shopping center. Commissioner 

Peter Kroner said 

there would be no opportunities 

at Tesla’s proposed site 

and an alternative should be 

considered, which Rhyne replied 

could bring additional 

issues such as power connection, 

expenses and proximity 

to recreational opportunities. 

Wallrich requested 

the petitioner to provide a 

plan to the Commission in 

regards to future expansion 

sites and said the economic 

opportunities afforded by 

30-minute charging stations 

were minimal. 

Verizon monopole proposed 

Verizon Wireless is seeking 

to construct a 161-foot 

monopole within a ComEd 

easement on a shared piece 

of property located at 8201 

W. 163rd Street. According 

to Planning Department 

documents, a total of ten 

items are considered open 

with outstanding building 

and engineering items that 

still need to be addressed 

before a building permit can 

be issued, something the 

Commission can potentially 

place as a condition upon approval. 

Among those include 

not yet providing evidence 

“that no such existing Village-owned 

property meets 

the needs of the Petitioner” 

and still needing to submit a 

landscaping plan to staff.

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Springing to action: The 

Hilda Walker Safety Patrol 

SUBMITTED BY HILDA WALKER SCHOOL 

Spring has finally begun and with it comes 

beautiful flowers, longer days and relief 

from the cold of winter. 

Spring also brings more severe weather 

to the area than any other season. The Hilda 

Walker Safety Patrol Team is working to help 

spread the word about the importance of severe 

weather safety. 

The team’s main focus is being prepared 

for severe weather in school. They have been 

practicing the proper ways to wait out a severe 

storm as well as making posters to spread 

information and tips about severe weather to 

the other students at Hilda Walker. Students 

will also be able to win various severe weather 

survival prizes. 

The safety patrol team also is currently 

working on a severe weather quiz for the 

fifth-graders at Hilda Walker. 

The team hopes that everyone at Hilda 

Walker will be prepared to have a safe and 

enjoyable spring and summer. 

Hilda Walker School is a part of Summit 

Hill School District 161. Summit Hill serves 

students from Mokena, Frankfort, and Tinley 

Park. 

The Hilda Walker Safety Patrol Team practices the proper way to be safe during severe 

weather at school. PHOTO SUBMITTED 

Kirby School District 140 welcomes new class of young scholars 

Practice ensues as band director Raymond Forlenza prepares 

his students for IGSMA State Band Festival. PHOTO SUBMITTED 

KSD140 bands receive rating 

of ‘superior’ at state festival 

SUBMITTED BY KIRBY SCHOOL 

DISTRICT 140 

Congratulations is in order 

for Kirby School District 

140’s Symphonic, Concert 

and Cadet bands as all three 

have earned a top level “superior” 

rating at the Illinois 

Grade School Music Association 

(IGSMA) State Band 

Festival. 

Led by band directors 

Raymond Forlenza, Mark 

Hodges and Michael Szczasny, 

the Symphonic, Concert 

and Cadet bands meet daily 

as each of its 180 members 

practice and prepare for a 

year-long performance and 

competition schedule. 

Elated by the band’s 

outstanding performance, 

Forlenza showed gratitude 

towards the students and 

parents for their constant 

dedication and diligence in 

their “superior” job. 

“A big thank you goes out 

to our parent and student volunteers 

who worked tirelessly 

in various capacities for the 

two-day event hosted at Prairie 

View. Without them, we 

could not have had a such a 

successful event,” Forlenza 

said. “We’re very proud of the 

students’ accomplishments. 

Their hard work and preparation 

definitely paid off.” 

SUBMITTED BY KIRBY SCHOOL 

DISTRICT 140 

Kirby School District 140 

inducted 110 seventh grade 

students into the Grissom 

and Prairie View chapters of 

the Junior National Honor 

Society on April 27. 

In order to qualify for the 

NJHS, students must have a 

GPA of at least 3.8 and have 

demonstrated excellence in 

the five areas: scholarship, 

leadership, service, character 

and citizenship. Chapter 

membership not only recognizes 

students for their 

accomplishments, but also 

challenges them to further 

develop their leadership 

skills through active involvement 

in school activities 

and community service. 

Congratulations to all of 

those inducted. 

Grissom Middle School 

inductees: 

Lena Alsharif, Angelina 

Arellano, Joshua Auld, Jessica 

Bedell, Nicole Bresnik, 

Ryan Bressanelli, Kenneth 

Carter, Katherine Cordova, 

Joshua Danca, Thomas 

Principal Meghan Maurer greets seventh-grader Liam 

McKernan to Prairie View Middle School’s chapter of the 

National Junior Honor Society. PHOTO SUBMITTED 

Dziekan, Aryanna Ennis, 

Samantha Fratto, Lauren 

Gallivan, Brooke Haggerty, 

Ashley Herrmann, Kathleen 

Hester, Alex Jacob, Hannah 

Johnston, Nathan LaPlant, 

Cooper Maniatis, Omar 

Martinez, Stephen Mathew, 

Derek Maurer, Kyle Mayuga, 

Sean Monahan, Sarah 

Murray, Serena Naji, Ava 

O’Reilly, Jenna Payne, 

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Ramos, Matthew Rickey, 

Sydney Rymsza, Elizabeth 

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Sara Shalash, Allison Stanton, 

Jack Sternes, Paige 

Strugnell, Emma Susami, 

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have been damaged and exposed 

due to erosion issues, 

raise the elevations and install 

bolt-down frame and 

lids so that they are above 

the 100 year flood elevation, 

pour flowable fill and place 

rip rap over the siphon pipe,” 

according to the agenda item. 

TIF closeout projects 

After receiving a recommendation 

for approval 

on May 8 from the Public 

Works Committee, Trustees 

unanimously approved the 

first reading of a resolution 

to approve a preliminary 

and construction engineering 

services agreement for 

professional services with 

Robinson Engineering for 

projects associated with 

the expiring Oak Park Avenue 

TIF. The contract, for 

an amount not to exceed 

$359,850, tasks orders include 

plan preparation, bidding 

and project awarding, 

as well as construction observation 

for four Village 

projects. According to staff 

documents, the projects include 

hot mix asphalt pavement 

removal, resurfacing 

and striping of portions of 

the Tinley Park Convention 

Center parking lot and a portion 

of 183rd Street between 

Harlem Avenue and Oak 

Park Avenue. With goals of 

improving pedestrian access, 

the two other projects 

include the addition of sidewalks 

at various locations on 

183rd Street, Oak Park Avenue 

and Convention Center 

Drive, and improvements 

to the intersection of South 

Street and 67th Court. 

Permit for PAWS 

Petitioner Andrew Venamore 

of Danley’s Garage 

and on behalf of PAWS of 

Tinley Park received unanimous 

approval for a Special 

Use Permit for a substantial 

deviation with three exceptions 

to the Brookside Glen 

Planned Unit Development. 

Evergreen Park Boy Scout 

Nolan Rahm is spearheading 

the project in partnership 

with area businesses 

who donated materials and 

services to construct an accessory 

structure to be used 

for storage and a new animal 

drop off program. According 

to the application, the 

864-square foot structure 

will be built adjacent to the 

existing building located at 

8301 W. 191st Street and 

Rahm himself designed and 

is in the process of building 

a 24-foot sign as part of his 

Eagle Scout project assisting 

the no-kill animal shelter. 

Employees appointed 

Longtime part-time employee, 

Donna Franks, who 

began working for the Village 

in 1998, was unanimously 

appointed to the 

position of full-time Marketing 

Director. An Andrew 

alumna, she was credited 

with building “the Marketing 

Department from the 

ground up” by Mayor Jake 

Vandenberg. The full-time 

position was recommended 

from the a recent Village 

Hall staffing study. She is 

responsible, among other 

duties, for coordinating the 

marketing of the Village’s 

“Life Amplified” brand and 

tourism efforts, social media 

and resident outreach, and 

special events. 

Terica Ketchum, who was 

hired in June of 2016 as the 

part-time Freedom if Information 

Act (FOIA) Coordinator, 

was unanimously 

appointed to the position of 

FOIA and Compliance Coordinator. 

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law for over a decade and recipient 

of a Juris Doctorate, 

Ketchum will continue to 

review and process FOIA requests, 

among additional responsibilities, 

Clerk Kristin 

Thirion said. She will also 

ensure “compliance with 

laws governing the flow of 

information” and be responsible 

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Hilda Walkers students 

enjoy biography projects 

SUBMITTED BY HILDA WALKER 

SCHOOL 

Ms. Lisiecki and Mrs. 

Mondt’s sixth grade Reading 

and Language Arts class 

wrote a biography about a 

famous individual of their 

choice. The students not only 

read their finalized papers in 

front of the entire class, but 

they also dressed up as each 

TPHS takes gold in Sports and Entertainment Marketing Competition 

SUBMITTED BY TINLEY PARK HIGH 

SCHOOL 

As Tinley Park High School hosted 

the second annual District 228 

Sports and Entertainment Marketing 

Promotional Plan Competition, one 

of the school’s own stole the spotlight. 

Nine teams from Tinley Park, Oak 

Forest and Bremen High Schools 

competed against each other as each 

team chose an entertainment event 

or sports organization for which to 

create a seasonal promotional plan. 

This competition was judged by 

district teachers Amber Guzak, Jim 

Matlon and Eileen Niedoborski. Local 

advertising agency owner Dan 

Doolin as well as a Bremen DECA 

student also had a part in the judging. 

Students were able to compete in 

two separate categories: Billboard 

(peer evaluated) and Promotional 

Plan and Presentation. 

TPHS students Stephanie Palmer, 

Ryan Zientara, and Kasey Brennan, 

placed third in the Billboard competition 

and won first overall in Promotional 

Plan and Presentation. Their 

promotional plan was designed for 

the Frontier League baseball team, 

the Normal CornBelters. 

TPHS robotics get boost from Panduit engineers 

SUBMITTED BY TINLEY PARK 

HIGH SCHOOL 

In cooperation with engineering 

company Panduit, 

Tinley Park High School’s 

Robotics team recently entered 

eight robots in the 

Southworks Engineering 

and Robotics Olympics. 

The TPHS Robotics team 

has spent over 40 hours in 

direct contact with engineers 

at Panduit this year. Much 

of that time has been at their 

nearby facility working in 

their labs, trying to mold 

individual. 

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Jordan, Gabby Douglas, 

Jonathan Toews, Ron Santo, 

(Bottom Row- Left to Right) 

Dwight D. Eisenhower, Jimmy 

Butler, Tommy Lasorda, and 

(Missing) Anthony Rizzo. 

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their own creations for the 

future. 

Organized by TPHS science 

teachers Mark Reiss 

and Chad Robson, the team 

originally placed third in 

the Pathfinder competition. 

Regardless of their third 

place finish, the judges recognized 

students Adam 

Miller, Emma Whalen and 

Clare Whalen for their work, 

thus earning the victory for 

the Robotics squad. Ana 

Sanchez, Kyla Duncan, and 

Amina’s Hughes also placed 

second in the S-Brick competition. 

Reiss not only praised 

the professionalism of the 

Panduit engineers, but also 

admires his students’ determination 

for the work they 

have and will accomplish. 

“The engineers have been 

gracious and generous, and 

continue to amaze us with 

the dedication and support of 

our students and community, 

we honestly cannot thank 

them enough,” Reiss said. 

“They have been coming 

over to our school weekly, 

and at times daily to meet 

TPHS students Stephanie Palmer, Ryan Zientara, and Kasey Brennan 

showcase their awards as the team placed first overall in Promotional Plan 

and Presentation. PHOTO SUBMITTED 

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Southworks Engineering and Robotics Olympics. PHOTO 

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and discuss engineering and 

computer programing with 

our students.” 

TPHS Robotics is continuing 

its efforts to expand 

and is also considering hosting 

its own competition with 

Panduit in the future. 

Summit Hill 

Scholastic 

Bowl earns 

‘A’ in both the 

classroom and 

competition 

SUBMITTED BY SUMMIT HILL 

SCHOOL 

To put it frankly, the Summit 

Hill Scholastic Bowl 

team had an incredible season 

this year. Marking a 9-1 

record on the season, Summit 

Hill showed to be a dominant 

force in competition. 

Starting in December, the 

team ended its regular season 

in April with 7-0 record, 

scoring over 200 points each 

winning match. Adding to 

their already impressive run, 

the team also defeated the 

2017 Sectional Champions, 

Martino Jr. High, in a nailbiter 

finish. 

The team ended their season 

with the number one 

seed for Regionals; an outstanding 

accomplishment 

worthy of recognition for 

these young scholars. 

The team attended the regional 

tournament April 25 

and quickly swept pool play, 

earning a spot in the championship 

round. A scholastic 

super bowl ensued as Summit 

Hill found themselves 

neck-and-neck with the second 

seeded team, Peotone 

Jr. High. The teams went 

back and forth as the match 

wound down to the last five 

questions. Although Summit 

Hill fought valiantly, their 

20-point deficit proved to be 

too far as they fell just one 

question short of clinching 

the championship. 

Although this was a heartbreaking 

loss, the team 

learned some important life 

lessons along the way.



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FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE 

Orland Days to return May 

31-June 3 with changes for 

2018 

The annual Orland Days 

festival is returning for 2018 

but with some tweaks to how 

it has been run in the past. 

Because of financial constraints, 

the Orland Park Lions 

Club, which stages the 

event, decided to shorten the 

festival by a day and remove 

the annual parade from this 

year’s lineup. 

While it was a difficult decision, 

it was a necessary one, 

according to Orland Days 

Event Chairman Steve Anton. 

“Unfortunately, this year 

there will be no Orland Park 

Lions parade,” Anton said. 

“We decided not to hold it 

this year because of the cost 

incurred in it.” 

Despite the changes, Orland 

Days — which has been 

a staple of the village’s summer 

festivities for more than 

40 years — will still look 

much the same. 

“[Orland Days] is our annual 

way to kick off the summer 

in the village and hopefully 

raise enough funds to 

continue to do what the Lions 

do: help the blind and 

the deaf and the needy in the 

community,” Anton said. 

The event is slated to be 

held from Thursday, May 

31, to Sunday, June 3, at the 

153rd Street Metra Station. 

It is to include a carnival, 

live entertainment and food 

vendors, as it has in the past. 

Orland Days runs from 

5-midnight Friday, June 1; 

noon-midnight Saturday, 

June 2; and noon-9 p.m. 

Sunday, June 3. For more 

information, visit www. 

orlandparklionsclub.com. 

Reporting by Erin Redmond, 

Freelance Reporter. For more, 

visit OPPrairie.com. 

FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER 

Cheers! Mokena Brewing 

Company granted special use 

permit 

There will soon be another 

brewery in town, after 

the Village of Mokena Board 

of Trustees voted 6-0 May 

14 to approve a special use 

permit for Mokena Brewing 

Company. 

Steve Smolinske, on behalf 

of Mokena Brewing 

Company, requested the special 

use permit to operate a 

6,751-square-foot alcohol 

production facility at 19031 

Old LaGrange Road. 

As part of the special use 

permit agreement, Zordan 

said the Village would grant 

the business a Class G liquor 

license, which would allow 

the brewery to produce the 

beer to be consumed on-site 

as well as be sold for distribution 

for consumption offsite. 

Zordan said it would 

operate similar to the Tribes 

Beer Co. site on Front Street. 

Zordan said the proposed 

hours of operation would be: 

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

closed on Mondays; and 

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

through Saturdays. Live indoor 

entertainment was proposed, 

as well. 

As part of the special use 

permit, the applicant would 

agree to several items, including: 

not having any 

video gaming terminals on 

the premises; the alcoholic 

beverages sold for off-site 

consumption will be limited 

to only those beverages 

produced on-site; and upon 

completion of the kitchen 

area, the applicant will be 

able to sell alcohol produced 

on-site, as well as alcohol 

packaged and produced offsite. 

A full-service restaurant 

component of the business is 

planned to open between 12- 

18 months after the brewery 

opens. 

It is anticipated that the 

brewery could open sometime 

this fall. 

Reporting by Jon DePaolis, 

Freelance Reporter. For more, 

visit MokenaMessenger.com. 

FROM THE HOMER HORIZON 

Ludwig School students 

explore variety of jobs 

during Career Day 

“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. 

Please see NFYN, 19 

From the Intern 

From Illinois State to summer internship 

Jonathan Barlas 

Editorial Intern 

Through the vast spectrum 

that is journalism, 

finding your 

own light amid the darkness 

is always easier said than 

done. An endless learning 

curve, writing continues 

to be the one thing that 

inspires me to become the 

best person that I can be. 

After all, what better feeling 

is there than to see your 

name at the top of a page? 

After surviving finals 

week, I start my summer tenure 

at 22nd Century Media. I 

want to thank Managing Editor 

Bill Jones for allowing 

me the opportunity to be involved 

in such an esteemed 

local press, as I look forward 

to making long-lasting connections 

with those I will be 

working with. 

Striving to lay the 

groundwork for my future 

career, there are two things 

I have always held closest 

to my heart: the storyline of 

sports and beauty of writing. 

Like many sports reporters, 

the common ground 

we find in those two things 

defines the kind of people 

we are. We thrive off of our 

mutual love of sports and 

bask in the power of our 

writing, all in effort to tell 

our story. 

Now I am ready to write 

my next chapter. 

I grew up in Tinley Park 

with aspirations of becoming 

a pitcher for the Chicago 

Cubs. I graduated from 

Andrew High School in 

2016, where I was a part 

of the baseball team for the 

entirety of my high school 

career, playing under Andrew 

coaching greats in Roy 

Bullard and Dave DeHaan. 

While my childhood 

dreams were met with demanding 

practices of travel 

and high school baseball, 

I ultimately discovered I 

found solace in my writing. 

I enrolled at Illinois State 

University with visions of 

succeeding in the school of 

communication, working 

towards my new dream of 

working for NBC Sports 

Chicago. 

I figured out early that 

writing was the thing I was 

meant to do. I joined Illinois 

State’s award-winning 

newspaper The Vidette in 

the fall of my sophomore 

year, and initially started 

doing music reviews and 

profiles on ISU students. I 

was recognized quickly for 

my work and was brought 

on as a sports reporter, 

covering everything from 

football and baseball to 

gymnastics. Managing the 

work of both features and 

sports, I found a way to do 

something meaningful I 

have grown to love and now 

cannot live without. 

Achieving the position of 

sports editor at The Vidette 

this past spring, I could not 

be more excited to continue 

my work to succeed 

in something about which I 

am this passionate. I look to 

have the same level of success 

at 22nd Century Media, 

honing my writing skills as 

I develop into the professional 

sports writer I hope to 

become. 

I compare life to baseball 

in so many ways, and 

through this sport I have 

inadvertently learned some 

of life’s greatest lessons. 

Heartbreak, loss, pride, 

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.

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From TinleyJunction.com as of Monday, 

May 21 

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celebrate ground breaking at new 

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treats ‘everyday heroes’ to appreciation 

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From The Editor: 

No shortage of things to do in Tinley 

Cody Mroczka 


From the Hollywood 

Casino Amphitheatre 

to the Tinley Park- 

Park District to the Village 

itself, there’s no shortage of 

entertainment options this 

summer. 

Publisher 22nd Century 

Media featured close to a 

dozen of the community’s 

most popular events to look 

forward to in last edition’s 

2018 Summer Fun Guide. 

And that doesn’t even 

include the plethora of big 

names and varying genres 

coming to the popular 

outdoor music venue. From 

Pulitzer Prize winning 

rap artist Kendrick Lamar 

to classic rock legends 

Lynyrd Skynryd and Steely 

Dan featuring The Doobie 

Brothers to popular country 

acts Rascal Flatts and Keith 

Urban to headbangers Five 

Finger Death Punch and 

Marilyn Manson, there’s 

something for every live 

music fan. 

For those looking for a 

more intimate setting, the 

Village will host music at 

VVAC’s gazebo as well as 

a variety of bars and breweries 

that offer weekly acts. 

Families looking for entertainment 

should pay close 

attention to The Junction’s 

calendar as the TP-PD and 

Tinley Park Public Library 

have scheduled dozens of 

activities such as a family 

camp out, a record breaking 

swim lesson attempt, Tinley 

Park night at Guaranteed 

Rate Field, and weekly 

events to keep students 

occupied during summer 

break. 

Regularly monthly events 

that kick off in the coming 

weeks include Cruise 

Nights and Tinley Park 

Farmers Market. Even 

the Tinley Park Historical 

Society is getting in on 

the summer fun by offering 

two competitions, one 

a “flat Stanley” inspired 

photo contest featuring 

Samuel Tinley and its 

Tinley Park flag adventure 

photo contest where residents 

submit photos from 

across the globe featuring 

their hometown flag. 

Here’s to a safe and 

enjoyable summer for all in 

Tinley Park. 

Downtown Tinley, at 10:31 a.m. on May 17 

“Cruise Nights will be returning on Tuesday, 

May 29 from 5 p.m. – 9 p.m. along Oak 

Park Avenue! Enjoy this classic car show 

with no entry fee, food and beverages will 

be for sale and music. There will also be a 

new event layout this year! Northbound and 

southbound Oak Park Avenue will be closed 

from 171st Street to North Street from 4:30 

p.m. until 9 p.m. for each Cruise Night. For 

more information, please visit our website.” 

Like The Tinley Junction: facebook.com/tinleyjunction 

“Congrats to Varsity Softball 8-4 victory over 

Bremen. Finishing regular season 19-0 in 

conference!” 

@TinleyParkHigh, Tinley Park High School at 

7:42 p.m. on May 17. 

Follow The Tinley Junction: @tinleyjunction 

NFYN 

From Page 18 

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.” 

He said his program can 

help remind people to “treat 

the planet a little nicer.” 

When Animal Quest first 

started, Reedy said they had 

mostly small animals, like 

lizards, frogs and guinea 

pigs, but as his company 

grew he began to inherit a lot 

of animals, such as pigs, that 

do not make such great pets. 

Reporting by Amanda Stoll, 

Assistant Editor. For more, visit 

FrankfortStation.com. 

FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND 

Lockport Resource Center 

bike drive raises money for 

scholarship 

For four years, proceeds 

from the Lockport Resource 

Center’s Pass it On 

Thrift Shop and its third annual 

bike drive have helped 

Lockport residents by “trying 

to change their story.” 

Each year, the LRC Transformation 

Scholarship, 

worth approximately $1,000, 

is awarded to an individual 

whose goal is to further their 

education and go to college. 

No matter how old or young, 

residents are encouraged to 

apply by writing an essay 

on how they hope to benefit 

from higher education, 

either in a trade or technical 

school or university. 

Reporting by Jacquelyn Schlabach, 

Assistant Editor. For 

more, visit LockportLegend. 

com. 

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A bit of suspense Tinley 

Park High School alumna nominated 

for Illinois authors project, Page 27 

Digging in We stop by Orland 

Park’s new Pita Pita Mediterranean Grill 

for the latest Dish, Page 29 

Orland’s Centennial 

Park welcome dogs 

and their humans 

for annual Run to 

the Rescue 5K Run/ 

Walk in support of 

PAWS of Tinley Park, 

Page 23 

Oliver, owned by Rachel Delira 

of Tinley Park, gets ready to race 

Saturday, May 19, at Centennial Park 

during the annual Run to the Rescue 

5K Run/Walk in support of PAWS 

of Tinley Park. Mary Compton/22nd 

Century Media

22 | May 24, 2018 | The tinley junction Faith 


St. Andrews Anglican Church (18101 94th 

Ave., Tinley Park) 

Garage/Trunk Sale 

9 a.m.-1 p.m., June 1 and 

2. Annual garage/trunk sale 

features tons of adult and 

kids clothes, jewelry, and 

household items. 

Anointed Word International Ministries 

(16250 84th Ave., Tinley Park) 

Food Pantry 

Every Wednesday, the 

AWIM’s food pantry is open 

from 9:30-11:30 a.m. For 

more information regarding 

qualification of receiving 

food from food pantry 

or to become a volunteer at 

FUNERAL SERVICES DIRECTORY 

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The Cremation Experts. 

AWIM, contact Kindell Renee’ 

at kindell@anointedword.net 

or Joyce Brunson 

at joyceb@anointedword. 

net or call (708) 429-2600. 

Calvary Baptist Church (17430 94th Ave., 

Tinley Park) 

Wednesday Prayer, Bible 

Study and Sword Club 

6:45 p.m. every Wednesday 

Chicago Church of Christ (16530 Ridgeland 


Sunday Service 

12-1:30 p.m. every week. 

Faith Presbyterian Church (6200 167th 

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Free Community Meal 

5:30-6:30 p.m. on third 

Thursday of every month. 

Faith Christian Reformed Church (8383 W. 

171st St., Tinley Park) 


9:30 a.m. 

Family Harvest Church (18500 92nd Ave., 

Tinley Park) 

Sunday Services 

9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. 

Spanish services are held in 

the chapel, while teen services 

are held in the gym. 

The Spanish and teen services 

are only held at 5 p.m. 

Breakfast is available in the 

church’s Café, located near 

the gym, on Sunday mornings 

from 8:15 to 9:15 a.m. 

First Baptist Church of Tinley Park (7025 

W. 179th St., Tinley Park) 


10:45 a.m. 

Sunday Bible Study 

9:30 a.m. 

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In Memoriam 

Edward Anderson 

Edward J. Anderson, 78, 

of Tinley Park, died on May 

13. He was born on June 12, 

1939 in Chicago, IL to Edward 

Joseph Anderson and 

Theresa P. Pollak. He is remembered 

for his quick wit 

and sense of humor, and also 

as a passionate family man 

who loved his family without 

limitation. He is succeeded 

by the love of his life and 

his wife of 56 years, Gloria 

F. Anderson (nee Arnett). He 

is survived by three children 

Cindy (Kevin) Hesse, Theresa 

(Steve) Martino, and Ed 

Anderson Jr. (Steve Richards 

); five grandchildren Amanda 

(Al), Ariel (Kevin), Kevin Jr. 

(Samantha), Steve (Liz), and 

Josh; and one great-grandchild, 

Layla. Brother to Patricia 

, Maryanne, Joan, Tom, 

Theresa, Jim and Linda. Final 

resting place Good Shepherd 

Cemetery, 16201 104th Ave. 

Orland Park IL. 

Daniel McDonnell 

Daniel T. McDonnell, age 

48. May 13. Beloved partner 

of Tasha McDonnell (nee Ellis).Cherished 

father of Dakota 

and Dylan 

McDonnell. 

Loving son 

of John and 

Maureen Mc- 

Donnell (nee McDonnell 

Slaney).Dear 

brother of Jack (Lisa), Barb 

(Joe) Sweis, Mike (Mary), 

Sue Rodak and David (Peggy) 

McDonnell. Fond uncle 

to many nieces and nephews. 

Interment private. 

Thomas Massoth 

Thomas W. Massoth, 

78, of Tinley 

Park, died on May 5. A U.S. 

Army Veteran, he was the 

beloved husband 

of Joan 

Massoth (nee 

LeMonnier). 

Loving father 

of Suzanne 

(Anthony) Denys 

and the late Massoth 

Stephen M. (Anne) Massoth. 

Cherished grandfather of Stephen 

Jr, Andrew, Ashleigh, 

Gabrielle and Julian. Dear 

brother of the late Terry and 

Norman. Fond uncle to many. 

Services pending. 

Joseph Kubinski 

Joseph Kubinski, 76, 

formerly of Country Club 

Hills and Tinley Park, died 

on May 2. He is preceded 

in death by his wife of 50 

years, Betty. He is survived 

by his children, Joanne and 

Joseph Kubinski, and his 

grandchildren, Noah, Noelle 

and Nikolas Mennemeier. 

Interment will be at Holy 

Sepulchre. A memorial service 

and celebration of life is 

being planned for July 21st. 

Also, join Team “The Joe 

Skis” in a walk/run to fight 

colon cancer on July 22nd. 

Sign up or donate at www. 

bit.ly/2IA7ND8 Arrangements 

entrusted to Hallowell 

& James Funeral Home, 

Countryside. Info: hjfunerals.com 

or 708-352-6500 

Barbara Musser 

Barbara J. Musser, 95, of 

Fishers, IN, and a 50-year 

member of Damascus Chapter, 

Order of Eastern Star in 

Tinley Park, died on April 

25, 2018. She was born in 

Indianapolis, IN to Harry 

J. and Nina McMillan. She 

was a life long member of 

First Presbyterian Church 

in Hammond. She is preceded 

in death by her husband 

of 70 years, Claude W. 

Musser Jr.; daughter, Marilyn 

Musser Love, and grandson 

Joe Musser. Surviving 

her is son, Scott C. Musser 

and his wife Jane Fortune 

Musser; son in law, Bill 

Love; grandchildren, Martha 

Musser, Katherine and Bily 

Berry, Rebecca Musser; great 

grandchildren, William Berry 

V., and Charles Berry. 

If you’d like to honor a loved 

one from the Tinley Park community, 

send information to 

Editor Cody Mroczka, Cody@ 

tinleyjunction.com

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Pups, people hit the trails in 

support of Tinley Park PAWS 

Mary Compton 


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 

John suffers from MS, 

lupus and a traumatic brain 

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Family remembers ‘fun, thoughtful’ Andrew teacher 

Jon DePaolis 


To truly understand the 

influence that Andrew High 

School biology teacher 

Lloyd Eichwald had not 

only on his family but also 

on that of the community, 

one needs to understand two 

things. 

The first is that he cared 

greatly about anyone and 

everyone. The second? 

Eichwald could turn a 

phrase with the best of 

them. 

Whether it was telling one 

of his daughters, Shannon, 

that she needed to “build a 

foundation,” or welcoming 

students to his class by saying, 

“Good morning, aspiring 

scholars” — Eichwald 

had a saying at the ready. 

Perhaps his most famous 

catchphrase? 

“Biology is life.” 

“We’ve received so many 

kids’ artwork that says, ‘Biology 

is life,’ [as well as] T- 

shirts and letters,” Shannon 

said. “That was his go-to 

phrase, but I think what is 

so cool about that is that he 

truly believed it.” 

But Eichwald coined 

many over his years — and 

they always came with a 

deeper meaning. 

“‘Shannon, you got to be 

the third little pig and build 

a brick house,’” his daughter 

recited, laughing. “He 

was able to come up with 

analogies to things to make 

you understand and also 

understand how important 

what he was saying was.” 

Eichwald, 58, of Mokena, 

and formerly of New 

Lenox and the Tinley Park 

area, died unexpectedly on 

May 6. He is survived by 

his wife, Nancy; their children, 

Shannon, Lindsey 

and Erich; and hundreds 

of students, colleagues and 

friends. 

Being present in the 

moment 

Eichwald always had a 

zest for life. In fact, it was 

that trait that drew Nancy to 

him. 

Nancy said she met Eichwald 

when she was 24. He 

was friends with Nancy’s 

brother, and he and that 

group would meet at the 

beach to play volleyball. 

While the two had both attended 

Tinley Park High 

School, they didn’t know 

each other at the time. 

“He was so fun, and he 

was so thoughtful,” Nancy 

said. 

But while they first met at 

the beach for volleyball, it 

was really the second time 

they interacted while cross 

country skiing that she 

could sense sparks. 

She said she is the type 

of person who would push 

through and enjoy the workout 

of skiing, but that Eichwald 

would call out for her 

to stop and take a moment 

to look at the world around 

them. On that occasion, it 

was so he could point out a 

blue jay to her. 

“He was always present 

in the moment, and I think 

that’s why he had such a 

great impact on people — 

he cared about everything,” 

Nancy said. 

She said Eichwald was 

like no one she had ever met 

in her life. 

“Right away, the first time 

we ever spent any time together, 

I thought, ‘Oh my 

gosh, this is the guy I want 

to be with,’” she said. “It 

was just immediate. It was 

magical being with him.” 

Shannon also had similar 

experiences with her father. 

“He was always someone 

who was teaching, and 

not just because he was a 

teacher but because he truly 

wanted you to share in the 

experiences he had,” Shannon 

said. 

Her father would take her 

and her siblings on nature 

walks during the summer 

months, and Shannon said 

Eichwald would constantly 

stop them in their tracks 

to ask them if they heard 

what was happening around 

them. 

“‘Did you hear that 

sound?’ or ‘Guys, look at 

this tree and how old it is,’” 

Shannon recalled. “He made 

such an impression on me to 

stop and smell and observe 

what is going on. He always 

was there throughout our 

childhood to really teach us 

lessons along the way.” 

Shannon said they often 

took road trips as a family, 

and Lloyd would serve as 

the navigator. And whether 

they were driving to California 

or Florida, Shannon 

said her father would always 

stop along the way at 

the roadside tourist traps for 

new experiences. 

“Whatever moment he 

was in, he wanted to enjoy 

it to the fullest and [make 

sure] we enjoyed it to the 

fullest,” Shannon said. 

Getting to teaching 

Nancy said at the time she 

met Eichwald, he managed 

a bicycle shop — but he 

dreamed of being an oceanographer 

and working in 

marine biology. 

Over time, however, and 

as their family grew, Eichwald 

began looking for a 

way to combine some of 

his talents and joys — his 

knowledge of science and 

nature, his creativity, and 

his love for working with 

people. 

Teaching was a perfect fit. 

Twenty-three years later, 

hundreds of students would 

agree, and it wasn’t a surprise 

to Nancy. She credited 

her husband’s dedication, 

and she gave the example 

of how dozens of students 

had reached out to her since 

Eichwald’s passing to express 

gratitude because he 

had written them letters of 

recommendation. 

“He was literally getting 

up at 3 a.m. and writing 

these,” Nancy said. 

“He was just so dedicated 

to what he did, but he was 

also so caring. I told him 

that he needed to put a limit 

on these, because so many 

people would ask him. But 

he said he couldn’t, because 

they were such good kids 

and they deserved it. He really 

cared, and I think that 

was really the root of it.” 

Continuing on his legacy 

Since her father’s passing, 

Shannon said she and 

her mother had been reading 

letters from former students 

of Eichwald’s, as well 

as childhood friends. They 

all further cemented how 

she viewed her father. 

“He’s someone who was 

passionate about science, 

and I think that’s what he 

brought to his class,” Shannon 

said. “But he also cared 

about every single person 

that he met. Whether it was 

a student in his class or a 

colleague.” 

Shannon said every time 

her father would meet 

someone for the first time, 

it was like a physical reaction. 

Eichwald would stop, 

pause, shake the person’s 

hand, and ask three or four 

questions. 

“He truly wanted to know 

about people, and I just 

think he found so much value 

in that,” Shannon said. 

“You felt that from him, 

and that’s not something 

that you forget. We saw 

that from students’ letters 

— them remembering him 

from 10 to 12 years ago. 

He truly cared about each 

person he came into contact 

with, and I just think that’s 

so special.” 

She said her father also 

always looked out for the 

people at an event who 

could use a friend. 

“He truly looked out for 

people that needed someone 

to talk to, and I think 

that’s important,” Shannon 

said. “He looked outside of 

himself. He was very observant.” 

She believes that idea of 

how people treat others is 

important, and something 

for which she hopes her father’s 

legacy can serve as a 

guide. 

“My dad treated everyone 

with kindness, with respect, 

and with a true desire 

to get to know them and 

what was going on in their 

lives,” Shannon said. “I 

think if you can bring that 

sense of presence to the 

interactions you have with 

people, that’s pretty powerful.” 

For Eichwald, it was always 

about doing the right 

thing, Nancy added. 

“With him, it wasn’t a 

question — just do the right 

thing,” Nancy said. “That’s 

why he was such a great dad 

and such a great teacher.” 

It also couldn’t be denied 

that he was a people person. 

Any time they would 

go to the grocery store, for 

example, Nancy said she’d 

always have to ask where 

Eichwald had went. Undoubtedly, 

he would be off 

helping another person, 

who couldn’t find or reach 

something. 

And he was assuredly 

a man who put his family 

first, Nancy said. 

“We were just such a 

great team,” she said. “Even 

as time went on and our kids 

got older, I would tell him 

that, ‘You are the person I 

want to grow old with.’” 

Eichwald’s memory will 

live on in his family and the 

students with whom he interacted. 

And Nancy hopes 

some of those lessons live 

on, too. 

“Be kind to people, because 

you never know what 

they are going through,” 

Nancy said. 

And, of course, things 

like having a greater awareness 

of the environment and 

of nature, and making the 

world a better place were 

high on the list. 

After all, biology is life. 

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Local nonprofit invites public to ‘Kick Off to Summer’ event 

SUBMITTED BY THE CRISIS 

CENTER OF SOUTH SUBURBIA 

Summer is right around 

the corner and one of the 

first fun events in the southland 

is The Crisis Center for 

South Suburbia’s “Kick-Off 

to Summer.” 

This premiere family 

event, presented by Frankfort’s 

Sturdi Iron, to benefit 

the Tinley Park-based 

nonprofit will be held from 

1-7 p.m. on June 10 at 

Water’s Edge Golf Club, 

7205 W. 115th Street, 

Worth, IL. 

“This event has something 

for the entire family and all 

of the proceeds benefit victims 

of domestic violence 

supported at the Crisis Center,” 

said Jessica Brooks, 

Special Events Manager for 

the Crisis Center. 

The event includes a large 

beer tent with headlining entertainment 

including Related 

Rhapsody of Oak Forest 

and one of Chicago’s most 

popular bands - Midnight. 

A bean bag tournament and 

raffles will also be part of 

the festivities. Free children’s 

activities include face 

painting, bouncy houses and 

more. Assorted beverages, 

brats, burgers and more will 

be available for an additional 

cost. Tickets can be purchased 

in advance for $20, 

which includes a raffle ticket 

for the Big Top Cash Raffle 

and a door prize ticket. Only 

Advanced tickets are eligible 

for the cash raffle. Tickets 

are available at both Neat 

Repeat store locations: 6602 

W. 111th St. in Worth and 

9028 W. 159th St. in Orland 

Park or can be purchased 

online at ww.crisisctr.org/ 

events/kots. Tickets at the 

door will be $10 for adults, 

$5 for kids 4-10, and kids 

under 3 are free. For more 

information on the Kick-off 

to Summer visit www.crisis 

ctr.org or call (708) 429- 

7255. 

The Crisis Center for 

South Suburbia provides 

housing and support services 

like counseling to nearly 

2,000 victims of domestic 

violence each year. One out 

of every four women is a 

victim of domestic violence 

in the US. Prevention and 

outreach services benefit 

nearly 20,000 south suburban 

residents each year. 

Annual VVAC 

art show & sale 

features Tinley 

Park artists works 

SUBMITTED BY TINLEY PARK-PARK DISTRICT 

The Vogt Visual Arts Center, located 

at 17420 S. 67th Court in Tinley Park, 

will host its Annual Art Show and 

Sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 2. 

This is a day-long celebration of the 

arts, featuring many original works of 

art from local artists with a wide variety 

of artistic works on display. Attendees 

can expect to add unique piece to 

the collection or a gift for family and 

friends. 

In addition to the show and sale, there 

will be live entertainment, kid’s crafts, 

live demos and more. Be sure to meander 

through the gallery for the June exhibit, 

“Music.” From 1-3 p.m. attendees 

can meet some of the artists and enjoy 

light refreshments. After finishing shopping 

and viewing the current exhibit, 

relax and enjoy the cool jazz sounds of 

Nuclear Jazz Quarktet at the VVAC Gazebo 

from 1-4 p.m. This event is officially 

endorsed by Illinois Bicentennial 

and partially supported by a grant from 

the Illinois Arts Council Agency. 

The Vogt Visual Arts Center is a facility 

of the Tinley Park-Park District. 

Further information on VVAC, upcoming 

exhibits, hours and classes can be 

found at tinleyparkdistrict.org or by 

calling (708) 342-4200. 

The 2017 Summer High School Community Band Festival featured members from all throughout the Chicagoland area. PHOTO SUBMITTED 

Calling all high school musicians 

Play with Tinley Park 

Community Band next 

month 

SUBMITTED BY TINLEY PARK 

COMMUNITY BAND 

The Tinley Park Community 

Band, directed by Barb Abarro, 

invites high school musicians 

to participate in a fourth annual 

Summer High School Community 

Band Festival. 

Students will play alongside 

adult band members. 

The concert is scheduled for 

7-9 p.m. on June 28 at the Tinley 

Park Park District Bettenhausen 

Recreation Center, 8125 W. 171st 

St., Tinley Park. Audience members 

are kindly asked to bring a 

lawn chair or blanket. Concessions 

will be available for purchase. 

A rain date has yet to be 

announced. 

High school musicians 

14-years-old and older, or those 

who will be graduating junior 

high, are invited to participate. 

There’s no residency requirement. 

Rehearsals will be from 

7-9 p.m. on June 4, 11, 18 and 25 

at McCarthy Park, 16801 S. 80th 

Avenue, Tinley Park, IL 60477. 

New participants’ fee is $25 

and includes a polo shirt. Returning 

participants fee (who have a 

polo shirt) is $10. Concert attire 

is the polo shirt and khaki (tan) 

pants. Fees are requested as soon 

as possible. See the website’s 

Schedule page for a downloadable 

form to print and mail. Mail 

form and check payable to Community 

Band Foundation of Tinley 

Park, Inc. and mail to PO Box 

562, Tinley Park, IL 60477. 

The Concert Band was established 

in 1987. Members come 

from all over Chicagoland. Musicians 

age 14 and older are invited 

to join. There are no auditions or 

residency requirements. For more 

information, visit concert band 

website at www.tinleyband.org.

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faith 

From Page 22 

Saturday and after the 7:30 

and 9:30 Masses on Sunday. 

There is no Reconciliation 

on the Thursday preceding 

the first Friday of the month. 

St. Julie Billiart Roman Catholic Parish 

(7399 W. 159th St., Tinley Park) 

Sunday Mass 

7:30 a.m., 9 a.m., 10:30 

a.m., 12 p.m. and 6 p.m. every 

week. 

St. Stephen Deacon & Martyr Catholic 

Church (17500 S. 84th Ave., Tinley Park) 


7 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 10 a.m., 

11:30 a.m. 1 p.m. (in Polish), 

and 6:15 p.m. every week. 

Tinley Park Community Church (7939 W. 

167th St., Tinley Park) 


10:30 a.m. Fellowship and 

refreshment to follow afterward. 

Tinley Park United Methodist Church 

(6875 W. 173rd Place, Tinley Park) 

The Lewis University Biology Department invites you to an 

Information Session about our 

Bachelor of Science in 

Dental Hygiene 

Learn more about this 

unique program and 

our affiliations with: 

• College of DuPage 

• Parkland College 

• Fox College 

Lewis University is 

the only university 

in the Chicagoland 

area to offer a 

bachelor’s degree 

in Dental Hygiene. 


9:30 a.m. Nursery care is 

available for families. 

Bible Study 

6:30 p.m. Tuesdays. For 

more information, call (708) 

532-2960. 

Tinley Park Food Pantry 

8 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Wednesdays. 

Learn ways to help by 

contacting Chuck O’Kresik 

at (708) 614-7739. 

Trinity Lutheran Church (6850 W. 159th 

St., Tinley Park) 

Reveal Worship 

11 a.m. Sundays 

Zion Lutheran Church (17100 South 69th 


Vacation Bible School - 

Rolling River Rampage 

9 a.m-12 p.m., June 18- 

22, Cost is $15 per child, or 

$25 for two or more siblings. 

Space is limited, Please register 

at ziontinleypark.org or 

call (708) 532-1600 

Widow/Widowers Social 

Information Session 

Tuesday, June 5, 2018 

Room AS-158-A in the Science Center 

Lewis University 

One University Parkway 

Romeoville, IL 60446 

lewisu.edu/campuses/Romeoville/ 

Registration at 4:30 PM 

Presentation at 5:00 PM 

Club 

6:30-9 p.m. Next meeting 

date: June 1. For more information 

please call Phyllis 

Peterson 708-636-6534 Bill 

Dolehide at (708) 342-6820. 

Free Community Meal 

5:30-6:30, on first Thursday 

of every month 

Glory to God Church (18401 66th Ave., 

Tinley Park) 

Will-Cook Barbershop 

Harmony 

7:30 p.m. Alternating 

Thursdays in Tinley Park 

and Lockport. For more 

information contact Hank 

King at (708) 614-8999 or 

mjking1@ameritech.net 

Have something for Faith 

Briefs? Contact Editor Cody 

Mroczka at cody@tinleyjunction.com 

or call (708) 326- 

9170. Information is due by 

noon on Thursdays one week 

prior to publication. 

For more information contact the 

Office of Admission at (815) 836-5250. 

Visit our website at 

lewisu.edu/academics/dentalhygiene 

paws 

From Page 23 

Patrick Barker, of Tinley Park, meets Finn at Centennial 

Park. Mary Compton/22nd Century Media 

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 towards 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 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.

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Local author named semifinalist for recent mystery novel 

Amanda Stoll, Assistant Editor 

Jeanne Meeks has not 

always been a writer, but 

since retiring she has found 

a new love for adventure 

and mystery. 

Her travels have taken 

her to the Grand Canyon, 

Isle Royale National Park 

and a yearly pilgrimage to 

Florida. 

While the murders and 

plots in her stories are fictional, 

they are based somewhat 

on her experiences in 

different places — and with 

different people. 

Her most recent story 

“Killer Serve” is a sequel to 

her previous book, “Gator 

Bait,” and both are loosely 

based on people she knows 

from her tennis club on the 

Gulf side of Florida. 

Even though she said her 

friends often try to figure out 

who the characters relate to 

in real life, Meeks said she 

mixes up names, traits and 

personalities in her books 

so that no one character too 

closely resembles any real 

person. 

“You’re always looking 

for a character,” Meeks 

said, “somebody who’s got 

some odd quirks, but you 

also don’t want to point that 

out to your friends.” 

Meeks, who graduated 

from Tinley Park High 

School, has been nominated 

by the New Lenox Public 

Library for the Library Association 

of Illinois’ Soon to 

be Famous Illinois Author 

Project, but this year earned 

recognition as a semifinalist. 

“The whole idea is to give 

independent authors a platform.,” 

Meeks said. “People 

who are lucky enough to 

write a book and then get 

published by a regular, traditional 

publishing house 

such as Random House 

or Penguin or something, 

they’re few and far between, 

so there’s thousands 

A bike ride across Missouri last summer proved 

inspirational for Meeks, who said she hopes to incorporate 

it into a future novel. 

more authors who have nobody 

to market for them or 

to guide them along.” 

For serious writers, like 

herself, who put years into 

their stories and countless 

hours into editing and revising 

their content, it can be 

hard to get their books out 

there. 

“Serious writers, which 

I like to consider myself, 

work real hard at getting it 

right, but we still can’t get 

noticed,” she said. “So, we 

try things like [the Authors 

Project] to get noticed.” 

Meeks said her stories 

have gone over very well 

with her friends, who are 

always asking her to write 

another story, but her adventure 

mysteries, “Rim 

to Rim” and “Wolf Pack”, 

have gotten a lot of attention 

from fellow nature-lovers 

as well. 

People enjoy “page turners,” 

according to Meeks, so 

that is what she tries to give 

Jeanne Meeks poses for a photo with a copy of “Gator Bait” during the annual Southwest 

Florida Reading Festival in Fort Myers. PHOTOS SUBMITTED 

them. 

“I really work at putting a 

lot into each story and making 

them want what’s in the 

next chapter,” she said. 

She said she is delighted 

when her friends tell her 

they enjoy her books, but a 

recent hike, she met someone 

who recommended 

“Rim to Rim” to her — 

without knowing she was 

the author. 

The surprising encounter 

offered her a huge compliment, 

despite having trouble 

getting reviews on her 

books online. 

Though her stories have 

different geographical focuses, 

they are all murder 

mysteries and focus on female 

lead characters. 

“I like to focus on women 

as strong characters that 

have to take care of themselves 

when they’re out in 

nature,” Meeks said. 

She herself has taken up 

backpacking, cross-country 

biking and tennis since retiring, 

which continue to be 

inspiration for her novels. 

Biking may be the focus 

of a future novel, but for 

now Meeks is focusing on 

her current project: “Thy 

Neighbor’s Wife: A lonely 

old man neglects his beloved 

wife’s garden until a 

mysterious young woman 

rents the house next door.” 

As for her own reading 

preferences, Meeks said she 

enjoys reading other independent 

novels, as well as 

Jodi Picoult books. 

“She always has a lot 

of research in her books, 

and you learn something,” 

Meeks said. “So I try to emulate 

that myself.” 

While some mystery 

stories get quite detailed 

and graphic with violence, 

language and over-the-top 

sexual material, Meeks said 

she prefers to keep her stories 

more PG. 

They are written for an 

adult audience, but she said 

even teenagers who have 

picked up her books say 

they have enjoyed them. 

To keep her skills sharp, 

Meeks said she has taken a 

lot of helpful tips from online 

resources such as createspace.com 

and attends 

writing conferences and 

classes regularly. 

Furthering her forensic 

knowledge through a Citizen’s 

Police Academy and 

meeting forensic scientists 

has also helped her develop 

some of the skills needed to 

write a convincing murder 

mystery. 

She said she also gets a 

lot of feedback and suggestions 

from her local writers 

group, Women of Mystery, 

which is currently seeking 

new members. Serious writers 

with a love for mystery 

writing can email her at 

jeannie200@aol.com. They 

meet the second Tuesday of 

each month.

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The Dish 

Pita Pita Mediterranean Grill specializes in quick comfort food 

New Orland Park 

spot offers family 

recipes from the 

Middle East 

Cody Mroczka 

Contributing Editor 

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. 

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 

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. 

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 

Pita Pita Mediterranean 

Grill 

31 Orland Square Drive 

in Orland Park 

Hours 

• 11 a.m.-9 p.m. 

Sunday-Thursday 

• 11 a.m.-10 p.m. 

Friday-Saturday 

For more information ... 

Web: www.eatPitaPita. 

com 

Phone: (708) 981-7100 

what they like. Because of 

the generous portion sizes, 

Lozano said a good plan 

is to split platters and try a 

bit of everything. The chefs 

prepare chicken, beef and 

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. 

“Just the tenderness of the 

meat stands out,” Lozano 

said. “We really focus on 

quality.” 

Though respectful of 

past traditions, Pita Pita 

has embraced the modern 

small business landscape 

by parterning with Uber 

Eats and GrubHub for local 

delivery. Patrons even can 

sign up with Pita Pita using 

the Five Star mobile 

application, which allows 

repeat customers to 

earn free meals. Catering 

services also are offered 

for events as small as 10 

people.

30 | May 24, 2018 | The tinley junction puzzles 


crosstown CROSSWORD & Sudoku 

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

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur 

Across 

1. Hard to come by 

7. Letters on a tire 

10. Swelling reducer 

13. Bottled spirits 

14. Google co-founder 

Sergey 

15. Negative votes 

16. Take baby steps 

17. Actress Diana 

18. Rainbow’s curve 

19. Golf location 

20. Griffins defensive 

lineman, Jaden ____ 

21. NCAA’s Fighting 

Tigers 

22. How fast 

24. Rank modifier 

26. Variegated 

27. Life duration 

28. Refresh 

29. Golden rule word 

30. Biblical region 

32. Having no residue, 

as a hearth 

35. ___-bitty 

37. Australian jumpers 

38. Blue-eyed cat 

41. Flatfishes 

45. Atlas section 

46. Large amounts 

49. Ending with Sea 

or Ski 

50. Wine and Martini 

bar in Lockport, goes 

with 58 across 

51. Away from waves 

52. Invoice abbr. 

53. Corporation type 

54. Cornerstone abbr. 

55. Bribe 

57. Musical aptitude 

58. See 50 across 

59. Himalayan kingdom 

62. Sault ___ Marie 

63. Chemical endings 

64. Certain geologic 

epoch 

65. Darn 

66. The in German 

67. Baseball’s “Iron 

Horse” 

Down 

1. Military rank, abbr. 

2. Top exec 

3. “Tell me more” 

4. Heckle 

5. Throw a party 

6. Compass point 

7. Retailing competition 

8. Pupils take part in it 

9. Swenson of “Benson” 

10. Queued up 

11. Close-fitting undergarments 

12. Portuguese coins 

14. Plucky 

20. Chick’s mom 

22. PC alternative 

23. Sports tour organizer, 

for short 

25. Landlord’s income 

26. Heartbeat indicator 

31. Set one’s sights on 

33. Dry 

34. Kind of crab or clam 

36. More frothy 

38. Like a dry maple 

39. Confine 

40. Plane employees 

42. Multi-plug connecter 

43. Soccer fan in the family 

44. Boozer 

47. Scorches 

48. Knock over 

51. Collectively 

54. Geraint’s lady 

56. Stub your toe, word 

59. Entreat 

60. Singer/songwriter 

DiFranco 

61. Photog’s item 

7955) 

■9 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Karaoke 

■7 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Trivia 

■10 ■ p.m. Fridays: DJ 

Dance Party 

■9:30 ■ p.m. Saturdays: 

Live Music 

(18401 N. Creek Drive, 

Tinley Park; (708) 928- 

8080) 

■7 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Bingo 

■7 ■ p.m. Thursdays: Bags 

Tournament 

■9 ■ p.m. Fridays: Flashback 

Friday 

How to play Sudoku 

Each sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that 

has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 3x3 

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

box must contain each of the numbers 1 to 9. 

LEVEL: Medium 

TINLEY PARK 

The Whistle Sports Bar & 

Grill 

(7537 W. 159th St., Tinley 

Park; (708) 904-4990) 

■6-8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Bar 

Bingo 

■2-5 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Happy Hour 

■3-5 ■ p.m. Fridays: 

Teacher Appreciation 

■3-5 ■ p.m. Saturdays and 

Sundays: Happy Hour 

Bailey’s Bar & Grill 

(17731 Oak Park Ave., 


Cuzins Bar 

(177th and Oak Park Ave., 


1144) 

■Wednesdays: ■ 

Live Rock 

Band Karaoke 

■Saturdays: ■ Live Music 

Old Tinley Pub & Eatery 

(17020 Oak Park Ave., 


4409) 


Night 

■8 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Movie Night 

■8 ■ p.m. Thursdays: 

Karaoke 

Side Street American Tavern 

Tinley Park Bowl 

(7601 183rd St., Tinley 

Park; (708) 532-2955) 

■10 ■ p.m.-1 a.m. Wednesdays: 

Cosmic Bowl 

Tribes Beer Company 

(9501 W. 171st St., Tinley 

Park (708) 966-2051) 

■Noon-2 ■ p.m. Sundays: 

Sunday Bloody Funday 

■7 ■ p.m. Mondays: Open 

Bluegrass Jam Session 


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tinleyjunction.com local living 


Impressive Luxury Townhomes are Closing Fast at Brookside Meadows 

This is it! One of the best 

values in a new home will soon 

be gone forever. Brookside 

Meadows, Crana Homes’ 

community of award-winning 

luxury townhomes in Tinley 

Park, is nearly complete. These 

attractive luxury townhomes 

range from the upper- 

$200s – including site - so 

demand is high and buyers are 

advised to act now while some 

choice sites are still available. 

Ideal location. Beautiful 

designs. Quality construction. 

Great value. When shoppers 

review their new home ‘wish 

list’ it’s clear that Brookside 

Meadows is perfect for first 

time buyers, last time buyers or 

those who want a great place 

to raise a family. These energyefficient 

luxury townhomes 

are impressively designed and 

set apart in a quiet section of 

Tinley Park. But Brookside 

Meadows is over 75% sold 

out so now is the time to select 

a site and create a home from 

the award-winning floorplans 

of the Fahan II, the Lennan 

II and the latest design, the 

Dunree II. 

Need to stretch out? The 

Fahan II is a beautiful 3,303 

total square foot luxury 

townhome (including a 1,216 

sq.’ basement) with an attached 

two-car, dry-walled garage and 

cement driveway. The twostory 

stately entrance foyer 

opens up to a split level floor 

plan that has three bedrooms 

(fourth bedroom optional) 

and two and a half baths. A 

large open kitchen design with 

stunning granite countertops 

is surrounded by generous 

custom maple cabinets and 

a ceramic tile floor. The 

master bedroom offers an 

optional coffered ceiling and 

the optional master bath plan 

includes a soothing soaker tub. 

An elegant loft overlooks 

a great room adjacent to 

the kitchen. Beautiful oak is 

selected for doors, railings and 

trim. Ceramic tile covers the 

floors in the foyer as well as the 

bathrooms - which also feature 

granite vanity tops. A full 

lookout basement and a patio 

are included in the Fahan II. 

The Lennan II is a 

comfortable two/three 

bedroom split level home 

with two and a half baths, 

and includes most of the 

outstanding features and 

options of the Fahan II with 

the spacious master suite 

relocated to the upper level and 

the addition of an impressive 

dining/family room. With 

3,167 square feet of total 

space (including a 1,049 sq.’ 

basement), there is plenty of 

room to entertain family and 

friends in comfort and style. 

The Dunree II is a sharp 

three bedroom, two and a 

half bath home with 3,194 

total square feet (including 

a large 1,226 sq.’ basement) 

with a master suite on the 

first floor. The foyer, powder 

room, kitchen and living room 

all have stunning hardwood 

oak floors. Attached is a twocar, 

drywalled garage with a 

cement driveway. The home 

also includes a 12’ x 12’ deck. 

All homes have deluxe 

landscaping, underground 

utilities and a first floor laundry 

room. Where available, buyers 

can select options like an 

impressive fireplace, walkout 

basement, coffered ceilings, 

skylights and a soaker tub in 

the master bath. 

Brookside Meadows includes 

sprinkler systems, smoke 

detectors and Lake Michigan 

water in all homes. Energysaving 

features like a highefficiency 

furnace and Lo-E 

glass, Energy Miser hot water 

heater, vented soffits, 1.75” 

insulated entrance doors, 

energy efficient appliances and 

Tuff-R insulated wall sheathing 

are all standard. 

Brookside Meadows is close 

to everything: retail, dining, 

transportation routes, Metra 

rail station and airports. The 

school system is among the 

best in the state and Tinley 

Park, named “The Best Place 

In America to Raise a Family” 

by Bloomberg’s BusinessWeek 

maintains 40 parks and the 

huge Bettenhausen indoor 

recreational center. 

It’s easy to see why this 

community is nearly sold 

out. The sales center, with 

fully furnished and beautifully 

decorated models, is open 

Monday through Thursday 

10:00am to 4:00pm; Saturday 

and Sunday from noon to 

4:00pm; and open Friday 

by appointment. Options, 

dimensions and specs can 

change so contact a Sales 

Associate at 708-479-5111 

for updates and go online at 

www.cranahomes.com. To 

visit Brookside Meadows take 

I-80, exit La Grange Road 

south for just under two miles 

to La Porte Road and turn east 

for one-half mile. If mapping 

by way of a GPS, enter the 

address: 19839 Mulroy Circle, 

Tinley Park, IL. 

FahanII 

3Bedrooms Plus Loft,2½Baths 

Full Walkout or Lookout Basement&Deck 

Cost-Effective&Energy-Saving Features 

SpaciousFloorplans|Chicago Water 

School System is Among theBest in the State 

Peaceful Neighborhood BacksuptoaNatural Setting 

Since 1970 

Decorated Models areOpen 

Mon-Thu 10am-4pm 

Sat/Sun Noon-4pm | Friday byAppt. 

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

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

OPPORTUNITY

32 | May 24, 2018 | The tinley junction local living 


Distinctive Home Builders Introduces New Craftsman Home Series 

At Prairie Trails in Manhattan and WestGate Manor in Peotone! 

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

Two refreshing designs mark 

the beginning of a new series 

of Craftsman-style homes 

available from Distinctive Home 

Builders at its latest new home 

communities: Prairie Trails; 

located in Manhattan within the 

highly-regarded Lincoln-Way 

School District and at WestGate 

Manor in Peotone within 

the desirable Peotone School 

District. 

“Craftsman homes were 

introduced in the early 1900s 

in California with designs 

based on a simpler, functional 

aesthetic using a higher level 

of craftsmanship and natural 

materials. These homes were a 

departure from homes that were 

mass produced from that era, 

“according to Bryan Nooner, 

president of Distinctive Home 

Builders. 

“The Craftsman design has 

made a comeback today for 

many of the same reasons it 

started over a century ago. Our 

customers want to live in a home 

that gets away from the “mass 

produced” look and live in a 

home that has more character. As 

a result of our daily interaction 

with our homeowners and their 

input, we are excited to introduce 

these two homes, with additional 

designs in the works.” 

Nooner, who meets with 

each homeowner prior to 

construction, has been working 

on these plans forawhile and felt 

that the timing was ideal for the 

debut. “Customers were asking 

for something different and 

simple with less monotony and 

higher architectural standards.” 

The result was the Craftsman 

ranch and the Prairie twostory, 

now available at Prairie 

Trails and WestGate Manor. 

The Craftsman ranch features 

an open floor plan with Great 

Room, three bedrooms, two 

baths and a two-car (optional 

three-car) garage. The Prairie 

features a two-story foyer and 

Great Room, three bedrooms 

and one and one-half baths, a 

convenient Flex Room space 

on the main level and a two-car 

(optional three-car) garage. The 

Craftsman architectural elements 

on both homes include brick and 

stone exteriors with cedar shake 

accent siding, low-pitched gabled 

bracket roofs, front porches with 

tapered columns and stone piers, 

partially paned windows, and a 

standard panel front entry door. 

Distinctive Home Builders 

offers a Craftsman-style trim 

package offering trim without 

ornate profiles and routers. The 

trim features simplicity in design 

with rectangles, straight lines and 

layered look trims over doors for 

example. The front entry door 

will have the standard Craftsman 

panel style door. Distinctive has 

also created a Craftsman color 

palate to assist buyers in making 

coordinated choices for the 

interior of their new Craftsman 

home. Colors, cabinet styles and 

flooring choices blend seamlessly 

with the Craftsman trim package 

and are available in gray tones 

package and earth tones. 

Distinctive offers custom maple 

kitchen cabinets featuring solid 

wood construction (no particle 

board), have solid wood drawers 

with dove tail joints, which is 

very rare in the marketplace. 

“When you buy a new home 

from Distinctive, you truly are 

receiving custom made cabinets 

in every home we sell no matter 

what the price range,” noted 

Nooner. 


works to achieve a delivery goal 

of 90 days with zero punch list 

items for its homeowners. “Our 

three decades building homes 

provides an efficient construction 

system,” said Nooner. “Many of 

our skilled craftsmen have been 

working with our company 

for over 20 years. We also 

take pride on having excellent 

communicators throughout our 

organization. This translates into 

a positive buying and building 

experience for our homeowners 

and one of the highest referral 

rates in the industry.” 

Nooner added that all homes 

are highly energy efficient. Every 

home built will have upgraded 

wall and ceiling insulation 

values with energy efficient 

windows and high efficiency 

furnaces. Before homeowners 

move into their new home, 


conducts a blower door test that 

pressurizes the home to ensure 

that each home passes a set of 

very stringent Energy Efficiency 

guidelines. 

With the addition of these two 

new designs, there are now 15 

ranch, split-level and six twostory 

single-family home styles to 

choose from each offering from 

three to eight different exterior 

elevations at both communities. 

The three- to four-bedroom 

homes feature one and one-half 

to two-and-one-half baths, twoto 

three-car garages and a family 

room, all in approximately 1,600 

to over 3,000 square feet of living 

space. Basements are included in 

most models as well. Distinctive 

also encourages customization 

to make your new home truly 

personalized to suit your lifestyle. 

Oversize home sites; brick 

exteriors on all four sides of the 

first floor; custom maple cabinets; 

ceramic tile or hardwood 

floors in the kitchen, baths and 

foyer; genuine wood trim and 

doors and concrete driveways 

can all be yours at Prairie 

Trails and WestGate Manor. 

Most all home sites at Prairie 

Trails and WestGate Manor 

can accommodate a three-car 

garage; a very important amenity 

to the Manhattan homebuyer, 

said Nooner. 

“When we opened Prairie 

Trails and WestGate Manor we 

wanted to provide the best new 

home value for the dollar and 

we feel with offering Premium 

Standard Features that we do 

just that. So why wait? This is 

truly the best time to build your 

dream home!” 

Prairie Trails is also a beautiful 

place to live and raise a family 

featuring a 20-acre lake on site, 

as well as direct access to the 22- 

mile Wauponsee Glacial Prairie 

Path that borders the community 

and meanders through many 

neighboring communities and 

links to many other popular 

trails. The Manhattan Metra 

station is less than a mile away. 

Besides Prairie Trails, 


has built homes throughout 

Manhattan in the Butternut 

Ridge and Leighlinbridge 

developments, as well as in the 

Will and south Cook county 

areas over the past 30 years. 


chose the Will County village 

of Peotone for its newest 

community of 38 single-family 

homes at WestGate Manor 

within walking distance of the 

esteemed Peotone High School. 

Its convenient location between 

Interstate 57 and Illinois Route 

50 provide easy access to I-80 

and commuters enjoy several 

nearby train stations and a 

35-minute drive to Chicago. 

Visit the on-site sales 

information center for 

unadvertised specials and view 

the numerous styles of homes 

being offered and the available 

lots. Call Lynne Rinck at (708) 

737-9142 or (708) 479-7700 for 

more information or visit www. 

distinctivehomebuilders.com. 

The Prairie Trails and WestGate 

Manor new home information 

center is located three miles 

south of Laraway Rd. on Rt. 

52. The address is 24458 S. 

Rt. 52, Manhattan, IL. 60422. 

Open Daily 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 

p.m. Closed Wednesday and 

Thursday and always available 

by appointment. 

Specials, prices, specifications, 

standard features, model 

offerings, build times and lot 

availability are subject to change 

without notice. Please contact 

a Distinctive representative for 

current pricing and complete 

details. 

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is Hiring Caregivers 

Seeking caregivers for our 

memory care community. 

Responsible for providing 

personal assistance & routine 

daily care & services. Come 

make a difference, as we want 

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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 

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Send resume to: 

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AERO Rubber Company, Inc. 

Growing Residential 

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Exp. Preferred but Will 

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Security Officers 

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GENERAL OFFICE / 

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Tinley Park industrial 

manufacturing sales office 

seeks a qualified, energetic 

individual for a full-time 

position. This diversified 

position includes data entry, 

sales support, and general 

office functions in our 

fast-paced office. 

Ideal candidate should be 

highly motivated, detail-oriented, 

and have excellent 

organizational and 

communication skills. 

Computer skills including MS 

Word and Excel are required. 

Competitive salary & benefit 

package including 401K. 

Send letter & resume to: 

cstratton@aerorubber.com 

School Bus Drivers Wanted 

Safe, caring drivers needed in 

Homer CCSD 33C, Homer 

Glen, IL. FULL BENEFITS, 

regular & favorable hours, 

work days based on student 

calendar. Opportunity for 

overtime. Call 708.226.7625 

or visit homerschools.org & 

open “Employment” tab to 

complete application. 

Hiring Desk Clerk 

(must be flexible w/ shifts) 

& Housekeeping (Morning) 

Needed at 

Super 8 Motel 

Apply within: 

9485 W. 191st St, Mokena 

No Phone Calls 

Welder/ Fabricator 

Must have valid Drivers 

License, Bilingual a plus. 

Please call Al @ 

630-327-2435 Lockport area 

Tow Truck Driver 

Full or Part Time 

Must have CDL & Some 

Experience 

708-403-2277 

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No exp. req. Helping home 

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Genuine opportunity. 

Start immediately! 

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Call (815)722-3415 

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Provided by 

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1037 Prayer / 

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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. 

1037 Prayer / 

Novena 

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! 

Garage 

Sale 

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! 

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! 

1053 Multi Family 

Sale 

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! 

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 

WANTED! 

WE NEED 

CARS, TRUCKS 

& VANS 

Running Or Not 

from Old to New! 

Top Dollar Paid !!! 

Free Pick-Up 

Locally Located 

708 205 8241 

Rental 

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 

1310 Offices for 

Rent 

Homer Glen 

4BR, 4000 square foot 

house, ideal for office 

space, located on Teerling 

nursery property. All maintenance 

provided, includes 

snowplowing, nice landscape, 

plenty of parking. 

708-227-4237 

1225 Apartments 

for Rent 

Oak Forest Terrace 

15815 Terrace, Oak Forest 

Spacious 1 & 2 Bdrms. 

Serene setting & Beautiful 

Grounds. Tennis, Pool, 

Walking Trails. Near metra. 

708-687-1818 

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• 17235 Briar Dr, Tinley Park, 60487- 

5402 - Loy Hughes to Bruce Hrascinski, 

$354,000 

• 16636 Paxton Ave, Tinley Park, 

60477-2470 - Miller Trust to Daniel J 

Kennedy, Nichole K. Kennedy $218,000 

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• 8601 Cranberry Ct, Tinley Park, 

60487-7507 - S & L Group Llc to Steven 

A. Huber, Andrea M. Huber $234,000 

• 8142 168th Pl 3w, Tinley Park, 60477- 

7821 - Federal Home Loan Mortgage 

Cor to Joel Johnson Jr, $100,000 

• 6767 Pine Lake Dr, Tinley Park, 

60477-4935 - Celia G. Yniguez to 

Richard R. Nosalski, Marcy E. Nosalski 

$141,000 

• 6293 Misty Pines Ct 3, Tinley Park, 

60477-5496 - Pretium Mortgage 

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• 18398 Millennium Dr, Tinley Park, 

60477-4090 - Ryan Sadowski to Walter 

L. Grens, Natalie P. Grens $180,000 

• 14 Corinth Ct, Tinley Park, 60477 

4818 - Glenn W. Duncan to Jerome 

Jones, $150,000 

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• 9406 173rd St, Tinley Park, 60487- 

5815 - Jeffrey T. Roberts to Robert L. 

Roberts, Neary Trust $280,000 

• 17304 69th Ave, Tinley Park, 60477- 

3416 - Bradley C. McCauley to Sarah A. 

Baggs, $245,000 

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• 16040 84th Ave, Tinley Park, 60487- 

1104 - Mtglq Investors Lp to Rimantas 

Riauka, Liudmila Riaukiene, $125,500 

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• 7809 Bristol Park Dr N 2sw, Tinley 

Park, 60477-8530 - Us Bank Trust to 

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• 7726 162nd Pl, Tinley Park, 60477- 

1429 - Us Bank NA to Brian Byczek, 

$140,500 

• 7014 Century Ct, Tinley Park, 60477- 

5486 - Jeffrey S. Fina to Christopher 

Pastenes, $164,000 

•17935 Oak Park Ave 4, Tinley Park, 

60477-3977 - Joseph A. Digiacomo to 

Victoria P. Vazquez, Florian E. Iglinski, 

$178,000 

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• 7818 166th Pl, Tinley Park, 60477- 

2420 - Wilmington Savings Fund Society 

to Daniel A. Devon, $185,000 

• 17541 Windsor Pkwy, Tinley Park, 

60487-7328 - Adam Novak to Michael 

Long, Jacquelyn Petrusevski, $177,000 

• 16340 Ironwood Dr, Tinley Park, 

60477-1239 - Chicago Title Land Trust 

Co Tr to Alvin Lin, Yillin Lin, $318,000 

Feb. 20 

• 7753 167th St, Tinley Park, 60477- 

2431 - Elaine M. Okon to Edward 

Kandziorski, Emily Kandziorski, 

$235,000 

• 16915 Shannon Dr, Tinley Park, 

60477-5259 - Dwain A. Halcomb to John 

Kovatch, Laura Kovatch, $315,000 

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFCOOK 

COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

COUNTY DEPARTMENT -CHAN- 

CERY DIVISION 

U.S. BANK N.A., SUCCESSOR 

TRUSTEE TOBANK OFAMERICA, 

N.A., SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO 

LASALLE BANK N.A., ONBEHALF 

OF THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF 

BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED 

SECURITIES ITRUST 2006-HE5, AS- 

SET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SE- 

RIES 2006-HE5 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

EDGARDO CALUNGCAGUIN, 

MARIA LUISA CALUNGCAGUIN 

Defendants 

16 CH 1969 

8837 W 170TH ST 

ORLAND HILLS, IL 60487 

NOTICE OF SALE 

PUBLIC NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN 

that pursuant to aJudgment ofForeclosure 

and Sale entered inthe above cause 

on May 30, 2017, an agent for The Judicial 

Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 

AM on June 11, 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 8837 W 170TH 

ST, ORLAND HILLS, IL 60487 

P roperty Index No. 

27-27-217-006-0000. 

The real estate is improved with asingle 

family home with an attached two car 

garage. 

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 be accepted. 

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. 

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 isacondominium unit 

which is part of acommon interest community, 

the purchaser ofthe unit atthe 

foreclosure sale other than amortgagee 

shall pay the assessments required by 

The Condominium Property Act, 765 

ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR 

(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE 

RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION 

FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF 

AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN AC- 

CORDANCE WITH SECTION 

15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS 

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. 

You will need a photo identification issued 

by a government agency (driver's 

license, passport, etc.) in order togain 

entry into our building and the foreclosure 

sale room in Cook County and the 

same identification for sales held at 

other county venues where The Judicial 

Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure 

sales. 


Sale 

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, 

Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn 

Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 

60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088. Please 

refer to file number 252835. 

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. 

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC 

One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 

Chicago, IL 60602 

(312) 346-9088 

E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com 

Attorney File No. 252835 

Attorney Code. 61256 

Case Number: 16 CH 1969 

TJSC#: 38-3942 

SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE 

of 8424 Brookpoint Court, Tinley Park, 

IL 60487 (Single family). On the 14th 

day ofJune, 2018 to be held at 12:00 

noon, at the Will County Courthouse 

Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street, Room 201, 

Joliet, IL 60432, under Case Title: Bank 

of America Plaintiff V.Janelle A. Keegan 

aka Janelle Keegan; State of Illinois 

Department of Revenue; Brookside 

Glen Homeowners Association Defendant. 

Case No. 17CH 1430 in the Circuit 

Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, 

Will County, Illinois. 

Terms ofSale: ten percent (10%) at the 

time of sale and the balance within 

twenty-four (24) hours. No judicial sale 

fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring 

the residential real estate pursuant 

to its credit bid at the sale or by any 

mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other 

lienor acquiring the residential real estate 

whose rights inand to the residential 

real estate arose prior to the sale. All 

payments shall be made in cash or certified 

funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will 

County. 

In the event the property is acondomin- 

ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS 

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

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

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

that the purchaser of the unit, other than 

amortgagee, shall pay the assessments 

and legal fees required bysubdivisions 

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

required by subsection (g-1) 

of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium 

Property Act. 

Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J) 

if there is asurplus following application 

ofthe proceeds of sale, then the 

plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant 

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

to the proceeding advising them of 

the amount ofthe surplus and that the 

surplus will beheld until aparty obtains 

acourt order for its distribution or, in 

the absence of an order, until the surplus 

is forfeited to the State. 

For Information Please Contact: 

ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER 

LLC. 

1771 W. Diehl Rd. Suite 120 

NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS 60563 

P: 630-453-6960 

F: 630-428-4620 

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT 

COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT 

YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS 

LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A 

DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING 

TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY 

INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL 

BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.




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Sale 

SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE 

of 8664 Ballycastle Ln, Tinley Park, IL 

60487 (Residential). Onthe 14th day of 

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

the Will County Courthouse Annex, 57 

N. Ottawa Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 

60432, under Case Title: Wells Fargo 

Bank, N.A. Plaintiff V.Julie E. Bruce 

a/k/a Julie E. Doyon; et. al. Defendant. 

Case No. 17CH 2294 in the Circuit 

Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, 

Will County, Illinois. 

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


twenty-four (24) hours. Nojudicial sale 






whose rights in and tothe residential 




County. 



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

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




and legal fees required by subdivisions 




Property Act. 












For Information Please Contact: 

Codilis & Associates, P.C. 

15W030 N. Frontage Road Suite 100 

Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527 

P: 630-794-5300 

F: 630-794-9090 








BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 




CERY DIVISION 

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS 

TRUSTEE, FOR CARRINGTON 

MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 

2006-NC5 ASSET-BACKED 

PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

THOMAS A. GROSS, SANDRA A. 

GROSS, WESTPOINT MEADOWS 

COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION 

Defendants 

17 CH 13954 

18535 DEARBORN COURT Tinley 

Park, IL 60477 




and Sale entered in the above cause 

on March 16, 2018, an agent for The Judicial 







real estate: 

Commonly known as 18535 DEAR- 

BORN COURT, Tinley Park, IL 60477 

Property Index No. 

31-06-216-104-0000. 


family residence. 

The judgment amount was $278,080.99. 




No third party checks will beaccepted. 









recourse toPlaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. 


by the court. 





of the sale. 






information. 






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

this property is a condominium unit 

which ispart ofacommon interest community, 





ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

















sales. 

For information, contact The sales clerk, 

SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCI- 

ATES, LLC, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., 

SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL 60015, 

(847) 291-1717 For information call between 

the hours of 1pm - 3pm. Please 

refer to file number 17-084448. 


TION 


Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 





ATES, LLC 

2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 

Bannockburn, IL 60015 

(847) 291-1717 

E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com 

Attorney File No. 17-084448 



TJSC#: 38-2621 

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. 

I3082061 




CERY DIVISION 

PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

DANA LAWSON, STATE OFILLI- 

NOIS-DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE 

Defendants 

16 CH 16144 

7505 173RD STREET TINLEY PARK, 

IL 60477 












real estate: 

Commonly known as 7505 173RD 

STREET, TINLEY PARK, IL 60477 


27-25-406-082-0000. 














sale without any representation as to 




by the court. 





of the sale. 






information. 













ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

















sales. 

For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: 

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIH- 

LAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DE- 

CATUR, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719 

Please refer to file number 2120-12985. 

If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, 

the Purchaser at the sale shall be 

entitled only toareturn of the purchase 

price paid. The Purchaser shall have no 

further recourse against the Mortgagor, 

the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney. 


TION 


Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 




HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, 

LLC 

111 East Main Street 

DECATUR, IL 62523 

(217) 422-1719 

Fax #: (217) 422-1754 

CookPleadings@hsbattys.com 




TJSC#: 38-2547 







I3082669 




CERY DIVISION 

PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

ALLEN Z. ROBERTS, SR. A/K/A AL- 

LEN Z. ROBERTS A/K/A ALLEN 

ROBERTS, CARLISA L. ROBERTS 

A/K/A LISA ROBERTS A/K/A 

CARLISA L. ROBINSON A/K/A 

CARLISA L. ROBINSON-ROBERTS, 

PROVINCETOWN IMPROVEMENT 

ASSOCIATION, TARI, INC. F/K/A 

EQUITABLE MORTGAGE RE- 

SOURCES, INC., CITY OF COUN- 

TRY CLUB HILLS, AN ILLINOIS 

MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, 

STATE OF ILLINOIS 

Defendants 

17 CH 4869 

4167 WEST 186TH STREET Country 

Club Hills, IL 60478 





on April 3, 2018, an agent for The Judicial 


AM on July 5, 2018, at The Judicial 





real estate: 

Commonly known as 4167 WEST 

186TH STREET, Country Club Hills, 

IL 60478 


31-03-203-060-0000. 


















by the court. 





of the sale. 


and plaintiff makes no repre- 

sentation astothe condition ofthe property. 



information. 













ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

















sales. 









TION 


Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 


Corporation atwww.tjsc.com for a7 



ATES, LLC 



(847) 291-1717 





TJSC#: 38-3145 







I3084509 




CERY DIVISION 

CITIBANK, N.A. SUCCESSOR BY 

MERGER TO CITIBANK, FEDERAL 

SAVINGS BANK 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

JOHN ALLETTO, DIANA VISH, 

SALVATORE ALLETTO, BREMEN- 

TOWNE ESTATES CONDOMINIUM 

ASSOCIATION, INC., UNKNOWN 

HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF SALVA- 

TORE J. ALLETTO, UNKNOWN 

OWNERS AND NONRECORD 

CLAIMANTS, JOHN LYDON, AS 

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR 

SALVATORE J. ALLETTO (DE- 

CEASED) 

Defendants 

17 CH 006843 

7942 164TH CT TINLEY PARK, IL 

60477 












real estate: 

Commonly known as 7942 164TH CT, 

TINLEY PARK, IL 60477 


27-24-307-006-1002. 

















by the court. 





of the sale. 






information. 













ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

















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 

14-17-05520. 


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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. 14-17-05520




Sale 


Sale 


Sale 


Sale 


Sale 


Sale 

Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 



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adebt collector attempting to collect a 



I3085055 




CERY DIVISION 

NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC 

D/B/A MR. COOPER 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

WILLIE W.BANGER, THE CHEST- 

NUT CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIA- 

TION 

Defendants 

2017 CH 14422 

4169 193RD COURT COUNTRY 

CLUB HILLS, IL 60478 












real estate: 

Commonly known as 4169 193RD 

COURT, COUNTRY CLUB HILLS, IL 

60478 


31-10-200-129-1013. 

The real estate is improved with a residence. 















by the court. 





of the sale. 






information. 













ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 












entry into our building and the foreclo- 

sure sale room in Cook County and the 




sales. 





100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 


14-17-14541. 


TION 


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236-SALE 






SUITE 100 


(630) 794-5300 


Attorney File No. 14-17-14541 




TJSC#: 38-2266 







I3085066 




CERY DIVISION 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. SUCCES- 

SOR BY MERGER TO BAC HOME 

LOANS SERVICING, L.P. F/K/A 

COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS 

SERVICING L.P. 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

SHIRLEY J. BLEDSOE, UNITED 

STATES OF AMERICA -DEPART- 

MENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 

DEVELOPMENT, CAPITAL ONE 

BANK (USA), N.A. 

Defendants 

17 CH 004049 

4100 CAMBRIDGE DRIVE COUN- 

TRY CLUB HILLS, IL 60478 







AM on July 6, 2018, at The Judicial 





real estate: 

Commonly known as 4100 CAM- 

BRIDGE DRIVE, COUNTRY CLUB 

HILLS, IL 60478 


28-34-231-010-0000. 

















by the court. 




adeed to the real estate after confirma- 

tion of the sale. 

Where asale of real estate is made to 

satisfy alien prior to that of the United 

States, the United States shall have one 

year from the date of sale within which 

to redeem, except that with respect to a 

lien arising under the internal revenue 

laws the period shall be 120 days or the 

period allowable for redemption under 

State law, whichever is longer, and in 

any case inwhich, under the provisions 

of section 505 of the Housing Act of 

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

and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 

38 of the United States Code, the 

right toredeem does not arise, there 

shall be no right of redemption. 






information. 













ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

















sales. 





100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 


14-17-03398. 


TION 


Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 






SUITE 100 


(630) 794-5300 






TJSC#: 38-3113 







I3085710 




CERY DIVISION 

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.; 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

LEE WATKINS AKA LEE A. WAT- 

KINS; GENESIS M. 

WATKINS AKA GENESIS WAT- 

KINS; THE SECRETARY OF 

HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOP- 

MENT; UNKNOWN OWNERS 

AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; 

Defendants, 

17 CH 13626 




and Sale entered in the above entitled 

cause Intercounty Judicial Sales 

Corporation will on Friday, June 15, 

2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office 

at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 

718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public 

auction to the highest bidder for cash, as 


mortgaged real estate: 

P.I.N. 28-34-407-052-0000. 

Commonly known as 18029 Juneway 

Court, Country Club Hills, Illinois 

60478. 

The mortgaged real estate is improved 

with asingle family residence. If the 

subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of 

acommon interest community, the purchaser 

of the unit other than amortgagee 

shall pay the assessments required 

by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of 

the Condominium Property Act. 

Sale terms: 10% down by certified 

funds, balance, by certified funds, 

within 24 hours. Norefunds. The property 

will NOT be open for inspection. 

For information call The Sales Department 

atPlaintiff's Attorney, Anselmo 

Lindberg & Associates, LLC, 1771 

West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 

60563-1890. (630) 453-6960. For Bidding 

instructions visit www.alolawgroup.com 

24 hours prior to sale. 

F17100031 

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES 

CORPORATION 

Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 

I3086197 




CERY DIVISION 

CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERV- 

ICES, LLC 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

BRUCE TYSON, TAMMY TYSON, 

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGIS- 

TRATION SYSTEMS, INC., UN- 

KNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RE- 

CORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN 

OCCUPANTS 

Defendants 

17 CH 2458 

18014 OLYMPIA DRIVE Country 

Club Hills, IL 60478 





on January 10, 2018, an agent for The 

Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 






real estate: 

Commonly known as 18014 OLYMPIA 

DRIVE, Country Club Hills, IL 60478 


28-34-403-014-0000. 






payable to The Judicial Sales Corpora- 

tion. No third party checks will beaccepted. 











by the court. 





of the sale. 






information. 













ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

















sales. 









TION 


Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 


Corporation atwww.tjsc.com for a7 



ATES, LLC 



(847) 291-1717 





TJSC#: 38-3764 







I3086247 




CERY DIVISION 

NEW PENN FINANCIAL LLC D/B/A 

SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVIC- 

ING 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

ERIC FOLDHAM, COUTRY CLUB 

ESTATES CONDOMINIUM ASSO- 

CIATION 

Defendants 

17 CH 11226 

4140 195TH STREET COUNTRY 













real estate: 

Commonly known as 4140 195TH 

STREET, COUNTRY CLUB HILLS, 

IL 60478 


31-10-200-125-1030. 

The real estate is improved with a gray 

vinyl siding, two story townhouse with 

an attached two car garage. 















by the court. 





of the sale. 






information. 













ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

















sales. 




60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088. Please 



TION 


Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 


Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a7




Sale 


Sale 


Sale 


Sale 


Sale 


Sale 





(312) 346-9088 





TJSC#: 38-3772 

I3086374 




CERY DIVISION 

CITIMORTGAGE, INC. 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

LAMONT WRIGHT, NEIGHBOR- 

HOOD ASSISTANCE CORPORA- 

TION OF AMERICA, ILLINOIS 

HOUSING DEVELOPMENT 

AUTHORITY 

Defendants 

16 CH 010361 

4530 181ST PLACE COUNTRY 






on January 10, 2018, an agent for The 







real estate: 

Commonly known as 4530 181ST 

PLACE, COUNTRY CLUB HILLS, IL 

60478 


28-34-307-012-0000. 

















by the court. 





of the sale. 






information. 













ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

















sales. 





100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 


14-16-01623. 


TION 


Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 






SUITE 100 


(630) 794-5300 






TJSC#: 38-3790 







I3086605 




CERY DIVISION 

US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIA- 

TION AS TRUSTEE FOR 

ASSET BACKED SECURITIES COR- 

PORATION HOME 

EQUITY LOAN TRUST SERIES 

OOMC 2006-HE3, ASSET 

BACKED PASS THROUGH CERTIFI- 

CATES SERIES OOMC 

2006-HE3; 

Plaintiff, 

16 CH 3081 

vs. 

CYNTHIA GILBERT; SAN CANYON 

CORPORATION FKA 

OPTION ONE MORTGAGE CORPO- 

RATION; LVNV FUNDING 

LLC; ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVEL- 

OPMENT AUTHORITY; 

Defendants, 

16 CH 3081 


PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN 




Corporation will on Monday, June 18, 







P.I.N. 31-03-205-010. 

Commonly known as 18716 Keeler 

Avenue, Country Club Hills, IL 60478. 












will NOT be open for inspection. 

For information call Ms. Nicole Fox at 

Plaintiff's Attorney, Potestivo &Associates, 

P.C., 251 Diversion Street, Rochester, 

Michigan 48307. (248) 853-4400 

ext 1200. C15-22704 


CORPORATION 


I3086654 




CERY DIVISION 

HSBC BANK USA, N.A., ASTRUS- 

TEE FOR THE 

REGISTERED HOLDERS OF ACE 

SECURITIES CORP. 

HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST SE- 

RIES 2005-HE3, ASSET 

BACKED PASS-THROUGH CER- 

TIFICATES; 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

LOIS SHARP; UNKNOWN HEIRS 

AND LEGATEES OF 

LOIS SHARP, IF ANY; UNKNOWN 

OWNERS AND NON 

RECORD CLAIMANTS; 

Defendants, 

17 CH 9268 






Corporation will on Friday, June 22, 







P.I.N. 28-35-106-001-0000. 

Commonly known as 3841 Highland 

Place, Country Club Hills, IL 60478. 












will NOT be open for inspection 

For information call the Sales Clerk at 

Plaintiff's Attorney, The Wirbicki Law 

Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, 

Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455 

WA17-0343. 


CORPORATION 


I3087023 




CERY DIVISION 

BMO HARRIS BANK N.A. 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

EDWARD G. HOWLETT, DONNA K. 

HOWLETT 

Defendants 

2017 CH 11789 

17330 68TH COURT TINLEY PARK, 

IL 60477 












real estate: 

Commonly known as 17330 68TH 

COURT, TINLEY PARK, IL 60477 

Property Index No. 28-30-307-009. 

The real estate is improved with a residence. 















by the court. 





of the sale. 






information. 













ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

















sales. 





100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 


14-17-13052. 


TION 


Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 






SUITE 100 


(630) 794-5300 






TJSC#: 38-2755 







I3087186 




CERY DIVISION 

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

ERICA LAVERN FREDERICK A/K/A 

ERICA FREDERICK A/K/A ERICA 

GRIFFITH, ILLINOIS HOUSING DE- 

VELOPMENT AUTHORITY, TIERRA 

COURTS CONDOMINIUM ASSO- 

CIATION, CAPITAL ONE BANK 

(USA), N.A. 

Defendants 

15 CH 012016 

4115 W. 192ND COURT UNIT #214 

COUNTRY CLUB HILLS, IL 60478 












real estate: 

Commonly known as 4115 W. 192ND 

COURT UNIT #214, COUNTRY 



31-10-200-089-1230. 

The real estate is improved with aresi- 

dence. 















by the court. 





of the sale. 






information. 













ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

















sales. 





100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 


14-15-03445. 


TION 


Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 






SUITE 100 


(630) 794-5300 






TJSC#: 38-4105 







I3087745 




CERY DIVISION 

PACIFIC UNION FINANCIAL, LLC 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

PAULA LFREEMAN A/K/A PAULA 

FREEMAN, TIERRA GRANDE 

COURTS CONDOMINIUM ASSO- 

CIATION II 

Defendants 

2016 CH 9708 

4143 WEST 194TH COURT COUN- 

TRY CLUB HILLS, IL 60478 





on February 8, 2017, an agent for The 







real estate: 

Commonly known as 4143 WEST 

194TH COURT, COUNTRY CLUB 

HILLS, IL 60478 


31-10-200-116-1028. 

The real estate is improved with a residential 

condominium. 















by the court. 





of the sale. 






information. 






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




Sale 







ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

















sales. 




60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088. Please 



TION 


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236-SALE 







(312) 346-9088 





TJSC#: 38-4209 

I3087834 

2703 Legal 

Notices 









STATE OF ILLINOIS ) 

) SS. 

COUNTY OF WILL ) 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE 

TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

Bank of America 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

Janelle A. Keegan aka Janelle Keegan; 

State of Illinois Department of Revenue; 

Brookside Glen Homeowners Association 

Defendant. No. 17 CH 1430 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that pursuant 

toajudgment entered in the above 

cause on the 9th day of March, 2018, 

MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will 

County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the 

14th day of June, 2018 ,commencing at 

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

Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street, 

Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, sell at public 

auction to the highest and best bidder 

or bidders the following-described real 

estate: 

09-11-300-013-0000 (old) LOT 159 IN 

BROOKSIDE GLEN UNIT 2, BEING 

A SUBDIVISION IN THE SOUTH 1/2 

OF SECTION 11, TOWNSHIP 35 

NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST OF THE 

THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, AC- 

CORDING TOTHE PLAT THEREOF 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

RECORDED OCTOBER 22, 1997 AS 

DOCUMENT NO. R97-92913, IN 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 

Commonly known as: 8424 Brookpoint 

Court, Tinley Park, IL 60487 

Description of Improvements: 

Single family 

P.I.N.: 19-09-11-306-006-0000 













County. 



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

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




and legal fees required by subdivisions 




Property Act. 












FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CON- 

TACT: 

ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER 

LLC. 

1771 W. Diehl Rd. Suite 120 

NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS 60563 

P: 630-453-6960 

F: 630-428-4620 

Plaintiff's Attorney 

MIKE KELLEY 

Sheriff of Will County 









STATE OF ILLINOIS ) 

) SS. 

COUNTY OF WILL ) 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE 

TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

Julie E. Bruce a/k/a Julie E.Doyon; et. 

al. 

Defendant. No. 17 CH 2294 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that pursuant 

toajudgment entered in the above 

cause on the 25th day of April, 2018, 

MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will 

County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the 

14th day of June, 2018 ,commencing at 

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

Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street, 

Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, sell at public 

auction tothe highest and best bidder 

or bidders the following-described real 

estate: 

PARCEL 1: LOT 59-1 IN BROOK- 

SIDE GLEN P.U.D. TOWNHOMES 

PHASE 3, BEING A SUBDIVISION 

IN THE NORTH 1/2 OFSECTION 11, 

TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 12 

EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL 

MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE 

PLAT THEREOF RECORDED NO- 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

VEMBER 9, 1999 AS DOCUMENT 

NO. R99-137688, WILL COUNTY, IL- 

LINOIS. PARCEL 2: EASEMENT 

FOR THE BENEFIT OF PARCEL 1 

AS CREATED BY DECLARATION 

OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, 

RESTRICTIONS AND EASEMENTS 

FOR BROOKSIDE GLEN P.U.D. 

TOWNHOMES PHASE 3, RE- 

CORDED JANUARY 21, 2000 AS 

DOCUMENT R2000-8988, AS 

AMENDED FROM TIME TOTIME, 

FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS. 

Commonly known as: 8664 Ballycastle 

Ln, Tinley Park, IL 60487 

Description of Improvements: 

Residential 

P.I.N.: 19-09-11-102-035-0000 













County. 



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

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




and legal fees required bysubdivisions 




Property Act. 












FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CON- 

TACT: 

Codilis & Associates, P.C. 

15W030 N. Frontage Road Suite 100 

Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527 

P: 630-794-5300 

F: 630-794-9090 

Plaintiff's Attorney 

MIKE KELLEY 

Sheriff of Will County 

NOTICE 

The Board of Education of Kirby 

School District 140, Cook County, 

Illinois, has passed aResolution 

establishing prevailing wage rates 

for laborers, mechanics and other 

workers employed, in performing 

construction of public works, by 

Kirby School District 140 to be the 

same as those in Cook County as 

determined by the Illinois Department 

of Labor; and anyone wishing 

to inspect the Resolution may do 

so at the Kirby School District 140 

Business Office, 16931 S. Grissom 

Drive, Tinley Park, Illinois, between 

the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 

2:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday. 

Michael L. Andreshak 

Director of Business Services 

Kirby School District 140 

CLASSIFIEDS 



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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 

Automotive 

Real Estate 

$52 

4 lines/ 


$50 

7 lines/ 


2900 Merchandise Under $100 

New tile cutting machine 

300MM with adjustable angel 

square includes new blade $35. 

708.466.9907 

Pachinko game, like new 1970 

Cadaco brand $15. Soda 

stream Genesis model new 

$40. Metal vintage reversible 

checker/chinese checker game 

$10. 708.301.0519 

PF product classic vintage retro 

novelty wall phone with push 

button dials $35. 708.466.9907 

Refrigerator -GE french door 

bottom freezer, white 22 cu. ft. 

like new $100 firm. 

815.838.1745 

RockFord vintage heavy duty 

short barrel pnuematic chisel 

air hammer model 705 $35. 

708.466.9907 

Shawnee pottery pieces, Lucky 

the elephant, Puss ‘n’ Boots 

p itchers $100 each. 

815.838.9179 

Small Char-Broil grill white 

wheels. Included: grill cover, 

extra LPgas tank, tools, wire 

brush, timer $50 takes all. 

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 

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$13 

per line 

4 lines/ 

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4 lines/ 

7 papers 

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BOYS LACROSSE 

Emotional Senior Night for Teschke family 

JEFF VORVA, Sports Editor 

Looking to have a 

garage sale this year? 

Call the classified department or fax in your form below! 

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Estate Sale 

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 

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. JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

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 

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 

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. 

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Exp. 

YOUTH SPORTS 

Bobcats team 

makes its 

mothers happy 

with tourney win 

STAFF REPORT 

The Tinley Park Bobcats 

Morrey 11U Gold team won 

its second tournament of the 

season and this one was special 

for the players’ mothers. 

The Bobcats won the 

Homer Heat Mothers Day 

Tournament, which wrapped 

up May 12 at the Homer 

The Tinley Park Bobcats won the Homer Heat Mothers Day 

Tournament earlier this month. SUBMITTED PHOTO 

Sports Complex. 

Players who participated 

were Jake Kearney, Kian 

Delaney, Ryan Burns, Marcos 

Gonzales, Will Englund, 

Ben Klein, Jason Rediger, TJ 

Burke and Will Morrey. 

Some of the mothers who 

were able to watch the championship 

game and posed for 

photos after the tournament 

were Lisa Kearney, Sandy 

Delaney, Carolyn Burns, 

Theresa Gonzalez, Beth Englund, 

Staci Klein and Lisa 

Rediger.

48 | May 24, 2018 | The tinley junction sports 


Kulpinski masters art of volleyball, music and studies 

PATRICK Z. MCGAVIN 


The Renaissance figure is both 

a romantic and abstract notion. 

Hard to exactly pinpoint and even 

harder to fully materialize, Megan 

Kulpinski helps bring shape, voice 

and definition. 

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, the nearest instance 

coming last January. She is the 

valedictorian of the class of 2018, 

which participates in graduation 

ceremonies on Thursday, May 24, 

at the Rialto Square Theatre in Joliet. 

She has been accepted into the 

engineering program at Notre 

Dame. 

The oldest of three girls who 

has lived her whole life in Tinley 

Park, Kulpinski was a two-year 

varsity starter in volleyball who 

perfected the role of the libero, 

the defensive specialist who effectively 

functions as the coach on 

the floor. 

“They definitely go together,” 

Kulpinski said. “Whether academics 

or athletics, I think one thing I 

have learned is how to prioritize 

my time. You have to know how 

to manage. Some people, if they 

know they have a game and they 

are not going to get home by 9:30, 

might put off their (academic) 

work until the next day. 

“That has never been my mentality.” 

She was a captain last fall. The 

Celtics advanced to the sectional 

both years, losing to eventual 

Class 3A state champion Marian 

Catholic in 2016 and state finalist 

Normal U-High in November. 

Kulpinski also coached and officiated 

younger age club groups. 

Tinley Park’s Megan Kulpinski was a captain of the Providence Catholic volleyball team and also is the 

school’s valedictorian. photo sUBMITTED 

She still occasionally works as a 

floor official. 

Her academic achievements 

are in correlation with her athletic 

success, she said. Her passion 

and concentration stand out. As 

an inquisitive and intensely curious 

person, Kulpinski strives for a 

perfection and grace. 

“Megan has a tremendous work 

ethic,” said Kyle Klaver, the former 

Providence assistant who 

took over the girls’ head job in addition 

to his duties as the boys volleyball 

coach. “Every day whether 

it be practice or a game, she is giving 

her all trying to become a better 

player. Not only has that work 

ethic been extremely valuable on 

the court but as you know in the 

classroom as well. She has that 

same drive to be great in the classroom 

as well. She also is a great 

mentor to our younger players in 

the program.” 

Playing librero was predicated 

in part on her size, as she admits. 

Growing up in Tinley Park, she 

played volleyball and basketball 

passionately. She started playing 

club with the Lions Jr., part of the 

1st Alliance program. 

“I’m not the tallest person, so 

I started focusing on volleyball,” 

she said. “You have to be smart, 

because you are setting up the 

team and helping with strategy,” 

Success begets success, she 

said. Her prowess in the classroom 

only deepened her competitive 

nature. 

“I think because I have had 

success (academically) has only 

given me more confidence and the 

willingness or ability to try things, 

like volleyball,” she said. 

She is also a gifted musician. 

Kulpinski has been playing piano 

since she was six years old. She 

regularly plays at masses at school 

or performs at talent shows. Everything 

flows, the rigorous academic 

achievement married to the 

competitor and athlete balanced 

by a desire to express herself creatively. 

“My dad played the organ when 

he was younger, so we always had 

a piano in the house,” she said. 

She moves adroitly between 

classical standards and pop songs. 

“My friends will hear a song they 

like on the radio and they will ask 

me to play it at the talent shows, 

so I will get the music and learn 

how to play it.” 

Notre Dame was the logical 

next step in her intellectual progression. 

Her maternal grandparents 

are big supporters, an uncle is 

a longtime football season ticket 

holder and her older cousin graduated 

from the school two years 

ago. 

In concluding a remarkable high 

school career, Kulpinski personifies 

a reflective and steely style 

marked by an openness and ability 

to think beyond her immediate 

circumstance. 

“She is very kind, thoughtful 

and caring,” Klaver said. “She 

goes out of her way to make 

sure people feel included and is 

rare to find someone so young 

that doesn’t focus on themselves. 

She is a tremendous leader 

for our program and has definitely 

left her mark. We are extremely 

proud to have Megan in our program.”

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BASEBALL 

Andrew wins Zabrocki Cup 

battle of conference champs 

JONATHAN BARLAS 

Editorial Intern 

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK 

10 Questions 

with Mia Milazzo 

Rivalries often imply a notion 

of excitement for both 

the fans and players, but the 

Zabrocki Cup always seems 

to take it a step higher. 

Considering that both Andrew 

and Tinley Park High 

School wrapped up conference 

baseball titles earlier 

in the week - Tinley Park 

winning its first in 25 years – 

that ratcheted up the rivalry, 

which took place on Friday 

night, May 18, at TPHS. 

Andrew won its third 

straight Zabrocki Cup with 

a 4-1 victory in front of 

hundreds of fans filling the 

stands and lining the fences. 

This was the 10th season 

the event was scheduled 

and Andrew owns a 6-1 

lead with three games being 

wiped out because of weather. 

The event is named after 

former longtime mayor Ed 

Zabrocki. 

Earlier in the week, the 

27-4-1, the T-Bolts solidified 

their outstanding year 

clinching a share of the 

SouthWest Suburban Conference 

Red Division championship 

Thursday, May 17 

against Thornton, one day 

after coach Dave DeHaan 

won his 250th career game. 

Making some noise on 

the other side of town, Tinley 

Park also has a point 

to prove. The Titans have 

racked up an impressive 24- 

10 overall record as the team 

also prepares for a playoff 

run of their own in Class 

3A after claiming the South 

Suburban Blue crown. 

On top of the Bolts’ incredible 

season, DeHaan emphasized 

the importance of continuing 

to play the “Andrew 

way” as they opened play at 

Tinley Park’s John Gonsalves dives into second base as 

Andrew’s Mike Carey grabs the ball in the Thunderbolts’ 

4-1 win on Friday, May 18. JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

the Class 4A T.F. South Regional 

earlier this week. The 

championship game is at 10 

a.m. Saturday, May 26. 

“We just want to play great 

baseball,” DeHaan said. “We 

just want to build on the year 

we’re having and we have 

to play relaxed to do what 

we’ve been doing all year.” 

Andrew sophomore pitcher 

Nolan Fasel, threw a spotless 

five innings. 

Division I commits in seniors 

Mike Carey, Jake Plastiak 

and Scott Youngbrandt 

led the charge for the Thunderbolt 

hitters, each collecting 

two or more hits and a 

run in the contest. 

The T-Bolts struck first in 

the second inning with a run, 

immediately putting pressure 

on the Titans’ defense. 

Leading 1-0 in the third, Andrew 

added to its lead with 

an RBI double from Plastiak 

and on a wild pitch that 

scored Carey. 

The T-Bolts then tacked 

on another run in the fifth 

on a sacrifice fly from Kevin 

Bushnell. 

Tinley Park’s Jake Zandy 

broke through for Titans, 

driving in their only run of 

the game in the sixth inning. 

TPHS stranded 11 runners 

and when Andrew sophomore 

reliever Vince Borelli 

found himself in a basesloaded 

jam, he kept his cool 

and picked off a runner at 

third before ending the game 

inducing a groundout. 

Andrew senior third baseman 

Scott Youngbrandt is 

not in unfamiliar territory as 

the three-year veteran relies 

on the team’s chemistry and 

experience to get them far 

into the playoffs. 

“We have a lot of experience,” 

Youngbrandt said. 

“It’s been really different 

in the senior leadership this 

year. We aren’t afraid to get 

on guys that aren’t doing 

their job and I think that creates 

this winning culture.” 

“Team chemistry has been 

awesome, this senior group 

is really a special group.” 

DeHaan said. 

Tinley is in the Class 3A 

Bremen Regional and the title 

game is scheduled for 11 

a.m. on Saturday, May 26. 

Mia Milazzo is a senior soccer 

player for Andrew High 

School, which captured a 

regional championship on 

Friday, May 18, at Sandburg. 

How did you get started 

in soccer? 

My parents [Jennifer and 

Michael] both played and my 

older sister [Tatumn] plays 

soccer at South Carolina. 

What to you love about 

soccer? 

I have been able to play 

with so many different girls 

and have learned under so 

many different coaches. 

Where are you heading 

to college? 

The University of Missouri 

- St. Louis for soccer, 

And I will major in special 

education. 

Why did you pick that? 

I like working with children 

and seeing how different 

people function. 

Is there something that 

people don’t know 

about you? 

I’m ambidextrous. 

Is there a movie you 

could watch over and 

over without getting 

sick of it? 

“The Great Gatsby.” I 

like both versions. I like 

how the characters change 

over the years. It’s very interesting 

and I can watch it 

over and over and you find 

something new in it every 

time you watch it. 

Is there a TV show you 

can binge forever? 

Either “The Office” or 

“Friends.” They both have a 

different style of humor. 

Who is your favorite 

Friend? 

Definitely Ross. I think 

JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

he’s an interesting character. 

If they made a movie 

about your life, who 

should play you? 

Blake Lively. She’s funny 

and in a couple of movies 

that I like. 

What would be the title 

of that movie? 

Probably my nickname, 

“Mia Pia.” 

Interview conducted by Sports 

Editor Jeff Vorva

50 | May 24, 2018 | The tinley junction Sports 


TPHS’s Beltran inches and muscles up to all-state status 


To look at sectional distances, 

Tinley Park High 

School junior Rebecca Beltran 

was not supposed to 

make it to the second day of 

the Class 2A Illinois High 

School Association State 

Championships. 

Her shot put throw of 35 

feet, 5.5 inches at the Kankakee 

Sectional was 14th out 

of 22 qualifiers and the top 

12 make it to the finals. Her 

discus at the sectional was 

102-2 and that was 18th out 

of 24 qualifiers. 

She inched up in the shot 

and muscled up in the discus 

and finished as an all-stater 

in both events at the meet, 

which took place Friday 

and Saturday, May 18-19, at 

O’Brien Field on the campus 

of Eastern Illinois University 

in Charleston. 

She unleashed a 115 in the 

preliminary round of the discus 

to qualify for the final 12 

and a 115-2 in the finals for a 

seventh-place finish. 

Beltran nudged her way 

up in the shot as she heaved a 

36-5 in the prelims to tie for 

10th place. She showed consistency 

at the meet as she 

uncorked another 36-5 in the 

finals and finished 11th in 

the event and earned all-state 

honors for that event as well. 

Beltran was the lone athlete 

from her school to move 

on from the prelim round. 

Pole vaulters Lillie Johnson 

and Kai Jenkins and hurdler 

Desiree Lyttle fell short 

in their bids for the finals. 

BOYS TENNIS 

For the second straight 

year, the Tinley Park doubles 

team of Vince Arden- 

Guillermo Bahena advanced 

to the state meet, which 

opens up on Thursday, May 

24 at various locations in the 

Northwest suburbs. 

The duo finished second 

in the Class 1A Marian Catholic 

Sectional on Saturday, 

May 19. 

Last year the team lost two 

straight matches for an early 

exit to the state meet. 

Andrew did not have anyone 

advance in the Homewood-Flossmoor 

Class 2A 

Sectional. 

GIRLS SOCCER 

Megan Nemec, the South- 

West Suburban Conference 

Red Player of the Year, 

scored a goal, sophomore 

Erin Jaskierski added another 

and Gabby Sportiello 

notched a shutout in goal 

as Andrew topped Mother 

McAuley, 2-0, to win the 

Class 3A Sandburg Regional 

on Friday, May 20. 

It’s the 10th regional title 

Vince Arden (left) and Guillermo Bahena of Tinley Park 

High School are heading to state for a second straight year. 

in school history and third in 

a row for the Thunderbolts. 

Andrew, seeded second 

in the Reavis Sectional, was 

scheduled to take on Lincoln-Way 

East on Tuesday, 

May 22. If they won that 

match, they will be in the finals 

at 4 p.m. Friday, May 25 

at Reavis. 

WATER POLO 

Mother McAuley’s girls 

team, which had been ranked 

second all year behind Stevenson 

in the state by Illpolo.com, 

ran into Stevenson 

in the quarterfinals of the 

IHSA state tournament and 

lost 12-9 on Friday, May 18, 

in Lincolnshire. 

Freshman Maddie Schultz 

of Tinley Park had three 

goals for the Mighty Macs 

and her senior sister, Jill, 

added two. 

Rebecca Beltran of Tinley Park finished in the Top 12 in the 

state in shot put and discus throws. PHOTO SUBMITTED 

Andrew’s Megan Nemec, shown controlling the ball in 

regional action against Thornwood, Scored a goal in a 2-0 

victory over Mother McAuley to win the Class 3A Sandburg 

Sectional. photos by JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

THIS WEEK IN... 

TINLEY PARK VARSITY ATHLETICS 

BASEBALL 

■May ■ 26 - Class 3A Bremen 

Regional, 11 a.m., if necessary 

■May ■ 30 - Class 3A Ottawa 

Sectional, 5 p.m., if necessary 

BOYS TRACK 

■May ■ 25-26 - Class 2A IHSA State 

Meet, TBA 

BOYS TENNIS 


Meet, TBA 

■BOYS ■ VOLLEYBALL 

■May ■ 25 - Brother Rice Sectional 

semifinal, 5:30 p.m., if necessary 


final, 6 p.m., if necessary 

GIRLS SOCCER 

■May ■ 25 - Class 2A Lemont 

Sectional, 4 p.m., if necessary 

■May ■ 29 - Class 2A Peoria Notre 

Dame Supersectional, 7 p.m.,if 

necessary 

SOFTBALL 

■May ■ 26 - Class 3A Joliet Catholic 

Academy, 11 a.m., if necessary 

■May ■ 29 - Class 3A Ottawa 

Sectional, 6:30 p.m., if necessary 

ANDREW VARSITY ATHLETICS 

BASEBALL 

■May ■ 26 - Class 4A TF South 

Regional final, 10 a.m., if necessary 

■May ■ 30 - Class 4A Lockport 

Sectional semifinal, 6 p.m.,if 

necessary 

BOYS CO-OP LACROSSE 

■May ■ 25 - Lockport Sectional final, 

5:30 p.m., if necessary 

■May ■ 29 - Downers Grove South 

Supersectional, 7:30 p.m., if 

necessary 

■May ■ 31 - IHSA state semifinals, 7 

p.m., if necessary 

BOYS TRACK 


Meet, TBA 

BOYS TENNIS 

■Class ■ 2A IHSA State Meet, TBA 

BOYS VOLLEYBALL 


semifinal, 6:30 p.m., if necessary 


final, 6 p.m., if necessary 

GIRLS CO-OP LACROSSE 

■May ■ 25 - Minooka Sectional title, 5 

p.m., if necessary 

■May ■ 29 - Downers Grove South 

Supersectional, 5:30 p.m., if 

necessary 

GIRLS SOCCER 

■May ■ 25 - Class 3A Reavis Sectional 

title, 4 p.m., if necessary 

■May ■ 29 - Class 3A Andrew 

Supersectional, 6 p.m., if necessary 

SOFTBALL 

■May ■ 26 - Class 4A Thornwood 

Regional title, 11 a.m. if necessary 

■May ■ 29 - Class 4A Joliet West 

Sectional semifinal, 4:30 p.m., if 

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SOFTBALL 

Sophomore pitcher also is emotional on Senior Day 

PHIL ARVIA 


Tinley Park High School pitcher Emily Sereda, who has juvenile diabetes, adjusts her insulin pump (left photo) before 

firing a pitch against Lyons Township on Saturday, May 19. PHOTOS BY JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

Emily Sereda was telling 

a story. 

Then she started crying. 

Then her mom asked if 

she needed a tissue. 

“No, mom!” she said, not 

maliciously, but in that way 

16-year-old girls have. 

“She’s just like a normal 

kid,” Gail Sereda, mom, said 

later. “If anybody treats her 

different, she kind of gets 

mad.” 

On Saturday, May 19, at 

Tinley Park High School, 

Sereda, a sophomore pitcher 

on the softball team, wasn’t 

treated like a normal kid. 

Which brings us back to 

the story. 

“All I knew was today was 

Senior Day,” Sereda said. 

After she and the rest of 

the underclassmen decorated 

the field for that occasion, 

coach Wendy Podbielniak 

distracted her with some 

chatter about field conditions, 

then asked Sereda to 

direct a visitor to the varsity 

baseball field. Coming back 

into the building, Sereda 

was greeted by her teammates, 

walking toward her 

en masse. 

“I thought, ‘This is 

weird,’” she said. “They 

were all wearing blue socks 

and white headbands.” 

Outfielder Amelia Bresnahan, 

Emily’s best friend on 

the team, stepped forward. 

“She looked confused,” 

Bresnahan said. “I went over 

to her and turned my head to 

show her my headband.” 

The headbands were printed 

with Emily’s name and 

number, 1. 

“I said, ‘We all love you, 

Em.’” Bresnahan added. 

The blue socks were in acknowledgement 

of Sereda’s 

battle with juvenile diabetes, 

with which she was diagnosed 

at age 5 and for which 

she wears an insulin pump 

from her waistband. 

“I cried,” Sereda said, 

tearing up again at the recollection. 

“I thought, ‘that was 

so nice of them.’” 

The Titans, capping off 

one of the most successful 

regular seasons in program 

history with an undefeated 

run through the South Suburban 

Blue and a 24-3 overall 

mark, turned their finale 

into a combination Senior 

Day/juvenile diabetes fundraiser. 

Emily, her mom and 

father, Pat, were beyond 

grateful. 

“We’re humbled,” Pat 

Sereda said. “I’m glad 

they can see what she goes 

through. I think a lot of it 

has to do with the close-knit 

community of Tinley Park 

High School.” 

Gail nodded, adding, 

“This team, these girls … to 

do this today. They’re sharing 

their Senior Day.” 

The seniors — team manager 

Victoria Soliz, outfielder 

Madison Sniegolski and 

infielders Crystal Vargas and 

Kristin Kavalauskas — were 

happy to do so. 

“Senior Day is just a day,” 

Kavalauskas said. “To be 

doing this for her brings the 

whole team together. She’s 

so important to the team. 

The whole team loves her.” 

They’re not alone. Emily 

is also a varsity cheerleader, 

and that group voted her its 

Sportsman of the Year. 

Certainly, Emily has 

shown perseverance during 

this school year, during 

which her medical issues 

were complicated by 

the discovery that she has 

lupus. The chronic autoimmune 

disease is diagnosed in 

more than 16,000 people per 

year, according to the Lupus 

Donations from Saturday’s Tinley Park High School/Lyons 

softball game went to the Juvenile Diabetes Research 

Foundation. 

Foundation of America. Emily 

was diagnosed after she 

developed unusual bruising 

during a pitching lesson in 

October. 

“Her thigh, where she 

hits it with her glove, was 

purple,” Gail said. “I took a 

picture of it and sent it to her 

doctor right away.” 

Ultimately, Emily was 

diagnosed with five autoimmune 

diseases: her Type 1 

diabetes, lupus, celiac disease, 

Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis 

and idiopathic thrombocytopenia. 

Still, she’s cleared 

to play, though managing the 

diabetes sometimes makes 

that difficult. 

“Recently, I’ve been having 

a lot of problems with it 

— well, not a lot, but some 

flares,” she said. “My blood 

sugar is high a lot, and I get 

headaches a lot.” 

Emily manually triggers 

the pump to deliver 

the needed insulin when 

her blood sugar is too high. 

When it’s too low, she’ll run 

for the fruit snacks the team 

always carries for her. 

One such occasion came 

during pregame warmups 

for the team’s May 14 visit 

to Lemont. The Titans’ No. 

1 pitcher, Jules Gomez, was 

getting frustrated over her 

inability to command a particular 

pitch. 

“I’m talking to Jules,” 

Podbielniak said. “Emily 

runs past, saying, ‘Coach, 

I’ve got to check my blood 

sugar.’ 

“I just looked at Jules and 

said, ‘You’re frustrated with 

your pitch? See that kid? She 

has no control over her situation. 

You can control your 

pitch.’ I said, ‘We good?’ 

Jules says, ‘Yeah coach, 

we’re good.’” 

Sereda, the third pitcher 

on the varsity staff, is 2-0 

with a 1.80 ERA in 11 2/3 innings 

this season. Her value, 

however, goes beyond the 

numbers. 

“She is always positive, 

always there to pick up her 

teammates,” Podbielniak 

said. “She’s our biggest fan 

on the bench. 

“She’s the only kid on the 

team who has a reason to be 

negative and she never is. 

She’s a constant reminder 

that we don’t have any issues.” 

Neither, to hear Emily tell 

it, does she. 

“I try to think positive,” 

she said. “And having this 

team, these girls — it helps 

me. They let me know 

they’re always here for me.”



BOYS TRACK AND FIELD 

Titans, T-Bolts sending 10 athletes to ‘Chucktown’ 


The area is sending a nicesized 

contingent to what 

people in the Tinley Park 

High School boys track 

and field inner circle call 

“Chucktown.” 

Eight athletes from TPHS 

and two from Andrew High 

School will compete at the 

Illinois High School Association 

state meet on Friday, 

May 25, and Saturday, May 

26, at O’Brien Field on the 

campus of Eastern Illinois 

University in Charleston, 

also known as “Chucktown.” 

The Titans won the first 

sectional title in school history 

on Thursday, May 17, 

by winning the Class 2A 

Thornridge Sectional with 

95 points, three points ahead 

of the runnerup hosts. 

“What an unbelievable 

experience, I’m so happy for 

our kids and our program,” 

TP coach Keith Huhn said. 

Heralded hurdlers Solomon 

Wilson-Smith and 

Adell Hilson will return to 

state competition. Wilson- 

Smith has his eye on a state 

championship after finishing 

third in the 110-meter 

high hurdles event last year. 

He finished with a time of 

14.63 seconds at Thornridge 

to nudge out Hilson 

(:14.68). Wilson-Smith has 

dipped under the 14-second 

mark earlier in the season. 

Wilson-Smith also qualified 

in the 300 intermediate 

hurdle event with a secondplace 

finish of :40.86. 

Senior pole vaulter Donovan 

Fairchild was a sectional 

champ with a vault of 8 feet, 

6 inches. 

Senior Jad Karajeh placed 

second in the triple jump 

with a 42-10 1/2. Jason 

Ludtke took second in the 

1600 with a 4:49.30. 

The Titans’ 3,200 relay 

team of Josh Hartman, Nick 

Tinley Park High School track athletes celebrate the team’s first sectional title in school history after winning at Thornridge on Thursday, May 17. 

SUBMITTED PHOTO 

Martin, Ludtke and John 

Kennedy opened the sectional 

competition with a 

victory in 8:42.31. 

“I think we have a good 

chance of getting our Hurdle 

Brothers (Wilson-Smith and 

Hilson) to the second day 

(the finals) and an outside 

chance with a few others,” 

Huhn said. 

Andrew is sending a pair 

of sophomores to state after 

they qualified in the 

Class 3A Homewood-Flossmoor 

Sectional on Thursday. 

John Bickel placed second 

in the 200 with a :22.04. 

Mychah Spells took third in 

the 110-high hurdles with a 

:14.79. 

Andrew 

freshman 

Malachi 

Spells (right) 

celebrates after 

finding out his 

older brother, 

Mychah, 

qualified for 

state in the 

110-meter 

hurdles 

Thursday, May 

17, during the 

Homewood- 

Flossmoor 

Sectional. JAMES 

SANCHEZ/22ND 

CENTURY MEDIA



Bickel back in IHSA state meet after winning appeal 


On a rainy, dreary morning 

after an even drearier 

result for Andrew sophomore 

track star John Bickel, 

Thunderbolts’ coach Doug 

Bozych hugged his athlete. 

“I don’t know what to 

say,” Bozych told Bickel on 

Saturday, May 19. “You did 

nothing wrong. I feel like I 

want to throw up.” 

Two days later, the coachfelt 

like throwing a party. 

The Illinois High School 

Association allowed Bickel 

back to the state meet after a 

wild series of events. 

Bickel appeared to qualify 

for the trip to Charleston 

in the 200-meter dash 

when he finished second 

to Minooka’s Brandon Adams 

on Thursday, May 

17 at the Class 4A Homewood-Flossmoor 

Sectional. 

He had the trip taken 

away two days later when 

the race was re-run because 

of a timer malfunction and 

he finished third. Adams 

took fourth and was also out. 

Boyzich appealed to the 

IHSA and Monday, May 

21, the IHSA allowed Bickel 

back in the state meet, 

which begins Friday, May 

25 at Eastern Illinois University 

in Charleston. 

“After careful consideration 

of the circumstances 

surrounding the results and 

outcome of the 200-meter 

dash ... Bickel and Adams 

qualify for the state finals as 

the result of an administrative 

error on the evening of 

the sectional final,” IHSA 

Executive Director Craig 

Anderson said in a statement 

on Monday. 

“I feel great,” Bickel said 

Monday after hearing he 

was back in the state meet. 

“It’s an awesome feeling to 

run down there with Brandon 

and all the other runners 

who qualified for the 200. I 

can’t wait for it.” 

It may have been rainy 

and dreary in Tinley Park 

on Monday morning, but it 

seemed bright and sunny in 

Boyzich’s office. 

“I couldn’t be more excited 

with the IHSA’s decision,” 

he said. “We are 

putting the kids first and 

that is what matters here. I 

know they both (Brandon 

and John) have been on 

an emotional rollercoaster 

the last few days. It’s fantastic 

that they now have 

the opportunity to run at 

least once more this season 

as well as the chance to put 

down a time that could get 

them into the finals.” 

About that rollercoaster... 

Bickel had less than 24 

hours to savor the accomplishment 

of qualifying. The 

next night, between 7:30 

and 8 p.m., he received a 

phone call from his coach. 

“I was relaxing and 

watching a movie and trying 

to figure out plans for the 

next day,” Bickel said. “This 

turned out to be the plan.” 

The IHSA mandated that 

runners in two heats run the 

race again early Saturday 

morning because of a malfunction 

with the timer. 

Runners made the trek 

back to Flossmoor, where 

several observers said they 

had never seen anything 

like this before. Instead of- 

Adams (who clocked in at 

21.84 seconds on Thursday) 

and Bickel (:22.04) finishing 

first and second again, 

Homewood-Floosmoor’s 

Grant Floyd finished first on 

the wet track with a :22.12, 

Thornton Fractional South’s 

Khullen Jefferson was second 

with a :22.35 followed 

by Bickel (:22.45) and Adams 

(:22.48). 

The coach’s argument 

stems from an IHSA bylaw 

that says “Consideration to 

Lynne Bickel (left) and Faith Fiori are the only two fans in the stands during the 200-meter re-run at Homewood-Flossmoor 

early on Saturday, May 19. PHOTOS BY JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

any [Fully Automatic Timing 

system] failure could 

only be considered if there 

were official backup times 

available from meet management. 

Without such back 

up times to consider only 

the top two finishers will advance 

from that event to the 

state meet.” 

This re-run even got the 

attention of CNN political 

commentator and a former 

aide to President Bill Clinton, 

who is the uncle of 

Adams. Boykins tweeted 

“They were told late Friday 

night to get up a 5 a.m. to 

drive and hour away to rerun 

a race in the rain. This 

is crazy.” 

It was an odd scene on 

Saturday morning. The rerace 

was supposed to start at 

7:30 a.m. because H-F was 

hosting a lacrosse tournament. 

But because of light 

rain, it was held at 8 a.m. 

Andrew’s John Bickel (left) and Minooka’s Brandon Adams finish third and fourth during a 

rare re-race two days after finishing in the top two of the Homewood-Flossmoor Sectional. 

Bickel’s mother, Lynne, and 

girlfriend Faith Fiore, were 

the only two spectators in 

the bleachers, but there were 

a few more watching from 

behind fences. 

After the heats, there was 

more than a 10-minute wait 

before it was announced that 

Adams and Bickel did not 

have the qualifying time of 

:22.12. 

Bickel’s first sectional 

time of :22.04 would have 

tied him for eighth among 

sectional qualifiers. The 

Top 12 preliminary runners 

make the finals.



fastbreak 

THURSDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK 

As long as we’re messing with the system … 

JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

1st and 3 

CONFERENCE CALL: 

THREE FACTS ABOUT 

AREA TEAMS WINNING 

CONFERENCE TITLES 

THIS SPRING. 

1. TPHS SOFTBALL 

Not only did the 

Titans (above) win 

the South Suburban 

Conference Blue 

title, they finished 

the league season 

unblemished with a 

19-0 record. 

2. TPHS AND ANDREW 

BASEBALL 

Two for Tinley. The 

Titans won the 

South Suburban 

crown which is the 

first time they won 

a league title in 

25 years. Andrew 

won the SouthWest 

Suburban Blue after 

beating Thornton 

13-1 on Thursday, 

May 17. 

3. ANDREW GIRLS 

SOCCER 

The Thunderbolts 

were the SouthWest 

Suburban Conference 

Red Division 

co-champs with 

Stagg. . 

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, 

Tinley Park’s football team could be in a district with Joliet Catholic and the three Rich 

schools if the IHSA changes from conferences to districts in football. 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 nonconference 

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. 

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 

has 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? 

Listen Up 

“I couldn’t be more excited with the IHSA’s 

decision.” 

Doug Boyzich - Andrew boys track coach on having his runner, sophomore 

John Bickel reinstated in the state 200-meter dash after a 

controversial re-running of the race. 

WHAT 2 WATCH 

Boys track and field, Saturday, May 26, 10 

a.m. 

• Tinley Park’s Solomon Wilson-Smith hopes 

to bring home a state championship in the 

110-meter high hurdles in the IHSA State 

meet in Charleston. 

Index 

49 - Athlete of the Week 

47 - Bobcats win another tourney 

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

tinley Park’s Hometown Newspaper | www.tinleyjunction.com | May 24, 2018 

A TITANS’ FIRST 

Tinley Park’s boys track 

team wins a sectional 

for the first time in 

school history, Page 53 

NICE GESTURE 

A TPHS sophomore is 

touched by her team’s 

gesture on Senior Day, 

Page 52 

Andrew sophomore was 

in, then out, now back 

in the IHSA state track 

meet, Page 54 

John Bickel, a sophomore 200-meter runner at 

Andrew, finishes third at a controversial sectional 

re-race on Saturday, May 19, two days after finishing 

second to earn a trip to the state finals. He was out of 

the state meet until Monday, May 21, when the IHSA 

upheld Andrew’s appeal to reinstate him back. JEFF 

VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA

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