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Grant talk Administration & Finance<br />
Committee goes over funding for project at Heritage<br />
Park, Page 6<br />
Calling it a career Longtime LTHS special<br />
education teacher retires, recounts memories from her<br />
tenure, Page 7<br />
For dad Homer Glen woman pens Father’s<br />
Day letter to stepdad, once again shares its<br />
message, Page 9<br />
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Approximately 125<br />
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THURSDAY<br />
Joliet Junior College<br />
Children’s Theater Presents:<br />
Round the World Tales<br />
11 a.m.-noon June 14,<br />
Homer Township Public<br />
Library, 14320 W. 151st<br />
St., Homer Glen. This live<br />
theater production brings to<br />
life “The Old Woman and<br />
the Tramp from Sweden,”<br />
“The Japanese Tongue-Cut<br />
Sparrow” and “The Invisible<br />
Hunters” from Nicaragua.<br />
All ages are welcome.<br />
“Mary Poppins” the Musical<br />
7 p.m. June 14 and 15, 2<br />
p.m. June 16. LTHS’s East<br />
Campus, 1333 E. 7th St. in<br />
Lockport. The Lockport-<br />
Homer Youth Theater is performing<br />
“Mary Poppins.”<br />
Tickets are $12 if purchased<br />
online at www.homery<br />
ouththeater.com/tickets-toshows.<br />
They will be $15 at<br />
the door.<br />
SATURDAY<br />
Homer Glen Junior Woman’s<br />
Club Garden Walk<br />
9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. June 16.<br />
Registration will begin at<br />
9:30 a.m. at Annunciation<br />
Byzantine Catholic Church,<br />
14610 S. Will-Cook Road.<br />
The garden walk is titled<br />
“Every Garden has a Story<br />
to Tell.” This walk will feature<br />
six different gardens,<br />
providing an opportunity<br />
for gardeners to see how<br />
everyday people work their<br />
yards. Participants will be<br />
given a flyer that includes<br />
descriptions of each gardens<br />
to explore at their own pace.<br />
Tickets are $10 and can be<br />
purchased at www.homer<br />
glenjuniors.org.<br />
Great Picnic Cuisine<br />
10:30-11:30 a.m. June 16,<br />
Homer Township Public Library<br />
Community Meeting<br />
Room, 14320 W. 151st St.,<br />
Homer Glen. Explore some<br />
old favorite recipes, as well<br />
as learn new favorites with<br />
Chef Susan Maddox. Registration<br />
is required.<br />
MONDAY<br />
Organizing Your Big Projects<br />
and Garage<br />
7-8 p.m. June 18, Homer<br />
Township Public Library<br />
Community Meeting Room,<br />
14320 W. 151st St., Homer<br />
Glen. Attendees can learn<br />
how to make decisions about<br />
clutter and clearing it from<br />
one’s home.<br />
TUESDAY<br />
Illinois Secretary of State<br />
Mobile Unit<br />
10 a.m.-2 p.m. June 19,<br />
Village of Homer Glen<br />
Community Room, 14240<br />
W. 151st St., Homer Glen.<br />
Services will be provided<br />
such as: renewal/correction<br />
of driver’s license, license<br />
plate stickers, new/renewal<br />
correction of state ID, organ<br />
donation registration with<br />
renewal of driver’s license<br />
or ID and others.<br />
WEDNESDAY<br />
Introduction to PowerPoint<br />
6-7 p.m. June 20, Homer<br />
Township Public Library<br />
Community Meeting Room,<br />
14320 W. 151st St., Homer<br />
Glen. Participants will learn<br />
about slides, clipart, themes<br />
and transitions. Registration<br />
is required.<br />
UPCOMING<br />
Homer Community Fest<br />
Thursday, June 21-Sunday,<br />
June 24, Festival<br />
Grounds, 14500 W. 151st St.<br />
in Homer Glen. The annual<br />
summer festival will feature<br />
live music performances,<br />
a carnival, fireworks and<br />
more. A fireworks show is<br />
to be on Thursday, June 21<br />
at 9:30 p.m. An Independence<br />
Day Parade is planned<br />
11 a.m. Saturday, June 23<br />
at 151st Street and Parker<br />
Road that will head north on<br />
Parker and end at Briarwood<br />
Drive. For more information,<br />
visit www.homerfest.<br />
com.<br />
Homer Community Fest Pre-<br />
Carnival Party<br />
2-4:30 p.m. Friday, June<br />
22, Festival Grounds, 14500<br />
W. 151st St. in Homer Glen.<br />
This is open only to Homer<br />
Glen residents with special<br />
needs and their accompanying<br />
family. Event registration<br />
is required prior to Friday,<br />
June 15. For additional<br />
details, or to reserve a spot,<br />
call (708) 301-0522.<br />
Armchair Travelers: Main<br />
Street Illinois<br />
2-3 p.m. Friday, June 22,<br />
Homer Township Public<br />
Library Community Meeting<br />
Room, 14320 W. 151st<br />
St., Homer Glen. Enjoy a<br />
memorable and fun-filled<br />
tour of the charms, traditions<br />
and personalities of Illinois<br />
towns. John Lynn has visited<br />
and photographed all 2,400<br />
towns during a 30-year personal<br />
project.<br />
Homer Community<br />
Independence Day Parade<br />
11 a.m. Saturday, June<br />
23, 151st Street and Parker<br />
Road. For more information,<br />
call (708) 301-0522. Parade<br />
line-up includes marching<br />
bands, police and fire, Army<br />
trucks, costume characters<br />
and more.<br />
Image Renewal: Imagine the<br />
Possibilities<br />
7-8 p.m. Tuesday, June 26,<br />
Homer Township Public Library<br />
Community Meeting<br />
Room, 14320 W. 151st St.,<br />
Homer Glen. Jill Moss Stetson<br />
will empower the audience<br />
with tips on how to enhance<br />
their appearance. The<br />
presentation includes style<br />
tips, wardrobe must-haves,<br />
skin care and more. Registration<br />
is required.<br />
Chalk-It-Up<br />
9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday,<br />
July 14, Stonebridge Park,<br />
16000 S. Stonebridge Drive<br />
in Homer Glen. Enjoy the<br />
first-ever Chalk Fest on<br />
the sidewalks surrounding<br />
Homer Glen’s largest park.<br />
Anyone is welcome to come<br />
draw on the sidewalks. The<br />
event is free of charge. Each<br />
participant will be given a<br />
pack of chalk and a chalkblock<br />
work space. Participants<br />
are welcome to bring<br />
extra chalk, chalk pastels<br />
and blending tools, if they<br />
wish. No paint of any variety<br />
will be allowed. Prizes will<br />
be awarded in the categories<br />
of “Best Use Of Color,”<br />
“Most Interesting Characters”<br />
and “Most Creative<br />
Theme.” Pre-registration is<br />
required at www.homergle<br />
nil.org/2548/Chalk-It-Up.<br />
For more information, call<br />
(708) 301-0632.<br />
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Lemont Classic Car Club<br />
Sunday Cruise Nights<br />
4-7 p.m. Sundays, Big R<br />
parking lot, 15830 S. Bell<br />
Road in Homer Glen. Guests<br />
are asked to not arrive before<br />
4 p.m. at Big R.<br />
Citizens Against Ruining the<br />
Environment<br />
6-7:30 p.m. every third<br />
Monday of the month,<br />
White Oak Library, 121 E.<br />
8th St., Lockport. CARE, a<br />
nonprofit and all-volunteer<br />
organization, will discuss<br />
environmental and healthrelated<br />
issues in Will County<br />
and the surrounding areas.<br />
Community service hours<br />
also available.<br />
Vintage Hats, Will County in<br />
War Exhibits<br />
Noon-4 p.m. Wednesdays<br />
through Sundays, Will<br />
County Historical Museum<br />
and Research Center, 803<br />
S. State St., Lockport. A<br />
new exhibit “Vintage Hats”<br />
is on display, as well as a<br />
19th century doctor’s office,<br />
“Will County in War” and<br />
early textiles. Open to the<br />
public; group tours available<br />
by reservation. For more information<br />
or tours, call (815)<br />
838-5080 or visit www.will<br />
history.org.<br />
Eyeglasses and Hearing Aid<br />
Donations<br />
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday,<br />
Homer Township<br />
Administration Office,<br />
14350 W. 151st St., Homer<br />
Glen.
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5K Fun Run travels through Messenger Marsh<br />
Knights of Columbus<br />
Council 15022 once<br />
again gives proceeds<br />
to Shady Oaks Camp<br />
Laurie Fanelli<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
Our Mother of Good<br />
Counsel Parish’s Knights of<br />
Columbus Council 15022<br />
helps people from all over,<br />
but doing good in the greater<br />
Homer Glen area is the organization’s<br />
specialty.<br />
On the morning of Saturday,<br />
June 9, the Knights once<br />
again brought the community<br />
together to participate in<br />
the 5K Fun Run at Messenger<br />
Marsh Forest Preserve<br />
scenic path in Homer Glen.<br />
Along with providing approximately<br />
125 participants<br />
with the perfect excuse to<br />
get out into nature with family<br />
and friends, the fifth annual<br />
event also raised money<br />
for Shady Oaks Camp — a<br />
recreational summer camp<br />
for people with disabilities<br />
— which is also located in<br />
Homer Glen.<br />
“This 5K is about fellowship<br />
and bringing everyone<br />
together,” Council 15022<br />
Grand Knight Edward Plebanek<br />
explained. “That’s<br />
one of the reasons we do<br />
this. We also help out Shady<br />
Oaks Camp, which is local.<br />
This is our third year benefitting<br />
them.”<br />
Thunderstorms threatened<br />
the event in the early morning<br />
hours, but by the 9 a.m.<br />
start time, the precipitation<br />
had dwindled to a light drizzle.<br />
Some participants put on<br />
ponchos, and some carried<br />
umbrellas as they took to the<br />
double-loop course at Messenger<br />
Marsh.<br />
Deputy Grand Knight<br />
Matt Obradovic looked for<br />
the silver lining in hosting a<br />
rainy race.<br />
Homer Glen residents Natalie (left) and Sarah Rabka make their way through the doubleloop<br />
course of the 5K Fun Run Saturday, June 9, at Messenger Marsh Forest Preserve.<br />
Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media<br />
“It’s better than 100 degrees<br />
and blazing sun,” he<br />
said. “You can walk. It’s<br />
cool. And, you don’t need<br />
to splash water on your face,<br />
because Mother Nature will<br />
do that for you. It’s a good<br />
time.”<br />
Homer Glen residents<br />
Sarah and Natalie Rabaka,<br />
16 and 12, respectively,<br />
were ready for the weather,<br />
though Natalie was the more<br />
enthusiastic of the pair.<br />
“I love it,” Natalie said.<br />
“Because it reminds me of<br />
when I was younger, and I<br />
would play in the mud.”<br />
Sarah added that she<br />
hoped it wouldn’t pour, but<br />
she was OK with a little rain.<br />
She said, “I don’t want to<br />
get soaking wet, but this is<br />
better than it being humid<br />
out.”<br />
Sarah and Natalie’s aunt,<br />
Marcia Edwards, of Homer<br />
Glen, loves the annual 5K<br />
Fun Run because of the location,<br />
the organization,<br />
the community and, above<br />
all else, because it benefits<br />
Shady Oaks Camp.<br />
“Shady Oaks is an amazing<br />
camp,” Edwards said.<br />
“It’s incredible what they do<br />
with their campers. We love<br />
this community — it’s fantastic.”<br />
Raising money for Shady<br />
Oaks was also a motivating<br />
factor behind Lockport<br />
resident Rebecca Straub’s<br />
decision to participate in<br />
the 5K with her husband,<br />
Jim, children, Angelina, 6,<br />
and Luciano, 3, and mother,<br />
Mary Jo O’Connor, of<br />
Homer Glen.<br />
“I just did my first 5K last<br />
weekend, and we wanted to<br />
do another one,” Straub said.<br />
“This event has a great cause<br />
that we heard about from our<br />
church, St. Bernard [Parish].”<br />
O’Connor agreed, saying,<br />
“That was the driving force.<br />
I really think Shady Oaks<br />
does a phenomenal job.”<br />
Race organizers also persevered<br />
in setting up the 5K<br />
despite the rain. The Rev.<br />
Joseph Broudou, of Our<br />
Mother of Good Counsel<br />
Parish, delivered a blessing<br />
before runners approached<br />
the starting line.<br />
The race was not professionally<br />
timed or certified,<br />
hence it being called the 5K<br />
Fun Run. However, the race<br />
was timed by volunteers,<br />
and awards were given to<br />
top finishers in various age<br />
categories.<br />
The first-place finisher<br />
of the 5K Fun Run was<br />
15-year-old Nolan Enright,<br />
who finished the course in a<br />
time of 19:44.2. Jill Zezulka,<br />
49, was the top finisher on<br />
the female side, clocking in<br />
with a time of 26:52.7.<br />
Several local businesses<br />
sponsored the event, and a<br />
raffle featuring a variety of<br />
prize baskets provided participants<br />
with further opportunities<br />
to raise money for<br />
Shady Oaks Camp.<br />
Following the 5K, the<br />
OMGC Knights of Columbus<br />
are gearing up for<br />
a busy weekend during<br />
Homer Community Fest,<br />
which is slated to run from<br />
Thursday, June 21, through<br />
Sunday, June 24.<br />
“We are hosting the Homer<br />
Fest beer tent on Sunday,<br />
[June 24], and we will also<br />
Canine Amerigold Vespoochie leads the way for Homer<br />
Glen residents Rosanne and Ben Nuzzo on the 5K course.<br />
The Rev. Joseph Broudou, of Our Mother of Good Counsel<br />
Parish, delivers a pre-race blessing.<br />
participate in the parade,”<br />
Plebanek said.<br />
Our Mother of Good Counsel<br />
Parish is located at 16043<br />
S. Bell Road in Homer Glen.<br />
For more information<br />
about the Knights of Columbus<br />
Council 15022, as well<br />
as the 5K Fun Run, visit<br />
www.omgcknights.com.<br />
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Summer Reading Challenge<br />
at library now taking place<br />
All ages able to<br />
participate, win prizes<br />
through July 21<br />
Staff report<br />
The Summer Reading<br />
Challenge — with a theme<br />
of “Reading Takes You<br />
Everywhere” — is taking<br />
place from Monday,<br />
June 11, through July 21<br />
at Homer Township Public<br />
Library.<br />
Adults, teens and children<br />
can all take part in<br />
the Summer Reading Challenge.<br />
Adults will have the<br />
chance to win a Cooper’s<br />
Hawk Winery & Restaurants<br />
wine tasting, passes<br />
to the Shedd Aquarium or<br />
Morton Arboretum, White<br />
Sox tickets and more for<br />
reading anything, including<br />
books, blogs and magazines<br />
during the summer.<br />
Teens in the Summer<br />
Reading Club over the<br />
same dates have a chance<br />
to win gift cards to Game-<br />
Stop, Target or Starbucks,<br />
as well as “Stranger<br />
Things” artwork and backpack,<br />
movie tickets, books<br />
and more, also for reading<br />
anything, including books<br />
and websites, during the<br />
summer.<br />
Children interested in the<br />
Summer Reading Club can<br />
also earn prizes for completing<br />
reading goals, attending<br />
programs, visiting<br />
the library and StoryWalk.<br />
Registration is now open<br />
for adults, teens and children<br />
at the library.<br />
For more information<br />
on the Summer Reading<br />
Challenge, call the library<br />
at (708) 301-7908 or visit<br />
www.homerlibrary.org.<br />
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Tuesday, June 19<br />
10 A.M. to 2 P.M.<br />
Homer Glen Village Hall<br />
14240 W. 151st Street<br />
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SERVICES OFFERED:<br />
**Proper Identification will be required for the below services**<br />
Renewal / Correction of Drivers License<br />
(Seniors age 75 and up must visit DMV to renew DL)<br />
New / Renewal / Correction of State ID<br />
(No Charge for Seniors age 65 and up)<br />
License Plate Stickers<br />
Motor Voter Registration With Renewal of DL / ID<br />
Organ Donor Registration With Renewal of DL / ID<br />
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Administration & Finance Committee<br />
Officials hear update on grant for Heritage Park<br />
Electricity rates for<br />
residents, boundary<br />
agreement with<br />
Lemont also reviewed<br />
Jessie Molloy<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
The Homer Glen Administration<br />
& Finance Committee<br />
discussed several pending issues<br />
coming before the Village<br />
Board in the near future<br />
at its June 6 meeting.<br />
The most imminent development<br />
discussed by the committee<br />
was the progress of the<br />
Illinois Environmental Protection<br />
Agency 319 Grant for<br />
Heritage Park. The project,<br />
which includes the creation<br />
of detention ponds, bioswales<br />
and the placement of native<br />
plants to improve stormwater<br />
management and water quality,<br />
went out to bid on June 5.<br />
Development Services<br />
Director Mike Salamowicz<br />
revealed that the low bidder<br />
on the project was Alessio &<br />
Sons Company, with a bid of<br />
$1,196,592.50. This amount<br />
is well below the budgeted<br />
price of $1,526,000.<br />
The grant will provide<br />
funding for approximately 60<br />
percent of the project’s cost.<br />
The Village Board was to be<br />
asked to approve the contract<br />
at its next meeting. If the<br />
contract is approved, work<br />
will begin in mid-July and is<br />
slated for completion by the<br />
end of September.<br />
The grant project is part of<br />
Phase II of the Heritage Park<br />
construction, along with the<br />
active core area, which is also<br />
currently out for bid. Salamowicz<br />
reported that three<br />
contractors have already expressed<br />
interest in the project,<br />
and the bid will be awarded<br />
by the end of the month.<br />
Meanwhile, Phase I of the<br />
park is 80 percent completed<br />
and will be finished within<br />
the next two weeks.<br />
Electrical aggregation<br />
Assistant Village Manger<br />
Heather Kokodynsky reported<br />
on the Village’s electrical<br />
aggregation contract, seeking<br />
guidance on how to proceed.<br />
Homer Glen has been part<br />
of the Will County Electric<br />
Aggregation Group with 17<br />
other municipalities since<br />
2012 in an effort to get more<br />
competitive electricity rates<br />
than were available through<br />
ComEd. The WEAG’s current<br />
supplier of electricity is<br />
Dynegy, a contract which is<br />
set to expire in October.<br />
Kokodynsky reported, however,<br />
that recently ComEd’s<br />
rates have become more<br />
competitive with Dynegy and<br />
other alternate retailers. Given<br />
the newly competitive rate and<br />
some of the confusion the aggregation’s<br />
opt-out program<br />
has caused among residents,<br />
Kokodynsky asked the committee<br />
if the Village should<br />
sign on to continue the aggregation<br />
plan with WEAG.<br />
Residents are often confused<br />
by the fact that the<br />
company contracted through<br />
WEAG will become their default<br />
power provider. Many<br />
believe they have to opt into<br />
the aggregation program,<br />
when in fact the opposite is<br />
true. There has also been miscommunication<br />
on social media,<br />
Kokodynsky explained,<br />
stating that ComEd’s prices<br />
are lower than the aggregated<br />
prices.<br />
ComEd is currently charging<br />
7.358 cents/kWh, while<br />
Dynegy is charging 7.19<br />
cents/kWh.<br />
WEAG argues that the<br />
rates will continue to provide<br />
a savings to the residents,<br />
and the committee voted to<br />
at least keep the option open<br />
while WEAG investigated<br />
prices from ComEd and different<br />
companies.<br />
Boundary agreement with<br />
Village of Lemont<br />
Finally, the committee discussed<br />
a recent development<br />
to a boundary agreement between<br />
the Village and the Village<br />
of Lemont.<br />
Two properties making<br />
up a triangle northwest of<br />
Archer Avenue and south of<br />
135th Street were supposed<br />
to be handed over to Lemont<br />
in order to “clean up the map<br />
and make the boundaries<br />
more contiguous,” according<br />
to Director of Planning &<br />
Zoning Vijay Gadde.<br />
The matter of handing over<br />
the property had gone as far<br />
as being slated for this week’s<br />
Village Board agenda but had<br />
to be removed because it<br />
came to light that the properties<br />
are owned by the Illinois<br />
Department of Transportation,<br />
not private individuals,<br />
as was originally assumed.<br />
The issue has not impacted<br />
the properties’ ability to<br />
change hands, but it has delayed<br />
it while the transfer is<br />
worked out with IDOT.<br />
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intervention. I truly believe<br />
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“I swore when I first started<br />
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teach high school,” Hohnstedt<br />
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here 33 years.”<br />
Throughout her 38 years in<br />
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Hohnstedt works specifically<br />
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LTHS, teaching students<br />
with learning disabilities or<br />
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impaired. This past school<br />
year, she taught British literature<br />
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disabled and cognitively<br />
impaired, as well as daily<br />
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learning to cook, clean, make<br />
a bed and crossing the street.<br />
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my career that I know some<br />
people would never ever have<br />
the opportunity to meet.”<br />
Looking back at her career,<br />
Hohnstedt said one of her<br />
greatest success was helping<br />
Bradley-Pantoja.<br />
“[Bradley-Pantoja] is probably<br />
one of my greatest successes,”<br />
she said. “She came<br />
to me originally for English.<br />
She was on my caseload,<br />
so I got to know her family.<br />
She has a college degree, she<br />
worked her butt off to help<br />
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Lockport special education<br />
teacher retires after 33 years<br />
Hohnstedt taught a<br />
variety of subjects<br />
during her career<br />
Jacquelyn Schlabach<br />
Assistant Editor<br />
LTHS special education<br />
teacher Kathy Hohnstedt<br />
retired after 33 years of<br />
teaching at the school.<br />
Photo submitted<br />
Every year since 2009,<br />
Lockport Township High<br />
School graduate Samantha<br />
Bradley-Pantoja has visited<br />
her alma mater for one very<br />
special reason.<br />
Around Christmas, Bradley-Pantoja<br />
stops by the<br />
school to see her former<br />
teacher Kathy Hohnstedt and<br />
catch up. Looking back at her<br />
high school experience, she<br />
credits the special education<br />
teacher as someone who has<br />
had the biggest impact on her<br />
life.<br />
When the alumna was a<br />
senior at LTHS, Hohnstedt<br />
was the driving force in guiding<br />
Bradley-Pantoja into the<br />
next chapter of her life. She<br />
attended a community college<br />
for two years before she<br />
attended Columbia College<br />
Chicago, a school that Hohnstedt<br />
said would be a great fit<br />
for Bradley-Pantoja because<br />
of their educational resources<br />
and her interests. She later<br />
graduated with a focus in radio<br />
and continues to do freelance<br />
work from home while<br />
taking care of her son.<br />
“I feel like I’m really<br />
happy with the way it turned<br />
out,” Bradley-Pantoja said.<br />
“I’m really happy she guided<br />
me in that direction and suggested<br />
that college to begin<br />
with.”<br />
Hohnstedt was a different<br />
kind of teacher to Bradley-Pantoja,<br />
who said she<br />
pushes her students to the<br />
best of their ability and always<br />
encourages them to<br />
achieve their dreams, even<br />
after they’ve graduated high<br />
school. Hohnstedt has had a<br />
positive impact on a countless<br />
number of students<br />
throughout her 33 years at<br />
LTHS. Thirty-eight years after<br />
she first started her career<br />
in the education field, Hohnstedt<br />
will be entering a new<br />
chapter of her own, as she<br />
retired from the job she truly<br />
loved at the recently completed<br />
school year.<br />
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Hohnstedt said. “I don’t think<br />
there are a lot of people in<br />
this world that can go to work<br />
every day, well, almost every<br />
day, and say that they’re having<br />
a good time.”<br />
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Down syndrome who was<br />
10 months younger than her;<br />
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special education. She decided<br />
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of Wisconsin-Eau<br />
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Homer Glen resident shares letter penned to now ailing stepfather<br />
‘Lessons learned from<br />
Dad’ originally written as<br />
Father’s Day tribute<br />
Jacquelyn Schlabach<br />
Assistant Editor<br />
Father’s Day holds its traditions<br />
in every family.<br />
Taking dad or grandpa out to the<br />
ballgame, going out to dinner, seeing<br />
a movie or just enjoying each<br />
other’s company and celebrating an<br />
influential man in one’s life is what<br />
the day is all about.<br />
Homer Glen resident Mary Pat<br />
DeGrassi hosts a barbecue at her<br />
home every year for the special occasion,<br />
gathering the family together<br />
to recognize those who play the<br />
role of “dad.”<br />
Six years ago, DeGrassi submitted<br />
a letter to The Horizon written<br />
about her stepfather, Leo Gruenholz.<br />
For a few years, Publisher<br />
22nd Century Media had a Father’s<br />
Day Contest where people could<br />
submit letters, photographs and<br />
anything else that shows their father<br />
is No. 1.<br />
While her letter didn’t win the<br />
grand prize, it had a lasting impact<br />
on Leo in the years since.<br />
“Leo has always been an awesome<br />
stepfather; there’s no other<br />
words,” Degrassi said. “I truly believe<br />
he’s one of the best gifts my<br />
mom gave me.”<br />
DeGrassi’s parents divorced<br />
when she was a child, and her mother,<br />
Pat, married Leo when she was<br />
6. They’ll be married for 47 years<br />
this July.<br />
Leo (middle) and Pat Gruenholz gather with their family members,<br />
including their daughter, Mary Pat DeGrassi, and son, Michael. Photo<br />
submitted<br />
“There’s so much unfortunate divorce<br />
in this world nowadays; it’s<br />
really important in your kids’ life<br />
that everyone gets along, because it<br />
makes a huge difference,” DeGrassi<br />
said.<br />
Her biological father has a significant<br />
presence in her life, as well,<br />
and said that she is fortunate to have<br />
them both in her life.<br />
Leo, 78, was diagnosed with lung<br />
cancer in 2015. They were told<br />
shortly afterward that he was cancer-free,<br />
but in 2016, it came back.<br />
He started doing chemotherapy, but<br />
as of a year ago, he decided to stop.<br />
After Thanksgiving in 2016, he was<br />
put on hospice and has been on it<br />
ever since.<br />
“I think it’s important for my<br />
mom [to share the letter] because<br />
she knows the timing is nearing for<br />
Leo, and I think she wants to make<br />
sure that he realizes how much everybody<br />
loves him, and just that<br />
we’ve had a great life with him,”<br />
DeGrassi said.<br />
When she wrote the letter in<br />
2012, she kept it a secret because<br />
she wanted Leo to be surprised if<br />
she were to win and have the letter<br />
published in the paper. Leo said<br />
when he later read it, he was moved<br />
to tears. Their relationship is like father<br />
and daughter, and he has never<br />
referred to her as his stepdaughter.<br />
“I just felt like it was a heartwarming<br />
letter for other people to<br />
know that a stepparent doesn’t always<br />
mean that you have to hate<br />
them,” Pat said.<br />
Leo has been there for DeGrassi<br />
when she got her first car, for the<br />
birth of her three children and<br />
Lessons learned from Dad<br />
Mary Pat DeGrassi<br />
Homer Glen resident<br />
Angels are sometimes disguised<br />
not only as fathers, but stepfathers,<br />
too. When I was a young girl, my<br />
parents divorced, and each remarried.<br />
In grade school, I disliked my<br />
stepfather — why? Because he sat<br />
with me to do my homework and<br />
actually made me cross my T’s<br />
and dot every I. If my schoolwork<br />
wasn’t done correctly, he would<br />
erase, and I would do it over again<br />
and again, until it was right. I also<br />
had to help my mom with my<br />
chores, whether it was cleaning<br />
my room, cutting the grass or doing<br />
the dishes.<br />
A short time later, they blessed<br />
me with a little brother. I think I<br />
initially resented that not only because<br />
I was now a built-in babysitter,<br />
but because it ended my<br />
reign as a (spoiled) only child.<br />
Over the years, he taught us both<br />
about living a good and honest<br />
through all of life’s ups and downs.<br />
“Leo is very easygoing,” Pat said.<br />
“He’s very kind and helpful, and<br />
just whenever she needed anything<br />
he was there, but at the same token,<br />
if it was something he felt was not<br />
right, he let her know.”<br />
About 14 years ago, Pat and Leo<br />
moved from Oak Lawn to Homer<br />
Glen to be closer to their children.<br />
DeGrassi’s younger brother, Michael,<br />
lives in Lockport. They both<br />
life. One of his favorite sayings<br />
is, “You know what you did, and<br />
as long as you know that you did<br />
the right thing, then don’t worry<br />
about what others think or say.”<br />
Leo teaches by example; he<br />
taught us how to be understanding<br />
parents, painters, a mechanic,<br />
carpenter, plumber, gardener and<br />
best friend. I don’t know what my<br />
kids would do without their papa.<br />
They, too, have learned so much<br />
from him. Leo/dad/papa — with<br />
patience — is right beside me, my<br />
brother, and most important these<br />
days, my kids, teaching us all how<br />
to work together as a team, for the<br />
good of all.<br />
The best gifts in life don’t always<br />
come wrapped in shiny paper<br />
and bows. My mom gave me<br />
the best gift ever over 40 years<br />
ago — a stepfather named Leo.<br />
He may not be my biological father,<br />
but he definitely deserves the<br />
title of “Dad.”<br />
help out their parents, with DeGrassi<br />
coming to cut their lawn and her<br />
brother helping with things around<br />
the house, as well. Since Leo was<br />
diagnosed, the family has dinner<br />
together every Friday night at their<br />
home. They’ve always been a closeknit<br />
family, but now even more so.<br />
“Leo has just been awesome,”<br />
DeGrassi said. “He’s always been<br />
there for me, like I wrote in the letter.”<br />
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vocate when she needed some extra<br />
help.”<br />
It’s rewarding for her to see her<br />
former students make a name for<br />
themselves doing what they love<br />
and being successful. Hohnstedt<br />
hopes that through all they’ve accomplished,<br />
she’s been able to<br />
make a mark on their life.<br />
“I take my kids personally, and<br />
every kid needs an advocate somewhere<br />
along the line, so even if I<br />
know the kid is a little stinker sitting<br />
in the dean’s office, I will go so they<br />
have someone on their side,” Hohnstedt<br />
said.<br />
Thirty-eight years after working<br />
in Kentucky, Hohnstedt still keeps<br />
in touch with many parents of the<br />
students she taught there, and she<br />
still keeps in touch with those who<br />
graduated from LTHS, including<br />
Bradley-Pantoja.<br />
“She genuinely cares,” Bradley-Pantoja<br />
said. “Whereas most<br />
teachers once you graduate [say],<br />
‘They’re out the door, OK,’ but<br />
[Hohnstedt] genuinely cares.”<br />
On May 23, special education<br />
teacher Sue Herring got her social<br />
skills class together and threw a<br />
science-themed retirement party for<br />
Hohnstedt.<br />
“The students came up with everything<br />
they needed,” Herring<br />
said. “They wanted a science theme,<br />
because it was their favorite class<br />
with her.”<br />
There was a photo booth, streamers,<br />
balloons, flowers and a giant<br />
card where each student wrote encouraging<br />
words about Hohnstedt.<br />
Outgoing, energetic, nice, happy<br />
and funny were just some of the<br />
adjectives students used to describe<br />
their beloved teacher.<br />
Herring has worked with Hohnstedt<br />
for nine years and said she’s<br />
been a great mentor to her and a<br />
great person to work with.<br />
“I just think she’s an amazing<br />
person and deserves a happy retirement,<br />
and we wanted to give her<br />
one last surprise from the students<br />
that she’s impacted,” Herring said.<br />
Hohnstedt’s plans for retirement<br />
include moving closer to her son in<br />
Lombard to spend more time with<br />
her two grandchildren, as well as<br />
travel to visit her two brothers and<br />
daughter.<br />
“Life is good,” she said. “I want<br />
to make the most out of the remainder<br />
of my life.”<br />
As for advice to her fellow teachers:<br />
Embrace the children they teach.<br />
“I would tell them to embrace the<br />
kids, embrace the curriculum, because<br />
the kids are the reason why<br />
we’re here, she said. “We just have<br />
to make it the most for them and the<br />
best experience.”
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On June 2, R Market Inc.<br />
welcomed produce patrons to<br />
Zabrocki Plaza in Tinley Park for<br />
its first farmers market of 2018.<br />
And the only thing more bountiful<br />
than the wide variety of fresh flowers,<br />
veggies, crafts and cuisines<br />
was the happiness radiating from<br />
attendees, as they made their way<br />
through the over 60 vendor booths<br />
on a beautiful spring morning. The<br />
weekly event runs from 7:30 a.m.-<br />
12:30 p.m. every Saturday through<br />
October.<br />
“I’m excited that we’re in our<br />
21st year, still going strong, and<br />
that people still want to participate,”<br />
said Becky Nichols, market<br />
organizer. “There’s something for<br />
everybody, and it’s a nice place to<br />
come. It’s free, and the kids also<br />
have fun stuff to do. There’s food<br />
to eat, beverages to drink, things<br />
to look at and buy. This market is<br />
also great for shopping for birthday<br />
gifts or wedding gifts.”<br />
Popcorn from Kernel Sweetooth,<br />
cheese from Stamper Cheese Company,<br />
treats from Villa’s Nuts &<br />
Candy and sweets from first-time<br />
vendor Orland Park Bakery also<br />
were popular products at the market.<br />
Tupperware, Avon, Pampered<br />
Chef and vendors selling homemade<br />
candles, jewelry and more<br />
offered several options for unique<br />
gifts, as well. During the summer<br />
vacation months, the market also<br />
will offer free face painting and<br />
crafts for children at 9 a.m.<br />
Reporting by Laurie Fanelli, Freelance<br />
Reporter. For more, visit Tin<br />
leyJunction.com.<br />
FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER<br />
Service dogs in training get cuddle<br />
time<br />
A puppy-cuddling event sounds<br />
like the unrealistic dream of every<br />
dog-lover out there.<br />
But last week in Mokena, that<br />
cute, cuddly event was a reality.<br />
With 10 new puppies destined to<br />
be future service dogs, Heartland<br />
Service Dogs Inc. hosted an event<br />
June 6 to let the puppies meet new<br />
people and raise awareness about<br />
their organization.<br />
“We do have a few people who<br />
have signed up as puppy-raisers,<br />
but we are still looking for more,”<br />
Fox said.<br />
Even with the number of puppies<br />
from this litter, she said it will<br />
not be enough to meet the need for<br />
service dogs in the area. In addition<br />
to their current waiting list, which<br />
could be up to three years for some<br />
people, Fox said she has received<br />
roughly a dozen new applications<br />
in recent months.<br />
“Even if every puppy successfully<br />
completed the program, I don’t<br />
have enough dogs,” she said.<br />
For those people who do volunteer<br />
to become puppy raisers, it is<br />
about an 18-month commitment,<br />
and Fox said Heartland is with<br />
the foster parents every step of the<br />
way.<br />
“[Puppy raisers] don’t have<br />
to feel like, ‘Well, I don’t know<br />
anything about training a service<br />
dog,’” she said. “You don’t need to.<br />
You just need to be willing to love<br />
it and care for it, and we’ll help you<br />
with the rest.”<br />
Reporting by Amanda Stoll, Assistant<br />
Editor. For more, visit MokenaMes<br />
senger.com.<br />
FROM THE FRANKFORT STATION<br />
Proposed land sale would pave<br />
way for mixed-used development<br />
The Frankfort Village Board<br />
is slated to vote this month on a<br />
purchase and sale agreement that<br />
would allow for the construction<br />
of a 11,300-square foot singlestory<br />
mixed-use building on North<br />
White Street.<br />
The redevelopment offer —<br />
submitted by Frankfort accounting<br />
firm DeMarco, Sciaccotta, Wilkens<br />
& Dunleavy LLP, would involve<br />
purchasing the “Mech House” at<br />
11 North White St. and a portion<br />
of the Prairie Park parking lot located<br />
at 7 North White Street for<br />
approximately $250,000. The new<br />
structure is expected to offer space<br />
for retail and office use, as well as<br />
a sit-down restaurant with outdoor<br />
seating.<br />
Because the proposed project<br />
would eliminate a section of the<br />
Prairie Park parking lot, new parking<br />
spaces would be constructed<br />
around the new building as part of<br />
the project plan.<br />
A first reading of the agreement<br />
was conducted at the board’s June<br />
4 meeting, and trustees are expected<br />
to take action on the matter June 18.<br />
“Right now, this property is<br />
earning no property tax, either for<br />
the Village or the school districts<br />
or any of our other governing entities<br />
within the Village, because it<br />
is owned by the Village,” Trustee<br />
Cindy Heath said. “So, once this<br />
does become a commercial property,<br />
it will be taxed, it will be on<br />
the property tax rolls.”<br />
Heath said she anticipated the<br />
development would have an assessed<br />
property value of more<br />
than $1 million, which she suggested<br />
would benefit local entities<br />
that rely upon sources of property<br />
tax revenue other than residential<br />
property taxes.<br />
Reporting by Nuria Mathog, Editor.<br />
For more, visit FrankfortStation.com.<br />
FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND<br />
Cruisin’ Into Lockport signals<br />
summer’s arrival<br />
Nothing says summer in Lockport<br />
like the sight of classic cars<br />
lining the downtown square.<br />
On June 4, the first installment of<br />
Cruisin’ Into Lockport 2018 kicked<br />
off the season with a car show<br />
dedicated to the finest Ford Motor<br />
Company has ever offered. Thunderbirds,<br />
Mustangs, custom models<br />
and more varieties impressed<br />
car experts and novices alike.<br />
Along with all the Ford fun, the<br />
event also featured the Pit Stop<br />
Food Court, games for children<br />
and live music compliments of the<br />
rock band Cadillac Groove.<br />
Now in its 15th year, Cruisin’<br />
Into Lockport signaled the start of<br />
summer in the suburbs with sunny<br />
skies and huge crowds during its<br />
first week.<br />
“I think over the past 15 years<br />
it has gained a reputation for being<br />
a fun family event with free<br />
entertainment, and you can even<br />
eat your dinner out here,” said Jodi<br />
Herman, City of Lockport administrative<br />
assistant. “On nights like<br />
tonight, when it’s so nice, you can<br />
come out to look at the cars and sit<br />
and listen to the bands. It’s great.”<br />
Joliet resident Jim Dickerson<br />
said he enjoys coming out to<br />
Cruisin’ Into Lockport for the cars<br />
and the company. He showcased<br />
his 2003 Ford Mustang GT.<br />
“This is something fun to do, and<br />
it keeps me out of the tavern,” he<br />
joked.<br />
Reporting by Laurie Fanelli, Freelance<br />
Reporter. For more, visit Lock<br />
portLegend.com.<br />
FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE<br />
Parks & Rec Committee looking to<br />
2019 for possible paid concert<br />
Pending budget approval later<br />
this year, Centennial Park West<br />
is looking more and more likely<br />
to host a big-name musical act in<br />
2019.<br />
The Village of Orland Park’s<br />
Parks and Recreation Committee on<br />
June 4 voted 3-0 to recommend the<br />
Village Board approve contracting<br />
with Double D Booking for a concert<br />
next year at Centennial.<br />
Nancy Flores, recreation director<br />
for the Village, said after months of<br />
meeting with talent agencies, staff<br />
determined that Double D Booking<br />
was its preferred, exclusive event<br />
management group to contract for<br />
a possible concert.<br />
“Double D works very closely<br />
with the talent agents, and they<br />
also have a national outreach,”<br />
Flores said.<br />
Flores said services performed by<br />
Double D include talent sourcing,<br />
and pre- and post-event production<br />
management. Flores said the event<br />
management services were unique,<br />
which is why staff was recommending<br />
moving forward with Double D.<br />
These types of services would include<br />
the agency handling hotel accommodations<br />
for the musical act,<br />
travel expenses and on-site management<br />
during the concert.<br />
“That way, especially if this does<br />
come to fruition, staff can really<br />
focus on the task at hand — which<br />
is working together with [the parks<br />
department] and making sure the<br />
event is secure, ticket sales, alcohol<br />
sales, food, and working with other<br />
vendors,” Flores said. “There’s going<br />
to be a lot on our plate for an<br />
event of this magnitude. We felt<br />
that Double D is going to be the<br />
best fit for us, because they are going<br />
to be able to offer those on-site<br />
hands to help us.”<br />
Reporting by Jon DePaolis, Freelance<br />
Reporter. For more, visit OPPrairie.<br />
com.<br />
FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT<br />
Bennitt’s baseball versatility,<br />
passion for engineering lands him<br />
at IIT<br />
When Lincoln-Way Central<br />
graduate Brandon Bennitt was<br />
searching for colleges, his No. 1<br />
priority was clear: to find a school<br />
with strong academics and a respected<br />
engineering school.<br />
Baseball, Bennitt decided, would<br />
not be the ultimate decision-maker.<br />
“My dad really wanted me to<br />
play college baseball, but I started<br />
looking at schools like [University<br />
of Illinois] and Purdue for their engineering<br />
programs,” Bennitt said.<br />
“I told my parents I might just go to<br />
a big school like that and not play<br />
baseball, and they were good with<br />
that.”<br />
Instead, Bennitt found a fit that<br />
would give him the best of both<br />
worlds. He signed to play baseball<br />
at the Illinois Institute of Technology,<br />
a NCAA Division III program.<br />
He plans to major in computer engineering.<br />
“I didn’t want to go too far away,<br />
and IIT is really close to home,”<br />
Bennitt said. “I felt really comfortable<br />
with the coaches there, and I<br />
already know some guys that play<br />
there.<br />
“The school has a great engineering<br />
program, and that’s the<br />
most important thing. Baseball is<br />
just a bonus.”<br />
It’s a bonus that has allowed<br />
Bennitt to fulfill a lifelong goal and<br />
to follow in the footsteps of his father.<br />
Bob Bennitt played baseball<br />
at Joliet Junior College and Quincy<br />
University.<br />
“It’s always been a dream to play<br />
college baseball,” Bennitt said.<br />
“My dad always worked with me<br />
and pushed me. … I knew that if<br />
I went to college and didn’t play<br />
baseball, I’d definitely miss it.”<br />
Reporting by Steve Millar, Freelance<br />
Reporter. For more, visit NewLenox<br />
Patriot.com.
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From the Editor<br />
Discovering and rediscovering summertime interests<br />
Thomas Czaja<br />
tom@homerhorizon.com<br />
As of this issue date,<br />
we are a week away<br />
from the official<br />
start of summer.<br />
Though, with the nice<br />
weather we have been<br />
having lately, we have<br />
already been out and about,<br />
taking advantage of the<br />
warmer months and all the<br />
many fun outdoor activities<br />
the Chicago area has to<br />
offer.<br />
With this time of year<br />
come local traditions, as<br />
well. In this issue, we see<br />
multiple examples of things<br />
going on right in Homer<br />
Glen. We see in the cover<br />
story on Page 3 the recap<br />
on the annual 5K Fun Run<br />
held at Messenger Marsh<br />
Forest Preserve.<br />
It once again benefitted<br />
Shady Oaks Camp, and<br />
an estimated 125 people<br />
participated. Even if you<br />
missed the race, maybe<br />
exploring the Messenger<br />
Marsh or other spots you<br />
haven’t checked out around<br />
town is on your to-do list.<br />
Elsewhere, in the cover<br />
story on Page 17, you can<br />
read about the Lemont<br />
Classic Car Club shows<br />
starting up again for the<br />
season. By the time you<br />
read this, three will already<br />
have occurred for the year.<br />
However, they run every<br />
Sunday from 4 to 7 p.m.<br />
in the Big R parking lot in<br />
Homer Glen through September,<br />
so there are plenty<br />
of chances to catch a car<br />
show or two, and you never<br />
know what kind of make<br />
or model may pull in on a<br />
given week. Now, even if<br />
you aren’t the fastest runner<br />
or most knowledgeable<br />
about all things cars (me),<br />
you can still have and gain<br />
an appreciation for both<br />
events.<br />
The blurb on Page 5 of<br />
this issue is in regard to the<br />
Homer Township Public<br />
Library and its Summer<br />
Reading Challenge for<br />
adults, teens and children<br />
alike. There is an assortment<br />
of prizes available as<br />
incentives to those of all<br />
ages who get reading.<br />
When was the last time<br />
you read a book? Even<br />
those who aren’t bookworms<br />
and enjoy an active<br />
summer lifestyle can surely<br />
appreciate spending an<br />
occasional evening out on<br />
the patio peacefully reading<br />
while getting some fresh air<br />
and sipping a beverage.<br />
These are just three examples<br />
of some stuff going<br />
on locally over summer.<br />
Whether stopping somewhere<br />
nearby for ice cream,<br />
exploring nature or checking<br />
out cars or books, there<br />
is something for everyone<br />
to find and participate in.<br />
For myself, I am part of<br />
an Ultimate Frisbee group<br />
that meets weekly. I was<br />
stagnant with it for a while,<br />
but now I am going again,<br />
trying to make the most of<br />
the idyllic weather. Reading<br />
about the 5K Fun Run<br />
and its good cause has<br />
inspired me to once again<br />
try to complete my first 5K<br />
coming up.<br />
It’s all about us getting<br />
out of our comfort<br />
zones, trying new things,<br />
rekindling old things and<br />
making the most of summer,<br />
because we know how<br />
fleeting it is.<br />
So, before we are<br />
bundled up in jackets again,<br />
try finding the extra in the<br />
ordinary, even right here<br />
in the community, and you<br />
are bound to discover new<br />
knowledge, interests and<br />
people along the way.<br />
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Welcoming the nanny Local<br />
youth theater group to put on its adaptation<br />
of ‘Mary Poppins,’ Page 17<br />
Piece of the pie Grapevine Foods<br />
carves space for itself in Orland Park over more<br />
than a decade in business, Page 19<br />
Cruise nights with classic cars pull<br />
back into Homer Glen for warmer<br />
months, Page 17<br />
Wayne Beran (left) sits with Frank Passananti, owner of<br />
a 1957 Chevy Bel Air, as Passananti displays his vintage<br />
vehicle June 3 at the Lemont Classic Car Club weekly cruise<br />
night in the parking lot of Big R in Homer Glen. Rochelle<br />
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Pastor Column<br />
Loving your neighbor<br />
Pastor Dana O’Brien<br />
Cross of Glory Lutheran Church<br />
Jesus continually tells us<br />
that the second greatest<br />
commandment is<br />
to love our neighbors as<br />
ourselves. And while that’s<br />
a wonderful guide for living<br />
each day, studies indicate<br />
that most people in the U.S.<br />
don’t even know the names<br />
of their neighbors, much<br />
less anything substantive<br />
about them. And it’s pretty<br />
hard to love our neighbors,<br />
if we don’t even know who<br />
they are.<br />
Last time I wrote this<br />
column, I encouraged us all<br />
to use these warmer months<br />
FAITH BRIEFS<br />
Cross of Glory Lutheran Church<br />
(14719 W. 163rd St., Homer Glen)<br />
Adoption Support Group<br />
6:30 p.m. second Monday<br />
of each month. This group<br />
is for those who have been<br />
adopted or are adopting a<br />
child. This group will help<br />
answer questions, give advice,<br />
share stories and learn<br />
about resources.<br />
2018 Vacation Bible School<br />
9 a.m.-noon July 9-12.<br />
Children ages 4 through<br />
fifth grade will experience<br />
four days filled with games,<br />
Bible stories, snacks, crafts,<br />
science and music. The<br />
theme for 2018 is superheroes.<br />
Spaces are limited.<br />
Cost is $10 per child. Registration<br />
forms are available<br />
to follow Jesus’ command<br />
to go out — yes, that would<br />
be outside the walls of our<br />
church buildings — to show<br />
God’s love in our communities.<br />
Sometimes, that’s<br />
easier said than done, so<br />
today we focus on getting<br />
to know our neighbors, the<br />
people who live right next<br />
door.<br />
I’m sure many of you<br />
already know all your<br />
neighbors. Maybe your<br />
kids play together, or you<br />
frequently visit each other’s<br />
homes, or are involved in<br />
lots of neighborhood events.<br />
But this article is for the rest<br />
of us — those of us whose<br />
neighborly interactions are<br />
limited to a wave as we’re<br />
heading from the car to the<br />
house, or a quick “hi” when<br />
we find ourselves picking<br />
up the mail at the same<br />
time.<br />
For those of us who need<br />
some help getting to know<br />
the neighbors God calls us<br />
to love, here are three pretty<br />
easy ways to start:<br />
at the church and at www.<br />
crossofglory.com. The Vacation<br />
Bible School is also<br />
in need of volunteers. For<br />
more information, call<br />
(708) 301-6998.<br />
St. Bernard Parish<br />
(13030 W. 143rd St., Homer Glen)<br />
Fishing Derby<br />
8:30-11 a.m. Saturday,<br />
June 16. The annual<br />
Fishing Derby is sponsored<br />
by the St. Bernard’s Men’s<br />
Club and takes place at the<br />
pond in front of the church.<br />
Boys and girls ages 15 and<br />
under are invited to test<br />
their skills. Bring your<br />
own bait and equipment.<br />
Registration begins at 8:30<br />
a.m., and fishing starts<br />
at 9 a.m. Prizes will be<br />
1. Spend more time outside<br />
in your front yard. We<br />
spend a lot of time inside,<br />
and when we’re out, we’re<br />
often in the privacy of our<br />
backyards. But sitting out<br />
front allows us to notice<br />
who walks by, and makes it<br />
a lot easier to start a conversation.<br />
2. Walk around your<br />
neighborhood (and bring<br />
your dog, if you have one).<br />
As you see the same people<br />
over and over, you’ll get to<br />
know them.<br />
3. Invite your neighbors<br />
over for something. It can<br />
be a meal, a cookout, an<br />
invite to watch a sporting<br />
event or movie, an ice<br />
cream social, a yard game<br />
night, drinks and dessert in<br />
the driveway, pretty much<br />
anything. The key is getting<br />
people together so they can<br />
learn about each other.<br />
awarded, and there will be<br />
a big fish contest.<br />
The National Rosary for<br />
Marriage<br />
Noon, Saturday, June 23,<br />
under the cross on the hill.<br />
This gathering is sponsored<br />
by America Needs Fatima<br />
and will take place at thousands<br />
of locations across the<br />
country.<br />
‘Seussical Jr.’ the Musical<br />
7 p.m. Saturday, June 23<br />
and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, June<br />
24. Brooke’s Backyard Productions<br />
and St. Bernard’s<br />
Theater Ministry present the<br />
musical, which will accept atwill<br />
donations for SOS Children’s<br />
Village in Lockport.<br />
And what goes for each of<br />
us individually also applies<br />
to our congregations. A long<br />
time ago, churches were integrated<br />
into the community.<br />
People walked to worship<br />
and knew everyone who<br />
lived around the building.<br />
However, nowadays, people<br />
often commute to worship<br />
and know little about the<br />
families living right next<br />
door.<br />
Like individual Christians,<br />
congregations are also called<br />
to love their neighbors. But<br />
first, we need to get to know<br />
them. Spending time outside,<br />
walking your neighborhood<br />
and inviting your neighbors<br />
over for a party also helps<br />
congregations get to know<br />
their neighbors. Christianity<br />
is all about relationship —<br />
relationship with God, and<br />
with others.<br />
A good place to start is<br />
with those others who live<br />
right next to us — some of<br />
the neighbors we are called<br />
to love.<br />
The opinions of this column are<br />
that of the writer. They do not<br />
necessarily reflect those of The<br />
Homer Horizon.<br />
Assumption Greek Orthodox Church<br />
(15625 S. Bell Road, Homer Glen)<br />
Assumption Night with the<br />
Chicago Fire Soccer Club<br />
7:30 p.m. June 30. Watch<br />
the Chicago Fire take on<br />
New York City FC. Corner<br />
kick tickets are $25. Tailgating<br />
begins at 4:30 p.m. For<br />
more information, contact<br />
the church at (708) 645-<br />
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In Memoriam<br />
Marleen Bauer<br />
Marleen “Marcy” Renee<br />
Bauer (nee Burcenski),<br />
59, of Lockport, died May<br />
31. She was a graduate of<br />
Lockport Township High<br />
School and Illinois State<br />
University. She worked<br />
at Porter Drugs and Gifts<br />
alongside her husband,<br />
Don. She enjoyed fishing<br />
in Canada and spending<br />
time in Florida with her<br />
parents. Marcy is survived<br />
by her husband, Don; her<br />
daughter, Marla; her father,<br />
Martin Burcenski; her<br />
sisters, Colleen (Jerry) Dillon,<br />
Jolleen (Bob) Szeliga<br />
and Holly Burcenski; her<br />
brothers, Marty (Cheryl)<br />
and Monty (Sheryl) Burcenski;<br />
her stepdaughters,<br />
Andrea (Corey) Adams and<br />
Deanne (Tate) Straughn; her<br />
stepsons, Brian, Eric (Katherine)<br />
and Kevin (Jennifer)<br />
Bauer; and her step-grandchildren,<br />
nieces, nephews,<br />
great-nieces and greatnephews.<br />
In lieu of flowers,<br />
donations in Marcy’s<br />
memory to the University<br />
of Chicago Cancer Center,<br />
5841 S. Maryland Ave. in<br />
Chicago. Her family had a<br />
special celebration of life<br />
for Marcy on June 6.<br />
Patrick Goshorn Sr.<br />
Patrick James Goshorn<br />
Sr., 63, of Homer Glen, died<br />
May 30. He is survived by<br />
his children, Megan (Aaron)<br />
Weidman, Erik (Kristen)<br />
and Patrick James Jr.;<br />
his grandchildren, Exavier<br />
and Hyatt; his siblings,<br />
Mary Martin, Robert (Julie)<br />
Goshorn and Thomas<br />
(Kim) Goshorn. A memorial<br />
visitation was held June 5 at<br />
Richard J. Modell Funeral<br />
Home, 12641 W. 143rd St.<br />
in Homer Glen. Memorials<br />
to Parkinson’s research appreciated.<br />
Nicolina Rogers<br />
Nicolina “Nikki” M.<br />
Rogers (nee Sweeney), 71,<br />
of Homer Glen, died May<br />
31. She was born in Chicago,<br />
residing most of her<br />
life in the Chicagoland area.<br />
She lived at Marian Village<br />
of Homer Glen for twoand-a-half<br />
years. She was<br />
employed by Great Lakes<br />
Bank for over 20 years and<br />
retired in 2009. Nikki was<br />
a member of St. George<br />
Church in Tinley Park,<br />
where she was the treasurer<br />
of the Women’s Club for<br />
many years. She loved crocheting<br />
and reading, but her<br />
greatest love was the time<br />
she spent with her family.<br />
She is survived by her children,<br />
Kevin Rogers, Laurie<br />
(Steve) Watzke and Brian<br />
(Angie) Rogers; her mother,<br />
Rose (Vinci) Sweeney; her<br />
grandchildren, Alex and<br />
Natalie Watzke; her brother,<br />
Tony Sweeney; her sisters,<br />
Dede Kauffman and Dria<br />
(Ron) Ridenour; her brother-in-law,<br />
Bob Penzinik;<br />
and her numerous nieces,<br />
nephews and cousins. In<br />
lieu of flowers, memorials<br />
to the American Cancer Society<br />
appreciated.<br />
John V. Seng<br />
John V. Seng,<br />
92, of Homer<br />
Glen, died May 29. He was<br />
a World War II Army veteran.<br />
He is survived by his<br />
wife, Viktoria; his children,<br />
Don (Deborah) Barry and<br />
Fred (Annette); his grandchildren,<br />
Steven (Nasrin),<br />
David and Joseph (Melissa)<br />
Barry, Kyle and Cory Seng<br />
and Eric Keller; and his six<br />
great-grandchildren. Services<br />
were celebrated at<br />
Richard J. Modell Funeral<br />
Home, 12641 W. 143rd St.<br />
in Homer Glen. Interment<br />
Mt. Vernon Memorial Cemetery.<br />
In lieu of flowers, donations<br />
to Bioh Memorial<br />
Children’s Village appreciated.<br />
Have someone’s life you’d<br />
like to honor? Email<br />
j.schlabach@22ndcentury<br />
media.com with information<br />
about a loved one who was a<br />
part of the Homer Glen community.
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Classic car show cruises back to Big R parking lot for summer<br />
Weekly event takes<br />
place from 4 to 7<br />
p.m. Sundays<br />
Rochelle McAuliffe<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
While it’s not officially<br />
summer yet, days are growing<br />
longer, and the mercury<br />
is rising, which means that<br />
it’s time for a summer staple<br />
that’s become a favorite in<br />
Homer Glen: the Lemont<br />
Classic Car Club’s weekly<br />
cruise night at the Big R<br />
parking lot, 15830 S. Bell<br />
Road in Homer Glen.<br />
The Lemont Classic Car<br />
Club will gather in the Big<br />
R lot from 4 to 7 p.m. every<br />
Sunday. The cruise nights began<br />
for the year May 27, and<br />
the summer session runs for<br />
20 weeks total through September.<br />
“It’s a chance for the<br />
young people and everybody<br />
to come out; you can’t appreciate<br />
the new cars without<br />
seeing the old cars,” Lemont<br />
Classic Car Club secretary<br />
Sharen Moscato explained at<br />
the June 3 cruise night. “You<br />
get to see where the new cars<br />
have come from.”<br />
For Moscato, classic cars<br />
are a part of her history. She’s<br />
lived in Homer Glen with her<br />
husband, John, since 1976.<br />
Her white and black 1963<br />
Ford Galaxie 500 convertible<br />
was given to her by her<br />
father as a graduation present<br />
in 1967, and it went to their<br />
50-year reunion last year at<br />
Richards High School, just as<br />
it had gone to the prom when<br />
they were seniors in high<br />
school.<br />
The Lemont Classic Car<br />
Club was founded in 2001 by<br />
Rich Bryant and his grandson,<br />
Frank, as a nonprofit<br />
organization for those who<br />
Hannah (left) and Sam Gorecki, of Homer Glen, pose in a<br />
1989 Corvette convertible owned by Mike Dilella June 3<br />
at the Lemont Classic Car Club weekly cruise night in the<br />
parking lot of Big R in Homer Glen. Rochelle McAuliffe/22nd<br />
Century Media<br />
own and love classic cars.<br />
Money is raised through<br />
50/50 raffle ticket sales at<br />
the weekly cruise nights and<br />
the annual car show in which<br />
participants pay an entry fee<br />
to show their automobile.<br />
Every year, the car club<br />
hosts a Christmas party for the<br />
children and the families who<br />
use the Lemont Open Food<br />
Pantry. This is the 14th year<br />
the club is hosting the party,<br />
complete with Santa, Mrs.<br />
Claus and even elves to help<br />
give the children their gifts.<br />
Among other beneficiaries are<br />
One Step At A Time, a camp<br />
for children with cancer;<br />
Shady Oaks Camp, a camp<br />
for people with disabilities; as<br />
well as a large food donation<br />
to TLC Animal Shelter.<br />
Another one of Moscato’s<br />
favorite charitable outreaches<br />
the club participates in is with<br />
Camp Quality in Frankfort, a<br />
camp for children with cancer.<br />
“We get a police escort to<br />
the camp,” she said. “A child<br />
with cancer and their sponsor<br />
get to pick whatever car they<br />
want to ride. We take them<br />
for about a 20-minute ride<br />
around the area, and then we<br />
go back to the camp for ice<br />
cream and entertainment.<br />
“My husband and I have<br />
done it for the past 17 years.<br />
We haven’t missed one in<br />
seven years.”<br />
The make, model and years<br />
of cars are as varied at the<br />
cruise nights as the people in<br />
attendance. From Model A’s<br />
to present day, all types of<br />
cars are represented.<br />
While one might expect<br />
a younger crowd to be driving<br />
the more recent cars, one<br />
member who’s only 22 was<br />
the owner of the Model A.<br />
Monica Rapp was attending<br />
the cruise night June 3<br />
with her husband.<br />
“I’m excited to be out<br />
here,” Rapp said. “We’re huge<br />
fans of [Pontiac] GTOs.”<br />
The passion both the spectators<br />
and owners have for these<br />
automobiles is apparent the<br />
moment someone enters the<br />
Big R parking lot. For these<br />
people, it’s not just about cars,<br />
it’s a lifestyle, which they<br />
were able to transform into a<br />
charitable outreach.<br />
“We’re lucky enough to<br />
have these cars,” Moscato<br />
said. “... [People] just completely<br />
light up when we<br />
bring these out.”<br />
Nearly 100 area students prepare for ‘Mary Poppins’ musical performance<br />
Jacquelyn Schlabach<br />
Assistant Editor<br />
“In every job that must be<br />
done, there is an element of<br />
fun.”<br />
The famous nanny Mary<br />
Poppins spread spontaneity,<br />
laughter and, of course,<br />
fun to the Banks children in<br />
the 1964 Disney film. That<br />
same magic will be brought<br />
to life locally, as 90 students<br />
in the Lockport-Homer<br />
Youth Theater present their<br />
adaptation of the beloved<br />
musical.<br />
Students from first grade<br />
through sophomore year in<br />
high school have been rehearsing<br />
three days a week<br />
the past few months in<br />
preparation for the musical’s<br />
run Thursday, June 14<br />
through Saturday, June 16,<br />
at Lockport Township High<br />
The Lockport-Homer Youth Theater cast for “Mary<br />
Poppins” practices June 1 at Butler School for the<br />
upcoming production at LTHS’s East Campus auditorium.<br />
Photo submitted<br />
School’s East Campus auditorium.<br />
“I’m excited that the community<br />
will get to kind of<br />
see all the different talents<br />
that these kids have,” executive<br />
director and producer of<br />
the show Angela Adolf said.<br />
“What will be amazing is I<br />
think when people come to<br />
see it, they will forget that<br />
they are watching 13 year<br />
olds, and feel as if they are<br />
watching a high-level community<br />
event, because their<br />
talent really is spectacular.<br />
These kids have worked really,<br />
really hard, and it’s fun<br />
to showcase them.”<br />
The show, which is twoand-a-half<br />
hours long, is a<br />
first for the Lockport-Homer<br />
Youth Theater and its staff.<br />
In light of the new “Mary<br />
Poppins” movie that premieres<br />
in theaters this December,<br />
the staff thought it<br />
would be fun for the cast to<br />
experience the iconic show<br />
firsthand.<br />
Adolf has been a director<br />
for 20 years and said that it’s<br />
been fun to watch this cast<br />
rise to the challenge in terms<br />
of choreography and singing<br />
in the show. The dedication<br />
from the students has been<br />
nice to see for Adolf and<br />
staff, because they are doing<br />
all they can to help each<br />
other create a great performance.<br />
“I think that it’s their<br />
dedication to their craft [that<br />
makes their talents outstanding],”<br />
Adolf said. “These<br />
kids love what they do, it’s<br />
clear. When they come,<br />
they’re excited to be there.<br />
I think they’re excited to be<br />
given the opportunity to perform<br />
at such a high level.”<br />
Hadley Middle School<br />
seventh-grader Graham<br />
Carlson plays Michael<br />
Banks, who is one of the<br />
children that Mary Poppins<br />
nannies. The exciting thing<br />
for Carlson is that the character<br />
he plays is someone he<br />
sees himself in.<br />
“It’s kind of more of a role<br />
that defines me, too, because<br />
I’m funny, but I also get into<br />
trouble at times,” Carlson<br />
said.<br />
The 11-year-old has been<br />
acting for about five years<br />
and said playing Banks is<br />
different from other roles<br />
he’s played.<br />
“I don’t really have to<br />
get into character, because I<br />
know the character is really<br />
close to me,” he said.<br />
General admission tickets<br />
are $12 on the theater website<br />
at www.homeryouththeater.<br />
com/tickets-to-shows. The<br />
price increases to $15 at the<br />
door. The musical will stage<br />
at 7 p.m. June 14 and 15, then<br />
again at 2 p.m. June 16.<br />
LTHS’s East Campus is<br />
located at 1333 E. 7th St. in<br />
Lockport.<br />
“I think that people will be<br />
really surprised, and pleasantly<br />
entertained while they<br />
come and see these kids<br />
perform,” Adolf said. “It’s<br />
really going to be a spectacular<br />
show. I don’t say that<br />
lightly.”
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The Dish<br />
Grapevine evolves into Orland’s go-to Middle Eastern catering spot<br />
Bill Jones, Managing Editor<br />
It is a Saturday afternoon<br />
in the middle of Ramadan,<br />
and despite already being<br />
two weeks into a schedule<br />
that has seen her starting<br />
at 7 a.m. and working till<br />
roughly 8 p.m. every day,<br />
which she will continue to<br />
do through Saturday, June<br />
16, Grapevine Foods owner<br />
Laila Maali seems relaxed.<br />
She has a smile on her face.<br />
A family enters the business<br />
June 2, and they exchange<br />
a familiar greeting<br />
in Arabic. Another couple<br />
walks through the doors,<br />
and they exchange pleasantries<br />
in English.<br />
Maali seems almost too<br />
at ease for someone who<br />
has nine full, stuffed lambs<br />
roasting in her ovens in the<br />
back, along with a jampacked<br />
grill constantly turning<br />
out steak, chicken and<br />
kifta kabobs; trays upon<br />
trays of salads lining the<br />
cooler to complement the<br />
meats; and still some customers<br />
just coming in for<br />
fatayer (pies) filled with the<br />
likes of chicken, vegetables<br />
and cheese.<br />
But she has done this<br />
before. She has been doing<br />
it for 14 years, to be<br />
exact. And her family and<br />
staff provide an incredible<br />
support system behind the<br />
counter, in the kitchen and<br />
at the front of the grocery<br />
store.<br />
“I’m blessed with hardworking<br />
people,” she said.<br />
Maali, who made a home<br />
with her family just down<br />
143rd Street in large part<br />
to raise her five children in<br />
a town with good schools,<br />
opened Grapevine at 14402<br />
John Humphrey Drive in<br />
Orland Park in 2004 with<br />
just one oven and no clear<br />
idea of what it might become.<br />
“Everyone said, ‘Your<br />
food is so good; you should<br />
open a place,’” Maali recalled.<br />
“I didn’t know what<br />
to expect. … We started<br />
with a few coolers, and people<br />
loved the food.”<br />
The space offers items<br />
like hummus ($3.99),<br />
tabouleh salad ($3.99) and<br />
warak dawali (stuffed grape<br />
leaves, $5.99) in smaller<br />
portions, along with a<br />
“small” shish kabob plate<br />
($12.99) that easily serves<br />
two with a combination of<br />
grilled steak, kifta (seasoned<br />
ground beef) and<br />
chicken, with grilled tomato,<br />
onion and green pepper,<br />
served on a bed of rice. And<br />
the pies ($1.85 each) remain<br />
a favorite of those looking<br />
to grab something quickly<br />
and hit the road.<br />
But Grapevine has since<br />
expanded its kitchen twice<br />
and outgrown classifications<br />
like Middle Eastern<br />
bakery or grocery store.<br />
Catering has become the<br />
biggest part of the business,<br />
as evidenced by how much<br />
of the store space has been<br />
overtaken by aluminum<br />
pans, trays and lids. Customers<br />
are more likely to<br />
order a tabouleh salad on<br />
the 16-inch tray ($29.99),<br />
and even at $299 or $349<br />
a pop with rice or grape<br />
leaves, respectively, the<br />
whole stuffed lamb — with<br />
bread, Jerusalem salad, cucumber<br />
yogurt salad, hummus<br />
and a large tray of rice<br />
mixed with ground beef and<br />
almonds — sales are limited<br />
only by oven capacity at<br />
Grapevine.<br />
Still, Maali said little has<br />
truly changed.<br />
“It just got busier,” she<br />
said. “It took a few years<br />
… but now, thank God, it’s<br />
great.”<br />
In fact, Maali said this<br />
year has been the busiest<br />
Ramadan she ever has experienced.<br />
She and her staff<br />
Grapevine Foods<br />
14402 John Humphrey<br />
Drive in Orland Park<br />
Regular Hours<br />
• 9 a.m.-7 p.m..<br />
Monday-Saturday<br />
• 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday<br />
For more information …<br />
Web:<br />
grapevineorlandpark.<br />
com<br />
Phone: (708) 403-7100<br />
start preparing the food<br />
while many Muslims fast<br />
from sunrise to sundown, so<br />
that it is ready for area families<br />
when they are ready to<br />
feast at night. She estimates<br />
Grapevine has been feeding<br />
500-600 people daily<br />
with the amount of food it is<br />
selling. And the only reason<br />
that number is not higher is<br />
the kitchen is operating at<br />
capacity, and she has had to<br />
turn away orders.<br />
Maali said she enjoys the<br />
rush for Ramadan. While<br />
the fasting associated with<br />
the holy month gets the<br />
most attention, Ramadan<br />
also is about feeding others.<br />
So, Maali feels like her<br />
business plays an important<br />
role in the holy month. And<br />
despite being in the business<br />
for more than a decade,<br />
she does not seem to<br />
be tiring of the food service<br />
industry.<br />
“It’s something to get you<br />
out of the house,” she said.<br />
Grapevine is getting<br />
customers out of their<br />
houses, too. The popularity<br />
of Mediterranean diets<br />
have helped, without a<br />
doubt, and Maali said vegans<br />
have found something<br />
to like in the grilled vegetable<br />
kabobs and hummus.<br />
But many customers are<br />
likely returning for simpler<br />
reasons.<br />
“We make them fresh<br />
daily,” Maali said of the<br />
Owner Laila Maali sits inside Grapevine Foods in Orland Park during the middle of<br />
Ramadan, which has seen the kitchen operating at capacity for catering. Photos by Bill<br />
Jones/22nd Century Media<br />
Pictured is a 16-inch tabouleh salad tray ($29.99) that is among the catering offerings at<br />
Grapevine.<br />
items on her menu. “We use<br />
the best ingredients. That’s<br />
what keeps people coming:<br />
the quality.”<br />
Maali said she plans to<br />
close for a week following<br />
Ramadan to give her<br />
employees a paid break for<br />
their hard work, but she<br />
looks forward to serving<br />
Orland Park again when the<br />
spot reopens.
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Viewing Area Opens<br />
6 PM<br />
June 21<br />
Magic Begins<br />
7 PM<br />
Mr. D’s Magic and Illusion<br />
At the Homer Township Sports Fields<br />
Simulcast on 101.3 FM<br />
BRING YOUR BLANKETS & CHAIRS FOR<br />
A NIGHT OF FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT<br />
The sky portion of the show can be seen from anywhere that Village site-lines allow.<br />
The choreographed music portions will be simulcast on 101.3 FM. A sound system<br />
will provide the music at the viewing area. A major portion of the show is a ground<br />
show that can only be seen from the Viewing area at the Township Sports Fields.<br />
Great Ride Specials<br />
Including MEGA PASSES<br />
Pre-Sold $55 at Village Hall thru 6/20.<br />
At Event $65 Provided by All Around Amusements<br />
Free Family Friendly<br />
Entertainment Tent<br />
Featuring<br />
Margaritas and a<br />
Variety of Domestic<br />
and Imported Beer<br />
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JUNE 21 - 24<br />
151st and Creme Rd<br />
Homer Glen<br />
FREE ADMISSION<br />
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THURSDAY<br />
5:30pm<br />
Anthem, Classic Rock &<br />
Beyond<br />
7:45pm<br />
Maggie Speaks<br />
And at the Homer Township<br />
Sports Complex<br />
Magic Skies VI<br />
Symphony of Lights<br />
9:30pm<br />
Music Choreographed<br />
Fireworks! (Rain date is Friday)<br />
FRIDAY<br />
5:30pm<br />
Blooze Brothers<br />
9:30pm<br />
7th Heaven<br />
WITH LTHS MARCHING BAND!<br />
SATURDAY<br />
2:00pm<br />
C.K. and the Gray<br />
4:00pm<br />
Raise Your Glass<br />
6:30pm<br />
The Millennials<br />
9:00pm<br />
The Hair Band Night<br />
SUNDAY<br />
2:30pm<br />
Nick Ponterelli Band<br />
4:30pm<br />
Midwest Dueling Pianos<br />
For Information and Questions about Mega Passes<br />
call (708) 301-0632 or visit<br />
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Presented by Homer Township Road District, Homer Township, and the Village of Homer Glen<br />
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crosstown CROSSWORD & Sudoku<br />
The crosstowns: Frankfort, Homer Glen, Lockport, Mokena, New Lenox, Orland Park, Tinley Park<br />
Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur<br />
Across<br />
1. It’s soothing<br />
5. Season to be jolly<br />
9. Auto need<br />
12. It might just come<br />
to you<br />
13. “Resident __” horror<br />
film<br />
14. Kind of sax<br />
16. Olfactory sensation<br />
17. Nurse<br />
18. Offspring<br />
20. Unique outdoor<br />
Lockport museum,<br />
goes with 62 across<br />
22. Joint legislative assembly<br />
23. Watch brand name<br />
that’s Japanese for “precision”<br />
24. Pursue<br />
25. Astron. clock setting<br />
26. Alias<br />
28. Not straight<br />
30. Holed up<br />
33. With respect to<br />
35. Jefferson was one<br />
39. Countercurrent<br />
41. Kind of thermometer:<br />
abbr.<br />
42. Race course feature<br />
43. Painter’s equipment<br />
45. Have in inventory<br />
48. TV network<br />
49. Door glass<br />
51. Private jet<br />
53. Keats’ creation<br />
56. Red Cross supply<br />
57. State’s starter<br />
60. Lighter<br />
62. See 20 across<br />
64. Hot chocolate?<br />
65. Bust’s opposite<br />
67. Prefix with ‘’skeleton’’<br />
or ‘’thermic’’<br />
68. Leak<br />
69. Pad ___ (noodle<br />
dish)<br />
70. Seagoing, abbr.<br />
71. Morse Code alert<br />
72. Letters at Camp<br />
Lejeune<br />
73. Kojak to his friends<br />
Down<br />
1. High school subj.<br />
2. ___ Ababa<br />
3. “A Fistful of Dollars”<br />
director Sergio<br />
4. Cross of “Desperate<br />
Housewives”<br />
5. Schedule C figure<br />
6. Cooker<br />
7. Article in Die Zeit<br />
8. Legal scholar’s deg.<br />
9. Historic Lockport<br />
building<br />
10. Healing shrub<br />
11. Attacked like a scorpion<br />
15. Cross to bear<br />
19. Clock standard, abbr.<br />
21. Tex. neighbor<br />
22. “Wham!”<br />
24. American pop artist,<br />
Andy ____<br />
27. Compensate for<br />
29. “___ out!”<br />
30. Laugh sound<br />
31. Ore. neighbor<br />
32. Cavity treater’s deg.<br />
34. Porridge ingredient<br />
36. Bond creator, Fleming<br />
37. Kin<br />
38. Initials of the animal<br />
shelter in Homer Glen<br />
40. “Sure”<br />
44. Some boots<br />
46. Porcelain<br />
47. Madeline of “Blazing<br />
Saddles”<br />
50. NATO member, abbr.<br />
52. Hamster or porcupine<br />
53. Ninny<br />
54. God, in Granada<br />
55. Sea flock<br />
58. Alice’s cat in “Alice<br />
in Wonderland”<br />
59. Endow with a gift<br />
61. Prefix with -gram<br />
62. Rich soil<br />
63. Computer command<br />
65. A.C. stat<br />
66. Words of understanding<br />
HOMER GLEN<br />
Front Row<br />
(14903 S. Bell Road,<br />
Homer Glen; (708) 645-<br />
7000)<br />
■7 ■ p.m. Wednesdays:<br />
Trivia<br />
TINLEY PARK<br />
The Whistle Sports Bar &<br />
Grill<br />
(7537 W. 159th St., Tinley<br />
Park; (708) 904-4990)<br />
■6-8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Bar<br />
Bingo<br />
■2-5 ■ p.m. Wednesdays:<br />
Happy Hour<br />
■3-5 ■ p.m. Fridays:<br />
Teacher Appreciation<br />
■3-5 ■ p.m. Saturdays and<br />
Sundays: Happy Hour<br />
Durbin’s<br />
(17265 Oak Park Ave.,<br />
Tinley Park; (708) 429-<br />
1000)<br />
■9-11 ■ p.m. Tuesdays:<br />
Open Mic<br />
■9 ■ p.m. Wednesdays:<br />
Karaoke<br />
■8-10 ■ p.m. Thursdays:<br />
Live music by Miguel<br />
Garza<br />
■Fridays ■ and Saturdays:<br />
DJ Dance Party until 3<br />
a.m.<br />
JW Hollstein’s Saloon<br />
(17358 S. Oak Park Ave.,<br />
Tinley Park; (708) 429-<br />
7000)<br />
■9 ■ p.m. Mondays: Karaoke<br />
■7 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Trivia<br />
■8:30 ■ p.m. Tuesdays:<br />
Open Mic<br />
■8, ■ 9 p.m. Wednesday:<br />
Trivia<br />
■10 ■ p.m. Thursdays: Live<br />
DJ<br />
■11 ■ a.m. Fridays: Free<br />
pizza with drink purchases<br />
■10 ■ p.m. Fridays and<br />
Saturdays: Live entertainment<br />
FRANKFORT<br />
Pete Mitchell’s Bar & Grill<br />
(21000 Frankfort Square<br />
Road, Frankfort; (815)<br />
464-8100)<br />
■6-8 ■ p.m. Wednesdays:<br />
Free N’ Fun Bar Game.<br />
Free to play.<br />
To place an event<br />
in The Scene, email<br />
a.stoll@22ndcenturymedia.<br />
com.<br />
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the Homer Horizon | June 14, 2018 | 23<br />
No Money Down at Westgate Manor in Peotone<br />
New Construction Homes from $239,900<br />
Thinking hard about renting<br />
instead of owning? Think again,<br />
say the experts—who recommend<br />
crunching the numbers carefully<br />
to see which side of the fence the<br />
grass is greener on. More often<br />
than not, the greener side—as in<br />
grass and money—is the one you<br />
end up owning.<br />
While it’s true that home<br />
mortgage interest rates are slowly<br />
on the rise, the same can be said<br />
of monthly rents for residential<br />
units, especially considering that<br />
the greater Chicagoland rental<br />
market has become more active<br />
in recent months.<br />
“Shoppers who don’t have<br />
much of a down payment saved<br />
up or who are worried about<br />
qualifying for a loan due to a<br />
moderate income can still share<br />
in the great American dream of<br />
homeownership,” said Bryan<br />
Nooner, President of Distinctive<br />
Home Builders. “Through our<br />
preferred lender a new home can<br />
be had with no money down so<br />
they don’t have to worry about<br />
raising money for closing costs<br />
or a down payment. While some<br />
conditions apply, for first-time<br />
buyers and shoppers on a tight<br />
budget, it’s the perfect scenario.”<br />
“Over the long term, however,<br />
the advantages of purchasing<br />
and owning your own residence<br />
significantly outnumber the<br />
plusses of renting,” added<br />
Nooner. “The most important<br />
distinction between renting and<br />
owning is the ability to build<br />
equity in your property, which is<br />
only possible with the latter. When<br />
you purchase a home and pay a<br />
monthly mortgage, the portion<br />
applied toward principal every<br />
month is your money coming<br />
back to you—a reflection of the<br />
value of your equity. One of the<br />
other major boons to buying<br />
a home is the ability to deduct<br />
(within certain limits), your<br />
property taxes and mortgage loan<br />
interest on your yearly federal and<br />
state income tax returns.”<br />
The financing offer applies to<br />
Westgate Manor buyers who opt<br />
for a home mortgage loan through<br />
Distinctive Home Builders’<br />
preferred lender, who is available<br />
to meet with home shoppers on<br />
the weekends or by appointment<br />
at Distinctive Home Builders<br />
Single Family Home Center in<br />
Manhattan at 24458 S. Rt. 52,<br />
Manhattan, IL. 60422. Some<br />
conditions apply, see a Distinctive<br />
Home Builders representative for<br />
complete details.<br />
Peotone is a family-friendly<br />
village and is one of the best kept<br />
secrets among new home seekers,<br />
according to Nooner. Several<br />
factors attracted Distinctive<br />
Home Builders to build 38 homes<br />
at Westgate Manor, not the least<br />
of which was its convenient<br />
location between Interstate 57<br />
and Illinois Route 50 and easy<br />
access to I-80. Commuters enjoy<br />
several nearby train stations and a<br />
35-minute drive to Chicago.<br />
Distinctive offers a wide variety<br />
of home styles and selections<br />
— buyers can choose among 12<br />
different brick and frame construction<br />
designs, each available in<br />
three to eight different elevations.<br />
Square footages span 1,600 to<br />
2,500 for ranches and 1,800 to<br />
3,000 for two-story homes. Prices<br />
start at $239,900.<br />
Westgate Manor offers three<br />
to four bedrooms, two to threeand-a-half<br />
baths, full basement,<br />
formal dining room, vaulted, tray<br />
or nine-foot first-floor ceilings, a<br />
large kitchen with custom maple<br />
cabinets, family room or great<br />
room, and concrete driveways.<br />
Depending on the home selected,<br />
other standard amenities can<br />
include a living room, den,<br />
dinette, a tray or vaulted ceiling<br />
in the master bedroom, as well<br />
as dual-zoned heating and air<br />
conditioning.<br />
Premium standard features<br />
included at Westgate Manor are<br />
brick front exteriors on the first<br />
floor, free basements in most<br />
models, ceramic tile or hardwood<br />
floors in the<br />
kitchen, baths<br />
and foyer; and<br />
custom maple<br />
cabinets. Kitchen<br />
cabinets feature<br />
solid wood<br />
construction (no<br />
particle board),<br />
have solid wood<br />
drawers with dove tail joints,<br />
which is rare in the marketplace.<br />
“When you build a new home<br />
with Distinctive, you are receiving<br />
a hand-crafted home with<br />
custom made cabinets,” noted<br />
Nooner. This year, Distinctive is<br />
celebrating 32 years of building<br />
thousands of homes throughout<br />
the Will and south Cook County<br />
areas.<br />
Distinctive Home Builders, an<br />
industry leading innovator, offers<br />
the fastest build times (90 working<br />
days) with a “Zero Punch List”<br />
closing policy. Prior to closing,<br />
each home undergoes a 100-point<br />
checklist to insure the home<br />
measures up to our high quality<br />
standards.<br />
Customers stay connected to the<br />
progress of their home from start<br />
to finish through Distinctive’s<br />
unique construction portal.<br />
Customers download the app to<br />
stay in touch with their new home<br />
24/7 from anywhere in the world.<br />
The app allows customers to see<br />
the progress of their home, access<br />
their documents and easily share<br />
photos and updates with family<br />
and friends on social media.<br />
As a semi-custom builder,<br />
Distinctive Home Builders<br />
can modify any of its standard<br />
designs to cater to a customer’s<br />
tastes, which means that moving<br />
walls, adding extra windows or<br />
even extending the garage are all<br />
possible.<br />
All homes are highly energy<br />
efficient and are built to National<br />
Energy Code guidelines. Every<br />
home built has upgraded wall<br />
and ceiling insulation values with<br />
energy efficient windows and<br />
high efficiency furnaces. Before<br />
homeowners take possession of<br />
their new home, a blower door test<br />
is performed to verify that each<br />
home passes a set of stringent<br />
guidelines to insure homes are<br />
tight and energy efficient.<br />
“Ultimately, when you add up<br />
all the pros of purchasing, most<br />
owners inevitably gain more<br />
tangible and intangible benefits<br />
your own.”<br />
than renters do,”<br />
Nooner. said. “It<br />
simply makes better<br />
financial sense to<br />
build equity, reduce<br />
your taxes, and<br />
make your money<br />
grow<br />
through<br />
appreciation — all<br />
while living in a<br />
brand new home<br />
that you can call<br />
Westgate Manor is conveniently<br />
located within walking distance<br />
of the esteemed Peotone High<br />
School. The Westgate Manor<br />
new home offsite Sales and<br />
Information Center is located in<br />
Manhattan at 24458 S. Rt. 52,<br />
Manhattan, IL. 60422. Hours<br />
are daily from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00<br />
p.m., closed Wednesday and<br />
Thursday and always available<br />
by appointment. Please contact<br />
a Distinctive representative for<br />
current pricing and complete<br />
details at (708) 479-7700 or<br />
(708) 737-9142 or visit www.<br />
distinctivehomebuilders.com.
24 | June 14, 2018 | The Homer Horizon Classifieds<br />
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Village of Homer Glen,<br />
P/T Development Services Inspector<br />
The Village of Homer Glen is seeking a part-time<br />
Development Services Inspector to perform site<br />
development and municipal construction field inspections,<br />
plan reviews and drainage, traffic and safety complaint<br />
reviews and follow-up, utility permits and other tasks as<br />
required. The position will work approximately 18 hours<br />
per week. Minimum Qualifications: Requires HS diploma<br />
or GED, excellent communication skills, ability to read and<br />
comprehend plans, perform general math calculations,<br />
calculate basic algebra and geometry formulas and possess<br />
a valid driver's license. At least 5 yrs. experience in<br />
construction or engineering services related to municipal<br />
construction inspection and moderate level of drainage<br />
concepts and design. Pay Rate: $26.00/hr, with no fringe<br />
benefits. Application Process: Interested candidates must<br />
email a cover letter, resume and completed job application<br />
to hkokodynsky@homerglenil.org or mail to<br />
Village of Homer Glen, Attn: Heather Kokodynsky, 14240<br />
W. 151st St., Homer Glen, IL 60491.<br />
Further details and job application are available at<br />
www.homerglenil.org<br />
Position open until filled.<br />
PRODUCTION WORKER<br />
Summary: Responsible for performing production work on a<br />
team or individual assignment in aflexible plastic fabrication<br />
shop. Assembles, cleans, folds, inspects and packages final products.<br />
Safety and quality are ofutmost importance. Hours are<br />
7am–3:30pm Monday-Friday. Current SUMMER HOURS are<br />
6am-3:30pm Monday-Wednesday, 6am-1:30pm Thursday, and<br />
6am-12pm Friday. Overtime, when needed, will be offered in the<br />
remaining hours on Thursday and Friday.<br />
Job Criteria:<br />
– Eager to learn<br />
– Works well in a team environment<br />
– Conscientious and dependable<br />
– Strong attention to detail<br />
– Ability to read a tape measure and use basic math skills<br />
– Ability to stand and maneuver around a production facility<br />
for up to 9 hours/day.<br />
– Able to lift up to 50 pounds<br />
– High school diploma or GED<br />
Benefits:<br />
– 401K with company match<br />
– Paid Holidays<br />
– Paid Vacation<br />
Any interested applicants please send your<br />
resume and cover letter to HR@SPFINC.COM<br />
Power Wellness is looking<br />
for a PT Environmental<br />
Svcs Assoc. for its Orland<br />
Park Health & Fitness<br />
Center! Pay is $11/hour.<br />
Interested candidates<br />
should apply at<br />
powerwellness.com/<br />
employment and search<br />
req 870, or call John at<br />
708/675-4547<br />
Help<br />
Wanted<br />
1003 Help Wanted<br />
Grooming Shop in Orland<br />
Park looking for someone<br />
responsible to bathe dogs<br />
Monday and Wednesday<br />
mornings. Please call<br />
708-403-2121<br />
Welder/ Fabricator<br />
Must have valid Drivers<br />
License, Bilingual a plus.<br />
Please call Al @<br />
630-327-2435 Lockport area<br />
1003 Help<br />
Wanted<br />
Are you made for ALDI?<br />
HIRING EVENT<br />
We are looking for Store<br />
Associates and Casual<br />
Store Associates for the<br />
following locations:<br />
Joliet (both locations),<br />
Lockport, Homer Glen<br />
and New Lenox<br />
Casual and<br />
Store Associates:<br />
$13.10/hr (mos 0 -12),<br />
$13.50/hr (mos 13-24),<br />
$13.90/hr (mos 25-36)<br />
Please visit the following<br />
location on<br />
Monday, June 18th<br />
between the hours of<br />
6am - 9am or 5pm - 7pm<br />
to complete an application:<br />
ALDI<br />
351 E. Lincoln Hwy<br />
New Lenox, IL 60451<br />
Delivery Drivers Needed<br />
Full time, part time<br />
and flex shift<br />
Salina's is looking for<br />
multiple hardworking and<br />
reliable people to fill our<br />
open driver positions.<br />
Must be 21 years or older,<br />
clean driving record, valid<br />
drivers license, valid<br />
vehicle insurance, neat in<br />
appearance, friendly, and<br />
have a reliable vehicle.<br />
Applicants must be able to<br />
keep up in a fast-paced<br />
work environment while<br />
delivering our standard of<br />
excellence for every<br />
customer order.<br />
Apply online today or stop<br />
in and fill out an<br />
application today<br />
no phone calls please.<br />
cateringbysalinas.com<br />
/apply-online-employmentapplication.html<br />
Growing Residential<br />
Cleaning Co. has openings<br />
for Cleaning Pros<br />
Exp. Preferred but Will<br />
Train. P/T Weekdays.<br />
No Evenings/Weekends<br />
815-464-1988<br />
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Help Wanted · Garage Sales · Automotive<br />
Real Estate · Rentals · Merchandise<br />
Sell It 708.326.9170 | Fax It 708.326.9179<br />
Charge It | DEADLINE - Friday at 3pm<br />
INDUSTRIAL<br />
SALES ENGINEER<br />
SW Suburb of Chicago<br />
manufacturing company seeks<br />
a proactive, hard-working<br />
individual with at least 3-5<br />
years of experience in B2B<br />
Sales of industrial products<br />
(non-chemical).<br />
This inside, consultative sales<br />
position will focus on new and<br />
existing product sales development.<br />
This sales role targets<br />
users to discover if their<br />
current and future product<br />
needs match those of Aero's<br />
product features. Successful<br />
candidates should also have<br />
experience working with<br />
vendors to produce<br />
competitive quotes.<br />
Excellent salary and benefits<br />
package with annual<br />
performance bonus potential.<br />
Send resume to:<br />
bschatte@aerorubber.com<br />
AERO Rubber Company, Inc.<br />
1003 Help Wanted<br />
22nd Century Media seeks Inside Sales Director<br />
Position Overview:<br />
22nd Century Media, a media publishing company based in<br />
Orland Park, is seeking an Inside Sales Director<br />
to join their team.<br />
Responsibilities Include:<br />
Proactively prospecting and qualifying potential new advertising<br />
accounts; handling incoming leads; identifying business<br />
opportunities and working with decision makers to obtain<br />
customer commitment; and achieving weekly revenue targets.<br />
Qualifications:<br />
Ideal candidates will possess 1–3 years of experience in<br />
sales environment. Must have a strong work ethic and ability to<br />
work independently as well as with a team. Excellent<br />
communication skills, time-management and<br />
interpersonal skills required.<br />
Next Steps:<br />
For more information or to be considered for this<br />
opportunity, email a resume to:<br />
careers@22ndcenturymedia.com<br />
Environmental Field<br />
Technician Wanted<br />
Responsibilities include:<br />
Must be able to read, write &<br />
communicate effectively in<br />
English. Possess a valid<br />
drivers license. Pass<br />
background/ drug screening.<br />
Cooperation w/ occasional out<br />
of town travel. Mechanical<br />
exp. preferred. Compensation<br />
based on exp. Benefits include<br />
vacation & holiday pay, 401k,<br />
profit sharing & health &<br />
dental plan. Please email<br />
resume to: john.noyes@<br />
cabenoenvironmental.com<br />
P/T Medical Receptionist<br />
in Orland Park doctor’s<br />
office. 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.;<br />
2-4 days/wk. Must have<br />
ICD 10 knowledge. Min. 2<br />
yrs exp in medical business<br />
office. Fax resume<br />
708.460.9254 or call<br />
708.460.4422<br />
1004 Employment Opportunities<br />
HELP WANTED!<br />
Make $1000/week mailing<br />
brochures from home!<br />
No exp. req. Helping home<br />
workers since 2001!<br />
Genuine opportunity.<br />
Start immediately!<br />
www.IncomeCentral.net<br />
No phone calls please. EOE<br />
Automotive<br />
$52 4 lines/<br />
7 papers<br />
Real Estate<br />
$50 7 7 papers<br />
lines/<br />
Help Wanted<br />
$13 4 lines/<br />
per line 7 papers<br />
Merchandise<br />
$30 7 4 papers<br />
lines/<br />
1023 Caregiver<br />
Caregiver Services<br />
Provided by<br />
Margaret’s Agency Inc.<br />
State Licensed & Bonded<br />
since 1998. Providing<br />
quality care for elderly.<br />
Live-in/ Come & go.<br />
708.403.8707<br />
Heaven Sent Caregivers<br />
Professional caregiving<br />
service. 24 hr or hourly<br />
services; shower or bath<br />
visits. Licensed & bonded.<br />
Try the best! 708.638.0641<br />
1037 Prayer /<br />
Novena<br />
Oh holy St. Jude, Apostle &<br />
Martyr, great in virtue and rich<br />
in miracles, near kinsman of<br />
Jesus Christ, faithful intercessor<br />
of all who invoke your special<br />
patronage in time ofneed.<br />
To you Ihave recourse from<br />
the depths of my heart and<br />
humbly beg to whom God has<br />
given such great power to<br />
come to my assistance. Help<br />
me in my present and urgent<br />
petition. In return, I promise to<br />
make your name known and<br />
cause to be invoked. Say 3Our<br />
Fathers, 3Hail Marys and Glories<br />
for 9 consecutive days.<br />
Publication must be promised.<br />
St. Jude pray for us all who invoke<br />
your aid. Amen. CS<br />
Oh most Beautiful Flower of<br />
Mt Carmel, Fruitful vine,<br />
splendor of heaven, blessed<br />
mother of the Son of God,<br />
Immaculate Virgin, Assist me<br />
in this my neccessity, oh star of<br />
the sea help me and show me<br />
herein you are my mother. Oh<br />
holy Mary, Mother of God,<br />
Queen of Heaven and Earth, I<br />
humbly beeseach you from the<br />
bottom of my heart to succor<br />
me in my necessity (make<br />
request) there are none that can<br />
withstand your power, oh Mary<br />
conceived without sin, pray for<br />
us who have recourse to thee<br />
(3x). Holy Mary I place this<br />
cause in your hands (3x). Say<br />
this prayer for three<br />
consecutive days, you must<br />
publish it and it will be granted<br />
to you. Thank you For<br />
Granting my request.<br />
-MMT-<br />
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TO YOUR DOOR WITH<br />
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coffee. Inside delight<br />
in this 5,500-squarefoot<br />
custom floor plan<br />
boasting six bedrooms,<br />
four-and-a-half baths<br />
and true related living<br />
sure to make the owner<br />
the favorite relative.<br />
Craftsmanship includes<br />
cherry hardwoods,<br />
columns, encapsulated<br />
entryways and skylights.<br />
Main level den, master<br />
ensuite with full bath.<br />
Chef delight kitchen with<br />
custom cabinetry, island<br />
with seating, cooktop<br />
and second sink. Highend<br />
stainless steel<br />
appliances, including a<br />
double refrigerator and<br />
butler’s pantry. Bright<br />
eating area with access to<br />
covered patio. Stunning<br />
family room with fireplace<br />
and designer ceiling.<br />
Upper level boasts four<br />
bedrooms, including a<br />
second master suite.<br />
Listing Agent: Call Mike<br />
McCatty at (708) 945-<br />
2121 for complete details.<br />
Separate entrance to<br />
lower level features<br />
radiant heated floors,<br />
second kitchen, rec room,<br />
bedroom, full bath and<br />
laundry. Covered patio with<br />
outdoor fireplace captures<br />
nature’s wonders on the<br />
two-plus wooded acres.<br />
Oversized four-car, lofted,<br />
heated, detached garage.<br />
Agent Brokerage: Century<br />
21 Affiliated, Mike<br />
McCatty & Associates.<br />
Want to know how to become Home of the Week? Contact Tricia at (708) 326-9170 ext. 47.<br />
April 16<br />
• 13640 W. Ironwood<br />
Circle, Homer Glen,<br />
604919174 Raymond<br />
J. Cosentino to Robert S.<br />
Sievert Jr., Nicole L. Ficker,<br />
$244,000<br />
• 14401 S. Elizabeth<br />
Lane, Homer Glen,<br />
604916622 Tamara<br />
Timm to Christopher<br />
Burian, Jennifer Burian,<br />
$260,000<br />
April 18<br />
• 15436 Cranberry Court,<br />
Homer Glen, 604919242<br />
Alfredo Garcia to Brian<br />
Hermann, Katherine<br />
Hermann, $280,000<br />
• 12226 Thorn Apple<br />
Drive, Homer Glen,<br />
604916929 Luanne<br />
P. Jannece Fahey to<br />
Adrzej Walkosz, Aneta A.<br />
Lipinska, $500,500<br />
April 23<br />
• 14947 S. Woodcrest<br />
Ave., Homer Glen,<br />
604917835 Steve R.<br />
Malczewski to John Cyson,<br />
Carla Cyson, $413,000<br />
April 24<br />
• 12252 Thorn Apple<br />
Drive, Homer Glen,<br />
604916929 First<br />
Midwest Bank Trustee to<br />
George Davidson, Janice<br />
Davidson, $400,000<br />
• 13655 Jessica Lane,<br />
Homer Glen, 60441<br />
Edward J. Gal to Mark<br />
Buehner, Julie M.<br />
Buehner, $145,000<br />
• 14330 S. Heatherwood<br />
Drive, Homer Glen,<br />
604919144 William M.<br />
Petty to Matthew Grennell,<br />
$244,000<br />
• 15652 Jeanne Lane,<br />
Homer Glen, 604917963<br />
Michael Diorio to Mark<br />
Bzdel, $75,000<br />
The Going Rate is provided by<br />
Record Information Services,<br />
Inc. For more information,<br />
visit www.public-record.com<br />
or call (630) 557-1000.
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1054 Subdivision<br />
Sale<br />
1074 Auto for<br />
Sale<br />
CLASSIFIEDS<br />
Help Wanted · Garage Sales · Automotive<br />
Real Estate · Rentals · Merchandise<br />
Automotive<br />
$52 4 lines/<br />
7 papers<br />
Help Wanted<br />
$13 4 lines/<br />
per line 7 papers<br />
1052 Garage Sale<br />
Homer Glen 14245 S Chickasaw<br />
Tr 6/15-6/16 8-1pm<br />
Clothes, toys, baby stuff,<br />
housewares, bedding & more!<br />
Homer Glen, 15826 W. 139th<br />
St. 6/15 -6/16, 8-3p. Tools,<br />
landscaping eqpt, furniture &<br />
much more!<br />
Lockport 1000 Madison St<br />
(park on 10th St) 6/15-6/16<br />
8-2pm Variety of home goods,<br />
furniture, kids toys & clothing<br />
Lockport 908 Grandview Ave<br />
6/15-6/16 8-3pm Clothes,<br />
dolls, books, yard, hshld,<br />
kitchen, come and shop!<br />
New Lenox 110 Oak Dr.<br />
(across cemetery) 6/15-6/16<br />
BACKYARD 7:30 - 3p. Lg<br />
antique dressers, 1920’s oak<br />
farm tbl, 1940’s chrome table,<br />
quilts, BEAUTIFUL FLO-<br />
RAL ARRANGEMENTS, 2<br />
lg outdoor wooden gliders,<br />
hammock, & much more!<br />
New Lenox 236 Surf Dr<br />
6/14-6/16 8:30-3pm 4Families<br />
Clothes, antiques, collectibles<br />
& more! Too much to list!<br />
New Lenox 563 Shannon Ct<br />
Sat 6/16 9-3pm Clothes, shoes,<br />
elec, books, jewelry &more!<br />
Too much to list!<br />
New Lenox 635 NMarley Rd<br />
6/15-6/16 9-3pm Garden items,<br />
Dept 56, tools, Native Amer,<br />
ladies Harley jacket, antiques,<br />
Hallmark, art & furniture<br />
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TO YOUR DOOR WITH<br />
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Garage<br />
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1052 Garage Sale<br />
New Lenox, 730 Churchill Dr.<br />
6/15 &6/16, 9-4p. Kids toys,<br />
baby items, girls clothes 0-12<br />
mo, boys clothes 0-2T, few<br />
hshld items & small fishing<br />
boat with motor.<br />
Orland Park 12124 WForestview<br />
Dr Fri &Sat 6/15-6/16<br />
9-3pm No early birds! Hshld,<br />
pet items, treadmill, misc &<br />
more!<br />
1053 Multi Family<br />
Sale<br />
Homer Glen Wedgewood<br />
Highlands (south of Hadley<br />
Rd, between Bell &Will-Cook)<br />
6/14-6/15 8-3pm 6/16 8-2pm<br />
Bakery equip, antiques, clothes<br />
& much more!<br />
New Lenox: 395, 399, 500,<br />
505 Heartland Dr. Wildwood<br />
Subdivision. Fri. June 15 8-3p<br />
& Sat. June 16 8-1p.<br />
Orland Park 10320 Hilltop<br />
Dr. Thurs 6/14, Fri 6/15, Sat<br />
6/16, 8-5p. Toddler bed, toys,<br />
kids, ladies & mens clothes.<br />
Shoes, toilettries, books, school<br />
supplies, gift wrap/bags.<br />
Household items, bedding,<br />
tv/dvd players &more! Must<br />
see!<br />
Frankfort, Windy Hill Farm<br />
Subdivision South of Rt 30<br />
& Pfeiffer Rd. Sat June 16,<br />
8am-1pm. 90+ homes!!!!<br />
Furniture, housewares, bikes,<br />
sporting goods, & clothing.<br />
Lockport Arrowhead South<br />
Subdivision, corner of Bruce<br />
Rd & Gouger Rd 6/15-6/16<br />
8-3pm Huge subdivision sale!<br />
Orland Park Block Sale<br />
15721 Deerfield Ct. Fri & Sat<br />
June 15 & 16 8am - 2pm.<br />
Furniture, exercise, Disney,<br />
home goods, books, clothes,<br />
baby items & much more!<br />
1058 Moving Sale<br />
Frankfort , 10898 Swallow<br />
Tail Ln. 6/15 & 6/16, 8-3p.<br />
Furniture Sale! Couches, reclienrs,<br />
bedroom &dining room<br />
set. Executive desk &cabinet.<br />
Much more!<br />
Tinley Park 9200 Greenwood<br />
Dr (179th & 92nd Ave)<br />
6/15-6/16 8-3pm Tools,<br />
clothes, antiques, dolls, jewelry,<br />
baseball & football collection,<br />
music, movies, household,<br />
office supplies, Wizard of<br />
Oz collection, too much to list<br />
& no presales!<br />
Automotive<br />
1061 Autos<br />
Wanted<br />
WANTED!<br />
WE NEED<br />
CARS, TRUCKS<br />
& VANS<br />
Running Or Not<br />
from Old to New!<br />
Top Dollar Paid !!!<br />
Free Pick-Up<br />
Locally Located<br />
708 205 8241<br />
DRIVE CAR BUYERS<br />
TO YOUR DOOR WITH<br />
A CLASSIFIED AUTO AD<br />
CALL US TODAY at 708.326.9170<br />
1973 white Cadillac<br />
El Dorado convertible,<br />
139k miles, $7,000 OBO<br />
708-361-0555 9-5pm or<br />
708-369-0474<br />
Real Estate<br />
1090 House for<br />
Sale<br />
Lockport<br />
201 Morgan St.<br />
3BR, 1.5Ba, 2.5 car garage,<br />
Across from Runyon<br />
Park, Lockport water.<br />
SOLD AS IS, FSBO<br />
$180,000 . No realtors!<br />
312-909-2626<br />
1099 Lake Front<br />
Property For Sale<br />
All Sports Fish Lake, MI<br />
100' Sandy Beach, 4BR, 3<br />
BA, 3,159 SF, Walkout, 2<br />
car garage, huge deck, fireplace,<br />
10' ceilings. Call<br />
Sue Roach, 269-625-3503<br />
RE/MAX Elite Group<br />
26078 W. US-12, Sturgis, MI 49091<br />
Rental<br />
1225 Apartments<br />
for Rent<br />
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1225 Apartments<br />
for Rent<br />
Oak Forest Terrace<br />
15815 Terrace, Oak Forest<br />
Spacious 1 & 2 Bdrms.<br />
Serene setting & Beautiful<br />
Grounds. Tennis, Pool,<br />
Walking Trails. Near metra.<br />
708-687-1818<br />
oakterrapts@att.net<br />
2001 Attorney<br />
Real Estate<br />
$50 7 7 papers<br />
lines/<br />
Buy<br />
It! SELL It! FIND It!<br />
Merchandise<br />
$30 7 4 papers<br />
lines/<br />
1326 Storage for<br />
Rent<br />
Truck, heavy equipment or<br />
material storage area; approx.<br />
5 acres south of Rt. 80 on<br />
Mills Rdwith truck scale and<br />
building available on premises.<br />
815-727-4342 or<br />
815-727-5270<br />
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2003 Appliance Repair<br />
QUALITY<br />
APPLIANCE<br />
REPAIR, Inc.<br />
• Air Conditioning • Furnaces<br />
Refrigeration • Dishwashers<br />
Stoves & Ovens • Microwaves<br />
Garbage Disposals<br />
Washers&Dryers<br />
Family Owned &Operatedsince 1986<br />
Someone you can TRUST<br />
All work GUARANTEED<br />
BEST price in town!<br />
708-712-1392<br />
2004 Asphalt Paving/Seal Coating<br />
CLASSIFIEDS<br />
Help Wanted · Garage Sales · Automotive<br />
Real Estate · Rentals · Merchandise<br />
2006 Basement Waterproofing<br />
Leaky Basement?<br />
• Bowing Walls<br />
• Concrete Raising<br />
• Crack Raising<br />
• Crawlspaces<br />
• Drainage Systems<br />
• Sump Pumps<br />
• Window Wells<br />
FREE<br />
ESTIMATES<br />
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Automotive<br />
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$52<br />
4 lines/<br />
7 papers Help Wanted<br />
$50<br />
7 lines/<br />
7 papers Merchandise<br />
2011 Brick/Chimney Experts<br />
$13<br />
per line<br />
4 lines/<br />
7 papers<br />
$30<br />
4 lines/<br />
7 papers<br />
(866) 851-8822 Family Waterproofing Solutions<br />
(815) 515-0077 famws.com<br />
2007 Black Dirt/Top Soil<br />
A+<br />
Sawyer<br />
Dirt<br />
Pulverized Black Dirt<br />
Rough Black Dirt<br />
Driveway Gravel<br />
Available<br />
For Delivery Pricing Call:<br />
815-485-2490<br />
www.sawyerdirt.com<br />
Place a garage sale ad & reach<br />
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2017 Cleaning Services<br />
Experiened<br />
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815 690 7633<br />
FANTASTIK POLISH<br />
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Services<br />
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2025 Concrete Work<br />
2018 Concrete<br />
Raising<br />
A All American<br />
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C oncrete Sinking?<br />
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Stoops Sidewalks<br />
Driveways Patios<br />
Garage Floors Steps<br />
& More!<br />
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CLASSIFIEDS<br />
Help Wanted · Garage Sales · Automotive<br />
Real Estate · Rentals · Merchandise<br />
Sell It 708.326.9170 | Fax It 708.326.9179<br />
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Automotive<br />
$52 4 lines/<br />
7 papers<br />
Real Estate<br />
$50 7 7 papers<br />
lines/<br />
2025 Concrete Work<br />
Help Wanted<br />
$13 4 lines/<br />
per line 7 papers<br />
Merchandise<br />
$30 7 4 papers<br />
lines/<br />
Frank J’s Concrete<br />
Stoops<br />
Curbs<br />
Colored & Stamped<br />
Patios<br />
Driveways<br />
Walks<br />
Garage Floors<br />
Over 30 Years Experience!<br />
708 663 9584<br />
Tinley Park Company<br />
2060 Drywall<br />
Drywall<br />
*Hanging *Taping<br />
*New Homes<br />
*Additions<br />
*Remodeling<br />
Call Greg At:<br />
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2075 Fencing<br />
2090 Flooring<br />
2070 Electrical<br />
2120 Handyman<br />
2032 Decking<br />
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2120 Handyman<br />
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Automotive<br />
$52 4 lines/<br />
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Exterior Painting Wall Paper Removal Professional Work At Competitive Prices<br />
CALL MIKE AT 708-790-3416<br />
2140 Landscaping<br />
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per line 7 papers<br />
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2150 Paint &<br />
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2170 Plumbing<br />
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2220 Siding<br />
2255 Tree Service<br />
2294 Window<br />
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815 355 1112<br />
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2701 Property for<br />
Sale<br />
2701 Property for<br />
Sale<br />
2703 Legal<br />
Notices<br />
2703 Legal<br />
Notices<br />
2900 Merchandise<br />
Under $100<br />
2900 Merchandise<br />
Under $100<br />
SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE<br />
of 17311 S. McCarron Road, Homer<br />
Glen, IL 60491 (Single family home).<br />
On the 21st day of June, 2018 to be held<br />
at 12:00 noon, at the Will County Courthouse<br />
Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street,<br />
Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, under Case<br />
Title: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,<br />
Plaintiff V. STEPHEN K. BARRIX<br />
A/K/A STEPHEN BURRIS, LAVER-<br />
GNE COUNTER A/K/A LA VERGNE<br />
COUNTER, Defendant.<br />
Case No. 09CH 3320 in the Circuit<br />
Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit,<br />
Will County, Illinois.<br />
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the<br />
time of sale and the balance within<br />
twenty-four (24) hours. Nojudicial sale<br />
fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring<br />
the residential real estate pursuant<br />
to its credit bid at the sale or by any<br />
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other<br />
lienor acquiring the residential real estate<br />
whose rights in and tothe residential<br />
real estate arose prior to the sale. All<br />
payments shall be made in cash or certified<br />
funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will<br />
County.<br />
In the event the property is acondomin-<br />
ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS<br />
5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and (H-2), 765<br />
ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS<br />
605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified<br />
that the purchaser of the unit, other than<br />
amortgagee, shall pay the assessments<br />
and legal fees required by subdivisions<br />
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and the assessments<br />
required by subsection (g-1)<br />
of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium<br />
Property Act.<br />
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J)<br />
if there is asurplus following application<br />
ofthe proceeds of sale, then the<br />
plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant<br />
to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512(d) to all parties<br />
to the proceeding advising them of<br />
the amount ofthe surplus and that the<br />
surplus will beheld until aparty obtains<br />
acourt order for its distribution or, in<br />
the absence of an order, until the surplus<br />
is forfeited to the State.<br />
For Information Please Contact:<br />
Weiss McClelland LLC<br />
105 W. Adams Suite 1850<br />
Chicago, Illinois 60603<br />
P: 1-312-605-3500<br />
F: 1-312-605-3501<br />
PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT<br />
COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT<br />
YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS<br />
LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A<br />
DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING<br />
TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY<br />
INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL<br />
BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.<br />
SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE<br />
of 13328 Atlantic Drive, Homer Glen,<br />
Illinois, IL 60491 (Single Family). On<br />
the 28th day of June, 2018 to be held at<br />
12:00 noon, at the Will County Courthouse<br />
Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street,<br />
Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, under Case<br />
Title: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as trustee<br />
for WaMu Mortgage pass-through Certificates<br />
Series 2004-PR2 Trust Plaintiff<br />
V. Gonzalo Sandoval; Maria E.Sandoval<br />
Defendant.<br />
Case No. 13CH 2952 in the Circuit<br />
Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit,<br />
Will County, Illinois.<br />
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the<br />
time of sale and the balance within<br />
twenty-four (24) hours. Nojudicial sale<br />
fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring<br />
the residential real estate pursuant<br />
to its credit bid at the sale or by any<br />
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other<br />
lienor acquiring the residential real estate<br />
whose rights in and tothe residential<br />
real estate arose prior to the sale. All<br />
payments shall be made in cash or certified<br />
funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will<br />
County.<br />
In the event the property is acondomin-<br />
ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS<br />
5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and (H-2), 765<br />
ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS<br />
605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified<br />
that the purchaser of the unit, other than<br />
amortgagee, shall pay the assessments<br />
and legal fees required by subdivisions<br />
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and the assessments<br />
required by subsection (g-1)<br />
of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium<br />
Property Act.<br />
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J)<br />
if there is asurplus following application<br />
ofthe proceeds of sale, then the<br />
plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant<br />
to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512(d) to all parties<br />
to the proceeding advising them of<br />
the amount ofthe surplus and that the<br />
surplus will beheld until aparty obtains<br />
acourt order for its distribution or, in<br />
the absence of an order, until the surplus<br />
is forfeited to the State.<br />
For Information Please Contact:<br />
Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC<br />
One East Wacker Suite 1250<br />
Chicago, IL 60601<br />
P: 1-614-220-5611<br />
F:<br />
PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT<br />
COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT<br />
YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS<br />
LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A<br />
DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING<br />
TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY<br />
INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL<br />
BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.<br />
2703 Legal<br />
Notices<br />
PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT<br />
COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT<br />
YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS<br />
LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A<br />
DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING<br />
TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY<br />
INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL<br />
BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.<br />
STATE OF ILLINOIS )<br />
) SS.<br />
COUNTY OF WILL )<br />
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE<br />
TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT<br />
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS<br />
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,<br />
Plaintiff,<br />
vs.<br />
STEPHEN K.BARRIX A/K/A STE-<br />
PHEN BURRIS, LAVERGNE<br />
COUNTER A/K/A LA VERGNE<br />
COUNTER,<br />
Defendant. No. 09 CH 3320<br />
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE<br />
Public notice ishereby given that pursuant<br />
toajudgment entered in the above<br />
cause on the 18th day of September,<br />
2017, MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will<br />
County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the<br />
21st day ofJune, 2018 ,commencing at<br />
12:00 o'clock noon, at the Will County<br />
Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street,<br />
Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, sell at public<br />
auction tothe highest and best bidder<br />
or bidders the following-described real<br />
estate:<br />
LOT 7 IN COLONIAL ACRES, A<br />
SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE<br />
SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 29,<br />
TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 11,<br />
EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL<br />
MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE<br />
PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JULY<br />
1, 1987 AS DOCUMENT R87-3509, IN<br />
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS.<br />
Commonly known as: 17311 S.<br />
McCarron Road, Homer Glen, IL 60491<br />
Description of Improvements:<br />
Single family home<br />
P.I.N.: 16-05-28-312-001-0000<br />
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the<br />
time of sale and the balance within<br />
twenty-four (24) hours. Nojudicial sale<br />
fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring<br />
the residential real estate pursuant<br />
to its credit bid at the sale or by any<br />
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other<br />
lienor acquiring the residential real estate<br />
whose rights in and tothe residential<br />
real estate arose prior to the sale. All<br />
payments shall be made in cash or certified<br />
funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will<br />
County.<br />
In the event the property is acondomin-<br />
ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS<br />
5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and (H-2), 765<br />
ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS<br />
605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified<br />
that the purchaser of the unit, other than<br />
amortgagee, shall pay the assessments<br />
and legal fees required by subdivisions<br />
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and the assessments<br />
required by subsection (g-1)<br />
of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium<br />
Property Act.<br />
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J)<br />
if there is asurplus following application<br />
ofthe proceeds of sale, then the<br />
plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant<br />
to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512(d) to all parties<br />
to the proceeding advising them of<br />
the amount ofthe surplus and that the<br />
surplus will beheld until aparty obtains<br />
acourt order for its distribution or, in<br />
the absence of an order, until the surplus<br />
is forfeited to the State.<br />
FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CON-<br />
TACT:<br />
Weiss McClelland LLC<br />
105 W. Adams Suite 1850<br />
Chicago, Illinois 60603<br />
P: 1-312-605-3500<br />
F: 1-312-605-3501<br />
Plaintiff's Attorney<br />
MIKE KELLEY<br />
Sheriff of Will County<br />
PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT<br />
COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT<br />
YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS<br />
LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A<br />
DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING<br />
TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY<br />
INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL<br />
BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.<br />
STATE OF ILLINOIS )<br />
) SS.<br />
COUNTY OF WILL )<br />
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE<br />
TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT<br />
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS<br />
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. astrustee for<br />
WaMu Mortgage pass-through Certificates<br />
Series 2004-PR2 Trust<br />
Plaintiff,<br />
vs.<br />
Gonzalo Sandoval; Maria E. Sandoval<br />
Defendant. No. 13 CH 2952<br />
Consolidates with case(s):<br />
13-021590<br />
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE<br />
Public notice ishereby given that pursuant<br />
toajudgment entered in the above<br />
cause on the 16th day of October, 2017,<br />
MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will<br />
County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the<br />
28th day of June, 2018 ,commencing at<br />
12:00 o'clock noon, at the Will County<br />
Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street,<br />
Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, sell at public<br />
auction to the highest and best bidder<br />
or bidders the following-described real<br />
estate:<br />
Lot 178, in Old Oak Unit 4E, Phase<br />
Two, being aSubdivision in Section 11,<br />
Township 36 North, Range 11, East of<br />
the Third Principal Meridian, according<br />
to the plat thereof recorded March 5,<br />
1993, as Document Number<br />
R93-0017356, in Will County, Illinois.<br />
Commonly known as: 13328 Atlantic<br />
Drive, Homer Glen, Illinois, IL 60491<br />
Description of Improvements:<br />
Single Family<br />
P.I.N.: 16-05-11-177-006-0000<br />
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the<br />
time of sale and the balance within<br />
twenty-four (24) hours. Nojudicial sale<br />
fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring<br />
the residential real estate pursuant<br />
to its credit bid at the sale or by any<br />
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other<br />
lienor acquiring the residential real es-<br />
tate whose rights in and tothe residential<br />
real estate arose prior to the sale. All<br />
payments shall be made in cash or certified<br />
funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will<br />
County.<br />
In the event the property is acondomin-<br />
ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS<br />
5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and (H-2), 765<br />
ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS<br />
605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified<br />
that the purchaser of the unit, other than<br />
amortgagee, shall pay the assessments<br />
and legal fees required by subdivisions<br />
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and the assessments<br />
required by subsection (g-1)<br />
of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium<br />
Property Act.<br />
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J)<br />
if there is asurplus following application<br />
ofthe proceeds of sale, then the<br />
plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant<br />
to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512(d) to all parties<br />
to the proceeding advising them of<br />
the amount ofthe surplus and that the<br />
surplus will beheld until aparty obtains<br />
acourt order for its distribution or, in<br />
the absence of an order, until the surplus<br />
is forfeited to the State.<br />
FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CON-<br />
TACT:<br />
Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC<br />
One East Wacker Suite 1250<br />
Chicago, IL 60601<br />
P: 1-614-220-5611<br />
F:<br />
Plaintiff's Attorney<br />
MIKE KELLEY<br />
Sheriff of Will County<br />
NOTICE OF ADOPTION<br />
RULES AND REGULATIONS<br />
OF THE BOARD OF FIRE<br />
COMMISSIONERS OF THE<br />
HOMER TOWNSHIP FIRE<br />
PROTECTION DISTRICT<br />
Notice is hereby given by the<br />
Board of Fire Commissioners (the<br />
"Commission") of the Homer<br />
Township Fire Protection District<br />
that its amended Rules and Regulations<br />
have been approved at its<br />
June 2, 2018 meeting, and that said<br />
rules become effective ten (10)<br />
days after the date of publication of<br />
this notice. Copies ofthe Rules<br />
and Regulations are available for<br />
review at the Homer Township<br />
Fire Protection District headquarters<br />
fire station, 16050 SCedar Rd,<br />
Lockport, IL 60491, from 8:00<br />
a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through<br />
Friday.<br />
/s/:Charles Challans,<br />
Chairman<br />
Board of Fire Commissioners<br />
Home Township Fire Protection<br />
District<br />
2900 Merchandise<br />
Under $100<br />
1950s Heilmans heavy glass<br />
Old Style beer pitcher $20.<br />
1950s Schlitz pewter ice cooler<br />
made in Italy $25. 8beer steins<br />
$5 ea. 708.614.8148<br />
Bike seat off exercise bike $5.<br />
Car upholstery cleaner $5.<br />
New digital tire guage $8.<br />
708.460.8308<br />
Cherry tomato plants 3/$1. Potted<br />
birch 6ft tree $25. Potted<br />
yellow flowering shrub $15.<br />
Hosta plants $2. 708.460.8308<br />
Dumbbells, ladies, pink, 5lb<br />
each. New $10. Diane<br />
708.403.2525<br />
Easy cycle electric pedal exercise<br />
machine model YJ-1033<br />
w/ remote table table &floor -<br />
foot & hands $25.<br />
815.588.1214<br />
Gear wrench 20 pc ratcheting<br />
set $55. 7 inch circular saw<br />
blades 2/$4.10 pc deep wall<br />
metric socket set $12.<br />
708.460.8308<br />
Glass art color light totems $35<br />
ea. Painted on awindow White<br />
Sox picture $40. Beautiful vase<br />
plum/light grey $10.<br />
708.494.1913<br />
Halagen portable new 500W<br />
lamp $20. LED bike light set<br />
$8, Duracell coppertop AAA<br />
batteries $10. AA batteries<br />
$12. 708.460.8308<br />
Hoover rug shampooer, 4<br />
bruch, retracks water $75.<br />
708.478.5338 LM<br />
MacGregor L.ite golf clubs,<br />
cast alloy, good condition.<br />
1980’s lightweight for teens or<br />
woman $75 OBO.<br />
708.204.9326 Orland Park<br />
Maytag washer, dryer &dishwasher.<br />
All work! just updating.<br />
$100 for all. 708.301.2646<br />
Mig welder, Solar 2-175 amp<br />
with cart $100. Call<br />
708.204.9326. Orland Park,<br />
ask for Dave.<br />
New in box Samsung 4K upscaling<br />
smart blueray player<br />
$65. 4-206 Cubs World Series<br />
complete newspapers $5 ea.<br />
708.44.4380<br />
Plus size 4x -5x ladies clothes<br />
$30 per bag. Blouses shirts,<br />
slacks, shorts, skirts, dresses,<br />
sweaters, sweatshirts. Excellent<br />
condition. 847.707.3333<br />
Rockford vintage heavy duty<br />
short barrel pneumatic chisel<br />
air hammer model 705 $35.<br />
Faberware stainless steel vintage<br />
8” blade with oak wooden<br />
handle chef/bucher knife $18.<br />
708.466.9907<br />
Weber kettle 22” one touch<br />
clean with table, cole & bin<br />
$60. 708.479.4150<br />
Whirlpool over range microwave,<br />
inlcudes backing plate<br />
for install. Has turntable. Runs<br />
great! $65. 312.320.4464<br />
Wood bi-fold doors w/ rose<br />
pattern etched glass 36”x 80”<br />
5/8” $50; 52” Hunter ceiling<br />
fan w/3lights $30; Queen box<br />
spring, never used $20.<br />
708.995.5556<br />
Wood desk, excellent condition<br />
$100. 708.460.8308<br />
1Grayco car seat, 1Grayco<br />
booster seat. Great condition<br />
$50 for both. 708.269.0215<br />
1950s Heilmans heavy glass<br />
Old Style beer pitcher $20.<br />
1950s Schlitz pewter ice cooler<br />
made in Italy $25. 8beer steins<br />
$5 ea. 708.614.8148<br />
2 Craftsman Sabre saws with<br />
blades, sanding discs, polish,<br />
instructions in cases $25 ea.<br />
708.444.8535<br />
2electrical routers $100. Call<br />
after 3:30pm. 708.257.4067<br />
2small pet carriers, could be<br />
for dogs or cats $25 ea. Pair of<br />
table lamps $40 for pair.<br />
708.403.2473<br />
2-26” Huffy bikes, new $75.<br />
708.599.6796<br />
4parrot cages: 1small $10, 2<br />
medium $15 each, 1large $20.<br />
Large dog cage $20.<br />
708.308.8342<br />
Chicago cutlery vintage 8” 66S<br />
carving slicing knife stainless<br />
blade & walnut handle $20.<br />
708.466.9907<br />
Decorator plates 22karat gold<br />
edging. Eighteenth century design<br />
$25 each. 815.838.9179<br />
Exercise bike, hardly used,<br />
Edge 288r by Fitness Quest.<br />
Sensors: speed, milage, pulse,<br />
$80. 260.585.4393. Lockport.<br />
Faberware stainless steel vintage<br />
8”blade with oak wooden<br />
handle chef/butcher knife $18.<br />
708.466.9907<br />
Hoover rug shampooer, 4<br />
brush, retracks water $75.<br />
708.478.5338 LM<br />
Hoover steam vac, 4brushes,<br />
retracks w ater $75.<br />
708.478.5338 LM<br />
Jacuzzi pool pump 11/2 HP<br />
motor 2speeds, high &low<br />
$80. Call Lou after 6PM<br />
708.448.9597<br />
Mens 26” Free Spirit bicycle,<br />
blue, large seat $30. Canary<br />
cages, $15 ea. 708.478.8976<br />
Oreck vacuum with extra bags<br />
$50. 708.301.5759<br />
Pachinko game, like new 1970<br />
Cadaco brand $15. Soda<br />
stream Genesis model new<br />
$40. Metal vintage reversible<br />
checker/chinese checker game<br />
$10. 708.301.0519<br />
Portal toilet $10. Bathtub transfer<br />
bench $20. Step up with tall<br />
handle $10. 4leg hand walker<br />
$10. Electric table top/floor<br />
easy cycle $25. 815.588.1214<br />
Refrigerator -GE french door<br />
bottom freezer, white 22 cu. ft.<br />
like new $100 firm.<br />
815.838.1745
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Athlete of the Week<br />
10 Questions<br />
with Taylor Young<br />
Educator endurance<br />
Oak Prairie teacher Jillian Blondell competes in 2018 Boston<br />
Marathon<br />
Taylor Young is a Homer<br />
Glen resident and recent<br />
Providence grad who<br />
played shortstop on the<br />
school’s softball team. She<br />
helped the Celtics get third<br />
at state in Class 3A last<br />
weekend.<br />
How did it feel to end<br />
your season at state?<br />
Being a senior and one<br />
of four [Hannah Falejczyk,<br />
Courtney Mahalik and<br />
Emily Pilon are the others]<br />
on the team, it’s awesome.<br />
It’s so special for all<br />
of us.<br />
How did you embrace a<br />
leadership role on the<br />
team for this season?<br />
Before the season, we<br />
had our preseason meetings<br />
with the coaches. Myself<br />
and Emily Pilon were<br />
named the captains, and this<br />
year I was very much ready<br />
to be a captain. It was a<br />
good transition for me, and<br />
my teammates made it so<br />
much easier.<br />
How did you get started<br />
playing softball?<br />
I was age 7 and was on an<br />
8U team at the Bulls/Sox.<br />
My mom, Kathy, was and<br />
still is the director of operations<br />
there. So, she absolutely<br />
pushed me toward playing<br />
it.<br />
Do you play any other<br />
sports?<br />
I played basketball and<br />
volleyball in middle school<br />
at Oak Prairie, but it’s all<br />
softball at Providence.<br />
Did you play on the fall<br />
of 2011 Class AA state<br />
title softball team at<br />
Oak Prairie?<br />
Yes. I was the starting<br />
first baseman that year<br />
as a sixth-grader. I was<br />
the only sixth-grader that<br />
started. We had an amazing<br />
pitcher, Justine Cielenski,<br />
and in the title game [a 2-1<br />
win over Teutopolis], we<br />
scored early [two runs in<br />
the third] and hung on. I<br />
was so young that I didn’t<br />
even think it was a big deal<br />
until our state championship<br />
pep rally.<br />
What is it about the<br />
game of softball that<br />
makes it the sport for<br />
you?<br />
Definitely all the competitiveness.<br />
I’m a competitive<br />
person anyway. In softball,<br />
it’s whoever goes out and<br />
plays the hardest. That’s<br />
what makes it the sport that<br />
I love.<br />
Was there a moment<br />
this season where you<br />
thought this team had<br />
what it takes to go to<br />
state?<br />
Yes, our last four games<br />
of the season is when I knew<br />
we had something special.<br />
We lost three of them [4-3<br />
to Lincoln-Way East in 11<br />
innings, 7-6 to Oak Park/<br />
River Forest and 7-6 to<br />
Marist] in three days, and<br />
all of those were on walkoffs.<br />
We knew those teams<br />
were among the best, and<br />
that if we could play with<br />
them like that, we could<br />
play with anyone.<br />
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Photo<br />
What have you learned<br />
from Providence softball<br />
coach Jay Biesterfeld?<br />
That no matter the situation,<br />
take in every moment.<br />
There’s never a time when<br />
we give up. He tells us to<br />
always have the highest<br />
expectations, and we have<br />
bought into that.<br />
Are you going to go<br />
on and play softball in<br />
college?<br />
Yes, I’m going to DePaul<br />
University. I actually committed<br />
there when I was<br />
a freshman, before I even<br />
played a high school softball<br />
game. I had a couple of<br />
offers, including one from<br />
Northern Illinois University.<br />
But I just loved the campus,<br />
the team, everything. I’m<br />
going to major in education.<br />
What is the best thing<br />
about being an athlete<br />
at Providence?<br />
Definitely the support<br />
system we get there. We always<br />
have a staff member<br />
or a classmate at our games.<br />
Plus, our softball field is<br />
amazing. The facilities we<br />
have help our program, too.<br />
Interview by Freelance Reporter<br />
Randy Whalen<br />
Jillian Blondell, a health and physical education teacher at Oak Prairie Junior High,<br />
participated this April in the 2018 Boston Marathon. Photos submitted<br />
Jillian Blondell shows off her marathon bib.<br />
The Oak Prairie teacher cracks a smile<br />
during the famous 26.2-mile race.
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22nd Century Media chose the best girls soccer student-athletes based on coach and writer<br />
recommendations, as well as player statistics, in its seven-town southwest suburban coverage area<br />
to place them on one super team — Team 22. The team features student-athletes from Lincoln-<br />
Way Central, LW East, LW West, Providence Catholic, Andrew, Lockport Township, Tinley Park and<br />
Sandburg high schools.<br />
—Compiled by 22nd Century Media staff<br />
forwarD<br />
MiDfielDer<br />
MiDfielDer<br />
DefenDer<br />
Sam Koppers, junior,<br />
Andrew<br />
20 goals, 4 assists.<br />
With strength, speed<br />
and great runs, she<br />
had a knack for<br />
scoring goals.<br />
Megan Nemec, junior,<br />
Andrew<br />
13 goals, 9 assists.<br />
Captain. Speed and<br />
athleticism give her<br />
the ability to create<br />
scoring chances and<br />
change games.<br />
Stephanie Quigley,<br />
senior, Lockport<br />
8 goals, 8 assists.<br />
Controlled the middle<br />
for Lockport, helping the<br />
team to 12 shutouts on<br />
the season.<br />
Chase McCool, senior,<br />
Providence<br />
She supported her<br />
midfielders well<br />
and was part of<br />
10 shutouts this<br />
season. The ball often<br />
switched through her.<br />
forwarD<br />
MiDfielDer<br />
DefenDer<br />
Goalie<br />
Karli Boyd, senior,<br />
Providence<br />
26 goals, 7 assists. A<br />
game-changer who had<br />
the ability to create<br />
something out of<br />
nothing for the Celtics.<br />
Sara Loichinger, junior,<br />
LW West<br />
12 goals, 6 assists.<br />
A tank who does the<br />
grunt work for the<br />
Warriors and led the<br />
team in scoring this<br />
season.<br />
Mia Milazzo, senior,<br />
Andrew<br />
5 goals, 7 assists. Led<br />
the back line for the<br />
Thunderbolts, and took<br />
part in 21 wins and 13<br />
shutouts.<br />
Gabby Sportiello,<br />
junior, Andrew<br />
21 wins, 13 shutouts, 1<br />
GAA. She allowed only<br />
one goal in five playoff<br />
games leading up to<br />
state.<br />
forwarD<br />
MiDfielDer<br />
DefenDer<br />
First team<br />
Erin Jaskierski,<br />
sophomore, Andrew<br />
16 goals, 5 assists.<br />
Her speed and<br />
tenacity add to her<br />
natural ability to<br />
score goals for the<br />
Thunderbolts.<br />
Allyson Fischer,<br />
senior, Lockport<br />
7 goals, 9 assists.<br />
An always-dangerous<br />
offensive player,<br />
leading the attack<br />
from the flank for the<br />
Porters.<br />
Lauren Sandberg,<br />
senior, LW East<br />
1 goal, 1 assist. A<br />
team leader for the<br />
Griffins who helped<br />
record seven shutouts<br />
on the season.<br />
Honorable mentions:<br />
M: Savina Filip, senior, LW West.<br />
D: Megan Andjelic, junior, LW Central; Lauren<br />
Limpin, senior, LW Central.<br />
G: Samantha Tuuk, junior, Tinley.<br />
second team<br />
forwarDs<br />
Nicolette Gossage, junior,<br />
LW Central<br />
22 goals, 1 assist<br />
Morgan Sniegolski, senior,<br />
Tinley<br />
15 goals, 6 assists<br />
Finley Travis, junior, Lockport<br />
9 goals, 2 assists<br />
MiDfielDers<br />
Emma Lehnert, senior,<br />
Andrew<br />
5 goals<br />
Amber Brooks, junior, LW<br />
East<br />
3 goals, 5 assists<br />
Lauren Newton, junior, Tinley<br />
7 goals, 3 assists<br />
Audrey Bulow, sophomore,<br />
LW Central<br />
Scored 2 in game after<br />
injury<br />
DefenDers<br />
Samantha Sarna, junior, LW<br />
West<br />
1 goal, 3 assists. Helped<br />
with five shutouts.<br />
Elena Krasowski, senior,<br />
Sandburg<br />
Aggressive defender.<br />
Distributes quickly.<br />
Claire Sokol, senior,<br />
Sandburg<br />
Good at breaking up attacks.<br />
Speed to distribute.<br />
Goalie<br />
Maria Fields, senior, LW East<br />
7 shutouts, 1.38 GAA
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fastbreak<br />
Provi softball triumphs 16-15 to get third at state<br />
22nd Century Media File Photo<br />
1st and 3<br />
Providence softball<br />
ends season with<br />
third-place finish at<br />
state<br />
1. Prevailing in a slug<br />
fest<br />
The Celtics softball<br />
team (29-12) won 16-<br />
15 with a thrilling rally<br />
and tally in extra innings<br />
Saturday, June<br />
9, to capture third<br />
place in the Class 3A<br />
state tournament at<br />
EastSide Centre in<br />
East Peoria.<br />
2. Young delivers<br />
Homer Glen’s Taylor<br />
Young, a shortstop<br />
for the Celtics, went<br />
2-for-5 in her final<br />
high school game,<br />
including a two-out,<br />
two-run homer in<br />
the bottom of the<br />
seventh to cut the<br />
deficit at that time to<br />
15-14.<br />
3. Mucha mashes<br />
Freshman second<br />
baseman/pitcher<br />
and Homer Glen<br />
resident Nicole Mucha<br />
had three hits<br />
and scored two runs<br />
for her team in its<br />
victory.<br />
Homer Glen’s Young<br />
hits clutch home run<br />
during comeback in<br />
bottom of seventh<br />
Randy Whalen<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
It was an unforgettable<br />
ending to an unforgettable<br />
game and capped off an unforgettable<br />
season.<br />
Down much of the game<br />
and down to its last strike<br />
at one point, the Providence<br />
softball team rallied for a<br />
wild 16-15 victory in eight<br />
innings over Mt. Zion on<br />
Saturday, June 9, to capture<br />
third place in the Class 3A<br />
state tournament at EastSide<br />
Centre in East Peoria.<br />
The Celtics (29-12), who<br />
also finished third in Class<br />
3A in 2012, matched their<br />
highest finish ever. They did<br />
that by never giving up in a<br />
game that was as wacky as it<br />
was wonderful. The 31 combined<br />
runs shattered the record<br />
for most in a state tournament<br />
game in any class.<br />
Providence had 22 hits,<br />
which tied the record set by<br />
Lebanon in a 2010 Class 1A<br />
22-2 semifinal win over Serena.<br />
“That’s got to be one of<br />
the most exciting third-place<br />
games that you’ll ever see,”<br />
Providence coach Jay Biesterfeld<br />
said. “We’d battle<br />
back to take the lead, and<br />
then we’d lose it and battle,<br />
and then would get the lead<br />
again. We knew that we<br />
would score some runs, so<br />
we told them to fight to the<br />
end. Just keep swinging, and<br />
we’ll find a way to get the<br />
runs that we need. It just had<br />
that feeling that whoever had<br />
the last at-bat was going to<br />
win. It came down to our last<br />
strike, and it worked out.<br />
“[The team] all just got it<br />
done in pressure situations,<br />
and I’m so proud of them. It<br />
wasn’t the most well-played<br />
game by any means, but both<br />
teams had no quit in them,<br />
and it didn’t matter what the<br />
score was. We just had to<br />
stay positive, stay with it and<br />
see if we could find a way to<br />
pull it off, and we did.”<br />
Providence led 1-0 after<br />
an inning, then trailed 4-1<br />
after sophomore left fielder<br />
Stephanie Hurm (3-for-4, 2<br />
R, 6 RBI) hit a grand slam in<br />
the top of the third and 5-3<br />
before battling back to lead<br />
6-5 after four. But Mt. Zion<br />
(30-9) got five in the top of<br />
the fifth to lead 10-6. The<br />
Celtics got three runs back<br />
in the bottom of the fifth<br />
on a three-run homer by senior<br />
designated player Hannah<br />
Falejczyk (2-for-3, R, 3<br />
RBI), her team-leading 13th<br />
of the season.<br />
Providence retook the lead<br />
at 11-10 with a pair of runs in<br />
the bottom of the sixth on a<br />
two-run double by Shannon<br />
Smith (4-for-5, 2 R, 4 RBI).<br />
The junior catcher also had<br />
a double in the first, a tworun<br />
single in the third and<br />
finished a home run short of<br />
hitting for the cycle.<br />
But the Braves banged<br />
Providence Catholic seniors (left to right) Hannah<br />
Falejczyk, Homer Glen resident Taylor Young, New Lenox<br />
resident Courtney Mahalik and Emily Pilon pose with the<br />
spoils of their victory from the Class 3A third-place game<br />
at this year’s IHSA State Softball Finals played Saturday,<br />
June 9, at EastSide Centre in East Peoria. The Celtics<br />
prevailed to leave with bronze medals and a new trophy<br />
after knocking off Mt. Zion 16-15 in an exciting, eight-inning<br />
contest. Clark Brooks/PhotoNews Media<br />
out five runs in the top of<br />
the seventh, four of them<br />
after two were out, to take a<br />
15-11 lead. Providence was<br />
down to its last three outs<br />
but staged an amazing rally<br />
in the bottom of the seventh.<br />
Junior third baseman Maggie<br />
Joutras (1-for-5) led off<br />
the inning with a towering<br />
homer to center, her second<br />
of the season. But after the<br />
next two batters made outs,<br />
things looked grim.<br />
However, the Celtics rallied.<br />
Sophomore right fielder<br />
and Tinley Park resident<br />
Teagan Sopczak (3-for-5, 3<br />
R, 3 RBI) doubled to right<br />
center. Senior shortstop and<br />
Homer Glen resident Taylor<br />
Young (2-for-5, 2 R, 2 RBI)<br />
followed with a homer, her<br />
10th of the season, to center<br />
field. That was the 61st and<br />
final round-tripper of the<br />
Celtics’ season, as they easily<br />
established a new homer<br />
record for most in a season.<br />
“My first few at-bats, I<br />
was too anxious, but then [in<br />
the seventh], I got the barrel<br />
of the bat on it,” Young<br />
said of her home run. “At<br />
the end, we just fought. We<br />
wanted that game, and we<br />
were not finished. We have<br />
such a great lineup. That was<br />
the craziest game ever, but it<br />
was my last game with the<br />
team, and to win is special.”<br />
Now within a run, Smith<br />
stepped up to the plate. With<br />
the count 2-2, she smashed a<br />
ball into the left-field corner<br />
and raced all the way around<br />
for a triple.<br />
Junior center fielder and<br />
Green Garden resident Lex<br />
Leighton (3-for-5, R, 2 RBI)<br />
followed by smashing a 1-1<br />
pitch past third for an RBI<br />
single, and, amazingly, the<br />
game was tied. Freshman<br />
second baseman/pitcher and<br />
Homer Glen resident Nicole<br />
Mucha (3-for-5, 2 R) then<br />
had an infield single, but a<br />
pop out ended the inning,<br />
and the teams went to the<br />
eighth.<br />
In the top of the eighth,<br />
pitcher Laila Summers sat<br />
Mt. Zion down in order for<br />
the only time during the<br />
game.<br />
Joutras was robbed of a<br />
hit to open the bottom of the<br />
eighth. But no matter, senior<br />
first/second baseman Emily<br />
Pilon (3-for-4, R, BB)<br />
singled to left. Sophomore<br />
left fielder Maggie Hurley<br />
(1-for-2), who entered the<br />
game as a pinch hitter in the<br />
seventh, then doubled down<br />
the third-base line to put<br />
runners at second and third.<br />
Up stepped Sopczak, who<br />
smashed a single to right<br />
center to score freshman<br />
pinch runner Allysa Ibarra<br />
with the winning run to end<br />
the wild game.<br />
Providence graduates only<br />
four seniors. Left fielder<br />
and New Lenox resident<br />
Courtney Mahalik (0-for-1,<br />
2 SAC, RBI) was the other<br />
senior and knocked in a run<br />
with a sacrifice fly in the<br />
fourth.<br />
LISTEN UP<br />
“At the end, we just fought. We wanted that game, and we<br />
were not finished.”<br />
Taylor Young — Celtics softball player and Homer Glen resident, on how<br />
her team was able to rally to win in the third-place game at state<br />
Tune In<br />
Youth Football<br />
Off to camp — June 11-27, at LTHS’s East Campus<br />
• The Porter Football Youth Summer SKILLS<br />
Camp is for players ages 5-14 to practice and<br />
develop skills in a safe setting and meets twice<br />
a week.<br />
Index<br />
38 - Team 22<br />
37 - Athlete of the Week<br />
FASTBREAK is compiled by Editor Thomas<br />
Czaja, tom@homerhorizon.com.
homer glen’s Hometown Newspaper | www.homerhorizon.com | June 14, 2018<br />
Meet the squad<br />
Team 22 announced for girls soccer,<br />
Page 38<br />
On the run<br />
Oak Prairie teacher participates in<br />
renowned marathon, Page 37<br />
Providence softball earns state trophy by rallying from four-run deficit in seventh,<br />
winning in extra innings, Page 38<br />
The Providence softball team poses with its trophy and medals after winning the third-place game of the Class 3A state tournament Saturday, June 9, at EastSide Centre in<br />
East Peoria. Clark Brooks/PhotoNews Media