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Contract year Board approves<br />
superintendent contract, rolls back fees, Page 4<br />
Road relief<br />
Funds for I-80 improvement allotted, Page 5<br />
Parks plans<br />
MCPD begins new 5-year plan, Page 6<br />
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THURSDAY<br />
I Pledge for Ice Cream<br />
11 a.m.- 7 p.m. June 28,<br />
The Creamery, 19100 Wolf<br />
Road, Mokena. Children<br />
12 years and younger who<br />
can recite the Pledge of Allegiance<br />
by memory will receive<br />
a free kid cone during<br />
the third annual I Pledge for<br />
Ice Cream event.<br />
Outdoor Movie<br />
8:30-10:30 p.m. June 28,<br />
Yunker Farm, 10824 W. La<br />
Porte Road, Mokena. Join<br />
the Mokena Park District<br />
for a free movie, “Beauty<br />
and the Beast.” For more<br />
information, visit www.mo<br />
kenapark.com or call (708)<br />
390-2401.<br />
SATURDAY<br />
River Cruise<br />
Deadline to register is<br />
June 30. Trip will take place<br />
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Basic Horsemanship Class<br />
www.22ndcenturymedia.com 3:30-5:30 p.m. Saturday,<br />
June 30, Nova Quarter Horses,<br />
10129 W. 187th St., Mokena.<br />
This class is for those new<br />
to horses or who just want to<br />
learn more. Gain confidence<br />
while learning what goes on<br />
“behind the scenes” of a lesson<br />
during this hands on class.<br />
Learn barn etiquette, how to<br />
halter and lead, how to groom<br />
and pick hooves, how to<br />
saddle and bridle and how to<br />
adjust reins and stirrups. Cost<br />
is $30 per person. For more<br />
information and registration,<br />
call (708) 479-3696. This is a<br />
non riding class.<br />
WEDNESDAY<br />
Parade and Fireworks<br />
10 a.m. July 4, downtown<br />
Mokena. The Mokena<br />
Chamber of Commerce’s<br />
annual 4th of July parade<br />
and fireworks display is a<br />
longstanding tradition. The<br />
parade will proceed north on<br />
Wolf Road between Mokena<br />
Street and Granite Dr. The<br />
fireworks display will commence<br />
at the intersection of<br />
LaPorte Road and Mokena<br />
Street between 9:30 and<br />
9:50 p.m. with thousands of<br />
people expected to attend the<br />
day’s festivities.<br />
July 4th Bash<br />
5-9 p.m. July 4, Main Park,<br />
10925 W. LaPorte Road,<br />
Mokena. Celebrate Independence<br />
and Illinois with the<br />
Mokena Community Public<br />
Library District and the<br />
Mokena Park District. There<br />
will be food vendors, bounce<br />
houses, balloon artists, face<br />
painters, games and an all<br />
ages mechanical bulldog.<br />
There will be entertainment<br />
on the stage between 5 p.m.<br />
and 7 p.m at this free family<br />
event including visits<br />
from Crosstown Exotics and<br />
School of Rock. Grab a seat<br />
early for the fireworks, and<br />
have some family fun.<br />
UPCOMING<br />
Free Demo Classes<br />
Various times Monday,<br />
July 9-Wednesday, July 11,<br />
The Oaks Recreation and Fitness<br />
Center, 10847 La Porte<br />
Road, Mokena. Join the Oaks<br />
for a free demo class of Oaks<br />
Power Hour, a challenging<br />
program with intense workouts<br />
led by personal trainers.<br />
This program is designed for<br />
total body conditioning using<br />
kettlebells, rope/suspension<br />
training, rower/assault<br />
bike and more. Classes will<br />
be held 5:45–6:45 a.m. on<br />
Monday, July 9; 10:30–11:30<br />
a.m. on Tuesday, July 10; and<br />
6:50-7:50 a.m. and 5:15-6:15<br />
p.m. on Wednesday, July<br />
11. This class is for ages 16<br />
and older. Space is limited.<br />
Register online at least two<br />
days before the class by calling<br />
708-390-2343 or visiting<br />
www.mokenapark.com.<br />
Concerts in the Park<br />
7 p.m. Thursday, July 12,<br />
Yunker Farm Bandshell,<br />
10824 W. LaPorte Road in<br />
Mokena. Dave & The Blue<br />
Snouts will perform Rockin’<br />
Blues on June 28. Terraced<br />
lawn seating is available, or<br />
bring lawn chairs or blankets<br />
to enjoy these great summer<br />
events. In the event of inclement<br />
weather, visit www.<br />
mokenapark.com or check<br />
their Facebook page for<br />
event status.<br />
Firecracker Dance Weekend<br />
5 p.m. Friday, July 13-1<br />
a.m. Sunday, July 15, Front<br />
Street, downtown Mokena.<br />
Join the Mokena Lions Club<br />
for their 31st annual Firecracker<br />
Dance and Fundraiser<br />
event. Tickets are $10<br />
in advance or $15 at the gate.<br />
Summer Fest<br />
6-11 p.m. Friday, July 13,<br />
CD&ME, 23320 South La<br />
Grange Road, Frankfort. Join<br />
the Lincoln-Way Foundation<br />
for Educational Excellence<br />
as they host their first annual<br />
Lincoln-Way Summer Fest.<br />
The event is open to adults<br />
ages 21 and older and will<br />
feature bands Then Again as<br />
well as Johnny Russler and<br />
the Beach Bum Band playing<br />
live. The event will take<br />
place rain or shine. Tickets<br />
cost $30 in advance and are<br />
available through Ticketmaster,<br />
at CD&ME or at<br />
the main offices of any of<br />
the three Lincoln-Way high<br />
schools. To reserve tables for<br />
a group, contact Bob Kennedy<br />
at Robert.Kennedy@<br />
lw210.org, or (815) 462-<br />
2976. For more information,<br />
visit www.lincolnwaysum<br />
merfest.com.<br />
St. Anthony WOW<br />
7 p.m. Friday, July 13,<br />
Frankfort Township Building,<br />
11000 W. Lincoln Highway,<br />
Frankfort. St. Anthony<br />
WOW, a non-denominational<br />
social group for widows<br />
and widowers, will meet<br />
for a short meeting, entertainment<br />
and refreshments.<br />
New faces are welcome. For<br />
more information, call Mary<br />
at (815) 469-4351 or Bill at<br />
(708) 478-6118.<br />
Festa Italia<br />
11 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday,<br />
July 15, Front Street Metra<br />
parking lot, downtown Mokena.<br />
Celebrate the tastes<br />
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and sounds of Italy with Fest<br />
Italia. There will be live music,<br />
dancing and food and<br />
drinks to go around. Tickets<br />
for the event cost $10.<br />
ONGOING<br />
Summer Horse Camps<br />
Registration is open for<br />
Nova Quarter Horses’ Summer<br />
Horse Camps, which<br />
will be held from 9 a.m.-3<br />
p.m. for ages 7-18 at Nova<br />
Quarter Horses, 10129 W.<br />
187th St., Mokena. Each<br />
four-day camp is filled with<br />
equestrian instruction and<br />
fun. Sessions run June 18-<br />
21; June 25-28; July 9-12;<br />
July 23-26 (advanced); and<br />
July 30-Aug. 2. Cost is $325<br />
per week, and $350 per week<br />
for the advanced camp. For<br />
more information and registration,<br />
visit www.novaquar<br />
terhorses.com or call (708)<br />
479-3696.<br />
Knitting Club<br />
3-4:30 p.m. Fridays, Mokena<br />
Community Public<br />
Library District, 11327 W.<br />
195th St., Mokena. Both beginning<br />
and advanced knitters<br />
are welcome to join this<br />
group, which meets in the<br />
Adult Reading Room. For<br />
more information, call (708)<br />
479-9663.<br />
We are Lions<br />
6:30 p.m. first Thursday of<br />
each month, Jenny’s Souside<br />
Tap, 10160 191st St., Mokena.<br />
The Lions Club of Mokena<br />
hosts is monthly meeting.<br />
For more information, email<br />
MokenaLionsClub@att.net.
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LW women business owners give back, donate scholarships<br />
Megan Schuller<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
The Lincoln-Way Area<br />
Business Women’s Organization<br />
held their annual<br />
scholarship banquet on June<br />
19 at Gatto’s Restaurant in<br />
New Lenox to recognize<br />
several young women who<br />
are choosing to further their<br />
education.<br />
Seventeen scholarships totaling<br />
$16,500 were awarded<br />
and split between 14 high<br />
school girls and three continuing<br />
education women<br />
from the Lincoln-Way area.<br />
According to a spokesperson<br />
for the event, it is the most<br />
scholarship money ever given<br />
away in the Club’s history.<br />
LWABWO Vice President<br />
Nancy Dye said that helping<br />
young women further their<br />
education, some of whom<br />
LWABWO scholarships recipients<br />
Sara Schelinski - Lincoln- University<br />
Way Central, Joliet Junior Kayla Jandek - Lincoln-<br />
College<br />
Way West, Eastern Illinois<br />
Jessica Bowers - Lincoln- University<br />
Way Central, Dominican Gianna Ruiz - Lincoln-Way<br />
University<br />
Central, Bradley University<br />
Erin Kay - Iowa State Grace Klevorn - Lincoln-<br />
University<br />
Way Central, University of<br />
Alyssa McDonald - Lincoln- Illinois Urbana-Champaign<br />
Way Central, Western Mikaya Gardener- Lincoln-<br />
Michigan<br />
Way East, Fordham<br />
Jaclyn Dolan - Lincoln- University<br />
Way West, University of Julia Signorelli - Lincoln-<br />
Missouri<br />
Way Central, University of<br />
Raquel Chavez - Lincoln- South Carolina at Columbia<br />
Way west, Valparaiso Molly Schuringa - Lincoln-<br />
might not otherwise be able<br />
to afford college, means a lot<br />
to the members of the organization.<br />
“When you listen to these<br />
young women, who are so<br />
impressive, it’s worth all the<br />
time and effort we put into<br />
Way Central, Loyola<br />
University<br />
Mary Zopf - Lincoln-Way<br />
Central, DePaul University<br />
Alexia Kubas - Lincoln-Way<br />
East, University of Arizona<br />
Continuing education<br />
Elizabeth DeVito - New<br />
Lenox resident, Milwaukee<br />
School of Engineering<br />
Whitney Frieling - Mokena<br />
resident, University of St.<br />
Francis<br />
Patrice Foster - New Lenox<br />
resident, Joliet Junior<br />
College<br />
the rest of the year,” Dye said.<br />
“To have them come and tell<br />
their stories and bring their<br />
families, it’s very rewarding<br />
Gianna Ruiz, of Mokena, receives her scholarship from the<br />
Lincoln-Way Area Business Women’s Organization June<br />
19. Seventeen scholarships totaling $16,500 were awarded<br />
and split between 14 high school girls and three continuing<br />
education women from the Lincoln-Way area.<br />
Photos by Julie McMann/22nd Century Media<br />
for us even though we’re the<br />
ones giving to them.”<br />
The scholarship selection<br />
committee presented the<br />
women with a certificate and<br />
a rose, after they had the winners<br />
introduce themselves<br />
Please see education, 5<br />
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Lincoln-Way Community High School D210 Board of Education<br />
Superintendent’s 5-year contract extension approved<br />
Megan Schuller<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
The D210 Board of Education<br />
voted in favor to extended<br />
Superintendent Dr.<br />
Scott Tingley’s contract,<br />
with a raise, in a 4 to 1 vote<br />
during its Thursday, June<br />
21, meeting. Board member<br />
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The five-year contract is a<br />
performance based contract,<br />
which is dependant on his<br />
performance as an administrator<br />
and how the students<br />
perform under his leadership.<br />
Tingley’s annual base salary<br />
will be $206,215. According<br />
to his original contract,<br />
signed in December<br />
of 2012, his base salary was<br />
$185,000. Each subsequent<br />
contract year within Tingley’s<br />
new contract, his salary<br />
will be increased by the<br />
consumer price Index, which<br />
could range from 1 percent<br />
to 3 percent.<br />
During public comment,<br />
Lincoln-Way East parent<br />
Elizabeth Burghard spoke<br />
out about updating Tingley’s<br />
contract during times<br />
of financial hardship in the<br />
district.<br />
“I don’t think raises<br />
should be given to administrators<br />
when we’re in such<br />
poor financial shape and<br />
when you continue to ask<br />
for more and more money,”<br />
Burghard said.<br />
On the contract, Tingley<br />
listed two goals each for<br />
his responsibilities of curriculum<br />
and assessments,<br />
community relations, and<br />
finance. The board disagreed<br />
on whether Tingley’s shortterm<br />
annual goals should<br />
aim more toward long term<br />
goals since the contract renewal<br />
is for five more years.<br />
Lucchetti said that he was<br />
in favor of extending the<br />
contract, but questioned the<br />
length of time and how far<br />
out Tingley’s goals should<br />
aim.<br />
“My concern is that the<br />
term of this contract is five<br />
years,” Lucchetti said during<br />
discussion. “Given where<br />
we are at the District, we’re<br />
in the very early stages of<br />
recovery. The goals aren’t<br />
really over a five-year term.<br />
Round it up<br />
A brief look at other<br />
items discussed at the<br />
June 21 D210 board<br />
meeting<br />
• Brad Cauffman<br />
was appointed as the<br />
Treasurer for the 2018-<br />
2019 school year.<br />
• The Board voted in<br />
favor of putting the Will<br />
County One Cent Sales<br />
Tax resolution on the<br />
November ballot.<br />
• National Investigation,<br />
Inc was contracted<br />
to cross reference<br />
addresses on file to<br />
ensure correct residency<br />
within district borders.<br />
The estimated cost is $2<br />
per family, which adds<br />
up to $11,052 for the<br />
cost of the service.<br />
We really have a lot of financial<br />
things coming up here<br />
that [Tingley needs] to be on<br />
top of. We have transition in<br />
our education and administration.<br />
I’m more in favor of<br />
basing this on performance:<br />
[Tingley sets] goals and then<br />
extend it over a period of<br />
time.”<br />
A five-year term is the<br />
max extension allowed by<br />
the state of Illinois.<br />
“As far as other superintendents<br />
in the area and the<br />
state of Illinois, it’s lower on<br />
the pay scale and it’s a modest<br />
increase,” Board Vice<br />
President Joseph Kosteck<br />
said. “Financially it makes<br />
since, as well if we have<br />
enough money.”<br />
For comparison, William<br />
K. Kendall, superintendent<br />
of Bremen High School<br />
District 228, earned a base<br />
salary of $247,894 for the<br />
2017-2018 school year,<br />
while Todd P. Wernet, superintendent<br />
of Lockport Township<br />
High School District<br />
205, earned a base salary of<br />
$218,736 for FY 2016-2017,<br />
the latest year available on<br />
D205’s website.<br />
Student fees reworked<br />
Parents vocalized how upset<br />
they were about the $50<br />
school fee that appeared as<br />
an activity fee during registration<br />
for the 2018-2019<br />
school year. The fee was assessed<br />
regardless of whether<br />
or not a student would participate<br />
in sports or extracurriculars.<br />
Parents also were<br />
concerned that only people<br />
who had already paid their<br />
fees received an email from<br />
Tingley about the district<br />
changing their mind on the<br />
fee because, according to the<br />
email, the fee “can be challenged”<br />
legally.<br />
Parents that already paid<br />
the fee have the option to<br />
keep the paid fee on the account<br />
in case their child participates<br />
in an activity during<br />
the year, have it credited to<br />
their child’s lunch account or<br />
get a refund.<br />
“The people who had already<br />
paid received emails;<br />
people who haven’t are going<br />
to be included since I<br />
knew we were going to have<br />
a discussion tonight,” Tingley<br />
said after the meeting<br />
regarding why only some<br />
parents received emails.<br />
During discussion of the<br />
fees, audience members<br />
spoke out correcting board<br />
members after they kept using<br />
the phrase “flat activity<br />
fee.” Several parents pointed<br />
out that it is not a flat fee for<br />
all activities if activities still<br />
required additional fees for<br />
uniforms or other expenses<br />
that parents would have to<br />
pay on top of the $50 activity<br />
fee.<br />
“The $50 is an overhead<br />
cost,” Board President Joseph<br />
Kirkeeng said. “We have to<br />
pay for coaches, we pay for<br />
transportation, we pay for the<br />
operations of these facilities.<br />
We want consistency among<br />
the fees in schools.”<br />
According to board documents,<br />
the estimated revenue<br />
from the fee would be<br />
reduced from $310,000 to<br />
$248,000 after eliminating<br />
the fee from all students and<br />
only charging participating<br />
students.<br />
“Fifty dollars is a tiny bit<br />
of money to most people,<br />
but for other people it’s not,”<br />
parent Rebecca Dalseth said<br />
during the meeting.<br />
Pension debt restructured<br />
The Board also decided<br />
on a financial matter that<br />
has been dragged out since<br />
2010. The Illinois Municipal<br />
Retirement Fund and Early<br />
Retirement Incentive balance<br />
is $576,188.84 due to interest<br />
on the balance of the IMRF<br />
for employees that retired<br />
under the ERI plan back in<br />
2010. Since the IMRF charges<br />
the District 7.5 percent<br />
interest expense on the outstanding<br />
balance, the Board<br />
voted to pay off the balance<br />
to save the District approximately<br />
$39,000 annually.<br />
“We built in to this amended<br />
budget to pay this off,”<br />
Assistant Superintendent of<br />
Business Bradley Cauffman<br />
said. “I think it’s financially<br />
prudent to go ahead and<br />
make this payoff to save an<br />
additional interest expense.<br />
It will of course have an<br />
impact on our tax anticipation<br />
awards. We’ll be needing<br />
to borrow and additional<br />
$576,000 more, but it’s for a<br />
shorter time period.”<br />
According to Cauffman,<br />
the amount borrowed should<br />
be covered by the tax income<br />
the district receives. He said<br />
that money will be tight for<br />
some time after paying off<br />
the ERI but that it will be<br />
worth it to avoid the 7.5 percent<br />
interest.
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I-80 grant to improve safety at Route 30 interchange<br />
Megan Schuller<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
Interstate 80 has been aging<br />
for years without the<br />
funds to fix aesthetic problems<br />
and design flaws that<br />
often lead to accidents. A<br />
recent grant awarded federal<br />
funds to Illinois Department<br />
of Transportation to help improve<br />
the safety of the interstate<br />
for residents.<br />
Out of 46 applications requesting<br />
close to $600 million<br />
in national highway<br />
freight funds, about half of<br />
the applications from across<br />
Illinois were chosen, two of<br />
which impact Will County.<br />
More than $240 million in<br />
National Highway Freight<br />
Program through 2022 will<br />
be dedicated to the projects<br />
and the rest needed to complete<br />
the projects will be<br />
matched by $90 million in<br />
state and private funds.<br />
The two projects within<br />
Will County will receive $54<br />
million from IDOT’s Competitive<br />
Freight Program.<br />
The total cost reconstructing<br />
I-80 and the U.S. Route<br />
30 interchange is $43 million.<br />
The grant will contribute<br />
more than $34 million<br />
to the project. The I-80 and<br />
Route 30 interchange directs<br />
truck traffic of the local intermodal<br />
facilities and daily<br />
commuters from across the<br />
area.<br />
“Illinois’ central location<br />
makes it a vital transportation<br />
hub for the nation,<br />
and Will County is at the<br />
center of it,” State Rep.<br />
Margo McDermed said in<br />
a press release. “This new<br />
grant is a great opportunity<br />
to invest in a project<br />
that will not only maintain<br />
our state’s commitment to<br />
that status, but improve<br />
the quality of life for residents<br />
in the 37th district<br />
by improving safety along<br />
these highly trafficked corridors.”<br />
Will County Board Member<br />
Ray Tuminello said that<br />
the I-80 grant is exciting and<br />
needed.<br />
“I-80 is disastrous,” Tuminello<br />
said. “The state can’t<br />
come up with the money to<br />
fix it all at once but projects<br />
like this chip away and impact<br />
Mokena, New Lenox<br />
and surrounding areas.”<br />
Tuminello said that they<br />
teamed up with IDOT and<br />
local government before<br />
submitting the applications.<br />
New Lenox Mayor Tim Baldermann<br />
and Mokena Mayor<br />
Frank A. Fleischer joined<br />
the initiative to support the<br />
application.<br />
“We could make an application<br />
but the support of the<br />
local mayors and legislators<br />
made it possible,” Tuminello<br />
said. “It’s the first step of<br />
many projects to alleviate<br />
congestion and the growing<br />
economy of freight traffic.<br />
It will help make it safer for<br />
residents in Will County.”<br />
New Lenox Mayor Tim<br />
Balderman said that he is<br />
excited about the improvements<br />
that will be coming<br />
along the interstate.<br />
“It’s been a dangerous entrance<br />
and exit there for quite<br />
some time,” Balderman said.<br />
“There’s a lot of work that<br />
needs to be done on I-80, but<br />
we’re glad to see this portion<br />
of it being completed. Not<br />
only is it good for safety, but<br />
it will also help with development<br />
on the west end of<br />
town and clean all that up.”<br />
A Community Friendly<br />
Freight Mobility Study and<br />
Plan was completed in September<br />
2017, which outlined<br />
the increasing truck traffic<br />
issues in the county and<br />
their role in Will County’s<br />
economy. The Freight Study<br />
The Illinois Department of Transportation recently received a federal grant, with a portion<br />
of the money benefiting projects in Will County. One of them will be to improve the area at<br />
Interstate 80 near Route 30 for it to be a safer roadway. Will Rehm/22nd Century Media<br />
showed that Will County is<br />
North America’s largest inland<br />
port, with $65 billion<br />
worth of products transported<br />
in 2016. More than<br />
3 million international and<br />
domestic containers flow<br />
through the port each year.<br />
The other project was<br />
awarded $20 million for the<br />
143rd Street extension in<br />
Plainfield.<br />
This project totals nearly<br />
$30 million, and intends<br />
to re-route traffic from IL<br />
Route 126.<br />
“Both of these projects are<br />
in highly populated areas of<br />
our county,” Walsh said in<br />
a press release. “When finished,<br />
these improvements<br />
will improve traffic flow<br />
along these roadways. We<br />
are very thankful to IDOT<br />
for recognizing the importance<br />
of these projects to the<br />
region.”<br />
For more information<br />
about the freight plan, visit<br />
www.willcountyfreight.org.<br />
education<br />
From Page 3<br />
and their plans for college.<br />
Lincoln-Way West graduate<br />
Raquel Chavez plans to<br />
attend Valparaiso University<br />
in the fall. Chavez said that<br />
winning the scholarship from<br />
LWABWO was extra special<br />
for her since she hopes to do<br />
the same kind of work after<br />
she receives her degree.<br />
“This scholarship is my<br />
favorite one I applied for,”<br />
Chavez said. “The whole organization<br />
is about women<br />
supporting other women and<br />
their education. That’s the<br />
field I want to go into with<br />
women’s rights and women’s<br />
education. That’s basically<br />
what I want to do with my<br />
life: support the growth of<br />
other women’s education.”<br />
The scholarship banquet<br />
has been held since the mid<br />
1990’s, when the club shifted<br />
its focus on scholarships for<br />
women and girls.<br />
Kathy Klevorn said the<br />
local organization giving<br />
back to its youth within the<br />
community gives the young<br />
women successful people to<br />
look up to.<br />
“It’s a big advantage for our<br />
students to have this group<br />
in our community because<br />
these women are role models,<br />
as well,” Kathy said. “They<br />
come together and provide<br />
opportunities for our girls going<br />
forward,” Kathy said.<br />
Her daughter, Grace<br />
Klevorn, a recent Lincoln-<br />
Way Central graduate and<br />
future University of Illinois<br />
Urbana-Champaign student,<br />
plans to go into business in<br />
college.<br />
“It’s a male-dominated industry,<br />
and it’s very helpful<br />
to get this monetary gift to<br />
further my education so I can<br />
make a difference in the business<br />
world,” Grace said.<br />
The organization provided<br />
$1,000 to girls graduating<br />
high school who are going on<br />
to a four-year school and to<br />
women who want to go back<br />
to school to continue their<br />
education. A scholarship of<br />
$500 was awarded to high<br />
school girls going on to a junior<br />
college or trade school.<br />
The scholarship winners<br />
have chosen to study fields<br />
of business, engineering, political<br />
science and healthcare<br />
from schools from across the<br />
nation.<br />
The organization raises<br />
money each year for the<br />
scholarships at their annual<br />
holiday auction in December<br />
at the VFW in New Lenox.<br />
“All the money made that<br />
night is what we have to use<br />
for scholarships that spring,”<br />
said Cheryl Colanto, chair of<br />
the scholarship committee.<br />
“The purpose of our scholarship<br />
is to help defray the cost<br />
of higher education by providing<br />
some financial assistance<br />
to women and girls in<br />
the Lincoln-Way community.<br />
Kayla Jandek, a Lincoln<br />
Way West graduate and future<br />
Eastern Illinois University<br />
student, said she hopes to<br />
pay it forward down the road.<br />
“This scholarship means<br />
a lot to me because it shows<br />
my hard work has paid off,”<br />
Jandek said. “Once I graduate<br />
I can give back and help<br />
students further their career.”<br />
Normally, the committee<br />
receives between 50 to 80 applications<br />
for the scholarships.<br />
They had to narrow it down<br />
to 17 through an intensive<br />
interview process. The organization<br />
based their applicant<br />
selections on the strength of<br />
their academics, the personal<br />
essay they wrote, their report<br />
cards, and the reference letters<br />
from teachers and mentors.<br />
After the ceremony Cheryl<br />
Colanto was recognized for<br />
her 14 years of service as the<br />
scholarship committee chair.<br />
“It’s really a great opportunity<br />
to help young people,”<br />
Colanto said during the ceremony.
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Park District to roll out community-wide survey<br />
Megan Schuller<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
A public input meeting<br />
held June 14 by the Mokena<br />
Community Park District<br />
was the first step in making<br />
a long-term master plan for<br />
the park district.<br />
Input will be taken both<br />
from the meeting and a<br />
community-wide randomized<br />
survey that is scheduled<br />
to roll out the second week<br />
of July. It will be sent out in<br />
three formats: a mailed written<br />
survey, phone survey and<br />
an email survey. After the<br />
data comes back from that,<br />
the survey will be posted<br />
publicly for anyone to take.<br />
Executive Director of the<br />
Mokena Community Park<br />
District Mike Selep said that<br />
the park district will set priorities<br />
for the master plan<br />
based on the information<br />
they receive.<br />
“We’re really looking for<br />
community feedback from<br />
this survey,” Selep said.<br />
“The more people that participate,<br />
the more rich the<br />
results are to us so we can<br />
make sure we’re serving everyone<br />
in the community.”<br />
The reason for the randomized<br />
survey before the<br />
open survey — which, according<br />
to Selep, will be the<br />
same survey — is so that<br />
the results can be compared.<br />
This ensures that the results<br />
are not skewed and that it<br />
represents the community as<br />
a whole, instead of just those<br />
who are actively involved.<br />
The survey will look to<br />
find out the community’s<br />
familiarity and satisfaction<br />
with the facilities, how they<br />
learned about the park district,<br />
recreation programs,<br />
possible parks spaces and<br />
priorities for future projects.<br />
The park district contracted<br />
Design Perspectives, Inc<br />
to conduct the survey.<br />
The firm worked with<br />
Frankfort Park District in the<br />
spring of 2017 to do a site<br />
plan and design for a playground<br />
replacement that is<br />
scheduled to be constructed<br />
in August.<br />
“Given our small staff,<br />
we’re not able to do the<br />
work. We don’t have a landscape<br />
architect or designer<br />
on site,” said Frankfort Park<br />
District Executive Director<br />
Gina Hassett. “They’ve<br />
helped move park projects<br />
forward that we don’t have<br />
in-house staff for. They provide<br />
a lot of personalized attention.”<br />
President of Design Perspectives<br />
Consulting Firm<br />
Tod Stanton said the process<br />
of coming up with a master<br />
plan is typically eight<br />
months from start to finish.<br />
“The last step is creating<br />
objectives based on the community<br />
input and evaluation<br />
of the data on physical ammenidities<br />
of the park system,”<br />
Stanton said. “We’ll<br />
take that and give them direction<br />
on where they should<br />
be in the next several years.”<br />
The master plan is meant<br />
to map out the next five to<br />
seven years utilizing the resources<br />
the park district has<br />
and plans to have in the future<br />
to improve the parks.<br />
“Part of the survey is looking<br />
at how we can utilize different<br />
parts of land that still<br />
need to be developed,” Selep<br />
said. “The one piece of<br />
property, The Yunker Farm<br />
Property, we’ll be working<br />
closely with the Village to<br />
see how we can utilize that<br />
particular project to enhance<br />
Yunker Farm Park and turn<br />
that into a way to further develop<br />
downtown Mokena.”<br />
The cost for the consulting<br />
firm is $50,000 to conduct<br />
the research, planning and<br />
development phases. Selep<br />
said that there are clear advantages<br />
in using the firm<br />
because of their expertise<br />
of more than 15 years in the<br />
field and unbiased, statistically<br />
significant data.<br />
“This can show us in a<br />
quantifiable way what the<br />
community wants,” Selep<br />
said.<br />
The park district’s total opportunity<br />
budgets is around<br />
$2.5 million a year according<br />
to Selep. Depending on<br />
the results of the survey of<br />
what the community wants<br />
of the parks, they can either<br />
stay within their allocated<br />
budget on capital projects,<br />
or try a referendum to possibly<br />
borrow money for larger<br />
projects. Selep said while it<br />
will be on the survey, they<br />
are not advocating for a referendum<br />
for any projects.<br />
“The projects we’re gearing<br />
for we’ll be able to<br />
complete with the dollars<br />
we bring in through the tax<br />
dollars collected and fees<br />
charged for services,” Selep<br />
said. “If the community really<br />
identifies a project that<br />
they want the park district to<br />
do, that is a strategy that can<br />
be done. We’d have to figure<br />
out a way to do it that works<br />
for the taxpayer.”<br />
Community members,<br />
elected officials and program<br />
participants banded<br />
together to create a focus<br />
group called The Delphi<br />
Group, which will study the<br />
park district independently<br />
of Design Perspectives and<br />
will partake in discussions<br />
from their findings.<br />
Another public meeting<br />
will be held at the end of<br />
July or early August when<br />
the firm will present preliminary<br />
findings.<br />
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said. “There are 2,800 different rules. Some<br />
Bob Diamond (left), of Mokena-based<br />
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From Page 8<br />
retirement to age 70, you get<br />
an 8 percent raise every year<br />
if you don’t take it.”<br />
“Most people file at the<br />
earliest age possible; 33<br />
percent of people do take<br />
their income from Social<br />
Security at age 62.” Turkos,<br />
a regional vice president at<br />
Nationwide Financial, explained.<br />
“Most people do<br />
that because they need the<br />
money. The second biggest<br />
reason is because someone<br />
told them to.”<br />
Social Security is a program<br />
designed to provide<br />
older Americans and disabled<br />
persons with a portion<br />
of the financial support<br />
needed to cover essential<br />
retirement costs. The program<br />
offers numerous benefits,<br />
such as lifetime retirement<br />
income, payments<br />
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Initially, Social Security<br />
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“It’s not just a check anymore<br />
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Police Reports<br />
Police: Pair charged in connection<br />
with string of vehicle burglaries<br />
Richard Lee Witcher, 18,<br />
of 17849 John Ave. in Country<br />
Club Hills, and Osha<br />
R. Calhoun, 22, of 17736<br />
Rosewood Drive in Lansing,<br />
were charged June 13 with<br />
burglary from a motor vehicle<br />
and credit card fraud.<br />
According to police reports,<br />
Mokena Police was<br />
advised that three subjects<br />
had been taken into custody<br />
by Will County Sheriffs<br />
Police and were in possession<br />
of burglary proceeds,<br />
some of which belonging<br />
to Mokena residents. Will<br />
County Sheriffs Police further<br />
advised Mokena Police<br />
to come to the scene and<br />
take custody of the subjects,<br />
Witcher and Calhoun. The<br />
third subject, a minor, was<br />
also taken into custody.<br />
Upon arrival, the officer<br />
was able to match the subject’s<br />
vehicle and physical<br />
likeness from several past<br />
surveillance footage images.<br />
All three subjects were<br />
then taken into custody by<br />
Mokena police and transported<br />
to Mokena Police<br />
Department. Mokena police<br />
were made aware that Will<br />
County detectives would be<br />
responding to Mokena Police<br />
Department to conduct a<br />
parallel investigation.<br />
As a result of questioning,<br />
police believe the pair to be<br />
behind illegally entering 10-<br />
15 vehicles<br />
A search of the vehicle<br />
later resulted in locating<br />
several checks, a wallet with<br />
credit cards, two phones and<br />
chargers, and $800 in cash in<br />
the pocket of a pair of pants<br />
in the vehicle. The items recovered<br />
were determined to<br />
be property of Mokena residents.<br />
June 14<br />
• Zachary A. Monahan, 40,<br />
of 252 S. Cooper Road in<br />
New Lenox, was charged<br />
with battery.<br />
According to police reports,<br />
an officer was dispatched<br />
to the 1100 block of West<br />
Lincoln Highway for a disturbance<br />
involving Monahan<br />
and an employee at the location.<br />
Upon arrival, the officer<br />
spoke with the victim, who<br />
reportedly told the officer<br />
that he was on his way out of<br />
the building when Monahan<br />
told the victim that he would<br />
see him later and, when<br />
asked why, Monahan began<br />
to hit the victim.<br />
The officer spoke with Monahan,<br />
who told him that he<br />
believed the victim was the<br />
same man who had slashed<br />
Monahan’s face in an unsolved<br />
case in New Lenox<br />
about two years ago.<br />
Monahan was then placed<br />
under arrest.<br />
June 11<br />
• Michael D. Murray, 29,<br />
of 19352 S. Wolf Road in<br />
Mokena, was charged with<br />
criminal trespass to property.<br />
According to police reports,<br />
an officer was dispatched<br />
to the 19000 block of South<br />
Wolf Road in response to a<br />
person trespassing. Upon<br />
arrival, the officer spoke<br />
with the complainant, who<br />
informed him that the trespasser,<br />
Murray, had been ordered<br />
on June 9 to stay away<br />
from the property, after Murray<br />
was arrested that day for<br />
trespassing, as well.<br />
The officer was able to locate<br />
Murray nearby and<br />
place him under arrest.<br />
EDITOR’S NOTE: The<br />
Mokena Messenger’s police<br />
reports come from the Mokena<br />
Police Department. Anyone<br />
listed in these reports is<br />
considered to be innocent of all<br />
charges until proven guilty in a<br />
court of law.<br />
Wolf Road<br />
closure set<br />
to begin<br />
July 12<br />
Submitted by the Village of<br />
Mokena<br />
Wolf Road will be closed<br />
for repairs to the bridge<br />
deck over Hickory Creek<br />
between Plattner Drive and<br />
Abbey Road in Mokena<br />
starting July 12.<br />
This Illinois Department<br />
of Transportation project,<br />
which will consist of fulldepth<br />
deck slab repairs,<br />
complete bridge deck concrete<br />
overlay and striping,<br />
is expected to take almost<br />
a month to complete, with<br />
Wolf Road scheduled to<br />
open again for through traffic<br />
by Aug. 10.<br />
During the course of<br />
construction, north/south<br />
traffic will be detoured to<br />
LaGrange Road, while La-<br />
Porte Road and U.S. Route<br />
30 (Lincoln Highway) will<br />
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What is your dream job?<br />
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What’s one thing people<br />
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Whom do you look up to and<br />
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What extracurricular(s) do<br />
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Badminton or baking club.<br />
What’s one thing that stands<br />
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If you could change one thing<br />
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To change the start time<br />
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What’s your favorite thing<br />
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slushies.<br />
What’s your best memory<br />
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All the friends I’ve made/<br />
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Mokena School D159 Board of Education<br />
Summer projects, handbook highlight D159 June agenda<br />
Amanda Stoll, Assistant Editor<br />
The June 20 meeting of<br />
the Mokena District 159<br />
Board of Education was<br />
shorter than usual, but covered<br />
important topics including<br />
updates on facilities,<br />
maintenance and the parent/<br />
student handbook.<br />
The meeting was led by<br />
Board Secretary Anna Briscoe,<br />
as both President Jennifer<br />
Riedl and Vice President<br />
Jaime Staley were absent.<br />
All other board members<br />
were present.<br />
Summer Projects<br />
Representatives from<br />
McKinstry gave updates to<br />
the board concerning summer<br />
building projects including<br />
those approved during<br />
the board’s special meeting<br />
on May 30.<br />
Updates to hot water pipes,<br />
storm sewer infrastructure,<br />
parking lots and HVAC systems<br />
were included in a May<br />
30 motion to approve up to<br />
$672,000 in projects to be<br />
competed before Aug. 22.<br />
Other summer projects discussed<br />
during the meeting and<br />
included in a written report<br />
from Director of Technology<br />
Jake Smith include safety updates<br />
to the school buildings<br />
such as intercom systems, a<br />
physical security system and<br />
installing exterior security access<br />
control panels.<br />
The cost for intercom<br />
upgrades was estimated at<br />
$71,050, which Smith reported<br />
is about $250,000<br />
less than the original projection<br />
because he and his staff<br />
will be doing some installation<br />
themselves.<br />
Proximity readers will be<br />
installed at 23 doors in the<br />
district over the summer,<br />
which will cost an estimated<br />
$40,490.<br />
The board also approved<br />
the purchase of additional<br />
Chromebooks in the amount<br />
of $63,685 and cases for<br />
$10,565.<br />
Handbook updates and<br />
changes<br />
Changes to the parent/<br />
student handbook for the<br />
upcoming school year include<br />
updates to the list of<br />
suspendable offenses, academic<br />
dishonesty violations,<br />
special education services,<br />
student safety and Title I.<br />
Smoking or possession of<br />
e-cigarettes and vaping paraphenalia<br />
were added to the<br />
list of suspendable offenses,<br />
as well as using genderbiased<br />
slurs, either written,<br />
verbal or gestures.<br />
Sharing electronic documents<br />
with another student<br />
and passing it off as their<br />
original work was added to<br />
the list of academic dishonesty<br />
violations.<br />
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A brief recap of other items discussed during the June<br />
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• The board approved disposal of 58 plastic band<br />
chairs, which have been replaced, and the old chairs<br />
will be recycled with a local company.<br />
• Board members approved personnel<br />
recommendations, including the hiring of a speech<br />
pathologist, psychologist, social worker, administrative<br />
assistant, two paraprofessionals and six summer<br />
custodians. They also approved the resignation of a<br />
school psychologist and a lunch supervisor.<br />
• District 159 received an Illinois State Board of<br />
Education Preschool for All grant in the amount of<br />
$105,811 to supplement the preschool program<br />
during the 2018-2019 school year.<br />
• Board members were presented information<br />
regarding the proposed County School Facilities Tax<br />
and they may choose to vote on the proposal at the<br />
July 18 meeting which will be held at 7 p.m. in the<br />
board meeting room at Mokena Elementary School.<br />
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Police issue T-L-C steps to<br />
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Mokena police are asking<br />
you to team up with them to<br />
help proactively deter burglaries<br />
from parked vehicles<br />
throughout the community.<br />
The Lincoln-Way area has<br />
experienced an increase in<br />
the number of these types<br />
of crimes recently, most<br />
frequently by out-of-area<br />
suspects during overnight<br />
hours. The common denominator<br />
in most of these vehicle<br />
burglaries is an unlocked<br />
vehicle parked in a driveway<br />
or on the street with valuables<br />
left out in clear view<br />
for would-be thieves. In<br />
some cases, the vehicle keys<br />
or a proximity fob have been<br />
left inside the unlocked vehicle,<br />
resulting in the vehicle<br />
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Open, unsecured garage<br />
doors additionally invite<br />
criminal activity.<br />
Police are encouraging<br />
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types of crimes by being<br />
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Descriptions of suspicious<br />
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along with vehicle descriptions<br />
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Proactive overnight patrols<br />
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You can help them deter<br />
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FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION<br />
Dead rabbit found in Tinley Park<br />
infected with rare disease<br />
A dead rabbit found on June 13<br />
in the 7500 block of West 161st<br />
Street in Tinley Park tested positive<br />
for tularemia, according to<br />
the Illinois Department of Public<br />
Health.<br />
Caused by the bacterium Francisella<br />
tularensis, the uncommon<br />
infectious disease can affect humans<br />
and animals. with rabbits,<br />
hares and rodents being especially<br />
susceptible. People can be infected<br />
from exposure to infected animals,<br />
according to Cook County<br />
Animal and Rabies Control.<br />
“If you have been exposed to<br />
a dead rabbit or handled a dead<br />
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Mark Rosenthal, deputy director<br />
of Cook County Animal and Rabies<br />
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Dr. Connie Austin, a state public<br />
health veterinarian and infectious<br />
disease epidemiologist, said tularemia<br />
is a rare disease with only<br />
1-10 cases reported in the state per<br />
year. It can be transmitted from<br />
direct skin contact with infected<br />
mammals (most often rabbits),<br />
from inhaling the organism (most<br />
often from running over a dead infected<br />
rabbit with a lawnmower),<br />
and from the bites of an infected<br />
tick or deer fly. The bacterium is<br />
present in some wildlife in northeast<br />
Illinois, and some animals do<br />
not show any signs, but can be<br />
carriers and remain unaffected.<br />
Symptoms of the disease in<br />
humans range from mild to lifethreatening<br />
and are usually accompanied<br />
by a fever, flu-like<br />
symptoms, rashes or red lesions<br />
on skins, while animals can experience<br />
fever, enlarged lymph<br />
nodes, abdominal pain, jaundice<br />
and lethargy, according to the<br />
Centers for Disease Control and<br />
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Residents are advised to monitor<br />
pets while outside.<br />
Reporting by Editor, Cody Mroczka.<br />
For more, visit TinleyJunction.com.<br />
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the training wheels<br />
New Lenox School District 122<br />
held its second annual iCan Bike<br />
camp that wrapped up June 15.<br />
The iCan Bike program was<br />
created by the international nonprofit<br />
charitable organization,<br />
iCan Shine. Its purpose for being<br />
started was for children<br />
with disabilities to learn how to<br />
ride a conventional two-wheel bicycle.<br />
This year, there was an overall<br />
total of 18 students participating,<br />
from New Lenox as well as surrounding<br />
areas such as Mokena<br />
and Frankfort. In addition, a small<br />
percentage of families came from<br />
Indiana. Each day included a<br />
75-minute session for children to<br />
ride the bikes.<br />
“It was a program that was<br />
previously hosted by our local<br />
cooperative and a few years ago<br />
stopped being offered in our area,”<br />
said Amanda Novotny, assistant<br />
director of special education of<br />
D122.<br />
This year, the iCan Bike program<br />
was gifted the help of the<br />
Lincoln-Way Central football<br />
team. Close to 40 players were being<br />
sent to help out each and every<br />
day the camp was in session.<br />
Reporting by Cynthia Freeman,<br />
Editorial Intern. For more, visit<br />
NewLenoxPatriot.com.<br />
FROM THE HOMER HORIZON<br />
Bat found on Homer Glen driveway<br />
tests positive for rabies<br />
A bat found June 12 on the<br />
driveway of a Homer Glen residence<br />
has tested positive for rabies,<br />
bringing the total number of<br />
rabid bats in Will County this year<br />
to four, according to a June 18<br />
press release from the Will County<br />
Health Department.<br />
The bat was found alive outside<br />
a home on 163rd Street in Homer<br />
Glen, according to the release.<br />
Will County Animal Control was<br />
contacted to take the bat, which<br />
was confirmed as rabid the next<br />
day at the Illinois Department of<br />
Public Health’s laboratory.<br />
It also was determined that three<br />
residents living in the Homer Glen<br />
home did not have exposure to the<br />
bat and did not need treatment, according<br />
to the press release. An<br />
indoor/outdoor cat living at the<br />
home was sent to the veterinarian<br />
for a rabies booster and follow-up<br />
treatment as a precautionary measure.<br />
On June 14, residents at a Joliet<br />
home also noticed a bat flying<br />
around, per the release. That bat<br />
was reported to Will County Animal<br />
Control and also tested positive<br />
for rabies the following day at<br />
the IDPH laboratory.<br />
The two previous rabid bats this<br />
year were discovered in Joliet and<br />
southern Naperville.<br />
Health officials said any bats<br />
discovered in Will County should<br />
be immediately reported to Will<br />
County Animal Control at (815)<br />
462-5633. The Will County Animal<br />
Control program has a 24-<br />
hour answering and emergency<br />
pickup service for confined stray<br />
animals, injured animals and stray<br />
biters.<br />
Reporting by Thomas Czaja, Editor.<br />
For more, visit HomerHorizon.com.<br />
FROM THE FRANKFORT STATION<br />
Village of Frankfort recognizes<br />
Griffins volleyball team after state<br />
win<br />
The Lincoln-Way East varsity<br />
boys volleyball team was honored<br />
during the Frankfort Board<br />
of Trustees’ June 18 meeting after<br />
winning a state title two weeks earlier.<br />
On June 2, the team clinched a<br />
victory over Neuqua Valley during<br />
the Illinois High School Association<br />
state championship game in<br />
Hoffman Estates. The win marked<br />
East’s second state championship<br />
in five years, and the team has<br />
made seven state finals appearances<br />
in total, including four in the<br />
past five years.<br />
The volleyball team was the second<br />
Griffins varsity team to earn<br />
a state title during the 2017-2018<br />
school year; in November, the<br />
football team secured the Class 8A<br />
state championship with a 23-14<br />
win over Loyola Academy.<br />
Frankfort Mayor Jim Holland<br />
presented the players and coaches<br />
with a commemorative plaque and<br />
read out loud a proclamation praising<br />
the team for its “remarkable”<br />
39-3 season and the titles they accrued:<br />
Warren Township Invite<br />
champion, undefeated Southwest<br />
Suburban Conference champion,<br />
IHSA regional champion and IHSA<br />
sectional champion.<br />
Several trustees also took time<br />
to congratulate the team for the accomplishment.<br />
“It’s a family effort,” Trustee<br />
Keith Ogle said. “You have to get<br />
them to practice when they’re little<br />
until they can start driving, and<br />
then there’s a big commitment on<br />
it, too. You’ve made your parents<br />
and your families and friends and<br />
your coaches and the community<br />
very proud.”<br />
Reporting by Nuria Mathog, Editor.<br />
For more, visit FrankfortStation.com.<br />
FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND<br />
Three generations of Lockport<br />
family graduate from podiatry<br />
school<br />
Looking back six generations,<br />
the Caneva family can pinpoint<br />
how it all started.<br />
Reno Caneva’s father owned a<br />
men’s clothing store in Lockport<br />
in 1924, which also sold shoes,<br />
meaning he had to fix or create<br />
them as needed. Before his father<br />
moved to Lockport, his greatgrandfather<br />
and generations before<br />
him were all cobblers.<br />
Reno, 82, was a podiatrist for 45<br />
years before retiring in 2006 from<br />
his private practice Caneva Foot<br />
and Ankle Clinic. He graduated in<br />
1959 from Dr. William M. Scholl<br />
College of Podiatric Medicine at<br />
Rosalind Franklin University of<br />
Medicine and Science in Chicago.<br />
Twenty-nine years later, his son<br />
Daryl followed in his footsteps,<br />
graduating from his father’s alma<br />
mater in 1988. The father-son duo<br />
has now become a trio, with Daryl’s<br />
son Andres graduating from<br />
Scholl College June 1 and becoming<br />
a third generation podiatric<br />
physician.<br />
Andres shared a special moment<br />
with his father and grandfather<br />
as they hooded him on his commencement<br />
day, representing a<br />
family whose history is rooted in<br />
Scholl College.<br />
“It felt really great to have them<br />
[there],” Andres said. “I know I<br />
had other family in the audience<br />
watching, but just to have them at<br />
my side, it was truly remarkable.”<br />
Reporting by Jacquelyn Schlabach,<br />
Assistant Editor. For more, visit<br />
LockportLegend.com.<br />
FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE<br />
Concept study to take an early<br />
look at feasibility of I-80, Wolf<br />
Road interchange<br />
V3 Companies, of Woodridge, is<br />
to perform a concept study for an<br />
Interstate 80 and Wolf Road interchange.<br />
The interchange is part of the<br />
Village’s 2040 Strategic Transportation<br />
Plan. And while there<br />
is $300,000 budgeted in capital<br />
projects for a feasibility study, the<br />
board voted 5-1 during its regular<br />
meeting June 18 to approve<br />
$42,500 go to V3 for the professional<br />
engineering services associated<br />
with the concept study.<br />
This concept study does not follow<br />
the formal Illinois Department<br />
of Transportation Access Justification<br />
Report process and will most<br />
likely not be formally reviewed by<br />
IDOT or the Federal Highway Administration,<br />
according to Village<br />
documents. But Village staff and<br />
V3 are to meet with IDOT representatives<br />
prior to beginning the<br />
feasibility study to confirm study<br />
approach and methodology.<br />
In general, the land directly north<br />
of I-80 is part of Orland Park’s jurisdiction,<br />
while the land directly<br />
to the south is part of Mokena. Orland<br />
Park Mayor Keith Pekau said<br />
there have been conversations with<br />
Mokena, but the neighboring Village<br />
Board has not yet taken a vote<br />
of its own.<br />
“Having some facts on the table<br />
may help them,” Pekau said.<br />
Trustee Carole Griffin Ruzich<br />
said she thought it was worthwhile<br />
to move forward with the study,<br />
noting, “this is important to our<br />
I-80 corridor development.”<br />
“We thought it was a good idea<br />
with or without Mokena’s involvement,”<br />
she said.<br />
Trustee Michael Carroll cast<br />
the lone dissenting vote against it.<br />
Trustee James Dodge was absent<br />
from the meeting.<br />
Reporting by Tia Carol Jones,<br />
Freelance Reporter. For more, visit<br />
OPPrairie.com.
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Social snapshot<br />
Top 10 Web Stories<br />
From MokenaMessenger.com as of<br />
Monday, June 25<br />
1. 8 seconds to glory, a lifetime of work:<br />
Mokena teen bullrider looks to buck his<br />
way into national spotlight<br />
2. Counselor makes difference in<br />
suburban LGBTQ+ community<br />
3. Police: Pair charged in connection with<br />
string of vehicle burglaries<br />
4. Toppen legacy moving in to top gear:<br />
Local fallen soldier to be honored at<br />
NASCAR race<br />
5. The Dish: Joey’s set to expand with<br />
pizzeria<br />
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“The Sun Devils (Mokena 10U Softball)<br />
wanted to send over a sincere thank you to<br />
all the volunteers for the amazing All Star<br />
experience last Sunday. Great job by all!<br />
You have a huge fan in Mokena!”<br />
Will Gaus posted this to Tinley Park Bulldogs<br />
Baseball & Softball Facebook page on<br />
June 19<br />
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“Our 3rd trip to Irons Oaks and that’s a wrap!!!!!<br />
Another fun time had by all at Irons Oaks!!!! See<br />
ya next year”<br />
@LWCcheer posted this on its Twitter page on<br />
June 20<br />
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From the Assistant Editor<br />
Receiving recognition as a journalist<br />
Amanda Stoll<br />
a.stoll@22ndcenturymedia.com<br />
Since graduating from<br />
college, I’ve realized<br />
that being a journalist<br />
can be a pretty thankless job<br />
compared to most.<br />
Working at a weekly<br />
paper, I know I am shielded<br />
from a lot of the negative,<br />
mean and even threatening<br />
comments and calls that my<br />
brethren in larger dailies<br />
face every day.<br />
But here in the Lincoln-<br />
Way area, I think I’ve got it<br />
pretty good. And my recent<br />
award from the National<br />
Newspaper Association was<br />
a little reminder that the<br />
work I do is appreciated.<br />
The application process<br />
involved reviewing the<br />
previous year’s papers and<br />
deciding which stories to<br />
submit for the various categories.<br />
Anyone who hopes<br />
to receive an award must<br />
submit them to the NNA,<br />
which a lot of people in our<br />
office do each year.<br />
In all, we took home a<br />
good chunk of the awards in<br />
our class this year, especially<br />
in the features category,<br />
where 22nd Century Media<br />
Letter to the Editor<br />
Focus on ‘more wholesome<br />
stories’<br />
I must say I was surprised<br />
at your coverage of the of the<br />
Gay Pride Fest in Mokena. I<br />
saw it as nothing more than<br />
a brainwashing event to tell<br />
little children its OK to be<br />
employees took first, second<br />
and third.<br />
Some of you may remember<br />
the story I wrote in the<br />
fall of 2017 about Morgan<br />
Schiller, last year’s homecoming<br />
queen at Lincoln-<br />
Way Central. Morgan has<br />
William’s Syndrome, and<br />
was overwhelmingly supported<br />
by her classmates<br />
when she decided to run for<br />
homecoming queen.<br />
It was an emotional event<br />
for everyone involved, and<br />
I remember getting choked<br />
up as her mother recounted<br />
the moment when Morgan’s<br />
name was announced — and<br />
then again while watching<br />
the video she had sent me<br />
from the assembly.<br />
Moments like that do not<br />
come by every day, and I’m<br />
thankful I got to be a small<br />
part of that one.<br />
Not to toot my own horn,<br />
but I had quite a few stories<br />
I was proud of from the last<br />
year that I wanted to submit<br />
for the awards this year, but I<br />
never expected to actually be<br />
recognized for any of them.<br />
The awards are given in<br />
categories depending on<br />
circulation size and whether<br />
the publications are daily or<br />
non-daily. I don’t know how<br />
many papers fall into the<br />
10,000-15,000 circulation<br />
size for non-daily papers,<br />
but there must be quite a<br />
few in the entire country.<br />
I was pretty shocked<br />
when I found out I’d gotten<br />
an award, and proud of myself.<br />
Considering how many<br />
we took as a company, too,<br />
queer. Now [in the June 21<br />
issue] you have a big spread<br />
on Jeni Lucas and her LG-<br />
BTQ+ practice. One would<br />
think you could find more<br />
wholesome stories to fill<br />
your paper with other than<br />
stories of groups [that] want<br />
was pretty exceptional.<br />
More so though, I was reminded<br />
of how grateful I am<br />
for the opportunity to write<br />
the types of stories I do.<br />
I remember groaning<br />
about the application<br />
process of having to sift<br />
through three papers-worth<br />
of PDFs from last year,<br />
which by my math comes<br />
out to more than 150 issues.<br />
But something that process<br />
did was give me the opportunity<br />
to look back on some<br />
of the highlights from 2017.<br />
As a journalist, sometimes<br />
it seems like there<br />
is more bad than good out<br />
there, and a lot of people<br />
lump all of us into a giant<br />
pool of the mass media. As<br />
much as it annoys me when<br />
that happens, getting this<br />
award reminded me why I<br />
do what I do.<br />
It isn’t to get the big<br />
scoop, or to win awards, it<br />
is to tell the stories of so<br />
many people in our communities.<br />
That is what actually matters<br />
to me, and I would guess<br />
matters to most of you.<br />
I am not saying that national<br />
news is not important<br />
or newsworthy — although<br />
I know it can sometimes be<br />
difficult to sift through the<br />
rubbish — but local news is<br />
what is closest to everyone’s<br />
hearts because it is news<br />
about us, our neighbors and<br />
our friends.<br />
The news also gives us a<br />
chance to learn new things<br />
and expand the boundaries<br />
of what we know. It is a<br />
to tell us its OK to participate<br />
in what [in my opinion]<br />
would be called depraved<br />
behavior. The Messenger is<br />
sending the wrong message.<br />
James Barraca, Mokena<br />
resident<br />
chance to better ourselves<br />
and get acquainted with different<br />
ways of thinking.<br />
Whether you agree or<br />
disagree with the topic or<br />
point-of-view, be it in the<br />
newspaper or somewhere<br />
else, the paper can give<br />
you an opportunity to spark<br />
respectful and informed discourse<br />
between community<br />
members.<br />
So take some time to sit<br />
down with a hot cup of your<br />
preferred beverage, read<br />
about what your neighbors<br />
are doing and even if you<br />
disagree with them — or<br />
us — remember that we live<br />
in a country where it is OK<br />
to have different opinions,<br />
ideologies and lifestyles.<br />
As a journalist, I feel it is<br />
my responsibility to show<br />
every part of our communities.<br />
That is what I think<br />
makes our country beautiful<br />
and what makes journalism<br />
an important piece of the<br />
bigger puzzle of freedom.<br />
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Paint party<br />
Mokena Library hosts Sips and<br />
Smocks, Page 23<br />
Inspired creations<br />
Q Restaurant’s sisters talk about what drives<br />
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Outdoor yoga<br />
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Faith Briefs<br />
Patriotic Rosary<br />
7-8 p.m. Friday, June 29,<br />
intersection of Wolf Road<br />
and Front Street. Recite the<br />
rosary, sing patriotic hymns<br />
and read the words of our<br />
Founding Fathers at this<br />
patriotic rosary event in defense<br />
of religious liberty.<br />
This event will be held rain<br />
or shine. Lawn chairs are<br />
welcome. For more information,<br />
call (815) 469-9204.<br />
Victory Baptist Church (13550 US Route<br />
6, Mokena)<br />
Sunday School<br />
9:30 a.m. Sundays.<br />
Morning Worship<br />
10:45 a.m. Sundays.<br />
Evening Worship<br />
6 p.m. Sundays.<br />
Weekday Worship<br />
7 p.m. Wednesdays.<br />
St. John’s United Church of Christ (11100<br />
Second St., Mokena)<br />
Traditional Service<br />
8 a.m. traditional mass,<br />
9:45 a.m. contemporary &<br />
traditional music in a service<br />
of praise and reverence. Supervised<br />
childcare available.<br />
For more information, call<br />
(708) 479-5123.<br />
Garden Club<br />
8 a.m. Tuesdays. For more<br />
information, call (708) 479-<br />
5123.<br />
Cards for a Cause<br />
7 p.m. the second Monday<br />
of each month. Bring your<br />
tape, scissors and colored<br />
pencils — if you have them<br />
— and plan for a creative<br />
evening with lots of fun.<br />
Bundles of Love<br />
7 p.m. the second and<br />
fourth Monday of each<br />
month. Enjoy fun and fellowship<br />
while making baby<br />
quilts for infants baptized at<br />
St. John’s and lap quilts for<br />
shut-ins.<br />
Mokena United Methodist Church (10901<br />
LaPorte Road, Mokena)<br />
Service and Sunday School<br />
10:15 a.m. Sundays.<br />
Church service and children’s<br />
Sunday School will<br />
be held. For more information,<br />
call (708) 479-1110.<br />
Bible Study<br />
7 p.m. Thursdays. For<br />
more information, call (708)<br />
479-1110.<br />
Community Prayer Gathering<br />
2:30 p.m. every 4th Sunday.<br />
Breakfast<br />
9 a.m. every third Saturday<br />
of the month.<br />
Choir Practice<br />
7:30 p.m. Wednesdays.<br />
Newcomers welcome.<br />
Weight Watchers<br />
Wednesday<br />
Weigh-ins take place at<br />
6:30 p.m., while the meeting<br />
is at 7 p.m.<br />
Marley Community Church (12625 W.<br />
187th St., Mokena)<br />
Church Service<br />
10 a.m. Sundays. Childcare<br />
is provided.<br />
Sunday School<br />
9-10 a.m. Sundays.<br />
Senior High Youth Group<br />
7-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays.<br />
For more information, email<br />
marleycommunitychurch@<br />
gmail.com.<br />
Junior High Youth Group<br />
6-7:30 p.m. Fridays. For<br />
more information, email<br />
marleycommunitychurch@<br />
gmail.com.<br />
Men’s Group<br />
6 p.m. Sunday nights in<br />
the church basement. All<br />
men are welcome.<br />
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church<br />
(10731 W. La Porte Road, Mokena)<br />
Worship<br />
9 a.m. Sundays.<br />
God’s Kids Club<br />
10:15 a.m. Sundays in<br />
Sept.-May.<br />
Adult Bible Study<br />
10:15 a.m. Sundays in<br />
Sept.-May.<br />
Mokena Baptist Church (9960 W. 187th<br />
St., Mokena)<br />
Sunday Services<br />
11 a.m. and 5 p.m. For<br />
more information, call (312)<br />
350-2279.<br />
Sunday School<br />
10:15 a.m. Sundays. Mokena<br />
Baptist offers Sunday<br />
School classes for all ages.<br />
For more information, call<br />
(312) 350-2279.<br />
St. Mary’s Catholic Church (19515 115th<br />
Ave., Mokena)<br />
Church Service<br />
5 p.m. Saturdays; 8 a.m,<br />
9:30 a.m., 11 a.m. and 6:<br />
p.m. Sundays<br />
Adoration<br />
Wednesdays following<br />
8:00 a.m. Mass in the Chapel<br />
until 6:45 p.m.<br />
Holy Rosary<br />
7:30 a.m. daily; 7 p.m.<br />
Tuesday evenings.<br />
Parker Road Bible Church (18512 Parker<br />
Road, Mokena)<br />
Worship Service<br />
10:30 a.m. Sundays. Be<br />
sure to arrive early for our<br />
Sunday Worship Service to<br />
enjoy a hot, complimentary<br />
cup of coffee every week at<br />
the church. Following the<br />
Christian Education Hour<br />
(9:15 - 10:15 a.m.), all beverages<br />
can be found just outside<br />
the sanctuary.<br />
Grace Fellowship Church (11049 LaPorte<br />
Road, Mokena)<br />
Narcotics Anonymous<br />
7-9 p.m. Mondays. All<br />
those struggling or who have<br />
struggled with a narcotics<br />
addiction are welcome. All<br />
meetings are confidential.<br />
For more information, call<br />
(708) 479-0300.<br />
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Yoga on the Bandshell<br />
connects yogis to nature<br />
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“What a beautiful summer<br />
day to be outside and practicing<br />
in this wonderful air.”<br />
Yoga instructor Sherie<br />
Sloane began the session at<br />
the Yunker Farm bandshell<br />
Sunday, June 24. Some practitioners<br />
opted to skip the<br />
traditional yoga mat, and instead<br />
used the earth for their<br />
support.<br />
As Sloane and her fellow<br />
yogis were starting their<br />
practice with a breathing exercise,<br />
a gentle breeze stirred<br />
within the trees to help center<br />
and ground them to nature.<br />
It was the first session of<br />
Outdoor Yoga at the Yunker<br />
Farm Bandshell. Led by<br />
Sloane, who is an Experienced<br />
Yoga Alliance Certified<br />
teacher with over 12<br />
years of yoga practice and<br />
2,800 teaching hours under<br />
her belt, the more than<br />
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first-time event were able to<br />
breathe, stretch and meditate<br />
their way with Sloane<br />
to a new outlook in their<br />
hour of practice.<br />
For some of the students<br />
who attended the outdoor<br />
session, this was an extension<br />
of the vinyasa class that<br />
Sloane teaches at The Oaks<br />
Recreation Center at 6:45<br />
p.m. on Wednesdays. Vinyasa<br />
focuses on postures and<br />
breathing techniques<br />
“There’s nothing like doing<br />
sun salutation and looking<br />
up to the skies,” Sloane<br />
said. “It’s great to see community<br />
coming up together<br />
for an event like this. It’s the<br />
first Yoga on the Bandshell.”<br />
While The Oaks previously<br />
has held outdoor yoga<br />
events, Sloane said she<br />
wanted to utilize the most<br />
of the new space at Yunker<br />
Farm and allow others to<br />
practice outdoors with her.<br />
“When I first moved here<br />
[to Mokena,] they used to<br />
do outdoor yoga, but that<br />
was many years ago and<br />
they weren’t able to continue<br />
that. I thought, ‘OK,’ and I<br />
suggested it over winter and<br />
said ‘Why don’t we bring<br />
back outdoor yoga?’” Sloane<br />
said. “This is just a trial, we’ll<br />
have two dates over the summer.<br />
Maybe we can squeeze<br />
a few more in the fall if it’s a<br />
good turnout.”<br />
The turnout was impressive,<br />
with every type of yogi<br />
coming out to enjoy the Mokena<br />
summer afternoon. For<br />
mother-daughter duo Tina<br />
Burke and Angelica Merichko,<br />
it was an opportunity for<br />
an afternoon of bonding, and<br />
for the younger to expose the<br />
elder to something new.<br />
“I’ve done yoga before,<br />
but my mom hadn’t, so<br />
we just wanted to try it,”<br />
Merichko said.<br />
“She heard it from me.<br />
I was looking through the<br />
Park District catalog, and<br />
I just saw in there, and I<br />
thought, ‘I would like to<br />
try that.’ Plus, it was awesome<br />
to spend time with my<br />
daughter outside, I loved doing<br />
that,” Burke said.<br />
Sherie Sloan teaches yoga<br />
at Vibe Yoga Room in Tinley<br />
Park as well as at The Oaks<br />
Fitness Center in Mokena.<br />
The next session of Yoga on<br />
the Bandshell is scheduled<br />
for 5 p.m. on July 29.<br />
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Attendees of a Sips and Smocks party hosted by the Mokena Public Library district<br />
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Nature’s beauty<br />
Local earns honorable mention; plenty of photos taken at Hickory<br />
Creek for county contest<br />
New Lenox resident Chris Ward earned honorable mention for May’s portion of the Forest<br />
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The Dish<br />
In kitchen, at bar, sisters draw creativity from late father<br />
Bill Jones, Managing Editor<br />
Quee Huynh’s creativity<br />
in the kitchen at her Orland<br />
Park restaurant, Q, is the<br />
stuff of local legend. Even<br />
when she tried to slow things<br />
down in the past, she somehow<br />
wound up with new<br />
items both on and off the<br />
menu.<br />
It is a creative culinary<br />
output quite possibly rivaled<br />
only by that of her sister,<br />
Ellie Huynh, who similarly<br />
cannot stop herself from<br />
whipping up new drinks for<br />
Q at such a frenetic pace that<br />
Quee has refused to place<br />
some on the menu for fear of<br />
overwhelming their customers<br />
with too many options.<br />
“She actually stops me a<br />
lot of times,” Ellie said,.<br />
But savvy customers can<br />
find her latest concoctions<br />
on the restaurant’s Facebook<br />
page and order them, on the<br />
menu or not. Lately, that<br />
means drinks like the High<br />
Society ($10), which features<br />
gin, bitter grapefruit,<br />
thyme and smoked paprika<br />
salt for a complexity that<br />
makes it more advanced<br />
than easy drinking. That one<br />
even gave Quee a moment of<br />
pause.<br />
“At first, she didn’t like<br />
this at all,” Ellie said, “But it<br />
grew on her.”<br />
Gin, in general, can give<br />
many customers cause to<br />
pause, according to Ellie,<br />
who noted many are “afraid”<br />
of the liquor.<br />
“But it brings out a whole<br />
different profile,” she said of<br />
gin’s role in cocktails. “It’s<br />
so fresh and clean. … You<br />
just have to break down the<br />
wall. You have to venture<br />
out of your comfort zone.”<br />
For the unwavering, Ellie’s<br />
new Dark Victory drink<br />
($10) features a rye whiskey<br />
with a spicy blackberry compote,<br />
Campari and lavender<br />
bitters, and should hit the<br />
spot. But for the adventurous,<br />
Ellie also is willing to<br />
experiment a bit on the spot.<br />
“We appreciate that, for<br />
people to trust us and say,<br />
‘You can do whatever you<br />
want,’” she said.<br />
For Ellie, inspiration<br />
comes from a lot of places.<br />
Some of it is as simple as<br />
going out drinking and coming<br />
across an idea from a talented<br />
bartender that inspires<br />
another idea. Sometimes it<br />
is getting her hands on new<br />
liquors. And sometimes it<br />
is her sister’s cuisine in an<br />
attempt to find unique pairings.<br />
“Every time I make a<br />
drink, I tell her I need an appetizer,”<br />
Ellie said.<br />
And the family connection<br />
at Q goes beyond the two<br />
sisters. Ellie said she also<br />
draws inspiration from her<br />
grandfather and her father,<br />
the latter the late Viet Quoc<br />
Huynh, who taught her how<br />
to drink properly once she<br />
started.<br />
While Viet Quoc remained<br />
in Vietnam after the girls left<br />
in their teens and until his<br />
recent death, customers have<br />
seen his influence on Orland<br />
Park’s Q both directly and<br />
indirectly. The miniature<br />
bicycles in many of the windowsills<br />
were made by him,<br />
and his knowledge and passion<br />
undoubtedly drive what<br />
his girls do in the kitchen<br />
and behind the bar.<br />
Quee said despite living in<br />
a communist country, her father<br />
was a “very knowledgeable<br />
man” who kept up on<br />
French and American music,<br />
including the likes of the<br />
Bee Gees, Deep Purple, The<br />
Beatles, The Carpenters, and<br />
Simon & Garfunkel, collecting<br />
CDs and vinyl of the<br />
popular artists.<br />
“He wanted us to know<br />
more about American culture,<br />
because he admired<br />
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them at such a young age,”<br />
Quee said.<br />
“The Boxer” proved to be<br />
his favorite song.<br />
“He said it reminded him<br />
of the story about the poor<br />
little boy who tried to make<br />
it in the big city, just like me<br />
and Ellie,” Quee said.<br />
Quee said she often discussed<br />
her menu with her father,<br />
and she shared last year<br />
a photo of her Q-King<br />
Duck, a special dish she<br />
made for the restaurant’s anniversary.<br />
“He said it looked so good;<br />
Ellie Huynh pours a drinkshe mixed at the bar of Q Restaurant in Orland Park. Photos by<br />
Bill Jones/22nd Century Media<br />
The Malaysian satay ($13 forgrilled lamb, $8 for chicken) at Q features cucumber, a corn<br />
saladand peanut sauce.<br />
‘you did it,’” Quee recalled.<br />
“That was my last dish that<br />
my father and me [cooked]<br />
together.”<br />
But Quee said the inspiration<br />
they take from their<br />
father is about more than the<br />
food and drink; it is about<br />
being good human beings<br />
and not letting the world<br />
change what makes them<br />
who they are.<br />
“He always told us not to<br />
be afraid of anyone or anything,”<br />
Quee said. “Go out<br />
there and try your best every<br />
single day.”<br />
If what the sisters are doing<br />
at Q is any indication,<br />
there is no doubt Viet Quoc<br />
would be proud.
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crosstown CROSSWORD & Sudoku<br />
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11. “Comin’ ___ the Rye”<br />
13. Composer Rachmaninoff<br />
14. Rare baseball hit<br />
17. Brusque<br />
18. Country’s McEntire<br />
22. In any way<br />
26. Address a woman,<br />
politely<br />
27. Kid<br />
28. Rig<br />
29. Misstep<br />
30. Superlative ending<br />
31. Sea predator<br />
32. Miss<br />
33. Bounce back again<br />
35. Half of D<br />
36. Keyboard getaway<br />
key<br />
40. Easily handled<br />
41. Office<br />
42. Russian country<br />
house<br />
45. Pucks<br />
48. Fountain offering,<br />
perhaps<br />
49. Get ready for battle<br />
again<br />
50. Slacken<br />
51. Country on the Red<br />
Sea<br />
52. Congregational area<br />
53. “That’s ___!”<br />
54. Map or diagram<br />
55. Tolkien creatures<br />
56. Giraffe’s prominent<br />
feature<br />
60. Put into words<br />
MOKENA<br />
The Alley Grill and Tap<br />
House<br />
(18700 S. Old LaGrange<br />
Road, Mokena; (708) 478-<br />
3610)<br />
■9 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Karaoke<br />
Fox’s Restaurant and Pub<br />
(11247 W. 187th St., Mokena;<br />
(708) 478-8888)<br />
■6 ■ p.m. Thursdays,<br />
Fridays and Saturdays:<br />
Performance by Jerry<br />
Eadie<br />
Jenny’s Southside Tap<br />
(10160 191st St., Mokena;<br />
(708) 479-6873)<br />
■6 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Acoustic<br />
Avenue, Psychic<br />
night - second Tuesday<br />
every month.<br />
■9 ■ p.m. Thursdays:<br />
Karaoke<br />
■Fridays ■ and Saturdays:<br />
Live bands<br />
NEW LENOX<br />
Little Joe’s Restaurant<br />
(1300 N. Cedar Road,<br />
New Lenox; (815) 463-<br />
1099)<br />
■5-8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays:<br />
Piano Styles by Joe<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 />
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 />
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Port Noir<br />
(900 S. State St., Lockport;<br />
(815) 834-9463)<br />
■4-7 ■ p.m. Monday-Friday:<br />
Happy Hour<br />
■8-10 ■ p.m. Thursdays:<br />
Comedy Bingo<br />
■■8-11 p.m. Fridays<br />
and Saturdays: Live<br />
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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 />
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 through<br />
appreciation — all<br />
while living in a<br />
brand new home<br />
that you can call<br />
your own.”<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.
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Pride of Workmanship - Pride of<br />
Ownership at Brookside Meadows<br />
For over 45 years Crana<br />
Homes commitment to<br />
quality and customer<br />
satisfaction has been summed<br />
up as “Pride of Workmanship<br />
- Pride of Ownership.” These<br />
words are the foundation of<br />
every one of the hundreds<br />
and hundreds of new homes<br />
that Crana Homes has<br />
developed into amazing<br />
communities. Now the luxury<br />
townhomes of Brookside<br />
Meadows in Tinley Park is<br />
where home buyers once<br />
again find unrivaled quality<br />
in a Crana home.<br />
But pride in workmanship<br />
is only the first part of the<br />
promise. The second part<br />
is pride of ownership - the<br />
key to customer satisfaction.<br />
Crana Homes meets with<br />
buyers to discuss what they<br />
need and want in a new<br />
home. Working closely with<br />
customers gives the insight<br />
and understanding needed<br />
for the kind of customer<br />
satisfaction that lasts long<br />
after a home is finished. This<br />
makes a Crana home not only<br />
attractive and comfortable<br />
but also a great investment.<br />
Today, Crana Homes’ legacy<br />
culminates in Brookside<br />
Meadows’ newly opened<br />
Phase II, a community of<br />
award-winning, energyefficient<br />
homes that sets<br />
the standard for luxury<br />
townhomes. Whether you’re<br />
a first time buyer, an upsizer,<br />
downsizer or just looking for<br />
a great place to raise a family<br />
early buyers still have plenty<br />
of choices available in the<br />
latest and final phase of this<br />
quiet, secluded section in<br />
Tinley Park.<br />
The split level Fahan II<br />
is a beautiful 3,303 total<br />
square foot home (including a<br />
1,216’ basement). It has three<br />
bedrooms and two-and-half<br />
baths with a two-car garage<br />
and a cement driveway. A<br />
fourth bedroom is optional.<br />
The large open kitchen has<br />
custom maple cabinets and<br />
elegant granite countertops.<br />
Maple cabinets are also<br />
found in the batherooms and<br />
laundry room. Overlooking<br />
the great room is regal loft.<br />
Gorgeous oak is used on<br />
floors, doors, railings and<br />
trim throughout. Ceramic<br />
floor tile covers the foyer<br />
and the bathrooms - which<br />
also feature cultured marble<br />
vanity tops. A full walkout or<br />
lookout basement and a deck<br />
is included.<br />
Another award-winning<br />
design is the Lennan II,<br />
a comfortable two/three<br />
bedroom split level home<br />
that includes most of the<br />
features of the Fahan II<br />
except the spacious master<br />
suite is located on the upper<br />
level and a cathedral ceiling<br />
is available as an option. The<br />
Lennan II totals 3,167 square<br />
feet of space (including a<br />
1,049’ basement) and a<br />
two-car garage with cement<br />
driveway.<br />
With Phase II prices<br />
holding in the upper-<br />
$290s (including site),<br />
buyers are finding some<br />
extra room for options like<br />
a fireplace, coffered ceilings,<br />
skylights and a soaker tub in<br />
the master bath.<br />
All homes at Brookside<br />
Meadows include costefficient,<br />
energy-saving<br />
features like a high-efficiency<br />
furnace and Lo-E glass<br />
installed throughout. Other<br />
‘green’ features include an<br />
Energy Miser hot water<br />
heater, vented soffits, 1.75”<br />
insulated entrance doors,<br />
energy efficient appliances<br />
and Tuff-R insulated wall<br />
sheathing. Underground<br />
utilities and sprinklers are<br />
standard and Lake Michigan<br />
water is on tap.<br />
What’s more, Brookside<br />
Meadows’ location is a<br />
winner! Tinley Park has<br />
been rated as “The Best<br />
Place in America to Raise<br />
a Family,” by Bloomberg<br />
BusinessWeek. Tinley lives<br />
up to that title with: highly<br />
rated schools, dozens of<br />
parks and playgrounds,<br />
proximity to stores and<br />
malls plus all the recreation,<br />
cultural events and dining<br />
of a neighboring world class<br />
city. Major highways and the<br />
Metra commuter line are just<br />
minutes away.<br />
See for yourself why<br />
‘Pride of Workmanship,<br />
Pride of Ownership’ are<br />
words to live by in every<br />
Crana Home. Choice sites<br />
are still available for early<br />
buyers. The Sales Center and<br />
fully decorated model homes<br />
are open Monday through<br />
Thursday from 10:00am<br />
to 4:00pm; Saturday and<br />
Sunday from noon to 4:00pm;<br />
and Friday by appointment.<br />
From I-80, exit La Grange<br />
Road south for just under<br />
two miles to La Porte Road<br />
and turn east for one-half<br />
mile. If using a GPS, enter<br />
the address: 19839 Mulroy<br />
Circle, Tinley Park, IL.<br />
Sizes, specs and prices<br />
can change. For details and<br />
information contact a Sales<br />
Associate at 708-479-5111<br />
and visit www.cranahomes.<br />
com anytime.<br />
Since 1970<br />
3 Bedrooms Plus Loft, 2½ Baths<br />
Cost-Efficient, Energy-Saving Features<br />
Full Walkout or Lookout Basement & Deck<br />
Chicago Water | Spacious Living Room With Fireplace<br />
School System is Among the Best in the State<br />
Situated on Unique Home Sites that back up to a Natural Setting<br />
Decorated Models are Open<br />
Mon-Thu 10am-4pm<br />
Sat/Sun Noon-4pm | Friday by Appt.<br />
Exit I-80 at La Grange Road south for just under two miles to<br />
La Porte Road and turn east for one-half mile to Brookside Meadows.<br />
Lennan II<br />
Contact the Sales Center for details at 708.479.5111<br />
and visit online any time at www.cranahomes.com<br />
OPPORTUNITY
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Amenities: The professionally<br />
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package with annual performance<br />
bonus potential.<br />
Send resume to<br />
bschatte@aerorubber.com.<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 />
Mokena Dry Cleaners Needs<br />
F/T & P/T Counter Person<br />
($13/hr) & Presser ($12/hr)<br />
Call 312-823-6785<br />
1003 Help<br />
Wanted<br />
Advertising Sales for<br />
weekly news publications.<br />
Base pay, good commissions,<br />
active accounts.<br />
P/T flexible. Exp. a plus!<br />
Send resume to:<br />
lucykate5@aol.com<br />
1004 Employment<br />
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 />
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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 StJude, Apostle &<br />
Martyr, great in virtue and rich<br />
in miracle, near kinsman of Jesus<br />
Christ, faithful intercessor<br />
of all who invoke your special<br />
patronage in time ofneed. To<br />
you Ihave recourse from the<br />
depth of my heart and humbly<br />
beg to whom God has given<br />
such great power to come to<br />
my assistance. Help me in my<br />
present and urgent petition, in<br />
return, I promise to make your<br />
name known and cause you to<br />
be invoked. Say three Our Fa-<br />
1037 Prayer /<br />
Novena<br />
thers, three Hail Marys and<br />
Glories for nine consecutive<br />
days. Publications must be<br />
promised. St. Jude pray for us<br />
all who invoke your aid.<br />
Amen. This Novena has never<br />
been known tofail, Ihave had<br />
requests granted. S.B.<br />
Garage<br />
Sale<br />
1052 Garage Sale<br />
Downsizing, 4 Day Sale!<br />
Tinley Park, 16635 S. Meadow<br />
Ln. 6/28, 6/29, 6/30 & 7/1,<br />
9-3p. (4 blocks West of 80th<br />
Ave. off 167th St.) Justice<br />
clothing, plus sizes, homecoming<br />
dresses, compressor, pressure<br />
washer, mens tools, 2 card<br />
tables & chairs & so much<br />
more!<br />
Frankfort 8245 Brickstone Dr<br />
6/30 9-2pm Something for everyone!<br />
Small furn, hshld, decor,<br />
too much to list! No baby<br />
items<br />
Homer Glen 13664 Deervalley<br />
Dr (148 & Parker)<br />
6/28-6/29 8-2pm Household,<br />
tools & furniture<br />
Lockport, 2009 East St. 6/29<br />
& 6/30, 9-2p. Kids clothes,<br />
toys and home goods!<br />
Mokena 18625 Blodgett Rd<br />
6/29-6/30 8-2pm Clothes,<br />
household, shoes & more! Too<br />
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New Lenox, 930 Pine St. Sat.<br />
June 30th, 7-1p. Clothes,<br />
games, DVDs, books, furniture,<br />
pictures, jewelry & more!<br />
1053 Multi Family<br />
Sale<br />
Frankfort 19914 Wildflower<br />
Dr 6/28-6/30 8-2pm 4+ Families!<br />
Furn, clothes, toys, books,<br />
home decor & much more!<br />
Homer Glen 13206 Creekside<br />
Dr 3Families 6/28-6/30 8-2pm<br />
Furn, clothes, baby clothes,<br />
Precious Moments figurines,<br />
kids books, classroom materials<br />
(retired teacher) & misc!<br />
Mokena 11637 Coach Dr<br />
6/29-6/30 8-3pm Lift chair,<br />
collectibles, china, luggage,<br />
furn, baby, toys, linens, Jordan<br />
shoes, jerseys, hats & much<br />
more!<br />
1053 Multi Family<br />
Sale<br />
Mokena 9821 Hastings Ln &<br />
19630 Cambridge 6/28-6/29<br />
9-3pm Something for everyone,<br />
too much to list!<br />
New Lenox, 331 Old Hickory<br />
Rd. June 29 & 30, 8-3p. Hshld<br />
items, tools, toys, weight<br />
bench, & much more!<br />
Tinley Park 19425 Edgebrook<br />
Lane 6/29 8-3pm Hshld, kids,<br />
clothes, home decor, toys &<br />
more! Something for everyone!<br />
1058 Moving Sale<br />
Lockport 16441 W 144th Pl<br />
(off of 171 & Smith Rd)<br />
6/28-6/30 8-4pm Furn, apps,<br />
tools, clothes, knick knacks<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 />
1064 Boats<br />
Fishin Boat, Lund, 1775 ProV<br />
125 merc, Hummin Bird, 8HP<br />
Yamaha Kicker, $19,500<br />
(708)532-8837<br />
Attention Realtors<br />
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Real Estate · Rentals · Merchandise<br />
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2001 Attorney<br />
$52<br />
4 lines/<br />
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$50<br />
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7 papers Merchandise<br />
$13<br />
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7 papers<br />
$30<br />
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Paving/Seal<br />
Coating<br />
2006 Basement Waterproofing<br />
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• Concrete Raising<br />
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Village Realty Inc.<br />
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2003 Appliance Repair<br />
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Help Wanted · Garage Sales · Automotive<br />
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Sell It 708.326.9170 | Fax It 708.326.9179<br />
Charge It | DEADLINE - Friday at 3pm<br />
Automotive<br />
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$52<br />
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$50<br />
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7 papers Merchandise<br />
$13<br />
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$50 7 7 papers<br />
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per line 7 papers<br />
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Real Estate · Rentals · Merchandise<br />
Sell It 708.326.9170<br />
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Automotive<br />
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7 papers Help Wanted<br />
$50<br />
7 lines/<br />
7 papers Merchandise<br />
$13<br />
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4 lines/<br />
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2140 Landscaping<br />
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2150 Paint & Decorating<br />
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2276 Tuckpointing/Masonry<br />
2296 Window Fashions<br />
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$13<br />
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2489 Merchandise Wanted<br />
Metal Wanted<br />
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2702 Public<br />
Notices<br />
Certificate No. 32285 was filed in<br />
the office of the County Clerk of<br />
Will County on June 5, 2018<br />
wherein the business firm ofAvalanche<br />
Jewelry located at 11018<br />
Front Street, Mokena, IL 60448 is<br />
registered and a certificate notice<br />
setting forth the following:<br />
Hans Buchbach, 15323 Sunset<br />
Ridge Dr, Orland Park, IL 60462<br />
708-927-1432<br />
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have<br />
hereunto set my hand and Official<br />
Seal at my office in Joliet; Illinois,<br />
this 5th day of June, 2018<br />
Nancy Schultz Voots<br />
Will County Clerk<br />
Certificate No. 32310 was filed in<br />
the office of the County Clerk of<br />
Will onJune 21, 2018 wherein the<br />
business firm of Cotey Co. located<br />
at 18908 Wolf Rd Mokena, IL<br />
60448 is registered and acertificate<br />
notice setting forth the following:<br />
Sarah Cotey, 18908 Wolf Rd,<br />
Mokena, IL 60448 708-870-1791<br />
Kathleen Cotey, 6239 Birmingham<br />
St, Chicago Ridge, IL 60415<br />
708-214-1421<br />
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have<br />
hereunto set my hand and Official<br />
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10 Questions<br />
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Way East boys baseball<br />
Kris Bryant [of the Chicago<br />
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How’d you get started<br />
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I was about 4 years old<br />
when I started playing inhouse<br />
on the Cubs [in Frankfort].<br />
What’s your spirit<br />
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Basketball, for sure. I’m<br />
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and I’m planning on trying<br />
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Knights swim announces dive camp<br />
Lincoln-Way Central divers entering or<br />
returning to the school who are on the dive<br />
team or interesting in diving are encouraged<br />
to join the swim program’s dive camp, hosted<br />
by coach Pat Shaughnessy.<br />
Classes take place Monday, July 9 through<br />
Friday, July 13 from 6-8 a.m. at the aquatic<br />
center.<br />
Fee is $75. For any additional questions,<br />
contact coach Shaughnessy at pshaughnessy@lw210.org.<br />
Central boys volleyball invites junior high<br />
students for camp<br />
Middle-school students entering seventh or<br />
eighth grade are welcome to join the Knights’<br />
middle school volleyball camp, from Monday,<br />
July 9 through Thursday, July 12.<br />
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the camp, fundamentals will be taught to<br />
beginners, as well as advanced techniques<br />
and strategies taught to experienced players.<br />
Fee is $75. For more information, contact<br />
boys varsity coach Mary Brown at<br />
mbrown@lw210.org.<br />
Knights boys volleyball announces youth camp<br />
For boys who are too young to join the<br />
middle school camp, Lincoln-Way Central is<br />
also hosting a youth camp for students entering<br />
third- through sixth-grade.<br />
Classes take place Monday, July 9 through<br />
Thursday, July 12, and each session runs<br />
from 8-10 a.m.<br />
Fee is $75. For more information, contact<br />
boys varsity coach Mary Brown at<br />
mbrown@lw210.org.<br />
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Team 22: softball<br />
Publisher 22nd Century Media chose the best softball student-athletes in its seven-town southwest suburban coverage<br />
area — based on coach recommendations, reporter input and player statistics — to place on one super team. The team<br />
is made up of student-athletes from Lincoln-Way Central, LW East, LW West, Providence Catholic, Andrew, Tinley Park,<br />
Lockport Township and Sandburg high schools.<br />
—Compiled by 22nd Century Media staff<br />
FIRST TEAM<br />
P: Alex Storako,<br />
senior, LW East<br />
21-2, .736 ERA in<br />
143.2 innings, with<br />
279 strikeouts.<br />
Batting .437, .770<br />
slugging, .500 onbase<br />
percentage. 5<br />
homers, 31 RBI, 12<br />
doubles. SWSC Blue<br />
Player of the Year.<br />
P: Ashley Platek,<br />
junior, LW Central<br />
12-2, 1.25 ERA in 89<br />
innings, with a .966<br />
WHIP, 106 strikeouts.<br />
Batting .409, .434<br />
on-base percentage,<br />
.634 slugging, 7<br />
doubles, 1 triple, 4<br />
homers, 38 RBI, 25<br />
runs. All SWSC Red<br />
Player of the Year.<br />
C: Kaitlin Tholl,<br />
sophomore, Andrew<br />
.500 batting, .617<br />
on-base percentage.<br />
1.113 slugging. 8<br />
doubles, 1 triple, 13<br />
home runs, 56 RBI,<br />
30 runs. The All-SWSC<br />
Red catcher also<br />
played first but made<br />
her biggest mark at<br />
the plate.<br />
IF: Kristin<br />
Kavalauskas, senior,<br />
Tinley<br />
.552 batting, .598<br />
on-base percentage,<br />
15 doubles, 2 triples,<br />
7 home runs, 39 RBI,<br />
7 stolen bases. One of<br />
two from Tinley Park<br />
to nab a Titan Award<br />
this season.<br />
IF: Tara McElligott,<br />
senior, Lockport<br />
.400 batting, .493 onbase<br />
percentage, .918<br />
slugging, 9 doubles,<br />
16 home runs, 50<br />
RBI, 45 runs. All-SWSC<br />
Blue. There is good<br />
reason McElligott is<br />
a repeat Team 22<br />
player.<br />
IF: Ashley Wood,<br />
senior, Sandburg<br />
.471 batting. .542 onbase<br />
percentage, 20<br />
doubles, 5 homers,<br />
33 RBI. All SWSC-<br />
Blue. Wood was a<br />
difference-maker for<br />
an Eagles team that<br />
made it all the way to<br />
a supersectional.<br />
IF: Taylor Young,<br />
senior, Provi<br />
.348 batting, 13<br />
doubles, 2 triples, 10<br />
home runs, 37 RBI, 34<br />
runs, 9 stolen bases.<br />
Young’s standout<br />
play for the Celtics is<br />
taking her to DePaul<br />
for the next school<br />
year.<br />
OF: Taylor Shingler,<br />
senior, Lockport<br />
.539 batting, .551<br />
on-base percentage,<br />
.600 slugging, 3<br />
doubles, 2 triples,<br />
18 RBI, 42 runs. All-<br />
SWSC Blue. Shingler<br />
had a big swing at the<br />
plate and the ability to<br />
score, a lot.<br />
SECOND TEAM<br />
OF: Ella LeMonier,<br />
sophomore, Andrew<br />
.506 batting, .613<br />
on-base percentage,<br />
.651 slugging, 5<br />
doubles, 2 triples, 1<br />
home run, 17 RBI, 40<br />
runs, 35 stolen bases.<br />
All-SWSC Red. The<br />
impressive T-Bolt has<br />
two more high school<br />
seasons.<br />
P: Jules Gomez, sophomore, Tinley<br />
14-2, 1.23 ERA in 108 innings with 164<br />
strikeouts, 1.213 WHIP.<br />
P: Amanda Weyh, junior, LW Central<br />
7-2, 1.5 ERA in 56 innings, 75 strikeouts.<br />
C: Abigail Baez, senior, LW West<br />
.373 batting, .465 on-base percentage.<br />
IF: Kamryn Murphy, senior, LW Central<br />
.438 batting, .500 on-base, .596 slugging, 11<br />
doubles, 1 home run, 20 RBI, 28 runs.<br />
OF: Lex Leighton,<br />
senior, Provi<br />
.405 batting, 7<br />
doubles, 2 triples, 12<br />
home runs, 42 RBI,<br />
36 runs, 14 stolen<br />
bases. All-GCAC.<br />
Committed to Lewis<br />
University, she was a<br />
big part of the Celtics’<br />
run this season.<br />
IF: Shannon Smith, junior, Provi<br />
.372 batting, 10 doubles, 3 triples, 5 homers,<br />
33, RBI, 44 runs, 23 stolen bases.<br />
IF: Taylor Herschbach, Lockport<br />
.477 batting, .559 on-base, .734 slugging, 19<br />
doubles, 4 home runs, 37 RBI, 48 runs.<br />
IF: Hannah Falejczyk, senior, Provi<br />
.354 batting, 7 doubles, 13 home runs, 45 RBI.<br />
OF: Lauren Johnson, junior, Lockport<br />
.500 batting, .546 on-base, .676 slugging, 8<br />
DH: Danielle Callahan,<br />
senior, LW West<br />
.409 batting, .742<br />
slugging, 7 doubles,<br />
33 RBI, 5 home runs.<br />
All-SWSC Red. On her<br />
way to University of St.<br />
Francis, she remained<br />
a prolific power hitter<br />
for the Warriors.<br />
doubles, 3 home runs, 32 RBI, 28 runs.<br />
OF: Kaitlin Lynch, junior, Andrew<br />
.440 batting, .631 slugging, 11 stolen bases, 6<br />
doubles, 5 triples, 15 RBI, 32 runs.<br />
OF: Gabriella Gedville, junior, LW Central<br />
.475 batting, .527 on-base, .545 slugging, 7<br />
doubles, 11 RBI, 38 runs, 15 stolen bases.<br />
DH: Carly Alvers, freshman, LW Central<br />
.473 batting, .520 on-base, .912 slugging, 12<br />
doubles, 8 home runs, 40 RBI, 25 runs.<br />
HONORABLE MENTIONS<br />
P: Nicole Mucha, freshman, Provi;<br />
Danielle Drogemuller, sophomore, LW<br />
East; Sarah Fuller, senior, Sandburg.<br />
C: Gracie Voulgaris, senior, Lockport;<br />
Chloe Honchar, sophomore, LW East.<br />
IF: Torince Muczynski, sophomore, LW<br />
Central; Grace Piotrowski, sophomore,<br />
Tinley; Irene Travis, junior,Sandburg;<br />
Courtney Schoolcraft, senior, Lockport;<br />
Teagan Sopczak, sophomore, Provi;<br />
Madison Eckberg, junior, LW West; Mac<br />
Mahy, senior, LW West; Lauren Hunter,<br />
senior, LW East; Heather Vetter, senior,<br />
Sandburg.<br />
OF: Sarah Gonsch, sophomore,<br />
Sandburg; Allison Jaquith, senior, LW<br />
East.
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Team 22: baseball<br />
The staff of 22nd Century Media chose the best baseball student-athletes — based on coach<br />
recommendations, reporter input and player statistics — in its seven-town southwest suburban<br />
coverage area to place on one super team.<br />
This team is made up of players from Lincoln-Way Central, LW East, LW West, Providence Catholic,<br />
Andrew, Tinley Park, Lockport Township and Sandburg high schools.<br />
—Compiled by 22nd Century Media staff<br />
FIRST TEAM<br />
P: Cole Kirschsieper,<br />
junior, LW East<br />
10-2 record, 1.09 ERA<br />
over 70.1 innings,<br />
89 strikeouts, with<br />
only 17 walks and 42<br />
hits. All-SWSC Blue.<br />
Kirschsieper helped<br />
give the Griffins a<br />
fighting chance in<br />
every outing.<br />
1B: Kevin Davis,<br />
senior, LW West<br />
.365 batting with<br />
a .427 on-base<br />
percentage, .438<br />
slugging, with 8<br />
stolen bases, 5<br />
doubles, a triple, 20<br />
RBI and 25 runs. All<br />
SWSC-Red. Davis was<br />
big for the Warriors.<br />
3B: Scott<br />
Youngbrandt, senior,<br />
Andrew<br />
.395 batting with<br />
a .505 on-base<br />
percentage, with 2<br />
doubles, a triple and<br />
9 homers, 27 RBI,<br />
29 runs. Pitching 5-1<br />
with 57 strikeouts. All-<br />
SWSC Red.<br />
OF: Adam Gaydos,<br />
junior, Tinley<br />
.350 battling with<br />
a .481 on-base<br />
percentage, 8<br />
doubles, 2 triples,<br />
4 homers, 27 RBI,<br />
30 runs, 11 stolen<br />
bases.<br />
P: Tommy Windt,<br />
junior, Sandburg<br />
6-1, 1.3 ERA with 35<br />
strikeouts in 41.1<br />
innings. At the plate<br />
.299, with 9 doubles,<br />
a triple and a homer,<br />
16 RBI, 18 runs. All-<br />
SWSC Blue. Windt hit<br />
well but his best work<br />
was on the mound.<br />
2B: Mike Carey,<br />
senior, Andrew<br />
.486 battling with<br />
.504 on-base<br />
percentage, 13<br />
doubles, 1 triple and<br />
1 home run, 33 RBI,<br />
29 runs, 13 stolen<br />
bases. Austin Peay<br />
commit. All-SWSC Red<br />
Player of the Year.<br />
Utility: Branden<br />
Comia, senior,<br />
Sandburg<br />
.404 battling with<br />
a .533 on-base<br />
percentage, .673<br />
slugging, 8 doubles,<br />
6 home runs, 29 RBI,<br />
40 runs. Pitching: 8<br />
saves on 8 attempts.<br />
All-SWSC Blue.<br />
OF: Kyle Labedz,<br />
junior, LW Central<br />
.347 batting with<br />
a .453 on-base<br />
percentage, .528<br />
slugging, with 8<br />
doubles, 1 triple, 1<br />
homer, 20 RBI, 29<br />
runs. All-SWSC Red.<br />
C: Ryan Hampe,<br />
senior, Sandburg<br />
.433 batting with<br />
a .479 on-base<br />
percentage and .732<br />
slugging. 20 doubles,<br />
6 home runs. The<br />
Team 22 repeat at<br />
catcher earned every<br />
bit of SWSC Blue<br />
Player of the Year.<br />
SS: Jake Plastiak,<br />
senior, Andrew<br />
.430 batting and<br />
a .487 on-base<br />
percentage, with 6<br />
doubles, 5 triples, 5<br />
home runs, 25 RBI,<br />
39 runs. Committed<br />
to Wichita State. All-<br />
SWSC Red. Drafted by<br />
the Padres.<br />
OF: Julian Everett,<br />
senior, LW East<br />
.367 battling with<br />
a .529 on-base<br />
percentage, 36 RBI,<br />
36 runs. All-SWSC<br />
Blue. Made an impact<br />
for the Griffins once<br />
again.<br />
DH: Ryan Kaup,<br />
senior, Provi<br />
.422 batting with<br />
a .587 on-base<br />
percentage, .467<br />
slugging, 2 doubles, 7<br />
RBI, 18 runs.<br />
SECOND TEAM<br />
P: Andrew Hancock, senior, LW Central<br />
5-1 with a. 2.154 ERA over 52 innings, 52<br />
strikeouts.<br />
P: Bryce Barnett, junior, Provi<br />
4-2, 2.028 ERA over 48.1 innings.<br />
C: Nick Jones, senior, Provi<br />
.430 batting, .518 on-base percentage, .624<br />
slugging, 12 doubles, 2 home runs, 29 RBI, 14 runs.<br />
1B: John Weis, junior, Lockport<br />
.337 batting, .439 on-base percentage .495<br />
slugging, 9 doubles, 2 homers, 28 RBI, 16 runs.<br />
2B: Jacob Slager, senior, LW East<br />
.356 batting, .472 on-base, 28 RBI, 35 runs.<br />
SS: Ryan Moerman, freshman, Lockport<br />
.371 batting, .422 on-base, .485 slugging, 4<br />
doubles, 2 triples, 1 home run, 17 RBI, 23 runs.<br />
3B: Jim Patock, senior, LW Central<br />
.314 batting, .360 on-base percentage, .382<br />
slugging, 7 doubles, 25 RBI, 20 runs.<br />
Utility: C.J. Weins, senior, Lockport<br />
.371 battling, .543 on-base, .518 slugging, 10<br />
doubles, 1 triple, 1 homer, 21 RBI, 30 runs, 25 HBP.<br />
OF: Sean Harris, junior, LW Central<br />
.351 batting, .448 on-base, .486 slugging, 5<br />
doubles, 1 triple, 1 homer, 18 RBI, 25 runs.<br />
OF: Alex Helmin, junior, Provi<br />
.330 battling, .409 on-base percentage, .610<br />
slugging, 11 doubles, 1 triple, 5 home runs, 31 runs.<br />
OF: Dakota Kotowski, senior, Provi<br />
.300 batting, .421 on-base, .710 slugging, 5<br />
doubles, 3 triples, 10 home runs, 40 RBI, 31 runs.<br />
DH: Evan Tenuta, senior, Sandburg<br />
.283 batting, 5 doubles, 2 triples, 2 home runs, 25<br />
RBI, 13 runs. Pitching 5-3, 3.5 ERA, 47 strikeouts.<br />
HONORABLE MENTIONS<br />
P: Collin Wilma, junior, Tinley; Marcus Seguin, senior,<br />
LW West; Seth Masters, senior, Sandburg; Andrew<br />
Tenison, senior, Sandburg; John Van Gennep, senior,<br />
LW Central; Nick Torres, senior, Andrew.<br />
C: Nick Andersen, senior, LW West; Jake Bergquist,<br />
junior, Tinley; Bryan Fox, senior, Lockport; Jake<br />
Tencza, senior, LW East.<br />
IF: Aaron Anderson, senior, LW Central; Adam<br />
Brown, senior, LW Central.<br />
OF: Joe Gonzalez, junior, LW West; Matt Helwig,<br />
senior, LW Central; Mike McGrail, senior, Andrew.<br />
DH: Nick Anderson, senior, LW West.
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World Cup fever<br />
Lincoln-Way Central soccer camp brings returning students,<br />
youths together<br />
Games Tuesday 7/3, Wednesday 7/4, & Thursday 7/5<br />
Eiron Ushijima, 10, of Mokena, takes a shot during the Lincoln-Way Central summer camp<br />
at the Knights’ football field. Photos by James Sanchez/22nd Century Media.<br />
ABOVE:<br />
Returning<br />
Central student<br />
Michael<br />
Whitelock<br />
(right), of<br />
Mokena, leads<br />
a drill.<br />
LEFT: Senior<br />
Brendan<br />
McCarthy, of<br />
Mokena, shows<br />
the youth<br />
participants<br />
how a ladder<br />
drill is done.
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LW Central grad making dreams come true at DI school<br />
Steve Millar<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
Andrew Hancock is getting<br />
an early taste of collegiate<br />
competition.<br />
Hancock, who just graduated<br />
from Lincoln-Way<br />
Central and is headed to<br />
Evansville in the fall, is<br />
pitching for the Northwest<br />
Indiana Oilmen of the Midwest<br />
Collegiate League.<br />
The summer league features<br />
many players who<br />
have already played a season<br />
or more in college,<br />
along with some incoming<br />
freshmen like Hancock.<br />
“This is giving me an opportunity<br />
to face college<br />
hitters, good competition,”<br />
Hancock said. “I’m getting<br />
in some reps, getting<br />
a chance to try some new<br />
stuff so I can be ready for<br />
next season. So far, it’s<br />
been good. I’ve been pitching<br />
well.”<br />
After the summer, Hancock<br />
will live out a childhood<br />
dream when he joins<br />
the team at Evansville, a<br />
NCAA Division I program<br />
that competes in the Missouri<br />
Valley Conference.<br />
“My dad [Daniel] played<br />
baseball at St. Xavier and<br />
ever since I was a little kid,<br />
I wanted to follow in his<br />
footsteps,” Hancock said.<br />
“I’ve thought about it ever<br />
since I was a tiny, little kid<br />
swinging a bat in the backyard.”<br />
The dream started to become<br />
more realistic early<br />
in Hancock’s career at<br />
Lincoln-Way Central. He<br />
joined a top travel team in<br />
the summer after his freshman<br />
year.<br />
“I got a chance to pitch<br />
with the Chicago Elite,” he<br />
said. “They needed someone<br />
for a game, and I did<br />
well, and they kept me on<br />
the team. That was huge. I<br />
learned so much pitching<br />
Former Lincoln-Way Central baseball standout Andrew Hancock brings his 6-foot 6-inch frame to University of Evansville, where he’ll pitch on a baseball<br />
scholarship. 22nd Century Media file photo<br />
with them and they helped<br />
me a lot.<br />
“I got so much help from<br />
so many great coaches,<br />
both with Chicago Elite and<br />
at Central. I’m thankful to<br />
all of them.”<br />
As his fastball continued<br />
to gain velocity, reaching<br />
into the upper 80’s as a senior,<br />
and his offspeed pitches<br />
developed, the 6-foot<br />
6-inch Hancock possessed<br />
a repertoire that attracted<br />
many college coaches.<br />
Evansville proved to be<br />
the best fit.<br />
“Their coach, Wes Carroll,<br />
really treated me and<br />
my family well,” Hancock<br />
said. “Evansville felt like<br />
home. I just liked it the best<br />
and I felt really comfortable<br />
with the coaches and players.”<br />
As excited as Hancock<br />
was to commit to the Purple<br />
Aces, they were just as<br />
thrilled to have him.<br />
“Andrew is a good<br />
athlete, measuring in at<br />
6-foot-6,” Evansville pitching<br />
coach Cody Fick said<br />
in a press release. “He is<br />
physically imposing on the<br />
mound. He is a dual-sport<br />
high school athlete (baseball<br />
and basketball) with<br />
what we believe is a high<br />
ceiling on mound. We are<br />
excited to see his size and<br />
athleticism develop into a<br />
well-rounded pitcher for<br />
us.”<br />
Hancock leaves Lincoln-<br />
Way Central with many<br />
good memories.<br />
Though baseball was always<br />
his primary focus, he<br />
also starred on the basketball<br />
court for the Knights.<br />
“I loved playing basketball,”<br />
he said. “I loved having<br />
something competitive<br />
to do in the winters and it<br />
helped me become a better<br />
athlete, helped me stay in<br />
shape for baseball. It was<br />
just a lot of fun.”<br />
On the baseball side<br />
of things, Hancock said<br />
he’ll always remember the<br />
Knights’ deep postseason<br />
run his junior season.<br />
“Winning the regional<br />
and playing in a sectional<br />
championship game was<br />
really exciting,” he said.<br />
“This year, we tried hard<br />
to get back there and we<br />
came up a little short, but I<br />
made some great bonds and<br />
friendships with my teammates.<br />
“I gave it everything I<br />
had every time I took the<br />
mound.”<br />
Preparing to take the next<br />
step, Hancock wants to<br />
fine-tune all of his pitches.<br />
“I’ve got to be ready<br />
to throw all three pitches<br />
for strikes: my fastball,<br />
changeup and curveball,”<br />
he said. “I’ve got a slider<br />
that I’m developing, too.<br />
And I’m working to master<br />
a put-away pitch that I can<br />
use to end at-bats.”<br />
Hancock hopes to get<br />
chances to play right away<br />
at Evansville.<br />
“Coach Carroll told me<br />
I’d have an opportunity to<br />
pitch as a freshman,” he<br />
said. “I’m hoping to get in<br />
some games, get some experience<br />
and show what I<br />
can do. I’m excited for it to<br />
start.”
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fastbreak<br />
22nd Century Media File<br />
Photo<br />
1st-and-3<br />
Record-breaking<br />
teammates<br />
1. Mike Herlihy (Above,<br />
front)<br />
Another recent East<br />
grad, the 6-foot<br />
6-inch Herlihy finished<br />
his career as<br />
the school’s all-time<br />
leader in blocks,<br />
with 178.<br />
2. Ian Piet<br />
The recent Lincoln-<br />
Way East grad<br />
leaves the Griffins<br />
as the school’s alltime<br />
leader in kills,<br />
with 878 for his<br />
career.<br />
3. Dynamic Duo<br />
Both Piet and Herlihy<br />
have committed<br />
to play for a Division<br />
1 school at Loyola<br />
University. Piet is expected<br />
to play some<br />
time as a libero and<br />
as an outside hitter,<br />
while Herlihy could<br />
see time as a middle<br />
hitter.<br />
Going Places<br />
HS teammates sticking together for Loyola VB<br />
RANDY WHALEN<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
Mike Herlihy thought he<br />
was in the wrong place.<br />
As a seventh grader, Herlihy<br />
had his parents, Mike<br />
and Tracy, sign him up for a<br />
volleyball camp. But when he<br />
went there, it wasn’t what he<br />
expected.<br />
“My parents signed me up<br />
for a volleyball camp at Grand<br />
Prairie Elementary School in<br />
Frankfort,” Herlihy recalled.<br />
“I walked into the camp and<br />
saw there were like 50 girls<br />
there. I thought, ‘I don’t belong<br />
here,’ and I wanted to<br />
leave. But, just then, my<br />
friend Mark Wroblewski<br />
walked in. He was there for<br />
the camp, too. So I decided to<br />
stick it out.”<br />
Fast forward to now and<br />
Herlihy is obviously glad he<br />
did. At the start of June he<br />
was tremendous in all three<br />
state matches as he helped<br />
the Lincoln-Way East boys<br />
volleyball team to the state<br />
championship. Wroblewski<br />
and nine other senior teammates<br />
were along for the ride,<br />
too, as the Griffins defeated<br />
Neuqua Valley 20-25, 25-21,<br />
25-22 on June 2 at Hoffman<br />
Estates High School to capture<br />
the title.<br />
Herlihy led the way in<br />
those state matches with a<br />
team-high 28 kills, including<br />
11 in the championship<br />
match. Not bad for someone<br />
who had missed the previous<br />
four matches, in the regional<br />
and sectional, after having 16<br />
stitches in his left hand after<br />
cutting it on May 21.<br />
“When I took a block off<br />
the left hand, it hurt,” admitted<br />
Herlihy, who had the<br />
stitches removed on June 5.<br />
“But I shook it off. I had to be<br />
out there for the team.”<br />
This season was certainly a<br />
special one as the Griffins won<br />
their second state title in the<br />
past five seasons. In between<br />
the 2014 championship and<br />
this seasons, Glenbard West<br />
captured three titles in a row.<br />
So when did Herlihy know<br />
this season’s squad could win<br />
the state title?<br />
“The first match of the<br />
season, when we beat Glenbard<br />
West, said Herlihy of the<br />
Griffins 21-25, 25-21, 25-15<br />
on March 22, which handed<br />
Glenbard West only its fourth<br />
loss in the past four years.<br />
“They beat us for the title last<br />
year (25-21, 20-25, 25-16), so<br />
it felt pretty good to beat them<br />
then.”<br />
This season, the 6-foot<br />
6-inch Herilhy had 63 blocks<br />
and was second on the team,<br />
behind past and future teammate<br />
senior outside hitter Ian<br />
Piet (236), with 215 kills. The<br />
all-state combo will both be<br />
attending Loyoya University<br />
this fall to continue their careers.<br />
“We are very proud of both<br />
Ian and Mike that they are able<br />
to play for such a prestigious<br />
volleyball program in Loyola<br />
University in Chicago,” East<br />
volleyball coach Kris Fiore<br />
said. “They are some of the<br />
most talented volleyball players<br />
who we have ever had play<br />
at East, and it will be exciting<br />
to see them play volleyball at<br />
Recent Lincoln-Way East Grad Mike Herlihy goes up high for a kill. Herlihy and teammate<br />
Ian Piet both committed to play volleyball at Loyola University in the fall.<br />
22nd Century Media file photo<br />
the highest level.<br />
“Mike was a three-year<br />
starter. In the last two years he<br />
has become no doubt the most<br />
dominant middle hitter in Illinois<br />
and probably the Midwest.<br />
Mike finished his career<br />
at East with the most blocks<br />
ever at 178. He should have<br />
an opportunity to contribute<br />
early in his career at Loyola at<br />
middle hitter.”<br />
East making it to the state<br />
title match in 2017 proved<br />
beneficial to both Herlihy<br />
and Piet. That’s when Loyola,<br />
which won back-to-back<br />
NCAA DI championships<br />
in 2014 and 2015, started recruiting<br />
the pair even more.<br />
Piet committed first, then put<br />
the pressure on Herlihy. But,<br />
ultimately, he made his own<br />
decision to go there.<br />
“Ian signed before me,”<br />
Herlihy confirmed. “I love<br />
Ian. He’s a great teammate<br />
and I think we can do great<br />
things together. But [my decision]<br />
was more than Ian. I<br />
loved the team, the coaches<br />
and just loved the school.<br />
There was a great amount of<br />
things. Of course my mom is<br />
also happy I’m close.”<br />
Plus Herlihy will be majoring<br />
in something that could<br />
have a great impact off the<br />
court.<br />
“I’m going to major in environmental<br />
science,” he said.<br />
“I want to help the world and<br />
the environment.”<br />
In the meantime, he and<br />
Piet will be playing together<br />
this summer as part of the 18u<br />
Gold Team on Ulimate Volleyball.<br />
Herlihy, who played<br />
basketball at East through<br />
his sophomore season, and<br />
even spent time on the varsity<br />
that year, is certainly glad he<br />
stayed at that volleyball camp<br />
and picked up the sport.<br />
“We had lost the first set to<br />
New Trier and we were down<br />
17-12 in the second set,” Herlihy<br />
said of the Griffins 14-25,<br />
25-22, 25-17 win in this seasons<br />
state semifinal match.<br />
“But coach Fiore locked eyes<br />
with us and we all looked into<br />
each others eyes, and that’s<br />
when we knew we were going<br />
to win.”<br />
Indeed they did.<br />
Listen Up<br />
“I loved the team, the coaches and just loved the<br />
school. There was a great amount of things. Of<br />
course my mom is also happy I’m close.”<br />
Mike Herlihy – Former Lincoln-Way East boys volleyball player, on<br />
committing to play at Loyola University<br />
TUNE IN<br />
Volleyball camp<br />
10 a.m.-noon July 9-12<br />
• Lincoln-Way Central’s volleyball camp is open<br />
to seventh- and eighth-graders. Fee is $75.<br />
For more information, contact coach Mary<br />
Brown at mbrown@gmail.com..<br />
Index<br />
41 – Sports Briefs<br />
41 – Athlete of the Week<br />
FASTBREAK is compiled by Editor T.J. Kremer III, tj@<br />
mokenamessenger.com.
mokena’s Hometown Newspaper | www.mokenamessenger.com | June 28, 2018<br />
Dynamic duo Second LWE grad<br />
commits to Loyola volleyball, Page 47<br />
Heavy hitters<br />
Team 22 baseball, softball<br />
lineups revealed, Pages 43, 42<br />
LWC grad earns<br />
scholarship for<br />
baseball, Page 46<br />
Recent Lincoln-Way Central grad Andrew Hancock was a two-sport standout in high school. Now he’s going to University<br />
of Evansville (Indiana), where he will focus on baseball. 22nd Century Media file photos