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Reacting to a tragedy<br />

Updates on investigation, reactions from community<br />

after 26-year-old killed in hit-and-run, Page 3<br />

Highlighting history<br />

Historic John Lane Days returns to educate, raise<br />

funds for barn renovation, Page 4<br />

Caught red-handed<br />

Residential burglary highlights this week’s<br />

police reports, Page 7<br />

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MONDAY<br />

Monday Movie Matinee:<br />

Under the Tuscan Sun<br />

12:30-3 p.m. July 9, White<br />

Oak Library Meeting Room<br />

A, 121 E. 8th St., Lockport.<br />

Enjoy snacks and refreshments<br />

while watching Under<br />

the Tuscan Sun, rated PG-<br />

13.<br />

TUESDAY<br />

Graphic Novel Workshop for<br />

Tweens<br />

1-2 p.m. White Oak Library<br />

Children’s Program<br />

Room, 121 E. 8th St., Lockport.<br />

Tweens will create a<br />

short form graphic novel<br />

after leanring how to create<br />

characters, a story arc and<br />

bind their finished books. A<br />

copy of the finished books<br />

will be on display in the<br />

library. Registration is required<br />

for this five-consecutive<br />

day program.<br />

Travel Photo Cards &<br />

Bookmarks<br />

6:30-8 p.m. July 10, White<br />

Oak Library Meeting Room<br />

A/B 121 E. 8th St., Lockport.<br />

Bring in one’s travel<br />

photos, or choose from an<br />

assortment of travel pictures<br />

to create travel photo cards<br />

and travel bookmarks. This<br />

is for adults and teens. Registration<br />

is required.<br />

UPCOMING<br />

Movies at The Roxy —<br />

Herbie the Love Bug<br />

6-9 p.m. Thursday, July<br />

12, The Roxy Theater, 1017<br />

S. State St. Enjoy this free,<br />

family movie night.<br />

John Lane Days<br />

11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday,<br />

July 14 and Sunday, July 15,<br />

Historic John Lane Farm,<br />

16217 S. Gougar Road. There<br />

will be over 25 crafters and<br />

vendors, a children’s area,<br />

food, and a concert Saturday<br />

at 5 p.m. featuring singer/<br />

songwriter Elliot Sedgewick.<br />

Concert tickets can be purchased<br />

with a minimum $5<br />

donation ahead of time or on<br />

the day of the event. All money<br />

raised from this event will<br />

go toward renovating the barn<br />

which stands on the property<br />

where John Lane invented the<br />

first steel plow in 1833.<br />

Got Beer: Your Guide to<br />

Buying, Storing, Serving and<br />

Enjoying Beer<br />

6:30- 8 p.m. Wednesday,<br />

July 18, White Oak Library<br />

Meeting Room B 121 E. 8th<br />

St., Lockport. Former professional<br />

brewer and master<br />

beer judge Mike Pezan will<br />

take attendees on an adventure<br />

from selection, to storage,<br />

and consumption of<br />

beers. Samples will be provided.<br />

Participants must be<br />

21 or older. Registration is<br />

required. For more information,<br />

call (815) 552-4260.<br />

Park Party<br />

6-8 p.m. Tuesday, July<br />

24, Sunset Park, 729 Murphy<br />

Dr. Romeoville. Come<br />

enjoy a fun night out in the<br />

park with family and friends.<br />

There will be music, inflatables,<br />

face painting and more.<br />

This is a co-op event with<br />

the Lockport Township Park<br />

District and Romeoville<br />

Recreation.<br />

Movies at The Roxy- Wild<br />

Wild West<br />

6-9 p.m. Thursday, July<br />

26, 1017 S. State St. Enjoy<br />

this free, family movie<br />

night. Attendees are invited<br />

to dress up in the Steampunk<br />

theme.<br />

ONGOING<br />

Family Adventure Film Series<br />

6 p.m. Thursday nights.<br />

White Oak Library Children’s<br />

Program Room, 121<br />

E. 8th St., Lockport. Bring<br />

snacks and blankets to enjoy<br />

adventure movie classics<br />

with the family. For more<br />

information, call (815) 552-<br />

4260.<br />

Citizens Against Ruining the<br />

Environment<br />

6-7:30 p.m. every third<br />

Monday of the month, White<br />

Oak Library, 121 E. 8th St.,<br />

Lockport. CARE, a nonprofit<br />

all-volunteer organization,<br />

to discuss environmental<br />

and health related issues in<br />

Will County and the surrounding<br />

areas. Community<br />

service hours also available.<br />

Challenge Fitness Court<br />

Rentals<br />

Challenge Fitness, 2021<br />

S. Lawrence Ave., Lockport,<br />

offers court rentals for<br />

tennis and racquetball/wallyball<br />

courts when Lockport<br />

Township Park District programs<br />

are not running. Tennis<br />

courts are rented on a per<br />

hour basis, with rates beginning<br />

at $14 an hour during<br />

the summer. Racquetball/<br />

wallyball courts begin at $3<br />

an hour and have a two-hour<br />

limit. Individuals who are<br />

not members of Challenge<br />

Fitness are subject to guest<br />

fees. For more information<br />

on rates and court availability,<br />

please call (815) 838-<br />

3621, ext. 0 or visit www.<br />

lockportpark.org.<br />

Golf Lessons<br />

Tuesdays and Thursdays<br />

or Saturdays and Sundays,<br />

Prairie Bluff Golf Course,<br />

19433 Renwick Road, Crest<br />

Hill. The Lockport Township<br />

Park is offering junior and<br />

adult beginner golf lessons<br />

for ages 7 to 16 years and 18<br />

years and older, respectively.<br />

Students learn the basics of<br />

putting, chipping, pitching<br />

and full swing. Fee is $70/<br />

resident; $80/non-resident.<br />

Junior classes are offered<br />

from 4-5 p.m. on Tuesdays<br />

and Thursdays and 9-10<br />

a.m. Saturdays and Sundays.<br />

Adult lessons run from<br />

5:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and<br />

Thursdays or 10:30-11:30<br />

a.m. Saturdays and Sundays.<br />

For more information, call<br />

(815) 838-3621, ext. 0.<br />

SilverSneakers<br />

Challenge Fitness, 2021<br />

S. Lawrence Ave., Lockport.<br />

offers SilverSneakers programs<br />

for seniors. Classic<br />

Fitness is offered on Mon-<br />

Thurs mornings which will<br />

increase muscle strength and<br />

range of movement with a<br />

variety of exercises, handheld<br />

weights, elastic tubing<br />

and a chair. Yoga Stretch<br />

is offered on Tuesday and<br />

Friday mornings and helps<br />

moves your body to increase<br />

flexibility balance and range<br />

of movement. SilverSneakers<br />

classes are free to Silver-<br />

Sneakers members and $4<br />

per class for walk-ins. Visit<br />

www.lockportpark.org or<br />

call (815) 838-3621, ext. 0<br />

for details.<br />

Vintage Hats, Will County in<br />

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War exhibits<br />

Noon-4 p.m. Wednesdays<br />

through Sundays, Will<br />

County Historical Museum<br />

and Research Center, 803 S.<br />

State St., Lockport. A new<br />

exhibit “Vintage Hats” is<br />

on display as well as a 19th<br />

century Doctor’s Office,<br />

“Will County in War” and<br />

early textiles. Open to the<br />

public; group tours available<br />

by reservation. For more information<br />

or tours call (815)<br />

838-5080 or visit www.wil<br />

lcohistory.org<br />

Senior Cards<br />

1-3 p.m. Mondays and Fridays,<br />

Gladys Fox Museum,<br />

231 E. 9th St., Lockport. The<br />

senior Pinochle Club meets<br />

twice per week and does not<br />

require registration or fees.<br />

Lockport Senior Men’s Club<br />

Meeting<br />

8:30 a.m. first Tuesday of<br />

the month, Gladys Fox Museum,<br />

231 E. 9th St., Lockport.<br />

The club meets from<br />

September to June beginning<br />

with a buffet breakfast<br />

at 8:30 a.m. followed by a<br />

speaker. For more information,<br />

visit www.lockportpark.org<br />

or call (815) 838-<br />

3621 ext. 0.<br />

Moose Lodge Bingo<br />

10 a.m. Mondays, 7 p.m.<br />

Wednesdays, Lockport<br />

Moose Lodge 118 E. 10th<br />

Street, Lockport. Raffles,<br />

jackpots and video gaming<br />

are scheduled to take place.<br />

For more information, visit<br />

www.lockportmoose.com.


lockportlegend.com news<br />

the Lockport Legend | July 5, 2018 | 3<br />

Man charged in Lockport<br />

resident’s hit-and-run death<br />

School districts<br />

remember Stanton,<br />

her impact on others<br />

Thomas Czaja<br />

Contributing Editor<br />

An Aurora man has been<br />

arrested in the hit-and-run<br />

death of Lockport resident<br />

Amanda Stanton, 26, according<br />

to a release from the Kendall<br />

County Sheriff’s Office.<br />

Nehemiah Williams, 38,<br />

was charged by the Kendall<br />

County Attorney’s Office<br />

for reckless homicide, leaving<br />

the scene of an accident<br />

involving death and driving<br />

with a revoked license.<br />

The arrest came one day<br />

after the sheriff’s office<br />

credited the community for<br />

locating the suspected vehicle<br />

involved, a silver 2006<br />

Chrysler Pacifica minivan.<br />

“The partnership between<br />

the Kendall County Sheriff’s<br />

Office and the community<br />

we serve has proven to be<br />

invaluable,” the release said.<br />

“When members of the public<br />

take the time to assist us<br />

and work with law enforcement,<br />

it enables us to provide<br />

better services and results to<br />

the community we serve.<br />

“We would like to thank<br />

the community for your vigilance<br />

and encourage you to<br />

continue your support of law<br />

enforcement in helping to<br />

keep our communities safe.”<br />

Stanton’s body was found<br />

Sunday, June 24, off Plainfield<br />

Road and Plainsman<br />

Court in Oswego, and the<br />

sheriff department’s initial<br />

investigation showed Stanton<br />

was struck and killed by a car,<br />

which then fled the scene.<br />

Kendall County Sheriff’s<br />

Office Detective Sgt. Mitch<br />

Hattan said police had heard<br />

reports that Stanton attended<br />

a wedding at Gaylord House<br />

& Gardens in Oswego on<br />

Saturday evening, June 23,<br />

the day before her body was<br />

found.<br />

Police also heard she left<br />

the wedding on foot, though<br />

it remains unclear why, according<br />

to Hattan.<br />

“We may never know exactly<br />

the reason why she<br />

left,” Hattan said, who noted<br />

police had more people to<br />

still track down in the pending<br />

investigation.<br />

Stanton was a 2010 graduate<br />

of Lockport Township<br />

High School, where she was<br />

a standout softball player.<br />

She went on to play the sport<br />

from 2011 to 2014 at Eastern<br />

Michigan University, where<br />

she was a two-time Academic<br />

All-Mid-American Conference<br />

selection.<br />

She was a math intervention<br />

specialist at Jefferson<br />

Junior High School in Naperville<br />

Community Unit<br />

School District 203, as well<br />

as the head coach for the<br />

varsity softball team at Oswego<br />

High School in Oswego<br />

Community Unit School<br />

District 308.<br />

Lockport Township High<br />

School gave its thoughts and<br />

prayers to the Stanton family<br />

in a statement, saying Stanton<br />

“was widely respected<br />

by our staff and her peers for<br />

her work ethic and determination<br />

to succeed.”<br />

“Amanda had a positive,<br />

uplifting attitude at all times<br />

and will be greatly missed<br />

by the LTHS community,”<br />

LTHS said in the release.<br />

Jefferson Junior High<br />

Principal Megan Ptak sent<br />

a statement out to families<br />

June 25 about Stanton’s<br />

death, stating the math intervention<br />

specialist was positive,<br />

energetic and would be<br />

greatly missed by all.<br />

Ptak added the school was<br />

to provide counseling services<br />

Tuesday and Wednesday,<br />

June 26 and 27, for students.<br />

Oswego Community Unit<br />

School District 308 likewise<br />

released a statement,<br />

in which it offered its deepest<br />

sympathies to the family<br />

and friends of Stanton. It said<br />

Stanton had been the head<br />

softball coach for three years.<br />

“She was a motivational<br />

leader, instilling her athletes<br />

with confidence and positivity,”<br />

the statement read.<br />

District 308 Athletic Director<br />

Darren Howard noted in<br />

the statement that Stanton’s<br />

work with the softball program<br />

had remarkable results.<br />

“As a coach, Amanda was<br />

a mentor and friend to many,<br />

and her untimely and tragic<br />

death certainly has a large<br />

impact on the school community,”<br />

he said in the statement.<br />

“The district has arranged for<br />

counselors to be available for<br />

any students, coaches or staff<br />

members needing support at<br />

this very difficult time.”<br />

Howard told The Homer<br />

Horizon that the district is<br />

establishing a scholarship<br />

fund in Stanton’s name that<br />

will be awarded annually to<br />

a senior softball player that<br />

shows “the traits and leadership<br />

we all saw in Amanda.”<br />

Anyone wishing to donate<br />

to the scholarship can send<br />

checks to Oswego HS, Attn.<br />

Athletic Dept., 4250 Route<br />

71, Oswego, IL 60543, placing<br />

“Stanton Scholarship<br />

Fund” in the memo section<br />

of the check. The district has<br />

other plans for the future to<br />

honor Stanton, though right<br />

now it is focused on giving<br />

everyone involved time to<br />

grieve and honor Stanton’s<br />

memory, Howard said.<br />

Stanton’s full obituary can be<br />

found on Page 12 of this week’s<br />

issue.<br />

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THANK YOU<br />

TO ALL OUR SPONSORS<br />

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4 | July 5, 2018 | The Lockport Legend NEWS<br />

lockportlegend.com<br />

Historic John Lane Days to return with new lineup of activities<br />

Jacquelyn Schlabach<br />

Assistant Editor<br />

Lockport’s history dates<br />

back centuries, with many<br />

key figures making their<br />

marks not only on the city,<br />

but on the world.<br />

John Lane, who settled in<br />

Lockport, invented the firstever<br />

steel plow in 1833. Today,<br />

his contribution to the<br />

farming industry is still recognized<br />

at the third annual<br />

Historic John Lane Days.<br />

The Historic John Lane<br />

Farm, where the steel plow<br />

was invented, serves as an<br />

educational resource that<br />

will gather the community<br />

July 14 and 15 to help raise<br />

money for a renovation of<br />

the barn that stands on the<br />

property.<br />

“The reason we started<br />

having [John Lane Days]<br />

was to introduce to the public<br />

the farm, and the reason<br />

behind doing it was to promote<br />

the building that we<br />

have that has repurposed<br />

wood in it from the original<br />

John Lane building, and we<br />

want to save this barn and<br />

turn it into a community center<br />

and a museum for John<br />

Lane’s items and a meeting<br />

area for the public,” said<br />

Sylvia Zielke-Kuffel, president<br />

of the board of trustees<br />

at the farm.<br />

The barn has hand-cut and<br />

hewn boards from Lane’s<br />

original barn that were built<br />

into its structure, but has<br />

been in need of a new roof<br />

that is estimated to cost<br />

$250,000. Money raised<br />

from John Lane Days is to<br />

go directly toward the roof,<br />

as well as the overall restoration<br />

of the barn that was<br />

built in the 1920s, in hopes<br />

of making it into a museum<br />

and community center that<br />

shares the history of farming.<br />

“And of course, for us,<br />

saving it for that means to<br />

not only save it, but to make<br />

it useful so that everybody<br />

has an opportunity to come<br />

there and to see the items<br />

that John Lane used, as well<br />

as to learn about why he is<br />

so important,” Zielke-Kuffel<br />

said.<br />

Students from The Montessori<br />

School of Lemont<br />

have been the first to participate<br />

in a farming project<br />

held at the site, where they<br />

learn hands-on about organic<br />

farming.<br />

“Most of the kids we talk<br />

to [say], ‘Oh my folks just<br />

go to the store and get it,’<br />

I’m like yeah, but it has to<br />

come from somewhere,”<br />

Zielke-Kuffel said. “It has<br />

to come from a farmer first,<br />

then it goes to processors<br />

then it goes to the store. So<br />

we’re trying to retrain that<br />

thinking so they understand<br />

and have a better appreciation<br />

for it.”<br />

As part of the restoration,<br />

Zielke-Kuffel said they plan<br />

to have a section for children<br />

where they can learn,<br />

as well.<br />

During Historic John<br />

Lane Days, which runs from<br />

11 a.m.-5 p.m., families are<br />

welcome to come to the farm<br />

and experience a whole new<br />

line-up of activities as compared<br />

to the last two years.<br />

“This will be fun,” Zielke-<br />

Kuffel said. “It’s designed<br />

for families this year.”<br />

Children can enjoy a firstever<br />

train ride, experience a<br />

pedal car, play ring toss, participate<br />

in a bean bag competition,<br />

play Bozo buckets<br />

and more. This year, there<br />

are to be 30 vendors that<br />

are almost all brand new,<br />

according to Zielke-Kuffel.<br />

There is to be crafters, wood<br />

carvers, people who make<br />

handmade laptop cases, design<br />

hubcaps and others.<br />

“All the new vendors<br />

we’re going to have, I just<br />

think that’s going to be exciting<br />

because they’re going<br />

to bring so much new ideas,<br />

new things into the whole<br />

picture that it’s going to be<br />

fun for everybody to want to<br />

shop,” she said.<br />

Attendees can bring their<br />

lawn chairs and blankets<br />

for the first-ever fundraising<br />

concert on July 14 at 5 p.m.<br />

Musicians Marilea Zajec (left) and Neal Peck of the South<br />

Suburban Dulcimer and Folk Music Society chat with Kevin<br />

J. Wood, who was portraying Abraham Lincoln at last year’s<br />

Historic John Lane Days. 22nd Century Media File Photo<br />

Country artist Elliot Sedgiwck<br />

is donating his time and<br />

efforts to partner with the<br />

Historic John Lane Farm to<br />

raise money to fix the barn.<br />

Tickets are $5 a person and<br />

can be purchased by calling<br />

(815) 342-2656.<br />

Returning for another year<br />

is Kevin J. Woods who is to<br />

portray Abraham Lincoln<br />

and have presentations about<br />

the I&M Canal and John<br />

Lane.<br />

Admission is free of<br />

charge, however, donations<br />

are appreciated. Parking on<br />

the grounds is $1 per car<br />

and additional parking will<br />

be on Chancellor Drive and<br />

Regents Road. The farm is<br />

located at 16217 S. Gougar<br />

Road in Lockport.<br />

Homer Community Consolidated School D33C Board of Education<br />

Three assistant superintendents appointed at meeting<br />

Jessie Molloy<br />

Freelance Reporter<br />

The Homer Community<br />

Consolidated School District<br />

33C Board of Education<br />

continued with its<br />

appointments of new administrators<br />

at its June 26<br />

meeting, following the appointment<br />

of Craig Schoppe<br />

to replace outgoing Superintendent<br />

Kara Coglianese.<br />

Joining Schoppe for the<br />

first time in the administrative<br />

office effective Sunday,<br />

July 1, will be three new assistant<br />

superintendents: Assistant<br />

Superintendent for<br />

Instruction Michael Szopinski,<br />

Assistant Superintendent<br />

for Business Aleksas<br />

Kirkus and Assistant Superintendent<br />

for Human Resources<br />

Michael Portwood.<br />

Szopinski, like Schoppe,<br />

has a history with District<br />

33C, having served as the<br />

principal at Young School<br />

for the past eight years.<br />

While at Young, Szopinski<br />

introduced curricular initiatives,<br />

including mixed<br />

ability differentiation and<br />

circular feedback for teachers.<br />

Szopinski received his<br />

bachelor’s degree from the<br />

University of Illinois at<br />

Urbana-Champaign and his<br />

master’s from Loyola University<br />

Chicago. Szopinski<br />

is replacing outgoing Assistant<br />

Superintendent for<br />

Instruction Kathleen Robinson.<br />

Kirkus comes to District<br />

33C from LaGrange School<br />

District 102, where he spent<br />

21 years in the technology<br />

department, working his<br />

way up to director of technology<br />

and business operations.<br />

Kirkus, of Lemont, is<br />

moving closer to home by<br />

coming to 33C. He received<br />

his MBA and his Chief<br />

School Business Official<br />

licensure from Concordia<br />

University Chicago. Kirkus<br />

will take the place of Christi<br />

Tyler.<br />

Portwood has been with<br />

District 33C since 2015,<br />

when he was hired to create<br />

the previously nonexistent<br />

human resources department.<br />

His previous title was<br />

director of HR. Portwood<br />

earned his bachelor’s degree<br />

at Illinois Wesleyan<br />

University and received<br />

his master’s from National<br />

Louis University.<br />

Speaking on behalf of<br />

the Illinois Federation of<br />

Teachers Local 604, Tammie<br />

Ebel said the teachers<br />

are “excited to be working<br />

with four new upper administrators<br />

this year.”<br />

“We’re looking forward<br />

to getting started and to getting<br />

out of the hole we have<br />

fallen into recently,” Ebel<br />

said.<br />

Ebel commented that the<br />

teachers felt the previous<br />

administration had failed in<br />

effectively communicating<br />

with the teachers and building<br />

staff.<br />

“We had no communication,”<br />

she said. “Which<br />

makes it very hard to make<br />

choices as teachers. We’re<br />

looking forward to getting<br />

back on track.”<br />

Ross School update<br />

During the meeting, the<br />

board heard a presentation<br />

on the progress of preserving<br />

Ross School, the historic<br />

one-room, wooden<br />

schoolhouse which sits on<br />

the district’s property. Back<br />

in the fall, a group of parents,<br />

staff and community<br />

volunteers restored the roof<br />

on the building with help<br />

from donations from local<br />

businesses to save it from<br />

the harsh winter weather,<br />

but much remains to be<br />

done.<br />

Members of the Homer<br />

Glen Area Chamber of<br />

Commerce recently met to<br />

discuss creating a special<br />

subcommittee in conjunc-<br />

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LTHS teacher sails aboard exploration ship in Pacific Ocean<br />

Brown a guest on<br />

Nautilus vessel for fiveday<br />

expedition<br />

Jacquelyn Schlabach<br />

Assistant Editor<br />

It was the opportunity of a lifetime.<br />

Lockport Township High School<br />

teacher Jeff Brown was selected as<br />

one of four teachers from across<br />

the country to sail aboard Exploration<br />

Vessel Nautilus to sail June<br />

6-10 for five days at the launch<br />

of its six-month expedition in the<br />

Eastern Pacific Ocean.<br />

Last November, Brown was<br />

awarded CITGO STEM Teacher of<br />

the Year, which gave him the opportunity<br />

to be a CITGO Nautilus<br />

Ambassador and join the exploration.<br />

The ambassadors were selected<br />

for their “leadership in education<br />

and commitment to bringing<br />

unique science, technology, engineering<br />

and mathematics educational<br />

experience to their learners,”<br />

according to the Vessel Nautilus<br />

website.<br />

CITGO is a sponsor of Ocean<br />

Exploration Trust, which has programs<br />

that focus on scientific exploration,<br />

such as the one Brown<br />

was on last month. The ambassadors<br />

get to experience life aboard<br />

a research vessel and see firsthand<br />

how “deep sea exploration and research<br />

is conducted.”<br />

“When I was on, the main part<br />

of that particular crew was to do<br />

some floor mapping.” Brown said.<br />

“Sometimes, they put the [remote<br />

operated vehicle] robots underwater<br />

— they didn’t in this one. So really,<br />

we spent some time seeing and<br />

talking with the scientist that did<br />

the mapping and seeing the mapping<br />

system and how it works, and<br />

then we spent some time with the<br />

ROV engineer and talking about<br />

the ROVs that they use to go down<br />

and do the exploring, and taking<br />

samples and things like that.”<br />

Every day, Brown woke up<br />

around 6:30 a.m. to get ready for<br />

the new adventure that awaited,<br />

and ended his long days around 10<br />

p.m. He slept in a 10x10-foot cabin<br />

with two sets of bunk beds, sharing<br />

it with one of the teachers. When<br />

he got up, breakfast was waiting<br />

for him, made by chefs who were<br />

on board.<br />

“The food was phenomenal,”<br />

Brown said. “They cook up great<br />

meals and plenty of it. That was<br />

one thing, you certainly didn’t go<br />

hungry on there. If you did, it was<br />

your own fault.”<br />

He said at almost every meal,<br />

there were about three different<br />

types of meat, various potatoes and<br />

vegetables, as well as a mix of salads<br />

and fresh fruit.<br />

The first day he was aboard the<br />

ship, they were in port, preparing<br />

to depart Los Angeles. He got a<br />

tour of the ship and learned about<br />

all the safety policies and procedures.<br />

The following day prepared<br />

him and the approximately 25 other<br />

crew members for the event of<br />

an emergency.<br />

“The first day we were [in the<br />

ocean], they do kind of like we do<br />

in school earlier in the year, you<br />

have like fire drills and things like<br />

that, so we did have like an abandoned<br />

ship drill, and obviously we<br />

didn’t actually inflate the life boats<br />

and get in them, but [it was] right<br />

up to that point,” Brown said. “I<br />

mean, you grabbed your life preserver,<br />

you put it on, you went up<br />

to the deck up there with the crew,<br />

and they were all set to pop open<br />

the lifeboats and stuff. I thought<br />

that was kind of interesting.”<br />

After learning the basics of the<br />

ship, it was time to explore. The<br />

four teachers had the opportunity<br />

to job shadow different tasks that<br />

were being completed by the scientists<br />

and crew members on board.<br />

“We spent some time the one day<br />

with the head of navigation on the<br />

ship,” Brown said. “So, we didn’t<br />

have any one specific thing; we<br />

kind of did a little bit of everything<br />

and mostly kind of job shadowed,<br />

you could say, to learn about all the<br />

different technology and science<br />

that went on on the ship.”<br />

Brown, a college and career applications<br />

teacher, is also a sponsor of<br />

the LTHS Robotics Team. So, it was<br />

Lockport Township High School teacher Jeff Brown joined three other teachers from across the country to<br />

sail aboard Exploration Vessel Nautilus June 6-10 at the launch of its six-month expedition in the Eastern<br />

Pacific Ocean. Photo submitted<br />

no surprise that his favorite part of<br />

the experience was seeing the ROVs.<br />

“I think the biggest thing for me<br />

was the ROVs, the underwater robots<br />

that they have because, again,<br />

being the robotics sponsor, that<br />

was very interesting to me, but it’s<br />

completely different when you go<br />

underwater versus our robots that<br />

are always [on] land,” Brown said.<br />

The ROVS go 400 meters below<br />

the surface to gather information<br />

on the ocean floor.<br />

“I also like the other technology<br />

that they had,” he said. “Their sonar<br />

mapping and how they do it,<br />

and how they send out the beams<br />

to map what’s going on on the<br />

ocean floor, so most of the technology<br />

and the ROVs [was the most<br />

interesting].”<br />

On June 10, the ship went to<br />

San Francisco to drop off the four<br />

teachers and other crew members<br />

as they rotated in new people.<br />

Throughout the six-month journey,<br />

rotations are made with people<br />

coming and going on the ship. Because<br />

Nautilus is an exploration<br />

vessel and not a research one, they<br />

travel through the ocean not knowing<br />

what it is they’ll find.<br />

“They don’t necessarily know<br />

for sure they’re going to run into<br />

something, it’s more, ‘What are we<br />

going to run into?’” Brown said.<br />

Nautilus is currently on its fourth<br />

year of exploration in the Eastern<br />

Pacific Ocean. Sailing until November,<br />

it will travel through the<br />

regions of British Columbia, Canada,<br />

along the West Coast and the<br />

Hawaiian Islands, according to its<br />

website.<br />

“Personally, I’m just so thankful<br />

to CITGO, because obviously<br />

without them sponsoring and doing<br />

a CITGO Stem Teacher of the Year,<br />

I never would have had this opportunity,<br />

and also Ocean Exploration<br />

Trust, same thing,” Brown said. ”I<br />

mean the fact that they do this, and<br />

they allow teachers and whatever<br />

this opportunity, I think it’s phenomenal.”<br />

When school starts up again next<br />

month, Brown plans to bring back<br />

a lot of his personal experiences to<br />

share with his students.<br />

“I know for a fact even before I<br />

left, a lot of my students were really<br />

serious like, ‘We can’t wait to<br />

hear about it when you get back,’<br />

so I think it’ll be very valuable for<br />

them,” he said.<br />

Ocean Exploration Trust has an<br />

education website where teachers<br />

can use various lessons in the classroom,<br />

and, according to Brown, he<br />

plans to use just that.<br />

“But I think, too, just talking<br />

about my experiences and the technology<br />

that was on the ship, you<br />

know we don’t have that in the<br />

classroom, but certainly just explaining<br />

it, and I’ve got plenty of<br />

pictures, and then trying to incorporate<br />

that into the different lessons<br />

that they have, and even just<br />

adding it into some of the lessons I<br />

have,” he said.<br />

As of press time, Nautilus was<br />

along the U.S. Cascadia Margin<br />

located offshore of Washington,<br />

Oregon and northern California.<br />

Its task was to explore for methane<br />

seeps and hydrate sites and to<br />

“characterize their associated ecosystems<br />

along the U.S. Cascadia<br />

Margin,” according to the website.<br />

Its next expedition is to survey<br />

three offshore Pacific seamounts in<br />

Canada.


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Jodi Adelman, whose<br />

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FROM THE FRANKFORT STATION<br />

Frankfort Culver’s employee<br />

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chain’s commercial<br />

Frankfort woman Brianna<br />

Alston, an employee of the<br />

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customers of the product’s<br />

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Culver’s invited members<br />

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Alston has worked at Culver’s<br />

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“It’s really who I am, not<br />

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Reporting by Megan Schuller,<br />

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FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT<br />

LWSRA receives $1,161<br />

donation following NL family<br />

estate sale<br />

The Goes family hosted an<br />

estate sale at its New Lenox<br />

home June 23-24 in preparation<br />

for a permanent move to<br />

Naples, Florida.<br />

And the family could not<br />

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to the Lincolnway Special<br />

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organization that provided a<br />

number of helpful programs<br />

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adaptive services for<br />

individuals with disabilities.<br />

Noah has iatrogenic autism<br />

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Noah’s mother, Lisa, said<br />

the Lincolnway Special Recreation<br />

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“Other programs might<br />

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we wanted to give back.”<br />

Over the course of the<br />

two-day sale, the family<br />

made a profit of more than<br />

$2,300, of which half was<br />

donated to the LWSRA.<br />

LWSRA Executive Director<br />

Keith Wallace said the<br />

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the money to help build a<br />

sensory room.<br />

Reporting by Analisa Trofimuk,<br />

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FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE<br />

Police say man shot woman<br />

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A preliminary police<br />

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59-year-old man likely shot<br />

a 43-year-old woman “numerous”<br />

times June 24 before<br />

shooting himself in the<br />

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Police responded at 5:19<br />

p.m. June 24 to a report of<br />

gunshots in the parking lot<br />

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LaGrange Road, according<br />

to a press release issued the<br />

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Police reportedly arrived<br />

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“‘Garden in the Sky’ by John Siblik being<br />

staged at Northern Illinois University. Soon<br />

to be installed along the I&M Canal. Part of<br />

“unLOCK” this summer. Siblik has received<br />

funding from the National Endowment for<br />

the Arts for this project through our partners<br />

at the Gaylord Building, a site of The<br />

National Trust for Historic Preservation.”<br />

Illinois State Museum Lockport Gallery<br />

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Page 3 of this week’s<br />

issue features the type<br />

of story we dread<br />

Letters to the Editor<br />

From the Editor<br />

A tragic loss<br />

reporting — the sudden<br />

and unexpected death of a<br />

Lockport resident. Amanda<br />

Stanton was a beloved<br />

26-year-old teacher and<br />

softball coach who had her<br />

life cut tragically short two<br />

weekends ago when she<br />

was struck by a driver in a<br />

hit-and-run.<br />

Since the news of her<br />

death, countless people and<br />

organizations have shared<br />

stories about how cheerful<br />

and positive she was. Stanton<br />

was an educator and coach,<br />

and it is evident she touched<br />

Beware of foxes<br />

My husband and I reside<br />

on Mary Ann Lane in Lockport.<br />

The past couple weeks<br />

(prior to the rainstorms), we<br />

have sighted several foxes.<br />

The first time we were sitting<br />

at the kitchen table,<br />

glanced out the patio door,<br />

and saw a fox in our fenced<br />

yard. It went up and over<br />

the fence. My husband and I<br />

were quite surprised, as this<br />

was quite unexpected.<br />

The next morning at<br />

about 6:30 a.m. when our<br />

son opened the big garage<br />

door to go to work, a dead<br />

rabbit with its innards eaten<br />

away was lying right on the<br />

garage apron. We assumed<br />

it had been put there by the<br />

fox.<br />

The next day, we once<br />

again spotted the fox outside<br />

the back of our fence<br />

and our neighbor’s garage.<br />

Several days passed with<br />

no sighting, but then, once<br />

again, while we sat at the<br />

table, the fox and a young<br />

one were in our next door<br />

neighbor’s yard. There have<br />

been five sightings in two<br />

weeks. We would suggest<br />

anyone in our area to be on<br />

the lookout for these foxes.<br />

If anyone has small children<br />

or animals they allow<br />

in their back yard, please<br />

watch them, as our thoughts<br />

were the foxes are apparently<br />

looking for food, based<br />

numerous lives in those roles,<br />

as well as in her personal life.<br />

Thanks to help from the<br />

community, the person<br />

thought to be responsible<br />

for Stanton’s death was apprehended<br />

last weekend.<br />

I’m not often at a loss for<br />

words, but that’s where I<br />

find myself now. My sincerest<br />

condolences go out to<br />

anyone who knew Stanton.<br />

Losing someone like her is<br />

a reminder to all of us to tell<br />

our family and friends we<br />

love them and make sure to<br />

take nothing for granted.<br />

on the rabbit at our garage<br />

door.<br />

Mary Kelly<br />

Lockport resident<br />

Sound Off Policy<br />

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opinions of the author. Pieces<br />

from 22nd Century Media are<br />

the thoughts of the company<br />

as a whole. The Lockport Legend<br />

encourages readers to write letters<br />

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writers include their address and<br />

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12 | July 5, 2018 | The Lockport Legend faith<br />

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FAITH BRIEFS<br />

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Christ (700 E. 9th St., Lockport)<br />

First Class Kids Preschool<br />

Registration<br />

To register children for<br />

openings contact Sue, call<br />

(815) 838-8133.<br />

Greet & Meet over Treats<br />

10:30 a.m. Sundays.<br />

Children’s Sunday Mornings<br />

9:45 a.m. Second through<br />

fourth Sundays. Stories with<br />

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For times & dates call office<br />

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Dartball<br />

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9:45 a.m. Sundays. Children’s<br />

program which helps<br />

them discover the Messiah<br />

through stories, drama and<br />

crafts.<br />

First United Methodist Church of Lockport<br />

(1000 S. Washington St., Lockport)<br />

A Blessing of Musical<br />

Instruments<br />

10:25 a.m. Sunday, July<br />

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bring their instrument(s)<br />

to worship service that includes<br />

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In Memoriam<br />

Amanda Stanton<br />

Amanda Marie Stanton, 26, of Lockport,<br />

previously of Homer Glen, died suddenly<br />

June 24. She is survived by her parents,<br />

Lisa (nee Boscarino) and Jerry Stanton;<br />

her brothers, Joshua (Michelle) and Jacob;<br />

her grandparents, Carl Boscarino and Harry<br />

“Bud” and Georgianna Stanton; and her Stanton<br />

many aunts, uncles and cousins. She was a<br />

strategic math specialist at Jefferson Junior High School<br />

in Naperville Community Unit School District 203, head<br />

softball coach at Oswego High School, a 2014 graduate<br />

of Eastern Michigan University and a 2010 graduate of<br />

Lockport Township High School. Services were held at<br />

Richard J. Modell Funeral Home & Cremation Services<br />

and St. Bernard Parish in Homer Glen. Interment Resurrection<br />

Cemetery. The Oswego High School Athletic<br />

Department, along with the Stanton family, will create<br />

The Stanton Scholarship Fund in honor of coach Amanda<br />

Stanton. This scholarship will be awarded to an Oswego<br />

High School senior softball player each spring who demonstrates<br />

outstanding character and leadership on and off<br />

the field. All donations can be made to OHS Athletics and<br />

mailed to Oswego High School at 4250 State Route 71,<br />

Oswego, IL 60543. Include in the memo “Stanton Scholarship<br />

Fund.”<br />

Florence Viscum<br />

Florence M. Viscum, 101, of Lockport, died June 22. She<br />

was born in Lockport and was raised in the Fairmont area<br />

where she was a proud lifelong resident. During World War<br />

II, Florence worked in the Navy yards, also employed by<br />

United Gas & Electric, Stone and Webster Engineering and<br />

retired from Globe Aircraft. She was a member of St. John<br />

Vianney Church in Lockport, Lockport VFW Ladies Auxiliary<br />

#5788, where she was the Illinois District #18 Treasure<br />

for 17 years, and past president for two years, as well as the<br />

Lockport American Legion John Olson Post #18. She is survived<br />

by her daughters; Karen (Steve) Dobosz and Pamela<br />

(Howard “Robert”) Walker; five grandchildren, John and<br />

Jeanne Dobosz, Julie (Eric) Nibert, Howard “Bobby” (Samantha)<br />

Walker and Sabrina (Dan) Jones; nine great-grandchildren;<br />

and dear friend Peter Spagnola. Services were held<br />

June 28.<br />

John Scholten<br />

John A. Scholten, 64, of Lockport, died June 21. He was<br />

born in Chicago and was a lifelong resident of Lockport.<br />

He was a wonderful handyman who could fix anything. He<br />

will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved him. He is<br />

survived by his loving and devoted wife of 44 years, Diane<br />

(nee Wetstein); two sons, John (Brandy Miranda) and Jason<br />

(Ashley) Scholten; four adored grandchildren, Jack, Ruby,<br />

Andrew and Rex Scholten; two sisters, Judy (Russ) Mushro<br />

and Karen Rowe; mother-in-law, Irene; and numerous nieces<br />

and nephews. In lieu of flowers, memorials to any charity<br />

of donor’s choice in Jonh’s name would be appreciated. Per<br />

John’s wishes, cremation rites have been respectfully addressed.<br />

Have someone’s life you’d like to honor? Email<br />

j.schlabach@22ndcenturymedia.com with information about a<br />

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Poetry to be brought to life in Lockport<br />

Amanda Del Buono<br />

Freelance Reporter<br />

To many, poetry might<br />

seem like a lost art. But this<br />

art is coming back to the<br />

Lockport community and<br />

bringing community members<br />

together.<br />

“Lockport seems to me to<br />

be a pretty simple town with<br />

a rich history,” said Amy<br />

Curtis, a three-year Lockport<br />

resident who attended the<br />

Lockport Poetry Project’s<br />

third workshop on Saturday,<br />

June 30, at the White Oak<br />

Library District. “What I<br />

love about it is Lockport [is]<br />

an art center. This little town<br />

is bubbling over with art and<br />

community. This is making<br />

Lockport home to me, too.<br />

“It’s very inspiring and I<br />

don’t know where that leads<br />

and what it means, but Sam<br />

and the Gary Poetry Project<br />

are inspiring.”<br />

Amy Curtis and her<br />

daughter, Joanna Curtis, 24,<br />

have attended the workshops<br />

every week since they began.<br />

“[The workshops] make<br />

it less intimidating,” Joanna<br />

Curtis said. “It’s not just for<br />

poets, it’s for the community.<br />

It’s building community.”<br />

The Lockport Poetry Project<br />

is a part of the unLOCK<br />

Project, spearheaded by the<br />

City, the Gaylord Building<br />

and the Illinois State<br />

Museum Lockport Gallery,<br />

according to John Lustig,<br />

director of the Lockport Gallery,<br />

who was present at Saturday’s<br />

workshop.<br />

The unLOCK Project,<br />

titled “unLOCK: Merging<br />

Art and Industry in Downtown<br />

Lockport,” was created<br />

when the Gaylord Building<br />

received the Our Town grant<br />

from the National Endowment<br />

for the Arts (NEA),<br />

according to the Gaylord<br />

Building website. The project’s<br />

goal is to create citywide<br />

art experiences.<br />

“We want to make a certified<br />

district celebrating<br />

the arts next to the ecology<br />

of the canal that we want to<br />

maintain. … Working with<br />

the Gaylord Building and the<br />

City has allowed us to do it,”<br />

Lustig said.<br />

Saturday’s workshop was<br />

led by Sam Love, a Gary, Indiana<br />

artist; president of the<br />

Calumet Art Residency; and<br />

self-described “lazy poet.”<br />

Love is one of 10 artists coming<br />

to Lockport as part of the<br />

unLOCK Project. Last year,<br />

Love began the Gary Poetry<br />

Project in his hometown, embracing<br />

the Indiana city’s history<br />

of poetry and bringing<br />

poetry to the community in<br />

various ways, he said.<br />

After the success of the<br />

Gary Poetry Project, Love is<br />

now looking to create community<br />

poetry projects in<br />

other arts-loving cities, like<br />

Lockport.<br />

“Lockport had a lot of<br />

the qualities we look for.<br />

Lockport has a history of<br />

poems… it’s a community<br />

that supports the arts,” Love<br />

said. “… Gary and Lockport<br />

are both industrial cities, but<br />

Lockport is much older.”<br />

Similar to the Gary Poetry<br />

Project, the Lockport Poetry<br />

Project is not only writing<br />

poetry together, but also<br />

bringing that poetry to the<br />

community through installations<br />

in the city. Using lines<br />

Sam Love conducts a Lockport Poetry Project workshop Saturday, June 30, at the White<br />

Oak Library Lockport Branch Library. Bob Klein/22nd Century Media<br />

submitted by community<br />

members, Love is installing<br />

a word-magnet-style poem<br />

composed of the one-line<br />

submissions under the 9th<br />

Street bridge.<br />

The Lockport Poetry Project<br />

has collected about 100<br />

lines for this public art installation,<br />

Love said.<br />

“A lot of it is just putting<br />

poetry out there and making<br />

it more accessible,” he said.<br />

“De-mystifying it… We’re<br />

all capable of being poets.”<br />

During Saturday’s workshop,<br />

Love led a group<br />

discussion about poetry as<br />

public art, which is exactly<br />

what the group is looking to<br />

accomplish. After discussing<br />

some examples of poetry as<br />

public art, they turned to the<br />

goals and meaning of it.<br />

The Lockport Poetry Project<br />

will be meeting Saturdays<br />

through September,<br />

Love said.<br />

More information about<br />

the unLOCK Project and a<br />

schedule of arts programs<br />

is available on the Gaylord<br />

Building website.<br />

faith<br />

From Page 12<br />

Circle of Love<br />

9 a.m. Wednesdays. Circle<br />

of Love provides diapers,<br />

feminine and incontinence<br />

products to clients<br />

who are qualified to use the<br />

local FISH Food Pantry.<br />

For more information, call<br />

(815) 838-1017.<br />

Communion<br />

First Sunday of the month.<br />

Assumption Greek Orthodox Church<br />

(15625 S. Bell Road, Lockport)<br />

Sunday Services<br />

8:15 a.m. Orthros; 9:30<br />

a.m. Divine Liturgy; 10 a.m.<br />

Sunday School. For more<br />

information, call (708) 645-<br />

0652.<br />

THRIVE Church (1605 Washington St.,<br />

Lockport)<br />

Worship Services<br />

10 a.m. service; Meet and<br />

greet with coffee at 9:30 a.m.<br />

and Children’s Church — infant<br />

to fifth grade — also at<br />

10 a.m. New summer hours;<br />

all are welcome to join for<br />

coffee, fellowship, worship<br />

and the word.<br />

Thrive Youth<br />

7 p.m. Wednesdays night<br />

youth gatherings<br />

Thrive Small Groups<br />

6:30 p.m. Tuesdays night<br />

gatherings<br />

Shepherd of the Hill Lutheran Church (925<br />

E. 9th St., Lockport)<br />

Vacation Bible School: Splash<br />

Canyon God’s Promise on<br />

Life’s Wild Ride<br />

9 a.m.- noon, July 16-<br />

20. Registration is now<br />

open for children age 4<br />

through fifth grade. Cost<br />

is $15 per child, or $35 per<br />

family.<br />

Sundays Service<br />

9 a.m. and 10:35 a.m.<br />

Wednesday Service<br />

6:30 p.m.<br />

Weight Watchers<br />

5:30 p.m. Tuesdays<br />

weigh-in, meeting starts at<br />

6 p.m.<br />

Alcoholics Anonymous<br />

6:30 p.m. Wednesdays for<br />

beginners<br />

7:30 p.m. Wednesdays for<br />

established members<br />

All meetings are “closed<br />

door”<br />

First Baptist Church of Lockport (800<br />

Thornton St., Lockport)<br />

Angel Food House Food<br />

Pantry<br />

12:15-1:15 p.m. Sundays<br />

and 6-7 p.m. Wednesdays.<br />

Open to the public. First<br />

time users please bring two<br />

forms of identification.<br />

Summer Break Fun Nights<br />

6-7 p.m. Wednesday<br />

nights during months of<br />

June-August. This is an opportunity<br />

for children to<br />

come have fun and learn<br />

about God.<br />

MEGA Camp<br />

6-8:30 p.m. July 9-13.<br />

Children through sixth<br />

graders will have an opportunity<br />

to learn sport skills<br />

from soccer to basketball,<br />

and life skills from cooking<br />

and crafting. There will<br />

also be Bible stories, music,<br />

games, food and more<br />

fun. For more information,<br />

call (815) 838-4004.<br />

5-Day Club<br />

1-2:30 p.m. July 16-20.<br />

Children are welcome to<br />

enjoy an afternoon filled<br />

with games, stories, Bible<br />

lessons, food and more. For<br />

more information, call (815)<br />

838-4004.<br />

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(708) 326-9170 ext. 15.<br />

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The crosstowns: Frankfort, Homer Glen, Lockport, Mokena, New Lenox, Orland Park, Tinley Park<br />

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur<br />

Across<br />

1. Thatcher and Blair,<br />

abbr.<br />

4. “Me, too!”<br />

9. Played in Vegas<br />

14. RSVP encl.<br />

15. Pitch-black<br />

16. Sharpened<br />

17. Plug<br />

19. Doesn’t like<br />

20. Wanton look<br />

21. United States Navy<br />

rank<br />

23. The “you have the<br />

right to remain silent”<br />

warning<br />

27. Ones that grasp suddenly<br />

32. A Cadillac model<br />

33. “That hurt!”<br />

35. “Aha!”<br />

36. New name for a<br />

Homer Glen Mexican<br />

restaurant, goes with<br />

44 across<br />

37. Warning float<br />

38. It drove early Americans<br />

out west<br />

43. Countertenor<br />

44. See 35 across<br />

45. Bring<br />

48. Bring along<br />

49. Little food measuring<br />

tool<br />

52. Homer Glen resident<br />

who appeared on<br />

Jeopardy!, John ____<br />

54. Suntan lotion, applier<br />

56. Laker, Lamar<br />

58. Fish magnet<br />

59. Partridge’s cousin<br />

63. Perseveres<br />

67. Author Zola<br />

68. Enjoyed immensely<br />

69. Sombrero, e.g.<br />

70. Challenged<br />

71. Crimean port<br />

72. Insidious<br />

Down<br />

1. Longest book of the<br />

Bible<br />

2. “Looks like we ___<br />

3. Cuts<br />

4. Charge lead-in<br />

5. Toronto’s prov.<br />

6. “Greatest” boxer<br />

7. Catchall abbr.<br />

8. Tickable things<br />

9. Yankee Hall of Famer<br />

10. Ohio university town<br />

11. Corp. leadership<br />

12. Shoe specification<br />

13. Dentist qualification<br />

18. Medieval perhaps<br />

22. ‘’Agnus _____’’<br />

24. You name it<br />

25. Mussolini title<br />

26. Tooth trouble<br />

28. Lion prey<br />

29. Pin holder<br />

30. Really funny joke<br />

31. Muddy home<br />

34. Inclement<br />

36. Emotional tones<br />

38. An appeal<br />

39. “Take ___ a sign”<br />

40. Software delivery<br />

model, abbr.<br />

41. Fruit<br />

42. Dot in the Pacific<br />

43. Sitcom extraterrestrial<br />

46. Drove, slangily<br />

47. Mature<br />

49. Realities<br />

50. Soap, e.g.<br />

51. Quite<br />

53. Excellent<br />

55. South of Tenn.<br />

57. Introduction to physics?<br />

59. Proof finale<br />

60. “Kill Bill” star, Uma<br />

61. Vacuum’s lack<br />

62. ___ de France cheese<br />

64. Apodal fish<br />

65. Accommodate, with<br />

“up”<br />

66. Week-end getaway<br />

How to play Sudoku<br />

Each sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that<br />

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squares. To solve the puzzle, each row, column and<br />

box must contain each of the numbers 1 to 9.<br />

LEVEL: Medium<br />

Sudoku by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan<br />

answers<br />

LOCKPORT<br />

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 and<br />

Saturdays: Live Band<br />

■7-11 ■ p.m. Sundays:<br />

Open Mic Night<br />

The Outpost Pub & Grill<br />

(14929 Archer Ave., Lockport;<br />

(815) 836-8893)<br />

■8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays and<br />

Thursdays: Live DJ and<br />

Karaoke<br />

Strike N Spare II<br />

(811 Northern Drive,<br />

Lockport; (708) 301-<br />

1477)<br />

■9:30 ■ p.m.-12:30 a.m.<br />

Mondays: Quartermania<br />

■10 ■ p.m.-midnight Saturdays:<br />

Cosmic Bowl<br />

ORLAND PARK<br />

The Brass Tap<br />

(14225 95th Ave. Suite<br />

400, Orland Park; (708)<br />

226-1827)<br />

■8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Trivia.<br />

Prizes awarded<br />

■9 ■ p.m. Fridays and Saturdays:<br />

Live music<br />

Dan ‘D’ Jac’s<br />

(9358 171st St., Orland<br />

Hills; (708) 460-8773<br />

■9 ■ p.m.-1 a.m. Wednesdays:<br />

acoustic open mic<br />

night<br />

■9:30 ■ p.m.-1:30 a.m.<br />

Thursdays: karaoke<br />

■9:30 ■ p.m.-2:30 a.m.<br />

Fridays and Saturdays:<br />

karaoke<br />

Traverso’s Restaurant<br />

(15601 S. Harlem Ave.,<br />

Orland Park; (708) 532-<br />

2220)<br />

■8 ■ p.m. Wednesdays and<br />

Saturdays: Karaoke<br />

TINLEY PARK<br />

350 Brewing<br />

(7144 W. 183rd St., Tinley<br />

Park (708) 825-7339)<br />

■6:30 ■ p.m. First Thursday<br />

of each month: Laugh<br />

Riot. Cost is $25 and<br />

includes dinner, two<br />

beers and a comedy<br />

show. For tickets, email<br />

todd@350brewing.com.<br />

To place an event in The<br />

Scene, email a.stoll@22<br />

ndcenturymedia.com.


16 | July 5, 2018 | The Lockport Legend dining out<br />

lockportlegend.com<br />

The Dish<br />

Pizza joint rebuilds brand under new owners<br />

Jacquelyn Schlabach<br />

Assistant Editor<br />

He lived down the street<br />

from B&V Pizza in Lockport<br />

growing up, and now he is<br />

running it.<br />

Vic Pellicano purchased<br />

the pizza joint that has been<br />

around for 31 years roughly<br />

a month ago with his godmother.<br />

The original owners,<br />

Bob and Vivian, opened<br />

B&V Pizza in 1987, passing<br />

the business down to their<br />

daughter a few years ago.<br />

“I came in here one day<br />

and ordered a pizza, and<br />

[the daughter] made a comment<br />

like, ‘Hey, do you still<br />

have that dream of owning a<br />

pizza place?’” Pellicano recalls.<br />

“Maybe when I was 10<br />

I had that dream, but I don’t<br />

remember having that dream<br />

recently. And then my godmother<br />

who’s running it now<br />

with me, she was like, ‘Yeah<br />

he wants to own a pizza<br />

place.’”<br />

It was not so much Pellicano’s<br />

dream as it was his<br />

father’s, who told him that he<br />

would love to own B&V.<br />

“We used to order from<br />

here all the time, and my<br />

dad would always say, ‘Oh,<br />

they’re sitting on a gold mine<br />

over there; we should buy<br />

that place,’ and this and that,”<br />

Pellicano said. “But I always<br />

rolled my eyes. I was in law<br />

school at the time. I didn’t<br />

want to buy this thing.”<br />

After completing law<br />

school at Loyola, Pellicano<br />

lived in Chicago for seven<br />

years with his wife, Becky,<br />

and three children. He moved<br />

to Homer Glen two-and-ahalf<br />

years ago to be back in<br />

his hometown.<br />

“When it came up, it just<br />

felt right,” Pellicano said.<br />

“So B&V, Bob and Vivian —<br />

my wife’s name is Becky and<br />

[my name’s] Vic so that kind<br />

of worked out. And my dad<br />

wanted to buy it and never<br />

had the chance. The owner<br />

was motivated to move it to<br />

somebody she knew would<br />

take care of it and the brand.<br />

Everything just seemed to<br />

line up. We were at a position<br />

where we could do it. It just<br />

kind of felt like fate was telling<br />

me to do it.”<br />

His godmother, Chris Peracki,<br />

is the president of B&V.<br />

His wife, Becky, is the marketing<br />

director. Vic is the<br />

CEO.<br />

Together, they see a lot<br />

of opportunity to spread the<br />

word about B&V and draw a<br />

B&V Pizza<br />

14508 Archer Ave. in<br />

Lockport<br />

Hours<br />

• 4-9 p.m. Tuesday-<br />

Thursday, Sunday<br />

• 4-10 p.m. Friday-<br />

Saturday<br />

For more information ...<br />

Web: www.bandvpizza.<br />

com<br />

Phone: (815) 838-8010<br />

bigger crowd.<br />

The previous owners never<br />

ran an ad or offered coupons<br />

in its 31 years of business. All<br />

that and more will change for<br />

B&V.<br />

“The first thing we need to<br />

do is rebuild it, right, because<br />

it’s just been so underappreciated<br />

for so long,” Pellicano<br />

said. “So, the first thing we<br />

need to do is take the customers,<br />

remind them that we’re<br />

here, you know, everybody<br />

who used to order.”<br />

There was a Facebook<br />

page run by the previous<br />

owners, but Pellicano plans<br />

to utilize it more to connect<br />

with customers, offering<br />

them coupons to those who<br />

comment on a post or share<br />

one, for example. An Instagram<br />

account recently was<br />

created that will be used to<br />

show customers the food being<br />

made and people enjoying<br />

it together.<br />

“The coolest part is the<br />

connection to the community,<br />

the way everybody’s engaging<br />

with us through Facebook,<br />

telling their stories,”<br />

Pellicano said. “It’s that kind<br />

of connection to the town. I<br />

don’t think any Domino’s<br />

or Pizza Hut or whatever,<br />

they’ll never have that.”<br />

In addition to advertising,<br />

Pellicano said there will be a<br />

loyalty program.<br />

“For us, it’s just so much<br />

about marketing the brand and<br />

J.J. Weinert prepares three different pies at B&V Pizza in<br />

Lockport. Photos by Thomas Czaja/22nd Century Media<br />

The most popular item on the menu at the Lockport spot is<br />

the B&V Special ($6.50), a sandwich made with homemade<br />

beef, melted mozzarella and the option of peppers.<br />

just telling people, ‘Hey you<br />

order from us, you spent this<br />

much, this year you get this<br />

much off,’” Pellicano said.<br />

“Just taking care of them,<br />

not making them keep track<br />

of menus, stuff like that. Just<br />

finding ways to make it easier<br />

for them to order from us.”<br />

By the end of the summer,<br />

Pellicano said the business<br />

also is to partner with Uber<br />

Eats and Grubhub to expand<br />

its delivery radius.<br />

“We want to make sure we<br />

can hit all of Lockport,” he<br />

said. “That’s been an issue<br />

and challenge in the past.”<br />

B&V Pizza is open starting<br />

at 4 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday.<br />

Pellicano said that by the end<br />

of the year the business will<br />

have a day shift starting at 11<br />

a.m. and be open for the first<br />

time on Mondays.<br />

As for now, the menu will<br />

stay the same as it always has<br />

been. Pellicano and his staff<br />

will observe which items are<br />

selling and which ones are<br />

not, and adjust accordingly.<br />

One of their top sellers has<br />

been the steak burrito ($8)<br />

which comes with beans,<br />

steak, cheese, tomato, lettuce<br />

and sour cream.<br />

“We sell so many burritos,<br />

like a Mexican restaurant,<br />

and they’re great,” Pellicano<br />

said.<br />

There are variations of<br />

pizza that customers can order,<br />

with toppings including<br />

sausage, mushroom, green<br />

pepper, Canadian bacon, hot<br />

giardiniera and more.<br />

“The food taste likes home,<br />

just feels like it’s always been<br />

here, [and] the food quality<br />

has always been amazing after<br />

all those years,” Pellicano<br />

said.


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18 | July 5, 2018 | The Lockport Legend classifieds<br />

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CLASSIFIEDS<br />

Help Wanted · Garage Sales · Automotive<br />

Real Estate · Rentals · Merchandise<br />

Automotive<br />

$52 4 lines/<br />

7 papers<br />

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Village of Homer Glen,<br />

P/T Development Services Inspector<br />

The Village of Homer Glen is seeking a part-time<br />

Development Services Inspector to perform site<br />

development and municipal construction field inspections,<br />

plan reviews and drainage, traffic and safety complaint<br />

reviews and follow-up, utility permits and other tasks as<br />

required. The position will work approximately 18 hours<br />

per week. Minimum Qualifications: Requires HS diploma<br />

or GED, excellent communication skills, ability to read and<br />

comprehend plans, perform general math calculations,<br />

calculate basic algebra and geometry formulas and possess<br />

a valid driver's license. At least 5 yrs. experience in<br />

construction or engineering services related to municipal<br />

construction inspection and moderate level of drainage<br />

concepts and design. Pay Rate: $26.00/hr, with no fringe<br />

benefits. Application Process: Interested candidates must<br />

email a cover letter, resume and completed job application<br />

to hkokodynsky@homerglenil.org or mail to<br />

Village of Homer Glen, Attn: Heather Kokodynsky, 14240<br />

W. 151st St., Homer Glen, IL 60491.<br />

Further details and job application are available at<br />

www.homerglenil.org<br />

Position open until filled.<br />

PRODUCTION WORKER<br />

Specialty Plastic Fabricators located in Mokena, IL<br />

Summary: Responsible for performing production work on a team<br />

or individual assignment in aflexible plastic fabrication shop.<br />

Assembles, cleans, folds, inspects and packages final products.<br />

Safety and quality are of utmost importance. Hours are<br />

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6am-12pm Friday. Overtime, when needed, will be offered inthe<br />

remaining hours on Thursday and Friday.<br />

Job Criteria:<br />

– Eager to learn<br />

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– Conscientious and dependable<br />

– Strong attention to detail<br />

– Ability to read a tape measure and use basic math skills<br />

– Ability to stand and maneuver around a production facility<br />

for up to 9 hours/day.<br />

– Able to lift up to 50 pounds<br />

– High school diploma or GED<br />

Benefits:<br />

– 401K with company match<br />

– Paid Holidays<br />

– Paid Vacation<br />

Position starts at $10/hour. Any interested applicants please send<br />

your resume and cover letter to HR@SPFINC.COM<br />

Part-Time Building Inspector<br />

The Village of Mokena has an opening in the Community<br />

Development Department for a Part-Time Building<br />

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on qualifications. Interested candidates can apply by<br />

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or electronically to mziska@mokena.org.<br />

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HIRING EVENT<br />

We are looking for<br />

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25-36 months = $13.90/HR<br />

Please visit one of the<br />

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between the hours of<br />

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or Wednesday, July 11th<br />

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Lemont IL 60439<br />

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SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE<br />

of 511 Ames Street, Lockport, IL 60441<br />

(Single Family Residence ). On the 12th<br />

day ofJuly, 2018 to be held at 12:00<br />

noon, at the Will County Courthouse<br />

Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street, Room 201,<br />

Joliet, IL 60432, under Case Title: U.S.<br />

Bank National Association, as Trustee<br />

for Asset Backed Funding Corporation<br />

Asset Backed Certificates, Series<br />

2006-HE1 Plaintiff V.Joseph R.Fracaro,<br />

AKA Joseph Fracaro; Jennifer K.<br />

Fracaro, AKA Jennifer Fracaro; First<br />

Midwest Bank; Lloyd M. Flatt, III; Ford<br />

Motor Credit Company LLC Defendant.<br />

Case No. 16CH 1198 in the Circuit<br />

Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit,<br />

Will County, Illinois.<br />

Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the<br />

time of sale and the balance within<br />

twenty-four (24) hours. No judicial sale<br />

fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring<br />

the residential real estate pursuant<br />

to its credit bid at the sale or by any<br />

mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other<br />

lienor acquiring the residential real estate<br />

whose rights inand to the residential<br />

real estate arose prior to the sale. All<br />

payments shall be made in cash or certified<br />

funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will<br />

County.<br />

In the event the property is acondomin-<br />

ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS<br />

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

ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS<br />

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

that the purchaser of the unit, other than<br />

amortgagee, shall pay the assessments<br />

and legal fees required bysubdivisions<br />

(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and the assessments<br />

required by subsection (g-1)<br />

of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium<br />

Property Act.<br />

Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J)<br />

if there is asurplus following application<br />

ofthe proceeds of sale, then the<br />

plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant<br />

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

to the proceeding advising them of<br />

the amount ofthe surplus and that the<br />

surplus will beheld until aparty obtains<br />

acourt order for its distribution or, in<br />

the absence of an order, until the surplus<br />

is forfeited to the State.<br />

For Information Please Contact:<br />

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One East Wacker Suite 1250<br />

Chicago, IL 60601<br />

P: 1-614-220-5611<br />

F:<br />

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT<br />

COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT<br />

YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS<br />

LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A<br />

DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING<br />

TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY<br />

INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL<br />

BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.<br />

SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE<br />

of 14649 South 135th Avenue, LOCK-<br />

PORT, IL 60441 (SINGLE FAMILY).<br />

On the 19th day of July, 2018 to be held<br />

at 12:00 noon, at the Will County Courthouse<br />

Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street,<br />

Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, under Case<br />

Title: Nationstar Mortgage LLC Plaintiff<br />

V. JAMES F.KING; PNC BANK,<br />

N.A., SUCCESSOR ININTEREST TO<br />

NATIONAL CITY BANK; CITI-<br />

BANK, N.A., SUCCESSOR IN IN-<br />

TEREST TO CITIBANK (SOUTH DA-<br />

KOTA), N.A.; Defendant.<br />

Case No. 17CH 0367 in the Circuit<br />

Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit,<br />

Will County, Illinois.<br />

Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the<br />

time of sale and the balance within<br />

twenty-four (24) hours. No judicial sale<br />

fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring<br />

the residential real estate pursuant<br />

to its credit bid at the sale or by any<br />

mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other<br />

lienor acquiring the residential real estate<br />

whose rights inand to the residential<br />

real estate arose prior to the sale. All<br />

payments shall be made in cash or certi-<br />

2701 Property for<br />

Sale<br />

fied funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will<br />

County.<br />

In the event the property is acondomin-<br />

ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS<br />

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

ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS<br />

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

that the purchaser of the unit, other than<br />

amortgagee, shall pay the assessments<br />

and legal fees required bysubdivisions<br />

(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and the assessments<br />

required by subsection (g-1)<br />

of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium<br />

Property Act.<br />

Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J)<br />

if there is asurplus following application<br />

ofthe proceeds of sale, then the<br />

plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant<br />

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

to the proceeding advising them of<br />

the amount ofthe surplus and that the<br />

surplus will beheld until aparty obtains<br />

acourt order for its distribution or, in<br />

the absence of an order, until the surplus<br />

is forfeited to the State.<br />

For Information Please Contact:<br />

SHAPIRO KREISMAN AND ASSO-<br />

CIATES, LLC.<br />

2121 Waukegan Rd, Suite 301<br />

Bannockburn, Illinois 60015<br />

P: 847-770-4348<br />

F: 847-291-3434<br />

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT<br />

COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT<br />

YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS<br />

LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A<br />

DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING<br />

TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY<br />

INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL<br />

BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.<br />

SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE<br />

of 487 Oak St, Lockport, IL 60441<br />

(Multi-Family Unit). Onthe 19th day of<br />

July, 2018 to be held at 12:00 noon, at<br />

the Will County Courthouse Annex, 57<br />

N. Ottawa Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL<br />

60432, under Case Title: Ditech Financial<br />

LLC f/k/a Green Tree Servicing<br />

LLC Plaintiff V. Rodd A. Rupslauk; et.<br />

al. Defendant.<br />

Case No. 17CH 2221 in the Circuit<br />

Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit,<br />

Will County, Illinois.<br />

Terms ofSale: ten percent (10%) at the<br />

time of sale and the balance within<br />

twenty-four (24) hours. No judicial sale<br />

fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring<br />

the residential real estate pursuant<br />

to its credit bid at the sale or by any<br />

mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other<br />

lienor acquiring the residential real estate<br />

whose rights inand to the residential<br />

real estate arose prior to the sale. All<br />

payments shall be made in cash or certified<br />

funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will<br />

County.<br />

In the event the property is acondomin-<br />

ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS<br />

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

ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS<br />

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

that the purchaser of the unit, other than<br />

amortgagee, shall pay the assessments<br />

and legal fees required bysubdivisions<br />

(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and the assessments<br />

required by subsection (g-1)<br />

of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium<br />

Property Act.<br />

Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J)<br />

if there is asurplus following application<br />

ofthe proceeds of sale, then the<br />

plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant<br />

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

to the proceeding advising them of<br />

the amount ofthe surplus and that the<br />

surplus will beheld until aparty obtains<br />

acourt order for its distribution or, in<br />

the absence of an order, until the surplus<br />

is forfeited to the State.<br />

For Information Please Contact:<br />

Codilis & Associates, P.C.<br />

15W030 N. Frontage Road Suite 100


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2900 Merchandise<br />

Under $100<br />

2900 Merchandise<br />

Under $100<br />

Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527<br />

P: 630-794-5300<br />

F: 630-794-9090<br />

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT<br />

COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT<br />

YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS<br />

LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A<br />

DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING<br />

TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY<br />

INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL<br />

BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.<br />

2703 Legal<br />

Notices<br />

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT<br />

COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT<br />

YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS<br />

LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A<br />

DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING<br />

TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY<br />

INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL<br />

BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.<br />

STATE OF ILLINOIS )<br />

) SS.<br />

COUNTY OF WILL )<br />

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE<br />

TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT<br />

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS<br />

U.S. Bank National Association, as<br />

Trustee for Asset Backed Funding Corporation<br />

Asset Backed Certificates, Series<br />

2006-HE1<br />

Plaintiff,<br />

vs.<br />

Joseph R. Fracaro, AKA Joseph Fracaro;<br />

Jennifer K.Fracaro, AKA Jennifer<br />

Fracaro; First Midwest Bank; Lloyd M.<br />

Flatt, III; Ford Motor Credit Company<br />

LLC<br />

Defendant. No. 16 CH 1198<br />

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE<br />

Public notice ishereby given that pursuant<br />

toajudgment entered in the above<br />

cause on the 14th day of August, 2017,<br />

MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will<br />

County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the<br />

12th day of July, 2018 ,commencing at<br />

12:00 o'clock noon, at the Will County<br />

Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street,<br />

Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, sell at public<br />

auction to the highest and best bidder<br />

or bidders the following-described real<br />

estate:<br />

PARCEL 1:That part ofLot 4, in Block<br />

37, in the Town (Now City) of Lockport,<br />

lying Easterly of a Line 150 feet<br />

Easterly of, Normally Distant from and<br />

Parallel with the Centerline of the Original,<br />

Now Eastbound Main Tract of the<br />

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad,<br />

in Will County, Illinois. PARCEL<br />

2: That part of Lot 1, in Block 37, in the<br />

Town (Now City) ofLockport, Lying<br />

Easterly of the Easterly Line of Atchison,<br />

Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, in<br />

Will County, Illinois.<br />

Commonly known as: 511 Ames<br />

Street, Lockport, IL 60441<br />

Description of Improvements:<br />

Single Family Residence<br />

P.I.N.: 11-04-23-111-004-0000<br />

Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the<br />

time of sale and the balance within<br />

twenty-four (24) hours. Nojudicial sale<br />

fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring<br />

the residential real estate pursuant<br />

to its credit bid at the sale or by any<br />

mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other<br />

lienor acquiring the residential real estate<br />

whose rights in and tothe residential<br />

real estate arose prior to the sale. All<br />

payments shall be made in cash or certified<br />

funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will<br />

County.<br />

In the event the property is acondomin-<br />

ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS<br />

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

ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS<br />

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

that the purchaser of the unit, other than<br />

amortgagee, shall pay the assessments<br />

and legal fees required by subdivisions<br />

(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and the assessments<br />

required by subsection (g-1)<br />

of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium<br />

Property Act.<br />

Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J)<br />

if there is asurplus following application<br />

ofthe proceeds of sale, then the<br />

plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant<br />

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

to the proceeding advising them of<br />

the amount ofthe surplus and that the<br />

surplus will beheld until aparty obtains<br />

acourt order for its distribution or, in<br />

the absence of an order, until the surplus<br />

is forfeited to the State.<br />

FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CON-<br />

TACT:<br />

Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC<br />

One East Wacker Suite 1250<br />

Chicago, IL 60601<br />

P: 1-614-220-5611<br />

F:<br />

Plaintiff's Attorney<br />

MIKE KELLEY<br />

Sheriff of Will County<br />

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT<br />

COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT<br />

YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS<br />

LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A<br />

DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING<br />

TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY<br />

INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL<br />

BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.<br />

STATE OF ILLINOIS )<br />

) SS.<br />

COUNTY OF WILL )<br />

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE<br />

TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT<br />

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS<br />

Nationstar Mortgage LLC<br />

Plaintiff,<br />

vs.<br />

JAMES F. KING; PNC BANK, N.A.,<br />

SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TONA-<br />

TIONAL CITY BANK; CITIBANK,<br />

N.A., SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO<br />

CITIBANK (SOUTH DAKOTA), N.A.;<br />

Defendant. No. 17 CH 0367<br />

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE<br />

Public notice ishereby given that pursuant<br />

toajudgment entered in the above<br />

cause on the 17th day of April, 2018,<br />

MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will<br />

County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the<br />

19th day of July, 2018 ,commencing at<br />

12:00 o'clock noon, at the Will County<br />

Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street,<br />

Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, sell at public<br />

auction tothe highest and best bidder<br />

or bidders the following-described real<br />

estate:<br />

LOT 297 IN LOCKPORT HEIGHTS<br />

ADDITION TO UNIT NO. 3, ASUB-<br />

DIVISION OF THE WEST HALF EX-<br />

CEPT THE EAST 175 FEET OF THE<br />

SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE<br />

NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SEC-<br />

TION 7, TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH,<br />

RANGE 11, EAST OF THE THIRD<br />

PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORD-<br />

ING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RE-<br />

CORDED MAY 18, 1973, AS DOCU-<br />

MENT R73-14094, IN WILL<br />

COUNTY, ILLINOIS.<br />

Commonly known as: 14649 South<br />

135th Avenue, LOCKPORT, IL 60441<br />

Description of Improvements:<br />

SINGLE FAMILY<br />

P.I.N.: 16-05-07-203-006-0000<br />

Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the<br />

time of sale and the balance within<br />

twenty-four (24) hours. Nojudicial sale<br />

fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring<br />

the residential real estate pursuant<br />

to its credit bid at the sale or by any<br />

mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other<br />

lienor acquiring the residential real estate<br />

whose rights in and tothe residential<br />

real estate arose prior to the sale. All<br />

payments shall be made in cash or certified<br />

funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will<br />

County.<br />

In the event the property is acondomin-<br />

ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS<br />

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

ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS<br />

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

that the purchaser of the unit, other than<br />

amortgagee, shall pay the assessments<br />

and legal fees required by subdivisions<br />

(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and the assessments<br />

required by subsection (g-1)<br />

of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium<br />

Property Act.<br />

Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J)<br />

if there is asurplus following application<br />

ofthe proceeds of sale, then the<br />

plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant<br />

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

to the proceeding advising them of<br />

the amount ofthe surplus and that the<br />

surplus will beheld until aparty obtains<br />

acourt order for its distribution or, in<br />

the absence of an order, until the surplus<br />

is forfeited to the State.<br />

FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CON-<br />

TACT:<br />

SHAPIRO KREISMAN AND ASSO-<br />

CIATES, LLC.<br />

2121 Waukegan Rd, Suite 301<br />

Bannockburn, Illinois 60015<br />

P: 847-770-4348<br />

F: 847-291-3434<br />

Plaintiff's Attorney<br />

MIKE KELLEY<br />

Sheriff of Will County<br />

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT<br />

COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT<br />

YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS<br />

LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A<br />

DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING<br />

TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY<br />

INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL<br />

BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.<br />

STATE OF ILLINOIS )<br />

) SS.<br />

COUNTY OF WILL )<br />

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE<br />

TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT<br />

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS<br />

Ditech Financial LLC f/k/a Green Tree<br />

Servicing LLC<br />

Plaintiff,<br />

vs.<br />

Rodd A. Rupslauk; et. al.<br />

Defendant. No. 17 CH 2221<br />

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE<br />

Public notice ishereby given that pursuant<br />

toajudgment entered in the above<br />

cause on the 7th day of March, 2018,<br />

MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will<br />

County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the<br />

19th day of July, 2018 ,commencing at<br />

12:00 o'clock noon, at the Will County<br />

Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street,<br />

Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, sell at public<br />

auction to the highest and best bidder<br />

or bidders the following-described real<br />

estate:<br />

THE SOUTH 60 FEET OF LOT 87<br />

(MEASURED ALONG THE EAST<br />

LINE OF SAID LOT) INARTHUR T.<br />

MCINTOSH AND COMPANY'S<br />

LOCKPORT FARMS, BEING A SUB-<br />

DIVISION OF PARTS OF SECTIONS<br />

13 AND 14, TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH,<br />

RANGE 10, EAST OF THE THIRD<br />

PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORD-<br />

ING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RE-<br />

CORDED NOVEMBER 2, 1942 AS<br />

DOCUMENT NUMBER 560978, IN<br />

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS.<br />

Commonly known as: 487 Oak St,<br />

Lockport, IL 60441<br />

Description of Improvements:<br />

Multi-Family Unit<br />

P.I.N.: 11-04-13-303-010-0000<br />

Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the<br />

time of sale and the balance within<br />

twenty-four (24) hours. Nojudicial sale<br />

fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring<br />

the residential real estate pursuant<br />

to its credit bid at the sale or by any<br />

mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other<br />

lienor acquiring the residential real estate<br />

whose rights in and tothe residential<br />

real estate arose prior to the sale. All<br />

payments shall be made in cash or certified<br />

funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will<br />

County.<br />

In the event the property is acondomin-<br />

ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS<br />

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

ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS<br />

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

that the purchaser of the unit, other than<br />

amortgagee, shall pay the assessments<br />

and legal fees required by subdivisions<br />

(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and the assessments<br />

required by subsection (g-1)<br />

of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium<br />

Property Act.<br />

Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J)<br />

if there is asurplus following application<br />

ofthe proceeds of sale, then the<br />

plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant<br />

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

to the proceeding advising them of<br />

the amount ofthe surplus and that the<br />

surplus will beheld until aparty obtains<br />

acourt order for its distribution or, in<br />

the absence of an order, until the surplus<br />

is forfeited to the State.<br />

FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CON-<br />

TACT:<br />

Codilis & Associates, P.C.<br />

15W030 N. Frontage Road Suite 100<br />

Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527<br />

P: 630-794-5300<br />

F: 630-794-9090<br />

Plaintiff's Attorney<br />

MIKE KELLEY<br />

Sheriff of Will County<br />

Taft School District 90<br />

Board of Education Vacancy<br />

Due tothe resignation of Board<br />

Member James Calabrese, there is<br />

avacant seat onthe Taft School<br />

District 90 Board of Education.<br />

The seat is open for Board appointment<br />

immediately and will expire<br />

in April 2019 pending election.<br />

Please submit letter ofapplication<br />

and current résumé to:<br />

Dr. Griff Powell – Interim Superintendent<br />

Taft School District 90<br />

g.powell@taftsd90.org<br />

2900 Merchandise<br />

Under $100<br />

1Bean Bag Toss Lawn Game<br />

$13. 1 Box Fan $10. 1Floor<br />

Fan $10. 1Floor Fan Oscalting<br />

Fan $13. 1Sleeping Cot $12. 1<br />

Lg. Soft Pak Zippered Luggage/Wheels<br />

$10. 1Med. Luggage<br />

on Wheels w/ Zippers<br />

$12. 815-838-0239<br />

2 26” Huffy bikes, like new<br />

$40. Samsonite, leather, 15.6<br />

laptop case, new $25.<br />

708.599.6796<br />

4LLBean Magnum Cork Mallard<br />

Decoys $80. Craftsman<br />

Commercial 1/2 inch drill $35.<br />

Like new Craftsman 1/2 inch<br />

electric impact tool $55. Bosch<br />

Extra Heavy Duty Hand<br />

Grinder $75. Complete Badger<br />

Air Brush System - Kit and<br />

Compressor $75.<br />

708-479-5203<br />

4 Tires 195/75/14<br />

Lemans-Champion, like new.<br />

9/32 Tread Left $50.00 or best.<br />

815-838-2344<br />

4x4 cu ft wine &beverage center,<br />

like new $60.<br />

708.599.6796<br />

Big Bird Talking Toy w/ cassettes,<br />

works well, VGC,<br />

$45.00, Board games, Risk,<br />

new still wrapped, $10.00,<br />

Backgammon w/ leather case,<br />

$20.00, Wii Fit Plus game for<br />

Wii, used once, $20.00.<br />

708-822-8119.<br />

Black &Decker 22 Inch Hedge<br />

Trimmer Auto Shut Off,<br />

$30.00. Car cover, $25.00.<br />

Dishes set for 8, $15.00.<br />

815-463-0282<br />

Craftsman Drill $20, Black &<br />

Decker Circular Saw $20. Both<br />

in Excellent condition. Call<br />

708-601-1947.<br />

Curtains, 3sets in Earthtone<br />

color, 80 in long w/ rods,<br />

VGC, $35.00, Ocean Wave<br />

Print, 42W x 31H, w/ frame,<br />

good condition, $35.00, Ladies<br />

Timex Watch, new in box,<br />

$20.00. 708-822-8119.<br />

Eight Foot Step Ladder $60.00<br />

Antique 6’ Wooden Ladder<br />

$10.00 No calls after 6:00pm -<br />

708-403-1561<br />

G.E. 8,000 BTU Room Air<br />

Conditioner Digital w/ Remote<br />

$100. 815-588-0301<br />

Hummer H2 driver side steel<br />

roof rail for luggage rack<br />

(new). Plastic over cover not<br />

included. Misc mounts included.<br />

$100 obo.<br />

224.805.7465<br />

Large wall mirror, frameless,<br />

73 inches by 42 inches. Cost<br />

$25. Call 708-349-3524<br />

Lava lamp $2. Ladies golf<br />

clubs and blue bag $10. Minolta<br />

X9-X9SLR camera $50.<br />

Digital camera $5.<br />

773.552.7850<br />

Lawn Roller 18” x 24” Made<br />

in the U.S.A. by Brinly Hardy<br />

Co. $75.00 Ph 708-479-0015<br />

Local Wildflower Honey from<br />

Backyard. No sugar added. Organic.<br />

$15 per quart.<br />

708-466-9809<br />

Mahogany hall table $100.<br />

408.489.2669<br />

New hardside luggage 3pieces<br />

spinner $100. 815.463.1448<br />

New Igloo Cooler, 56Quart,<br />

$28.00. Golf Balls like new<br />

$4.00. Tilest gold bag, brand<br />

new, $45.00. 708-478-8976<br />

Outdoor canopy swing, excellent<br />

condition $50.<br />

708.478.5252 Orland Park.<br />

Perlick Draft Beer Dispenser,<br />

use with half barrel keg. Have<br />

operating instructions cabinet,<br />

40” Hx23 7/8” W. $99.00.<br />

708-558-0012<br />

Perlick Draft Beer Dispenser,<br />

use with half barrel keg. Have<br />

operating instructions cabinet,<br />

40” H x 23 7/8” W.<br />

708-558-0012<br />

Red Wing Heritage collection<br />

mens shoft toe shoes 8.5 $55<br />

each. 708.798.9755<br />

Rollator $25. Cabinet & VCR<br />

$10. Kohler bisque kitchen<br />

sink $10. 2 brown cedar tellis<br />

$17 ea. Leaf clower $20.<br />

708.226.0521<br />

Rug Shampooer - Retracks<br />

Water. $75. 708-478-5338<br />

Rug shampooer, 4 brush, retracks<br />

water $75 obo.<br />

708.478.5338 LM<br />

Solid Oak Console for Flat<br />

Screen TV’s. 60” Lx27” Hx<br />

17” D. Like Brand New. $100<br />

Firm. 708-995-7223<br />

Solid Oak Console for Flat<br />

Screen TV’s. 60” Lx27” Hx<br />

17” D. Like Brand New.<br />

$100.00 Firm. 708-995-7223<br />

Sony Camera case w/ Picture<br />

Station Digital Photo Printer,<br />

$35.00, Hanging Light Fixture,<br />

Silver w/5lights, $20.00, Aerus<br />

Carpet Shampoo Machine,<br />

GC, w/ 3 brushes, $25.00., Big<br />

Mouth Billy Bass, works,<br />

$10.00. 708-822-8199.<br />

Titleist golf bad like new $45.<br />

Pro golf bag Lynx $30. Golf<br />

balls $5 doz. Bullseye golf putter<br />

$30. 708.478.8976<br />

TV Antennae, new in box,<br />

Xtreme HD Amplified, outdoor,<br />

$35.00, Clearstream Indoor<br />

TV Antennae, $10.00,<br />

RCA Flat indoor antannae,<br />

$10.00, Cooler, on wheels,<br />

new, $5.00, Skill Router, GC,<br />

$10.00. 708-822-8119<br />

TV Cabinet 3’ x5’ dk. wood<br />

$20; Baker’s rack $25, lt. wood<br />

headboard 58” wide $55.<br />

708-226-0521<br />

Vintage Solid Steel Body Wizard<br />

Electric Variable Speed Saber<br />

Saw Model 4403A $35.<br />

Vintage Hanson Viking JR<br />

Hanging Scale 890 Model 25<br />

LB USA Made, Northbrook IL<br />

$15. New Deluxe 5 Piece Barbecue<br />

Tool Set Stainless Steel<br />

with Solid Oak Wood Handles<br />

$30. 708-466-9907<br />

Wagon Wheel, 35” in diameter,<br />

16 spokes $45.00, water<br />

aerobic dumb bells $8.00.<br />

708-280-7857.<br />

WD-40 smart straw bonus PK<br />

$6. 20W-50 racing motor oil<br />

$5 ea. QT graphite low-40 motor<br />

oil $2 ea. 2gal steel gas can<br />

$4. 708.460.8308<br />

Werner 40ft aluminum extension<br />

ladder for sale. $100. Call<br />

Sue 708-403-9949


28 | July 5, 2018 | The Lockport Legend sports<br />

lockportlegend.com<br />

Athlete of the Week<br />

10 Questions<br />

with Luke Bentley<br />

Luke Bentley will be a senior at Lockport<br />

Township this fall and is expected to be a<br />

pitcher for the Porters baseball team next<br />

spring.<br />

What is your personal goal in playing<br />

summer league baseball for the<br />

Porters?<br />

I didn’t get to pitch on the varsity at all this<br />

past spring. We just had a lot of senior pitchers<br />

who were better, but I’m glad for the summer<br />

and an opportunity to show what I have.<br />

You allowed no earned runs in three<br />

innings of work as the Porters<br />

defeated Lincoln-Way West to win<br />

the title game of the Lockport Porter<br />

Wood Bat Summer Classic. How did it<br />

feel to win that?<br />

It felt really good, especially the way the<br />

young guys performed. I’ve got a feeling<br />

that we’re going to be really good next year.<br />

How did you get involved playing<br />

baseball?<br />

I first started playing T-ball when I was 3<br />

at First Church of the Nazarene in Lemont.<br />

My brother, Josh, and I both started there,<br />

and we have been playing ever since. He<br />

plays middle infield and has been on the varsity<br />

since he was a freshman.<br />

How is it playing alongside your twin<br />

brother?<br />

It has its moments. We’ve always played<br />

on the same team, except for one summer<br />

[2012] when we were 11, and we played on<br />

separate teams. It’s a family thing, and that<br />

wasn’t fun.<br />

How long have you been pitching?<br />

Since I was 11. I had played third base,<br />

and I wanted to do something new, so I tried<br />

it and enjoyed it.<br />

Do you play any other sports?<br />

Randy Whalen/22nd Century Media<br />

I played basketball from fifth grade<br />

through freshman year of high school. Then<br />

I concentrated more on baseball, but I still<br />

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Youth Baseball<br />

Triple play caps off wild tourney win for Cobras<br />

Lockport Cobras use<br />

blow torches to dry field,<br />

take home tourney title<br />

Max Lapthorne, Editor<br />

It took a few blow torches, a<br />

game-ending triple play and numerous<br />

hours of field maintenance, but<br />

at the end of it all, the 10U Lockport<br />

Cobras were the champions of the<br />

Lockport Lockdown tournament.<br />

This year’s Lockport Lockdown<br />

tournament — hosted by the Cobras<br />

— started out smoothly on<br />

Monday, June 18, with the opening<br />

festivities and several skills competitions.<br />

The host Lockport Cobras<br />

even had players win two of the<br />

contests, with Jeffrey Bruining winning<br />

the home run derby and Sean<br />

Goacher taking home the title of<br />

fastest man.<br />

Then came the rain.<br />

The downpour washed out all the<br />

games on Tuesday, Thursday and<br />

Friday, and only a few games were<br />

squeezed in on Wednesday, according<br />

to Bryon Mane, the 10U Lockport<br />

Cobras head coach and tournament<br />

director. After several days of<br />

rain pounded the field, the prospect<br />

of finishing the tournament was<br />

looking bleak.<br />

“It was a lake,” Mane said of the<br />

field. “You could have fished in this<br />

thing.”<br />

But even though the field looked<br />

more like a retention pond than a<br />

baseball diamond, Mane and the<br />

other team dads were determined to<br />

get the field into a playable condition.<br />

No matter what it took, they<br />

were going to make the Lockport<br />

Lockdown happen. In this case,<br />

it meant working on the fields for<br />

three days and coming up with an<br />

unconventional method of drying<br />

off the playing surface.<br />

“Once we got the water off, we<br />

said, ‘that’s great, but this field is<br />

never going to dry,’” Mane said.<br />

“So, we came up with the brilliant<br />

idea of renting roofers blow torches.”<br />

Mane and a number of dads took<br />

the torches to the diamond for hours<br />

before it was dry enough to be able<br />

Lockport Cobras coaches and parents use roofers blow torches to dry out<br />

the field June 22 in preparation for the Lockport Lockdown tournament.<br />

Photo submitted<br />

to host games. The time and effort<br />

put in by Mane and the parents who<br />

volunteered was driven simply by<br />

an obligation they felt to put on the<br />

best tournament possible for everyone<br />

involved, Mane said, noting<br />

that many youth baseball tournaments<br />

are now held by large companies<br />

that will cancel tournaments<br />

after a game or two without giving<br />

a refund.<br />

“We did not want to see that happen<br />

to any of the teams that were<br />

coming out,” Mane said. “We care<br />

a lot about the boys; we wanted the<br />

boys to play and get their tournaments<br />

in, and we wanted the other<br />

teams to get their money’s worth<br />

and to have a worthwhile experience.”<br />

The Cobras may have been gracious<br />

tournament hosts, but they<br />

were anything but pleasant to their<br />

opponents on the diamond. They<br />

stormed their way to the championship<br />

game of the six-team bracket,<br />

beating the neighboring Homer<br />

Heat in the semifinal. But it was the<br />

championship game that produced<br />

the highlight of the tournament.<br />

The Orland Park Warriors stood<br />

between the Cobras and the top<br />

spot in their own tournament. The<br />

Warriors were the higher seed, so<br />

they assumed the role of the home<br />

team; but they wanted more than<br />

just the last at-bat.<br />

“They were the higher seed, so<br />

even though we were on our home<br />

field, we were the visitors, and they<br />

asked us — or told us basically —<br />

at the beginning of the game they<br />

wanted our dugout,” Mane said.<br />

“So basically they threw us out of<br />

our own dugout.”<br />

Using their relegation to the visitor’s<br />

dugout as motivation, the Cobras<br />

built a semi-comfortable lead<br />

going into the final inning of play.<br />

But trouble started brewing quickly<br />

as the Warriors loaded up the bases<br />

with nobody out.<br />

“As the boy came up with the<br />

bases loaded, I was thinking we<br />

might need to make a pitching<br />

change; we might need to make a<br />

couple adjustments here,” Mane<br />

said. “And then everything happened<br />

so fast.”<br />

What happened was a laser line<br />

drive up the middle that pitcher<br />

Jack Schiek snagged, recording<br />

the first out. He quickly noticed the<br />

runner on third base had strayed<br />

too far from the bag, so he fired<br />

the ball to third baseman Michael<br />

Mane who stepped on the bag for<br />

the second out. That is when things<br />

got strange.<br />

The ball was hit so hard that<br />

Mane thought it was a one-hopper,<br />

so he attempted to make a play on<br />

the runner going home — who was<br />

already out after being doubled off<br />

third base — by tossing the ball to<br />

catcher Jonathan Schlender. Instead<br />

of being confused by the decision<br />

to throw the ball home, Schlender<br />

alertly noticed the runner on second<br />

base was caught in no-mans-land<br />

and chucked the ball to his shortstop,<br />

Ethan Bielski. From there,<br />

Bielski and Michael Mane executed<br />

a good old-fashioned pickle to<br />

complete the triple play.<br />

“I caught it and I looked immediately<br />

to second base and just threw<br />

it,” Schlender said of his role in the<br />

wild play. “The runner at second<br />

was just standing there, so I just<br />

threw it to [Bielski].”<br />

Bryon Mane has been coaching<br />

for a quarter-century at all levels<br />

ranging from high school to T-<br />

ball, but he has never witnessed<br />

something like the final play of this<br />

year’s Lockport Lockdown.<br />

“It was crazy,” he said. “I don’t<br />

think I’ve ever seen a triple play<br />

live in my life… My adrenaline was<br />

going so high, that after it was over,<br />

I knew we won, because I knew we<br />

got the third out, but it took me a<br />

few moments to recollect how that<br />

triple play unfolded because it happened<br />

so fast.”<br />

Jonathan Lopez, a second baseman<br />

and right fielder for the Cobras,<br />

wasn’t on the field when it<br />

happened, and he had his doubts<br />

that his teammates would pull off<br />

the triple play. But when the tag<br />

was applied to end the game, all<br />

those doubts were quickly erased.<br />

“I just ran out of the dugout and it<br />

was a big surprise,” Lopez said. “It<br />

was amazing.”<br />

The celebration that ensued<br />

looked more like it belonged on a<br />

Major League Baseball diamond<br />

in October than a blow-dried little<br />

league field in mid-June.<br />

“It was an amazing celebration,<br />

[like] the kids just won the World<br />

Series,” Bryon Mane said. “... The<br />

kids knew that they had it, because<br />

they all threw their mitts up in the<br />

air and all charged into a little huddle<br />

around each other, and that’s all<br />

she wrote.”<br />

The championship game was the<br />

last time those 10U Lockport Cobras<br />

will take that field together, so<br />

it was only fitting that the coaches,<br />

parents and players combined to<br />

make it such a special ending.<br />

“I had some tears in my eyes before<br />

I spoke to the boys at the end,”<br />

Bryon Mane said. “I don’t know<br />

that there was a dry eye in the house<br />

to be honest with you.”<br />

Athlete of the Month<br />

Lincoln-Way East<br />

senior water<br />

polo player wins<br />

June honor<br />

Bill Jones, Managing Editor<br />

For Jared Bruni, water polo is in<br />

the family.<br />

Following in the footsteps of his<br />

mother, who played the sport in college,<br />

Bruni got started in the pool<br />

roughly eight years ago and was a<br />

big part of the Griffins’ success last<br />

season.<br />

His dedication — he plans to continue<br />

with a club team in college<br />

— recently earned him the attention<br />

of area voters, as he claimed 22nd<br />

Century Media’s Southwest Chicago<br />

Athlete of the Month crown for June.<br />

The Athlete of the Month competition<br />

pits featured Athlete of the<br />

Week selections from our south<br />

suburban newspapers against one<br />

another in an online voting contest.<br />

The next contest is to begin Tuesday,<br />

July 10.<br />

To vote, visit LockportLegend.<br />

com, hover over the “Sports” menu<br />

tab and click “Athlete of the Month.”<br />

Readers can vote once per session<br />

per valid email address. Voting ends<br />

at 5 p.m. July 25.<br />

All athletes featured in the June<br />

Athlete of the Week sports interviews<br />

are automatically entered into<br />

the contest.<br />

Jared Bruni — a senior on the<br />

Lincoln-Way East water polo team<br />

— won the June Athlete of the<br />

Month competition for publisher<br />

22nd Century Media’s Southwest<br />

Chicago branch. Photo Submitted


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NBA player returns to LTHS for two-day basketball camp<br />

Holmes relishes<br />

teaching children, teens<br />

the fundamentals of<br />

basketball<br />

Randy Whalen<br />

Freelance Reporter<br />

Richaun Holmes always believed.<br />

The 2011 Lockport Township<br />

graduate was a shot-blocking specialist<br />

as a senior on the basketball<br />

court for the Porters, with 121<br />

blocks for a 4.0 per game average,<br />

and he also averaged 7.4 points and<br />

6.4 boards per game, but he had no<br />

college offers out of high school.<br />

At that time, perhaps no one but<br />

Holmes knew what was in store for<br />

him down the road. He just completed<br />

his third season as a forward<br />

with the Philadelphia 76ers.<br />

And last weekend, Holmes was<br />

back home, as he held his second<br />

annual basketball camp on Friday,<br />

June 29, and Saturday, June 30, at<br />

Lockport Township High School.<br />

He held a single-day camp last year<br />

at Romeoville High School and<br />

also back in Philadelphia, but this<br />

was the first time he got to put one<br />

on at his high school alma mater.<br />

So, a little more than seven years<br />

after he last played on the court,<br />

and a decade after starting out his<br />

career as a Porter on the freshmen<br />

“B” team, did Holmes ever believe<br />

that him hosting a basketball camp<br />

as an NBA player at the school was<br />

possible?<br />

Yes, he did.<br />

“When I was here working, I<br />

always thought I had a chance,”<br />

Holmes said of playing pro basketball.<br />

“Even when I was on the<br />

freshman “B” team, I told myself<br />

that. It was just a feeling I had.<br />

Then ever since I played AAU ball<br />

for coach [David Dortch] on the Illinois<br />

Raptors, he helped teach me<br />

that I had to work hard, and I knew<br />

I could make it.<br />

“It’s been great to come back<br />

out here for the camp and work out<br />

with the kids.”<br />

The camp was open to boys and<br />

girls ages 7 to 18. The opening day<br />

went from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with<br />

lunch and snacks included, along<br />

with a picture with Holmes. The<br />

second day was between 9 a.m. and<br />

1 p.m. There were a few more in<br />

attendance the first day, but in all,<br />

it was a solid turnout.<br />

Holmes still thinks enough of<br />

Dortch that he has him help run the<br />

camp. Dortch played in Chicago<br />

at Providence St. Mel and later at<br />

Steinmetz during his high school<br />

career. He currently lives in Romeoville<br />

and has been a coach with<br />

the Illinois Raptors for 12 years.<br />

“I love what I’m doing, and I<br />

love the game,” Dortch said. “I<br />

want to give back and help to make<br />

sure that kids don’t miss out on opportunities.”<br />

Holmes didn’t miss out on his.<br />

“We have a saying with the Raptors,<br />

‘If we don’t believe, we [eventually]<br />

will,’” Dortch said. “I saw it<br />

with Richaun from the early stages.<br />

He never had his head down. He’s<br />

just a hard worker. He never was<br />

the best player on the team, but he<br />

was the hardest worker, and hard<br />

work pays off.”<br />

Lockport basketball coach Brett<br />

Hespell, who was an assistant<br />

coach when Holmes played, agreed<br />

wholeheartedly.<br />

“It’s great to have him bring his<br />

camp to Lockport,” Hespell said.<br />

“The path he took to get where he<br />

is tremendous. He’s had that drive<br />

since freshman year, and it’s largely<br />

due to his work ethic. It resonates<br />

with our community that no<br />

matter what, if you put your mind<br />

to it, you can usually accomplish it.<br />

“He believed it, and he went<br />

after it. In the offseason, he still<br />

comes back to Lockport two or<br />

three times per month to work out.”<br />

Out of high school, Holmes<br />

played a season at Moraine Valley<br />

Community College. He then<br />

played three seasons at Bowling<br />

Green before being drafted 37th<br />

overall by the Sixers in the second<br />

round of the 2015 NBA Draft.<br />

Sure, being 6-foot-9 is a big<br />

plus for Holmes, but it’s his work<br />

ethic and commitment that got him<br />

Former Porters basketball player Richaun Holmes (left), who now plays for the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA,<br />

works with Derrien Porter at his two-day camp, which was held June 29 and 30 at LTHS’s East Campus.<br />

Photos by Adam Jomant/22nd Century Media<br />

where he is today.<br />

“Whether he’s playing five minutes<br />

or 20 minutes, he goes in and<br />

makes an impact whenever he’s<br />

needed,” said Pedro Power, his<br />

agent of the past three seasons, who<br />

was there helping with the camp.<br />

“Richaun and I hit it off right away.<br />

We’re both family-orientated.<br />

“As a youth, he attended a lot of<br />

the camps in the area, and he wanted<br />

the kids to have these same opportunities.<br />

He wants to give back<br />

to the kids and the area. We work<br />

on a lot of development, a lot of<br />

skillsets at these camps. We stress<br />

that you have to continue to work<br />

on your own.”<br />

Earlier in June, the 76ers exercised<br />

the team options for Holmes<br />

and backup point guard TJ Mc-<br />

Connell for the 2018-2019 season.<br />

The players will each earn a $1.6<br />

million non-guaranteed salary next<br />

season. They will become unrestricted<br />

free agents after next season<br />

if the Sixers don’t extend their<br />

contracts. Holmes averaged 6.5<br />

points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.3 assists<br />

in 48 appearances, including two<br />

Nojus Indrusaitis dribbles a basketball along with Richaun Holmes<br />

while taking part in the camp.<br />

starts this season, and saw limited<br />

action in three of the Sixers’ 10<br />

playoff games.<br />

“You’ve got to prove yourself<br />

every time you’re on the court,”<br />

Holmes said of the NBA. “There’s<br />

always somebody wanting to take<br />

your spot.”<br />

While Holmes will continue to<br />

work for his role with the Sixers,<br />

his focus last weekend was on being<br />

back in the area for the camp.<br />

“It’s just great to see the kids<br />

play,” Holmes said. “For the kids<br />

to come here is a chance to build<br />

something. We start from the bottom<br />

level and keep on growing to<br />

get better.”<br />

Just like he’s always done and<br />

continues to do.


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fastbreak<br />

Baseball<br />

Porters triumph at own summer tourney for second straight year<br />

22nd Century Media File Photo<br />

1st and 3<br />

LTHS baseball claims<br />

title in its summer<br />

tourney<br />

1. Securing a championship<br />

The Porters baseball<br />

team beat Lincoln-<br />

Way West by a final<br />

of 9-4 June 27 to win<br />

the Lockport Wood<br />

Bat Summer Classic.<br />

Lockport has a 7-2<br />

summer record.<br />

2. Strong in semifinal<br />

The Porters were<br />

victorious by a score<br />

of 10-2 over Lincoln-<br />

Way East in the<br />

semifinal game of the<br />

tournament. LTHS<br />

scored seven runs<br />

in the bottom of the<br />

first to jump out to an<br />

early start and cruise<br />

to the win.<br />

3. Powerful pitching<br />

In the title game of<br />

the tourney, Lockport<br />

hurlers combined<br />

to allow one earned<br />

run on two hits with<br />

eight walks and 13<br />

strikeouts.<br />

Randy Whalen<br />

Freelance Reporter<br />

When Jack Mladic<br />

stepped to the plate with the<br />

bases loaded in the top of<br />

the seventh in the title game<br />

of the Lockport Wood Bat<br />

Summer Classic, he knew a<br />

big hit would break the game<br />

wide open.<br />

So the Lockport Township<br />

senior left fielder promptly<br />

swung at the first pitch he<br />

saw and put it into orbit, far<br />

over the left field fence. The<br />

only problem was that it was<br />

foul by about five feet.<br />

Undaunted at just missing<br />

a grand slam, Mladic<br />

mashed an 0-2 pitch moments<br />

later to deep left center.<br />

While this hit didn’t have<br />

home run distance, it was in<br />

the gap and one-hopped off<br />

the fence to clear the bases<br />

to give the Porters a sevenrun<br />

lead. They would go on<br />

to win 9-4 over Lincoln-Way<br />

West on June 27 to clinch the<br />

championship of their own<br />

tournament for the second<br />

straight season.<br />

As soon as Mladic got to<br />

second base after his booming<br />

double, he pointed toward<br />

the Porter dugout in a<br />

moment of gratitude.<br />

“I had been struggling<br />

and that was my first hit of<br />

the day,” Mladic said. “But<br />

everyone, all my teammates,<br />

supported me. It was fun<br />

to get the win and win the<br />

tournament. I have a feeling<br />

we’re going to do that a lot<br />

next spring.”<br />

The Porters (7-2 this summer)<br />

had some success during<br />

the spring season this<br />

year. They went 22-15 and<br />

advanced to the regional<br />

championship game before<br />

losing to 6-3 to a 30-win Andrew<br />

team. Their lower levels<br />

also performed well, and<br />

the summer is further proof<br />

that the future looks bright.<br />

“It is always great to<br />

watch your team compete<br />

with something at stake,”<br />

Lockport coach Andy Satunas<br />

said. “Not only do our<br />

kids enjoy it, so do the other<br />

teams here. It’s nice to win,<br />

but we learned a lot about<br />

ourselves and learned a lot<br />

about the team we are going<br />

to have next year.”<br />

The Porters actually lost<br />

the opening pool play game<br />

of the tourney, on June 25,<br />

4-2 to Marist. But they<br />

bounced back to defeat Palatine<br />

4-3 later that day. Their<br />

Tuesday matchup against<br />

Andrew (0-6-2 in the summer)<br />

was rained out. So, although<br />

they didn’t have the<br />

normal three games in and<br />

were 1-1 in pool play, they<br />

advanced to the winners<br />

bracket because of a better<br />

overall summer record.<br />

In the semifinal game,<br />

which took place right before<br />

the championship on<br />

June 27, Lockport knocked<br />

off Lincoln-Way East 10-2.<br />

The Griffins (6-2) scored<br />

a run in the top of the first<br />

on an RBI triple by senior<br />

first baseman Casey Schilf.<br />

But Lockport answered with<br />

The LTHS baseball team celebrates after winning the Lockport Wood Bat Summer Classic<br />

for the second consecutive year. Photo submitted<br />

seven runs in the bottom of<br />

the inning an added three<br />

more in the fourth for a 10-1<br />

lead. The big batters for the<br />

Porters, who had 10 hits in<br />

the game, were senior Collin<br />

Woulfe (3-for-4, 2 R), junior<br />

Zach Murray (2-for-2, 2<br />

RBI, R , BB) and senior John<br />

Weis (2-for-3, 2 R, RBI).<br />

Pitching wise, the trio<br />

of seniors Jack Vrba, Zach<br />

Wehrman and Jake Kundrat<br />

combined to hold the Griffins<br />

to one earned run on<br />

four hits with two walks and<br />

three strikeouts.<br />

“We had three teams that<br />

were in our [spring Class 4A]<br />

sectional here for the wood<br />

bat league,” Satunas said of<br />

Andrew, East and Marist.<br />

“Those are very good programs,<br />

and we had 25 kids<br />

step up and contribute to us<br />

putting up some crooked<br />

numbers in these games.”<br />

The Porter pitching was<br />

even better against West in<br />

the title game. There, seniors<br />

John Gallet, Luke Bentley,<br />

along with junior Bryon<br />

Mane and Tony Blazekovich,<br />

combined to allow one<br />

earned run on two hits with<br />

eight walks and 13 strikeouts.<br />

Trailing 3-0, the Warriors<br />

scored two runs in the bottom<br />

of the sixth on a wild<br />

pitch and a bases loaded<br />

walk to senior Robert Jackman.<br />

But Mane came back<br />

with a strikeout to end the<br />

inning. Lockport, which was<br />

batting as the visitors, scored<br />

six runs in the top of the seventh<br />

to put the game away.<br />

Lockport had 11 hits in the<br />

game. In addition to Mladic,<br />

senior Josh Bentley (2-for-<br />

3, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB) also<br />

knocked in multiple runs.<br />

Junior Timmy Hoak added<br />

two hits for the Porters.<br />

“This is a big learning<br />

experience and it shows the<br />

younger kids the ropes,”<br />

Mladic said of the summer.<br />

“It’s exciting to see the positive<br />

things we can do for the<br />

future.”<br />

After taking this week off<br />

from games, the Porters look<br />

forward to next week as the<br />

Illinois High School Baseball<br />

Coaches Association<br />

Summer Baseball Tournament<br />

gets underway. Between<br />

July 10-12 they will<br />

once again host the regional<br />

tournament from the quarterfinal<br />

round and beyond at<br />

Flink Field.<br />

Whoever wins that regional<br />

will advance to the IHSB-<br />

CA Phil Lawler Summer<br />

Classic State Tournament<br />

at North Central College in<br />

Naperville and Benedictine<br />

University in Lisle.<br />

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“This is a big learning experience, and it shows the younger<br />

kids the ropes. It’s exciting to see the positive things we<br />

can do for the future.”<br />

Jack Mladic — Lockport baseball player, on his team winning the<br />

Lockport Wood Bat Summer Classic<br />

Baseball<br />

More summer competition — July 10-12<br />

• The Porters host the regional Illinois High School<br />

Baseball Coaches Association Summer Baseball<br />

Tournament from the quarterfinal round on at Flink Field.<br />

29 - Athlete of the Month<br />

28 - Athlete of the Week<br />

FASTBREAK is compiled by Contributing<br />

Editor Thomas Czaja, tom@homerhorizon.<br />

com.


lockport’s Hometown Newspaper | www.lockportlegend.com | July 5, 2018<br />

Protecting<br />

home turf<br />

Lockport baseball team<br />

wins Lockport Wood<br />

Bat Summer Classic,<br />

Page 31<br />

Lockport Township High School alum and Philadelphia 76ers basketball player Richaun<br />

Holmes (right) instructs Lily Guerra during a drill at his two-day basketball camp held<br />

June 29 and 30 at the school’s East Campus. Adam Jomant/22nd Century Media<br />

What a week<br />

Lockport 10U<br />

Cobras baseball team<br />

caps off wild tourney<br />

win with triple play,<br />

Page 29<br />

Former Porters basketball player, current Philadelphia 76ers forward returns to<br />

Lockport to host camp for local players, Page 30

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