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Learning discipline 

Randori Jiu Jitsu opens in community, offers 

various martial arts classes, Page 4 

At the forefront 

Silver Cross Hospital president and CEO from Homer Glen 

discusses initiatives made since assuming leadership, Page 6 

Back for laughs 

Comedian heads home to put on show 

at local American Legion, Page 7 

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Historic train depot slowly but 

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The historic New Lenox Metra depot arrives Aug. 15 at Walt Konow’s farm in Homer Glen. The 118-year-old structure was moved using a self-propelled hydraulic dolly steered 

by a remote control. Jacquelyn Schlabach/22nd Century Media

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FRIDAY 

Movies in the Park 

7 p.m. Aug. 24, Sendra 

Park, 14727 S. Greenbrier 

Lane, Homer Glen. The Disney 

film “The Incredibles” 

will begin at 7:30 p.m. Attendees 

are encouraged to 

bring their own lawn chairs 

and blankets to this free event. 

SATURDAY 

Homer Glen Jr. Woman’s 

Club and Girl Scouts Blood 

Drive 

10 a.m.-2 p.m. Aug. 25, 

Lockport VFW, 1026 East 

9th St. The Homer Glen 

Junior Woman’s Club is 

parterning with Girl Scout 

Troop 70209 to host a blood 

drive. All blood donors will 

be required to show a photo 

ID. Donors will receive a 

free T-shirt. Those interested 

in participating should make 

an appointment online at 

www.versiti.org or by calling 

(630) 400-9248. 

American Legion Comedy 

Show 

8 p.m. Aug. 25, Lockport 

American Legion Post 

18, 15052 Archer Ave. The 

show is titled “Dave Yates 

Returns!” and features a spaghetti 

dinner. The cost for 

dinner and a show is $15 in 

advance, or $20 at the door. 

Tickets can be purchased at 

the American Legion. 

MONDAY 

Introduction to Word 2013 

6-7:30 p.m. Aug. 27, 

Homer Township Public 

Library, Community Meeting 

Room. 14320 W. 151st 

St., Homer Glen. This class 

will cover text formatting, 

borders, columns, clipart, 

saving and printing. Registration 

is required. For more 

information, call (708) 301- 

7908. 

WEDNESDAY 

Introduction to PowerPoint 

6-7 p.m. Aug. 29, Homer 

Township Public Library, 

Community Meeting Room. 

14320 W. 151st St., Homer 

Glen. Registration is required. 

For more information, 

call (708) 301-7908. 

UPCOMING 

Coffee, Donuts and a Movie 

10:30-11:30 a.m. Friday, 

Aug. 31, Homer Township 

Public Library, Community 

Meeting Room. 14320 

W. 151st St., Homer Glen. 

Indulge in some coffee 

and donuts while watching 

“Murder on the Orient Express.” 

No registration is 

necessary. 

Meditation with Marti 

6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, 

Sept. 4, Homer Township 




Participants will learn to 

cultivate one’s relationship 

with awareness, exploring 

traditions and techniques to 

clear the mind and deepen 

the experience with life. 

This workshop is for anyone 

at any level. Registration 


information, call (708) 

301-7908. 

Beeswax Wraps 

7-8 p.m. Wednesday, 





Anna Stange will show attendees 

how to make beeswax 

wraps, which is an 

eco-friendly and reusable 

alternative to plastic wrap. 

They can be used to wrap 

cheese, load bread and fruit 

and vegetables, among 

other things. Registration 

is required. For more information, 

call (708) 301- 

7908. 

Basic Yoga 

9-10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 7, 

Homer Township Public Library, 

Community Meeting 

Room. 14320 W. 151st St., 

Homer Glen. This class is 

designed for first-time yoga 

students. It will cover a series 

of gentle poses, postures 

and positions while calming 

the body and mind. Registration 

is required. 

Stargazing 

8-10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 

14, Trantina Farm, 15744 

W. 151st St. in Homer Glen. 

Large telescopes will be 

available for a free viewing 

of astronomical beauties. 

Simple Yet Tasty Family 

Meals 

10:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, 



Meeting Room. 

14320 W. 151st St., Homer 

Glen. Chef Susan Maddox 

will teach participants recipes 

that require only a few 

ingredients. “Less to Impress” 

is the theme of the 

program, as Maddox demonstrates 

a menu utilizing 

the late fresh summer and 

early fall ingredients found 

in local grocery stores and 

farmer’s markets. Registration 


information, call (708) 

301-7908. 

Annual Fall Craft and Vendor 

Fair 

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


Public Library, 14320 

W. 151st St. Attendees can 

visit nearly 50 local vendors 

and crafters that will 

have a variety of goods on 

display. Some items for 

sale include wood signs and 

decor, homemade toffee, 

homemade organic soaps 

and bath bombs and more. 

Jimmy John’s will be handing 

out free samples of their 

sandwiches, as well. The 

craft fair also serves as a 

fundraiser to provide books 

and new technology services 

for library patrons. 

ONGOING 

Lemont Classic Car Club 

Sunday Cruise Nights 

4-7 p.m. Sundays, Big R 

parking lot, 15830 S. Bell 

Road in Homer Glen. Guests 

are asked to not arrive before 

4 p.m. at Big R. 

Registration for Healthy 

Kids Running Series 

Parents can now register 

their children for the upcoming 

fall 2018 season of 

Healthy Kids Running Series. 

The fall dates are as followed: 

Sept. 16, 23, 30 and 

Oct. 7 and 14. Races start at 

3 p.m. On-site registrations 

are also welcome, but arrive 

at 2:15 p.m. The race is located 

at 14200 Stonebridge 

Park Drive in Homer Glen. 

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www.healthykidsrunning 

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Will-Cook Barbershop 

Harmony Society 

7:30 p.m. alternating 

Thursdays in Tinley Park 

and Lockport. Guests are 

welcome for an evening of 

singing and fellowship with 

the Knights of Harmony 

Chorus. For more information, 

contact Hank King at 

(708) 614-8999 or at mjk 

ing1@ameritech.net. 

Heritage Village 

Noon-4 p.m. Heritage 

Village, 249 W. 2nd St., 

Lockport. Costumed interpreters 

on Saturdays; open 

to the public daily. Heritage 

Village includes historical 

buildings: Wells Corner 

Schoolhouse, the Symerton 

Depot, the Greenho Farmhouse, 

the Mokena Jail and 

other small buildings. For 

more information or tours, 

call (815) 838-5080 or visit 

www.willhistory.org. 

Teen Volunteer Night 

6-8 p.m. first Thursday of 

each month, Homer Township 

Public Library, 14320 W. 

151st St., Homer Glen. Teens 

in grades 6-12 can participate 

in the volunteer night, which 

includes tasks such as cutting 

items for story time prep and 

straightening shelves. Registration 

is required and opens 

on the first day of each month 

for that month’s session. For 

more information, contact 

Heather Colby at heather@ 

homerlibrary.org or call 

(708) 301-7908.

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the Homer Horizon | August 23, 2018 | 3 

Metra depot arrives at Konow’s in Homer Glen 


Assistant Editor 

Almost a year in the making 

and countless hours of 

work later, the historic New 

Lenox Metra depot made its 

journey across town before 

reaching its new home in 

Homer Glen on the property 

of Walt Konow. 

The five-mile ride began 

at 8:30 a.m. Aug. 15 and 

reached Konow’s property in 

Homer Glen around 5 p.m. 

Residents and history enthusiasts 

packed the sidewalks 

to watch the depot begin its 

voyage in New Lenox, and 

many more stopped along 

the side of the road to watch 

it as it continued toward its 

destination. Once it made 

it to Konow’s, at least 70 

people watched in all different 

directions as it finally 

reached its home. 

“I think the thing that I 

would say is the most impressive 

is the fact that the 

building is being saved,” 

said Lynn Benz, who lives 

in Homer Glen across the 

street from Konow’s. “That 

someone thinks enough of 

it to keep it from being torn 

down, and I think that’s just 

great. And not to mention all 

this — the people are still 

interested in coming out and 

looking at something like 

this with their families.” 

Benz watched the depot 

in amazement, capturing 

photos on her cellphone and 

taking in the experience with 

everyone around her. 

“I’ve never seen it up 

close,” Benz said about seeing 

a building move. “I had 

a friend once that moved a 

house through Hinsdale, but 

I was not there to see it, so 

it is amazing. I’m anxious to 

see how they unload it.” 

The 118-year-old structure 

was moved by Wolfe 

House & Building Movers, 

based in Indiana, using 

a self-propelled hydraulic 

dolly steered by a remote 

control. It traveled between 

one to three miles per hour. 

A mile into the trip, the 

stoplight at Cedar and Francis 

roads had to be lifted to 

make room for the depot to 

travel through. 

According to New Lenox 

Area Historical Society 

chairwoman Lori Lindberg, 

there was one challenge 

along the way near Chicago 

Bloomington Road in Homer 

Glen. A stretch of the trip 

required crews to take down 

power lines, and around that 

location, crews had to switch 

a line that sends power to 

Silver Cross Hospital. 

If the line was disrupted, 

the generators at Silver 

Cross would have gone 

on, and Lindberg said they 

didn’t want that to happen. 

Some homes and businesses 

along the route were 

notified ahead of time that 

there was to be a short power 

outage as a result of taking 

down power lines temporarily 

to maneuver the depot. 

“It’s a big sigh of relief 

that it got here safely, and 

we were finally able to get 

everyone together,” Konow 

said. “All the utility companies, 

and all the highway 

departments and the police, 

everybody, today was the 

day to get it done.” 

The initial date for the 

move was June 4, but it then 

got pushed to July 10 and 

then Aug. 15 to make sure 

everything was coordinated 

and all parties involved were 

on the same page. 

“ComEd has been incredibly 

supportive of the whole 

thing, but they have a lot of 

rules and regulations to follow, 

and so they needed the 

extra time in order to accomplish 

everything,” Lindberg 

said. 

The Aug. 15 move date 

A construction worker moves a power line for the depot 

to get through during its journey to Homer Glen. James 

Sanchez/22nd Century Media 

also meant taking into consideration 

the first day of 

school for area students. Lincoln-Way 

Central, Lincoln- 

Way West and the Martin P. 

Mackay Education Center 

started classes the day of the 

move, and Providence Catholic 

started earlier that week, 

which required the depot to 

start the move after school 

bus transportation and the 

Metra morning rush. 

Once it began traveling at 

8:30 a.m., Lindberg walked 

alongside of it before driving 

behind it once it crossed into 

Homer Glen. 

“I never heard one person 

on the entire route say anything 

negative,” she said. 

“In fact, I can’t tell you how 

many came up wanting hugs 

or saying thank you for doing 

this and thanks for Walt 

Konow and thanks for the 

historical society in doing all 

this.” 

Homer Glen resident 

Christy Gajdorus drove to 

New Lenox in the morning 

to see the depot start its journey 

before driving a couple 

miles down the street from 

her home with her two children 

to Konow’s in the evening. 

“As I was telling my 

older son — he’s 14 — I 

said, someday you’re going 

to bring your kids here and 

be like, I saw this thing being 

moved,” Gajdorus said. 

“Yeah, to preserve history, 

it’s pretty awesome to have 

it, and I think it’s amazing 

what Konow’s is doing to 

save this building.” 

Gajdorus used to live in 

New Lenox and said she 

would ride the train that 

passed through the station in 

New Lenox where the depot 

once stood, adding that it’ll 

be nice to see it at Konow’s 

being used again. 

“I think this fall what I’m 

doing to do is going to be like 

an educational thing with the 

railroad history around Will 

County, New Lenox, Joliet,” 

Konow said. “And I’m going 

to be, for the kids that 

come out to the corn maze 

for school trips, I’m going 

to run an educational loop of 

the move, like a 20-minute 

tutorial, I guess you could 

call it of the move, with video 

and photos, and display a 

lot of railroad history.” 

Konow added that next 

year he might use the depot 

as a ticket booth for the corn 

The historic New Lenox Metra depot gets placed at Walt 

Konow’s farm in Homer Glen. The trip took about eight 

hours in total. Jacquelyn Schlabach/22nd Century Media 

maze. 

“I’ll be in a little bit of a 

rush to get it ready so I can 

utilize it for fall, but I think 

we’ll make it,” he said. “It 

may not be fixed exactly the 

way I want it, but by next 

spring, it’ll be done.” 

Konow paid for the transportation 

of the depot himself, 

which cost $400,000. 

A GoFundMe page has been 

setup to raise money to help 

restore the depot, but in the 

meantime, Konow will pay 

out of his own pocket. 

“In New Lenox, when 

Lori started to save the depot, 

she had over 5,000 signatures 

on petitions to save 

the building, no matter if it 

was going to come here or 

go somewhere else,” Konow 

said. “People wanted to see 

it saved.” 

It’ll be quite the project to 

restore the depot, but Konow 

is determined to get it done. 

A new roof will be put on 

as soon as possible, and the 

depot will be painted on the 

outside, as well. The depot 

needs a flooring, but that will 

be done once a foundation is 

laid for it to stand on. The 

windows will be replaced by 

next spring. 

“I’m really happy that it’s 

here because I know it’s going 

to be taken so well care 

of, and that lots of people 

can come [see it],” Lindberg 

said. 

Konow said that it’s important 

to preserve history 

to show people how things 

used to be. 

“I just think that people 

need to see how the area 

was way back and where 

people came from, and how 

things were done way back. 

I think it’s very, very important, 

anywhere in the world, 

it’s very important,” Konow 

said. “You can’t forget your 

heritage, basically.” 

The depot’s move marks 

the second time that Konow 

has done what he can 

to preserve history. In 2010, 

the Tilsey Barn, which 

dates back to the 1870s, 

was moved to his farm and 

is now known as Zachary’s 

Red Barn, where weddings 

and other events are hosted. 

“My son, Zachary, he is 

all really into [preserving 

history]; the farm, of course, 

the farming comes first, but 

he’s going to continue this 

long after I’m gone,” Konow 

said.

4 | August 23, 2018 | The Homer Horizon news 


Randori Jiu Jitsu brings experience, family atmosphere to Homer Glen 

New martial arts 

business instructs 

all ages at gym 

Kara Keating, Editorial Intern 

All walks of life have 

been training at the gym, 

ready to learn a new discipline. 

Randori Jiu Jitsu gym recently 

held its grand opening 

during the first weekend 

of July at its new Homer 

Glen location, teaching students 

and training the likes 

of athletes, law enforcement 

and people from all different 

types of backgrounds on 

the art of Brazilian jiu-jitsu 

and judo. 

Before making the move 

to Homer Glen, the gym had 

locations in Orland Park 

and Mokena in industrial 

areas of those communities. 

The new location allows the 

business to showcase the 

storefront, founder and head 

instructor Leo Valdes said. 

“We’re really happy to be 

out here,” Valdes said of being 

in Homer Glen. “I think 

we have a unique product. 

The one thing I like to do 

is, I’ve been out there in the 

competition in arenas for a 

long time and teaching different 

forms of kids and 

adults, and what we offer 

here is unique. We have a 

very family-oriented atmosphere.” 

The Tinley Park native 

holds a second-degree black 

belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu 

and a third-degree black 

belt in judo. He has competed 

in national and international 

events and started the 

sport when he was 5 years 

old. 

On average, the class 

sizes can range from eight 

to 20 people, depending on 

the time and class given on 

that day, and see around 

200 to 300 people a week. 

They have helped students 

train for international competitions 

and even hosted 

jiu-jitsu practitioners from 

other countries. 

“It may seem hard to 

believe, but we’ve taken 

eight years to work on it, 

and we’ve produced a few 

world champions,” Valdes 

said. “I’ve had people 

from other countries come 

and visit the gym. Even 

right now, I have people 

from some other countries 

and also people from other 

states visit. I would say as 

a beginning, especially with 

a new location, it’s successful. 

I’ve been really happy 

with it.” 

Most of the instructors 

at Randori Jiu Jitsu hold 

national or international 

titles in a variety of different 

forms of martial arts in 

order to gain their position. 

These instructors have also 

worked closely with Valdes 

in the past few years, where 

they began as students and 

worked their way up. 

One of the instructors, 

Chicago native Gabe Hernandez, 

has worked with 

Valdes and began practicing 

jiu-jitsu in 2012 during 

his military service. 

Once he finished his eight 

years in the service, he returned 

back home to continue 

full training in the 

sport. 

“He pushes you into a 

leadership position, and 

then the other people look 

at you more or less as a 

leader,” Hernandez said. 

“Someone for them to follow 

and mimic.” 

Brazilian jiu-jitsu is different 

compared to other 

forms of martial arts, according 

to Valdes. The 

sport is based on grappling 

motions and hands-on approaches, 

whereas taekwondo 

involves kicking and 

used just for sport. People 

can use it for self-defense 

learning techniques of how 

to escape an opponent in 

certain holds. 

Randori Jiu Jitsu founder and head instructor Leo Valdes (right) demonstrates a bow and 

arrow technique on Gabe Hernandez for his students at a recent training session at the 

new business in Homer Glen. Photos by Kara Keating/22nd Century Media 

Students at Randori Jiu Jitsu practice the bow and arrow technique. 

The gym holds daily 

classes for beginners and 

more advanced students 

ranging from the ages of 3 

all the way to over 50 years 

old, as well as classes for 

special needs students. Besides 

Brazilian jiu-jitsu, 

Randori also teaches judo, 

Muay Thai boxing, other 

forms of mixed martial arts 

and self-defense classes. 

On Wednesday nights, the 

business holds classes specifically 

for female students 

to try the sport without the 

fear of intimidation. 

“Like a lot of sports, martial 

arts has a stigma that 

it is male-dominated, so 

we’ve opened a class for 

females only to introduce 

themselves to martial arts 

and feel comfortable, much 

like you see in women’s 

kickboxing, and it’s had a 

real good success,” Valdes 

said. 

Hernandez used jiu-jitsu 

for his military training and 

now does it to keep in shape, 

with benefits being seen in 

cardio, muscle endurance 

and muscle strengthening. 

One of the reasons he enjoys 

the sport is the respectful 

nature both on and off 

the mat when the competition 

is over. 

“It’s also a way of life, 

too,” Hernandez said. “It’s 

a mutual respect with you 

and your opponent. There’s 

no trash talking like in other 

sports. It’s always mutual 

respect. You lose, you shake 

hands, and I kind of like that 

atmosphere.” 

Valdes has taught many 

students since the gym 

opened for the first time 

more than eight years ago. 

The gym has created bonds 

that go outside of the sport 

and gets other loved ones 

involved. 

“A lot of families, their 

parents practiced and so 

do the kids, and it’s a really 

tight-knit community 

that we form within our 

gym, and we’re just trying 

to spread some of that and 

invite some of the people 

around to participate to see 

what it is all about,” Valdes 

said. “It’s a lot of fun and 

not as intimidating as martial 

arts can seem. It’s [as] 

good for a 3 year old as it is 

for a 33 year old.” 

Randori Jiu Jitsu is located 

at 12509 W. 159th 

St. and is open seven days 

a week, with hours of operation 

varying depending 

on the class. Classes can 

begin as early as 6 a.m. to 

1:30 p.m., and they reopen 

around 5 p.m. to as late as 

8:30 p.m. 

For more information on 

Randori Jiu Jitsu, call (708) 

374-1446 or visit www.ra 

ndorijiujitsu.com.

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Silver Cross president shares hospital’s progress over past year 

Homer Glen resident in leadership role for number of advances 


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Ruth Colby, president and 

CEO of Silver Cross Hospital 

in New Lenox, hosted 

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and facilities that have 

opened. 

“We have been focused on 

staying the course as an independent, 

community hospital,” 

Colby said. “Embracing 

the culture we’ve created 

here, a culture of excellence 

and providing an unrivaled 

patient experience and advancing 

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bringing in new programs, 

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chief strategy officer at the 

hospital for 12 years. 

“Everything here is a 

group effort ... as a strategy 

officer, I initiated a lot of the 

ideas, but all the projects we 

do require a team and terrific 

people who work on a team 

to get them done,” she said. 

Under Colby’s supervision 

and guidance, the Silver 

Cross Surgery Center 

opened this past December, 

which offers eight outpatient 

surgical services. 

More recently, the Silver 

Cross Endoscopy Center 

opened July 17. Patients 

can get procedures including 

a colonoscopy, EDGupper 

endoscopy, a flexible 

sigmoidoscopy and other 

advanced procedures for 

digestive diseases. Starting 

last year, Colby began 

working on the Silver Oaks 

Behavioral Hospital, which 

is set to open in early 2019. 

It is to be a 100-bed psychiatric 

hospital that serves 

acute psychiatric care. 

While a lot has been accomplished 

in the last year, 

Colby said there is still more 

to do. 

“As I mentioned today, 

we’re very intent on receiving 

state approvals for the 

open heart, structural heart 

program,” she said. 

This program would bring 

in cardiac surgeons that 

could repair and replace 

heart valves as well as do 

any other kind of surgery on 

hearts. 

“It’s a big program to have 

here,” Colby said. 

The hard work among the 

staff at Silver Cross to provide 

quality care and bring 

in new programs hasn’t gone 

unnoticed. At the beginning 

of 2018, the hospital received 

a five-star rating by 

Centers for Medicare and 

Medicaid, which is the highest 

rating a hospital can receive. 

According to Colby, 

only 9 percent of hospitals in 

the country get five stars. 

“We’re focused on patient 

safety, we’re focused on excellent 

outcomes and we’re 

focused on creating a really 

good patient experience 

and those are the things that 

CMS is looking for,” Colby 

said. 

CMS looks at over 30 different 

metrics that pertain to 

safety, clinical quality and 

patient experience. 

“It has everything to do 

with the people that work 

here,” she said during her 

presentation. 

Silver Cross has also been 

given an “A” in hospital 

safety for the seventh year 

in a row by The Leapfrog 

Group, which is a nonprofit 

watchdog organization. In 

addition, Silver Cross has 

been recognized by U.S. 

News & World Report for 

high-performing hospital 

in heart failure care and 

chronic obstructive pulmonary 

disorder for 2017-2018. 

Healthgrades, another hospital 

rating group, awarded 

Silver Cross with the patient 

safety excellence award and 

outstanding patient experience 

award for 2018. 

Colby said that she and 

her team are proud to be in 

New Lenox and grateful 

that the community has embraced 

Silver Cross. They 

are here to serve and offer 

healthcare to keep the community 

healthier, she added. 

“It’s about people taking 

care of people, and that’s 

what Silver Cross is all 

about,” Colby said.



Stand-up comedian set to perform show at American Legion Post 18 

Homer Glen native to 

return home from LA for 

Aug. 25 event in Lockport 

Thomas Czaja, Editor 

Dave Yates is funny, a requirement 

for what he does, but he can 

also be described by another word 

— candid. 

The Homer Glen native and 

2004 Lockport Township High 

School graduate is quick to recount 

the darker moments of his past, 

which include what he describes as 

a “real bad drinking problem” and 

also drug use. He graduated from 

the University of Illinois at Chicago 

in 2009 despite being admittedly 

in the throes of alcoholism, 

“bumming around couch surfing” 

for a while and getting kicked out 

of his parents’ home. 

He eventually would move 

downstate to Bloomington when a 

friend offered him a place to live, 

and he took up being a stand-up 

comedian. 

“I started doing stand-up comedy 

thinking maybe that would be 

the thing I would get my exhilaration 

from and adrenaline,” Yates 

recalled. 

Following not drinking for a 

year, Yates fell off the wagon after 

a New Year’s party to ring in 

2012 and had a bad relapse. After 

checking himself into a rehab 

facility in April 2012, he realized 

all he had left was his stand-up 

comedy. 

He went to a comedy club in the 

downstate area in which he lived 

to say thank you to the owner who 

came to the hospital to visit him. 

The owner offered Yates a second 

chance, an opportunity to perform 

a guest spot. 

Without thinking twice, Yates 

accepted the offer gratefully. 

“I was always taught to never say 

no to stage time,” Yates said. “It hit 

me I had never been on stage sober 

before that moment, and I didn’t 

know if I could be funny without 

the alcohol or drugs or weed or 

whatever.” 

That performance was probably 

the only time he was genuinely 

nervous and afraid to take the 

stage, Yates said. However, he got 

on stage and delivered his first several 

jokes, which received laughs. 

That was when he knew he was 

plenty funny without booze or any 

other substance. 

“A calm washed over me,” Yates 

said. “I’m still funny without drugs 

or alcohol. I never looked back and 

kept working.” 

From that point up until 2017, 

Yates diligently worked at his craft 

as a comedian, performing at his 

home comedy club for a few years, 

working his way up to do guest 

spots hosting shows, ultimately 

good enough to do comedy at wineries, 

for the Veterans of Foreign 

Wars posts in the area and more. 

Eventually, he was able to start 

hitting the road, traveling in his car 

to start working clubs and casinos 

after a few years. 

After another difficult moment 

in his life, when his girlfriend at the 

time cheated on him and his “heart 

was ripped to pieces,” he realized 

he found himself at another crossroads. 

“I realized I can’t waste any 

more time,” Yates said. “Once 

you reach a certain level of comedy 

in the Midwest, you have to 

make a decision. You have to pick 

a coast.” 

With that, Yates saved up for a 

year and chose to move out west, 

leaving behind Bloomington for 

bustling Los Angeles in April 2017. 

Since then, he has been hustling in 

the City of Angels, what he calls a 

“daunting place.” 

“It is both beautiful and dismal 

simultaneously,” he said of LA. 

“When you get there, there are so 

many things going on. … How do I 

make friends in the comedy scene, 

put myself out there? You second 

guess yourself, but you get used to 

it after a while.” 

He noted it was like starting all 

over again from his base in the 

Midwest, with LA not caring about 

past accomplishments elsewhere. 

As a working, touring comic, he 

will run around to different open 

mic nights, taking what he can get. 

He threw his headshot up on 

a casting website, having done 

a couple commercials to make a 

Homer Glen native Dave Yates, a stand-up comedian now living in 

Los Angeles, will be returning home to stage a performance at 8 p.m. 

Saturday, Aug. 25, at John Olson American Legion Post 18 in Lockport. 

Michael Earley Photography 

little extra money. He has been an 

extra on the popular HBO television 

show “Westworld.” He drives 

for a halfway house during the day, 

providing transportation for people 

to get to their doctor appointments. 

He’ll drive out of state to places 

like Arizona and New Mexico to 

make money doing stand-up gigs 

elsewhere, too. 

It all allows him to live in an 

expensive Los Angeles. Another 

unlikely means of income comes 

from something most comedians 

don’t have in their arsenal — hot 

sauce. 

“I make my own brand of hot 

sauce,” Yates said. “When I started 

doing stand-up comedy and started 

getting professional gigs, most comedians 

have merchandise, like T- 

shirts. I taught myself how to make 

hot sauce four years ago, took a 

couple ideas and made my own 

recipe out of what I learned watching 

YouTube videos. 

“My friends thought it was really 

good and thought I should sell it, so 

I said I would see if I could sell it 

after my comedy shows.” 

Thus, the aptly named HaHa 

Hot Sauce was born. Yates noted 

it helps him survive not only on 

the road during shows, but also 

when he is performing in LA. For 

example, if he gets stage time that 

doesn’t pay well or nothing at 

all, he can still perform his material, 

sell a handful of bottles of hot 

sauce and make a profit. 

He estimates he has sold hundreds, 

if not more than 1,000 bottles, 

of the hot sauce to this point 

and just registered the trademark. 

As for future goals, he hopes to get 

his hot sauce into farmers markets, 

as well as possibly help write the 

monologue jokes for a late night 

television show. 

“My goal is to make a living 

making people laugh, entertaining 

people and making a delicious 

sauce,” he said. 

Yates describes his comedy routine 

as talking about what he thinks 

is funny, whether that is something 

he observes in his life or maybe 

a mistake he made. His recovery 

from alcohol and drugs now serves 

as an inspiration and is a big chunk 

of his material, as well. 

“I’d say I float between PG-13 

and an R-rated movie,” Yates said 

of his act. “I’m not the cleanest comedian 

in the world, but I’m not 

super vile.” 

One interesting facet is that Yates 

does not comment on politics in his 

comedy, which has become quite 

trendy. He said that is because he 

is not passionate about the subject, 

and that it “doesn’t do anything for 

me.” 

Instead, he’d rather speak about 

“goofy stuff in my day-to-day meanderings.” 

“I try everything on stage, a lot 

of facial expressions,” Yates said. 

“… My main goal is providing the 

audience an escape from day-today 

struggles, and they do the same 

for me. I’m not thinking about bills 

or the state of the nation [while on 

stage]. It provides a mutually beneficial 

escape for all of us.” 

His routine is also meant to inspire 

others going through struggles, 

like his with alcohol and 

drugs, showing that they can recover 

and in the long run likewise 

have a zany, rich and fun life, he 

said. 

Now, Yates is preparing for a 

show that holds special meaning 

for him. At 8 p.m. on Saturday, 

Aug. 25, Yates is slated to bring 

his act to John Olson American Legion 

Post 18 at 15052 Archer Ave. 

in Lockport. In what will be what 

the comedian calls “a night of whit 

and whimsy,” he will have two other 

comedians starting off the show 

back-to-back before he headlines 

for about 45 minutes to an hour. 

In total, the show is expected to 

run until 9:30 to 9:45. Tickets are 

$15 and include dinner. 

“I always try to come through every 

year or every other year,” Yates 

said of coming home. “It makes me 

happy to be able to perform in front 

of the people that support me. A lot 

of my fan base is still in Illinois 

that supported me from the get go.” 

His father is a member of Post 

18, adding another meaningful 

layer to his upcoming performance 

in front of loved ones and new fans 

alike. Yates, now 32, knows how 

far he has come and is thankful 

each day for his calling of comedy. 

“I’m a very fortunate individual,” 

Yates said. “I get to stand on 

stage and tell jokes to people. It 

is one of the great joys of my life 

to be able to do stand-up comedy. 

… I am pursuing what feels like is 

my calling, and it is making people 

happy in the process.” 

For more information on Yates, 

visit www.yatescomedy.com.



D205 considering changes to PR director position 

District re-evaluating 

job description following 

Brehm’s July resignation 

Max Lapthorne, Contributing Editor 

Lockport Township High 

School District 205 is considering 

making changes to its public 

relations director position following 

the July 16 resignation of 

Kim Brehm, who held the position 

for nine years. 

Brehm, whose resignation was 

accepted by the Board of Education 

at its July meeting, resigned 

for personal reasons, according 

to Anthony Cundari, D205 assistant 

superintendent for personnel. 

A job listing posted on July 

13 stated that, “The Director of 

Development/Public Relations/ 

Foundation is the chief development, 

public relations, and alumni 

officer of the school district.” 

But that description could be 

changing. 

As of press time, the district was 

in the selection process for the position, 

having already conducted 

interviews, according to Cundari. 

But there is no set timetable for 

the district to make a selection, 

because the position itself is being 

re-examined following Brehm’s 

departure. 

“We are re-evaluating the actual 

position itself, so we’re still 

in the process,” Cundari said. “... 

Right now, we’re actually looking 

at the position as a whole to 

see if it needs modifications as 

far as job descriptions, job duties, 

things of that nature.” 

As it stands, the position holder 

is responsible for leading the 

district’s public relations department, 

as well as the Lockport 

Township High School District 

205 Foundation, which, according 

to the district website, 

“garners support for the district 

through organized campaigns, 

events and partnerships beyond 

what is allotted in the district’s 

budget. Contributions directly 

or indirectly support the needs 

of our students, faculty and constituency.” 

The district is taking a look at 

the duality of the job description, 

Cundari said. 

“We’re kind of looking at both 

aspects of the position, both the 

PR side and the development 

foundation side,” he said. 

When asked whether the district 

is considering splitting it into 

two separate positions, Cundari 

said, “We’re in the process of 

evaluating that.” 

While there is no concrete 

timetable for a selection to be 

made, the district does not want 

the process to drag out much longer. 

“We would like to have someone 

to the Board of Education in 

September, so hopefully have the 

process completed by September, 

but we don’t have a specific date 

we’re looking to have it finished,” 

Cundari said. “... We would definitely 

like to have someone in 

there, but we want to make sure 

we do our due diligence and find 

the right person.” 

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Parker Road to 

remain closed 

through Aug. 31 

Staff Report 

Parker Road is currently closed to through 

traffic at 14000 S. Parker for the installation 

of a new box culvert. 

Parker Road has been closed as of 7 

a.m. Monday, Aug. 20, and will reopen 

to through traffic at 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 

31. Message boards with this information 

were installed on Parker at 143rd and 

131st streets last week to give drivers advanced 

warning. 

In an effort to ensure that drivers understand 

that the road will be closed, the 

signs read “bridge out ahead.” Updates 

will be posted, if the schedule should 

change in any way. 

For more information, contact the 

Homer Township Highway Department 

at (708) 301-0246. 

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Butler first-grade students 

participate in Step-Up Day 

Submitted by Homer 

Community Consolidated 

School District 33C 

Butler School students and 

their parents participated in a 

special Step-Up Day before 

the school-wide open house 

Aug. 14. 

This special hour allowed 

the first-grade students and 

their parents to be in the 

school one hour before the 

rest of the students arrived. 

During this time, Principal 

Melissa Onesto welcomed 

parents and the incoming 

first-grade students and introduced 

the first-grade 

teachers. Each teacher gave 

a brief presentation in the 

gym. They reviewed bus arrival, 

bus dismissal, snack, 

lunch and restroom procedures. 

In addition, they walked 

students to their classrooms 

for a meet and greet and 

school supply drop-off. 

First-grade teachers were 

available all day to ease the 

minds of anxious students 

and their parents. The firstgrade 

teachers coordinated 

this successful first event for 

the Butler families. 

First-grader Ian Kubiak sits at his desk during the Step-Up 

Day open house Aug. 14 at Butler School. Photos submitted 

RIGHT: First-grader Brady 

Slowik holds up photo 

props during the event 

which gave a chance for 

students to meet their 

teachers and review bus 

arrival and dismissal, 

snack, lunch and restroom 

procedures. 

School News 

University of Wisconsin- 

Madison 

Two students from Homer 

earn spots on dean’s list 

Margaret Cavanaugh 

and Alyssa McLaughlin, 

both of Homer Glen 

and in the School of Business, 

were named to the 

University of Wisconsin 

Madison’s dean’s list for 

the spring 2018 semester. 

Students must complete 

a minimum of 12 graded 

degree credits a semester, 

with each school or college 

setting its own specific 

GPA requirements for 

distinction. 

Compiled by Editor Thomas 

Czaja, tom@homerhorizon. 

com.



Weathering the Storm 

Above-normal temperatures 

and some thunderstorms 

Mark T. Carroll 

Contributing Columnist 

July weather in 

review for the area 

The above-normal 

temperatures we 

experienced in June 

continued in July. 

Most of the above-normal 

temperature days occurred 

in the first half of July, with 

five of the six 90-degree 

days we experienced occurring 

on or before July 13. 

July normally produces six 

90-degree days. July temperatures 

were 2.2 degrees 

above normal. The last six 

days of the month had high 

temperatures slightly below 

normal. 

Precipitation varied 

greatly across northern 

Illinois. 

Precipitation was well 

below normal at Chicago 

O’Hare International 

Airport, where only 1.14 

inches of rain fell, which 

was 2.56 inches below 

normal. Chicago weather 

records date back to 1871. 

July 2018 was the seventh 

driest July on record and 

was the driest since 1.32 

inches of rain was recorded 

in July of 1991. Chicago 

Midway International Airport 

had 2.60 inches of 

rain, which was 1.41 inches 

below normal. The south 

and southwest suburbs had 

more rain than Midway 

and O’Hare, with much 

of that rain falling during 

thunderstorms. Heavy rain 

and thunderstorms forced 

the postponement of Fourth 

of July fireworks displays 

in many communities, 

including Oak Forest, Orland 

Park and New Lenox. 

Rainfall amounts from the 

evening of July 4 included 

the following. 

• Homer Glen 2.81 

inches 

• Lockport 1.70 inches 

• New Lenox 1.50 inches 

• Mokena 0.70 inches 

Spotty thunderstorm rain 

on July 20 brought 1.27 

inches of rain to Oak Forest, 

1.03 inches in Mokena, 

0.85 inches in Homer Glen 

and 0.61 inches in New 

Lenox. 

While O’Hare Airport 

only recorded 1.14 inches 

of rain, monthly totals in 

our area were much greater 

because of thunderstorm 

activity experienced during 

the month. Total rainfall 

for the month of July included 

the following. 

• Homer Glen 5.07 

inches 

• Lockport 4.16 inches 

• New Lenox 4.02 inches 

Most of the precipitation 

fell during the first half of 

the month, which has led to 

some lawns moving toward 

dormancy by the end of the 

month. 

Rip currents 

Many like to enjoy the 

beaches of Lake Michigan 

during the summer 

months. One of the dangers 

of swimming in Lake 

Michigan is dangerous rip 

currents. Rip currents are 

channeled currents of water 

flowing from the shore. 

The following are tips to 

help you survive if you are 

caught in a rip current. 

If you are caught in a 

rip current, flip on your 

back and float to conserve 

energy. If you can swim, 

try to swim to the side of 

the current (not against 

the current) and head back 

to shore. Don’t fight the 

current. If you are too tired 

to swim, keep floating and 

follow the current. 

If you do visit the beach 

or spend time outdoors, 

remember to protect you 

skin with sunscreen or 

protective clothing, and 

protect your eyes by wearing 

sunglasses. 

The weather for August and 

beyond 

The temperature forecast 

from the National Centers 

for Environmental Prediction 

for July was accurate, 

as above-normal temperature 

was predicted. The 

NCEP prediction forecast 

was for normal precipitation. 

While O’Hare had 

well below-normal precipitation, 

our area experienced 

normal to slightly abovenormal 

precipitation, which 

was enhanced by thunderstorm 

activity during 

July. The Centers’ forecast 

for August is for normal 

temperatures and normal 

precipitation. The prediction 

for September and 

October includes abovenormal 

temperature and 

normal precipitation. 

Mark T. Carroll is the president 

of CALM Weather LLC, 

a meteorological consulting 

service based in Oak Forest. 

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FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE 

Hidden beauty sparks 

inspiration at Zach Barnard’s 

Meet the Artist event 

Virginia-born, Chicagobased 

artist Zach Barnard 

has an eye for finding beauty 

in the mundane. A winding 

stairway or an average front 

door become gateways to a 

colorful world of possibility 

and adventure in his sweeping 

paintings. 

The evening of Aug. 10, 

Orland Park Public Library 

patrons were able to get a 

glimpse inside Barnard’s creative 

mind during the monthly 

Meet the Artist series. 

That magical feeling of 

having a special childhood 

place — under the stairs or in 

a makeshift fort — emanates 

from Barnard’s work. 

“It’s like this secret speakeasy 

kind of moment that’s 

super innocent, but dark and 

beautiful in a way,” the artist 

explained. “It’s having a moment 

of stopping and smelling 

the roses by enjoying a 

sun mirror that is perfectly 

placed on an arch in your 

house. It’s about having that 

moment in the space around 

you, rather than going out 

and looking for something 

that’s already right there.” 

Barnard’s creativity also 

comes from that wonderland 

realm between dreaming and 

wakefulness. 

He explained, “I can go 

to a friend’s house, see a 

wine rack and notice that it 

has so much character with 

its little curled wrought iron 

feet. Then, I’ll paint a picture 

specifically off that one thing 

that I remember seeing from 

that house. With other works, 

I go more into my subconscious 

by waking up and 

sketching something down 

that I’m dreaming.” 

His work is on display until 

the end of August at the library. 


visit www.orlandparklibrary. 

org. 

Reporting by Laurie Fanelli, 

Freelance Reporter. For more, 

visit OPPrairie.com. 

FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION 

TPHS student competes in 

STEM boxcar derby 

What’s solar-powered and 

runs on recycled refrigerators? 

It’s called The Violet Vortex, 

and a Tinley Park High 

School sophomore helped 

engineer and construct it. 

A selected group of 30 

girls, including TPHS student 

Jocelyn Sandoval, competed 

in the annual ComEd Icebox 

Derby earlier this month at 

Chicago’s Daley Plaza. 

Partnered with ComEd 

mentors, six student teams 

met twice a week for four 

weeks during the summer 

to build renewable race cars 

for the STEM-inspired challenge. 

“I really like science as a 

whole,” Sandoval said. “It’s 

fun to keep up with the new 

technologies.” 

Though Sandoval’s team 

finished in third place, each 

participant received at least 

a $1,500 scholarship for its 

time and efforts. The Violet 

Vortex also received additional 

accolades for its functional 

features. 

“We had to make sure 

the circuiting that connects 

our car horn and headlights 

was connected correctly and 

would work, but we kept running 

into problems,” Sandoval 

explained. “I even cut my 

finger on the wiring. In the 

long run, it turned out to be 

OK, though, and we won the 

challenge.” 

The students were selected 

from a ComEd panel who reviewed 

applications and essay 

responses. Sandoval decided 

to apply after her sister, 

Sophia, a freshmen at TPHS, 

competed last summer and 

took home second place. 

“At first, it was awkward 

meeting a new group of people, 

but then you get comfortable, 

because you realize you 

all have the same interests, 

and that you will need a good 

bond to succeed,” Sandoval 

said. 

Reporting by Cody Mroczka, 

Editor. For more, visit Tin 

leyJunction.com. 

FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT 

Village aims to improve west 

end of town 

The Village of New Lenox 

voted to approve a resolution 

Aug. 13 to authorize the 

purchase of land where Papa 

Joe’s was located at 400 Maple 

St. near the Village Commons. 

The property was vacant 

for the past five years. The 

1.158 acres of land had a 

purchase price of $735,000. 

It will be used for future development. 

The Village also 

is looking to buy two more 

acres from the New Lenox 

Community Park District, 

which would make more than 

three acres available for redevelopment 

in the west end of 

town. 

Mayor Tim Baldermann 

said the Village would continue 

to work with private 

sellers. 

“This is a unique opportunity 

for us to pick up this parcel,” 

Baldermann said. “That 

acreage with the park district 

is important.” 

Also at the meeting, officials 

voted to approve a resolution 

authorizing the execution 

of an intergovernmental 

agreement for railroad quiet 

zones with Will County, New 

Lenox Township, Village of 

Manhattan and New Lenox 

Community Park District. 

It would impact Laraway, 

Cedar, Delaney and Baker 

roads, as well as Wood Street. 

State Rep. Margo Mc- 

Dermed addressed the board 

and the residents at the meeting. 

“We do have a budget,” 

she said. “All of our citizens 

can feel more comfortable 

because of that.” 

Reporting by Tia Carol Jones, 

Freelance Reporter. For more, 

visit NewLenoxPatriot.com. 

FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER 

State Rep. McDermed’s 

senior fair returns to Mokena 

State Rep. Margo Mc- 

Dermed held her fourth annual 

Senior Fair Thursday, 

Aug. 16, at The Oaks Recreation 

& Fitness Center in 

Mokena. 

The first Senior Fair was 

held in Mokena, and returned 

after being held in Frankfort 

and New Lenox the previous 

two years. 

“With the Senior Fair, we 

just wanted to bring some 

services out here to the district, 

so that people don’t necessarily 

have to travel somewhere 

to get services from 

state agencies,” McDermed 

said. “And, also, local vendors 

and providers are here in 

one place for people to shop 

and see what’s available to 

them.” 

The fair featured vendors 

offering information about 

services specifically targeted 

to seniors, such as assisted 

living facilities, information 

about taxes and Medicare. 

But the highlight this year 

was a new vendor: the Secretary 

of State’s Office. Representatives 

were on hand to 

help seniors get or renew IDs 

and driver’s licenses, provided 

no road test was needed. 

For more information on 

upcoming events hosted 

by McDermed, visit repmc 

dermed.com. 

Reporting by T.J. Kremer III, 

Editor. For more, visit Moke 

naMessenger.com. 

FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND 

New location attracts large 

crowd to National Night Out 

The Lockport Police Department 

hosted it’s 10th 

annual National Night Out 

the evening of Aug. 14 that 

brought not only new attractions 

but also plenty of new 

faces to the new location for 

the event. 

In an effort to create a 

sense of overall community 

in Lockport, National Night 

Out organizer Officer Jeren 

Szmergalski took the opportunity 

upon herself to do all 

she could to draw a bigger 

crowd right to the heart of 

Lockport at Central Square. 

In prior years, the event 

was held at various parks 

throughout Lockport. 

“I’m very impressed with 

the turnout,” Szmergalski 

said. “It was the one thing 

that I was worried about, because 

you never know with 

public events how many people 

are going to come or not 

come, so I’m very pleased, 

absolutely.” 

The original scheduled 

date for National Night Out 

was Aug. 7, but weather concerns 

prompted the event to 

be rescheduled for Aug. 14. 

“You know what, we got 

so lucky that every single 

vendor was free and able to 

just switch and come on this 

day,” she said. “It worked out 

perfectly; [we] couldn’t have 

asked for better.” 

Reporting by Jacquelyn Schlabach, 

Assistant Editor. For 

more, visit LockportLegend. 

com. 

Police Reports 

More than 200 pairs of frames of eyeglasses reportedly stolen from vehicle 

A total of 234 pairs of 

frames of eyeglasses were 

allegedly stolen from a vehicle 

that was entered Aug. 

6 on the 13000 block of W. 

Haggard Street. The vehicle’s 

owner believed his vehicle 

was locked at the time 

of the theft, police said. 

Aug. 12 

• Jewelry was reportedly 

stolen from a residence 

that was broken into on the 

15000 block of S. Mt. Carmel 

Drive. 

Aug. 8 

• Ralph D. Carey, 67, of 

301 N. Raven Road in 

Shorewood, and Charles B. 

Donahue, 38, of 120 E. Jefferson 

Street in Joliet, were 

both charged with theft 

over $500 after they were 

seen loading up their vehicle 

with metal pipes from 

a roadside construction site 

at W. 159th Street and S. 

Parker Road, according to 

police. 

Editor’s note: The Homer 

Horizon’s police reports come 

from the Will County Sheriff’s 

Department’s online news bulletin 

service. Anyone listed in 

these reports is considered to 

be innocent of all charges until 

proven guilty in a court of law.

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Kara Keating 

Editorial Intern 

My time of driving 

around Homer 

Glen and Lockport, 

interviewing different 

people with unique stories 

and being able to share that 

with the community, has 

now come to an end. 

Even though I was only 

an intern here for a little 

more than a month, I feel 

like I have been here for a 

whole year. 

My stories ranged from a 

Homer Glen native getting 

drafted in the NHL 

after being passed up the 

year before, to a 5-year-old 

boy being able to meet his 

all-time favorite baseball 

player and attend the MLB 

All-Star Game, to covering 

a business that grows 

microgreens. 

As I ended my last day in 

the office on Thursday, Aug. 

16, I began to look forward 

to what’s ahead of me as I 

head back to Michigan State 

University after spending 

a summer with The Homer 

Horizon and The Lockport 

Legend newspapers. Once 

I make it back to East 

Lansing, I will jump right 

back into training for my 

two jobs as a university 

tour guide on top of getting 

ready to cover the Spartan 

football team for the campus 

paper The State News. 

Many people think journalism 

is a pretty easy major 

where all we do is write 

essays and have all this free 

time on our hands, but that 

isn’t always true for some. 

Once football season kicks 

off, I will be taking four 

classes — ranging in focus 

from journalism to history 

and statistics — while writing 

four stories a week on 

the football team. 

I will experience things 

that most Michigan State 

students don’t have the 

opportunity to experience, 

such as covering head football 

coach Mark Dantonio’s 

press conferences every 

Tuesday until the end of 

the season, and attending 

football practice to see what 

the team is working on or 

who is injured, and ending 

it with player interviews. I 

will also be attending every 

football game, including 

away games, and have a 

chance to sit in the press 

box and write up game 

stories. 

Sure, I’m stressing out 

on the inside of how I’m 

going to make this all work 

out with four stories a 

week for work on top of a 

story a week covering the 

surrounding towns for my 

journalism class, but I’ll 

find a way. It will be a different 

feeling from cheering 

and screaming in the 

student section surrounded 

by my close friends to sitting 

in a somewhat quiet 

press box filled with everyone 

typing on their laptops 

to get their story out before 

deadline. 

Just when you think an 

internship is truly over, it 

really isn’t. Now, I look 

toward other newspapers 

to begin a new journey 

for next summer, and who 

knows where it will take 

me. Maybe I’ll stay in the 

Chicago area, or perhaps 

I’ll venture out to a city I’ve 

never been to before or go 

out of my comfort zone and 

head back to Europe. 

Finally, I want to say 

thank you to my awesome 

editors Jacqui, Tom and 

Max for allowing me to 

spend my short time here 

and for all their amazing 

feedback to help me grow as 

my career moves forward. 

Will I ever be back in 

Homer Glen or Lockport? 

Who knows, but for now, 

only time can tell. 

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We’ve got the scoop 

Plush Horse Ice Cream Shoppe taps into childhood 

memories, colors and flavors in Tinley Park, Page 18 

Scanning the scene 

Area nightlife and entertainment 

highlighted, Page 19 

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newsletter, invites others to her home 

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16 | August 23, 2018 | The Homer Horizon FAITH 


Pastor Column 

Response to Pennsylvania clergy sex abuse 

THE REV. THOMAS J. LOYA 

Annunciation Byzantine 

Catholic Church 

It was no coincidence 

that a major Catholic 

clergy sex abuse scandal 

broke in the media as the 

Catholic Church entered 

into the observance of the 

most important feast day of 

the Blessed VIRGIN Mary. 

It was the Aug. 15 feast 

day of the Blessed Virgin 

Mary’s Assumption, body 

and soul together into heaven. 

In my own Byzantine 

Catholic Church, we also 

call this the “Dormition” of 

the Blessed Virgin Mary. 

The accounts of clergy 

sex abuse revealed by the 

Pennsylvania grand jury 

were all cases from the past 

going back to the 1940s. 

Nearly all of the perpetrators 

in the report had either 

died or had already been 

dealt with by both civil and 

Church law. However, a 

current ranking prelate of 

the Church was accused of 

being guilty of cover up. 

Even if it was a plan by the 

Evil One to mock the Church 

by making sure this sordid 

story of past cases of abuse 

was released on a major Marian 

feast day, nonetheless it is 

providential that it coincided 

with the observance of she 

who is the very essence of 

sexual purity and all that is 

glorious about God’s original 

intention and destiny for the 

human person. 

It is taught in the Church 

that because the Blessed 

Virgin Mary did not sin, 

remained a Virgin before 

during and after the birth of 

Christ, and because she was 

miraculously taken up into 

heaven with her body and 

soul intact, integrated and 

not separated at death, she 

is the image and proof of 

God’s original glorious plan 

and destiny for the human 

person. Her Virginity is not 

an indictment on sex. Actually, 

it is an affirmation of 

the original holiness of human 

sexuality. The Church 

even refers to her as the 

mystical “Bride of Christ.” 

She is prefigured in many 

stories in the Old Testament. 

It is necessary to protect 

victims and seek justice, 

especially for our young. 

At the same time, it is also 

disingenuous for a society 

that promotes lack of 

personal discipline, sexually 

provocative dress, movies, 

TV shows, commercials and 

which makes sexual identity 

confusion a norm and which 

also exports pornography 

around the world, to just simply 

paint the “scarlet letter” 

on perpetrators, condemn 

them and let things go at that. 

If our society and the 

Church are going to really 

be honest and serious about 

healing sexual abuse, we 

will have to take a long, 

honest look at ourselves. We 

will have to rediscover and 

embrace the true sacramental 

nature of human sexuality as 

modeled by the Blessed Virgin 

Mary and encourage the 

necessary personal prayer 

and ascetical disciplines to 

live by that model. 

The opinions of this column are 

that of the writer. They do not 

necessarily reflect those of The 

Homer Horizon. 

FAITH BRIEFS 

Cross of Glory Lutheran Church 

(14719 W. 163rd St., Homer Glen) 

Serve at MorningStar Mission 

3:45-6 p.m. Saturday, 

Aug. 25, MorningStar Mission, 

350 E. Washington St. 

in Joliet. On the fourth Saturday 

of each month, Cross 

of Glory serves the dinner 

meal at MorningStar Mission. 

If one wishes to participate, 

contact the church. 

Community Blood Drive 

3-7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 

6, Please call the church at 

(708) 301-6998 to set up an 

appointment. 

Adoption/Foster Support 

Group 

6:30 p.m. second Monday 

of each month. This group 

is open to anyone touched 

by the adoption or fostering 

process. One has something 

to share wherever they are 

in the adoption/fostering 

process. The next meeting is 

Monday, Sept. 10. 

Free Fall Fest 

Sept. 15. There will be 

free food, free games, free 

music and more. 

Worship Service 

9:30 a.m. Sundays, 6:30 

p.m. Wednesdays 

Parishioners may use the 

nursery for their children 

up to age 3 during services. 

There is a Kids Klub for 

children in grades 4-5 during 

the service. 

Bible Study 

7:30 p.m. Wednesdays 

Open to anyone ready to 

discuss the Bible. 

Christian Life Church 

(15609 W. 159th St., Homer Glen) 

Sunday Service 

10 a.m. 

Thursday Service 

7:30 p.m. 

EDGE Youth Service 

7:30-9:30 p.m. Thursdays. 

Our Mother of Good Counsel Parish 

(16043 S. Bell Road, Homer Glen) 

Religious Education 

Enrollment 

Enrollment is now open 

for fall classes. Contact the 

religious education office at 

(708) 301-0214. 

‘That Man is You’ 

7 p.m. Mondays. This 

talk is for men 21 years old 

and older. The talk will address 

the pressure and temptations 

that men face in a 

modern culture, especially 

those relating to husbands 

and fathers. The program 

harmonizes current social 

and medical science with the 

teaching of the Church and 

the wisdom of the saints to 

develop the vision of man 

fully alive. For more information, 

visit www.omgccc. 

org. 

Bible Study 

7 p.m. Mondays. Books of 

the Bible are read and discussed 

to develop a deeper 

understanding of Scripture. 

For more information, contact 

Mati Principe at (708) 

301-6246. 

Confessions 

4-4:45 p.m. Saturdays; 

9:30-10:15 a.m. Sundays; 

8:30 a.m. every first Friday 

Council of Catholic Women 

7 p.m. Second Tuesday of 

the month. 

Women of the parish meet 

to discuss its needs. The 

group also hosts a monthly 

charity bake sale. 

St. Bernard Parish 

(13030 W. 143rd St., Homer Glen) 

Weekday Worship 

9:30 a.m. weekdays. Communion 

Service on Thursdays. 

Weekend Worship 

4:30 p.m. Saturdays. 8:30 

a.m., 10 a.m., and 11:30 a.m. 

every Sunday. 

Confession 

3:30-4:15 p.m. First and 

third Saturday of the month. 

Confessions are also available 

upon request at any 

time. 

Community Choir Practice 

7:30-9 p.m. Thursdays. 

Parish members ages 16 and 

older may join the choir. The 

choir needs vocalists and 

instrumentalists. For more 

information, join the weekly 

rehearsal or contact the music 

director, Julie Kane, after 

Mass on Sundays. 

First United Methodist Church of Lockport 

(1000 S. Washington St., Lockport) 

Sunday Worship 

9 a.m. Sunday School 

10:25 a.m. Worship 

Circle of Love 

9 a.m. Wednesdays. Circle 

of Love provides diapers, 

feminine and incontinence 

products to clients who are 

qualified to use the local 

FISH Food Pantry. For more 


1017. 

Communion 

First Sunday of the month. 

Assumption Greek Orthodox Church 

(15625 S. Bell Road, Homer Glen) 

School Supply Drive 

Items collected for students 

in pre-school through 

high school will be donated 

to the Rev. Danny Adams in 

Harvey. Supplies needed include 

notebook paper, spiral 

notebooks, two-pocket folders, 

pens, pencils and crayons. 


contact Father Sam at (708) 

645-0652. 

Parkview Christian Church - Homer Glen 

(14367 W. 159th St., Homer Glen) 

Junior High Ministry Paint 

Wars 

6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, 

Sept. 5. Celebrate the return 

of JHM by participating 

in war with gallons of 

paint. Wear a white T-shirt 

and come out to the church 

for a night of messy fun and 

group competition. For more 


7477, ext. 211. 

Students Fall Retreat 

Oct. 12-14. This retreat is 

for all junior high and high 

school students. It will be 

held at SpringHill Camps in 

Evart, Michigan. For more 


7477, ext. 211. 

Have something for Faith 

Briefs? Contact Assistant 

Editor Jacquelyn Schlabach at 

j.schlabach@22 

ndcenturymedia.com or 

call (708) 326-9170 ext. 15. 

Information is due by noon 

Thursday one week prior to 

publication.

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Green thumb arranges Open Garden Day 

The Gardener Wife 

showcases her love 

of horticulture 

Laurie Fanelli 

Freelance Reporter 

Homer Glen resident Debbie 

Rea’s love of gardening 

has resulted in a fruitful 

bounty. 

A front yard perennial 

garden, backyard cottage 

garden, kitchen garden and 

a container garden — which 

she calls her “flower bestrewn 

deck” — are a feast 

for the senses. 

This passion for plant life 

is also the inspiration behind 

Rea’s The Gardener Wife 

newsletter and soon-to-be 

launched blog of the same 

name — look for it next 

spring — which finds her 

sharing gardening tricks, tips 

and techniques with fellow 

enthusiasts and beginners 

alike. On Saturday, Aug. 18, 

Rea invited friends, family 

and fans of her newsletter to 

come out to her Homer Glen 

home for a special Open 

Garden Day event to see 

her beautiful flowerbeds and 

buds firsthand. 

“I love gardening because 

it’s an amazing miracle to 

watch things grow, especially 

things that you can eat and 

things that bloom and look 

beautiful,” Rea said. “It’s 

just something that fits into 

my whole life. Every time 

we eat — year-round — I 

try to eat something from 

the garden. It also shapes the 

way I decorate my house inside 

and out. There’s nothing 

more beautiful than nature, 

God’s creation.” 

Rea’s friends — and members 

of the Palos Heights 

Garden Club — Joan Meyers 

and Patt Bailey stopped 

by the Open Garden Day 

to get a glimpse at Rea’s 

handy work. Both women 

found themselves especially 

struck by the Teddy Bear 

sunflowers, a new edition 

to the garden grown from 

seed. 

“I admire [Rea’s] enthusiasm, 

especially for these 

Teddy Bear sunflowers that 

she’s never grown before,” 

Meyers said. “And when she 

talks about them, she has 

this joy in waiting for them 

to blossom and become soft 

like a teddy bear. It’s just 

amazing to find a person 

who is so in love with what 

she does.” 

Bailey has a perennial and 

hosta garden at her home, 

and she appreciates that 

Rea’s garden offers something 

completely unique. 

“I don’t do anything like 

this, so I admire her for all of 

her energy in putting something 

like this together and 

having all these beds,” she 

said. 

One of the highlights of 

the Open Garden Day was 

a special tomato tasting that 

featured varieties from Rea’s 

garden, as well as entries 

from the gardens of attendees. 

“My top favorite tomato 

is Super Sweet 100s,” Rea 

said. “And my favorite large 

tomato is Big Rainbow. It 

comes out very colorful, 

from red to orange to yellow-striped, 

and it has one 

of my favorite flavors.” 

Rea also had bites of yellow 

pear tomatoes and Tiny 

Tims — which can be grown 

in eight-inch containers — 

available for the tasting. 

Through her Instagram 

and Facebook accounts — 

both @thegardenerwife 

— Rea has been known to 

share cooking tips, along 

with her gardening expertise. 

She considers her insalata 

caprese to be her favorite 

way to use tomatoes 

Debbie Rea stands on what she calls her “flower bestrewn deck” during the Open Garden Day she held Saturday, Aug. 18, 

outside her Homer Glen home. Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media 

straight from the garden. 

“I take a variety of tomatoes 

and slice them up,” Rea 

said. “I use three kinds of basil 

that I grow — sweet basil, 

Thai basil and lime basil 

— and add fresh mozzarella. 

I drizzle olive oil over that, 

and I’ll sprinkle a little fresh 

ground pepper.” 

Rea added that her secret 

ingredient is fleur de sel, a 

delicious sea salt. 

Rea’s infectious enthusiasm 

and boundless generosity 

are nurtured by her 

gardens, and she returns the 

favor by tending them with 

love and dedication. Whether 

she’s sharing gardening 

advice with her biweekly 

newsletter, sharing a homegrown 

meal with her family 

or sharing quality time with 

friends surrounded by Mother 

Nature, Rea celebrates the 

magic of each season from 

the garden to the table and 

beyond. 

The Homer Glen resident’s kitchen garden features fresh vegetables and striking blooms. 

“All of my friends know 

that I’m full of gardening 

advice and encouragement,” 

she said. “I’m always trying 

to get people to grow something.” 

For more information 

about The Gardener Wife 

blog and to sign up for Rea’s 

newsletter, fill out the request 

form at www.eepurl. 

com/c-hIHX.

18 | August 23, 2018 | The Homer Horizon dining out 


The Dish 

Plush Horse scoops fresh, unique flavors in vintage-inspired spot 

Amanda Stoll, Assistant Editor 

With a sleek, stainless 

steel display and contrasting 

checkered floor tiles, it 

might feel like a 1960s diner 

were it not for the vintage 

tables and chairs — and ice 

cream. 

At any one time, there 

are more than 50 flavors behind 

the counter at the Plush 

Horse Ice Cream Shoppe in 

Tinley Park. Like a childhood 

memory, the colorful 

flavors are displayed in glass 

freezer cases. 

Plush Horse owners Mary 

and Steve Rydberg opened 

the space in March 2012 out 

of their love for ice cream 

and creating new flavors. 

Steve previously was the ice 

cream maker at the original 

location in Palos Park, 

which is still open today. 

“It’s just fun,” Mary said of 

opening Plush Horse. “Both 

of us love to create different 

flavors that are homemade 

and that are unique and that 

you can’t find anywhere 

around here. So, that was really 

it. We love to make ice 

cream, and it’s fun.” 

Mary said she enjoys seeing 

children come in with 

their parents and grandparents, 

just as she remembers 

doing as a little girl. Whether 

it is a birthday or other special 

occasion, she said it is 

important to her to help create 

a memorable experience 

for people who come into 

Plush Horse. 

Summer is the busy season 

for the parlor, and Mary 

said they double their staff in 

the warmer months. But she 

said it is especially busy in 

the weeks leading up to the 

end of summer break, when 

children are coming in for a 

few last trips to the ice cream 

hot spot before school starts 

up again. 

“It’s just a nice fun thing to 

The brownie sundae ($8.99) at the Plush Horse is made 

with four scoops of ice cream topped with warm brownies, 

whipped cream and a maraschino cherry. 

do,” she said. “Who doesn’t 

love ice cream?” 

Headlining the decor inside 

the business is the large, 

plush, stuffed horse atop a 

freezer with ice cream cakes, 

pies and quarts in it. There 

also is a painting of Sprinkles, 

the mascot, on the wall 

near the coloring area in the 

back of the space. 

Manager Zac Tucker said 

children really enjoy the coloring 

area inside the business 

and the rare opportunities 

they get to interact with 

the signature plush horse. 

For the staff and more adventurous 

customers, Tucker 

said unexpected ice cream 

and shake flavor combinations 

keep things exciting. 

“We like to mix things,” 

he said of combinations like 

his own red velvet and buttercream 

shake creation. “It 

has the red velvet Oreos in 

it. Red velvet’s my life. Anything 

red velvet, I’ll eat. So, 

when we made that flavor, I 

was so happy.” 

Some flavors, such as the 

s’mores ice cream, require 

no flavor-mixing at all, because 

the flavors are already 

incorporated in each scoop. 

Mary said those signature 

combinations are some of 

the most fun to create. 

Plush Horse Ice Cream 

Shoppe 

7903 W. 171st St. in 

Tinley Park 

Current Hours 

• Noon-10 p.m. daily 

Hours After Labor Day 

• 12:30-9 p.m. Monday- 

Saturday 

• 1-9 p.m. Sunday 

For more information ... 

Website: www. 

plushhorseicecream. 

com 

Phone: (708) 444-1800 

The s’mores one, for example, 

is made with real 

toasted marshmallows 

mixed into it, rather than 

just being topped with mini 

marshmallows. 

Other popular flavors at 

the Plush Horse include 

cookie monster, and cookies 

and cream. All the flavors 

come in four sizes: 

pony ($2.99), small ($3.99), 

medium ($4.99) and large 

($5.99), and can be made 

into shakes in small, medium 

or large ($5.09, $6.09 

and $7.09, respectively). 

For customers looking 

for more variety, there are 

numerous options, such as 

the waffle sundae ($9.99), 

Owner Mary Rydberg (left) and employee Tyler Freitag pose for a photo Aug. 8 at the Plush 

Horse Ice Cream Shoppe in Tinley Park. Photos by Amanda Stoll/22nd Century Media 

A sprinkle ice cream cake is one of the regularly stocked options at the Plush Horse. 

made with four scoops of ice 

cream and whipped cream 

atop a hot Belgium waffle, or 

the brownie sundae ($8.99), 

set atop a hot brownie. And 

the build-your-own ice 

cream sandwich ($3.99) offers 

nearly endless possibilities 

of cookie and ice cream 

combinations. 

Take-home options include 

quarts of ice cream, 

ice cream cakes, ice cream 

pies, cake rolls and a variety 

of sheet cakes that serve between 

20 and 50 people. 

Mary said although they 

stock the most requested 

flavors in the freezer, their 

cakes can be made with any 

flavor of ice cream, given a 

two-day notice. And with 

chocolate frozen bananas, 

shakes, malts, sodas and 

sundaes, there is enough 

variety to keep most people 

cool and content.

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baseball star, Matt ____ 

22. The way things are going 

23. Slippery creature 

24. Right angle extension 

26. Means of support 

30. Bloodsucking insect 

31. ____ gow poker 

34. NBA’s Shaquille 

35. Newbie 

37. Line of cliffs 

38. Distress 

39. Gave out 

40. Famous cooking author 

42. Orland Park mayor, 

Keith _____ 

43. Guinness Book suffix 

44. Night birds 

45. Entanglement 

46. 16th in a series 

47. Victory 

48. “The Sandbox” dramatist 

52. All set 

58. Characterizing 

60. Manipulative one 

61. Insurance brokers 

62. Address abbr. 

63. Plug away 

64. Track events 

65. Superman’s symbol 

66. “Wild ___” John Travolta 

stars 

Down 

1. Composer Khachaturian 

2. Artist Chagall 

3. Pertaining to the ear 

4. Fix up 

5. More tranquil 

6. Buzzing with excitement 

7. Uniformed campus 

grp. 

8. Temperature controls, 

briefly 

9. Small horse 

10. Try, as a case 

11. Gallery on the 

Thames 

12. __ for business 

13. North, in Nice 

19. Iz’s instrument 

21. Houses, e.g. 

25. Protective shelter 

26. Chasers 

27. Ancient Peruvians 

28. Pressured 

29. Hog fat 

30. Common side order 

31. Dance 

32. Fields 

33. Pakistan’s chief 

river 

35. Where art is displayed 

36. Field worker 

41. Amaze 

45. Tiny flies 

47. Desires 

48. On ___ with (equal 

to) 

49. Balcony section 

50. French singer, 

Jacques 

51. Pennsylvania city 

53. Ireland 

54. Exclamation of 

disdain 

55. Nobel Peace Prize 

city 

56. An earth sci. 

57. Grps. 

59. Obstinate animal 

How to play Sudoku 

Each sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that 

has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 3x3 

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

box must contain each of the numbers 1 to 9. 

LEVEL: Medium 

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answers 

HOMER GLEN 

Front Row 

(14903 S. Bell Road, 

Homer Glen; (708) 645- 

7000) 

■7 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Trivia 

ORLAND PARK 

The Brass Tap 

(14225 95th Ave. Suite 

400, Orland Park; (708) 

226-1827) 

■8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Trivia. 

Prizes awarded 

■9 ■ p.m. Fridays and 

Saturdays: Live 

music 

Traverso’s Restaurant 

(15601 S. Harlem Ave., 

Orland Park; (708) 532- 

2220) 

■8 ■ p.m. Wednesdays 

and Saturdays: Karaoke 

TINLEY PARK 

350 Brewing 

(7144 W. 183rd St., Tinley 

Park (708) 825-7339) 

■6:30 ■ p.m. First Thursday 

of each month: 

Laugh Riot. Cost is 

$25 and includes 

dinner, two beers 

and a comedy show. 

For tickets, email 

todd@350brewing.com. 

The Whistle Sports Bar & 

Grill 

(7537 W. 159th St., 

Tinley Park; (708) 904- 

4990) 

■6-8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Bar 

Bingo 

■2-5 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Happy Hour 

■3-5 ■ p.m. Saturdays and 

Sundays: Happy Hour 

Tribes Beer Company 

(9501 W. 171st St., Tinley 

Park (708) 966-2051) 

■Noon-2 ■ p.m. Sundays: 

Sunday Bloody Funday 

■7 ■ p.m. Mondays: Open 

Bluegrass Jam Session 

■8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Trivia 

night 

FRANKFORT 

Pete Mitchell’s Bar & Grill 

(21000 Frankfort Square 

Road, Frankfort; (815) 

464-8100) 

■6-8 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Free N’ Fun Bar Game. 

Free to play. 

To place an event 

in The Scene, email 

a.stoll@22ndcenturymedia. 

com.

20 | August 23, 2018 | The Homer Horizon local living 


T.J. CACHEY BUILDERS UNVEILS NEW MODEL, 

OPENS SKY HARBOR PHASE II 

For those looking from the Lawler 

close to the historic 

to land a newly highlight is the 

Wauponsee Glacial 

constructed home, master bedroom 

Bike Trail. While 

T.J. Cachey Builders and guest bedrooms 

some are ready for 

recently announced the are separated by the 

quick deliveries, the 

opening of Sky Harbor family room and 

ranch and two-story 

Phase II in New Lenox. kitchen. It’s great for 

townhomes range 

The subdivision, an empty nester. 

in size from 1,700 

constructed on a former The homes come 

to 2,100 square 

airport, has more than priced in the low 

feet and are priced 

140 single-family lots $300s. 

from $240,900. 

and is opening a new 

Stop by and see 

Basements are 

model – the Lawler. 

the Lawler model at 

optional. 

A popular ranch Sky Harbor Phase II 

Cachey Builders 

model for all types of from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. 

offers more 

buyers, customization Friday, Saturday 

than 90 years 

is available on all plans. and Sunday. For more 

close to Old Plank Leighlinbridge 

experience 

T.J. Cachey Builders information, call (815) 

Trail bike path. The Townhouse 

Building homes since 

specialty includes 462-0242. 

1,600- to 3,600-squarefoot 

A townhouse 

1927, T.J. Cachey 

ranch and two- 

community nestled in 

accessible bathrooms 

Cherry Hill South 

Builders takes pride in 

and homes. 

story designs include Manhattan, T.J. Cachey 

T.J. Cachey Builders 

building each home 

While there are four 

generous lot sizes and Builders is also opening 

also has two lots left in 

as if it were their own. 

ranch plans to choose Cherry Hill South, with 

homes from $240,900. 

semi-custom layouts. Phase II with ranch and 

two-story townhomes. 

Many past clients often 

The exclusive 

With beautifully 

community consists of 

39 single-family homes, 

appointed features and 

options to fit you and 

including look-out lots, 

your family’s needs, 

in a natural setting 

this community is 

return to T.J. Cachey 

Builders for a second 

or third time, relying 

on them for the same 

quality home building 

experience that they 

have grown to expect. 

Additionally, T.J. 

Cachey Builders has 

a dedicated staff that 

will walk their clients 

through each step of 

their projects. From 

planning and designing 

to execution and 

completion, T.J. Cachey 

Builders staff will be 

there today and for 

years to come. 


visit CacheyBuilders. 

com or call (708) 349- 

1575.

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Impressive Luxury Townhomes are Closing Fast at Brookside Meadows 

This is it! One of the best 

values in a new home will soon 

be gone forever. Brookside 

Meadows, Crana Homes’ 

community of award-winning 

luxury townhomes in Tinley 

Park, is nearly complete. These 

attractive luxury townhomes 

range from the upper-$200s 

– including site - so demand is 

high and buyers are advised to 

act now while some choice sites 

are still available. 

Ideal location. Beautiful 

designs. Quality construction. 

Great value. When shoppers 

review their new home ‘wish 

list’ it’s clear that Brookside 

Meadows is perfect for first 

time buyers, last time buyers or 

those who want a great place 

to raise a family. These energyefficient 

luxury townhomes 

are impressively designed and 

set apart in a quiet section of 

Tinley Park. But Brookside 

Meadows is over 75% sold 

out so now is the time to select 

a site and create a home from 

the award-winning floorplans 

of the Fahan II, the Lennan 

II and the latest design, the 

Dunree II. 

Need to stretch out? The 

Fahan II is a beautiful 3,303 

total square foot luxury 

townhome (including a 1,216 

sq.’ basement) with an attached 

two-car, dry-walled garage and 

cement driveway. The twostory 

stately entrance foyer 

opens up to a split level floor 

plan that has three bedrooms 

(fourth bedroom optional) 

and two and a half baths. A 

large open kitchen design with 

stunning granite countertops 

is surrounded by generous 

custom maple cabinets and 

a ceramic tile floor. The 

master bedroom offers an 

optional coffered ceiling and 

the optional master bath plan 

includes a soothing soaker tub. 

An elegant loft overlooks 

a great room adjacent to 

the kitchen. Beautiful oak is 

selected for doors, railings and 

trim. Ceramic tile covers the 

floors in the foyer as well as the 

bathrooms - which also feature 

granite vanity tops. A full 

lookout basement and a patio 

are included in the Fahan II. 

The Lennan II is a 

comfortable two/three 

bedroom split level home 

with two and a half baths, 

and includes most of the 

outstanding features and 

options of the Fahan II with 

the spacious master suite 

relocated to the upper level and 

the addition of an impressive 

dining/family room. With 

3,167 square feet of total 

space (including a 1,049 sq.’ 

basement), there is plenty of 

room to entertain family and 

friends in comfort and style. 

The Dunree II is a sharp 

three bedroom, two and a 

half bath home with 3,194 

total square feet (including 

a large 1,226 sq.’ basement) 

with a master suite on the 

first floor. The foyer, powder 

room, kitchen and living room 

all have stunning hardwood 

oak floors. Attached is a twocar, 

drywalled garage with a 

cement driveway. The home 

also includes a 12’ x 12’ deck. 

All homes have deluxe 

landscaping, underground 

utilities and a first floor laundry 

room. Where available, buyers 

can select options like an 

impressive fireplace, walkout 

basement, coffered ceilings, 

skylights and a soaker tub in 

the master bath. 

Brookside Meadows includes 

sprinkler systems, smoke 

detectors and Lake Michigan 

water in all homes. Energysaving 

features like a highefficiency 

furnace and Lo-E 

glass, Energy Miser hot water 

heater, vented soffits, 1.75” 

insulated entrance doors, 

energy efficient appliances and 

Tuff-R insulated wall sheathing 

are all standard. 

Brookside Meadows is close 

to everything: retail, dining, 

transportation routes, Metra 

rail station and airports. The 

school system is among the 

best in the state and Tinley 

Park, named “The Best Place 

In America to Raise a Family” 

by Bloomberg’s BusinessWeek 

maintains 40 parks and the 

huge Bettenhausen indoor 

recreational center. 

It’s easy to see why this 

community is nearly sold 

out. The sales center, with 

fully furnished and beautifully 

decorated models, is open 

Monday through Thursday 

10:00am to 4:00pm; Saturday 

and Sunday from noon to 

4:00pm; and open Friday 

by appointment. Options, 

dimensions and specs can 

change so contact a Sales 

Associate at 708-479-5111 

for updates and go online at 

www.cranahomes.com. To 

visit Brookside Meadows take 

I-80, exit La Grange Road 

south for just under two miles 

to La Porte Road and turn east 

for one-half mile. If mapping 

by way of a GPS, enter the 

address: 19839 Mulroy Circle, 

Tinley Park, IL. 

-3 Bedrooms Plus Loft, 2½ Baths 

-Full Walkout or Lookout Basement & Deck 

-Chicago Water 

-Open Concept Floorplans 

-Cost-Efficient, Energy-Saving Features 

-School System is Among the Best in the State 

Situated on Unique Home Sites that back up to a Natural Setting 

Since 1970 

Contact the Sales Center for details at 708.479.5111 

and visit online any time at www.cranahomes.com 

Fahan II 

Decorated Models are Open Mon-Thu 10am-4pm | Sat/Sun Noon-4pm | Friday by Appt. 

Exit I-80 at La Grange Road south for just under two miles to La Porte Road and turn east for one-half mile to Brookside Meadows. 

OPPORTUNITY

22 | August 23, 2018 | The Homer Horizon local living 


Distinctive Home Builders Introduces New Craftsman Homes 

In Manhattan and Peotone – From the mid-$200’s 

New designs are a result of buyer feedback 

Two refreshing designs mark 

the beginning of a new series 

of Craftsman-style homes 

available from Distinctive Home 

Builders at its latest new home 

communities: Prairie Trails; 

located in Manhattan within the 

highly-regarded Lincoln-Way 

School District and at WestGate 

Manor in Peotone within 

the desirable Peotone School 

District. 

“Craftsman homes were 

introduced in the early 1900s 

in California with designs 

based on a simpler, functional 

aesthetic using a higher level 

of craftsmanship and natural 

materials. These homes were a 

departure from homes that were 

mass produced from that era, 

“according to Bryan Nooner, 

president of Distinctive Home 

Builders. 

“The Craftsman design has 

made a comeback today for 

many of the same reasons it 

started over a century ago. Our 

customers want to live in a home 

that gets away from the “mass 

produced” look and live in a 

home that has more character. As 

a result of our daily interaction 

with our homeowners and their 

input, we are excited to introduce 

these two homes, with additional 

designs in the works.” 

Nooner, who meets with 

each homeowner prior to 

construction, has been working 

on these plans forawhile and felt 

that the timing was ideal for the 

debut. “Customers were asking 

for something different and 

simple with less monotony and 

higher architectural standards.” 

The result was the Craftsman 

ranch and the Prairie twostory, 

now available at Prairie 

Trails and WestGate Manor. 

The Craftsman ranch features 

an open floor plan with Great 

Room, three bedrooms, two 

baths and a two-car (optional 

three-car) garage. The Prairie 

features a two-story foyer and 

Great Room, three bedrooms 

and one and one-half baths, a 

convenient Flex Room space 

on the main level and a two-car 

(optional three-car) garage. The 

Craftsman architectural elements 

on both homes include brick and 

stone exteriors with cedar shake 

accent siding, low-pitched gabled 

bracket roofs, front porches with 

tapered columns and stone piers, 

partially paned windows, and a 

standard panel front entry door. 

Distinctive Home Builders 

offers a Craftsman-style trim 

package offering trim without 

ornate profiles and routers. The 

trim features simplicity in design 

with rectangles, straight lines and 

layered look trims over doors for 

example. The front entry door 

will have the standard Craftsman 

panel style door. Distinctive has 

also created a Craftsman color 

palate to assist buyers in making 

coordinated choices for the 

interior of their new Craftsman 

home. Colors, cabinet styles and 

flooring choices blend seamlessly 

with the Craftsman trim package 

and are available in gray tones 

package and earth tones. 

Distinctive offers custom maple 

kitchen cabinets featuring solid 

wood construction (no particle 

board), have solid wood drawers 

with dove tail joints, which is 

very rare in the marketplace. 

“When you buy a new home 

from Distinctive, you truly are 

receiving custom made cabinets 

in every home we sell no matter 

what the price range,” noted 

Nooner. 


works to achieve a delivery goal 

of 90 days with zero punch list 

items for its homeowners. “Our 

three decades building homes 

provides an efficient construction 

system,” said Nooner. “Many of 

our skilled craftsmen have been 

working with our company 

for over 20 years. We also 

take pride on having excellent 

communicators throughout our 

organization. This translates into 

a positive buying and building 

experience for our homeowners 

and one of the highest referral 

rates in the industry.” 

Nooner added that all homes 

are highly energy efficient. Every 

home built will have upgraded 

wall and ceiling insulation 

values with energy efficient 

windows and high efficiency 

furnaces. Before homeowners 

move into their new home, 


conducts a blower door test that 

pressurizes the home to ensure 

that each home passes a set of 

very stringent Energy Efficiency 

guidelines. 

With the addition of these two 

new designs, there are now 15 

ranch, split-level and six twostory 

single-family home styles to 

choose from each offering from 

three to eight different exterior 

elevations at both communities. 

The three- to four-bedroom 

homes feature one and one-half 

to two-and-one-half baths, twoto 

three-car garages and a family 

room, all in approximately 1,600 

to over 3,000 square feet of living 

space. Basements are included in 

most models as well. Distinctive 

also encourages customization 

to make your new home truly 

personalized to suit your lifestyle. 

Oversize home sites; brick 

exteriors on all four sides of the 

first floor; custom maple cabinets; 

ceramic tile or hardwood 

floors in the kitchen, baths and 

foyer; genuine wood trim and 

doors and concrete driveways 

can all be yours at Prairie 

Trails and WestGate Manor. 

Most all home sites at Prairie 

Trails and WestGate Manor 

can accommodate a three-car 

garage; a very important amenity 

to the Manhattan homebuyer, 

said Nooner. 

“When we opened Prairie 

Trails and WestGate Manor we 

wanted to provide the best new 

home value for the dollar and 

we feel with offering Premium 

Standard Features that we do 

just that. So why wait? This is 

truly the best time to build your 

dream home!” 

Prairie Trails is also a beautiful 

place to live and raise a family 

featuring a 20-acre lake on site, 

as well as direct access to the 22- 

mile Wauponsee Glacial Prairie 

Path that borders the community 

and meanders through many 

neighboring communities and 

links to many other popular 

trails. The Manhattan Metra 

station is less than a mile away. 

Besides Prairie Trails, 


has built homes throughout 

Manhattan in the Butternut 

Ridge and Leighlinbridge 

developments, as well as in the 

Will and south Cook county 

areas over the past 30 years. 


chose the Will County village 

of Peotone for its newest 

community of 38 single-family 

homes at WestGate Manor 

within walking distance of the 

esteemed Peotone High School. 

Its convenient location between 

Interstate 57 and Illinois Route 

50 provide easy access to I-80 

and commuters enjoy several 

nearby train stations and a 

35-minute drive to Chicago. 

Visit the on-site sales 

information center for 

unadvertised specials and view 

the numerous styles of homes 

being offered and the available 

lots. Call Lynne Rinck at (708) 

737-9142 or (708) 479-7700 for 

more information or visit www. 

distinctivehomebuilders.com. 

The Prairie Trails and WestGate 

Manor new home information 

center is located three miles 

south of Laraway Rd. on Rt. 

52. The address is 24458 S. 

Rt. 52, Manhattan, IL. 60422. 

Open Daily 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 

p.m. Closed Wednesday and 

Thursday and always available 

by appointment. 

Specials, prices, specifications, 

standard features, model 

offerings, build times and lot 

availability are subject to change 

without notice. Please contact 

a Distinctive representative for 

current pricing and complete 

details.

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The Homer Horizon’s 

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• 14718 S. Carlton Lane, 

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Douglas W. Loizzo to Tara 

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• 14542 S. West Abbott 

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604919231 Thomas 

C. Dryer to Patrick 

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• 14561 S. Creme Road, 


Janosz Sr. Trust to Jan 

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Keith G. Reifke to 

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• 13917 W. Meath Drive, 


Jason Lappin to Lucas 

Madsen McGann, 

Rebecca R. Dombkowski, 

$320,000 

• 16124 Green Lair Drive, 


First Midwest Bank 

Trustee to William Rudd, 

Trudy Rudd, $135,000 

July 12 

• 12039 Graceland 

Court, Homer Glen, 

604916806 Roman Ortiz 

to Gregory T. Wrightsell, 

$375,000 

• 13105 Rado Drive 

South, Homer Glen, 

604918150 Hollis Trust 

to Andrzej Trybula, Kathy 

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• 14307 Cecelia Court, 


Carmello Trust to Malek 

Rihani, Dina Rihani, 

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Robert L. Piekos to Phillip 

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24 | August 23, 2018 | The Homer Horizon Classifieds 


Full time water treatment 

technician wanted for 

south suburban company. 

Job training provided. 

Job includes product 

delivery, installation and/or 

equipment repair. Must be 

able to lift and move heavy 

products for delivery. 40 

hour week plus occasional 

Saturday work. Benefits 

include vacation, health 

insurance and 401K contributions. 

Email resume to 

jrob36@ameritech.net or 

fax to 815-485-2451 

Homer Glen-Home Office 

adding to permanent office 

staff. Mon-Fri, 9am-3pm. 

Exp in cust serv, computer, 

some accting. Start @ 

$14/hr w/ pd vacation + 

raises. Solid work history + 

reliability a must. 

Only serious need apply. 

Send resume to: 

apm-resume@comcast.net 

Server Positions 

Apply in Person 

7020 W. 183rd St 

Tinley Park - Rich’s Pizza 

Help 

Wanted 

1003 Help Wanted 

22nd Century Media seeks Graphic Designer 

Position Overview: 

22nd Century Media, a media publishing company based in 

Orland Park & Northbrook, is seeking a Graphic Designer 

to join their team. 

Responsibilities Include: 

Create web/print advertising material, visual web design using 

WordPress, Update existing as well as creating new web/print 

collateral for Events, Occasional page layout, Miscellaneous 

design projects, Communicate with inside & outside sales reps, 

Maintain FTP/server files, Edit and upload digital publications, 

Prepare & troubleshoot PDF files 

Qualifications: 

Bachelor’s in Graphic Design or related field preferred, 

Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite for Mac, Layout and digital 

design experience a must, Familiarity with CMS (WordPress), 

Strong typography knowledge & expertise, Excellent 

Communication, Interpersonal & Organizational skills, 

Ability to work independently and with team 

within fast-paced, deadline-sensitive environment 

Next Steps: 

For more information or to be considered for this 

opportunity, email a resume to: 

careers@22ndcenturymedia.com 

No phone calls please. EOE 

Outdoor work: F/T 

year-round & seasonal 

Employment 

Potential for paid winters 

off. Benefits incl. health, 

dental, IRA. Clean driving 

record a MUST. Starting 

rate: $14/hr. Time and 1/2 

over 40 hrs. Apply 

in-person 7320 Duvan Dr, 

Tinley Park M-F 8a-4p. 

Tradycja in Orland Park is 

looking for Line/Prep 

Cook, and a Dishwasher. 

For more information 

please contact 

312-593-2945 

and/or send resume to 

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Hiring Desk Clerk 

(must be flexible w/ shifts) 

& Housekeeping (Morning) 

Needed at 

Super 8 Motel 

Apply within: 

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No Phone Calls 

Dishwasher/Cook 

Apply in Person at 

Traverso’s Restaurant 

15601 S Harlem Ave 

1003 Help 

Wanted 

Hilton Garden Inn 

18335 Lagrange Road, 

Tinley Park. Looking for 

Restaurant Supervisor, 

various housekeeping 

positions, server/bartender 

and guest service agents. 

Must apply in person. 

DAYTIME HOSTESS 

8am-3pm Shifts 

Weekends Required! 

Apply in Person: 

Eggheadz Cafe 

16952 S Oak Park Ave 

Tinley Park 

CDL Driver 

Tractor Trailer/Dry Van 

Dedicated Run. Home 

Daily with Benefits. 

Call Krueger Trucking 

800-634-3317 

P/T Delivery Driver 

CDL req. Exp w/ driving a 

6-wheel dump truck req. 

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Mokena or email 

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Mon thru Fri 

APPLY IN PERSON: 

Currie Motors 

9423 W. Lincoln Highway 

Frankfort, IL 60423 

1004 Employment 

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1023 Caregiver 

Caregiver Services 

Provided by 

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State Licensed & Bonded 

since 1998. Providing quality 

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Live-in/ Come & go. 

708.403.8707 

Heaven Sent Caregivers 

Professional caregiving 

service. 24 hr or hourly 

services; shower or bath 

visits. Licensed & bonded. 

Try the best! 708.638.0641 

PRIVATE CAREGIVER 

Caring Female CNA, licensed 

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If you need someone to run 

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New Lenox 1607 S. Reagan 

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garage 8/23, 8/24 & 8/25. 

9-2pm Clothes, tools, 

antiques, housewares, 

jewelry, rolling aluminum 

ladder & RV. Rain or shine. 

New Lenox. 3204 Blandford 

Ave. 8/23-8/26 9-4. Households, 

clothes, tools, sports, & 

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SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE 

of 14341 South Heather Lane, Homer 

Glen, IL 60491 (Single Family Home). 

On the 13th day of September, 2018 to 

be held at 12:00 noon, at the Will 

County Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa 

Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, 

under Case Title: PennyMac Loan Services, 

LLC Plaintiff V. Peter Adamski; 

et. al. Defendant. 

Case No. 17CH 2087 in the Circuit 

Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, 

Will County, Illinois. 

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

time of sale and the balance within 

twenty-four (24) hours. Nojudicial sale 

fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring 

the residential real estate pursuant 

to its credit bid at the sale or by any 

mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other 

lienor acquiring the residential real estate 

whose rights in and tothe residential 

real estate arose prior to the sale. All 

payments shall be made in cash or certified 

funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will 

County. 

In the event the property is acondomin- 

ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS 

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

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

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

that the purchaser of the unit, other than 

amortgagee, shall pay the assessments 

and legal fees required by subdivisions 

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

required by subsection (g-1) 

of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium 

Property Act. 

Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J) 

if there is asurplus following application 

ofthe proceeds of sale, then the 

plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant 

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

to the proceeding advising them of 

the amount ofthe surplus and that the 

surplus will beheld until aparty obtains 

acourt order for its distribution or, in 

the absence of an order, until the surplus 

is forfeited to the State. 

For Information Please Contact: 

Codilis & Associates, P.C. 

15W030 N. Frontage Road Suite 100 

Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527 

P: 630-794-5300 

F: 630-794-9090 

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT 

COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT 

YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS 

LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A 

DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING 

TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY 

INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL 

BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT 

COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT 

YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS 

LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A 

DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING 

TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY 

INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL 

BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 

STATE OF ILLINOIS ) 

) SS. 

COUNTY OF WILL ) 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE 

TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

PennyMac Loan Services, LLC 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

Peter Adamski; et. al. 

Defendant. No. 17 CH 2087 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that pursuant 

toajudgment entered in the above 

cause on the 6th day of June, 2018, 

MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will 

County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the 

13th day of September, 2018 ,com- 

mencing at 12:00 o'clock noon, at the 

Will County Courthouse Annex, 57 N. 

Ottawa Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 

60432, sell at public auction tothe highest 

and best bidder orbidders the following-described 

real estate: 

THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED 

REAL ESTATE SITUATED IN THE 

COUNTY OF, IN THE STATE OF IL- 

LINOIS, TO WIT: LOT 43IN SOM- 

ERSET HILL, A SUBDIVISION IN 

THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF 

SECTION 12, IN TOWNSHIP 36 

NORTH, AND IN RANGE 11, EAST 

OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERID- 

IAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT 

THEREOF RECORDED MARCH 4, 

1977 AS DOCUMENT NO. R77-6790, 

IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 

Commonly known as: 14341 South 

Heather Lane, Homer Glen, IL 60491 

Description of Improvements: 

Single Family Home 

P.I.N.: 16-05-12-206-003-0000 

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

time of sale and the balance within 

twenty-four (24) hours. Nojudicial sale 

fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring 

the residential real estate pursuant 

to its credit bid at the sale or by any 

mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other 

lienor acquiring the residential real estate 

whose rights in and tothe residential 

real estate arose prior to the sale. All 

payments shall be made in cash or certified 

funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will 

County. 

In the event the property is acondomin- 

ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS 

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

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

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

that the purchaser of the unit, other than 

amortgagee, shall pay the assessments 

and legal fees required by subdivisions 

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

required by subsection (g-1) 

of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium 

Property Act. 

Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J) 

if there is asurplus following application 

ofthe proceeds of sale, then the 

plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant 

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

to the proceeding advising them of 

the amount ofthe surplus and that the 

surplus will beheld until aparty obtains 

acourt order for its distribution or, in 

the absence of an order, until the surplus 

is forfeited to the State. 

FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CON- 

TACT: 

Codilis & Associates, P.C. 

15W030 N. Frontage Road Suite 100 

Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527 

P: 630-794-5300 

F: 630-794-9090 

Plaintiff's Attorney 

MIKE KELLEY 

Sheriff of Will County 

NOTICE OF BUDGET 

PUBLIC HEARING 

Notice is hereby given by the 

Board of Education of Homer 

CCSD 33C, in the County of Will, 

State ofIllinois, that a tentative 

budget for said school district for 

the fiscal year beginning July 1, 

2018 and ending June 30, 2019 

will be on file and conveniently 

available to public inspection during 

regular office hours at the District 

Administration Office 15733 

Bell Rd, Homer Glen, Illinois in 

the school district on August 22, 

2018. 

Notice is further hereby given that 

a public hearing on said budget 

will be held at 6:45 pm on September 

25, 2018 at the District Administration 

Office 15733 Bell Rd, 

Homer Glen, Illinois. 

Dated this 21st day of August 

2018. 

Board of Education of Homer 

CCSD 33C, in the County of Will, 

State of Illinois. 

BY: Karen DeFilippis, Secretary 

Board of Education 

Homer CCSD 33C 

Invitation to Bid 

McKinstry Essention, LLC on behalf 

of the Mokena School District 

#159 is seeking and accepting proposals 

for work at Mokena Elementary 

School. This will bea 

multiple prime contract based ona 

stipulated price. The work includes 

installation oftwo (2) new 

sump pumps in the mechanical tunnels 

/ crawl spaces. 

Bidding documents in electronic 

format (.pdf) for this work are free 

and available by contacting 

McKinstry Essention, LLC at ryanb@mckinstry.com” 


Under $100 

24 foot aluminum extension 

ladder $25 630-247-7535 

45 RPM Records, about 100 

available. 815-838-1862 

Disney Tigger Plush Musical 

Birthday Cake $18 Disney 

Eyeore Ladies Small Hoodie 

pullover $12 Mens Medium 

Tom &Jerry Light denim shirt 

$12 708-478-0186 

DXG-518 5.0 MP Digital 

Camera $5 Minolta X-9X9 

SLR Camera Sells for $159 - 

My price: $50 firm Tinley Park 

773-552-7850 

Good condition mens jeans $10 

apair 36wx30land 38 wx 

30 l. Medium Mens black 

leather jacket $15. Call 

779-206-206-9090 

Kenmore sewing machine with 

carrying case and cabinet, several 

accessories. Good condition, 

seldom used. $75 Mokena 

Text: 708-528-3378 

Luggage Bailey’s ballistic nylon 

grey duffel, 5 pockets and 

shoulder strap $20. Train/cosmetic 

case, grey $10 All excellent 

condition. 708-444-8535 

Mens XL Shirts, jackets, Childrens 

Toys 708-548-8932 

New electric 7” tile cutting machine 

$35 10” Miter Saw Like 

New $40 Extention cord on 

wheel $10 708-479-0193 

NEW Superior Essex 12 GA. 

THHN Stranded White Copper 

Wire 500 ft 600 volts $45 

Rockford vintage heavy duty 

short barrel pneumatic chisel 

air hammer model 705 $35 

708-466-9907 

2 rolls of electric wire 500 ft 

each #12 stranded black & 

white $40 each. Ask for Lou 

708-448-9597 

Bickerton portable folding bike 

$100. 708-301-5136 

Bissell floor power scrubber w 

pads used once. 815-464-2958 

Bluetooth Headphones Touch 

Control, Like New, in case. 

Chicago Bears logo, compatible 

to most bluetooth/smart 

phones $75 815-995-3097 

Boys 24” Bike yellow Magna 

Excitor 21speed like new $30 

708-349-9028 

Cardio fit $20. Deo Forman 

rotisserie $10. Set of dishes 

$50. Polaroid camera $20. 

815-478-3870 

Clean new stuffed animals $5 

ea; New large moose animal 

$10; 6” speaker crate guitar 

$35; pair old cresent USA tools 

$20; new wood seat $20 

708-460-8308 

Five drawer steel tool case $45 

Electric grass edger $15 

708-349-3238 

Four rod and reel fishing combos 

$40 708-497-0911 

Futon - dark tan excellent condition 

$50 Pool pump 3/4 HSP 

$40 708-781-1300 

Hospital bed with mattress $75 

Kitchen light dining chandelier 

$25 815-463-0491 

HP Laserjet Printer P1006 usb 

works, good $20 708-403-2473 

Large almost new, chase 

lounge, suitable for pool or 

deck $12. 708.532.0177 

Larson Storm-Door Hardware 

Included -Top of line, fairly 

new. 2-3 years. $50, glass middle, 

metal sides. 708-532-1027 

MacGregor Lite Golf Clubs, 

cast alloy, good cond 1980s, 

lightweight for teens or women 

$75 obo 708-204-9326 Orland 

Park 

Men’s Bike $15 Golf clubs & 

bag $25 708-301-8880 

Men’s Boston Outfitters genuine 

leather jacket. Size 7XL. 

Zipper closure, point collar, 

two side pockets, interior 

pocket, adjustable snap cuffs 

$100 708-642-9019 

Mens pink sport jacket USA 

40R $40; Yellow Sport Jacket 

USA 38L $30; New mens short 

jacket XL $15; Chicago Bears 

winter jacket, perfect, XL $35 

708-460-8308 

Mig welder, solar 2-175 amp 

with cart $100 Call 

708-204-9326 Ask for Dave, 

Orland Park



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34 | August 23, 2018 | The Homer Horizon Football Preview Guide 


Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

with Payton Collins 

Payton Collins is a junior at 

Lockport Township and is a 

left tackle on the offensive 

line for the football team. 

What are your 

expectations for this 

coming football season? 

What I see in this group 

is a good group of seniors 

that show a lot of leadership. 

What I see in that leadership 

is us making the playoffs 

with a couple of young quarterbacks 

[Bryon Mane and 

Marcos Voulgaris]. So, I’m 

really looking forward to the 

season. 

You’re one of the many 

juniors on the team. 

Have you meshed well 

with the seniors? 

Yes. The seniors did a 

good a job communicating 

with us, and we got together 

after last season. We also really 

got together in the summer, 

and I’m excited to get 

going. 

How long have you 

been playing football? 

I started playing in the 

fourth grade for the Homer 

Stallions. But I was playing 

with sixth-, seventh- and 

eighth-grade kids. But they 

treated me as an equal and 

helped to make me into who 

I am. I took fifth grade off, 

but came back after that and 

loved it. 

Have you always 

played offensive line? 

Yes. I did play some fullback 

as a sixth-grader, but 

otherwise, it’s been all offensive 

line. I love it. I 

played left tackle as a freshman, 

right tackle on the varsity 

last year and left tackle 

again this season. Wherever 

they need me. 

What is something 

about playing offensive 

line that the average 

person doesn’t know? 

Playing offensive is a lot 

harder than it looks. You 

have to have specific footwork, 

and you have to be 

quick off the ball. You have 

to get in there right away 

to block those big guys up 

front. 

You also play baseball, 

correct? 

Yes. I’m a pitcher, but I 

had an injury in travel ball 

during the summer of 2017. 

That was an ulnar stress 

fracture to my right elbow. 

So, I haven’t pitched in 

over a year. It’s been tough 

for me. I’ve played some at 

first base. I’ve wanted to go 

out and pitch, though, and 

should be able to again in 

November. I will be ready to 

go out for the school team in 

the spring. 

Which sport do you like 

better — football or 

baseball? 

That’s a very tough choice 

for me. I feel like I’m better 

at football, but I’ve played 

baseball longer. It’s really 

going to be tough to make a 

[college] decision. We will 

see what happens in the next 

two years. 

What have you learned 

from Lockport offensive 

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line coach Dave 

Pammer? 

He’s probably the best 

coach I’ve ever had. He 

played it, so he knows the 

offensive line and knows 

how to make everyone better. 

He’s such a good guy, 

is a counselor at school and 

knows how to talk to people. 

What opponent are 

you looking forward to 

playing the most this 

football season? 

For me, it’s always the 

same — Lincoln-Way East. 

That’s because they’re always 

one of the best schools 

in the area. They’re defending 

[Class 8A] state champions, 

and this year we’re 

playing them at home on our 

Senior Night [Friday, Oct. 

5]. So, to beat them on our 

home field for Senior Night 

would be awesome. 

What’s the best thing 

about being an athlete 

at Lockport? 

The fans. Our L-Town 

fans are crazy, but it’s not 

only the students, it’s the 

families that get crazy, too. 

So, it’s just great support. 

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High School Varsity 

Athletics 

Football 

■Aug. ■ 25 at Providence, 

6 p.m. at Northern Illinois 

University 

Boys Golf 

■Aug. ■ 25 at HF Better Ball, 

12:30 p.m. at Balmoral 

Woods 

■Aug. ■ 27 host Lockport 

Triangular, 4:30 p.m. at Joliet 

Country Club 

Girls Golf 

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great. And come October, 

they could be really off base. 

But for better or worse, 

here is some local analysis. 

Lockport 

The Porters made it to the 

postseason once in the past 

six seasons and open the season 

with Providence Catholic 

and Wheaton Warrenville 

South. I would feel a lot 

better about their chances 

opening the season feasting 

on cupcakes rather than 

chomping on apples with 

razor blades in them. True, 

WW South was 2-7 last year, 

but one of those wins came 

against Lockport, 31-17. The 

Porters’ other nonconference 

game come Oct. 13 at Peoria 

Notre Dame, a team that 

scored 80 points last year 

against Peoria High School 

and lost the game by two 

points. So I have one win, 

five losses, two coin flips 

and a wild, wild, wildcard 

game for the Porters. 

Providence Catholic 

The Celtics were back in 

form with an 8-5 mark and a 

trip to the Class 6A semfinals 

in 2017. The Chicago Catholic 

League Blue has gone 

through a few changes, and 

I have the Celtics with three 

p.m. at Broken Arrow 

■Aug. ■ 27 at Lincoln-Way 

Triangular, 4:30 p.m. at Green 

Garden 

■Aug. ■ 29 at Andrew 

Triangular, 4:30 p.m. at Silver 

Lakes 

Girls Tennis 

■Aug. ■ 25 host DGS Invite, 

8 a.m. at LTHS East tennis 

courts 

■Aug. ■ 29 host Neuqua Valley, 

4:30 p.m. 

Boys Soccer 

■Aug. ■ 23 at Windy City 

Classic, TBA at Reavis 

wins, three losses and three 

coin flips. October is going 

to be very interesting. 

Lincoln-Way East 

Some people think the 

Griffins can run the table 

again. Some people think 

they will be a national power 

again. I’m going to give 

them six wins and three 

games that can go either 

way. They are three coin 

flips, but likely wins. There 

is no such thing as a lock for 

the playoffs, but the Griffins 

have the key. 

Lincoln-Way West 

This is another school 

that seems to always make 

the playoffs. The Warriors 

haven’t missed the postseason 

this decade. This year, 

I have the Warriors with six 

wins, a loss and a couple of 

coin flips. So, they should 

stay perfect in the 2010s. 

Lincoln-Way Central 

The Knights have made 

the playoffs three of the past 

four seasons, and I have 

them down for six wins, one 

loss and two coin tosses. The 

Knights should be back in 

with relative ease. 

Sandburg 

The playoffs begin for the 

Eagles right now. This could 

be the toughest schedule in 





Girls Swimming 

■Aug. ■ 28 at Lincoln-Way 

Central, 5 p.m. 

Girls Volleyball 

■Aug. ■ 23 at Plainfield East, 

5:30 p.m. 

■Aug. ■ 24 at Plainfield North 

Invite, 5:30 p.m. 

■Aug. ■ 25 at Plainfield North 

Invite, 8 a.m. 

■Aug. ■ 28 at Joliet West, 

5:30 p.m. 

the state. The nine teams 

they play combined for a 73- 

27 mark last year, and seven 

of them made the playoffs. 

I am guessing with Eagles: 

two wins, four losses and 

three coin flips. They need 

non-conference wins over 

Lyons Township and Curie 

to start the season, or they 

are in some trouble. But if 

they win five, they will likely 

have enough opponents’ 

wins qualify for the playoffs 

for the first time 2015. 

Andrew 

The Thunderbolts used 

a lot of underclassmen last 

year to get to the playoffs for 

the first time since 2013 and 

finished 6-4 overall. But one 

of those victories was a forfeit 

victory over Thornton in 

a game Thornton won 12-7 

but was given the loss by the 

IHSA for using an ineligible 

player. Barring no other 

forfeits, I have the Bolts winning 

four, losing three, with 

two question marks. 

Tinley Park 

Tinley is the only team 

out of our eight with a new 

coach — Josh O’Shea — 

and, on paper, it looks like 

the Titans are going to flirt 

with making the playoffs in 

his first campaign. I have 

them down for four wins, 

three losses and two coin 

flips.

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Speed, depth keys to Knights’ continued gridiron success 

Randy Whalen, Freelance Reporter 

Knight approves 

Bryce Hayes’ five-track 

pump-up playlist 

1. “New Noise” by Refused 

2. “The Half” by DJ Snake 

3. “Back In Black” by AC/DC 

4. “Homecoming” by Kanye 

West 

5. “Get Along” by Kenny 

Chesney 

An In-10-se decade: LW Central 

Record in the 2010s: 37-41 

Playoff appearances: 3 

A very good year: After the 

expansion of the Lincoln-Way 

schools gave a smaller pool 

from which to chose, the 

Knights are back on track, 

making the playoffs three of the 

past four year’s, including last 

year’s spectacular 10-2 season. 

The road ahead 

• Week 1 – at Richards, 7 

p.m. Aug. 24 

• Week 2 – host Lincoln-Way 

West, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 31 

• Week 3 – hosts Thornwood, 

7:30 p.m. Sept. 7 

• Week 4 – at Lockport, 7:30 

p.m. Sept. 14 

• Week 5 – at Lincoln-Way 

East, 7 p.m. Sept. 21 

• Week 6 – host Stagg, 7:30 

p.m. Sept. 28 

• Week 7 – host Champaign 

Centennial, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 5 

• Week 8 – at Sandburg, 7:30 

p.m. Oct. 12 

• Week 9 – host Thornton, 

7:30 p.m. Oct. 19 

Coming off its best season since 

it became its own program in the 

fall of 2001, the expectations are 

the same for the Lincoln-Way Central 

football team. 

“Our expectations never 

change,” Central coach Jeremy 

Cordell said. “If you base season 

to season on talent level, you will 

set yourself up for failure. We don’t 

have guys for [many] years, so it’s 

an opportunity to plug guys in. 

That’s what winning programs are 

supposed to do.” 

The Knights certainly look to 

continue their winning program. 

Last season, they went 10-2 and 

advanced to the Class 7A quarterfinals. 

It was their first quarterfinal 

berth since District 210 first split in 

2001. They now have three playoff 

victories in the past two seasons, 

after having three total between 

2001-2015. 

There are eight seniors — four 

on each side of the ball — who will 

return from last season’s team, who 

bring with them with a lot of experience. 

Running backs Justin Ellis 

and Connor McWilliams will be 

relied upon, as will tight end Ben 

Domalewski and offensive lineman 

Drew Parrish. 

On defense, Gabe Meyers and 

Joel Veihl return at defensive back. 

Jackson Hosman is back at outside 

linebacker, and Johnny Nowak — 

a Providence Catholic High School 

transfer — at defensive lineman. 

Last year, the Knights registered 

four shutouts, and allowed seven or 

less points to eight total opponents. 

“Our program is based on defense,” 

Cordell said. “If you can’t 

score, you can’t win.” 

The Knights have numerous assistant 

coaches, and their defensive 

line coach has a bit of NFL experience. 

That is Evan Panfil. The 2013 

Central grad and standout defensive 

end at Purdue went to training 

camp with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 

a year ago, before being cut. 

“I’ve known coach [Panfil] a 

long time, and with him coming 

here coaching, we know we have 

the best of the best,” senior quarterback 

Bryce Hayes said. “It’s so 

exciting to have him here where he 

started and give back to the community.” 

After being backup last year, 

Hayes is the starting quarterback 

for the Knights. He also has many 

Lincoln-Way Central linebacker Mason Lyons hits the pads Aug. 15 during a practice. PHOTOS BY Adam 

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Zachary Orr catches a pass. 

roots in the community. His grandfather 

Don Hayes was a longtime 

baseball, boys golf and girls basketball 

coach at the school. Bryce’s 

father, Steve, was quarterback at 

Central in the mid to late 1980s, 

while his older brothers Cale 

(Class of 2014) and Nolan (2016) 

also played quarterback and wide 

receiver, respectively. 

“I’ve been playing football for 

12 years, the last 10 at quarterback,” 

Bryce Hayes said. “My dad 

played here and my brothers, so 

I’m excited.” 

While offensive threats Mike 

Morgan (South Dakota State) and 

Matt Pollack (Northern Illinois) 

— who combined for more than 

2,000 yards in offense last season 

— graduated, Hayes is confident in 

himself and the offense. 

“We won’t be the biggest team, 

but we will be fast,” he said. “We 

have a lot of good athletes. We may 

not have that guy that will have 40 

carries per game, but we have six 

guys that can carry the ball. They 

can all come in fresh and do the job. 

“Ever since coach Cordell came 

here [at the start of the 2015 season], 

we have improved by three 

wins every year. Our culture is 

sprinting that extra five yards after 

a play and doing the little things 

like that. We all have wristbands 

that say, ‘Campaign Champaign.’ 

That’s our goal.” 

In addition to Hayes, other newcomers 

who will be counted on offensively 

are senior Frank Luce, 

junior Danny Reyna and sophomore 

Henry Woods at running 

back, and juniors Rikki Dobson 

and Jake Leggero on the offensive 

line. On defense, Jackson Kameron 

and Mason Sargent are new on the 

line, fellow senior Aaron Marcotte 

will be relied upon at linebacker, 

while junior Ian Troester will step 

in as a defensive back. 

“We have a variety of kickers 

we are trying now,” Cordell said 

of special teams. “[Team-wise], it’s 

all about the process of 1-0 and our 

culture that we work to grow daily 

together in our program.”



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High expectations for Griffins after state title 

Jon DePaolis, Freelance Reporter 

Following up on a perfect 14-0 

season and the Class 8A state 

championship is a tall order. 

In fact, it might be an impossible 

task, as the 2017 Lincoln-Way East 

football team managed to maintain 

a No. 1 ranking in the state — not 

to mention a Top 100 national 

ranking — for most of the season. 

But daunting challenges do not 

scare the 2018 Griffins. And while 

November goals are not necessarily 

top of mind right now in August, 

this year’s Griffins do have some 

high expectations for themselves. 

“One of the things I think you 

get with successful programs is: 

Regardless of what one group did, 

the group that comes next wants to 

do better than the ones that came 

before,” East coach Rob Zvonar 

said. “Then, you sit and say to 

yourself, ‘Well, how do you do better 

than last year — 14-0 and state 

champs.’ You’ve got to find things 

you’ve never accomplished before. 

“This isn’t our focus right now, 

but our program has never won 

back-to-back state championships.” 

Zvonar said right now the team 

now is focusing on more immediate, 

short-term goals, as opposed 

to those season-long, aspirational 

ones. But he said the 2017 seniors 

left a strong blueprint in place, 

both on and off the field. 

“We have a very talented group of 

young men that are very hardworking,” 

Zvonar said. “But we are continuing 

to emphasize certain areas 

that we feel like you have to have 

to reach your full potential. We’re 

using words like ‘leadership,’ 

‘team chemistry,’ ‘football IQ,’ and 

being a great teammate and being 

unselfish. It’s going to be those intangible 

things that will determine 

the success of this group, because 

just talented individuals don’t have 

great success in the greatest team 

game that has ever been invented: 

football. Teams have great success. 

Talented individuals will, at some 

point, fail.” 

The East players certainly have 

East’s Foremost Sounds 

LW East’s five-track pump-up 

playlist 

1. “Crazy Town” by Jason 

Aldean 

2. “Mo Bamba” by Sheck Wes 

3. “Faneto” by Chief Keef 

4. “Dreams and Nightmares” 

by Meek Mill 

5. “Ladies and Gentlemen” by 

Saliva 

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A very good year: The Griffins 

had their first perfect season 

since 2005 when they won the 

Class 8A title in 2017 with a 

14-0 mark. 


• Week 1 - at Crete-Monee, 7 

p.m. Aug. 24 

• Week 2 - host Naperville 

Central, 7 p.m. Aug. 31 

• Week 3 - host Andrew, 7 

p.m. Sept. 7 

• Week 4 - at Sandburg, 7:30 

p.m. Sept. 14 

• Week 5 - host Lincoln-Way 

Central, 7 p.m. Sept. 21 

• Week 6 - host Homewood- 

Flossmoor, 7 p.m. Sept. 28 

• Week 7 - at Lockport, 7:30 

p.m. Oct. 5 

• Week 8 - at Thornwood, 7 

p.m. Oct. 11 

• Week 9 - host Bolingbrook, 7 

p.m. Oct. 19 

bought into that mindset, as well. 

Anthony Sottosanto, a senior offensive 

lineman and leader on the 

team, said it will be important to 

keep what happened last year in 

mind in order to build upon the 

culture that has been established at 

East. 

“But I think, this year, we know 

Lincoln-Way East’s linemen get at it during a recent practice. The Griffins look to repeat as IHSA Class 8A 

State Champs after last year’s undefeated season. Julie McMann/22nd Century Media 

we have a target on our back, and 

we want to embrace that,” Sottosanto 

said. 

Gus Christensen, a senior outside 

linebacker, agreed. He said 

that for East, success is doing the 

little things right. He also pointed 

to the players’ competitiveness. 

“Everyone is fighting for a spot 

and making sure the coaches know 

who they are,” he said. “I feel like 

that’s what makes everyone excited 

to get back on the football field 

after school every day. They just 

want to get out here, have some 

fun and get after it with their teammates.” 

Leadership also is crucial, said 

star junior wide receiver A.J. Henning. 

“We’ve got a lot of guys who 

were on the team since they were 

sophomores, like [Sottosanto and 

Manning],” Henning said. “Those 

guys know the game and how varsity 

works. They can help the juniors 

come along, and that’s been 

good. 

“And I think it’s the attitude going 

into every day — attacking it 

100 percent and working hard. We 

know that the wins will come, so 

we just have to keep working to 

reach our ultimate goal.” 

In order for the Griffins to have 

sustained success, particularly on 

offense, Zvonar said it will be dependent 

on the offensive line. The 

exciting thing for him is that the 

2018 Griffins return the most experience 

for that unit than in any year in 

program history. That includes two 

three-year starters in Sottosanto and 

senior Dane Eggert, as well as twoyear 

starter Brian Ciciura, a senior. 

At the skill positions, Zvonar 

said the wide receivers group features 

some talented players, such 

as seniors Jackson Ritter (6-foot- 

3) and Chase Anderson (6-foot-4). 

And, of course, there is Henning, 

whose electric performance in last 

year’s Class 8A state title game 

helped lead the Griffins to glory 

over Loyola Academy. 

But undoubtedly one of the biggest 

changes this season will take 

place under center, as Jack Baltz, 

a 6-foot-5 senior, takes the reins 

of the offense from Brendan Morrissey 

— the run-heavy quarterback 

who primarily did so to set up 

the pass last year. 

Defensively, the Griffins lost 

a lot of multi-year experience in 

Devin O’Rourke and Jaden Hacha 

— among others. But Zvonar 

said there is at least one returning 

starter or player with game experience 

at each level of the defense. 

That starts up front on the defensive 

line with senior Dylan Shelton 

(6-foot-1, 230 pounds), but 

also extends to the linebacker core 

with Christensen and senior inside 

linebacker Danny Scianna. In the 

secondary, Manning returns to add 

some depth. 

Zvonar said he thinks the 2018 

Griffins are a talented group, but 

right now that is all just on paper. 

“It’s not going to come down to 

how fast we can run or how much 

weights we can lift — because I 

think that part is there,” he said. 

“I think the physical attributes and 

talent are there. I think it’s going 

to come down to those intangible 

things — being a great teammate, 

being unselfish, making great decisions 

on and off the field, as well as 

in the classroom and community.” 

If the Griffins manage to master 

the intangibles, then they just may 

have another parade to plan in late 

November.



Youthful Celtics hope to keep up winning tradition 

Team rebuilds after last 

year’s run to 6A semis 

Chris Walker, Freelance Reporter 

As Providence went deep into 

the playoffs last year, it was able to 

practice an additional four weeks 

after the regular season. 

While it helped the Celtics win 

three playoff games before their 

season ended in the Class 6A semifinals, 

it also provided a significant 

opportunity for many who battled 

in those practices and are back now 

contributing in much bigger roles. 

Providence certainly is going to 

need them, since the Celtics lost 16 

seniors from last year’s team who 

are now donning new college uniforms. 

“Great number, and the most 

ever from one Providence team,” 

Celtics coach Mark Coglianese 

said of those who graduated and 

are now playing at the next level. 

“That makes things a little more 

difficult for this year. These young 

guys got a lot of practice, as we 

went through the playoffs making 

it to the semifinals. That was big 

for us. Now, it is their turn to become 

part of the great Celtics’ football 

tradition.” 

Coglianese will never forget 

Providence’s four-peat (1994- 

1997), where the extended season 

became commonplace. Last year 

offered a similar experience. 

“It’s not just the practices, but 

it’s the experience of going through 

the playoff games and seeing that 

success,” he said of last season. 

“That was a big benefit when we 

went through those four years, and 

it was part of the norm. Now, we’ll 

see how it translates into playing 

games, because that’s obviously 

the big question.” 

Pursuing state title No. 11, the 

Celtics have a lot of questions 

because of personnel turnover, 

including on offense, where turnovers 

always hurt. 

Juniors Jake Renfro and T.J. Galligani 

return on the offensive line, 

but that is as experienced as the 

Celtics get. Junior wide receiver 

Jerrell Wright and senior halfback 

De’Whon Gavin, who primarily 

Providence sophomore Kevin Conway drops back for a pass during a recent practice. Photos by Adam 

Jomant/22nd Century Media 

Celtics bring the thunder 

Providence Catholic’s fivetrack 


1. “Till I Collapse” by Eminem 

2. “X Gon’ Give It To Ya” by 

DMX 

3. “El Chapo” by The Game & 

Skrillex 

4. “Back in Black” by AC/DC 

5. “Enter Sandman” by 

Metallica 

blocked for his brother, De’Shon, 

last year, also are back. 

“No doubt, we’re going to be 

young,” Coglianese said. “We love 

our kids, though, but there are a lot 

of questions on how they’ll perform 

with the rigors of the Catholic 

League.” 

Sophomore Kevin Conway and 

senior Logan Phillips are battling 

for the starting quarterback spot, 

and each also can fill roles at wide 

receiver. Senior wide receiver 

Logan Phillips (left) stiff arms a defender. 

Scott Marmo, senior running back 

Brenden Martus, versatile junior 

Ryan Manikowski and freshman 

running back Aaron Vaughn also 

will have opportunities to help the 

Celtics rebuild their offense. 

“Having the two guys on the 

O-line back is big,” Martus said. 

“They’re leading the younger guys. 

As much as there’s talk about us 

not being ready, I think with our 

base of O-line guys and the good 

reps we’re getting, that we’re looking 

pretty good.” 

Defensively, the Celtics are even 

less experienced, with only junior 

Max Pignotti, who will also see 

time on offense, returning at free 

An In-10-se decade: 

Providence 



A very good year: The 

Celtics won their 10th state 

championship and first in 

10 years in 2014, when they 

finished 13-1, including a 31- 

28 Class 7A state title win over 

Cary-Grove. 


• Week 1 – vs. Lockport at 

Northern Illinois University, 6 

p.m. Aug. 25 

• Week 2 – host Morgan Park, 

7:30 p.m. Aug. 31 

• Week 3 – host St. Laurence, 

7:30 p.m. Sept. 7 

• Week 4 – at St. Rita, 7:30 

p.m. Sept. 14 

• Week 5 – host Brother Rice, 

7:30 p.m. Sept. 21 

• Week 6 – host Hope 

Academy, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28 

• Week 7 – at Mt. Carmel, 

7:30 p.m. Oct. 5 

• Week 8 – hosts Montini 

Catholic, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 12 

• Week 9 – at Loyola 

Academy, 1 p.m. Oct. 20 

safety. Senior linebackers Antonio 

Tuminello and linemen Matt Herman 

and Elias Valdez will look to 

lead the way for a defense that will 

have to mature quickly. 

“We usually hang our hats on 

defense, but it’s scary with only 

one returner,” Coglianese said. 

“We probably will again, but we 

may need some help with the numbers 

down, and, unfortunately, we 

might have to play some guys two 

ways — not every down, but at 

times.” 

Providence opens up against 

Lockport at Northern Illinois in 

Week 1, and the big games continue 

the next eight weeks — the 

team hopes into the 10th week and 

beyond. 

“We all have chips on our shoulders,” 

Martus said. “We’re ready 

go out there and show the world 

what we can do.”



Porters aim for return to playoffs in 2018 

Quarterback competition, 

filling starting spots 

dominate preseason 

Randy Whalen, Freelance Reporter 

A quick glance at this season’s 

60-man Lockport Township varsity 

football roster reveals something 

interesting. 

There are only 17 seniors on the 

team. 

So, while the Porters will be 

young, they also will certainly look 

to be better. Coming off a disappointing 

2-7 season last fall, they 

want to return to a playoff season 

like they had in 2016. 

In order to do that, there will 

have to be a lot of leadership. 

“I think we’ve got enough seniors 

that we can give them the 

advice they need,” Lockport senior 

Will Cichowski said of the underclassmen. 

“I’m excited. The whole 

team over the summer had a lot 

of younger players in leadership 

roles, too.” 

Cichowski will see a ton of action 

on the field. He is a returning 

starter as an outside linebacker on 

defense and as a tight end, sometimes 

fullback on offense. 

“I like playing linebacker better,” 

Cichowski admitted. “You get 

to make those hits.” 

In order to make those hits this 

year, Lockport is going to have to 

plug some new people in place, as 

only three senior starters return 

on defense. Those are Cichowski, 

along with defensive linemen Jake 

Janeczko and Ronald Tucker Jr., 

who was a starter his sophomore 

season before missing last year. 

Junior defensive back Collin Schmutzler 

is expected to step in and 

make an impact. 

“We will have many first-year 

starters on defense,” Lockport 

coach Dan Starkey said. “We will 

need to be disciplined and play 

with great effort.” 

The Porters will need to do 

that on offense, as well. A trio of 

starters return on the line. They 

are junior Payton Collins, along 

with seniors Ray Pustelnik and 

Chris Walus. Also on the line 

Lockport coach Dan Starkey (middle) addresses some of his players during a practice at the school’s East 

Campus. Photos by Julie McMann/22nd Century Media 

will be junior Billy Doyle as one 

of the newcomers to be relied 

upon. 

Other new key offensive skill 

position guys are senior tight end 

Joe Edwards, junior wide receiver 

Malik Makhlouf and senior running 

back Leslie Nartey. 

Last year’s starting quarterback, 

Jacob Karli, decided not to come 

back out this season, as he is instead 

concentrating on basketball. 

So, a pair of juniors have been vying 

for the quarterback spot. They 

are Bryon Mane and Marcos Voulgaris, 

who is the son of former Porters 

quarterback Spiro Voulgaris. 

Starkey said the final decision on 

who would be the opening night 

starter was not going to be made 

until after the team’s annual Maroon 

and White Night preseason 

game, which was to be held Friday, 

Aug. 17. 

“We have three returning starters 

in the offensive line and a group 

of junior linemen with significant 

size that will help our run game,” 

Starkey said. “But we have inexperience 

in all skill positions, including 

quarterback. We have to do a 

much better job running the ball. 

Senior kicker Ryan Barth works on his technique during practice. 

We can’t turn it over, and we have 

to be efficient in all three phases of 

the game. 

“We do have an outstanding senior 

kicker in Ryan Barth. He will 

handle punting duties, as well as 

placekicking and kickoff.” 

A key will be to stay together. 

“I think the team has to stay disciplined,” 

Cichowski said. “We 

have to focus on the clutch points, 

and make sure we work together 

as a team. Last year, we lacked 

chemistry. We weren’t connecting 

together and finishing every play, 

but we’ve built a lot of chemistry 

already this year between the juniors 

and senors.” 

Starkey, now in his fifth season 

as Lockport coach, also likes what 

he has seen from this group. 

“Everyone has good chemistry 

when you haven’t been in the 

fire yet,” he said. “But there’s an 

Combination Lockport 

Ronald Tucker Jr.’s five-track 


1. “We Ready” by Archie 

Eversole 

2. “Started From The Bottom” 

by Drake 

3. “No Problem” by Chance 

The Rapper 

4. “Trophies” by Young Money 

5. “DNA” by Kendrick Lamar 

An In-10-se decade: Lockport 



A very good year: The Porters 

reached the second round 

of the playoff in 2011 

before bowing to SouthWest 

Suburban Conference Blue foe 

Homewood-Flossmoor. 


• Week 1 – vs. Providence at 

Northern Illinois University, 6 

p.m. Aug. 25 

• Week 2 – at Wheaton- 

Warrenville South, 7:30 p.m. 

Aug. 31 

• Week 3 – at Thornton, 12:30 

p.m. Sept. 8 


Central, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 14 

• Week 5 – at Andrew, 7:15 

p.m. Sept. 21 

• Week 6 – host Bolingbrook, 

7:30 p.m. Sept. 28 


East, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 5 

• Week 8 – at Peoria Notre 

Dame, 6 p.m. Oct. 13 

• Week 9 – at Bradley- 

Bourbonnais, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 19 

old saying: ‘Iron sharpens iron.’ 

Our kids are calling each other 

out, as well as working and staying 

together. I like the makeup 

of the team, and the leadership 

is good.”



fastbreak 

Julie McMann/22nd Century 

Media 

1st and 3 

Lockport football 

ready for new 

season 

1. 17 of 60 

There are a total of 

17 seniors on this 

season’s 60-man 

LTHS football roster. 

The young squad 

will look to improve 

on last year’s 2-7 

season. 

2. Line experience 

Junior Payton 

Collins, along 

with seniors Ray 

Pustelnik and Chris 

Walus, return on the 

offensive line for 

the Porters’ attack, 

while defensive linemen 

Jake Janeczko 

and Ronald Tucker 

Jr. will be anchors on 

the other side of the 

ball for LTHS. 

3. Signal callers 

Bryon Mane and 

Marcos Voulgaris 

are juniors who 

spent the preseason 

competing for the 

starting quarterback 

role. 

Thursday Morning Quarterback 

This could be the start of 

the playoffs for some teams 

Jeff Vorva 

Sports Editor 

PRESSBOX PICKS 

Our staff’s predictions for 

the top games in Week 1 

Providence Catholic vs. Lockport Township at NIU 

Andrew at Thornton 

Tinley Park at St. Edward 

Sandburg at Lyons Township 

Lincoln-Way West hosts Case 

Lincoln-Way Central at Richards 

Lincoln-Way East at Crete-Monee 

Happy New Year! 

For those who are 

huge high school 

football fans, the new season 

starts Friday, Aug. 24, in 

Illinois. Start singing “Auld 

Lang Syne” or, better yet, 

your school’s fight song. 

This is a great time of the 

year, when everyone is 0-0 

and full of hope, while sports 

writers who try to make 

predictions are full of something 

else. 

The eight teams in the 

land of 22nd Century Media 

all have rich histories in the 

sport. 

One thing that we haven’t 

seen, however, is all eight 

teams making the playoffs 

the same season. In 2011, 

seven out of eight teams 

made it. After three straight 

seasons of the lull of four 

of the eight teams making it 

in 2014, 2015 and 2016, the 

2017 campaign featured a 

hefty six out of eight squads 

playing at least 10 games. 

For some traditional and 

recent powers, such as Class 

8A defending champion 

Lincoln-Way East, Lincoln- 

Way Central and Lincoln 

Way West, Friday is the start 

of the season. 

Judging by what I have 

been hearing and doing a 

scan of the schedules, for the 

0-0 

Jeff Vorva | 

Sports Editor 

• Providence 22, Lockport 12. It 

will get a lot harder for the Celtics 

when they get back from Dekalb. 

• Andrew 

• St. Edward 

• Lyons 

• LW West 

• Richards 

• LW East 

other five teams, Friday is 

the start of the playoffs. 

To get to the Illinois High 

School Association playoffs, 

one needs six wins out of 

nine games. At 5-4, a team 

still can make the playoffs, 

but it’s not a guarantee. It 

takes a decent amount of 

qualifying points (combined 

wins of opponents), and 

each year the cutoff point is 

different. 

So some of our teams need 

to win right now to avoid 

disappointment when it gets 

colder. 

Preseason predictions on 

the high school level are usually 

folly, because of injuries 

and the turnover of athletes. 

But it’s fun to speculate. 

I have some great thoughts 

now. Come Sunday, those 

thoughts might not be so 

Please see VORVA, 34 

0-0 

Thomas Czaja | 

Editor 

• Lockport 20, Providence 17. Two inexperienced 

squads with a lot to prove 

clash in season opener. Special teams 

plays key role in Porters’ triumph. 

• Andrew 


• Lyons 

• LW West 

• LW Central 

• LW East 

James Sanchez | 

Contributing Editor 

• Lockport 14, Providence 7. 

Porters capitalize on Celtics’ 

inexperience on opening week. 

• Andrew 


• Lyons 

• LW West 


• LW East 

Wiping the slate clean 

While everyone starts the football season 0-0, this is how 

they ended 2017 

SouthWest Suburban Conference 

Team, Conference Record, Overall 

• Lincoln-Way East, 7-0,14-0 

• Homewood-Flossmoor, 6-1,9-2 

• Lincoln-Way West, 6-1,9-3 

• Lincoln-Way Central, 5-1, 10-2 

• Bolingbrook, 5-2, 7-3 

• Andrew, 4-3, 6-4 

• Stagg, 2-4, 4-5 

• Thornton, 2-5, 4-5 

• Sandburg, 2-5, 3-6 

• Thornridge, 1-5, 4-5 

• Lockport, 1-5, 2-7 

• Bradley-Bourbonnais, 1-5, 2-7 

• Thornwood, 0-6, 0-9 

Chicago Catholic League Blue 


• Loyola, 4-0, 12-2 

• St. Rita, 2-2, 9-3 

• Mt. Carmel, 2-2, 9-4* 

• Providence Catholic, 2-2, 8-5 

• Brother Rice, 0-4, 2-7 

* Will not be in the conference this year. Montini will take Mt. 

Carmel’s place. 

South Suburban Conference Blue 


• Lemont, 6-0, 10-2 

• Hillcrest, 5-1,9-3 

• T.F. South, 3-3, 6-4 

• Tinley Park, 3-3, 5-5 

• Oak Forest, 3-3,4-5 

• Bremen, 1-5, 3-6 

• T.F. North, 0-6, 2-7 

0-0 

0-0 

Joe Coughlin | 

Publisher 

• Providence 31, Lockport 7. A fun 

experience at NIU for both teams, 

but Celtics only ones having fun 

on field. 

• Andrew 

• Tinley 

• Lyons 

• LW West 


• LW East 

0-0 

Heather Warthen | 

Chief Operating Officer 

• Providence 24, Lockport 14. 

My alma mater versus my 

hometown’s high school. Going 

Celtic strong for the opener. 

• Andrew 

• Tinley 

• Lyons 

• LW West 

• Richards 

• LW East 

LISTEN UP 

“Our kids are calling each other out, as well as 

working and staying together. I like the makeup of the 

team, and the leadership is good.” 

Dan Starkey — Lockport football coach, on the chemistry of this 

season’s team 

Tune In 

Football 

Taking the field — 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, vs. 

Providence at Northern Illinois University 

• The Porters square off with the Celtics in the 

season opener at DeKalb. 

Index 

34 - Athlete of the Week 

34 - This Week In 

FASTBREAK is compiled by Editor Thomas 

Czaja, tom@homerhorizon.com.

homer glen’s Hometown Newspaper | www.homerhorizon.com | August 23, 2018 

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