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HellsGate Haunted House in Lockport, which is owned and operated by LTHS grad John LaFlamboy, returns for its third season of a thrilling adventure. LaFlamboy also 

designs and produces the iconic Statesville Haunted Prison; both attractions open Thursday, Oct. 4. Tiela Halpin

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SATURDAY 

Central American Cuisine 

10:30-11:30 a.m. Oct. 6, 

Homer Township Public Library 

Community Meeting 

Room, 14320 W. 151st St. 

Chef Susan Maddox will 

explore and teach the areas 

of Central America. The 

program will feature a few 

of the countries and their 

individual cuisine through 

their unique ingredients. 

Registration is required. For 

more information, call (708) 

301-7908. 

SUNDAY 

Pancake Breakfast 

8 a.m.-11 a.m. Oct. 7, 

American Legion Post 18, 

15052 Archer Ave. in Lockport. 

Everyone is invited to 

attend and enjoy an all-youcan-eat 

breakfast. Pancakes, 

bacon, sausage, potatoes, 

scrambled eggs and homemade 

biscuits and gravy will 

be served. Tickets are $8 for 

adults, and children 5 and 

under are free. Proceeds will 

benefit local area veterans. 

MONDAY 

Discover the Minis 

Noon-1 p.m. Oct. 8, Homer 

Township Public Library, 

14320 W. 151st St. All ages 

are welcome to meet Hawk 

and Rae, two certified pet 

therapy horses. Advanced 

tickets may be obtained at 

the Youth Services Desk 30 

minutes before the program 

begins. 

Introduction to Word 2013 

6-7 p.m. Oct. 8, Homer 

Township Public Library 

Community Meeting Room, 

14320 W. 151st St. Participants 

will learn how to 

format, make borders, columns, 

use clipcart and more. 

Registration is required. For 

more information, call (708) 

301-7908. 

UPCOMING 

Homer Glen Area Chamber 

of Commerce Mini Expo 

5:30-8 p.m. Thursday, 

Oct. 11, Front Row Restaurant, 

14903 Founders Crossing 

in Homer Glen. This is 

the second mini expo hosted 

by the chamber, which is 

to feature local businesses 

for the community to learn 

about and network with. 

Comfort Horses will be in 

the back parking lot courtesy 

of Angel Hooves, a 

new member of the chamber. 

More information is to 

come. 

Google Mail & Calendar 

Course 

6-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 

11, Administration Office 

Board Room, 15733 Bell 

Road, Homer Glen. Participants 

in this course will learn 

about the new design change 

of Google Mail and Calendar 

and how one can become 

a master of email productivity 

and control one’s schedule 

with the calendar. To 

register, visit http://tinyurl. 

com/33c-courses. 

LTHS Band Fall Concert 

7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, 

Lockport Township High 

School East Auditorium, 

1323 E. 7th St. in Lockport. 

The Future Ready Student 

Foundation 5K Color Run/ 

Walk 

9:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 

14, 14751 South Founders 

Xing, Homer Glen. All proceeds 

from this color run/ 

walk will benefit STEM 

education at Homer 33C. 

This event will feature a 

one-mile run/walk. Registration 

before Oct. 1 is $20 

per student and $25 for nonstudents, 

which includes 

a race T-shirt and goodie 

bag. Registration after Oct. 

1 is $30 per person. For 

more information, contact 

Robyn at (708) 296-0857 

or hadleypto1@gmail.com. 

To register, visit https:// 

color-run.regfox.com/colorrun-2018. 

Senior Fall Harvest 

1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 

17, American Legion Post 

18, 5052 Archer Ave. in 

Lockport. While supplies 

last, each household will 

receive a free bag of fruits 

and vegetables. There will 

also be free refreshments. 

Walgreens will be offering 

free flu shots, and the 

Homer Township Fire Protection 

District will be providing 

free blood pressure 

checks. For more information, 

contact Ethel at (708) 

819-9517. 

Google Drive and Docs 

Courses 

6-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 

18, Administration Office 

Board Room, 15733 Bell 

Rd, Homer Glen. Those 

who attend this course will 

learn how to backup files 

on Google Drive. Google 

Docs will also be discussed 

as an alternative to using 

Microsoft Word. The Drive 

features not only doc, but 

sheets and slides. To register, 

visit http://tinyurl.com/33ccourses. 

LTHS Choir Fall Concert 

7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, 


School East Auditorium, 

1323 E. 7th St. in Lockport. 

The 2018 Mike Hike 5K 

Run/Walk 

8 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, 

The Heroes Trail, west of 

Bell Road near Martingale 

Lane in Homer Glen. Join 

in this fun and meaningful 

community event by celebrating 

the life of PFC Michael 

C. Olivieri and honor 

all of our local armed service 

members and first responders. 

All ages are welcome. 

Support our troops and trails. 

Register or sponsor now at 

www.mikehike5k.com. 

ONGOING 

Bengtson’s Pumpkin Fest 

2018 

Various hours at Bengtson’s 

Pumpkin Farm, 

13341 W. 151st St. in 

Homer Glen. The Pumpkin 

Fest includes a barnyard 

dance cow coaster, free 

selfie booth, tractor-pulled 

hayrack rides, fun barn, 

barnyard animals and petting 

zoo, pumpkin chucker, 

haunted barn, pig races and 

more. For more information, 

call (708) 301-3276 

(FARM) or visit www. 

pumpkinfarm.com. 

Konow’s Corn Maze Fall Fest 

10 a.m.-7 p.m. Sunday 

through Friday and 10 a.m.- 

8 p.m. at Konow’s Corn 

Maze, 16849 S. Cedar Road 

in Homer Glen. There are 

two corn mazes, food, rides, 

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information, call (708) 301- 

8845 or visit www.konows 

cornmaze.com. 

Statesville Haunted Prison & 

City of the Dead 

7-10 p.m. Thursdays and 

Sundays and 7-11 p.m. Fridays 

and Saturdays in October 

and Halloween day. 

17250 Weber Road in Lockport. 

General admission is 

$30. Take a journey through 

the haunted houses with 

more than 44 rooms, 200 

convicts and creatures. The 

prisoners of Statesville have 

rioted, and the gates have 

opened for visitors. Guests 

will be forced to make their 

way through maximum security 

cells and come face to 

face with criminals who were 

too evil to die. For more information 

and to purchase 

tickets, visit www.statesville 

hauntedprison.com. 

HellsGate Haunted House 

7-10 p.m. Thursdays and 

Sundays and 7-11 p.m. Fridays 

and Saturdays in October 

and Halloween Day, 

Metra lot, 1300 S. State St. 

in Lockport, General admission 

is $28. HellsGate 

Haunted House is an adventure 

all the way through. 

Walk down a dark trail, maneuver 

through the cemetery 

and navigate through secret 

passages and the dragon 

cave to find the way out of 

HellsGate. If one finds the 

skeleton key, their ticket is 

free. For more information 

and to purchase tickets, visit 

www.hellsgate.com.

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the Homer Horizon | October 4, 2018 | 3 

LTHS grad brings creative ideas to haunted houses for new season 


Assistant Editor 

Halloween is a time when 

children dress up as their 

favorite superheroes, villains, 

TV show characters 

and even their favorite animals, 

trick-or-treating from 

door to door with the hopes 

of getting as much candy as 

possible. As children, it’s 

something to look forward to 

and get excited for because 

for just one day everyone is 

playing dress up. 

Not to be forgotten is the 

opportunity for adults to join 

in on the fun and channel 

their inner child, whether it 

be dressing up in costume or 

entering into a world where 

playing pretend is acceptable. 

This is exactly what Lockport 

Township High School 

graduate John LaFlamboy 

has kept in mind over the 

last 20 years as the owner of 

Zombie Army Productions 

that designs and produces 

two haunted houses in Lockport. 

Thursday, Oct. 4 is the 

opening date for both Hells- 

Gate Haunted House and 

Statesville Haunted Prison 

& City of the Dead, bringing 

new scares to all thrill-seekers 

that dare to go through 

them. 

“It’s that little thing where 

I always say, ‘Don’t grow 

up too fast, don’t let go of 

the inner child, you know, 

hold on to those things,’” 

LaFlamboy said. “The world 

can sometimes grind it away 

from you so fast, and Halloween 

is this great little time 

of the year where as adults, 

we’re all given permission to 

play like children.” 


Now entering into its third 

season, HellsGate brings a 

different meaning to the term 

haunted house. LaFlamboy 

brought HellsGate to life 

with the intention of providing 

an adventure for all those 

who enter it. 

“It is markedly different 

than any other haunted 

house in the state, in the region, 

the country,” he said. 

“We leave it our tagline, 

‘HellsGate is more than just 

a haunted house, it’s an adventure,’ 

and I mean that. 

The way the whole show is 

designed is to take you on a 

physical adventure.” 

LaFlamboy’s rendition of 

the popular 1980’s Hells- 

Gate Haunted House, which 

closed in the early ‘90s, 

features many of the same 

iconic attractions but with 

his own twist. Back in the 

day, that haunted house was 

known as the one that would 

give customers their money 

back if they made it all the 

way through. 

“The haunted house that 

started all the stories back 

then, if I could bring it back 

and have fun with that, and 

create that world again but 

Zombie Army Productions 

style, we just thought that 

would be a great challenge 

for the company, and we 

honestly thought the market 

wanted it,” LaFlamboy said. 

“Literally, the customers 

were looking for that haunted 

house, so we figured we’d 

build it for them.” 


is currently ranked the 11thscariest 

haunted house in the 

world by Hauntworld.com, 

which according to LaFlamboy 

is the No. 1 haunted 

house website that promotes 

the haunted house industry 

by sharing what attractions 

people should visit. 

“It’s a different kind of 

success for us; we’re very 

proud of it,” LaFlamboy 

said. 

The 40-minute adventure 

starts at the Metra lot in downtown 

Lockport where customers 

park and are then bused 

five minutes down the dark 

Statesville Haunted Prison and City of the Dead in 

Lockport, designed by LTHS grad John LaFlamboy, has 

more than 200 convicts and creatures lurking around 

inside. Tiela Halpin 

“Murder Road.” Once they 

get to the site, it’s go time. 

Thrill-seekers must walk 

down a dark trail and find 

their way through the cemetery, 

climbing around mausoleums 

and fallen trees. After 

they reach the top of the hill, 

it brings them to the front 

door of a house. It’s there that 

people must navigate through 

secret passages, up to the attic, 

go down a giant slide into 

the basement and face the 

wrath of dragons. 

The newest addition this 

year to HellsGate is the dragon 

cave that features a room 

full of 20-foot-tall dragons. 

Before one can escape Hells- 

Gate, this is the last obstacle 

they must go through. 

“The dragon cave, just 

the cave, is 76 feet by 26 

feet; that’s bigger than some 

haunted houses, and that’s 

just the addition we put on 

this year,” LaFlamboy said. 

After successfully making 

it through the dragon cave, 

if one finds the key to Hells- 

Gate, their ticket is free. 

“Chicagoland is a merciless 

audience, man,” 

LaFlamboy said. “Chicagoland 

absolutely demands 

quality, so if you put a show 

out there that’s just not quality 

or pushing the boundaries 

or innovating, they will call 

you out on it. But if you constantly 

push, you constantly 

come up with new stuff and 

you’re constantly giving your 

audience something new every 

year, they come back.” 

General admission into 


is $28. It is open Thursdays 

and Sundays 7-10 p.m., and 

Fridays and Saturdays 7-11 

p.m. throughout October and 

located at 3101 Canal St. It 

is also open from 7-10 p.m. 

on Halloween. 

For more information and 

to purchase tickets, visit 

www.hellsgate.com. 

Statesville Haunted Prison & 

City of the Dead 

Chicagoland is no stranger 

to Statesville Haunted Prison, 

with the iconic attraction 

continuing to grow over the 

last 22 years. Prior to the 

haunted house it is today, it 

began as a haunted hayride 

that was a popular Halloween 

attraction for all ages. 

In 1995, owner Paul Siegel 

of Statesville and Siegel’s 

Cottonwood Farm, said that it 

rained all but one-and-a-half 

weekend nights in October, 

forcing them to rethink their 

offerings and bring a new 

haunt under roof. Statesville 

Haunted Prison started out as 

a roughly 3,000-square-foot 

haunt in 1996. Twenty-two 

years later, it’s earned multiple 

state and national awards, 

one of which ranked them as 

No. 3 for fan-voted “mustsee” 

haunt in Illinois in 2017. 

They were also ranked the 

fifth-scariest in the country 

in 2017 by The Scare Factor 

Haunted House Reviews. 

Siegel created the idea of 

Statesville after having lived 

across the street from the 

prison as a child growing up. 

“As a kid growing up, 

I was exposed to inmates, 

as well as the guards that 

were watching them,” he 

said. “My father was good 

friends with the warden, and 

they used to ride the outside 

of the prison on horseback, 

so we would visit with the 

guards a couple times a day 

and see them walking right 

in front of our house going 

around the prison.” 

Reflecting on that experience 

as a child, he began to 

wonder: What could be a 

scarier theme for a haunted 

house than a prison? 

“I’ve only observed on 

tours, obviously never been 

in jail, never been in prison, 

but I have toured Stateville 

and realized that to build on 

the fear that people have of 

incarceration, when you’re 

in prison you basically lose 

your rights, your freedoms 

and you’re totally dominated 

by the guards and administration, 

which is scary enough 

in itself,” Siegel said. 

He remembers that when 

people would come to visit 

the prison on Sundays, a lot 

of people pronounced it with 

the “s” in the middle of the 

name, and thus, Statesville 

Haunted Prison was born. 

Siegel hired LaFlamboy 

20 years go to help make 

Statesville what it is today. 

“When I came in ‘98, I 

had a thesis of how to create 

an interactive, actorbased 

theatrical haunted 

house. At the time, nobody 

was doing that, it didn’t exist,” 

LaFlamboy said. “So 

I kind of came in with this 

new idea of how to do it, so 

I knocked down what little 

they had there and created 


as we know it today.” 

Every year, LaFlamboy 

said he changes 30 percent 

of the house to always bring 

something new to customers. 

This year, the famous 

clown room has been redesigned 

to create a “scarier, 

more edgy clown room.” 

Overall, Statesville features 

44 terrifying rooms, 

with more than 200 convicts 

and creatures lurking inside. 

It takes about 40 to 50 

minutes total to go through 

Statesville & City of the 

Dead, which is the cave that 

all the pretend prisoners are 

buried in. 

“Statesville, it’s like one 

iconic room after another at 

this point. After 21 years of 

fine-tuning and reinventing, 

man we really have a bunch 

of iconic rooms in there 

now,” LaFlamboy said. 

General admission into 


& City of the Dead is $30. It 

is open Thursdays and Sundays 

7-10 p.m., and Fridays 

and Saturdays 7-11 p.m. 

throughout October and located 

at 17250 S. Weber 

Road. It is also open 7-10 

p.m. on Halloween. 

For more information and 

to purchase tickets, visit www. 

statesvillehauntedprison.com. 

“We truly felt like the 

south suburbs here could 

become — I want Lockport, 

Illinois to be known as Halloween 

town,” LaFlamboy 

said. “We have two of the 

greatest shows in the entire 

Midwest in one area, and 

they are two markedly different 

types of shows.”

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Homer Glen Village Board 

New event for Veterans Day 

approved, to take place Nov. 11 

Jessie Molloy 

Freelance Reporter 

The Homer Glen Village 

Board gave approval at its 

Sept. 26 meeting for a new 

community event commemorating 

Veterans Day. 

The event will be held 

Sunday, Nov. 11, at Konow’s 

Corn Maze and will be free 

for all attendees. The event 

is being co-sponsored by 

Lockport VFW Post 5788 

& Auxiliary and John Olson 

American Legion Post 18. 

Trustee Beth Rodgers, 

who is spearheading the 

event for the Village, noted 

that residents have been requesting 

a Village event for 

Veterans Day for several 

years, and that she is excited 

to finally be bringing the celebration 

to Homer Glen. 

The event will include a 

21-gun salute, the presentation 

of the colors by the 

Will County Sheriff’s Office 

Honor Guard and the playing 

of “Taps” to honor the fallen 

before moving onto festive 

activities, including entertainment 

by The Lockport 

Swing Thing dancers and a 

DJ. There will also be complimentary 

pizza, hot dogs, 

beverages and popcorn, as 

well as face painting, an exhibit 

of tractor and military 

vehicles, and Konow’s typical 

outdoor attractions. 

In agreeing to do the 

event, Konow’s extended 

its season by one day this 

year. Rodgers expressed 

hope that the event will 

have good weather, but she 

noted that even in the event 

of rain, all the activities will 

take place under the tents at 

the farm. 

In order to pay for the cost 

of refreshments and entertainment, 

the board allocated 

$7,500 to the event from 

the Community Events and 

Activities line item in the 

budget. Rodgers noted that 

she does not anticipate costs 

to greatly exceed $5,000 but 

requested the excess funds to 

be cautious. 

“Since the event is going 

to be free, and this is the 

first time we are doing it, it’s 

hard to say how many people 

will show up,” she explained. 

“I’d rather we have 

a little extra money than not 

enough.” 

The board voted unanimously, 

minus the votes 

of absent Trustees Carlo 

Caprio and Christina Neitzke-Troike, 

to approve the 

spending and showed great 

enthusiasm for the event. 

“This is something the 

Village should have had for 

a long time,” Mayor George 

Yukich said. “So, thank you, 

Trustee Rodgers, for taking 

the initiative to put this together.” 

Our Mother of Good Counsel 

Church gets go-ahead for 

construction 

During the public comments 

portion of the Village 

Board meeting, multiple 

residents came forward to 

express support for a project 

proposed by Our Mother of 

Good Counsel Church. 

The church, which was 

built under Will County standards 

in 2000 before Homer 

Glen was incorporated, is 

now located in a residentially 

zoned area, and, therefore, 

requires a special use permit 

for new construction. 

The church plans to build 

a 4,600-square-foot rectory 

30 feet from the property line 

(a variance from the usually 

required 80 feet for an accessory 

structure), and it has 

plans in the future to construct 

a 9,800-square-foot 

community center connected 

to the existing church, which 

would be used for community 

meetings and religious 

education. 

The board voted unanimously 

to approve the special 

use permit and grant the 

setback variance on the rectory 

construction. 

Cork & Kerry heading to 

Homer 

The board also voted 

unanimously to increase the 

number of Class B liquor 

licenses available in the village 

and grant the new license 

to incoming restaurant 

and bar Cork & Kerry At 

The Office. 

The establishment will 

be located at 15301 S. Bell 

Road and is expected to open 

before the end of the year. 

Cork & Kerry is a full-service 

restaurant known for its 

sports bar setting and pizza 

at its two existing Chicago 

area locations on the South 

Side. 

Since the owners applied 

for the liquor license more 

than halfway through the fiscal 

year, the board also opted 

to reduce the cost of the liquor 

license by half for the 

business’ first year. 

Instead of paying the usual 

$2,000 fee, Cork & Kerry 

will pay only $1,000 for the 

remainder of the year ending 

on April 30, 2019. All further 

renewals of the license 

will be subject to regular 

fees. 

Although it was approved 

by the board, Cork & Kerry’s 

liquor license is still subject 

to a kitchen inspection and 

the passing of background 

checks. 

Please see village, 6



From Saturday, sept. 29 

Two LTHS freshmen arrested after pellet gun is brought to homecoming dance 

Max Lapthorne 

Contributing Editor 

Two Lockport Township 

High School freshmen were 

arrested after reports of a gun 

being brought to the Saturday, 

Sept. 29 LTHS homecoming 

dance led to a pellet 

gun being discovered off 

school grounds, according 

to a release issued that same 

day by the Lockport Police 

Department. 

During the dance at approximately 

7:45 p.m., one 

of the seven Lockport police 

officers who were providing 

security for the dance was 

notified by a student that he 

heard there was a student 

who brought a gun to the 

dance, according to a release 

issued by the school district 

Monday, Oct. 1. Ten minutes 

later, officers located the student 

— a freshman at LTHS 

— and took him into custody. 

At approximately 8:25 p.m., 

30 minutes after being arrested, 

the student admitted to 

bringing a pellet gun into the 

dance and giving it to a second 

student when he saw police 

searching the fieldhouse. 

At approximately 8:45 

p.m., a large group of dance 

attendees outside the fieldhouse 

“became startled and 

began rushing for the exit,” 

causing several students to 

fall on top of one another, according 

to the school district’s 

release. Lockport Township 

High School District 205 

Superintendent Todd Wernet 

said in a Monday, Oct. 

1 phone interview with The 

Horizon that the district had 

not determined the cause for 

the rush of students. 

“We’ve heard rumors, 

we’ve heard that something 

was shouted, but nothing 

has been substantiated at this 

time,” Wernet said. 

While the rush of students 

caused some to fall, Wernet 

said the district did not directly 

receive reports of any 

students being injured during 

the incident. 

“We are concerned about 

it, that students possibly were 

injured, but we did not have 

any reports directly to us of 

it,” he said. 

Police located the second 

student — also an LTHS 

freshman — at approximately 

8:42 p.m., three minutes 

prior to the rush of students, 

and arrested him. He 

informed police that he had 

buried the pellet gun in the 

yard of a residence near the 

school, and officers were able 

to recover the pellet gun. 

Neither student reportedly 

threatened anyone with the 

pellet gun, and it was never 

fired, according to the Lockport 

Police Department release. 

The pellet gun reportedly 

was not loaded and did not 

have an air cartridge in it, so it 

was “not actionable to be discharged,” 

according to Wernet. 

Several area law enforcement 

agencies, including Illinois 

State Police District 5, 

responded to an “erroneous 

report of an active shooter,” 

according to the district’s Oct. 

1 release. The police department 

stated in its release that 

there was “never a threat to 

students or staff.” The Lockport 

Police Department also 

noted in a Facebook post from 

the evening of Sept. 29 that 

officers were at the school 

providing extra security at 

the dance, though it said that 

was a routine practice at most 

dances and reiterated it was 

not related to any threat. 

Shortly after 9 p.m., an 

announcement was made to 

dance attendees making them 

aware that there was an issue, 

but “encouraging them 

to stay calm and enjoy the remainder 

of the dance,” Wernet 

said. It was deemed to 

be “unmanageable to let the 

event continue,” at 9:30 p.m., 

so the dance was ended 30 

minutes before its scheduled 

conclusion time of 10 p.m. 

Phone and email messages 

with information about the 

incident were sent to LTHS 

parents at approximately 

9:45 p.m. 

The Lockport Police Department 

has referred to it as 

a “disorderly conduct incident,” 

and charges for the two 

students are pending within 

the juvenile justice system. 

They also are facing school 

disciplinary action, according 

to the LTHS release. The 

school is to conduct an investigation 

into the incident 

before levying a punishment, 

Wernet said. 

“The alleged behavior 

that was involved was serious 

misconduct, and if it is 

verified as accurate, [the] students 

would be facing serious 

consequences,” Wernet said. 

School counselors and social 

workers are to be available 

to assist students experiencing 

stress or anxiety as a result of 

the incident, according to the 

LTHS release. The incident is 

under investigation, and anyone 

with information about it 

is asked to contact the Lockport 

Police Department. 

For more on this and other 

Breaking News, visit Homer 

Horizon.com. 

Homer teen designs, builds arbor for Eagle Scout project 

Thomas Czaja, Editor 

When the Little Red 

Schoolhouse Nature Center 

in Willow Springs told Joe 

Cryer what they were looking 

for, he was quick to set 

out to create plans to make 

it happen. 

Cryer, a Homer Glen resident 

and senior at Lockport 

Township High School, was 

informed the nature center 

was looking for something 

to bridge a path there for a 

water hose, so he decided to 

create an aesthetically-pleasing 

arbor that could help do 

that for them for his Eagle 

Scout project. 

The 17-year-old is a member 

of Troop 63, which has 

served Homer Glen, Lockport 

and New Lenox since 

1966, according to its website. 

Together, with several 

dozen of his fellow Scouts 

aiding him, Cryer went to 

the grounds of the Little Red 

Schoolhouse Nature Center 

Sept. 9 to build the arbor. 

“I was really pleased with 

how it all turned out,” Cryer 

said, “I was never quite sure 

how it would all come together, 

but when we ended 

and stood on the path looking 

at it, I was glad how 

everybody worked together 

and how it ended.” 

With the nature center having 

live animals and exhibits, 

a children’s activity room 

and more to go along with 

The Little Red Schoolhouse 

and its historic past, all ages 

will frequently see and walk 

under Cryer’s creation. 

After reaching out to a 

number of places, Cryer 

settled on building the arbor, 

first drawing out plans for it, 

then discussing those plans 

with the nature center, the 

Troop 63 helps one of its members, Homer Glen resident 

and Lockport Township High School senior Joe Cryer 

(bottom in middle) build an arbor on Sept. 9 at Little Red 

Schoolhouse Nature Center in Willow Springs. Cryer 

designed the structure for the nature center for his Eagle 

Scout project. Photo submitted 

council level of Boy Scouts 

and Troop 63 for approval. 

Then, he went around and 

asked for donations for materials 

for the project, but 

he and his family ultimately 

footed the bill for the project 

themselves. 

With all the help with its 

construction, the project 

took roughly six hours to 

complete. 

Cryer, who joined Cub 

Scouts as soon as he could 

as a child, said learning so 

many skills and getting to 

help pass those on to fellow 

Scout members, including 

with this project, has been 

rewarding. 

“I’ve acquired so many 

different skills I wouldn’t 

have gotten anywhere else,” 

Cryer said. “It is a blessing 

to get some knowledge and 

be around people who can 

teach you so well.” 

As for his future, Cryer 

hopes to study chemical engineering 

in college, with 

the University of Wisconsin- 

Madison currently being the 

school he is leaning toward. 

According to Cryer’s 

mother, Barbara, Joe has always 

been one to show great 

leadership traits and a strong 

work ethic. 

“Joe always goes above 

and beyond,” she said. 

“We’re always very proud; 

whatever he does, he’s always 

trying to make sure he 

makes a difference, an impact. 

“This particular project is 

exactly what we would have 

expected from him.” 

She also said that Troop 

63 gave wonderful support, 

and that her son and the 

other members have a lot 

of camaraderie. With Joe’s 

father, Edward, being an 

Eagle Scout himself, along 

with other family members 

having been involved with 

the Scouts, it was only natural 

for Joe to follow in those 

footsteps. 

“It was nice putting something 

together, creating 

something,” Joe said. “Especially 

when it is in the community 

and other people can 

see it and appreciate it.”



Rotary Club gives approximately 1,000 third-graders dictionaries 

Various elementary 

schools in Homer 

Glen, Lockport, Crest 

Hill receive gift 



In this day and age, it’s 

easy to look up any word 

online and learn the definition 

along with synonyms, 

antonyms and everything 

in between. Despite the accessibility, 

members of the 

Lockport Rotary Club believe 

having a hard copy of 

a dictionary, or any book for 

that matter, brings more value 

than any computer could. 

Approximately 1,000 

third-graders from nine different 

elementary schools in 

Homer Glen, Lockport and 

Crest Hill — who will one 

day go on to attend Lockport 

Township High School — 

each received a free dictionary 

courtesy of the Lockport 

Rotary Club. 

“Our club is about 30 

members strong, and our 

members go to each one of 

the schools and pass out the 

dictionaries at the school,” 

member and past president 

Tom Drake said. 

This is the fourth year 

that the club has visited 

Butler, St. Dennis, Milne 

Grove, Taft School, Goodings 

Grove, Schilling and 

Young schools to pass out 

the free dictionaries. The 

members started their tour 

of the schools Sept. 12 and 

finished giving out the dictionaries 

on Sept. 20. 

“We met four years ago 

with two of the principals to 

help select what type of dictionary 

they wanted,” Drake 

said. “They decided to go to 

a more advanced dictionary, 

because they said dictionaries 

are the type you can use 

beyond high school.” 

The club selected thirdgraders 

as the recipients because 

Drake said that they 

learned though an organization 

called The Dictionary 

Project that third grade is the 

year in school when students 

start to focus more on words 

and writing skills. According 

to its website, “The dictionaries 

are a gift to each student 

to use at school and at home 

for years to come. Educators 

see third grade as the dividing 

line between learning to 

read and reading to learn, so 

we encourage our sponsors to 

give dictionaries each year to 

children in the third grade.” 

On average each year, 

the Lockport Rotary Club 

spends $2,800 on dictionaries 

that they purchase 

through The Dictionary Project, 

a nonprofit whose goal 

is to provide as many thirdgraders 

across the country 

with dictionaries as possible. 

At the end of this year, the 

rotary club will have given 

3,800 dictionaries for free to 

students. 

Lockport Rotary Club Rotarian Bill Riordan speaks to a third-grade class at Butler School 

in Lockport after distributing free dictionaries to each student. Photo submitted 

The dictionaries, which 

are called “A Student’s Dictionary,” 

contain 540 pages 

not only of words, but educational 

resources, including 

maps, a description of every 

United States president, the 

Constitution, information 

about the planets and more. 

“There were versions that 

were more grade school-oriented, 

so we selected the one 

that had more in-depth and a 

little more going forth, and it 

seems like its gone over very, 

very well,” Drake said. “Our 

reception from the teachers 

has been spectacular, and a 

number of kids have talked 

about their brothers and sisters 

bringing it home in previous 

years and now they 

have their own.” 

When approximately four 

or five Rotarians visit each 

classroom, the first thing 

they have the students do after 

passing out the dictionaries 

is have them write their 

name on the first page. 

“No. 1, it’s their own book, 

so for a lot of our students, 

what the teachers tell us is 

the kids we’re reaching out 

to don’t have a book of their 

own,” Drake said. “They 

might have a family book, 

but this one is their own, 

they can write their name in 

it, and that ownership I think 

is real important.” 

He added that while computers 

are a good tool, a lot 

of times someone might not 

have access to one and having 

a hard copy of a dictionary 

can be very helpful. 

“I’m not sure if they’re 

going to use it forever or not, 

but I’m convinced that having 

your own book is kind of 

a special thing,” Drake said. 

New this year, the rotary 

club also purchased Spanishto-English 

dictionaries as a 

result of a changing demographic 

of students in school 

and a specific request from 

teachers. The students who 

receive those also receive 

The Student Dictionary. 

After the students write 

their names in their new dictionaries, 

the members share 

with them how the book isn’t 

just a dictionary, but a resource 

they can use for many 

other different subjects. 

With every class they visit, 

they always look up the 

word “beneficial” together. 

The four-way test, which is 

an ethical guide for Rotarians 

to use, ask the questions: 

Is it the truth? Is it fair to 

all concerned? Will it build 

goodwill and better friendships? 

Will it be beneficial to 

all concerned? 

Those four questions are 

on a sticker that the members 

put on the front of each 

of the dictionaries. 

“What we do is we have 

the kids read these and have 

them tell us if they think 

these are good things to keep 

in mind, and then we look up 

the word beneficial, and it’s 

an adjective that means useful,” 

Drake said. 

The Lockport Rotary Club 

hopes to continue spreading 

the message that dictionaries 

are beneficial to everyone, 

while fulfilling their mission 

of providing every thirdgrader 

with a dictionary of 

their own. 

“I foresee the Lockport 

Rotary Club doing this indefinitely,” 

Drake said. 

“There’s great support 

among the club and for thirdgraders. 

It’s something that 

the teachers definitely really 

encourage, and we’ve gotten 

just real support among the 

school districts.” 

For more information on 

the Lockport Rotary Club 

and its philanthropic efforts, 

visit www.lockportrotary. 

com. 

village 

From Page 4 

Sewer alteration 

Finally, the board gave 

approval to Development 

Services Director Mike Salamowicz 

to slightly alter 

the construction plan of the 

Fiddyment Creek Sanitary 

Sewer. 

Originally, a section of the 

sewer consisting of several 

hundred feet of pipe, located 

on the Forest Preserve District 

of Will County property 

off Gougar Road, was intended 

to be installed using a 

boring method instead of using 

heavy equipment to dig a 

physical trench. 

The idea behind this plan, 

according to Salamowicz, 

was to create less neighborhood 

disturbance and avoid 

taking out additional trees. 

However, as construction 

has commenced, several 

trees in the specified area 

have already been removed, 

so there would no longer be 

a benefit in using the digging 

method. 

Salamowicz therefore requested 

that the length of 

sanitary sewer be created 

using the more traditional 

trench method, instead. 

While this would, he admitted, 

be a little louder 

while the work goes on, 

changing the construction 

method will result in the 

Village saving $145,000, he 

said. 

“It will also be completed 

quicker, and keep us on 

schedule to complete the 

project,” Salamowicz said. 

Warning on door-to-door 

scammers, vehicle thefts 

The board and Will County 

Sheriff’s Office warned 

residents to be aware of 

door-to-door scammers and 

automotive robberies on 

the street, which have both 

been noted in neighboring 

communities recently. 

Residents are encouraged 

to call the police if they see 

suspicious activity and are 

reminded that since solicitation 

requires a permit in 

Homer Glen, it is possible 

to ask to see a permit from 

any salesperson, or alleged 

salesperson, that comes to 

the door. 

Reminder on safe driving 

with fall congestion 

Yukich noted that as autumn 

progresses and local 

farm fests, including Bengtson’s 

Pumpkin Fest and Konow’s 

Fall Fest, continue 

and crowds grow that drivers 

should exercise extra caution 

due to increased traffic 

and pedestrians in the area.

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Halloween contests return for new season 

Publisher’s costume, 

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Nov. 1 to residents 

Bill Jones, Managing Editor 

Fall is officially here, and 

that means there are plenty of 

things that are “back.” 

The children are back in 

school. PSLs (love ’em or 

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a new slate of prizes. 

We’re once again offering 

five ways to win prizes this 

Halloween season with the 

return of both our costume 

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Details for each are below, 

but questions can be directed 

to Managing Editor Bill 

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or (708) 326-9170 ext. 20. 

The costumes 

The Halloween Costume 

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a total of three categories. 

Adults 16 and older have two 

ways to win, with awards for 

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will compete in one 

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from all seven of our 

southwest suburban towns: 

Orland Park, Tinley Park, 

Frankfort, Mokena, New 

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members of the family 

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A breakdown of the prizes available in 22nd Century Media’s 2018 Halloween 

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• A $5 gift certificate for Whizzy Puffs, 

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• A $25 gift certificate for White Street 

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the homer horizon’s 

Standout Student 

Sponsored by Marquette Bank 

Ryan Soderstrom, Homer Jr. 

High seventh-grader 

Ryan Soderstrom was chosen as Standout Student 

for his academic excellence. 

What is one essential you must have when 

studying? 

One thing that is essential for me to study 

is a study group. I prefer to study with others 

rather than by myself. 

What do you like to do when not in school or 

studying? 

When I am not in school, I like to play video 

games such as Fortnite and Call of Duty. 

I also like to go outside and play with my 

friends at the park. 

What is your dream job? 

My dream job is chemical engineer. I 

would like to be a chemical engineer because 

I enjoy mixing things and getting reactions. 

Chemical engineers also make a good 

amount of money for the future. 

What are some of your most played songs 

on your iPod? 

I do not listen to music on my phone, and 

I also do not have a favorite artist or type 

of music. I listen to anything on the radio or 

played by someone else. 

What is one thing people do not know about 

you? 

People don’t really know that I enjoy volunteering 

my time for my church and Boy 

Scouts. Seeing people appreciate my help really 

warms my heart. 

Whom do you look up to and why? 

I look up to my father and mother because 

they have raised a successful family and have 

provided me with shelter and food my entire 

life. I hope to grow up and be like them. 

What do you keep under your bed and why? 

I like to keep the underside of my bed 

clean so I do not keep anything under there. 

Who is your favorite teacher and why? 

My favorite teacher ever is Mrs. Martino. 

Photo Submitted 

She was my second-grade teacher. She was 

very enthusiastic, and she had us make castles, 

which was the best project ever. Her excitement 

when we got something right was 

really amazing. 

What is your favorite class and why? 

My favorite class is math. I enjoy learning 

and practicing all the new material that we 

learn. 

What is one thing that stands out about 

your school? 

One thing that I think stands out about 

Homer Jr. High is that we have a lot of pride. 

We are always rooting for our teams. 

What extracurricular(s) do you wish your 

school had? 

I wish my school had an architecture club. 

I’ve always been interested in how buildings 

are designed. 

What is your morning routine? 

When I wake up, I get my clothes on then 

do my hair. After that, I go downstairs and 

eat my breakfast. Next, I go brush my teeth 

and head to school. 

If you could change one thing about school, 

what would it be? 

I would change what time we start. We 

start very early, and I am really tired for the 

rest of the day. 

What is your favorite thing to eat in the 

cafeteria? 

My favorite thing to eat in the cafeteria is 

a salad with Italian dressing. 

What’s your best memory from school? 

In second grade, I did a really good math 

problem, and my teacher let me present it to 

the principal, and I was really happy about it! 

Standout Student is a feature for The Homer 

Horizon. Nominations come from Homer Glen 

area schools. 

Eagle Scout candidate gives back 

to Reed School with benches 

Submitted by Will County 

School District 92 

Students at Reed School 

have new, cool spots to hangout 

and talk with friends during 

recess. 

Benches were designed 

and built for the students’ 

use by Eagle Scout candidate 

Nick Martin, a junior 

at Lockport Township High 

School. Martin attended 

Reed School and wanted to 

give back to the Will County 

School District 92 school 

community. 

Thanks to these new 

additions, students now 

have “Buddy Benches” in 

two areas of the school’s 

playground. When Principal 

Cathy Slee met with 

students to talk about the 

new benches, the students 

shared that it’s a great place 

to just sit and relax. 

One student said, “Please 

tell the builder we said 

thanks.” 

LTHS accepting applications 

for Petite Porters Preschool 

Submitted by Lockport 

Township High School 

District 205 


School District 205 is now 

accepting applications for 

the Petite Porters Preschool. 

The purpose of the program 

is to provide high 

school students enrolled in 

Regan Cronholm’s Family 

and Consumer Sciences 

Department’s child care and 

guidance course. The course 

is a practical, hands-on experience 

that is to enable students 

to develop and teach 

age-appropriate, enriching 

activities to youngsters ages 

2.5-5. 

Petite Porters Preschool is 

to be housed at LTHS’s East 

Campus, 1333 E. 7th St. in 

Lockport, and sessions are 

to run from 9:25-10:10 a.m. 

every Tuesday, Wednesday, 

Reed School students relax on benches designed and 

built by Eagle Scout Nick Martin, a junior at LTHS. Martin 

attended Reed School when he was younger. Photo 

submitted 

and Thursday from Oct. 2 

through Dec. 13, then are to 

begin again Feb. 19 through 

May 16. 

The $100 fee per semester 

is to help offset supply and 

activity costs. Because the 

program is limited to 12 preschoolers, 

applications are to 

be accepted on a first-come, 

first-served basis. 

Applications are available 

by emailing Cronholm 

at rcronholm@lths.org. Applicants 

should return the 

completed application and 

general information sheet as 

well as a current copy of the 

child’s health exam to the security 

desk at East Campus 

or by emailing them to Cronholm. 

Upon acceptance into 

Petite Porter Preschool, an 

informational meeting for 

parents is to be held where 

parents are to view the room 

and hear about the curriculum. 

Cronholm and her students 

look forward to this 

unique experience that is 

designed to prepare students 

for a career in the early child 

care field. 

“Types of early child care 

programs and career opportunities 

will be explored,” 

Cronholm said. “In order 

to work successfully with 

young children, you need to 

understand them. Using this 

information, students will 

plan developmentally appropriate 

activities to be used 

in a preschool setting, and 

teaching techniques will be 

developed through practical 

applications.” 

For more information, 

contact Cronholm at (815) 

588-8456 or by email.

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Photo Op 

Homer Glen resident Ron Dumont shared this photo of a butterfly he found in his 

garden recently. 

Have you captured something unique, interesting, beautiful or just plain fun on camera? Submit a 

photo for “Photo Op” by emailing it to tom@homerhorizon.com, or mailing it to 11516 W. 183rd St., 

Office Condo 3 Unit SW, Orland Park, IL, 60467. 

Razzmatazz 

The Wilson family, of 

Homer Glen 

Bill, Denise and Melanie 

Wilson shared this fall 

picture of their dog, 

Razzmatazz, napping 

by the candlelight. The 

7-year-old Shih Tzu is 

sweet, snuggly and loves 

her relax time, according 

to her owners. Fireworks 

make her run away. 

Thankfully, the two times 

that happened, neighbors helped her find her way back home. 

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Woman’s Club announces 

veteran pancake breakfast 

Submitted by Homer Glen 

Junior Woman’s Club 

The Homer Glen Junior 

Woman’s Club will host a 

pancake breakfast to honor 

veterans from 9 a.m. to 

noon Sunday, Oct. 14, at the 

Lockport VFW Post 5788. 

The post is located at 1026 

E. 9th St. in Lockport. 

Breakfast will be free to 

all veterans, including one 

guest; each additional guest 

will cost $3. Children ages 5 

and under will also be free. 

On the menu for the 

morning will be pancakes, 

eggs, sausage, juice, milk 

and sweets. Guests will 

also have the opportunity 

to write a thank you note 

to be delivered to deployed 

members of the military, 

and a coloring table will be 

available for children. All in 

attendance will be entered 

into a raffle to win door 

prizes, as well. 

The HGJWC consists of 

local women interested in 

enhancing the community 

through friendship, volunteerism 

and service and 

looks forward to a successful 

breakfast paying homage 

to local veterans. The 

club welcomes women of 

all ages with an interest in 

improving the community 

and meeting other likeminded 

women. 


visit www.homerglenju 

niors.org. 

Petitions to run for 

library trustee in April 

election now available 

Submitted by Homer 

Township Public Library 

Petitions for the Consolidated 

Election this upcoming 

April 2 for the Homer Township 

Public Library Board of 

Trustees were made available 

for circulation on Sept. 

18 at the library, which is 

located at 14320 W. 151st 

St. in Homer Glen. The petitions 

are available between 

the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m. Positions up for election 

are three regular board seats 

having four-year terms, and 

one unexpired board seat that 

is a two-year term. 

Petitions must be received 

no earlier than Monday, Dec. 

10 and no later than Monday, 

Dec. 17. Positions on 

the ballot are determined by 

time and receipt of petitions. 

Should more than one 

petition be filed at the same 

time by mail or in person 

at 8:30 a.m. Dec. 17, a lottery 

to determine ballot order 

will be held at 10 a.m. 

Wednesday, Dec. 26. 


contact library Business 

Manager Carol McSweeney 

at (708) 745-9270. 

Visit us online at 


FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION 

Large retail showroom 

proposed in Tinley Park 

industrial park 

One of the country’s largest 

plumbing and building 

supplies wholesalers 

is preparing to develop a 

32,458-square-foot space 

to open a showroom, sales 

center and warehouse in 

Tinley Park. 

Virginia-based Ferguson 

Enterprises petitioned the 

Village for approval of a 

special use permit to operate 

a new business at 7950 

W. 185th St. in the office 

and restricted industrial 

Hickory Creek planned unit 

development zoning district. 

Proposed plans include 

a 10,494-square-foot 

showroom for bath, kitchen, 

plumbing and lighting supplies, 

as well select appliances, 

with 3,148 square 

feet of space utilized as a 

sales and will-call pickup 

center for its product lines. 

The remaining space is 

slated to be used as a warehouse 

and office. 

“I like to say, ‘We do everything 

but the floor up,’” 

said Devon Glenn, director 

of finance for Ferguson 

Enterprises. “The destination 

showroom is a model 

we’re following across the 

50 states, and we’re looking 

to expand that in our district 

here.” 

Located within three 

combined parcels housed 

inside a 81,200-square foot 

light industrial building, the 

retailer would be open to 

halloween 

From Page 9 

photo (can feature multiple 

pumpkins if there is a 

theme) for an entry, though 

families can send one entry 

per person from different 

members of the family 

(and they can be submitted 

together). 

the general public, but the 

Village’s planning department 

anticipates its primary 

usage would be by contractors, 

designers and other related 

professionals. 

“Ultimately our showroom 

is more of a selection 

center,” Glenn said. “Very 

rarely would we have customers 

take material from 

our location here.” 

The company’s warehouse 

in Addison serves as 

the distributor for its products, 

she said. 

A total of 22 people are 

expected to be employed 

by the location when fully 

staffed, according to the 

planning department’s executive 

summary. 

Reporting by Cody Mroczka, 

Editor. For more, visit Tin 

leyJunction.com. 

FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND 

Lockport Township man 

charged with robbing 

Dunkin’ Donuts 

A man has been arrested 

in connection with a robbery 

that reportedly occurred 

the morning of Sept. 

24 at Dunkin’ Donuts in 

Lockport. 

Tyler J. Guenard, 25, 

of McCameron Avenue in 

Lockport Township, was 

charged with aggravated 

robbery after allegedly entering 

the Dunkin’ Donuts 

located at 1069 E. 9th St., 

demanding money and a 

doughnut, and threatening 

to harm an employee if 

they did not comply with 

3) We understand there 

may be a bit in the way of 

scary imagery (such is the 

nature of the holiday), but 

the pumpkins have to be 

relatively family friendly 

to be considered and published. 

Nothing beyond 

PG-13. 

4) Entries must be 

submitted no later than 

2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 

his demands. The employee 

gave Guenard an undisclosed 

amount of money, 

according to an email from 

Lockport Police Chief Terry 

Lemming. 

Tips from the public led 

to the Lockport Police Department 

identifying Guenard 

as the offender, and 

he was apprehended later 

in the day Sept. 24 at the 

Walmart at 16241 Farrell 

Road in Lockport, Lemming 

said. 

He was booked into the 

Will County Adult Detention 

facility around 9 p.m. 

Sept. 24. 

Reporting by Max Lapthorne, 

Editor. For more, visit Lock 

portLegend.com. 

FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE 

Orland Park Police 

investigation leads to 

‘clandestine lab’ in 

Midlothian 

A drug investigation that 

began in Orland Park reportedly 

led police to discover 

a “clandestine lab” in 

Midlothian. 

Jacob Nelson, 26, of the 

rear unit at 14607 Knox 

Ave., was charged with one 

count each of possession 

of cannabis with intent to 

deliver, a Class 3 felony; 

unlawful manufacture of a 

controlled substance-DMT, 

a Class 3 felony; possession 

of a controlled substance- 

MDMA, a Class 4 felony; 

and permitting the unlawful 

use of a building (for manufacturing), 

a Class 4 felony; 

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or 22nd Century Media, 

c/o Managing Editor Bill 

Jones, at 11516 W. 183rd 

St. Unit SW Office Condo 

3, Orland Park, IL, 60467 

(physical entries cannot 

be returned), along with 

names, email addresses 

and/or phone numbers, 

and towns for each of the 

entrants. 

according to a press release 

issued Thursday, Sept. 27, 

by the Orland Park Police 

Department. 

Police had information 

regarding possible unlawful 

drug sales coming from the 

residence, according to the 

release. An investigation 

reportedly concluded Sept. 

26 with Orland Park police 

executing a search warrant 

at the home. 

The search led to a “felony 

amount” of cannabis 

weighing “nearly a pound,” 

a “small quantity” of Ecstasy 

(MDMA) and “numerous” 

items of drug paraphernalia, 

such as scales 

and packaging equipment, 

along with cash proceeds, 

police said. 

Police also reportedly 

found in a bedroom of the 

home a “clandestine lab” 

in which suspected DMT 

(N,N-Dimethyltryptamine, 

a Schedule I controlled 

substance) was in “various 

stages of manufacture 

and production,” according 

to the release. Twenty-two 

jars of the product and other 

chemicals used in manufacturing 

were removed 

from the home, police 

said. 

Nelson was to be held in 

Orland Park pending a bond 

hearing later Sept. 27 at the 

Cook County Courthouse 

for the Fifth Municipal District 

in Bridgeview. 

Reporting by Bill Jones, Editor. 

For more, visit OPPrairie. 

com. 

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judged by 22nd Century 

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on creativity, successful execution 

of an idea, quality 

of craftsmanship and consideration 

of the holiday/ 

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From HomerHorizon.com from Monday, 

Oct. 1. 

1. Two LTHS freshmen arrested for pellet gun 

found off campus during homecoming dance 

2. 10 Questions with Kaylinn Kundrat, Homer Jr. 

High softball 

3. Playground dedication takes place outside 

Goodings Grove School 

4. Police Reports: Woman, 76, reportedly has 

purse stolen in Meijer parking lot 

5. 5K returns to Homer to raise awareness of 

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From the Assistant Editor 

The most wonderful time of the year 



... is not Christmas. In my 

opinion, the greatest holiday 

is Halloween. Ever since 

I was a child, Halloween 

was the time of year when 

my family would go all out 

on decorations inside and 

outside. That was something 

we took very seriously, as 

we wanted to be the best 

decorated house on the culde-sac. 

And of course, how 

could you forget dressing 

up? Needless to say, it has 

and still is my favorite time 

of year. 

As I got older, I finally 

started going to haunted 

houses to experience even 

more terror. 

It always gives me an 

adrenaline rush right before 

I head into a haunted house 

and prepare myself for 

what’s to come. There’s 

nothing better than not 

knowing what to expect 

and being caught off guard 

when a “monster” jumps 

out at you, and you scream 

and grab on to your loved 

ones who are with you. It’s 

the biggest thrill to me and I 

can’t decide anything better 

to do. 

On Page 3, you can read 

about two haunted houses 

in Lockport designed by an 

LTHS grad that are opening 

once again for the season 

with their new additions 

this year. If you love getting 

scared and love embracing 

the Halloween spirit, this is 

just one of many activities 

you can do during October. 

What better way is there 

to spend your weekend? I 

for one can’t wait to start 

exploring all the Halloween 

attractions near where I live 

and enjoying the holiday. 

I encourage all of you to 

take advantage of everything 

around you to enjoy 

the most wonderful time of 

the year. 

I know I sure will. 

“Congratulations Miss Bella for beating cancer 

and staying in remission for well over a year!!! 

Cancer survivor!” 

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“The Celtics are sporting their favorite 

teams for Jersey Day! #Homecoming2018” 

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from Sept. 25. 

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Letters to the Editor 

Dear editor, 

It’s time to put on your running/walking 

shoes and show 

your patriotic spirit, as the 

Mike Hike 5K Run/Walk is 

back! 

The Mike Hike is a magnificent 

event that pays tribute 

to fallen soldier Michael 

C. Olivieri and all the brave 

men and women who serve. 

A moving tribute to Purple 

Hearts may cause a tear, but 

the overall atmosphere of 

community spirit and national 

pride leaves all who attend 

feeling grateful and inspired. 

Proceeds from the event 

help support our troops and 

trails. This past year, we were 

able to fund the installation 

of mile markers along the 

Homer Glen Heroes Trail. 

Now, trail users can track 

their distance and summon 

help from first responders, if 

needed. We are now raising 

money to establish a Veterans 

Plaza within Heritage Park. 

There are so many ways 

your readers can support the 

Mike Hike and our fundraising 

goals: 

• Run in the 5K — A new 

race route and chip timing 

make this USA Track 

& Field-certified and -sanctioned 

event Homer Glen’s 

premier 5K. 

• Walk the neighborhood 

— Not a runner? Then sign 

up for the walk and hike 

through the neighborhood 

Olivieri called home. 

• Run virtually — Busy on 

race day? Then sign up for 

the Mike Hike virtual run. 

Run a 5K on your own time 

(you can even run the official 

Mike Hike route seen 

on our website) and send in 

your time to receive your finisher’s 

dog tag. 

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• Be a sponsor — One of 

the patriotic highlights of the 

Mike Hike is the long line 

of American flags lining the 

race route. Sponsored by local 

businesses, organizations 

and families, it as a spectacular 

sight. 

• Recruit your family and 

friends — Participating is 

always more fun when surrounded 

by your family, 

friends and neighbors. Convince 

them to sign up and 

have a friendly competition 

of your own, or enjoy a fall 

walk together. 

• Donate — If none of the 

above work for you, we will 

always accept donations to 

help us achieve our goals. 

I want to let all your readers 

know the deadline to receive 

a FREE Mike Hike T- 

shirt has been extended until 

Oct. 7. So please go to www. 

mikehike5k.com to learn all 

the details and sign up for this 

wonderful event. 

Kathy Young, 

Homer Glen resident and 

Homer Glen Foundation 

president 

Don’t let your business 

short this season. 

The Homer Horizon 

JULIE MCDERMED 

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LTHS Variety 

Show’s move to 

homecoming week 

a rousing success, 

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Day” by Shane Kyoczan Thursday, Sept. 

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16 | October 4, 2018 | The Homer Horizon faith 


Pastor Column 

Living our faith with, at our work, no matter the job 

Pastor Dana O’Brien 

Cross of Glory Lutheran Church 

I’ve been a pastor for 

about 10 years. Before 

that, I was an attorney, 

working for a corporate 

law firm in Milwaukee and 

specializing in retirement 

plan law. 

I mention this because 

since becoming a pastor, 

I’ve found that some people 

seem to think religious work 

is somehow more pleasing 

to God than non-religious 

work. While I’m not sure 

where this idea originated, I 

can assure you that it is not 

true. God gives each of us 

unique gifts and talents, and 

when we use those gifts and 

talents to make this world 

a better place through our 

work, God smiles. 

My work as an attorney 

was as important to God 

as what I do now. Indeed, 

it doesn’t matter whether 

you’re an accountant, or 

nurse, or businessperson, 

or retail worker, or CEO, 

or stay-at-home-parent, or 

pastor, or ... whatever — 

all these jobs are equally 

valued by God. 

Not only does God value 

what we do, but God also 

calls us to live out our 

Christian faith at work. 

We’ve talked about this 

before — our faith is not 

just for Sunday mornings. 

If we claim to be followers 

of Jesus, then we are called 

to live as his followers 24/7, 

wherever we are and whatever 

we’re doing. And that 

means we live our Christian 

faith no less at work than 

we do in worship. 

Now some days, living 

our faith at work fits like 

hand in glove. But other 

days, it’s pretty hard to live 

out Jesus’ teachings at work. 

After all, work environments 

can be pretty challenging. 

However, living as a follower 

of Jesus means doing 

our best, even if we’re not 

thrilled with the job we 

have. It means treating our 

coworkers just like we want 

to be treated — with kindness 

and respect — even 

when we don’t get along all 

that well. It means dealing 

with our competitors fairly, 

even if we’re not getting 

the same in return. It means 

being honest with our customers 

and clients, all the 

time. It means acting with 

integrity and calling out 

unjust situations when we 

see them occurring. 

Granted, that’s not always 

easy. But here’s the thing 

— even on those days when 

living your faith at work is 

tough, it can also be one of 

the most rewarding things 

you’ll do. Because when 

you live as a follower of 

Jesus in your workplace, 

you’ll see glimpses of God’s 

kingdom popping up all 

over. And you’ll see God 

smile — because God values 

what you’re doing. 

The opinions of this column are 

that of the writer. They do not 

necessarily reflect those of The 

Homer Horizon. 

Knowledge and Prayer Series 

to present program on crime 

of human trafficking Oct. 15 

Submitted by Multi-Parish 

Respect Life Ministries 

The Knowledge & Prayer 

series has announced its next 

program slated for Monday, 

Oct. 15, at Our Mother of Good 

Counsel Church in Homer Glen. 

The program is titled Invisible 

Chains: The Scourge of Human 

Trafficking and will raise 

awareness about the problem 

of human slavery in the modern 

world. 

Human trafficking is the most 

insidious crime of our age. Victims 

of all ages are usually invisible. 

They live in our neighborhoods, 

country and world. 

Greed is the driving force. 

Sister Jean Okroi, Institute of 

the Blessed Virgin Mary, will be 

the speaker. For 15 years, she 

has been raising awareness and 

educating others about this new 

form of slavery. Okroi initiated 

the Illinois Women Religious 

Against Human Trafficking 

committee. She is also a member 

of the Cook County subcommittee 

of the Human Trafficking 

Task Force. 

Representing several women’s 

religious orders, Illinois 

Women Religious Against Human 

Trafficking works closely 

with area churches and organizations, 

as well as local and 

federal government agencies, 

to combat this scourge. Okroi 

knows about the subject and local 

situation and will share how 

this reality could be happening 

in plain sight. 

Our Mother of Good Counsel 

Parish is located at 16042 S. 

Bell Road, just south of 159th 

Street and Bell. The Knowledge 

and Prayer Series is sponsored 

by the Multi-Parish Respect 

Life Ministries of Our Mother 

of Good Counsel, St. Bernard’s, 

St. Francis of Assisi, Our Lady 

of the Woods, St. Michael and 

Annunciation Byzantine Catholic 

Parish. 

FAITH BRIEFS 

Cross of Glory Lutheran Church 

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

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, Oct. 15. 

Welcome Place Preschool’s Annual 

Trick or Treat Tailgate 

1-2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27. 

Families, friends and neighbors are 

welcome to come see decorated car 

trunks filled with goodies. There is 

to be games, crafts and a costume 

parade. If interested in decorating 

your vehicle, please contact the preschool 

at (708) 301-3883. You will 

need at least two to three large bags 

of candy to pass out. 

Canned Protein Drive to Support 

Fairmont 

Donations are being collected for 

the Fairmont Community Center 

Food Pantry. Canned protein items 

to be donated include cans of tuna, 

chicken, meat and pasta, etc. 

Our Mother of Good Counsel Parish 

(16043 S. Bell Road, Homer Glen) 

Adult Faith Formation 

1-2:30 p.m. Thursdays, Sept. 

13-Nov 15. The second session is 

7-8:30 p.m. Mondays, Oct. 8-Dec. 

13. These are led by the Rev. Joseph 

Broudou. To RSVP, call (708) 301- 

0214. 

Catechism of the Catholic Church 

The Rev. Joseph Broudou will 

facilitate weekly meetings to learn 

about the Catechism. All are welcome 

to attend. Refreshments will 

be served. Meetings are to be held 

on Thursdays from 1-2:30 p.m. Sept. 

13 through Nov. 15 and Mondays 

from 7-8:30 p.m. Oct. 8 through 

Dec. 17. For more information, call 

(708) 301-0214. 

Help Save a Life Knights of 

Columbus Fall Blood Drive 

8 a.m.-noon, Sunday, Oct. 14, at 

the church. No sign-up is necessary. 

Please bring a photo ID. 

Knights of Columbus Annual Fall 

Spaghetti Dinner 

4-6:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14 at the 

church. This dinner includes homemade 

red sauce, Italian salad, artisan 

bread and soda. The cost to attend is 

$8 for adults, and $4 for children 12 

and under. Proceeds go toward the 

American Cancer Society. 

St. Bernard Parish 

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

St. Vincent de Paul Clothing Drive 

Oct. 6 and 7. Bring clothing items 

to the church during the first weekend 

of October. Donations needed 

include clean, gently used items such 

as clothing, shoes, purses, small appliances, 

dishes, cookware, lamps, 

books, toys, bedding and towels. 

First United Methodist Church of Lockport 

(1000 S. Washington St., Lockport) 

Sunday Worship 

9 a.m. Sunday School 

10:25 a.m. Worship 

Communion 

First Sunday of the month. 

Parkview Christian Church - Homer Glen 

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

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 information, 

call (708) 478-7477, ext. 

211. 

Have something for Faith 

Briefs? Contact Assistant Editor 

Jacquelyn Schlabach at 

j.schlabach@22ndcenturymedia.com or 

call (708) 326-9170 ext. 15. Information 

is due by noon Thursday one week prior 

to publication.

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Variety Show adds to spirit of homecoming week at LTHS 

Laurie Fanelli 


Homecoming week has 

no shortage of opportunities 

for students to showcase 

their school spirit, but this 

year, it also afforded them 

a chance to showcase their 

unique individual talents. 

The Variety Show — presented 

by the Lockport Theatre 

Porter Players — gave 

students a chance to step 

into the spotlight and share 

their talents in the name of 

school spirit. Performers 

took the stage at the East 

Campus auditorium on the 

evening of Thursday, Sept. 

27, adding even more excitement 

to homecoming at 


School. 

Previous editions of the 

showcase have been held 

annually each February, but 

this year, the Porter Players 

— LTHS’ drama club 

— moved the Variety Show 

up in the calendar to coincide 

with homecoming. Assistant 

theatre director and 

English teacher Kennedy 

Musich said the drama program 

is happy to be included 

in the homecoming fun. 

“We’re really excited 

about the show, and we’re 

happy to be a part of the 

homecoming festivities,” 

Musich said. “It only adds 

to the fun and the celebration 

of what’s happening at 

Lockport during this week. 

Homecoming week is all 

about celebrating Lockport, 

and this is a great way 

to celebrate all the diverse 

talent that is a part of this 

school.” 

Senior and vice president 

of the Porter Players Olivia 

Kuncis agreed that the Variety 

Show is a nice addition 

to the homecoming events. 

“It’s drawing in even 

more people,” she said. 

“We’ve already had the 

powderpuff game and 

movie night, and everyone 

wants to be a part of all the 

activities this week.” 

Singers (Monica Angel, 

Olivia Minogue, Jade 

Fuglsang and many more), 

dancers (including Madison 

Gontrarz, Jessica Maves, 

Alexa Kemp), musicians 

(clarinetist Julia Smolinksi, 

along with bands Manufactured 

Lettuce, Nameless, 

etc.) and even orators — 

Alex Carberry recited “To 

This Day” by Shane Koyczan 

— performed during 

the Variety Show. The entire 

student body was invited to 

audition for the showcase, 

and the drama club served 

as the evening’s emcees, 

introducing acts and performing 

short, funny skits 

between sets. 

Porter Players president 

Megan Staley explained 

that many of the sketches 

were inspired by life in high 

school. 

“My favorite sketch is 

‘Bad Homecoming Proposals,’” 

she said with a laugh. 

“A guy asks a whole bunch 

of girls in really corny ways, 

and they all decline, unfortunately, 

until he finds his 

soulmate to take to homecoming.” 

The pun-filled sketch 

generated big laughs during 

the show, as did a skit 

about unique occurrences 

that pepper day-to-day life 

at LTHS. Other notable 

performances included the 

opening dance number by 

Jamaria Bryant, Amaya 

O’Neal, Alyaih O’Neal and 

Christiana Pickens, as well 

as Audiovation — featuring 

James Pierce, Eddie 

Riley and Levi Bergbower 

— performing their original 

composition, “Song Number 

4.” Mia Vasquez, Alexis 

Jade Fuglsang sings “Walk on Water” by Britt Nicole Thursday, Sept. 27, during the 

Lockport Township High School Variety Show. Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media 

Variety Show emcees (left to right) Mike O’Callaghan, Megan Staley, Olivia Kuncis and 

Rachel Hampton perform a skit during the show. 

Quemener, Emily Padilla, 

Sara Padilla, Nathan Bauer, 

Amanda Pollock, Danny 

Miller, Kassidy Prebstle 

and Aneesa Ortega also 

shared their talents during 

the show. 

Senior Maisie Steele did 

double duty during the Variety 

Show as one of the emcees 

and as a performer. 

“I’ve sung in the variety 

show every single year,” 

Steele said. “It’s one of my 

favorite activities. I’m singing 

‘No Roots’ by Alice 

Merton. I used to do really 

sad, slow songs, so this year, 

I wanted to do something 

that’s pretty fast. I’m going 

all out for senior year.” 

Along with the onstage 

performers, LTHS students 

also helped make the Variety 

Show a success working 

behind the scenes. 

“I’ll be making sure all 

the sound elements are 

where they needs to be, that 

mics are working and the 

music is ready,” explained 

Technical Theatre President 

Jimmy DiCaro. “I’ll make 

sure everything sounds 

great for everyone in the audience.” 

Technical Theatre Vice 

President Sebastian Lowisz 

said working the Variety 

Show is fun because each 

edition is different, and he 

encourages the next generation 

of LTHS students to get 

involved. 

“To those freshmen, if 

you love art, building, light, 

sound or anything with theater, 

this place is for you,” 

Lowisz said. “We have a 

small little family here. 

It’s great, and you meet so 

many great people.” 

Musich hopes the Variety 

Show will continue to 

grow as it becomes a homecoming 

tradition, and she 

encourages even more students 

to get involved next 

year. 

“It’s so much fun to showcase 

your talent,” she said. 

“You can make so many 

friends, and it’s nice to be 

a part of a full production. 

There are so many people 

who come out to support 

the performers, especially 

because it’s homecoming 

week. 

“Next year, we hope it 

will be even bigger and better.”

18 | October 4, 2018 | The Homer Horizon life & arts 


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Oak Prairie sixth-grader Marianna Cuevas is covered in colors last month during the 

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Seventh-grader Gabriel Drazek (left) pours 

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Oak Prairie students (left to right) Jeremy 

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20 | October 4, 2018 | The Homer Horizon dining out 


The Dish 

Bear Down Barbecue remains competitive with new additions, TV show appearance 

James Sanchez 


Bear Down Barbecue & 

Catering Co. 

20857 South La Grange 

Road in Frankfort 

Hours 

• 11 a.m.-8 p.m. or 

when all meat is sold out 

Tuesday-Saturday 

• Closed for dine-in/ 

carryout; catering 

available 

For more information ... 

Phone: (779) 324-5256 

Web: www. 

beardownbarbecue.com 

No one’s more excited 

than Rashid Riggins when 

it comes to the Chicago 

Bears’ potential this season. 

And his love for his hometown 

team is exemplified 

through food. 

Riggins opened down 

Bear Down Barbecue in 

Frankfort in 2016. And 

while the Bears made key 

moves over the summer, including 

the acquisitions of 

All-Pro defensive lineman 

Khalil Mack and an entirely 

new receiving core, Riggins 

made several additions to 

his menu, as well. 

The biggest is the restaurant’s 

first dessert option: 

Bomb Banana Pudding 

($3.75 for 6 ounces, 

$8.25 for a pint). It is a 

secret recipe that is topped 

with crushed vanilla wafers 

for texture. Another 

is the No-Huddle Nachos, 

which is a plate of tortilla 

chips piled with one’s 

choice of smoked chicken, 

pork, turkey ($10.25) or 

beef ($12.25), topped with 

melted cheddar cheese, jalapeño, 

sour cream, green 

onion, signature seasoning, 

homemade Cowboy Beans 

and the signature barbecue 

sauce. 

Similar to the nachos is 

the new Left-Tackle Loaded 

Fries, which has the same 

foundation and price as 

the nachos but without the 

Cowboy Beans, sour cream 

and jalapeño. Riggins also 

created a macaroni and 

cheese recipe that features 

a blend of smoked cheeses 

topped with any meat 

and barbecue sauce called 

the Smokehouse Mac-N- 

Cheese ($10.25 for pulled 

pork, chicken or turkey; or 

$12.25 for beef). 

“We wanted to keep diversifying 

the menu, offering 

fun things that would be 

attractive to grown-ups and 

kids,” Riggins said. “We do 

look at ourselves as a kidfriendly 

restaurant. 

“Those were things that I 

knew I would add eventually. 

We just always want to 

add things a little at a time. 

We don’t want to just throw 

new stuff on the menu. I 

want to ensure we’re giving 

out quality menu items.” 

On top of the new dishes, 

Riggins added to his cooking 

staff because of the 

increased customer base. 

Chef Amanda Augustyniak, 

a Mokena resident, joined 

Bear Down over the summer 

after receiving her culinary 

degree. 

Augustyniak said this 

role is more than just helping 

boost Bear Down’s efficiency; 

it is expanding her 

culinary horizons, too. 

“Back then, my dad 

would do barbecue chicken 

in the backyard, but it was 

just Sweet Baby Ray’s and 

chicken,” Augustyniak said. 

“So, I wanted to learn something 

new.” 

And through three 

months, she said she has 

already learned a lot from 

Riggins’ barbecue prowess 

and philosophy. Riggins has 

been a pitmaster for more 

than a decade. 

“Low and slow is the way 

to go,” she said. “Don’t 

rush anything. If you rush 

something, it’s not going 

to turn out right. And the 

highest quality ingredients 

[are] your No. 1 priority. 

You never want to take any 

shortcuts.” 

Riggins said he studied 

barbecue techniques from 

all over the globe, then developed 

his own cooking 

style, spice rub and sauce. 

He cooks with cherry wood 

and oak wood for a balanced, 

smoke flavor. His 

seasoning features 22 ingredients, 

and his sauce is “a 

little sweet, with a little heat 

in the back end, and in the 

middle there’s a little tang.” 

Catering to a certain type 

of barbecue style takes 

away from its versatility, he 

said. 

“Sometimes, I feel sorry 

for region-specific pitmasters, 

because they have to 

remain inside that box.” 

Riggins said. “If you’re 

in Texas, you only have to 

put salt and pepper on your 

brisket, and brisket can really 

sing when you add other 

things to it. We’re kind of 

more like mavericks with 

the way we do things.” 

His spin on barbecue 

caught the attention of one 

of his favorite shows. “Chicago’s 

Best” — a television 

show on WGN — reached 

out to do a feature on Bear 

Down earlier this year. As 

an added bonus, the show 

sent out co-host Brittney 

Payton — daughter of Hall 

of Fame Chicago Bears running 

back Walter Payton — 

to lead the segment. 

“I kind of teared up,” 

he said. “I’ve been a fan 

of ‘Chicago’s Best’ since 

its inception — like, a decade 

I’ve been watching. 

We were feeding them the 

whole time. Brittney was 

eating the whole time. I’ve 

Among Bear Down Barbecue’s signature items are the ribs. The St. Louis-cut spareribs 

can be served dressed with a signature barbecue sauce, just the dry rub or both. Photos by 

Thomas Czaja/22nd Century Media 

The new homemade banana pudding is the restaurant’s first dessert item. 

never been on TV like that. 

It’s weird to be on a TV 

show that you’re a fan of.” 

Riggins said he hopes 

the exposure allows him to 

one day expand to a bigger 

place around the same area, 

with a liquor license and 

stage for jazz and blues. But 

as for now, he is focused on 

his food. 

“We feel like you could 

lift our restaurant and sit it 

in the heart of Alabama, and 

we’d still be a competitive 

barbecue joint,” Riggins 

said. “That’s the level of 

quality we put forward.”

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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 for a while 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.

22 | October 4, 2018 | The Homer Horizon puzzles 


crosstown CROSSWORD & Sudoku 

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Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur 

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(14903 S. Bell Road, 

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7000) 

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(900 S. State St., 

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■8-11 ■ p.m. Fridays and 

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■7-11 ■ p.m. Sundays: 

Open Mic Night 

The Outpost Pub & Grill 

(14929 Archer Ave., 

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Karaoke 

Strike N Spare II 

(811 Northern Drive, 

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(18700 S. Old LaGrange 

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478-3610) 

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Fox’s Restaurant and Pub 

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Mokena; (708) 478- 

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Real Estate · Rentals · Merchandise 

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Position Overview: 

22nd Century Media, a media publishing company based in 

Orland Park, is seeking an Inside Sales Director 

to join their team. 

Responsibilities Include: 

Proactively prospecting and qualifying potential new advertising 

accounts; handling incoming leads; identifying business 

opportunities and working with decision makers to obtain 

customer commitment; and achieving weekly revenue targets. 

Qualifications: 

Ideal candidates will possess 1–3 years of experience in 

sales environment. Must have a strong work ethic and ability to 

work independently as well as with a team. Excellent 

communication skills, time-management and 

interpersonal skills required. 

Next Steps: 

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opportunity, email a resume to: 

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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. 

Part-time Telephone Work 

calling from home for 

AMVETS. Ideal for 

homemakers and retirees. 

Must be reliable and have 

morning &evening hours 

available for calling. 

If interested, 

Call 708 429 6477 

M-F, 10am - 1pm Only! 

CLEANING POSITION 

P/T Res. Tue-Wed-Thu Days 

Flexible, will train, 5-10 

hrs/wk. 708-567-7103 

No phone calls please. EOE 

Automotive 

$52 4 lines/ 

7 papers 

Real Estate 

$50 7 7 papers 

lines/ 

Help 

Wanted 

1003 Help Wanted 

Help Wanted 

$13 4 lines/ 

per line 7 papers 

Merchandise 


lines/ 

Safety Assistant 

Tinley Park Safety Dept. 

looking for individuals for 

full-time office positions. 

Candidates must be proficient 

with Microsoft Office and 

possess good commuication 

skills. Will train the right 

candidates. Please forward 

resume to 

recruiting@shipgt. com 

Hiring Desk Clerk 

(must be flexible w/ shifts) 

& Housekeeping (Morning) 

Needed at 

Super 8 Motel 

Apply within: 

9485 W. 191st St, Mokena 

No Phone Calls 

As we continually grow, 

SW Suburban cleaning co. 

has openings for 

Cleaning Pros 

Exp. Preferred but Will 

Train. P/T Weekdays. 

No Evenings/Weekends 

815-464-1988 

1004 Employment Opportunities 

HELP WANTED! 

Make $1000/week mailing 

brochures from home! 

No exp. req. Helping home 

workers since 2001! 

Genuine opportunity. 

Start immediately! 

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1023 Caregiver 

Caregiver Services 

Provided by 

Margaret’s Agency Inc. 

State Licensed & Bonded 

since 1998. Providing quality 

care for elderly. 

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 Experienced Caregiver 

Will care for elderly patients, 

CPR Caregiver Certificate, 

Background Check & 

References Available. PT/FT. 

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1024 Senior 

Companion 

Retired RN willing to be 

Senior Companion 

to Elderly. 

Call Barb 708-907-1489 

Senior Companion 

If you need someone to run 

errands, go shopping, take 

to appointments or just sit 

& socialize for your elderly 

loved one... 

Call Betty (815)545-4935 

1037 Prayer / 

Novena 

Oh holy St. Jude, Apostle & Martyr, 

great in virtue and rich in miracles, 

near kinsman of Jesus Christ, 

faithful intercessor of all who invoke 

your special patronage in 

time of need. To you Ihave recourse 

from the depths ofmyheart 

and humbly beg to whom God has 

given such great power to come to 

my assistance. Help me in my present 

and urgent petition. In return, I 

promise to make your name known 

and cause to be invoked. Say 3Our 

Fathers, 3Hail Marys and Glories 

for 9consecutive days. Publication 

must be promised. St. Jude pray for 

us all who invoke your aid. Amen 

T.B. 

1027 Arts and Craft Fairs 

Garage 

Sale 

1052 Garage Sale 

Homer Glen 13730 W Cavecreek 

Ct. 10/5-10/7 8am-4pm 

APICKER’S DREAM! Vintage 

signs, clothes, toys, sports 

equip, collectibles, tools, Holiday, 

housewares, office & 

school items, books, CDs, 

DVDs, records & more! 

Lockport, 16930 Mohican Dr. 

Friday &Saturday October 5th 

& 6th. 9AM-3PM 

Lockport, 2110 Fir Ct. 10/5 

9-3p & 10/6 9-12p. Tools, 

clothes & miscellaneous. 

New Lenox 405 Krystal Ct 

10/5-10/6 8-3pm Furniture, 

home decor, tools, kitchen, 

scrapbooking & much more! 

Orland Park 14923 Dogwood 

Dr 10/6 8-3pm New &used 

girls fancy dresses, women’s 

designer clothing, bike trailer, 

furn, housewares & more! 

1057 Estate Sale 

New Lenox, 3404 Blandford 

Ave. 10/4-10/6, 8-4p. Christmas, 

home decor, furniture & 

tools. 

Tinley Park 9361 Windsor 

Pkwy 10/6 9-1pm Sofas, pictures, 

tables, lamps, misc, no 

antiques or tools & more! 

1053 Multi Family 

Sale 

Homer Glen 15102 & 15118 

Glen View Ct 10/5-10/7 9-5pm 

Tools, guys stuff, hshld, decor, 

clothes, toys, boys sz 5/6, 

strollers, snowmobile trailer 

Homer Glen Stadler Ridge 

(148th &Creme Rd) 10/5-10/7 

8-2pm 5Families! Lawn equip, 

tools, Avon, Tastefully Simple, 

outdoor bar set, furn, clothes 

Homer Glen, 14854 South 

Carlton Ln. 10/5 &10/6, 9-3p. 

A little bit of everything! 

Homer Glen, Stonebridge 

Woods Sub. 1/4 mi. South of 

159th &Parker. 10/5 & 10/6, 

8-2p. 7+ Homes. Home decor, 

clothes, toys & more! 

Mokena, 9220 Willow Ln. Fri 

10/5 &Sat 10/6, 9-3p. Everything 

from Ato Z. Near 195th 

& LaGrange Rd. Huge Multi 

Family Sale! 

Orland Park, Ashburn Sound 

Sub. 108th, just South of 

153rd. 10/5 & 10/6, 9-3p. 

Clothes, dorm items, purses, 

office electronics, toys, housewares 

&misc! Something for 

everyone! 

1058 Moving Sale 

Orland Park, 11611 Pineview 

Dr. 10/4, 10/5 & 10/6, 

8:30-2:30p. Moving Sale! Everything 

you can think of! 

Tinley Park 7421 W 161st St 

10/5-10/6 10-3pm Wood tools, 

Xmas items, China, crystal, 

toys, furn, garden items, table 

saw, Nativity sculptures & 

more! 

Automotive 

1061 Autos Wanted 

WANTED! 

WE NEED CARS, TRUCKS & VANS 

Running Or Not from Old to New! 

Top Dollar Paid - Free Pick-Up 

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Sale 

Toyota Camry 2013 SE Sport 

V6 Loaded w/Options: 

Metallic Grey, Leather Seats 

$14,500 Call 219-730-3211 

Real Estate 

1092 Townhouse 

for Sale 

Orland Park 

Ranch floor plan townhome. 

Eagle Ridge ofOrland 

Park. 2BR, 2Ba, 2car 

garage, 1,340 sq ft. 

708-910-8233 

Automotive 

$52 4 lines/ 

7 papers 

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lines/ 

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lines/ 

1225 Apartments 

for Rent 

Oak Forest Terrace 

15815 Terrace, Oak Forest 

Spacious 1 & 2 Bdrms. 

Serene setting & Beautiful 

Grounds. Tennis, Pool, 

Walking Trails. Near metra. 

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• Air Conditioning • Furnaces 

Refrigeration • Dishwashers 

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Garbage Disposals 

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2004 Asphalt Paving/Seal Coating 

2007 Black Dirt/Top Soil 

Sawyer 

Dirt 

Pulverized Black Dirt 

Rough Black Dirt 

Driveway Gravel 

Available 

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2011 Brick/Chimney Experts 

Rental 

1310 Offices for 

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1223 Roommates 

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2006 Basement Waterproofing 

Meal preparation needed for 

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Includes lobby, private bathrooms, 

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Help Wanted 

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2017 Cleaning Services 





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If you’re tired of housework 

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& Bonded 

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Patios 

Driveways 

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Garage Floors 

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Automotive 

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$52 

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7 papers Help Wanted 

$50 

7 lines/ 

7 papers Merchandise 

$13 

per line 

4 lines/ 

7 papers 

$30 

4 lines/ 

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2120 Handyman 

BEECHY’S 

Handyman Service 

Custom Painting 

Drywall & Plaster Repair 

Carpentry Work 

Trim & General 

Tile & Laminated Flooring 

Light Plumbing & Electrical 

Remodeling, Kitchen & Bath 

Install StormWindows/Doors 

Clean Gutters 

Wash Siding & Windows 

Call Vern for Free Estimate! 

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4 lines/ 

7 papers 

Real Estate 

$50 

7 lines/ 

7 papers 

Merchandise 

$30 

4 lines/ 

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2150 Paint & Decorating 

2170 Plumbing 2200 Roofing 

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PAINTING 

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Fast, Neat Painting 

Drywall 

Wallpaper Removal 

Staining 

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Help Wanted 

per line $13 

4 lines/ 

7 papers 

Real Estate 

$50 

7 lines/ 

7 papers 

Merchandise 

$30 

4 lines/ 

7 papers 

2200 Roofing 

2200 Roofing 

Celebrating 3 generations of outstanding service! 

Tens of Thousands of Highly Satisfied Customers! 

Family owned & operated - 66 years in business! 

"HAVE oNEoN THE HousE- • Sffit/Facia 

•Skylght 

•Chmney Cap 

•Rfing 

•Sidng 

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2276 Tuckpointing/Masonry 

2294 Window 

Cleaning 

P.K.WINDOW 

CLEANING CO. 

Window Cleaning 

Gutter Cleaning 

Power Washing 

Office Cleaning 

call and get $40.00 off 

708 974-8044 

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2296 Window 

Fashions 

Blinds & 

Shades 

Repair 

I Do Windows & 

Interiors 

Call Pat 

815 355 1112 

815 485 1112 

o f f i c e 

I Do House Calls 

Too! 

Professional 

Directory 

2408 Health and Wellness 

Low Cost Blood Test 

CBC $10 CMP $18 LIPID $15 TSH $20... AND MORE! 

Special on Wellness Blood Test with Doctor visit in Groupon 

Deals $49.00 

www.BloodTestInChicago.com 

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2489 Merchandise Wanted 

Metal Wanted 

Scrap Metal, Garden 

Tractors, 

Snowmobiles, 

Appliances, Etc. 

ANYTHING METAL! 

Call 815-210-8819 

Free pickup! 

Merchandise 

Directory 

2703 Legal Notices 

MILITARY ITEMS WANTED 

German, Japanese, Italian & 

US. Civil War era thru WWII. 

Swords, daggers, medals, 

patches, flags, helmets, etc. 

Call, text, or send pictures 

630-660-5544 





TRUSTEE ELECTION FILING NOTICE 

Notice is hereby given toinform candidates who will be filing 

petitions for the Homer Township Fire Protection District 

Board of Trustees to be elected at the Consolidated 

Election onTuesday, April 2, 2019. The first day tofile is 

Monday, December 10, 2018 at the District’s Administrative 

office located at 16050 S. Cedar Road, Lockport, IL 

60491. You may file between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 

3:00 p.m. 

Candidates who file after 9:00 a.m. on December 10, 2018 

will be filed in order of actual receipt. Candidates who file 

simultaneously at 9:00 a.m. on December 10, 2018, any petitions 

received in the first mail delivery on December 10, 

2018, and, those who are standing in line in the last hour of 

filing, 2:00 p.m. –3:00 p.m. onDecember 17, 2018 will be 

included inalottery todetermine ballot placement. The lottery 

will beconducted atthe District’s Administrative office 

at 9:00 a.m. on December 26, 2018. 

Fire Trustee nomination packets may be picked up at the 

Homer Township Fire Protection District, 16050 S. Cedar 

Road, Lockport, IL 60491 between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. 

beginning Tuesday, September 18, 2018. Paperwork can 

also be obtained from the State Board of Elections website 

at www.elections.state.il.us or from our website. No petitions 

may be circulated prior to Tuesday, September 18, 

2018. 

The 2019 Candidate Guide and additional information are 

available electronically at www.elections.state.il.us and on 

the District’s website www.homerfire.org 

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It! SELL It! FIND It! 

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Real Estate 

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$13 

per line 

4 lines/ 

7 papers 

$30 

4 lines/ 

7 papers 

Publication Title: Homer Horizon 

Publication Number: 025-577 

Filing Date: 09/27/2018 

Issue Frequency: Weekly 

Annual Subscription Price: Free 

Complete Mailing Address of Known Office of Publication: 22nd Century Media, LLC., 328 E Lincoln 

Hwy New Lenox, IL 60451-1849 

Contact Person: Michael Ksycki 

Telephone: 708-326-9170 

Complete Mailing Address ofHeadquarters orGeneral Business Office of Publisher: 22nd Century 

Media, LLC., 11516 W. 183rd Street #SW, Orland Park, IL, 60467 

Full Names and Complete Mailing Addresses of Publisher, Editor, and Managing Editor: 

Publisher (Name and complete mailing address: 22nd Century Media, LLC., 11516 W 183rd St SW 

Office Condo #3 Orland Park, IL 60467 

Editor: Tom Czaja 

Managing Editor: Bill Jones 

Owner: 

Full Name: John C. Ryan 

Complete Mailing Address: 22nd Century Media, LLC., 11516 W. 183rd Street #SW, Orland Park, 

IL, 60467 

Publication Title: Homer Horizon 

Issue Date for Circulation Data Below: 09/06/2018 

Extent of Nature of Circulation: Local weekly newspaper 

Total Number of Copies (Average No. Copies Each Issues During Preceding 12 Months): 8,101 

Total Number of Copies (No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date): 8,201 

Legitimate Paid and/or Requested Distribution By Mail and Outside the Mail [Outside County 

Paid/Requested Mail Subscriptions stated on PS Form 3541 (include direct written request from recipient, 

telemarketing and Internet requests from recipient, paid subscriptions including nominal 

rate subscriptions, employer requests, advertiser's proof copies, and exchange copies)]: Average No. 

Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12Months -111; No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest 

to Filing Date - 108 

Legitimate Paid and/or Requested Distribution ByMail and Outside the Mail [In-County Paid/Requested 

Mail Subscriptions stated on PS Form 3541 (include direct written request from recipient, 

telemarketing and Internet requests from recipient, paid subscriptions including nominal rate subscriptions, 

employer requests, advertiser's proof copies, and exchange copies)]: Average No. Copies 

Each Issue During Preceding 12Months -5,215; No. Copies ofSingle Issue Published Nearest to 

Filing Date - 5,487 

Legitimate Paid and/or Requested Distribution ByMail and Outside the Mail (Sales Through Dealers 

and Carriers, Street Vendors, Counter Sales, and Other Paid orRequested Distribution Outside 

USPS®): Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12Months -0; No. Copies of Single Issue 

Published Nearest to Filing Date - 0 

Legitimate Paid and/or Requested Distribution ByMail and Outside the Mail [Requested Copies 

Distributed by Other Mail Classes Through the USPS (e.g. First-Class Mail®)]: Average No. Copies 

Each Issue During Preceding 12Months -0; No. Copies ofSingle Issue Published Nearest to 

Filing Date - 0 

Total Paid and/or Requested Circulation: Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 

Months - 5,326; No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date - 5,595 

Nonrequested Distribution ByMail and Outside the Mail [Outside County Nonrequested Copies 

Stated on PS Form 3541 (include Sample copies, Requests Over 3 years old, Requests induced bya 

Premium, Bulk Sales and Requests including Association Requests, Names obtained from Business 

Directories, Lists, and other sources): Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months 

- 2,265; No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date - 2,063 

Nonrequested Distribution By Mail and Outside the Mail [In-Country Nonrequested Copies Stated 

on PS Form 3541 (include Sample Copies, Requests Over 3years old, Requests induced byaPremium, 

Bulk Sales and Requests including Association Requests, Names obtained from Business Directories, 

Lists, and other sources)]: Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12Months - 

508; No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date - 543 

Nonrequested Distribution ByMail and Outside the Mail [Nonrequested Copies Distributed 

Through the USPS by Other Classes ofMail (e.g. First-Class Mail, Nonrequestor Copies mailed in 

excess of 10% Limit mailed at Standard Mail® or Package Services Rates): Average No. Copies 

Each Issue During Preceding 12Months -0; No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing 

Date - 0 

Nonrequested Distribution ByMail and Outside the Mail [Nonrequested Copies Distributed Outside 

the Mail (Include Pickup Stands, Trade Shows, Showrooms and Other Sources)]: Average No. Copies 

Each Issue During Preceding 12Months -13; No. Copies ofSingle Issue Published Nearest to 

Filing Date - 12 

Total Nonrequested Distribution: Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12Months - 

2,786; No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date - 2,618 

Total Distribution: Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12Months -8,112; No. Copies 

of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date - 8,213 

Copies not Distributed: Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12Months -0; No. Copies 

of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date - 0 

Total: Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12Months -8,112; No. Copies of Single 

Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date - 8,213 

Percent Paid and/or Requested Circulation: Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 

Months - 65.66% No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date - 68.12% 

Publication of Statement of Ownership for aRequester Publication is required and will be printed in 

the issue of this publication: 10/04/2018 

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2701 Property for 

Sale 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

2900 Merchandise 

Under $100 


Under $100 


Under $100 

SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE 

of 13813 STONEOAK WAY, HOMER 

GLEN, IL 60491 (Single Family Residence). 

Onthe 11th day of October, 

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: CITIMORT- 

GAGE, INC. SUCCESSOR BY 

MERGER TO ABN AMRO MORT- 

GAGE GROUP, INC., Plaintiff V. 

ROLANDAS SURDOKAS, DALIA 

SURDOKIENE, JPMORGAN CHASE 

BANK, N.A., Defendant. 

Case No. 18CH 0043 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: 

Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel LLC 

175 N Franklin Suite 201 

Chicago, Illinois 60606 

P: 312-357-1125 

F: 312-357-1140 

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. 

2702 Public 

Notices 

Certificate No. 32460 was filed in 

the office of the County Clerk of 

Will County on September 17, 

2018 wherein the business firm of 

Robert Ryan Shankman located at 

12841 Oak Court, Homer Glen, IL 

60491 is registered and acertificate 

notice setting forth the following: 

Robert Ryan Shankman, 6823 

Hickory St, Apt 2N, Tinley Park, 

IL 60477-9988 708-560-6276 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have 

hereunto set my hand and Official 

Seal at my office in Joliet; Illinois, 

this 17th day of September 2018. 

Nancy Schultz Voots 

Will County Clerk 

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 

CITIMORTGAGE, INC. SUCCESSOR 

BY MERGER TO ABN AMRO 

MORTGAGE GROUP, INC., 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

ROLANDAS SURDOKAS, DALIA 

SURDOKIENE, JPMORGAN CHASE 

BANK, N.A., 

Defendant. No. 18 CH 0043 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that pursuant 

toajudgment entered in the above 

cause on the 10th day of July, 2018, 

MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will 

County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the 

11th day of October, 2018 ,commencing 

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

County Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa 

Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, 

sell at public auction tothe highest and 

best bidder orbidders the following-described 

real estate: 

LOT 11, IN BLOCK E,INPEBBLE 

CREEK, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF 

PART OFTHE EAST 1/2 OFSEC- 

TION 10, TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH, 

RANGE 11, EAST OF THE THIRD 

PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCO- 

RIDNG TO THE PLAT THEREOF 

RECORDED MARCH 7, 1974 AS 

DOCUMENT NUMBER R74-5251, IN 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 

Commonly known as: 13813 

STONEOAK WAY, HOMER GLEN, 

IL 60491 

Description of Improvements: 

Single Family Residence 

P.I.N.: 16-05-10-205-016-0000 

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: 

Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel LLC 

175 N Franklin Suite 201 

Chicago, Illinois 60606 

P: 312-357-1125 

F: 312-357-1140 

Plaintiff's Attorney 

MIKE KELLEY 

Sheriff of Will County 


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34 | October 4, 2018 | The Homer Horizon sports 


Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

with Daniel Blaszkiewicz 

Daniel Blaszkiewicz is a senior 

at Lockport Township. 

He’s in his third varsity 

season playing center back 

on defense for the Porter 

boys soccer team. 

The team is off to a 

tremendous start to 

the season with a 10-1 

record through Sept. 

26. What are your 

impressions of the team 

and season so far? 

I think since the beginning 

of the season, we’ve known 

this is the best team we’ve 

had since I’ve been here. We 

never doubt our ability and 

always expect to win. 

How did you get started 

playing soccer? 

I’ve been interested in 

soccer my whole life. I first 

played on a club team, the 

Lemont Raiders, in first 

grade. My dad got me into it, 

and I just love it. 

What is it about the 

sport of soccer that 

makes it the game for 

you? 

I like how it’s especially 

team-orientated. I like how 

everyone has a specific responsibility 

that they have 

to carry out. Everyone has to 

perform up to expectations. 

It’s a very team-orientated 

game. 

What do you say to 

people who tell you 

soccer is boring? 

I say to them that it’s a 

unique experience. Once 

you get to understand it, you 

realize that everything has 

purpose. It’s not a bunch of 

monotony. 

What do you like about 

playing defense for the 

Porters? 

On defense, you feel 

like you’re in charge of the 

game. The whole field is in 

front of you. Plus, the center 

back often starts the play by 

bringing the ball up and setting 

up the attack. 

What have you learned 

from Lockport coach 

Chris Beal? 

The biggest thing I’ve 

learned is that soccer always 

has to be fun. Otherwise, 

what’s the point? He also always 

expects us to play hard 

and well. 

What are the team’s 

goals for the rest of the 

season? 

The main goal is to win 

the [SouthWest Suburban 

Blue] Conference. In the 

postseason, we’re in a tough 

group, the toughest in the 

state. But I’m confident in 

our ability to improve on last 

year [reaching the regional 

title game]. 

What would be your 

spirit animal? 

A lion, because I feel like 

I can be a leader on the team 

and have influence over others. 

Are you planning to play 

soccer in college? 

randy whalen/22nd century 

media 

No. I made the decision 

that I’m focusing on school. 

I haven’t committed to go 

anywhere yet, but I’m planning 

to be an actuary. 

What’s the best thing 

about being an athlete 

at Lockport? 

I think the best thing is 

that all the coaches push 

you as hard as [you] can be 

[pushed]. But they are also 

aware of your academic 

needs. They want to push us 

to be the best on the field and 

off the field, too. 

Interview by Freelance Reporter 

Randy Whalen 

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Athlete of the Month 

Sandburg volleyball player 

wins September recognition 

Bill Jones, Managing Editor 

Before school even started 

this year, Sandburg’s Rachel 

Krasowski already earned 

some bragging rights on the 

volleyball court. 

As part of the Eagles’ Blue 

team, the junior libero helped 

beat the school’s White 

team in the Sandburg-heavy 

tournament title game for 

the Palos Courts Summer 

League. 

Krasowski just claimed another 

bragging right by winning 

22nd Century Media’s 

Southwest Chicago Athlete 

of the Month contest for September. 

The Athlete of the Month 

competition pits featured 

Athlete of the Week selections 

from our south suburban 

newspapers against one 

another in an online voting 

contest. 

This Week In... 

Porters Varsity 

Athletics 

Football 

■Oct. ■ 5 host Lincoln-Way 

East, 7:15 p.m. 

Boys Golf 

■Oct. ■ 8 at IHSA Sectional, 

TBD 

Girls Golf 

■Oct. ■ 9 at IHSA Sectiona, TBA 

Girls Tennis 

■Oct. ■ 4 at SWSC Blue 

Division Tournament, 4 p.m. 

at Lincoln-Way East 

■Oct. ■ 6 at SWSC Blue 

Division Tournament, 8:30 

a.m. at Lincoln-Way East 

■Oct. ■ 8 at Plainfield North, 

8 a.m. 

Boys Soccer 

■Oct. ■ 9 host Bolingbrook, 

Rachel Krasowski — a Sandburg junior who serves as 

a libero on the school’s girls volleyball team — won the 

September Athlete of the Month competition for publisher 

22nd Century Media’s Southwest Chicago branch. 22nd 

Century Media File Photo 

The next contest is to begin 

Wednesday, Oct. 10. 

To vote, visit Homer 

Horizon.com, hover over the 

“Sports” menu tab and click 

“Athlete of the Month.” Readers 

can vote once per session 

4:30 p.m. 

Girls Swimming 

■Oct. ■ 6 at Barrington Invite, 

Diving at 8:30 a.m. Swimming 

at 1 p.m. 

Girls Volleyball 

■Oct. ■ 9 at Homewood- 

Flossmoor, 5:30 p.m. 

Celtics Varsity Athletics 

Football 

■Oct. ■ 5 at Mt. Carmel, 7:30 

p.m. 

Girls Volleyball 

■Oct. ■ 4 at De La Salle, 6 p.m. 

■Oct. ■ 9 host St. Ignatius, 6 

p.m. 

■Oct. ■ 11 host Resurrection, 

6 p.m. 

Boys Soccer 

■Oct. ■ 4 host Marist, 6 p.m. 

■Oct. ■ 6 at Oswego East, 11 

a.m. 

per valid email address. Voting 

ends at 5 p.m. Oct. 25. 

All athletes featured in 

the September Athlete of the 

Week sports interviews are 

automatically entered into 

the contest. 

■Oct. ■ 11 at De La Salle, 4:30 

p.m. 

Girls Tennis 

■Oct. ■ 4 at Nazareth Academy, 

4:30 p.m. 

■Oct. ■ 6 at GCAC 

Championships, TBA 

Boys Golf 

■Oct. ■ 8 at IHSA Edwardsville 

Sectional (Sunset Hills 

Country Club), 8 a.m. 

Girls Golf 

■Oct. ■ 8 at IHSA Freeport 

Aquin Sectional (Park Hills 

Golf Course, Freeport), 8 a.m. 

Boys Cross Country 

■Oct. ■ 6 at Oak Forest Colonel 

Madden Invitational, 10 a.m. 

Girls Cross Country 

■Oct. ■ 6 at Oak Forest Colonel 

Madden Invitational, 10:30 

a.m. 

Girls Swimming 

Porters looking for improvement 

as postseason quickly approaches 

Randy Whalen 


Midseason is here for girls 

swimming. 

For the Lincoln-Way West 

and Lockport swim teams, 

there’s been moments of 

brightness, but both look to 

keep improving. 

Facing off for the second 

time in four days, it was 

West that won the scheduled 

SouthWest Suburban Conference 

crossover between the 

two by a count of 107-79 on 

Sept. 25 in Lockport. 

With the win, West (6-0, 

1-0 in SWSC Red) remained 

undefeated in dual meets. 

The Porters (2-3, 1-0 in the 

SWSC Blue) won’t see West 

again this season, as the two 

are in different divisions and 

also different sectionals. 

But on Sept. 22, the two 

were both at the Trojan 

Team Challenge at Downers 

Grove North. There, Lockport 

placed third out of the 

six teams with a score of 381. 

The Warriors were sixth on 

the varsity level with a count 

of 169. 

Many of the Warriors outstanding 

younger swimmers 

were in the freshman/sophomore 

competition at Downers 

Grove North, however. 

There, the West freshman/ 

sophomore team easily won 

with a 577.5 score, as Benet 

Academy (451) was second, 

and Lockport (420) placed 

third. They were back on the 

varsity level for the dual meet 

against Lockport. 

In the dual meet, each team 

won six events. But the Warriors 

had some events where 

they had the Top 3 placers. 

“We’re still figuring out 

where we want to go with 

some of the relays,” Lockport 

coach Grant Ferkaluk said. 

Emily Johnson swims the breaststroke portion of the 200 

IM Sept. 25 during a home meet against Lincoln-Way West. 

James Sanchez/22nd Century Media 

“Our 200-yard freestyle relay 

did pretty well, and Lindsey 

Merk had a really good day 

[winning two individual 

events and two relays], including 

a season best in the 

200-yard freestyle, which is 

an event she doesn’t swim 

often.” 

West did win one relay. 

That was the first one of the 

night, the 200-yard medley 

relay. There, sophomore 

Kasey Fris, freshman Aleks 

Sheridan, sophomore Amelia 

Dellamano and senior Sera 

Lange won a close race with 

a time of 2:01.68. The Porter 

foursome of seniors Dana 

Westberg and Francesca Brunetti, 

along with freshman 

Hayley Bogdan and junior 

Steffanie Lantow (2:02.22), 

finished a close second. 

Lockport won a pair of 

relays. In the 200-yard freestyle, 

it was sophomore 

Alyssa Wengel, Bogdan, 

senior Emily Johnson and 

Merk winning with a time of 

1:43.67. In the 400-yard freestyle 

relay, it was Johnson, 

Wengel, Bogdan and Merk 

(3:49.23) finishing first. 

Fresh off a pair of wins 

in the butterfly (58.32) and 

the backstroke (59.29) at the 

Trojan Team Challenge at 

Downers Grove North. Merk, 

a three-year varsity veteran, 

captured a pair of events in 

the dual meet. Those were the 

200-yard freestyle (1:57.56), 

as Moeller (2:04.07) took 

second, and the 100-yard 

breaststroke (1:11.42), where 

Sheridan (1:15.96) placed 

second. 

“I think the beginning 

of our season was a little 

rough,” Merk said. “But now 

it’s more positive. We see 

that we have to step up and 

work harder to do the things 

we can do.” 

Johnson won the 200-yard 

individual medley (2:23.77), 

as teammate Renee Solis 

(2:32.42) was second. Bogdan 

took first in the 100-yard 

freestyle (57.92), and Lantow 

(59.63) was second. 

When the sectional rolls 

around next month, the Porters 

will be looking for their 

fourth-straight sectional title. 

But no matter what happens 

the rest of the season, the addition 

of freshman Ellie Fontanetta 

has brought joy to the 

team. That’s because Fontanetta, 

who has spina bifida, 

has become the first disabled 

swimmer at Lockport. 

“She has such a positive 

outlook,” Ferkaluk said of 

Fontanetta. “It’s really cool 

and positive, and the girls 

have really enjoyed having 

Ellie on the team.”



Golf 

Lockport golf teams sweep conference tourneys 

Randy Whalen 


Orland Park might be “The 

Golf Capital of the World,” 

but Lockport is the Golf 

Capital of the Blue Division 

of the SouthWest Suburban 

Conference. 

The Porters showed that, 

as both their boys and girls 

golf teams won the SWSC 

Blue Division championship 

last week. The girls edged out 

Sandburg by a score of 321- 

323 to stop the Eagles’ streak 

of five-straight SWSC Blue titles 

on Sept. 25 at Silver Lake 

Country Club in Orland Park. 

On the boys side, that same 

day, the Porters finished with 

a season best, and what is 

believed to be a school record, 

score of 290. That took 

place at Coyote Run in Flossmoor, 

as Lockport won by 12 

shots over Sandburg (302). 

Host Homewood-Floosmoor 

(310), Lincoln-Way East 

(325) and Bolingbrook (355) 

rounded out the scores, as the 

Porters won the conference 

for the first time since 2014 

and for the sixth time since it 

formed in 2015. 

As she often has this season, 

freshman Lizzie Anderson 

shot an even par 75 to 

lead the way for the Porters. 

That was good for second 

place overall, behind Sandburg 

senior Hannah Kilbane, 

who won her fourth-straight 

individual SWSC Blue 

Championship with a 5-under 

70 to win by five strokes. 

“Yes, I did,” Anderson said 

when asked if she expected 

to come in as a freshman and 

help the Porters to a conference 

championship. “I stayed 

pretty close to [Kilbane], but 

just for us to win as a team 

was pretty cool. None of us 

on the team have beat them 

before. 

“I was just hitting the ball, 

working on my swing, and 

it’s finally going right for me. 

Our goal now is to make it to 

The LTHS boys golf team shot a season-best score of 

290 to capture the SouthWest Suburban Conference Blue 

Division title Sept. 25 at Coyote Run in Flossmoor. 

Sheri Greci 

The Lockport girls golf team ended Sandburg’s streak 

of five-straight SouthWest Suburban Conference Blue 

Division titles with a two-stroke victory on Sept. 25 at Silver 

Lake Country Club in Orland Park. Photo submitted 

state. We just have to play our 

game and focus.” 

Sophomore Caire Ancevicius 

(80, 4th place) had a pep 

talk with the team beforehand, 

and it worked. 

“I huddled the team together 

and told them what we 

needed to do,” Ancevicius 

said. “I told them if they had 

a bad shot or hole, that they 

had to rebound quickly. Then, 

I also pumped everyone up 

with motivational music like 

Eminem. Before the season, I 

wanted to be the hype person, 

and I am. 

“I went to Silver Lake with 

some teammates on Sunday 

[Sept. 23] for a practice 

round and shot a 74. So I just 

wanted to play a round like I 

normally do and shoot an 80 

or better. We just wanted to 

have fun, play the game and 

play well. Overall, we were 

surprised, and it was exciting 

that we won conference.” 

Juniors Rachel Kuzel (81, 

7th place) and Megan Kohley 

(85, 10th place) rounded 

out the carded scores for 

Lockport. Sophomores Katie 

Tomczuk (88), Fiona Heeney 

(90), along with seniors Kearney 

Pluth (108) and Gwyn 

Marshall (123), rounded out 

the rest of the Porter scores. 

The Porters hosted their 

own Class 2A regional this 

week, on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 

at Broken Arrow Golf Course 

in Lockport. 

On the boys side, sophomore 

Ben Sluzas and senior 

Nolan Weis each shot 1-under 

70s to lead the Porters. 

Because of a random scorecard 

playoff, Weis was second 

overall individually, and 

Sluzas was third. Seniors 

John Elsen (74, 6th), John 

Weis (76, 8th) and Eric Gasienica 

(77, 9th) all finished in 

the Top 10, and by virtue of 

that, they were all named All- 

Conference players. 

“When we put a lot of good 

scores together, we can do 

big things,” Nolan Weis said. 

“For me, my wedge game 

and my putter was working 

well. For the team, it was just 

playing consistent, playing to 

our strengths and doing what 

works. We just all kind of fit 

together. So when one of us 

has a bad hole, the others just 

pick them up. 

“I’ve never experienced 

this type of teamwork before.” 

Sluzas felt the same way. 

“We all played really well,” 

he said. “We just believed 

that we could shoot that well 

and just did it. I had a bad 

start with a 3-over through 

the first five holes. But then 

I went 4-under, all on birdies, 

on the last 13. I just didn’t get 

mad. I kept playing. 

“We can’t wait for the regional 

and the sectional. I 

think this shows that we have 

a good chance to go to state.” 

Lockport, which placed 

third in Class AA in 2000, 

hasn’t qualified for state 

since 2006. The quest to get 

back begins this week. 

Eber believed the score of 

290 is possibly a school record 

for an 18-hole tournament 

for the Porters, but it’s 

definitely the lowest in his 

decade as coach. 

This week, the Lockport 

boys were at the Class 3A Joliet 

Central Regional, which 

was held on Tuesday, Oct. 

2, at Inwood Golf Course in 

Joliet. 

Football 

Porters can’t keep 

up with Raiders in 

homecoming game 

Randy Whalen 


A look at the final score 

doesn’t show it, but there 

were some good signs for 

the Lockport Township football 

team in its latest loss. 

That was a 39-7 setback 

to Bolingbrook in a South- 

West Suburban Conference 

matchup before a homecoming 

crowd that was held 

down because of pregame 

rain on Friday, Sept. 28, at 

the LTHS football stadium. 

Senior running back Anthony 

Williams Jr. scored 

four touchdowns to lead the 

Raiders (5-1, 3-1) to the victory, 

which made them playoff 

eligible. If Bolingbrook 

qualifies for the postseason, 

it will be the 26th time in the 

past 27 years. On the other 

side, the Porters (0-6, 0-4) 

have qualified for the playoffs 

one time since 2011. 

“We came out and battled 

hard and really only gave up 

two defensive touchdowns 

in the first half,” Lockport 

coach Dan Starkey said. 

“But Bolingbrook gashed us 

in the third quarter with the 

rushing game. They have 

a lot of big, tall, lean but 

strong players.” 

One of those was Williams, 

who scored on TD 

runs of three and eight yards 

in the second quarter, and on 

scampers of 39 and 67 yards 

in the second half. 

Despite Williams’ offensive 

explosion and a pair of 

special teams TDs, Lockport’s 

defense made some 

plays against the Raiders. 

Senior defensive back Ryan 

Michalowski had a first-half 

interception. Then, to open 

the second half, sophomore 

linebacker Joseph Suchorabski 

recovered an onside kick. 

Junior linebacker Joseph 

Kenney and junior defensive 

lineman Brandon Little 

added second-half fumble 

recoveries for the Porters. 

There were some bright 

spots on offense for the Porters. 

Trailing just 7-0, senior 

kicker Ryan Barth was 

just a few yards short on a 

43-yard field goal attempt 

in the first quarter. Senior 

running back Austin Hubert 

(16 carries, 118 yards) 

continued to impress with 

solid running. Junior quarterback 

Marcos Voulgaris 

(10-of-21 passing, 55 yards; 

12 carries, 61 yards) scored 

Lockport’s touchdown on 

an 8-yard run with 7:11 to 

play in the game. 

Bolingbrook vs. Lockport 

1 2 3 4 F 

Bolingbrook 7 13 13 6 39 

Lockport 0 0 0 7 7 

Top Performers 

1. Anthony Williams Jr., Bolingbrook RB — 14 carries, 215 yards, 

4 TDs 

2. Marcos Voulgaris, Lockport QB — 10-of-21 passing for 55 

yards; 12 carries, 61 yards, TD 

3. Austin Hubert, Lockport RB — 16 carries, 118 yards



Entire cheer squad votes Homer girl as homecoming queen 

Burros squad selects 

Chisholm for honor 

Jacquelyn Schlabach, 


It was hard to miss the 

bright smile that formed 

from ear to ear, teeth showing 

and her cheeks raised so 

high they almost closed her 

eyes. She stood in front of 

the crowd wearing a tiara, a 

sash and holding a bouquet 

of flowers. 

Audrey Chisholm was 

happy, and it’s all because of 

the 24 girls on the Mokena 

Burros eighth-grade cheer 

squad. 

On Sept. 6, members of 

the squad cast their votes on 

who they wanted to represent 

them as their homecoming 

queen. The only ballot 

that didn’t have Audrey’s 

name circled as a contender 

was her own. 

“When you get to the 

eighth-grade level, this is it, 

this is like your final shot at 

[homecoming queen], and 

just like in a high school 

environment, everybody’s 

kind of hoping that it’s them, 

and for all theses girls to 

put their dreams aside for 

one cheerleader was really 

emotional,” Audrey’s mom, 

Jody, said. 

Receiving this recognition 

for homecoming from her 

teammates means more to 

the Homer Jr. High eighthgrader 

than wearing a tiara 

and sash. 

“For her, she just wants 

to be included, she wants to 

have a lot of friends, and for 

her, it’s like the ultimate sign 

of acceptance,” Jody said. 

Audrey has Down syndrome, 

but her squad doesn’t 

see a disability — they see a 

13-year-old girl who loves to 

cheer. 

“I think that all the girls 

love having her on the 

team,” coach Christine 

O’Donnell said. “I hope she 

feels the same way about 

them, and I’m really, really 

glad that they took it upon 

themselves to bestow the 

honor of homecoming queen 

for her, because I truly think 

that that for Audrey, it’s an 

experience that I think she’ll 

remember for a long, long 

time.” 

Jody is the team mom for 

the eighth-grade squad and 

helped count the votes with 

the coach during the last 

practice before homecoming 

on that upcoming Saturday, 

Sept. 8. After tallying all of 

the votes, she couldn’t believe 

her eyes. 

“I was speechless,” Joday 

said. “There was a knot 

in my throat, because I really 

couldn’t believe what 

they had just done, and this 

is not initiated by any of 

the coaches, this is initiated 

by one cheerleader, Kailey 

O’Donnell, and she suggested 

[they all vote for Audrey] 

in a group chat, and everybody 

agreed that that was 

what they were going to do. 

It’s really remarkable.” 

Christine’s daughter, Kailey, 

told her mom just days 

before they were to vote that 

she sent out a text to all of 

the girls on the cheer squad 

suggesting that it would be 

a great opportunity to vote 

Audrey as their homecoming 

queen. They were all in. 

“Every girl on that squad 

had voted for Audrey, and so 

when we were counting ballots, 

it was determined by all 

of them because they knew 

how important it would be 

for Audrey and what a great 

experience it would be for 

her,” Christine said. “And 

you know, sometimes my 

girls are wise beyond their 

age because my daughter 

says, you know, mom, I 

think it’s a little bit cool, and 

I’d be excited for all of one 

day, but Audrey’s going to 

be excited for a long time 

about this, and this is great.” 

Needless to say, Audrey’s 

reaction was one of surprise. 

Homer Jr. High eighth-grader Audrey Chisholm is all smiles 

after she was voted homecoming queen of the Mokena 

Burros eighth-grade squad by every member of the team. 

Photo submitted 

“It made me feel great,” 

she said. 

Two days after learning 

she was queen on Sept. 8, 

Audrey was ready to carry 

out her duties as queen. 

“Homecoming day, holy 

smokes, Audrey was so darn 

excited,” her mom said. 

“She got out of bed early, 

which is really hard to do, 

and everybody was at the 

field by 9 a.m.” 

All of the different cheer 

squads and football teams 

with the Mokena Burros 

were celebrating homecoming 

at Main Park in Mokena, 

with the eighth-graders designating 

a king and queen, 

and the other age groups 

selecting princesses and 

princes. 

“The wind was blowing, 

and it was cold, and the 

grounds were so muddy they 

called it the mud fest, but it 

didn’t matter — everybody 

just really still had a great 

time, because it was homecoming, 

and it’s a completely 

different atmosphere; you 

know everybody is happy, 

tons of people everywhere,” 

Jody said. 

Throughout the Saturday, 

each squad did sideline 

cheers for a game, followed 

by a homecoming cheer 

dance. At halftime, Audrey, 

among the princesses, princes 

and king, were honored 

with their tiaras, sashes and 

flowers, respectively. 

“It was heartwarming,” 

Jody said. “All of the parents 

agreed with the decision 

[to vote Audrey queen], so 

you have 24 sets of parents 

and their grandparents there 

and friends, and there wasn’t 

anybody that would have 

walked away and been disappointed 

with the decision. 

I think even the parents were 

really proud of what their 

girls had accomplished with 

that vote.” 

The rest of the day, Audrey 

never let go of the bouquet 

of flowers she received. 

“She walked around with 

those flowers until it was 

time to get in the car, so she 

was really, really proud to 

be the homecoming queen,” 

Jody said. 

Her squad was equally as 

happy, taking pictures with 

and giving lots of hugs to 

Audrey, showing her love 

and support. 

“And the little boy that 

was king, they also told him 

to be nice to her or else they 

would get a hold of him 

and he’d have the wrath of 

eighth-grade cheer,” Christine 

said. “It was kind of 

cute.” 

Jody said that even though 

Audrey was honored by her 

teammates, she wants to 

honor those girls who put 

aside their dream of being 

homecoming queen for her 

daughter. She said it’s a relief 

to finally see her daughter 

accepted for who she is. 

“It’s a relief, and there’s so 

much joy in seeing her smile 

and seeing her fit in and having 

these kids accept her as a 

friend,” Jody said. “There’s 

a difference here, because 

it’s not just ‘oh, yeah, we accept 

her, we accept that girl 

with Down syndrome on our 

squad.’ No, they don’t see 

Down syndrome when they 

see Audrey, they see Audrey. 

And I think that’s the 

part that warms my heart the 

most. She’s not seen for her 

disability.” 

This is the third year that 

Audrey is a cheerleader on 

the squad and her coach, 

Christine, said that she can’t 

imagine the team without 

her. 

“They’re really good 

about helping Audrey,” she 

said. “If she needs help with 

motions or help with a skill, 

they’re all very, very patient 

with her, and they’re also 

very protective of her. When 

we go to competitions, if she 

needs to go to the restroom 

or wants anything, they are 

right there with her. She’s 

just an integral part of our 

team.” 

Audrey has brought a level 

of excitement to the team 

that Christine said has given 

the other cheerleaders a different 

perspective on not 

taking things for granted that 

they may have in the past. 

“She’ll step up and say, 

‘you got this guys, we’ve got 

this, come on, let’s do this,’ 

and I like that about her,” 

Christine said. “I like that 

she brings that positive attitude, 

even when we’re struggling 

with skills or we’re 

struggling with tumbling. 

And I think that she lightens 

the stress load for the rest 

of the girls by always being 

that positive influence on the 

team.” 

Christine has been a cheer 

coach since 2004 and said 

Audrey is the first girl with 

Down syndrome that she 

has had on her team. She 

believes in being accommodating 

and accepting of the 

differences that people have 

but said that just because 

Audrey has a disability, it 

doesn’t mean she should be 

labeled as such. 

“Why should Audrey 

be labeled for her disability? 

Which I don’t consider 

Down syndrome a disability, 

but I’m sure lots of people 

do,” Christine said. “Why 

can’t Audrey be labeled as 

a 13-year-old girl who just 

wants to be a cheerleader? 

That’s how we look at Audrey.”



LTHS boys cross country takes second at Locktoberfest 

Program has bestever 

performance at 

Dellwood Park meet 

Randy Whalen 


Lockport Township boys 

cross country coach Tom 

Razo believes his team has 

been hosting its annual 

Locktoberfest race for the 

past 15 seasons. 

This past weekend was the 

best-ever performance by 

the Porters. 

Competing against a 17- 

team field, which included a 

pair of Top-10 teams in the 

state from last year, Lockport 

placed second on Saturday, 

Sept. 29, at Dellwood 

Park in Lockport. 

On a perfect sunny morning 

of temperatures in the 

50s and no wind, the Porters 

had four placers in the Top 

20 to finish with 83 points. 

Last season’s Class 3A state 

runner-up, Neuqua Valley 

(41 points) placed first. Naperville 

North (86), Wheaton 

North (105), Stevenson 

(210) and Downers Grove 

South (227), which placed 

10th in Class 3A last season, 

rounded out the Top 6 

teams. 

Locally, Lincoln-Way 

Central (256), which was 

paced by second-place individual, 

junior Jared Kries 

(15:30.3) placed eighth, and 

Lincoln-Way West (312) was 

12th. Bolingbrook junior Tyler 

Cushing (3:20.1) was the 

individual champion. 

“This was our best race 

of the year by far, and our 

best-ever finish in our own 

invite,” Razo said. “We were 

ready, and the guys ran very 

well on their home course. 

The guys ran very, very well 

as a group, and we’re getting 

a little more healthy now. 

“We are going to get even 

stronger as the season progresses. 

We still have a few 

injuries, but I brought a 

sophomore up, and he was 

pushing for the seventh spot. 

The kids are moving up, and 

our gap is getting smaller. 

I’m very happy.” 

After sitting out the Tinley 

Park Invite the previous 

week, senior Donovan Paske 

(9th overall, 16:07.6) paced 

the Porters to the secondplace 

finish. 

“I’m kind of happy,” Paske 

said of being in his last race 

at Dellwood Park. “It’s a 

hard course. But it’s also sort 

of sad that it’s my last race 

here. My time wasn’t my 

best, but we all raced well 

and worked together. If we 

just keep doing what we’re 

doing, I feel like we will [get 

back to state] again.” 

Marc Schelli has been at 

or near the top of the pack 

for Lockport all season, and 

Saturday was no exception, 

as the senior placed second 

(12th overall, 16:13.2) on 

the team. 

“This season, the splits between 

the first and the fifth 

runner is very small,” Schelli 

said. “Everyone knows 

where that certain point is to 

pass. I’ve had a few small injuries, 

but I’ve been pushing 

really hard in leading in the 

meets. Just pushing the first 

couple of miles, and not falling 

behind. 

“[For the postseason], as 

a team, we just need to run 

together and make sure everyone 

has good paces.” 

Juniors Jacob Hinchley 

(15th, 16:17.4), Aidan Pajeau 

(19th, 16.32.8) and Ross 

Cronholm (28th, 16:51.8) 

were the Top 5 placing runners 

for Lockport. Junior 

Brendan Diamond (33rd, 

16:55.3) and sophomores 

Timothy Nielsen (37th, 

16:57.2) and Austin Molitor 

(43rd, 17:04.1), along with 

LTHS senior Marc Shelli placed 12th overall with a time of 16:13.2 at the Locktoberfest meet on Saturday, Sept. 29, at 

Dellwood Park in Lockport. Photos by Adam Jomant/22nd Century Media 

senior Alexander Kistinger 

(73rd, 17:43.8) and junior 

Josh Scholl (81st, 18:02.2), 

rounded out the Porter lineup. 

The postseason push starts 

now for the Porters. They 

are off this weekend but host 

the SouthWest Suburban 

Conference Blue Division 

meet on Saturday, Oct. 13, 

at Lockport East. Lockport 

last won the SWSC Blue in 

2009. 

The Porters are at the Andrew 

Regional on Saturday, 

Oct. 20, at Turtle Head Lake 

Forest Preserve in Orland 

Park. From there, Lockport 

hopes to advance to the 

Quincy Sectional the following 

Saturday. 

Then, the Porters plan to 

advance to the state finals, 

which are held on Saturday, 

Nov. 3, at Detweiller Park in 

Peoria. 

Lockport junior Jacob Hinchley got 15th overall at the event with his time of 16:17.4.



fastbreak 

Football 

Celtics put up highest single-game point total since 2005 in thriller 

Adam Jomant/22nd Century 

Media 

1st and 3 

Porters run to 

second place at 

Locktoberfest 

1. Taking charge 

The Lockport boys 

cross country team 

finished second out 

of 17 teams at the 

Locktoberfest meet 

held Saturday, Sept. 

29, at Dellwood Park 

in Lockport. 

2. Four in Top 20 

Four LTHS runners 

ended up in the Top 

20, with Donovan 

Paske ending 9th, 

Marc Shelli taking 

12th, Jacob Hinchley 

finishing 15th and 

Aidan Pajeau coming 

in at 19th. 

3. Postseason push 

LTHS will next compete 

at the South- 

West Suburban 

Conference Blue Division 

meet it hosts 

Saturday, Oct. 13, 

at its East Campus. 

Lockport last won 

the Blue Division in 

2009. 

Chris Walker 


Usually when a team 

scores 50 or more points in a 

football game, it blows out its 

opponent, often with a running 

clock in the second half. 

Friday, Sept. 28 was anything 

but usual for Providence, 

which treated its 

Homecoming fans to a thrilling 

58-42 victory over Hope 

Academy during a Chicago 

Catholic League crossover 

game at Bishop Kaffer Stadium 

and Matt Senffner Field 

in New Lenox. 

In order to become playoff 

eligible with their fifth victory, 

the Celtics had to rally 

from a double-digit deficit in 

the second half and accomplished 

that by scoring 42 

points after halftime. 

They did that despite surrendering 

42 points as well. 

A very good showing by the class in Week 6. Maybe 

the games are too easy. Maybe we should throw in a 

few NFL games to spice things up. Maybe not… 

Game of the Week 

• Providence(5-1) at Mt. Carmel (6-0) 

Other Games to Watch 

• Lincoln-Way East (6-0) at Lockport (0-6) 

• Tinley Park (2-4)at Oak Forest (0-6) 

• Champaign Centennial (2-4) at L-W Central (4-2) 

• Thornton (4-2) at Lincoln-Way West (4-2) 

• Thornwood (1-5) at Andrew (5-1) 

• Stagg (2-4) at Sandburg (2-4) 

Coming into the game, the 

Celtics had only allowed 40 

points, and that was in their 

first five games combined. 

“It was just one of those 

nights,” Providence junior 

defensive back/quarterback 

Ryan Manikowski said. “Obviously 

they’re a fast team, 

but their offense was pretty 

simple, especially compared 

to Brother Rice, which was 

the most complex offense 

I’ve ever faced. Hope came 

out and outplayed us. It was 

just one of those days.” 

Providence (5-1) trailed 

26-16 at the half to a team 

it had clobbered 56-14 last 

fall in a game that was remembered 

more from being 

delayed for nearby gunshots 

than for what actually transpired 

on the field of play. 

“We knew we could’ve 

done better in the first half 

than to be down 10 points 

Hope Academy vs. Providence 

1 2 3 4 F 

Hope Academy 13 13 8 8 42 

Providence 9 7 28 14 58 

Top Performers 

1. Ryan Manikowski 

Providence. Rushed for his first two touchdowns of the 

season after taking over as quarterback in the second half. 

2. Aaron Vaughn Jr. 

Providence. The freshman delivered once again, scoring 

twice in the decisive second half both via the run, including 

an 80-yarder early in the fourth quarter. 

3. Ben Martus 

Providence. Rushed for two touchdowns. 

and that we had to get it going 

on offense for our defense 

for once,” senior captain/running 

back/linebacker Brenden 

Martus said. “But their quarterback 

[Trevor Land] was the 

real deal, and we knew they 

had something like 20 returning 

starters so it would be a 

different team from last year.” 

OUR STAFF’S PREDICTIONS FOR THE AREA GAMES IN WEEK 7 

33-7 

Joe Coughlin | 

Publisher 

• Mt. Carmel 24, Providence 17. 

Caravan’s robust D slows young 

Celtics. 

• Lincoln-Way East 

• Tinley Park 

• Lincoln-Way Central 

• Lincoln-Way West 

• Andrew 

• Sandburg 

32-8 

Heather Warthen | 

Chief Operating Officer 

• Providence 24, Mt. Carmel 21. 

Celtics take their show on the road 

for a hard-fought win. 





• Thornwood 

• Sandburg 

32-8 

Jeff Vorva | 

Sports Editor 


Jordan and his Lynch mob will 

continue its dream season after a 

nightmarish off season with Frank 

Lenti’s ouster. 





• Andrew 

• Sandburg 

The Celtics needed a lift in 

the second half and they got 

it by thrusting Manikowski in 

as quarterback. 

Manikowski has taken reps 

at practice with starting quarterback 

Logan Phillips after 

losing opening game starter 

Kevin Conway with a broken 

collarbone, but last Friday 

31-9 

Thomas Czaja | 

Editor 

• Mt. Carmel 31, Providence 28. A 

back-and-forth game will end up 

landing in favor of the Caravan in a 

thrilling finish. 





• Andrew 

• Sandburg 

was the first time he saw action 

there. 

“At halftime the coaches 

said we needed a spark, and 

they think I’m better on the 

run and felt like I could help 

wear them down,” Manikowski 

said. 

His 67-yard and 1-yard 

touchdown runs in the third 

quarter allowed the Celtics to 

regain the lead at 30-26, but 

Hope answered with a touchdown 

of their own to retake 

the lead at 34-30. 

The Celtics took the lead 

for good on Aaron Vaughn 

Jr.’s 10-yard run midway 

through the third quarter. 

Jerrell Wright followed 

with a 59-yard scoring run, 

Vaughn Jr. added a highlightworthy 

80-yard run, and Martus 

concluded Providence’s 

amazing second half with a 

3-yard score in the waning 

minutes. 

31-9 

James Sanchez | 



Caravan figures out how to slow 

down the Celtics’ run game and 

squeaks out a win. 





• Andrew 

• Sandburg 

LISTEN UP 

“This was our best race of the year by far, and our 

best-ever finish in our own invite. We were ready, 

and the guys ran very well on their home course.” 

Tom Razo — LTHS boys cross country coach, following his 

team taking second at its annual Locktoberfest race 

Tune In 

Football 

Playing a powerhouse — 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, vs. Lincoln- 

Way East 

• The Porters welcome the No. 1 team in the state to 

town, as the Griffins come to Lockport on Senior Night. 

Index 

35 - This Week In 

34 - Athlete of the Week 

FASTBREAK is compiled by Editor Thomas Czaja, 

tom@homerhorizon.com.

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RECEIVING RECOGNITION 

Homer girl picked as homecoming 

queen by youth cheer team, Page 37 

Champs times two 

Both Porters boys and girls golf teams win 

conference tourneys, Page 36 

Porters boys cross country team places four runners 

in Top 20 to finish second at Locktoberfest, Page 38 

Senior Donovan Paske had the best run of the day for the Porters, finishing ninth overall with a time of 16:07.6 at the Locktoberfest meet held Saturday, Sept. 29, at Dellwood 

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