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THURSDAY<br />

Finals Study Plan<br />

4-5 p.m. Dec. 6, The<br />

Bridge Teen Center, 15555<br />

S. 71st Court. Teens grades<br />

7-12 can learn some tips for<br />

final exam studying and design<br />

a personal studying plan<br />

for tackling exams. This is a<br />

free event. For more information,<br />

call (708) 532-0500<br />

or visit www.thebridgeteen<br />

center.org.<br />

Mason Jar Snow Globes<br />

5-6 p.m. Dec. 6, The<br />

Bridge Teen Center, 15555<br />

S. 71st Court. Teens grades<br />

7-12 can create a mini<br />

snow globe with a holiday<br />

scene that they can add<br />

to the family’s festivities<br />

each year. This is a free<br />

event. For more information,<br />

call (708) 532-0500<br />

or visit www.thebridge<br />

teencenter.org.<br />

Very Special Night Owls:<br />

Polar Express<br />

6:30 p.m. Dec. 6, Orland<br />

Park Public Library, 14921<br />

S. Ravinia Ave. This special<br />

presentation of “The Polar<br />

Express” by Chris Van Allsburg<br />

will take children 0-47<br />

months old on a magical<br />

journey. No registration is<br />

required, but space is limited.<br />

FRIDAY<br />

Baby Playtime<br />

10 a.m. Dec. 7, Orland<br />

Park Public Library, 14921<br />

S. Ravinia Ave. Children<br />

nirth-23 months with parent<br />

or caregiver can enjoy a<br />

space with sensory toys, interact<br />

with other babies and<br />

exercise motor skills.<br />

Meet the Artist: Nancie<br />

King Mertz<br />

5 p.m. Dec. 7, Orland<br />

Park Public Library, 14921<br />

S. Ravinia Ave. Awardwinning<br />

artist Nancie King<br />

Mertz will be giving a<br />

painting demonstration in<br />

Room 104 for two hours before<br />

discussing her display<br />

on the second floor at 7 p.m.<br />

Movement Fridays<br />

6:30 p.m. Dec. 7, Orland<br />

Park Public Library,<br />

14921 S. Ravinia Ave. Children<br />

ages 4 and older. The<br />

week is over, and it is time<br />

to move. Miss Fanny will<br />

showcase a different type<br />

of movement-based activity<br />

each week.<br />

‘Home Alone’ Building<br />

Challenger<br />

7:30-10:30 p.m. Dec. 7,<br />

The Bridge Teen Center,<br />

15555 S. 71st Court. Teens<br />

grades 7-12 can channel<br />

their inner “Home Alone”<br />

child in the Art Studio<br />

and create a wild contraption<br />

just like the ones in<br />

the movie. Acoustic performer<br />

A.J. Skrabis will be<br />

on stage in the Big Room,<br />

covering all of the favorite<br />

hits. Culver’s will be serving<br />

frozen custard. This is<br />

a free event. For more information,<br />

call (708) 532-<br />

0500 or visit www.theb<br />

ridgeteencenter.org.<br />

Orland Park Theatre Troupe<br />

presents ‘The Christmas<br />

Express’<br />

7:30 p.m. Dec. 7, and Saturday,<br />

Dec. 8; 2 p.m. Sunday,<br />

Dec. 9; Orland Park<br />

Civic Center, 14750 Ravinia<br />

Ave. Reserved seating<br />

is available at Recreation<br />

Administration, 14600 S.<br />

Ravinia Ave. For more information,<br />

visit orlandpark.<br />

org, or call (708) 403-7275<br />

and (708) 645-7529.<br />

SATURDAY<br />

Bingo!<br />

2 p.m. Dec. 8, Orland<br />

Park Public Library, 14921<br />

S. Ravinia Ave. Coffee and<br />

bingo. Seating limited.<br />

MONDAY<br />

Crafty Readers<br />

6:30 p.m. Dec. 10, Orland<br />

Park Public Library,<br />

14921 S. Ravinia Ave. Children<br />

grades K-3 can hear<br />

a story and show off crafty<br />

skills. No registration required.<br />

TUESDAY<br />

Gingerbread House<br />

Decorating Party<br />

4 p.m. Dec. 11, Orland<br />

Park Public Library, 14921<br />

S. Ravinia Ave. Family<br />

event. All ages can come<br />

and decorate a paper gingerbread<br />

house. Limited to<br />

15 families. Register with a<br />

Youth Services staff member<br />

in person.<br />

Gingerbread House<br />

Competition<br />

4-5:30 p.m. Dec. 11, The<br />

Bridge Teen Center, 15555<br />

S. 71st Court. Teens grades<br />

7-12 can join in on the annual<br />

competition, in which<br />

teams will be judged on creativity,<br />

neatness and stability<br />

of their sweet houses. This is<br />

a free event. For more information,<br />

call (708) 532-0500<br />

or visit www.thebridgeteen<br />

center.org.<br />

Natural Eye Makeup &<br />

Hairstyles<br />

4:15-5:30 p.m. Dec. 11,<br />

The Bridge Teen Center,<br />

15555 S. 71st Court. Teens<br />

grades 7-12 can gain eye<br />

makeup and hair styling tips<br />

from the professionals and<br />

see how “less is more” in<br />

enhancing natural beauty.<br />

This is a free event. For<br />

more information, call (708)<br />

532-0500 or visit www.the<br />

bridgeteencenter.org.<br />

Understanding the New<br />

Tax Law: Challenges and<br />

Opportunities<br />

7 p.m. Dec. 11, Orland<br />

Park Public Library, 14921<br />

S. Ravinia Ave. Judi Strauss<br />

will discuss the many<br />

changes for 2018 taxes,<br />

as well as some important<br />

things that tend to trip up<br />

people during tax time.<br />

WEDNESDAY<br />

Unwind: Knit, Crochet &<br />

Needlework Hangout<br />

10 a.m. Dec. 12, Orland<br />

Park Public Library, 14921<br />

S. Ravinia Ave. Adults can<br />

join fellow needlecrafters<br />

for an informal get-together<br />

to socialize and work on<br />

projects. No registration<br />

required. Instruction and<br />

supplies not provided by library.<br />

Family STEAM Challenge<br />

4 p.m. Dec. 12, Orland<br />

Park Public Library, 14921<br />

S. Ravinia Ave. Children 4<br />

years and older can bring<br />

the family to hands-on science<br />

stations and test different<br />

science concepts/experiments.<br />

Walk-in program.<br />

No registration required.<br />

Tone Your Muscles<br />

4-5 p.m. Dec. 12, The<br />

Bridge Teen Center, 15555<br />

S. 71st Court. Teens grades<br />

7-12 can try this total-body<br />

workout that will help tone<br />

various muscle groups and<br />

get participants feeling<br />

great. This is a free event.<br />

For more information, call<br />

(708) 532-0500.<br />

STEM: Web Development<br />

5-6 p.m. Dec. 12 and 13,<br />

The Bridge Teen Center,<br />

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15555 S. 71st Court. Teens<br />

grades 7-12 can learn all<br />

about the foundational pieces<br />

of what is takes to build a<br />

website, like coding, hosting<br />

and incorporating one’s own<br />

designs. This is a free event.<br />

For more information, call<br />

(708) 532-0500 or visit www.<br />

thebridgeteencenter.org.<br />

All Things Google<br />

6 p.m. Dec. 12, Orland<br />

Park Public Library, 14921<br />

S. Ravinia Ave. Adults can<br />

learn about all of the services<br />

offered in the Google<br />

Suite, from cloud storage to<br />

photo storing and sharing<br />

to calendar and scheduling<br />

integration, and then start<br />

using them. This class will<br />

begin with instructions, followed<br />

by free lab time to<br />

start exploring the other services<br />

by Google.<br />

Meet the Six Wives of<br />

Henry the 8th<br />

7 p.m. Dec. 12, Orland<br />

Park Public Library, 14921<br />

S. Ravinia Ave. Educational<br />

entertainer Martina<br />

Mathisen interweaves tales<br />

of power, personality and<br />

politics.<br />

ONGOING<br />

Orland Park Lions Club<br />

Christmas Tree & Wreath<br />

Sale<br />

Times vary, now through<br />

Sunday, Dec. 16, or until<br />

trees are sold out, Village<br />

Hall, 14700 S. Ravinia Ave.<br />

For more information, visit<br />

www.orlandparklionsclub.<br />

com.


opprairie.com news<br />

the orland park prairie | December 6, 2018 | 3<br />

Carbon monoxide hospitalizes four,<br />

impacts two dozen at Red Robin<br />

Bill Jones, Editor<br />

From Dec. 1<br />

Four people were hospitalized,<br />

as two dozen customers<br />

reported headaches<br />

and feeling sick the evening<br />

of Friday, Nov. 30, when<br />

first responders found “high<br />

levels’ of carbon monoxide<br />

at an Orland Park restaurant.<br />

Red Robin, 15503 S. La-<br />

Grange Road, remained<br />

closed the morning of Saturday,<br />

Dec. 1, after it was shut<br />

down the night before, when<br />

24 customers reported the<br />

aforementioned symptoms<br />

while dining around 7:22<br />

p.m. that evening, according<br />

to a press release issued<br />

by Orland Fire Protection<br />

District spokesperson Ray<br />

Hanania.<br />

A testing of the atmosphere<br />

showed levels of carbon<br />

monoxide at 400 parts<br />

per million, according to<br />

the district. Customers and<br />

employees reportedly were<br />

evacuated. Firefighters monitored<br />

the HVAC units found<br />

to be causing the problem<br />

and the restaurant was ventilated,<br />

Hanania wrote.<br />

Hanania said 1-70 ppm<br />

is considered normal for<br />

carbon monoxide, “but a<br />

threshold for potential danger.”<br />

OSHA states an enclosed<br />

area for work needs<br />

to be below 50 ppm, but<br />

OFPD uses 35 ppm as a recommendation<br />

for residential<br />

occupancies, he added.<br />

“As PPM levels get higher,<br />

the impact depends on<br />

your health but worsens,” he<br />

wrote in an email to The Orland<br />

Park Prairie. “400 ppm<br />

is considered very high.”<br />

Twenty of the patients<br />

were evaluated by Emergency<br />

Medical Services, and<br />

four were taken to local hospitals<br />

for further treatment,<br />

according to the release.<br />

Nicor and Village of Orland<br />

Park personnel were<br />

called to scene, and the restaurant<br />

reportedly was shut<br />

down for the evening. It is<br />

to remain closed pending<br />

completion of repairs.<br />

The same business experienced<br />

a fire in February that<br />

forced the evacuation of customers.<br />

No one was reported<br />

injured in that incident, but<br />

the fire caused an estimated<br />

$100,000 in damages to the<br />

restaurant.<br />

For more on this and other<br />

Breaking News, visit <strong>OP</strong>Prai<br />

rie.com.<br />

GoFundMe started for woman hit in<br />

LaGrange Road crosswalk while on bike<br />

Bill Jones, Editor<br />

A bicyclist reportedly was<br />

in serious condition after she<br />

was hit by a vehicle the day<br />

after Thanksgiving in a La-<br />

Grange Road crosswalk.<br />

The incident occurred<br />

at 4:58 p.m. Nov. 23 when<br />

a 2017 Chevrolet Malibu<br />

driven by a 26-year-old Chicago<br />

resident was traveling<br />

northbound on LaGrange<br />

Road, according to an email<br />

to The Prairie from Orland<br />

Park Police Cmdr. Tony Farrell.<br />

At the intersection of<br />

144th Place, the bicyclist —<br />

a 44-year-old Orland Park<br />

resident — was traveling<br />

eastbound in the crosswalk<br />

on 144th Place when the<br />

Malibu struck her, Farrell<br />

said.<br />

The woman reportedly<br />

sustained serious injuries<br />

and was transported by Orland<br />

Fire Protection District<br />

personnel to Advocate<br />

Christ Medical Center in<br />

Oak Lawn. The driver of the<br />

Malibu received citations for<br />

a red light violation and failure<br />

to yield the right-of-way<br />

to a pedestrian in a crosswalk.<br />

The woman was identified<br />

by a GoFundMe post<br />

as Wendy Martin. The post<br />

on that page notes she broke<br />

her pelvis and sacrum, has<br />

a compound fracture in her<br />

leg, and has neck and brain<br />

trauma from the incident.<br />

The original post noted<br />

she had one surgery on her<br />

leg, was in a trauma unit and<br />

being evaluated daily. An<br />

update noted she was awake<br />

and stable, aware of the accident<br />

but with no memory<br />

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Later updates noted she<br />

had a successful surgery<br />

to put plates and screws in<br />

her leg, and was moved to<br />

a regular room. She was not<br />

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of a Nov. 30 post.<br />

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4 | December 6, 2018 | The orland park prairie news<br />

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Orland Park Village Board<br />

Residents to vote on term limits, eventually<br />

Jon DePaolis<br />

Freelance Reporter<br />

The question of whether<br />

to enact term limits for Village<br />

of Orland Park officials<br />

is now in the hands of the<br />

voters. It just will take some<br />

time to ask them.<br />

The Village Board of<br />

Trustees voted 4-3 Nov. 19<br />

to place the binding referendum<br />

on the November 2020<br />

general election ballot.<br />

Mayor Keith Pekau and<br />

Trustees Dan Calandriello,<br />

Carole Griffin Ruzich and<br />

Pat Gira voted for it. Trustees<br />

James Dodge, Michael<br />

Carroll and Kathleen Fenton<br />

voted against it.<br />

Per the ordinance, the<br />

referendum question to be<br />

added to the ballot is to ask:<br />

“Shall the terms of office for<br />

those persons elected to the<br />

offices of Village president,<br />

Village trustee and Village<br />

clerk in the Village of Orland<br />

Park at the April 6,<br />

2021 Consolidated Election<br />

and at each election for any<br />

of such offices thereafter, be<br />

limited such that no person<br />

elected may serve more than<br />

three (3) full four (4) year<br />

terms in the same office?”<br />

Under the terms of the<br />

ordinance, if voted affirmatively<br />

by the majority of the<br />

residents during that 2020<br />

election, it would set term<br />

limits on the mayor, trustee<br />

and clerk positions. The<br />

limits would apply not only<br />

consecutive terms but also<br />

to cumulative terms.<br />

According to Village<br />

documents, the term limits<br />

would take effect and<br />

essentially start the clock<br />

“after the passage of a public<br />

referendum [and] beginning<br />

with the Consolidated<br />

General Election on April 6,<br />

2021.”<br />

During the discussion,<br />

Village Attorney Kenneth<br />

Friker said the term limits<br />

question has to be done by<br />

referendum, meaning the<br />

trustees could not enact<br />

term limits by ordinance.<br />

Two ordinances were on<br />

the agenda related to the<br />

timing of the ballot question,<br />

including one that was<br />

tabled from a previous meeting.<br />

That item, which would<br />

have placed the question<br />

on the ballot for the April<br />

2019 election, was initially<br />

brought up by Mayor Keith<br />

Pekau. It was tabled again,<br />

as trustees instead opted to<br />

vote on the November 2020<br />

ordinance first.<br />

Pekau said he supports<br />

term limits, because when<br />

people are in positions too<br />

long they become “political<br />

power players.”<br />

“We see too much of that<br />

in the system, and we see<br />

too much of that locally,”<br />

Pekau said after the meeting.<br />

“I think we have a big<br />

town, and we need a variety<br />

of ideas. If you want to be a<br />

career local politician, then<br />

serve in three different offices<br />

for 36 years.”<br />

But during the meeting,<br />

Pekau explained why he<br />

thought April 2019 was a<br />

better election to ask the<br />

question.<br />

“I think the reason why<br />

the April election makes<br />

sense is that it is a local<br />

election for local officials,”<br />

he said. “This is only affecting<br />

local officials. It does<br />

not affect the president. It<br />

does not affect the senate.<br />

It does not affect the governor,<br />

the treasurer or any of<br />

the State offices whatsoever<br />

— which a November election<br />

does. Our April elections<br />

are strictly focused on<br />

our local elections, and this<br />

particular term limit question<br />

would just be for our<br />

local elections. Therefore, it<br />

makes sense, and my preference<br />

would be for it to be on<br />

April.”<br />

But he said he would vote<br />

for either to get it on the<br />

ballot.<br />

Trustee Carole Griffin<br />

Ruzich said she, too, was<br />

fine with whichever election<br />

having the question asked,<br />

so long as it was asked on<br />

one of the ballots.<br />

“Whether we take this<br />

vote in April of 2019 or<br />

November of 2020, I think<br />

we all know how this would<br />

turn out,” she said.<br />

“I’m in favor of letting<br />

the voters vote as to whether<br />

this should happen or not,<br />

but tying up one of the resolutions<br />

over a binding referenda<br />

that can be on a ballot<br />

at that time this early in the<br />

cycle when we have no idea<br />

what’s going to happen in<br />

the next two years seems<br />

premature.”<br />

Trustee Patricia Gira noted<br />

her preference was the<br />

November 2020 election,<br />

because she said more voters<br />

turn out for general elections.<br />

“Local elections just<br />

don’t seem to draw bigger<br />

crowds, so I think it should<br />

be in November,” she said.<br />

Meanwhile, Trustee<br />

James Dodge was strongly<br />

against the motion, citing<br />

philosophical differences<br />

with term limits at the local<br />

level.<br />

“I plan on voting no<br />

on all of these term limit<br />

questions,” he said during<br />

the meeting. “The system<br />

works perfectly. If I’m not<br />

mistaken, there used to<br />

be someone sitting in [the<br />

mayor’s chair] by a different<br />

last name. An election<br />

was held, voters cast their<br />

vote, and the system worked<br />

perfectly. Every term under<br />

the Illinois Constitution is<br />

limited by definition.”<br />

Dodge said the system<br />

works and that there was no<br />

need for term limits.<br />

“Terms are, by definition,<br />

limited,” he said. “It’s a<br />

matter of voter activity.”<br />

Trustee Michael Carroll<br />

said his opposition to the<br />

ordinance was more about<br />

how early it was being added<br />

to the ballot for the 2020<br />

election. Trustee Kathleen<br />

Fenton agreed, stating she<br />

too thought it was too soon<br />

to vote on a November 2020<br />

ballot question. Otherwise,<br />

she said she had no objection<br />

to term limits.<br />

After the meeting, Dodge<br />

said he also thought the ordinance<br />

did not adequately<br />

explain when the clock<br />

would start on the term<br />

limits — meaning after the<br />

April 2021 election or if<br />

past service would be included.<br />

“The way this ordinance<br />

is written, I’ve served for 32<br />

years … so, my choices are:<br />

I can run for re-election, I<br />

can run away or I can run<br />

for mayor,” he said.<br />

Pekau insisted that the<br />

clock would start at zero<br />

if the referendum passed,<br />

starting with the April 2021<br />

election.<br />

Pekau on Friday, Nov. 30,<br />

forwarded a letter to The Orland<br />

Park Prairie, offering<br />

the legal opinion of Village<br />

Attorney E. Kenneth Friker,<br />

who wrote that “such proposition<br />

will, if approved by<br />

the voters at the November<br />

3, 2020, Consolidated Election,<br />

not apply retroactively<br />

but will limit the number<br />

of terms of office for those<br />

elected to Village offices<br />

at the April 6, 2021, Consolidated<br />

Election and those<br />

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held thereafter.”<br />

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scarves and coats to The<br />

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first floor of the library at the<br />

bottom of the stairs. Patrons<br />

are invited to place their donations<br />

directly on or under<br />

the tree. Items will be distributed<br />

by Orland Township<br />

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Holiday Fest activities shine bright in Orland Park<br />

Laurie Fanelli<br />

Freelance Reporter<br />

Sleigh bells were jingling,<br />

voices were singing and twinkling<br />

lights adorned the tree outside of<br />

Village Hall.<br />

The Village of Orland Park<br />

welcomed in the season Nov. 25<br />

with its annual Holiday Festival<br />

& Tree Lighting Ceremony, held<br />

from 4:30-7:30 p.m. at the Civic<br />

Center. Along with witnessing Village<br />

Center transform into a winter<br />

wonderland, attendees were able to<br />

enjoy entertainment, crafts, visits<br />

with Santa Claus and much more.<br />

The forthcoming winter weather<br />

caused event organizers to<br />

move select outdoor elements indoors,<br />

including the Holiday Market,<br />

which opened at 3:30 p.m.,<br />

while the food trucks, Jingle Johns<br />

(lighted, singing portable toilets),<br />

live reindeer visits and the icesculpture<br />

demonstration — the<br />

last of which was new this year —<br />

offered exterior fun for families.<br />

“Tonight, we have a great cross<br />

section of families here, because<br />

we have things outdoors and our<br />

vendors inside,” explained Nancy<br />

Flores, Orland Park’s director of<br />

recreation. “The tree lighting puts<br />

everyone in the Christmas spirit.<br />

We have food trucks outside, and<br />

it’s a cool event that brings families<br />

together. There’s something<br />

for everybody.”<br />

Mayor Keith Pekau welcomed<br />

Santa Claus back to Orland Park<br />

at the start of the festivities. The<br />

pair then invited all of the children<br />

in attendance to join them in<br />

leading the countdown to the tree<br />

lighting, which culminated with<br />

the illumination of all of the holiday<br />

features displayed on the Village<br />

Center lawn.<br />

Tinley Park resident Paula Fittanto<br />

said she has enjoyed coming<br />

to the Holiday Festival & Tree<br />

Lighting Ceremony for years.<br />

“This is where I grew up,” Fittanto<br />

said. “Santa and the sleigh<br />

rides are the best, and it’s nice to<br />

see relatives. I have nieces and<br />

nephews who perform here.”<br />

Fittanto’s 10-year-old son Kenny<br />

added that his favorite thing<br />

about the event was “pretty much<br />

everything.”<br />

The Zuckert family, of Orland<br />

Park — Jay, Sue, Sydney, Simon<br />

and Adam — attended the Holiday<br />

Festival for the first time in 2018.<br />

Simon said he was most excited<br />

about seeing all the decorations<br />

outside light up, while Sydney enjoyed<br />

warming up with some delicious<br />

hot cocoa.<br />

“It’s really good,” Sydney<br />

Zuckert said. “And it was a good<br />

deal, because you get the mug and<br />

free refills.”<br />

Local organizations joined in on<br />

the Holiday Festival fun, as several<br />

Cub Scout packs, Girl Scout<br />

troops, schools, businesses and<br />

families participated in the Community<br />

Tree Trim outside, on<br />

the Village Center lawn. There<br />

also was a packed entertainment<br />

schedule inside of the Civic Center,<br />

featuring performances by the<br />

Sandburg Chamber Choir, Orland<br />

Park Junior & Senior Dance Company,<br />

Jerling Chorale and more.<br />

The Orland Park Lions Club<br />

also was on hand, selling Christmas<br />

trees in the Civic Center parking<br />

lot. The group will continue to<br />

do so throughout the season until<br />

it sells out.<br />

Orland Park Village Manager<br />

Joe La Margo said he appreciates<br />

how the sale adds to the “Norman<br />

Rockwell” or “Hallmark” feel of<br />

the festivities.<br />

“All the proceeds go toward<br />

helping different organizations<br />

and providing vouchers for the visually<br />

impaired,” La Margo said.<br />

“With all that, it’s so nice that we<br />

have a not-for-profit group here<br />

selling trees. You can come look<br />

at the lights, buy a Christmas tree<br />

and enjoy that small-town feeling<br />

in our big town.”<br />

Village Trustee Kathy Fenton<br />

said she also loves that the Holiday<br />

Festival & Tree Lighting Ceremony<br />

taps into the nostalgia of<br />

an old-fashioned Christmas in a<br />

tight-knit community.<br />

She said, “Even if it snows,<br />

that will just make it even more<br />

perfect. Just like I always say,<br />

Eli Stauffer looks at the Christmas tree at the Holiday Market on Nov. 25, during Orland Park’s annual Holiday<br />

Festival & Tree Lighting at the Village Center. Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media<br />

Ariana Golzar (left) and Lisa Brothen pose for a photo at their Home for the Holidays booth during the Holiday<br />

Festival.<br />

although its a large community,<br />

we’re trying to bring that smalltown<br />

feeling back. Happy holidays<br />

to everyone.”<br />

The Village of Orland Park has<br />

more in store this holiday season,<br />

The Orland Park Theatre Troupe<br />

is to present “The Christmas Express”<br />

on Dec. 7, 8 and 9.<br />

For more information about upcoming<br />

events, visit orlandpark.org.


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caregivers for those with dementia<br />

or Alzheimer’s disease<br />

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p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13.<br />

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Trinity Christian College in<br />

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On Dec. 15, more than 20<br />

dancers from Heart & Sole<br />

Dance will donate a day of<br />

their time to dance, perform<br />

and visit with residents at<br />

four local senior centers.<br />

The Holiday Elves Performance<br />

Team are to dance<br />

and visit with residents at<br />

each center for roughly one<br />

hour. They will dance a special<br />

holiday routine they<br />

have dedicated six weeks to<br />

learning, followed by social<br />

dancing to several other holiday<br />

songs, to entertain and<br />

delight the senior residents.<br />

The Heart & Sole Dance’s<br />

Holiday Elves team will be<br />

donating their time on Dec.<br />

15 several locations, including<br />

Autumn Leaves in Orland<br />

Park, from 1:30-2:30 p.m.<br />

Heart & Sole Dance is a<br />

ballroom, Latin and swing<br />

dance studio that serves the<br />

south suburbs. For more information,<br />

call (708) 532-<br />

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Culver’s of Orland Park<br />

holding holiday toy drive<br />

According to Feeding<br />

America, 1 in 8 Americans<br />

struggles with hunger, leaving<br />

millions of people, including<br />

families living right<br />

here in the southwest suburbs,<br />

to seek assistance from<br />

their local food pantries.<br />

And while food has become<br />

an unaffordable luxury to<br />

many throughout our community,<br />

so, too, are toys during<br />

the upcoming holidays.<br />

This season, Culver’s of<br />

Orland Park has earmarked<br />

children of the Orland Park<br />

Food Pantry’s clientele as recipients<br />

of its annual holiday<br />

toy drive.<br />

Throughout the Chicago<br />

area, more than 30 Culver’s<br />

restaurant locations will be<br />

hosting toy drives for local<br />

food pantries, hospitals and<br />

organizations that support<br />

children in need.<br />

To donate, visit Culver’s<br />

of Orland Park at 9130 W.<br />

159th St.<br />

Hobby Lobby prepares to<br />

open Orland Park location<br />

Hobby Lobby Stores Inc.,<br />

a privately held national retail<br />

chain of craft and home<br />

decor stores, is set to open a<br />

new store in Orland Park.<br />

Construction is underway<br />

on this 44,000 square-foot<br />

building formerly occupied<br />

by HH Gregg at 151st Street<br />

and LaGrange Road.<br />

Hobby Lobby has 36 locations<br />

in Illinois. The Orland<br />

Park store is projected to<br />

open in late January 2019.<br />

The location is to bring<br />

35–50 jobs to the community,<br />

paying $15.70 per hour<br />

for full-time and $10.45 per<br />

hour for part-time associates.<br />

Hobby Lobby has more<br />

than 800 stores across the<br />

nation. Each store offers<br />

more than<br />

70,000 crafting and home<br />

decor products, including<br />

floral, fabric, needle art, custom<br />

framing, baskets, home<br />

accents, wearable art, arts<br />

and crafts, jewelry making,<br />

scrapbooking, and paper<br />

crafting supplies.<br />

Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.,<br />

a major Oklahoma Citybased<br />

corporation began as<br />

Greco, a miniature picture<br />

frame company in 1970.<br />

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his business from the family<br />

garage to a 300-square-foot<br />

retail space in 1972, Hobby<br />

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shopping, visit hobbylobby.<br />

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Facebook at facebook.com/<br />

hobbylobby.<br />

Nonprofit partners with<br />

Ballet 5:8 to build new<br />

space on Orland Park<br />

Operation Nehemiah, a<br />

Mokena-based nonprofit<br />

dedicated to partnering with<br />

other nonprofits for building<br />

and rebuilding work,<br />

launched a major multiweek<br />

project for Ballet 5:8<br />

on Nov. 3. Operation Nehemiah<br />

volunteers are providing<br />

the labor to transform<br />

multiple warehouse units<br />

into office, dance studio<br />

and program space in Ballet<br />

5:8’s new home, 11545 W.<br />

183rd Place in Orland Park.<br />

Saturday work days are expected<br />

to continue through<br />

mid-December and additional<br />

volunteers are needed.<br />

Since 2010, Operation Nehemiah<br />

has been partnering<br />

with churches and nonprofits<br />

like Ballet 5:8 in the south<br />

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Contests<br />

Prizes announced for 22nd Century<br />

Media’s 2018 Holiday Card Contest<br />

Entrants have two<br />

opportunities to win:<br />

Best in Show, Funniest<br />

Bill Jones, Editor<br />

Oh, so you’re those kind of giftgivers,<br />

huh? Don’t want to send us<br />

a card until you know what you<br />

might get in return?<br />

That’s not exactly in the Christmas<br />

spirit, but we get it.<br />

The 2018 Holiday Card Contest<br />

is already underway, but this week<br />

we promised the announcement of<br />

prizes. And, as promised, you will<br />

find the full prize list for each category<br />

in the accompanying sidebar.<br />

As a recap, the contest asks you<br />

to send us your best homemade<br />

Christmas cards, the most boastful<br />

of year-end letters (snark the halls,<br />

if that’s your thing), children’s<br />

drawings to be left with cookies for<br />

Santa, photos of your co-workers<br />

in reindeer antlers and noses, crafty<br />

Kwanzaa greetings or Hanukkah<br />

Hallmarks — basically, whatever it<br />

is you send to your loved ones to<br />

make sure they get something in<br />

the mail around the holidays other<br />

than stale fruitcakes from distant<br />

relatives, magazine subscription renewal<br />

notices and Columbia House<br />

compact discs.<br />

Whatever it is you do for the<br />

people you love during the holidays<br />

(just the PG-13 stuff, please), simply<br />

address these things to Managing<br />

Editor Bill Jones, and mail them<br />

to 11516 W. 183rd St. Unit SW<br />

Office Condo 3, Orland Park, IL,<br />

60467. Make sure the items somewhere<br />

include a name and a phone<br />

number at which we can reach you,<br />

should you happen to win the contest,<br />

as well as your hometown.<br />

We will accept submissions<br />

through 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20.<br />

They must be received (not postmarked)<br />

by that day, so make sure<br />

to give yourself enough time for<br />

holiday mail service.<br />

The entries will be evaluated<br />

by our editorial staff and judged<br />

in two categories: Best in Show<br />

and Funniest, so tell us in which<br />

category you’d like to be considered.<br />

We will pick one winner in<br />

each of the categories from across<br />

all seven of the towns covered by<br />

22nd Century Media’s Southwest<br />

office: Orland Park, Tinley Park,<br />

Frankfort, Mokena, New Lenox,<br />

Lockport and Homer Glen.<br />

In addition to awarding prizes,<br />

we plan to publish images or transcripts<br />

of our winners in print,<br />

along with a few of our other favorites.<br />

We do have three rules.<br />

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• The entry must be from this<br />

holiday season.<br />

• Electronic entries are accepted.<br />

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A look at what readers can<br />

win in this year’s Holiday Card<br />

Contest<br />

Best in Show<br />

• A $25 gift certificate for<br />

Rubi Agave, 12622 W. 159th<br />

St. in Homer Glen<br />

• Four play passes, each<br />

good for free admission to the<br />

KidsWork Children’s Museum,<br />

11 S. White Street, Frankfort<br />

• Three $5 gift certificates for<br />

Sizzles, 110 MacGregor Road<br />

in Lockport<br />

• Two gift certificates, each<br />

good for a free two-week<br />

individual trial membership<br />

for one adult, 18 and older,<br />

at The Oaks Recreation &<br />

Fitness Center, 10847 W. La<br />

Porte Road in Mokena<br />

Funniest<br />

• Two hours of free bowling<br />

for up to six people, including<br />

shoe rentals, along with a<br />

pizza and pitcher full of pop,<br />

at Laraway Lanes, 1009 W.<br />

Laraway Road in New Lenox<br />

• A $25 gift card to Gizmos<br />

Fun Factory, 66 Orland Square<br />

Drive, Suite D, in Orland Park<br />

• Four passes, each good<br />

for a free value basket at<br />

Culver’s, 18248 Sayre Ave. in<br />

Tinley Park<br />

• Four passes, each good<br />

for one free open gym entry<br />

at The Oaks Recreation &<br />

Fitness Center, 10847 W. La<br />

Porte Road in Mokena<br />

Police eying seat belt use, impaired drivers for holidays<br />

Submitted by Village of Orland<br />

Park<br />

The Orland Park Police Department<br />

is joining its counterparts<br />

throughout Illinois in encouraging<br />

motorists to celebrate safely this<br />

holiday season. Law enforcement<br />

will be working around the clock<br />

through the remainder of the year<br />

to be sure travelers are buckled up<br />

and driving sober.<br />

The Orland Park police will join<br />

their counterparts throughout the<br />

State of Illinois with increased<br />

patrols during the holiday season.<br />

Police will be watching for drivers<br />

and passengers traveling without<br />

seat belts or with an unbuckled<br />

child in the vehicle. Motorists are<br />

warned that driving after drinking<br />

or using drugs or other impairing<br />

substances will not be tolerated.<br />

Illinois motorists can expect to<br />

Orland Township’s 2018 Holiday<br />

Program now accepting donations<br />

Submitted by Orland Township<br />

The Orland Township Holiday<br />

Program has been assisting local<br />

families in need for more than 30<br />

years. The Township is preparing<br />

for the 2018 holiday season, and<br />

donations for the program are now<br />

being accepted.<br />

The majority of the Holiday<br />

Program recipients are clients of<br />

the Orland Township Food Pantry,<br />

which serves more than 300 families<br />

a month. Through the generosity<br />

of residents, civic groups and<br />

organizations, and local businesses,<br />

the Orland Township Holiday Program<br />

is able to provide a holiday<br />

meal, gifts and other personal items<br />

to more than 150 local families who<br />

are experiencing financial difficulties.<br />

There are several ways to participate<br />

in the Orland Township Holiday<br />

Program.<br />

• Culver’s Holiday Toy Drive:<br />

Orland Township is partnering<br />

with Culver’s of Orland Park to<br />

help provide toys to children in<br />

need. From now until Dec. 9,<br />

Culver’s will have a donation<br />

bin in their restaurant at 9130 W.<br />

159th St. for patrons to drop off<br />

new, unwrapped toys that will be<br />

delivered to the Township for distribution.<br />

• Giving Tree: For those who enjoy<br />

making the holidays special for<br />

children, the Giving Tree contains<br />

tags with wish lists for children<br />

from newborns to age 16.<br />

• Adopt-A-Family: People can<br />

make the holidays brighter for an<br />

entire family by filling their wish<br />

lists of toys, clothing and other<br />

items. This is a popular idea for<br />

work, church, school and social<br />

groups.<br />

People can visit the Township<br />

office, 14807 S. Ravinia Ave., to<br />

choose tags from the Giving Tree<br />

or to Adopt-A-Family.<br />

• Item Donations: Contributions<br />

of food, toys, clothing and<br />

personal items can be dropped off<br />

at the Township. See the Township<br />

website, orlandtownship.org,<br />

for a list of suggested items. Gift<br />

and clothing items for teenagers<br />

and adults are usually in short supply<br />

and greatly appreciated, as are<br />

monetary donations.<br />

Donations for the Holiday Program<br />

can be dropped off at the<br />

Township office during regular business<br />

hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday<br />

through Friday, and until 6 p.m.<br />

Tuesdays. Deliver donations for the<br />

Holiday Program by Wednesday,<br />

Dec. 12, to give Township personnel<br />

time to sort and organize.<br />

For more information on the<br />

Orland Township Holiday Program,<br />

including suggested donation<br />

items, visit the website or call (708)<br />

403-4222.<br />

Cook County warming centers<br />

are open as temperatures drop<br />

Submitted by Cook County Orland Park, from 8 a.m.-4:30<br />

be ticketed if they are unbelted. Department of Homeland Security p.m. Monday-Friday, with hours<br />

Statistics show that nighttime and Emergency Management<br />

extended till 6 p.m. on Tuesdays.<br />

driving comes with increased risk<br />

It is closed Saturdays and Sundays.<br />

for injury or death. Evening hours Cold temperatures are expected<br />

to continue throughout Cook<br />

Transportation is available for<br />

account for a higher percentage of<br />

township seniors 55 and older.<br />

impaired driving crashes, a higher County. And municipalities around<br />

One-way rides within the township<br />

are $2. One-way rides outside<br />

percentage of fatalities and a lower the County have opened warming<br />

percentage of occupants wearing centers for area residents to safely<br />

of the township are $4.<br />

seat belts.<br />

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Orland Township can make financial<br />

accommodations for se-<br />

The enforcement effort is funded<br />

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The Orland Park Prairie’s<br />

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Silvia Loza-Diaz, Meadow Ridge<br />

fourth-grader<br />

Silvia Loza-Diaz was chosen as The Orland<br />

Park Prairie’s Standout Student because of<br />

her academic accomplishments.<br />

What is one essential you must have when<br />

studying?<br />

IPad and pencil.<br />

What do you like to do when not in school or<br />

studying?<br />

Play with brothers, help my mom clean<br />

my room, help my mom with our baby and<br />

read.<br />

What is your dream job?<br />

I would be a fourth-grade teacher.<br />

What is one thing people don’t know about<br />

you?<br />

Sometimes, they spell my name wrong.<br />

(Not Sylvia!)<br />

Who do you look up to and why?<br />

My mom, because when I get hurt, she<br />

helps take care of me.<br />

What’s one thing that stands out about your<br />

photo submitted<br />

school?<br />

There are a lot of kind kids and teachers at<br />

Meadow Ridge.<br />

What extracurricular(s) do you wish your<br />

school had?<br />

I wish we had gymnastics.<br />

What’s your best memory from school?<br />

When my second-grade teacher taught me<br />

how to do division and multiplication facts at<br />

the end of the day.<br />

Standout Student is a weekly feature for The<br />

Orland Park Prairie. Nominations come from<br />

Orland Park area schools.<br />

D135, D230 plan for levy increases in line with CPI<br />

Bill Jones, Editor<br />

Both Orland School District<br />

135 and Consolidated<br />

High School District 230<br />

are planning to later this<br />

month increase their 2018<br />

tax levies over their 2017<br />

extensions, but neither by<br />

more than the Consumer<br />

Price Index for the year, at<br />

least directly.<br />

The D230 School Board<br />

on Nov. 29 voted unanimously<br />

to approve its estimated<br />

2018 levy at $113.87<br />

million, marking a 1.9 percent<br />

increase over the prior<br />

year’s extension of $111.75<br />

million.<br />

The D230 School Board<br />

is being asked to approve<br />

the 2018 levy at its Dec. 20<br />

meeting.<br />

During a Nov. 12 meeting,<br />

the D135 Board of Education<br />

voted 6-0 to approve<br />

resolution for a tentative tax<br />

levy for 2018 at $69.60 million.<br />

Board Member Sandra<br />

Kulak was absent from the<br />

meeting.<br />

It marks an increase of<br />

roughly 4.9 percent over last<br />

School News<br />

Noonan Elementary Academy<br />

Students from Orland Park<br />

named to Gold Honor Roll<br />

Noonan Elementary<br />

Academy recently congratulated<br />

the following students,<br />

grades 5-8, who made the<br />

first quarter honor roll and<br />

are Orland Park residents.<br />

Gold Honor Roll is held by<br />

those students who received<br />

all A’s, 93 percent or higher,<br />

in every subject. Fifth-grade<br />

Gold Honor Roll students<br />

are Steven Armbruster and<br />

Riyaa Jain. Seventh-grade<br />

Gold Honor Roll student is:<br />

Artur Krutul. Eighth-grade<br />

Gold Honor Roll students<br />

are: Charlie Armbruster and<br />

Sophia Wilko.<br />

Silver Honor Roll is held<br />

by those students who received<br />

more A’s than B’s.<br />

Sixth-grade Silver Honor<br />

Roll students are: Aleksander<br />

Aguilar and Grace<br />

Vrdolyak. Seventh-grade<br />

Silver Honor Roll student<br />

is: Joey Armbruster. Eighthgrade<br />

Silver Honor Roll student<br />

is: Eddie Vrdolyak.<br />

Mother McAuley Liberal Arts<br />

High School<br />

Orland Parkers among<br />

Illinois State Scholars<br />

Mother McAuley Liberal<br />

Arts High School recently<br />

announced that 57 students<br />

from the graduating class of<br />

2019 have been recognized<br />

as Illinois State Scholars.<br />

The Illinois Student Assistance<br />

Commission, the<br />

state agency committed to<br />

helping make college accessible<br />

and affordable for Illinois<br />

families, confers this<br />

recognition to top Illinois<br />

high school students. This<br />

year, more than 21,000 honorees<br />

join the other top state<br />

students honored for their<br />

academic achievements<br />

since the designation was<br />

first introduced in 1958.<br />

Illinois State Scholars<br />

represent approximately<br />

the top 10 percent of high<br />

school seniors from 757<br />

high schools across the<br />

state. Illinois State Scholars<br />

are chosen based on a combination<br />

of exemplary ACT<br />

or SAT test scores, and sixth<br />

semester class rank.<br />

The following Mother<br />

McAuley students from Orland<br />

Park were among those<br />

named 2019-2020 scholars:<br />

Mary Kate Gurka and Kathryn<br />

Pasquinelli.<br />

While the State Scholar<br />

recognition does not include<br />

a monetary prize, honorees<br />

received a congratulatory<br />

letter from ISAC and<br />

a personalized Certificate<br />

of Achievement. Honorees<br />

also can download a digital<br />

Illinois State Scholar<br />

badge that can be displayed<br />

on their online profiles and<br />

social media platforms, and<br />

shared with high school<br />

counselors, prospective colleges,<br />

employers, family<br />

members and others.<br />

Providence Catholic High<br />

School<br />

Three from Orland Park<br />

named ‘Students of the<br />

Month’<br />

Dr. John Harper, principal<br />

of Providence Catholic<br />

High School, recently announced<br />

the school’s “Students<br />

of the Month” for November.<br />

Every month, each academic<br />

department chairperson<br />

selects one student as<br />

its “Student of the Month”<br />

from a number of students<br />

nominated by faculty and<br />

staff. Students of the Month<br />

receive a certificate of recognition,<br />

have their photos<br />

displayed in Providence<br />

Catholic High School’s main<br />

hallway for the following<br />

month, and are invited as a<br />

group to have lunch with the<br />

principal and Assistant Principal<br />

Janlyn Auld.<br />

The Providence Catholic<br />

Students of the Month for<br />

November include the following<br />

Orland Park residents:<br />

Ella Coyle (Class<br />

of 2022, mathematics) Michael<br />

Perino (2019, technology)<br />

and Aidan Rayburn<br />

Bob Jones University<br />

Orland Parker named to<br />

symphonic wind band<br />

Ezra John Pio, of Orland<br />

Park, has been named to the<br />

Bob Jones University Symphonic<br />

Wind Band.<br />

Pio is a senior, majoring in<br />

engineering.<br />

The Symphonic Wind<br />

Band, BJU’s top performing<br />

instrumental ensemble,<br />

features 50 selected players.<br />

Each year, performers<br />

audition by playing a group<br />

of excerpts taken from band<br />

literature or study etudes,<br />

scales and sight reading unfamiliar<br />

music. Following<br />

that selection audition, a<br />

second audition is held for<br />

seating within the ensemble.<br />

Presenting four formal<br />

concerts each year, the Wind<br />

Band is noted for its refined<br />

performances of outstanding<br />

music. The group will<br />

present a concert featuring<br />

“Lauds” by composer Ron<br />

Nelson as well as “Symphony<br />

No. 3” by American<br />

composer Alfred Reed. Seasonal<br />

favorites will close the<br />

concert in Rodeheaver Auditorium<br />

on the BJU campus<br />

at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30.<br />

The concert is free and open<br />

to the public.<br />

Carthage College<br />

Two from Orland Park<br />

graduate cum laude<br />

More than 75 students<br />

graduated from Carthage<br />

College by completing their<br />

studies between July and<br />

November 2018. The recent<br />

graduates include these students<br />

from Orland Park:<br />

Haley Tomchaney and Roxanne<br />

Balaskas, both cum<br />

laude with a Bachelor of<br />

Arts.<br />

year’s extention of $66.29<br />

million, but the district’s<br />

assistant superintendent of<br />

operations and director of<br />

finance, John Bryk, wrote<br />

in a memo to the board that<br />

the district is just seeking 2.1<br />

percent, in line with the CPI.<br />

But Cook County will seek<br />

Illinois State University<br />

roughly 3 percent over that<br />

Graduate student from<br />

but under a 5 percent total<br />

cap, to account for potential<br />

Orland Park earns<br />

contingencies, he wrote.<br />

scholarship<br />

The final approval of the<br />

Jessica Lucas-Nihei, a<br />

2018 levy is expected to appear<br />

on the Dec. 10 School<br />

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Bill and Sara Sieczkowski, of Mokena;<br />

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and from Orland<br />

Park, is a 2018 recipient<br />

of the Ora Bretall Graduate<br />

Scholarship. In 2012,<br />

she graduated magma cum<br />

laude from DePaul University<br />

in Chicago with a major<br />

in psychology–human<br />

development concentration<br />

and a minor in game development.<br />

Once she has obtained her<br />

doctoral degree in school<br />

psychology, Lucas-Nihei<br />

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school system, serving prekindergarten<br />

through fifthgrade<br />

students to fulfill the<br />

school hours requirement<br />

those with no trades experience<br />

are all invited to serve<br />

(and learn) together.<br />

Projects are ongoing on<br />

Saturday mornings throughout<br />

the year, allowing volunteers<br />

to participate as<br />

their schedules allow. For<br />

more information or to sign<br />

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volunteers should complete<br />

the registration form and<br />

waiver available on the<br />

website. Potential nonprofit/<br />

church partners can contact<br />

Operation Nehemiah Executive<br />

Director Rob Lach<br />

at rlach@operationnehemia<br />

hil.org.<br />

For more information on<br />

Ballet 5:8, contact Executive<br />

Director Amy Sanderson at<br />

asanderson@ballet58.org.<br />

Upcoming area performances<br />

include “Beyond the Nutcracker”<br />

from Dec. 15-16<br />

at Lincoln-Way West High<br />

School Performing Arts<br />

Center in New Lenox.<br />

SXU sells Orland Park<br />

campus<br />

Saint Xavier University<br />

recently confirmed that in<br />

October it sold its Orland<br />

Park campus to the Community<br />

Services Foundation for<br />

$4.5 million.<br />

for the Nationally Certified<br />

School Psychologist<br />

credential. She also wants<br />

to pursue a career in academia<br />

as a faculty member<br />

in a university’s department<br />

of psychology. Lucas-Nihei<br />

is interested in teaching at<br />

both the undergraduate and<br />

graduate levels, as well as<br />

continuing her research focusing<br />

on early childhood,<br />

self-regulation, parent-child<br />

relationships, and peer relationships.<br />

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Scholarship is awarded<br />

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thesis or doctoral dissertation<br />

deals with issues of educational<br />

theory or religious<br />

Illinois American Water<br />

distributes grant to Orland<br />

Fire Protection District<br />

The Orland Fire Protection<br />

District will be purchasing<br />

Stop the Bleed kits for<br />

first aid community training,<br />

thanks to a grant from Illinois<br />

American Water.<br />

The IAW 2018 Firefighter<br />

Grant Program provides financial<br />

assistance to fire and<br />

emergency organizations<br />

serving communities in its<br />

service areas. This year, approximately<br />

$77,000 is to be<br />

awarded to 78 Illinois fire<br />

departments. Since the program<br />

was created in 2010,<br />

more than 500 grants totaling<br />

more than $493,000 has<br />

been awarded to fire and<br />

emergency organizations<br />

serving customers in Illinois<br />

American Water’s service<br />

area.<br />

Illinois American Water’s<br />

Firefighter Grant Program<br />

awards grants to provide<br />

personal protective gear,<br />

communications equipment,<br />

firefighting tools, water handling<br />

equipment, training<br />

materials and classroom programs.<br />

Compiled by Editor Bill Jones,<br />

bill@opprairie.com.<br />

thought. The recipient of an<br />

award shall be involved in<br />

study and research that adds<br />

to the existing knowledge<br />

base of the above fields of<br />

study.<br />

Palmer College of<br />

Chiropractic<br />

Orland Parker earns Doctor<br />

of Chiropractic degree<br />

Michael Kehoe, a 2011<br />

Sandburg High School<br />

graduate from Orland Park,<br />

graduated with a Doctor of<br />

Chiropratic degree from<br />

Palmer College of Chiropractic.<br />

He has returned to<br />

Orland Park to serve his<br />

home community.<br />

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Police Reports<br />

Police find 33.8 grams of cannabis<br />

after approaching smoke-filled vehicle<br />

Christopher A. Serrato,<br />

22, of 5730 108th<br />

St. in Chicago Ridge, was<br />

charged with possession of<br />

cannabis with intent to deliver<br />

after police reportedly<br />

approached a 2007 Toyota<br />

Avalon he occupied while<br />

parked outside of Dave &<br />

Buster’s, 49 Orland Square<br />

Drive. The vehicle was<br />

filled with a smoky haze,<br />

and two occupants were<br />

seen passing a cigar back<br />

and forth inside of it, police<br />

said. When officers approached,<br />

they reportedly<br />

detected the odor of burnt<br />

cannabis. The cigar itself<br />

still had a “small amount”<br />

of cannabis in it, according<br />

to the report.<br />

Inside of the vehicle, police<br />

reportedly found a Mason<br />

jar containing cannabis<br />

and a bag containing cannabis<br />

in the center console<br />

storage area. Police also<br />

found bags containing cannabis<br />

in the spare tire well<br />

of the vehicle, according<br />

to the report. The cannabis<br />

field tested positive at a total<br />

weight of 33.8 grams,<br />

police said.<br />

Nov. 18<br />

• Vieshena W. Drain, 36,<br />

of 4838 Summerhill Drive<br />

in Country Club Hills, was<br />

charged with retail theft<br />

and resisting/obstructing a<br />

police officer after she allegedly<br />

tried to take four<br />

small pillows and a clock<br />

radio valued at a total of<br />

$214 from a department<br />

store at Orland Square. She<br />

reportedly concealed them<br />

and left without paying for<br />

them. A loss prevention officer<br />

tried to stop her, but<br />

she got in a 2004 Ford Expedition<br />

and fled the scene,<br />

police said. She was stopped<br />

around 159th Street and Orlan<br />

Brook Drive, according<br />

to the report.<br />

Nov. 17<br />

• Tammy Ann Valadez, 54,<br />

of 6918 W. 65th St. in Chicago,<br />

was charged with retail<br />

theft after she allegedly<br />

tried to take five items valued<br />

at a total of $66.96 from<br />

a store at Orland Square.<br />

She reportedly concealed<br />

the items in her purse and<br />

tried to leave without paying<br />

for them.<br />

Nov. 16<br />

• Richard Bedolla, 56, of<br />

8200 Paloma Drive in Orland<br />

Park, was charged with<br />

aggravated assault after he<br />

allegedly used a long piece<br />

of wood with duct tape at<br />

one end to swing at the window<br />

of a 2013 work van<br />

occupied by a 44-year-old<br />

New Lenox man in the 9300<br />

block of 139th Street. The<br />

victim, while in the van,<br />

was approached by Bedolla,<br />

who banged on the window<br />

and asked the driver to roll<br />

it down, police said. When<br />

he cracked it open, Bedolla<br />

reportedly began yelling at<br />

him, accusing the worker of<br />

harassing and stalking him.<br />

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to 4-foot piece of wood with<br />

duct tape on one end lying<br />

across the passenger’s side<br />

of the vehicle, according to<br />

the report. The worker was<br />

in the area for a service call,<br />

police added. He reportedly<br />

moved the vehicle down<br />

the road to get away from<br />

Bedolla.<br />

Nov. 9<br />

• April N. Williams, 40, of<br />

18854 Maple Ave. in Country<br />

Club Hills, was charged<br />

with retail theft after she allegedly<br />

tried to take items<br />

valued at $1,245 from a<br />

department store at Orland<br />

Square. She reportedly put<br />

the items in a cart, took<br />

them to a dressing room,<br />

concealed them in bags<br />

and left the store without<br />

paying for them. She was<br />

approached in the lot, but<br />

threw the bags at the person<br />

who approached her, got<br />

into a 2013 Buick Enclave<br />

and fled the scene, police<br />

said. The vehicle reportedly<br />

was stopped near Regent<br />

Drive.<br />

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FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT<br />

NL native plans second cross<br />

country ride to benefit veterans<br />

New Lenox native Tracy Sefcik<br />

completed her cross-country bike<br />

trip from California to Florida earlier<br />

this year and is already planning<br />

her next one.<br />

“Well, you know, I can’t just do<br />

this once; I’ve got to do it again,<br />

don’t I?” Sefcik said. “I guess it’s<br />

my calling.”<br />

During her first ride for charity,<br />

Sefcik raised more than $30,000<br />

for the Gary Sinise Foundation in<br />

support of veterans. Her next endeavour<br />

is to raise $50,000 for a<br />

charity closer to home called the<br />

Oscar Mike Foundation.<br />

While the ride itself is still<br />

roughly two-and-a-half years down<br />

the road, Sefcik said it is important<br />

that she starts fundraising now, so<br />

she can meet her goal.<br />

The fundraiser officially started<br />

Nov. 7 on her website, www.crosscountrycycle4vets.com.<br />

The day<br />

holds special meaning for Sefcik,<br />

a Navy veteran, because it is the<br />

anniversary of the day her uncle’s<br />

plane went down in Korea many<br />

years ago and he was determined<br />

to be Missing In Action.<br />

The Oscar Mike Foundation is<br />

located in Rockford but serves veterans<br />

around the country through<br />

its programs, which are aimed at<br />

getting wounded and disabled veterans<br />

active again through a variety<br />

of activities, including exercise,<br />

flight lessons, shooting practice,<br />

kayaking, paddleboarding, fishing,<br />

horseback riding and skydiving.<br />

Participants are flown out to<br />

spend a week at the foundation’s<br />

compound, where Sefcik said the<br />

goal is to give them a new lease on<br />

life and a positive outlook for the<br />

future despite their limitations and<br />

injuries.<br />

Reporting by Amanda Villiger, Assistant<br />

Editor. For more, visit NewLenox<br />

Patriot.com.<br />

FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION<br />

Andrew senior wrestler fueled by<br />

tough loss<br />

Andrew senior wrestler Luc<br />

Valdez suffered last year, losing<br />

a 1-point sectional decision in a<br />

match that would have sent him<br />

downstate to compete in the Class<br />

3A individual state finals.<br />

Worse yet, it was a 1-point decision<br />

loss to Marmion’s Michael<br />

Jaffe, who went on to place fourth<br />

in Illinois at 113 pounds.<br />

Valdez could have put the pain of<br />

that loss behind him and moved on,<br />

but the best wrestlers don not move<br />

on easily. What they do is use that<br />

pain as motivation, like a shovelful<br />

of coal thrown into a blast furnace.<br />

“That loss motivates me every<br />

single day,” Valdez said. “I look<br />

at it and think about what I should<br />

have done different, and I want<br />

to do everything right this year to<br />

make sure I don’t have that feeling<br />

again.”<br />

Three additional Andrew wrestlers<br />

came within one win of<br />

advancing downstate last year,<br />

including varsity returnees J.P.<br />

Migawa and Ameer Aqel. Thunderbolts<br />

coach Mike Pila knows<br />

that none of them are about to let<br />

those losses go.<br />

“That sour taste is something<br />

that doesn’t go away,” Pila said.<br />

“They think about it when they’re<br />

summer wrestling, lifting, in the<br />

preseason, in the practice room —<br />

it’s always there in the back of their<br />

minds.”<br />

In his fourth season as a varsity<br />

wrestler, Valdez entered his senior<br />

year with more than 100 wins to<br />

his name. He won 29 matches as a<br />

freshman, 35 as a sophomore and<br />

37 matches last year.<br />

Reporting by Gary Larsen, Freelance<br />

Reporter. For more, visit TinleyJunc<br />

tion.com.<br />

FROM THE FRANKFORT STATION<br />

Frankfort Falcons win Super Bowl<br />

championships<br />

The Frankfort Falcons varsity<br />

and junior varsity teams capped<br />

successful 2018 seasons by clinching<br />

River Valley Super Bowl championship<br />

Nov. 11 at the ATI Field at<br />

Joliet Memorial Stadium.<br />

The No. 2-seeded varsity team<br />

defeated the No. 1 Morris Warriors<br />

20-6 in the championship game,<br />

while the No. 1- ranked junior varsity<br />

team secured a 25-6 title victory<br />

over the No. 3 Frankfort Square<br />

Wildcats.<br />

Falcons varsity head coach Matthew<br />

Straight attributed the team’s<br />

success this season to his players’<br />

sense of brotherhood and their ability<br />

to focus on “the momentum of<br />

the season itself.”<br />

“What was great was that we had<br />

some returning varsity players, as<br />

well as a JV team that was in the<br />

Super Bowl last year that was able<br />

to contribute,” he added.<br />

After finishing the regular season<br />

with a 7-1 record, the varsity team<br />

entered the first round of the playoffs<br />

with a bye and went on to shut<br />

out the Tinley Park Bulldogs 28-0<br />

on Oct. 28. In the Nov. 4 semifinal<br />

game, the team clinched a second<br />

postseason shutout, defeating the<br />

Homer Stallions 31-0.<br />

Straight said he anticipated the<br />

majority of the players would continue<br />

their football careers at Lincoln-Way<br />

East High School.<br />

“We expect great things from<br />

them at the freshmen level next<br />

year,” he said. “[Lincoln-Way East<br />

football Coach Rob Zvonar] has<br />

been a big part of the organization,<br />

and his kids are coming up through<br />

the Falcons, as well.”<br />

Reporting by Nuria Mathog, Editor.<br />

For more, visit FrankfortStation.com.<br />

FROM THE HOMER HORIZON<br />

Homer woman works with<br />

nonprofit to provide solar lights<br />

for poverty-stricken areas<br />

Beth Sadler, 25, of Homer Glen,<br />

is currently enrolled at Adler University<br />

in Chicago, working on her<br />

master’s degree in counseling with<br />

art therapy. And as part of her global<br />

outreach practicum, she needed<br />

to find an organization working to<br />

help people in need.<br />

Given that broad guideline, she<br />

went on Google and swiftly found<br />

a path illuminated for her.<br />

Sadler came upon the website<br />

for Watts of Love, a nonprofit organization<br />

that provides clean and<br />

renewable light sources to families<br />

living in cases of extreme poverty<br />

without access to electricity in<br />

more than 30 countries, she said.<br />

“[The Watts of Love] website<br />

seemed so welcoming and friendly,<br />

the layout modern, not sugarcoating<br />

anything,” Sadler recalled. “People<br />

really benefit [from the lights]. The<br />

photos it has are incredible — of<br />

the smiles on these kids’ faces, the<br />

mothers in tears [because] kids can<br />

now go to school, study at night<br />

and have a light source.”<br />

The Go Dark, Give Light campaign<br />

started by Watts of Love<br />

invites organizations across the<br />

country to voluntarily “go dark”<br />

and give up their cellphones and<br />

social media for an agreed upon<br />

period of time while raising funds<br />

from friends and family for the solar<br />

lights, according to Sadler. The<br />

nonprofit then provides funds globally<br />

to “give light” to those who<br />

need it most.<br />

Materials needed to launch and<br />

run a Go Dark, Give Light campaign<br />

are at www.wattsoflove.org/<br />

godarkgivelight.<br />

Reporting by Thomas Czaja, Editor.<br />

For more, visit HomerHorizon.com.<br />

FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND<br />

Lockport Woman’s Club ramping up<br />

local work<br />

Jane Passaglia, the president<br />

of the Lockport Woman’s Club,<br />

knows what most people think of<br />

when they hear about a woman’s<br />

club.<br />

She thought the same thing when<br />

she was asked to join years ago.<br />

“I had the same stereotype that<br />

anyone … would have about women’s<br />

club, that it’s a ladies who<br />

lunch club, and that it’s not that<br />

well adapted to the modem woman,<br />

with her schedule and life,”<br />

Passaglia said. “But I have to say,<br />

I owe a lot to the Woman’s Club of<br />

Lockport.”<br />

Now, as president of the club,<br />

Passaglia hopes other area women<br />

come to discover the same things<br />

she has learned from the it.<br />

Passaglia moved to Lockport<br />

nine years ago to be closer to her<br />

daughter, and when she moved, she<br />

wanted to get involved in her new<br />

community.<br />

“I have always been engaged in<br />

my community,” Passaglia said.<br />

“I’ve been an activist wherever<br />

I’ve lived.”<br />

The then-president of the Lockport<br />

Woman’s Club reached out to<br />

her and asked her to get involved<br />

but, of course, Passaglia assumed<br />

the woman’s club would be less<br />

active and more social. Then, Passaglia<br />

looked into the it and discovered<br />

she was wrong.<br />

In the six months since she has<br />

been at the helm, Passaglia said she<br />

has turned the club’s focus toward<br />

the community.<br />

“I think we can do more in the<br />

community together,” she said.<br />

Reporting by Jesse Wright, Freelance<br />

Reporter. For more, visit LockportLe<br />

gend.com.<br />

FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER<br />

My Joyful Heart brings Christmas<br />

cheer to children<br />

When providing food and shelter<br />

are the biggest financial concerns a<br />

family faces, the extra things such<br />

as new clothing or Christmas presents<br />

often can fall by the wayside.<br />

Each year around Christmastime,<br />

My Joyful Heart provides<br />

Christmas gift bags to children in<br />

the south suburbs. This year, they<br />

are to reach almost 1,000 children.<br />

Founder and Executive Director<br />

Diane Carroll said many of those<br />

children are part of families with a<br />

single mom, who is just trying to<br />

make ends meet and provide for<br />

their children.<br />

“I was a single mom. I raised<br />

my three kids. Believe me, I know<br />

the challenges,” Carroll said, “So,<br />

I have great compassion for these<br />

single moms, which make up most<br />

of the program kids.”<br />

Children in the program are enrolled<br />

mainly by a social worker<br />

from their school, who then fills<br />

out a profile on each child, including<br />

their ages, favorite colors, interests,<br />

reading levels and school<br />

grade levels.<br />

In addition to toys and clothing,<br />

Carroll said books always are included<br />

in the gifts, which she said<br />

has helped many of them with their<br />

reading skills.<br />

After receiving a gift from My<br />

Joyful Heart, children are asked to<br />

write a “thank you” letter as part of<br />

the process, and Carroll said many<br />

of them do.<br />

“It’s part of the education process,<br />

is the way I look at it,” she<br />

said. “We get such heartwarming<br />

thank you notes.”<br />

Reporting by Amanda Villiger, Assistant<br />

Editor. For more, visit Moke<br />

naMessenger.com.


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The thing about roundabouts<br />

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BILL JONES<br />

bill@opprairie.com<br />

I<br />

get a lot of calls from<br />

people with ideas for<br />

the paper. The quality of<br />

those ideas varies.<br />

But I got a rare one a<br />

couple of weeks ago: An<br />

idea that wasn’t self-serving,<br />

was something we had<br />

not thought much about but<br />

warranted more consideration.<br />

You may have heard that<br />

a roundabout was coming<br />

to 147th Street and Ravinia<br />

Avenue. You may have been<br />

frustrated by the construction.<br />

You may know it’s<br />

open for business.<br />

What you may not know<br />

is what to do when you<br />

encounter it. There are not<br />

many in the area, as the<br />

caller pointed out, and in<br />

her experience people seem<br />

to be confused, causing<br />

near-misses and endangering<br />

other motorists when<br />

they enter it. She told us we<br />

should explain to people<br />

what to do at roundabouts.<br />

She had a point. So, here<br />

it goes.<br />

First of all, if you have<br />

seen “Mission: Impossible<br />

— Fallout” (which,<br />

I highly recommend), you<br />

witnessed Tom Cruise as<br />

Ethan Hunt travel clockwise<br />

in the roundabout that<br />

circles the Arc de Triomphe<br />

in Paris. You also may have<br />

noticed he had a bunch of<br />

near-misses, as he worked<br />

against the grain of traffic.<br />

That might be good for<br />

evading international villains.<br />

It’s not good if you’re<br />

the average driver in Orland<br />

Park.<br />

Roundabouts, in countries<br />

that drive on the right side<br />

of the road, typically move<br />

counterclockwise. That’s<br />

so anyone entering them is<br />

turning right to do so, and<br />

everyone exiting them is<br />

doing the same.<br />

But, before you do any of<br />

that, you need to yield (or, if<br />

the sign indicates, come to<br />

a complete stop), typically<br />

at a specified line. Traffic<br />

already in the roundabout<br />

always has the right-of-way<br />

(as do bicyclists and pedestrians<br />

in crosswalks), and<br />

motorists entering it must<br />

yield to those already in it,<br />

looking to the left for traffic<br />

circulating the roundabout.<br />

Only when traffic is clear<br />

can they (after signalling<br />

properly), enter the roundabout<br />

and travel in a counterclockwise<br />

motion.<br />

Once in the roundabout,<br />

drivers can continue circulating<br />

until they get to the<br />

exit they need, signal and<br />

turn to the right to exit. People<br />

in the roundabout should<br />

not exceed the posted speed<br />

limit for the roundabout but<br />

also not stop moving while<br />

in it, watching for pedestrians<br />

upon exiting.<br />

Pedestrians should only<br />

cross roundabouts at designated<br />

crosswalks, try to<br />

wait for gaps in traffic and<br />

indicate to nearby drivers<br />

their intent to cross, to be<br />

completely safe. Bicyclists<br />

should dismount and<br />

navigate the crosswalks as a<br />

pedestrian when on the sidewalk.<br />

Those on the roadway<br />

should observe rules similar<br />

to motorists.<br />

In bigger roundabouts that<br />

have multiple lanes, there<br />

should be indicators upon<br />

approaching the roundabout<br />

Tom Cruise might take this roundabout clockwise to get<br />

away from international villains, but you aren’t Tom Cruise.<br />

Don’t try to be. Circulate counterclockwise.<br />

showing motorists in which<br />

lane they need to be to exit<br />

on the proper street. Typically,<br />

to go right or straight,<br />

one would stay in the right<br />

lane; and to go straight or<br />

left, one would enter into<br />

the left lane. But drivers<br />

should always adhere to the<br />

posted restrictions when<br />

approaching a roundabout.<br />

In multi-laned roundabouts,<br />

drivers entering the roundabout<br />

need to yield to traffic<br />

in both lanes circulating it.<br />

Drivers should not change<br />

lanes while in a roundabout.<br />

Drivers also should exercise<br />

caution and stay clear<br />

of oversized vehicles when<br />

in a roundabout, as they<br />

may require more space<br />

to navigate. In the event<br />

that an emergency vehicle<br />

is approaching, motorists<br />

should clear the roundabout<br />

and move to the side of the<br />

road upon exiting. People<br />

should not stop if already in<br />

the roundabout until exiting,<br />

because it may impede the<br />

emergency vehicle. Those<br />

who have not entered a<br />

roundabout should not if<br />

they see an emergency<br />

vehicle approaching and<br />

instead move to the side of<br />

the road.<br />

And when in doubt, both<br />

at roundabouts and life at<br />

large: If it seems like something<br />

Tom Cruise might<br />

do, don’t. (And if you’re<br />

truly still confused, do some<br />

research online. There are<br />

some great diagrams explaining<br />

roundabouts better<br />

than I).<br />

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St. Elizabeth Seton choir performs Carnegie Hall with<br />

others from U.S., Canada, Page 21<br />

The St. Elizabeth Seton choir joined others from around North America on Nov. 18 to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City, under the direction of Pepper Choplin (inset).<br />

Photos by Dan Wright Photography/DCINY Productions


20 | December 6, 2018 | The orland park prairie faith<br />

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Pastor Column<br />

What is the purpose of your life? Part II<br />

The Rev. Caleb Hong<br />

Faith United Methodist Church<br />

King Solomon, who<br />

is considered the<br />

wisest man in the<br />

world, is thought to have<br />

written these words in the<br />

FAITH BRIEFS<br />

Faith United Methodist Church (15101 S. 80th Ave.,<br />

Orland Park)<br />

Christmas Celebration Concert<br />

3 p.m. Dec. 16. Christmas concert<br />

featuring the Chancel Choir, with<br />

brass and string quartets from local<br />

high schools. A reception will follow.<br />

Santa’s Breakfast & Jamboree<br />

9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Dec. 8. Attendees<br />

can visit with Santa, receive<br />

a free photo and gift from Santa<br />

(pre-registration required), as well<br />

as see an interactive puppet show,<br />

make crafts, play games and much<br />

more. A pancake breakfast will be<br />

offered for a small cost. To register<br />

call (708) 444-8560 or email kids@<br />

faithumc.org.<br />

St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church (9300 W. 167th<br />

St., Orland Hills)<br />

Choir Christmas Gala<br />

3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9. Singing<br />

of Pepper Choplin’s “Christmas<br />

Presence” and “Come Emmanuel,”<br />

which the choir sang in Carnegie<br />

Hall on Nov. 18, along with 250<br />

voices from the United States and<br />

Canada, with Pepper Choplin as<br />

director. Dessert and refreshments<br />

afterwards. Approximately 1 hour.<br />

Free, but a free will offering will be<br />

accepted during the performance.<br />

Our Lady of the Woods Church (10731 W. 131st,<br />

book of Ecclesiastes.<br />

“I have seen all the things<br />

that are done under the sun;<br />

all of them are meaningless,<br />

a chasing after the wind.”<br />

(Ecclesiastes 1:14)<br />

Solomon goes on to<br />

explain how (in the course<br />

of his life) he pursued<br />

everything under the sun.<br />

He pursued knowledge and<br />

understanding. He built<br />

great monuments and accumulated<br />

great wealth. He<br />

pursued pleasure and withheld<br />

nothing from himself.<br />

He did it all, experienced<br />

it all, learned it all, accomplished<br />

it all.<br />

Orland Park)<br />

KCs Salute to Vets Pancake<br />

Breakfast<br />

Sunday, Dec. 9. Knights of Columbus<br />

Council 10151 is to host its<br />

annual St. Nicholas Pancake Breakfast<br />

from 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the<br />

Finnegan Center. Breakfast buffet<br />

includes pancakes (gluten-free available),<br />

ham, sausage, tater tots, juice<br />

and coffee. Adults $9, seniors $6,<br />

children younger than 12 are $4.<br />

Special invited guests are 20 visually<br />

impaired veterans from Hines<br />

VA Hospital. Stop by to thank them<br />

for their service and wish them a<br />

Merry Christmas. There will be a<br />

Split the Pot & Kincaid Collector<br />

Plate raffle. Take your photo with<br />

Santa too.<br />

Eucharistic Adoration<br />

9 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursdays. The<br />

church invites all to spend some<br />

quiet time with the Lord. Eucharistic<br />

adoration will be held in the Day<br />

Chapel. First hour is vocal prayer,<br />

followed by silence. For more information,<br />

contact the front office at<br />

(708) 361-4754.<br />

Southwest Seventh Day Adventist Church (15760 Wolf<br />

Road, Orland Park)<br />

Bible Study<br />

10 a.m. Monday, 7 p.m. Tuesday,<br />

10 a.m. Saturday. Attendees can<br />

And his conclusion is<br />

this: Life is meaningless.<br />

Everything is vanity, a chasing<br />

after the wind.<br />

Rather than experiencing<br />

fulfillment, Solomon experienced<br />

emptiness. Rather<br />

than feeling satisfaction,<br />

Solomon experienced frustration,<br />

regret and remorse.<br />

Here’s how Solomon closed<br />

his book, “Now all has been<br />

heard, here is the conclusion<br />

of the matter: Fear God and<br />

keep His commandments,<br />

for this is the whole duty of<br />

man.” (Ecclesiastes 12:13)<br />

“Fearing God” is not the<br />

same as living in fear of<br />

God. Solomon is not telling<br />

us that life should be like<br />

an ongoing horror movie.<br />

Rather, Solomon’s point is<br />

that we need to live with a<br />

holy Fear (a humble reverence,<br />

an honest humility)<br />

before our Creator. We are<br />

to live ever-mindful<br />

of God’s power and purposes<br />

at the forefront of our<br />

lives.<br />

So, what is the greatest<br />

pursuit of life?<br />

First and foremost, it’s<br />

knowing and loving God.<br />

It’s seeking to love God<br />

with every part of every<br />

day — in our waking and<br />

learn about Jesus. For more information,<br />

call (630) 708-0234.<br />

Orland Park Christian Reformed Church (7500 W.<br />

Sycamore Drive, Orland Park)<br />

Christmas Choral Cantata ‘The Glory<br />

of Christmas’<br />

6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16. A choirled<br />

service celebrating the coming<br />

of Christ. There is no cost to attend.<br />

For more information, contact the<br />

church at (708) 532-4900 or email<br />

opcrc@opcrc.org.<br />

Hope Covenant Church (14401 West Ave., Orland Park<br />

Alzheimer’s Support Group<br />

7:30-8:30 p.m. second Monday<br />

of each month. Aishling Companion<br />

Home Care, a support group facilitator,<br />

hosts monthly meetings to<br />

provide emotional, educational and<br />

social support for family and friends<br />

of individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease<br />

or related dementia. For more<br />

information, visit www.alz.org.<br />

Christ Lutheran Church (14700 S. 94th Ave., Orland<br />

Park)<br />

NAMI Support Groups<br />

2-4 p.m. fourth Thursday of the<br />

month. Family support group meetings<br />

provide an opportunity to meet<br />

with others who have relatives and<br />

friends of individuals living with<br />

a mental illness. Feelings can be<br />

shared and issues discussed under<br />

sleeping, in our working and<br />

playing.<br />

When we’re clear that<br />

this is our primary purpose<br />

in life, we’ll gain a healthy<br />

perspective on every other<br />

pursuit in life. If we’re not<br />

clear on this divine purpose,<br />

our life will be full of anxiety<br />

and a constant battle. If<br />

we’re unclear about this, life<br />

truly will be a chasing after<br />

the Wind.<br />

The opinions of this column are<br />

that of the writer. They do not<br />

necessarily reflect those of The<br />

Orland Park Prairie.<br />

the guidance of a trained facilitator.<br />

These meetings are free.<br />

St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church (15050 S. Wolf<br />

Road, Orland Park)<br />

‘Rejoice! Advent Meditations with<br />

Mary’ Journal<br />

The “Rejoice! Advent Meditations<br />

with Mary” journal, is available for<br />

$3 after Masses in the Narthex or in<br />

the Parish office. People can follow<br />

the journal on their own at home or<br />

sign up for the evening (Monday) or<br />

morning (Friday) sessions at church.<br />

For more information, visit shop.<br />

ascensionpress.com/collections/rejoice.<br />

St. Michael Church (14327 Highland Ave., Orland Park<br />

Shawl Ministry<br />

9-10:30 a.m. second and fourth<br />

Tuesdays of the month. The group<br />

crochets and knits hats, shawls,<br />

scarves for adults and children, and<br />

donates those to neighbors, friends,<br />

cancer units, hospice, the food pantry<br />

and neonatal units. The group<br />

also meets six times a year in the<br />

evening. For more information, contact<br />

Donna at (708) 403-2122.<br />

Have something for Faith Briefs? Contact<br />

Editor Bill Jones at bill@opprairie.<br />

com or call (708) 326-9170 ext. 20. Information<br />

is due by noon on Thursdays<br />

one week prior to publication.<br />

In Memoriam<br />

Gayle Roe<br />

Gayle L. Roe (nee Fisler),<br />

73, of Orland Park, died<br />

Nov. 26.<br />

Wife for 50 years to Ronald<br />

R. Sr.; mother of Nancy<br />

(Joe) Krutilla and Ron Roe<br />

Jr.; grandmother of Joey<br />

Krutilla; sister-in-law of<br />

John (Marie) Breese and<br />

Ruth (Ken) Harden; aunt and<br />

friend of many.<br />

Visitation was held at Colonial<br />

Chapel. Interment private.<br />

Jerome Taylor<br />

Jerome F.<br />

“Jerry” Taylor,<br />

95, of Orland Park, died<br />

Nov. 20.<br />

He was a United States<br />

Navy lieutenant who served<br />

during World War II.<br />

Husband for 72 years to<br />

the late Iva Lee; father of<br />

Stephen W. (Ellen) and Jeffery<br />

D. (Nancy); grandfather<br />

of Christopher W. Taylor,<br />

Katherine E. Taylor Meister<br />

(David), Emily A. Brown<br />

(Matthew) and Dr. Lindsay<br />

Taylor; and great-grandfather<br />

of Bennett, Ruby and<br />

Elizabeth “Ellie.” Preceded<br />

in death by his siblings,<br />

Betty Lou Uhl, Frederick<br />

Taylor, Patty Wilson and<br />

William Taylor. Uncle and<br />

friend to many.<br />

Raised in Sioux City,<br />

Iowa, and Los Angeles,<br />

California. A graduate of<br />

University of Iowa, special<br />

agent in the FBI and retired<br />

from AT&T. Longtime resident<br />

of Morgan Park community<br />

in Chicago and active<br />

member of Morgan Park<br />

Methodist Church.<br />

Visitation and a funeral<br />

service were held at Colonial<br />

Chapel. Interment Chapel<br />

Hill Gardens South. Memorials<br />

to your favorite charity<br />

preferred.<br />

Have someone’s life you’d<br />

like to honor? Email Editor<br />

Bill Jones at bill@opprairie.<br />

com with information about a<br />

loved one who was a part of the<br />

Orland Park community.


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Performance of a lifetime in New York City<br />

St. Elizabeth Seton choir<br />

takes the stage at the<br />

famed Carnegie Hall<br />

Will O’Brien<br />

Freelance Reporter<br />

Roughly 30 years ago, when<br />

Linda McKeague became the director<br />

of music at St. Elizabeth Seton<br />

Catholic Church in Orland Hills,<br />

the parish was new, the surroundings<br />

were still farmland, and the<br />

church choir did not do much beyond<br />

weekly rehearsals and Sunday<br />

Mass.<br />

No holiday concerts. No special<br />

ensembles. Certainly no thought<br />

that they would one day sing at<br />

Carnegie Hall.<br />

But that is exactly what happened<br />

Nov. 18, when the choir joined others<br />

in performing an hour-long<br />

show in Carnegie’s biggest and<br />

grandest space: the 2,800-seat, fivetiered<br />

Isaac Stern Auditorium.<br />

“We’re still walking on air, really,”<br />

said McKeague, a day after<br />

the group returned from New York<br />

City. “The history of the building,<br />

all the great performers who have<br />

performed there and the fact that<br />

you’re able to stand on that same<br />

stage and sing — it’s just a very<br />

special feeling, beyond our wildest<br />

dreams.”<br />

The concert, called “Symphony<br />

of Carols,” featured more than a<br />

dozen choirs from the United States<br />

and Canada, a full orchestra, and<br />

the world premiere performance of<br />

a new Christmas cantata by Pepper<br />

Choplin, a conductor and composer<br />

much-beloved by the St. Elizabeth<br />

Seton singers.<br />

Even better? The performance,<br />

featuring nearly 500 musicians, was<br />

led by the man himself.<br />

Based in Raleigh, North Carolina,<br />

Choplin is a prodigious composer<br />

who has written hundreds of<br />

works and sold millions of recordings.<br />

The St. Elizabeth Seton choir<br />

has long enjoyed his music, which<br />

McKeague describes as “uplifting,<br />

joyous, spiritual and fun to do.”<br />

In fact, a YouTube recording of<br />

the group singing one of his songs is<br />

what led to the Carnegie Hall show.<br />

The clip was spotted by a development<br />

director at Distinguished<br />

Concerts International New York,<br />

a company that connects groups<br />

like St. Elizabeth’s with prestigious<br />

venues like Carnegie, and produces<br />

the shows.<br />

“The quality and high level of<br />

musicianship demonstrated by the<br />

singers, as well as the exceptional<br />

quality of their audition recording”<br />

won over the Distinguished<br />

Concerts staff, according to an<br />

event press release. And in November<br />

2017, the invite was extended.<br />

Clearly, a lot has changed in the<br />

three decades since McKeague’s arrival<br />

at the church.<br />

These days, St. Elizabeth Seton<br />

has approximately 50 members in<br />

its adult choir, roughly a dozen in<br />

its teenage choir, and its special<br />

seasonal concerts are accompanied<br />

by a full orchestra, made up<br />

of music instructors, performers,<br />

and former pupils McKeague and<br />

others have met over the years.<br />

The music groups’ members hail<br />

from Orland Park, Tinley Park and<br />

other towns throughout the southwest<br />

suburbs.<br />

Many of the choir members also<br />

Pictured is the St. Elizabeth Seton choir on Nov. 18, shortly before their performance at Carnegie Hall in New<br />

York City. Photo submitted<br />

are involved in other church activities,<br />

such as Eucharistic ministry,<br />

the women’s club, Knights of Columbus<br />

and more. Many have been<br />

with the group since it started.<br />

“We call ourselves the choir family,<br />

because we’re there for everything<br />

for each other — the good, the<br />

bad and the ugly,” McKeague said.<br />

“Sometimes, they even ask to rehearse<br />

in summer, because they just<br />

miss one another.”<br />

The choir performs music one<br />

would typically hear in a Catholic<br />

church but also mixes in more progressive<br />

and modern church music,<br />

such as Choplin’s. They were the<br />

only Catholic and only Midwestern<br />

choir involved in the Carnegie performance.<br />

Preparing for the trip out east required<br />

figuring out travel logistics<br />

and lots of details, such as meal preferences.<br />

Rehearsals began in June.<br />

And after many months of practice,<br />

the big week finally arrived.<br />

Approximately 30 members of the<br />

choir — not all were able to attend<br />

— along with friends and family<br />

took an early morning bus ride to<br />

Chicago O’Hare International Airport.<br />

Their flight, though threatened<br />

by inclement weather, went<br />

smoothly. And upon touching down<br />

in the Big Apple, they took in the<br />

city — some going shopping, some<br />

skating at Rockefeller Center, some<br />

touring Times Square.<br />

The following morning, it was<br />

back to business, with a five-hour,<br />

lesson-packed rehearsal led by Choplin.<br />

“Meeting him in person was just<br />

the highlight of our lives,” McKeague<br />

said. “We all couldn’t wait<br />

until the next day for the next rehearsal.”<br />

After another rehearsal and some<br />

more sightseeing, it was time to<br />

perform.<br />

It was not the first time the group<br />

has taken to a big stage — they also<br />

have done shows for the Chicago<br />

White Sox — but it was the first<br />

time they performed on a stage like<br />

this.<br />

Built in 1891, Carnegie Hall is<br />

a world-renowned venue that has<br />

hosted the likes of Judy Garland,<br />

Billie Holiday, The Beatles and the<br />

legendary Russian composer Pyotr<br />

Ilyich Tchaikovsky, among many<br />

others, said Malcom Moon, a marketing<br />

assistant with Distinguished<br />

Concerts.<br />

Performing there is something<br />

McKeague said she and the choir<br />

members will not soon forget.<br />

But it is not the last time the<br />

group will perform Choplin’s new<br />

Christmas music. The group’s annual<br />

Christmas gala, featuring music,<br />

dance and post-performance<br />

food, drink and entertainment, is<br />

scheduled for 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec.<br />

9, at the church. All are welcome,<br />

and admission is free.<br />

McKeague said the gala is great<br />

opportunity for the community to<br />

hear the choir firsthand and for the<br />

choir to showcase its talents for its<br />

hometown community.<br />

“They are the greatest choir in the<br />

world to me,” she said. “They put<br />

their whole heart and soul into what<br />

they do. And when you hear them<br />

sing, you hear it. You know it.”<br />

Sandburg Music Boosters seek crafters and vendors for Spring Craft Show<br />

Submitted by CSHS Music Boosters<br />

Crafters and vendors are invited<br />

to apply to be a part of the 2019<br />

Sandburg Music Boosters’ Spring<br />

Craft Show. The craft show committee<br />

is now accepting applications<br />

for the show’s 30th year.<br />

The event is to take place from 9<br />

a.m.-4 p.m. March 9. And 10 a.m.-<br />

3 p.m. March 10 at Sandburg High<br />

School, 13300 S. LaGrange Road<br />

in Orland Park.<br />

The cost for a two-day booth<br />

rental is $115, with 100 percent of<br />

the proceeds benefiting the music<br />

students at Sandburg High School.<br />

Booth size is approximately 10 feet<br />

wide by 8 feet deep.<br />

Applications and payment can<br />

be mailed to Sandburg Spring Craft<br />

Show, P.O. Box 1066, Orland Park,<br />

IL 60462. Checks can be made<br />

payable to Carl Sandburg Music<br />

Boosters.<br />

Requests for applications and<br />

further questions should be directed<br />

to CSHS Music Boosters Craft<br />

Show Committee at springcrafts<br />

howcshs@gmail.com.


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get out of town!<br />

Chicago a winter wonderland with the right perspective<br />

Or, how I learned to<br />

stop worrying and<br />

love the snow<br />

Bill Jones, Editor<br />

Ride or drive<br />

One of the most surreal<br />

days I spent in Chicago was<br />

a Christmas Eve two years<br />

back. I was off work, and I,<br />

on a whim, drove alone to<br />

the Fulton-Randolph Market<br />

neighborhood early that<br />

morning.<br />

I figured I might stop by<br />

Publican Quality Meats to<br />

get a few extra things for our<br />

Christmas dinner (and a couple<br />

of Slagel Family Farms<br />

dry-aged rib-eyes). I thought<br />

maybe I would swing by Perman<br />

Wine Selections to see<br />

what was among their wine<br />

club offerings for the month,<br />

the now-defunct West Loop<br />

Salumi for some good charcuterie.<br />

I did no research, and most<br />

of the neighborhood was<br />

closed for an extended holiday.<br />

I accomplished nothing,<br />

but the experience was wonderful.<br />

As I wandered the desolate<br />

streets, devoid of both people<br />

and somehow less vehicles<br />

than usual, it could have had<br />

the eerie feeling of a ghost<br />

town, with little sound but<br />

the winds. But somehow the<br />

remainder of some melting<br />

snow and the brick of the<br />

old meat-packing-districtturned-restaurant<br />

hot spot<br />

made it feel more like a living<br />

postcard.<br />

And so, I just walked. I<br />

walked in the middle of side<br />

streets with no traffic to impede<br />

me. I crossed Randolph<br />

without hassle. I peeked into<br />

numerous storefronts I’d<br />

passed countless times before.<br />

And it solidified just<br />

how much I love visiting<br />

Chicago in the winter.<br />

Christmas Eve in 2016: The streets of the West Loop/Fulton Market are largely empty.<br />

The only thing that could make it more enjoyable are some snowflakes.<br />

Bill Jones/22nd Century Media<br />

It seems counterintuitive<br />

to enjoy a city more when its<br />

winters make travel a nightmare,<br />

when its windchills<br />

provide an extreme endurance<br />

challenge as good as<br />

any and when, at its worst,<br />

most of its outdoor attractions<br />

are off limits. But those<br />

are the types of things that<br />

discourage normal folks, and<br />

for me that means an opportunity<br />

to explore a usually<br />

bustling cityscape without as<br />

much of the bustle.<br />

Sure, Michigan Avenue<br />

draws a crowd for the holidays.<br />

Yes, the shirtless maniacs<br />

will still load up on brews<br />

and pack Soldier Field (maybe<br />

this year into the playoffs).<br />

And rush hour traffic does not<br />

stop because of the change in<br />

the seasons. But I generally<br />

find it easier to get around.<br />

And Chicago, already a<br />

beautiful city, takes on an<br />

extra-special vibe around this<br />

time of year. From the way<br />

snow changes the landscape<br />

to the skyscrapers lighting it<br />

up for the season to the winter<br />

coats and scarves, Chicago<br />

simply looks right in<br />

winter.<br />

And the cold has a way of<br />

Another Perspective<br />

We asked readers on social media about their favorite<br />

things to do in the city during the winter. They said…<br />

“Museum of Science and Industry,<br />

Christmas Around the World!”<br />

—Jason Matthew<br />

“MSI to visit the trees! My maiden<br />

name is on the Austria tree. Walnut<br />

Room, my Granny worked for<br />

Macy’s. Memories of the holiday<br />

party back then I share with my<br />

daughter.”<br />

—Michele Overstreet<br />

making you appreciate the<br />

warmth of the destinations<br />

even more. It encourages you<br />

to duck into new spots (stop<br />

in for a blast of heat, stay for<br />

the things). It makes that hot<br />

chocolate (or hot toddy) that<br />

much more special.<br />

Plus, from afternoon tea<br />

at The Drake’s Palm Court<br />

to that classic buffet around<br />

the Walnut Room tree to<br />

the displays at Macy’s or<br />

ice skating in Millennium<br />

Park, there is no shortage of<br />

seasonal activities designed<br />

to warm the heart.<br />

But we’ll get to some more<br />

Assistant Editor<br />

Amanda Villiger<br />

makes a case for<br />

taking the train<br />

Amanda Villiger<br />

Assistant Editor<br />

Going downtown in<br />

Chicago can be tricky. Between<br />

traffic, parking and<br />

the fear of being involved<br />

in a collision, it is enough<br />

to scare away people who<br />

are not used to driving in<br />

the city.<br />

Luckily, for people in<br />

the suburbs there is another<br />

option: train.<br />

When comparing prices,<br />

riding the train generally<br />

seems less expensive.<br />

A one-way ticket from Orland<br />

Park to Union Station<br />

will cost $6.75 or $7.25,<br />

depending on the station.<br />

A round-trip makes<br />

it roughly $15 to take the<br />

Metra. Add in a couple of<br />

dollars for parking, and<br />

the trip downtown likely<br />

will still cost you less than<br />

$20.<br />

Planning to go downtown<br />

Saturday and/or<br />

Sunday? Metra’s weekend<br />

pass is $10, and you<br />

can ride as much as you<br />

want all weekend. Some<br />

stations even have free<br />

parking on the weekends,<br />

of what I like to do in Chicago<br />

in the next column.<br />

Get out of Town! is a monthly<br />

travel column focusing on<br />

taking that cost out of the<br />

equation altogether.<br />

That brings us to the<br />

topic of parking, which<br />

in downtown Chicago can<br />

put a hurt on your wallet.<br />

According to SpotHero,<br />

a phone app that helps<br />

people find parking spaces,<br />

parking can cost $50 or<br />

more for 24 hours in some<br />

garages, with the average<br />

rate across the city still<br />

being nearly $35.<br />

Even if you are staying<br />

at a hotel overnight, the<br />

hotel may charge you a<br />

pretty penny to park there,<br />

as well.<br />

So, how do you decide<br />

whether to take the<br />

train or drive when going<br />

downtown?<br />

A few things to consider<br />

when deciding whether to<br />

drive or take the train are:<br />

the size of your group,<br />

weather conditions, final<br />

destination, amount of<br />

luggage and time constraints.<br />

Personally, I almost<br />

always elect to take the<br />

train, since I hate traffic<br />

and I am usually traveling<br />

in a small enough group<br />

that carpooling does not<br />

defray the cost of parking<br />

enough to make it worth it.<br />

Plus, I don’t mind walking<br />

downtown and taking the<br />

CTA, which makes my<br />

decision easy.<br />

relatively local destinations<br />

and activities, with helpful tips,<br />

readers’ stories and more. This<br />

is Part I of a two-part winter<br />

fun in Chicago entry.


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Orland church to celebrate its<br />

annual Swedish Christmas meal<br />

LTHS senior chosen<br />

to be Lucia Queen<br />

Submitted by Hope Covenant<br />

Church<br />

Sankta Lucia is a longheld<br />

tradition in Sweden,<br />

recognizing the return of<br />

light after the dark winter.<br />

Hope Covenant Church,<br />

at 14401 W. Ave. in Orland<br />

Park, has been carrying on<br />

this tradition for more than 20<br />

years with its annual Swedish<br />

Christmas Breakfast, which<br />

is slated to be held this year<br />

at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 8.<br />

Traditional Swedish foods<br />

will be served, such as cardamom<br />

coffee cake, sweet rye,<br />

hardtack, bond-ost cheese,<br />

pickled herring, rice pudding<br />

and lingonberry, and<br />

potato sausage. The pageant<br />

will include the Lucia Queen<br />

wearing the traditional<br />

crown of candles, along with<br />

her attendants, who also are<br />

to serve breakfast.<br />

Rachel Hampton has been<br />

chosen Lucia Queen for this<br />

year’s pageant. Hampton is<br />

the daughter of Charlotte and<br />

Boyd, and the granddaughter<br />

of James and Edith Ware, all<br />

of Lockport. She is a senior<br />

at Lockport Township High<br />

School and a member of the<br />

drama club and choir there.<br />

A program is also planned,<br />

featuring a musical guest,<br />

as well as Christmas carols<br />

with pianist Beverly Bovard.<br />

Tickets are $15 for adults<br />

and must be reserved in advance.<br />

For more information and<br />

to purchase tickets, email<br />

Heather at Lucia@Orland<br />

Hope.org or call Lorri at<br />

(708) 448-3579 or visit<br />

www.orlandhope.org.<br />

‘The Christmas Express’ slated to close<br />

Orland Park Theatre Troupe’s 25th year<br />

Submitted by Village of Orland Park<br />

The Orland Park Theatre Troupe will<br />

close its 25th anniversary season with<br />

its annual holiday show, “The Christmas<br />

Express,” written by Pat Cook and<br />

directed by Frann Carnivele.<br />

In “The Christmas Express,” magical<br />

things begin to happen when the mysterious<br />

Leo Tannebaum, portrayed by Orland<br />

Park’s Bill Kubiak, arrives at the<br />

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Performances are scheduled for 7:30<br />

p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, and Saturday, Dec.<br />

8, as well as 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, at<br />

the Orland Park Civic Center, 14750 S.<br />

Ravinia Ave.<br />

Orland Park residents appearing in<br />

the show include Heather Ancel, Vanessa<br />

Annel, Annie Burns, Brady Dahl,<br />

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Criterion gives ‘The Princess Bride’ a wealth of enjoyable extras with one hitch<br />

Bill Jones, Editor<br />

When I got my copy of the<br />

Criterion Collection’s Bluray<br />

release of “The Princess<br />

Bride,” I was sorely disappointed.<br />

Right on the front<br />

of a beautiful purple and<br />

yellow cover by Angela<br />

Rizza, designed to look like<br />

a hardcover book, is where<br />

the production company<br />

decided to stamp “Made in<br />

Mexico.” Not on the shrink<br />

wrap. Not discreetly in a<br />

corner. Right on top of the<br />

artwork.<br />

I don’t mind that it was<br />

made there, but it makes<br />

little sense to put it there,<br />

marring an otherwise beautiful<br />

set, containing disc and<br />

booklet. That said, it was a<br />

small problem and the last<br />

time I was disappointed by<br />

this collection.<br />

“The Princess Bride,”<br />

for those already not in<br />

the know, is a 1987 classic,<br />

which, on the outer<br />

layer, is about a grandfather<br />

(Peter Falk) reading a<br />

story to his sick grandson<br />

(Fred Savage). But within<br />

that story is a timeless tale<br />

of love, spun more to comedic<br />

ends, in which Westley<br />

(Cary Elwes) tries to track<br />

down his long-lost love,<br />

Buttercup (Robin Wright).<br />

On his journey, he must face<br />

down the nefarious Count<br />

Rugen (Christopher Guest)<br />

and Prince Humperdinck<br />

(Chris Sarandon), crosses<br />

paths with the revengeobsessed<br />

Inigo Montoya<br />

(Mandy Patinkin), the notso-genius<br />

Vizzini (Wallace<br />

Shawn) and Fezzik (Andre<br />

the Giant). The film also<br />

features guest spots by Billy<br />

Crystal and Carol Kane as<br />

Miracle Max and Valerie,<br />

respectively.<br />

It is a pure joy from start<br />

to finish, with lines viewers<br />

have been quoting for<br />

years. And the Criterion<br />

disc shows nothing but love<br />

for the film, starting with<br />

the aptly named extra “True<br />

Love.” It’s a program from<br />

a few years back, featuring<br />

director Rob Reiner, Elwes<br />

and Wright, telling stories<br />

from their time making the<br />

movie together.<br />

“Pure Enchantment” offers<br />

an adjunct professor’s<br />

take on the recently deceased<br />

William Goldman’s<br />

novel “The Princess Bride”<br />

and the screenplay he adapted<br />

from it, while another<br />

looks at an artist’s tapestry<br />

interpretation of the film.<br />

There is also a scholarly extra<br />

examining the place of<br />

“The Princess Bride” in the<br />

realm of fairy tales, and a<br />

quick look into the motivations<br />

and work behind some<br />

of the film’s sword fighting<br />

sequences.<br />

Then, there is a multipart<br />

“making of” collection<br />

that’s mostly enjoyable.<br />

But the behind-the-scenes<br />

videos are really only<br />

worth watching with the<br />

commentaries. And some<br />

publicity materials round<br />

out the stand-alone extras,<br />

with trailers and television<br />

spots.<br />

But one of the most enjoyable<br />

extras is one of two<br />

alternative audio tracks,<br />

which presents excerpts of<br />

an audiobook of the novel<br />

alongside scenes from the<br />

film, so viewers can see how<br />

it compares and contrasts<br />

to the source material. The<br />

other alternate audio track<br />

— also enjoyable — is an<br />

old commentary featuring<br />

Reiner, Goldman, Crystal,<br />

Falk and producer Andrew<br />

Scheinman.<br />

The aforementioned<br />

booklet includes an essay<br />

by author Sloane Crosley<br />

and Goldman’s introduction<br />

to the “Princess Bride”<br />

script from his collection<br />

“Four Screenplays.”<br />

MPAA Rating: PG | Genres: Adventure, Family, Fantasy | running time: 98 minutes<br />

Films Files<br />

A recap of recent home video releases<br />

Crazy Rich Asians (Blu-ray + DVD +<br />

Digital)<br />

“Crazy Rich Asians” offers overthe-top<br />

fun. It offers a great riff<br />

on the romantic-comedy formula<br />

that infuses a great deal of culture<br />

into the mix. But maybe at the top<br />

of its offerings are its spectacular<br />

visuals. The film, directed by Jon<br />

M. Chu, is constantly engaging,<br />

putting every dollar on the screen,<br />

with gorgeous surroundings, lavish<br />

parties, wonderful costumes and<br />

much more. It is a welcome visual<br />

overload that pleases at every turn.<br />

In “Crazy Rich Asians,” Rachel<br />

Chu (Constance Wu) follows her<br />

boyfriend, Nick Young (Henry<br />

Golding), to Singapore for a<br />

wedding, where she starts to<br />

realize just what kind of money he<br />

comes from. She also meets up<br />

with an eccentric old college friend,<br />

Peik Lin Goh (Awkwafina), and finds<br />

that the money around her leads<br />

to extravagant fun but also major<br />

problems.<br />

That is all fairly standard for a<br />

rom-com. But the cultural element<br />

of “Crazy Rich Asians” elevates the<br />

story. And it is more than just a<br />

Chinese take on the rom-com. It is<br />

a look at traditional versus modern<br />

culture, and how where someone<br />

grew up can be as important as<br />

ancestry to the way people look at<br />

one another. Class plays a role, too,<br />

but it is examined through the light<br />

of a shifting global dynamic.<br />

The film has its flaws — mostly<br />

notably in how hard its comedy<br />

tries at times. But performances<br />

like that of Michelle Yeoh help<br />

ground “Crazy Rich Asians” when<br />

it needs that most. And more than<br />

anything, it remains an enjoyable<br />

viewing from start to finish.<br />

MPAA Rating: PG-13 || Genres:<br />

Comedy, Romance || Running<br />

Time: 120 minutes<br />

Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume<br />

3 (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Code)<br />

While most of Pixar’s home video<br />

releases already include the shorts<br />

that accompanied their features<br />

in theaters, only the most die-hard<br />

of fanatics likely own them all. So,<br />

Disney has been filling the gap<br />

with its Pixar Short Films Collection<br />

volumes on home video, packaging<br />

the shorts together for those<br />

who might be interested in those<br />

films without their accompanying<br />

features, as well as getting a<br />

glimpse of a few other things on<br />

which the studio has worked.<br />

Volume 3 collects 11 true shorts<br />

—”Bao,” “LOU,” “Piper,” “Lava,”<br />

“Sanjay’s Super Team,” “Riley’s<br />

First Date,” “The Radiator Springs<br />

500 1/2,” “Party Central,” “The<br />

Blue Umbrella,” “The Legend Of<br />

Mor’du” and “Partysaurus Rex” —<br />

and two bonus “mini-movies” called<br />

“Marine Life Interviews” and “Miss<br />

Fritter’s Racing Skoool.”<br />

“Piper” and “The Blue Umbrella”<br />

are both visually astounding, while<br />

“Bao” is delightfully strange and<br />

“Partysaurus Rex” is simply a lot<br />

of fun. Meanwhile, “The Legend<br />

Of Mor’du” is the weak link of the<br />

collection, outside of the extras. A<br />

collection like this, using a lot of<br />

recycled content, could use some<br />

support. And the introductions<br />

from creators and optional<br />

commentaries are a good start.<br />

But “Making Bao,” as good as it<br />

is, is another item recycled from<br />

the recent “Incredibles 2” release.<br />

And “Caricature: A Horrible Way of<br />

Saying ‘I Love You’” is lackluster.<br />

The biggest disappointment,<br />

though, may be on the Movies<br />

Anywhere side of things. While<br />

the disc allows viewers to pick<br />

individual films, the digital copy<br />

presents it all as one film, making it<br />

harder to skip around to favorites.<br />

Still, fans of Volumes 1 and 2<br />

undoubtedly will find more to love<br />

with Volume 3.<br />

MPAA Rating: NR || Genres:<br />

Animation || Running Time: 76<br />

minutes<br />

The Meg (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital)<br />

There is a scene in The Meg in<br />

which Meiying, a child, is wandering<br />

the hallway made of reinforced<br />

windows in an underwater research<br />

center. She is wearing a ridiculous<br />

outfit and playing with a robotic<br />

toy when she is scared by the<br />

film’s monster, a megalodon that<br />

has resurfaced from a long-lost<br />

depth of the ocean. It’s a bit silly,<br />

wonderfully shot and the film’s only<br />

real moment of joy. The premise<br />

— Jason Statham fights gigantic<br />

shark — starts at a point of B horror<br />

movie, but instead of utilizing it<br />

to make some campy fun, it takes<br />

itself too seriously. And on that end<br />

of the spectrum, it fails to deliver<br />

any real thrills, so what we’re left<br />

with is a mostly joyless journey<br />

into the deep blue sea that riffs on<br />

virtually every cliche in the action<br />

canon. The Blu-ray extras do little<br />

to elevate it. There is a run-of-themill<br />

“making of” featurette, a bonus<br />

feature on making the shark that’s<br />

about as exciting as a CGI shark<br />

and some promotional business.<br />

None of it is worth the time.<br />

MPAA Rating: PG-13 || Genres:<br />

Action, Horror, Sci-Fi || Running<br />

Time: 113 minutes


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The Dish<br />

Cooper’s Hawk brings upscale cooking,<br />

abundance of wine to New Lenox spot<br />

James Sanchez<br />

Contributing Editor<br />

Cooper’s Hawk recently<br />

opened its 11th Chicagoarea<br />

location in New Lenox,<br />

only 14 miles apart from its<br />

first location in Orland Park.<br />

Ed Hammer, general<br />

manager of the New<br />

Lenox location, said people<br />

thought it was crazy to open<br />

another location so close,<br />

but when considering Orland<br />

Park Cooper’s Hawk<br />

has more than 30,000 Wine<br />

Club members — the most<br />

of all 33 locations across the<br />

country — opening another<br />

location in the south suburbs<br />

was a no-brainer.<br />

The move is already paying<br />

dividends, as it has created<br />

a buzz within the community.<br />

In just a few weeks<br />

after its grand opening, it<br />

has eclipsed 1,000 Wine<br />

Club members. To put that<br />

in perspective, Hammer<br />

said it took a new location<br />

in Michigan more than a<br />

month to hit that milestone.<br />

“Everybody’s been ecstatic<br />

so far,” Hammer said.<br />

“It’s been very welcoming<br />

to the community. So<br />

far, everyone has embraced<br />

what we bring to the table.”<br />

But guests don’t have<br />

to be Wine Club members<br />

to enjoy the offerings the<br />

winery and restaurant has.<br />

Cooper’s Hawk features a<br />

110-item menu, featuring<br />

scratch-made, contemporary<br />

American dishes, with<br />

flavors from around the<br />

world.<br />

There is the Italian flair<br />

with the shrimp and scallop<br />

risotto ($26.99), in which<br />

the seafood and rich, creamy<br />

Carnaroli rice is mixed with<br />

sweet corn, asparagus, peas,<br />

spinach, Parmesan and<br />

white truffle oil. Or customers<br />

can have a taste of<br />

France, with the red wine<br />

braised short ribs ($26.99),<br />

which is Hammer’s favorite.<br />

That has been on the<br />

menu since the franchise<br />

first opened in 2005. The<br />

braising technique adds a<br />

depth of flavor to the beef,<br />

and it is served with Mary’s<br />

potatoes (whipped potatoes),<br />

mustard sauce, oven-roasted<br />

vegetables and<br />

crispy onion strings.<br />

Flavors from Asia can<br />

be found in the ginger soy<br />

glazed NY strip ($33.99),<br />

accompanied by wasabibuttered<br />

mashed potatoes<br />

and oven-roasted vegetables.<br />

The Cooper’s Hawk<br />

calamari ($13.99) is glazed<br />

with a sweet chili-ponzu<br />

sauce mixture and served<br />

with sesame-sriracha sauce.<br />

And the pan-roasted barramundi<br />

($25.99) is served<br />

with ginger rice, a Thai<br />

lemongrass sauce and vegetables.<br />

The menu also features<br />

South American cuisine<br />

with the churrasco grilled<br />

steak ($27.99), which is a<br />

chimichurri-rubbed skirt<br />

steak, alongside a cilantrolime<br />

aioli, Parmesan fries<br />

and vegetables.<br />

But Hammer said the<br />

most popular dish is an appetizer<br />

inspired by south<br />

of the border: Mexican<br />

drunken shrimp ($13.99).<br />

The dish features numerous<br />

shrimp wrapped in bacon,<br />

doused in a tequila lime<br />

butter sauce and served with<br />

fresh guacamole.<br />

“It’s been the No. 1-selling<br />

item forever, and it<br />

will continue to be No. 1,”<br />

Hammer said. “We’re going<br />

through an extraordinary<br />

amount of this dish.”<br />

Each dish on the menu<br />

has a wine pairing, suggested<br />

by the winemaker.<br />

Cooper’s Hawk has wines<br />

to please those new to wine<br />

or seasoned drinkers, with<br />

more than 50 wine selections<br />

that are all produced<br />

with grapes imported from<br />

all over the world by its<br />

winery in Woodridge. For<br />

the wines alone, Cooper’s<br />

Hawk has received more<br />

than 500 awards, most recently<br />

winning Best of<br />

Class at the International<br />

Eastern Wine Competition<br />

and Best of Show at the San<br />

Francisco Chronicle Wine<br />

Competition in 2017.<br />

The Napa-style tasting<br />

room is what guests first experience<br />

when entering the<br />

restaurant. There, they can<br />

explore and learn about different<br />

wines through a wine<br />

tasting and expand their<br />

palates. For $7, guests can<br />

do a variety tasting (eight<br />

samples) of white and red<br />

wines, from fruity to dark<br />

and bold flavors, or a tasting<br />

of all sweet wines. For $10,<br />

the tasting includes a souvenir<br />

wine glass. A Lux Tasting<br />

($12) provides samples<br />

of Cooper’s Hawk’s valued<br />

wines. The selections in all<br />

of the tastings rotate every<br />

month and always includes<br />

a sample of the Wine of the<br />

Month.<br />

December’s Wine of the<br />

Month is Barbera Barbera.<br />

The blend brings together<br />

Cooper’s Hawk’s traditional<br />

Barbera — a red wine grape<br />

— it has used out of California<br />

with another Barbera<br />

produced in Northern Italy.<br />

For January, it is slated to<br />

be the Artist’s Red Blend,<br />

which is the official wine<br />

for the 2019 Screen Actors<br />

Guild award ceremony.<br />

Cooper’s Hawk’s Master<br />

Sommelier Emily Wines<br />

tweaked the tastings to<br />

The pan-roasted barramundi ($25.99) is one of the top dishes at Cooper’s Hawk. The fish<br />

sits atop a bed of ginger rice and is surrounded by blistered green beans, grape tomatoes<br />

and a Thai lemongrass sauce. James Sanchez/22nd Century Media<br />

Wine Club Memberships<br />

Guests have four different Wine Club options: Variety,<br />

Red Club, White Club and Sweet Club<br />

Pricing<br />

• Red, White or Variety: $19.99 monthly for one bottle<br />

a month, or $37.99 monthly for two bottles<br />

• Sweet: $17.99 monthly for one bottle, or $33.99 for<br />

two bottles<br />

Other benefits<br />

• Discounts on retail wines sold at Cooper’s Hawk: 10<br />

percent off purchasing 1-5 bottles, 15 percent off for<br />

6-11 bottles, 20 percent off for 12 bottles<br />

• 10 percent off on all carryout orders and featured<br />

retail products<br />

• Exclusive promotions for members<br />

• Complimentary entrée during birthday month<br />

• Access to member-only events<br />

make wine more approachable.<br />

Years back, there used<br />

to be only tasting notes on<br />

the wine sheet, but Wines<br />

incorporated a graph that<br />

shows how much sweetness,<br />

tannin, acidity, body<br />

and alcohol is prevalent in<br />

each drink. It also lists the<br />

flavors, scents, origin and<br />

the type of food with which<br />

it pairs.<br />

“When I go into another<br />

restaurant and look at a wine<br />

list, you kind of go with just<br />

what you know,” Hammer<br />

said. “With what Emily<br />

implemented, it makes you<br />

experiment with your palate<br />

a little bit more.”<br />

While having a drink or<br />

waiting for a reservation,<br />

guests can check out the artisanal<br />

market that features<br />

decanters, wine accessories,<br />

gourmet chocolates among<br />

Cooper’s Hawk<br />

2307 E. Lincoln Highway<br />

in New Lenox<br />

Restaurant and Tasting<br />

Room Hours<br />

• 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m.<br />

Monday-Thursday<br />

• 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m.<br />

Friday-Saturday<br />

• 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday<br />

Bar Hours<br />

• 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m.<br />

Monday-Thursday<br />

• 11 a.m.-11:30 p.m.<br />

Friday-Saturday<br />

• 11 a.m.-10 p.m.<br />

Sunday<br />

For more information ...<br />

Web: chwinery.com<br />

Phone: (815) 320-7500<br />

other gift items. Combine<br />

all those elements, and the<br />

restaurant becomes more<br />

than just a place to have a<br />

nice dinner.<br />

“With Cooper’s Hawk,<br />

we want to offer customers<br />

an experience,” Hammer<br />

said.


28 | December 6, 2018 | The orland park prairie puzzles<br />

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crosstown CROSSWORD & Sudoku<br />

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

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur<br />

Across<br />

1. End of the week,<br />

briefly<br />

4. Maui neighbor<br />

9. More reserved<br />

14. Jogged<br />

15. Corrective eye<br />

surgery<br />

16. Person with a mike<br />

17. Banners, text<br />

links, e.g.<br />

18. Use the remote<br />

20. Nations’ org.<br />

22. Heavy reading<br />

23. Wrinkled<br />

27. Tinley Park’s<br />

____ by Wyndham<br />

32. Plugs<br />

34. Latin dances<br />

35. Island nation near<br />

Tonga<br />

36. Relative<br />

37. Bangladesh city<br />

41. Authorized<br />

43. Harris ____<br />

44. Great report card<br />

entries<br />

45. “Very funny!”<br />

47. High School District<br />

covering Tinley<br />

Park<br />

50. Acted in place<br />

53. 2018 World Cup<br />

team<br />

55. Bedchamber<br />

58. Bakery selections<br />

60. Bond opponent<br />

61. Memorial or<br />

Millennium in Tinley<br />

Park<br />

68. “___ Woman”<br />

(Reddy tune)<br />

69. GPA part<br />

70. Cement<br />

71. Leave dumbstruck<br />

72. Map collection<br />

73. Destines to a tragic<br />

fate<br />

74. Character in “The<br />

Matrix”<br />

Down<br />

1. Swiss capital<br />

2. Object location system<br />

3. Arched foot part<br />

4. Corporation type<br />

5. Word to a doctor<br />

6. Government security<br />

agency, abbr.<br />

7. “If it ___ broke ...”<br />

8. “No kidding”<br />

9. 1997 Jennifer Lopez biopic<br />

10. Pinafore letters<br />

11. Hosp. area<br />

12. Ballad’s end?<br />

13. Arbiter, for short<br />

19. Release<br />

21. Row boat propeller<br />

24. Divan<br />

25. Longtime record label<br />

26. Karate school<br />

28. Use the teeth on<br />

29. A fit of fever<br />

30. Sound quality<br />

31. Cornerstone abbr.<br />

33. Many Punjab natives<br />

37. Small amounts<br />

38. Bern’s river<br />

39. French city near the English<br />

Channel<br />

40. Arrived<br />

42. Slap on<br />

43. Popular cologne<br />

46. TV network<br />

48. Marsh birds<br />

49. Those opposed<br />

51. Dean’s deg.<br />

52. “The Picture of ___ Gray”<br />

54. Massenet opera<br />

56. Wide-eyed<br />

57. Famed lover<br />

59. Not a nice guy<br />

61. Student score (abbr.)<br />

62. “Hogwash!”<br />

63. Be indisposed<br />

64. CSI evidence<br />

65. Sale clause, abbr.<br />

66. Original manufacturer’s<br />

item<br />

67. Mormons: Abbr.<br />

ORLAND PARK<br />

Girl in the Park<br />

(11265 W. 159th St.,<br />

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

226-0042)<br />

■■8 p.m. Thursdays:<br />

Bingo<br />

■■8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays:<br />

Live Music<br />

The Brass Tap<br />

(14225 95th Ave. Suite<br />

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

226-1827)<br />

■■8 p.m. Tuesdays: Trivia.<br />

Prizes awarded<br />

■■9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays:<br />

Live music<br />

Dan ‘D’ Jac’s<br />

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

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

■■9 p.m.-1 a.m. Wednesdays:<br />

acoustic open<br />

mic night<br />

■■9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.<br />

Thursdays: karaoke<br />

■■9:30 p.m.-2:30 a.m.<br />

Fridays and Saturdays:<br />

karaoke<br />

Fox’s Restaurant and Pub<br />

(9655 W. 143rd St.,<br />

Orland Park; (708) 349-<br />

2111)<br />

■■6-9 p.m. Thursday,<br />

Friday, and Saturday:<br />

Eman<br />

Papa Joe’s<br />

(14459 S. LaGrange<br />

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

403-9099)<br />

■5-9 ■ p.m. Thursdays:<br />

Gene Infelise and Francesca<br />

■■6-10 p.m. Fridays: The<br />

keyboard stylings of<br />

Roger Pampel<br />

Square Celt Ale House &<br />

Grill<br />

(39 Orland Square Drive,<br />

Orland Park; (708) 226-<br />

9600)<br />

■8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Free<br />

Bar Bingo<br />

■8 ■ p.m. Wednesdays:<br />

Free Trivia<br />

■9 ■ p.m. Fridays or Saturdays:<br />

Live Music<br />

■10 ■ p.m. Sundays: Karaoke<br />

Traverso’s Restaurant<br />

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

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

2220)<br />

■8 ■ p.m. Wednesdays and<br />

Saturdays: Karaoke<br />

To place an event<br />

in The Scene, email<br />

a.stoll@22ndcenturymedia.<br />

com.<br />

answers<br />

How to play Sudoku<br />

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

has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 3x3<br />

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

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

LEVEL: Medium<br />

Sudoku by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan


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Distinctive Home Builders Introduces New Craftsman Homes<br />

In Manhattan and Peotone – From the mid-$200’s<br />

New designs are a result of buyer feedback<br />

Two refreshing designs mark<br />

the beginning of a new series<br />

of Craftsman-style homes<br />

available from Distinctive Home<br />

Builders at its latest new home<br />

communities: Prairie Trails;<br />

located in Manhattan within the<br />

highly-regarded Lincoln-Way<br />

School District and at WestGate<br />

Manor in Peotone within<br />

the desirable Peotone School<br />

District.<br />

“Craftsman homes were<br />

introduced in the early 1900s<br />

in California with designs<br />

based on a simpler, functional<br />

aesthetic using a higher level<br />

of craftsmanship and natural<br />

materials. These homes were a<br />

departure from homes that were<br />

mass produced from that era,<br />

“according to Bryan Nooner,<br />

president of Distinctive Home<br />

Builders.<br />

“The Craftsman design has<br />

made a comeback today for<br />

many of the same reasons it<br />

started over a century ago. Our<br />

customers want to live in a home<br />

that gets away from the “mass<br />

produced” look and live in a<br />

home that has more character. As<br />

a result of our daily interaction<br />

with our homeowners and their<br />

input, we are excited to introduce<br />

these two homes, with additional<br />

designs in the works.”<br />

Nooner, who meets with<br />

each homeowner prior to<br />

construction, has been working<br />

on these plans for a while and felt<br />

that the timing was ideal for the<br />

debut. “Customers were asking<br />

for something different and<br />

simple with less monotony and<br />

higher architectural standards.”<br />

The result was the Craftsman<br />

ranch and the Prairie twostory,<br />

now available at Prairie<br />

Trails and WestGate Manor.<br />

The Craftsman ranch features<br />

an open floor plan with Great<br />

Room, three bedrooms, two<br />

baths and a two-car (optional<br />

three-car) garage. The Prairie<br />

features a two-story foyer and<br />

Great Room, three bedrooms<br />

and one and one-half baths, a<br />

convenient Flex Room space<br />

on the main level and a two-car<br />

(optional three-car) garage. The<br />

Craftsman architectural elements<br />

on both homes include brick and<br />

stone exteriors with cedar shake<br />

accent siding, low-pitched gabled<br />

bracket roofs, front porches with<br />

tapered columns and stone piers,<br />

partially paned windows, and a<br />

standard panel front entry door.<br />

Distinctive Home Builders<br />

offers a Craftsman-style trim<br />

package offering trim without<br />

ornate profiles and routers. The<br />

trim features simplicity in design<br />

with rectangles, straight lines and<br />

layered look trims over doors for<br />

example. The front entry door<br />

will have the standard Craftsman<br />

panel style door. Distinctive has<br />

also created a Craftsman color<br />

palate to assist buyers in making<br />

coordinated choices for the<br />

interior of their new Craftsman<br />

home. Colors, cabinet styles and<br />

flooring choices blend seamlessly<br />

with the Craftsman trim package<br />

and are available in gray tones<br />

package and earth tones.<br />

Distinctive offers custom maple<br />

kitchen cabinets featuring solid<br />

wood construction (no particle<br />

board), have solid wood drawers<br />

with dove tail joints, which is<br />

very rare in the marketplace.<br />

“When you buy a new home<br />

from Distinctive, you truly are<br />

receiving custom made cabinets<br />

in every home we sell no matter<br />

what the price range,” noted<br />

Nooner.<br />

Distinctive Home Builders<br />

works to achieve a delivery goal<br />

of 90 days with zero punch list<br />

items for its homeowners. “Our<br />

three decades building homes<br />

provides an efficient construction<br />

system,” said Nooner. “Many of<br />

our skilled craftsmen have been<br />

working with our company<br />

for over 20 years. We also<br />

take pride on having excellent<br />

communicators throughout our<br />

organization. This translates into<br />

a positive buying and building<br />

experience for our homeowners<br />

and one of the highest referral<br />

rates in the industry.”<br />

Nooner added that all homes<br />

are highly energy efficient. Every<br />

home built will have upgraded<br />

wall and ceiling insulation<br />

values with energy efficient<br />

windows and high efficiency<br />

furnaces. Before homeowners<br />

move into their new home,<br />

Distinctive Home Builders<br />

conducts a blower door test that<br />

pressurizes the home to ensure<br />

that each home passes a set of<br />

very stringent Energy Efficiency<br />

guidelines.<br />

With the addition of these two<br />

new designs, there are now 15<br />

ranch, split-level and six twostory<br />

single-family home styles to<br />

choose from each offering from<br />

three to eight different exterior<br />

elevations at both communities.<br />

The three- to four-bedroom<br />

homes feature one and one-half<br />

to two-and-one-half baths, twoto<br />

three-car garages and a family<br />

room, all in approximately 1,600<br />

to over 3,000 square feet of living<br />

space. Basements are included in<br />

most models as well. Distinctive<br />

also encourages customization<br />

to make your new home truly<br />

personalized to suit your lifestyle.<br />

Oversize home sites; brick<br />

exteriors on all four sides of the<br />

first floor; custom maple cabinets;<br />

ceramic tile or hardwood<br />

floors in the kitchen, baths and<br />

foyer; genuine wood trim and<br />

doors and concrete driveways<br />

can all be yours at Prairie<br />

Trails and WestGate Manor.<br />

Most all home sites at Prairie<br />

Trails and WestGate Manor<br />

can accommodate a three-car<br />

garage; a very important amenity<br />

to the Manhattan homebuyer,<br />

said Nooner.<br />

“When we opened Prairie<br />

Trails and WestGate Manor we<br />

wanted to provide the best new<br />

home value for the dollar and<br />

we feel with offering Premium<br />

Standard Features that we do<br />

just that. So why wait? This is<br />

truly the best time to build your<br />

dream home!”<br />

Prairie Trails is also a beautiful<br />

place to live and raise a family<br />

featuring a 20-acre lake on site,<br />

as well as direct access to the 22-<br />

mile Wauponsee Glacial Prairie<br />

Path that borders the community<br />

and meanders through many<br />

neighboring communities and<br />

links to many other popular<br />

trails. The Manhattan Metra<br />

station is less than a mile away.<br />

Besides Prairie Trails,<br />

Distinctive Home Builders<br />

has built homes throughout<br />

Manhattan in the Butternut<br />

Ridge and Leighlinbridge<br />

developments, as well as in the<br />

Will and south Cook county<br />

areas over the past 30 years.<br />

Distinctive Home Builders<br />

chose the Will County village<br />

of Peotone for its newest<br />

community of 38 single-family<br />

homes at WestGate Manor<br />

within walking distance of the<br />

esteemed Peotone High School.<br />

Its convenient location between<br />

Interstate 57 and Illinois Route<br />

50 provide easy access to I-80<br />

and commuters enjoy several<br />

nearby train stations and a<br />

35-minute drive to Chicago.<br />

Visit the on-site sales<br />

information center for<br />

unadvertised specials and view<br />

the numerous styles of homes<br />

being offered and the available<br />

lots. Call Lynne Rinck at (708)<br />

737-9142 or (708) 479-7700 for<br />

more information or visit www.<br />

distinctivehomebuilders.com.<br />

The Prairie Trails and WestGate<br />

Manor new home information<br />

center is located three miles<br />

south of Laraway Rd. on Rt.<br />

52. The address is 24458 S.<br />

Rt. 52, Manhattan, IL. 60422.<br />

Open Daily 10:00 a.m. – 5:00<br />

p.m. Closed Wednesday and<br />

Thursday and always available<br />

by appointment.<br />

Specials, prices, specifications,<br />

standard features, model<br />

offerings, build times and lot<br />

availability are subject to change<br />

without notice. Please contact<br />

a Distinctive representative for<br />

current pricing and complete<br />

details.


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wood laminate flooring,<br />

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master suite with double<br />

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too! Water and scavenger<br />

service included in<br />

homeowners association<br />

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construction for noise<br />

reduction, and a new roof<br />

was installed in 2014.<br />

Asking Price: $152,000<br />

Listing Agent: Kim Wirtz,<br />

(708) 516-3050, www.<br />

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Listing Brokerage: Century<br />

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Oct. 24<br />

• 9143 Sandpiper Court,<br />

Orland Park, 60462-3277<br />

- William Apostolos to<br />

Cheryl R. Wyatt, $65,800<br />

• 9240 Cliffside Lane,<br />

Orland Park, 60462-<br />

7790 - Breanne Snoreck<br />

to Steven Snoreck,<br />

$180,000<br />

• 13956 Berkhansted<br />

Court, Orland Park,<br />

60462-1779 - Joan M.<br />

Bigane to Ricardo Nieves,<br />

Adela Nieves, $204,500<br />

• 15159 Hilltop Court,<br />

Orland Park, 60462-<br />

3548 - Max Remodelers<br />

Inc. to Sharon K. Louder,<br />

$260,000<br />

• 10032 Franchesca<br />

Lane, Orland Park,<br />

60462-3601 - Beechen &<br />

Dill Homes Inc. to Dustin<br />

Difilippo, Melissa Difilippo,<br />

$517,000<br />

Oct. 25<br />

• 9164 Clairmont Court,<br />

Orland Park, 60462-<br />

6532 - Terica Ketchum to<br />

Lawrence Bradford, Toni<br />

Bradford, $170,000<br />

• 14956 Hopkins Court,<br />

Orland Park, 60462-3131<br />

- Bechtold Family Trust to<br />

Mary Rafacz, $205,000<br />

• 15329 Oxford Drive,<br />

Orland Park, 60462-<br />

6775 - James B. Labarge<br />

to Milena A. Solis,<br />

$295,000<br />

• 14801 Oakcreek Court,<br />

Orland Park, 60467-<br />

7192 - First Midwest<br />

Bank Trustee to Cesar<br />

A. Jimenez, Teresa M.<br />

Jimenez, $350,000<br />

Oct. 26<br />

• 8916 W. 140th St.,<br />

Orland Park, 60462-2270<br />

- JP Morgan Chase Bank<br />

to Abel Ernesto Manrique,<br />

$80,500<br />

• 15050 Holiday Court,<br />

Orland Park, 60462-<br />

3141 - Michelle Gonzalez<br />

Trustee To Robert Hagy,<br />

$115,000<br />

• 8706 Adria Court,<br />

Orland Park, 60462 - Dl3<br />

Sons Properties Inc. to<br />

Paul Tomchaney, Linda E.<br />

Tomchaney, $150,000<br />

• 15229 S. 74th Court,<br />

Orland Park, 60462-<br />

6605 - Ruth Espinos Trust<br />

to James M. Stedman,<br />

$160,000<br />

• 15722 S. Sunset Ridge<br />

Court 2E, Orland Park,<br />

60462-5982 - Duaa<br />

Almashriqi to Victor L.<br />

Jones, Kathy R. Jones,<br />

$174,000<br />

• 11901 Windemere<br />

Court 203, Orland Park,<br />

60467-1465 - Maryjo<br />

Pope to Michael W.<br />

Schultz, $215,000<br />

The Going Rate is provided by<br />

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E*TRADE BANK<br />

Plaintiff,<br />

-v.-<br />

BETH WOYTEK VIBERG A/K/A<br />

BETH WOYTEK-VIBERG, JON<br />

VIBERG, ALPINE HEIGHTS HOME-<br />

OWNERS ASSOCIATION, UN-<br />

KNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RE-<br />

CORD CLAIMANTS<br />

Defendants<br />

16 CH 11535<br />

16444 S PAW PAW AVE ORLAND<br />

PARK, IL 60467<br />

NOTICE OF SALE<br />

PUBLIC NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN<br />

that pursuant to aJudgment ofForeclosure<br />

and Sale entered in the above cause<br />

on October 2, 2018, an agent for The Judicial<br />

Sales Corporation, will at 10:30<br />

AM on January 3, 2019, at The Judicial<br />

Sales Corporation, One South Wacker<br />

Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at<br />

public auction to the highest bidder, as<br />

set forth below, the following described<br />

real estate:<br />

Commonly known as 16444 S PAW<br />

PAW AVE, ORLAND PARK, IL<br />

60467<br />

Property Index No.<br />

27-20-304-060-0000.<br />

The real estate is improved with ared<br />

brick, two story single family home<br />

with attached two car garage.<br />

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid<br />

by certified funds at the close of the sale<br />

payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation.<br />

No third party checks will beaccepted.<br />

The balance in certified funds/or<br />

wire transfer, is due within twenty-four<br />

(24) hours. The subject property issubject<br />

to general real estate taxes, special<br />

assessments, or special taxes levied<br />

against said real estate and is offered for<br />

sale without any representation asto<br />

quality or quantity of title and without<br />

recourse toPlaintiff and in "AS IS" condition.<br />

The sale is further subject to confirmation<br />

by the court.<br />

Upon payment in full ofthe amount bid,<br />

the purchaser will receive aCertificate<br />

of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to<br />

adeed to the real estate after confirmation<br />

of the sale.<br />

The property will NOT be open for inspection<br />

and plaintiff makes no representation<br />

astothe condition ofthe property.<br />

Prospective bidders are admonished<br />

to check the court file to verify all<br />

information.<br />

If this property isacondominium unit,<br />

the purchaser ofthe unit atthe foreclosure<br />

sale, other than amortgagee, shall<br />

pay the assessments and the legal fees<br />

required by The Condominium Property<br />

Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If<br />

this property is a condominium unit<br />

which ispart ofacommon interest community,<br />

the purchaser ofthe unit atthe<br />

foreclosure sale other than amortgagee<br />

shall pay the assessments required by<br />

The Condominium Property Act, 765<br />

ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).<br />

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR<br />

(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE<br />

RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION<br />

FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF<br />

AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN AC-<br />

CORDANCE WITH SECTION<br />

15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS<br />

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.<br />

You will need a photo identification issued<br />

by a government agency (driver's<br />

license, passport, etc.) in order togain<br />

entry into our building and the foreclosure<br />

sale room in Cook County and the<br />

same identification for sales held at<br />

other county venues where The Judicial<br />

Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure<br />

sales.<br />

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC,<br />

Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn<br />

Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL<br />

60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088. Please<br />

refer to file number 260382.<br />

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORA-<br />

TION<br />

One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor,<br />

Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312)<br />

236-SALE<br />

You can also visit The Judicial Sales<br />

Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a7<br />

day status report of pending sales.<br />

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC<br />

One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200<br />

Chicago, IL 60602<br />

(312) 346-9088<br />

E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com<br />

Attorney File No. 260382<br />

Attorney ARDC No. 61256<br />

Attorney Code. 61256<br />

Case Number: 16 CH 11535<br />

TJSC#: 38-7964<br />

I3104117<br />

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFCOOK<br />

COUNTY, ILLINOIS<br />

COUNTY DEPARTMENT -CHAN-<br />

CERY DIVISION<br />

BMO HARRIS BANK N.A. F/K/A<br />

HARRIS N.A.<br />

Plaintiff,<br />

-v.-<br />

MARIUS G. KASNIUNAS, RASA V.<br />

KASNIUNAS, UNITED STATES OF<br />

AMERICA<br />

Defendants<br />

18 CH 04499<br />

8321 LEGEND LANE ORLAND<br />

PARK, IL 60462<br />

NOTICE OF SALE<br />

PUBLIC NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN<br />

that pursuant to aJudgment ofForeclosure<br />

and Sale entered in the above cause<br />

on August 27, 2018, an agent for The<br />

Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30<br />

AM on January 7, 2019, at The Judicial<br />

Sales Corporation, One South Wacker<br />

Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at<br />

public auction to the highest bidder, as<br />

set forth below, the following described<br />

real estate:<br />

Commonly known as 8321 LEGEND<br />

LANE, ORLAND PARK, IL 60462<br />

Property Index No.<br />

27-02-204-008-0000.<br />

The real estate is improved with a residence.<br />

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid<br />

by certified funds at the close of the sale<br />

payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation.<br />

No third party checks will beaccepted.<br />

The balance in certified funds/or<br />

wire transfer, is due within twenty-four<br />

(24) hours. The subject property issubject<br />

to general real estate taxes, special<br />

assessments, or special taxes levied<br />

against said real estate and is offered for<br />

sale without any representation asto<br />

quality or quantity of title and without<br />

recourse toPlaintiff and in "AS IS" condition.<br />

The sale is further subject to confirmation<br />

by the court.<br />

Upon payment in full ofthe amount bid,<br />

the purchaser will receive aCertificate<br />

of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to<br />

adeed to the real estate after confirmation<br />

of the sale.<br />

Where asale of real estate is made to<br />

satisfy alien prior to that of the United<br />

States, the United States shall have one<br />

year from the date of sale within which<br />

to redeem, except that with respect to a<br />

lien arising under the internal revenue<br />

laws the period shall be 120 days or the<br />

period allowable for redemption under<br />

State law, whichever is longer, and in<br />

any case inwhich, under the provisions<br />

of section 505 of the Housing Act of<br />

1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k),<br />

and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title<br />

38 of the United States Code, the<br />

right toredeem does not arise, there<br />

shall be no right of redemption.<br />

The property will NOT be open for inspection<br />

and plaintiff makes no representation<br />

astothe condition ofthe property.<br />

Prospective bidders are admonished<br />

to check the court file to verify all<br />

information.<br />

If this property isacondominium unit,<br />

the purchaser ofthe unit atthe foreclosure<br />

sale, other than amortgagee, shall<br />

pay the assessments and the legal fees<br />

required by The Condominium Property<br />

Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If<br />

this property is a condominium unit<br />

which ispart ofacommon interest community,<br />

the purchaser ofthe unit atthe<br />

foreclosure sale other than amortgagee<br />

shall pay the assessments required by<br />

The Condominium Property Act, 765<br />

ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).<br />

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR<br />

(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE<br />

RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION<br />

FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF<br />

AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN AC-<br />

CORDANCE WITH SECTION<br />

15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS<br />

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.<br />

You will need a photo identification issued<br />

by a government agency (driver's<br />

license, passport, etc.) in order togain<br />

entry into our building and the foreclosure<br />

sale room in Cook County and the<br />

same identification for sales held at<br />

other county venues where The Judicial<br />

Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure<br />

sales.<br />

For information, examine the court file<br />

or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS<br />

& ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030<br />

NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE<br />

100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630)<br />

794-9876 Please refer tofile number<br />

14-18-03775.<br />

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORA-<br />

TION<br />

One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor,<br />

Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312)<br />

236-SALE<br />

You can also visit The Judicial Sales<br />

Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a7<br />

day status report of pending sales.<br />

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C.<br />

15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD,<br />

SUITE 100<br />

BURR RIDGE, IL 60527<br />

(630) 794-5300<br />

E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com<br />

Attorney File No. 14-18-03775<br />

Attorney ARDC No. 00468002<br />

Attorney Code. 21762<br />

Case Number: 18 CH 04499<br />

TJSC#: 38-7103<br />

NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection<br />

Practices Act, you are advised<br />

that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be<br />

adebt collector attempting tocollect a<br />

debt and any information obtained will<br />

be used for that purpose.<br />

I3104403<br />

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFCOOK<br />

COUNTY, ILLINOIS<br />

COUNTY DEPARTMENT -CHAN-<br />

CERY DIVISION<br />

U.S. BANK N.A., SUCCESSOR<br />

TRUSTEE TOBANK OF AMERICA,<br />

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

LASALLE BANK N.A., ONBEHALF<br />

OF THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF<br />

BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED<br />

SECURITIES ITRUST 2006-HE5, AS-<br />

SET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SE-<br />

RIES 2006-HE5<br />

Plaintiff,<br />

-v.-<br />

EDGARDO CALUNGCAGUIN,<br />

MARIA LUISA CALUNGCAGUIN<br />

Defendants<br />

16 CH 1969<br />

8837 W 170TH STORLAND HILLS,<br />

IL 60487<br />

NOTICE OF SALE<br />

PUBLIC NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN<br />

that pursuant to aJudgment ofForeclosure<br />

and Sale entered in the above cause<br />

on May 30, 2017, an agent for The Judicial<br />

Sales Corporation, will at 10:30<br />

AM on January 3, 2019, at The Judicial<br />

Sales Corporation, One South Wacker<br />

Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at<br />

public auction to the highest bidder, as<br />

set forth below, the following described<br />

real estate:<br />

Commonly known as 8837 W 170TH<br />

ST, ORLAND HILLS, IL 60487<br />

Property Index No.<br />

27-27-217-006-0000.<br />

The real estate is improved with asingle<br />

family home with an attached two car<br />

garage.<br />

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid<br />

by certified funds at the close of the sale<br />

payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation.<br />

No third party checks will beaccepted.<br />

The balance in certified funds/or<br />

wire transfer, is due within twenty-four<br />

(24) hours. The subject property issubject<br />

to general real estate taxes, special<br />

assessments, or special taxes levied<br />

against said real estate and is offered for<br />

sale without any representation as to<br />

quality or quantity of title and without<br />

recourse toPlaintiff and in "AS IS" condition.<br />

The sale is further subject to confirmation<br />

by the court.<br />

Upon payment in full ofthe amount bid,<br />

the purchaser will receive aCertificate<br />

of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to<br />

adeed to the real estate after confirmation<br />

of the sale.<br />

The property will NOT be open for inspection<br />

and plaintiff makes no representation<br />

astothe condition ofthe property.<br />

Prospective bidders are admonished<br />

to check the court file to verify all<br />

information.<br />

If this property isacondominium unit,<br />

the purchaser ofthe unit atthe foreclosure<br />

sale, other than amortgagee, shall<br />

pay the assessments and the legal fees<br />

required by The Condominium Property<br />

Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If<br />

this property is a condominium unit<br />

which ispart ofacommon interest community,<br />

the purchaser ofthe unit atthe<br />

foreclosure sale other than amortgagee<br />

shall pay the assessments required by<br />

The Condominium Property Act, 765<br />

ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).<br />

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR<br />

(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE<br />

RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION<br />

FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF<br />

AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN AC-<br />

CORDANCE WITH SECTION<br />

15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS<br />

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.<br />

You will need a photo identification issued<br />

by a government agency (driver's<br />

license, passport, etc.) in order togain<br />

entry into our building and the foreclosure<br />

sale room in Cook County and the<br />

same identification for sales held at<br />

other county venues where The Judicial<br />

Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure<br />

sales.<br />

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC,<br />

Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn<br />

Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL<br />

60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088. Please<br />

refer to file number 252835.<br />

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORA-<br />

TION<br />

One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor,<br />

Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312)<br />

236-SALE<br />

You can also visit The Judicial Sales<br />

Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a7<br />

day status report of pending sales.<br />

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC<br />

One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200<br />

Chicago, IL 60602<br />

(312) 346-9088<br />

E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com<br />

Attorney File No. 252835<br />

Attorney ARDC No. 61256<br />

Attorney Code. 61256<br />

Case Number: 16 CH 1969<br />

TJSC#: 38-3942<br />

I3104675<br />

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFCOOK<br />

COUNTY, ILLINOIS<br />

COUNTY DEPARTMENT -CHAN-<br />

CERY DIVISION<br />

HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL AS-<br />

SOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR ACE<br />

SECURITIES CORP. HOME EQUITY<br />

LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2005-WF1,<br />

ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH<br />

CERTIFICATES<br />

Plaintiff,<br />

-v.-<br />

CHARLES C.ASKEW A/K/A CHAR-<br />

LES ASKEW, KACHEE D ASKEW<br />

A/K/A KACHEE ASKNEW, BETTER<br />

BUILT LUMBER AND SUPPLY,<br />

INC., CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA),<br />

N.A. S/I/I TO CAPITAL ONE BANK,<br />

BENEFICIAL ILLINOIS INC. D/B/A<br />

BENEFICIAL MORTGAGE CO. OF<br />

ILLINOIS<br />

Defendants<br />

13 CH 19057<br />

4702 NEWBERRY AVENUE OAK<br />

FOREST, IL 60452<br />

NOTICE OF SALE<br />

PUBLIC NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN<br />

that pursuant to aJudgment ofForeclosure<br />

and Sale entered in the above cause<br />

on May 2, 2018, an agent for The Judicial<br />

Sales Corporation, will at 10:30<br />

AM on January 2, 2019, at The Judicial<br />

Sales Corporation, One South Wacker<br />

Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at<br />

public auction to the highest bidder, as<br />

set forth below, the following described<br />

real estate:<br />

Commonly known as 4702 NEW-<br />

BERRY AVENUE, OAK FOREST, IL<br />

60452<br />

Property Index No.<br />

28-22-318-019-0000.<br />

The real estate is improved with asingle<br />

family home with an attached two car<br />

garage.<br />

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid<br />

by certified funds at the close of the sale<br />

payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation.<br />

No third party checks will beaccepted.<br />

The balance in certified funds/or<br />

wire transfer, is due within twenty-four<br />

(24) hours. The subject property issubject<br />

to general real estate taxes, special<br />

assessments, or special taxes levied<br />

against said real estate and is offered for<br />

sale without any representation asto<br />

quality or quantity of title and without<br />

recourse toPlaintiff and in "AS IS" condition.<br />

The sale is further subject to confirmation<br />

by the court.<br />

Upon payment in full ofthe amount bid,<br />

the purchaser will receive aCertificate<br />

of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to<br />

adeed to the real estate after confirmation<br />

of the sale.<br />

The property will NOT be open for inspection<br />

and plaintiff makes no representation<br />

astothe condition ofthe property.<br />

Prospective bidders are admonished<br />

to check the court file to verify all<br />

information.<br />

If this property isacondominium unit,<br />

the purchaser ofthe unit atthe foreclosure<br />

sale, other than amortgagee, shall<br />

pay the assessments and the legal fees<br />

required by The Condominium Property<br />

Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If<br />

this property is a condominium unit<br />

which is part of acommon interest community,<br />

the purchaser ofthe unit atthe<br />

foreclosure sale other than amortgagee<br />

shall pay the assessments required by<br />

The Condominium Property Act, 765<br />

ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).<br />

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR<br />

(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE<br />

RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION<br />

FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF<br />

AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN AC-<br />

CORDANCE WITH SECTION<br />

15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS<br />

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.<br />

You will need a photo identification issued<br />

by a government agency (driver's<br />

license, passport, etc.) in order togain<br />

entry into our building and the foreclo-<br />

sure sale room in Cook County and the<br />

same identification for sales held at<br />

other county venues where The Judicial<br />

Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure<br />

sales.<br />

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC,<br />

Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn<br />

Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL<br />

60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088. Please<br />

refer to file number 9851.<br />

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORA-<br />

TION<br />

One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor,<br />

Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312)<br />

236-SALE<br />

You can also visit The Judicial Sales<br />

Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a7<br />

day status report of pending sales.<br />

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC<br />

One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200<br />

Chicago, IL 60602<br />

(312) 346-9088<br />

E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com<br />

Attorney File No. 9851<br />

Attorney ARDC No. 61256<br />

Attorney Code. 61256<br />

Case Number: 13 CH 19057<br />

TJSC#: 38-8982<br />

I3105014<br />

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFCOOK<br />

COUNTY, ILLINOIS<br />

COUNTY DEPARTMENT -CHAN-<br />

CERY DIVISION<br />

BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING LLC;<br />

Plaintiff,<br />

vs.<br />

AFRICA CERVANTES; JOSE LUCI-<br />

ANO; ILLINOIS<br />

HOUSING DEVEL<strong>OP</strong>MENT<br />

AUTHORITY; UNKNOWN<br />

TENANTS; UNKNOWN OWNERS<br />

AND NONRECORD<br />

CLAIMANTS;<br />

Defendants,<br />

18 CH 4769<br />

NOTICE OF SALE<br />

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that<br />

pursuant to aJudgment ofForeclosure<br />

entered in the above entitled cause, Intercounty<br />

Judicial Sales Corporation<br />

will on Friday, January 4, 2019, at the<br />

hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120<br />

West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago,<br />

Illinois, sell to the highest bidder<br />

for cash, the following described mortgaged<br />

real estate:<br />

P.I.N. 28-28-203-024.<br />

Commonly known as 5155 WEST<br />

167TH STREET, OAK FOREST, IL<br />

60452.<br />

The mortgaged real estate is improved<br />

with asingle family residence. If the<br />

subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of<br />

acommon interest community, the purchaser<br />

of the unit other than amortgagee<br />

shall pay the assessments required<br />

by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of<br />

the Condominium Property Act.<br />

Sale terms: 10% down by certified<br />

funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified<br />

funds. No refunds. The property<br />

will NOT be open for inspection.<br />

For information call Mr. Ira T. Nevel at<br />

Plaintiff's Attorney, Law Offices of Ira<br />

T. Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street,<br />

Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312)<br />

357-1125. Ref. No. 18-00464<br />

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES<br />

CORPORATION<br />

Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122<br />

I3105278<br />

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFCOOK<br />

COUNTY, ILLINOIS<br />

COUNTY DEPARTMENT -CHAN-<br />

CERY DIVISION<br />

FIFTH THIRD MORTGAGE COM-<br />

PANY<br />

Plaintiff,<br />

vs.<br />

RAYMOND J. FOWLER JR. AKA<br />

RAYMOND FOWLER;<br />

FOREST TRAILS OF OAK FOREST<br />

CONDOMINIUM<br />

ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN AND<br />

NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS


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2701 Property for<br />

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Sale<br />

Defendants,<br />

18 ch 6231<br />

NOTICE OF SALE<br />

PUBLIC NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN<br />

that pursuant to aJudgment ofForeclosure<br />

and Sale entered in the above entitled<br />

cause Intercounty Judicial Sales<br />

Corporation will on Friday, January 4,<br />

2019 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office<br />

at 120 West Madison Street, Suite<br />

718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public<br />

auction to the highest bidder for cash, as<br />

set forth below, the following described<br />

mortgaged real estate:<br />

P.I.N. 28-18-101-067-1200 (New);<br />

28-18-101-067-1207 (New);<br />

28-18-101-065-1200 (Old);<br />

28-18-101-065-1207 (Old).<br />

Commonly known as 6870 West Winding<br />

Trail # 403 and G4, Oak Forest, Illinois<br />

60452.<br />

The mortgaged real estate is improved<br />

with acondominium residence. The purchaser<br />

of the unit other than amortgagee<br />

shall pay the assessments and the legal<br />

fees required by subdivisions (g)(1)<br />

and (g)(4) of Section 9ofthe Condominium<br />

Property Act<br />

Sale terms: 10% down by certified<br />

funds, balance, by certified funds,<br />

within 24 hours. Norefunds. The property<br />

will NOT be open for inspection.<br />

For information call The Sales Department<br />

atPlaintiff's Attorney, Anselmo<br />

Lindberg & Associates, LLC, 1771<br />

West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois<br />

60563-1890. (630) 453-6960. For Bidding<br />

instructions visit www.alolawgroup.com<br />

24 hours prior to sale.<br />

F18030062<br />

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES<br />

CORPORATION<br />

Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122<br />

I3105283<br />

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFCOOK<br />

COUNTY, ILLINOIS<br />

COUNTY DEPARTMENT -CHAN-<br />

CERY DIVISION<br />

WELLS FARGO BANK, NA<br />

Plaintiff,<br />

vs.<br />

JEFF M. MADDEN; THE UNITED<br />

STATES OF AMERICA,<br />

SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND<br />

URBAN DEVEL<strong>OP</strong>MENT;<br />

UNIFUND CCR PARTNERS AS-<br />

SIGNEE OF PALISADES<br />

COLLECTION, LLC; HOLLY MAD-<br />

DEN<br />

Defendants,<br />

16 CH 8217<br />

NOTICE OF SALE<br />

PUBLIC NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN<br />

that pursuant to aJudgment ofForeclosure<br />

and Sale entered in the above entitled<br />

cause Intercounty Judicial Sales<br />

Corporation will on Monday, January 7,<br />

2019 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office<br />

at 120 West Madison Street, Suite<br />

718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public<br />

auction to the highest bidder for cash, as<br />

set forth below, the following described<br />

mortgaged real estate:<br />

P.I.N. 27-13-110-007-0000.<br />

Commonly known as 15155 Larkspur<br />

Lane, Orland Park, IL 60462.<br />

The mortgaged real estate is improved<br />

with asingle family residence. If the<br />

subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of<br />

acommon interest community, the purchaser<br />

of the unit other than amortgagee<br />

shall pay the assessments required<br />

by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of<br />

the Condominium Property Act.<br />

Sale terms: 10% down by certified<br />

funds, balance, by certified funds,<br />

within 24 hours. Norefunds. The property<br />

will NOT be open for inspection.<br />

For information call Sales Department<br />

at Plaintiff's Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski,<br />

LLC, One East Wacker Drive,<br />

Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614)<br />

220-5611. 16-015057 F2<br />

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES<br />

CORPORATION<br />

Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122<br />

I3105427<br />

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFCOOK<br />

COUNTY, ILLINOIS<br />

COUNTY DEPARTMENT -CHAN-<br />

CERY DIVISION<br />

US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIA-<br />

TION AS TRUSTEE FOR<br />

CMALT REMIC SERIES<br />

2006-A4-REMIC PASS-THROUGH<br />

CERTIFICATES SERIES 2006-A4,<br />

Plaintiff,<br />

vs.<br />

MALIKA SHIRAZEE A/K/A<br />

MALIKA SHRAZEE, AHSIN<br />

SHAMSI, LIBERTY SQUARE OF OR-<br />

LAND HILLS<br />

CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION,<br />

Defendants,<br />

18 CH 434<br />

NOTICE OF SALE<br />

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that<br />

pursuant to aJudgment ofForeclosure<br />

entered in the above entitled cause, Intercounty<br />

Judicial Sales Corporation<br />

will on Monday, January 7, 2019, at the<br />

hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120<br />

West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago,<br />

Illinois, sell to the highest bidder<br />

for cash, the following described mortgaged<br />

real estate:<br />

P.I.N. 27-21-402-030-1063<br />

(27-21-402-004-0000 AND<br />

27-21-402-005-0000 UNDERLYING<br />

PINS).<br />

Commonly known as 16671 LIBERTY<br />

CIRCLE, UNIT 7GC, ORLAND<br />

HILLS, IL 60477.<br />

The mortgaged real estate is improved<br />

with acondominium residence. The purchaser<br />

of the unit other than amortgagee<br />

shall pay the assessments and the legal<br />

fees required by subdivisions (g)(1)<br />

and (g)(4) of Section 9ofthe Condominium<br />

Property Act<br />

Sale terms: 10% down by certified<br />

funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified<br />

funds. No refunds. The property<br />

will NOT be open for inspection.<br />

For information call Mr. Ira T. Nevel at<br />

Plaintiff's Attorney, Law Offices of Ira<br />

T. Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street,<br />

Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312)<br />

357-1125. Ref. No. 18-04326<br />

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES<br />

CORPORATION<br />

Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122<br />

I3105434<br />

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFCOOK<br />

COUNTY, ILLINOIS<br />

COUNTY DEPARTMENT -CHAN-<br />

CERY DIVISION<br />

WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SO-<br />

CIETY FSB DBA<br />

CHRISTIANA TRUST NOT INDI-<br />

VIDUALLY BUT AS<br />

TRUSTEE FOR PRETIUM MORT-<br />

GAGE ACQUISITION<br />

TRUST;<br />

Plaintiff,<br />

vs.<br />

JAMES DUDCZYK; MONIQUE<br />

DUDCZYK; BMO HARRIS<br />

BANK, NASBM HARRIS NA; UN-<br />

KNOWN OWNERS AND<br />

NONRECORD CLAIMANTS;<br />

Defendants,<br />

17 CH 16642<br />

NOTICE OF SALE<br />

PUBLIC NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN<br />

that pursuant to aJudgment ofForeclosure<br />

and Sale entered in the above entitled<br />

cause Intercounty Judicial Sales<br />

Corporation will on Monday, January 7,<br />

2019 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office<br />

at 120 West Madison Street, Suite<br />

718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public<br />

auction to the highest bidder for cash, as<br />

set forth below, the following described<br />

mortgaged real estate:<br />

P.I.N. 27-07-203-019-0000.<br />

Commonly known as 11453 Fenview<br />

Court, Orland Park, IL 60467.<br />

The mortgaged real estate is improved<br />

with asingle family residence. If the<br />

subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of<br />

acommon interest community, the purchaser<br />

of the unit other than amortgagee<br />

shall pay the assessments required<br />

by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of<br />

the Condominium Property Act.<br />

Sale terms: 10% down by certified<br />

funds, balance, by certified funds,<br />

within 24 hours. Norefunds. The property<br />

will NOT be open for inspection.<br />

For information call Sales Department<br />

at Plaintiff's Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski,<br />

LLC, One East Wacker Drive,<br />

Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614)<br />

220-5611. 17-041000 F2<br />

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES<br />

CORPORATION<br />

Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122<br />

I3105439<br />

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFCOOK<br />

COUNTY, ILLINOIS<br />

COUNTY DEPARTMENT -CHAN-<br />

CERY DIVISION<br />

BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC;<br />

Plaintiff,<br />

vs.<br />

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES<br />

OF MICHAEL E.<br />

COLLINS; SCARBOROUGH FARE<br />

CONDOMINIUM<br />

ASSOCIATION; MEGAN BALABON;<br />

JENNIFER COLLINS;<br />

MICHAEL COLLINS, JR.; MARJO-<br />

RIE COLLINS A/K/A<br />

MARJORIE CAMPBELL; JULIE FOX,<br />

AS SPECIAL<br />

REPRESENTATIVE FOR MICHAEL<br />

E. COLLINS;<br />

UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON<br />

RECORD CLAIMANTS;<br />

Defendants,<br />

18 CH 2850<br />

NOTICE OF SALE<br />

PUBLIC NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN<br />

that pursuant to aJudgment ofForeclosure<br />

and Sale entered in the above entitled<br />

cause Intercounty Judicial Sales<br />

Corporation will on Tuesday, January 8,<br />

2019 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office<br />

at 120 West Madison Street, Suite<br />

718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public<br />

auction to the highest bidder for cash, as<br />

set forth below, the following described<br />

mortgaged real estate:<br />

P.I.N. 28-09-100-138-1304 &<br />

28-09-100-138-1341.<br />

Commonly known as 14524 Walden<br />

Court, Unit M-2 and GJ7, Oak Forest,<br />

IL 60452.<br />

The mortgaged real estate is improved<br />

with acondominium residence. The purchaser<br />

of the unit other than amortgagee<br />

shall pay the assessments and the legal<br />

fees required by subdivisions (g)(1)<br />

and (g)(4) of Section 9ofthe Condominium<br />

Property Act<br />

Sale terms: 10% down by certified<br />

funds, balance, by certified funds,<br />

within 24 hours. Norefunds. The property<br />

will NOT be open for inspection<br />

For information call the Sales Clerk at<br />

Plaintiff's Attorney, The Wirbicki Law<br />

Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago,<br />

Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455<br />

W18-0223.<br />

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES<br />

CORPORATION<br />

Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122<br />

I3105465<br />

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFCOOK<br />

COUNTY, ILLINOIS<br />

COUNTY DEPARTMENT -CHAN-<br />

CERY DIVISION<br />

U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., ASTRUS-<br />

TEE FOR LSF9 MASTER PARTICI-<br />

PATION TRUST<br />

Plaintiff,<br />

-v.-<br />

JERRY HOLT A/K/A JERRY E.<br />

HOLT, ARLEE T. HOLT, BMO HAR-<br />

RIS BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIA-<br />

TION, UNITED STATES OF AMER-<br />

ICA, STATE OF ILLINOIS - DE-<br />

PARTMENT OFREVENUE, CRYS-<br />

TAL TREE HOMEOWNER'S ASSO-<br />

CIATION<br />

Defendants<br />

17 CH 12462<br />

10645 VALLEY CT ORLAND PARK,<br />

IL 60462<br />

NOTICE OF SALE<br />

PUBLIC NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN<br />

that pursuant to aJudgment ofForeclosure<br />

and Sale entered in the above cause<br />

on June 22, 2018, an agent for The Judicial<br />

Sales Corporation, will at 10:30<br />

AM on January 16, 2019, at The Judicial<br />

Sales Corporation, One South<br />

Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606,<br />

sell at public auction tothe highest bidder,<br />

as set forth below, the following described<br />

real estate:<br />

Commonly known as 10645 VALLEY<br />

CT, ORLAND PARK, IL 60462<br />

Property Index No.<br />

27-08-402-032-0000.<br />

The real estate is improved with asingle<br />

family residence.<br />

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid<br />

by certified funds at the close of the sale<br />

payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation.<br />

No third party checks will beaccepted.<br />

The balance in certified funds/or<br />

wire transfer, is due within twenty-four<br />

(24) hours. The subject property issubject<br />

to general real estate taxes, special<br />

assessments, or special taxes levied<br />

against said real estate and is offered for<br />

sale without any representation as to<br />

quality or quantity of title and without<br />

recourse toPlaintiff and in "AS IS" condition.<br />

The sale is further subject to confirmation<br />

by the court.<br />

Upon payment in full ofthe amount bid,<br />

the purchaser will receive aCertificate<br />

of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to<br />

adeed to the real estate after confirmation<br />

of the sale.<br />

Where asale of real estate is made to<br />

satisfy alien prior to that of the United<br />

States, the United States shall have one<br />

year from the date of sale within which<br />

to redeem, except that with respect to a<br />

lien arising under the internal revenue<br />

laws the period shall be 120 days or the<br />

period allowable for redemption under<br />

State law, whichever is longer, and in<br />

any case inwhich, under the provisions<br />

of section 505 of the Housing Act of<br />

1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k),<br />

and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title<br />

38 of the United States Code, the<br />

right toredeem does not arise, there<br />

shall be no right of redemption.<br />

The property will NOT be open for inspection<br />

and plaintiff makes no representation<br />

astothe condition ofthe property.<br />

Prospective bidders are admonished<br />

to check the court file to verify all<br />

information.<br />

If this property isacondominium unit,<br />

the purchaser ofthe unit atthe foreclosure<br />

sale, other than amortgagee, shall<br />

pay the assessments and the legal fees<br />

required by The Condominium Property<br />

Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If<br />

this property is a condominium unit<br />

which ispart ofacommon interest community,<br />

the purchaser ofthe unit atthe<br />

foreclosure sale other than amortgagee<br />

shall pay the assessments required by<br />

The Condominium Property Act, 765<br />

ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).<br />

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR<br />

(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE<br />

RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION<br />

FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF<br />

AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN AC-<br />

CORDANCE WITH SECTION<br />

15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS<br />

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.<br />

You will need a photo identification issued<br />

by a government agency (driver's<br />

license, passport, etc.) in order togain<br />

entry into our building and the foreclosure<br />

sale room in Cook County and the<br />

same identification for sales held at<br />

other county venues where The Judicial<br />

Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure<br />

sales.<br />

For information, examine the court file<br />

or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS<br />

& ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030<br />

NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE<br />

100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630)<br />

794-9876 Please refer tofile number<br />

14-17-13694.<br />

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORA-<br />

TION<br />

One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor,<br />

Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312)<br />

236-SALE<br />

You can also visit The Judicial Sales<br />

Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a7<br />

day status report of pending sales.<br />

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C.<br />

15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD,<br />

SUITE 100<br />

BURR RIDGE, IL 60527<br />

(630) 794-5300<br />

E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com<br />

Attorney File No. 14-17-13694<br />

Attorney ARDC No. 00468002<br />

Attorney Code. 21762<br />

Case Number: 17 CH 12462<br />

TJSC#: 38-9111<br />

NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection<br />

Practices Act, you are advised<br />

that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be<br />

adebt collector attempting tocollect a<br />

debt and any information obtained will<br />

be used for that purpose.<br />

I3105759<br />

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFCOOK<br />

COUNTY, ILLINOIS<br />

COUNTY DEPARTMENT -CHAN-<br />

CERY DIVISION<br />

BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING LLC;<br />

Plaintiff,<br />

vs.<br />

JANET M. AGATE; JOSEPH J. AG-<br />

ATE; CAPITAL ONE<br />

BANK (USA) NA; ILLINOIS DE-<br />

PARTMENT OF<br />

REVENUE; JPMORGAN CHASE<br />

BANK NA; UNITED<br />

STATES OF AMERICA; UNKNOWN<br />

HEIRS AND LEGATEES<br />

OF JANET M. AGATE, IF ANY; UN-<br />

KNOWN HEIRS AND<br />

LEGATEES OF JOSEPH J. AGATE,<br />

IF ANY; UNKNOWN<br />

OWNERS AND NONRECORD<br />

CLAIMANTS;<br />

Defendants,<br />

17 CH 14459<br />

NOTICE OF SALE<br />

PUBLIC NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN<br />

that pursuant to aJudgment ofForeclosure<br />

and Sale entered in the above entitled<br />

cause Intercounty Judicial Sales<br />

Corporation will onFriday, January 11,<br />

2019 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office<br />

at 120 West Madison Street, Suite<br />

718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public<br />

auction to the highest bidder for cash, as<br />

set forth below, the following described<br />

mortgaged real estate:<br />

P.I.N. 27-11-209-016-0000.<br />

Commonly known as 8020 Revell<br />

Court, Orland Park, IL 60462.<br />

The mortgaged real estate is improved<br />

with asingle family residence. If the<br />

subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of<br />

acommon interest community, the purchaser<br />

of the unit other than amortgagee<br />

shall pay the assessments required<br />

by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of<br />

the Condominium Property Act.<br />

Sale terms: 10% down by certified<br />

funds, balance, by certified funds,<br />

within 24 hours. Norefunds. The property<br />

will NOT be open for inspection<br />

For information call the Sales Clerk at<br />

Plaintiff's Attorney, The Wirbicki Law<br />

Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago,<br />

Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455<br />

W17-0959.<br />

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES<br />

CORPORATION<br />

Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122<br />

I3105895<br />

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Under $100<br />

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extra pieces, padded covers to<br />

avoid breakage, great Holiday<br />

gift! $100. Must be seen.<br />

708.429.5296.<br />

2pcXLPepsi cola world tournament<br />

green lounge set $25.<br />

708.301.5136<br />

8 drawer tool chest, good condition,<br />

needs key $75 obo.<br />

815.258.7763<br />

Antique vintage GENEVA ILL<br />

#8 star black flat cast iron $25.<br />

708.466.9907<br />

Apple fireplace logs $100.<br />

815.485.4331<br />

Black IKEA leather chair, perfect<br />

condition $50. Entertainment<br />

center, black w/ glass<br />

doors $50. Call Debbie<br />

815.534.5273<br />

Brand new Hunter mid-calf<br />

boots. Black, size 8, never<br />

worn. Original box with receipt<br />

from Nordstrom $100.<br />

773.655.8820<br />

Christmas Anna-Lee dolls 9-16<br />

inches tall, entire set of 6for<br />

$20. Sunbeam deluxe mixmaster,<br />

standing varying speed,<br />

chrome, like new $20.<br />

708.301.3924<br />

Classic oak framed mirror to<br />

sit 29x24” above dresser. 2<br />

braces tosupport mirror. Ornate<br />

carved oak $100 Call<br />

815.464.8866 or<br />

rayandmaryanne@att.net<br />

Construction scaffolding 5x5,<br />

stored inside, good condition<br />

$75. 815.592.9474<br />

Cross Country ski boots &<br />

poles. Boots Wsz 8.5, Msz<br />

11, good condition $35 each.<br />

Men’s ice skates sz 10.5 $40.<br />

815.463.0282<br />

Earings, clip style $1 pair. Also<br />

ice machine for sports injury<br />

$15. Fishing reels $15 ea.<br />

Johnson outboard gastank $25.<br />

708.214.4022<br />

Fisher Price Disney Pixar<br />

Lightening McQueen battery<br />

powered car $50. 708.403.2473<br />

GE dishwasher, stainless exterior<br />

skin, slightly used $100.<br />

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GIRLS BASKETBALL<br />

Sandburg star<br />

Stavropoulos injured<br />

in LW West battle<br />

JEFF VORVA, Sports Editor<br />

Players, coaches and fans of<br />

Sandburg’s girls basketball team<br />

were holding their breaths and<br />

crossing their fingers over the<br />

weekend.<br />

The Eagles’ top player, senior<br />

Natalie Stavropoulos, suffered<br />

what looked like a serious left knee<br />

injury in the third quarter of a 61-47<br />

loss to Lincoln-Way West on Thursday,<br />

Nov. 29, in New Lenox.<br />

The 5-foot-8 guard had an MRI<br />

exam the following day and the<br />

results were not expected to be revealed<br />

to her until Monday, Dec.<br />

3, after The Orland Park Prairie’s<br />

deadline.<br />

While the worst fear would be a<br />

torn ACL, Eagles coach Nick Fotopoulos<br />

said there was a small hint<br />

that it might not be as severe.<br />

“There is no pain on each side or<br />

the back of the knee,” he said. “Everything<br />

is on the outside. So, we’ll<br />

see what comes back with the MRI.<br />

There could be multiple things. We<br />

just don’t know yet.”<br />

Heading into the West game,<br />

she led the team in scoring with 71<br />

points in five games, and also led the<br />

team with 20 assists and 19 steals.<br />

Over the summer, she was hit in<br />

the nose during a game and needed<br />

surgery. Her sister, Victoria, suffered<br />

a knee injury in 2014-2015<br />

and missed significant time her senior<br />

year.<br />

Ironically, there were two published<br />

reports in a 24-hour period,<br />

including one in The Prairie, highlighting<br />

the fact that she was healthy<br />

the first few weeks of the season.<br />

Sandburg had a 37-33 lead in the<br />

West when the injury occurred.<br />

“I thought we were playing well<br />

and I thought we were going to<br />

win,” Fotopoulos said. “That would<br />

have been a big win for us. After it<br />

happened, you literally could have<br />

heard a pin drop in the gym. We<br />

were shocked after that. Natalie is<br />

the sweetest kid in the world and<br />

we’re hoping for the best.”<br />

Sandburg’s Natalie Stavropoulos,<br />

shown in the first quarter against<br />

Lincoln-Way West on Thursday,<br />

Nov. 29, suffered a knee injury later<br />

in the game.<br />

JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA<br />

Not again!<br />

Last season, the Eagles lost<br />

shooting guard Morgan McAuliffe<br />

the first game of the season with a<br />

torn ACL and she missed most of<br />

the season.<br />

While Stavropoulos’s injury<br />

hasn’t been diagnosed yet, she will<br />

miss some time and the Eagles will<br />

have to play on without her.<br />

“We had a team meeting on Friday<br />

and now everyone has to step up,”<br />

Fotopoulos said. “We need someone<br />

to fill that void and it’s definitely not<br />

going to be one person. It will have<br />

to be multiple players.’’<br />

There was good news<br />

Two days before the West loss<br />

and injury, the Eagles beat Lemont,<br />

59-27, on the road as junior Kayla<br />

Snaidoff had 14 points, Stavropoulos<br />

had 10 and Stephanie Faro<br />

added seven.<br />

Up next<br />

The Eagles face District 230<br />

foe Stagg on Thursday, Dec. 6, in<br />

Palos Hills and finally make their<br />

home debut against Argo at 6 p.m.<br />

on Tuesday, Dec. 11. That halts<br />

a streak of eight games that were<br />

either on an opponent’s court or a<br />

neutral court.<br />

BOYS BASKETBALL<br />

Eagles ‘hit in mouth’ by lack of communication<br />

TIM CRONIN, Freelance Reporter<br />

As a veteran coach is wont to<br />

do, Todd Allen put a 75-49 thumping<br />

of his Sandburg boys basketball<br />

team by Thornton Township<br />

on himself on Friday, Nov. 30.<br />

“I don’t think I had our guys<br />

very ready to play tonight,” Allen<br />

said as the triumphant Wildcats<br />

walked toward their bus outside<br />

the Sandburg gym. “That’s on me.<br />

I thought our effort and intensity<br />

wasn’t what it had been previous<br />

to this. I thought we were lacking<br />

a little bit in defensive intensity.”<br />

It didn’t start out that way. Sandburg<br />

led in the early minutes and<br />

trailed 15-14 after a quarter, but<br />

Thornton tightened defensively in<br />

each subsequent quarter, the margins<br />

in the final three by four, eight<br />

and 13 points. The Wildcats held<br />

Sandburg to 39 percent shooting,<br />

outrebounded the hosts 24-18 and<br />

ran wild themselves, going 16-of-<br />

22 from the floor in the second<br />

half, when they doubled up on<br />

Sandburg, 42-21.<br />

The Wildcats, led by Ari<br />

Brown’s 21 points, went for the<br />

kill in the first four minutes of<br />

the second half, expanding a fivepoint<br />

intermission margin to 15<br />

through a pair of three-pointers by<br />

DeMarco Minor, who tallied 17<br />

points – the Wildcats had 10 threepointers<br />

in all – and midrange<br />

jumpers the Eagles couldn’t stop.<br />

Sandburg cut the gap to 11 points,<br />

but no closer.<br />

“That was a pretty quick turnaround<br />

in a pretty short time<br />

frame,” Allen said. “We had two<br />

open threes we missed and they<br />

had two open threes they hit.<br />

We never really recovered from<br />

there.”<br />

Kevin Agwomoh led Sandburg<br />

with 15 points, and put his finger<br />

on a lack of communication.<br />

“We came into the second half<br />

looking for a stop, and we weren’t<br />

talking a lot; the whole game, actually,”<br />

Agwomoh said. “That just<br />

hit us in the mouth. We folded under<br />

pressure, I guess. Individually,<br />

we were trying to get that going<br />

in practice. Some guys do it and<br />

Sandburg’s Kevin Agwomoh (left) gets a shot off against Thornton’s<br />

Brandon Hall in an Eagles home-opening loss on Friday, Nov. 30.<br />

JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA<br />

some guys just feel they don’t<br />

have to. We keep preaching it in<br />

practice, but I don’t know, sometimes<br />

it goes away.”<br />

A work in progress<br />

The outcome was Sandburg’s<br />

third defeat in succession and<br />

dropped the Eagles to 3-3.<br />

What kind of a team does Allen<br />

have after six games – about<br />

20 percent of the regular-season<br />

schedule?<br />

It is one learning how to play<br />

together.<br />

“We’ve got a long ways to go,”<br />

Allen said. “I love coaching them.<br />

They’re great kids. They work really<br />

hard. But we’re 13 juniors and<br />

three seniors, so we’ve got to find<br />

some guys as the year goes who<br />

are going to get better and step up<br />

and give us a lift. We’re searching<br />

for those guys.”<br />

For the most part, Allen has a<br />

six-man rotation, with sub Leo<br />

Serdar seeing significant minutes<br />

along with seniors Kevin Agwomoh,<br />

Marvin Agwomoh, Ian<br />

Sanders and juniors Khaled Salah<br />

and Atharva Atreya. In comparison,<br />

Thornton rotated eight<br />

men through the game, and their<br />

relative freshness translated into<br />

quickness as the game went on.<br />

Rocky road<br />

Three days before Thornton<br />

came calling, Sandburg traveled to<br />

Lemont and hung with the talented<br />

Indians, trailing by three points in<br />

the final quarter before dropping a<br />

55-46 decision.<br />

“Lemont made 10 threes and we<br />

made two,” Allen said.<br />

Kevin Agwomoh tallied 15<br />

points and five rebounds while<br />

Marvin Agwomoh scored 14<br />

points and grabbed 13 rebounds.<br />

But the Eagles garnered only five<br />

points off the bench, compared to<br />

six against Thornton.<br />

Up next<br />

The Friday, Dec. 7 game at<br />

Stagg opens the SouthWest Suburban<br />

Blue slate, it’s also the first of<br />

four games in eight days and six<br />

in 12, making the practices prior to<br />

playing the Chargers critical. The<br />

Eagles host St. Ignatius the following<br />

day, then play three straight at<br />

Oak Forest, Lincoln-Way East and<br />

Crete-Monee.


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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT<br />

Lucky 13th season nets <strong>OP</strong> native<br />

Fitzgerald Big Ten Coach of Year<br />

Also, a look at<br />

Schofield’s new kicks<br />

and Klein’s big punts<br />

JEFF VORVA, Sports Editor<br />

The 13th time was the charm.<br />

Orland Park native Pat Fitzgerald<br />

was unanimously named Big<br />

Ten Conference Coach of the<br />

Year as the Northwestern boss<br />

won honors from both the media<br />

and coaches on Nov. 27.<br />

He led the Wildcats to an 8-1<br />

mark in the Big Ten Conference<br />

and won the West Division, where<br />

it went on to lose to Ohio State<br />

University, 45-24, in the Big Ten<br />

Conference title game on Saturday,<br />

Dec. 1 in Indianapolis.<br />

The former Sandburg standout<br />

is the first NU coach to take the<br />

honor since Randy Walker won it<br />

in 2000.<br />

“It starts and ends in our locker<br />

room,” Fitzgerald told the Big Ten<br />

Network. “Our young men have<br />

been incredibly resilient. We’ve<br />

had an amazing brotherhood all<br />

year and I’m just so thankful for<br />

all that they do. This is a program<br />

award. This isn’t about me. It takes<br />

everyone.”<br />

What most amazing about the<br />

accomplishment is that the Wildcats<br />

went into the Big Ten season<br />

1-2 in non-conference action, including<br />

a 39-34 home loss to Akron,<br />

in which the Zips came back<br />

from a 21-3 halftime deficit to beat<br />

a Big Ten team for the first time<br />

since 1894.<br />

But in the league, the Cats lost<br />

to Michigan, 20-17 and racked<br />

up wins over Michigan State, Nebraska,<br />

Rutgers, Wisconsin, Iowa,<br />

Minnesota and Illinois.<br />

Special cleats for Schofield<br />

When the Los Angeles Chargers<br />

face Cincinnati on Sunday, Dec. 9,<br />

Orland Park native Michael Schofield<br />

will be one of close to 40<br />

Orland Park native Pat Fitzgerald earned Big Ten Conference Coach<br />

of the Year honors in his 13th season as Northwestern’s head coach.<br />

PHOTO COURTESY OF NORTHWESTERN ATHLETICS<br />

Ricky Klein<br />

players on his team winning special<br />

cleats for the My Cause, My<br />

Cleats program for causes that are<br />

important to them.<br />

After the game, the cleats will<br />

be available for bidding on NFL<br />

Auctions with proceeds going to<br />

the players’ causes.<br />

Schofield’s cleats will feature<br />

Jane’s Warriors, in honor of his<br />

aunt, Jane Caliendo, a Sandburg<br />

teacher and coach who died in<br />

2014. Her foundation helps raise<br />

money for cancer research.<br />

Schofield and Dan Feeney, another<br />

Sandburg grad, are starting<br />

offensive linemen for the Chargers,<br />

who have a 9-3 record after<br />

Michael Schofield<br />

a 33-30 victory over Pittsburgh on<br />

Sunday, Dec. 2.<br />

Klein has huge senior year<br />

Sandburg graduate Ricky Klein,<br />

who had two varsity punts as a<br />

freshman and none as a sophomore<br />

or junior for Carthage College, had<br />

a huge senior season as he booted<br />

the ball 41 times for 1,633 yards (a<br />

39.8 average) including a 65-yard<br />

bomb against Wheaton in the 2018<br />

season. He was named to the All-<br />

College of Illinois and Wisconsin<br />

first team.<br />

Klein’s average was 14th in the<br />

nation among NCAA Division III<br />

kickers.<br />

Athlete of the Month<br />

Lincoln-Way Central volleyball player<br />

spikes the November competition<br />

Bill Jones, Editor<br />

After a junior year ACL injury,<br />

Lincoln-Way Central senior Dani<br />

Lauer bounced back to find herself<br />

on the Team 22: Girls Volleyball<br />

roster this season.<br />

Now, the Knight is Athlete of the<br />

Month.<br />

Lauer garnered the most votes in<br />

22nd Century Media’s November<br />

contest to earn that title.<br />

The Athlete of the Month competition<br />

pits featured Athlete of the<br />

Week selections from our south<br />

suburban newspapers against one<br />

another in an online voting contest.<br />

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

Dec. 10.<br />

To vote, visit <strong>OP</strong>Prairie.com,<br />

hover over the “Sports” menu tab<br />

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

Readers can vote once per session<br />

per valid email address. Voting ends<br />

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

All athletes featured in the November<br />

Athlete of the Week sports<br />

interviews are automatically entered<br />

into the contest.<br />

this week in...<br />

EAGLES VARSITY ATHLETICS<br />

BOYS BASKETBALL<br />

■Dec. ■ 7 – at Stagg, 6 p.m.<br />

■Dec. ■ 8 – hosts St. Ignatius, 2 p.m.<br />

■Dec. ■ 11 – at Oak Forest, 7 p.m.<br />

BOYS BOWLING<br />

■Dec. ■ 6 – at Lincoln-Way Central,<br />

4:30 p.m.<br />

■Dec. ■ 8 – hosts Carl Sandburg Invite,<br />

8 a.m.<br />

■Dec. ■ 11 – hosts hosts Lincoln-Way<br />

East, 4:30 p.m.<br />

■Dec. ■ 12 – at Chicago Christian,<br />

4:15 p.m.<br />

BOYS SWIMMING<br />

■Dec. ■ 7 – hosts Fenwick, 5 p.m.<br />

■Dec. ■ 11 – hosts Stagg, 5 p.m.<br />

WRESTLING<br />

■Dec. ■ 6 – hosts Lincoln-Way Central,<br />

5 p.m.<br />

Dani Lauer — a Lincoln-Way<br />

Central volleyball player — won<br />

the November Athlete of the<br />

Month competition for publisher<br />

22nd Century Media’s Southwest<br />

Chicago branch. 22nd Century<br />

Media File Photo<br />

■Dec. ■ 7 – hosts Bolingbrook, 5:30<br />

p.m.<br />

■Dec. ■ 8 – at Wheeling Quad-<br />

Stevenson-Lemont, 9 a.m.<br />

■Dec. ■ 13 – at Lincoln-Way East, 5<br />

p.m.<br />

GIRLS BASKETBALL<br />

■Dec. ■ 6 – at Stagg, 6 p.m.<br />

■Dec. ■ 11 – hosts Argo Community,<br />

6 p.m.<br />

GIRLS BOWLING<br />

■Dec. ■ 6 – at Lincoln-Way West, 4:30<br />

p.m.<br />

■Dec. ■ 8 – at Plainfield North<br />

Strikefest Invite, 9 a.m.<br />

■Dec. ■ 11 – hosts Stagg, 4:30 p.m.<br />

■Dec. ■ 13 – at Thornridge, 4:30 p.m.<br />

GIRLS GYMNASTICS<br />

■Dec. ■ 8 – at Hinsdale Central Invite,<br />

10 a.m.<br />

■Dec. ■ 15 – at Homewood-Flossmoor<br />

Invite, 11 a.m.


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FooTball (oFFenSe)<br />

22nd Century Media chose the best football student-athletes based on coach recommendations<br />

and player statistics in its seven-town southwest suburban coverage area and placed them on<br />

one super team: Team 22. The team is made up of student-athletes from Lincoln-Way Central, LW<br />

East, LW West, Providence Catholic, Andrew, Lockport Township, Tinley Park and Sandburg high<br />

schools. This is its offensive squad.<br />

FirST Team<br />

Compiled by 22nd Century Media staff<br />

Second Team<br />

QB: Greyson Grimm, LW West<br />

1,261 total yards, 13 touchdowns. 264<br />

rushing for 6 touchdowns. All-SWSC.<br />

RB: Ronin Gilbert, senior, Tinley<br />

167 carries for 875 yards, 9 touchdowns, 5<br />

100-plus-yard games. All-SSC Blue.<br />

RB: Caleb Marconi, junior, LW West<br />

839 yards rushing for a 6.2 per carry average<br />

and 9 touchdowns.<br />

WR: Chase Anderson, senior, LW East<br />

18 receptions for 442 yards and 5<br />

touchdowns.<br />

WR: Billy Dozier, junior, LW West<br />

20 catches for 372 yards, 5 touchdowns and<br />

1 kickoff return for a touchdown.<br />

WR: Jerrell Wright, junior, Provi<br />

16 catches for 280 yards, with 3<br />

touchdowns, 5 rushes for 50 yards.<br />

OL: Adam Jumah, senior, Andrew<br />

35 pancakes. Offense had 1,821 rushing<br />

yards and 5 yards per carry.<br />

OL: T.J. Galligani, senior, Provi<br />

All-around athletic and All-CCL Blue.<br />

OL: Marty O’Brien, senior, LW East<br />

Another strength on an incredible Griffins’<br />

O line.<br />

QB: Jack Baltz, senior, LW East<br />

2,283 yards total yards, 133 of<br />

216 passing, with 31 touchdowns.<br />

All-SWSC. Baltz was the engine<br />

behind an incredibly explosive<br />

offense in the 2018 season.<br />

RB: Devon Williams, junior, LW<br />

East<br />

1,094 rushing yards on 146<br />

carries, 19 touchdowns. Williams’<br />

work on the ground not only led<br />

him to plenty of end zones but<br />

kept the Griffins a dual threat.<br />

RB: Justin Ellis, senior, LW Central<br />

950 rushing yards with 10<br />

touchdowns, 330 yards receiving,<br />

155 return yards. All-SWSC. Ellis<br />

was all over the field, with 1,435<br />

all-purpose yards.<br />

WR: Jackson Ritter, senior, LW<br />

East<br />

52 receptions for 977 yards,<br />

60 long, with 16 touchdowns, 4<br />

kickoff returns for 102 yards, 43<br />

long, 3 punt returns with 41 long.<br />

All-SWSC as a tight end.<br />

WR: Matt Judd, senior, LW East<br />

38 receptions for 517 yards,<br />

6 touchdowns. All-SWSC. Judd<br />

worked this season to rack up big<br />

yardage for East and found the<br />

end zone several times himself.<br />

WR: Conner McWilliams, senior,<br />

LW Central<br />

42 receptions for 525 yards, 2<br />

touchdowns. 69 rushes for 400<br />

yards, 5 touchdowns. McWilliams’<br />

resumes as a catcher and rusher<br />

were equally impressive.<br />

OL: Anthony Sottosanto, senior,<br />

LW East<br />

The SouthWest Suburban<br />

Conference Athlete of the Year for<br />

offense. Period.<br />

OL: Dane Eggert, senior, LW East<br />

Eggert has been a consistently<br />

tough presence on the Griffins’ O<br />

line. All-SWSC.<br />

OL: Brian White, senior, LW West<br />

An All-SWSC this season from the Warrior.<br />

OL: Martin Bender, senior, LW West<br />

Another standout on the Warriors’ O line.<br />

K: Dominic Dzioban, junior, LW East<br />

11 of 15 field goals, 37 long, 67 of 69 extra<br />

points.<br />

Burns phoTography<br />

Honorable mentions:<br />

OL: Nate Mahoney, senior, LW<br />

West<br />

All-SWSC is impressive enough.<br />

But Mahoney topped it with an<br />

All-State season.<br />

OL: Jake Renfro, junior, Provi<br />

All-CCL Blue. He also took on both<br />

long and short snapping duties for<br />

the Celtics.<br />

OL: Drew Parrish, senior, LW<br />

Central<br />

He could play center, guard and<br />

tackle as needed for the Knights.<br />

All-SWSC.<br />

K: Ryan Barth, senior, Lockport<br />

33 yards per punt, long of 60,<br />

15 of 16 on extra points, 5 of 6<br />

on field goals, with a long of 43<br />

yards. All-SWSC. He made a mark<br />

despite a struggling squad.<br />

QB: Tommy Schiller, senior, Andrew.<br />

RB: Brenden Martus, senior, Provi;<br />

Donte Barber, senior, LW West;<br />

John Bickel, junior, Andrew; Rocco<br />

Iannantone, junior, Andrew; Dylan<br />

Holstein, senior, LW West; De’Whon<br />

Gavin, senior, Provi.<br />

WR: Nick Gula, senior, LW West; A.J.<br />

Henning, junior, LW East.<br />

OL: Kadden Heatherwick, senior,<br />

Andrew; Raymond Pustelnik, senior,<br />

Lockport; Ryan Swims, senior, Andrew.


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FirST Team<br />

DL: Dylan Shelton, senior, LW East<br />

89 tackles, 54 solo, 35 assists,<br />

7 sacks, 20 tackles for a loss,<br />

1 fumble recovery. All-SWSC.<br />

Helped the Griffins to a plethora of<br />

shutouts this season.<br />

LB: Jake Kramer, junior, LW East<br />

115 tackles, 59 solo, 56 assists,<br />

5 sacks, 14 tackles for a loss,<br />

1 fumble recovery. Those trying<br />

to work beyond the Griffins’ line<br />

often met Kramer.<br />

22nd Century Media chose the best football student-athletes based on coach recommendations<br />

and player statistics in its seven-town southwest suburban coverage area to place them on one<br />

super team: Team 22. The team features student-athletes from Lincoln-Way Central, LW East, LW<br />

West, Providence Catholic, Andrew, Lockport Township, Tinley Park and Sandburg high schools.<br />

This is the defensive squad.<br />

Compiled by 22nd Century Media staff<br />

DL: Jake Janeczko, senior,<br />

Lockport<br />

68 tackles, 2 tackles for a loss, 1<br />

sack, 2 forced fumbles, 2 blocked<br />

kicks. The defensive tackle was a<br />

standout on a Porters squad that<br />

needed more.<br />

LB: Dan Scianna, senior, LW East<br />

109 tackles, 70 solo, 39 assists,<br />

7 sacks, 18 tackles for a loss, 1<br />

fumble recovery. All-SWSC. Those<br />

who didn’t find Kramer likely ran<br />

into Scianna.<br />

Burns phoTography<br />

DL: Elias Valdez, junior, Provi<br />

59 tackles, 2 fumble recoveries,<br />

2 sacks, 2 passes knocked<br />

down. All-CCL Blue. The Celtics’<br />

nose guard was the team’s most<br />

valuable defensive player.<br />

LB: Gus Christensen, senior, LW<br />

East<br />

78 tackles, 39 solo, 39 assists,<br />

2 sacks, 26 tackles for a loss,<br />

1 defensive touchdown. The<br />

defensive SWSC Athlete of the Year<br />

rounds out the East linebackers.<br />

DL: Mick Stewart, senior, LW East<br />

45-plus tackles, 10-plus tackles<br />

for a loss, 8 sacks, 1 interception,<br />

fumble recovery. Stewart helped<br />

to make games miserable for<br />

opponents’ offenses.<br />

LB: Alex Hirschfield, senior,<br />

Sandburg<br />

249 career tackles, 100 tackles<br />

(season), 3 sacks, 4 tackles for a<br />

loss, 1 blocked kick. All-SWSC. The<br />

Eagles’ linebacker was a beast<br />

who earned All-State honors.<br />

Second Team<br />

DL: Sean McLaughlin, junior, LW East<br />

43 tackles, 4 sacks, 9 tackles for a loss,<br />

2 forced fumbles.<br />

DL: Ben Seeber, junior, Provi<br />

41 tackles, 2 sacks, 2 tackles for loss, 8<br />

QB pressures.<br />

DL: Marco Corsetti, senior, LW West<br />

40 tackles, 7 sacks, 12.5 tackles for a<br />

loss.<br />

DL: Kaidon Lingle, senior, LW West<br />

40 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 8 tackles for a<br />

loss, 1 fumble recovery. All-SWSC.<br />

LB: Will Cichowski, senior, Lockport<br />

105 tackles, 2 interceptions. All-SWSC.<br />

LB: Brett Carberry, junior, LW West<br />

65 tackles, .5 sacks, 6.5 tackles for a<br />

loss.<br />

LB: Kevin O’Boyle, senior, Providence<br />

79 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 fumble recovery.<br />

All-CCL.<br />

LB: Anthony Tuminello, senior, Provi<br />

62 tackles, 2 sacks, 2 tackles for loss.<br />

All-CCL.<br />

DB: Aidan Tyk, senior, LW West<br />

43 tackles, 2 forced fumbles, 2 fumble<br />

recoveries, much more. All-SWSC.<br />

DB: Joe Gonzalez, senior, LW West<br />

41 tackles, 2.5 tackles for a loss, 4 pass<br />

breakups.<br />

DB: Ryan Manikowski, junior, Provi<br />

33 tackles, 6 interceptions, 2 pass<br />

knockdowns.<br />

Honorable mentions:<br />

DB: Ken Palmer, senior, LW East<br />

73 tackles, 40 solo, 33 assists, 2<br />

tackles for a loss, 7 interceptions,<br />

1 forced fumble, 1 fumble<br />

recovery, 3 defensive touchdowns<br />

and All-SWSC.<br />

DB: Joe DeHaan, junior, Andrew<br />

55 tackles, 5 pass breakups, 1<br />

sack, 3 interceptions. The strong<br />

safety was one of the T-Bolts’<br />

biggest standouts on the season,<br />

and he’s got one more with them.<br />

DB: Andrew Sherry, senior, LW<br />

West<br />

37 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 5<br />

interceptions, 7 pass breakups.<br />

All-SWSC. The Warriors’ defensive<br />

back was a constant threat to<br />

opposing QBs looking to air it out.<br />

DL: Jeremiah Dawson, senior, LW East; Adrian Wilson, junior, LW East; Matt<br />

Nevin, junior, LW West; Jackson Kameron, senior, LW Central; Dykeil Stingley,<br />

senior, Andrew; Peyton Knepper, junior, LW West.<br />

LB: Ryan Garbrecht, senior, Andrew; Jackson Hosman, senior, LW Central;<br />

Aaron Marcotte, senior, LW Central; Griffin Ketelaar, junior, LW West; Ameer<br />

Aqel, senior, Andrew; Moe Abuzir, senior, Sandburg.<br />

DB: Ian Troester, junior, LW Central; Josh Heavrin, senior, Sandburg; Jake<br />

Tomczak, senior, LW East; Mike Manning, senior, LW East.


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Cousins set the tone for Sandburg, Andrew and JCA<br />

JEFF VORVA, Sports Editor<br />

Sandburg’s Dominic Iannantone (right) is one of three cousins who are making an impact at their three respective schools. PHOTO SUBMITTED<br />

Roughly 10 years ago, a<br />

group of cousins from the<br />

Iannantone family would<br />

run around, play football<br />

and splash each other in a<br />

swimming pool during family<br />

parties.<br />

Three of those kids are<br />

now high school age and<br />

making a big splash of<br />

their own at three different<br />

schools.<br />

Dominic is a junior wrestler<br />

at Sandburg who last<br />

year qualified for sectional<br />

in the 106-pound class and<br />

posted a 23-19 overall mark.<br />

He is hoping to elevate his<br />

game this year and help the<br />

Eagles make it back to the<br />

team state finals, where they<br />

have been absent for the<br />

past three seasons.<br />

Rocco is a junior running<br />

back/defensive back<br />

who was one of the keys<br />

in leading the Andrew’s<br />

football team to back-toback<br />

playoff appearances<br />

for the first time since 2012<br />

and 2013. He was also a regional<br />

wrestling champ as a<br />

sophomore but decided to<br />

concentrate on just football<br />

this school year.<br />

Nick is a senior running<br />

back at Joliet Catholic<br />

Academy, which won the Illinois<br />

High School Class 5A<br />

state championship game on<br />

Nov. 24 after an improbable<br />

run after a 5-4 regular season.<br />

Dominic credits Rocco<br />

for getting his career rolling.<br />

“Rocco got me into wrestling,”<br />

Dominic said. “I<br />

didn’t know anything about<br />

it. I thought I would play<br />

football. Then we all grew<br />

up, and I never saw us doing<br />

what we’re all doing<br />

right now.”<br />

“Dom and I used to wrestle,<br />

and he was a scrapper,”<br />

Rocco said. “He would always<br />

stick his nose in and<br />

was never afraid of anything<br />

when he wrestled. I<br />

just think it’s awesome.”<br />

Sandburg has been a perennial<br />

state power but in<br />

recent years has been denied<br />

state appearances because<br />

the Eagles keep running<br />

into Marmion in the<br />

sectional.<br />

Dominic is hoping for a<br />

breakthrough this season<br />

and wants to get the team<br />

back to Bloomington.<br />

“We’re strong in all of our<br />

weights,” he said.<br />

Dominic, wrestling up at<br />

120, went 0-2 at the Conant<br />

Invitational on Nov. 24 but<br />

went 4-0 in recent action<br />

againt Stagg, Fremd, Batavia<br />

and Lyons. Michiganbound<br />

Patrick Nolan won<br />

at Conant at 138, Alex<br />

Hirschfield was a runnerup<br />

at 220, Jimmy Ferguson<br />

(126), Tyler Villa (160) and<br />

freshman Kevin Zimmer<br />

(195) took third as the Eagles<br />

claimed second place.<br />

Hirschfield, Nolan, Matthew<br />

Parker, Zach Bateman,<br />

Zimmer and Mike Bosco<br />

each went 4-0 in action last<br />

week.<br />

A decade ago, the Iannantone<br />

cousins were having<br />

fun as children at parties.<br />

“It was like we were all<br />

brothers,” Rocco said.<br />

Now...<br />

“I would have never<br />

imagined something like<br />

this,” Rocco said. “It is super-cool<br />

to see family members<br />

succeed like that — especially<br />

seeing Nick going<br />

to the state championship.<br />

Nick entered the state<br />

title game with 1,297 yards<br />

and ran 40 times for 318<br />

yards and three touchdowns<br />

in a 34-27 win over Montini<br />

in the most important game<br />

of his career. And he is even<br />

better in baseball.<br />

“He played like a beast,”<br />

Rocco said. “He was amazing.<br />

Rocco and Nick used to<br />

mix it up on the gridiron.<br />

“I played youth football<br />

for Plainfield, and Rocco<br />

played for Orland Hills and<br />

his dad was the coach,”<br />

Nick said. “They would always<br />

win. Their team was<br />

always better than ours. Every<br />

year, his dad would say<br />

they would beat us. It was a<br />

family rivalry.”<br />

“It was a lot of fun,”<br />

Rocco said. “I only played<br />

defense, and I was a safety<br />

and he was the running back<br />

on offense. When I was in<br />

seventh grade and he was in<br />

eighth, I got to tackle him<br />

once or twice. He was a big<br />

kid as an eighth-grader.”<br />

Dominic remembers<br />

some of the games when<br />

they were ages 8 or 9 as being<br />

pretty physical.<br />

“We used to run around<br />

and play a lot of football together,”<br />

Dominic said. “We<br />

used to toughen each other<br />

up a little bit. They were always<br />

bigger than me.”<br />

Dominic and Rocco have<br />

some time to play with before<br />

they have to make a<br />

college decision, although<br />

Rocco is starting to get<br />

some interest from Cincinnati,<br />

Benedictine, North<br />

Central and Illinois Wesleyan.<br />

Nick is heading to Johnson<br />

County Community<br />

College in Kansas City for<br />

baseball.<br />

He still has to pinch himself<br />

with how this season<br />

has gone.<br />

“If you would have<br />

told me even before the<br />

season what we would be<br />

doing, I wouldn’t have believed<br />

it,” Nick said. “Obviously,<br />

Rocco is doing really<br />

well at Andrew, and that’s<br />

really awesome. I can believe<br />

that because he’s really<br />

a hard worker. Dom is<br />

a hard worker, too, with his<br />

wrestling. It’s pretty cool to<br />

see us all succeeding.”


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MEDIA<br />

1ST AND 3<br />

A FEW FACTS ABOUT<br />

SANDBURG’S BOYS<br />

BOWLING’S PROGRAM.<br />

1. Statement<br />

The Eagles qualified<br />

for state five times<br />

in the past nine<br />

years and this year’s<br />

squad (ABOVE)<br />

wants to return after<br />

missing out last<br />

season.<br />

2. Worth Crowe-ing<br />

about<br />

Senior Cameron<br />

Crowe didn’t make it<br />

to state last year but<br />

finished 39th as a<br />

freshman and 16th<br />

as a sophomore.<br />

3. One champ<br />

In the 16 years of<br />

the state tournament<br />

for boys, Sandburg<br />

had one state<br />

individual champ -<br />

Joey Kopera in 2012<br />

- in the middle of a<br />

five-season streak<br />

in which the state<br />

champ came from a<br />

SouthWest Suburban<br />

Conference<br />

school.<br />

THURSDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK<br />

Sandburg, Andrew<br />

bowlers look to<br />

re-rack this season<br />

Jeff Vorva<br />

j.vorva@22ndcm.com<br />

A<br />

funny thing happened<br />

on Jan. 20 at<br />

Laraway Lanes in<br />

New Lenox.<br />

By “funny” I mean odd<br />

or peculiar funny. Not ha-ha<br />

funny.<br />

Certainly, there weren’t<br />

any ha-ha yuk-em-ups as far<br />

as Sandburg’s or Andrew’s<br />

boys bowling teams were<br />

concerned.<br />

On that day, Andrew<br />

finished in eighth place in<br />

sectional action with a 5,641<br />

pinfall — 21 pins from<br />

tying Oswego East for the<br />

sixth and final spot for an<br />

appearance in the Illinois<br />

High School Association<br />

state meet. Sandburg, which<br />

killed it in its own regional<br />

at Orland Bowl a week before<br />

with a 6,445, struggled<br />

with a 5,405 and finished<br />

13th of 16 teams.<br />

Naah. Not ha-ha funny.<br />

But what was odd/<br />

peculiar funny was that<br />

it was the first time since<br />

2003-2004 that at least one<br />

of those two District 230<br />

powerhouses didn’t go to<br />

the Illinois High School<br />

Association state finals.<br />

Heck, neither team even<br />

sent an individual to state,<br />

which was even more eyepopping<br />

because then-junior<br />

Sandburg star Cameron<br />

Crowe had a stunning 254<br />

average in a dozen games<br />

at the Southwest Suburban<br />

Conference Blue meet and<br />

regional action. He finished<br />

with a 1,114 - a 186 average<br />

in the sectional.<br />

“I use it as motivation,”<br />

Crowe said of the sectional<br />

struggles. “The next day, I<br />

was at the bowling alley for<br />

a long time practicing. I was<br />

there for hours. My goal is<br />

to avenge that and make it<br />

back to state.”<br />

When he looks back on<br />

that disastrous day, he tries<br />

to put a nice spin on it, but<br />

during a recent interview<br />

with him after a win over<br />

Andrew, it seemed like the<br />

sting may not be completely<br />

gone.<br />

“It’s all right...I guess...I<br />

don’t know,” Crowe said.<br />

Crowe was just as disappointed<br />

the team didn’t<br />

Sandburg boys bowling coach Jeff Kwilose (left) and star senior Cameron Crowe share<br />

a laugh during a match against Andrew on Nov. 27 at Orland Bowl. The two hope to be<br />

yukking it up after sectional play in January. JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA<br />

make it either. Sophomore<br />

Tim Novak was also<br />

bummed about that day.<br />

“I was a freshman and I<br />

didn’t step up,” he said.<br />

The Andrew athletes were<br />

all wondering what might<br />

have been.<br />

“It was upsetting because<br />

we were so close,” senior<br />

Jeff Serafini said. “We just<br />

couldn’t close out the deal.”<br />

“It was mainly the<br />

spares,” senior Rich Payton<br />

said. “It’s just a game of<br />

spares. People like to say<br />

in baseball that it’s a game<br />

of inches. It’s the same<br />

way in bowling. We were<br />

very, very close to making<br />

it to state. If we could have<br />

made a few more spares, we<br />

would have made it.”<br />

OK, enough about last<br />

year. The fellas from both<br />

squads figure they are not<br />

that far away from making<br />

the long trip to St. Clair<br />

Bowl in O’Fallon next Jan.<br />

25-26 for the state meet.<br />

Coach Jeff Kwilose’s<br />

Sandburg team also features<br />

Matthew Bartlett, Alexander<br />

Grezlovski and Marc Moll<br />

Jr.<br />

Mark Lobes’ Andrew<br />

squad also features John<br />

Malinowski, Jason Richmond<br />

and Trent Smith.<br />

Can Andrew get to state?<br />

“We need a little bit of<br />

practice, but yes,” Payton<br />

said.<br />

“If we do what we are<br />

capable of doing, we should<br />

be a shoo-in this year,”<br />

Serafini said.<br />

As for Sandburg, Crowe<br />

said it will be tough. While<br />

the IHSA hasn’t officially<br />

announced postseason<br />

assignments, the Eagles<br />

think the sectional will be at<br />

Orland Bowl.<br />

“Everyone’s scores are<br />

so close together,” Crowe<br />

said. “There are probably<br />

14 teams that could be good<br />

enough to make it to state<br />

from our sectional. We have<br />

to come back and work<br />

hard. We have an advantage<br />

that it will be held here.”<br />

LISTEN UP<br />

“I use it as motivation. The next day, I<br />

was at the bowling alley for a long time<br />

practicing. I was there for hours.”<br />

Cameron Crowe — Senior Sandburg bowler, on a rough<br />

performance in sectional play in January<br />

What 2 Watch<br />

Basketball, 6 p.m. Thursday Dec. 6 and Friday, Dec. 7<br />

• Sandburg’s girls visit Stagg in a District 230 battle on<br />

Thursday and the boys visit Stagg the next night.<br />

INDEX<br />

43 - Alumni Spotlight<br />

41 - Athlete of the Week<br />

Compiled by Sports Editor Jeff Vorva, J.Vorva@22NDCM.com


Orland Park’s Hometown Newspaper | www.opprairie.com | December 6, 2018<br />

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Sandburg’s Dominic Iannantone and cousins Rocco and Nick are creating a buzz at three different schools, Page 46<br />

GRIDIRON GREATS<br />

The All-Area football team is announced,<br />

Pages 44-45<br />

HO<strong>OP</strong>S HAPPENINGS<br />

A look at Sandburg’s boys and girls<br />

basketball teams, Page 42<br />

Andrew’s Rocco<br />

Iannantone (left photo)<br />

Sandburg’s Dominic<br />

Iannantone (middle) and<br />

Joliet Catholic Academy’s<br />

Nick Iannantone are<br />

cousins who are<br />

enjoying success at their<br />

respective schools.

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