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Source of light<br />

Homer Glen student works with nonprofit to bring solar lights to those<br />

in poverty, Page 6<br />

A win-win situation<br />

Homer library patrons reduce fines by bringing<br />

in donations for FISH Food Pantry, Page 8<br />

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THURSDAY<br />

Polish Holiday Story Time<br />

1:30-2:30 p.m. Dec. 6,<br />

Homer Township Public Library,<br />

14320 W. 151st St.<br />

This program is presented<br />

in Polish. Enjoy festive tales<br />

and a simple craft that will<br />

set the mood for the holidays.<br />

There is no registration; however,<br />

there is a limit of 15 attendees.<br />

Admittance tickets<br />

can be obtained 30 minutes<br />

before the program begins at<br />

Youth Services desk.<br />

Bingo<br />

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

Township Public Library,<br />

14320 W. 151st St. Enjoy an<br />

hour of fun playing bingo.<br />

All ages are welcome.<br />

LTHS Band Holiday Concert<br />

7 p.m. Dec. 6, Lockport<br />

Township High School, East<br />

Auditorium, 1323 E. 7th St.<br />

in Lockport.<br />

SATURDAY<br />

TLC’s Animal Christmas Open<br />

House<br />

1-4 p.m. Dec. 8, TLC Animal<br />

Shelter, 13016 W. 151st<br />

St. in Homer Glen. The cats<br />

and dogs will be hanging<br />

their stockings in hopes that<br />

Santa’s elves might put some<br />

toys and treats in them. Refreshments<br />

are to be served,<br />

and if Santa isn’t too busy,<br />

he will be making an appearance.<br />

For more information,<br />

call (708) 301-1594.<br />

SUNDAY<br />

Beaded Pink Topia Craft and<br />

Vendor Show<br />

10 a.m.- 3 p.m. Dec. 9,<br />

Downers Sand Club Sports<br />

Bar and Grill, 1211 Butterfield<br />

Road in Downers<br />

Grove. This event is<br />

presented by Beaded Pink<br />

Topia, where vendors will<br />

be selling things to purchase<br />

as holiday gifts or for oneself.<br />

There is to be raffles<br />

and money raised to benefit<br />

the TLC Animal Shelter in<br />

Homer Glen.<br />

HGJWC Spaghetti with Santa<br />

2-5 p.m. Dec. 9, John Olson<br />

American Legion Post<br />

18, 15052 Archer Ave. in<br />

Lockport. The Homer Glen<br />

Junior Woman’s Club is<br />

hosting their very first Spaghetti<br />

Dinner with Santa.<br />

Admission is $8 for adults<br />

and $7 for children ages<br />

3-10. Children 2 and under<br />

are free. There is to also be<br />

holiday activities, including<br />

children’s crafts, letters<br />

to Santa, cookie decorating,<br />

visits with Santa and festive<br />

photo opportunities. A cash<br />

bar will also be available. A<br />

portion of the proceeds will<br />

benefit AAIM and HERO.<br />

Tickets are available at the<br />

door or purchased online at<br />

www.homerglenjuniors.org/<br />

spaghetti-with-santa.<br />

Seasonal Celebration<br />

3:30-5:30 p.m. Dec. 9,<br />

Homer Township Public<br />

Library, 14320 W. 151st St.<br />

Refreshments, crafts, games,<br />

spin the prize wheel and<br />

more. Guests can dress in<br />

their holiday finery to visit<br />

Santa at the library. Those<br />

who attend are asked to bring<br />

their camera for photos. An<br />

all-ages event, with children<br />

ages 6 and younger needing<br />

to be accompanied by an<br />

adult. For more information,<br />

visit www.homerlibrary.org<br />

or call (708) 301-7908.<br />

TUESDAY<br />

‘A Christmas Story:’ The<br />

Interactive Movie<br />

6 p.m. Dec. 11, Homer<br />

Township Public Library,<br />

Family Activity Zone,<br />

14320 W. 151st St. Participants<br />

will receive a prop bag<br />

full of surprises and instructions<br />

to interact with this<br />

classic holiday movie. There<br />

is also to be a “candy bar”<br />

to fill a bag of one’s favorite<br />

candies. This event is for<br />

teens in grades 6 through 12.<br />

For more information, visit<br />

www.homerlibrary.org or<br />

call (708) 301-7908.<br />

UPCOMING<br />

Holiday Business After<br />

Hours<br />

5-7 p.m. Thursday, Dec.<br />

13, State Farm, 14051 S.<br />

Bell Road in Homer Glen.<br />

Join the Homer Glen Area<br />

Chamber of Commerce for<br />

refreshments, wine tasting<br />

and some holiday cheer.<br />

Please bring a food donation<br />

to help fill local micro pantries<br />

for those in need.<br />

LTHS Choir Holiday Concert<br />

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

Lockport Township High<br />

School, East Auditorium,<br />

1323 E. 7th St. in Lockport.<br />

The Grinch: Holiday Movie<br />

and Craft<br />

11-11:145 a.m. Saturday,<br />

Dec. 15, Homer Township<br />

Public Library, Family Activity<br />

Zone, 14320 W. 151st<br />

St. This event is for all ages,<br />

however, children 5 and under<br />

should be accompanied<br />

by an adult. Enjoy light refreshments<br />

and make a craft<br />

while watching the animated<br />

“The Grinch Who Stole<br />

Christmas.”<br />

The Mind Diet<br />

11 a.m.-noon, Saturday,<br />

Dec. 15, Homer Township<br />

Public Library, Family Activity<br />

Zone, 14320 W. 151st<br />

St. Whether one is trying to<br />

prevent Alzheimer’s or want<br />

to feel more focused, this<br />

event will uncover that the<br />

food you eat is connected<br />

to how you think. Attendees<br />

will learn about the foods<br />

and food groups to focus on,<br />

and which to avoid, to promote<br />

better brain function<br />

and mental health. Registration<br />

is required. For more<br />

information, call (708) 301-<br />

7908.<br />

Citizens Against Ruining the<br />

Environment Pizza Holiday<br />

Celebration<br />

6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 17.<br />

Family and friends are invited<br />

to enjoy a relaxing<br />

night. Feel free to bring an<br />

appetizer, desert or favorite<br />

beverage to share, as well<br />

as your musical instruments<br />

for a sing-along. This will<br />

be held at Ellen’s house.<br />

For directions, call (815)<br />

834-1611 or Mary at (708)<br />

204-6924.<br />

Homer Jr. High Chorus<br />

Holiday Concert<br />

6:30-9 p.m. Monday, Dec.<br />

17, Hadley Middle School<br />

gymnasium, 15731 S. Bell<br />

Road.<br />

Bingo for Adults and Seniors<br />

1-3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21,<br />

Homer Township Public<br />

Library, Community Meeting<br />

Room, 14320 W. 151st<br />

St. Have some fun playing<br />

multiple rounds of bingo.<br />

There are to be free prizes<br />

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ONGOING<br />

Will-Cook Barbershop<br />

Harmony Society<br />

7:30 p.m. alternating<br />

Thursdays in Tinley Park<br />

and Lockport. Guests are<br />

welcome for an evening of<br />

singing and fellowship with<br />

the Knights of Harmony<br />

Chorus. For more information,<br />

contact Hank King at<br />

(708) 614-8999 or at mjk<br />

ing1@ameritech.net.<br />

Heritage Village<br />

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

Village, 249 W. 2nd St.,<br />

Lockport. Costumed interpreters<br />

on Saturdays; open<br />

to the public daily. Heritage<br />

Village includes historical<br />

buildings: Wells Corner<br />

Schoolhouse, the Symerton<br />

Depot, the Greenho Farmhouse,<br />

the Mokena Jail and<br />

other small buildings. For<br />

more information or tours,<br />

call (815) 838-5080 or visit<br />

www.willhistory.org.<br />

Postnatal Physical Therapy<br />

Screenings<br />

By appointment, Silver<br />

Cross Health Center, 12701<br />

W. 143rd St., Homer Glen.<br />

The screenings are designed<br />

for women six weeks to on<br />

year post-delivery and are<br />

experiencing pelvic or perennial<br />

pain, urinary or fecal<br />

incontinence, pelvic organ<br />

prolapse or separation of the<br />

abdominal muscles. Screenings<br />

are free. To schedule an<br />

appointment, call (815) 300-<br />

6288.


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the Homer Horizon | December 6, 2018 | 3<br />

Homer for the Holidays features tree lighting<br />

Gathering at Village Hall<br />

ushers in holiday season<br />

Laurie Fanelli, Freelance Reporter<br />

Village decides not<br />

to move forward<br />

with South Pointe<br />

development<br />

Village Hall transformed into the<br />

North Pole recently as families enjoyed<br />

crafts, choirs and Christmas<br />

cheer during Homer for the Holidays.<br />

Rudolph and his pals had the<br />

night off as the Homer Township<br />

Fire Protection District escorted<br />

Santa to the event — which took<br />

place from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. on<br />

Saturday, Dec. 1 — before he sat<br />

down to take photos with families.<br />

The night concluded with the annual<br />

tree lighting ceremony signifying<br />

the start of the holiday season<br />

in the community.<br />

The entire event was bigger and<br />

better than ever in 2018. One of the<br />

most notable changes was that the<br />

tree lighting ceremony took place<br />

in front of Village Hall this year<br />

thanks to the donation of a 35-foot<br />

tree — generously given by Homer<br />

Glen residents Jim and Nancy<br />

Walker — which was transported<br />

by Homer Tree Care.<br />

There were also more craft<br />

tables led by several community<br />

organizations, including the Homer<br />

Township Public Library and<br />

Cross of Glory Lutheran Church.<br />

Amy’s Hallmark Shop helped attendees<br />

mail letters to Santa, and<br />

Fannie May made sure everyone<br />

who visited Old St. Nick left with<br />

a bag of treats.<br />

Village of Homer Glen administrative<br />

analyst Matt Walsh, who<br />

serves as the liaison to the Parks &<br />

Recreation Committee, was enthusiastic<br />

with how the entire community<br />

came together to make Homer<br />

for the Holidays a success.<br />

“We’ve had a lot of businesses<br />

and residents contribute to this,<br />

and both middle schools in town<br />

are singing tonight,” Walsh said<br />

of Homer Jr. High and Oak Prairie<br />

Junior High. “We’ve also added<br />

a dress your pet photo contest, so<br />

residents emailed pictures of their<br />

pets dressed up and people can<br />

vote on them during the event.”<br />

Homer Glen resident Darius Shanle makes a holiday craft at the<br />

Homer Township Public Library table at Homer for the Holidays, which<br />

was held Saturday, Dec. 1, at Village Hall. Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd<br />

Century Media<br />

Homer Glen residents Jim and Nancy Walker get a photo by the<br />

Village’s Christmas tree that they donated.<br />

Parks & Recreation Committee<br />

member Mark Gawron was<br />

also enthusiastic about the new<br />

“amped up” event. Despite the<br />

rain — which unfortunately caused<br />

the cancelation of a planned holiday<br />

hayride along Heritage Circle<br />

— he still hoped attendees would<br />

drive through the winter wonderland<br />

of lights and inflatables on<br />

display at Heritage Park.<br />

“We’re going to encourage people<br />

to, when they leave, drive along<br />

Heritage Circle,” Gawron said. “It<br />

cuts right through the middle of<br />

Heritage Park. There’s inflatables,<br />

lights and decorations out there,<br />

and they can see the park.”<br />

Bert Abney and his young<br />

daughter, Kaylen, were looking<br />

forward to several elements of<br />

Homer for the Holidays, including<br />

hearing Toni Tarascio’s daughter,<br />

Mackayla Gaston, perform with<br />

the Oak Prairie choir. Above all<br />

else, Kaylen was excited to see<br />

Santa and give him a gift.<br />

“I have a surprise for him,” Kaylen<br />

said, whispering. “It’s a candy<br />

cane.”<br />

For his Christmas wish, Mayor<br />

George Yukich hopes for Homer<br />

Glen to continue to grow in community<br />

and prosperity.<br />

“I want to continue in the direction<br />

that we’re heading in right now<br />

and finish the [Heritage] Park,” Yukich<br />

said.<br />

Later, Yukich spoke of his gratitude<br />

for Village staff members,<br />

trustees and volunteers in his presentation<br />

prior to the tree lighting.<br />

Trustee Beth Rodgers — who<br />

co-chairs the Parks & Recreation<br />

Imagin Kemp sings “It’s<br />

Beginning to Look a Lot Like<br />

Christmas” with the Oak Prairie<br />

Junior High choir at Homer for<br />

the Holidays.<br />

Committee with Trustee Christina<br />

Neitzke-Troike — especially enjoyed<br />

how Homer for the Holidays<br />

brought friends, neighbors and residents<br />

together for a night of festive<br />

fun.<br />

“I love this event,” Rodgers said.<br />

“It brings the community together,<br />

and everybody has a chance to see<br />

people that sometimes you only see<br />

once a year. Every year, we try to<br />

build and grow this event. Unfortunately,<br />

the rain hindered it a little<br />

bit this year, but it’s so nice to have<br />

everybody come together.”<br />

Event organizers have no plans<br />

to slow down, and they anticipate<br />

that Homer for the Holidays will<br />

continue to expand with each passing<br />

year. Community relations coordinator<br />

Sue Steilen was happy<br />

to have so many organizations,<br />

schools, businesses and residents<br />

from Homer Glen collaborate to<br />

celebrate the kickoff of the Christmas<br />

season for the community.<br />

“It brings the community together<br />

to have fun, and it brings the<br />

community together to participate<br />

in a way where everybody’s contributing,”<br />

Steilen said. “That’s<br />

what’s really nice, and it’s only going<br />

to grow more each year.”<br />

Staff Report<br />

Homer Glen Mayor George Yukich<br />

announced in a Friday, Nov. 30<br />

press release that M/I Homes “will no<br />

longer move forward with the South<br />

Pointe development proposed for the<br />

138-acre piece of land on 159th St.<br />

known commonly as the Dunn property.”<br />

“It was a business decision based<br />

on current economics and timing<br />

of the property,” said Matt Pagoria,<br />

who handles land acquisition for M/I<br />

Homes.<br />

Pagoria went on to say in the release<br />

that M/I Homes is still excited<br />

to be in Homer Glen and looks forward<br />

to beginning construction on the<br />

townhomes that are approved for The<br />

Square at Goodings Grove near Bell<br />

Road.<br />

The proposed South Pointe housing<br />

development originally came in front<br />

of the Plan Commission this past August<br />

and was met with mixed feedback<br />

from residents concerned about<br />

factors like housing density and overburdening<br />

of local schools and roads.<br />

The development was proposed to<br />

consist of three housing areas: a 115-<br />

unit, rear-loaded townhome area; a<br />

113-unit, front-loaded townhome<br />

area; and an area consisting of 55<br />

single-family homes. Phase II of the<br />

project was to include a small, 19.5-<br />

acre commercial development along<br />

the south side of 159th Street.<br />

Instead, the Village and M/I Homes<br />

turn their attention to The Square at<br />

Goodings Grove, approved by the Village<br />

Board in October as a mixed use<br />

project to include 76 townhomes with<br />

more than three acres of commercial<br />

frontage, according to the release. A<br />

final engineering review is in the process<br />

of concluding for that project,<br />

with a groundbreaking for the townhomes<br />

scheduled for the spring.<br />

“While this property did not work<br />

out for us,” Pagoria said of Southpointe,<br />

“M/I Homes will consider<br />

other opportunities in Homer Glen<br />

going forward.”


4 | December 6, 2018 | The Homer Horizon news<br />

homerhorizon.com<br />

Homer Glen Village Board<br />

Officials discuss delays, approve change orders for Heritage Park Active Core<br />

Jessie Molloy<br />

Freelance Reporter<br />

The Homer Glen Village<br />

Board had a lengthy conversation<br />

at its Nov. 28 meeting<br />

regarding payment change<br />

orders issued for the Heritage<br />

Park Active Core Project.<br />

The Active Core is running<br />

behind schedule, in<br />

part because of poor weather<br />

conditions. While Phase I<br />

of the project, including the<br />

sports facilities and play and<br />

fitness areas was scheduled<br />

for completion by Oct. 19,<br />

it remains uncompleted, as<br />

does Phase II’s sensory garden<br />

and court games, which<br />

were due to be completed<br />

last week. With continued<br />

snow and freezing temperatures<br />

predicted, it is now assumed<br />

that all three phases<br />

of the park will be completed<br />

in spring 2019.<br />

Nevertheless, several<br />

change orders have been issued<br />

for the items that have<br />

already been completed,<br />

fixing or addressing issues<br />

which were overlooked or<br />

needed additional work.<br />

The board approved payment<br />

on three of those items<br />

during the meeting for a total<br />

cost of $18,161.<br />

The first approved order<br />

provides $7,000 in funds<br />

for extra materials and labor<br />

needed to install handrails<br />

at the park’s pavilion. The<br />

handrails are required by<br />

building code but were overlooked<br />

in the original plans.<br />

Another item allocated<br />

$5,115 for landscaping<br />

changes and backfilling,<br />

which was necessitated by<br />

drainage issues and utility<br />

installation. According to<br />

Village Clerk Anne Holtz,<br />

this issue was not discovered<br />

until some of the work was<br />

already underway and was<br />

fairly routine.<br />

The third issue, which<br />

caused some debate among<br />

the board members, regarded<br />

the replanting of 19<br />

trees. Integral Construction<br />

is requesting $6,046 in landscaping<br />

and earthwork costs<br />

related to the removal and<br />

transplanting of the trees,<br />

which were installed during<br />

the completion of the Heritage<br />

Circle construction project<br />

but were deemed to be in<br />

the way of the Active Core<br />

construction.<br />

Some of the trees in question<br />

were moved and transplanted<br />

in Goodings Grove<br />

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Trustees Keith Gray and<br />

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questioned if the Village<br />

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or TRIA Architecture<br />

should have foreseen the<br />

conflict and was therefore responsible<br />

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messed up here,” Mayor<br />

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do a job for someone and<br />

screw up, the person who<br />

hired you shouldn’t be responsible<br />

for the extra work<br />

costs.”<br />

Trustees Beth Rodgers and<br />

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trustees who had attended<br />

the staff meeting where initial<br />

approval was given for<br />

the orders, were both absent<br />

from the board meeting.<br />

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have to pay it,” Holtz said.<br />

“We just don’t know who<br />

gave the approval, because<br />

neither of the people who<br />

were there are here to explain<br />

it.”<br />

This created further debate,<br />

as Neitzke-Troike said<br />

she thought she should have<br />

been notified of the meeting<br />

as co-chair of the Parks &<br />

Recreation Committee.<br />

“I know I had a baby and<br />

missed a few meetings, but<br />

I would have appreciated an<br />

email letting me know this<br />

was happening before this<br />

week,” she said, also drawing<br />

into question why Burian (a<br />

member of the Community<br />

& Economic Development<br />

Committee) had been included<br />

in the meeting and she had<br />

not.<br />

Village Manager Anne<br />

Marie Gaura noted that in<br />

order for all three trustees to<br />

be included in future meetings<br />

with the park, the meetings<br />

would need to be made<br />

public and be announced in<br />

advance.<br />

“We could make them public,<br />

if that’s what you want,”<br />

she said. “Though, if it were<br />

public and residents were attending,<br />

that could change<br />

the tone of the conversations.”<br />

Rodgers, who was reached<br />

Friday, Nov. 30, said she was<br />

not at the meeting and had<br />

not seen the video of it yet,<br />

so couldn’t speak to anything<br />

discussed. Burian could not<br />

be reached for comment.<br />

Eventually, the board voted<br />

to approve all three payments,<br />

as they had already<br />

been approved by staff but<br />

agreed to look into improving<br />

communications about<br />

meetings and who would be<br />

attending them.<br />

One requested payment<br />

by Integral that was not approved<br />

related to costs for<br />

additional stone infill and<br />

clay removal at asphalt pavement<br />

areas.<br />

Because of complications<br />

with ground moisture, it<br />

was deemed by the project’s<br />

inspection engineers that<br />

some clay would need to be<br />

removed and replaced with<br />

stone in order for paving to<br />

be completed.<br />

TRIA approved the work<br />

for an amount not to exceed<br />

$25,000, and some of<br />

the work has already been<br />

completed (though it has<br />

now been halted by inclement<br />

weather). The board was<br />

given a request to approve<br />

spending for the project up<br />

to $25,000 but was not given<br />

any receipts or copies of orders<br />

explaining how much<br />

money has already been<br />

spent on the work.<br />

As a result, the board declined<br />

to take action on the<br />

item until more information<br />

was available. The trustees<br />

then agreed that they would<br />

reimburse Integral for the<br />

work that had already been<br />

done when the proper paperwork<br />

had been submitted,<br />

and pay for additional<br />

services once construction<br />

resumed.<br />

The cost of all pending<br />

change orders has been accounted<br />

for in the Heritage<br />

Park project budget. An<br />

amount of $200,000 was earmarked<br />

in the park contract<br />

approved this past July to be<br />

spent as needed on change<br />

orders.<br />

Integral and TRIA did not<br />

respond to requests for comment.<br />

Agreement for professional<br />

planning services<br />

In addition to the Heritage<br />

Park approvals, the board<br />

also voted unanimously<br />

to approve a contract with<br />

GreenbergFarrow for professional<br />

planning services.<br />

Assistant Planner Kyle<br />

McGinnis left the Village’s<br />

employment on Friday, Nov.<br />

30, to take a new position.<br />

Since it will likely take a<br />

few months to replace him,<br />

GreenbergFarrow staff members<br />

will be made available to<br />

the Village in the interim to<br />

assist with planning tasks, including<br />

site plan reviews and<br />

variance proceedings.<br />

The $6,000 contract began<br />

on Thursday, Nov. 29 and is<br />

expected to last two to three<br />

months while a new full-time<br />

assistant planner is found.<br />

Coat driving taking place at<br />

Jewel-Osco, Village Hall<br />

Gray noted that the Jewel-<br />

Osco at 14200 S. Bell Road<br />

is once again hosting a coat<br />

drive in conjunction with the<br />

Chicago Bears to benefit the<br />

Salvation Army.<br />

Coats are being collected<br />

through Feb. 1. The goal of<br />

the drive for the entire Chicago<br />

area is 25,000 coats.<br />

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Homer woman works with nonprofit to provide solar lights for poverty-stricken areas<br />

Grad student<br />

illuminates life for<br />

those in need with<br />

lamps from nonprofit<br />

Thomas Czaja, Editor<br />

A local woman quickly<br />

found a way to help bring<br />

light to those who need it<br />

most.<br />

Beth Sadler, 25, of Homer<br />

Glen, is currently enrolled<br />

at Adler University in Chicago,<br />

working on her master’s<br />

degree in counseling<br />

with art therapy. And as part<br />

of her global outreach practicum,<br />

she needed to find an<br />

organization working to<br />

help people in need.<br />

Given that broad guideline,<br />

she went on Google<br />

and swiftly found a path illuminated<br />

for her.<br />

Sadler came upon the<br />

website for Watts of Love,<br />

a nonprofit organization<br />

that provides clean and renewable<br />

light sources to<br />

families living in cases of<br />

extreme poverty without access<br />

to electricity in more<br />

than 30 countries, including<br />

everywhere from the likes<br />

of Haiti, Guatemala, Kenya,<br />

Mozambique, Nepal,<br />

Israel and the Philippines,<br />

she said.<br />

“[The Watts of Love]<br />

website seemed so welcoming<br />

and friendly, the layout<br />

modern, not sugarcoating<br />

anything,” Sadler recalled.<br />

“People really benefit [from<br />

the lights]. The photos it<br />

has are incredible — of the<br />

smiles on these kids’ faces,<br />

the mothers in tears [because]<br />

kids can now go to<br />

school, study at night and<br />

have a light source.”<br />

By having that renewable<br />

source of light, Sadler said<br />

that is just one example of<br />

the productivity that can<br />

result, whether for school<br />

or for business to generate<br />

more income. Safety and<br />

eliminating potential burns<br />

from kerosene lamps that<br />

would have been used instead<br />

are other positive factors<br />

that come from the light<br />

source.<br />

The Go Dark, Give Light<br />

campaign started by Watts<br />

of Love invites organizations<br />

across the country to<br />

voluntarily “go dark” and<br />

give up their cellphones and<br />

social media for an agreed<br />

upon period of time while<br />

raising funds from friends<br />

and family for the solar<br />

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Sadler, who has been involved<br />

with Watts of Love<br />

since the beginning of October,<br />

said the campaign<br />

is geared toward youth, a<br />

combination of spreading<br />

awareness to get the lights<br />

to people in need and simultaneously<br />

getting children<br />

and teens off their cellphones,<br />

whether for a day,<br />

week or longer.<br />

“We are trying to have<br />

it sponsored by parents,<br />

coaches,” Sadler said, who<br />

noted they have recently<br />

had a high school and a few<br />

private schools take part. “A<br />

school can start a page, send<br />

a link on Facebook campaigning<br />

for money, campaigning<br />

to others trying to<br />

spread word and get kids involved<br />

off their phone and<br />

making an impact on the<br />

world.”<br />

Sadler added with it currently<br />

being the holiday<br />

season, she feels it is the<br />

perfect time to participate<br />

in the campaign, turning<br />

off the phone and focusing<br />

on spending time with family<br />

and, if possible, giving<br />

a little of extra funds to the<br />

cause during the season of<br />

giving.<br />

How everyone does the<br />

campaign specifically is,<br />

of course, up to them. The<br />

main thing is temporarily<br />

experiencing life without<br />

the comfort of a modern<br />

luxury and technology<br />

while helping bring light to<br />

those who need it.<br />

As for the lights themselves,<br />

there is a handheld<br />

one, as well as a headlamp.<br />

These can be used at construction<br />

sites or even hung<br />

from the ceiling to act as a<br />

dining room light. And their<br />

function goes beyond just<br />

illumination.<br />

“The handheld one is really<br />

neat and looks maybe<br />

like a little basketball with<br />

a handle,” Sadler said. “It<br />

has a USB drive, a radio to<br />

listen to for safety concerns,<br />

like local radio if there are<br />

hurricanes or whatever natural<br />

disaster in the area they<br />

live in.”<br />

According to Sadler,<br />

Watts of Love also will attempt<br />

to get religious materials<br />

or scripture on the<br />

flash drive of whatever faith<br />

the person receiving the<br />

light is. Having that faithful<br />

backing often ends up being<br />

a moving moment for all<br />

involved.<br />

“Sometimes, they’ve<br />

never heard a recording<br />

before, and hear something<br />

dear to them and start crying,”<br />

Sadler said. “It’s really<br />

moving.”<br />

In addition, one thing that<br />

surprised Sadler was despite<br />

being impoverished, a lot of<br />

the people they help have<br />

cellphones and will walk<br />

hours on foot to charge their<br />

phone at a café or other local<br />

places. These lamps also<br />

have the technology to let<br />

a cellphone plug right into<br />

them.<br />

Sadler does not graduate<br />

until October 2020, and<br />

Gray made a proposal to<br />

assist with the efforts by installing<br />

a collection box for<br />

coats, as well as other winter<br />

outerwear, at the Village<br />

Hall at 14240 W. 151st St.<br />

through the end of the year.<br />

The board agreed to the<br />

proposal. Further information<br />

was to be made available<br />

on the Village website<br />

and Facebook page as Gray<br />

coordinates the effort with<br />

the Salvation Army. All residents<br />

are encouraged to make<br />

a contribution at either the<br />

Jewel-Osco or Village Hall.<br />

Women’s and children’s<br />

coats are in greatest demand.<br />

Household safety tips<br />

Gray also announced that<br />

Homer Glen resident Beth Sadler is working with Watts<br />

of Love, a nonprofit organization that provides renewable<br />

light sources to families living in extreme poverty around<br />

the world, as part of a global outreach practicum in her<br />

pursuit of a master’s degree. One of the lights Watts of<br />

Love gives is a headlamp, shown here being worn by a<br />

child. Kevin Kuster/Watts of Love<br />

the Public Services & Safety<br />

Committee has posted a list<br />

of common household safety<br />

tips regarding space heaters<br />

and Christmas decorations<br />

on the Village website and<br />

Facebook. All residents are<br />

encouraged to view them.<br />

Safe winter driving<br />

Residents are reminded<br />

to drive carefully during the<br />

winter months. Reduced<br />

though Watts of Love may<br />

not directly involve the<br />

counseling and art therapy<br />

field she plans to continue<br />

into, it has nonetheless been<br />

an educational, emotional<br />

and eye-opening experience.<br />

“[Watts of Love] gives<br />

me a lot of insight, these<br />

children and people suffering<br />

from burns and things<br />

and hardships,” Sadler said.<br />

“It’s incredible seeing the<br />

impact this is having on<br />

people halfway around the<br />

world.”<br />

Materials needed to<br />

launch and run a Go Dark,<br />

Give Light campaign are<br />

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

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speeds and increased stopping<br />

distance are strongly<br />

encouraged with snow and<br />

ice on the roads to prevent<br />

accidents.<br />

Furthermore, the Village<br />

issued a reminder that there<br />

is a 12-hour moratorium on<br />

street parking following all<br />

snowfalls of two inches or<br />

more. Vehicles in violation<br />

of this ban can be towed or<br />

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Library patrons are sometimes<br />

familiar with the fines<br />

that can accumulate from lost<br />

books or late returns.<br />

Over the past 20 years,<br />

the Homer Township Public<br />

Library has hosted an initiative<br />

during the month of<br />

November to not only help<br />

customers reduce their fines,<br />

but support local community<br />

members in the process.<br />

The library’s Food for<br />

Fines Month, which took<br />

place from Nov. 2 through<br />

Nov. 30, encouraged patrons<br />

to bring in items to the library<br />

for the Lockport FISH Food<br />

Pantry that would in turn reduce<br />

fines by $1 for every individual<br />

item donated.<br />

“It’s like a fine forgiveness<br />

program, but it’s more considered<br />

a positive outreach<br />

for the library patrons,” said<br />

Sheree Kozel-La-Ha, the executive<br />

director at the library.<br />

The goal this year was<br />

to collect 500 items for the<br />

Lockport pantry, and they received<br />

511.<br />

Kozel-La-Ha said that each<br />

year they typically donate<br />

between 500 to 700 items,<br />

with some years reaching up<br />

to 1,000. In the last year, foot<br />

traffic has gone up 12 percent<br />

at the library, which has<br />

helped make the initiative<br />

successful, Kozel-La-Ha said.<br />

“We’re a really busy place,<br />

so it’s a really good opportunity<br />

with that type of foot<br />

traffic to get a lot of items for<br />

the food pantry,” she said.<br />

Kozel-La-Ha estimates<br />

that the average fines per<br />

patron is under $5, and although<br />

this initiative targets<br />

those with fines to assist them<br />

in reducing or even eliminating<br />

them, people who don’t<br />

have them have contributed<br />

to the cause by donating food<br />

or personal care items.<br />

Homer Township Public Library Executive Director Sheree-<br />

Kozel La Ha delivers more than 500 items Monday, Dec. 3,<br />

to the Lockport FISH Food Pantry. The items were collected<br />

throughout November at the library as part of Food for<br />

Fines Month. Photo submitted<br />

“We’ve done [Food for<br />

Fines] in other months, but<br />

November seems to be the<br />

best month, and I think that’s<br />

because people do think<br />

about, ‘What am I thankful<br />

for?,’ and they do think about<br />

other people, and so for the<br />

food drive, we’ve always<br />

done that in November,”<br />

Kozel-La Ha said.<br />

The Lockport pantry<br />

doesn’t require a set goal for<br />

the initiative, but Kozel-La<br />

Ha said that it was a “substantial,<br />

achievable goal for the library.”<br />

Jim Brauch, vice president<br />

of the Board of Directors<br />

at the pantry, said that they are<br />

very “donation dependent” in<br />

order to help the over 1,000<br />

community members who receive<br />

support annually.<br />

“We’re very donation dependent,<br />

and usually around<br />

the holidays we get quite a<br />

few donations, and some of<br />

them quite large. Boy Scout<br />

Troop 50 brought in about<br />

2,600 pounds of food [recently],”<br />

Brauch said. “And<br />

other times when giving is a<br />

little less and we get pretty<br />

slim, we do have enough<br />

money, we do buy food from<br />

the Northern Illinois Food<br />

Bank, but right now we’re<br />

pretty [full] and hope to stay<br />

that way.”<br />

Food for Fines Month not<br />

only helps patrons and community<br />

members, but Kozel-<br />

La Ha said it also teaches the<br />

younger generation about<br />

generosity for others.<br />

“It’s fun to see the kids<br />

come in with their cans or<br />

they’ll bring it up and they’ll<br />

say, ‘I have something for<br />

the basket,’ and then they’ll<br />

run back out and put it in the<br />

entryway,” she said. “So we<br />

know that we’re making a<br />

difference and know that it’s<br />

a real positive message that<br />

the young people have that<br />

are coming into the library.”<br />

On Monday, Dec. 3, the<br />

library was to deliver boxes<br />

of items to the food pantry.<br />

Given that all items were<br />

donated by those trying to<br />

reduce their fines, it would<br />

represent $511 in fines that<br />

were eliminated from patrons<br />

accounts. Kozel-La Ha was<br />

excited about reaching their<br />

goal and looks forward to its<br />

continued success.<br />

“We try to make it super<br />

positive,” she said. “We want<br />

everyone to have a great experience<br />

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to the library, and fines can<br />

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Contests<br />

Prizes announced for 22nd Century<br />

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Entrants have two<br />

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Oh, so you’re those kind<br />

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The 2018 Holiday Card<br />

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but this week we promised<br />

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And, as promised, you will<br />

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As a recap, the contest<br />

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give yourself enough time<br />

for holiday mail service.<br />

The entries will be evaluated<br />

by our editorial staff<br />

and judged in two categories:<br />

Best in Show and Funniest,<br />

so tell us in which<br />

category you’d like to be<br />

considered. We will pick one<br />

winner in each of the categories<br />

from across all seven of<br />

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office: Orland Park, Tinley<br />

Park, Frankfort, Mokena,<br />

New Lenox, Lockport and<br />

Homer Glen.<br />

In addition to awarding<br />

prizes, we plan to publish<br />

images or transcripts of our<br />

winners in print, along with<br />

a few of our other favorites.<br />

We do have three rules.<br />

• We are allowing only<br />

one entry per household for<br />

this contest.<br />

• The entry must be from<br />

this holiday season.<br />

• Electronic entries are accepted.<br />

They can be sent to<br />

bill@opprairie.com.<br />

Orland church to celebrate 23rd annual<br />

Swedish Christmas breakfast, Lucia pageant<br />

LTHS senior chosen<br />

to be Lucia Queen<br />

Submitted by Hope Covenant<br />

Church<br />

Sankta Lucia is a long-held<br />

tradition in Sweden, recognizing<br />

the return of light after<br />

the dark winter.<br />

Hope Covenant Church at<br />

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

has been carrying on this tradition<br />

for over 20 years with<br />

its 23rd 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 />

hard-tak, bond-ost cheese,<br />

pickled herring, rice pudding<br />

and lingonberry, and<br />

potato sausage. The pageant<br />

FEATURING:<br />

will include the Lucia Queen<br />

wearing the traditional crown<br />

of candles, along with her attendants,<br />

who will also serve<br />

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, as<br />

well as Christmas carols with<br />

pianist Beverly Bovard.<br />

Tickets are $15 for adults<br />

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Police Reports<br />

Vehicle reportedly gouged, has<br />

profanity written with sharp object<br />

A sharp object was reportedly<br />

used to put a continuous,<br />

deep gouge throughout<br />

a vehicle, including a profanity<br />

on its hood, on Nov.<br />

19 in the 13000 block of S.<br />

Monaghan Road. All the<br />

tires also were deflated, police<br />

said.<br />

Nov. 25<br />

• A 2004 Chevy TrailBlazer<br />

was reportedly stolen from<br />

the driveway of a residence<br />

on the 17000 block of S.<br />

Parker Road. The keys were<br />

reportedly inside, and the<br />

doors were unlocked. The<br />

Joliet Police Department<br />

made an arrest 10 hours later<br />

in their jurisdiction; the person<br />

arrested was driving the<br />

stolen vehicle, police said.<br />

Nov. 24<br />

• A cement block was reportedly<br />

thrown through the front<br />

door window of the Verizon<br />

store at 14124 S. Bell Road<br />

to gain entry into the business<br />

while it was closed. It<br />

was unclear if anything was<br />

stolen, according to police.<br />

Nov. 15<br />

• An unlocked vehicle that<br />

was parked on the street in<br />

front of a residence was allegedly<br />

entered and had a<br />

wallet containing a driver’s<br />

license, cash and credit cards<br />

stolen on the 15000 block of<br />

S. Sulky Drive.<br />

Nov. 13<br />

• Petroneo Perez-Pompa,<br />

42, of 2215 S. 60th Court<br />

in Cicero, was cited for reportedly<br />

having suspended<br />

registration, operating an<br />

uninsured motor vehicle and<br />

no valid driver’s license at<br />

W. 159th Street and S. Bell<br />

Road.<br />

Nov. 4<br />

• The owner of Big Joe’s<br />

Backyard BBQ said that<br />

upon arriving about 8 a.m.<br />

at the business at 12326 W.<br />

143rd St., he found broken<br />

glass all over the floor from<br />

the front door, according to<br />

police. While reviewing video<br />

surveillance, it was discovered<br />

an unknown male<br />

broke the glass at 3:06 a.m.<br />

and entered the store, police<br />

said.<br />

The male reportedly broke<br />

into two cash registers and<br />

stole a small amount of cash,<br />

and area video surveillance<br />

was still being reviewed.<br />

Editor’s note: The Homer<br />

Horizon’s police reports come<br />

from the Will County Sheriff’s<br />

Department’s online news bulletin<br />

service. Anyone listed in<br />

these reports is considered to<br />

be innocent of all charges until<br />

proven guilty in a court of law.<br />

Law enforcement to increase patrol<br />

presence for remainder of 2018<br />

Submitted by Will County<br />

Sheriff’s Office<br />

The Will County Sheriff’s<br />

Office and law enforcement<br />

throughout Illinois will be<br />

working around the clock for<br />

the remainder of the year to<br />

make certain that travelers are<br />

buckled up and driving sober.<br />

The Sheriff’s Office is<br />

joining the Illinois Department<br />

of Transportation, the<br />

Illinois State Police and<br />

nearly 200 other police and<br />

sheriff’s departments to remind<br />

motorists to Click It<br />

or Ticket and Drive Sober or<br />

Get Pulled Over as part of an<br />

enforcement effort paid for<br />

with federal highway safety<br />

funds administered by IDOT.<br />

Drivers can expect a ticket<br />

if they are spotted without a<br />

seat belt or with an unbuckled<br />

child. Motorists are also<br />

being warned that driving<br />

impaired will not be tolerated.<br />

Patrols will be steppedup<br />

through Will County and<br />

the state, including seat belt<br />

enforcement zones and roadside<br />

safety checks.<br />

“Wearing your seat belt is<br />

second nature for most, but<br />

we are looking for the few<br />

motorists who skip this lifesaving<br />

step,” Traffic Sgt. Kyle<br />

Lakomiak said. “... Throughout<br />

the remainder of the year,<br />

motorists can expect to be<br />

ticketed if they are unbuckled.<br />

“Likewise, we need our<br />

community to understand<br />

it is up to them to make the<br />

smart choice to drive sober.<br />

Impaired driving remains a<br />

huge problem, and if arresting<br />

someone is what it takes<br />

to stop this deadly crime, so<br />

be it. Be smart, drive sober.”<br />

FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT<br />

NL native plans second<br />

cross country ride to benefit<br />

veterans<br />

New Lenox native Tracy<br />

Sefcik completed her crosscountry<br />

bike trip from California<br />

to Florida earlier this<br />

year and is already planning<br />

her next one.<br />

“Well, you know, I can’t<br />

just do this once; I’ve got to<br />

do it again, don’t I?” Sefcik<br />

said. “I guess it’s my calling.”<br />

During her first ride for<br />

charity, Sefcik raised more<br />

than $30,000 for the Gary<br />

Sinise Foundation in support<br />

of veterans. Her next endeavour<br />

is to raise $50,000<br />

for a charity closer to home<br />

called the Oscar Mike Foundation.<br />

While the ride itself is<br />

still roughly two-and-a-half<br />

years down the road, Sefcik<br />

said it is important that she<br />

starts fundraising now, so<br />

she can meet her goal.<br />

The fundraiser officially<br />

started Nov. 7 on her website,<br />

www.crosscountrycycle4vets.com.<br />

The day holds<br />

special meaning for Sefcik,<br />

a Navy veteran, because it<br />

is the anniversary of the day<br />

her uncle’s plane went down<br />

in Korea many years ago<br />

and he was determined to be<br />

Missing In Action.<br />

The Oscar Mike Foundation<br />

is located in Rockford<br />

but serves veterans around<br />

the country through its programs,<br />

which are aimed at<br />

getting wounded and disabled<br />

veterans active again<br />

through a variety of activities,<br />

including exercise,<br />

flight lessons, shooting practice,<br />

kayaking, paddleboarding,<br />

fishing, horseback riding<br />

and skydiving.<br />

Participants are flown out<br />

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

compound, where<br />

Sefcik said the goal is to give<br />

them a new lease on life and<br />

a positive outlook for the future<br />

despite their limitations<br />

and injuries.<br />

Reporting by Amanda Villiger,<br />

Assistant Editor. For more, visit<br />

NewLenoxPatriot.com.<br />

FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND<br />

Lockport Woman’s Club<br />

ramping up local work<br />

Jane Passaglia, the president<br />

of the Lockport Woman’s<br />

Club, knows what most<br />

people think of when they<br />

hear about a woman’s club.<br />

She thought the same<br />

thing when she was asked to<br />

join years ago.<br />

“I had the same stereotype<br />

that anyone … would have<br />

about women’s club, that it’s<br />

a ladies who lunch club, and<br />

that it’s not that well adapted<br />

to the modem woman, with<br />

her schedule and life,” Passaglia<br />

said. “But I have to<br />

say, I owe a lot to the Woman’s<br />

Club of Lockport.”<br />

Now, as president of the<br />

club, Passaglia hopes other<br />

area women come to discover<br />

the same things she has<br />

learned from the it.<br />

Passaglia moved to Lockport<br />

nine years ago to be<br />

closer to her daughter, and<br />

when she moved, she wanted<br />

to get involved in her new<br />

community.<br />

“I have always been engaged<br />

in my community,”<br />

Passaglia said. “I’ve been<br />

an activist wherever I’ve<br />

lived.”<br />

The then-president of the<br />

Lockport Woman’s Club<br />

reached out to her and asked<br />

her to get involved but, of<br />

course, Passaglia assumed<br />

the woman’s club would be<br />

less active and more social.<br />

Then, Passaglia looked into<br />

the it and discovered she was<br />

wrong.<br />

In the six months since she<br />

has been at the helm, Passaglia<br />

said she has turned the<br />

club’s focus toward the community.<br />

“I think we can do more<br />

in the community together,”<br />

she said.<br />

Reporting by Jesse Wright,<br />

Freelance Reporter. For more,<br />

visit LockportLegend.com.<br />

FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER<br />

My Joyful Heart brings<br />

Christmas cheer to children<br />

When providing food and<br />

shelter are the biggest financial<br />

concerns a family faces,<br />

the extra things such as new<br />

clothing or Christmas presents<br />

often can fall by the<br />

wayside.<br />

Each year around Christmastime,<br />

My Joyful Heart<br />

provides Christmas gift bags<br />

to children in the south suburbs.<br />

This year, they are to<br />

reach almost 1,000 children.<br />

Founder and Executive<br />

Director Diane Carroll said<br />

many of those children are<br />

part of families with a single<br />

mom, who is just trying to<br />

make ends meet and provide<br />

for their children.<br />

“I was a single mom. I<br />

raised my three kids. Believe<br />

me, I know the challenges,”<br />

Carroll said, “So, I have great<br />

compassion for these single<br />

moms, which make up most<br />

of the program kids.”<br />

Children in the program<br />

are enrolled mainly by a social<br />

worker from their school,<br />

who then fills out a profile on<br />

each child, including their<br />

ages, favorite colors, interests,<br />

reading levels and<br />

school grade levels.<br />

In addition to toys and<br />

clothing, Carroll said books<br />

always are included in the<br />

gifts, which she said has<br />

helped many of them with<br />

their reading skills.<br />

After receiving a gift from<br />

My Joyful Heart, children are<br />

asked to write a “thank you”<br />

letter as part of the process,<br />

and Carroll said many of<br />

them do.<br />

“It’s part of the education<br />

process, is the way I look at<br />

it,” she said. “We get such<br />

heartwarming thank you<br />

notes.”<br />

Reporting by Amanda Villiger,<br />

Assistant Editor. For more, visit<br />

MokenaMessenger.com.


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Social snapshot<br />

Top stories<br />

From HomerHorizon.com from Monday,<br />

Dec. 3.<br />

1. Community comes together to support Homer<br />

family’s loss<br />

2. Jr Porters to compete for national title in<br />

Orlando, Florida<br />

3. Wrestling: Porters leave Barrington Invite with<br />

four champions<br />

4. LTHS teacher publishes book after 30 years of<br />

research, writing<br />

5. Homer Township Board of Trustees: Township<br />

officials consider sponsorship of Homer Fest<br />

2019 rather than IGA<br />

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“Good morning Homer Glen”<br />

Silvia Arndt, from Nov. 30.<br />

Like The Homer Horizon: facebook.com/homerhorizon<br />

“We’re an “Official” Drop-Off Location<br />

for Letters to Santa Claus, with a<br />

GUARANTEED RESPONSE from Jolly Old<br />

Saint Nick himself! All the good little boys<br />

and girls can mail their letter at Konow’s<br />

Corn Maze in Homer Glen and ALL will get a<br />

response (if received by December 15).”<br />

@konowscornmaze, Konow’s Corn Maze,<br />

from Nov. 27.<br />

Follow The Homer Horizon: @homerhorizon<br />

From the Editor<br />

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas<br />

Thomas Czaja<br />

tom@homerhorizon.com<br />

The Christmas songs<br />

have already long<br />

been playing on local<br />

radio stations.<br />

Many put up their Christmas<br />

decorations right after<br />

Thanksgiving. All around<br />

us, we see and hear that we<br />

are fully in the midst of the<br />

holiday season.<br />

With the publication of<br />

this issue, we witness the<br />

latest example that Christmas<br />

is soon upon us. The<br />

holiday events have begun<br />

full steam in the community,<br />

as has our coverage of<br />

them.<br />

Homer for the Holidays,<br />

which is the Village of<br />

Homer Glen’s event that<br />

features Santa Claus and<br />

a tree lighting ceremony<br />

to officially kick off the<br />

holiday season, is featured<br />

as this week’s news cover<br />

story and can be read on<br />

Page 3.<br />

Our life and arts cover<br />

features another annual<br />

event that has become tradition<br />

in the community –<br />

the Christmas on the Prairie<br />

function held by Annunciation<br />

Byzantine Catholic<br />

Church. There, the story of<br />

the real life St. Nicholas is<br />

told, the recap of which we<br />

have on Page 17.<br />

If you keep up with our<br />

weekly calendar on Page<br />

2, you’ll know — and it is<br />

hard to believe — that a<br />

number of holiday events<br />

have already taken place in<br />

the community. However,<br />

if you missed them, don’t<br />

worry — there are still<br />

plenty more chances to get<br />

in on some holiday festivities<br />

locally.<br />

If you look at the calendar<br />

in this issue, you will<br />

see there are still several<br />

holiday concerts to be performed<br />

at the local schools.<br />

The Homer Township Public<br />

Library will be having<br />

a seasonal celebration with<br />

Santa in attendance this<br />

Sunday from 3:30 to 5:30<br />

p.m., as well as several<br />

other holiday events yet to<br />

come.<br />

I always try to personally<br />

get in at least a few<br />

Christmas-themed events<br />

each year, and any of these<br />

certainly would fit that<br />

bill. They make for a good<br />

CONTACT<br />

break from the holiday<br />

stress of buying presents,<br />

planning visits and juggling<br />

everything else.<br />

On Page 18 of this issue,<br />

you can read about a holiday<br />

production currently<br />

in the middle of its run at<br />

the Limestone Stage in<br />

Lockport. Its set was built<br />

by a master carpenter from<br />

Homer Glen, and some of<br />

its thespians also hail from<br />

here.<br />

They are putting on<br />

“Humbug,” a unique<br />

performance with a twist<br />

on a classic. It is a chance<br />

to check out some theater<br />

without venturing too far<br />

from home.<br />

As evidenced, there are<br />

plenty of ways right here<br />

in Homer Glen to get in<br />

the holiday spirit. We will<br />

continue to cover some of<br />

these outings, and I hope<br />

that by reading this column,<br />

our calendar and the<br />

seasonal stories this week,<br />

you are inspired to check<br />

out some of the upcoming<br />

holiday offerings in the<br />

community.<br />

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must be signed, and names and hometowns will be published. We also<br />

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Horizon reserves the right to edit letters. Letters become property of The<br />

Homer Horizon. Letters that are published do not reflect the thoughts<br />

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the homer horizon | December 6, 2018 | homerhorizon.com<br />

Holiday ‘Humbug’ Limestone<br />

Stage in Lockport puts on seasonal show on<br />

stage built by Homer resident, Page 18<br />

Blending in quickly One<br />

Tropical Smoothie location swiftly turns<br />

into three for local owners, Page 21<br />

Samuel<br />

Bergnan (left), 8,<br />

portrays a young St. Nicholas<br />

as he becomes the youngest<br />

bishop of his time, while Daniel Bergnan<br />

(middle), 13, and Eric Kennes, 18, play<br />

bishops in a skit at Christmas at the Prairie<br />

held Saturday, Dec. 1, at Annunciation Byzantine<br />

Catholic Church in Homer Glen.<br />

Megan Schuller/22nd Century Media<br />

Background on real life St. Nicholas given at annual Christmas on<br />

the Prairie event at Homer Glen church, Page 17


16 | December 6, 2018 | The Homer Horizon faith<br />

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In Memoriam<br />

Abygayle N. Adelmann<br />

Abygayle N. Adelmann,<br />

24, previously of Lockport,<br />

died unexpectedly Nov. 20<br />

in Marysville, California,<br />

surrounded by her loving<br />

family. Abygayle was born<br />

in Joliet, was a Lockport<br />

resident most of her life and<br />

resided in Roselle before<br />

moving to Yuba City, California.<br />

She graduated from<br />

Lockport Township High<br />

School in 2012 and went<br />

on to receive a bachelor’s<br />

in social work from Northeastern<br />

Illinois University<br />

in Chicago. Abygayle had<br />

a passion in life to be surrounded<br />

by children and<br />

thoroughly enjoyed working<br />

with them. She was a<br />

child care worker at Jami’s<br />

Playschool, a teacher’s aid<br />

at Charis Youth Center, and<br />

a former mentor at Warren<br />

Township Teen Center. She<br />

was also a nanny. Abygayle<br />

loved the outdoors, especially<br />

in California. She<br />

enjoyed painting and absolutely<br />

adored her dog,<br />

Cali. She is survived by her<br />

father, Bruce (Aline) Adelmann;<br />

her mother, LaDonna<br />

(Teron Phillips) Adelmann;<br />

her boyfriend, Daniel Hardin;<br />

her siblings, Bronsyn<br />

and Bruce Adelmann, Destin<br />

Phillips, Christian Adelmann,<br />

Gesus Phillips, Ryan<br />

Tintera and Kyle Tintera;<br />

her paternal grandparents,<br />

Leonard and Donna (Kuna)<br />

Adelmann; her aunts and<br />

uncles, Mark (Caroline)<br />

Adelmann, Kevin (Kathy)<br />

Adelmann, Dawn (Jim)<br />

Wrobel, Curt (Sharon)<br />

Adelmann and Shane Elrod;<br />

and her numerous cousins<br />

and friends. In lieu of<br />

flowers, memorials to the<br />

Adlemann family would be<br />

greatly appreciated. Funeral<br />

services were held Friday,<br />

Nov. 30, at the Parker Road<br />

Bible Church, 18512 Parker<br />

Road in Mokena.<br />

Jacquelyn Dzak<br />

Jacquelyn Dzak (nee Hagelshaw),<br />

91, of Lockport,<br />

died Nov. 27, with her family<br />

by her side. Jackie was a<br />

longtime resident of Lockport<br />

and resided in Crest Hill<br />

at Willow Falls for the last<br />

four years. She was born in<br />

Seattle and worked at Ludwig<br />

School for 15 years as<br />

a baker. She loved to play<br />

canasta, enjoyed painting<br />

ceramics and was an avid<br />

gardener. Jackie was an excellent<br />

cook and baker. She<br />

is survived by her son, Bill<br />

(Jodi); her daughters, Sandi<br />

(the late Lou) Terzick and<br />

Nancy (Ken) Shepherd; her<br />

16 grandchildren; her 14<br />

great-grandchildren; her two<br />

great-great grandchildren;<br />

and her numerous nieces and<br />

nephews. Jackie loved her<br />

Willow Falls family, and her<br />

family appreciates the loving<br />

and nurturing care the<br />

staff provided. A memorial<br />

service was held Dec. 2 at<br />

Prairie Bluff Golf Club. Interment<br />

will be held at a later<br />

date at Bay Pines Cemetery<br />

in St. Petersburg, Florida.<br />

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Cross of Glory Lutheran Church<br />

(14719 W. 163rd St., Homer Glen)<br />

Visit with Santa<br />

10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday,<br />

Dec. 8. Enjoy a visit from<br />

Santa, a free photo and more.<br />

Adoption/Foster Support<br />

6:30 p.m. second Monday<br />

of each month. This group<br />

is open to anyone touched<br />

by the adoption or fostering<br />

process. One has something<br />

to share wherever they are<br />

in the adoption/fostering<br />

process. The next meeting is<br />

Monday, Dec. 10.<br />

Christmas Service<br />

9:30 a.m. Dec. 25.<br />

Christian Life Church<br />

(15609 W. 159th St., Homer Glen)<br />

Live Nativity<br />

7-9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7<br />

and 6-8 p.m. Sunday, Dec.<br />

8. Come and celebrate the<br />

birth of our Lord and Savior.<br />

Visit with Mary, Joseph<br />

and baby Jesus, and help<br />

the shepherds with the live<br />

animals around the manger.<br />

Enjoy free hot chocolate,<br />

coffee and cookies. For<br />

more information, call Mike<br />

Zloch at (630) 417-6901<br />

or email mzloch1@att.net.<br />

St. Bernard Parish<br />

(13030 W. 143rd St., Homer Glen)<br />

Rosary on the Hill<br />

3-4 p.m. Saturday, Dec.<br />

8. Join parishioners at the<br />

143rd Street cross to pray a<br />

rosary for special intentions.<br />

Baptism Preparation Class<br />

1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15<br />

or 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan.<br />

21. No dates for baptism<br />

will be accepted until attending<br />

one of these classes. For<br />

more information or to register,<br />

call (708) 301-3020.<br />

First United Methodist Church of Lockport<br />

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

Cookies by the Pound<br />

9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday,<br />

Dec. 15. The annual Cookies<br />

by the Pound sale features<br />

homemade cookies for $7<br />

per pound. For more information,<br />

call (815) 838-1017.<br />

Annunciation Byzantine Catholic Church<br />

(14610 S. Will Cook Road, Homer Glen)<br />

Christmas Service<br />

10 a.m. Dec. 25.<br />

Sunday Services<br />

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

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

Sunday School. For more<br />

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

0652.<br />

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Story of St. Nicholas told at Annunciation Byzantine<br />

Fourth annual<br />

Christmas in the<br />

Prairie recognizes<br />

historic figure<br />

Megan Schuller<br />

Freelance Reporter<br />

Many think of St. Nicholas<br />

as a jolly old man with a<br />

white beard in his traditional<br />

Christmas suit lugging a big<br />

bag of presents down the<br />

chimney.<br />

But Christmas on the Prairie<br />

at Annunciation Byzantine<br />

Catholic Church in<br />

Homer Glen has become an<br />

annual tradition — now in<br />

its fourth year — that brings<br />

in visitors from across the<br />

southwest suburbs to learn<br />

the real story of the historic<br />

figure.<br />

“We saw how much the<br />

children of our parishioners<br />

enjoyed it, so we thought that<br />

the local community would<br />

enjoy the spirit of love, charity<br />

and community, as well,”<br />

the Rev. Thomas Loya, pastor<br />

of Annunciation, said.<br />

The church honored St.<br />

Nicholas on Saturday, Dec.<br />

1, at this year’s Christmas<br />

on the Prairie through a series<br />

of skits that showed the<br />

man that inspired the Christmastime<br />

storybook character,<br />

which was made popular<br />

from his generosity and<br />

goodwill towards others in<br />

his life.<br />

“I hope people come away<br />

with a deeper sense of him<br />

as a historical figure and<br />

the incredible life he lived,”<br />

Loya said.<br />

Because of inclement<br />

weather, the church brought<br />

the atmosphere of Christmas<br />

on the Prairie, which would<br />

have been a trail to follow<br />

with intermittent skits of St.<br />

Nicholas’ life, inside.<br />

Youth Coordinator Catherine<br />

Baranko said that St.<br />

Nicholas was an important<br />

patron saint of the Byzantine<br />

Catholic Church in his time,<br />

and that he continues to be<br />

today.<br />

“We wanted to be able to<br />

show others the true story<br />

of St. Nicholas through our<br />

Byzantine Church tradition,”<br />

Baranko said. “We<br />

usually incorporate nature<br />

into the event every year<br />

with our prairie. It gets kids<br />

outside in nature doing crafts<br />

and learning from watching<br />

the skits.”<br />

Eric Kennes, 18, played<br />

a bishop in the skit where<br />

Nicholas becomes the<br />

youngest bishop of his time.<br />

“Few people know St.<br />

Nicholas for who he really<br />

was and what he did in his<br />

life,” Kennes said. “I enjoy<br />

sharing history and this part<br />

of our faith with people.”<br />

The skits started in the<br />

church and took visitors<br />

through the major moments<br />

in St. Nicholas’ life. Guests<br />

were then led out to a tent<br />

where the Christmas on the<br />

Prairie tradition continued,<br />

showing life as it was in the<br />

1800s through demonstrations<br />

and crafts.<br />

“My kids love the crafts,<br />

the outdoors and the interplay<br />

between faith and nature,”<br />

Tirzah Spang said as<br />

her son made a corn husk<br />

figure.<br />

Jan Wilt demonstrated<br />

to visitors early life on the<br />

prairie as she spun wool into<br />

yarn that back then was often<br />

fashioned as handmade<br />

Christmas presented, once<br />

knitted, into a hat, scarf or<br />

pair of mittens to keep warm<br />

in the wintertime.<br />

“Back then, they would<br />

make Christmas decorations<br />

from things they found<br />

around the house or outside,”<br />

Wilt told those who<br />

watched her spin. “This is<br />

what Christmas was like on<br />

Matthew Schudt, 7, paints a St. Nicholas ornament during the Christmas in the Prairie event Saturday, Dec. 1, at<br />

Annunciation Byzantine Catholic Church in Homer Glen. Photos by Megan Schuller/22nd Century Media<br />

Jan Wilt uses a spinning wheel to show attendees how early prairie settlers used to spin<br />

wool into yarn to make things like clothing, hats, scarves and mittens for wintertime.<br />

the prairie. Without it, we<br />

would not have what we<br />

have today.”<br />

Parishioner Carrie<br />

Thompson brought her three<br />

daughters to the event and<br />

watched as their eyes grew<br />

wide, captivated by seeing<br />

Wilt spin wool into yarn.<br />

“This is a neat annual<br />

event for the family,”<br />

Thompson said. “Through<br />

the skits, my children get to<br />

learn about St. Nicholas as a<br />

real person, his life and his<br />

story.”<br />

Angie Mastro and her<br />

twin sister, Sophie, took<br />

turns dipping a white candle<br />

stick in hot wax to add layers<br />

of Christmas colors to it,<br />

a common tradition of early<br />

settlers.<br />

“Every year, we come<br />

and make the candles, and<br />

we usually put them on display,”<br />

Angie said. “Christmas<br />

on the Prairie reminds<br />

us that life is a lot easier than<br />

it was back then, and we are<br />

grateful for that.”<br />

The sporadic heavy rain<br />

and winter mix also did not<br />

stop St. Nicholas’ grand appearance<br />

later in the evening<br />

as he rode up to the church<br />

in a covered horse and buggy<br />

to give children a ride<br />

around the prairie.


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To help the community get<br />

jolly, Lockport’s Limestone<br />

Stage community theater is<br />

presenting “Humbug,” written<br />

by John Wooten and directed<br />

by Luke Janchenko<br />

and Richard Swierzewski.<br />

“A Christmas Carol” with<br />

a modern-day twist, “Humbug”<br />

follows the story of<br />

Eleanor Scrooge, a ruthlessly<br />

ambitious Wall Street<br />

executive in Manhattan who<br />

has an aversion to Christmas<br />

and an insatiable appetite for<br />

power, according to Limestone<br />

Stage. Locked in her<br />

office on a snowy Christmas<br />

Eve, Eleanor is determined<br />

to finish a corporate-takeover<br />

proposal until three “advisors”<br />

provide her with a new<br />

appreciation for the holidays<br />

and the spirit of Christmas.<br />

“It’s really more Charles<br />

Dickens meets ‘Devil Wears<br />

Prada,’” Janchenko said. “It’s<br />

a really unique show, but a<br />

lot of fun. There’s a lot of<br />

modern-day comedy written<br />

into it, but at times it gets<br />

intensely dramatic and honestly<br />

intensely scary.”<br />

As a result of the high demand<br />

during the past two<br />

Limestone Stage Christmas<br />

shows, the production was<br />

offered on two weekends.<br />

The remaining shows for<br />

“Humbug” will be at 7 p.m.<br />

on Saturday, Dec. 7 and Sunday,<br />

Dec. 8, at the Lockport<br />

Township Building, located<br />

at 1463 Farrell Road. Tickets<br />

Limestone Stage actors Jason Lane (front left), Madeline<br />

Wagner (front right), Morgan LeFevers (back left) and<br />

Kathleen Schore rehearse “Humbug,” which is to be<br />

performed again this weekend. Photo courtesy of<br />

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are available on EventBright.<br />

com for $18, or at the door<br />

for $20 cash only.<br />

With about 70 percent of<br />

the theater troupe comprised<br />

of women, the female-dominated<br />

cast of “Humbug” was<br />

ideal for Limestone Stage,<br />

Janchenko said. However, it<br />

also reflects the way women<br />

have grown within society,<br />

added Claudia Rojas, a Romeoville<br />

actress who plays<br />

the role of Bobbie Cratchit.<br />

“I think it’s a really interesting<br />

twist on the ‘Christmas<br />

Carol’ story. I love that<br />

it’s female dominated,” Rojas<br />

said. “It shows the power of a<br />

mother and son, and the power<br />

of women in such powerful<br />

positions. I just think it’s<br />

really interesting, and I love<br />

that we got to do this.”<br />

The theater group also<br />

prides itself on the visual<br />

aspects of its productions,<br />

which are led by master carpenter<br />

and Homer Glen resident<br />

Mitch Atkinson, who<br />

brings the directors’ ideas<br />

to life on stage. Core to the<br />

“Humbug” story is its New<br />

York setting, which Atkinson<br />

had to weave into the stage<br />

design.<br />

“We’re building two office<br />

areas, one will be the front<br />

area … and behind it, in one<br />

of the offices, is a six-by-six<br />

window, which is visual of<br />

the city, and you can see the<br />

New York skyline and Manhattan<br />

and that area,” Atkinson<br />

said. “… It’s a three-stage<br />

set. You have the office in the<br />

front, then the cityscape and<br />

then the sunset lighting behind<br />

that.”<br />

“Mitch is doing a hell<br />

of a job building the set,”<br />

Janchenko said. “… When<br />

you couple that with the puppet<br />

the special effects team is<br />

making, visually, it’s an aweinspiring<br />

show.”<br />

Limestone Stage is a fully<br />

volunteer, nonprofit community<br />

theater group based in<br />

Lockport. The theater focuses<br />

on bringing professionallevel<br />

holiday performances<br />

to the Lockport and Homer<br />

Glen area at a reasonable cost<br />

to get residents in the holiday<br />

spirit.<br />

“They can expect to have a<br />

really good time — that’s the<br />

first and foremost,” Janchenko<br />

said. “This is more of an<br />

experience. If you come here<br />

and you’re trying to get into<br />

the holiday season, this is a<br />

show that does it.”<br />

For more information, visit<br />

www.limestonestage.org.


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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, Managing Editor<br />

Ride or drive<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. Bill Jones/22nd<br />

Century Media<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 />

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 />

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 />

making you appreciate the<br />

warmth of the destinations<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 />

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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The Dish<br />

Tropical Smoothie Cafe branching out to south suburbs<br />

Tinley Park couple<br />

opens spot in<br />

hometown<br />

Cody Mroczka<br />

Contributing Editor<br />

The chicken caprese pressed sandwich ($7.49) features grilled chicken, fresh mozzarella<br />

and tomato, with a pesto and balsamic glaze, served with a side of kale and apple slaw.<br />

Photos by Cody Mrozcka/22nd Century Media<br />

More than three decades<br />

ago, Phil and Theresa Knippen<br />

were merely co-workers<br />

at a Brown’s Chicken fast<br />

food restaurant on the South<br />

Side of Chicago.<br />

“I was young, and it was<br />

fun,” Theresa said, “[Phil]<br />

was into the food business.”<br />

Now, the married couple<br />

of the last 31 years have<br />

three Tropical Smoothie Cafes<br />

spread across the south<br />

suburbs, with plans to add<br />

more. The Knippens’ first<br />

fast-casual eatery — which<br />

specializes in healthy meal<br />

and snack options in the<br />

form of smoothies, sandwiches,<br />

wraps and bowls —<br />

opened in New Lenox back<br />

in 2012. Another location<br />

was opened in Lockport in<br />

March, followed by the most<br />

recent opening in Tinley<br />

Park in October.<br />

“Eight years ago, [Theresa]<br />

and I went to a franchise<br />

show,” Phil recalled. “We<br />

tried their products — their<br />

smoothies and their food. We<br />

really fell in love, and then I<br />

learned the area was available<br />

to develop. That’s what<br />

interested me the most.”<br />

Around the time the couple<br />

got married, they also<br />

settled in Tinley Park, where<br />

they would raise three children.<br />

Phil owned multiple<br />

Brown’s Chicken franchises<br />

as well as a plumbing business<br />

before selling those<br />

to concentrate on Tropical<br />

Smoothie. The investment<br />

paid off, as Phil was named<br />

the area developer for the<br />

south suburban Chicago<br />

area, making him responsible<br />

for planning and ensuring<br />

future site developments<br />

and operations.<br />

“It’s kind of like a master<br />

franchise,” Phil said. “So<br />

people that are interested<br />

in purchasing a Tropical<br />

Smoothie Cafe, I would assist<br />

them in finding sites;<br />

I would assist them in the<br />

construction process; I<br />

would give them training at<br />

my store, and then continue<br />

to inspect their stores on a<br />

monthly or quarterly basis.”<br />

Where Phil concentrates<br />

on the big-picture items,<br />

Theresa is more detailorientated<br />

and makes sure<br />

the three locations are all<br />

running smoothly and efficiently.<br />

Though she was not<br />

involved in Phil’s other franchises,<br />

Theresa is now fully<br />

invested as a co-owner and<br />

manager.<br />

“When we opened our<br />

first one in New Lenox,<br />

people were asking for it in<br />

other areas,” Theresa said.<br />

“Then, it was Lockport, and<br />

we were hearing the same<br />

thing in Tinley Park. Once<br />

they come in and they try it,<br />

they’re hooked.”<br />

Phil said he believes in the<br />

franchise system, because<br />

“you don’t have to reinvent<br />

the wheel.” When the Knippens<br />

first started, there were<br />

260 Tropical Smoothie locations<br />

in the country. It has<br />

since grown to more than<br />

700, and the Knippens think<br />

the Chicago area is “wide<br />

open” for more expansion. A<br />

part of the challenge is overcoming<br />

the idea that a place<br />

with smoothie in its name<br />

has more to offer than just<br />

blended drinks.<br />

“We don’t have fryers,”<br />

Phil said. “It’s an easier<br />

operation. It’s cleaner, and<br />

we’re using real fruit, bananas,<br />

strawberries, mangos,<br />

fresh spinach and kale.<br />

There’s over a dozen supplements<br />

you can put into it,<br />

and three different kids of<br />

whey protein. We’re talking<br />

22-26 grams of protein<br />

in one drink. It’s a healthier<br />

concept. ‘Eat better, feel<br />

better’ is kind of our main<br />

theme.”<br />

Some local favorites in<br />

the south suburbs include<br />

the Island Green superfood<br />

smoothie ($5.49 for 24<br />

ounces) — made with spinach,<br />

kale, mango, pineapple<br />

and banana — as well as the<br />

Bahama Mama ($5.29, 24<br />

ounces) classic smoothie, a<br />

mix of strawberries, pineapples,<br />

white chocolate<br />

and coconut. Available now<br />

are two holiday specialty<br />

smoothies, known as Very<br />

Berry Cranberry and Cranberry<br />

Truffle.<br />

Theresa points to the Supergreen<br />

chicken Caesar<br />

wrap or Buffalo chicken<br />

Phil Knippen, of Tinley Park, owns all three south suburban<br />

Tropical Smoothie Cafes and also serves as the Chicago<br />

area developer for the franchise.<br />

Tropical Smoothie Cafe<br />

• 7101 W. 183rd St. in Tinley Park<br />

• 1872 E. Lincoln Highway in New Lenox<br />

• 16105 Farrell Road in Lockport<br />

Hours<br />

• 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday<br />

• 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday<br />

For more information ...<br />

Phone: (708) 468-8456 for Tinley Park, (815) 717-<br />

8095 for New Lenox, (815) 524-4647 for Lockport<br />

Web: www.tropicalsmoothiecafe.com<br />

wrap, both $6.99 and also<br />

available in bowls, as two<br />

common orders. But she<br />

encourages patrons try the<br />

Cuban pressed sandwich<br />

($7.49) or the chipotle<br />

chicken club ($5.49) if they<br />

like a little spice. The locations<br />

also offer catering for<br />

businesses or family parties.<br />

“Spicy or regular, whatever<br />

your taste, the food is<br />

phenomenal,” Theresa said.<br />

“The flatbreads with chipotle<br />

mayo are so tasty. The<br />

Island Green [has] five servings<br />

of fruits and vegetables,<br />

but you would never know.<br />

It’s something different. It’s<br />

a healthier, better option.”


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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 />

HOMER GLEN<br />

Front Row<br />

(14903 S. Bell Road,<br />

Homer Glen; (708) 645-<br />

7000)<br />

■7 ■ p.m. Wednesdays:<br />

Trivia<br />

LOCKPORT<br />

Port Noir<br />

(900 S. State St.,<br />

Lockport; (815) 834-<br />

9463)<br />

■4-7 ■ p.m. Monday-Friday:<br />

Happy Hour<br />

■8-10 ■ p.m. Thursdays:<br />

Comedy Bingo<br />

■8-11 ■ p.m. Fridays and<br />

Saturdays: Live Band<br />

■7-11 ■ p.m. Sundays:<br />

Open Mic Night<br />

Strike N Spare II<br />

(811 Northern Drive,<br />

Lockport; (708) 301-<br />

1477)<br />

■9:30 ■ p.m.-12:30 a.m.<br />

Mondays: Quartermania<br />

■10 ■ p.m.-midnight Saturdays:<br />

Cosmic Bowl<br />

FRANKFORT<br />

Pete Mitchell’s Bar & Grill<br />

(21000 Frankfort Square<br />

Road, Frankfort; (815)<br />

464-8100)<br />

■6-8 ■ p.m. Wednesdays:<br />

Free N’ Fun Bar Game.<br />

Free to play.<br />

MOKENA<br />

The Alley Grill and Tap<br />

House<br />

(18700 S. Old LaGrange<br />

Road, Mokena; (708)<br />

478-3610)<br />

■9 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Karaoke<br />

Fox’s Restaurant and Pub<br />

(11247 W. 187th St.,<br />

Mokena; (708) 478-<br />

8888)<br />

■6 ■ p.m. Thursdays,<br />

Fridays and Saturdays:<br />

Performance by Jerry<br />

Eadie<br />

NEW LENOX<br />

Little Joe’s Restaurant<br />

(1300 N. Cedar Road,<br />

New Lenox; (815) 463-<br />

1099)<br />

■5-8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays:<br />

Piano Styles by Joe<br />

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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CLASSIFIEDS<br />

Help Wanted · Garage Sales · Automotive<br />

Real Estate · Rentals · Merchandise<br />

Help<br />

Wanted<br />

1003 Help<br />

Wanted<br />

Tinley Park Park District seeks<br />

Part-Time Laborer<br />

demonstrating general park<br />

maintenance skills.<br />

Responsibilities include:<br />

Park, Field & Custodial<br />

Maintenance, Site Clean Up,<br />

Snow Removal,<br />

Routine Tasks & Projects<br />

Required Hours:<br />

7:00am-12:00pm Sat-Sun<br />

Weekday Winter Hours:<br />

10-25/week (not incl. 10<br />

weekend hours)<br />

Weekday Summer Hours:<br />

average 35/week (not incl. 5<br />

weekend hours)<br />

Application can be found<br />

online at tinleyparkdistrict.org<br />

Please submit completed<br />

application in person or via<br />

email: employment@<br />

tinleyparkdistrict.org<br />

CONSULTATIVE SALES<br />

ENGINEER<br />

SW Suburb of Chicago<br />

manufacturing company seeks<br />

sales professional with min. 5<br />

years B2B Sales experience.<br />

This is an inside sales,<br />

non-commissioned position,<br />

with salary and potential<br />

bonuses. No telemarketing!<br />

This position will focus on<br />

new & existing customers to<br />

understand their needs &<br />

quote to their requirements.<br />

ISO & QS quality system<br />

experience a plus! Medical,<br />

Dental/Vision and 401k<br />

included. Send cover letter<br />

and resume to:<br />

jkasman@aerorubber.com<br />

AERO Rubber Company, Inc<br />

Part-time Telephone Work<br />

calling from home for<br />

AMVETS. Ideal for<br />

homemakers and retirees.<br />

Must be reliable and have<br />

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2703 Legal Notices<br />

2703 Legal Notices 2703 Legal Notices<br />

TRUSTEE ELECTION FILING NOTICE<br />

Notice ishereby given to inform candidates who will be filing<br />

petitions for the Homer Township Fire Protection District<br />

Board of Trustees to be elected at the Consolidated<br />

Election onTuesday, April 2, 2019. The first day tofile is<br />

Monday, December 10, 2018 at the District’s Administrative<br />

office located at 16050 S. Cedar Road, Lockport, IL<br />

60491. You may file between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and<br />

3:00 p.m.<br />

Candidates who file after 9:00 a.m. on December 10, 2018<br />

will be filed in order of actual receipt. Candidates who file<br />

simultaneously at 9:00 a.m. on December 10, 2018, any petitions<br />

received in the first mail delivery onDecember 10,<br />

2018, and, those who are standing in line inthe last hour of<br />

filing, 2:00 p.m. –3:00 p.m. onDecember 17, 2018 will be<br />

included in alottery to determine ballot placement. The lottery<br />

will be conducted atthe District’s Administrative office<br />

at 9:00 a.m. on December 26, 2018.<br />

Fire Trustee nomination packets may be picked up at the<br />

Homer Township Fire Protection District, 16050 S. Cedar<br />

Road, Lockport, IL 60491 between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.<br />

beginning Tuesday, September 18, 2018. Paperwork can<br />

also be obtained from the State Board of Elections website<br />

at www.elections.state.il.us or from our website. No petitions<br />

may be circulated prior to Tuesday, September 18,<br />

2018.<br />

The 2019 Candidate Guide and additional information are<br />

available electronically at www.elections.state.il.us and on<br />

the District’s website www.homerfire.org<br />

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ORDINANCE NO. 11-14-18<br />

AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE BUDGET AND MAKING<br />

APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE HOMER TOWNSHIP FIRE PROTECTION<br />

DISTRICT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR<br />

BEGINNING 1/01/19 AND ENDING 12/31/19<br />

WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of said HOMER TOWNSHIP FIRE PROTEC-<br />

TION DISTRICT have prepared or caused tobe prepared in tentative form, aBudget<br />

and Annual Appropriation Ordinance, and the Secretary of this Board has made the<br />

same conveniently available for public inspection for at least thirty (30) days prior to<br />

the date hereof; and<br />

WHEREAS, a public hearing was held as to such Budget and Annual Appropriation<br />

Ordinance on November 14, 2018, and notice ofsaid hearing was given by publication<br />

inanewspaper known asthe Homer Horizon, anewspaper published within the<br />

HOMER TOWNSHIP FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT and having ageneral circulation<br />

inthe HOMER TOWNSHIP FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, and all other<br />

legal requirements have been complied with.<br />

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF<br />

THE HOMER TOWNSHIP FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, in the County of Will<br />

and State of Illinois:<br />

SECTION 1: That the following budget containing anestimate of revenue and expenditures<br />

beand the same ishereby adopted as the budget ofsaid HOMER TOWN-<br />

SHIP FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2019<br />

and ending December 31, 2019 and shall be in full force and effect from and after this<br />

date:<br />

APPROPRIATION<br />

CORPORATE FUND $3,325,198<br />

AMBULANCE FUND $3,630,598<br />

TORT LIABILITY FUND $1,435,711<br />

PENSION FUND $888,526<br />

SOCIAL SECURITY FUND $76,800<br />

CAPITAL FUND $595,380<br />

GRAND TOTAL $9,960,613<br />

or as much thereof as may be authorized by law is hereby appropriated to defray the<br />

necessary expenses and liabilities of the Homer Township Fire Protection District for<br />

the fiscal year of said District beginning January 1, 2019 and ending December 31,<br />

2019, for the respective objects and purposes, as set forth namely:<br />

Part I<br />

CORPORATE FUND<br />

ESTIMATED RECEIPTS<br />

Beginning Balance - Cash on Hand $1,263,089<br />

Real Estate Tax Levy $2,459,999<br />

Personal Property Replacement Tax $14,000<br />

Interest $9,500<br />

Mokena agreement $5,000<br />

Insurance Reimbursement $2,500<br />

Inspection/Permit Fees $4,000<br />

Salary Reimbursement $4,000<br />

Impact Fees $5,000<br />

Marian Village $250,000<br />

Plan Review Fees $6,000<br />

Miscellaneous $1,000<br />

TOTAL ESTIMATED AMOUNT AVAILABLE $4,034,088<br />

Estimated Expenditures - Corporate Fund<br />

Personnel BUDGET APPROPRIATION<br />

Salaries, Full Time $1,520,684 $1,824,821<br />

Health, Life & Dental Insurance $390,600 $468,720<br />

Overtime Pay $310,000 $372,000<br />

Salaries, Trustees $6,750 $8,100<br />

Salaries, Commissioners $2,250 $2,700<br />

Testing $12,500 $15,000<br />

Holiday Pay $87,000 $104,400<br />

IPPFA 457/Veba $6,000 $7,200<br />

Miscellaneous $1,000 $1,200<br />

TOTAL PERSONNEL $2,336,784 $2,804,141<br />

Contractual BUDGET APPROPRIATION<br />

Software Support & Licensing Fees $2,532 $3,038<br />

Cable/Internet $5,218 $6,262<br />

Electric $12,000 $14,400<br />

Gas $6,000 $7,200<br />

Phone $2,568 $3,082<br />

Water/Sewer $4,500 $5,400<br />

SCBA (Includes PPE) $15,147 $18,176<br />

Equipment Maintenance $8,250 $9,900<br />

Accounting Services $34,920 $41,904<br />

Communications/Computers $18,628 $22,354<br />

Fees, Dues and Subscriptions $4,194 $5,032<br />

Administrative Conferences/Training $1,600 $1,920<br />

Publishing and Printing $600 $720<br />

Building and Ground Maintenance $5,000 $6,000<br />

Legal $1,000 $1,200<br />

Garbage Disposal $1,750 $2,100<br />

Miscellaneous $1,000 $1,200<br />

TOTAL CONTRACTUAL $134,915 $161,898<br />

Commodities BUDGET APPROPRIATION<br />

Building and Ground Supplies $3,250 $3,900<br />

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Fuel $11,500 $13,800<br />

FPB - Arson & Public Education $230 $276<br />

Office Supplies & Equipment $1,213 $1,455<br />

Postage $514 $617<br />

Portable Equipment $9,110 $10,932<br />

Hazmat $455 $546<br />

TRT $692 $830<br />

Uniforms $16,280 $19,536<br />

Water Rescue $450 $541<br />

Medical Supplies and Equipment $12,750 $15,300<br />

Pub Ed $1,625 $1,950<br />

Miscellaneous $250 $300<br />

TOTAL COMMODITIES $58,319 $69,983<br />

Capital Expenses BUDGET APPROPRIATION<br />

Transfer-Out $240,981 $289,177<br />

TOTAL EQUIPMENT $240,981 $289,177<br />

TOTAL ESTIMATED CORPORATE<br />

FUND EXPENDITURES/<br />

APPROPRIATIONS: $2,770,999 $3,325,198<br />

The foregoing appropriations are appropriated from the above revenue sources including<br />

the general property tax for corporate purposes:<br />

Estimated Balance on Hand as of December 31, 2019: $1,263,089<br />

Part II<br />

AMBULANCE FUND<br />

ESTIMATED RECEIPTS<br />

Beginning Balance - Cash on hand $962,922<br />

Real Estate Tax Levy $2,459,999<br />

Personal Property Replacement Tax $14,000<br />

Insurance Reimbursements $2,500<br />

Salary Reimbursement $4,000<br />

TOTAL ESTIMATED INCOME $3,988,421<br />

Estimated Expenditures - Ambulance Fund<br />

Personnel BUDGET APPROPRIATION<br />

Salaries, Full Time $1,520,684 $1,824,821<br />

Health, Life & Dental Insurance $390,600 $468,720<br />

Overtime Pay $310,000 $372,000<br />

Salaries, Trustees $6,750 $8,100<br />

Salaries, Commissioners $2,250 $2,700<br />

Testing $12,500 $15,000<br />

Holiday Pay $87,000 $104,400<br />

IPPFA 457/Veba $6,000 $7,200<br />

Miscellaneous $1,000 $1,200<br />

TOTAL PERSONNEL $2,336,784 $2,804,141<br />

Contractual BUDGET APPROPRIATION<br />

Software Support & Licensing Fees $2,532 $3,038<br />

Cable/Internet $5,218 $6,262<br />

Electric $12,000 $14,400<br />

Gas $6,000 $7,200<br />

Phone $2,568 $3,082<br />

Water/Sewer $4,500 $5,400<br />

SCBA (Inlcudes PPE) $15,147 $18,176<br />

Equipment Maintenance $8,250 $9,900<br />

Training $10,008 $12,010<br />

Accounting Services $34,920 $41,904<br />

Communications/Computers $18,628 $22,354<br />

Fees, Dues and Subscriptions $4,194 $5,032<br />

Administrative Conferences/Training $1,600 $1,920<br />

Publishing and Printing $600 $720<br />

Building and Ground Maintenance $5,000 $6,000<br />

Legal $1,000 $1,200<br />

Garbage Disposal $1,750 $2,100<br />

Miscellaneous $1,000 $1,200<br />

TOTAL CONTRACTUAL $134,915 $161,898<br />

Commodities BUDGET APPROPRIATION<br />

Building and Ground Supplies $3,250 $3,900<br />

Fuel $11,500 $13,800<br />

FPB - Arson & Public Education $230 $276<br />

Office Supplies & Equipment $1,213 $1,455<br />

Postage $514 $617<br />

Portable Equipment $9,110 $10,932<br />

Hazmat $455 $546<br />

TRT $692 $830<br />

Uniforms $16,280 $19,536<br />

Water Rescue $450 $541<br />

Atmospheric Monitoring $12,750 $15,300<br />

Pub Ed $1,625 $1,950<br />

Miscellaneous $250 $300<br />

TOTAL COMMODITIES $58,319 $69,983<br />

Capital BUDGET APPROPRIATION<br />

Transfer-out $495,481 $594,577<br />

TOTAL CAPITAL $495,481 $594,577<br />

TOTAL ESTIMATED AMBULANCE<br />

FUND EXPENDITURES/<br />

APPROPRIATIONS $3,025,499 $3,630,598<br />

The foregoing appropriations are appropriated from above revenue sources including


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the general property tax for ambulance purposes.<br />

Estimated Balance on Hand as of December 31, 2019: $962,922<br />

Part III<br />

PENSION FUND<br />

RECEIPTS<br />

Estimated Balance on Hand as of January 1, 2019: $-<br />

Real Estate Tax Levy $846,215<br />

TOTAL INCOME $846,215<br />

Estimated Expenditures - Pension Fund BUDGET APPROPRIATION<br />

Pension Expense $846,215 $888,526<br />

TOTAL ESTIMATED PENSION<br />

FUND EXPENDITURES/<br />

APPROPRIATION $846,215 $888,526<br />

The foregoing appropriations from above revenue sources including the general property<br />

tax for pension purposes.<br />

Estimated Balance on Hand as of December 31, 2019: $-<br />

Part IV<br />

TORT/LIABILITY FUND<br />

RECEIPTS<br />

Real Estate Taxes $958,105<br />

TOTAL ESTIMATED AMOUNT AVAILABLE: $958,105<br />

Estimated Expenditures - Tort/Liability Fund<br />

EXPENSES BUDGET APPROPRIATION<br />

Legal $25,000 $30,000<br />

EAP Program & Hep B Series $2,000 $2,400<br />

Insurance<br />

(Liability, Worker's Comp, and Property) $269,010 $322,812<br />

Risk Management Salaries $528,959 $634,751<br />

Safety & Fitness Equipment $5,000 $6,000<br />

Dispatch $154,569 $185,483<br />

Safety Training Materials $2,541 $3,049<br />

Safety Conferences & Classes $2,000 $2,400<br />

PPE (Includes SCBA) $49,410 $59,292<br />

Annual Exams $12,000 $14,400<br />

Vehicle Computers $12,441 $14,929<br />

Apparatus Maintenance $125,000 $150,000<br />

Building Safety $8,495 $10,194<br />

TOTAL ESTIMATED TORT/<br />

LIABILITY EXPENSES $1,196,426 $1,435,711<br />

The foregoing appropriations are appropriated from above revenue sources including<br />

the general property tax for tort/liability purposes.<br />

Part V<br />

SOCIAL SECURITY FUND<br />

RECEIPTS<br />

Real Estate Tax $50,683<br />

TOTAL ESTIMATED RECEIPTS $50,683<br />

EXPENSES BUDGET APPROPRIATION<br />

FICA & Medicare $64,000 $76,800<br />

TOTAL ESTIMATED SOCIAL<br />

SECURITY FUND EXPENDITURES/<br />

APPROPRIATIONS $64,000 $76,800<br />

The foregoing appropriations are appropriated from above revenue sources including<br />

the general property tax for social security/medicare purposes<br />

Part VI<br />

AUDIT FUND<br />

RECEIPTS<br />

Real Estate Tax $4,327<br />

TOTAL ESTIMATED AMOUNT AVAILABLE $4,327<br />

EXPENSES BUDGET APPROPRIATION<br />

Annual Audit $7,000 $8,400<br />

TOTAL ESTIMATED AUDIT FUND<br />

EXPENDITURES/APPROPRIATIONS $7,000 $8,400<br />

The foregoing appropriations are appropriated from above revenue sources including<br />

the general property tax for audit purposes.<br />

Part VII<br />

CAPITAL FUND<br />

RECEIPTS<br />

Opening Cash on Hand Balance as of January 1, 2019 $546,291<br />

Grants $14,000<br />

Transfer-In $736,461<br />

TOTAL ESTIMATED AMOUNT AVAILABLE $1,296,752<br />

EXPENSES<br />

Capital BUDGET APPROPRIATION<br />

Station Buildings $4,050 $4,860<br />

Additions & Remodels $143,000 $171,600<br />

Building Repairs $14,600 $17,520<br />

Generator System $5,500 $6,600<br />

Equipment Capital $98,000 $117,600<br />

Computers & Office $8,000 $9,600<br />

Misc. Capital $- $-<br />

TOTAL CAPITAL $273,150 $327,780<br />

Capital & Debt Service BUDGET APPROPRIATION<br />

Alternate Bond Premium $181,000 $217,200<br />

Alternate Bond Interest $42,000 $50,400<br />

TOTAL CAPITAL & DEBT SERVICE $223,000 $267,600<br />

TOTAL ESTIMATED CAPITAL FUND<br />

EXPENDITURES/APPROPRIATONS $496,150 $595,380<br />

The foregoing appropriations are appropriated from above revenue sources including<br />

grants for capital purposes.<br />

Estimated Balance on Hand as of December 31, 2019: $800,602<br />

RE-CAP OF ESTIMATED BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS<br />

for the 2019 calendar year<br />

Budgeted Appropriated<br />

CORPORATE FUND $2,770,999 $3,325,198<br />

AMBULANCE FUND $3,025,499 $3,630,598<br />

PENSION FUND $846,215 $888,526<br />

TORT FUND $1,196,426 $1,435,711<br />

SOCIAL SECURITY FUND $64,000 $76,800<br />

AUDIT FUND $7,000 $8,400<br />

CAPITAL FUND $496,150 $595,380<br />

Grand Total $8,406,288 $9,960,613<br />

Section 2:All unexpended balance of any item or items of any general appropriation<br />

made bythis Ordinance may be expended in making upany deficiency in any item or<br />

items in the same general appropriation made bythis Ordinance<br />

Section 3:Ifany item or any portion thereof of this Ordinance shall for any reason be<br />

held invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of<br />

this Ordinance<br />

PASSED in lawful session of the Borad of Trustees of said HOMER TOWNSHIP<br />

FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, on November 14, 2018<br />

Paul Anderson<br />

President, HOMER TOWNSHIP<br />

FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT<br />

ATTEST:<br />

Kevin Doyle<br />

Secretary, HOMER TOWNSHIP FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT<br />

HOMER TOWNSHIP FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT<br />

FY January 1, 2019 thru December 31, 2019<br />

Certification of Estimated Revenues<br />

In Accordance with Public Act 83-881<br />

General Fund:<br />

Estimated Beginning Balance $1,263,089<br />

Revenues:<br />

Real Estate Tax Levy 2,459,999<br />

Personal Property Replacement Tax 14,000<br />

Interest 9,500<br />

Mokena agreement 5,000<br />

Insurance Reimbursements 2,500<br />

Inspection/Permit Fees 4,000<br />

Salary Reimbursement 4,000<br />

Impact Fees 5,000<br />

Marian Village 250,000<br />

Plan Review Fees 6,000<br />

Loan 10,000<br />

Miscellaneous 1,000<br />

TOTAL REVENUES: $2,770,999<br />

Ambulance Fund:<br />

Estimated Beginning Balance 962,922<br />

Revenues:<br />

Real Estate Tax Levy 2,459,999<br />

Personal Property Replacement Tax 14,000<br />

Insurance Reimbursements 2,500<br />

Salary Reimbursement 4,000<br />

Ambulance Fees 545,000<br />

TOTAL REVENUES: $3,025,499<br />

Pension Liability Fund:<br />

Estimated Beginning Balance<br />

Revenues:<br />

Real Estate Tax Levy 846,215<br />

TOTAL REVENUES: $846,215<br />

Tort Fund:<br />

Revenues:<br />

Real Estate Taxes 958,105<br />

TOTAL REVENUES: $958,105<br />

Social Security Fund:<br />

Revenues:<br />

Real Estate Tax 50,683<br />

TOTAL REVENUES: $50,683<br />

Audit Fund:<br />

Revenues:<br />

Real Estate Tax 4,327<br />

TOTAL REVENUES: $4,327<br />

Capital Fund:<br />

Revenues:<br />

Transfer-In 736,461<br />

Grants 14,000<br />

TOTAL REVENUES: $750,461<br />

I, ,dohereby certify that Iam the Treasurer ofthe Homer Township<br />

Fire Protection District, County of Will, State ofIllinois, and dohereby certify<br />

the above is an estimate the revenues, and their sources, to be received by the District<br />

d i h fi l di D b 31 2019<br />

during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019.<br />

Given under my hand, this 14th day of November, 2018.<br />

Kevin Doyle<br />

Treasurer, Board of Trustees<br />

Homer Township Fire Protection District<br />

2900 Merchandise<br />

Under $100<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 of6for<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 />

Sharp microwave oven 1.8 cu<br />

ft. Dimensions: 23.2x13.3x18.9<br />

$45. Antique desk lamp $15.<br />

Queen size bed frame with<br />

gliders $10. Fran 708.614.8541<br />

Toro snowblower S-200 electric<br />

start $95. 708.785.3085<br />

Vintage machinist/mechanics<br />

small ball peen hammer with<br />

wooden handle $40. New SuperMat<br />

treadmat size (36x78)<br />

durable super tough construction<br />

lightweight $55.<br />

708.466.9907<br />

2900 Merchandise<br />

Under $100<br />

GE dishwasher, stainless exterior<br />

skin, slightly used $100.<br />

708.785.0987<br />

Give your Grandma &<br />

Grandpa agift they will appreciate-an<br />

antique rocking chair,<br />

very good condition, with blue<br />

cover $100. 708.250.9583<br />

Long, navy winter coat 100%<br />

wool. Size 14, Kristin Blake,<br />

excellent condition $20 or best<br />

offer. 708.444.8535<br />

Mens heavy duty boots, very<br />

good condition/hardly worn.<br />

Thinsulate size 11, Explorers<br />

size 9. Haband’s size 11. $10<br />

each. 708.403.2473<br />

Mens leather black jacket with<br />

lining, never owrn $40. Xmas<br />

tree in box $5. Tinley Park.<br />

773.552.7850<br />

Metal detector, MP3 pro digital,<br />

used once tofind ring, like<br />

new. IKEA Inreda bookshelf,<br />

halogen lights, new have 10$5<br />

each. Carl 708.717.5054<br />

Mirrored motion sound; lighted<br />

picture 20x39 beautiful for any<br />

room for great atomasphere.<br />

Paid $175. Must sell $30.<br />

708.403.2525<br />

Need aset of luggage? 3piece<br />

set with wheels, new. Bought<br />

for trip, never taken $85 or best<br />

offer. Call 815.469.4525<br />

Samsung Galaxy phone, 4G<br />

LTE, 5.0 HD, 5MP camera, 1<br />

year old $45. iPhone 4m works<br />

great $40. 815.469.5295<br />

Santa Claus suit, XL jacket,<br />

pants, belt, pull on boots, cap<br />

beard $75 or best offer.<br />

708.590.6889<br />

Santa suit - has everything:<br />

beard, belt, gloves, ect. Over<br />

$400 new, used little. Excellent<br />

condition $100. Comes with a<br />

suitcase. 708.479.8715<br />

Sears fake fur jacket, size 20<br />

1/2 3/4 length. Black/brown,<br />

excellent condition, cleaned,<br />

like new $60. 815.545.0383<br />

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Sell It 708.326.9170<br />

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Automotive<br />

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4 lines/<br />

7 papers<br />

Help Wanted<br />

per line $13<br />

4 lines/<br />

7 papers<br />

Real Estate<br />

$50<br />

7 lines/<br />

7 papers<br />

Merchandise<br />

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Under $100<br />

2900 Merchandise<br />

Under $100<br />

2900 Merchandise<br />

Under $100<br />

Christmas Anna-Lee dolls 9-16<br />

inches tall, entire set of6for<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 />

Drapes, one pair 50” W x<br />

86”L. Color: taupe w/ white<br />

lining, pleated at top. Never<br />

used. Rayon/Polyester. $30 pr.<br />

708.558.0012<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 />

Like new Black & Decker<br />

lawn edger, 2years old. Electric<br />

powered $70 firm price.<br />

Call 708.349.8569. Please<br />

leave message if no answer.<br />

Long, navy winter coat 100%<br />

wool. Size 14, Kristin Blake,<br />

excellent condition $20 or best<br />

offer. 708.444.8535<br />

Mens heavy duty boots, very<br />

good condition/hardly worn.<br />

Thinsulate size 11, Explorers<br />

size 9. Haband’s size 11. $10<br />

each. 708.403.2473<br />

Mens leather black jacket with<br />

lining, never owrn $40. Xmas<br />

tree in box $5. Tinley Park.<br />

773.552.7850<br />

Metal detector, MP3 pro digital,<br />

used once tofind ring, like<br />

new. IKEA Inreda bookshelf,<br />

halogen lights, new have 10$5<br />

each. Carl 708.717.5054<br />

Mirrored motion sound; lighted<br />

picture 20x39 beautiful for any<br />

room for great atomasphere.<br />

Paid $175. Must sell $30.<br />

708.403.2525<br />

Wearguard insulated coveralls,<br />

blue, size large/reg. Like new.<br />

$15. 815.469.32332900<br />

Lightweight transport wheel<br />

chair $100 firm. Excellent condition!<br />

708.349.1956<br />

Sears fake fur jacket, size 20<br />

1/2 3/4 length. Black/brown,<br />

excellent condition, cleaned,<br />

like new $60. 815.545.0383<br />

Sharp microwave oven 1.8 cu<br />

ft. Dimensions: 23.2x13.3x18.9<br />

$45. Antique desk lamp $15.<br />

Queen size bed frame with<br />

gliders $10. Fran 708.614.8541<br />

Sylvania 20” digital TVwith<br />

built in DVD, book and remote<br />

$10. Canon AE-1 programmable<br />

35MM camera, flash,<br />

lenses, tripod case, manual<br />

$75. Dave. 708.203.9272<br />

Tandem bicycle built for 2.<br />

Easy ride model. Needs back<br />

tire. $100. 815.666.3620<br />

Toy collector 13Hess &ERTL<br />

trucks for sale. Excellent conditon<br />

$50 obo. Golf club collector,<br />

15pcvintage MacGregor<br />

VIP custom 70 clubs $50<br />

obo. 815.838.7898<br />

Vintage wedding dress with 15<br />

ft. veil, circa 1940 perfect condition,<br />

size 7 $50. Asst. comforters,<br />

twin & queen $10.<br />

708.403.6654<br />

13 strap ontree climbing steps<br />

for deer hunting, like new. Paid<br />

$7.50 ea. at Cabelas, selling for<br />

$2 ea or $20 for all.<br />

708.614.8148<br />

2lamps, 2end tables, excellent<br />

conditon $100. 708.226.4994<br />

2pcXLPepsi cola world tournament<br />

green lounge set $25.<br />

708.301.5136<br />

4Beanie Babies $5. Baseball<br />

cards. Chris 708.465.40143<br />

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Athlete of the Week<br />

10 Questions<br />

with Caesar Plaszewski<br />

Caesar Plaszewski is a<br />

sophomore at Lockport<br />

Township and is one of the<br />

top returners on the boys<br />

swim team.<br />

How did you get<br />

involved in swimming?<br />

I’ve been swimming for<br />

the Lockport/Homer Swim<br />

Club since I was 9 or 10.<br />

Ever since I was young, we<br />

would go swimming, so I<br />

wanted to try competitive<br />

swimming, and I grew to really<br />

like it.<br />

Do you also play water<br />

polo?<br />

I did play last year. It was<br />

fun. I went to a water polo<br />

camp in the summer of 2017,<br />

before my freshman year.<br />

So what do you like<br />

better, swimming or<br />

water polo?<br />

Swimming. I like the competition,<br />

I like pushing yourself<br />

so you can improve.<br />

Your favorite swimming<br />

event is the 500-yard<br />

freestyle. Why is that?<br />

I swam with one of the<br />

seniors, Connor Hecker, last<br />

year on the team and also in<br />

the club season. We did a lot<br />

of distance sets, and he said<br />

I’d be good. So I really started<br />

to like it.<br />

Even the best swimmers<br />

in the 500 take more<br />

than four minutes to<br />

complete the race. What<br />

do you think about<br />

during that time?<br />

I think about how I’m pacing.<br />

If I need to slow down<br />

or speed up. It’s 20 laps,<br />

so that’s where the counter<br />

comes in [holding up the lap<br />

signs]. That helps a lot.<br />

Do you also compete in<br />

relays?<br />

I like to do the freestyle<br />

ones. Freestyle races are my<br />

main thing. In the relays,<br />

you do push each other and<br />

I like that, but I like doing an<br />

individual event better.<br />

Do you do anything to<br />

pump yourself up before<br />

a race?<br />

Not really. I just focus on<br />

the race. I just get on the<br />

blocks, get focused and get<br />

ready to go.<br />

What have you learned<br />

from swimming coach<br />

Jason Ozbolt?<br />

Photo submitted<br />

He’s helped me push<br />

myself to go further than I<br />

thought I could. He’s helped<br />

me get to goals I didn’t think<br />

I could do.<br />

You’re only a<br />

sophomore, but have<br />

you thought about<br />

swimming in college?<br />

Yes, I would definitely<br />

like to do that. I will see<br />

where the sport takes me, but<br />

I think swimming in college<br />

would be a cool experience.<br />

What’s the best thing<br />

about being an athlete<br />

at Lockport?<br />

The support from all the<br />

teachers and staff. If a team<br />

or individual does well,<br />

they always announce it.<br />

So there’s definitely a lot of<br />

support. I think it’s great.<br />

Interview by Freelance Reporter<br />

Randy Whalen<br />

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Boys Swimming and Diving<br />

LTHS varsity roster filled with sophomores<br />

looking to grow as season moves forward<br />

Fields leads Porters<br />

team for diving<br />

Randy Whalen<br />

Freelance Reporter<br />

Wrestling<br />

Lockport 67, Bolingbrook 9<br />

Andrew Blackburn-Forst<br />

(195), Keegan Roberson (120)<br />

and Anthony Crapia (152)<br />

took less than two minutes to<br />

There are a bunch of fresh<br />

faces on the Lockport Township<br />

boys swimming and diving<br />

team this season.<br />

The Porters graduated<br />

seven seniors from last year’s<br />

squad. Couple that with the<br />

fact that top returner, senior<br />

Jack O’Connor, decided not<br />

to swim for the school this<br />

season.<br />

O’Connor, a sectional<br />

champion last season in the<br />

100-yard backstroke and the<br />

200-yard individual medley,<br />

will continue his academic<br />

and athletic career next year<br />

at the prestigious Yale University.<br />

So he decided to concentrate<br />

on school this season<br />

instead of swimming.<br />

That leaves Lockport only<br />

a few familiar names as they<br />

embark on another season.<br />

“We have a few people<br />

back with experience, but everyone<br />

else is gone,” Lockport<br />

coach Jason Ozbolt.<br />

“My varsity roster this season<br />

is very sophomore heavy<br />

(9 sophomores). So there’s<br />

going to be a lot of growth.<br />

We’re going to do some different<br />

training this season.<br />

We can only go up from<br />

here.”<br />

Two of the returners are<br />

sophomore Caesar Plaszewski<br />

and junior Augusto Ureta.<br />

Both of them will be in the<br />

500-yard freestyle, as well as<br />

other freestyle events. Also<br />

look for seniors Michael<br />

Bates and Simon Harmata to<br />

move up to bigger roles this<br />

season.<br />

“Simon and Michael will<br />

both be in the 50-yard freestyle,”<br />

said Ozbolt, a 2000<br />

Lockport graduate, who is<br />

now in his sixth season as<br />

head boys coach at the school.<br />

“Both did well at the [South-<br />

West Suburban Blue Division]<br />

Conference meet last<br />

season and hope to keep the<br />

momentum going. We’re high<br />

on the promise of the future.”<br />

Part of that future is Plaszewski,<br />

who made a splash as a<br />

freshman on the varsity.<br />

“I definitely think a lot<br />

of us have to work hard,”<br />

Plaszewski said of this season’s<br />

team being successful.<br />

“We lost a lot of good swimmers<br />

to graduation. But I’d<br />

like to see some of us still<br />

get to state this season. That<br />

would be good.”<br />

Another new face for the<br />

Porters this season is Spencer<br />

Krivanek, who is the freshman<br />

coach. Angie Arnold, a<br />

2001 Lockport graduate, returns<br />

as diving coach. Another<br />

familiar face is back as the<br />

assistant coach. That’s Grant<br />

Ferkaluk, who was previously<br />

the head coach and is<br />

currently the girls swimming<br />

coach at Lockport.<br />

high school highlights<br />

The rest of the week in high school sports<br />

Diving is where the Porters<br />

could excel. They bring back<br />

one of the state’s best in senior<br />

Wrigley Fields. A state<br />

qualifier the past two seasons,<br />

Fields plans to make the trifecta<br />

of state appearances and<br />

has a goal for this season.<br />

“This year, my goal is to<br />

get to the final day,” Fields<br />

said. “My first year at state,<br />

I was 28th overall, and last<br />

season, I was 14th, so I cut<br />

that in half. My goal is to cut<br />

that in half again this season<br />

and place seventh. I’m realistic,<br />

but any given day, you<br />

can be the best.<br />

“I’m looking forward to<br />

my swimming teammates<br />

doing well, too. Hopefully,<br />

they can come and join me at<br />

state.”<br />

The Porters opened the<br />

season this past Friday, Nov.<br />

30, by participating in the<br />

Lincoln-Way West Warrior<br />

Pentathalon. Their schedule<br />

got going this week as they<br />

hosted Lincoln-Way Central<br />

in a SouthWest Suburban<br />

Conference matchup on<br />

Tuesday, Dec. 4, and then<br />

host Andrew and the Plainfield<br />

Co-op team on Thursday,<br />

Dec. 6, starting at 5 p.m.<br />

in a triangular.<br />

This Saturday, Dec. 8,<br />

Lockport is at two different<br />

10 a.m. invites. The divers<br />

are at the Argo Diving Invite,<br />

while the swimmers are<br />

at the West Chicago Wildcat<br />

Relays.<br />

pin their opponents Thursday,<br />

Nov. 29, during Lockport’s<br />

dominant dual-meet victory<br />

over Bolingbrook. Jake<br />

D’Angelo (138), Matt Mahalik<br />

(145) and Brandon Gamagami<br />

(170) also contributed<br />

pins for the Porters.<br />

Compiled by Contributing<br />

Editor Max Lapthorne, max@<br />

lockportlegend.com.<br />

Athlete of the Month<br />

Dani Lauer — a Lincoln-Way Central volleyball player — won the November Athlete of the<br />

Month competition for publisher 22nd Century Media’s Southwest Chicago branch.<br />

22nd Century Media File Photo<br />

Lincoln-Way Central girls volleyball<br />

player spikes November competition<br />

Bill Jones, Managing Editor<br />

This Week In...<br />

Porters Varsity<br />

Athletics<br />

Wrestling<br />

■Dec. ■ 7 at Walsh Ironman,<br />

TBA at Walsh Jesuit<br />

■Dec. ■ 8 at Walsh Ironman,<br />

TBA at Walsh Jesuit<br />

Boys Basketball<br />

■Dec. ■ 6 host Bolingbrook,<br />

6:30 p.m.<br />

■Dec. ■ 11 at Yorkville, 7 p.m.<br />

Girls Basketball<br />

■Dec. ■ 8 at Spartan Holiday<br />

Tournament, TBD at Oak Lawn<br />

■Dec. ■ 10 at Spartan Holiday<br />

Tournament, TBD at Oak Lawn<br />

After a junior year ACL<br />

injury, Lincoln-Way Central<br />

senior Dani Lauer bounced<br />

back to find herself on the<br />

Team 22: Girls Volleyball<br />

roster this season.<br />

Now, the Knight is Athlete<br />

of the Month.<br />

Lauer garnered the most<br />

votes in 22nd Century Media’s<br />

November contest to<br />

earn that title.<br />

The Athlete of the Month<br />

competition pits featured<br />

Athlete of the Week selections<br />

from our south suburban<br />

newspapers against one<br />

another in an online voting<br />

contest.<br />

The next contest is to begin<br />

Monday, Dec. 10.<br />

To vote, visit HomerHoriz<br />

■Dec. ■ 12 at Spartan Holiday<br />

Tournament, TBD at Oak Lawn<br />

Girls Bowling<br />

■Dec. ■ 6 at Stagg, 4:15 p.m.<br />

at Palos Lanes<br />

■Dec. ■ 8 at Plainfield North<br />

Invite, 9 a.m. at Town &<br />

Country Lanes<br />

■Dec. ■ 11 host Thornridge,<br />

4:30 p.m. at Strike and Spare<br />

■Dec. ■ 12 at Andrew, 4:30<br />

p.m. at Orland Bowl<br />

Boys Bowling<br />

■Dec. ■ 6 at Lincoln-Way East,<br />

4:30 p.m. at Thunder Bowl<br />

■Dec. ■ 8 at Sandburg Invite, 9<br />

a.m. at Orland Bowl<br />

■Dec. ■ 10 host Lincoln-Way<br />

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Dec. 25.<br />

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West, 4:30 p.m. at Strike and<br />

Spare<br />

■Dec. ■ 12 host Bolingbrook,<br />

4:30 p.m. at Strike and Spare<br />

Boys Swimming<br />

■Dec. ■ 6 host Triangular Meet,<br />

5 p.m.<br />

■Dec. ■ 8 at Wildcat Relays<br />

(Swim only), 10 a.m. at West<br />

Chicago<br />

■Dec. ■ 8 at Argo Diving Invite,<br />

10 a.m.<br />

Cheerleading<br />

■Dec. ■ 8 at North Pole Invite,<br />

8 a.m. at Lincoln-Way East<br />

Competitive Dance<br />

■Dec. ■ 8 at Waubonsie Valley,<br />

9 a.m.


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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 />

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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.


38 | December 6, 2018 | The Homer Horizon sports<br />

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LTHS boys basketball continues early season resurgence<br />

Team bumps record<br />

to 4-1 with 56-45<br />

victory over Warriors<br />

Randy Whalen<br />

Freelance Reporter<br />

The Lockport Township<br />

boys basketball team celebrated<br />

Senior Night last<br />

weekend.<br />

Then, when things<br />

weren’t going their way in<br />

the second half, the Porters<br />

stepped up and played like<br />

seniors.<br />

Lockport regrouped in the<br />

fourth quarter and pulled<br />

away in a close game to defeat<br />

Lincoln-Way West 56-<br />

45 in a SouthWest Suburban<br />

Conference crossover clash<br />

on Friday, Nov. 30, at Lockport’s<br />

East Campus.<br />

With the victory, the Porters<br />

(4-1) continued their<br />

early season resurgence.<br />

West (1-5) lost to Lockport<br />

by almost the exact same<br />

score (57-46) on Nov. 23<br />

in the final pool play game<br />

at the 23rd annual WJOL<br />

Thanksgiving Classic at the<br />

University of St. Francis in<br />

Joliet.<br />

But last weekend’s game<br />

was a little closer in the<br />

second half than the previous<br />

one. That’s because the<br />

Warriors went on a huge<br />

burst and cut a 17-point<br />

deficit to a single point on<br />

four occasions in the second<br />

half. But they could never<br />

tie it or take the lead.<br />

Although his team was<br />

getting blitzed in that time,<br />

Hespell never called a timeout.<br />

“We’ve got a lot of seniors,<br />

and they’re supposed<br />

to know what to do in difficult<br />

times,” Hespell explained.<br />

“You can’t spoon<br />

feed life to them. They did<br />

what they needed to do.<br />

We’re learning how to win<br />

and knowing that it’s not<br />

just scoring. It’s defense.”<br />

Matt Hatzopoulos, a<br />

guard and one of the Porters’<br />

nine seniors, showed<br />

that. He finished with a<br />

game-high 22 points, but<br />

17 of them came in the first<br />

half.<br />

“It’s hard to play the same<br />

team twice in a week, but<br />

even after they got close,<br />

we pushed through,” Hatzopoulos<br />

said. “We are a<br />

different team this season.<br />

We’re playing for each other.”<br />

That showed when the<br />

Warriors cut it to a single<br />

point for the last time. That<br />

was at 42-41 on a pair of<br />

free throws by sophomore<br />

guard Jacob Vassalla with<br />

6:04 to play in the game.<br />

West then had two possessions<br />

to take the lead but<br />

turned it over each time.<br />

In the meantime, Lockport<br />

scored nine-straight<br />

points in a three-minute<br />

span to go up 51-41 with<br />

1:22 to play in the game.<br />

The Warriors finally ended<br />

a nearly five-minute scoring<br />

drought when junior guard<br />

Jackson Ferree (5 points)<br />

scored on a driving layup<br />

with 1:07 remaining. But it<br />

was too little, too late at that<br />

point.<br />

Senior forward Blake<br />

Sartin (11 points, 4 assists,<br />

3 steals) scored eight points,<br />

including going 6-of-6 from<br />

the line, in the fourth quarter<br />

for the Porters.<br />

“When I step to the line,<br />

I have a feeling I’m going<br />

to make them; I clear my<br />

head and relax,” Sartin said.<br />

“I practice free throws all<br />

the time, and I will stay after<br />

practice just to work on<br />

them more.<br />

“This team has a bunch of<br />

seniors, and we have a different<br />

mindset this year. We<br />

want to prove people wrong<br />

and bring Lockport back to<br />

a winning program. We all<br />

have worked on our game<br />

since the season ended last<br />

year. Coach Hespell always<br />

talks about winning is hard,<br />

and we just need to keep our<br />

composure. We lost a little<br />

of that in the third quarter,<br />

and we would not have won<br />

this game last year. But<br />

this is a different team this<br />

year.”<br />

Seniors Tommy Halatek<br />

(10 points, 9 rebounds) at<br />

center, and guards Ioannis<br />

Vassilakis (6 points)<br />

and Jake Karli (7 assists, 3<br />

steals, 2 points) also contributed<br />

for Lockport. The<br />

rest of the Porter seniors<br />

are Emmanuel Allen, Quinn<br />

Gardner, Aaron Grcevic and<br />

Eric Keta.<br />

The Porters led the whole<br />

game, jumping out to a 7-0<br />

advantage and leading 10-5<br />

after one quarter. Hatzopoulos,<br />

who was 6-of-10<br />

on 3-pointers in the game,<br />

hit four of them in the second<br />

quarter as they extended<br />

to a 28-14 halftime<br />

lead.<br />

“It was just a team effort,”<br />

Hatzopoulos said. “We<br />

moved the ball well, and my<br />

teammates found me when<br />

I was open, and I hit the<br />

shots. I had been struggling<br />

a little with 3-pointers, but<br />

when I hit that first one to<br />

open the game, I felt really<br />

good.”<br />

A 3-pointer by Vassilakis<br />

just over a minute into the<br />

third quarter gave Lockport<br />

a 31-14 lead. The Warriors,<br />

however, embarked on a<br />

19-3 blitz over the next 3:34<br />

to close within 34-33 on a<br />

3-pointer by junior guard<br />

Micah Schnyders (teamhigh<br />

14 points) with 2:49<br />

to play in the third quarter.<br />

Lockport led 38-35 after<br />

three.<br />

Junior forward Andrew<br />

Pyles (12 points) and senior<br />

guard Nate Clendenning (9<br />

Jacob Karli drives to the basket for the Porters during his team’s 56-45 win over Lincoln-Way<br />

West on Friday, Nov. 30, at LTHS’s East Campus. Photos by Adam Jomant/22nd<br />

Century Media<br />

Lockport’s Thomas Ferriter makes a pass in the contest with the Warriors on Senior Night.<br />

points) also contributed for<br />

West.<br />

Eric Lantero, one of the<br />

West varsity assistants, is a<br />

2010 Lockport graduate and<br />

played point guard for the<br />

Porters. A previous assistant<br />

coach at Plainfield South,<br />

it was his first trip back to<br />

Lockport as a coach for a<br />

varsity game.<br />

Lockport was to host<br />

Plainfield North on Tuesday,<br />

Dec. 4, in a nonconference<br />

clash. Then, the Porters are<br />

off for a week before traveling<br />

to Yorkville for a 7 p.m.<br />

game on Tuesday, Dec. 11.<br />

That is followed by a<br />

special Alumni Night game<br />

against Joliet Catholic Academy<br />

at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec.<br />

15, at the old “pit” at Lockport’s<br />

Central Campus.


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fastbreak<br />

Girls Basketball<br />

Lockport shows fight in loss to Minooka<br />

Adam jomant/22nd Century<br />

Media<br />

1st and 3<br />

Porters boys<br />

basketball beats<br />

Warriors to keep up<br />

winning ways<br />

1. Getting the victory<br />

The Lockport boys<br />

basketball team<br />

defeated Lincoln-<br />

Way West by a final<br />

of 56-45 in a game<br />

played Friday, Nov.<br />

30, at LTHS’s East<br />

Campus.<br />

2. Holding on<br />

The Warriors<br />

were able to cut a<br />

17-point deficit to<br />

get within one point<br />

four different times<br />

in the second half,<br />

but the Porters held<br />

them off each time.<br />

3. Clutch finish<br />

LTHS senior forward<br />

Blake Sartin had<br />

eight points, including<br />

making all six<br />

of his free-throw attempts,<br />

in the fourth<br />

quarter.<br />

Knebel leads Porters<br />

with 17 points, 11<br />

rebounds in defeat<br />

Randy Whalen<br />

Freelance Reporter<br />

After having a game with<br />

a bad first quarter earlier<br />

in the week, the Lockport<br />

Township girls basketball<br />

team wanted to make sure it<br />

came out with a better start<br />

in its second game later in<br />

the week.<br />

The Porters did that, but<br />

it was a poor second quarter<br />

that proved to be the difference<br />

as they lost to Minooka<br />

52-41 in a nonconference<br />

matchup on Saturday, Dec.<br />

1, at Lockport’s East Campus.<br />

Elena Knebel scored a<br />

game-high 17 points and<br />

had 11 rebounds for the<br />

Porters (4-4), but it wasn’t<br />

enough as they fell back to<br />

the .500 mark on the season.<br />

Minooka (6-1) was<br />

led by senior guard Cierra<br />

Bachmann (16 points, 10<br />

rebounds).<br />

The 17 points from Knebel,<br />

a sophomore guard/<br />

forward, were the highest<br />

amount by a Lockport player<br />

so far this season.<br />

“For me, it was the best<br />

game of the year, but everyone<br />

can contribute,” Knebel<br />

said. “I feel we play better<br />

when we hype each other<br />

up, encourage each other.”<br />

That showed to start, as<br />

Elena Knebel scored a game-high 17 points and had 11<br />

rebounds in Lockport’s game on Saturday, Dec. 1, at home<br />

against Minooka. 22nd Century Media File Photo<br />

the Porters never trailed in<br />

jumping out to early leads<br />

of 2-0, 5-2 and 10-4 on<br />

an old-fashioned 3-point<br />

play by senior guard Payton<br />

Grcevic (7 points)<br />

with 2:25 left in the first<br />

quarter. Lockport, however,<br />

had committed eight<br />

fouls at that point, and it<br />

soon caught up, as the Indians<br />

were in the bonus,<br />

and Bachmann scored sixstraight<br />

points to end the<br />

quarter with a 10-10 tie.<br />

Knebel scored on a layup<br />

to start the second quarter.<br />

Then it was all Indians, as<br />

they went on an 18-2 blitz<br />

en route to a 31-17 halftime<br />

lead.<br />

“We’re still young and<br />

inexperienced,” Lockport<br />

coach Dan Kelly said. “I<br />

know we can’t continue to<br />

use that as an excuse. But<br />

we just have to play consistent.”<br />

A Bachmann basket made<br />

it 40-20 midway with 5:08<br />

left in the third quarter. But<br />

there was no quit in the Porters,<br />

as they clawed back<br />

within 44-32 after three.<br />

“We had too many fouls<br />

to start,” Knebel said. “But<br />

we didn’t give up. We play<br />

hard, no matter what.”<br />

That continued into the<br />

fourth quarter, and Lockport<br />

got as close as 49-41 on a<br />

free throw by junior guard<br />

Sawyer Hollatz with 1:57 to<br />

play in the game. But about<br />

30 seconds later, a 3-pointer<br />

that would have cut it to<br />

five rolled off the rim, and<br />

the Indians hit three of four<br />

free throws in the final 1:11<br />

to polish it off.<br />

Senior forwards Jackie<br />

Maka (6 points) and Kaeli<br />

“At the end of the second half,<br />

we were trending in the right<br />

direction again. We’ve just<br />

struggled to stay consistent.<br />

Playing the way we started the<br />

game and the way we ended it,<br />

that’s the team we need to have<br />

each game.”<br />

Dan Kelly — Lockport girls basketball coach, on<br />

his team’s loss to Minooka<br />

Ford (5 points), along with<br />

freshman guard freshman<br />

guard Elizabeth Sochacki<br />

(5 points), also contributed<br />

for the Porters. Minooka,<br />

which has a new head coach<br />

this season in Jeff Easthon,<br />

received nine points apiece<br />

from both junior guard Allison<br />

Bugajski and senior<br />

center Kailey Kinzler. Junior<br />

post player Sophie Darden<br />

(8 points, 9 rebounds) was<br />

also big for the Indians.<br />

“At the end of the second<br />

half, we were trending in the<br />

right direction again,” Kelly<br />

said. “We’ve just struggled<br />

to stay consistent. Playing<br />

the way we started the game<br />

and the way we ended it,<br />

that’s the team we need to<br />

have each game.”<br />

Earlier in the week, on<br />

Nov. 28, the Porters hosted<br />

Downers Grove North<br />

in another nonconference<br />

game and were doubled up<br />

by the score of 46-23. Lockport<br />

had trouble scoring all<br />

night as the Trojans (5-2)<br />

jumped out to a 20-5 lead<br />

after one quarter and led<br />

25-7 at halftime.<br />

This week, Lockport was<br />

to host Lincoln-Way West<br />

on Tuesday, Dec. 4, in a<br />

SouthWest Suburban Conference<br />

crossover. Then, on<br />

Saturday, Dec. 8, they are<br />

scheduled to open play in<br />

the Oak Lawn Spartan Holiday<br />

Tournament.<br />

That tourney continued<br />

the following Monday, Dec.<br />

10, Wednesday, Dec. 12,<br />

and finally concluding on<br />

Saturday, Dec. 15.<br />

LISTEN UP<br />

“This team has a bunch of seniors, and we have a<br />

different mindset this year. We want to prove people<br />

wrong and bring Lockport back to a winning program.”<br />

Blake Sartin — LTHS boys basketball senior forward,<br />

after his team’s win versus Lincoln-Way West<br />

Tune In<br />

Boys Basketball<br />

Back in action — 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11, at Yorkville<br />

• The Porters hit the road following having a week off<br />

between games.<br />

Index<br />

35 - Athlete of the Month<br />

34 - Athlete of the Week<br />

FASTBREAK is compiled by Editor Thomas Czaja, tom@<br />

homerhorizon.com.


homer glen’s Hometown Newspaper | www.homerhorizon.com | December 6, 2018<br />

Gridiron<br />

greats Team 22<br />

announced for offense<br />

and defense for prep<br />

football, Pages 36-37<br />

Back in the<br />

pool<br />

Lockport boys swimming<br />

and diving team is<br />

young and hungry,<br />

Page 35<br />

Porters boys basketball<br />

fends off comeback<br />

attempts of Warriors in<br />

conference crossover<br />

game, Page 38<br />

Lockport’s Matt Hatzopoulos (left) looks to outmaneuver a Lincoln-Way West defender Friday, Nov. 30, at LTHS’s East Campus. The senior had a game-high 22 points for the<br />

Porters in the team’s 56-45 win. Adam Jomant/22nd Century Media

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