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Native knowledge<br />

Midwest SOARRING event to teach importance of<br />

Native American history, Page 4<br />

Giving the go-ahead<br />

Proposals for several development projects approved<br />

at Lockport City Council meeting, Page 7<br />

The time is now<br />

Deadline is approaching for annual<br />

Holiday Card Contest, Page 9<br />

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Lockport group’s storytelling<br />

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Richard Pniewski , of Thornton, tells a story Dec. 4 during an (art) Inspired! live lit storytelling night inside the Gaylord Building. Mary Compton/22nd Century Media


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THURSDAY<br />

LTHS Choir Holiday Concert<br />

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

Township High School, East<br />

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

in Lockport.<br />

FRIDAY<br />

Dance Party<br />

10:30-11:15 a.m. Dec. 14,<br />

White Oak Library District<br />

Lockport Branch Library,<br />

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

This program is for children<br />

ages 6 and under with a<br />

caregiver. Come groove and<br />

move at the library while<br />

singing, dancing, playing<br />

and having fun. Registration<br />

is required. For more information,<br />

call (815) 552-4265.<br />

SATURDAY<br />

Midwest SOARRING<br />

Foundation’s Holiday Open<br />

House<br />

11 a.m.-5 p.m. Dec. 15,<br />

Native American Cultural<br />

Center, 1333 W. 13th St. in<br />

Lockport. Attendees can shop<br />

speciality vendors displaying<br />

unique handmade Native<br />

themed arts and crafts. People<br />

can also visit the Native<br />

American Cultural Center<br />

Gift Shop that includes a photo<br />

gallery exhibition on The<br />

Repatriation of Iron Tail’s<br />

Possessions: The Face on the<br />

Indian Nickel and the collection<br />

donated by Dr. Clifford<br />

Knapp. Enjoy a cup of coffee<br />

or hot chocolate with the<br />

members of Midwest SOAR-<br />

RING Foundation.<br />

MONDAY<br />

Movie Matinee: ‘It’s a<br />

Wonderful Life’<br />

12:30-3 p.m. Dec. 17,<br />

White Oak Library District<br />

Lockport Branch Library,<br />

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

snacks and refreshments<br />

while watching “It’s a Wonderful<br />

Life,” based on the<br />

novel by Jeanine Basinger.<br />

For more information, call<br />

(815) 552-4260.<br />

Citizens Against Ruining the<br />

Environment Pizza Holiday<br />

Celebration<br />

6 p.m. Dec. 17. Family and<br />

friends are invited to enjoy a<br />

relaxing night. Feel free to<br />

bring an appetizer, desert or<br />

favorite beverage to share,<br />

as well as your musical instruments<br />

for a sing-along.<br />

This will be held at Ellen’s<br />

house. For directions, call<br />

(815) 834-1611 or Mary at<br />

(708) 204-6924.<br />

Tabletop Board Game Night<br />

6-8 p.m. Dec. 17, White<br />

Oak Library District Lockport<br />

Branch Library, 121<br />

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

new games or break out old<br />

favorites. There is to be free<br />

snacks. This event is for<br />

teens. For more information<br />

or to register, call (815) 552-<br />

4260.<br />

Homer Jr. High Chorus<br />

Holiday Concert<br />

6:30-9 p.m. Dec. 17, Hadley<br />

Middle School gymnasium,<br />

15731 S. Bell Road.<br />

TUESDAY<br />

Candy House Creations<br />

2-4 p.m. Dec. 18, White<br />

Oak Library District Lockport<br />

Branch Library, 121<br />

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

design one’s very own candy<br />

house. This program is<br />

open to children of all ages.<br />

Registration is required. For<br />

more information or to register,<br />

call (815) 552-4265.<br />

WEDNESDAY<br />

Foodie Crafts<br />

4-4:45 p.m. Dec. 19,<br />

White Oak Library District<br />

Lockport Branch Library,<br />

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

This program is for children<br />

ages 8-12. Participants<br />

will create a piece of art this<br />

is good enough to eat. For<br />

more information, call (815)<br />

552-4265.<br />

UPCOMING<br />

Movie at the Roxy:<br />

“Frozen”<br />

2-4:30 p.m. Thursday,<br />

Dec. 27, Roxy Theatre, 1017<br />

S. State St. in Lockport.<br />

Doors open at 1:30 p.m.<br />

This is a dress-up event, so<br />

children of all ages are encouraged<br />

to dress like their<br />

favorite character from<br />

“Frozen”. Papa Joe’s will be<br />

selling pizza, hot dogs, popcorn,<br />

candy, pop and water.<br />

Tickets are on sale at www.<br />

lockport.org/frozen.<br />

Countdown to Noon Year<br />

11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday,<br />

Dec. 31. White Oak<br />

Library District Lockport<br />

Branch Library, 121 E. 8th<br />

St., Lockport. There is to be<br />

games, crafts, snacks and a<br />

loud celebration. Come join<br />

the library as we say goodbye<br />

to 2018. This event is for<br />

children, teens and families.<br />

Registration is required. For<br />

more information, call (815)<br />

552-4265.<br />

Intro to Bullet Journals<br />

6-7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 3,<br />

White Oak Library District<br />

Lockport Branch Library,<br />

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

Was your New Year’s resolution<br />

to be more organized?<br />

Attend this introduction to<br />

bullet journals and learn<br />

techniques to make planning<br />

functional and fun. This<br />

event is for teens. Registration<br />

is required. For more<br />

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

4260.<br />

Healthy Living Expo<br />

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

Jan. 19, Tinley Park Convention<br />

Center South Pavilion,<br />

18451 Convention<br />

Center Drive. Join more than<br />

50 vendors in health and<br />

wellness at the third annual<br />

expo, which includes speaker<br />

sessions, cooking demos,<br />

a Vitalant Blood Drive and<br />

more. Free admission and<br />

free parking. For more information,<br />

call (708) 326-9170<br />

ext. 16 or visit 22ndCentury<br />

Media.com/healthy.<br />

ONGOING<br />

Gallery Seven 2018 Holiday<br />

Gift Show<br />

Friday, Nov. 23 through<br />

Sunday, Dec. 30, Gaylord<br />

Building second floor, 200<br />

W 8th St. in Lockport. There<br />

is to be unique gift items by<br />

local artisans.<br />

Citizens Against Ruining the<br />

Environment<br />

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

Monday of the month, White<br />

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

Lockport. CARE, a nonprofit<br />

all-volunteer organization,<br />

is to discuss environmental<br />

and health-related issues in<br />

Will County and the surrounding<br />

areas. Community<br />

service hours also available.<br />

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SilverSneakers<br />

Challenge Fitness, 2021<br />

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

Classic Fitness is offered on<br />

Mon-Thursday mornings<br />

which will increase muscle<br />

strength and range of movement<br />

with a variety of exercises,<br />

handheld weights,<br />

elastic tubing and a chair.<br />

Yoga Stretch is offered on<br />

Tuesday and Friday mornings<br />

and helps moves the<br />

body to increase flexibility<br />

balance and range of movement.<br />

SilverSneakers classes<br />

are free to SilverSneakers<br />

members and $4 per class<br />

for walk-ins. Visit www.<br />

lockportpark.org or call<br />

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

details.<br />

Vintage Hats, Will County in<br />

War exhibits<br />

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

through Sundays, Will<br />

County Historical Museum<br />

and Research Center, 803 S.<br />

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

exhibit “Vintage Hats” is on<br />

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

Doctor’s Office, “Will<br />

County in War” and early<br />

textiles. It is open to the<br />

public and group tours are<br />

available by reservation. For<br />

more information, call (815)<br />

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

cohistory.org<br />

Senior Cards<br />

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

Gladys Fox Museum,<br />

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

senior Pinochle Club meets<br />

twice per week and does not<br />

require registration or fees.


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the Lockport Legend | December 13, 2018 | 3<br />

Lockport group dedicated to the art of storytelling<br />

Mary Compton, Freelance Reporter<br />

ASK<br />

YOUR<br />

LAWYER<br />

Everyone has a story to tell. Lisa<br />

Colleen and Barbara Eberhard, cohosts<br />

of the new storytelling group<br />

(art) Inspired! live lit, are well aware<br />

of this.<br />

The group gathers for storytelling<br />

nights the first Tuesday of each<br />

month, excluding holidays, at Public<br />

Landing Restaurant inside the<br />

Gaylord Building, 200 W. 8th St. in<br />

Lockport. Storytellers at the Dec. 4<br />

event were Colleen, Eunice Jarrett,<br />

Richard Pniewski, Mike Speller and<br />

Paul Teodo.<br />

“We started this in October,” Colleen<br />

said. “... We love everything<br />

about stories and how they connect<br />

people. Barbara runs Gallery Seven,<br />

so we’re banking on the local artists<br />

being interested in this.”<br />

Gallery Seven is also located in<br />

the Gaylord Building. Some of the<br />

artists have mixed their storytelling<br />

with various art mediums.<br />

“It’s art inspired, Gallery seven<br />

sponsors us,” Colleen explained.<br />

“For each performance, the storyteller<br />

picks a painting or photograph<br />

that connects or is inspired by their<br />

story. I love how stories help people<br />

heal, it also helps them connect with<br />

others. There are story telling events<br />

every night in Chicago, I wanted to<br />

bring it to Lockport so that the local<br />

community can experience this.”<br />

There is no cost to attend the storytelling<br />

shows. They begin with<br />

music at 6:30 p.m. and the storytelling<br />

begins at 7 p.m.. The show is<br />

geared for teens and adults.<br />

Lockport resident Michael Veltman<br />

has traveled around a few countries<br />

and has a few stories of his<br />

own. In Gallery Seven, Veltman has<br />

a collage of photographs of people<br />

from Chicago and Jakarta, Indonesia<br />

featuring people from Nashville,<br />

Liberia, Peru and Japan. He calls it<br />

“Peace Project.” Veltman is to be the<br />

storyteller in April.<br />

“I am part of Gallery Seven,” Veltman<br />

said. “I encouraged Barb and<br />

Lisa to bring the storytelling to the<br />

gallery here in Lockport. The Inspired!<br />

live lit is inspiring the stories<br />

being told. It’s something that<br />

happens in a lot of communities.<br />

Barbara Eberhard, co-host of (art) Inspired! live lit, speaks at one of the group’s storytelling events Dec. 4 at the<br />

Gaylord Building. Photos by Mary Compton/22nd Century Media<br />

It’s very popular in Chicago. These<br />

people are so talented, some of their<br />

stories are serious some are funny<br />

and they have one thing in common:<br />

they’re all moving.<br />

According to Veltman’s website<br />

on his “Peace Project,” he explains<br />

his art and his story.<br />

“The Peace Project stems from an<br />

article study bearing the same name<br />

that compares people and cultures<br />

from Chicago, Illinois and from the<br />

other side of the planet in Jakarta,<br />

Indonesia in the hope to understand<br />

and discover our similarities and our<br />

universal hope for peace,” the website<br />

states. “... Maybe someday we<br />

will figure out that we are all human<br />

and understand how much we actually<br />

have in common. That there is<br />

a oneness to mankind and we all, I<br />

hope, have peace somewhere in us.”<br />

There are to be upcoming storytelling<br />

classes at Gallery Seven in<br />

January and February. To enroll in<br />

the classes or for more information<br />

on (art) Inspired! live lit, visit www.<br />

inspiredlivelit.com.<br />

Lockport resident Michael Veltman shows his art project at Gallery Seven<br />

inside the Gaylord Building Dec. 4. Veltman is to be taking part in an (art)<br />

Inspired! live lit storytelling event in the near future.<br />

by T. Andrew Coyle<br />

Attorney at Law<br />

With winter here, it’s time to<br />

break out the shovels and salt.<br />

If your neighbor refuses to<br />

shovel their sidewalk, though,<br />

it may be because they believe<br />

that they could ‘get in trouble’<br />

if someone slips and falls on a<br />

sidewalk that they tried to clear.<br />

Fortunately, in Illinois we have the<br />

Snow and Ice Removal Act which<br />

shields property owners, tenants,<br />

and neighbors from liability for<br />

anyone who slips or falls on a<br />

sidewalk that they tried to clear<br />

of snow or ice. Basically, the<br />

law states that we want people<br />

to clear their sidewalks and we<br />

don’t want them scared to do so<br />

because they think they might get<br />

sued. If, however, your sidewalks<br />

are dangerous because of an<br />

unrelated issue (such as drain<br />

spouts pointed at the sidewalk<br />

that create an ice hazard), the<br />

Act would not protect you there.<br />

Other than that, feel free to shovel<br />

away and help out your elderly<br />

or disabled neighbors this winter<br />

without fear of liability!<br />

If you have legal questions<br />

associated to home ownership,<br />

real estate, business law, estate<br />

planning, or probate, please<br />

call THE COYLE LAW OFFICE at<br />

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4 | December 13, 2018 | The Lockport Legend news<br />

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Midwest SOARRING invites community to learn about Native Americans<br />

Jacquelyn Schlabach<br />

Assistant Editor<br />

Only 1.3 percent of people<br />

in the United States are<br />

American Indian or Alaska<br />

Native, according to the<br />

U.S. Census Bureau website.<br />

And although these<br />

people first settled in America<br />

at least 14,000 years<br />

ago, their culture provides<br />

the foundation for the United<br />

States.<br />

Lockport’s own Midwest<br />

SOARRING Foundation is<br />

inviting community members<br />

to its holiday open<br />

house to learn more about<br />

the Native American culture,<br />

visit with members of<br />

the organization, and peruse<br />

handmade Native American<br />

items and crafts from<br />

around the country from 11<br />

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

15, at 133 W. 13th St. in<br />

Lockport.<br />

“We talk about ourselves<br />

as a nation of immigrants,<br />

but that isn’t entirely true,”<br />

said Dave Nardin, the special<br />

projects manager at<br />

Midwest SOARRING.<br />

“That’s true with respect to<br />

Europeans or Africans or<br />

Asians, whose history only<br />

goes back the thinnest sliver<br />

of our country’s history,<br />

no farther back than about<br />

1500. But it’s important to<br />

understand that there was a<br />

whole civilization that existed<br />

here for thousands and<br />

thousands of years.”<br />

According to Midwest<br />

SOARRING’s website,<br />

their mission is to “work<br />

toward repatriation, protect<br />

sacred sites, educate the<br />

public and promote community<br />

building among all<br />

people regarding indigenous<br />

lifeways.” The organization<br />

stands for Save<br />

Our Ancestor’s Remains<br />

“When a Native American person walks through a<br />

forest, they see it as themselves being surrounded by<br />

gifts and I find that a wonderful and refreshing way<br />

to look at things.”<br />

Dave Nardin — Midwest SOARRING special projects manager<br />

& Resources Indigeneous<br />

Network Group. Midwest<br />

SOARRING tries to do at<br />

least one event a month for<br />

the public, with a Native<br />

American drummer recently<br />

coming to visit Lockport in<br />

November.<br />

There are 50 active members<br />

of the organization,<br />

some with Native American<br />

ancestry, and others who<br />

just have an appreciation for<br />

and awareness of the culture<br />

and values, and want to<br />

share them, Nardin said.<br />

“A couple things really<br />

impressed me [about Native<br />

Americans], first of all, the<br />

very easy way in with Native<br />

American people are<br />

spiritual,” Nardin said. “I<br />

was raised in a Christian<br />

home, and I certainly consider<br />

myself a Christian,<br />

I try to live by Christian<br />

ways, but there’s always a<br />

certain awkwardness about<br />

praying, for example, with<br />

other people around unless<br />

they belong to your church.<br />

That’s not the same way<br />

with Native Americans,<br />

they’re very, very comfortable<br />

talking about spiritual<br />

things in a very prayerful<br />

and respectful kind of way.”<br />

He continued by noting<br />

that Native Americans also<br />

have a “wonderfully comfortable<br />

relationship” with<br />

the world around them.<br />

“When a Native American<br />

person walks through a<br />

forest, they see it as themselves<br />

being surrounded by<br />

gifts, and I find that a wonderful<br />

and refreshing way<br />

to look at things,” Nardin<br />

added.<br />

Nardin has been a member<br />

of Midwest SOAR-<br />

RING for four years and<br />

said he does as much as he<br />

can to spread appreciation<br />

of Native American culture.<br />

“I’m a passionate lover<br />

of history and when I was<br />

young, my father made it a<br />

point of taking me places,<br />

forest preserves and local<br />

areas, and telling me some<br />

stories about the people<br />

who used to live here that<br />

settled here,” he said.<br />

Nardin along with other<br />

members of the organization<br />

are to be at the annual<br />

holiday open house that will<br />

feature not only educational<br />

presentations but items for<br />

sale. For more information<br />

about the event and Midwest<br />

SOARRING, visit<br />

www.midwestsoarring.org.<br />

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Don't letthisyear's DENTAL BENEFITS go to waste!<br />

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healthysmile!<br />

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Exam<br />

X-Rays<br />

Implants<br />

Root Canal<br />

Bridges<br />

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Sunday, December 2nd<br />

Kick-off Celebration, 2pm - 6pm<br />

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Holiday Market Dates:<br />

Saturday, December 8th<br />

4:00 pm - 8:00 pm<br />

Craft Beer Tasting Horse Drawn Wagon Rides Holiday Character Visits<br />

Food Trucks Shopping and Skate Rentals<br />

Dr. Hoye &Dental Specialists of Homer Glen<br />

15927 S. Bell Rd (behind Bonfire)<br />

(708)301-3444<br />

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Sunday, December 9th<br />

4:00 pm - 8:00 pm<br />

Santa Claus Visit Lamplight Singers Ice Carving Demonstration<br />

Food Trucks Shopping and Skate Rentals<br />

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4:00 pm - 8:00 pm<br />

Craft Beer Tasting Horse Drawn Wagon Rides Holiday Character Visits<br />

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4:00 pm - 8:00 pm<br />

Santa Claus Visit Dunkin’ Donuts Coffee Truck Lamplight Singers<br />

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4:00 pm - 8:00 pm<br />

Holiday Sweets and Treats Sale Horse Drawn Wagon Rides<br />

Holiday Character Visits Lamplight Singers Shopping and Skate Rentals<br />

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6 | December 13, 2018 | The Lockport Legend news<br />

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Test in suspected mumps case at LTHS comes back negative<br />

Letter sent to district<br />

parents Thursday,<br />

Dec. 6<br />

Thomas Czaja<br />

Contributing Editor<br />

A person at Lockport<br />

Township High School has<br />

tested negative for mumps<br />

after a letter was sent out<br />

late last week warning parents<br />

someone at the school<br />

may have contracted the<br />

disease, according to Superintendent<br />

Todd Wernet.<br />

The letter, dated Thursday,<br />

Dec. 6, and signed by<br />

LTHS East Campus Principal<br />

Dennis Hicks and Central<br />

Campus Principal Kerri<br />

Green, said mumps is not<br />

common in children who<br />

are up-to-date with their<br />

vaccinations and had sought<br />

to raise awareness of symptoms<br />

of the disease and how<br />

it is transmitted to prevent<br />

further infection.<br />

In a Monday, Dec. 10<br />

phone interview with The<br />

Lockport Legend, Wernet<br />

said the person got tested<br />

and that the school was<br />

notified Dec. 10 it came<br />

back with a negative result.<br />

Wernet said, from his understanding,<br />

the person got<br />

swabbed, and it took several<br />

days for the test result<br />

to come back.<br />

The superintendent added<br />

that with a suspected case of<br />

mumps, they proceeded as<br />

though it were confirmed,<br />

communicating to families<br />

through the letter and asking<br />

anyone with symptoms<br />

to contact the school nurse<br />

and reach out to their child’s<br />

primary care advisor.<br />

“There were not any calls<br />

or communications indicating<br />

a parent with concern<br />

for their children,” Wernet<br />

said of response after the<br />

letter, noting the district had<br />

no one else come forward<br />

concerned they might have<br />

mumps.<br />

As of press time, Wernet<br />

said the district was still<br />

considering the information<br />

it learned Monday regarding<br />

the negative result and<br />

how it would proceed in its<br />

response to parents, declining<br />

to specify if it was a<br />

student or faculty member<br />

that had suspected they may<br />

have the disease.<br />

Mumps typically begins<br />

with symptoms including<br />

a fever, headache, muscle<br />

aches, tiredness, loss of appetite<br />

and is followed by the<br />

swelling of salivary glands,<br />

according to the letter. More<br />

serious symptoms that can<br />

result from mumps in rare<br />

cases are meningitis, swelling<br />

of the testes or ovaries<br />

and inflammation of joints.<br />

Lewis University in Romeoville<br />

recently had a<br />

mumps outbreak; the college<br />

said there were two<br />

confirmed cases, 10 probable<br />

cases and one suspected<br />

case, as of a Friday, Dec. 7<br />

update on its website.<br />

The Will County Health<br />

Department said more information<br />

on mumps can<br />

also be found at the Centers<br />

for Disease Control<br />

and Prevention website at<br />

www.cdc.gov/vaccines/<br />

pubs/surv-manual/chpt09-<br />

mumps.html.<br />

Something for everyone<br />

LTHS Winterfest provides an array of activities for students<br />

Gina Bielski (left) and Jessica Mueller test out their Pac Man skills.<br />

Thomas Abramite (left) and Adam Salton compete to reach their goal in a Moon Walker<br />

Joust Friday, Dec. 7, during Lockport Township High School’s Winterfest event.<br />

Photos by Bob Klein/22nd Century Media<br />

Travis Coleman fires a dodgeball during the event.<br />

Sisters Morgan (left) and Madison Kesteloot<br />

team up for dodgeball.<br />

Lilly Brock plays badminton during the event.


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the Lockport Legend | December 13, 2018 | 7<br />

Lockport City Council<br />

Board gives green light to property<br />

annexation, development projects<br />

Jessie Molloy<br />

Freelance Reporter<br />

The Lockport City Council<br />

approved a large property<br />

annexation at its Dec. 5<br />

meeting, while the Committee<br />

of the Whole moved forward<br />

plans for renovations<br />

on an existing industrial development.<br />

The City Council held<br />

a public hearing regarding<br />

the annexation of the<br />

4.02 acre property located<br />

on the Northeast corner of<br />

159th Street and Adelman<br />

Drive. The lot, which has<br />

two assigned addresses, is<br />

currently vacant and zoned<br />

R3 for residential property.<br />

As part of the annexation<br />

agreement, which was approved<br />

unanimously by the<br />

City Council and Mayor<br />

Steve Streit, the zoning was<br />

changed to C3, Highway<br />

Commercial.<br />

City Administrator Ben<br />

Benson said the hope of<br />

the board is that the property<br />

will eventually draw<br />

commercial development,<br />

possibly including a<br />

restaurant.<br />

No comments were made<br />

by any residents or affected<br />

parties at the public<br />

hearing and the annexation<br />

was approved without<br />

objection.<br />

In addition to the annexation,<br />

the board also voted<br />

unanimously to approve a<br />

spring construction project<br />

at the Dellwood Park Community<br />

Center. The project<br />

plans to expand the facility’s<br />

existing parking lot<br />

by adding 74 new spaces in<br />

what is currently a grassy<br />

lawn abutting the lot. The<br />

facility is located at 1811 S.<br />

Lawrence Ave. The project<br />

is to be paid for by the park<br />

district and only needed<br />

City approval to move forward.<br />

The Committee of the<br />

Whole also advanced a large<br />

development project, approving<br />

the Final Development<br />

Plan for an industrial<br />

office project.<br />

The development is being<br />

proposed by J.P. Mc-<br />

Mahon Petro-Chem Transport<br />

Group and includes a<br />

12,967-square-foot, singlestory<br />

office building and a<br />

95,000-square-foot storage<br />

lot for petroleum transport<br />

vehicles on its 14835<br />

New Avenue property.<br />

The 4.37 acre lot currently<br />

includes a gravel storage<br />

area, a well and septic<br />

system, and two mobile<br />

structures.<br />

According to Community<br />

and Economic Development<br />

Director Pam Hirth,<br />

the company moved to the<br />

space “about a year ago”<br />

but found that “the current<br />

facility didn’t fit their<br />

needs.”<br />

The renovation to the<br />

space would include replacing<br />

the well and septic facilities<br />

with new ones and<br />

demolishing the mobile facilities.<br />

The development<br />

is to also introduce a new<br />

driveway to the property,<br />

removed from the existing<br />

driveway which is shared<br />

with the adjacent property to<br />

the north.<br />

IDOT has already approved<br />

the addition of the<br />

driveway on the condition<br />

that the developer sees to<br />

the installation of proper<br />

storm water detention systems.<br />

The company has also<br />

received approval from the<br />

three petroleum companies<br />

with pipelines under the<br />

land.<br />

The building, which is to<br />

include office space and a<br />

service area including four<br />

vehicle bays, is to be located<br />

on the rear, eastern portion of<br />

the property with the lot being<br />

the central and western<br />

portions. The detention area<br />

and additional landscaping<br />

are to be installed along New<br />

Avenue at the “front” of the<br />

property to screen the vehicle<br />

storage area from public<br />

view.<br />

The Plan Committee approved<br />

the development<br />

unanimously last month<br />

after no objections were<br />

raised. With the Committee<br />

of the Whole’s vote it will<br />

move onto the City Council<br />

on Dec. 19.<br />

Finally, the committee<br />

also approved a new ordinance<br />

allowing the City<br />

to seek harsher penalties<br />

against the owners of vacant<br />

or abandoned properties in<br />

the city.<br />

“We have certain appearance<br />

standards for property<br />

in the city,” Benson said.<br />

“Currently we have a few,<br />

no more than a dozen, properties<br />

that are unoccupied<br />

and are not meeting those<br />

standards.”<br />

Benson said the new ordinance<br />

will allow the City<br />

to bring owners of violating<br />

properties before the City<br />

Council for a hearing to resolve<br />

outstanding issues, and<br />

provide a system for fining<br />

violators who continue to<br />

leave property in a state of<br />

disrepair.<br />

The committee passed the<br />

measure unanimously and it<br />

is to be voted on at the City<br />

Council’s next meeting.<br />

NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX INCREASE FOR<br />

FAIRMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLDISTRICT NO. 89,<br />

COUNTY OF WILL, STATE OF ILLINOIS<br />

I. Apublic hearing to approve aproposed property tax levy increase<br />

for Fairmont Elementary School District #89 for 2018 will be<br />

held on December 19, 2018 at 5:30 p.m. in the Boardroom of the<br />

District Offices at Fairmont Elementary School. Any person desiring<br />

to appear at the public hearing and present testimony to the taxing<br />

district may contact Dr. Diane Cepela, Superintendent, Administrative<br />

Offices, 735 Green Garden Place, Lockport, IL 60441, (815)<br />

726-6156.<br />

II. The corporate and special purpose property taxes extended or<br />

abated for 2017 were $3,147,058. The proposed corporate and special<br />

purpose property taxes to be levied for 2018 are $3,304,096.<br />

This represents a4.99% increase over the previous year.<br />

III. The property taxes extended for debt service and public building<br />

commission leases for 2017 were $0. The estimated property<br />

taxes to be levied for debt service and public building commission<br />

leases for 2018 are $0.<br />

IV. The total property taxes extended or abated for 2017 were<br />

$3,147,058. The estimated total property taxes to be levied for 2018<br />

are $3,304,096. This represents a4.99% increase over the previous<br />

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Contests<br />

Just one week left to enter 2018 Holiday Card Contest<br />

Deadline for<br />

submissions is 5 p.m.<br />

Thursday, Dec. 20<br />

Bill Jones, Managing Editor<br />

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A look at what readers can win in this year’s Holiday<br />

Card Contest<br />

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• Four play passes, each good for free admission to<br />

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• Three $5 gift certificates for Sizzles, 110 MacGregor<br />

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• Two gift certificates, each good for a free two-week<br />

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Funniest<br />

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You’re on your own with<br />

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but thankfully you have us<br />

here to remind you about the<br />

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As a recap, the contest<br />

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the best or funniest year-end<br />

letters, children’s sketches<br />

of reindeer, photos of your<br />

winter bowling league team<br />

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Hallmarks — basically,<br />

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the mail around the holidays<br />

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snow somewhere along the<br />

way and your favorite newspaper,<br />

The Lockport Legend.<br />

Whatever it is you do for<br />

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Announcements<br />

Welcoming Jackson<br />

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Police Reports<br />

Lockport<br />

woman<br />

cited for<br />

driving with<br />

suspended<br />

license<br />

Stacy Collier, 50, of the<br />

400 block of Nobes Avenue<br />

in Lockport, was charged by<br />

Lockport police with driving<br />

with a suspended license<br />

and loud exhaust Dec. 5 after<br />

being stopped for an equipment<br />

violation while driving<br />

on State Street.<br />

Lockport Police Department<br />

Nov. 30<br />

Luis Rodriguez, 43, of the<br />

1000 block of Rooney Drive<br />

in Joliet, was charged with<br />

driving with a revoked license,<br />

speeding and operating<br />

an uninsured motor vehicle<br />

after being stopped for<br />

going 48 MPH in a 35 MPH<br />

zone on State Street.<br />

Nov. 28<br />

Sinnitra Winston, 52, of<br />

the 600 block of Lakewood<br />

Farm in Bolingbrook, was<br />

charged with driving with a<br />

revoked license and speeding<br />

after being stopped for<br />

going 57 MPH in a 40 MPH<br />

zone on State Street.<br />

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Lockport<br />

Legend’s Police Reports<br />

are compiled from official<br />

reports found online on the<br />

Will County Sheriff’s Office or<br />

Lockport Police Department’s<br />

website or releases issued<br />

by the department and other<br />

agencies. Individuals named<br />

in these reports are considered<br />

innocent of all charges until<br />

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

From THE FRANKFORT STATION<br />

Frankfort feeds hungry<br />

across the world<br />

The basement of Camp<br />

Manitoqua was filled to the<br />

capacity of the assembly<br />

lines that lined the room, all<br />

manned by volunteers of all<br />

ages who measured, packaged,<br />

sealed and labeled individual<br />

meal packets.<br />

These Frankfort-area residents<br />

are feeding children<br />

in poverty-stricken areas<br />

across the world, one packaged<br />

meal at a time.<br />

The annual food packaging<br />

event raised enough<br />

money to send 108,000 nutritional<br />

meals to children in<br />

Haiti and Peru.<br />

Weathering the Storm<br />

Looking back at a cold and snowy November<br />

Mark T. Carroll<br />

Contributing Columnist<br />

November weather<br />

in review<br />

November temperatures<br />

were<br />

well below normal.<br />

The highest temperature<br />

for Chicago for November<br />

was 52 degrees, which was<br />

reached on Nov. 1 and 4.<br />

The highest temperature of<br />

52 degrees for the month<br />

was record setting, as it<br />

was the lowest maximum<br />

temperature for November<br />

dating back to the 1870s,<br />

Jeff and Kari Kemerer<br />

started this event several<br />

years ago, after realizing<br />

that there are limited volunteer<br />

opportunities that<br />

invite all ages to participate.<br />

The couple partnered with<br />

Kids Around The World<br />

to create this now annual<br />

tradition. Money is raised<br />

to purchase the ingredients<br />

from Kids Around The<br />

World. After those ingredients<br />

are packaged, they are<br />

sent to poverty-stricken areas<br />

across the world.<br />

“We wanted our kids to<br />

learn that there’s more to<br />

this then Frankfort,” Jeff<br />

said. “Many kids around the<br />

world don’t have the same<br />

when official records began<br />

for Chicago. The average<br />

temperature for November<br />

was 34.6, which was 5.7<br />

degrees below the normal<br />

average.<br />

November snowfall was<br />

well above normal, especially<br />

in locations north and<br />

northwest. O’Hare International<br />

Airport recorded<br />

12.7 inches of snow in<br />

November, which was the<br />

fourth-highest November<br />

total for Chicago dating<br />

back to the 1870s. The<br />

normal November snowfall<br />

for Chicago is 1.2 inches.<br />

The following are November<br />

snowfall totals for<br />

our area.<br />

• Midway: 9.2 inches<br />

• New Lenox: 4.6 inches<br />

• Homer Glen: 4.4 inches<br />

• Lockport: 3.9 inches<br />

The heaviest snowfall<br />

event began during the<br />

night of Nov. 25 and ended<br />

on Nov. 26. The greatest<br />

snowfall totals were<br />

recorded to the north and<br />

northwest of our area.<br />

opportunities as they do.”<br />

In its first year, the fundraising<br />

effort hit its goal<br />

of $10,000. As the event<br />

grew and gained more<br />

sponsorship, it raised nearly<br />

$27,000 and surpassed its<br />

goal this year of $25,000.<br />

Reporting by Megan Schuller,<br />

Assistant Editor. For more, visit<br />

FrankfortStation.com.<br />

FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION<br />

‘Trains & Miniatures’<br />

Christmas gallery runs<br />

through January<br />

To Sheila Lorence, of Tinley<br />

Park, it is not Christmas<br />

unless there is a train under<br />

the tree.<br />

O’Hare recorded a total<br />

of 8.4 inches of snow on<br />

the 25 and 26. This was<br />

the fifth highest November<br />

snowstorm total in Chicago<br />

history.<br />

Local snowfall amounts<br />

are listed below.<br />

• Homer Glen: 3.4 inches<br />

• New Lenox: 3.1 inches<br />

• Lockport: 2.4 inches<br />

• Mokena: 2.4 inches<br />

The storm also produced<br />

strong winds and icing<br />

conditions, as rain changed<br />

to snow during the storm.<br />

Wet heavy snow caused<br />

damage from falling trees<br />

and power lines, which lead<br />

to homes and traffic signals<br />

losing power.<br />

Peak wind speeds from<br />

the storm were 47 mph at<br />

Chicago Midway International<br />

Airport.<br />

Winter weather<br />

preparedness<br />

Rely on a dependable<br />

source for weather information.<br />

Many sources are<br />

available, including the<br />

Her husband Bruce, who<br />

has three layouts on display<br />

at the Vogt Visual Arts Center<br />

for its “Trains & Miniatures”<br />

Christmas exhibit<br />

running until Jan. 26, has<br />

been fascinated with miniature<br />

locomotives since he<br />

was 5 years old.<br />

On Dec. 1, an artists reception<br />

was held in conjunction<br />

with the Village of<br />

Tinley Park’s Holiday Happenings.<br />

The first person<br />

in line was former Tinley<br />

Park Mayor Ed Zabrocki,<br />

who has a running Marklin<br />

Mini Club 8130 set up for<br />

the exhibit. A total of seven<br />

indoor and outdoor train<br />

configurations are available<br />

to admire.<br />

Internet, television and<br />

radio. Winter forecasts can<br />

change quickly, so closely<br />

monitor available forecast<br />

information.<br />

Remember that snow and<br />

ice totals can vary greatly<br />

over a short distance. Large<br />

snowfall differences across<br />

our region were evident<br />

during our late November<br />

snowstorm. Because of the<br />

influence of Lake Michigan,<br />

snow totals can vary<br />

greatly in northeast Illinois,<br />

northwest Indiana and<br />

southwest Michigan.<br />

If a winter weather watch<br />

is issued, get prepared for<br />

hazardous weather.<br />

If a winter weather warning<br />

or advisory is issued,<br />

take action — hazardous<br />

weather is occurring or will<br />

occur soon.<br />

For example, if a windchill<br />

warning is issued,<br />

dangerous cold is expected.<br />

If a windchill advisory is<br />

issued, cold weather is expected.<br />

If a watch is issued,<br />

cold weather is possible.<br />

“There is something about<br />

trains,” said Julie Dekker,<br />

VVAC gallery director. “The<br />

men are passionate about it,<br />

along with the itty bitty children.<br />

It’s universal. Maybe<br />

because it moves, the doll<br />

houses just don’t move.”<br />

The gallery’s regular<br />

hours are from 7-9 p.m.<br />

Tuesdays, 4-7 p.m. Wednesdays,<br />

11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 7-9<br />

p.m. Thursdays, 11 a.m.-3<br />

p.m. Fridays, and 11 a.m.-4<br />

p.m. Saturdays. It is located<br />

at 17420 S. 67th Court in<br />

Tinley Park.<br />

Reporting by Mary Compton,<br />

Freelance Reporter. For more,<br />

Please see NFYN, 13<br />

The weather for December<br />

and beyond<br />

The temperature forecast<br />

from the National<br />

Centers for Environmental<br />

Prediction for Chicago for<br />

November was for belownormal<br />

temperatures. Temperatures<br />

were well below<br />

normal in November. The<br />

NCEP precipitation forecast<br />

for November was for<br />

above-normal precipitation,<br />

and we were just slightly<br />

above normal.<br />

The Centers’ forecast for<br />

December is for abovenormal<br />

temperature and<br />

below-normal precipitation.<br />

The prediction for<br />

the months of January and<br />

February is for belownormal<br />

temperature and<br />

near-normal precipitation.<br />

Mark T. Carroll is the president<br />

of CALM Weather LLC, a<br />

meteorological consulting<br />

service based in Oak Forest.<br />

For more information, visit<br />

calmwx.com.


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From the Editor<br />

Christmas card conundrum<br />

Max Lapthorne<br />

max@lockportlegend.com<br />

My family is in a<br />

transitional stage<br />

when it comes to<br />

our Christmas card.<br />

That’s how I like to think<br />

of the situation, but the reality<br />

is that my sister and her<br />

husband are starting their<br />

own family and therefore<br />

splitting off from our usual<br />

family card that has featured<br />

myself and my sister for the<br />

last 25 years or so, while I<br />

am … in no such position.<br />

For the last number of<br />

years, my mom has simply<br />

chosen a picture of myself<br />

and my sister taken sometime<br />

that year and used that<br />

for the card. I’ve suggested<br />

that we should simply use<br />

one of the roughly 2.2 million<br />

photos of our family<br />

dog that we have, because<br />

if we’re all being honest<br />

with ourselves, the best part<br />

about receiving Christmas<br />

cards is looking at other<br />

people’s dogs. But, even<br />

though my sister and I are<br />

now adults, featuring us on<br />

the Christmas card gives<br />

some extended family and<br />

friends who we do not see<br />

often the opportunity to look<br />

at the picture of us and say<br />

something along the lines of<br />

“these two whippersnappers<br />

were this tall the last time I<br />

saw them.”<br />

We still haven’t quite<br />

figured things out yet for<br />

this year, but if it were up<br />

to me, I would vote to use a<br />

photo I recently took of our<br />

dog, which is accompanying<br />

Lockport Legend Editor Max Lapthorne’s dog Tonto isn’t<br />

eligible to enter the Holiday Card Contest, but this is the<br />

photo he would choose if he could enter.<br />

Max Lapthorne/22nd Century Media<br />

this column.<br />

As cute and whimsical as<br />

my dog’s wreath photo is, it<br />

is unfortunately not eligible<br />

to be submitted in our annual<br />

Holiday Card Contest,<br />

which is going on now. You<br />

can read all about it on Page<br />

9 of this week’s issue, but<br />

the most important nugget<br />

of information is that entries<br />

are due by 5 p.m. Thursday,<br />

Dec. 20. The entries seem to<br />

be getting better every year,<br />

and believe me when I say<br />

it’s no easy task to make the<br />

determination as to which<br />

cards are the cream of the<br />

crop.<br />

The good news for all of<br />

you is that I am not eligible<br />

to enter the contest, so you<br />

don’t have to compete with<br />

my wreath-dog card.<br />

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FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER<br />

Village issues home<br />

burglary advisory<br />

There have been several<br />

home burglaries in Mokena<br />

over the past few weeks,<br />

and it appears these burglaries<br />

may be related. Mokena<br />

Police are asking residents<br />

to be extra-vigilant as they<br />

come and go from their<br />

places of residence.<br />

The home burglaries were<br />

reported in the Tara Hills,<br />

Grasmere and Forestview<br />

subdivisions, according to<br />

Mokena Police Chief Steven<br />

Vaccaro.<br />

In each of these recent<br />

residential burglaries, no<br />

one was present at the home<br />

CONTACT<br />

at the time of the burglary,<br />

and jewelry and/or cash was<br />

taken. Activity has generally<br />

taken place between<br />

the hours of 10 a.m. and 3<br />

p.m. A common denominator<br />

associated with each of<br />

these burglaries appears to<br />

be a white, newer model<br />

Ford crew cab pick-up truck<br />

with a yellow light on top.<br />

Two male subjects reportedly<br />

have been seen with<br />

the vehicle<br />

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Quite the<br />

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Tinley Park resident turns<br />

empty Orland Park space into<br />

community cafe, Page 20<br />

Concert with various LTHS bands showcases<br />

seasonal selections, Page 17<br />

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16 | December 13, 2018 | The Lockport Legend faith<br />

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FAITH BRIEFS<br />

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church (1500 S. Briggs St.,<br />

Lockport)<br />

Divine Worship<br />

9 a.m. Sundays with Fellowship<br />

to follow at 10 a.m. For more information,<br />

call (815) 838-1832.<br />

First Congregational United Church of Christ (700 E.<br />

9th St., Lockport)<br />

Sunday Worship<br />

9:30 a.m.<br />

Children & Nursery<br />

9:30 a.m. Sundays. There are<br />

programs for toddlers through<br />

eighth grade.<br />

Ladies Craft & Chat<br />

4:30 p.m. every third Friday.<br />

Please bring craft projects, sewing,<br />

etc. or just come to chat. Dinner is<br />

at 6:30 p.m.<br />

Confirmation<br />

Open to high school age. Please<br />

contact Rev. Eric Quinney-Burnard<br />

to participate.<br />

Communion<br />

First Sunday of the month.<br />

Alcoholics-Anonymous<br />

6 p.m. Saturdays. Enter through<br />

the door closest to the side parking<br />

lot. There will be a sign in front for<br />

the meeting.<br />

First United Methodist Church of Lockport (1000 S.<br />

Washington St., Lockport)<br />

Cookies by the Pound<br />

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

The annual Cookies by the Pound<br />

sale features homemade cookies<br />

for $7 per pound. For more information,<br />

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

Christmas Eve Worship<br />

10:30 p.m. Dec. 24.<br />

Sunday Worship<br />

10:30 a.m.<br />

Circle of Love<br />

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

Love provides diapers, feminine<br />

and incontinence products to clients<br />

who are qualified to use the<br />

local FISH Food Pantry. For more<br />

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

Communion<br />

First Sunday of the month.<br />

Joliet Seventh-Day Adventist Church (21514 W.<br />

Division St., Lockport)<br />

Saturday Services<br />

9:30 a.m. Sabbath school; 10:45<br />

a.m. Worship Hour.<br />

Prayer Meeting<br />

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

can share their praise reports<br />

and prayer requests. The call-in<br />

number is (530) 881-1200. When<br />

prompted enter the access code:<br />

761835 then the # key. The prayer<br />

line is free, and there is no additional<br />

cost beyond regular phone<br />

charges.<br />

St. Dennis Church (1214 S. Hamilton St., Lockport)<br />

Christmas Family Movie Night:<br />

‘The Star’<br />

6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14, in the<br />

Parish Center. Admission is $3 per<br />

person or $10 per family, which includes<br />

cocoa, cookies and popcorn.<br />

Other concessions will be available<br />

for purchase. Pay at the door.<br />

Shepherd of the Hill Lutheran Church (925 E. 9th<br />

St., Lockport)<br />

Christmas Eve Candlelight Services<br />

5 p.m.<br />

10:30 p.m.<br />

Saturday Service<br />

5 p.m.<br />

Have something for Faith<br />

Briefs? Contact Assistant<br />

Editor Jacquelyn Schlabach at<br />

j.schlabach@22ndcenturymedia.<br />

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

Information is due by noon Thursday<br />

one week prior to publication.<br />

In Memoriam<br />

Dorothy Joyce Ramos<br />

Dorothy Joyce Ramos (nee<br />

Skeldon), 83, of Lockport, died<br />

Nov. 22. Joyce married Richard<br />

Ramos in 1954. She was a graduate<br />

of Lockport Township High<br />

School where she was awarded<br />

many honors. After high school,<br />

she worked as a secretary at Texaco<br />

Inc. in Lockport. Following<br />

her marriage and births of her five<br />

children, she began taking courses<br />

to receive a college degree. She<br />

graduated from Lewis University<br />

in 1971 with high honors, having<br />

received the Academic Achievement<br />

Award. Joyce loved reading<br />

and learning, and spent countless<br />

hours at the old Lockport library<br />

as a youth and adult. It was at the<br />

Lockport library that the seeds of<br />

becoming a librarian took root. She<br />

was emplyed as a school librarian<br />

at Richland Grade School and Hufford<br />

Junior High School, retiring<br />

from Joliet District 86. Later, Joyce<br />

worked in the Education Division<br />

of ARgonne National Laboratory<br />

and received the Laboratory Director’s<br />

Award for her work on a<br />

collaborative project, The New Explorers,<br />

which involved the laboratory,<br />

Kurtis Productions, WTTW<br />

and others. Joyce and Rich married<br />

while he was playing professional<br />

baseball in the White Sox<br />

minor league system. Through this<br />

experience, they learned to love<br />

traveling, meeting new people, and<br />

were fortunate in life to fulfull the<br />

dream of visiting 48 states, and<br />

make several trips abroad. Joyce<br />

enjoyed making a home for her<br />

family, attending their activities,<br />

cooking, making friends, and welcoming<br />

new babies into the family.<br />

Joyce has been a devoted member<br />

of St. Dennis Church since she was<br />

5 days old, and was a member of<br />

the Altar and Rosary Society. She<br />

is survived by her loving husband<br />

of 64 years, Richard; five children,<br />

Rick (Denise), Beverly (Charles)<br />

Prodehl, Barbara (David) Stengele,<br />

Janet (late Michael) Lyons (fiance,<br />

Donald Winterstein) and Diane<br />

(John) Meyer; grandchildren,<br />

Zoey Prodehl, Charlie Prodehl,<br />

Sonia Szewczyk, Genevieve Underwood,<br />

Thomas Underwood and<br />

Benjamin Sinner; sisters, Georgene<br />

(late Jack) Garson, Jane (late Ray)<br />

Reardon; and numerous nieces<br />

and nephews survive. In lieu of<br />

flowers, memorials to St. Dennis<br />

Church improvement fund, Catholic<br />

Charities, Catholic Relief or a<br />

charity of donor’s choice would<br />

be appreciated. Per Joyce’s wishes,<br />

cremation rites have been respectfully<br />

addressed.<br />

Raymond A. Porto<br />

Raymond “Ray” A Porto, 74,<br />

formerly of Lockport, died Nov.<br />

26, at his daughter and son-inlaw’s<br />

home, surrounded by family.<br />

He was born in Chicago and lived<br />

in Lockport for 20 years, before<br />

moving to Wilmington Twp. and<br />

Florida. Ray owned and operated<br />

Philbin’s Deluxe Decorating for<br />

40 years, before retiring in 2005.<br />

He was a former member of the<br />

Lockport Chamber of Commerce,<br />

Lockport Lions Club, Lockport<br />

Old Canal Days Committee,<br />

LADC, District 92 School Board,<br />

and presently a member of the First<br />

Church of God in Florida and the<br />

Inverness Moose Club. Ray was a<br />

devoted supporter of both Lockport<br />

and Coal City sports, loved to<br />

travel and spend time boating on<br />

the Kankakee River, dancing with<br />

his wife and friends, and through<br />

the Church Without Walls in Florida,<br />

he and his family volunteered<br />

serving meals to the needy. But<br />

his greatest joy in life was spending<br />

time with his family. He is<br />

survived by his wife of four years,<br />

Jamie Porto; children, Tony Porto,<br />

Pamela (Paul) McMurtrey and Michael<br />

(Tracey) Porto; grandchildren,<br />

Haley and Aaron McMurtrey,<br />

Alexandra, Dylan, Hayley and<br />

Michael Porto; step-grandson,<br />

Josesph Furbeck; mother, Eileen<br />

(Mandel) Porto; and numerous<br />

nieces and nephews survive. In lieu<br />

of flowers, memorials to the Joliet<br />

Area Community Hospice Home<br />

would be appreciated.<br />

Jacquelyn Dzak<br />

Jacquelyn Dzak (nee Hagelshaw),<br />

91, of Lockport, died<br />

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

side. Jackie was a longtime resident<br />

of Lockport and resided in<br />

Crest Hill at Willow Falls for the<br />

last four years. She was born in Seattle<br />

and worked at Ludwig School<br />

for 15 years as a baker. She loved<br />

to play canasta, enjoyed painting<br />

ceramics and was an avid gardener.<br />

Jackie was an excellent cook<br />

and baker. She is survived by her<br />

son, Bill (Jodi); daughters, Sandi<br />

(the late Lou) Terzick and Nancy<br />

(Ken) Shepherd; 16 grandchildren;<br />

14 great-grandchildren; two greatgreat<br />

grandchildren; and numerous<br />

nieces and nephews survive. Jackie<br />

loved her Willow Falls family and<br />

her family appreciates the loving<br />

and nurturing care the staff provided.<br />

A memorial service was held<br />

Dec. 2 at Prairie Bluff Golf Club.<br />

Inurnment will be held at a later<br />

date at Bay Pines Cemetery in St.<br />

Petersburg, Florida.<br />

Andrew T. Imrisek<br />

Andrew “Sonny” T. Imrisek, 81,<br />

of Lockport, died Dec. 2. Andrew<br />

was born in Argo, Illinois and resided<br />

in Lockport for the last 10<br />

years. He was emmployed at Johnson<br />

& Johnson for 23 years. He was<br />

an avid golfer and had many wonderful<br />

friends. Andrew is survived<br />

by his loving wife, Marian (nee<br />

Jaskowiak) of 53 years; daughter,<br />

Susan (Michael) Wick; son, Tony<br />

(Carmen); grandchildren, Alex,<br />

Chloe, Loradana and Alina; brothers,<br />

Dan and Fred (Diane); and<br />

many nieces and nephews survive.<br />

Funeral services were held Dec. 6<br />

at St. Dennis Church in Lockport.<br />

Salvatore N. D’Arpa<br />

Salvatore “Sal” N. D’Arpa, 82, of<br />

Lockport, died Dec. 6. He was born<br />

in Palermo, Sicily “Italy” and was<br />

a current resident of Lockport. Sal<br />

was an amazing cook, enjoyed visiting<br />

family and friends in Italy, loved<br />

the ocean, and most of all cherished<br />

his family. He is survived by his<br />

loving and devoted wife of 55 years,<br />

Marie (nee Cirrincione); three children,<br />

Bijou (Alan Asper) D’Arpa,<br />

Jamie D’Arpa and Sara D’Arpa;<br />

grandchildren, Giampaolo Asper,<br />

Noah and Elizabeth D’Arpa; two<br />

cherished sisters and one brother in<br />

Italy. In lieu of flowers, memorials<br />

to a charity of donor’s choice in Salvatore’s<br />

name would be greatly appreciated.<br />

A mass of Christian burial<br />

celebrating his life was held Dec.<br />

8. Cremation rites were respectfully<br />

addressed.<br />

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

honor? Email j.schlabach@<br />

22ndcenturymedia.com with<br />

information about a loved one who<br />

was a part of the Lockport community.


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Sounds of the season delight at LTHS Holiday Band Concert<br />

Laurie Fanelli<br />

Freelance Reporter<br />

Music lovers heard those<br />

sleigh bells jingle-ing, ringting<br />

tingle-ing, too, at the<br />

Lockport Township High<br />

School East Campus auditorium<br />

on Thursday, Dec.<br />

6, during the Holiday Band<br />

Concert.<br />

The comprehensive program<br />

— featuring Concert<br />

Band A and Concert Band<br />

B, both led by Associate<br />

Director of Bands Andrew<br />

Beckwith, and the LTHS<br />

Wind Symphony, led by Director<br />

of Bands Brian Covey<br />

— celebrated the sounds of<br />

the season with such festive<br />

favorites as “All I Want for<br />

Christmas Is You” (Concert<br />

Band B) and “Feliz Navidad”<br />

(Concert Band A).<br />

There was something for<br />

fans of all musical genres to<br />

enjoy at the concert.<br />

“Literature is selected to<br />

expose our students and audience<br />

to a wide breadth of<br />

musical genres,” Covey explained.<br />

“Included in these<br />

genres is the pop genre, so<br />

each ensemble will perform<br />

at least one selection in the<br />

holiday fashion. This year,<br />

the Wind Symphony will<br />

be performing two holiday<br />

selections, concluding with<br />

Leroy Anderson’s ‘Sleigh<br />

Ride,’ which has concluded<br />

our concerts for the past<br />

eight years.”<br />

Anderson’s light and<br />

bouncy composition is always<br />

a treat for audience<br />

members, but it’s even more<br />

fun to play, explained senior<br />

clarinetist Alyson Matushek.<br />

“It’s just so fun to play because<br />

we [the clarinets] have<br />

the melody, and it’s so fun<br />

to be in it and play it instead<br />

of just listening to it,” Matushek<br />

said. “And, it’s fun<br />

because we’re allowed to put<br />

Santa hats on and be really<br />

festive for the holidays.”<br />

Senior Joey Cryer — who<br />

plays the trombone — counts<br />

the Holiday Band Concert<br />

as one of his favorites every<br />

year. At last Thursday<br />

night’s event, he was especially<br />

looking forward to<br />

narrating the Wind Symphony’s<br />

performance of “The<br />

Night Before Christmas,”<br />

during which he donned a<br />

festive robe over his suit<br />

while reciting the tale of St.<br />

Nick, his miniature sleigh<br />

and eight tiny reindeer.<br />

“The Holiday Concert is<br />

a favorite around here because<br />

usually we do more<br />

formal events, and this is<br />

a time to cut loose,” Cryer<br />

said. “It’s a great community<br />

of kids. I haven’t really been<br />

in any other groups where<br />

people are so close together<br />

and people work so hard to<br />

achieve something and put<br />

something like this together.”<br />

Penelope Simon and Alison<br />

Reum — both of whom<br />

have children in the band<br />

program — love watching<br />

the individual musicians<br />

come together in camaraderie<br />

as a “band family” to create<br />

something special.<br />

“Just the fact of knowing<br />

that my daughters can make<br />

such beautiful music out of<br />

a piece of metal blows my<br />

mind,” Simon said. “I get so<br />

much joy out of seeing them<br />

translate into something so<br />

beautiful. It gets me every<br />

time.”<br />

Much like the musicians,<br />

Reum appreciates how the<br />

Holiday Concert showcases<br />

the talents of the members<br />

of the band program, while<br />

also highlighting their holiday<br />

cheer.<br />

“The serious pieces are<br />

beautiful,” Reum said.<br />

“They will always have a<br />

piece that will get you in the<br />

heartstrings, and then when<br />

they’re having fun, you get<br />

to enjoy that, too. They take<br />

Concert Band A stands for a round of applause after performing “Feliz Navidad” during the Holiday Band Concert on Thursday,<br />

Dec. 6, at the Lockport Township High School East Campus auditorium. Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media<br />

their music seriously, but<br />

they don’t take themselves<br />

so seriously.”<br />

Earlier in the week, on<br />

Dec. 4, the two LTHS Freshman<br />

Bands and the LTHS<br />

Symphonic Band performed<br />

a concert featuring such<br />

pieces as “Holiday Carol<br />

Collage,” “Christmas at the<br />

Movies” and “Winter on<br />

Emerald Bay.” Students in<br />

each of the ensembles across<br />

both performance nights prepared<br />

with group rehearsals<br />

and individual practice for<br />

approximately two months<br />

to bring the music to life.<br />

Covey noted that the<br />

band program would like to<br />

“thank the community for<br />

their continued support of<br />

our students.”<br />

“Our concerts are a wonderful<br />

place that family and<br />

friends come together to<br />

support and enjoy each other’s<br />

company,” Covey said.<br />

“There is no competition or<br />

Senior Jacqueline Ryan, of Lockport, and Junior Hannah Compton, of Homer Glen, decorate<br />

their euphoniums at the Holiday Band Concert.<br />

judgement; instead, it’s a<br />

wonderful place to come and<br />

share an evening with others.”<br />

The next formal concert<br />

will be held at the East Campus<br />

auditorium on Feb. 12<br />

and 14. Like all LTHS Band<br />

concerts, admission is free,<br />

and more information can<br />

be found at www.lockport<br />

bands.org.


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creative chat<br />

Q&A WITH LOCKPORT’S UNIQUE AND TALENTED CULTURE<br />

creative chat<br />

Getting to know Laura Wellman<br />

Q&A WITH LOCKPORT’S UNIQUE AND TALENTED CULTURE<br />

Laura Wellman<br />

has been a<br />

member of The<br />

Artist Guild of<br />

Lockport for<br />

about a year<br />

Wellman<br />

What media do<br />

you work with the most?<br />

The only way I can answer<br />

is that right now, what<br />

I’m working with are melted<br />

crayons. The reason is I’m<br />

also a musician and I used to<br />

own a jewelry company, and<br />

I have a degree in theater, so<br />

I don’t just stick with one<br />

medium.<br />

How long have you been<br />

working with melted<br />

crayons?<br />

For the last five or six<br />

years, that’s primarily what<br />

I’ve been doing.<br />

Why did you decide to start<br />

creating art with melted<br />

crayons?<br />

Years ago, I home<br />

schooled my kids and we<br />

had a bucket of crayons in<br />

an art cabinet in the room in<br />

our house where we had the<br />

home-school room. Every<br />

year there would be broken<br />

crayons and everything and<br />

I would throw them in this<br />

big bucket, and for whatever<br />

reason I felt like “there’s<br />

got to be something to do<br />

with these crayons.” So carried<br />

this bucket around with<br />

me for a little while and I’m<br />

not exactly sure how I came<br />

up with the idea, but I think I<br />

found out that you can light<br />

a crayon on fire and create a<br />

candle that way, so I started<br />

just playing with some of<br />

these broken crayons and<br />

lighting them on fire. I realized<br />

that they melted at<br />

a really low temperature,<br />

and so I tried a hair dryer<br />

and realized I could melt<br />

the crayons with a hair<br />

dryer.<br />

Do you do art full time, or is<br />

it more of a hobby?<br />

Any form of artwork that<br />

I’ve ever been involved<br />

with comes from a very<br />

selfish position. It’s never<br />

been intended to make<br />

money or really be in the<br />

public eye. I do art because<br />

that’s who I am, that’s how<br />

I express myself, that’s<br />

how I give gifts… When I<br />

started using the melted<br />

crayons, I was going through<br />

a divorce and it was literal<br />

therapy for me. When I<br />

didn’t have my kids, which<br />

was a very hard thing for<br />

me, I would do artwork for<br />

days on end. It helped me get<br />

through a lot.<br />

What is the toughest part of<br />

doing art for you?<br />

The toughest part for me,<br />

because I don’t do it professionally<br />

and I’m just a busy<br />

person because I’m the single<br />

parent of three kids, and<br />

I’m an insurance broker,<br />

is to find the time and the<br />

emotional space to do my<br />

art. I live in a really small<br />

apartment. I don’t have studio<br />

space, so literally my<br />

kitchen, dining room, office<br />

and studio is all one room.<br />

I don’t have a place where<br />

I could just leave the stuff<br />

out. If I could leave it out, I<br />

would accomplish more, so<br />

I struggle with getting into<br />

shows for TAGOL because<br />

it takes me months to prepare<br />

to gather the materials<br />

that I need and then to work<br />

on a piece. It takes a lot of<br />

emotional space to express<br />

yourself artistically, and<br />

that’s probably the biggest<br />

challenge I face at this time.<br />

Do you have any future<br />

goals for your art?<br />

Yeah, I would love to<br />

be a little more serious,<br />

a little bit more focused<br />

about it. And I think as my<br />

kids get older and as I get<br />

a little more stable in my<br />

career, I can foresee myself<br />

having the physical space<br />

and the emotional space<br />

more available so I can be<br />

more prolific and kind of<br />

seek it out a little bit more<br />

intentionally.<br />

How would you describe<br />

your own artistic style?<br />

I would call it more expressionistic,<br />

more abstract.<br />

Where do you get your<br />

inspiration from?<br />

I get it from everywhere.<br />

In fact I’m working on a<br />

piece right now and I was<br />

inspired to do the piece<br />

I’m working on right now<br />

because in my bathroom<br />

there’s a tile that’s cracked<br />

and it formed what I saw<br />

was a little image. And I literally<br />

looked at this tile for<br />

the last two and a half years<br />

and kept seeing the same<br />

image over and over and<br />

I’m using that as the inspiration<br />

for my next piece.<br />

What are your favorite<br />

pieces you’ve done?<br />

One of my favorite pieces<br />

hangs in a friend of mine’s<br />

house. Another one is here<br />

on the top of my bookshelf<br />

and it’s actually a cross. It<br />

was one of the first pieces<br />

that I made. Every time I<br />

look at it, I just feel really<br />

appreciative.<br />

Interview by Editor Max Lapthorne<br />

Laura Wellman’s piece titled “Mosaic” is an example of the work she does with melted<br />

crayons. Photos submitted<br />

Laura Wellman has been using melted crayons to create art for more than five years.


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the Lockport Legend | December 13, 2018 | 19<br />

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Health News Syndicate<br />

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20 | December 13, 2018 | The Lockport Legend dining out<br />

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The Dish<br />

Cacao Cafe serves up Latin dishes, pastries and drinks<br />

Amanda Villiger, Assistant Editor<br />

Making chocolate is a process<br />

that takes a not-so-extraordinary<br />

bean, the cacao bean, and turns it<br />

into something delicious.<br />

The transformation takes the bitter,<br />

earthy seed and — after a long<br />

process of roasting and grinding and<br />

mixing — makes it a sweet treat<br />

people around the world love to eat.<br />

When Linda Aceves, of Tinley<br />

Park, started her journey to open<br />

Cacao Cafe, she was presented<br />

with a similar challenge in the form<br />

of a space that did not look like<br />

much on the outside or the inside.<br />

Located at 9111 W. 151st St. in<br />

Orland Park, Cacao Cafe now fills<br />

what was once an empty space<br />

with no guts, so to speak. With a<br />

little creativity and a lot of hard<br />

work, Aceves turned it into a modern<br />

internet cafe.<br />

Aceves, who graduated from<br />

Tinley Park High School in 2009,<br />

fell in love with baking during a<br />

class she took there but ultimately<br />

decided to pursue premed in college.<br />

Soon into her studies to become<br />

a doctor, she said she took a step<br />

back because she just knew it was<br />

not the right path for her. While<br />

taking some time off from school,<br />

she saw an advertisement for a culinary<br />

school.<br />

She took the plunge and applied,<br />

finding herself enrolled and taking<br />

classes at Le Cordon Bleu College<br />

of Culinary Arts in Chicago before<br />

she knew it.<br />

“I wasn’t really sure what I even<br />

wanted to do; I just know I just love<br />

to bake, I like to cook and I really<br />

like to people’s face and emotions<br />

when they see something beautiful,<br />

like a cake or something,” Aceves<br />

said. “So, that’s my whole inspiration.<br />

Having this big place now, I<br />

have so many ideas.”<br />

Baking was something Aceves<br />

said came naturally to her, and she<br />

has chosen to use her talents in the<br />

kitchen to get back to her roots<br />

with Cacao Cafe, which specializes<br />

in Latin pastries and drinks,<br />

and has light breakfast and lunch<br />

items as well.<br />

Cacao Cafe<br />

9111 W. 151st St. in Orland<br />

Park<br />

Hours<br />

• 6 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-<br />

Saturday<br />

• 6 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday<br />

For more information ...<br />

Web: cacaocafeorland.com<br />

Email: cacaocafe@yahoo.com<br />

Having free wireless internet<br />

makes the space great for people<br />

who are working remotely, but<br />

Aceves said she also hopes to see<br />

the space become a “community<br />

cafe” where people want to attend<br />

private or public events and even<br />

host their own.<br />

The cafe just opened in early<br />

November, but Aceves said she already<br />

has a few regulars.<br />

“We are a scratch kitchen, so we<br />

prepare everything in house,” said<br />

Aceves, who has partnered with<br />

Back of the Yards Coffee Co. in<br />

Chicago.<br />

As a result, Cacao Cafe is able<br />

to serve a variety of Latin-infused<br />

coffees, including a traditional<br />

drink called cafe de olla. The drink<br />

is served in an earthen clay pot,<br />

similar to terracotta, which gives<br />

the drink its own unique flavor.<br />

“Coffee, it’s a big thing in our<br />

culture,” Aceves said. “I think I<br />

started drinking coffee since I was<br />

5 years old.”<br />

Aceves parents both immigrated<br />

to the United States from Mexico,<br />

and she and her two younger brothers<br />

were born in the U.S. As the<br />

oldest of her siblings, she is also<br />

the first one in her family to graduate<br />

from high school and college<br />

— and to own her own business.<br />

“I’m also the first to actually live<br />

my dream and live that so-called<br />

American dream that every immigrant<br />

parent has for their child,”<br />

she said. “I’m very proud.”<br />

The cafe is to have a set menu<br />

with popular Latin staples soon.<br />

And Aceves said she likes to have<br />

a variety of rotating, daily specials.<br />

In 2019, she said she plans to get<br />

a liquor license, which will allow<br />

A variety of Latin pastries tempt customers at the counter of Cacao Cafe in Orland Park. Photos by Amanda<br />

Villiger/22nd Century Media<br />

One of the lunch options at Cacao Cafe are the sopes ($8.89), which are<br />

made with fried corn discs topped with refried beans, steak, lettuce,<br />

pico de gallo, queso fresco and sour cream. They are served with a side<br />

of refried beans and rice.<br />

the business to create liquor-infused<br />

pastries and espresso drinks.<br />

While many of the drinks may be<br />

geared toward an adult clientele,<br />

Aceves said the cafe is certainly a<br />

family-friendly place with options<br />

for youngsters, as well.<br />

She said she also plans to grow<br />

the menu over time to incorporate<br />

more options for vegetarian, vegan<br />

and gluten-free patrons.<br />

One of the breakfast favorites at<br />

Cacao Cafe is the huevos rancheros<br />

($6.99), made with two sunny<br />

side up eggs atop fried tortillas and<br />

topped with cheese and homemade<br />

salsa. The dish comes with a side<br />

of refried beans and rice.<br />

Sopes ($8.89) are on the lunch<br />

menu and feature fried corn discs<br />

topped with refried beans, steak,<br />

lettuce, pico de gallo, queso fresco<br />

and sour cream.<br />

The counter at Cacao Cafe presents<br />

an enticing array of Latin<br />

baked goods, including various<br />

flavors of crumbly sugar cookies<br />

called polvorones ($.90 each);<br />

seashell-shaped sweet breads<br />

called conchas ($1.05); empanadas<br />

de fresa and empanadas de<br />

piña ($.95), which feature a sweet<br />

dough wrapped around a strawberry<br />

or pineapple fruit filling; molasses<br />

cookies in the shape of a small<br />

pig, called puerquitos ($.80); and<br />

jalapeno queso bread ($1.25).<br />

Coffee can be served to go in<br />

three sizes: 12 ounces ($1.99),<br />

16 ounces ($2.29) or 20 ounces<br />

($2.59). It also can be enjoyed in a<br />

mug in house ($2.59). Coffees can<br />

be made as specialty Latin drinks,<br />

as well (add $.50).


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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. Attention-getter<br />

5. Swill<br />

9. Living room musts<br />

14. Record<br />

15. Get wind of<br />

16. Chicago’s University<br />

Apartments architect<br />

17. Out on a boat<br />

18. “Beetle Bailey” dog<br />

19. Party clothes, for<br />

some<br />

20. Homer Glen ____<br />

Trail<br />

22. The cord in a candle<br />

24. Nabokov heroine and<br />

others<br />

25. ___-di-dah<br />

26. Tuba note?<br />

29. “Otra” Spanish<br />

32. Kidman of “The Stepford<br />

Wives”<br />

34. Leg’s partner<br />

36. Shady recess<br />

39. SALT treaty subject<br />

40. Song for two<br />

42. A rechargeable battery<br />

44. Big furniture retailer<br />

45. Selects<br />

46. Stuffs<br />

48. Hallow ending<br />

49. Alerter<br />

52. Showy display<br />

54. Ending for “market”<br />

or “profit”<br />

55. Dodgers catcher Campanella<br />

57. ___-Seltzer<br />

59. Grandeur<br />

60. Homer Glen neighbor<br />

62. Goes with oohed<br />

65. Bring in<br />

67. Bolted<br />

69. “___ Jacques” (song)<br />

70. Raison d’ ___<br />

71. Off in the distance<br />

72. In a tough spot<br />

73. “Game of Thrones”<br />

character<br />

74. Adjusts, as a clock<br />

Down<br />

1. Educ. group<br />

2. Figure skater Cohen<br />

3. Mph gauge<br />

4. Treat roughly<br />

5. Sole supporter?<br />

6. Sanctions<br />

7. Horse feed<br />

8. Loiter about, with no<br />

apparent aim<br />

9. Often-dried fruit<br />

10. Berserk<br />

11. Automobile sticker<br />

fig.<br />

12. Shade of green<br />

13. Relative, for short<br />

21. Government safety<br />

org.<br />

23. 007 creator Fleming<br />

26. Swiss army gadget<br />

27. “Seascape” playwright<br />

28. Macho sort<br />

30. Ending for west or<br />

south<br />

31. Sluggers’ stats<br />

33. 102, in old Rome<br />

34. Hacienda brick<br />

35. Indian coin<br />

37. Peruvian plant<br />

38. Bank posting<br />

41. Food measurement<br />

43. End of the year<br />

month, for short<br />

47. Dis<br />

50. Worn away<br />

51. CD-___<br />

53. Warm welcomes<br />

56. WWI battle<br />

58. Troubled<br />

59. French father<br />

60. Pasternak heroine<br />

61. Bladed weapon<br />

62. Rearward<br />

63. Opposite of dep.<br />

64. Part of a giggle<br />

66. Biblical verb suffix<br />

68. ER personnel<br />

LOCKPORT<br />

Port Noir<br />

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

(815) 834-9463)<br />

■■4-7 p.m. Monday-Friday:<br />

Happy Hour<br />

■■8-10 p.m. Thursdays:<br />

Comedy Bingo<br />

■■8-11 p.m. Fridays and<br />

Saturdays: Live Band<br />

■■7-11 p.m. Sundays:<br />

Open Mic Night<br />

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 />

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 />

ORLAND PARK<br />

Girl in the Park<br />

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

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

226-0042)<br />

■■8 p.m. Thursdays:<br />

Bingo<br />

■■8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays:<br />

Live Music<br />

TINLEY PARK<br />

The Whistle Sports Bar &<br />

Grill<br />

(7537 W. 159th St.,<br />

Tinley Park; (708) 904-<br />

4990)<br />

■■6-8 p.m. Tuesdays: Bar<br />

Bingo<br />

■■2-5 p.m. Wednesdays:<br />

Happy Hour<br />

■■3-5 p.m. Fridays:<br />

Teacher Appreciation<br />

■■3-5 p.m. Saturdays and<br />

Sundays:<br />

Happy Hour<br />

NEW LENOX<br />

Hickory Creek Brewing<br />

Company<br />

(1005 W Laraway Rd,<br />

New Lenox, IL 60451<br />

(779) 803-3974)<br />

■■3 close Fridays: Happy<br />

Hour from 3 to 6 p.m.<br />

followed by Smokin’ Z<br />

BBQ food truck from<br />

5:30 to 8:30 p.m. and<br />

live music.<br />

To place an event<br />

in The Scene, email<br />

m.schuller@22ndcm.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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the Lockport Legend | December 13, 2018 | 23<br />

Impressive Luxury Townhomes are<br />

Closing Fast at Brookside Meadows<br />

This is it! One of the best<br />

values in a new home will soon<br />

be gone forever. Brookside<br />

Meadows, Crana Homes’<br />

community of award-winning<br />

luxury townhomes in Tinley<br />

Park, is nearly complete. These<br />

attractive luxury townhomes<br />

range from the lower-$300s<br />

– including site - so demand is<br />

high and buyers are advised<br />

to act now while some choice<br />

sites are still available. Ideal<br />

location. Beautiful designs.<br />

Quality construction. Great<br />

value. When shoppers review<br />

their new home ‘wish list’ it’s<br />

clear that Brookside Meadows<br />

is perfect for first time buyers,<br />

last time buyers or those<br />

who want a great place to<br />

raise a family. These energyefficient<br />

luxury townhomes<br />

are impressively designed and<br />

set apart in a quiet section of<br />

Tinley Park. But Brookside<br />

Meadows is over 75% sold<br />

out so now is the time to select<br />

a site and create a home from<br />

the award-winning floorplans<br />

of the Fahan II, the Lennan<br />

II and the latest design, the<br />

Dunree II.<br />

Need to stretch out? The<br />

Fahan II is a beautiful 3,303<br />

total square foot luxury<br />

townhome (including a 1,216<br />

sq.’ basement) with an attached<br />

two-car, dry-walled garage and<br />

cement driveway. The twostory<br />

stately entrance foyer<br />

opens up to a split level floor<br />

plan that has three bedrooms<br />

(fourth bedroom optional)<br />

and two and a half baths. A<br />

large open kitchen design with<br />

stunning granite countertops<br />

is surrounded by generous<br />

custom maple cabinets and<br />

a ceramic tile floor. The 1st<br />

floor master bedroom offers an<br />

optional coffered ceiling and<br />

the optional master bath plan<br />

includes a soothing soaker tub.<br />

An elegant loft overlooks<br />

a great room adjacent to<br />

the kitchen. Beautiful oak is<br />

selected for doors, railings and<br />

trim. Ceramic tile covers the<br />

floors in the foyer as well as the<br />

bathrooms - which also feature<br />

granite vanity tops. A full<br />

lookout basement and a patio<br />

are included in the Fahan II.<br />

The Lennan II is a<br />

comfortable two/three<br />

bedroom split level home<br />

with two and a half baths,<br />

and includes most of the<br />

outstanding features and<br />

options of the Fahan II with<br />

the spacious master suite<br />

relocated to the upper level and<br />

the addition of an impressive<br />

dining/family room. With<br />

3,167 square feet of total<br />

space (including a 1,049 sq.’<br />

basement), there is plenty of<br />

room to entertain family and<br />

friends in comfort and style.<br />

The Dunree II is a sharp<br />

three bedroom, two and a<br />

half bath home with 3,194<br />

total square feet (including<br />

a large 1,226 sq.’ basement)<br />

with a master suite on the<br />

first floor. The foyer, powder<br />

room, kitchen and living room<br />

all have stunning hardwood<br />

oak floors. Attached is a twocar,<br />

dry walled garage with a<br />

cement driveway. The home<br />

also includes a 12’ x 12’ deck.<br />

All homes have deluxe<br />

landscaping, underground<br />

utilities and a first floor laundry<br />

room. Where available, buyers<br />

can select options like an<br />

impressive fireplace, walkout<br />

basement, coffered ceilings,<br />

skylights and a soaker tub in the<br />

master bath.<br />

Brookside Meadows includes<br />

sprinkler systems, smoke<br />

detectors and Lake Michigan<br />

water in all homes. Energysaving<br />

features like a highefficiency<br />

furnace and Lo-E<br />

glass, Energy Miser hot water<br />

heater, vented soffits, 1.75”<br />

insulated entrance doors,<br />

energy efficient appliances and<br />

Tuff-R insulated wall sheathing<br />

are all standard.<br />

Brookside Meadows is close<br />

to everything: retail, dining,<br />

transportation routes, Metra<br />

rail station and airports. The<br />

school system is among the<br />

best in the state and Tinley<br />

Park, named “The Best Place<br />

In America to Raise a Family”<br />

by Bloomberg’s BusinessWeek<br />

maintains 40 parks and the<br />

huge Bettenhausen indoor<br />

recreational center.<br />

It’s easy to see why this<br />

community is nearly sold<br />

out. The sales center, with<br />

fully furnished and beautifully<br />

decorated models, is open<br />

Monday through Thursday<br />

10:00am to 4:00pm; Saturday<br />

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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 forawhile 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 />

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Distinctive Home Builders<br />

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Ridge and Leighlinbridge<br />

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Will and south Cook county<br />

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Distinctive Home Builders<br />

chose the Will County village<br />

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within walking distance of the<br />

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Its convenient location between<br />

Interstate 57 and Illinois Route<br />

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

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

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Open Daily 10:00 a.m. – 5:00<br />

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1999 Chevy corvette 15k<br />

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2013 Tesla S60 ELECTRIC<br />

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• 1517 Johnson St.,<br />

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Dinolfo Trust to Jessica Y.<br />

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• 16106 Golfview Drive,<br />

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- Melissa E. McKinney<br />

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• 16128 Bent Grass<br />

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• 16400 Teton Drive,<br />

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Jeremy T. Barnes to Dawn<br />

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• 16618 W. 147th Place,<br />

Lockport, 60441-2354<br />

- Lawrence E. Miller to<br />

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• 810 Cove Ave.,<br />

Lockport, 60441-2268<br />

- Steven M. Hupke<br />

to Mateusz Gawel,<br />

Katarzyna Gawel<br />

$238,000<br />

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• 14216 W. Melbourne<br />

Place, Lockport, 60441-<br />

6024 - William J. Muhr to<br />

Kristopher W. Muhr, Dena<br />

M. Muhr $209,000<br />

• 16059 W. Pennyroyal<br />

Lane, Lockport, 60441-<br />

4134 - MI Homes of<br />

Chicago LLC to Michael<br />

A. Rodgers, Cassandra A.<br />

Rodgers $388,000<br />

• 1610 Grove Court,<br />

Lockport, 60441-4799 -<br />

Brian T. Stack to Jason R.<br />

Wallenberg, $188,000<br />

• 16137 W. High Meadow<br />

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4121 - MI Homes of<br />

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• 14319 High Road,<br />

Lockport, 60441-7418<br />

- Janusz Parzuch to<br />

Mariusz Wyszynski,<br />

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• 1492 S. Jefferson St.,<br />

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Better Than New Homes<br />

LLC to Joshua Michael<br />

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• 2116 S. Austrian Pine<br />

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to Donald Salvino, Denise<br />

Salvino $173,000<br />

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• 16856 Ivy Lane,<br />

Lockport, 60441-1318<br />

- Vivian Stranski to Zofia<br />

Osinski, $213,000<br />

Oct. 23<br />

• 1228 Newbridge Ave.,<br />

Lockport, 60441-2782 -<br />

Pacione Trust to Nicholas<br />

Martin Pacione, Nicole<br />

Marie Pacione $250,000<br />

• 14513 Archer Ave.,<br />

Lockport, 60441-2274<br />

- James E. Bumber<br />

to James R. Latham,<br />

Shannon Lowery Latham<br />

$213,500<br />

• 16714 Placid Court,<br />

Lockport, 60441-3115<br />

- First Midwest Bank<br />

Trustee to Michael<br />

P. Ambrose, Carol J.<br />

Ambrose $296,500<br />

• 2105 S. Austrian Pine<br />

St., Lockport, 60441-<br />

3880 - Brandon N.<br />

Young to Gayle Soulides,<br />

$167,000<br />

• 17638 S. Alta Drive,<br />

Lockport, 60441-4781 -<br />

Donna Bustami to Charles<br />

Phelan, $176,500<br />

• 1823 S. Washington<br />

St., Lockport, 60441-<br />

4337 - First Bank Of<br />

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to Antonio Chavez,<br />

Lizeth Martinez Chavez<br />

$225,000<br />

• 219 E. 11th St.,<br />

Lockport, 60441-3418 -<br />

4438 Grove LLC to Steven<br />

W. Fitzmaurice, $136,000<br />

Oct. 24<br />

• 16864 W. Alpine St.,<br />

Lockport, 60441-8108 -<br />

Hawthorne Rfs IV LLC to<br />

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SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE<br />

of 1309 EAST NORTH STREET,<br />

LOCKPORT, IL 60441 (single family<br />

home with attached 2 car garage.). On<br />

the 3rd day of January, 2019 to be held<br />

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

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

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

Title: DITECH FINANCIAL LLC<br />

Plaintiff V. RYAN J ANDERSEN<br />

A/K/A RYAN JANDERSON, A/K/A<br />

RYAN ANDERSON; ABCD HOLD-<br />

INGS LLC, Defendant.<br />

Case No. 17CH 0199 in the Circuit<br />

Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit,<br />

Will County, Illinois.<br />

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

time of sale and the balance within<br />

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

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

the residential real estate pursuant<br />

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

mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other<br />

lienor acquiring the residential real estate<br />

whose rights in and tothe residential<br />

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

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

funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will<br />

County. Judgment amount is<br />

$246,229.52 plus interest, cost and post<br />

judgment advances, if any.<br />

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

ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS<br />

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

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

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

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

amortgagee, shall pay the assessments<br />

and legal fees required bysubdivisions<br />

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

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

of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium<br />

Property Act.<br />

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

if there is asurplus following application<br />

ofthe proceeds of sale, then the<br />

plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant<br />

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

to the proceeding advising them of<br />

the amount ofthe surplus and that the<br />

surplus will beheld until aparty obtains<br />

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

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

is forfeited to the State.<br />

For Information Please Contact:<br />

PIERCE AND ASSOCIATES<br />

1 N. Dearborn Suite 1300<br />

Chicago, Illinois 60602<br />

P: 312-346-9088<br />

F:<br />

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT<br />

COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT<br />

YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS<br />

LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A<br />

DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING<br />

TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY<br />

INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL<br />

BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.<br />

SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE<br />

of 225 East 13th Street, Lockport, IL<br />

60441 (Single Family Home). Onthe<br />

3rd day ofJanuary, 2019 to be held at<br />

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

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

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

Title: Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC<br />

Plaintiff V.Marc Costa; Candice Costa;<br />

Popular Bank; Unknown Heirs and<br />

Legatees of Marc Costa, if any; Unknown<br />

Heirs and Legatees of Candice<br />

Costa, ifany;; Unknown Owners and<br />

Non Record Claimants Defendant.<br />

Case No. 17CH 1612 in the Circuit<br />

Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit,<br />

Will County, Illinois.<br />

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

time of sale and the balance within<br />

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

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

the residential real estate pursuant<br />

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

mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other<br />

lienor acquiring the residential real estate<br />

whose rights in and tothe residential<br />

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

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

2701 Property for<br />

Sale<br />

fied funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will<br />

County.<br />

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

ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS<br />

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

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

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

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

amortgagee, shall pay the assessments<br />

and legal fees required bysubdivisions<br />

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

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

of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium<br />

Property Act.<br />

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

if there is asurplus following application<br />

ofthe proceeds of sale, then the<br />

plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant<br />

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

to the proceeding advising them of<br />

the amount ofthe surplus and that the<br />

surplus will beheld until aparty obtains<br />

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

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

is forfeited to the State.<br />

For Information Please Contact:<br />

THE WIRBICKI LAW GROUP<br />

33 W. Monroe St. Suite 1140<br />

Chicago, Illinois 60603<br />

P: 312-360-9455<br />

F: 312-572-7823<br />

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT<br />

COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT<br />

YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS<br />

LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A<br />

DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING<br />

TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY<br />

INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL<br />

BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.<br />

2703 Legal<br />

Notices<br />

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT<br />

COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT<br />

YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS<br />

LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A<br />

DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING<br />

TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY<br />

INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL<br />

BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.<br />

STATE OF ILLINOIS )<br />

) SS.<br />

COUNTY OF WILL )<br />

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE<br />

TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT<br />

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS<br />

DITECH FINANCIAL LLC<br />

Plaintiff,<br />

vs.<br />

RYAN J ANDERSEN A/K/A RYAN J<br />

ANDERSON, A/K/A RYAN ANDER-<br />

SON; ABCD HOLDINGS LLC,<br />

Defendant. No. 17 CH 0199<br />

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE<br />

Public notice ishereby given that pursuant<br />

toajudgment entered in the above<br />

cause on the 27th day of February,<br />

2018, MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will<br />

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

3rd day ofJanuary, 2019 ,commencing<br />

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

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

Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432,<br />

sell at public auction tothe highest and<br />

best bidder orbidders the following-described<br />

real estate:<br />

LOT 3, IN ABBEY GLEN ESTATES<br />

UNIT 1, BEING A SUBDIVISION IN<br />

THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OFSECTION<br />

13, TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH, RANGE<br />

10, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCI-<br />

PAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO<br />

THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED<br />

OCTOBER 28, 1992 AS DOCUMENT<br />

NO. R92-85348, IN WILL COUNTY,<br />

ILLINOIS.<br />

Commonly known as: 1309 EAST<br />

NORTH STREET, LOCKPORT, IL<br />

60441<br />

Description of Improvements:<br />

single family home with attached 2 car<br />

garage.<br />

2703 Legal<br />

Notices<br />

P.I.N.: 11-04-13-216-003-0000<br />

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

time of sale and the balance within<br />

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

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

the residential real estate pursuant<br />

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

mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other<br />

lienor acquiring the residential real estate<br />

whose rights inand to the residential<br />

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

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

funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will<br />

County. Judgment amount is<br />

$246,229.52 plus interest, cost and post<br />

judgment advances, if any.<br />

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

ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS<br />

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

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

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

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

amortgagee, shall pay the assessments<br />

and legal fees required bysubdivisions<br />

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

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

of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium<br />

Property Act.<br />

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

if there is asurplus following application<br />

ofthe proceeds of sale, then the<br />

plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant<br />

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

to the proceeding advising them of<br />

the amount ofthe surplus and that the<br />

surplus will beheld until aparty obtains<br />

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

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

is forfeited to the State.<br />

FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CON-<br />

TACT:<br />

PIERCE AND ASSOCIATES<br />

1 N. Dearborn Suite 1300<br />

Chicago, Illinois 60602<br />

P: 312-346-9088<br />

F:<br />

Plaintiff's Attorney<br />

MIKE KELLEY<br />

Sheriff of Will County<br />

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT<br />

COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT<br />

YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS<br />

LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A<br />

DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING<br />

TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY<br />

INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL<br />

BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.<br />

STATE OF ILLINOIS )<br />

) SS.<br />

COUNTY OF WILL )<br />

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE<br />

TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT<br />

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS<br />

Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC<br />

Plaintiff,<br />

vs.<br />

Marc Costa; Candice Costa; Popular<br />

Bank; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of<br />

Marc Costa, ifany; Unknown Heirs and<br />

Legatees of Candice Costa, ifany;; Unknown<br />

Owners and Non Record Claimants<br />

Defendant. No. 17 CH 1612<br />

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE<br />

Public notice ishereby given that pursuant<br />

toajudgment entered in the above<br />

cause on the 24th day of May, 2018,<br />

MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will<br />

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

3rd day ofJanuary, 2019 ,commencing<br />

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

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

Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432,<br />

sell at public auction tothe highest and<br />

best bidder orbidders the following-described<br />

real estate:<br />

THE WEST 50 FEET OF THE EAST<br />

118 FEET OF LOT 1IN BLOCK 106<br />

IN THE VILLAGE (NOW CITY) OF<br />

LOCKPORT, A SUBDIVISION IN<br />

SECTION 23TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH<br />

AND IN RANGE 10, EAST OF THE<br />

THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN IN<br />

WILL COUNTY ILLINOIS.<br />

Commonly known as: 225 East 13th<br />

Street, Lockport, IL 60441<br />

2703 Legal<br />

Notices<br />

Description of Improvements:<br />

Single Family Home<br />

P.I.N.: 11-04-23-337-010-0000<br />

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

time of sale and the balance within<br />

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

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

the residential real estate pursuant<br />

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

mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other<br />

lienor acquiring the residential real estate<br />

whose rights inand to the residential<br />

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

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

funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will<br />

County.<br />

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

ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS<br />

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

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

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

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

amortgagee, shall pay the assessments<br />

and legal fees required bysubdivisions<br />

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

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

of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium<br />

Property Act.<br />

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

if there is asurplus following application<br />

ofthe proceeds of sale, then the<br />

plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant<br />

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

to the proceeding advising them of<br />

the amount ofthe surplus and that the<br />

surplus will beheld until aparty obtains<br />

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

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

is forfeited to the State.<br />

FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CON-<br />

TACT:<br />

THE WIRBICKI LAW GROUP<br />

33 W. Monroe St. Suite 1140<br />

Chicago, Illinois 60603<br />

P: 312-360-9455<br />

F: 312-572-7823<br />

Plaintiff's Attorney<br />

MIKE KELLEY<br />

Sheriff of Will County<br />

2900 Merchandise<br />

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16 speed ladies bike, still in<br />

box, brand new! $75 or best offer.<br />

815.838.3932<br />

1970s bumper pool table, nice<br />

shape, balls, sticks, needs refelt<br />

$100. 708.479.7706<br />

4antique dining room chairs<br />

$100. 815.485.6008<br />

5piece entertainment center,<br />

solid oak, smoked glass doors,<br />

fully lighted, lots ofstorage.<br />

Excellent condition $100.<br />

708.532.4044<br />

A Westo Momentum CT 3.8<br />

elliptical exerciser with manual<br />

$85 best offer. 708.269.9414<br />

Antique vintage GENEVA ILL<br />

#8 star black flat cast iron $25.<br />

708.466.9907<br />

Barbie Doll in Nascar racing<br />

uniform, new, prestine $25.<br />

Little wizard red glass kerosene<br />

lantern $65 ea.<br />

708.460.8308<br />

Black IKEA leather chair, perfect<br />

condition $50. Entertainment<br />

center w/ glass dorrs $50.<br />

Call Debbie 815.534.5273


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Help Wanted · Garage Sales · Automotive<br />

Real Estate · Rentals · Merchandise<br />

Sell It 708.326.9170<br />

Fax It 708.326.9179<br />

Charge It<br />

DEADLINE -<br />

Friday at 3pm<br />

Automotive<br />

$52<br />

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 />

$30<br />

4 lines/<br />

7 papers<br />

2900 Merchandise<br />

Under $100<br />

16 speed ladies bike, still in<br />

box, brand new! $75 or best offer.<br />

815.838.3932<br />

1970s bumper pool table, nice<br />

shape, balls, sticks, needs refelt<br />

$100. 708.479.7706<br />

4antique dining room chairs<br />

$100. 815.485.6008<br />

5piece entertainment center,<br />

solid oak, smoked glass doors,<br />

fully lighted, lots ofstorage.<br />

Excellent condition $100.<br />

708.532.4044<br />

A Westo Momentum CT 3.8<br />

elliptical exerciser with manual<br />

$85 best offer. 708.269.9414<br />

Antique vintage GENEVA ILL<br />

#8 star black flat cast iron $25.<br />

708.466.9907<br />

Barbie Doll in Nascar racing<br />

uniform, new, prestine $25.<br />

Little wizard red glass kerosene<br />

lantern $65 ea.<br />

708.460.8308<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 />

Black IKEA leather chair, perfect<br />

condition $50. Entertainment<br />

center w/ glass dorrs $50.<br />

Call Debbie 815.534.5273<br />

Collection of 60 unique shot<br />

glasses. Varied sizes, shapes,<br />

each with adifferent design.<br />

Great for man cave, bar display<br />

or gifts. $40 for whole collection.<br />

Call 708.642.9019<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 />

Dewalt Hammer Drill 18V<br />

with STS bits, 2batteries with<br />

charger $95. 708.785.3085<br />

Fun - Fun: 2 sturdy wood sleds<br />

38” $5 48” $6 or 2 for $10.<br />

708.301.8880<br />

GE dishwasher, stainless exterior<br />

skin, slightly used $100.<br />

708.785.0987<br />

GE dishwasher, stainless exterior<br />

sink, slightly used $100.<br />

708.785.0987<br />

GE dryer $99. 708.262.0821 or<br />

312.519.5786<br />

Give your Grandma &<br />

Grandpa agift they will appreciate<br />

-an antique rocking chair,<br />

very good condition, with blue<br />

cover $100. 708.250.9583<br />

2900 Merchandise<br />

Under $100<br />

Mendini 5piece drum set, plus<br />

stool, pedal and cymbal $65<br />

FIRM. 708.633.1978<br />

Metal detector auto calibrating,<br />

digital. Never used $75. Mens<br />

ring, Sterling silver and turquoise<br />

&mother ofpearl $25.<br />

708.530.9354<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 />

New 3fttree with stand $10.<br />

New fresh tree, large tree stand<br />

$15. Dozen pink non-break<br />

tree ornaments, USA made $5<br />

ea. 708.460.8308<br />

Novelty musical & motion<br />

houseplant, 9inches tall, plays<br />

“Let’s Dance” $15. Steve<br />

708.403.2525<br />

Nurses uniforms, top & bottoms,<br />

1X & 2X $5 a piece.<br />

708.262.0821 ot 312.519.5786<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 />

Showtime Rotisserie & BBQ<br />

$50 obo. 708.478.5338<br />

Solar AA/AAA rechargeable<br />

batteries $4 ea. 5 WAT ceramic<br />

white bulbs $3 ea. 2PK<br />

appliance bulbs $4, 12 PK 40<br />

wat soft white bulbs $12.<br />

708.460.8308<br />

SUV jumbo sun shade $10, car<br />

shade $8, XL car cover 17ft<br />

long $29. 15 qts graphite oil $1<br />

ea. 708.460.8308<br />

Toro snowblower S-200 electric<br />

start $95. 708.785.3085<br />

Twelve ceramic Christmas<br />

houses, lighted in original<br />

boxes $90 or best offer.<br />

815.409.2605<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 />

Heavy duty engine hoist/tow<br />

bar! Red arrow model 1100.<br />

Needs hydraulic piston $50.<br />

Call Dave for pictures<br />

708.203.9272<br />

Long dining room table $99<br />

(cherry wood) & leaf.<br />

312.519.5786<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 />

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Athlete of the Week<br />

10 Questions<br />

with Andrew Bean<br />

Andrew Bean is a senior at<br />

Lockport Township and one<br />

of the top bowlers on the<br />

Porters team.<br />

It’s now over halfway<br />

through the boys bowling<br />

season. How do you<br />

think it’s gone?<br />

It’s gone pretty good. We<br />

had a little rocky start because<br />

we didn’t have a set<br />

lineup, but we’ve figured<br />

out who can score on what<br />

lanes.<br />

How did you get started<br />

in bowling?<br />

When I was 4 [or] 5, both<br />

of my parents [Alan and<br />

Kimberly] bowled. So they<br />

were like, ‘Let’s introduce<br />

him to this.’ They did, and I<br />

liked it.<br />

Your dad is the Porter<br />

JV coach. Although<br />

you’ve been bowling<br />

varsity since you were<br />

a sophomore, you were<br />

coached by him. What’s<br />

that been like?<br />

Well, he’s been coaching<br />

me since I started competitively<br />

in junior high. So it’s<br />

been no different. But yes,<br />

we do discuss bowling at the<br />

dinner table.<br />

Do you play any other<br />

sports?<br />

I did golf freshman year,<br />

and I’ve played on the tennis<br />

team the past three years,<br />

but I’m not sure about tennis<br />

yet this coming spring. But<br />

bowling is my favorite.<br />

What is it about the<br />

game of bowling that<br />

makes it the sport for<br />

you?<br />

It’s the hand-eye coordination.<br />

But also the fact that<br />

my height (5-foot-3) has<br />

nothing to do with it. Playing<br />

defense isn’t a part of<br />

bowling. It’s just as long as<br />

you can get the ball in the<br />

pocket.<br />

Have you ever bowled<br />

a 300?<br />

No. My highest ever was<br />

a 278. That was against Andrew<br />

on Nov. 20 of this season<br />

at Orland Bowl. I left a<br />

seven pin early and a 10 pin<br />

on my last throw, but that’s<br />

OK. My dad didn’t get his<br />

first 300 until he was in college.<br />

What’s something about<br />

bowling that the average<br />

person doesn’t<br />

know?<br />

They don’t know about<br />

the lane conditions. That the<br />

oil on the lanes is a big thing.<br />

Also, that there are different<br />

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types of bowling balls. Different<br />

ones are made to hook<br />

more or less.<br />

What have you learned<br />

from Lockport bowling<br />

coach Ron Davis?<br />

One of the things he’s<br />

helped me with is ball rotation.<br />

That helps on the different<br />

lane conditions. He’s<br />

a very technical coach.<br />

Do you plan to bowl in<br />

college?<br />

Yes, but I don’t know<br />

where yet. But every college<br />

that I’ve looked at has at<br />

least club bowling. I’m planning<br />

to major in electrical or<br />

mechanical engineering.<br />

What’s the best thing<br />

about being an athlete<br />

at Lockport?<br />

I’ve had the most fun with<br />

all my teammates throughout<br />

high school. These are<br />

guys like me, and I think<br />

every one of the guys I hang<br />

out with has been a teammate<br />

at one time or another.<br />

Interview by Freelance Reporter<br />

Randy Whalen<br />

This Week In...<br />

Lockport Township<br />

High School Varsity<br />

Athletics<br />

Wrestling<br />

■Dec. ■ 13 at Lincoln-Way<br />

West, 5:30 p.m.<br />

■Dec. ■ 14 host Lincoln-Way<br />

East, 5 p.m.<br />

■Dec. ■ 15 at Marmion Military<br />

Academy, 10 a.m.<br />

Boys Basketball<br />

■Dec. ■ 15 host Joliet Catholic<br />

Academy, 7 p.m.<br />

■Dec. ■ 17 host Reavis, 6:30<br />

p.m.<br />

porters<br />

From Page 39<br />

up.”<br />

Things started out well for<br />

the Porters as they led 14-8<br />

after the first quarter and by<br />

11 points at 20-9 with 5:36<br />

left to play in the first half.<br />

Karli had 11 points in the<br />

second quarter, but Thurman<br />

scored nine points to<br />

help rally the Tigers. The<br />

half ended with junior guard<br />

Cooper Bridges (11 points)<br />

banging home a shot from<br />

just inside the half-court line<br />

as the buzzer went off to<br />

bring North within 27-26 at<br />

halftime.<br />

“We got sloppy with the<br />

ball to end the first half,”<br />

Hespell said. “We had double-digit<br />

leads a couple of<br />

different times, and you<br />

have to continue doing what<br />

got you there. We were supposed<br />

to hold the ball at the<br />

basketball<br />

From Page 36<br />

Girls Basketball<br />

■Dec. ■ 14 at Bolingbrook,<br />

6:30 p.m.<br />

■Dec. ■ 15 at Spartan Holiday<br />

Tournament, TBD at Oak Lawn<br />

Girls Bowling<br />

■Dec. ■ 15 host Lockport<br />

Invitational, 9 a.m. at Strike<br />

and Spare<br />

Boys Bowling<br />

■Dec. ■ 13 host Fenton, 4:30<br />

p.m. at Strike and Spare<br />

■Dec. ■ 17 at Romeoville, 4:30<br />

p.m. at Bowlero Bowl<br />

end of the half, but instead<br />

we gave them time, and they<br />

made a big shot. That’s part<br />

of the learning process, and<br />

we have to get better.”<br />

In that second quarter,<br />

North was 9-of-12 from the<br />

free-throw line and finished<br />

the game 19-of-28. The Porters<br />

never attempted a free<br />

throw until the 6:38 mark of<br />

the fourth quarter and finished<br />

making 3-of-5 for the<br />

game.<br />

“We knew we wanted to<br />

attack the middle of their<br />

zone, and we finally did a<br />

good job of doing that in<br />

the second quarter,” North<br />

coach Bob Krahulik said.<br />

“It seemed like [the Porters]<br />

were settling for the 3-point<br />

shot, and we did a good job<br />

of attacking and getting to<br />

the free-throw line. We were<br />

pretty aggressive in the first<br />

half, and this was the first<br />

game we faced a big man<br />

play in the first half, but that<br />

was as close as they would<br />

get.<br />

Gugliuzza (9 points) and<br />

junior guard Sydney Swanberg<br />

(3 points, 8 rebounds)<br />

also hit 3-pointers for West.<br />

The Warriors did have 19<br />

turnovers, 11 of them in the<br />

first half, which was concerning<br />

to veteran coach<br />

Ryan White.<br />

“It felt like we shot the ball<br />

fairly decent,” White said.<br />

“But for me, there were still<br />

many turnovers for us, and<br />

that’s taking opportunities<br />

away. When we shoot the<br />

ball like we can and don’t<br />

get a shot at the basket, it’s<br />

costing us a lot of points.”<br />

The Porters concluded<br />

last week with a game on<br />

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

Boys Swimming<br />

■Dec. ■ 13 host Joliet Central,<br />

5 p.m.<br />

■Dec. ■ 14 at Neuqua Valley<br />

Invite (Diving), 5:30 p.m.<br />

■Dec. ■ 15 at Neuqua Valley<br />

Invite, 10 a.m.<br />

Cheerleading<br />

■Dec. ■ 15 at Rolling Meadows<br />

Invite, 8 a.m.<br />

■Dec. ■ 16 at Joliet West Invite,<br />

8 a.m.<br />

Competitive Dance<br />

■Dec. ■ 15 at Stagg Invite, 7<br />

a.m.<br />

in the middle [Halatek],<br />

but we didn’t change<br />

anything.”<br />

Bridges hit a jumper to<br />

give the Tigers the lead to<br />

open the second half, and<br />

they extended to a 35-30 advantage.<br />

Lockport, however,<br />

answered with an 11-0 run to<br />

lead 41-35 with 1:36 to play<br />

in the third. But back came<br />

North with five points in the<br />

final 1:14 of the half to trim<br />

the deficit to 41-40.<br />

The Porters were to travel<br />

to Yorkville for a nonconference<br />

game on Tuesday, Dec.<br />

11. This Saturday, Dec. 15,<br />

at 7 p.m. brings a special<br />

alumni night game against<br />

Joliet Catholic Academy at<br />

the old “pit” at Lockport’s<br />

Central Campus.<br />

Another game at the “pit”<br />

will take place on Monday,<br />

Dec. 17, at 6:30 p.m. against<br />

Reavis.<br />

opened play in the Oak<br />

Lawn Spartan Holiday<br />

Tournament. That tournament<br />

continued this Monday,<br />

Dec. 10, Wednesday,<br />

Dec. 12, and is to conclude<br />

on Saturday, Dec. 15. They<br />

also have an SWSC Blue<br />

game at 6:30 p.m. on Friday,<br />

Dec. 14, at Bolingbrook.<br />

Lockport hosts Joliet<br />

West at 1:30 p.m. on Dec.<br />

21 at its East Campus.


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Girls Basketball<br />

Porters unable to survive barrage of Warriors 3-pointers<br />

Lockport looks<br />

to play more<br />

consistently on both<br />

ends of the floor<br />

Randy Whalen<br />

Freelance Reporter<br />

In terms of the point total,<br />

the Lincoln-Way West girls<br />

basketball team’s output<br />

last week against Lockport<br />

Township was fairly low by<br />

its standards.<br />

But the Warriors still hit<br />

13 3-point shots, with senior<br />

guard Tara Hastings hitting<br />

seven of them in scoring a<br />

game-high 21 points.<br />

That shows how explosive<br />

they can be, as they jumped<br />

out to a comfortable early<br />

lead and cruised to a 53-40<br />

victory over the Porters Dec.<br />

4 in a SouthWest Suburban<br />

Conference crossover at<br />

Lockport.<br />

Fresh off a 17-point, 11<br />

rebound performance in the<br />

Porters previous game — a<br />

52-41 loss to Minooka on<br />

Dec. 1 — sophomore guard/<br />

forward Elena Knebel added<br />

six points against West. A<br />

year ago when the two teams<br />

met, it was a down-to-thewire<br />

affair, with the Warriors<br />

pulling out a 65-62 win.<br />

“I was watching that tape<br />

from last year, and it was a<br />

very entertaining game for<br />

the spectators,” Lockport<br />

coach Dan Kelly said. “This<br />

year, not so much. We have<br />

to get better at our offensive<br />

skills. We were just a bit off.<br />

We also struggled on the defensive<br />

end. Our girls don’t<br />

ever quit, we will play to the<br />

end. We just have to be more<br />

consistent.”<br />

It was the second lowest<br />

point output of the season for<br />

West (7-1), which has scored<br />

at least 61 points in five of<br />

its games. The Porters (4-5)<br />

received a strong game from<br />

junior center Jenna Cotter<br />

(13 points, 9 rebounds) but<br />

had no answer for the Warriors<br />

barrage from downtown.<br />

“Taylor did a good job of<br />

getting me the ball,” Hastings<br />

said of sophomore<br />

guard Taylor Gugliuzza. “I<br />

felt good in warmups, and I<br />

hoped that transitioned into<br />

the game. We just have to<br />

limit the turnovers, and we’ll<br />

start getting back as a team<br />

and get into a groove. I think<br />

that we’ll do pretty good<br />

once we clean it all up.”<br />

Hastings, a four-year varsity<br />

player, wasn’t sure if her<br />

seven treys were the most<br />

she’s made in a game. Her<br />

opening 3-pointer gave West<br />

a 5-0 lead with 6:40 to play<br />

in the first quarter. A minute<br />

later, senior guard Jackie<br />

Maka scored for the Porters.<br />

But Gugliuzza (16 points),<br />

who had four 3-pointers,<br />

made a pair of them in an<br />

11-0 run that put the Warriors<br />

ahead 16-2 with 3:15<br />

left in the first quarter.<br />

“It just makes it so much<br />

easier when everything is<br />

flowing, and when we have<br />

more energy than our opponent,”<br />

Gugliuzza said.<br />

“It also helps that [junior<br />

forward] Molly [Ryan] and<br />

[freshman forward] Evan<br />

[Pittman], our two tall girls,<br />

did a good job of hustling<br />

and really boxing out.”<br />

Lockport hit its only two<br />

3-pointers of the game, as<br />

junior guard Abby Pappagoerge<br />

and senior guard Kaeli<br />

Ford (7 points) connected on<br />

back-to-back ones to close<br />

the score to 16-8 with just<br />

under two minutes left in the<br />

first quarter. The Warriors<br />

led 20-8 after the first period.<br />

A basket by Cotter after<br />

a rebound closed the Porters<br />

to within 20-12 with 5:11 to<br />

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Lockport’s Elizabeth Sochacki (left) plays through contact Dec. 4 during the Porters’ loss to Lincoln-Way West in Lockport.<br />

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

Lockport defenders (left to right) Payton Grcevic, Sydney Furr and Miranda Oesterreich attempt to corral a Warrior ballhandler.


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Lockport looking strong as postseason approaches<br />

Randy Whalen, Freelance Reporter<br />

Getting loud.<br />

That’s what the Lockport Township<br />

boys bowling team hopes to<br />

do in a few weeks when the postseason<br />

rolls around. In the meantime,<br />

the Porters had plenty of<br />

reasons to get loud last week as<br />

they swept a trio of dual meets and<br />

got some top-notch performances<br />

along the way.<br />

“I’ve got a great group of kids<br />

and a good chemistry, a better one<br />

than the last few years,” Lockport<br />

coach Ron Davis said. “I have kids<br />

that get loud, and I like that. I really<br />

haven’t had that. Hopefully,<br />

they give themselves reasons to get<br />

loud.”<br />

That wasn’t a problem last week<br />

as the Porters hosted Lincoln-Way<br />

Central on Dec. 3 in a SouthWest<br />

Suburban Conference crossover<br />

at Strike N’ Spare II in Lockport.<br />

There, the hosts defeated last season’s<br />

third-place team in the state<br />

2,134-1,894. Lockport had games<br />

of 1,000 and 1,134 while the<br />

Knights tallied games of 866 and<br />

1,028.<br />

“We’ve struggled in our tournament<br />

play and done well in our<br />

dual meets,” Davis said. “That<br />

was the case [seventh out of 16<br />

teams] at the Oak Forest Invite.<br />

We had three guys do well and<br />

three guys struggle. We’re still<br />

getting a feel for the team, but [in<br />

the dual meets] we’ve got guys<br />

starting to step up.”<br />

Against the Knights, it was sophomore<br />

Jim Kontos leading the way<br />

with a 490 (235, 255) series. Senior<br />

Andrew Bean followed with a 458<br />

(212, 246), senior Evan Pleshar,<br />

had a big performance with a 449<br />

(191, 258) and senior Jake Grau<br />

rolled a 366 (192, 174). Senior Caleb<br />

Derrig (170) bowled the first<br />

game, while junior Timmy Hoak<br />

(201) bowled the second game.<br />

Alex Nolan led Central with<br />

a 435 series (212, 223). Fellow<br />

junior Tommy Martini was next<br />

with a 411 (165, 246), junior Tyler<br />

Misch followed with a 359 (190,<br />

169), and junior Austin Zaker 307<br />

(141, 166) rounded out the bowlers<br />

who rolled two games for the<br />

Knights. Seniors Brian Triezenberg<br />

(158) bowled the first game<br />

and Ryan Gamen (224) came in for<br />

the second game.<br />

While the Lockport varsity team<br />

struggled some at the Oak Forest<br />

Invite, the Porters JV team was<br />

third (5,694). Kontos led the way<br />

as he was on the JV team that day,<br />

with an individual champion score<br />

of 1,351.<br />

“I’ve been more on the varsity<br />

this season and I like to contribute<br />

to the team,” Kontos said. “I was<br />

on my game [against Central] and<br />

able to navigate well.”<br />

Kontos agrees that more noise is<br />

better for the Porters.<br />

“I want our team to be louder<br />

and more excited,” he said. “We<br />

don’t need to be negative. We just<br />

need to pick up our spares and<br />

strikes and just keep up those positive<br />

vibes.”<br />

Those positive vibes continued<br />

for Kontos two days later when he<br />

bowled a 299, leaving the four pin<br />

and just missing a perfect game in<br />

the opener. He led the way with a<br />

705 (299, 216, 190) three-game<br />

series as the Porters toppled Yorkville<br />

3,000-2,806 in a three-game<br />

match on Dec. 5 in Lockport. Also<br />

in the opener, Pleshar had the front<br />

nine as strikes before fouling in the<br />

10th and finishing with a 268.<br />

Then, under the same threegame<br />

format, the Porters took<br />

2-of-3 and the series 3,062-2,923<br />

on Thursday, Dec. 6, in an SWSC<br />

matchup against Lincoln-Way East<br />

at Thunderbowl in Mokena. Senior<br />

Jimmy Rozhon led the Porters (10-<br />

3, 7-0) with a 637 series and a high<br />

game of 256.<br />

The SWSC meet is to be hosted<br />

by Andrew starting at 8 a.m. on<br />

Jan. 5 at Orland Bowl. The dual<br />

meets no longer factor into the<br />

conference scoring, so it’s all or<br />

nothing that day for the conference<br />

crown. So if the Porters want to repeat<br />

as conference champions and<br />

get a share of their 10th league title<br />

since the SWSC formed for the<br />

2005-2006 season, they will have<br />

to do it that day.<br />

Lockport’s Evan Pleshar fires a ball down the lane Dec. 5 during a match against Yorkville at Strike N’ Spare II<br />

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

Jake Grau guides the ball down the lane for the Porters.


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fastbreak<br />

Boys Basketball<br />

Porters fall to Plainfield North by one point<br />

1st and 3<br />

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LTHS boys bowling in<br />

the midst of another<br />

superior season<br />

1. Getting into form<br />

The Lockport boys<br />

bowling team was<br />

10-3 and 7-0 in<br />

conference following<br />

a 3,062-2,923<br />

on Thursday, Dec.<br />

6, in a conference<br />

matchup versus the<br />

Griffins in Mokena.<br />

2. Plenty of scoring<br />

The day before the<br />

victory over Lincoln-<br />

Way East, the Porters<br />

beat Yorkville<br />

3,000-2,806 in a<br />

three-game match<br />

on Dec. 5 in Lockport.<br />

Sophomore Jim<br />

Kontos led the way<br />

with a 705 series,<br />

including a 299<br />

game.<br />

3. Knocking off the<br />

Knights<br />

In another win for<br />

the Porters, they<br />

beat Lincoln-Way<br />

Central on Dec. 3 by<br />

a final tally of 2,134-<br />

1,894 in Lockport.<br />

Team looks to grow<br />

from game in which<br />

it had double-digit<br />

leads<br />

Randy Whalen<br />

Freelance Reporter<br />

“Learning to win.”<br />

After some early season<br />

success, it appeared that the<br />

Lockport Township boys<br />

basketball team had learned<br />

to win.<br />

Last week’s result, however,<br />

showed that the Porters<br />

still have more work to do.<br />

Little things didn’t go<br />

Lockport’s way in a 55-54<br />

loss to Plainfield North on<br />

Dec. 4, in Lockport.<br />

Senior forward Carter<br />

Thuman scored all of his<br />

game-high 22 points from<br />

the second quarter on as the<br />

Tigers (3-3) rallied for their<br />

first victory over Lockport<br />

since a 57-52 win on Dec. 2,<br />

2014. The teams have met in<br />

the first week of December<br />

for six-straight seasons, each<br />

winning three.<br />

The Porters (4-2) were<br />

paced by 17 points from senior<br />

guard Jake Karli, but it<br />

wasn’t enough, as they saw<br />

their four-game win streak<br />

end.<br />

“I’ve been telling the<br />

kids all year that winning<br />

is hard,” Lockport coach<br />

Brett Hespell said. “These<br />

kids are still learning how to<br />

win. Yes, we have a veteran<br />

group, but they haven’t been<br />

Senior guard Jake Karli had 17 points for the Porters in the team’s 55-54 loss to Plainfield North on Dec. 4, in Lockport.<br />

22nd Century Media File Photo<br />

in these situations much.<br />

There were games this year<br />

that we did win down the<br />

stretch, but [this one] we let<br />

get away. Sometimes you<br />

have to go through this to<br />

get better, and I’m hoping<br />

we learn from this.”<br />

Lockport led 41-40 after<br />

three quarters and 44-41<br />

following a layup by senior<br />

center Tommy Halatek (10<br />

points) with 6:05 to play<br />

in the game. But the Tigers<br />

scored the next seven points,<br />

four of those by senior center<br />

Billy Connors (10 points),<br />

who had seven points in the<br />

fourth quarter. A 3-pointer<br />

by senior guard Matt Hatzopoulos<br />

(13 points) with 3:12<br />

to play brought the Porters<br />

within 48-47, but they didn’t<br />

score for more than two minutes<br />

after that.<br />

Ahead 50-47, North hit<br />

5-of-8 free throws in the<br />

final 1:05 to help seal it.<br />

Hatzopoulos made a final<br />

3-pointer with two seconds<br />

to play to account for the final<br />

score. The Porters were<br />

out of timeouts, but they did<br />

get whistled for a delay of<br />

game warning with just over<br />

a second to play.<br />

That meant the Tigers<br />

had to inbound the ball,<br />

and they threw it into half<br />

court, where Karli stole it.<br />

He got off a desperation<br />

shot before the buzzer, but<br />

it was way off to the left,<br />

and the Tigers celebrated<br />

the big win.<br />

“Plainfield North is a solid<br />

team, and we knew it would<br />

be tough, but we just didn’t<br />

play particularly well,” Hespell<br />

said. “We had too many<br />

errors that we have to clean<br />

Please see porters, 35<br />

LISTEN UP<br />

“I have kids that get loud, and I like that. I really haven’t had<br />

that. Hopefully, they give themselves reasons to get loud.”<br />

Ron Davis — Lockport boys bowling coach, on his team being<br />

more vocal this season<br />

Tune In<br />

Boys Basketball<br />

Trying to stay rolling — 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, vs.<br />

Fenton<br />

• The Porters play in their last home match of 2018.<br />

Index<br />

35 - This Week In<br />

35 - Athlete of the Week<br />

FASTBREAK is compiled by Contributing Editor<br />

Thomas Czaja, tom@homerhorizon.com.


lockport’s Hometown Newspaper | www.lockportlegend.com | December 13, 2018<br />

A learning<br />

experience<br />

Porters hope to learn<br />

from mistakes after<br />

close loss, Page 39<br />

Lockport boys bowling team hoping to ‘get<br />

loud’ during postseason play, Page 38<br />

Too many<br />

three’s Baker’s<br />

dozen 3-pointers sink<br />

LTHS girls basketball<br />

team against LWW, Page<br />

36<br />

Lockport’s Timmy Hoak follows through on a shot Dec. 5 during a match against Yorkville at Strike N’ Spare II in Lockport. Adam Jomant/22nd Century Media

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