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FRIDAY 

Orland Park Public Library’s 

Teen Inc. Giving Tree 

5 p.m. Dec. 28, Orland 

Park Public Library, 14921 

S. Ravinia Ave. Children 

grades 6-12 can help out 

those in need in the community 

and earn service 

hours. They can help the 

group pack the donations 

received so that they can be 

shipped to the Village Hall. 

Snacks will be served. 

Registration required with 

teen’s Orland Park Public 

Library card. 

Friday Film Series - The 

Man Who Invented 

Christmas 

6:30 p.m. Dec. 28, Orland 


S. Ravinia Ave. Run Time: 

104 minutes. 

SATURDAY 

Bright Starts Family 

Storytime 

10 a.m. Dec. 29, Orland 


S. Ravinia Ave. Children of 

all ages and their families 

can start their weekend by 

coming together for stories, 

songs and fun. 

MONDAY 

New Year’s Eve Party at 

The Bridge Teen Center 

9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 

Dec. 31, The Bridge Teen 

Center, 15555 S. 71st Court. 

Teens grades 7-12 can enjoy 

all of the staples for a New 

Year’s party: decorations, 

confetti blast, grape juice 

toast, music and plenty of 

good times. Free food will 

be provided by Giordano’s 

and Legendary Baking. Instead 

of paying admission, 

students are asked to donate 

Clorox wipes, toilet paper 

or paper towels to support 

The Bridge’s free programs 

and events. Advance signup 

is required for this event. 

For more information and to 

sign up call (708) 532-0500 

or visit www.thebridgeteen 

center.org. 

WEDNESDAY 

Building Blocks for Babies 

9:30 and 10:30 a.m. Jan. 

2, Orland Park Public Library, 

14921 S. Ravinia 

Ave. Children ages 0-23 

months can interact with 

their parents during this storytime 

specially designed 

for young audiences. 

Unwind: Knit, Crochet & 

Needlework Hangout 

10 a.m. Jan. 2, Orland 


S. Ravinia Ave. Adults can 

join your fellow needlecrafters 

for an informal gettogether 

to socialize and 

work on your projects. No 

registration required. Instruction 

and supplies not 

provided by library. Now 

located on the second floor 

in Program Room 213. 

Project Serve: Thrift Store 

Books & Movies 

2-4 p.m. Jan. 2, The 

Bridge Teen Center, 15555 

S. 71st Court. Teens grades 

7-12 can sort and organize 

the array of donated books 

and media at The Bridge 

Thrift Store. This is a free 

event. For more information 

call (708) 532-0500 

or visit www.thebridgeteen 

center.org. 

Volunteers Lego WeDo 

2 p.m. Jan. 2 and 3, Orland 

Park Public Library, 

14921 S. Ravinia Ave. Children 

grades 6-12 can help 

young children learn about 

Lego WeDos during this 

mini camp. No prior experience 

with WeDos needed. 

Participants should be ready 

to attend both days. Registration 

required with teen’s 

Orland Park Public Library 

card. 

Robo-Kids: Lego WeDo 

Robotics Camp 

2 p.m. Jan. 2, Orland 


S. Ravinia Ave. Children 

grades 2-5 can use the Lego 

Robotics kit to build working 

robots to solve a series 

of puzzles. No registration 

required. Limit 10. 

Thursday 

Project Serve: Thrift Store 

Fashion Day 

3-5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 

3, The Bridge Teen Center, 

15555 S. 71st Court. Teens 

grades 7-12 can spend a few 

hours organizing, hanging, 

and accessorizing donated 

clothing at The Bridge 

Thrift Store. This is a free 

event. 

UPCOMING 

22nd Century Media’s 

Healthy Living Expo 

9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, 

Jan. 19, Tinley Park Convention 

Center South Pavilion, 

18451 Convention 

Center Drive. Join more 

than 50 vendors in health 

and wellness at the third 

annual expo, which includes 

speaker sessions, 

cooking demos, a Vitalant 

blood drive and more. Free 

admission and free parking. 

For more information, 

call (708) 326-9170 ext. 

16 or visit 22ndCentury 

Media.com/healthy. 

ONGOING 

Leisure Plotters Club 

12:30-2:30 p.m. the third 

Thursday of the month, Orland 

Township, 14807 W. 

Ravinia Ave. All seniors are 

invited to join in for coffee, 

bingo and socialization. For 

more information, contact 

Alice at (708) 614-9202. 

Meetings typically are held 

every. 


Board of Trustees Regular 

Meetings 

7 p.m. third Monday of 

each month, Orland Park 

Public Library, 14921 S. 

Ravinia Ave., Room 104. 

All meetings are open to the 

public. 

Volunteers needed at The 

Bridge Teen Center 

The center is seeking volunteers 

to assist with administrative 

tasks, work with 

students during after school 

hours and Friday nights, 

and support operations at 

our Thrift Store. Opportunities 

at all levels exist daily, 

weekly or even monthly. To 

apply, call (708) 532-0500. 

Donate to Neat Repeats 

Resale in Orland Park, 

Worth 

Neat Repeats Resale, 

9028 W. 159th St., Orland 

Park, is looking for donations. 

The list includes but 

is not limited to women’s, 

men’s and children’s clothing, 

housewares, jewelry, 

toys, and books. The store 

is open seven days a week. 

Neat Repeats Resale, which 

has locations in Orland Park 

and Worth, are owned and 

operated by the Crisis Center 

for South Suburbia in 

Tinley Park. All proceeds 

support programs for victims 

of domestic violence. 

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For more information, call 

the store manager: Orland 

Park (708) 364-7605 or 

Worth (708) 361-6860. 

Donations needed for All 

God’s People of Orland 

Park 

The mission of All God’s 

People is to help the homeless. 

The organization is 

looking for food, toiletries 

and clothing donations. 

They also look to help provide 

others with bicycles, 

bicycle locks, women’s 

and men’s gym shoes, umbrellas, 

bedsheets, sleeping 

bags, and diapers. For 

the complete list of donation 

suggestions, visit all 

godspeoplechicago.org. 

For more information, 

email allgodspeoplechica 

go@gmail.com. 

Donations needed for St. 

Vincent de Paul Chicago 

Thrift Stories 

St. Vincent De Paul Thrift 

Store, 7010 W. 159th St., 

Orland Park, is seeking 

good quality donations, including 

household items 

and small appliances, electronics, 

furniture and new 

or gently used clothing 

and shoes. Free furniture 

pick up services are available 

by calling (773) 779- 

6700. Donations can also 

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Orland Park Village Board 

More drainage and water main 

improvements coming this winter 

Jon DePaolis 

Freelance Reporter 

Round It Up 

A brief recap of action and discussion from the Dec. 

19 meeting of the Orland Park Village Board. 

• In a 6-0 vote, the Village Board approved the 

appointment of Robert Sullivan and Patrick Duggan to 

the Orland Park Retiree Health Insurance Trust Board 

of Trustees. 

• As part of the Consent Agenda, trustees voted 6-0 to 

allow the Consolidated School District 230 bass fishing 

team to use Lake Sedgewick for a two- or three-day 

ice fishing event in December 2018, or January or 

February 2019. 

• Trustees voted 6-0 to use Water Fund Contingency 

Fund money to pay Airy’s Inc., of Tinley Park, in the 

amount of $72,564.82 for work performed to repair a 

water main break at 151st Street and 88th Avenue. 

Just because winter is here 

does not mean work stops in 

the Village of Orland Park. 

The Village Board voted 

6-0 Monday, Dec. 17, to 

approve a proposal from 

Burke LLC, of Rosemont, 

to perform drainage and water 

main improvements this 

winter in the Fairway subdivision. 

Mayor Keith Pekau 

was absent. 

The proposal is for the 

guaranteed maximum price 

of $2.7 million. According 

to Village documents, if the 

project were to exceed that 

price, Burke LLC would be 

responsible to pay for the remaining 

balance. 

“This is a continuation of 

a water main improvement 

project that was started in 

2017,” Public Works Director 

John Ingram said. 

“There’s a little bit different 

of an issue with this one [in] 

that the work is going to be 

done over the winter.” 

Ingram said last winter 

the Village did a similar water 

main replacement. As a 

result, he was able to note 

some benefits for performing 

this type of work over 

the winter. They were: less 

impact on residents, as they 

are less likely to be outside, 

and less dust and noise. 

“It worked out very well 

and was very well received 

by the residents,” Ingram 

said. 

Ingram noted this project 

was for the third phase 

of a four-phase project to 

complete water main improvements 

in the Fairway 

subdivision. In order to get 

through the permit process 

and start the work by the end 

of January 2019, Ingram said 

it was necessary to move this 

from the Public Works Committee 

meeting earlier in the 

evening and before the Village 

Board that same night. 

Later during the meeting, 

the trustees voted 6-0 to 

postpone discussion or voting 

on an ethical standards 

of conduct ordinance. In 

making the motion, Trustee 

Carole Griffin Ruzich said 

she had asked staff to work 

on the ordinance with Village’s 

legal counsel. 

“It came to light during 

a meeting several months 

ago when a resident spoke 

about that there might be 

some gaps in our ethical ordinance,” 

she said. “I took a 

look at it and asked staff to 

work with the Village attorney 

in drafting one.” 

But the mayor asked if 

the trustees would hold off 

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on talking about or voting 

on the matter while he was 

away. Ruzich said she felt it 

was appropriate to postpone 

discussion and vote on the 

item until a future meeting. 

Trustee James Dodge, 

serving as mayor pro-tem, 

agreed. He also suggested 

the extra time could be used 

to submit any additional 

questions or comments to 

Village staff in constructing 

the ordinance. 

“I think there are a number 

of things in here that are 

worthwhile for us to look at 

— and probably a couple of 

suggestions and edits,” he 

said. 

According to Village documents, 

the ordinance establishes 

“ethical standards of 

conduct for appointed and 

hired employees and public 

officials of the Village of Orland 

Park, whether compensated 

or not.” 

The item was postponed 

to the first meeting of January. 

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opprairie.com 

Two slates, one independent line up for 

three Village trustee seats in April election 

D135 sees single 

challenger, Orland Fire 

seats uncontested and 

more in local election 

Bill Jones, Editor 

On the opening day of election 

filings Dec. 10, party lines 

were drawn for three Orland 

Park trustee spots up for grabs 

in the April 2 election, according 

to information provided by 

the Village Clerk’s office. By the 

time filings closed on Dec. 17, 

an independent candidate also 

entered the fray. 

A People Over Politics slate 

— supported by Mayor Keith 

Pekau — features candidates 

William R. Healy, Michael R. 

Milani and Cynthia Nelson Katsenes. 

The Orland Integrity Party 

is to put up three candidates 

against them in incumbent 

Trustee Carole Griffin Ruzich 

and candidates Kelly O’Brien 

and Devin Hodge. 

And independent candidate 

Mohanned El Natour filed to run 

before Dec. 17. 

The Orland Integrity Party 

formally announced its slate the 

day after the filing period opened 

in a series of press releases. In 

one, they pledged to “serve the 

community with transparency 

and honor as public servants.” 

Ruzich is a two-term incumbent 

who runs a law firm 

called Griffin & Gallagher LLC. 

O’Brien works as an economic 

development specialist, and 

manages a team for the Alliance 

for Regional Development and 

Chicago Central Area Committee. 

And Hodge is the chief operations 

officer for Argonne National 

Laboratory’s Computing, 

Environment and Life Sciences 

organization, as well as a member 

of the Orland School District 

135 Board of Education. 

The People Over Politics party 

issued a press release of its 

own Thursday, Dec. 14, hailing 

the endorsement of Pekau and 

saying its members will “work 

cooperatively with the mayor 

and the Village Board to provide 

exceptional, cooperative and 

transparent government focused 

on the people of Orland Park, 

improve government efficiency 

to keep taxes low while maintaining 

high-quality services 

and promote economic development 

to grow and diversify the 

Village’s economic footprint” if 

elected. 

Milani serves with the Economic 

Development Advisory 

Board and Technology Commission, 

and works for IBM as 

a business development executive. 

Healy is a Certified Public 

Accountant and holds a position 

on the Zoning Board of Appeals 

for the Village. Katsenes 

is a licensed real estate broker 

and previously served with the 

Orland Fire Protection District 

Board of Trustees. 

Consolidated High School District 

230 

For the Consolidated High 

School District 230 Board of 

Education, incumbent Patrick 

O’Sullivan filed to run for reelection. 

He is to be joined on 

the ballot by candidates Mike 

Hardek, Dave O’Connor and 

Jeanne A. Bailey. 

O’Sullivan, Hardek and 

O’Connor announced the day 

election filings closed they are to 

run as a slate called 230 United. 

O’Sullivan, president of PRO 

Insurance Services, is seeking 

his fourth term. O’Conner, an 

attorney who is the founder and 

managing partner of O’Conner 

Law Offices, is seeking his first 

term with the board. Hardek, a 

commercial banker, also is seeking 

his first term. 

Current Board President Richard 

Nogal and Board Member 

Denis Ryan did not file to seek 

re-election. 

Orland Park Public Library Board 

of Trustees 

For the Orland Park Public 

Library Board, three candidates 

filed to run. They are Bridget 

Mary Lindbloom, Daniel F. 

Sanchez and incumbent trustee 

Charles McShane, according to 

Village records. 

There are only two seats up 

for grabs in the April 2019 election. 

The terms of McShane and 

Diane Jennings come to a close 

in 2019. Jennings did not file to 

run for re-election. 

It is a nonpartisan race. 

Orland Fire Protection District 

Board of Trustees 

For the Orland Fire Protection 

District Board of Trustees, only 

incumbents Jayne Schirmacher 

and John Brudnak had filed as 

of deadline, according to district 

spokesperson Ray Hanania. 

Brudnak currently serves as 

president pro tem of the board, 

while Schirmacher serves as 

treasurer. Theirs are the only two 

seats up for grabs in 2019. 

Orland School District 135 Board 

of Education 

On the Orland School District 

135 Board of Education, all three 

board members whose seats 

are up for re-election have filed 

to run, according to the Cook 

County Clerk’s Office. They are 

Linda-Peckham Dodge, Angie 

Sexton and Gregory Okon. They 

are to be met in April on the ballot 

by challenger Eamon Walsh 

in the non-partisan election. 

Community Consolidated School 

District 146 

On the Community Consolidated 

School District 146 

Board of Education, incumbent 

School Board President John 

Malloy, Vice President Dean 

Casper and Darcy Nendza all 

filed to run for re-election. No 

other candidates had filed as of 

the deadline. 

Garage fire damages Orland Park 

home, but no one seriously injured 


From Dec. 20 

FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND 

Flooded gym forces D91 Christmas 

program to Rialto stage 

Some 500 students from Milne- 

Kelvin Grove School District 91 

performed Dec. 18 at the Rialto 

Square Theatre in downtown Joliet 

as part of the school’s annual “I 

Love Christmas” program. 

This year’s program was extra 

special because of the venue. Choral 

director and teacher Sarah Randolph 

said most years the students perform 

their program at the school’s old 

gym. But roughly a month ago, flooding 

issues forced the school to seek 

a new location. The school’s new 

gym was not ideal, as it is smaller 

than the old gym and does not have 

a stage, so Randolph reached out to 

the community for help. 

But at first no location was big 

enough to accommodate hundreds 

of students and hundreds of parents. 

If they were, the stage was not free 

anyway, Randolph said. 

“I thought, ‘I’ll try the Rialto,’” 

she said. 

She figured it was a long shot to 

get a professional-grade theater to 

offer up its space for elementary students, 

but it worked. They had Tuesday 

morning open, but only for a few 

hours, and the students could not use 

the stage to practice or prepare. 

“I said, ‘I can do it,’” Randolph 

recalled. “We have the best children 

in the world.” 

A garage fire the afternoon of 

Thursday, Dec. 20, damaged a home 

in Orland Park, but no one was seriously 

injured in the blaze, according 

to fire officials. 

Firefighters were called at 12:30 

p.m. to a home in the 17600 block 

of Westwood Drive, where they 

found the property “consumed with 

heavy smoke” and a fire in an attached 

garage, according to a press 

release issued the same day by Orland 

Park Fire Protection District 

spokesperson Ray Hanania. The 

fire was contained in the garage and 

extinguished, but smoke damage 

spread throughout the property, Hanania 

wrote. 

Two family members reportedly 

were treated — for smoke 

irritation, according to Hanania — 

at the scene and released in good 

health. 

The cause of the fire remains under 

investigation, according to the 

release. 

Reporting by Jesse Wright, Freelance 

Reporter. For more, visit LockportLeg 

end.com. 

FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER 

Goddard School gives money, toys 

for holidays 

The Goddard School in Mokena 

donated $1,000 on Dec. 15 to Mokena 

Miracles and donated more than 

30 toys to Silver Cross Hospital in 

New Lenox for its pediatric unit. 

“It’s holiday time, so we thought 

we’d do a good thing here,” Goddard 

co-owner Neel Saha said. “Mokena 

Miracles is doing some great work.” 

Students voluntarily sold cookie 

dough to raise the funds. 

The toys donated to Silver Cross 

came via Goddard’s Mokena location 

being chosen as one of only 50 

to participate in a toy testing back in 

September. 

Saha presented the check 

along with his wife, Dolon, who also 

co-owns the school with her husband. 

On hand to receive the donation 

was Mokena Miracles’ Board 

President and Mokena Police Officer 

Tom Czarnecki; its treasurer 

and Mokena resident Samantha 

Cooper; and Board Member and 

Mokena Fire Protection District Lt. 

Joe Shefcik. 

Reporting by T.J. Kremer III, Editor. 

For more, visit MokenaMessenger.com.

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Exploring Textiles expo features creator community 

Laurie Fanelli 


As the temperature drops, 

most folks enjoy cuddling 

up with a cozy blanket or 

heavy quilt. But how often 

do we consider the craftsmanship, 

community and 

history behind this functional 

art form? 

On Dec. 14 and 15, the 


hosted its Exploring Textiles 

expo, giving patrons 

the opportunity to learn 

more about needlework, 

fabric arts and handmade 

textiles from a variety of 

local craftspeople. The program 

— which was held 

from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on both 

Friday and Saturday — also 

featured live demonstrations 

detailing tips and techniques 

that can be used by 

hobbyists and advanced artists. 

“We want to let the community 

know that needle 

arts aren’t dying,” said Kelly 

Cuci, the library’s Outreach 

Services manager, the 

morning of Dec. 14. “People 

are really involved with 

them. We’ve got these great 

clubs here, and they’re helping 

us out with this event.” 

Along with exploring 

the intricate art form, the 

library invited attendees to 

join the local community of 

creators. 

“I know that my grandmother 

sewed, my parents 

sewed and now I’m sewing,” 

Cuci said. “It seems to 

run in families and in communities. 

People get close, 

and they share traditional 

sewing techniques.” 

Wendy Lynn, of Orland 

Park, was on hand, doing 

demonstrations and representing 

two groups, the 

Waterfall Glen Chapter of 

the Embroiderers’ Guild of 

America and the Country 

Cupboard Alumnae. She 

To view more 

photos online, 

visit www. 

opprairie.com 

explained that the Country 

Cupboard organization was 

first developed at an Orland 

Park needlework store that 

closed in 2017. 

“The owner, Barb Dvorak, 

had created such a 

community for us that we 

couldn’t stand the thought 

of not seeing each other, 

so we find different places 

to get together and stitch,” 

Lynn said as she worked 

on a wool appliqué piece 

fashioned after a Baltimore 

quilt. “One of the places that 

we meet regularly is Peace 

Memorial Church, and we 

tend to get together here at 


on the second Wednesday of 

every month.” 

Professional Art Quilt Alliance 

member and Orland 

Park resident Roslyn DeBoer 

— who manipulates fabric 

to create nature-inspired 

scenes — also said she appreciates 

the camaraderie of 

the textile community and 

the history of its techniques. 

“It is kind of a full-circle 

thing for me, because I was 

taught yarn art when I was 

a girl,” DeBoer said. “I can 

go back to my great-grandmother, 

so I’m the fourth 

generation that I know has 

done this. My grandmother 

and my great-grandmother 

created things for 

necessity, and my mom and 

her sisters did it for hobbies. 

I can take it one step further 

and go to an art form with 

it.” 

DeBoer often incorporates 

family into her contemporary 

designs by finding 

inspiration in the words 

of her sisters or making 

special pieces influenced by 

Professional Art Quilt Alliance member and Orland Park resident Roslyn DeBoer works Dec. 14 on a fabric landscape 

during the Orland Park Public Library’s Exploring Textiles expo. Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media 

“We want to let the community 

know that needle arts aren’t dying. 

People are really involved with 

them.” 

Kelly Cuci — Orland Park Public Library’s Outreach 

Services manager, on the Exploring Textiles 

expo 

photographs taken by her 

relatives. 

Robin Neumann, of Orland 

Park, stopped by the library 

to pick up a book, and 

she was compelled to see 

what the expo had to offer. 

“I love fabric art, quilting 

and embroidery; I used 

to do a lot of it myself, and 

I got away from it,” said 

Neumann, who is currently 

focused on painting and 

drawing. “So, I wanted to 

see what’s new. I love the 

colors and the patterns of 

fabric art. There’s just so 

much you can do. The possibilities 

are endless.” 

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Jerling Jr. High community supports an actor in its midst 

opprairie.com the orland park prairie | December 27, 2018 | 7 

Frankfort director’s 

film ‘Heavens to 

Betsy 2’ has encore 

at Emagine 

Megan Schuller 

Assistant Editor 

Frankfort native and film 

director Robert Alaniz and 

several of the actors with 

whom he recently worked 

call the southwest suburbs 

both their set and their home. 

And members of the 

“Heavens to Betsy 2” cast 

and crew got to celebrate 

Announcements 

Welcome home! 

their work close to home, 

when they attended the encore 

premiere of the movie 

on Dec. 6 at Emagine Entertainment’s 

Frankfort Theatre. 

“Heavens to Betsy 2” was 

Alaniz’s ninth film, and he 

made it clear that the movie 

is a crossover between a 

Christian and general audience 

film. 

“You don’t have to be 

Christian or even religious 

to appreciate it,” Alaniz said. 

“The sequel is a continuation 

of the first story, but I never 

intended for there to be a sequel.” 

Gatto’s Restaurant in New 

Lenox, the Frankfort Public 

Library, and a quiet Frankfort 

neighborhood were featured 

in the film in different 

scenes. 

Homer Glen resident Gary 

Gow, a science teacher at 

Jerling Jr. High School in 

Orland Park, played the selfish 

television show host Tandum 

Dackery. In addition to 

being a teacher and actor, 

Gow also coaches softball 

and directs the school’s annual 

musicals. 

“It’s so heartwarming to 

see so much support from 

colleagues and friends,” 

Gow said. “This is a good 

opportunity for me to pursue 

my craft of acting without 

having to move far away to 

Los Angeles or New York.” 

Science teacher Sarah 

Callis works alongside Gow 

at Jerling. She was one of 

many teachers that came out 

to support their colleague in 

his acting career. 

“It’s fun to see him play 

a despicable character, because 

that’s not him at all,” 

Callis said. “He is so softspoken, 

so to see him cast as 

a jerk is hysterical.” 

Alaniz said Gow is a natural. 

And the director plans to 

work with him as the lead 

character in a future film. 

Chicago-area native Jim 

O’Heir, known for his role 

as Jerry Gergich in the NBC 

sitcom “Parks and Recreation,” 

is in both the original 

“Heavens to Betsy” and the 

sequel. 

“If [Jim O’Heir] gave a 

real sermon, I’d listen to it 

all day,” executive producer 

Michael Stoskus said with a 

laugh, of working with him. 

Despite being a prominent 

character in the movie, 

O’Heir was only in town to 

shoot for four days, according 

to Alaniz. 

High time for tea 

A video message from 

O’Heir played before the 

movie, apologizing for his 

absence at the premiere and 

telling the audience about 

his experience with filming 

both movies. 

“I was unsure if I had 

the time to do ‘Heavens to 

Betsy,’ but once I read the 

script I knew I had to do it,” 

O’Heir said. “Next thing I 

know, I’m in Chicago, filming.” 

O’Heir called the movie a 

“sweet message” with a lesson. 

“Watch what you wish 

for,” he said. 

American Girl Holiday Tea program returns to Orland Park Public Library 

Program participants (left to right) Joanna Kasper, Emily 

Anderson and Martyna Myszynska, all of Orland Park, sit 

with their dolls during the program. 

Photo submitted 

Spc. Anthony Karas. Karas is returning to his current 

hometown of Orland Park after serving as an infantryman 

in the United States Army for the past three years. He 

has completed training missions in Australia and the 

Philippines during his time serving. Thank you for your 

service Spc. Karas and welcome back home! 

Love, Mom 

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Orland Park Public Library, welcomes everyone Dec. 15 to 

the American Girl Holiday Tea. 

Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media 

Sofia Castillo (left) and Riley Meekma, both of Orland Park, 

work on crafts during the event.

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If giving is the key to enjoying 

Christmas, our readers 

really got it right this 

season. But with the 2018 

Holiday Card Contest providing 

us plenty in the way 

of creative and humorous 

entries this year, receiving 

doesn’t seem too bad, either. 

So, we’re going to go 

ahead and call it a wash. 

We’re also going to announce 

the winners of the 

contest ... right now. 

The winner of the Best 

in Show category is Eileen 

Dominguez, of Homer Glen. 

Dominguez wowed the staff 

with an entry that was halfcard, 

half-diorama, with the 

cardboard unfolding and 

standing perfectly to create a 

beautiful, multi-layered winter 

scene. 

For Dominguez’s efforts, 

she received a $25 

gift certificate for Rubi 

Agave, 12622 W. 159th St. 

in Homer Glen; four play 

passes, each good for free 

admission to the KidsWork 

Children’s Museum, 11 S. 

White Street in Frankfort; 

three $5 gift certificates for 

Sizzles, 110 MacGregor 

Road in Lockport; and two 

gift certificates, each good 

for a free two-week individual 

trial membership for one 

adult, 18 and older, at The 

Oaks Recreation & Fitness 

Center, 10847 W. La Porte 

Road in Mokena. 

The winner of the Funniest 

category is the Parchem 

family, of Homer Glen. The 

front image features the 

children running wild and a 

TP’d Christmas tree, while 

the back depicts a good oldfashioned 

pie to the face. 

For the family’s efforts, 

they received two hours of 

free bowling for up to six 

The Funniest entry in the 2018 Holiday Card Contest came 

courtesy of the Parchem family, of Homer Glen. 

people, including shoe rentals, 

along with a pizza and 

pitcher full of pop, at Laraway 

Lanes, 1009 W. Laraway 

Road in New Lenox; a 

$25 gift card to Gizmos Fun 

Factory, 66 Orland Square 

Drive, Suite D, in Orland 

Park; four passes, each good 

for a free value basket at 

Culver’s, 18248 Sayre Ave. 

in Tinley Park; and four 

passes, each good for one 

free open gym entry at The 

Oaks Recreation & Fitness 

Center, 10847 W. La Porte 

Road in Mokena. 

The contest asked readers 

to send homemade Christmas 

cards, year-end letters, 

sketches, photos and more. 

Best in Show entries were 

judged on craftsmanship, 

creativity and the spirit of 

Eileen Dominguez, of Homer 

Glen, won Best in Show 

in the 2018 Holiday Card 

Contest. Bill Jones/22nd 

Century Media 

the season. Funniest entries 

were judged based on 

creativity and the ability to 

make us laugh.

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12 | December 27, 2018 | The orland park prairie faith 

opprairie.com 

Pastor Column 

Ruminating on the gift of time 

The Rev. Michael Foley 

Our Lady of the Woods 

Any trip to a Las Vegas 

casino reveals 

an environment 

stripped of time. There are 

no clocks. There are no 

windows to show forth day 

or night. The lighting in 

the room remains the same, 

even as the hours change. 

This design takes a sense 

of time away from the 

patrons, so that they might 

play longer and increase the 

revenues of the casino. 

In a sense, Vegas is a 

reflection of the modern 

world. We are told that 

New York is the “city that 

never sleeps.” This is true 

of all cities today. Unlike 

our ancestors just a few 

generations ago, the darkness 

does not imprison us. 

Electric lights glow 24 

hours. In our homes, we 

can be on our phones, computers 

or TVs at any hour. 

The seasons are modulated 

by air-conditioning and 

heating systems. 

In all of this, we lose the 

rhythm of time and season. 

One of the gifts of my 

faith is that time itself 

cannot be ignored. The liturgical 

calendar has helped 

many people keep some 

perspective on time. 

In Advent, the readings 

from the Bible speak of a 

world in darkness and a 

desire for God’s light. This 

is appropriate for this time 

of the year. The religious 

calendar calls us to times of 

waiting, to celebration, to 

fasting and repentance, and 

then to joy again throughout 

the year. For those who 

are regular in worship, this 

can help focus on the passage 

of time. 

Christians believe in 

keeping a Sabbath, although 

for most Christians 

“Sabbath” occurs on 

Sunday and we call it “The 

Lord’s Day.” But the idea is 

very similar to our Jewish 

brothers and sisters who 

mark the actual Sabbath (it 

is where we get the word 

Saturday from). 

By taking time each 

week to stop what we are 

doing and pray, we are reminding 

ourselves that the 

treadmill of work is not the 

focus of our lives. 

Sadly, like the absence 

of clocks in the casino, we 

are losing the meaning of 

Sunday. Many people work. 

The stores are open. Sports 

have become the new religion. 

Sunday is another day 

to watch pro football, along 

with Monday and Thursday. 

In monastic communities, 

there is a rhythm of daily 

prayer. The monks pray 

together to mark the break 

of day, the noon of day, the 

evening and night. It is quite 

beautiful to experience. 

In the secular world, Jan. 

1 marks the beginning of 

a New Year. It is the one 

holiday often symbolized 

by an hourglass or a calendar. 

It reminds us that time 

is a gift that can deepen 

our lives or a prison that 

confines us. 

If we let it, time is our 

teacher. Time calls us to 

prioritize our lives. Time 

reminds us that we are 

human and will not accomplish 

all we wish to do. 

Time can teach us to cherish 

the moments that are in 

front of us. 

In the seminary, we had 

a psychologist who spoke 

forcefully of the need to 

organize our time. He 

explained that, for a healthy 

person, a day is not the 

only organizing principle. 

We must also use the 

concept of the week and the 

year to guide us (weekly 

day off, annual vacation 

and annual retreat). I have 

found his wisdom helpful. 

In faith, we are reminded 

that we must organize our 

lives around the rhythm of 

the day, the week and the 

seasons. Anything less will 

leave us impoverished. As 

the new year begins, let us 

see time as our teacher and 

a gift from God. 

The opinions of this column 

are those of the writer. They do 

not necessarily reflect those of 

The Orland Park Prairie. 

FAITH BRIEFS 

Christ Lutheran Church (14700 S. 94th 

Ave., Orland Park) 

New Year’s Even Communion 

Service 

5 p.m. Dec. 31, in Duehr 

Memorial Chapel. 

Faith United Methodist Church (15101 S. 

80th Ave., Orland Park) 

Crosstown Classic 

10 a.m.-noon Jan. 5, 12, 

19 and 26. Boys and girls 

ages 4-7 can join for some 

baseball basics on the first 

three Saturdays in January. 

Baseball basics will include 

catching, throwing and 

batting (T-ball based). On 

Jan. 26, parents, grandparents, 

aunts and uncles, and 

older brothers and sisters 

are invited to play in the 

first Faith UMC Crosstown 

Classic. Sign-up sheets are 

outside Room 4 for Baseball 

Basics and the Crosstown 

Classic. 

Our Lady of the Woods Church (10731 W. 

131st, Orland Park) 

Eucharistic Adoration 

9 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursdays. 

The church invites all to 

spend some silent time with 

The Lord in its chapel. For 

more information, call (708) 

361-4754. 

St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church (9300 

W. 167th St., Orland Hills) 

Weekday Service 

9 a.m. Monday through 

Friday. 

Southwest Seventh Day Adventist Church 

(15760 Wolf Road, Orland Park) 

Bible Study 

10 a.m. Monday, 7 p.m. 

Tuesday, 10 a.m. Saturday. 

Attendees can learn about 

Jesus. For more information, 

call (630) 708-0234. 

Hope Covenant Church (14401 West Ave., 

Orland Park 

Alzheimer’s Support Group 

7:30-8:30 p.m. second 

Monday of each month. 

Aishling Companion Home 

Care, a support group facilitator, 

hosts monthly meetings 

to provide emotional, 

educational and social support 

for family and friends of 

individuals with Alzheimer’s 

Disease or related dementia. 

For more information, visit 

www.alz.org. 

Ashburn Baptist Church (153rd Street and 

Wolf Road, Orland Park) 

Bible Study 

9:45 a.m. 

Have something for Faith 

Briefs? Contact Editor Bill 

Jones at bill@opprairie.com 

or call (708) 326-9170 ext. 20. 

Information is due by noon on 

Thursdays one week prior to 

publication. 

In Memoriam 

Peter Lally 

Peter N. Lally, 91, 

formerly of Orland 

Park, died Dec. 13. 

He was a veteran of the United 

States Navy who served World War 

II. 

Husband for 63 years to the late 

Elaine P. Lally; father of Lorrie 

Lally, Robert (Eileen) Lally, Kath 

(late John) Miller, Michael Lally 

and the late Kenneth Lally; grandfather 

of Kristine (Frankie) Chojnacki, 

Jay (Christina) Miller and 

Nicholas Miller; great-grandfather 

of Madelyn, Olivia, Delilah, Emma 

and Lillyanna; brother of the late 

Jack (Gerrie) Lally, the late Marlene 

(late Tom) Spence and the late 

Jim (late Cathy) Lally; and uncle of 

many nieces and nephews. 

Retired in 1988 from ComEd 

with over 45 years of service. Peter 

was a proud member of the American 

Legion for 66 years and recently 

was a member of American 

Legion Post 615 in Tinley Park. 

Visitation was held at Colonial 

Chapel. A Funeral Mass was held 

at St. Michael Church. Interment 

Good Shepherd Cemetery. 

In lieu of flowers, memorials to 

American Cancer Society (cancer. 

org) preferred. 

Deanne Agnes O’Toole 

Deanne Agnes O’Toole (nee 

Dempsey), 78, of Orland Park died 

Donald Pekau 

The Village of Orland Park announced on its 

Facebook page Dec. 20 that former Trustee 

Donald Pekau, father of Mayor Keith Pekau, died 

Dec. 17. 

Trustee Pekau served on the Village Board 

from 1969-1975 and was a members of the 

board when Orland Square came to Orland Park. 

Dec. 17. 

Wife of the late Paul for 45 

years; mother of Paul III (Melissa), 

Dennis (Angela) and Peggy 

(Adam) Lavelle; grandmother of 

Georgie O’Toole, Maggie, Patrick 

and Brendan O’Toole, and Fiona, 

Kevin and Charlie Lavelle; sister 

of the late George Dempsey, the 

late Rev. Richard Dempsey, Sister 

Dorothy Dempsey, Msgr. Thomas 

Dempsey, Sally Dempsey, Donald 

“Duke” (late Denise) Dempsey and 

Kathy (Dale) Moyer; sister-in-law 

of Mary Ann (Tom) McKenna; and 

aunt of many nieces and nephews. 

In lieu of flowers, donations to 

the Syrian American Medical Society 

(www.sams-usa.net) would be 

appreciated. 

The O’Toole family would like 

to thank the nurses and doctors 

He also was a founding member of the Orland 

Park Pioneers and the Orland Youth Association. 

He coached for both, according to the Village 

post. 

Arrangements were pending as of press time, 

and The Orland Park Prairie will publish more 

information when it becomes available, both in 

print and at OPPrairie.com. 

who cared for her over the years. 

Visitation was held at Curley 

Funeral Home. A Funeral Mass 

was held at Our Lady of the Woods 

Church. Interment private. 

Have someone’s life you’d like to 

honor? Email Editor Bill Jones at 

bill@opprairie.com with information 

about a loved one who was a part of 

the Orland Park community.

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Ava Logan shares classic jazz vocal talent with area 

Orland Park resident 

a veterinarian by day, 

professional musician 

by night 

Meredith Dobes, Freelance Reporter 

Ava Logan’s resume is as unique 

and powerful as her voice. 

The Orland Park resident began 

singing almost as soon as she could 

talk, and progressed in her dedication 

to and mastery of her craft 

through the years. 

Along the way, she attended 

Yale University and the University 

of Pennsylvania to become a 

veterinarian, performed in other 

countries, portrayed her jazz idols 

in Chicago musicals and created 

her first album, “So Many Stars.” 

Last year, Logan performed at 

her 40th high school reunion at National 

Cathedral School in Washington, 

D.C., which she said was a 

highlight for her. 

The singer grew up in Washington, 

D.C., and has lived in the Chicago 

area for the past 25 years. 

She said she always had a passion 

for music, and she pursued 

this interest by taking voice lessons 

in grades 6-8, acting in high school, 

continuing voice lessons in college 

and participating in the Proof of the 

Pudding a cappella group at Yale. 

She also was a founding member 

of the Whim ’n Rhythm a cappella 

group at Yale. 

After graduation, Logan was not 

involved in music for roughly 13 

years until she moved to the Chicago 

area. 

“My late father was sick, and I 

was singing to the radio once after 

taking him to the hospital for 

chemotherapy,” Logan said. “I 

was singing, and he remarked, ‘I 

forgot you sing. You have a beautiful 

voice. You should be singing 

in church.’ And so I began taking 

voice lessons after that.” 

Soon after moving to the Chicago 

area, Logan was hired to perform 

with a wedding band. She did 

this on the weekends for roughly 

seven years while working for biomedical 

research company G.D. 

Searle LLC in Skokie during the 

week. She worked there for roughly 

10 years, until Pfizer bought the 

company and moved jobs out of 

the Chicago area. 

She said she was happy about the 

buyout. She took her severance pay 

and began singing on her own. 

“I would go to jam sessions, 

meeting musicians, and they began 

referring me for different jobs,” 

she said. “That’s how it’s been 

since about 2002 or 2003.” 

As Logan began performing 

more and to larger audiences, a 

colleague referred her to a big band 

gig in California. She performed at 

Mendocino Music Festival in California 

and has been performing 

with big bands ever since. 

She has traveled to Russia, New 

York and Florida, and performs locally 

multiple times a month in the 

Chicago area. 

“The world is wide open,” she 

said. “I’m always looking forward 

to the next opportunity.” 

Musical style 

Logan said she is inspired by 

jazz singers Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah 

Vaughan, Dakota Staton, Nancy 

Wilson, Kellye Gray, Nat King 

Cole and Frank Sinatra. 

“I grew up listening to the music 

my parents were playing, and 

so I’m sure this seeped in there,” 

she said. “When I went to college, 

this is the kind of music the a cappella 

women’s groups were singing.” 

Logan portrayed Fitzgerald in 

a Chicago Black Ensemble Theater 

production of “Ella Fitzgerald 

- First Lady of Song” roughly 15 

years ago and also portrayed Wilson 

in the theater group’s production 

of “Dynamite Divas.” 

“It was just too cool,” Logan 

said. “This is really what I wanted 

to do when I went away to college. 

My parents, of course, didn’t think 

I’d be able to support myself doing 

this. They wanted me to be able to 

put a roof over my head and food 

in my mouth, but it’s been a dream 

to do this. 

“I can’t even believe I’m doing 

Ava Logan performs earlier this year during a Village of Orland Park concert at Crescent Park. 

Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media 

this at the level I’m doing it at this 

point in my life.” 

Logan studied with Norman 

Simmons, a pianist for jazz greats 

who shared with Logan techniques 

her idols used and how to tell a 

story through performance. 

“All the greats were storytellers,” 

Logan said. “They didn’t just 

stand there and sing; they were telling 

a story. There’s a lot going on 

when you’re performing and trying 

to get a story out — things you’re 

doing with your voice, technique, 

feeling. It takes a lot of years to 

relax and be able to tell the story.” 

In 2008, Logan released her 

first album, “So Many Stars.” Jazz 

guitarist Henry Johnson, who has 

worked with Joe Williams and 

Ramsey Lewis, produced the album. 

Logan said it took roughly six 

months to create the album, and 

Johnson recruited professional musicians 

he worked with to play for 

the project. 

“It was really an amazing experience,” 

she said. “I always wanted 

to make a record that would be 

played on the radio. It was definitely 

a labor of love. 

“That was my rookie CD, and 

now that I’m more seasoned I 

would love to make another one. I 

haven’t conceptually come to grips 

on how, but I’ve got my sights set 

on it.” 

Logan said she would also like 

to perform more on a national level 

going forward by seeking out larger 

gigs. 

“I’ve had the good fortune that 

I’ve been called and available for 

gigs,” she said. “Now, I need to 

take stock in if I want to perform 

on a more national level, I need to 

make it happen. I’m not sure what 

that looks like quite yet, but I think 

I know at least some of what I need 

to do. I’m living proof that you 

never know.” 

To musicians starting out, Logan 

said she encourages them to keep 

doing what they are doing, because 

you never know where your gift is 

going to take you. 

Local performances 

Currently, Logan provides consulting 

services and part-time veterinary 

relief work at clinics during 

the week and remains flexible 

to perform during evenings and 

weekends. She typically performs 

five or six shows a month. 

For many years, Logan performed 

regularly at 94 West Grille 

& Tavern in Orland Park. After taking 

a break for a couple of years, 

she returned to the spot for shows 

in October and November, and she 

said she hopes to continue to perform 

there in 2019. 

“It’s really a great hang,” she 

said. “It brings people together, 

and I get a lot of support performing 

there.” 

Logan performs once a month 

with Steve Koerner’s Eddie Stevens 

3 Band in Naperville. She 

performs quarterly for the WDCB 

Vocal Jazz Spotlight at venues 

around the area. 

Last summer, Logan performed 

at the Orland Park Public Library, 

and she said she plans to perform 

there again next summer. 

Logan keeps her website up-todate 

with upcoming performances, 

and she said all are welcome to 

attend a performance. For more 

information, visit www.avalogan. 

com. 

“I feel really blessed to be able 

to do this on a professional level at 

this point in my life,” Logan said. 

“You never know where things are 

going to take you.”

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16 | December 27, 2018 | The orland park prairie dining out 

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The Dish 

Lou Malnati’s in Tinley Park expands to full-service restaurant 

Jacquelyn Schlabach 

Contributing Editor 

Not long after opening the 

Lou Malnati’s carryout and 

delivery store in Tinley Park 

in 2009, owner Marc Malnati 

saw an opportunity to 

expand and offer a full-service 

restaurant to his loyal 

customers. 

His vision finally came 

to fruition Dec. 3, when after 

nearly four months of 

construction Lou Malnati’s 

re-opened to the community 

with more food options and 

dining space at the famous 

Chicago pizzeria franchise. 

The establishment, best 

known for its deep dish pizza, 

now offers more menu 

options at its Tinley Park 

location, in addition to the 

250 seats that were added 

for dining. 

“Our carryouts have a way 

more simplified menu, so 

Tinley Park is getting to see 

a whole bunch of items that 

they haven’t experienced before,” 

Malnati said. 

In addition to the already 

existing menu items — including 

customer favorites 

such as The Malnati Chicago 

classic, the “Lou” and 

the cheese deep dish pizzas 

— there are three new pastas, 

two new desserts, three 

sandwiches and a salad. 

“We try to do things so 

that it’s a homemade, fresh 

menu,” Malnati said. “You 

can’t have too many items 

and be able to keep those 

standards.” 

Some of the new menu 

items featured are the chicken 

BBQ club salad, which 

is now offered in two sizes, 

has romaine lettuce, grilled 

chicken, sun-dried tomatoes, 

shredded mozzarella, cheddar 

and Volpi salami bits, served 

with the restaurant’s club 

dressing and tortilla chips. 

The chicken Louie pasta 

($10.25) has tender pieces of 

chicken, fettuccine and cream 

sauce baked with mozzarella. 

And the beef sandwich 

($8.95) — which has tender 

beef smothered with melted 

mozzarella, served with a 

choice of fries or fresh fruit 

and cottage cheese — is also 

now available. 

Those familiar with the 

Chicago staple have become 

accustomed to the deep dish 

and thin crust pizzas that 

draw customers there in the 

first place. Guests also can 

customize their own pizza, 

adding as many or as few 

toppings as they want. 

“[My dad] was very instrumental 

in making Chicago 

pizza what it would 

become,” Malnati said. “He 

was a guy who like to fiddle 

around in the kitchen.” 

His father and founder of 

the restaurant, Lou, died from 

cancer in 1978, and Marc has 

taken the reigns on the company 

ever since. Lou Malnati’s 

now has 53 Chicago-area 

locations and three in Arizona. 

Tinley Park is the 31st 

store to open, and the only 

one in the history of the company 

to be converted from a 

carryout and delivery store to 

a full-dining restaurant. 

“What I’ve loved is that 

our regular carryout customers 

who have been coming 

here for almost 10 years are 

all saying, ‘Hey, can I go see 

[the restaurant]?’ and so we 

had somebody set up, just 

touring people, like walking 

them through the door 

and taking them around the 

restaurant,” Malnati said. 

“[They say], ‘Oh I can’t wait 

to bring my family in here.’” 

The location still offers 

its carryout and delivery 

options, which are now attached 

and just a doorway 

away from the seating area. 

There also is a bar where 

customers waiting to be 

seated or waiting for their 

carryout order can sit. 

The “Lou” pizza is one of Lou Malnati’s most popular pizzas, which has spinach mix, garlic, basil, onion, mushroom and 

sliced Roma tomato, with three cheeses on the restaurant’s Buttercrust. Photos by Thomas Czaja/22nd Century Media 

Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria 

9501 W. 171st. St. in Tinley Park 

Location Hours 

• 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday 

• 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday 

• 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday 

Delivery Hours 

• 11:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday 

• 11:30 a.m.-10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday 

• 11:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Sunday 

For more information ... 

Web: www.loumalnatis.com/tinley-park 

Phone: (708) 403-9700 

“We’re imaging we’re going 

to crush it, and we have 

been,” Malnati said. “We’ve 

been doing pretty good.” 

Malnati said that none of 

the locations of Lou Malnati’s 

are the same, with each 

giving its own unique feel 

to the area. He added that 

he does not like referring to 

the stores as a chain, but “a 

series of neighborhood restaurants.” 

“What we try to do here is: 

It’s always been to create an 

urban-feeling restaurant,” he 

said. “My belief is that in the 

outer suburbs — and I would 

call this a ways to get to the 

city — to create something 

Pictured is the inside of Lou Malnati’s restaurant in Tinley 

Park, which recently was converted from a carryout and 

delivery spot to a full-service restaurant. 

that feels like you’re in the 

city, it’s novel and it’s fun 

for the people who come and 

visit us.” 

He said he pictures the 

newly renovated Lou Malnati’s 

to be a hub for the 

area — a place one can bring 

their sports team to for a 

celebration, have a business 

lunch and family dinner. 

“I think it’ll be a real gathering 

spot for this neighborhood,” 

Malnati said.

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Sale 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFCOOK 

COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

COUNTY DEPARTMENT -CHAN- 

CERY DIVISION 

FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE 

ASSOCIATION 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

AMAL IBRAHIM, WEDGEWOOD 

COMMONS HOMEOWNER ASSO- 

CIATION, MARBLE EMPORIUM, 

INC. 

Defendants 

10 CH 37243 

13989 MILLBANK DRIVE Orland 

Park, IL 60462 

NOTICE OF SALE 

PUBLIC NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN 

that pursuant to aJudgment ofForeclosure 

and Sale entered in the above cause 

on April 19, 2018, an agent for The Judicial 

Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 

AM on January 31, 2019, at The Judicial 

Sales Corporation, One South 

Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, 

sell at public auction to the highest bidder, 

as set forth below, the following described 

real estate: 

Commonly known as 13989 MILL- 

BANK DRIVE, Orland Park, IL 60462 

Property Index No. 

27-02-407-001-0000. 

The real estate is improved with a townhouse 

single family. 

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid 

by certified funds at the close of the sale 

payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. 

No third party checks will beaccepted. 

The balance in certified funds/or 

wire transfer, is due within twenty-four 

(24) hours. The subject property issubject 

to general real estate taxes, special 

assessments, or special taxes levied 

against said real estate and is offered for 

sale without any representation asto 

quality or quantity of title and without 

recourse toPlaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. 

The sale is further subject to confirmation 

by the court. 

Upon payment in full ofthe amount bid, 

the purchaser will receive aCertificate 

of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to 

adeed to the real estate after confirmation 

of the sale. 

The property will NOT be open for inspection 

and plaintiff makes no representation 

astothe condition ofthe property. 

Prospective bidders are admonished 

to check the court file to verify all 

information. 

If this property isacondominium unit, 

the purchaser ofthe unit atthe foreclosure 

sale, other than amortgagee, shall 

pay the assessments and the legal fees 

required by The Condominium Property 

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

this property is a condominium unit 

which ispart ofacommon interest community, 

the purchaser ofthe unit atthe 

foreclosure sale other than amortgagee 

shall pay the assessments required by 

The Condominium Property Act, 765 

ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR 

(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE 

RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION 

FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF 

AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN AC- 

CORDANCE WITH SECTION 

15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS 

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. 

You will need a photo identification issued 

by a government agency (driver's 

license, passport, etc.) in order togain 

entry into our building and the foreclosure 

sale room in Cook County and the 

same identification for sales held at 

other county venues where The Judicial 

Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure 

sales. 

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, 

Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn 

Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 

60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088. Please 

refer to file number 9519. 

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORA- 

TION 

One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, 

Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 

You can also visit The Judicial Sales 

Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a7 

day status report of pending sales. 

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC 

One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 

Chicago, IL 60602 

(312) 346-9088 

E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com 

Attorney File No. 9519 

Attorney ARDC No. 61256 

Attorney Code. 61256 

Case Number: 10 CH 37243 

TJSC#: 38-5950 

I3103173 




CERY DIVISION 

FINANCE OF AMERICA REVERSE 

LLC 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

DONNA DANOVICH, UNITED 

STATES OF AMERICA ON BEHALF 

OF SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UN- 

KNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES 

FOR KATHLEEN M BITANGO, IF 

ANY, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND 

NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, SPE- 

CIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE 

DECEASED MORTGAGOR, KATH- 

LEEN M BITANGO 

Defendants 

17 CH 10289 

10175 WEST 143RD STREET OR- 

LAND PARK, IL 60462 





on October 25, 2018, an agent for The 

Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 




sell at public auction to the highest bidder, 


real estate: 

Commonly known as 10175 WEST 

143RD STREET, ORLAND PARK, IL 

60462 

Property Index No. 27-09-104-010. 

The real estate is improved with atan 

vinyl siding, one story single family 

home with a detached one car garage. 















by the court. 





of the sale. 

Where asale of real estate is made to 

satisfy alien prior to that of the United 

States, the United States shall have one 

year from the date of sale within which 

to redeem, except that with respect to a 

lien arising under the internal revenue 

laws the period shall be 120 days or the 

period allowable for redemption under 

State law, whichever is longer, and in 

any case inwhich, under the provisions 

of section 505 of the Housing Act of 

1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), 

and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 

38 of the United States Code, the 

right toredeem does not arise, there 

shall be no right of redemption. 






information. 













ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

















sales. 




60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088. Please 



TION 


Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 







(312) 346-9088 






TJSC#: 38-8549 

I3107537 




CERY DIVISION 

FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE 

ASSOCIATION (''FANNIE MAE''), A 

CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND 

EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF 

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

DEREK J KRATZ, YVONNE N 

KRATZ, DEREK J. KRATZ, TRUS- 

TEE OF THE DEREK J. KRATZ 

YVONNE N. KRATZ REVOCABLE 

LIVING TRUST DATED JULY 18, 

2001, YVONNE N. KRATZ, TRUS- 

TEE OF THE DEREK J. KRATZ AND 

YVONNE N. KRATZ REVOCABLE 

LIVING TRUST DATED JULY 18, 

2001, BROOK HILLS HOME- 

OWNER'S ASSOCIATION, HAROLD 

KRATZ 

Defendants 

2018 CH 01322 

17732 CRESTVIEW DRIVE OR- 

LAND PARK, IL 60467 





on August 27, 2018, an agent for The 

Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 




sell at public auction tothe highest bidder, 


real estate: 

Commonly known as 17732 CREST- 

VIEW DRIVE, ORLAND PARK, IL 

60467 


27-31-102-008-0000. 

The real estate is improved with asingle 

family home with an attached two car 

garage. 











sale without any representation as to 




by the court. 





of the sale. 






information. 













ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

















sales. 




60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088. Please 



TION 


Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 







(312) 346-9088 






TJSC#: 38-9598 

I3107702 




CERY DIVISION 

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., 

SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR BEAR 

STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURI- 

TIES I TRUST ASSET BACKED 

CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007-AC3 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

WARDELL CAMPBELL, BARBARA 

CAMPBELL, MORTGAGE ELEC- 

TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, 

INC., AS NOMINEE FOR GREEN- 

POINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC 

Defendants 

12 CH 20862 

8830 135TH STREET ORLAND 

PARK, IL 60462 





on June 29, 2018, an agent for The Judicial 

Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 




sell at public auction tothe highest bidder, 


real estate: 

Commonly known as 8830 135TH 

STREET, ORLAND PARK, IL 60462 


23-34-403-020-0000. 

The real estate is improved with asingle 

family home with an attached three car 

garage. 















by the court. 





of the sale. 






information. 








which is part of acommon interest community, 





ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

















sales. 




60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088. Please 



TION 


Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 







(312) 346-9088 






TJSC#: 38-9597 

I3107719 




CERY DIVISION 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA- 

TIONAL ASSOCIATION; 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

MATTHEW D. ANDRIOLA; PEGGY 

A. ANDRIOLA; 

COMMUNITY AMERICA CREDIT 

UNION; 

Defendants, 

16 CH 12514 




and Sale entered in the above entitled 

cause Intercounty Judicial Sales 

Corporation will onMonday, January 

28, 2019 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their 

office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 

718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public 

auction tothe highest bidder for cash, as 

set forth below, the following described 

mortgaged real estate: 

P.I.N. 28-16-202-001-0000. 

Commonly known as 15201 Laramie 

Avenue, Oak Forest, IL 60452. 

The mortgaged real estate is improved 

with asingle family residence. If the 

subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of 

acommon interest community, the purchaser 

of the unit other than amortgagee 

shall pay the assessments required 

by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of 

the Condominium Property Act. 

Sale terms: 10% down by certified 

funds, balance, by certified funds, 

within 24 hours. Norefunds. The property 

will NOT be open for inspection. 

For information call Sales Department 

at Plaintiff's Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, 

LLC, One East Wacker Drive, 

Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 

220-5611. 16-018342 F2 

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES 

CORPORATION 

Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 

I3107750 




CERY DIVISION 

THE BANK OFNEW YORK MEL- 

LON FKA THE BANK OF 

NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE 

CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF 

CWMBS, INC., CHL 

MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH 

TRUST 2005-22, MORTGAGE 

PASS-THROUGH TRUST 2005-22, 

MORTGAGE 

PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, 

SERIES 2005-22 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

JANE BLANKSHAIN; THE UNITED 

STATES OF 

AMERICA, OFFICE OF THE DE- 

PARTMENT OF THE 

TREASURY; UNKNOWN OWNERS




Sale 

AND NON-RECORD 

CLAIMANTS; CEDAR CROSSING III 

Defendants, 

16 CH 2969 






Corporation will on Thursday, January 




auction to the highest bidder for cash, as 



P.I.N. 27-02-201-079-0000. 

Commonly known as 13701 Trafalgar 

Court, Orland Park, IL 60462. 

















220-5611. 17-030504 F2 


CORPORATION 


I3107897 




CERY DIVISION 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

PAUL CHIECO AKA PAUL A. 

CHIECO; JONNIE CHIECO 

Defendants, 

18 CH 5787 






Corporation will on Thursday, January 




auction to the highest bidder for cash, as 



P.I.N. 27-27-215-012-0000. 

Commonly known as 16942 88th Court, 

Orland Hills, IL 60487. 

















220-5611. 17-041849 F2 


CORPORATION 


I3107909 

2702 Public 

Notices 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

“An Act in relation to the use of an 

Assumed Business Name in the 

conduct or transaction of Business 

in the State,” as amended, that a 

certification was registered by the 

undersigned with the County Clerk 

of Cook County. 

Registration Number: Y18000043 

on December 6, 2018 

Under the Assumed Business 

Name ofRenata’s Secure Services 

with the business located at: 1292 

Durham Lane, Lemont, IL 60439 

The true and real full name and 

residence address ofthe owner is: 

Renata Jurgutis, 1292 Durham 

Lane, Lemont, IL 60439 USA 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

“An Act in relation to the use of an 

Assumed Business Name in the 

conduct or transaction of Business 

in the State,” as amended, that a 

certification was registered by the 

undersigned with the County Clerk 

of Cook County. 

Registration Number: Y18000068 

on December 10, 2018 

Under the Assumed Business 

Name ofAcorn Diversified with 

the business located at: 17809 New 

Jersey Court Suite 15, Orland Park, 

IL 60467 

The true and real full name and 

residence address ofthe owner is: 

Ralph V. McCurdy, 17809 New 

Jersey Court, Suite 15, Orland 

Park, IL 60467 USA 

2900 Merchandise 

Under $100 

(2) new American Camper 

kerosene latern vintage 12” 

high sturdy metal construction 

$45. Rare vintage metal galvanized 

watering can with long 

flange spout & 2handles $50. 

708.466.9907 

3 furnace filters for Trion (Air 

Bear) 20x25x5 New $60. 

708.904.4186 

5piece entertainment center, 

solid oak, smoked glass doors, 

fully lighted, lots ofstorage for 

CDs & tapes, ect. Excellent 

condition $100. 708.532.4044 

9ft. pre lite slim tree 48” diameter 

w/ 2058 tips 1200 color 

lights $100. 708.479.7537 

Artists aluminum easel by 

Expo height 38” -70” weight 

4.58 lbs $15. Hoover rub and 

upholstery cleaner $25. Fran 

708.614.8541 

Barbie dolls, new in box (2) 

50th anniversary Irish doll $10. 

2Barbie mermaid dolls, new 

$5 each. Hero Barbie $5. 

630.390.9071 

Beanie Babies 4 for $5. Baseball 

hockey promo cards $1. 

708.465.4014 

Book collectors, volume of six, 

antique books “Library of Best 

Authors” $100. Good condition. 

708.403.2473 


Under $100 

Cardio Fit $20. Mens brown 

keather suburban coat -4419 

$20. Mens suit, cleaned $10. 

815.478.3870 

Chaise lounge - champagne 

colored, used for abedroom, 

very good condition $50. 

708.349.3524 

Chicago Bulls leather jacket 

XL $100. Chuck 847.724.8681 

Coach purse $40. New, never 

used, black courier. Retail 

$135. Still in package. 

708.349.1636 

GE oven range, white $50. GE 

Profile over-the-range microwave, 

white $20. Both very 

good condition. 815.469.4586 

GE stainless steel 30” range 

$99 or best offer. 708.785.0987 

Hoover rug shampooer, used 

once $50. 815.534.0987 

Hummel annual Christmas ornaments 

in original boxes. Dating 

from 1981 to 1996 16 total 

$50. 815.838.9570 

JVC bookshelf stereo system 

400 watts, brand new, still in 

box. Paid $179, asking $80. 

630.329.5846 

Lamp timer time clocks $3 

each. Brass fireplace set $3. 

Brass table lamop and shade 

$10. Beet steins $3 each. 

708.614.8148 

Pillsbury Dough Boy porcelain 

collection Baked to Perfection 

& clock $50 each. 

815.464.6176 

Salomon ski boot optima ultra 

light size 9, black incolor $35. 

Homer Glen. 708.785.3085 

Samsonite leather 15.6 laptop 

case, new $20. 708.599.6769 

Sears fake fur 3/4 length fur 

jacket, size 20.5, black/brown, 

excellent clean condition $30. 

815.545.0383 

Showtime rotiseri BBQ $50 

bob. 708.478.5338 LM. 

Solid wood computer desk 35 

1/2 x22x29, two shelves file 

folder drawer, Orland Park. 

$65. 708.408.0685 

Sony with built in amp sub 

woopor 12” like new piano finish. 

Paid $430. Asking $70. 

Ray 708.301.2800 

Two 13 lb bowling balls in 

good condition. One Hammer 

Legend Hi-Performance $50. 

One Columbia 300 White Dot 

Spare Ball $20. Both balls for 

$60. 7108.226.0881 

Vellux skylight 35x38 new in 

the box low - Eglass $100. 

815.485.6008 

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fully lighted, lots ofstorage. 

Excellent condition $100. 

708.532.4044 

9ft. pre lite slim tree 48” diameter 

w/ 2058 tips 1200 color 

lights $100. 708.479.7537 

A Westo Momentum CT 3.8 

elliptical exerciser with manual 

$85 best offer. 708.269.9414 

Artists aluminum easel by 

Expo height 38” -70” weight 

4.58 lbs $15. Hoover rub and 

upholstery cleaner $25. Fran 

708.614.8541 

Barbie Doll in Nascar racing 

uniform, new, prestine $25. 

Little wizard red glass kerosene 

lantern $65 ea. 

708.460.8308 

Black IKEA leather chair, perfect 

condition $50. Entertainment 

center w/ glass dorrs $50. 

Call Debbie 815.534.5273 

Book collectors, volume of six, 

antique books “Library of Best 

Authors” $100. Good condition. 

708.403.2473 

Cardio Fit $20. Mens brown 

keather suburban coat -4419 

$20. Mens suit, cleaned $10. 

815.478.3870 

Coach purse $40. New, never 

used, black courier. Retail 

$135. Still in package. 

708.349.1636 

Collection of 60 unique shot 

glasses. Varied sizes, shapes, 

each with adifferent design. 

Great for man cave, bar display 

or gifts. $40 for whole collection. 

Call 708.642.9019 

(2) new American Camper 

kerosene latern vintage 12” 

high sturdy metal construction 

$45. Rare vintage metal galvanized 

watering can with long 

flange spout & 2handles $50. 

708.466.9907 

16 speed ladies bike, still in 

box, brand new! $75 or best offer. 

815.838.3932 

1970s bumper pool table, nice 

shape, balls, sticks, needs refelt 

$100. 708.479.7706 

4antique dining room chairs 

$100. 815.485.6008 

Fun - Fun: 2 sturdy wood sleds 

38” $5 48” $6 or 2 for $10. 

708.301.8880 

GE dishwasher, stainless exterior 

sink, slightly used $100. 

708.785.0987 

Automotive 

Real Estate 


Under $100 

Hoover rug shampooer, used 

once $50. 815.534.0987 

Lamp timer time clocks $3 

each. Brass fireplace set $3. 

Brass table lamop and shade 

$10. Beet steins $3 each. 

708.614.8148 

Long dining room table $99 

(cherry wood) & leaf. 

312.519.5786 

Mendini 5piece drum set, plus 

stool, pedal and cymbal $65 

FIRM. 708.633.1978 

Metal detector auto calibrating, 

digital. Never used $75. Mens 

ring, Sterling silver and turquoise 

&mother ofpearl $25. 

708.530.9354 

New 3fttree with stand $10. 

New fresh tree, large tree stand 

$15. Dozen pink non-break 

tree ornaments, USA made $5 

ea. 708.460.8308 

Nurses uniforms, top &bottoms, 

1X & 2X $5 a piece. 

708.262.0821 ot 312.519.5786 

Pillsbury Dough Boy porcelain 

collection Baked to Perfection 

& clock $50 each. 

815.464.6176 

Salomon ski boot optima ultra 

light size 9, black incolor $35. 

Homer Glen. 708.785.3085 

Samsonite leather 15.6 laptop 

case, new $20. 708.599.6769 

Showtime rotiseri BBQ $50 

bob. 708.478.5338 LM. 

Showtime Rotisserie & BBQ 

$50 obo. 708.478.5338 

Solar AA/AAA rechargeable 

batteries $4 ea. 5 WAT ceramic 

white bulbs $3 ea. 2PK 

appliance bulbs $4, 12 PK 40 

wat soft white bulbs $12. 

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK 

10 Questions 

with Tyler Villa 

Tyler Villa is a senior football player and 

wrestler for Sandburg High School. 

What is it that most people don’t 

understand about wrestling? 

Most people don’t understand the team 

bond you build through wrestling. Many 

look at it as a individual sport but the team 

bond you create is amazing. Some of the 

guys on my team are some of my closest 

friends outside the mat. 

What is your proudest moment in 

sports? 

It was winning the eighth grade football 

championship for the Orland Park Pioneers. 

I say that, because it was my first championship 

team I was ever a part of. 

Do you have an embarrassing 

moment in sports? 

I dislocated my finger mid-match if that 

counts. 

Do you listen to any pump-up music 

before matches? 

Yes, my favorite is easily “Never Recover” 

by Lil Baby. 

Is there something people don’t know 

about you? 

Most people don’t know that I can wiggle 

my tongue in very odd ways. I am the only 

one out of my friends that knows how to do 

it. Also, a lot of people think I am FaZe Tfue, 

a famous gamer. 

Is there a movie you could watch 

this week in... 

EAGLES VARSITY ATHLETICS 

BOYS BASKETBALL 

■Dec. ■ 27 – at York Holiday 

Tournament, TBA 






Tournament, 12 p.m. 

BOYS SWIMMING 

■Dec. ■ 27 – at Lincoln-Way 

Central, 10 a.m. 

■Jan. ■ 3 – at Homewood- 

Flossmoor, 10 a.m. 

WRESTLING 

■Dec. ■ 28 – hosts Glenbard 

North, 11 a.m. 

■Dec. ■ 29 – at Libertyville- 

Schaumburg, Maine South, 

JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

over and over without getting sick of 

it? 

I can watch “Goodfellas” every single day 

of my life. “Stepbrothers” is a close second. 

Is there a TV show you could binge 

watch forever? 

“Drake and Josh”. It was my favorite 

childhood show and it is the best show of all 

time. No discussion. 

Is there someone - living or dead - 

you would like to have dinner with? 

I would want to have dinner with Conor 

McGregor. I love his persona and style on 

how he approaches things in life. He went 

from dead broke to a world class fighter 

purely based off his belief in himself and 

hard work and I admire that greatly. 

If they made a movie of your life, 

who should play you? 

I would say Brad Pitt because we kinda 

look alike. 

What would the title of the movie 

be? 

It would be called “The Good, The Bad 

and The Ugly.” 

Interview conducted by Sports Editor Jeff Vorva 

10 a.m. 

GIRLS BASKETBALL 

■Dec. ■ 27 - at Hillcrest 

Christmas Tournament, TBA 

■Jan. ■ 3 – at Bolingbrook, 

6:30 p.m. 

GIRLS BOWLING 

■Dec. ■ 27 – at Reavis 

Tournament, 9 a.m. 

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AREA SPORTS ROUNDUP 

Eagles swimmers hot, wrestlers 

suffer heartbreaking SWSC loss 

JEFF VORVA, Sports Editor 

Sandburg’s boys swimming and diving 

team, which has won three straight sectionals, 

is off to another big start in 2018-2019, 

which included a recent 109-74 victory over 

District 230 rival Stagg in Orland Park. 

Pete Bukiri, a senior who qualified for 

state in two events last season, won a pair 

of events against the Chargers as he claimed 

the 200 yard IM (2 minutes, 6.35 seconds) 

and 100 free (:50.58). 

Sean Harlin won the 100 fly (:56.69), 

while Ethan Miranda-Gale claimed the 500 

free (5:13.51). 

The 200 free relay team of Mitch Cook- 

Graver, Harlin, Miranda-Gale and Mike Rzeszowicz 

won in 1:35.08 and the 400 free 

relay foursome of Cook-Graver, Miranda- 

Gale, Eddie Howaniec and Bukiri was first 

with a 3:25.51. 

Diver Cody Thill scored a winning 4.00. 

The Eagles finished second in the 12- 

team York Invitational on Dec. 15. 

Individually, Jacob Simonek was second 

in the 100 breast stroke with 1:04.04 and 

fifth in the 100 IM with a 1:00.50. 

Thill was second in diving 395.80 and 

Cory Verzak third with 380.90. 

Harlin was third in the 200 IM 2:05.79 and 

Miranda-Gale was fourth with a 2:07.75. 

Jimmy Jenkot took third in the 100 breast 

with a 1:04.25; 

Bukuri took fourth in the 200 free 1:51.08 

and fourth in the 500 free 5:00.20 

The Eagles are at the Lincoln-Way Central 

Invitational Thursday, Dec. 27. 

Tough loss on the mat 

Sandburg got behind 19-0 and made a 

huge comeback but fell short in a 31-30 loss 

to Lockport on Friday, Dec. 21, in a South- 

West Suburban Blue battle in Orland Park. 

Lockport was ranked in the top five in 

the state in Class 3A by two services and 

picked up three pins in the match to Sandburg’s 

two. Another tipping point was that 

Lockport won a pair of one-point decisions 

and Sandburg, which lost its first dual of the 

season in 11 tries, pulled off one. 

Sandburg winners were Matthew Parker 

(106 pounds), Patrick Nolan (138), Zach 

Bateman (145), Mike Bosco (182), Kevin 

Zimmer (195), Alex Hirschfield (220) and 

Nate Goodman (285). 

The Eagles host Glenbard North at 11 

a.m. on Friday, Dec. 28. 

Peter Bukiri takes first in the 200 yard IM 

during a battle against District 230 rival 

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Sandburg’s Matthew Parker positions 

himself for a pin on the last match of 

the day but his team dropped a 31-30 

heartbreaker to Lockport on Friday, Dec. 21 

in Orland Park. 

Austin wins state Cyclocross title 

Sandburg freshman Jordan Austin won 

the 15-16 division of the Cyclocross Illinois 

State Championship Dec. 2 at Montrose Harbor 

in Chicago. 

She won the 15-16 title last year at the age 

of 14 when she choose to race up in age. She 

races for the Weather Channel team . 

Her team is made up of six athletes and is 

coached by Juan Carlos Arteaga of Broadview. 

Dolitzky game set for Friday 

The Eagles Hockey Club will host two 

games on Friday, Dec. 28 at the Arctic Ice 

Arena in memory of former player David 

Dolitsky, who died in 2016 after being struck 

by a vehicle while he was mowing the lawn. 

The Eagles’ junior varsity will take on an 

alumni team at 7 p.m. and the varsity follows 

with a game against the alumni at 7:45 p.m. 

The Eagles have set up a scholarship fund 

in Dolitsky’s name. Sam Lotito and Connor 

Wiegel were the first two recipients. 

FOOTBALL 

Area coaches to make most of big changes 


Illinois High School Association 

schools shockingly 

voted to eliminate conferences 

and implement a district 

system in football, starting 

with the 2021 season. 

The proposal narrowly 

passed with 324 schools 

voting yes, 307 voting no 

and 69 school turned in ballots 

with no opinions. There 

were 116 schools that did not 

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The nuts and bolts is that 

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in eight classes. The top four 

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Coaches in the area are 

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Sandburg coach Scott Peters 

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“It’s a lot to take in,” he 

said. “Some coaches will 

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GIRLS BASKETBALL 

Home before the holidays 

produces win over Andrew 


Home got a little sweeter 

for Sandburg’s girls basketball 

team. 

After eight games on either 

an opponent’s court or 

a neutral floor, the Eagles 

came home on Dec. 11 and 

suffered their worst loss of 

the year, 70-48. 

The second showing in 

Orland Park went much better 

for the Eagles. 

In what figured to be a 

close battle between two 

District 230 rivals, Sandburg 

gave its home crowd plenty 

to cheer about breaking out 

to a 31-13 lead after three 

quarters and hanging on for 

a 41-29 victory on Thursday, 

Dec. 20. 

Since the Argo loss, the 

Eagles won three straight 

games heading into the Hillcrest 

Holiday Tournament 

“We were hitting our 

shots and getting going 

right away,” said Stephanie 

Faro, who led the balanced 

Eagles attack with 12 points 

against Andrew. “Defensively, 

we’ve been working 

together.” 

Faro had 11 points in the 

16-minute stretch of the 

second and third quarters, 

including a buzzer-beating 

halftime layup. Grace Badon 

added 10 points including 

a pair of 3-pointers in the 

fourth quarter. Destiny Antoine 

added eight points. 

The Eagles’ next home 

game will be Jan. 8 against 

Lincoln-Way East. 

Sandburg’s Destiny Antoine (No. 25) gets ready to fire a 

pass to Molly Nolan while Andrew’s Aniah Long defends in 

the Eagles’ win on Thursday, Dec. 20. 

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Holidays at Hillcrest 

The Eagles opened play 

in the Hillcrest tournament 

with a doubleheader on Saturday, 

Dec. 22. 

In the first-round morning 

session, Sandburg a dominated 

Thornton Fractional 

South. 52-18. Faro led the 

way with 13 points. 

In the afternoon championship 

bracket, the Eagles 

played Rich South even for 

32 minutes in regulation but 

dropped a 58-52 overtime 

decision. 

Faro led the Eagles with 

18 points and scored a layup 

with one second left in regulation 

to help send the game 

into OT. 

Badon added 13 points in 

the setback as the Eagles fell 

to 9-5. 

The tournament was set to 

resume on Wednesday, Dec. 

26 with the Eagles challenging 

Thornton. If they win 

that game, they play for fifth 

place in the 16-team tournament 

on Thursday, Dec. 27. 

Here are your assignments 

The Illinois High School 

Association announced its 

postseason assignments and 

Sandburg will be in a 20- 

team Class 4A sectional that 

does not have a host yet. 

Sandburg, Marist, Thornton 

and Lincoln-Way West 

will each host regionals. 

Other teams in the sectional 

are Eisenhower, Mother 

McAuley, Bloom, Crete- 

Monee, Homewood-Flossmoor, 

Lincoln-Way East, 

Thorton Fractional South, 

Bremen, Lincoln-Way Central, 

Oak Lawn, Richards, 

Shepard, Stagg, Thornwood 

and Andrew. 

The winner heads to the 

Illinois Wesleyan Supersectional. 

The seeds are expected to 

be released on Jan. 31. As of 

now, the top team appears to 

be Mother McAuley. 

BOYS BASKETBALL 

Eagles flew into Elmhurst as winners 

TIM CRONIN, Freelance Reporter 

When Sandburg scored a 

60-50 victory over District 

230 rival Andrew on Dec. 

18, it brought the Eagles 

back to .500 for the season. 

They were 6-6 entering 

the Jack Tosh Holiday Tournament 

at York in Elmhurst, 

which opened on Wednesday, 

Dec. 26. They had a 

modicum of confidence, and 

a bit of momentum. 

Some of the good vibes 

came from a basic: Sandburg 

hit 7-of-11 free throws after 

back-to-back games making 

only 2-of-9. 

“Yeah, 64 percent is an 

improvement for us,” coach 

Todd Allen said with a 

chuckle. “But we were up 

17 points in the second half, 

and I’ll give our kids credit. 

They started fouling but we 

made some free-throws.” 

A flurry of three-pointers 

closed the gap for Andrew, 

but both Zach Kusper and 

Atharva Atreya were 3-of- 

4 from the line in the final 

quarter. 

Even better for Sandburg, 

the Eagles shot 24-of-37 

(64.8 percent) from the field, 

shaking off the reputation of 

being so-so shooters for a 

second game in succession. 

They were 19-of-41 (46.3 

percent) in beating Crete- 

Monee. 

Just like old times 

The game marked the resumption 

of the Sandburg- 

Andrew series after a year 

off. The Thunderbolts are 

in the SouthWest Suburban 

Red, the Eagles in the Blue, 

and the crossover game varies 

from year to year. Sandburg’s 

crossover foe this 

year was Thornton, so Allen 

and Andrew coach David 

Wilson lined up a game. 

“A good district rivalry 

win,” Allen said. “It was 

good to get them back on the 

schedule. I talked to Dave 

and said it’s great when we 

play each other. I’m happy 

to be able to do that.” 

Stat of the week 

Through the first 12 

games, Sandburg twins Marvin 

and Kevin Agwomoh 

were tied in scoring with 135 

points - 11.3 per game. 

Conference heats up 

Sandburg returns to 

SouthWest Blue play on Jan. 

8 at Bolingbrook, which was 

6-2 entering holiday play. 

The Raiders, while a perennial 

threat, are thus beatable, 

and that’s a common 

theme in the league. Lockport 

was 7-2, Homewood- 

Flossmoor 5-2 entering the 

holidays. That’s good but 

not dominant. Or is it? Allen’s 

not so sure. 

“Bolingbrook’s losses 

are to two good out-of-state 

teams, and one of H-F’s is to 

No. 1 Bloom,” Allen said. 

The big surprise in the 

league so far is Lincoln-Way 

East, which was 5-6 after 

a 55-54 overtime win in a 

crossover game against Lincoln-Way 

Central, and 1-1 

in conference play. But the 

league win was over Sandburg, 

and that stuck in the 

collective craw of the Eagles 

through their last two games 

prior to Christmas. 

“That was still kind of 

gnawing at us,” Allen said. 

“One of our goals is finishing 

in the Top 3 in the conference.” 

Sandburg twins Kevin (left) and Marvin Agwomoh are putting up twin scoring numbers, as 

both averaged 11.3 points per game in the Eagles’ first 12 games. 

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OP’s Minervini counted on as Brother Rice’s stat man 

RANDY WHALEN 


When Orland Park’s Mike 

Minervini missed the Brother 

Rice basketball victory over 

Harlan Academy on Nov. 24 

in the title game of the Joliet 

West Thanksgiving Tournament, 

it was a rare occasion. 

It was only the fourth time 

that Minervini, an Orland 

Park resident, has missed a 

Crusaders basketball game 

since 1993. He did so with 

good reason, though. That’s 

because Minervini, who 

has been the statistician for 

Brother Rice baseball, basketball 

and football for the 

better part of the past two 

decades, was doing stats for 

the football team in the Illinois 

High School Association 

Class 8A state championship 

game that evening at Memorial 

Stadium in Champaign. 

“I still got to cover the first 

three games at Joliet West, 

Minervini said. “Although 

they moved the time of the 

basketball title game up to 

3:30, I still only went to the 

football game. 

“I wasn’t going to miss 

that. I went with basketball 

[quarterfinals] in 2005, baseball 

[fourth place] in 2007 

and now football [second 

place in 2018]. It completed 

the trifecta of state events for 

me.” 

The other basketball 

games he has missed were 

in 2002, when his daughter 

Nicole got married. The 

next year, Minervini, who 

also does stats for St. Xavier 

University basketball, 

was committed to be at the 

SXU contest when a Crusaders 

game in Indiana got 

rescheduled for a Saturday. 

Then, in December of 2011 

his oldest son, Michael was 

returning from the inaugural 

seven-month deployment 

of the aircraft carrier, the 

USS Bush. He and his wife, 

Division I Brother Rice recruit Marquise Kennedy is one of 

several stars Orland Park’s Mike Minervini has kept stats 

on. TIM O’BRIEN/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

Former Brother Rice pitcher Ryan Palmblad, an Orland 

Park native, is one of many Crusader baseball players 

statistician Mike Minervini has covered. 

TIM O’BRIEN/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

Sandra, got to join the other 

families of the crew when 

the ship returned to Norfolk, 

Virginia. 

He rarely misses Brother 

Rice games. He has covered 

games inside and outside. He 

has kept the numbers in the 

wind, rain, snow, sleet and 

heat. His travels have taken 

him to numerous cities in and 

outside the Chicago area. 

Minervini has been doing 

the basketball statistics since 

1993, the football numbers 

since 1999, and the baseball 

stats since 2000. He’s only 

missed one football game, 

and that was the second game 

of the 1999 season when his 

niece Allyson Polickey got 

married. He has not missed a 

baseball game since 2003. 

So, how did Minervini, a 

1966 Richards graduate, who 

attended Eisenhower for his 

first three years until Richards 

opened, get involved in 

Brother Rice athletics? 

“My daughter [Nicole, 

1993 grad] went to McAuley 

and was a cheerleader there, 

and my sons [Michael, 1995 

grad and Ross, 1998 grad] 

went to Brother Rice and 

were involved in a variety 

of sports,” Minervini said. “I 

had followed Rice athletics 

for awhile. I had relatives that 

went there, and I attended the 

1981 and 1985 football state 

title games. So, they asked 

me to help out, first with Pat 

Richardson in basketball in 

Mike Minervini, of Orland Park, (with clipboard) has been a fixture for Brother Rice sports 

for 25 years. JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

Orland Park’s Jack McMahon (No. 44) and his Brother Rice teammates made it to the 

Class 8A championship game in November, which was a highlight for statistician Michael 

Minervini. JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

1993.” 

He does not do stats for 

McAuley events, because he 

simply does not have much 

time to do so. He also has 

done the basketball stats for 

the St. Xavier men’s and 

women’s teams for the past 

19 years. There are very 

few conflicts with Crusader 

events, but when there are, he 

goes with Brother Rice. 

There are many favorite 

moments he can recall, starting 

with basketball in 2005. 

“We beat Simeon (77- 

76) in double overtime at 

St. Xavier in the [Class 4A] 

sectional final that year,” Minervini 

said. “Derrick Rose 

was a sophomore, and that 

was his last postseason loss, 

as Simeon won it the next 

two years. Then we beat Proviso 

East (59-58) at the UIC 

Supersectional to go downstate 

for the first time. 

“In baseball, we went 

undefeated in the Catholic 

League in 2017, and this season 

was a huge highlight to 

have a 13-game win streak 

and advance to the state title 

game in football.” 

Living five minutes from 

Brother Rice for many years, 

Minervini moved his family 

to Orland Park in 1997, and 

they have been there since. 

He retired from the CTA in 

1999, and that also helped 

free him to do more statistical 

work. He has been married to 

Sandra for 47 years and obviously 

loves what he does 

with Brother Rice, but turned 

71 on Nov. 2. So, some of his 

impressive streaks may soon 

be ending to tend to family. 

“I’ve got nine grandkids 

that are involved in sports,” 

Minervini said. “So, it’s getting 

close. But it’s not because 

I’m tired of it.”

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THURSDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK 

Some great stories that just missed next week’s list 

1ST AND 3 

THE ILLINOIS HIGH 

SCHOOL ASSOCIATION 

ANNOUNCED THE 

AVERAGE ENROLLMENT 

FIGURES IT WILL USE 

FOR THE NEXT TWO 

YEARS 

1. Around here 

Sandburg is listed 

at 2,934 students, 

which is 23rd in the 

state. Also in District 

230, Andrew is listed 

at 2,139 and Stagg 

is at 2,271.5. 

2. Now that’s a lot 

The IHSA lists Morton 

as No. 1 with an 

enrollment of 8,196. 

So, take all the 

Sandburg students, 

multiply by two and 

you still cant match 

Morton. 

3. That’s not much 

Pike County Christian 

Academy in 

Pittsfield’s enrollment 

is listed as 

four. Four! Heck, that 

poor school can’t 

even field a full bowling 

team. 

Jeff Vorva 

j.vorva@22ndcm.com 

End of the year lists. 

I have known 

newspaper people 

who hate compiling them. 

Hate it. 

I think if they were given 

a choice of starting a yearend 

list or losing an eyeball, 

they might have to ponder it 

for a few seconds. I wonder 

if Popeye the Sailor refused 

to do a list? 

You will be happy to 

know that I am not one of 

those. I am happy to do 

them. Yes, it is extra work 

that can be a pain in the 

neck, but once I start doing 

them, it’s like a nice trip 

down memory lane. 

I usually find stuff that 

I completely forgot about, 

even though it just happened 

mere months ago. 

On Thursday, Jan. 3, we 

will present our Top 10 

sports stories for 2018. In 

the past, we’ve looked back 

at the sports year in a different 

format, but I like the 

Top 10 format. 

There is no shortage of 

Top 10 stories in this sportrich 

area. The problem is, 

what in the heck do I do 

about the quality stories that 

don’t make next week’s list? 

Then, I heard bells jingling 

in the background as if 

this were one of those sappy 

Hallmark holiday movies 

and — voila — it came to 

me. Let’s talk about them 

this week! 

So, without further ado, 

let’s talk about five stories 

from The Orland Park Prairie 

that fell a little short of 

next week’s power-packed 

list. 

In no particular order: 

Fitz blitz 

In November, Orland 

Park native Pat Fitzgerald 

was unanimously named 

Big Ten Conference Coach 

of the Year by the media and 

the coaches as the Northwestern 

coach helped guide 

his team to a Big Ten West 

title. 

Although his team lost to 

Ohio State in the league’s 

championship game, he 

continued to make some 

news. He is being rumored 

as a candidate for the Green 

Bay Packers head coaching 

job. He has been rumored 

for other college jobs in the 

past, but he steadfastly said 

he wasn’t interested and 

wanted to stay on in Evanston. 

But the Packers job? 

That might be a little hard to 

turn down an interview. 

Top-ping a record 

On May 18, Orland 

Park’s Teresa Topolski and 

three other runners (Sarah 

Kerfin, Charlotte Venezio 

and Samantha Spencer) 

from Providence Catholic 

did not win the Illinois 

High School Association 

state championship in the 

800-meter relay at Eastern 

Illinois University in 

Charleston, but her team 

ran a time of 1 minute 

and 45.15 seconds in the 

preliminary race to break a 

40-year-old school record. 

Topolski was just a freshman. 

“I still replay it in my 

mind how Teresa took over 

the race,” Celtics sprint/relay 

coach Mark Coglianese 

Jr. said. “She ran out of 

her mind the last couple of 

weeks of the season.” 

Mather sets up title 

Katie Mather, a senior 

Marist High School setter, 

an Orland Park native who 

attended Cardinal Joseph 

Bernardin and Century 

Jr. High School before 

her family moved to Oak 

Lawn, helped her team 

become the first Class 4A 

volleyball team win backto-back 

titles since 2012 

and 2013. 

The RedHawks beat 

Downers Grove North 

Nov. 10 at Redbird Arena 

on the campus of Illinois 

State University in Normal. 

Mather had 21 assists and 

four aces in that match. 

Marist downed Benet 25-18, 

25-15 in the semifinals and 

Mather collected 20 assists. 

Sandburg’s fourth-place finish the state in cheerleading 

was one of five outstanding stories that did not make 

the Top 10 sports stories of 2018, which will appear on 

Thursday, Jan. 3. 22ND CENTURY MEDIA FILE PHOTO 

She finished with 980 assists 

to go with a team-high 

44 aces this season for the 

38-3 RedHawks in 2018. 

4-for-4 

In October, Anna Loureiro 

became the first female 

tennis player from Sandburg 

since 2008 to qualify for 

state all four years. 

The first three years, she 

qualified as a singles player. 

This year, she teamed 

up with Jayme Gross and 

the pair finished the season 

28-1 and the two players 

earned all-state honors after 

the state declared they finished 

5th-12th. They were 

in a bracket in which they 

would have played for fifth 

place, but weather wiped 

out consolation rounds. 

Another top finish for Eagles 

cheerleaders 

In early February, Sandburg’s 

cheerleaders finished 

fourth in the state the Large 

Team division behind Joliet 

West, Marist and Stevenson. 

Sandburg had beaten Marist 

by nearly three points the 

week before in sectional 

competition. 

Maddie Bateman, Anna 

Benz-Weeden, Holly 

Chudzik, Kelly Hyde, Grace 

Mackle, Karly Petro, Makiah 

Terry and Amy Weslow 

were seniors on the squad. 

LISTEN UP 

“I went with basketball [quarterfinals] in 2005, baseball 

[fourth place] in 2007 and now football [second place in 

2018]. It completed the trifecta of state events for me.” 

Mike Minervini — Orland Park resident and longtime Brother Rice stat 

keeper 

What 2 Watch 

Boys basketball, TBA, Thursday, Dec. 27 

through Monday, Dec. 31 

• Sandburg continues play in the Jack Tosh 

Holiday Tournament at York High School in 

Elmhurst. 

INDEX 

27 - Area sports roundup 

26 - Athlete of the Week 

Compiled by Sports Editor Jeff Vorva, 

J.VORVA@22NDCM.com

Orland Park’s Hometown Newspaper | www.opprairie.com | December 27, 2018 

HOOP 

REPORTS 

A look at 

Sandburg’s 

boys and girls 

basketball 

teams, Page 28 

FOOTBALL TALK Districts and area signings, Page 27 

Orland Park’s Minervini has been tracking Crusader stats for a quarter of a century, Page 30 

Mike Minervini, shown at Memorial Stadium in Champaign during the Illinois High School Association’s Class 8A football championships, had been keeping statistics for the Chicago 

school since 1993. He has been at almost every baseball, basketball and football game the past few decades. JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA

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