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From their point of view - Lockport government bodies, schools, organizations share their 2018 perspectives 

• City, Page 3 I • Police, Page 4 I • Fire, Page 4 I • D205, Page 6 I • Park District, Page 7 I • Chamber, Page 7 

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1: The Saenger family — (left to right) Bill, Logan, Hailee, Cindee and Hunter — shares an emotional moment Dec. 21 at an assembly at Schilling School as Hailee, 7, was 

surprised with a Disney princess cruise from Make-A-Wish Illinois. 

2: Nick Ingram stares down the battlefield Sept. 8 during WWII Days. 

3: Brothers John (left) and Kyle Laflamboy sit on top of a bus at Legacy Adventure Park, which opened April 14. 

4: Pauly Forst, 5, of Lockport, and Julianna Maurer, 4, of Crest Hill, try out the motorcycle ride June 15 at the Old Canal Days carnival. 

5: A ribbon cutting is held May 19 for the Dellwood Park Community Center. 22nd Century Media File Photos

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THURSDAY 

Intro to Bullet Journals 

6-7 p.m. Jan. 3, White 

Oak Library District Lockport 

Branch Library, 121 E. 

8th St., Lockport. This program 

is designed for people 

whose New Year’s resolution 

is to be more organized. 

This event is an introduction 

to bullet journals and is to 

teach techniques to make 

planning functional and 

fun. The event is for teens. 

Registration is required. For 

more information, call (815) 

552-4260. 

Hooks, Needles, & More 

6:30-8 p.m. Jan. 3, White 


Branch Library, 121 E. 

8th St., Lockport. Attendees 

can bring their needlework 

or other craft projects, and 

chat and share skills with 

other crafters. Those who 

have not attended before are 

asked to register in advance. 

For more information, contact 

Deborah Lullo at (815) 

552-4260 or dlullo@whiteo 

aklibrary.org. 

FRIDAY 

Drive-in Movie: ‘Sheriff 

Callie’s Wild West’ 

10:30-11:30 a.m. Jan. 4, 

White Oak Library District 

Lockport Branch Library, 

121 E. 8th St., Lockport. Attendees 

are to watch “Sherriff 

Callie’s Wild West” and 

make their own horse out of 

a cardboard box. This program 

is for children ages 2-6 

with a caregiver. Registration 

is required. For more 

information, call (815) 552- 

4265. 

SATURDAY 

Family Fun with LEGOS 

11 a.m.-2 p.m. Jan. 5, 



121 E. 8th St., Lockport. 

This Saturday drop-in program 

is designed for families. 

All family members can 

make a creation and have 

it put on display. For more 

information, contact Cathy 

Weltsch at (815) 552-4265 

or cweltsch@whiteoakli 

brary.org. 

MONDAY 

Fortnite Craft 

4-5 p.m. Jan. 7, White Oak 

Library District Lockport 

Branch Library, 121 E. 8th 

St., Lockport. Those interested 

can drop in and create 

a craft based on the popular 

video game Fortnite. For 

more information, contact 

Jaci Kohn at (815) 552-4265 

or jkohn@whiteoaklibrary. 

org. 

WEDNESDAY 

Alphabet Soup Time 

1:30-2:15 p.m. Jan. 9, 




This program is to include 

stories, activities and games 

about learning and is designed 

for children ages 3-5. 

Registration is requested. 

For more information, contact 

Jaci Kohn at (815) 552- 

4265 or jkohn@whiteoakli 

brary.org. 

Microsoft Word Basics 

3-4:30 p.m. Jan. 9, White 


Branch Library, 121 

E. 8th St., Lockport. Participants 

are to learn how 

to create a document, edit, 

format text, and copy and 

paste. Basic computer skills 

are required. Registration is 

required. For more information, 

call (815) 552-4260. 

UPCOMING 

Winter Faux Flower 

Arrangement 

6:30-8 p.m. Wednesday, 

Jan. 16, White Oak Library 

District Lockport Branch Library, 


Anyone feeling the 

winter blues can attend this 

event and create a flower arrangement. 

All craft supplies 

are to be provided. Registration 

is required. For more 


4260. 

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 

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Online Dating for Ages 50+ 

10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 

Saturday, Jan. 19, White Oak 

Library District Lockport 

Branch Library, 121 E. 8th 

St., Lockport. This program 

is to teach attendees what 

online dating is all about, 

the difference between sites, 

how to set up a profile, and 

everything in between. Registration 

is required. For 


552-4260. 

Lockport American Legion 

Pancake Breakfast 

8-11 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 3, 

John Olson American Legion 

Post 18, 15052 Archer 

Ave., Lockport. There is to 

be a breakfast of all-youcan-eat 

pancakes, bacon, 

sausage, potatoes, scrambled 

eggs and homemade 

biscuits and gravy. Tickets 

are $8 for adults, and children 

ages 5 and under are 

free. The profits from the 

event are to be used to help 

local veterans. 

ONGOING 

Homer 33c Kindergarten 

Pre-registration 

Parents/guardians can fill 

out pre-registration forms 

for 2019-2020 incoming 

kindergarten students online 

at www.homerschools. 

org under “QuickLinks.” 

Parents/guardians should 

plan to go to Hadley Middle 

School from 4:30-7 p.m. 

on March 14 to complete 

the next step in the process. 

For more information, call 

(708)226-7626. 

Vintage Hats, Will County in 

War exhibits 

Noon-4 p.m. Wednesdays 

through Sundays, Will 

County Historical Museum 

and Research Center, 803 S. 

State St., Lockport. A new 

exhibit “Vintage Hats” is on 

display as well as a 19th century 

Doctor’s Office, “Will 

County in War” and early 

textiles. It is open to the 

public and group tours are 

available by reservation. For 


838-5080 or visit www.will 

cohistory.org 

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Free Jazzercise Classes 

The Lockport Jazzercise 

Fitness Center, 102/104 

MacGregor Road, Lockport. 

Through a program dubbed 

GirlForce, free classes are 

being offered to girls ages 

16-21 in an effort to empower 

young women, give 

them a place to get fit, learn 

healthy habits and find a 

place they belong in their 

communities. Call (815) 

370-3751 for more information. 

Weight Watchers 

6 p.m. Tuesdays, Shepherd 

of the Hill Lutheran Church, 


Weigh-in 30 minutes prior to 

the start of the meeting. Visit 

www.weightwatchers.com 

for more information. 

Senior Cards 

1-3 p.m. Mondays and Fridays, 

Gladys Fox Museum, 

231 E. 9th St., Lockport. The 

senior Pinochle Club meets 

twice per week and does not 

require registration or fees. 

Lockport Senior Men’s Club 

Meeting 

8:30 a.m. first Tuesday of 

the month, Gladys Fox Museum, 


The club meets from 

September to June beginning 

with a buffet breakfast 

at 8:30 a.m. followed by a 

speaker. For more information, 

visit www.lockport 

park.org or call (815) 838- 

3621 ext. 0.

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the Lockport Legend | January 3, 2019 | 3 

Year in Review 2018 

City invests $14 million 

in infrastructure projects 

Steve Streit 

Lockport Mayor 

The City of Lockport has 

made significant progress 

on several major infrastructure 

improvement projects in 

2018. The City continues to 

update aging infrastructure 

with approximately $14 million 

in investments into the 

Capital Improvement Plan 

this past year. 

These projects included 

road reconstruction, resurfacing, 

watermain replacement, 

well upgrades including 

iron filtration, and sidewalk 

replacement, including the 

completion of 7th and Valley 

and 8th and Washington 

roadway reconstruction. The 

City is also making improvements 

to the public water 

supply with the addition of a 

new deep well, at the existing 

Well 10 site, and the water 

treatment facility along 151st 

Street, west of Interstate 355. 

Construction began earlier 

this year to alleviate traffic 

congestion and implement 

safety improvements at the 

intersection of State and 9th 

streets. New dedicated left 

turn lanes on northbound and 

southbound State Street will 

help move traffic through the 

area. While bump-outs at the 

intersections of 8th, 9th, and 

10th streets will serve as traffic-calming 

elements on State 

Street. 

As part of the project, watermain 

that predates 1960 

has been updated along State 

and 9th streets. The deteriorated 

vaults have been filled 

to ensure pedestrian safety 

and replaced with gravity 

walls to sustain structural integrity. 

Parking along State 

Street and portions of 9th 

Street have been reconstructed. 

New sidewalks have been 

poured and some of the decorative 

pavers installed. In 

a few locations, temporary 

asphalt will be available to 

maintain public walkways 

through the winter. 

Downtown construction is 

expected to restart in spring 

2019 with the completion of 

sidewalk and curb work on 

the east side of State Street 

and the section of 9th Street 

between State and Commerce 

streets. The final element 

of this project will be 

the beautification through 

new streetscape including 

landscaping, trees, decorative 

planters and pavers, public 

gathering spaces, and promoting 

increased walkability 

in the corridor. 

In 2018, Lockport welcomed 

new businesses including 

Coom’s Corner, 

Panera Bread, Domino’s, Aspen 

Dental, Tropical Smoothie, 

Dunkin’ Donuts on State 

Street and more. Several 

buildings were renovated and 

new buildings constructed 

on existing property. Trinity 

Services did a marvelous 

renovation on the Roxy, restoring 

it to its art deco origin. 

The former FISH Food 

Pantry property on 9th Street 

was purchased by Domino’s, 

and the new ownership completed 

substantial building 

and site improvements. The 

FISH Food Pantry now has 

a new home in the Lockport 

Township building. The 

Catalina Motors property 

was purchased for a high-end 

automobile dealership, and 

significant improvements 

were made to the site. 

Looking ahead to 2019, 

Tangled Roots, based in Ottawa, 

recently announced 

that they are expanding to 

downtown Lockport. They 

are planning to bring a microbrewery 

and woodfired 

grill to the Mackin Building. 

Marcus Theaters officially 

submitted their proposal to 

the City for a movie theater 

on 159th Street near I-355. 

They are expected to be 

joined in the Lockport Plaza 

by a Holiday Inn Express Hotel 

in 2019. 

The Highland Ridge Mixed 

Use Development of commercial 

outlots and 240 luxury 

apartments on Archer Avenue 

and the Prologis Industrial 

Park industrial park adjacent 

to I-355 are both under construction. 

O’Reilly Auto Parts 

and Christian Automotive began 

construction on 9th Street. 

Through municipal partnerships, 

the efforts of local 

organizations and individual 

volunteers, Lockport’s culture 

continued to thrive. Old 

Canal Days, WWII Days, 

the Car Show, Summer Art 

Series, Comicopolis, Movies 

at the Roxy, Fridays in 

the Park with Abe, Memorial 

Day and Veterans Day ceremonies, 

Midwest SOAR- 

RING, unLOCK, Illinois 

State Museum, Gallery Seven, 

Lobsterfest, Christmas in 

the Square, and many more 

family-friendly events help 

make Lockport the best city 

in the southwest suburbs. Our 

City Council and staff look 

forward to serving the great 

citizens of the City of Lockport 

in the coming year.

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and mentors to our younger 

members retired. We thank 

them for their service to the 

citizens of Lockport Township 

and hope they have a 

long healthy retirement. 

This past year, we had 

eight new members complete 

their probation and 

become full-fledged members 

of the organization. We 

also hired another group of 

six firefighter paramedics 

to increase our staffing. 

In March, the District 

placed two new ambulances 

in service. These ambulances 

were totally redesigned 

by members of our Ambulance 

Committee to meet 

the needs of our paramedics 

and the equipment we carry. 

In August, the Fire 

District was awarded a 

$329,114.00 Federal Grant 

for Self Contained Breathing 

Apparatus (SCBAs) 

replacement. Our current 

SCBAs are at the end of 

their life cycle and needed 

to be replaced. 

This year we implemented 

R.E.D. Shirt Fridays. 

RED stands for “Remem- 

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Police department continues mission to help heroin addicts 

Terry Lemming 

Lockport Chief of Police 

In 2018, the Lockport Police 

Department is very proud 

in taking an alternative approach 

to dealing with heroin 

addicts. Because of the addictive 

quality of the drug, users 

usually end up being arrested. 

We decided that arresting 

them does no good, so we decided 

to get them treatment. 

The treatment is for those 

who voluntarily walk into the 

police station and want help 

with their addiction. We will 

get them long-term treatment 

immediately, even if they are 

uninsured. Twelve people 

are on the road to recovery 

because of this program, 

but there are many more addicts 

who need to take advantage 

of this program and 

change the course of their 

lives. 

Other achievements for the 

department in 2018 include: 

• NeighborhoodScout 

named Lockport 47th in its 

Top 100 Safest Cities in the 

U.S. list for 2018. 

• Officer Dave McDaniel 

was the officer of the year for 

catching three armed robbers 

just after the robbery. 

• Attorney General Lisa 

Madigan named Officer 

Jeren Szmergalski Elder Officer 

of the Year for her great 

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work with senior citizens. 

• The police department 

won the Lockport Rotary 

Club’s inaugural Coffin 

Races and won the best 

coffin contest thanks to 

Joe Gallas, who built the 

coffin. 

• In August, the community 

came out in large 

numbers for the National 

Night Out Against Crime 

where cops and children 

interacted. 

• In October, Officers purchased 

pink police badges 

which they wore all month in 

recognition of breast cancer. 

• In November and December, 

officers paid $100 

and were allowed to grow 

a beard. Those officers who 

looked like Santa were to 

be loaned out for children’s 

Christmas parties. The 

money raised was to be sent 

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• Each spring, the police 

department asks residents 

for used bicycles. The officers 

and members of 

the community volunteer 

to fix the bikes and give 

them to underprivileged 

children. 

• For Halloween, the police 

department had two marked 

haunted squad cars out and 

about in town. Each car had 

two zombies from HellsGate 

Haunted House inside. 

• The police department is 

honored to be very involved 

in Lockport Love, an organization 

that helps those in 

need in the Lockport area. In 

2018, LL was able to assist 

many families and individuals. 

Some of the other things 

that we were involved in 

for 2018 are: Citizens Police 

Academy where 21 

people completed the program 

in 2018, Cop On Top 

Special Olympics fundraiser 

at Dunkin’ Donuts, 

the Burgers and Badges 

fundraiser at Culver’s for 

Special Olympics, Shop 

With A Cop for underprivileged 

children at Christmas 

time. 


Fire district adds new 

members, ambulances 

2018 was another busy 

year for the firefighter 

paramedics of the Lockport 

Township Fire Protection 

District, responding to 

nearly 10,000 calls for fire 

and EMS assistance. 

The firefighter/paramedics 

of the District have had 

multiple “saves’ this year 

of people who were pulseless 

and non-breathing upon 

arrival, but were successfully 

resuscitated either in 

the field or back of the ambulance. 

This past year we had 

two senior members retire. 

Captain Joe Casagrande 

and Lieutenant Robert Vargo, 

both of whom were very 

experienced fire officers 

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What a year it was 

The Legend looks 

back on Lockport’s 

2018 

Max Lapthorne, Editor 

decline the charges after the 

phone in question belonging 

to McGrath vanishes. 

• Open house event Feb. 

21 gives residents a peak at 

renovated Roxy Theater. 

There has been no shortage 

of action in Lockport 

over the last 365 days, and 

we have done our best to 

cover it all. So now that 2018 

is officially in the books, we 

take a look back at some of 

the most memorable stories 

of the year. Enjoy. 

JANUARY 

• Declan Kelly, a seventhgrader 

at Homer Jr. High, 

wins the school’s National 

Geographic Bee on Jan. 19, 

while Samantha Bradley finishes 

second. 

• Will County School District 

92 Board of Education 

votes at its Jan. 23 special 

meeting not to renew the 

contract of superintendent 

Pete Sullivan. 

• LTHS Prom Dress Resale 

offers area students 

an opportunity to purchase 

formalwear for affordable 

prices the weekend of Jan. 

27-28. 

FEBRUARY 

• Homer Community Consolidated 

School District 

33C Superintendent Kara 

Coglianese tenders her resignation 

to the school board 

at its Feb. 1 meeting. 

• Gallery Seven opens 

Feb. 1 on the second floor 

of the Gaylord Building in 

Lockport after relocating 

from Joliet. 

• New Lenox police decline 

to file charges Feb. 

15 against former Providence 

Catholic High School 

President the Rev. Richard 

J. McGrath, who retired in 

December 2017 amid an 

investigation regarding alleged 

inappropriate material 

on his mobile device. Police 

MARCH 

• Lockport Township High 

School athletes compete 

once again in the annual Special 

Games for special needs 

students March 8 at Lincoln- 

Way Central High School. 

• Approximately 100 students 

at LTHS East Campus 

participate in National Walkout 

Day March 14 to pay 

tribute to the 17 people who 

died in the mass shooting at 

Marjory Stoneman Douglas 

High School a month earlier. 

• Seventh annual Lockport 

Township High School St. 

Baldrick’s event raises more 

than $10,000 March 15. 

• Lockport Township 

High School graduate and 

former Chicago Cub Ron 

Coomer opens Coom’s Corner 

resturant March 26 in 

Lockport. 

APRIL 

• Lockport Mayor Steve 

Streit delivers annual State 

of the City Address April 10 

which focused on the State 

Street construction. 

• A lawsuit brought forth 

April 12 by former Providence 

Catholic High School 

student Bob Krankvich alleges 

sexual abuse by longtime 

former Providence 

President the Rev. Richard 

J. McGrath and neglect by 

PCHS. 

• Legacy Adventure Park 

opens April 14. The park offers 

paintball, archery tag, 

outdoor laser tag, zombie tag 

and more. 

• Body of former LTHS 

student Sean Joy, 20, who 

had been missing since 

March 21, is found April 13 

in the Des Plaines River. 

Kylie Hunt, 4, sets up pastry samples at Cakes XO Sept. 16 

in preparation for the Sweets & Savory Crawl. 

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• LTHS graduate searches 

for justice after alleging her 

former teacher began an illicit 

relationship with her 

when she was a sophomore 

at the school. 

• Homer Community Consolidated 

School District 

33C Board of Education 

votes April 24 to hire Craig 

Schoppe as the district’s new 

superintendent. 

MAY 

• Chicago Cubs national 

anthem singer John Vincent 

visits Homer D33C schools 

May 9 to speak about bullying. 

• Mark Fleming appointed 

interim superintendent of 

Will County School District 

92 May 10 during a special 

board of education meeting. 

• Grand opening held May 

19 for new Dellwood Park 

Community Center. 

• John Olson American 

Legion Post 18 honors fallen 

heroes May 28 at Memorial 

Day Ceremony. 

JUNE 

• LTHS celebrates more 

than 850 graduating seniors 

June 2 at commencement 

ceremony at the school’s 

East Campus. 

• Final development plans 

for controversial Prologis 

industrial business park approved 

June 6 during the 

Lockport City Council meeting. 

• Old Canal Days brings 

entertainment, history together 

the weekend of June 

15-17 despite State Street 

construction. 

• LTHS graduate Amanda 

Stanton, 26, is killed in what 

investigators call a hit and 

run in Oswego, with Stanton 

reportedly killed when 

struck by a car that fled the 

scene. Nehemiah Williams, 

38, is later charged with 

three felonies in her death. 

JULY 


School D205 Board of Education 

President John Lukasik 

submits his letter of 

resignation July 10 during a 

meeting. 

• Jason VanderMeer resigns 

as Third Ward Alderman 

during July 18 City 

Council meeting. His resignation 

came because he 

planned to move to Tulsa, 

Oklahoma. 

• Sizzles relocates to 110 

Macgregor Road and holds 

re-opening July 28. 

AUGUST 

• Fourth annual Comicopolis 

event continues to grow 

Aug. 4 and serves as a meeting 

place for comic book enthusiasts. 

• Ground-breaking ceremony 

held Aug. 6 for a project 

to restore the Lockport 

Prairie Nature Preserve. 

• Lockport resident Alexander 

Perez is shot dead 

Aug. 29 in Joliet. 

SEPTEMBER 

• Annual WWII Days 

LTHS senior BB Lindquist (right) gets her dad John 

Lindquist’s opinion on a potential prom dress Jan. 27 at the 

LTHS Foundation’s annual Prom Dress Resale. 

event brings historic war to 

life Sept. 8-9 at Dellwood 

Park with expanded attractions. 

• Fourth annual Sweets & 

Savory Crawl in downtown 

Lockport raises money for 

Make Your Mark: The Mark 

Staehely Pediatric Cancer 

Foundation Sept. 16. 

• A light pole falls on and 

injures three fourth-grade 

students during recess Sept. 

17 at Butler School in Lockport. 

• Mark R. Lobes is sworn 

in as Third Ward Alderman 

Sept. 19 after Jason Vander- 

Meer resigned in July. 

• Two LTHS freshmen are 

arrested Sept. 29 after reports 

of a gun being brought 

to the school’s homecoming 

dance lead to a pellet gun 

being discovered off school 

grounds. 

OCTOBER 

• Meals on Wheels officially 

opens its new facility 

Oct. 17 in the new Lockport 

Township Government 

building. 

• The remains of Ashley 

Tucker, of Joliet, are found 

Oct. 24 in a barrel in Lockport 

Township. She had reportedly 

been missing since 

Oct. 13. Peter Zabala was 

later charged with murder 

in connection to Tucker’s 

death. 

NOVEMBER 

• District 92 reopens its 

superintendent search. 

• Lockport resident Mike 

Kelley re-elected as Will 

County Sheriff Nov. 6 after 

receiving 57.83 percent of 

votes. 

• The Lockport Township 

High School Marching Band 

performs at Grand Nationals 

in Indianapolis in early November. 

• Christmas Crossroads 

craft show held for 48th year 

at LTHS Nov. 17 and 18. 

• Lockport Police Department 

offers drivers 

frozen turkeys instead of 

tickets Nov. 21 as part of a 

program sponsored by Tuffy 

Tire and Auto Service and 

Maurer Auto and Truck Repair. 

• Annual Christmas in the 

Square event ushers in holiday 

season Nov. 24 in downtown 

Lockport. 

DECEMBER 

• A gun threat circulating 

through Snapchat is 

reported to the LTHS administration 

after a Dec. 

13 fight at school which 

resulted in a student being 

charged with aggravated 

battery. 

• Lockport Love gives 

gifts to families in need Dec. 

15 during annual holiday 

giveaway. 

• Hailee Saenger, a firstgrader 

at Schilling School 

who recently completed 

cancer treatment, is surprised 

with a Disney princess 

cruise trip for her and 

her family at a school assembly 

Dec. 21.




Student achievements 

make 2018 a ‘great 

year to be a Porter’ 

Todd Wernet 

D205 Superintendent 

Hello District 205 residents! 

This past year was 

marked with many outstanding 

achievements and student 

accomplishments, making 

2018 truly a great year to be 

a Porter. 

Academically, LTHS continues 

to demonstrate its 

status as a top comprehensive 

high school. The 2018 

Illinois School Report Card 

data shows LTHS continuing 

to trend positive in many areas 

including graduation rate, 

ninth-grade students on track, 

and the number of students 

earning college course credit 

Good Hands ® 

Within 

arm’s reach. 

Claudia Gamache, CPCU 

815-834-2700 

16614 W. 159th St., #302 

Lockport 

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through Advanced Placement 

and dual-credit courses. 

The overall graduation 

rate for the class of 2018 increased 

to 95 percent with 

subgroup percentages of 93 

percent for Hispanics and 

an LTHS-high for black 

students at 98 percent. During 

the 2017-2018 school 

year, LTHS enrolled 1,235 

students in 23 Advanced 

Placement courses and 16 

dual-credit courses, providing 

students with multiple 

opportunities to earn college 

credit while still at LTHS. In 

September, the National and 

Illinois Association of Career 

and Technical Education visited 

LTHS to highlight our 

programs and class offerings 

and to recognize us as 

a leader in the Chicagoland 

area for career and technical 

education. 

During 2018, 11 students 

achieved Commended Student 

status for their achievement 

in the National Merit 

Scholarship program and 

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Programs at new Township building continue to increase 

Ron Alberico 

Township Supervisor 

The Township has once 

again had a very busy and 

productive year. 

We had the ribbon cutting 

for Meals on Wheels and are 

waiting to get a start date 

from them. We have partnered 

with AARP, and they 

utilize space in our building 

to hold informative classes 

for seniors twice per month. 

This has had a great turnout 

already and we have just begun. 

We have an art gallery in 

our hallways that features art 

from our local schools. This 

is changed out about once a 

month as new art is received. 

We held a mid-year mini 

expo. Lions Club was one of 

the vendors, as the club gave 

eye tests. Walgreens was here 

to administer flu shots, and 

we also had the shred truck, 

which is always a big hit. 

We had Trunk & Treat 

again this year, and the turnout 

was great! Candy was given 

outside from the trunks of 

the decorated vehicles and in 

each of the decorated rooms. 

The children had games inside 

and won prizes. Food could 

be purchased from a choice of 

two food trucks in the parking 

lot. Great job to the people in 

the assessor’s office. A special 

thank you to Stefanie for all of 

her hard work. 

A big thank you to Louis 

Flores for building our Share 

Library and Mark Mason for 

putting the finishing touches 

on it. This is located outside 

the building. Please feel free 

to borrow and donate books. 

Lockport Township Clerk 

Denise Mushro-Rumchak’s 

office had a record number 

of 1,789 early voters for the 

Nov. 6 election. 

The Clerk’s office has enhanced 

a new user-friendly 

website for the residents of 

Lockport Township. Please 

look for our new website 

coming soon at www.lock 

porttownship.com. 

We are also excited to announce 

a partnership with 

United Way of Will County 

to allow us to provide essential 

items for families in 

need such as: diapers, wipes, 

diaper cream, baby wash and 

lotion. A Community Baby 

Shower event was held on 

Sept. 16 in the Township’s 

Community Center. 

We at the Township have 

partnered with the Limestone 

Theater group as well as hosting 

Allegro and the Lockport-Homer 

Glen youth theater 

groups. The plays held 

here have been very successful. 

Tickets for Limestone 

Theater can be purchased 

online at their website, www. 

limestonestage.org. 

The food pantry is a welcomed 

addition to our facility. 

The hours are 8:30-11:30 

a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays 

and Fridays. The hours for the 

Fresh Market pantry are 11 

a.m.-1 p.m. on Tuesdays. 

We look forward to making 

2019 even more successful 

than this year has been. 


Fairmont D89 focuses on growth, academic improvement 

Diane Cepela 


This past year has brought 

Fairmont nothing but great 

things! We are all working 

hard to assure the learning 

community at Fairmont that 

our students are in good hands 

emotionally, academically, 

athletically and socially. Our 

teachers and staff have made 

great efforts working to meet 

the needs of the students we 

serve. Without question, they 

are dedicated to serving our 

students each and every day. 

It is hard to believe this is the 

last of 2018 and that means 

half of our instructional year 

is over. 

Fairmont students can be 

proud of their 2018 academic 

success! With new programs 

in place and intentions set 

on improvement, students at 

Fairmont raised their scores 

for a combined 14.4 percent 

meeting or exceeding on the 

2018 PARCC test. This leap 

earned them a higher rank 

within Will County’s public 

schools, as the lowest testing 

school had 11.18 percent of 

their students meet or exceed 

on the 2018 test. This improvement 

also puts Fairmont 

as the seventh highest school 

out of Will County’s 26 public 

schools as far as percent of 

growth from 2017 to 2018. 

The Fairmont community 

is also proud of our fiscal 

responsibility. Administration 

along with the Board of 

Education not only presented 

a balanced budget, but also 

reimbursed monies to our taxpayers 

this year. We have been 

able to make many repairs to 

our building by sticking to 

our 10-year building plan. We 

strive to offer a competitive 

educational environment by 

supporting educators in professional 

development and in 

instructional supplies. In the 

new year, we will continue 

to seek new monies through 

state and federal opportunities 

while keeping local property 

taxes down. 

Thank you to all our extended 

community partners 

for this new year and for allowing 

us to work for our 

learning community daily. 

Thank you to Lockport 

Township High School, the 

area grade school districts, 

Fairmont Community Partnership, 

the Lago Vista community, 

Shiloh Missionary 

Baptist Church, the Give 

Something Back community, 

Cross of Glory Church, 

and the Joliet area colleges 

and universities — Lewis, 

St. Francis and Joliet Junior 

— and all the small and individual 

groups for the tremendous 

outpouring of support 

for our schools. 

Finally, thank you guardians 

for the care you give to 

your children so that they are 

ready to learn. Spend your 

time this break with laughter, 

love and good health. We 

have much to do to continue 

our “Growth for Fairmont” 

moving forward. We will return 

as busy as we left!

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Park district celebrates much-anticipated opening of Dellwood Park Community Center 

Pam Hutton 

PR & Marketing Supervisor 

The Lockport Township 

Park District has ended a year 

in which it started a variety of 

new recreation opportunities 

for many years to come. 

The year began busy with 

the new Dellwood Park 

Community Center in its final 

stages of construction. 

The significance of the new 

building is that the park district 

now has its own indoor 

gym. Now, people can enjoy 

this open space during any 

season to play basketball, 

pickleball, soccer, volleyball 

or even to walk indoors. Additionally, 

the park district 

uses this space for special 

events, programming, summer 

camp and preschool activities. 

In addition to the gym, 

DPCC has multi-purpose 

rooms for rent. Birthday parties 

for all ages are popular. 

The park district also hosts 

a variety of programming in 

these rooms such as karate, 

SilverSneakers, some senior 

clubs and preschool activities, 

which leads to DPCC’s 

all-day preschool program. 

Working parents looking 

for a spectacular preschool 

program can look no further. 

With options beginning 

from 6:30 a.m., 9 a.m., 

11:30 a.m. or 3 p.m. until 6 

p.m. Monday-Friday, this 

program is convenient for 

parents. Not to mention the 

children have outdoor play, 

games and activities such as 

tennis lessons, music, and 

most importantly, meeting 

new friends. 

More recreation opportunities 

can be experienced 

at Prairie Bluff Public Golf 

Club, located at 19433 Renwick 

Road. The golf course 

currently has extended restaurant 

hours for the winter season 

being open from 11 a.m.- 

7 p.m. Tuesdays-Sundays 

and closed on Mondays. On 

the same note, Prairie Bluff 

has a new menu and daily 

specials, which are listed on 

our website, www.prairie 

bluffgc.com. Something else 

that is new to Prairie Bluff 

is our monthly matinee program 

held in the banquet hall 

with live entertainment such 

as Kevin Catchings. He sings 

the favorites of Nat King 

Cole, Frank Sinatra, Tony 

Bennett and more. Other 

entertainers include Simply 

Patsy Cline, The Country 

Doctors and James Libera 

performing pop, jazz and 

rock. Included with the entertainment 

is a special menu 

for each night. For private 

venues, the banquet hall is 

available for rent; it accommodates 

up to 240 guests. 

Last but not least, the 

park district’s fitness facility, 

Challenge Fitness, is always 

improving the facility 

and the fitness equipment. 

This year, the men’s shower 

area was updated as well as 

replacing all of the cardio 

equipment in the fitness center. 

Our facility has a pool, 

whirlpool, and a men’s and 

women’s steam room among 

other amenities that set us 

apart. 

In all, the Lockport Township 

Park District has ended 

a year in which it started a 

variety of new recreation opportunities 

for many years to 

come. 


Lockport Chamber welcomes 35 new members this year 

Ron Lif 

Chamber President 

The Lockport Chamber 

of Commerce has had a 

busy and successful year in 

2018, enjoying incredible 

growth and welcoming 35 

new member businesses to 

our organization. Our members 

gathered several times 

this year as we hosted many 

grand openings, ribbon cuttings, 

luncheon meetings, 

our new monthly Chamber 

Chats and other events to 

support the business community 

in Lockport. 

In April, the Chamber 

hosted Lockport Mayor 

Steve Streit’s State of the 

City Address where he 

shared his vision and plans 

for the future of Lockport. 

He also updated attendees 

on progress of 

the State Street renovation. 

The Chamber has enjoyed 

working with Streit, 

who leads a talented City 

Council and staff committed 

to business owners in 

Lockport and who have 

demonstrated their desire 

to enhance opportunities 

for economic development 

in our community. 

The Chamber also hosted 

a Lunch with the Mayor in 

July to give more members 

a chance to hear what the 

future holds for Lockport’s 

business community. 

The Chamber also 

played a key role in organizing 

several events during 

Lockport’s Old Canal 

Days. We also sponsored 

a Cruisin’ Into Lockport 

Car Show. In November, 

we were proud to host our 

Autumn Dinner Gala at 

Embers Tap House, recognizing 

our community’s 

law enforcement officers of 

the year. This year’s award 

recipients were: Lockport 

Police Department Officer 

of the Year, Officer Dave 

McDaniel; Will County 

Sheriff’s Department Dep- 

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fire 

From Page 4 

ber Everyone Deployed.” 

These shirts have a special 

design on the back in honor 

of our members of the organization, 

members of the 

community, and those who 

have made the ultimate sacrifice 

in serving our country 

in the armed forces. 

In October, in a joint effort 

with the Lockport Firefighters 

Local, we wore 

shirts with a cancer awareness 

theme. These shirts 

we also sold outside the 

fire department with the 

proceeds going to a local 

cancer charity. 

With the help of Lieutenant 

John Matthews, the 

department has an entirely 

new website. Please visit 

us at www.lockportfire.org. 

The website has a wealth 

of information and links to 

other community partners. 

You can also find us on 

Facebook, new in 2018. 

In closing, I would be remiss 

not mention a couple 

fire safety tips. First, smoke 

detectors save lives! Please 

make sure you have working 

smoke detectors on each 

floor of your home. Second, 

make sure you have a carbon 

monoxide detector. Carbon 

monoxide is an colorless and 

odorless gas. Each year we 

hear of people who lose their 

lives due to CO poisoning. 

Finally, watch the placement 

of space heaters. Make sure 

they are kept multiple feet 

away from combustible materials 

such as bedding and 

clothes. 

On behalf of the men and 

women of the Lockport 

Township Fire District, 

I wish all our residents a 

safe, happy holiday season 

and a prosperous 2019!



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Multi-year strategic plan comes together for D91 

Looking back on 2018, 

Lockport School District 91 

is proud to celebrate the accomplishments 

of students 

and staff alike. Although 

change is in the air due to the 

state’s transition to an Evidence 

Based Funding model 

and the newly adopted ESSA 

plan, our attention remains 

focused on learning. This is 

demonstrated through curricular 

development, resource 

adoptions, expansion of 1:1 

technology, social emotional 

programming in grades PK- 

8, professional development 

and so much more! 

For the 2018-2019 school 

year, we were fortunate to 

acquire science equipment 

and curriculum in order to 

infuse our classrooms with 

hands-on Next Generation 

Science Standards aligned 

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Donna Gray 


they are: Kevin Chen, Joseph 

Cryer, James Dicaro, Matthew 

Goldbach, Eric Keta, 

Santana Klimczak, Jacob 

Nash, Jack O’Connor, Rachel 

Ward, Stephanie Wilk 

and Thomas Wolf. Recently, 

the LTHS Board of Education 

recognized 118 students 

as Illinois State Scholars 

from the Class of 2019. 

Our athletic and activity 

programs also continue to excel 

in competitions and represent 

us proudly. During the 

experiences. This comes on 

the heels of adoptions in both 

math and social studies and 

requires a whole new level 

of technological integration. 

Students have responded 

positively to both the new 

technology and curricula. On 

a daily basis, pupils seamlessly 

manage multiple online 

learning resources along 

with Google classroom. Other 

indicators of this positive 

response include a significant 

gain in standardized English 

language arts scores as well 

as strong engagement and 

dialogue in our classrooms. 

Teachers in grade level and 

content teams continue to 

work collaboratively to design 

academic experiences 

that will capture interest and 

develop higher order thinking 

skills among students. 

Our teachers have completed 

a staggering 747 hours of 

combined professional development 

this year. Additionally, 

the faculty continues their 

investigation of how to best 

utilize standards based grading 

practices to ensure that 

our student assessments are 

measuring the most important 

learning outcomes. Part 

of this work requires narrowing 

the focus on select priority 

standards that are most 

last year, several LTHS teams 

earned conference, regional, 

and sectional championships, 

along with individual state 

champions Anthony Molton 

in wrestling, John Meyer in 

shot put and Ben Sluzas in 

golf. Our band, choir, and 

drama programs also continue 

to shine with stellar performances 

earning accolades 

in state and national competitions. 

For the Fiscal Year 2019, 

we anticipate receiving only 

five percent of our revenue 

from Evidenced Based Funding 

payments, which unfairly 

indicative of overall content 

mastery in each grade. 

Earlier this year, our Board 

of Education initiated the 

development of a multi-year 

strategic plan to guide the 

district’s efforts toward providing 

a high quality education 

for all students. We 

invited the entire school community 

to contribute to this 

process and a strategic plan 

committee was formed from 

stakeholders at all levels. As 

a result of the committee’s 

input, the Board of Education 

was able to identify five main 

goal areas: student achievement/curriculum, 

programs 

and services, facilities, district 

finances, and community-district 

relations. The BOE 

and strategic planning committee 

envision all members 

of the Milne-Kelvin community 

fully engaged and informed 

of D91’s growth and 

development. Parents, residents, 

local businesses, and 

other stakeholders can access 

our website, www.d91.net, 

for strategic plan updates, 

newsletters, board agendas 

and other frequently updated 

items. To request inclusion 

on our weekly message, visit 

our website or contact the 

district office at (815) 838- 

0737 ext. 1100. 

shifts the State’s responsibility 

for funding our student’s 

education onto property 

holders. We understand the 

burden this places on our 

local communities. Thus, 

LTHS continues to be fiscally 

responsible evidenced by its 

instructional and operating 

costs per student, and our 

District once again earning 

the Illinois State Board of 

Education’s highest financial 

level of recognition for our 

overall financial practices. 

We acknowledge and thank 

you, our LTHS communities, 

for your continued support!

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Top 18 Web Stories from 2018 from 

LockportLegend.com 

A look at the top stories on The Lockport Legend’s 

website, based on total pageviews in 2018 

1. UPDATE: Body of missing man found in river 

2. UPDATE: Missing Homer 15-year-old girl calls mother, 

does not return home 

3. UPDATE: Charges filed, new details emerge after pelletgun 

incident at LTHS dance 

4. LTHS grad searches for justice after alleging abuse by 

LTHS teacher from 1997-2000 

5. Lockport Township man charged with robbing Dunkin’ 

Donuts 

6. UPDATE: Two dead following crash on 9th Street bridge 

7. Woman found dead in Walmart parking lot 

8. Family of late LTHS graduate speaks out about driving 

safety 

9. Community shows support for Sizzles at restaurant’s 

re-opening 

10. UPDATE: Racially charged gun threat circulates after 

violence at LTHS 

11. Adventure seekers to have new conquest in Lockport 

12. LTHS grad Ron Coomer opens restaurant in Lockport 

13. Lockport woman reportedly a victim of hit and run 

14. Letter to the Editor: Plastic bags are hurting the local 

environment 

15. Police Reports: Police: Cocaine, marijuana found in 

Lockport man’s car 

16. PHOTOS: Heroic haunt 

17. Three injured in crash on 9th Street bridge 

18. LTHS grad leads planning for Cruise for a Cause 

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From the Editor 

Time is a fickle beast 

Max Lapthorne 


My own distorted 

perception of time 

never ceases to 

amaze me. 

When I’m looking to 

bleed out the clock at work 

on a Friday afternoon (as I 

am right now) minutes and 

hours tend to march judiciously, 

but when I’m out 

with friends or trying to eke 

out an extra few minutes of 

sleep, time seems to goes 

into overdrive. It’s why the 

old adage “time flies when 

you’re having fun” became 

an old adage, and even 

though time does not actually 

slow down or speed up, 

our perception of it does. 

And when it comes to time, 

perception is everything. 

But the feeling of time 

distortion doesn’t just apply 

in the present, but also when 

it comes to our memories of 

past events. 

As I reflect on my own 

experiences this year, I 

find myself both astounded 

by how much my life has 

changed since January and 

perplexed by the fact it 

all occurred in the last 12 

months. In 2018, I moved 

to Chicago, watched my 

only sister get married and 

found out I’m going to be 

an uncle. 

And the residents of 

Lockport did wonderful 

things of their own all 

year. We have highlighted 

a number of the top stories 

of the year on Page 5, and 

while I always wish we had 

more space for this annual 

round-up, there are plenty 

of intriguing stories on 

which to look back. We did 

the same on Pages 30-31 in 

our sports section where we 

gave a nod to the athletes 

who shined the brightest 

in 2018 including several 

IHSA state champions from 

LTHS. 

Predicting what 2019 

holds for myself or Lockport 

is a fool’s errand. And 

that’s fine by me, because 

some of the best things that 

have happened to me have 

been unexpected. So, I want 

to wish each and every one 

of you health and happiness 

as we all get ready to take 

on 2019 — no matter how 

long it lasts. 

Chamber 

From Page 7 

uty of the Year, Deputy Detective 

Jeff Tolbert; Illinois 

State Police: Trooper of 

the Year, Trooper Kenneth 

Gurney; Lockport Township 

Fire Department Firefighters/Paramedics 

of the 

Year, Captain John Batusich, 

Firefighter/Paramedic 

Tom Fulton, Firefighter/ 

Paramedic Nick Felber 

and Firefighter/Paramedic 

Chris Isabelli. 

The Chamber also supported 

local businesses at 

Christmas in the Square and 

promoted Small Business 

Week in May and Small 

Business Saturday after 

Thanksgiving. 

The year ended on a high 

note as we joined the Homer 

Township Chamber of 

Commerce Dec. 11 to host 

a luncheon where the six 

new board members were 

inducted for the 2019 term. 

They are: Tom Crosby, Mervet 

Nolte, Liz Rajcan, Tim 

Gaba, the Rev. Phil Sheets 

and Theresa Wolf. The new 

members join returning 

board members Ron Lif, 

Susan Fiedler, Janet Schuler, 

Denny Reiter and Ron 

Reposh. On Dec. 20, the 

Chamber hosted a special 

Chamber Chat at George’s 

Restaurant. 

Looking forward to 2019, 

the Lockport Chamber of 

Commerce is preparing to 

providing many networking 

opportunities and events 

that will allow you to share 

your business with others in 

our community including 

our Annual Meeting, State 

of the City and Old Canal 

Days. To learn more about 

the Lockport Chamber of 

Commerce, visit www.lock 

portchamber.com. 

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Even More of 2018 Local schools, 

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Thoughtful Exercises Challenge yourself 

with this week’s set of puzzles, Page 18 

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A look at 

the special 

somethings 

that made area 

restaurants 

stand out last 

year, Page 13 

Among 

the things that made 

area restaurants stick out from the 

pack in 2018 were (clockwise, from top left), the “guts” 

at Peppo’s, the home-cooking touch of Kim Friedl’s 

Macaron Shoppe, the baked potatoes loaded with extras 

and college nostalgia at McAlister’s Deli, and the pizza 

restaurant that was living inside Joey’s all along. 22nd 

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12 | January 3, 2019 | The Lockport Legend faith 


FAITH BRIEFS 

Legacy Vineyard Church (315 E. 11th St., 

Lockport) 

Soup Kitchen 

Noon Sunday, Jan. 13. All 

are welcome. 

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church (1500 S. Briggs 

St., Lockport) 

Divine Worship 

9 a.m. Sundays with Fellowship 

to follow at 10 a.m. 


(815) 838-1832. 

First United Methodist Church of Lockport 

(1000 S. Washington St., Lockport) 

Sunday Worship 

10:30 a.m. 

Circle of Love 

9 a.m. Wednesdays. Circle 

of Love provides diapers, 

feminine and incontinence 

products to clients 

who are qualified to use the 

local FISH Food Pantry. 


(815) 838-1017. 

Communion 

First Sunday of the 

month. 

Joliet Seventh-Day Adventist Church (21514 

W. Division St., Lockport) 

Saturday Services 

9:30 a.m. Sabbath school; 

10:45 a.m. Worship Hour. 

Prayer Meeting 

7:30 p.m. Wednesdays. 

Attendees can share their 

praise reports and prayer requests. 

The call-in number 

is (530) 881-1200. When 

prompted enter the access 

code: 761835 then the # 

key. There is no additional 

cost beyond regular phone 

charges. 

Assumption Greek Orthodox Church (15625 

S. Bell Road, Lockport) 

Sunday Services 

8:15 a.m. Orthros; 9:30 

a.m. Divine Liturgy; 10 a.m. 

Sunday School. For more 


0652. 

THRIVE Church (Kelvin Grove School, 808 

Adams St., Lockport) 

Sunday Worship 

10:30 a.m. Adult Service 

10:30 a.m. Kid’s Church 

Thrive Youth 

7 p.m. Wednesdays night 

youth gatherings 

Shepherd of the Hill Lutheran Church (925 E. 

9th St., Lockport) 

Saturday Service 

5 p.m. 

Sundays Service 

9 a.m. and 10:35 a.m. 

Alcoholics Anonymous 

6:30 p.m. Wednesdays for 

beginners 

7:30 p.m. Wednesdays for 

established members 

All meetings are “closed 

door” 

Grace Baptist Church (501 N. State St., 

Lockport) 

Sunday Schedule 

9:30 a.m. Sunday school; 

10:45 a.m. Morning service; 

6 p.m. Night service. 

Have something for Faith 

Briefs? Contact Editor 

Max Lapthorne at max@ 

lockportlegend.com or call 

(708) 326-9170 ext. 19. 

Information is due by noon 

Thursday one week prior to 

publication. 

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In Memoriam 

Judith Spindle 

Judith M. Spindle (nee: 

Kozel), 59, of Lockport, died 

Dec. 16. She was an employee 

at Jewel Food Stores for 

32 years as a cashier. Judith 

enjoyed fishing and cooking. 

She is survived by her 

husband, Richard Spindle; 

dogs, Banana and Princess; 

and several nieces and nephews. 

Family received friends 

at Goodale Memorial Chapel 

in Lockport until a funeral 

service that immediately followed. 

In lieu of flowers, donations 

to the family would be 

appreciated. 

William Quigley 

William “Bill” 

C. Quigley Sr., 

92, formerly of 

Lockport, died Dec. 21. Bill 

was born in Lockport and a 

resident most of his life. He 

was a retired employee of 

the Citgo refinery. He was a 

proud veteran of the United 

States Navy in World War II. 

Bill was a member and former 

commander of the Lockport 

VFW Post #5788. He is 

survived by his wife, Phyllis 

(nee: Cogwell) Quigley; sons, 

Michael (Theresa), Steve 

(Michele) and Greg (Sally) 

Quigley; daughters, Lynn 

(Vic) Lenzi and Laura (Michael) 

Adkins; step daughters; 

Laurie (Ponch) Palacios, Kim 

(Andy) Zamora, and Kay 

(John) Ventura; 10 grandchildren, 

10 great grandchildren, 

and numerous step grandchildren 

and great grandchildren. 

In lieu of flowers, memorials 

to the Lockport VFW post 

#5788 would be greatly appreciated. 

Funeral mass was 

held at Rose Catholic Church 

in Wilmington with interment 

immediately following 

at Abraham Lincoln National 

Cemetery. 

Doris Farrer 

Doris R. Farrer (nee: Reils), 

91, of Lockport, died Dec. 25. 

Doris was born in Symerton, 

Illinois, moved to Homewood 

after getting married, and 

lived in Lockport since 2012. 

She is survived by her daughters, 

Judith (Kenneth) Bross 

and Paula (Jerry) Di Tola; six 

grandchildren, James (Maria) 

Rosetti, Jamie Kapuras-Rosetti, 

Scott (Megan) Bross, Joseph 

(Karen) Bross, Anthony 

(Mandy) Di Tola, and Nicholas 

(Brita) Di Tola; 12 great 

grandchildren; and one greatgreat 

grandchild. Visitation 

was held at O’Neil Funeral 

home & Heritage Cremation 

in Lockport. A service at the 

funeral home was to immediately 

follow. Burial was at 

Skyline Memorial Park in 

Monee. 

Have someone’s life you’d 

like to honor? Email max@ 

lockportlegend.com with 

information about a loved one 

who was a part of the Lockport 

community.

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Recipes for success in 2018 

A look at some 

of the things that 

made 2018’s Dishes 

special 

Bill Jones, Managing Editor 

Restaurants pride themselves 

on secret ingredients. 

They can’t tell you the exact 

mix of spices that make 

those baby back ribs taste so 

good. They might assure you 

a sauce isn’t going to trigger 

any allergies, but good luck 

getting the recipe. And they 

sure as heck won’t explain 

the techniques handed down 

from generation to generation. 

But figuring out what 

makes a restaurant tick 

doesn’t have to be such a 

mystery. Sometimes, businesses 

wear what makes 

them special on their sleeves 

— figuratively and literally. 

So, in 2018, we took a 

look back at some of the notso-secret 

ingredients of area 

restaurants that caught our 

attention for The Dish. The 

list that follows is far from 

comprehensive, but it highlights 

some of the best. 

Because if we told you everything, 

we’d have to...you 

know. 

All about the “guts” 

Bob Peplowski, of New 

Lenox, son of Peppo’s 

founder Jim Peplowski, has 

no way to hide what has 

made the family’s sandwich 

shop a popular stop 

in Palos Hills. Their sandwiches 

overflow with “guts” 

— a mixture of diced pickles, 

tomato and onion, with 

herbs and spices, as well as 

a homemade vinegar and oil 

dressing — that now come 

in five variations. 

There is a small secret we 

shared with readers earlier 

The “smoke” created by Tasty Chill’s Dragon Breath is a mixture of either cereal balls or 

cheese balls and liquid nitrogen. 22nd Century Media File Photos 

this year, though: the offmenu 

“boss guts” are a mixture 

of all of the varieties put 

together. 

Less (sugar) is more 

Many bakeries assume 

if you’re game for a sweet 

treat, you’re all in. You want 

the sweetest cupcakes. You 

want a sugary frosting topping 

them. And maybe some 

extra candy sprinkled in the 

mix. 

But Orland Park’s Créme 

by Sarah Ashley bucks that 

trend with items low in 

sugar, offering cake pops 

and more that aren’t quite as 

sweet, but still quite a treat. 

Secretly loaded with college 

nostalgia, not-so-secretly 

loaded baked potatoes 

When McAlister’s Deli 

opened in Orland Park in 

2018, its love for loading 

baked potatoes was hard to 

miss. A variety of options on 

the menu are highlighted by 

the Spud Max, a giant baked 

potato stuffed with ham, 

turkey, bacon, cheddar-jack 

cheese, green onion, black 

olive and sour cream that 

acts as a meal unto itself. 

What helped get people 

in the doors, though, was 

a huge helping of collegetown 

memories. The franchise 

has locations in close 

proximity to campuses at 

Illinois State and the University 

of Illinois, and co-owner 

Ravi Patel first discovered 

the chain at his alma mater, 

Purdue University. 

Macarons with a homecooked 

touch 

Many find happiness in a 

meal that reminds them of 

something mom cooked at 

home when they were children. 

And some restaurants 

even jump through elaborate 

hoops in frivolous attempts 

to replicate something that 

comes close. 

Mokena resident Kim 

Friedl did it by just staying 

home. She simply started 

making macarons with her 

children. And once the New 

Lenox native mastered it, 

she turned it into The Macaron 

Shoppe, petitioning the 

Mokena Village Board to 

pass an ordinance that would 

accommodate her work and 

creating cookies that would 

be difficult for anyone else’s 

mom to replicate. 

Hot dogs give birth to pizza 

Who would have guessed 

that inside of an Orland 

Park hot dog stand there 

was a pizza joint waiting to 

blossom? But that’s exactly 

what happened this year, as 

Joey’s Red Hots took over 

the space next-door to open 

a pizza shop alongside its 

already immensely popular 

restaurant. Now, we’re 

looking at other businesses 

and wondering what secret 

ambitions they might be hiding, 

like they’re all some late 

1990s high school drama. 

Not so much what goes into 

the food as what comes out 

of it 

Chicago Dough New Lenox owner Tim Waters (left) and chef 

Ernesto Lopez prepare a pizza for the daily lunch buffet. 

People go to Chicago 

Dough Co. in New Lenox 

for the pizza. They go for the 

buffet. They go for the pictures 

on the wall. 

But Chicago Dough Co. 

does all of that not just for 

the business but for the 

charitable opportunities, 

as well. Since it opened 

in 2007, the business has 

donated free food to fundraisers, 

events, and people 

and families experiencing 

hardships. Knowing your 

money helps support those 

efforts is just another reason 

to feel good about dining 

there. 

When in doubt, liquid 

nitrogen 

There are dessert shops 

aplenty in the area, but Tasty 

Chill’s 19-year-old entrepreneur 

Abdullah Mubarik 

knew if he wanted to capture 

a market of both children 

and adults in Orland Park, he 

needed to have some fun with 

things. 

Enter the Dragon Breath, 

which comes in two varieties: 

with cheese balls 

or with chilled, fruit-flavored 

cereal. This selection 

lets customers exhale 

“smoke” while the chilled, 

fruit-flavored cereal or 

cheese balls are in their 

mouths. The effect comes 

from the liquid nitrogen 

that freezes the bite-sized 

balls to an extremely low 

temperature. 

Love for country and beer 

At Ease Craft Beer Pub 

displays its military pride 

everywhere — in the name, 

on the wood-crafted American 

flag hanging on a military-green 

painted wall, 

and with tap handles made 

in the shape of .22-caliber 

rounds. Owner Nick Roppo 

served seven years in the 

Army, and he hopes the pub 

— which now serves food, 

as well — can be a place 

for veterans and anyone 

else looking for a stressfree 

space.

Our Casino Night fundraiser 

in February, in its second 

year, more than tripled previous 

proceeds. In March, 

we were voted “Best Private 

K-8th Grade School” in 

22nd Century Media’s SW 

Choice Awards for the third 

consecutive year. Technology 

continues to be embedded 

in all instruction, enhancing 

core standards and 

our Catholic identity. We 

are very proud of our technology 

teacher and students 

who were invited to participate 

in a technology exhibition 

at the State Capitol in 

May again this year. 

The first half of school 

year 2018-2019 has seen 

an increased spirit of volunteerism 

and fellowship, 

thanks to strong organization, 

joyful teams of volunteers 

and generous donations. 

With the addition to 

parish staff of Deacon Lupe 

Villarreal, we have a coordinated 

outreach to the local 

Hispanic community. 

It is my deepest conviction 

that one of the most important 

things we can teach 

our children is the ability 

to persevere with grace 

and compassion. Through 

service and the structure 

of Catholic formation, our 

students grow in confidence 

because they can see the 

good in themselves. This 

creates a healthy environment 

for academic success. 

Our St. Dennis School 

community is celebrating 

and making the most of an 

opportunity to bring in more 

families who are committed 

to a faith-filled, high-quality 

education for their children. 

We are dedicated to improving 

communication between 

parents, teachers, adminis- 

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St. Dennis experiences year of 

‘amazing growth and opportunity’ 

Lisa Smith 

St. Dennis Principal 

As the world around us 

continues to present challenges, 

it would be impossible 

for any school to escape 

those obstacles. I am proud 

that St. Dennis School has 

risen this year to meet those 

challenges head on. 2018 

has been a year of amazing 

growth and opportunity for 

our community. 

St. Dennis celebrated 

many successes in the beginning 

of 2018. In February, 

our Jubilation Choir 

was selected to perform at 

Walt Disney World in June. 

COMEDY NIGHT 

DINNER SHOW 

Saturday January 19th 

Dinner 6:30pm 

Show 8:00pm 

$ 20 

Tickets 

Per Person 

Tickets must be purchased in advance. 

Please visit www.lockportmoose.com 

Mike Marvel 

Mike Marvell has been doing comedy professionally for over 15 years, 

although he’s been making people laugh his whole life. He told his guidance 

counselor in high school he wanted to be an engineer and she told him 

“With your grades? That’s hilarious, you should be a comedian!” His comedy 

is based on growing up in Wisconsin... football, hunting, fishing, his family, 

and his wife and kids. He’s performed at everything from churches to swinger 

clubs, grade schools to colleges, country clubs. to biker clubs, nursing homes 

to casinos (same thing). Instant likability, he reminds you of your crazy cousin, 

the guy next door, your brother-in-law. Even if you don’t hire him you’ll still 

want to hang out with him. 

David Schendlinger 

If you have never heard of David Schendlinger you are 

not alone. As a comedian, a writer, and an actor, David 

is a multifaceted unknown. And while many a comedy 

career has slipped quietly into obscurity, David has 

worked hard to earn his place in the shade, striving to 

present his audiences with a talent unsullied by fame, 

untainted by wealth, and uncorrupted by success. 

Lockport Moose Lodge 

118 E 10th Street Lockport, IL 60441 

For membership information call: 

815.838.3944 

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Taft students excel in and out of classroom 

Jared Reardon 

Taft Principal 

Taft School District 90 had 

a great start to the 2018-2019 

school year. The Taft Board 

of Education appointed Jim 

Calabrese as the new superintendent 

starting July 1, 

2019. Taft welcomed new 

staff members to the family. 

They included: Ms. Pope/first 

grade, Mrs. Jones/third grade, 

Mrs. Conrad/fifth grade, Ms. 

Irving/Jr. High, Ms. Norten/ 

Jr. High, Ms. Koziol/elementary 

special education, Mrs. 

Beard/student services coordinator, 

Mrs. West/paraprofessional, 

Mrs. Johnson/paraprofessional, 

Mrs. McGraw/ 

school nurse, Mr. Colognesi/ 


custodian, Mr. Bushman/custodian, 

and Mrs. Lesniak/district 

office. 

The building and grounds 

facility of Taft received generous 

support from the following 

community partners: 

City of Lockport, Lockport 

Chamber of Commerce, 

Lockport Township Park 

District, Pops and Diamonds 

restaurants. With much 

gratitude, Homer Industries 

donated mulch for our 

playgrounds to help provide 

safety to our students. 

Taft students continue 

to excel academically, as 

the school received a Commendable 

rating through 

the Illinois School Board 

of Education. Ninety-three 

students were recognized at 

the first quarter recognition 

assembly for “A” and “A/B” 

honor roll status. 

In addition to their talents 

in the classroom, Taft 

students continue to exhibit 

their strengths in extracurriculars. 

Band and chorus 

have performed at the White 

Oak Library and at other 

special events, and our athletics 

program received new 

cheer mats courtesy of the 

Taft Foundation and new 

scoreboards for the large 

gym. Taft was also named a 

National Beta Club School 

of Distinction. 

New opportunities continue 

to become a reality after 

the incredibly successful and 

entertaining production of 

“Grease” last spring. Students 

now have access to additional 

clubs such as drama, dance, 

art, STEM and chess. Looking 

toward the future, Taft 

staff members are working 

very diligently in establishing 

Positive Behavior Interventions 

and Supports framework 

to help deliver consistent 

instruction. The program 

will be fully implemented for 

the 2019-2020 school year. 

The students and staff 

have been off to a great start. 

We are fortunate to have 

such an involved community 

and look forward to exploring 

and accomplishing new 

adventures together for the 

2019-2020 school year! 

Achievements abounds at Homer 33C this year 

Craig Schoppe 

Homer 33C Superintendent 

This year has been one of 

new beginnings celebration, 

and continuous improvement 

for Homer 33C. 

First, we want to recognize 

and thank our 33C parents 

and community for all 

their support. We are thankful 

for the many hands that 

contribute to our dedicated 

work with students on a daily 

basis. From our numerous 

and invaluable parent 

volunteers, to our business 

partnerships, we value the 

circle of support that surrounds 

our school district 

each and every day. 

Below are a few highlights 

of the great things 

happening within our district 

in 2018. 

• Homer 33C is one of the 

top performing districts in 

Illinois. Five of our schools 

received a “Commendable” 

designation, and Butler received 

an “Exemplary” designation. 

• Chicago Magazine, in 

its annual ranking of area 

schools, listed Schilling 

School as one of the Top 5 

schools in Will County. 

• Sixth-grader Evelyn 

Morack was chosen as a finalist 

in Crayola’s “Thank 

a Teacher” art contest. 

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St. Joseph School receives 

numerous awards, honors 

Lynne Scheffler 

St. Joseph Principal 

Once again, St. Joseph 

School has shone brightly 

in the Lockport area during 

2018! 

While St. Joseph has been 

honored with many awards 

and honors, the true honor is 

preparing our students for the 

great future ahead of them. As 

demonstrated especially by 

this past year’s success, SJS 

students are heads and tails 

above the crowd and ready to 

shine well beyond our community. 

This is the true measure 

of success at St. Joseph: 

knowing that we have prepared 

our students fully for the 

next part of their educational 

career, and for living a good 

life. 

Each year, our goal is to 

form true leaders by guiding 

students to their highest levels 

of spiritual and academic 

potential, and once again this 

has been demonstrated by 

the Class of 2018. More than 

80 percent of our students 

placed in advanced coursework 

and honors level in 

high school. Together, this 

class completed more than 

1,000 hours of service to the 

local community. As for student 

awards, this year was 

spectacular, with 15 students 

receiving the Presidential 

Award of Excellence, 11 students 

receiving Gold Medal 

Awards at the Illinois State 

Science Fair, and our student 

teams receiving first place 

in math competitions, first 

place SSC Volleyball team, 

an award-winning Advanced 

Band Program, and much 

more. In addition, 2018 was 

a year that saw performances 

at the Kennedy Arts Center 

and Carnegie Hall by several 

of our students. 

Seven students from the 

SJS Class of 2018 received a 

combined total of $65,000 in 

scholarships to Joliet Catholic 

Academy and Providence 

Catholic High School. While 

St. Joseph School alumni 

have received tremendous 

amounts of college scholarships 

and high school scholarships 

in the past, for one 

class to receive $65,000 in 

high school scholarships is 

record-setting. These scholarship 

awards were based 

on top entrance exam scores 

along with scholarships for 

leadership, service, and character. 

This confirms that our 

formula for success begins 

with an effective partnership 

with parents, students 

who achieve their personal 

best, and the commitment of 

dedicated teachers to guide 

faith development and academic 

studies. This is what 

St. Joseph is known for; this 

is what we work toward; and 

indeed, this is our success 

story in 2018. 

There are no limits to the 

continued success of SJS 

students; they are ready to 

lead, to serve, and to succeed! 

We want every child 

to be lucky enough to have 

the foundation that St. Joseph 

provides. This past year 

brought many new families 

and children to our school. I 

look forward to opening our 

doors wide open for new students 

and families in 2019! 


D92 reflects on productive year 

Mark Fleming 

D92 Interim Superintendent 

As I write this article, it is 

surreal to even be thinking 

about 2018 in past tense. The 

past 12 months have been as 

productive as ever in District 

92. Productivity comes from 

outstanding people working 

together. I consider it a true 

privilege to be a part of the 

District 92 staff and to be 

able to work alongside some 

the most dedicated professionals, 

parent volunteers 

homer 

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Morack and her teacher Mr. 

Cernak have received a cash 

prize, and Hadley is to receive 

generous donations of 

supplies from Crayola. 

• Congrats to Liliana Garcia, 

a third-grader at Goodings 

Grove School, who was 

a winner in Illinois American 

Water’s annual “Imagine 

a Day Without Water” 

art contest. She was one of 

19 winners, earning those 

classrooms a $100 donation 

to be used for supplies or a 

classroom celebration. 

• Thirteen chorus and 10 

band members from the 

Homer Jr. High Music Department 

were selected by 

audition to participate in the 

annual IMEA festival. 

• The sixth- and seventhgrade 

boys volleyball team 

went undefeated at 13-0 this 

year, while the HJH boys 

and community members 

that one can find. The District 

92 staff, Parent Faculty 

Association, D92 Foundation 

for Excellence, D92 

Athletic Association and 

Board of Education are to be 

thanked for their continued 

commitment to excellence 

in serving the students and 

families of District 92. 

District 92 continues to 

excel in co-curricular activities 

and academics. The 

most notable co-curricular 

accomplishment in 2018 was 

the tremendous feat earned 

by the girls and boys cross 

country teams as they both 

took second place in state. 

Academically, District 92 

has implemented new socialemotional 

curriculum and 

instruction for all students to 

promote the social-emotional 

development, safety, and 

well-being of our students. 

baseball team finished their 

season with a record of 13- 

1! 

In mathematics, DreamBox a 

digital PreK-8 math solution, 

was implemented to support 

21st century learners. 

In an effort to provide 21st 

century technology to 21st 

century learners, District 

92 implemented “Access to 

Technology for All” by providing 

iPads for all students 

and laptops for junior high 

English language arts classrooms. 

This technology supports 

the following two D92 

Core Values and Beliefs: 

“With respect to students 

and learning, we believe 

because each student learns 

uniquely, differentiation is 

key to student success.” 

“With respect to teachers 

and the teaching process, 

we believe teachers must 

be provided appropriate resources 

to be effective.” 

The main goal of this 

technology initiative was to 

Facility/infrastructure 

upgrades 

• Homer Jr. High received 

an upgraded, higher-efficiency 

HVAC system, and 

cost-effective, modernized 

LED lighting. 

• Goodings Grove, with 

the help of the PTO and the 

Village of Homer Glen, received 

a completely new 

playground for students to 

enjoy. 

• The Transportation Department 

added 55 new 

school buses to its fleet this 

year. 

• Homer’s first one-room 

school house, Ross School, 

received much-needed 

maintenance with a new 

roof and new exterior doors. 

• PowerSchool implementation 

— Homer 33C 

transitioned to a new Student 

Information System 

in 2018. Kudos to the tech 

department and Director 

Siefert, Principal Mitchell, 

Principal Baldwin, 

Assistant Principal Shannon, 

Ms. Kaczmarek, and 

secretarial staff who have 

made this transition a 

smooth one. 

• COPS grant — Homer 

33C, in partnership with 

the Will County Sheriff’s 

Office, has been awarded a 

$500,000 grant to increase 

safety and security at all 

of the District’s buildings. 

This will greatly contribute 

to the ongoing upgrades 

with regards to school safety 

already happening within 

the district. 

Lastly, Homer 33C welcomed 

a new superintendent 

this year. Craig Schoppe, 

who has a long history with 

the district, received a warm 

welcome as 33C’s seventh 

superintendent. 

provide students and teachers 

with access to quality 

technology. The majority of 

professional development 

for this new technology has 

been through D92 teachers 

training their fellow colleagues, 

which has led to 

meaningful conversations 

and implementation. 

Meaningful work also took 

place during summer building 

renovations led by the 

Building Committee. Reed 

School renovations included 

new flooring and cabinetry 

in the classrooms. Ludwig 

School renovations included 

new interior doors, a new 

gym floor and a much-needed 

beautiful new playground. 

Looking forward to 2019, 

mark your calendar for the 

first annual Oak Prairie Jr. 

High School musical on Feb. 

22-23. Check out d92.org for 

more details. 

St. Dennis 

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tration, and boards in order 

to strengthen our community. 

Our students are immersed 

in individualized 

instruction, led by a unified 

staff that has a strong vision 

for success. We deeply 

thank the loyalty of our 

alumni, school families and 

community who recognize 

the tremendous value of 

the academic and spiritual 

education that St. Dennis 

provides. 

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crosstown CROSSWORD & Sudoku 

The crosstowns: Frankfort, Homer Glen, Lockport, Mokena, New Lenox, Orland Park, Tinley Park 

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur 

Across 

1. Falcon film 

4. Juries 

10. ___ maison: Fr. 

13. Neighbor of Minn. 

14. “A Horse with no 

name” singers 

16. Business watchdog 

for customers (abbr.) 

17. Julia’s rags to riches 

movie? 

19. Big Ten sch. 

20. Ages 

21. GPS system 

23. Orland Park winery 

and restaurant chain 

that has opened in New 

Lenox, goes with 35 

across 

27. Most healthy 

30. Gold units: Abbr. 

31. Bamako is its capital 

33. Marries in haste 

34. Mountain climbing 

need 

35. See 23 across 

36. One of Cream’s great 

albums 

41. Adorned 

42. Litmus reddeners 

43. One of the Greek 

Furies 

46. The Christmas season 

47. Where the buoys are 

50. Music of Kanye West 

51. Sandburg basketball 

star, Ian ____ 

53. Bible book after Song 

of Solomon 

56. It’s a wrap 

57. U.S. Army medal 

59. Tanzania seaport 

63. Class 

64. Begin 

65. OJ’s trial judge 

66. Lady 

67. Of greatest age 

68. Toyota ____ 4 

Down 

1. Russian coin 

2. Implant deeply 

3. Shorthand experts 

4. Way to stand 

5. “Chasing ___” (1997 

Ben Affleck movie) 

6. “What’s ___?” 

7. Son of Aphrodite 

8. Beans 

9. Excoriate 

10. Better than expected 

11. Dieters’ units: Abbr. 

12. “Aladdin” monkey 

15. Historical account 

18. Baking need 

22. Maui “good-byes” 

24. Turkish VIP 

25. NZ forest tree 

26. Black fruit 

28. Uses a Singer 

29. “Naughty, naughty!” 

32. Dental work 

34. Fools, with out 

36. Limp watch painter 

37. Climber’s equipment 

38. Critical hosp. areas 

39. Venomous lizard 

40. Steinbeck’s “East of 

___” 

41. “Well, ___-di-dah!” 

44. Amphibians 

45. Narcotic 

47. Salty oxygen 

48. Corrections 

49. Foundation series 

writer 

52. High-speed Internet 

inits. 

54. Asia’s shrinking ___ 

Sea 

55. Round up 

57. Not very bright 

58. Digital camera type 

60. ___ Anne de Beaupré 

61. “Help!” 

62. Picnic crasher 

LOCKPORT 

Jackie’s Pub 

(1014 S. State St. 

Lockport; (815) 838- 

9823) 

■Jan. ■ 1: New Year’s Day 

Bloody Mary Bar 

■Free ■ food during Bears 

noon games 

Port Noir 

(900 S. State St., 

Lockport; (815) 834- 

9463) 

■4-7 ■ p.m. Monday-Friday: 

Happy Hour 

■8-10 ■ p.m. Thursdays: 

Comedy Bingo 

■8-11 ■ p.m. Fridays and 

Saturdays: Live Band 

■7-11 ■ p.m. Sundays: 

Open Mic Night 

Strike N Spare II 

(811 Northern Drive, 

Lockport; (708) 301- 

1477) 

■9:30 ■ p.m.-12:30 a.m. 

Mondays: Quartermania 

■10 ■ p.m.-midnight Saturdays: 

Cosmic Bowl 

HOMER GLEN 

Front Row 

(14903 S. Bell Road, 

Homer Glen; (708) 645- 

7000) 

■7 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Trivia 

TINLEY PARK 

350 Brewing 

(7144 W. 183rd St., Tinley 

Park (708) 825-7339) 

■6:30 ■ p.m. First Thursday 

of each month: 

Laugh Riot. Cost is 

$25 and includes 

dinner, two beers 

and a comedy show. 

For tickets, email 

todd@350brewing.com. 

FRANKFORT 

Jameson’s Pub 

(545 W. Saint Francis 

Road, Frankfort. 815- 

469-0500) 

■Tuesday, ■ Jan. 15: Paint 

Your Pet Fundraiser for 

Lulu’s Locker Rescue. 

Pete Mitchell’s Bar & Grill 

(21000 Frankfort Square 

Road, Frankfort; (815) 

464-8100) 

■6-8 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Free N’ Fun Bar Game. 

To place an event 

in The Scene, email 

m.schuller@22ndcm.com. 

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WEEK 

Nov. 1 

• 14660 Aston Way, 

Lockport, 60441-6021 

- Lisa M. Kendzior to 

Brittney A. Kupiec, Wendy 

M. Kupiec $190,000 

• 14852 W. Victoria 

Crossing Way, Lockport, 

60441-6292 - Sam 

Delaurentis II to Faith 

Martinez, $192,000 

• 1611 Grove Court, 

Lockport, 60441-4822 

- Matthew J. Kovacik to 

Julie Florence, $212,000 

• 806 Katherine St., 

Lockport, 60441- 

3222 - John R. Keagle 

to Christopher Hulka, 

$82,000 

Nov. 5 

• 1241 Will Drive, 

Lockport, 60441-3809 - 

Bernard Kolon to Dwayne 

E. Duria, $275,000 

• 15037 S. Preserve 

Drive, Lockport, 60441- 

8107 - Hawthorne Rfs IV 

LLC to Charles Engstrom, 

Ella Engstrom $316,000 

• 16943 Timber Drive, 

Lockport, 60441-1353 - 

Kenneth F. Given to Colin 

J. Chrzanowski, $174,000 

• 17430 Fox Bend Lane, 

Lockport, 60441-4653 - 

Thomas Mahar to Julie A. 

Keller, $171,500 

Nov. 7 

• 16028 Golfview Drive, 

Lockport, 60441-4660 - 

Jon R. Knazur to John R. 

Knazur, Michele Knazur 

$230,000 

• 16445 Newcastle Way, 

Lockport, 60441-6022 - 

Laura A. Allison to Brett 

Bayer, $213,500 

• 16813 S. Morel St., 

Lockport, 60441-4674 

- Larry D. French to 

Matthew Gingras, Kristin 

Perconti $227,000 

Nov. 8 

• 16613 W. 146th Place, 

Lockport, 60441-2347 

- George W. Remkus to 

Steven R. Stephenson, 

Lee A. Stephenson 

$170,000 

• 17257 Long Bow Drive, 

Lockport, 60441-8827 

- Nathaniel D. Neese to 

Cameron T. Lewandowski, 

Shannon A. Pope 

$206,000 

Nov. 9 

• 1073 Ashley Court S. 

2D, Lockport, 60441- 

4010 - Mark Kwiatkowski 

to Colleen H. Pickens, 

$110,000 

• 16112 W. Coneflower 


4111 - R. Travis Paul 

to Tammie Rose Ebel, 

$267,000 

• 16446 Newcastle Way, 

Lockport, 60441-6023 

- Stacie E. Kempton to 

Ammar Al Qaraien, Olla Al 

Homsi $170,000 

• 16633 W. Primrose 

Lane, Lockport, 60441- 

7624 - James P. 

Oshaughnessy to Kyle 

Kreger, Rebecca Kreger 

$302,000 

Nov. 16 

• 16548 W. 147th Place, 

Lockport, 60441-2352 

- Gerald Kulchtsky to 

Robert Feirn, Sandra 

Feirn $119,000 

• 16836 S. Morel St., 

Lockport, 60441-4675 

- Chicago Title Land Trt 

Co Ttee to John Wilson, 

$214,000 

• 17093 S. Auburn Ridge 


4005 - Eric J. Stanish to 

William Brown, $320,000 

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The current owners decided to downsize, so 

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Where: 1312 E. North St. Lockport 

What: A four-bedroom Georgian with a threecar 

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Amenities: This is an amazing and 

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Listing Price: $319,900 

Listing Agent: Kim Wirtz 

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2701 Property for 

Sale 

SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE 

of 14503 South Boulder Drive, Lockport, 

IL 60441 (Single Family). On the 

17th day of January, 2019 to be held at 

12:00 noon, at the Will County Courthouse 

Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street, 

Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, under Case 

Title: CitiMortgage, Inc. Plaintiff V. 

Richard M.Tomeyer; Sheri L. Tomeyer; 

Inland Bank and Trust; Feinberg 

& Barry PC Defendant. 

Case No. 15CH 0949 in the Circuit 

Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, 

Will County, Illinois. 

Terms ofSale: ten percent (10%) at the 

time of sale and the balance within 

twenty-four (24) hours. No judicial sale 

fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring 

the residential real estate pursuant 

to its credit bid at the sale or by any 

mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other 

lienor acquiring the residential real estate 

whose rights inand to the residential 

real estate arose prior to the sale. All 

payments shall be made in cash or certified 

funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will 

County. 

In the event the property is acondomin- 

ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS 

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

ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS 

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

that the purchaser of the unit, other than 

amortgagee, shall pay the assessments 

and legal fees required by subdivisions 

(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and the assessments 

required by subsection (g-1) 

of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium 

Property Act. 

Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J) 

if there is asurplus following application 

ofthe proceeds of sale, then the 

plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant 

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

to the proceeding advising them of 

the amount ofthe surplus and that the 

surplus will beheld until aparty obtains 

acourt order for its distribution or, in 

the absence of an order, until the surplus 

is forfeited to the State. 

For Information Please Contact: 

Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 

One East Wacker Suite 1250 

Chicago, IL 60601 

P: 1-614-220-5611 

F: 

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT 

COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT 

YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS 

LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A 

DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING 

TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY 

INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL 

BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 

SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE 

of 2455 LAKERIDGE DRIVE, LOCK- 

PORT,, IL 60441 (SINGLE FAMILY 

HOME ATTACHED 2 CAR GA- 

RAGE.). On the 17th day of January, 

2019 to be held at 12:00 noon, at the 

Will County Courthouse Annex, 57 N. 

Ottawa Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 

60432, under Case Title: MTGLQ IN- 

VESTORS, L.P., Plaintiff V.GLINDA 

MONREAL A/K/A GLINDA L MON- 

REAL; MANUEL MONREAL A/K/A 

MANUAL MONREAL; HERITAGE 

LAKE ESTATES HOMEOWNERS 

ASSOCIATION; CITIZENS BANK, 

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION S/S/I TO 

CHARTER ONE, A DIVISION OF 

RBS CITIZENS, N.A.; UNKNOWN 

OWNERS AND NON-RECORD 

CLAIMANTS, Defendant. 

Case No. 17CH 0972 in the Circuit 

Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, 

Will County, Illinois. 

Terms ofSale: ten percent (10%) at the 


twenty-four (24) hours. No judicial sale 






whose rights inand to the residen- 

2701 Property for 

Sale 

tial real estate arose prior to the sale. All 



County. Judgment amount is $38,076.85 

plus interest, cost and post judgment advances, 

if any. 



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

ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS 








Property Act. 












For Information Please Contact: 

PIERCE AND ASSOCIATES 

1 N. Dearborn Suite 1300 

Chicago, Illinois 60602 

P: 312-346-9088 

F: 









2703 Legal 

Notices 









STATE OF ILLINOIS ) 

) SS. 

COUNTY OF WILL ) 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE 

TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

CitiMortgage, Inc. 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

Richard M.Tomeyer; Sheri L. Tomeyer; 

Inland Bank and Trust; Feinberg 

& Barry PC 

Defendant. No. 15 CH 0949 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that pursuant 

toajudgment entered in the above 

cause on the 6th day of March, 2017, 

MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will 

County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the 

17th day of January, 2019 ,commencing 

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

County Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa 

Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, 

sell at public auction tothe highest and 

best bidder orbidders the following-described 

real estate: 

Lot 6in Block Ein Pebble Creek, being 

asubdivision of part of the East Half of 

Section 10, in Township 36 North and 

in Range 11 East of the Third Principal 

Meridian, according to the plat thereof 

Recorded March 7, 1974 as Document 

Number R74-5251, in Will County, Illinois. 

Commonly known as: 14503 South 

Boulder Drive, Lockport, IL 60441 

Description of Improvements: 

Single Family



2703 Legal 

Notices 

P.I.N.: 16-05-10-205-022-0000 

Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the 


twenty-four (24) hours. Nojudicial sale 






whose rights in and tothe residential 




County. 



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

ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS 








Property Act. 












FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CON- 

TACT: 

Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 

One East Wacker Suite 1250 

Chicago, IL 60601 

P: 1-614-220-5611 

F: 

Plaintiff's Attorney 

MIKE KELLEY 

Sheriff of Will County 









STATE OF ILLINOIS ) 

) SS. 

COUNTY OF WILL ) 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE 

TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

MTGLQ INVESTORS, L.P., 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

GLINDA MONREAL A/K/A GLINDA 

L MONREAL; MANUEL MONREAL 

A/K/A MANUAL MONREAL; HERI- 

TAGE LAKE ESTATES HOMEOWN- 

ERS ASSOCIATION; CITIZENS 

BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 

S/S/I TO CHARTER ONE, ADIVI- 

SION OF RBS CITIZENS, N.A.; UN- 

KNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RE- 

CORD CLAIMANTS, 

Defendant. No. 17 CH 0972 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that pursuant 

toajudgment entered in the above 

cause on the 11th day of September, 

2018, MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will 

County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the 

17th day of January, 2019 ,commencing 

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

County Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa 

Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, 

sell at public auction to the highest and 

best bidder orbidders the following-described 

real estate: 

LOT 54, EXCEPT THE WESTERLY 

8.00 FEET THEREOF; IN HERITAGE 

LAKE ESTATES UNIT THREE, A 

SUBDIVISION OF THE SOUTH 1/2 

OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OFSEC- 

TION 24, TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH, 

RANGE 9 EAST OF THE THIRD 

PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORD- 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

ING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RE- 

CORDED MARCH 27, 1997, AS 

DOCUMENT NUMBER R97-25051, 

IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 

Commonly known as: 2455 LAK- 

ERIDGE DRIVE, LOCKPORT,, IL 

60441 

Description of Improvements: 

SINGLE FAMILY HOME AT- 

TACHED 2 CAR GARAGE. 

P.I.N.: 06-03-24-405-033-0000 

Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the 


twenty-four (24) hours. Nojudicial sale 






whose rights in and tothe residential 




County. Judgment amount is $38,076.85 

plus interest, cost and post judgment advances, 

if any. 



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

ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS 








Property Act. 












FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CON- 

TACT: 

PIERCE AND ASSOCIATES 

1 N. Dearborn Suite 1300 

Chicago, Illinois 60602 

P: 312-346-9088 

F: 

Plaintiff's Attorney 

MIKE KELLEY 

Sheriff of Will County 

2900 Merchandise 

Under $100 

2 leather jackets, black XL $50 

each or $90 for both. Call up 

9AM-7PM Bob. 815.464.0708 

3 furnace filters for Trion (Air 

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708.465.4014 

5piece entertainment center, 

solid oak, smoked glass doors, 

fully lighted, lots ofstorage for 

CDs & tapes, ect. Excellent 

condition $100. 708.532.4044 

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 

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28 | January 3, 2019 | The Lockport Legend sports 


Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

with Eric Keta 

Eric Keta is a senior at 

Lockport Township and a 

member of both the soccer 

and basketball teams 

How was he basketball 

team feeling after losing 

two close games at the 

Pontiac Holiday Tournament? 

Going in, we knew we 

were a good team. To be in 

both of those games with 

two of the top teams in the 

state was a validation of the 

things we’ve worked on. We 

just have to practice the little 

things more and then be 

ready to win those the next 

time. 

How long have you 

been playing basketball? 

Pretty much my whole 

life. I started playing at the 

Homer Athletic Club when 

I was really young. Then 

I played in fifth grade at 

Homer Jr. High, and here I 

am still playing as a senior at 

Lockport. 

What about soccer? 

My father, Gus, is from 

Europe, and soccer is big 

over there. So we played a 

lot of soccer and some basketball 

when I was younger. 

But my cousins play soccer, 

too, and it’s definitely our 

family sport. 

Which sport do you 

prefer? 

I don’t know if it’s possible 

to choose. I’ve learned 

so much from both of them. 

I got moved up at the end of 

my freshman year on to the 

varsity in soccer, so I played 

varsity soccer for four years. 

But I feel that maybe I’m 

more talented in basketball. 

What correlation do you 

find between the two 

sports? 

Mechanically, my footwork 

in soccer has helped 

me with my agility in basketball. 

There’s a lot of 

quick turns and cuts in both 

games, and I’ve learned a 

lot being on both teams. Just 

things like how to lead in 

two different environments 

and atmospheres. 

Do you do anything to 

pump yourself up before 

games? 

I just like to get locked in 

mentally. I just become laser 

focused. It’s always easier 

once you envision your role 

within the game. I also listen 

to some music, mostly hiphop. 

What did you learn from 

Lockport soccer coach 

Chris Beal and basketball 

coach Brett Hespell? 

Coach Beal is really a person 

who loves life and loves 

the people he works with. 

He reminds us that when 

things get tough it’s not the 

be-all-end-all. There’s more 

than soccer, you have to enjoy 

life. Coach Hespell has 

helped shape me into a person 

with his “uncommon” 

theme. I’ve tried to adhere 

to that athletically and academically. 

Randy Whalen/22nd Century 

Media 

Does the basketball 

team have a specific 

goal for the rest of this 

season? 

We don’t have a specific 

goal like a conference 

championship. We’re really 

tired of people saying 

“you’re close.” We want to 

become a winning program. 

What we really want to do is 

become the best team possible 

for ourselves. It’s the 

little things that will get us 

there. 

Do you plan on playing 

basketball or soccer in 

college? 

Well, at this moment, 

it looks like I will be the 

valedictorian at Lockport. I 

just got accepted into Notre 

Dame. I’m waiting to see 

if I get accepted into USC, 

Stanford, Havard, Yale or 

Northwestern. I haven’t 

committed anywhere yet. 

I’d be interested in playing 

something in college, but it 

would probably be in a club. 

What is the best thing 

about being an athlete 

at Lockport? 

I really like that it’s a large 

school. You have the option 

of playing multiple sports 

with different people and 

backgrounds. Playing soccer 

and basketball, I’ve been 

able to position myself with 

two student bodies with diverse 

backgrounds. That’s 

what I love the most. 

Interview by Freelance Reporter 

Randy Whalen 

Athlete of the Month 

Sandburg junior dives to victory 

in December competition 

Bill Jones, Managing Editor 

When he’s not on the 

diamond, Sandburg junior 

Cody Thill is either bouncing 

around on a trampoline 

or diving his way 

to the state finals for the 

Eagles swim team — or 

winning local newspaper 

contests. 

Thill can call himself 

Athlete of the Month, after 

earning the most votes in 

22nd Century Media’s December 

contest to win that 

title. 

The Athlete of the Month 

competition pits featured 

Athlete of the Week selections 

from our south suburban 

newspapers against one 

another in an online voting 

contest. 

The next contest is to begin 

Thursday, Jan. 10. 

To vote, visit Lock 

portLegend.com, hover 

over the “Sports” menu tab 

and click “Athlete of the 

Month.” Readers can vote 

once per session per valid 

email address. Voting ends 

This Week In... 

Lockport Township 

High School Varsity 

Athletics 

Wrestling 

■Jan. ■ 4 at Cheesehead 

Invite,5:15 p.m at Kaukauna 

High School 

■Jan. ■ 5 at Cheesehead Invite, 

8 a.m. at Kaukauna High 

School 

Girls Basketball 

■Jan. ■ 4 at Lincoln Way East, 

12:30 p.m. 

■Jan. ■ 5 at Providence Catholic 

High School, 1:30 p.m. 

■Jan. ■ 8 host Homewood 

Flossmoor High School, 6:30 

p.m. 

Cody Thill — a Sandburg junior who dives and plays baseball 

— won the December Athlete of the Month competition 

for publisher 22nd Century Media’s Southwest Chicago 

branch. Photo submitted 

at 5 p.m. Jan. 25. 

All athletes featured in 

the December Athlete of the 

Boys Basketball 

■Jan. ■ 4 at Lincoln Way East, 

6:30 p.m. 

■Jan. ■ 9 at Andrew High 

School, 6:30 p.m. 

Girls Bowling 

■Jan. ■ 3 host Bolingbrook, 

4:30 p.m. at Strike N’ Spare 

■Jan. ■ 5 at Prospect Invitational 

Prospect Invite, 8;30 a.m. 

at Brunswick Zone- Mount 

Prospect 

■Jan. ■ 7 host Joliet Central, 

4:30 p.m. at Strike N’ Spare 

Boys Bowling 

■Jan. ■ 5 at Conference, 8 a.m. 

at Andrew-Orland Bowl 

Week sports interviews are 

automatically entered into 

the contest. 

Boys Swimming 

■Jan. ■ 3 host Lincoln Way 

East, 10 a.m. 

■Jan. ■ 5 at New Trier High 

School New Trier Dive Invite, 

9 a.m. 

■Jan. ■ 5 at Evanston Invite, 

1 p.m. 

Cheerleading 

■Jan. ■ 6 at Buffalo Grove High 

School Bison Cheerleading 

Invite, 8 a.m. 

Dance 

■Jan. ■ 9 at Conference, 5 p.m. 

at Bolingbrook

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Porters nearly beat Simeon, Danville in Pontiac tourney 

Team takes top 

competition right 

down to the wire 

Randy Whalen 

Freelance Reporter 

A signature win. 

That’s what the Lockport 

Township boys basketball 

team was in search of when 

it travelled to the Pontiac 

Holiday Tournament last 

week for the 67th-straight 

season. 

Instead, the Porters lost a 

pair of heartbreaking games 

to a couple of top-ranked 

teams by two points each. 

It was the second-straight 

season that Lockport (7- 

4) didn’t win a game at the 

state’s oldest holiday tournament. 

But unlike last year, 

when the Porters finished 

with seven wins on the season, 

they had seven wins 

entering the tournament this 

time around. 

While the losses to Simeon 

by a score of 48-46 in 

overtime and 66-64 to No. 

3-seeded Danville didn’t go 

the Porters way in the end, 

they vow that the experience 

will make them better in the 

long run, and that signature 

win will come. 

“I don’t like moral victories, 

not with this team,” 

Lockport coach Brett Hespell 

said. “We’re better than 

that, and anyone who has 

watched this team play this 

year knows it. Too many 

mistakes to win either game 

against two of the top teams 

in Illinois. I mean, Simeon is 

a national powerhouse, and 

Danville entered the tournament 

as a Top 5 team in Illinois. 

“But the best part is, when 

I looked in the eyes of our 

kids after that Danville loss, 

I saw something different 

than I’ve seen in quite some 

time around here. I think 

what I saw is a group of kids 

maturing before our eyes. 

You see, no one is making 

excuses for the fact that we 

didn’t play our best ball. 

We own it. And I think that 

you’ll see a team on a mission 

in the month of January 

to prove how good we are.” 

Lockport entered the tournament 

wanting to play Danville, 

and it did. The thing 

was the Vikings were upset 

in the opening round 62-48 

by St. Charles North. Thus, 

the Porters got them in the 

consolation bracket on Dec. 

28. 

There, Danville, which 

toppled Plainfield North 

71-56 later on Dec. 28 to 

improve to 12-1 on the season, 

jumped out to a 30-23 

halftime lead and extended 

that to 44-31 with just over 

three minutes left in the 

third quarter. But the Porters 

chipped away, cutting it to 

51-44 after three. Lockport 

then fought all the way back 

to take the lead as Matt Hatzopoulos 

scored for a 61-59 

lead with under two minutes 

to play. 

The Vikings scored 

the next five points, but a 

3-pointer by fellow senior 

guard Jake Karli tied the 

game at 64. Danville missed 

its next shot but got the rebound 

and held for the final 

shot. Sophomore guard Nathanael 

Hoskins then scored 

what proved to be the gamewinning 

bucket with less 

than four seconds to play, 

and the Vikings advanced. 

Senior guard Sean Houpt 

led Danville with a gamehigh 

23 points. Senior center 

Tommy Halatek (20 points) 

paced the Porters, while 

Karli had 16 points and Hatzopoulos 

added 14 points. 

When the tourney opened 

on Thursday, Dec. 27, the 

Porters faced Simeon in the 

opening game of the tourney. 

There, they hoped to get 

that signature win by defeating 

the two-time defending 

tourney champions in the 

opening game. Instead, they 

fell just short in the 48-46 

overtime loss to Simeon. 

Karli scored a game-high 

17 points to go along with 

four assists. Fellow senior 

guard Hatzopoulos added 

10 points, including the Porters 

only basket in overtime, 

and Halatek contributed 12 

points and 11 rebounds. 

“I was working hard and 

was able to convert some 

of those opportunities,” 

Halatek said. “It was really 

exciting. I think this team 

showed that we’re special 

and that we don’t give up. I 

think it was a big step for us 

as a team to stay with a team 

like Simeon.” 

Hespell, however, firmly 

believed that his Porters 

could win. 

“We should have won that 

game,” Hespell said. I don’t 

believe in moral victories. 

We certainly played well 

enough defensively. Our offense 

vanished for a stretch, 

and that hurt. But our defense 

kept us in it. There 

were times that [Simeon] 

didn’t know what to do.” 

Lockport led 14-8 after 

one quarter and 25-18 before 

the Wolverines banked 

in a 3-pointer at the halftime 

buzzer to cut it to 25-21. 

The Wolverines, who 

outscored Lockport 18-2 to 

start the second half, then 

took their largest lead on a 

lay-in by 6-foot-8 freshman 

forward Andre Casy, Jr. (12 

points, 8 rebounds) at 39- 

27 with 5:06 to play in the 

game. Simeon still led 44-35 

with 2:41 to play in regulation. 

But a trio of 3-pointers 

by Hatzopoulos, Karli and 

senior guard Blake Sartin (5 

points), the last with 1:13 left 

in the game, tied the score at 

44-44. The Wolverines held 

for the last shot but missed. 

There, Lockport turned 

the ball over to start the OT, 

and Casey scored inside and 

was fouled. He missed the 

free throw, and Hatzopoulos 

nailed a jumper to tie it. 

Once again, Simeon held the 

ball, and senior guard Kejuan 

Clements (10 points) hit 

a running floater in the lane 

with three seconds left for 

what proved to be the winning 

basket. 

The Porters called timeout 

with 2.5 seconds left and 

were able to get the ball to 

Hatzopoulos in the right corner. 

But his 3-point attempt, 

which would have counted, 

was off the side of the rim at 

the buzzer. 

“I felt when we came out, 

we were not scared of them 

as a ream,” Karli said of 

Simeon. “But I felt we had 

some mental lapses in the 

third quarter. This shows 

that all the little minute details 

we work on matter, and 

we have to keep working on 

them.” 

Hespell agreed with 

Karlie’s assessment. 

“As far as what needs to 

be improved, it’s just details 

and practice minutes,” he 

said. “Rebounding the ball 

with two hands, cutting a little 

more sharply off a screen, 

keeping hands off a dribbler 

to avoid a foul, throwing a 

more precise pass, improving 

timing, etc. 

“Look, it was basically 

two buzzer-beating losses to 

that caliber of competition. 

We’re a measly five points 

away from being 10-1 and 

on a 10-game win streak 

right now. Details matter 

if you want to be a champion 

... in any walk of life. 

We’re learning that as we 

go. You’ll see, this is going 

to be a fun second semester 

of basketball.” 

Lockport resident has 

night to remember on 

United Center ice 

Youth hockey player 

joins Blackhawks 

on ice before game 

against Calgary 


Eight-year-old Robert David 

Bauer III has attended 

plenty of Chicago Blackhawks 

games, but none quite 

like the Dec. 2 game against 

the Calgary Flames. 

This particular Blackhawks 

game had all the 

makings of a special night 

from the get-go as the Reed 

School third-grader’s Orland 

Park Vikings Mite 1 youth 

hockey team was scheduled 

to take part in the Intermission 

Youth Hockey Relay 

Race during the game. The 

race afforded Bauer III and 

his teammates the opportunity 

to skate on the same 

ice as the Hawks in front of 

thousands of fans. 

That experience as well 

as a tour of the Blackhawks 

locker room would have 

been a lifelong memory, 

but that wasn’t all Bauer III 

was in for. A representative 

from the Blackhawks had 

also asked Bauer III’s father, 

Robert Bauer, if the team 

would like to have a player 

join the Blackhawks on the 

ice for the national anthem. 

It didn’t take long for Bauer 

to answer in the affirmative. 

So before zipping around 

the ice with his teammates 

during an intermission, Bauer 

III skated out onto the ice 

and took his place alongside 

Hawks captain Jonathan 

Toews as the national anthem 

was played. Bauer III 

said he was excited to be out 

on the ice with the Hawks, 

but things were taken to the 

next level when his favorite 

player, Patrick Kane, casually 

skated over to him and 

said “hey dude,” to him. Not 

missing a beat, Bauer III 

said “hi” to his hero and proceeded 

to greet every player 

with a fist bump as they entered 

and exited the bench 

before the game. 

“I felt like a hockey player 

out there,” Bauer III said. 

Eight-year-old Robert David Bauer III and his father Robert 

Bauer pose for a photo Dec. 2 at a Blackhawks game before 

which Bauer III stood on the ice during the national anthem. 

Photo submitted

30 | January 3, 2019 | The Lockport Legend sports 


fastbreak 

Re-highlighting a year filled with star-power, 

Jeff Vorva/22nd Century 

Media 

1st and 3 

Trio of individual 

champions in 2018 

1. Anthony Molton 

Lockport wrestler 

Anthony Molton won 

a state title in the 

Class 3A 120-pound 

bracket on Feb. 17, 

leading the Porters. 

2. John Meyer 

John Meyer, a senior 

at Lockport who now 

attends the University 

of Michigan, wins 

his third-straight 

shot put state title 

May 26, setting a 

state meet record 

the day before with 

a throw of 68 feet, 8 

inches. 

3. Ben Sluzas 

Lockport’s Ben Sluzas, 

only a sophomore 

at the school, 

wins the boys Class 

3A individual state 

golf title Oct. 13 at 

the Den at Fox Creek 

Golf Course downstate 

in Bloomington. 

His performance 

also helped LTHS 

place third at state. 

The Lockport 

Legend recaps the 

top sports moments 

of 2018 


Lockport Township High 

School sports fans had another 

year of athletic success 

to root for, while local youth 

sports teams continued to 

rack up the accolades. Both 

individuals and teams from 

the community left their 

mark on the year that was, 

whether through postseason 

success or unforgettable 

memories elsewhere. 

What follows is a compilation 

of some of these great 

athletic feats that occurred in 

the past 12 months. 

January 

• Porters bowling wins 

Southwest Suburban Conference 

championship Jan. 

6 at Orland Bowl. The team 

would go on to win a regional 

title on its home lanes 

Jan. 13 at Strike and Spare II 

in Lockport before finishing 

ninth at sectional to end the 

season. 

• The LTHS dance team received 

a 90.63 score to take 

third at conference competition 

Jan. 10 at Bolingbrook 

High School and ultimately 

got 20th at state. 

• Lockport boys bowler 

Alec Buchhaas places third 

at state Jan. 20 in O’Fallon 

to close his high school career. 

Regan Reposh holds up Lockport’s third-place trophy Feb. 3 at the IHSA State Cheerleading 

Finals in Bloomington. Clark Brooks/PhotoNews Media 

• Homer Jr. High cheer 

gets seventh out of 17 teams 

at state Jan. 20 in Peoria despite 

the flu spreading to several 

members of the team. 

• Porters cheer qualifies 

for state 13th-straight time, 

winning Jan. 27 Andrew 

Sectional. 

February 

• In a big upset, Lockport 

stuns Bolingbrook by 

beating them 70-60 in boys 

basketball Feb. 2 at home. 

Bolingbrook entered ranked 

eighth in the state. 

• Porters girls bowling 

wins fifth-straight regional 

crown Feb. 3 at Echo Lanes 

in Morris. 

• In their first year as a coed 

team, LTHS cheer secures 

third in the state finals Feb. 3 

in Bloomington. 

• Harlem Wizards play 

Hadley Middle School students 

and staff Feb. 8 to help 

raise funds for a gardening 

and life center for the reading 

gazebo to help with science 

classes. 

• Six Porter wrestlers qualify 

for state out of the Alton 

Sectional held Feb. 10. 

• Lockport girls basketball 

wins first regional title since 

2007 on Feb. 15, defeating 

Oswego East 52-47 on its 

home court for the crow. 

• Anthony Molton captures 

state title in Class 3A 

120-pound bracket Feb. 17 

for LTHS. Matt Ramos took 

third at 113, and Zach Reese 

fourth at 152 there for the 

Porters. 

• Lockport girls bowling 

concludes year seventh at 

state Feb. 17 at Cherry Bowl 

in Rockford, with standout 

Bailey Delrose winding up 

third overall individually. 

March 

• Homer Jr. High wrestling 

team wins the Illinois Elementary 

School Association 

state competition March 10 

at the Northern Illinois University 

Convocation Center 

in DeKalb. 

• Lockport badminton 

team dominates Lemont 

15-0 March 15 in the Indians’ 

first match as a program. 

• Lockport girls lacrosse 

team plays its first games as 

a program March 22, with 

both the Maroon and White 

teams losing to Mother 

McAuley. 

• 22nd Century Media 

freelance reporter and Lockport 

native Randy Whalen 

recounts his experience covering 

Lockport sports over 

the last decade. 

• John Meyer breaks a 

Class 3A and meet record 

in the shot put at the Illinois 

Top Times Indoor Track and 

Field Championships March 

23-24 with a heave of 68 

feet. 

• Porters slug their way 

to the championship of the 

WJOL/Don Ladas Memorial 

Baseball Tournament, capping 

the tournament off with 

a 10-3 win over Joliet West 

on March 31 to win their 

first title in the tournament 

since 2008. 

April 

• LTHS boys water polo 

team earns a tight 10-9 win 

over Lincoln-Way Central 

April 10 to move its record 

to 8-0 on the season. 

• Homer 33C girls bowling 

team wins the IESA state 

title April 14, besting the 

second-place team by 149 

pins. 

• Lockport Township baseball 

and softball programs 

hold their annual Make Your 

Mark Strike Out Cancer 

Games April 14 for the 

benefit of the Make Your 

Mark Pediatric Cancer 

Foundation. 

• Lockport baseball team 

beats Lincoln-Way East 2-1 

April 19 with a walk-off sacrifice 

fly in a battle of the top 

two teams in the conference. 

LISTEN UP 

“You dream of being that guy, and when you are, 

it’s amazing.” 

Ben Sluzas — LTHS sophomore boys golfer, on winning a solo 

state title last October 

Tune In 


Back at it — 6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 4, at Lincoln-Way East 

• The Porters travel to Frankfort to take on the 

Griffins in a SouthWest Suburban Conference Blue 

Division matchup. 

Index 

28 - Athlete of the Month 

28 - Athlete of the Week 

FASTBREAK is compiled by Contributing Editor 

Thomas Czaja, tom@homerhorizon.com.

lockportlegend.com sports 


jaw-dropping performances, valiant efforts and victory 

• Lockport boys tennis 

team wins its own Lockport 

Invitational April 21 

with dominant performances 

from top to bottom. 

• Lockport resident and 

Providence Catholic pitcher 

Bryce Barnett fires five 

scoreless innings against the 

Porters April 25 to help the 

Celtics to a 1-0 victory. 

May 

• Four members of the 

LTHS badminton team qualify 

for state May 3 at the sectional 

meet at Lockport. 

• Lockport girls soccer 

team defeats Lincoln-Way 

East 1-0 on May 3 to finish 

undefeated in the SWSC and 

capture the program’s first 

conference title since 2013. 

• The Porters 3,200-meter 

relay team took first May 

10 at the Class 3A Lockport 

Township Sectional, advancing 

to state along with five 

individuals from LTHS. 

• LTHS boys water polo 

team completes epic comeback 

May 11 to topple 

Neuqua Valley 12-11 and advance 

to the program’s first 

sectional title game since 

2013. 

• Lockport sisters Brideigh, 

13, and Molly Cavanaugh, 

10, compete at the 

D2 Summit Championship 

cheer competition at Walt 

Disney World May 11-13 for 

Dreamz Elite Competitive 

All Star Cheerleading. 

• The Lockport boys tennis 

team captures its fourth 

consecutive sectional title 

thanks in large part to Jack 

Randall, who improves his 

record to 29-0 on the season. 

• LTHS boys volleyball 

team defeats rival Sandburg 

May 23 to win first regional 

title in 14 years. 

• Lockport Township senior 

John Meyer wins his 

third consecutive shot put 

state title May 26, setting 

a state meet record with a 

throw of 68 feet 8 inches the 

Lindsey Merk medaled in two events Nov. 17 at the IHSA State Swimming and Diving Finals. 22nd Century Media File Photo 

previous day. 

• Lockport softball team 

cruises to the regional title 

May 26 with a 10-0 win over 

Lincoln-Way West. 

June 

• Jim Prunty steps down 

as LTHS athletic director in 

letter dated June 8 to become 

an assistant men’s basketball 

coach at Saint Xavier University. 

• Lockport boys basketball 

team compiles a 5-1 record 

during a tournament June 

8-10 at Grand Valley State 

University in Michigan. 

• Local youth players get a 

taste of life as an LTHS football 

player June 11-27 at the 

Porter Football Youth Summer 

Skills Camp. 

• Lockport Cobras 10U 

team turns triple play in final 

inning of Lockport Lockdown 

Tournament June 24 

to win tournament championship. 

• Lockport baseball team 

tops Lincoln-Way West 9-4 

on June 27 to win its own 

summer tournament for the 

second straight season. 

• NBA player and Lockport 

Township High School 

graduate Richaun Holmes 

hosts basketball camp June 

29-30 at LTHS. 

July 

• Lockport wrestler Matt 

Ramos wins the gold medal 

at 51 kilograms at the Cadet 

World Championships July 4 

in Zagreb, Croatia. 


School D205 Board of Education 

approves hiring of 

1993 LTHS graduate Mike 

Dwyer as athletic director at 

its July 16 meeting. 

• Former Porter Joey Keane 

is selected 88th overall 

by the New York Rangers in 

the 2018 NHL Draft. 

August 

• Lockport boys golf team 

starts season strong with 

first-place finish Aug. 9 at 

the Oswego Panther Stableford 

Tournament. 

• The Lockport football 

team takes on Providence 

Aug. 25 at the Kickoff Classic 

at Northern Illinois University’s 

Huskie Stadium in DeKalb. 

The Porters lost 38-7. 

September 

• Sisters and doubles partners 

Bri and Cassidy Hillock 

improve to 11-0 on the 

season Sept. 5 with a hardfought 

victory over a doubles 

team from Glenbard West. 

• Entire Mokena Burros 

cheerleading squad votes 

Homer Jr. High eighthgrader 

Audrey Chisholm, 

who has Down syndrome, as 

homecoming queen. 

• Rachel Kuzel leads 

Lockport girls golf team to a 

third-place finish in the Gold 

Division at the Providence 

Catholic Celtic Swing 

Sept. 15. 

• LTHS girls cross country 

team places fourth at 

16-team Libertyville Invitational 

Sept. 15. Kate 

Wojcikiewicz took ninthplace 

overall for the Porters. 

• Lockport Township girls 

golf team edges Sandburg by 

two strokes Sept. 25 to win 

SouthWest Suburban Conference 

title. 

• LTHS boys golf team 

takes home SouthWest Suburban 

Conference championship 

Sept. 25 with 12-stroke 

win over Sandburg. 

• Lockport boys cross 

country team places four 

runners in Top 20 Sept. 29 to 

take second place at 17-team 

Locktoberfest Invite at Dellwood 

Park. 

October 

• Lockport girls golf team 

captures Class 2A Regional 

title on Oct. 3 at Broken Arrow 

Golf Club in Lockport. 

It was the program’s first regional 

title in four years. 

• Ben Sluzas’ furious finish 

helps him win the boys 

Class 3A individual state 

golf title Oct. 13 at the Den 

at Fox Creek Golf Course in 

Bloomington. 

• Bri and Cassidy Hillock 

lead LTHS girls tennis team 

to Class 2A Lockport Sectional 

championship Oct. 13. 

• Both the girls and boys 

cross country teams at LTHS 

win regional titles Oct. 20. It 

was the first regional championship 

for the boys team 

in a decade, while the girls 

placed all their runners in the 

Top 13. 

• Lindsey Merk breaks the 

school and pool records for 

200-meter IM at the SWSC 

conference meet Oct. 27, 

leading the Porters to a thirdplace 

finish as a team. 

• Lockport girls volleyball 

team tops Plainfield Central 

in front of an electric home 

crowd Oct. 25 to capture the 

championship of the Class 

4A Lockport Regional. 

November 

• LTHS girls swimming 

and diving team earns fourthconsecutive 

sectional championship 

Nov. 10 as they easily 

outpaced the hosts at the 

Sandburg Sectional. 

• Ten Lockport Township 

High School student athletes 

make their college commitments 

official Nov. 14 during 

the fall signing day at the 

school. 

• Lindsey Merk earns All- 

State honors by medaling in 

two events Nov. 16-17 at the 

IHSA State Finals. 

• Jake Karli’s buzzer-beating 

layup gives the Lockport 

boys basketball team 

a one-point win Nov. 24 in 

the third-place game of the 

WJOL Thanksgiving Classic 

tournament. 

December 

• 2018 Pop Warner Mid- 

America Lockport Jr Porters 

Gold JV football competes 

for the national title at the 

ESPN Wide World of Sports 

at Walt Disney World. 

• Lockport boys bowling 

team defeats Lincoln-Way 

Central Dec. 3 as the Porters 

look to make a postseason 

push. 

• Lockport boys basketball 

team trounces Joliet Catholic 

Academy 60-38 Dec. 15 

in front of an Alumni Night 

crowd at the old “Pit” gymnasium 

at Lockport Central 

Campus. 

• IHSA passes 11 proposals 

in Dec. 17 vote. One of 

the proposals is to essentially 

eliminate conferences in 

IHSA football starting in the 

year 2021.

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The Legend recaps the 

top sports stories of 2018, 

Pages 30-31 

1: Senior Alex Martinez reacts after scoring a run March 29 

during the WJOL Tournament. 

2: Lockport’s Elly Hagen uncorks a pitch April 14 during the 

seventh annual Strike Out Cancer games hosted by LTHS 

softball and baseball. 

3: Lockport shot putter John Meyer was crowned the Class 3A 

state champion for the third year in a row May 26 in Charleston. 

22nd Century Media File Photos 

4: Matt Ramos celebrates with the U.S. flag after taking home 

the gold medal in the Cadet World Championships in Zagreb, 

Croatia. Photo submitted 

5: Lockport sophomore Ben Sluzas putts during state 

competition Oct. 13, at the Den at Fox Creek Golf Course in 

Bloomington. Clark Brooks/PhotoNews Media 

Oh so Close 

LTHS boys basketball 

team fights hard against 

state powers, Page 29 

What a night 

Lockport hockey player 

joins Blackhawks on ice 

before game, Page 29

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