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THURSDAY 

Word: Basics 

10 a.m.-noon Feb. 7, Tinley 

Park Public Library, 

7851 Timber Drive. Attendees 

will learn the fundamentals 

of Microsoft’s 

word-processing software, 

including text editing, font 

groups, paragraph formats, 

tables, page layout and document 

proofing. For more 

information or to register, 

call (708) 532-0160. 

Cut the Cable Cord 

2-4 p.m. Feb. 7, Tinley 

Park Public Library, 7851 

Timber Drive. This program 

will teach attendees about 

streaming services such as 

Netflix and Hulu, as well as 

streaming devices like Apple 

TV and Roku. For more information 

or to register, call 

(708) 532-0160. 

FRIDAY 

Rules of the Road 

10 a.m.-noon, Feb. 8, 

Tony Bettenhausen Recreation 

Center, 8125 W. 171st 

St. in Tinley Park. The Secretary 

of State offers this refresher 

class free of charge. 

Register up to a week before 

the class. 

SATURDAY 

Tot Time Preview 

10-11:30 a.m. Feb. 9, Tony 

Bettenhausen Recreation 

Center, 8125 W. 171st St. 

in Tinley Park. Parents and 

guardians can get a sneak 

preview of the excitement 

that awaits one’s child at Tot 

Time Preschool. Visit classrooms 

and meet with the 

staff, while getting all your 

questions answered. This is 

one of two preview days. 

Summer Camp Sneak 

Preview and Book Fair 

10 a.m.-noon, Feb. 9, 



St. in Tinley Park. All are 

welcome to check out all the 

fun that is lined up for this 

upcoming summer. Meet 

staff from the camps, learn 

about the schedules and ask 

questions. The book fair is 

also open to anyone. 

Family Storytime 

10:30-11 a.m. Feb. 9, 

Tinley Park Public Library, 

7851 Timber Drive. Families 

are invited to take a break 

from their busy morning and 

enjoy a fun half-hour of action 

and stories. No registration 

is required. For more 

information, call (708) 532- 

0160. 

Preschool Fair 

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

Feb. 9, Tinley Park Public 

Library, 7851 Timber Drive. 

Parents can meet representatives 

from a variety of local 

preschools to help find the 

preschool experience that 

is right for one’s child. All 

booths are to be in the meeting 

room on the first floor. 

No signup is necessary. For 

more information, call (708) 

532-0160 ext. 2. 

Open Show, “What Do You 

Love?” Artist Reception 

1-3 p.m. Feb. 9, Vogt Visual 

Arts Center, 17420 S. 

67th Ct. in Tinley Park. All 

are welcome to attend the 

opening reception for the 

February open art show. 

There is to be light refreshments. 

Artists will be in attendance 

to share their artwork 

and answer questions. 

Lincoln-Way Foundation 

Dinner Gala 

6 p.m. Feb. 9, Odyssey 

Country Club, 19110 

S. Ridgeland Ave. in Tinley 

Park. The Lincoln-Way 

Foundation is to host its 25th 

anniversary dinner gala and 

auctions. The event includes 

dinner, refreshments and live 

and silent auctions. For more 

information or to make a donation, 

call (815) 462-2978. 

TUESDAY 

Introduction to Email 

10 a.m.-noon Feb. 12, 



will register for a Gmail 

account and learn all the basics. 

For more information 

or to register, call (708) 532- 

0160. 

Create With Me 

10:30-11:15 a.m. Feb. 12, 


7851 Timber Drive. This 

program is for ages 2-5 with 

their parents. Attendees will 

create two projects together. 

100+ Women Who Care of 

Will County Meeting 

6-7 p.m. Feb. 12, P.B. 

Mulligan’s Restaurant & 

Bar, 19433 Renwick Road 

in Crest Hill. In one hour 

the group nominates, presents, 

votes and donates to an 

organization. Each woman 

donates $100. For more 

information, visit http:// 

www.100wwc-will.org. 

Hello, Google Drive 

6:30-8:30 p.m. Feb. 12, 


7851 Timber Drive. Participants 

will learn all about this 

cloud-based storage service 

which encompasses Google 

Docs, Sheets and Slides. A 

Gmail account is required. 

For more information or to 

register, call (708) 532-0160. 

WEDNESDAY 

Digitize It: Vinyl Audio 

Restoration 

10 a.m.-noon Feb. 13, 



will learn how to convert 

and edit vinyl records and 

cassette tapes. Registrants 

should be comfortable using 

computers. 

Losing at the Oscars 

7 p.m. Feb. 13, Tinley Park 

Public Library, 7851 Timber 

Drive. Film expert Steven 

Frenzel will be showcasing 

great movie scenes featuring 

beloved actors and many 

other artists who never won 

an Oscar. For more information 

or to register, call (708) 

532-0160. 

Gamers Gabfest 

7-8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb, 

19, Tinley Park Public Library, 

7851 Timber Drive. 

This event is for students in 

grades 6 through 12. Talk 

with other teens about video 

games and share tips and 

tricks with other gamers. or 


532-0160 ext. 2. 

Family Bingo Night 

6-8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, 



St. in Tinley Park. All are 

welcome to join in on the 

fun at family bingo night. 

There is to be a variety of 

fun bingo games for prizes. 

All children must be accompanied 

by an adult. The cost 

for residents is $12 and $16 

for non-residents. 

Tot Time Preview 

10-11:30 a.m. Feb. 23, 



St. in Tinley Park. Parents 

and guardians can get a 

sneak preview of the excitement 

that awaits one’s child 

at Tot Time Preschool. Visit 

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classrooms and meet with 

the staff, while getting all 

your questions answered. 

10th Annual o’ the Green 

Run 

8 a.m. Sunday, March 3, 



St. in Tinley Park. The fee is 

$16 to participate not including 

a T-shirt and $22 with a 

T-shirt if registering by Feb. 

28 at 3 p.m. Packet pickup is 

from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. on March 

2 at the Recreation Center. 

Awards are to be given for 

first, second and third place 

runners in all categories, 

male and female. An award 

will also be given out to the 

best overall resident and 

nonresident. Green attire is 

encouraged. For more information, 

call (708) 342-4200. 

Irish Parade 

1 p.m. Sunday, March 10. 

The annual parade starts at 

Central Middle School and 

marches north down Oak 

Park Avenue to 171st Street. 

The parade will feature dozens 

of floats, community 

groups, local schools and 

businesses. Enjoy delicious 

Irish fare and fun at the 

many Downtown Tinley restaurants. 

ONGOING 

“What do you love” Gallery 

Feb.2 to Feb. 24, Vogt 

Visual Art Center, 17420 

S. 67th Court, Tinley Park. 

This exhibit features artwork 

by dozens of local and regional 

artists.

tinleyjunction.com NEWS 

the tinley junction | February 7, 2019 | 3 

Tinley Park dads, 

daughters dance 

the night away 

Laurie Fanelli 

Freelance Reporter 

Love was in the air at 

Tinley Park-Park District’s 

Daddy/Daughter Dance. 

It may have been cold outside, 

but it felt like the month 

of May inside the Bettenhausen 

Recreation Center as fathers 

danced the night away 

with their girls at the event. 

Held on Friday, Feb. 1, 

the evening found dads and 

daughters bopping, rocking, 

twirling and waltzing 

by candlelight. Cookies and 

punch made the event even 

sweeter and each couple 

received a complementary 

photo to commemorate the 

occasion. 

More fun and games were 

found in every corner, but 

the highlight of the event 

was the dance floor, which 

was flooded with happy father 

daughter duos. Many of 

the dads were dressed to the 

nines in suits and ties while 

their daughters donned beautiful 

dresses complimented 

by the perfect accessories. 

Tinley Park-Park District 

Recreation Supervisor Mary 

Wrobel said that seeing the 

fashion is one of her favorite 

parts of organizing the event. 

“I just love seeing the dads 

and the daughters all dressed 

up,” Wrobel said. “It’s a 

great opportunity for the 

dads and their little girls to 

spend some time alone. We 

try to make it a really good 

time for the girls. They are 

able to get dressed up and be 

all grown up.” 

Eight-year-old Tinley 

Park resident Lila MacLeod 

chose blue – her favorite 

color – for her dress for the 

evening and her mom helped 

her complete the look by 

assisting her with hair and 

makeup. She was attending 

the Daddy/Daughter Dance 

with her father, Eric, for the 

third year in a row. 

“I like it because sometimes 

my friends are here 

and there’s games and I like 

it because we get to do the 

hula hooping contest,” Lila 

said, noting that she is a former 

winner of the hula hoop 

contest. 

Eric added, “I love that 

Lila and I get to spend some 

quality time together away 

from the brothers and mom. 

We have a good time every 

year. That’s why we keep 

coming back.” 

Rob and Grace Boyd, 

of Tinley Park, have made 

the Daddy/Daughter Dance 

a tradition for nine years 

running. Grace – wearing 

a sparkly red dress and a 

matching wrist corsage from 

her dad – loves having a reason 

to dress up and spend 

time with her father. Rob enjoys 

how the event slows life 

down for a moment while 

giving him and his daughter 

another memory to fondly 

look back on. 

“Of course I love spending 

time with my only 

daughter and it’s a tradition 

at this point,” he said. “My 

wife takes pictures of us 

every year so we have the 

whole spread. We were just 

reminiscing about it and how 

it’s gone by so fast.” 

Tinley Park residents Aubrey (left) and her dad, Jeremy 

Spilde, enjoy a dance together. 

Mia Arguelles (left) dances with her father, Marlon Arguelles, at the Daddy/Daughter Dance held at the Bettenhausen 

Recreation Center in Tinley Park Friday, Feb. 1. Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media 

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TPHS principal appointed Tinley Chamber president 

Jacquelyn Schlabach, Editor 

There’s one thing that 

Theresa Nolan has made 

perfectly clear over the 

years: she loves Tinley 

Park. 

“Not only do I call this 

place home, but there’s 

one thing that’s very apparent 

about me to everybody 

and that’s I just love Tinley 

Park,” she said. 

Nolan, the principal at 

Tinley Park High School for 

13 years, moved to Tinley 

when she was just 2 years 

old and graduated from 

TPHS. After attending from 

college, a year into her career 

she accepted a job at 

the high school and the rest 

is history. 

“It was like getting to 

happily come back home,” 

Nolan said. 

She was an English teacher 

for 10 years and then the 

assistant principal for five 

years before becoming the 

principal. As of Jan. 24, she 

added another job to her 

resume as president of The 

Tinley Park Chamber of 

Commerce. The installation 

of the 2019 Board of Directors 

took place at The Odyssey 

in Tinley Park where 

Mayor Jacob Vandenberg 

swore in the new executive 

board. 

Nolan joined the board of 

directors in 2009 and served 

on it until 2016. In 2014, she 

was appointed the president 

and in 2016 she took a twoyear 

break to get her superintendent 

endorsement from 

Loyola University Chicago. 

After completing her certification, 

the chamber invited 

her back. 

“Like I said, people kinda 

came a calling and said hey 

you’re done and how would 

you like to come back? 

It’s flattering and it’s just 

so nice to be back among 

people who I have formed 

great relationships with and 

I didn’t realize how much 

I missed everybody and so 

it’s great,” Nolan said. 

As the principal of Tinley 

Park High School, Nolan 

said that her job at the 

school and the role as president 

at the chamber have 

more in common than people 

think. 

“My brother asked me 

actually just the other day, 

so why is an educator the 

president of the chamber of 

commerce? And I said, you 

know a lot of times people 

forget that yes, we’re in the 

business of education, but 

in my role, I oversee a $20 

million budget, over 100 

employees and every single 

day we have about 1,300 to 

1,400 people in our building 

every single day that I’m responsible 

for,” she said. “So 

at the end of the day, there’s 

a lot of management, supervision, 

a lot of coordination 

that takes places and people 

sometimes forget that side 

of education.” 

Nolan said that becoming 

the president of The Tinley 

Chamber of Commerce once 

again, opens the door of opportunities 

for businesses to 

come into the school and in 

turn opens up opportunities 

for students to get experience 

with the local business 

community, as well. 

With her busy schedule 

running the school, she said 

being so passionate about 

her role as president of the 

chamber makes balancing 

both something she enjoys. 

“I firmly believe that if 

I can get it on a calendar I 

can do it,” Nolan said. “I’m 

the ultimate scheduler and it 

just takes a lot of planning 

and organization, which is 

something I can bring to the 

table. But you know I think 

whatever you’re passionate 

about, you’ll figure out a 

way to make it happen.” 

She added that TPHS will 

always be her No. 1 priority, 

but she sees her relationship 

with the chamber as a 

“direct benefit to my stakeholders 

at Tinley Park High 

School.” 

“So I’m just as passionate 

about the Tinley Park 

Chamber as I am about Tinley 

Park High School. With 

some creative scheduling 

and a lot of energy, we’re 

going to make it happen,” 

Nolan said. 

There are currently approximately 

400 members 

of the Tinley Park Chamber, 

and Nolan said her goals for 

2019 are to increase membership 

but also focus on increasing 

participation within 

those 400 businesses. 

“With those 400 businesses, 

you can just imagine if 

we had everybody working 

together, working in sync, 

working to better our community, 

our area our families 

and constituents out 

there, that would be a pretty 

impressive organization and 

that’s what I’m looking to 

do,” she said. 

One of her greatest skills 

that she said she can bring 

to the table as president is 

her energy. 

“I am an all hands on 

deck type of person and the 

chamber organization, like 

any other organization, is 

only going to be as good 

as the people behind it and 

the work that’s being done,” 

Nolan said. 

It might have been 5 years 

since she was last president 

of the organization, but for 

Nolan, coming back into 

that role is almost like riding 

a bike. 

“You see people that you 

don’t realize it’s been two 

years since you’ve seen but 

you pick up right where you 

left off and there’s so many 

just genuinely good people 

in this organization that it 

was so nice to be welcomed 

back and I felt a certain level 

of that excitement which 

they need to understand fuels 

that passion that I have 

for them,” Nolan said. 

Tinley Park Mayor Jacob Vandenberg stands next to newly-appointed Tinley Chamber 

of Commerce president and principal at Tinley Park High School, Theresa Nolan, at the 

chamber executive board installation Jan. 24 at The Odyssey in Tinley. Photos submitted 

Theresa Nolan (middle) poses with her parents Sara (left) and Tom Nolan, who have been 

residents of Tinley Park for 45 years. During her installation speech, Theresa credited her 

parents for her love of Tinley after moving here years ago.

tinleyjunction.com news 


Tinley man with chronic health issues 

survives scare thanks to two strangers 

Will O’Brien 


Tinley Park resident Rob 

Besecker, a motivational 

speaker who climbed Mount 

Everest four years after having 

five cardiac surgeries, 

regularly preaches the importance 

of helping, and accepting 

help from, others. 

The lesson came to life 

during a routine workout in 

early January, when Besecker 

suffered a serious health 

scare at the Life Time Fitness 

in Orland Park but pulled 

through thanks in part to two 

strangers and local emergency 

responders. 

“The way they handled the 

situation was just incredible,” 

Besecker said. “There’s a 

million ways a situation like 

this could go, and they just 

stepped right up. Definitely 

went above and beyond.” 

It was during college when 

Besecker, a Hickory Hills 

native who grew up playing 

several team sports, first noticed 

he wasn’t feeling quite 

right. Years after graduation 

he finally got a diagnosis — 

muscular dystrophy and several 

chronic heart conditions 

that had developed. 

A goals-oriented optimist 

by nature, he tackled the issues 

head-on, forging forward 

with a career that’s included 

roles at United Technologies 

Corporation, Merck & Co., 

and for the past decade Advocate 

Christ Medical Center, 

where he trains health care 

professionals about hospice 

and end-of-life care. 

However, 2011 was a lifechanging 

year. 

Besecker endured five 

surgeries, seven emergency 

room visits and a collapsed 

lung. The outlook, his doctors 

and some close friends 

told him, was grim. Besecker, 

shaken but undeterred, 

fought on with all his might, 

gradually recovering — and 

then some. 

In 2015, after years of hard 

training, including long sessions 

at Life Time, he hiked 

to the base camp of Mount 

Everest. In 2017, he wrote 

the book, “Everest Strong: 

Reaching New Heights with 

Chronic Illness.” 

“I’ve always been the type 

of person who wanted to live 

life to the fullest,” he said. 

“We need to take advantage 

of our time the best way we 

can.” 

Besecker continues to 

spread the book’s messages 

about overcoming odds and 

pursuing dreams as a speaker 

and through social media. 

But on Jan. 9, it was others 

who helped him. 

Besecker, having finished 

the bulk of his workout, 

headed to a StairMaster machine 

to wrap things up. He 

felt some irregular heartbeats 

but wasn’t alarmed. 

“For the most part, I always 

try to just work through 

that. 

“I started feeling really, really, 

really uncomfortable,” 

he said of being 27 minutes 

into his workout. 

His chest erupted with 

electricity and he fell backwards 

off the machine. His 

internal defibrillator — he’s 

had it and a pacemaker for 

years — had fired because his 

heart rate had soared. 

Larry Blatt, a gym regular 

on a nearby machine, reacted 

right away. 

“He immediately came 

over to me and gave me attention,” 

Besecker said. 

For Blatt, who said Besecker 

remained calm throughout 

the episode despite its obvious 

severity, it was a surreal 

experience in which he just 

did what felt natural and 

stood by Besecker’s side until 

paramedics arrived. 

“You could just tell there 

was something special about 

the guy,” Blatt said, recalling 

how the young and fitter-than-average 

Besecker 

calmly called his doctor to 

explain what was happening, 

asked Blatt to retrieve his belongings 

from locker 162 and 

started calling Blatt by name 

immediately as they handled 

the situation together. 

Jason Fox, general manager 

of the gym, was also 

swiftly on the scene, taking 

control of the situation, 

ensuring help was en route, 

and maintaining calm order 

in the facility, Besecker said. 

Dan Fagan and Matt Hoover, 

of the Orland Fire Protection 

District, also played 

important roles, making sure 

Besecker got to his hospital 

of choice, Advocate Christ. 

Orland Fire has previously 

recognized Fox and fellow 

Life Time employees for 

deftly handling health emergencies. 

In May, the staff 

helped gym member Mike 

Sanocki survive a cardiac arrest. 

Besecker has been in recovery 

mode since, meeting 

with doctors, changing 

prescriptions and considering 

surgical steps to put off 

further issues. But he’s also 

made time to visit Blatt and 

Fox, stopping by the gym to 

thank them for their help. 

Although he may have 

looked calm on the outside, 

Besecker was freaking out 

inside, he said. Blatt and Fox, 

just by being there with assurance 

and a willingness to 

help, made all the difference, 

he said. 

“They had to respond to 

an emergency situation, and 

they don’t know my background, 

my history,” he said. 

“The calmness, the comfort 

they tried to give — there’s 

something special about people 

who do something like 

that.” 

Tinley Park resident Rob Besecker (left) was saved by Larry Blatt, a Life Time Fitness 

regular, who helped Besecker pull through a serious health scare in early January at Life 

Time in Orland Park. Photos submitted 

Jason Fox (left), the general manager of the gym, is credited with helping Tinley Park 

resident Rob Besecker (right) during the emergency.

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CHICAGO NORTHSHORE 

MALIBU 

District 230 grows technology 

innovation for blended learning 

Romi Herron 


A growing technology 

program at Consolidated 

High School District 230 

is taking students outside 

the boundaries of their 

classroom walls, leveraging 

technology so teachers 

and learners can experience 

a blend of educational 

spaces. 

“These days all of our 

kids are basically walking 

around with a high-definition 

camera in their pockets,” 

said Antonios Roditis, 

an English Teacher at Amos 

Alonzo Stagg High School. 

Also a Technology Innovation 

Facilitator for the district. 

“With the students, it’s 

meeting them where they 

are [with smartphones and 

other technology access]. 

We now can create in the 

classroom.” 

But expanding lesson 

plans so students can 

make podcasts, for example, 

doesn’t happen overnight, 

said Chief Technology 

Officer John Connolly. 

Blending technology with 

traditional education is happening 

gradually. 

“We had a vision of better 

preparing our kids 

with technology,” he 

said. “You’re not going to 

have staff members flip a 

switch and be 100 percent 

one-to-one. We’ve taken 

our time.” 

One-student-to-one-digital-device 

is terminology 

that has actually been replaced 

by one-student-tomany-devices 

in District 

230, Connolly explained. 

All students are provided a 

Chromebook, or they can 

use their own smartphone. 

Some students have their 

own additional devices too. 

Educational applications 

are accessible 24/7 online, 

and the district identified 

nine tech-savvy teachers as 

coaches for other instructors. 

Those individuals 

teach three class periods 

of their specialty subject 

and dedicate two additional 

periods to coaching technology 

innovation in their 

building. 

“There is a conception 

out there that young teachers 

who come in know 

how to use the technology, 

but I would not say that is 

necessarily the case,” Connolly 

said, explaining the 

coaches represent a variety 

of experienced educators. 

Entry level teachers as well 

as veteran educators have a 

technology learning curve. 

The technology innovation 

facilitators, and virtual 

coaches from a company 

called BetterLesson, help 

familiarize teachers with 

the resources. 

Roditis said one resource 

teachers are learning to use 

is an online content management 

system. 

“That moment of panic is 

gone for students who can’t 

find a paper or material they 

need,” he said. “Online programs 

give students immediacy 

to resources.” They 

can access assignments, research 

material, grades and 

due dates, and also communicate 

with instructors 

online to share progress and 

ask for feedback outside of 

class time, he added. 

Desi Vuillaume, a psychology 

teacher at Carl 

Sandburg High School, is 

also a technology innovation 

facilitator. He observed 

students may have familiarity 

with some types of 

applications, but the education 

set is new territory for 

them. 

“I think there is this idea 

that students know how 

to use the technology, but 

that’s not really the case,” 

he said. “They are discovering 

the phone in their pocket 

can be used for so much 

more than Snapchat.” 

For instance, instructors 

can Skype with historians 

and scientists, reinforcing 

to students what they may 

have heard from instructors 

or read in textbooks. 

Connolly said the program’s 

growth is measurable, 

climbing from 40 

teachers in the first year to 

140 in the third. The district 

has also won a State of Illinois 

Those Who Excel 

award for the initiative. 

Stacey Gonzales, director 

of curriculum and instruction 

for Consolidated District 

230, spearheaded the 

initiative. 

“The intention was to create 

spaces for blended leadership,” 

she said. “Students 

can take ownership of their 

own learning, and teachers 

can innovate and take risks 

and are designing meaningful 

lessons.” 

Working with BetterLesson, 

the district teams virtual 

coaches with its teachers, 

bi-monthly. A learning 

lab and video coaching are 

also offered. 

“They leverage deep intellectual 

conversations,” 

Gonzales said. “The coaches 

ask them next steps and 

see if they have any questions 

or need anything to 

further their goals.” 

In addition to increased 

efficiency and improved accessibility, 

Roitis said engagement 

is a priority. 

“The coolest part about 

this is we get to make learning 

more exciting for the 

kids,” Roditis said. “That’s 

why we do what we do.”



Village 

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Submitted by Village of 

Tinley Park 

The Village would like 

residents to be aware of 

a ComEd scam currently 

circulating throughout the 

area. 

The scam involves a call 

from someone claiming to 

be from ComEd who says 

the customer’s power will 

be shut off in a few minutes. 

Scammers claim to be making 

a courtesy call should 

the customer want to make 

a payment over the phone 

to avoid disconnection. The 

caller then asks for the customer’s 

credit card information 

to pay the bill. 

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While the DJ played a 

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couples dancing – “Shut Up 

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and “Shout” packed the 

floor – those looking for a 

different activity lined-up to 

play games such as ring toss 

and Bozo buckets. There 

was also a craft station and 

the DJ led several contests 

throughout the night. 

In typical Tinley Park– 

Park District Daddy/Daughter 

dance fashion, the evening 

ended with a festive 

balloon drop and each young 

lady left with a goodie bag 

complete with a stuffed animal 

and other treats. 

Moms and sons will 

get their chance for some 

one-on-one fun when the 

park district hosts its annual 

Mother/Son Superhero 

Date Night in early May. In 

the meantime, families can 

look forward to a variety of 

events including Dr. Seuss 

is on the Loose and a Clover 

Hunt – both in March – as 

well as the Hot Wheels Classic 

which will be held on 

Feb. 15. 

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Boy Scouts Troop 237 celebrates 30 years of volunteering, growth 

Mary Compton 


Thirty years of good 

deeds will be celebrated this 

month by Boy Scouts Troop 

237 as Scouts from both 

Tinley Park and Frankfort 

reflect on what got them to 

where they are. 

“It was one of the first 

Boy Scouts troops in the 

area” said Chief Scoutmaster 

Earl Bonovich of Tinley 

Park. “It went through a 

lot of ups and downs early 

on. About 15 years ago the 

troop split up. There were a 

lot of individuals involved 

and they each had their 

own ideas for the troop. A 

man by the name of Mike 

Woehlert stepped in and rebuilt 

the troop. It was down 

to five scouts and then there 

was a turnaround.” 

More adults got involved 

and took the Wood badge 

training which is an adult 

leadership training program. 

“The troop became 

healthy again” explains 

Bonovich. “I took over in 

2017. Last year we had 56 

boys in the troop. Troop 237 

is now one of the largest 

troops in Rainbow Council. 

As we begin 2019, we’re 

about to go into the largest 

number in our troop which 

is 62 boys.” 

Scout Nick Ketchen 

of Tinley Park said he is 

thrilled to be part of Boy 

Scouts Troop 237 today. 

“I’ve been in scouting 

for two years” said Ketchen. 

“I’m currently a patrol 

leader in the troop. It’s been 

great to see my patrol get 

out there and volunteering. 

It’s a great program and 

a high honor to get Eagle 

Scout.” 

For those who have never 

tried Boy Scouts, Ketchen 

encourages his peers to try 

it. 

“Scouting is fun and you 

get to do a lot of different 

Boy Scouts Troop 237, which has scouts from Tinley Park and Frankfort, is celebrating its 30th anniversary in February. Photo submitted 

activities, such as camping 

trips an earning merit badges” 

he said. 

Another scout, Jack Genis, 

who is a Frankfort resident 

and attends Lincoln- 

Way East, is also a Senior 

Patrol Leader for Troop. 

“I’ve been in scouts almost 

four years” said Genis. 

“I knew all my friends 

were scouts so I wanted to 

tag along. I enjoy camping 

the best. I’ve learned so 

much being a scout, such as 

doing a square knot, which 

I would have never known 

not being in scouts.” 

Currently Genis has 14 

merit badges and he needs 

21 to begin his eagle project. 

History of the troop dates 

back 30 years ago when it 

started with 10 scouts in 

Frankfort Square. Scouts 

are from ages 11 through 

18. 

“When they turn 18, they 

age out and can become assistant 

scoutmasters if they 

choose to do so” said Bonovich. 

Bonovich said he is 

thrilled to continue the 

present-day history with the 

troop. 

“I’m here to support the 

boys and to teach them to 

be leaders,” he said. “We’re 

designed to be youth-led so 

the boys run the program, 

they choose to the camp 

they want to go on and make 

a lot of decisions. Community 

service is important to 

our scouts. We currently 

have done 1,500 hours from 

the past summer. We also 

take part in the high adventure 

program where our 

older scouts get to camp in 

some of the amazing parts 

in the country.” 

Karen Ketchen, Nick’s 

mother, serves as the troop’s 

outdoor activity coordinator. 

“This is an opportunity to 

give back to scouting,” said 

Ketchen. “My older son did 

so well so I decided to volunteer 

my time for seven 

years. 

“Once the boys decide 

where they want to go 

camping and what they want 

to do, I set that up for them. 

The best part is seeing them 

come in as 11 year olds and 

watching them grow and 

take on new things they 

never thought they would 

do. We have a great group 

of parent volunteers who 

care about these boys succeeding. 

Volunteering is the 

core of the program.” 

Community service is 

a foundation of the troop, 

giving back to the Frankfort 

Square Park District and 

it’s community, and several 

other groups that have accepted 

the scouts assistance. 

“We’re continuing to 

grow and provide scouting 

in the area,” said Bonovich. 

“My joy of being a volunteer 

scoutmaster is seeing 

these youth succeed. Seeing 

these boys step up and becoming 

leaders in the community 

are the goals that 

scouting achieves.”

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Understanding World Religions 

series educates on various faiths 

Exploring and understanding 

world religions can be a daunting 

experience for those looking to 

learn about different faiths. 

Since last month, Our Mother of 

Good Counsel in Homer Glen has 

been hosting a weekly class on Understanding 

World Religions to help 

members of the community learn 

about different faiths. Led by the 

Rev. Joseph Broudou, pastor of the 

parish, the class explores the three 

main Abrahamic religions — Judaism, 

Christianity and Islam, as well 

as Hinduism and Buddhism. 

“By learning about other religions, 

it helps someone to want to go deeper 

and know more about their own religion 

and faith,” Broudou explained. 

As part of the parish’s Faith Formation 

and Religious Education 

program, the Understanding World 

Religions series was created with 

the intention of answering questions 

about other religions, as well 

as finding connections and similarities 

within other faiths. 

Since 1997, Janet Litterio has 

been the coordinator of faith formation 

for the parish. It is the first time 

the parish has hosted a class like 

this, and Litterio is excited for the 

doors it could open. 

“It will give a better understanding 

of people’s neighbors, not just 

here in Homer Glen but globally,” 

Litterio said. 

Remaining classes are from 

1-2:30 p.m. Thursdays through Feb. 

14, as well as 7-8:30 p.m. Mondays 

through Feb. 18, respectively. Refreshments 

are served, and walk-ins 

are invited. 

For more information, contact 

Litterio in the Faith Formation Office 

at (708) 301-0214. 

Reporting by Rochelle McAuliffe, 

Freelance Reporter. For more, visit 

HomerHorizon.com. 

FROM THE FRANKFORT STATION 

Frankfort restaurant mixes up 

special drink to benefit charity 

Who would have thought a beverage 

could help people? 

Throughout the month of February, 

Frankfort’s Dancing Marlin 

Restaurant will donate some proceeds 

from sales of its new Heartini 

cocktail to the nonprofit group Suburban 

Service League, which provides 

financial assistance to charities 

in Chicago’s south suburbs. 

“Dancing Marlin started fiveand-a-half 

years ago,” said Jackie 

Gabriel, the restaurant’s general 

manager. “With Frankfort embracing 

this restaurant, we want to be 

able to pay back for what everyone 

has done for us. I approached [Suburban 

Service League President 

Stacy Holland] and asked her, ‘How 

can we help others?’ We decided to 

do this month-long promotion.” 

The Heartini was the brainchild of 

the restaurant’s mixologist, Desiree 

Gleason, who previously designed a 

pink drink called “Stop and Smell the 

Roses” to benefit the Cancer Support 

Center in Mokena and Homewood. 

“I wanted to use gluten-free vodka, 

which I infused with mango and 

then added blueberry pomegranate 

with a splash of lemon juice,” Gleason 

said. “It’s amazing. It’s rare that 

bartenders are able to give back. 

This is a way for us to help others.” 

Officers from the Suburban Service 

League plan to use the money 

from the Heartini sales to expand the 

organization’s fundraisers. The nonprofit, 

which started in 1963, celebrated 

its 55th anniversary last year. 

“We choose nonprofits around the 

holidays, and we’ll give them gift 

cards,” Suburban Service League 

Treasurer Lisa Hogan said. “Those 

are more personal donations from 

our members.” 

Reporting by Mary Compton, Freelance 

Reporter. For more, visit Frank 

fortStation.com. 

FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT 

Local receives award rarely given to 

private pilots 

The title of Federal Aviation Administration 

Wright Brothers Master 

Pilot is not one handed out lightly. 

In fact, it takes half a century of 

exemplary flying just to be eligible. 

So when New Lenox resident Simon 

“Bud” Vancina learned he had 

received the award late last year, 

it took a moment for him to grasp 

what was happening. 

“I was quite surprised,” Vancina 

said. “I’m not a commercial pilot, 

and I don’t fly for a living; I fly 

as a hobby. Most of the time, the 

people who get these awards are 

pilots who are flying in some sort 

of aviation field. To be singled out 

as a private pilot, flying my own 

aircraft, it’s pretty neat.” 

Neat might be a bit of an understatement. 

The award recognizes dedicated 

service, technical expertise, professionalism 

and many other outstanding 

contributions that further the 

cause of aviation safety. In order 

to be eligible for the FAA Wright 

Brothers Master Pilot award, pilots 

must have 50 years of flying experience, 

marked from the date of their 

first solo flight, and hold a U.S. Civil 

Aviation Authority or FAA pilot 

certificate for 50 years. 

Pilots also must have no aviation 

violations on their records, and 

meet all current medical and biannual 

requirements to maintain certification. 

The New Lenox resident checked 

all the boxes. 

“Flying is not that complicated; 

it’s just like anything else,” he said. 

“If you want to be good at something, 

you have to practice.” 

Reporting by Erin Redmond, Freelance 

Reporter. For more, visit NewLenoxPa 

triot.com. 

FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER 

Police respond to week of vehicle 

break-ins, thefts 

Mokena Police Chief Steve Vaccaro 

updated the Village Board at 

its Jan. 28 meeting on a string of 

car burglaries that occurred in mid- 

January. 

Vaccaro said between Jan. 14-22, 

the Mokena Police Department responded 

to 10 vehicle burglaries and 

four reportedly stolen vehicles. He 

said nine of the vehicles that were 

broken into were unlocked at the 

time and parked in residential driveways. 

All four vehicles that were 

stolen had either keys or a proximity 

fob inside the vehicle. One of the 

stolen vehicles was unlocked inside 

of a closed garage, but the garage 

was opened using the garage door 

opener found inside of an unlocked 

vehicle parked in the driveway. 

Vaccaro said he thinks all of these 

incidents occurred between 1 and 5 

a.m. and that it is the same group of 

criminals who have been committing 

similar acts in nearby suburbs. 

“Our investigations division is 

currently working on a possible 

connection to the burglaries,” Vaccaro 

said. “Rest assured that we are 

committed to finding those involved 

in these burglaries.” 

Vaccaro also encouraged residents 

to be proactive in not becoming 

victims by locking their car 

doors, not leaving valuables in the 

vehicle, and doing a 9 p.m. check 

every night to make sure doors are 

locked and garage doors are closed. 

He also said if residents see something 

suspicious, they should report 

it to the police. 

Reporting by Jon DePaolis, Freelance 

Reporter. For more, visit MokenaMes 

senger.com. 

FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE 

Mackeys’ Pub supports veterans 

with annual chili contest 

Offering the community a place 

to gather the weekend between the 

NFL conference championships 

and the Super Bowl, along with 

some warm chili and a friendly atmosphere, 

Mackeys’ Pub in Orland 

Park hosted its annual chili contest 

the afternoon of Sunday, Jan. 27. 

Mackeys’ has hosted the event 

for the past several years as a way 

to bring the community together to 

support local veterans. A veteran 

himself, owner John Mackey said 

the chili contest is not the only way 

the local pub gives back to veterans. 

“Anybody who served, you get 

a special camaraderie with anyone 

else who served,” Mackey said. 

“You can’t do enough for the vets; 

you really can’t. … [This] is a small 

event, but it keeps the word out.” 

As in years past, the proceeds of 

the event will be donated to the Disabled 

Patriot Fund and the Village 

of Orland Park’s Veterans’ Commission. 

The Disabled Patriot Fund 

works to provide financial support 

to military families impacted by the 

War on Terror. 

Gail Blummer, a volunteer cocoordinator 

for the Disabled Patriot 

Fund, said Mackeys’ Pub always 

is supportive of the organization, 

holding a Queen of Hearts competition 

every week, in addition to 

hosting the fundraising chili contest 

annually. 

“It’s because of [John],” Blummer 

said. “And his customers, who 

are very strong supporters of the 

veterans.” 

Orland Park Veterans Commissioner 

Catherine Foster added, 

“[John] is always there for support.” 

Reporting by Amanda Del Buono, 

Freelance Reporter. For more, visit 

OPPrairie.com. 

FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND 

Main Street Lockport’s 1836 Event 

seeks to upscale the Scale House 

Six months in the making, Main 

Street Lockport’s annual 1836 

Event is a week away, and this 

year’s iteration is to feature even 

more fundraising attractions and activities 

than in years past. 

Former Main Street Lockport 

President Tina Keller said the fundraiser, 

which is to be held on Feb. 

15 at the Public Landing, 200 W. 

8th St. in Lockport, has been held 

on and off for more than 25 years, 

having recently been re-started. 

Planning the 1836 Event each year 

relies on the Main Street Lockport 

board members, Keller said. 

“This year’s theme is upscale the 

Scale House,” Keller said. 

She said she hopes the amount of 

funds raised will increase this year, 

and predicted there will be 85 or 

more attendees. 

“In the past, we put money raised 

toward planters and lighting,” 

Keller said. 

The main goal of the annual fundraiser 

is to improve the historic 

downtown area, and this year proceeds 

are to be used to light the 

Scale House. 

A digital photo booth, live music, 

Main Street Wall of Wine and VIP 

access to Gallery Seven are to be 

part of the evening’s festivities. 

“The 1836 Event is the only fundraiser 

for Main Street,” Keller said. 

Main Street Lockport’s first online 

auction, which is to contribute 

to the fundraising efforts, is already 

open and can be found at https:// 

bit.ly/2WAAt39. The auction site is 

open through Feb. 12. 

For more information about Main 

Street Lockport’s 1836 Event or to 

purchase tickets, visit www.visit 

lockport.com. 

Reporting by Alex Ivanisevic, Assistant 

Editor. For more, visit LockportLegend. 

com.

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budget cuts. St. Coletta’s is 

excited to be able to fulfill 

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community. 

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their specific needs instead 

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Student Column 

The effects of winter 

weather in Tinley Park 

Olivia Lehnert 

Student Columnist 

In Tinley Park, and the 

midwest as a whole, this 

winter has hit harder 

than even most natives can 

remember. With record 

breaking low temperatures 

debilitating Tinley Park, 

among others, the effect 

on the community is vast. 

From business closures to 

plumbing and electrical 

damage, the winter is taking 

a toll on communities like 

ours which already consider 

themselves well adjusted to 

the colder months. 

An often overlooked 

resultant of this sudden and 

sharp cold, however, is its 

affect on individuals who 

are forced to live through 

it. Different demographics 

come with different sets of 

problems, and it may be 

surprising that a heavily affected 

group is students and 

adolescents. While this may 

come as a surprise when 

considering the high physical 

health and relatively 

lesser financial responsibilities 

of high school students 

and other young people, the 

cold weather often puts this 

group at a significant social 

and emotional disadvantage. 

During teen and preteen 

years, adolescents 

are already in a period of 

turbulence when it comes 

to their emotions, due 

to hormonal and chemical 

changes going on in 

their brains. In the winter 

months, the lack of sunlight 

adds another imbalance to 

the mix. Lesser daylight 

hours and colder weather 

keeps adolescents inside 

for the few after school 

hours each day they might 

usually get to spend in the 

sun, and this leads to influx 

of melatonin and a decrease 

of serotonin in teen brains. 

According to the U.S. National 

Library of Medicine, 

this particular imbalance 

leads to increased fatigue 

and difficulty concentrating, 

two behaviors which have 

strong correlations with 

poor academic performance 

and social outreach. This 

is not to say that these 

specific chemical changes 

do not occur within other 

age demographics, but with 

students and adolescents 

already being at a difficult 

hormonal stage in 

their lives, and adding on 

social pressures and academic 

challenges, this cold 

weather hits them particularly 

hard. 

This past week even, 

schools in the area were 

closed for a minimum of 

two days, and Andrew 

High School was forced to 

initiate late starts on two of 

the three remaining days, 

cutting out early morning 

classes and shortening 

remaining class lengths. 

This uneven schedule leads 

to atypical assignment 

planning, resulting in high 

work loads for students to 

compensate for lost time. 

From this we see a general 

domino effect: a higher 

workload results in more 

time focusing on school and 

less time getting necessary 

social stimulation, which 

lowers mood, then adding 

further emotional stress. 

This cycle does come annually 

with the changing of 

the seasons, and even with 

this winter being an outlier 

in terms of extreme cold and 

weather, there are still ways 

for students and adolescents 

to combat this physiologically 

induced stress. While 

getting outside is often 

unachievable, being able to 

work in a comfortable, yet 

community space, like a 

local library, can allow for 

a change of ace that gets 

students out of an exhausted 

mindset while still allowing 

them to work. Enforcing 

a regular sleep schedule 

and maintaining a sense of 

personal health, whether 

that be through basic skin 

care or simple hygiene, aids 

physical wellness, as well as 

chemical balance, which is 

absolutely essential in these 

turbulent winter months. 

As we progress through 

what we all know to be a 

long winter in Tinley Park, 

it’s important to take note 

of how these winter temperatures 

are affecting different 

citizen demographics. 

While teens and adolescents 

are already in a place of 

vulnerability, everyone 

should pay close attention 

to their own physical and 

emotional state as the cold 

months drag on. We can 

hope for spring though, and 

power through the weather 

as we always have here in 

Tinley Park, until then. 

Tinley park’s 

Standout Student 

Varun Paluri, Morgan Park 

Academy, fifth-grader 

Who is your favorite teacher and why? 

My favorite teacher is Mrs. [Elizabeth] 

Raser, who was my first-grade teacher. I 

like her because she always challenged me 

to learn as much as I could. She was my 

first teacher at Morgan Park Academy and 

helped me get familiar and comfortable 

with the school. 

What’s your favorite class and why? 

My favorite class is science. I really like 

doing science experiments and learning 

about the earth. One of my favorite experiments 

was making oobleck, a gooey substance 

that helps us learn about solids and 

liquids. 

What’s one thing that stands out about 

your school? 

One thing that is special about Morgan 

Park Academy are the overnight trips. This 

year, my grade went to Camp Duncan. It 

was fun hanging out with friends and we 

learned about water ecology and wilderness 

survival. 

What’s your best memory from school? 

My best memory from school is when I 

was Principal For a Day in fourth grade. I 

liked coming up with the activities for the 

day and having special privileges for the 

day. 

What do you like to do when not in school 

or studying? 

I like to play sports like baseball and basketball. 

I also like to draw. I like to relax by 

watching TV. 

What is your dream job? 

My dream job is to be a doctor. I want to 

be an orthopedic doctor because I want to 

figure out a way to for bones to heal quickly. 

What is one thing people don’t know about 

you? 

I speak two languages, English and an 

photo submitted 

Indian language called Telugu. At school, I 

am learning a third language, Spanish. 

Whom do you look up to and why? 

I look up to my parents because they 

work hard and make enough time for my 

brother and me even though they are busy. 

What is one essential you must have when 

studying? 

The one essential I must have while 

studying is water. 

What are some of the most played songs 

on your iPod? 

My most played songs are: “Demons” 

by Imagine Dragons and “Stressed Out” by 

Twenty One Pilots. 

What’s your morning routine? 

I wake up at 6:45 a.m., brush my teeth, 

eat breakfast, and get ready for school. 

Then I am off to school. 

What’s your favorite thing to eat in the 

cafeteria? 

My favorite food in the school cafeteria 

is the nachos. They are very flavorful and 

not too cheesy.

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Meet Thomas! Thomas is a 

purebred collie who lives in 

Tinley Park! He enjoys going 

for runs, playing with his toys, 

and munching on doggie 

treats! Thomas will be 2 years 

old on February 26th! He 

nonstop smiles and is full of energy! But 

don’t be fooled! He loves his naps too! 

Thomas has added so much 

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4. Village of Tinley Park Electoral 

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“Last weekend, Mrs. Cassie Gaines from 

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From the Editor 

Thinking about where we come from 

Jacquelyn Schlabach 


Since becoming editor 

of The Tinley Junction 

at the end of 2018, 

I’ve already met and learned 

about a lot of great people 

in the community. I’m 

gradually becoming more 

immersed in Tinley Park 

and learning things I never 

knew about the Village. 

In this week’s issue of 

The Junction on Page 4 you 

can read about how Tinley 

Park High School principal 

Theresa Nolan was recently 

appointed the president of 

the Tinley Park Chamber of 

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time. I had the pleasure 

of writing that story and 

speaking with Theresa about 

her background, goals and 

things she is excited for in 

2019. 

What stood out the most 

to me after speaking with 

her was her genuine love 

of Tinley Park. She grew 

up here, graduated from 

the high school where 

she’s worked at for many 

years and lived there before 

moving to Orland Park a 

short time ago. It’s always 

refreshing to hear someone 

speak positively about 

where they come from, 

instead of only focusing on 

the negative aspects that 

really seem miniscule when 

you look at the big picture. 

I grew up in Naperville 

where I attended high 

school and lived before 

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after I graduated college. 

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I can honestly, and unfortunately, 

say that I barely 

know much about it. 

When I grew up in Naperville, 

like most teenagers, I 

complained about where I 

lived until I moved away to 

college in Indiana. Taking 

that step back really made 

me appreciate where I come 

from, not just because I 

went to a university in a 

small town, but because 

sometimes you have to take 

yourself out of the situation 

to have a better perspective 

of things. Now more than 

ever, I’m proud of where 

I come from because it’s 

where my roots are. Speaking 

with Theresa really got 

me thinking of where I live 

now because I want to have 

that same excitement about 

Downers Grove that she has 

about Tinley Park. 

I’ve found quite a few 

hidden gems in Downers 

and try to explore where I 

can and when the weather 

allows. I’ve visited quite a 

few trails and parks, little 

shops and quaint restaurants. 

It offers something 

that Naperville doesn’t and 

that I’m sure the surrounding 

towns don’t offer either, 

because each community is 

unique and I love that. 

My recommendation for 

those in Tinley is if you 

haven’t, explore different 

areas of the village that you 

haven’t before. I’m sure 

you’ll find something that 

you didn’t know existed and 

make you appreciate where 

you come from even more. 

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Faith Briefs 

Anointed Word International Ministries 

(16250 84th Ave., Tinley Park) 

Food Pantry 

Every Wednesday, the 

AWIM’s food pantry is 

open from 9:30-11:30 a.m. 

For more information regarding 

qualification of receiving 

food from food pantry 

or to become a volunteer 

at AWIM, contact Kindell 

Renee’ at kindell@anointedword.net 

or Joyce 

Brunson at joyceb@anointedword.net 

or call (708) 

429-2600. 

Worship 

10:30 a.m. Sunday 

Bible Study 

7:30 p.m. Mondays 

Kinship and Friendship Day 

10:30 a.m. Sunday, March 

10. There is to be a worship, 

dance and flag presentation 

and refreshments. Dr. Sherman 

Arrington is to be the 

guest speaker. Family and 

friends are welcome. For 


429-2600. 

Calvary Baptist Church (17430 94th Ave., 

Tinley Park) 

Wednesday Prayer, Bible 

Study and Sword Club 

6:45 p.m. every Wednesday 

Sunday Evening Service 

6 p.m. 

Sunday Morning Worship 

10:45 a.m. 

Chicago Church of Christ (16530 Ridgeland 

Ave., Tinley Park) 

Sunday Service 

12-1:30 p.m. every week. 

Faith United Presbyterian Church (6200 

167th Street, Tinley Park) 

Free Community Meal 

5:30-6:30 p.m. on third 

Thursday of every month. 

Faith Christian Reformed Church (8383 W. 

171st St., Tinley Park) 


9:30 a.m. 

Family Harvest Church (18500 92nd Ave., 

Tinley Park) 

Sunday Services 

9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. 

Spanish services are held 

in the chapel, while teen 

services are held in the 

gym. The Spanish and teen 

services are only held at 5 

p.m. Breakfast is available 

in the church’s Café, located 

near the gym, on Sunday 

mornings from 8:15 to 9:15 

a.m. 

First Baptist Church of Tinley Park (7025 W. 

179th St., Tinley Park) 


10:45 a.m. 

Prayer Time 

9 a.m. Sundays 

Sunday Bible Study 

9:30 a.m. 

Wednesday Prayer Meeting 

7 p.m. every Wednesday 

Senior Luncheon and 

Fellowship 

The next event will be 

held sometime in March. 

More details to come. 

St. George Catholic Church (6707 W. 175th 

St., Tinley Park) 

Family, Faith and Fun 

Sunday 

After the 11:30 a.m. 

mass on Sunday, Feb. 10. A 

blanket-making adventure 

will take place in meeting 

room 1, 2, and 3. Blankets 

will be given to residents of 

Day Break Shelter. Fabric 

needed will be matched up 

with navy blue, black and 

red fleece fabric that will be 

available on that day. Please 

drop your donation of fabric 

off at the rectory. Donations 

needed include 2-yard 

pieces of colorful patterned 

fleece fabric, 58-60 inches 

wide for making tried fleece 

blankets. 

St. George Parish Trivia 

Night 

6 p.m. Saturday, March 

16. Celebrate St. Patrick’s 

Day weekend with cash 

prizes, raffles and split the 

pot. Cost is $10 per person, 

up to 10 per table. Sign 

up at the rectory office, 

school office or pay at the 

door. For more information, 

call Carrie at (708) 288- 

1584 or Stacy at (708) 374- 

1342. 

Bible Study 

6:30-8 p.m. Tuesdays 

through March 5. Join as we 

study Jeff Cavins’ “Unlocking 

the Mystery of the Bible.” 

This eight-week study 

will help attendees uncover 

the story woven throughout 

scripture. Each week there 

will be a 30-minute video 

shown with discussion following. 

A study guide is 

available for purchase for 

$20. If interested, contact 

Maria at (815) 280-3909. 

Reconciliation 

After the 4 p.m. Mass on 

Saturday and after the 7:30 

and 9:30 Masses on Sunday. 

Mass: 

4 p.m. Saturday 

7:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. and 

11:30 a.m. Sunday 

Cafe Soul 

6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays 

at St. George in the Teen 

Room. 

Knights of Columbus 

Comedy Show 2019 

6 p.m. Feb. 9 in O’Connell 

Hall at St. George. The 

scheduled headliner at this 

event will be Rocky Laport. 

Tickets are $40 per person. 

Ticket price includes the 

show, dinner and drinks 

(beer, wine, soda and water). 

For tickets and information, 

please call or email Don 

Clark at (708) 532-8653 or 

viperdc@gmail.com. 

South Suburban Chinese Church (17100 S. 

69th Ave., Tinley Park) 

Mandarin Class 

2-3:40 p.m. Sundays. The 

church offers classes for 

children, teens and adults 

interested in learning how to 

speak Mandarin. For more 

information, email learningchinesesscc@gmail.com. 

St. Julie Billiart Roman Catholic Parish (7399 

W. 159th St., Tinley Park) 

Young at Heart Luncheon 

11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12 

at St. Julie Billiart Devine 

Center. Celebrate Valentine’s 

Day with a luncheon 

and entertainment. Tickets 

are $7 for members and $10 

for nonmembers. Tickets 

must be purchased by Feb. 

10. No tickets will be sold at 

the door. 

Mass for the Deaf 

This Mass takes place 

twice a month. The schedule 

does vary, and those interested 

in attending should 

view the church calendar at 

www.stjulie.org. 

Saturday Mass 

4:30 p.m. 

Sunday Mass 

8 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m. 

and 6 p.m. every week. 

Alcoholics Anonymous 

7:30-8:30 p.m. every Saturday. 

St. Stephen Deacon & Martyr Catholic Church 

(17500 S. 84th Ave., Tinley Park) 

Cancer Awareness Mass 

5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9. 

Saturday Service 

7 a.m. 

8:30 a.m. 

5 p.m. 


7 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 10 a.m., 

11:30 a.m. 1 p.m. (in Polish), 

and 6:15 p.m. every 

week. 

Free Community Dinner 

5 p.m. doors open; 5:30 

p.m. dinner service. Second 

Thursday of each month and 

fifth Thursdays. In conjunction 

with Catholic Charities 

Meals Program. 

Tinley Park Community Church (7939 W. 

167th St., Tinley Park) 

Wednesday Night Bingo 

Doors open at 4:30 p.m. 

Bingo is from 7-9:30 p.m. 

There is door prizes, progressive 

jackpots and other 

specials games to be features 

to create more fun and 

excitement. 


10:30 a.m. Fellowship 

and refreshment to follow 

afterward. 

Tinley Park United Methodist Church (6875 

W. 173rd Place, Tinley Park) 


9:30 a.m. Nursery care is 

available for families. 

10:30 a.m. coffee hour 

Bible Study 

6:30 p.m. Tuesdays. For 


532-2960. 

Tinley Park Food Pantry 

8 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Wednesdays. 

For more information, 

please contact Chuck Okresik 

at (708) 614-7739. 

Trinity Lutheran Church (6850 W. 159th St., 

Tinley Park) 

Free Movie Night 

7-9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8. 

Enjoy a free movie for the 

whole family. This month, 

the movie to be shown is 

“Fireproof.” 

Sunday School Classes 

9:30-10:30 a.m. every 

Sunday 

Saturday Service 

6 p.m. 

Sunday Services 

8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. 

Reveal Worship 

11 a.m. Sundays 

Zion Lutheran Church (17100 South 69th 

Ave., Tinley Park) 

Widow/Widowers Social 

Club 

6:30-9 p.m. Next meeting 

date: March 1. Beverages 

and snacks are to be served. 

For more information please 

call Phyllis Peterson (708) 

636-6534 or Bill Dolehide 

at (708) 342-6820. 

Free Community Meal 

5:30-6:30, on first Thursday 

of every month 

“An Evening with a 

Princess” 

7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23 

in the Zion Center. Music 

director, Codrut Birsan will 

accompany the Princess, 

who will entertain with 

music, dancing and magic. 

Children are welcome to 

dress as a prince, princess or 

superhero. A potluck dinner 

is to be at 6 p.m. followed 

by the hour-long show at 7 

p.m. 

Have something for Faith 

Briefs? Contact Editor Jacquelyn 

Schlabach at jacquelyn@ 

tinleyjunction.com or call 

(708) 326-9170. Information is 

due by noon on Thursdays one 

week prior to publication. 

In Memoriam 

Kalliope Pappas 

Kalliope Pappas (nee Papadiolopoulou), 

92, of Tinley 

Park, formerly of Chicago 

and born in Methone 

Messinia, Greece, died Jan. 

26. She is survived by her 

children, Andrew (Tula) 

Pappas and Pat “Toula” 

Richards; grandchildren, 

Cali (Lee) Stefanos, Angela, 

Ian, Megan, and Maria; and 

many nieces and nephews 

survive here in the United 

States, Canada and Greece. 

In lieu of flowers, memorials 

to St. Constantine and 

Helen Greek Orthodox 

Church are appreciated. 

Have someone’s life you’d like 

to honor? Email Editor Jacquelyn 

Schlabach at jacque 

lyn@tinleyjunction.com with 

information about a loved one 

who was a part of the Tinley 

Park community.

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Area dancers to reel, jig their way to Ireland 

Mary Compton 


A team of four dancers 

from Hughes-Farrelly 

School of Irish Dance in 

New Lenox is going to Ireland 

to compete at All Ireland 

Championships 2019. 

Leaving Thursday, Feb. 

14, the girls have been 

working on Irish step dances: 

reel, slip jig and hornpipe 

for months in preparation 

Myra Thompson, of Tinley 

Park, began Irish dancing 

at 3 years old. On Valentine’s 

Day, she and her three 

friends will be on their way 

to Ireland to show off their 

routine. 

“I’m just going to soak 

this in and experience Ireland,” 

Thompson said. “I’m 

looking forward to dancing. 

She will be doing the slip 

jig and trouble jig with another 

dancer. 

“We all have set dances if 

we get call backs,” Thompson 

said. “I’ve been preparing 

a whole year for this.” 

For Annabel Jalcovik, 

of Frankfort, she has been 

Irish dancing for five years 

at Hughes-Farrelly School 

of Irish Dance. This will be 

Jalcovik’s first time competing 

overseas. She is a 

student at St. Mary in Mokena. 

“My favorite part of this 

is all the memories we’ve 

made,” Jalcovik said. “I 

want to do well and plan on 

giving them in dance everything 

I have.” 

Besides Irish dance, 

Hughes-Farrelly has goals 

for each student, including 

the improvement of selfdiscipline, 

confidence, commitment, 

a positive attitude 

and helping others. 

Setting goals is what 

Maura Hanrahan, of Mokena, 

has been doing Irish 

Dance for eight years. A 

student at Hickory Creek, 

she has been working on her 

dance for competition for a 

year. 

“My favorite dance to do 

is the hornpipe.” Hanrahan 

said. “I also got to see some 

of my family in Ireland 

which I’m looking forward 

to.” 

Kate Gardella, of Frankfort, 

is also setting goals 

with her dancing skills. 

The Lincoln-Way East student 

will make her way to 

Ireland again for competition. 

“I enjoy the competition” 

Gardella said. “I enjoy 

dancing reel because 

you get to jump a lot. I’m 

looking forward to competing 

again and traveling with 

my friends. I really like Ireland, 

it’s so different from 

here.” 

“They dance year round, 

so they are always preparing 

for these big competitions,” 

said Karen Tritschler, one of 

the school’s main instructors. 

“There is a lot of work 

in between. They’re constantly 

training for this.” 

Tritschler and owner of 

Hughes-Farrelly School of 

Irish Dance, Katie Hughes- 

Schroeder, grew up dancing 

together at Lavin Cassidy 

School of Irish Dance in 

Worth. They became best 

friends instantly and years 

later dedicate their life to 

the school. 

“It’s definitely different 

bringing students than being 

a student,” Tritschler said 

with a laugh. “The competitions 

are a lot bigger and 

harder than when we were 

dancing. “ 

For Hughes-Schroeder, 

she began dancing at 5 

years old. With her parents 

coming from Ireland, there 

was never a doubt that Irish 

dancing would become her 

life. 

(Left to right) Myra Thompson and Maura Hanrahan work on their dance alongside Kate Gardella and Annabel Jalcovik at 

Hughes-Farrelly School of Irish Dance. Photos by Mary Compton/22nd Century Media 

“Working together, and 

traveling together and sharing 

with the kids what we 

teach is a really good feeling,” 

Hughes-Schroeder 

said. “We have such a love 

for Ireland, for us it’s like 

going home.” 

The school hosting a St. 

Patrick’s Day Party/Open 

House on from 10 a.m.- 

noon, Saturday, March 16 at 

the New Lenox studio. They 

will have an Irish singer, 

face painting, balloon artist 

and Irish dancing every half 

hour. This event is open to 

public and has no admission 

fee. Hughes-Farrelly School 

of Irish Dance is located at 

1313 S. Schoolhouse Road, 

Unit 5 in New Lenox. 

On March 30, it will offer 

a six-week beginner session 

for boys and girls ages 4 

and older. To register for the 

class, visit www.dancestu 

dio-pro.com/online/hughes 

farrellybeginnersession1. 

“We love teaching, we 

love the culture and we love 

Ireland, this is why we do 

this,” Tritschler said. “It’s 

nice to bring these kids back 

to Ireland to share the love 

we have for it.” 

RIGHT: (Left to right) 

Frankfort residents Annabel 

Jalcovik and Kate Gardella, 

Mokena resident Maura 

Hanrahan and Tinley Park 

resident Myra Thompson 

pose for a picture Thursday, 

Jan. 31, at Hughes-Farrelly 

School of Irish Dance.

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A snowy sight 

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Jesse Wright 


The nation might have been 

watching the Super Bowl on Sunday, 

but it was the Souper Bowl on 

Saturday, Feb. 2, that brought out 

the crowds in Orland Township. 

For the second year in a row, the 

city’s soup cook-off brought out 

hundreds of people and just over 

20 participants all to support Catholic 

Charities Diocese of Joliet and 

the Orland Township Food and Pet 

Pantry. The event was held in the 

Orland Township Office. 

The project got its start in 2018 

when Orland Park Supervisor Paul 

O’Grady looked for a mid-winter 

community event. 

“It was to get people out in the 

winter and our event coordinator, 

Lindsay Trost came up with the Super 

Bowl connection,” explained 

Lisa Ruel, the public relations coordinator 

for Orland Township. 

The event included four quarterly 

competitions between rookies, 

seniors, professionals and public 

service pro-bowlers. The audience 

voted on the winners and Al Chiloress 

won first place as a rookie, 

Bill Hurley won first place as a senior 

chef, Michael Hastings won in 

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and the restaurant Cacao won 

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Chiloress won with a creamy 

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might have been in the rookie 

category, he’s no stranger to the 

kitchen, having worked 18 years as 

a cook before retiring three years 

ago. Still, Chiloress said the secret 

is simplicity. 

“It’s a simple soup,” he said. “I 

could have gone and done other 

things to it, but I like it simple.” 

So, too, did the audience who, 

Ruels pointed out, might be the 

real winners. 

“It’s very inexpensive and for $5 

or $3 you can get all the soup you 

can eat,” she said. 

Leftover soup goes to the food 

pantry but mostly the event is a 

fundraiser, with all ticket sales going 

to the two charities. 

O’Grady said that late January 

and early February isn’t normally 

Orland Township Supervisor Paul O’Grady emcees the annual Souper Bowl event held Saturday, Feb. 2, at the Orland Township Office. 

Photos by Jesse Wright/22nd Century Media 

a time when a lot of people think 

about food pantries unless they 

need them and that’s why he scheduled 

the event when he did. 

“There’s always a lull between 

the holidays and the Post Office 

food drive in the Spring,” he said. 

After the event, O’Grady said he 

was pleased with both the turnout 

and the competition. 

“It was a great turnout and we 

had more competition in every level,” 

he said. “The attendance more 

than doubled. It really shows the 

community support.” 

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Kate Hastings ladle sopa de taco 

(taco soup) at the second annual 

Souper Bowl event. Hastings’ 

table was awarded best-decorated 

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VVAC’s annual open art show brings together love and talent 

Jacquelyn Schlabach, Editor 

When people think of the word 

love, a plethora of people, places, 

creatures and ideas come to mind. 

Some people love dogs. Some love 

visiting their lakehouse in Michigan, 

or just spending time with 

their children at home. 

No matter what one loves, it will 

be displayed through various mediums 

of art at the upcoming open 

art show What Do You Love? at 

the Vogt Visual Arts Center in Tinley 

Park from Feb. 2 through Feb. 

24. 

The open show in February is 

for any artist of any age and any 

level of talent. Gallery Director, 

Julie Dekker, estimates there is to 

be artwork ranging from paintings 

to sculptures to jewelry to photography 

from approximately 40 artists. 

“One of the neat things about 

the open show is that it gives 

people who don’t normally get 

a chance to display their artwork 

in a gallery that opportunity,” 

Dekker said. “So it’s been 

really great because I get special 

needs adults, and I get little 

kids and I just get people kind of 

that normally aren’t exhibiting 

and it gives them a chance to do 

that.” 

An opening reception is scheduled 

from 1-4 p.m. on Saturday, 

Feb. 9, where art fans can enjoy 

food, light refreshments and meet 

some of the artists whose work is 

on display. 

“You get a lot of chances to talk 

to different people and most of the 

artists come all the time, so if you 

have any questions about the work 

or if you really were interested in 

it or how they did that or what it is 

or what it means or anything, and 

the artists get a chance to talk to 

each other so it’s pretty nice,” she 

said. 

The theme What Do You Love? 

was created by Dekker three years 

ago. She wanted to have a theme 

geared toward Valentine’s Day for 

the month of February, as well as 

come up with a theme that would 

leave a lot of room for interpretation. 

“When you do open shows 

you really do want to leave a bit 

of a window for people to interpret 

it in their own way, because 

if you make a theme really restrictive 

it gets too specific, you 

don’t get as many artists who can 

participate or come up with something,” 

Dekker said. “I go wow, 

what do you love, that’s wideopen.” 

In the past, Dekker said there 

have been pictures of dogs, 

grandchildren, airplanes, nature 

and much more, adding that “everybody 

loves something different.” 

“I actually hang the show, too, 

so I have to put the exhibit together 

and it’s really challenging 

when everything is so random,” 

she said. 

One of the unique things about 

this show, in addition to the widevariety 

of artwork that is displayed, 

is the range of talent. 

“It’s really developed nicely 

because I have professional artists 

and children right next to each 

other, and it’s just an interesting 

mix and it kind of shows you that 

we all start somewhere and what 

you can become, so it’s good for 

that,” Dekker said. 

The exhibit is free to enjoy and 

art fans can see the show during 

the center’s regular hours which 

are: Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m.; Wednesdays, 

4-7 p.m.; Thursdays, 11 

a.m.-2 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.; Fridays, 

11 a.m.-3 p.m. and Saturdays, 11 

a.m.- 4 p.m. 

The next exhibit in March is the 

Open Photography Show, which 

similar to the upcoming show 

What Do You Love? has no age 

or talent restrictions as to who can 

submit artwork. Dekker said they 

are still looking for artists and 

those who are interested in participating 

can contact her at (708) 

309-4371. Submissions are due by 

Feb. 27. 

The Vogt Visual Arts Center is 

located at 17420 S. 67th Court in 

Tinley Park. 

A variety of subjects are on display for the What Do You Love? open show at the Vogt Visual Arts Center in 

Tinley Park. This year’s show runs through Feb. 24. Photo submitted 

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Artist Marilyn Diller has her paper origami piece on display at the open show called Hearts & Flowers.

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Love is in the air at Houlihan’s with 

an affordable four-course meal 

Specialty Valentine’s 

Day-themed 

cocktails also 

featured 

James Sanchez 

Contributing Editor 

It is getting close to that 

pressure-filled time of year 

when people start figuring 

out Valentine’s Day plans. 

It is a daunting task for 

some, a time at which overthinking 

is at a premium. But 

rightfully so. 

It is a night to convey to a 

loved one how much he or 

she means to the other. 

But Houlihan’s in Orland 

Park is helping Valentine’s 

Day planners ease their stress 

with a prix fixe menu featuring 

variety and the franchise’s 

fine-dining favorites. 

From Feb. 14-17, the restaurant 

is to offer a fourcourse 

meal for $50. And all 

of the dishes — as with everything 

at Houlihan’s — are 

made from scratch, according 

to Lisa Johannsen, marketing 

manager for the restaurant’s 

five Illinois locations: Wheaton, 

Naperville, Algonquin, 

Geneva and Orland Park. 

“This has been kind of a 

staple during Valentine’s Day 

at Houlihan’s, because this 

makes us unique,” Johannsen 

said. “This is somewhere 

couples can go if they’re 

looking to have a meal on a 

budget but still enjoy a great 

dinner.” 

The meal starts with the 

couple’s choice of one appetizer 

between the char-crusted 

ahi tuna, spinach dip and 

one of the restaurant’s hottest 

sellers: Houlihan’s Famous 

“Shrooms.” The last one on 

that list features giant mushroom 

caps stuffed with a herb 

and garlic cream cheese, then 

battered and deep fried. Parmesan 

cheese and parsley are 

sprinkled on top of the fried 

treat for color, and they are 

accompanied by a horseradish 

cream sauce. 

“Absolutely guaranteed, 

on any fixed menu we have, 

you’ll find our ‘Shrooms,’” 

Johannsen said. “That’s one 

of our recipes in our menu 

that hasn’t changed since we 

opened in 1972.” 

The next offering is one’s 

choice of soup or salad. 

For soup, customers can 

either go the cream-based 

route with the baked potato 

soup, or tomato broth-based 

chicken tortilla soup, which 

Johannsen noted has a little 

kick to it. Houlihan’s house 

salad is more of a chopped 

salad, for which the lettuce 

is chopped finely. It has bacon, 

corn and croutons, or 

customers can ask for a traditional 

Caesar salad. 

The first two courses lead 

to the entree portion. Guests 

get to choose from six options. 

Five of them are served 

with the customer’s choice 

of potato (baked, fries or 

mashed), and either green 

beans or asparagus. The other 

one is the seared Georges 

Bank scallops, served with an 

asparagus risotto. The handful 

of scallops are placed on 

top of the bed of risotto, and 

garnished with baby arugula, 

a drizzle of basil-infused olive 

oil and a balsamic glaze. 

It’s one of Johannsen’s favorite 

dishes. 

“It’s very savory, but then 

you get a hint of sweetness 

with the balsamic glaze,” she 

said. “It’s a nice, refreshing 

dish.” 

The other dinner options 

are panko-crusted fried 

The stuffed chicken breast, which is stuffed with a herb 

and garlic cream cheese, breaded, sauteed and finished in 

the oven, is one of the options for Houlihan’s Valentine’s 

Day Four-Course Menu for Two. Photos by Tom Czaja/22nd 

Century Media 

shrimp; 4-ounce center-cut 

filet mignon; grilled Atlantic 

salmon brushed with a 

dill-butter compound and 

accompanied with a dill-caper 

sauce; breaded chicken 

breast that’s stuffed with 

a herb and garlic cream 

cheese, sauteed in a pan and 

finished in the oven; and the 

Meatloaf No. 9 is drizzled 

with a red wine mushroom 

gravy and topped with fried 

onion strings. 

Lastly, the couple gets to 

share one of two dessert options: 

a brownie batter cake 

or the salted caramel gooey 

butter cake that is topped 

with vanilla bean ice cream. 

Throughout the meal, 

guests can enjoy Houlihan’s 

two featured cocktails for 

the three-day special at only 

$5 each. The Adam and 

Eve Appletini consists of 

an apple-flavored schnapps, 

homemade lemonade and 

a cinnamon-sugar rim. The 

Cupid’s Concoction has La 

Marca Prosecco and French 

vodka infused with organic 

blood orange juice, mango 

and passion fruit. 

Along with Mother’s Day 

and New Year’s Eve, Johannsen 

said Valentine’s Day 

is among the busiest times of 

the year for Houlihan’s, and 

its special menus have a lot to 

do with it. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• Caesar salad 

Third Course - Choose Two 

• Stuffed chicken breast 

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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. Academy being introduced 

at Providence 

in 2019 

5. Sashimi-like 

8. Love, Latin style 

12. Of resistance 

14. Rest stop sight 

15. Angry display 

16. Place to sweat it out 

17. Romantic interlude 

18. Christmas decoration 

19. Kind of personality 

21. Twaddle 

23. Cultural, in combinations 

24. Pint-sized 

25. Hurry-up letters 

28. Argued back 

30. 1970s rock group, 

abbr. 

33. Bacon bit 

35. Right on the map 

36. Assault 

37. Zipped away 

40. Bric-a-brac stand 

42. Pizarro’s prize 

43. “No ___!” 

45. Spirit in a bottle 

46. Moon phase 

47. Lose everything 

50. Likelihood 

51. Thumb a ride, e.g. 

52. Quake 

54. Montana capital 

57. Homer Glen’s 

Cross of Glory ____ 

Church 

61. Biol. branch 

62. Afternoon socials 

64. Rachmaninoff piece 

65. Solo 

66. Holds 

67. Van Gogh painted 

here 

68. Pint-sized 

69. Alphabet ending 

70. Hungers 

Down 

1. Ho-hum 

2. Part of a comparison 

3. Flightless birds 

4. Christmas dessert 

5. Rudolph feature 

6. Actress Adams of “Enchanted” 

7. Setting for saloons and 

shootouts 

8. Jazz great Shaw 

9. Basketball Hall-of-Famer 

Harshman 

10. Kind of arch 

11. Walk like a sot 

13. Links rental 

14. Italian province 

20. Expressions of confusion 

22. Marker for some sale 

items 

25. __ Martin (007 auto) 

26. Retail outlet 

27. Traffic director 

29. Self-addressed envelope 

30. Edit 

31. Gruesome 

32. Curved arches 

34. Noisy toy 

38. Completely 

39. Pocket for a watch 

41. Certain math class 

44. Shuttle path 

48. “Dr.” of children’s 

books 

49. Bird 

51. Secure on a rope 

53. Home of a 1969 

“miracle” 

54. Great deal 

55. Stocking color 

56. Butcher’s cut 

58. Make a call 

59. Arabian Gulf port 

60. Scotland’s Loch ___ 

63. Mrs. sheep 

ORLAND PARK 

Traverso’s Restaurant 

(15601 S Harlem Ave, 

Orland Park; (708) 532- 

2220) 

■5-7 ■ p.m. Mondays: Free 

bar bingo 

Girl in the Park 

(11265 W. 159th St., 

Orland Park; (708) 226- 

0042) 

■8 ■ p.m. Thursdays: Bingo 

■8 ■ p.m. Fridays and Saturdays: 

Live Music 

The Brass Tap 

(14225 95th Ave. Suite 

400, Orland Park; (708) 

226-1827) 

■8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Trivia. 

Prizes awarded 

■9 ■ p.m. Fridays and Saturdays: 

Live music 

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. 

The Whistle Sports Bar & 

Grill 

(7537 W. 159th St., Tinley 

Park; (708) 904-4990) 

■6-8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Bar 

Bingo 

■2-5 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Happy Hour 

■3-5 ■ p.m. Fridays: 

Teacher Appreciation 

■3-5 ■ p.m. Saturdays and 

Sundays: Happy Hour 

Bailey’s Bar & Grill 

(17731 Oak Park Ave., 

Tinley Park; (708) 429- 

7955) 

■9 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Karaoke 

■7 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Trivia 

■10 ■ p.m. Fridays: DJ 

Dance Party 

Ed & Joe’s Restaurant & 

Pizzeria 

(17332 S. Oak Park Ave., 

Tinley Park; (708) 532- 

3051) 

■7:30 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: 

Team Trivia 

Hailstorm Brewing 

(8060 186th St., Tinley 

Park); (708) 480-2268) 

■Thursdays: ■ Open mic 

night 

To place an event 

in The Scene, email 

m.schuller@22ndcm.com 

answers 

How to play Sudoku 

Each sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that 

has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 3x3 

squares. To solve the puzzle, each row, column and 

box must contain each of the numbers 1 to 9. 

LEVEL: Medium 

Sudoku by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan

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Distinctive Home Builders Introduces New Craftsman Homes 

In Manhattan and Peotone – From the mid-$200’s 

New designs are a result of buyer feedback 

Two refreshing designs mark 

the beginning of a new series 

of Craftsman-style homes 

available from Distinctive Home 

Builders at its latest new home 

communities: Prairie Trails; 

located in Manhattan within the 

highly-regarded Lincoln-Way 

School District and at WestGate 

Manor in Peotone within 

the desirable Peotone School 

District. 

“Craftsman homes were 

introduced in the early 1900s 

in California with designs 

based on a simpler, functional 

aesthetic using a higher level 

of craftsmanship and natural 

materials. These homes were a 

departure from homes that were 

mass produced from that era, 

“according to Bryan Nooner, 

president of Distinctive Home 

Builders. 

“The Craftsman design has 

made a comeback today for 

many of the same reasons it 

started over a century ago. Our 

customers want to live in a home 

that gets away from the “mass 

produced” look and live in a 

home that has more character. As 

a result of our daily interaction 

with our homeowners and their 

input, we are excited to introduce 

these two homes, with additional 

designs in the works.” 

Nooner, who meets with 

each homeowner prior to 

construction, has been working 

on these plans forawhile and felt 

that the timing was ideal for the 

debut. “Customers were asking 

for something different and 

simple with less monotony and 

higher architectural standards.” 

The result was the Craftsman 

ranch and the Prairie twostory, 

now available at Prairie 

Trails and WestGate Manor. 

The Craftsman ranch features 

an open floor plan with Great 

Room, three bedrooms, two 

baths and a two-car (optional 

three-car) garage. The Prairie 

features a two-story foyer and 

Great Room, three bedrooms 

and one and one-half baths, a 

convenient Flex Room space 

on the main level and a two-car 

(optional three-car) garage. The 

Craftsman architectural elements 

on both homes include brick and 

stone exteriors with cedar shake 

accent siding, low-pitched gabled 

bracket roofs, front porches with 

tapered columns and stone piers, 

partially paned windows, and a 

standard panel front entry door. 

Distinctive Home Builders 

offers a Craftsman-style trim 

package offering trim without 

ornate profiles and routers. The 

trim features simplicity in design 

with rectangles, straight lines and 

layered look trims over doors for 

example. The front entry door 

will have the standard Craftsman 

panel style door. Distinctive has 

also created a Craftsman color 

palate to assist buyers in making 

coordinated choices for the 

interior of their new Craftsman 

home. Colors, cabinet styles and 

flooring choices blend seamlessly 

with the Craftsman trim package 

and are available in gray tones 

package and earth tones. 

Distinctive offers custom maple 

kitchen cabinets featuring solid 

wood construction (no particle 

board), have solid wood drawers 

with dove tail joints, which is 

very rare in the marketplace. 

“When you buy a new home 

from Distinctive, you truly are 

receiving custom made cabinets 

in every home we sell no matter 

what the price range,” noted 

Nooner. 


works to achieve a delivery goal 

of 90 days with zero punch list 

items for its homeowners. “Our 

three decades building homes 

provides an efficient construction 

system,” said Nooner. “Many of 

our skilled craftsmen have been 

working with our company 

for over 20 years. We also 

take pride on having excellent 

communicators throughout our 

organization. This translates into 

a positive buying and building 

experience for our homeowners 

and one of the highest referral 

rates in the industry.” 

Nooner added that all homes 

are highly energy efficient. Every 

home built will have upgraded 

wall and ceiling insulation 

values with energy efficient 

windows and high efficiency 

furnaces. Before homeowners 

move into their new home, 


conducts a blower door test that 

pressurizes the home to ensure 

that each home passes a set of 

very stringent Energy Efficiency 

guidelines. 

With the addition of these two 

new designs, there are now 15 

ranch, split-level and six twostory 

single-family home styles to 

choose from each offering from 

three to eight different exterior 

elevations at both communities. 

The three- to four-bedroom 

homes feature one and one-half 

to two-and-one-half baths, twoto 

three-car garages and a family 

room, all in approximately 1,600 

to over 3,000 square feet of living 

space. Basements are included in 

most models as well. Distinctive 

also encourages customization 

to make your new home truly 

personalized to suit your lifestyle. 

Oversize home sites; brick 

exteriors on all four sides of the 

first floor; custom maple cabinets; 

ceramic tile or hardwood 

floors in the kitchen, baths and 

foyer; genuine wood trim and 

doors and concrete driveways 

can all be yours at Prairie 

Trails and WestGate Manor. 

Most all home sites at Prairie 

Trails and WestGate Manor 

can accommodate a three-car 

garage; a very important amenity 

to the Manhattan homebuyer, 

said Nooner. 

“When we opened Prairie 

Trails and WestGate Manor we 

wanted to provide the best new 

home value for the dollar and 

we feel with offering Premium 

Standard Features that we do 

just that. So why wait? This is 

truly the best time to build your 

dream home!” 

Prairie Trails is also a beautiful 

place to live and raise a family 

featuring a 20-acre lake on site, 

as well as direct access to the 22- 

mile Wauponsee Glacial Prairie 

Path that borders the community 

and meanders through many 

neighboring communities and 

links to many other popular 

trails. The Manhattan Metra 

station is less than a mile away. 

Besides Prairie Trails, 


has built homes throughout 

Manhattan in the Butternut 

Ridge and Leighlinbridge 

developments, as well as in the 

Will and south Cook county 

areas over the past 30 years. 


chose the Will County village 

of Peotone for its newest 

community of 38 single-family 

homes at WestGate Manor 

within walking distance of the 

esteemed Peotone High School. 

Its convenient location between 

Interstate 57 and Illinois Route 

50 provide easy access to I-80 

and commuters enjoy several 

nearby train stations and a 

35-minute drive to Chicago. 

Visit the on-site sales 

information center for 

unadvertised specials and view 

the numerous styles of homes 

being offered and the available 

lots. Call Lynne Rinck at (708) 

737-9142 or (708) 479-7700 for 

more information or visit www. 

distinctivehomebuilders.com. 

The Prairie Trails and WestGate 

Manor new home information 

center is located three miles 

south of Laraway Rd. on Rt. 

52. The address is 24458 S. 

Rt. 52, Manhattan, IL. 60422. 

Open Daily 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 

p.m. Closed Wednesday and 

Thursday and always available 

by appointment. 

Specials, prices, specifications, 

standard features, model 

offerings, build times and lot 

availability are subject to change 

without notice. Please contact 

a Distinctive representative for 

current pricing and complete 

details.

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Distinctive Home Builders Presents Quality Built Affordable Homes 

At Cedar Creek in Joliet 

Why Pay Rent? New homes with the shortest build times on the market from the low $200’s 


recently began preconstruction 

sales at Cedar 

Creek in Joliet. Homeowners 

there will enjoy a low-priced 

quality built home and low 

Joliet taxes from one of the 

area’s leading home builders. 

Cedar Creek is located on 

Millsdale Road, one half mile 

west of Rt. 53 and south of 

Laraway Road. Until on-site 

models are completed this 

summer, interested persons 

are invited to visit Distinctive 

Homes Sales and Information 

Center in Manhattan on Rt. 

52 for details and to tour 

homes. 

“Handcrafted semi-custom 

homes are unheard of in the 

area in this price range,” said 

Bryan Nooner, president of 

Frankfort-based Distinctive 

Home Builders. “These 

homes provide a great value 

and in many cases will be 

less than paying rent. This 

opens up home ownership 

opportunities to those who 

were locked out of the 

market previously. Although 

construction is underway, 

pre-construction savings are 

still available.” 

Affordable, conveniently 

located ranch and two-story 

homes feature floor plans 

ranging from 1,500 to 3,000 

square feet in size with two 

to four bedrooms and brick, 

frame and stone exteriors. 

Prices start from the low 

$200’s and some home sites 

back up to Cedar Creek Park. 

“These homes appeal to 

two markets: Empty nesters 

that are downsizing with our 

ranches and an outstanding 

value for first time 

homebuyers and families 

wanting the most space for 

their money,” added Nooner. 

Cedar Creek school children 

attend Elwood School District 

203 for K – 8 and high school 

age children attend Joliet 

Township Central High 

School within District 204, 

which was recently named the 

College Board’s Advanced 

Placement District of the 

Year. Saint Joseph Academy 

is also nearby. 

“We have closed the gap of 

getting what you want and 

getting what you need in a 

new home significantly by 

including additional features 

that our buyers told us were 

most important to them,” 

said Nooner. “Now is the 

best time to buy, because you 

can still take advantage of 

preconstruction prices that 

range from the low $200s 

which makes this a terrific 

new home value.” 

Bryan Nooner, president of 

Distinctive Home Builders, 

has built thousands of singlefamily 

homes throughout the 

south and southwest suburbs 

over the past 30 years. 


is dedicated to giving their 

customers the best home 

buying experience. 

Distinctive works to achieve 

a home delivery goal of 90 

days with zero punch list items 

for its homeowners. Before 

closing, each home undergoes 

an industry-leading checklist 

that ensures each home 

measures up to the firm’s high 

quality standards. Distinctive 

performs numerous quality 

control checks throughout 

the building process and 

adheres to a nearly 1,500 

point formal checklist that 

project managers certify. 

“Having a set of 

measurable, identifiable 

standards that our craftsmen 

are expected to maintain is 

critical to upholding high 

quality standards and ensures 

delivering a Zero Defect 

Home to our homeowners,” 

according to Distinctive 

president, Bryan Nooner. 

During the construction 

process, there are prescheduled 

times set for site 

visitationsatvariouslandmark 

stages of construction. 

Communication is an 

important aspect to 

maintaining an overall 

positive experience during 

the construction process. 

Therefore, all Distinctive 

customers have the Project 

Manager’s e-mail address 

and cell phone number, as 

well as, access to the secure 

online customer portal where 

pictures and logs show the 

continued progress on their 

home. Customers have 

access to the online portal 

through the Distinctive 

Homebuilders App that can 

be easily downloaded to any 

smartphone or tablet. 

“Our customers simply 

download our Distinctive 

Home Builders app and they 

are in touch with their new 

home 24/7 from anywhere 

in the world. The app allows 

our customers to see the 

progress of their home and 

access all their documents at 

any time” Nooner explained. 

“Our customers really 

appreciate the integration of 

social media sites within the 

app allowing them to easily 

share photos and updates of 

their new home with family 

and friends,” he concluded. 

Nooner added that all homes 

are highly energy efficient. 

Every home built will have 

upgraded wall and ceiling 

insulation values with energy 

efficient windows and high 

efficiency furnaces. Before 

homeowners move into their 

new home, Distinctive Home 

Builders conducts a blower 

door test that pressurizes the 

home to ensure that each 

home passes a set of very 

stringent Energy Efficiency 

guidelines. 

Cedar Creek is served by 

major thoroughfares such 

as IL Rte. 53, I-55 and I-80. 

Locational amenities for 

Cedar Creek homeowners 

are two large hospital 

complexes nearby: Silver 

Cross Hospital and Presence 

Saint Joseph Medical Center; 

College education nearby 

including Lewis University, 

the University of St. Francis 

and Joliet Junior College. 

Numerous restaurants 

and attractions such as the 

Chicagoland Speedway, the 

Joliet Splash Station and 

the Haunted Trails Family 

Entertainment Center, 

to name a few. Visit the 

Memorial Walkway at the 

Abraham Lincoln National 

Cemetery in Elwood 

comprised of 982 acres 

honoring our veterans. 

Visit the on-site sales 

information center for 

unadvertised specials and 

the available lots. Call 

Lynne at (708) 737-9142 

or 708 479-7700 for more 

information or visit http:// 

distinctivehomebuilders. 

com/. Until on-site models 

are built, the new home 

information center is located 

three miles south of Laraway 

Rd. on Rt. 52. The address is 

24458 S. Rt. 52, Manhattan, 

IL. 60422. Open Daily 10:00 

a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Closed 

Wednesday and Thursday 

and always available by 

appointment. Specials, prices, 

specifications, standard 

features, model offerings, 

build times and lot availability 

are subject to change without 

notice. Please contact a 

Distinctive representative for 

current pricing and complete 

details. Prices and features 

subject to change at any time.

tinleyjunction.com real estate 


The Tinley Junction’s 

Sponsored content 

of the 

WEEK 

Truly wonderful home. 

Where: 17625 Woburn Road in Radcliffe 

Place 

What: Welcome home to this gorgeous four 

bedroom, two and a half baths, two story in 

Tinley’s fine Radcliffe Place. 

Amenities: Full-length covered front porch 

brings you inside to a welcoming foyer & 

stately oak banister staircase. Large 18ft 

living rm wraps around to an elegant dining 

rm, then into the chef’s eat-in kitchen w/ 

built-in desk. Stunning new granite counters/ 

island & new oven/cooktop make mealprep 

easy. Dinner al-fresco is just outside 

the frenchdoors leading to the enormous 

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in the 20ft family rm w/all-brick gas-log fireplace & large granite built-in wet-bar! 

2nd flr provides 4 large BR’s including an 18ft master suite w/walk-in closet & newly 

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fully finished basement offers recreation rm, game rm area & play room! Many 

additional news: 2yr-old tear-off roof, water heater, sump-and-battery & some new 

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Asking Price: $359,900 

Listing Agent: Tom 

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and Associates 708-267- 

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Listing Brokerage: Century 

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Want to know how to become Home of the Week? Contact Tricia at (708) 326-9170 ext. 47. 

Nov. 28 

• 20023 Boyne Dr, Tinley 

Park, 60487 - Marquette 

Bank Trustee To Brian 

R Hurley, Lauren Hurley 

$482,919 

Dec. 13 

• 20020 Boyne Dr, Tinley 

Park, 60487-3507 - 

Marquette Bank Trustee 

To Ryan M Grab, Mary K 

Muray $495,000 

Dec. 14 

• 8031 Highfield Ct, 

Tinley Park, 60487-9260 

- Lawrence Blouin To 

Lawrence Edomwande, 

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$350,000 

Dec. 26 

• 6342 181st St, Tinley 

Park, 60477-4241 - 

Venkat Ravilla To Michael 

Perez, Janine Perez 

$362,500 

Dec. 27 

• 6533 Hubbard Ln, 


- Daniel A Campione To 

Jessica Leja, $216,000 

• 7819 Park Central Dr S, 


- Charles R Koney Trust To 

Robert T Stariha, Karie A 

Stariha $389,500 

Dec. 28 

• 6501 182nd Pl, Tinley 

Park, 60477-4266 - 

Kristine Boker Foy To 

Michael D York, $217,000 

• 6658 Parkside Dr, 

Tinley Park, 60477- 

2850 - Ryan Zantingh 

To Christine Manow, 

$213,000 

Dec. 31 

• 17302 George 

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Park, 60477-3120 - A 

Tarraf Construction Inc 

To Norma S Sagisi, Jose 

Ronelle Sagisi $215,000 

• 17631 66th Ave, 


- Joseph R Rominski 

Trustee To Matthew Vela, 

$202,000 

• 7538 161st Pl, Tinley 

Park, 60477-1537 - 

Donna Vlach Trustee 

To David Klimek, Tracy 

Klimek $248,000 

• 7040 Olde Gatehouse 

Rd, Tinley Park, 60477- 

6848 - Joseph J Einoder 

To Scott A Sirvinskas, 

$154,000 

The Going Rate is provided by 

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or call (630) 557-1000.

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Help 

Wanted 

1003 Help Wanted 

Find your 

next great hire 

Call Jeff Schouten 

to learn more about recruitment 

advertising in your local newspaper. 

708.326.9170 ext. 51 

j.schouten@22ndcenturymedia.com 

right in your own 

neighborhood 

1003 Help Wanted 

CONSULTATIVE SALES ENGINEER 

for Custom Rubber Products Company 

Aero Rubber Company, Inc. is expanding our current sales staff 

and looking for two consultative sales engineers to assist in 

growing our custom rubber part business. The first position is for 

our Specialty Custom Parts Division and the second for our 

Industrial Rubber Band Division. Each is a 95% inside non-commission 

position, salaried with potential performance bonus. Aero 

sales engineers focus on new and existing customers to clearly 

understand their needs and quote to the customer’s requirements. 

Qualifications 

3-5 years minimum successful B2B industrial sales experience 

Consultative sales experience is a requirement (not catalog sales) 

Rubber sales experience is a plus 

(custom molded, extruded & fabricated parts) 

ISO and/or QS quality system experience a plus 

Ability to work closely with production & quality control staff 

Benefits 

Medical, Dental/Vision, 401K, Top Salary 

Performance Bonus, Relocation Package 

About Aero 

Located in SW Suburb of Chicago, 46+ Years Strong 

ISO 9001:2015 

To Apply: Send cover letter and resume to: 

bschatte@aerorubber.com 

Legal Notice Representative 

22nd Century Media LLC - Orland Park, IL 

22nd Century Media has a Legal and Public Notice 

Representative position open for it’s Southwest Suburban Team. The 

position would be responsible for the placement, coordination, and 

publishing of legal and public notices in 22nd Century Media's 15 

publications. Notices will come from civic bodies, businesses, and 

private parties. Candidates should be comfortable and familiar with being 

on the phone and computer while also working with various clients as 

well as being able to process the appropriate paperwork. This position 

offers a base salary along with a comprehensive benefits package. 

What you are responsible for: 

• Entering all legal and public notices in the appropriate 

newspaper for the correct run dates 

• Processing affidavits that the notices were published 

and sending them to the client. 

• Developing and maintaining client relationships 

• Working closely with clients to meet their public and legal notice needs 

• Working with the inside sales team in the Classified Department 

• Copywriting content for ads with clients to develop the right message 

• Keeping track of legal notices and their weekly revenue targets 

Qualifications: Must have a strong work ethic and ability to work 

independently as well as with a team. A desire to learn not only the legal 

notice process but also gain experience in media and working with an 

inside sales team. Excellent communication skills, time-management, 

comfort with selling over the phone, face to face as well as e-mail, and 

interpersonal skills required. 

Email Resume to: careers@22ndcenturymedia.com 

No phone calls, please. EOE 

Now Hiring for 2019 work 

season: Year-round & 

Seasonal Employment. 

Potential for paid winters off. 

Benefits incl. health, dental, 

IRA. Good driving rec a must. 

Time and a half over 40 hrs. 

$15/hr starting pay. 

Call 708-514-0323 or 

708-514-0324 

for info and appointment 

7320 Duvan Dr 

Tinley Park, IL 

F/T Production in Mokena 

$10/hr starting pay, 40hrs/wk. 

M-F Days, occasional OT. 

Clean/Comfortable indoor 

shop. Apply online: 

ctoenterprises.com 

Busy L-W Real Estate Office 

looking for P/T Transaction 

Coordinator. Must be Organized, 

Energetic & Creative! 

20-25 hrs/wk w/room to 

expand. Office & Social 

Media Experience required. 

Must be proficient in MS 

Word & Excel. Photo Editing 

a Must! (Illustrator, Canva, 

etc.). Please e-mail resume to: 

OfficeAsst1938@gmail.com 

Mokena moving company 

looking to hire Move 

Coordinator, Dispatcher, 

Drivers & Laborers. 

Experience preferred but 

willing to train right 

candidates. Please email 

resume to operations@ 

movingservices4u.com 

1003 Help 

Wanted 

SALES ASSISTANT 

NEEDED 

Due to our rapid growth and 

expansion, Tinley Park 

Industrial Manufacturing Sales 

office seeks detail-oriented 

Sales Assistant for full-time 

position. A Sales Assistant at 

ARC does both sale’s 

administrative and customer 

service functions. This is a 

very diversified position in our 

FAST-PACED office. The 

ideal candidate must be 

HIGHLY MOTIVATED and 

needs to possess strong 

organizational & 

communication skills. 

Excellent computer literacy 

needed, including MS Word & 

Excel. Industrial customer 

service experience a plus. 

Repeat customer & supplier 

contact. No telemarketing or 

cold calling required. 

Competitive salary & benefit 

pkg incl. 401K. 

Send letter & resume to: 

cstratton@aerorubber.com 

SCHOOL BUS 

DRIVERS WANTED 

Safe, caring drivers needed in 

Homer 33C School District 

Starting at $17.42/hr 

FULL BENEFITS 

Regular, favorable hours 

Opportunity for overtime 

Call (708) 226-7625 or 

visit homerschools.org 

open "Employment" tab 

LAWN TECHNICIAN 

Professional company 

located in Frankfort 

looking for reliable 

individual to apply dry 

fertilizer. Experience a 

plus, but not necessary. 

For interview call: 

(708)479-4600 

landscapeassociatesinc.com 

As we continually grow, 

SW Suburban cleaning co. 

has openings for 

Cleaning Pros 

Exp. Preferred but Will 

Train. P/T Weekdays. 

No Evenings/Weekends 

815-464-1988 

Ad Salesperson for weekly 

local pubs. In & outside 

sales. Commissions, P/T 

flex. Email resume to 

lucykate5@aol.com 

DRIVE CAR BUYERS 

TO YOUR DOOR WITH 

A CLASSIFIED AUTO AD 

CALL US TODAY at 708.326.9170 

1004 Employment 

Opportunities 

1023 Caregiver 

Caregiver Services 

Provided by 

Margaret’s Agency Inc. 

State Licensed & Bonded 

since 1998. Providing quality 

care for elderly. 

Live-in/ Come & go. 

708.403.8707 

Heaven Sent Caregivers 

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Sale 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFCOOK 

COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

COUNTY DEPARTMENT -CHAN- 

CERY DIVISION 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA- 

TIONAL ASSOCIATION 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

GARRETT T. NAPIERKOWSKI, 

NOEL NAPIERKOWSKI, UNITED 

STATES OF AMERICA ACTING BY 

AND THROUGH THE SECRETARY 

OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVEL- 

OPMENT, BREMENTOWNE ES- 

TATES CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIA- 

TION 

Defendants 

18 CH 09604 

7954 W. 163RD PL., UNIT #19 TIN- 

LEY PARK, IL 60477 

NOTICE OF SALE 

PUBLIC NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN 

that pursuant to aJudgment ofForeclosure 

and Sale entered in the above cause 

on November 5, 2018, an agent for The 

Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 

AM on March 5, 2019, at The Judicial 

Sales Corporation, One South Wacker 

Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at 

public auction to the highest bidder, as 

set forth below, the following described 

real estate: 

Commonly known as 7954 W. 163RD 

PL., UNIT #19, TINLEY PARK, IL 

60477 

Property Index No. 

27-24-307-001-1019. 

The real estate is improved with a residential 

condominium. 

The judgment amount was $146,530.36. 

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid 

by certified funds at the close of the sale 

payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. 

No third party checks will beaccepted. 

The balance in certified funds/or 

wire transfer, is due within twenty-four 

(24) hours. The subject property issubject 

to general real estate taxes, special 

assessments, or special taxes levied 

against said real estate and is offered for 

sale without any representation asto 

quality or quantity of title and without 

recourse toPlaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. 

The sale is further subject to confirmation 

by the court. 

Upon payment in full ofthe amount bid, 

the purchaser will receive aCertificate 

of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to 

adeed to the real estate after confirmation 

of the sale. 

Where asale of real estate is made to 

satisfy alien prior to that of the United 

States, the United States shall have one 

year from the date of sale within which 

to redeem, except that with respect to a 

lien arising under the internal revenue 

laws the period shall be 120 days or the 

period allowable for redemption under 

State law, whichever is longer, and in 

any case inwhich, under the provisions 

of section 505 of the Housing Act of 

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

and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 

38 of the United States Code, the 

right to redeem does not arise, there 

shall be no right of redemption. 

The property will NOT be open for inspection 

and plaintiff makes no representation 

astothe condition ofthe property. 

Prospective bidders are admonished 

to check the court file to verify all 

information. 

If this property isacondominium unit, 

the purchaser ofthe unit atthe foreclosure 

sale, other than amortgagee, shall 

pay the assessments and the legal fees 

required by The Condominium Property 

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

this property is a condominium unit 

which is part of acommon interest community, 

the purchaser ofthe unit atthe 

foreclosure sale other than amortgagee 

shall pay the assessments required by 

The Condominium Property Act, 765 

ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR 


Sale 

(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE 

RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION 

FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF 

AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN AC- 

CORDANCE WITH SECTION 

15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS 

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. 

You will need a photo identification issued 

by a government agency (driver's 

license, passport, etc.) in order togain 

entry into our building and the foreclosure 

sale room in Cook County and the 

same identification for sales held at 

other county venues where The Judicial 

Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure 

sales. 

For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: 

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIH- 

LAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DE- 

CATUR, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719 

Please refer to file number 2120-15210. 

If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, 

the Purchaser at the sale shall be 

entitled only toareturn of the purchase 

price paid. The Purchaser shall have no 

further recourse against the Mortgagor, 

the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney. 

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORA- 

TION 

One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, 

Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 

You can also visit The Judicial Sales 

Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a7 

day status report of pending sales. 

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, 

LLC 

111 East Main Street 

DECATUR, IL 62523 

(217) 422-1719 

Fax #: (217) 422-1754 

CookPleadings@hsbattys.com 

Attorney File No. 2120-15210 

Attorney Code. 40387 

Case Number: 18 CH 09604 

TJSC#: 38-8756 

NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection 

Practices Act, you are advised 

that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be 

adebt collector attempting tocollect a 

debt and any information obtained will 

be used for that purpose. 

I3104603 




CERY DIVISION 

NEW PENN FINANCIAL, LLC DBA 

SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVIC- 

ING 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

ROBERT G. HORNEMAN, KELLY K. 

HORNEMAN 

Defendants 

2018 CH 00887 

8302 HEATHER LANE TINLEY 

PARK, IL 60477 





on December 20, 2018, an agent for The 







real estate: 

Commonly known as 8302 HEATHER 

LANE, TINLEY PARK, IL 60477 


27-35-222-033-0000. 

The real estate is improved with asingle 

family residence. 





The balance, including the Judicial 

Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential 

Property Municipality Relief 

Fund, which is calculated on residential 

real estate at the rate of$1 for each




Sale 


Sale 


Sale 


Sale 

2702 Public 

Notices 

2900 Merchandise 

Under $100 

$1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount 

paid by the purchaser not to exceed 

$300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, 

is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No 

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 in and tothe residential 

real estate arose prior to the sale. 

The subject property is subject to general 

real estate taxes, special assessments, 

orspecial taxes levied against 

said real estate and is offered for sale 

without any representation as to quality 

or quantity of title and without recourse 

to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. 

The sale is further subject toconfirmation 

by the court. 





of the sale. 






information. 








which ispart ofacommon interest community, 





ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

















sales. 

For information, examine the court file 

or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS 

& ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 

NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 

100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 

794-9876 Please refer tofile number 

14-18-00664. 


TION 


Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 




CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 

15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, 

SUITE 100 

BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 

(630) 794-5300 

E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com 

Attorney File No. 14-18-00664 

Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 



TJSC#: 38-9938 




adebt collector attempting to collect a 



I3109796 




CERY DIVISION 

THE MONEY SOURCE, INC. 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

ALFRED DENISON, ALFRED DENI- 

SON, TRUSTEE OR SUCCESSOR 

TRUSTEE OFTHE ALFRED DENI- 

SON TRUST DATED FEBRUARY 16, 

2017 

Defendants 

18 CH 10418 

17130 OLCOTT AVENUE Tinley Park, 

IL 60477 





on January 14, 2019, an agent for The 


AM on February 27, 2019, at The Judicial 

Sales Corporation, One South 

Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, 

sell at public auction to the highest bidder, 

as set forth below, the following described 

real estate: 

Commonly known as 17130 OLCOTT 

AVENUE, Tinley Park, IL 60477 


27-25-404-016-0000. 



The judgment amount was $266,481.49. 









real estate atthe rate of $1 for each 




















by the court. 





of the sale. 






information. 













ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

















sales. 

For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: 

JOHNSON, BLUMBERG &AS- 

SOCIATES, LLC, 230 W. Monroe 

Street, Suite #1125, Chicago, IL 60606, 

(312) 541-9710 Please refer tofile number 

18-6079. 


TION 


Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 




JOHNSON, BLUMBERG &ASSOCI- 

ATES, LLC 

230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125 

Chicago, IL 60606 

(312) 541-9710 

E-Mail: 

ilpleadings@johnsonblumberg.com 

Attorney File No. 18-6079 



TJSC#: 39-461 







I3111282 




CERY DIVISION 

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIA- 

TION 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

CHARLES IVERSON, MARY IVER- 

SON, FIRST MIDWEST BANK 

Defendants 

15 CH 001395 

17236 70TH AVENUE 

TINLEY PARK, IL 60477 





on September 2, 2015, an agent for The 







real estate: 

Commonly known as 17236 70TH 

AVENUE, TINLEY PARK, IL 60477 

Property Index No. 28-30-305-019. 











real estate atthe rate of $1 for each 




















by the court. 





of the sale. 






information. 













ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

















sales. 

For information, examine the court file 

or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS 

& ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 

NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 

100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 

794-9876 Please refer tofile number 

14-15-00884. 


TION 


Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 




CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 

15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, 

SUITE 100 

BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 

(630) 794-5300 

E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com 

Attorney File No. 14-15-00884 

Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 



TJSC#: 39-654 







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Request of LINDA FAYE 

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There will beacourt date onmy 

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Linda Faye O’Connor-Rulien to 

the new new name of: 

Linda Faye O’Connor 

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March 13, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. at 

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about your life, who 

should play you? 

Amandla Stenberg. She 

played Rue in the “Hunger 

Games.” Every movie character 

that she plays, she reminds 

me of myself. 

What would the title of 

the movie? 

Let’s just call it “Dance.” 

Interview conducted by Sports 

Editor Jeff Vorva

tinleyjunction.com sports 


AREA SPORTS ROUNDUP 

T-Bolts bowlers head to sectional after winning title at Bremen 

JEFF VORVA, Sports Editor 

A few months after people 

stopped singing “The 

First Noel,” Noelle finished 

first. 

Andrew senior Noelle 

Doody earned a regional 

championship and the Thunderbolts 

won their third 

regional title as a team by 

shooting a 5,401 at the Bremen 

Regional Saturday, Feb. 

2, at Oak Forest Bowl. 

Doody rolled a 1,266 sixgame 

series, which included 

a high-game of 256. Meghan 

DeYoung took third with an 

1,184. Freshman Bryannna 

Battles added a 1,080. Freshmen 

Deanna Wiedmyer and 

Hanne Foster plus sophomore 

Agatha Droczcz and 

junior Maddie Campbell 

also participated. 

The T-Bolts and Tinley 

Park’s Jordyn Wilamowski 

(1,050) and Shelby Short 

(966) advanced to the Romeoville 

Sectional at Town 

and Country Lanes in Joliet 

on Saturday, Feb. 9. 

Athlete of the Month 

13 wrestlers advance 

Eight Tinley Park High 

School and five Andrew 

wrestlers advanced to sectionals 

from their respective 

regionals on Feb. 2. 

TP’s Ezekiel Childs (220 

pounds) earned a title at the 

Class 2A Rich East Regional 

while Jacob Kanapilly (120), 

Ronin Gilbert (152), Anthony 

McMahon (160) and Jose 

Marban (170) took second. 

Placing third was Alfonso 

Insalaco (113), Jeremy Kelly 

(126) and DaVonn Sandridge 

(285) 

The Titans are at the De 

La Salle Sectional on Saturday, 

Feb. 9. 

Andrew’s J.P. Migawa 

won the Class 3A Andrew 

Regional at 170 pounds. 

Joey Roti (106), Luc Valdez 

(113) and Luke Gardner 

(138) took second and Kyle 

Silzer (120) was third. 

The T-Bolts head to the 

Joliet Central Sectional on 

Saturday, Feb. 9. 

Two T-Bolts gymnasts 

advance 

Andrew junior Bella Lapera 

was a girls gymnastics 

regional champion in the uneven 

parallel bars and floor 

exercise at the Oswego Regional 

on Jan. 29. 

Lapera advanced to the 

Hinsdale South Sectional, 

which was scheduled to take 

place on Tuesday, Feb. 5. 

She scored an 8.75 on the 

bars and 9.175 on the floor. 

She finished with a 34.525 

in the all-around, which 

was good for second place. 

She will be joined by Claire 

Scheulin, who qualified atlarge 

on the vault, floor and 

all-around. 

Andrew finished fourth 

with a 120.125. 

Lapera is attempting to 

be the first Andrew gymnast 

since Jamie Valla in 2013 to 

qualify for the Illinois High 

School Association state 

finals, which takes place 

Feb. 15-16 at Palatine High 

School. 

Swimming success 

Tinley Park won its eighth 

South Suburban Conference 

Blue title in a row. The victory 

was kicked off by senior 

Juan Ceja winning the diving 

event. 

Andrew finished second 

in the SouthWest Suburban 

Conferece Red meet with 

Austin Russell, Christian 

Blaske, Mike Reier, Matt 

Wagonblott and Ruairi Murphy 

named all-conference. 

Bobcats clinic 

The Tinley Park Bobcats 

are hosting a Pinto Baseball 

Fundamentals Clinic at Andrew 

High School on from 

9:30 a.m. to noon April 14 in 

the South Gym. 

LW East swimmer becomes two-time competition winner 

Bill Jones, Managing Editor 

Lincoln-Way East senior Bryce 

Wyma has been swimming since he 

was in elementary school, and he has 

done little but shine for the Griffins 

since joining them. 

He has been a sectional winner and 

earned accolades in the past for his 

work in the pool. Now, he can add 

two-time Athlete of the Month to the 

list. 

Wyma can call himself Athlete of the 

Month once again because he earned 

Noelle Doody, shown earlier this season, won a regional championship on Saturday, Jan. 

2. ADAM JOMANT/22nd CENTURY MEDIA 

the most votes in 22nd Century Media’s 

January contest to win that title. 

He previously earned the title in March 

2016. 

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 Sunday, 

Feb. 10. 

To vote, visit TinleyJunction.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 at 5 p.m. 

Feb. 25. 

All athletes featured in the January 

Athlete of the Week sports interviews 

are automatically entered into the contest. 

RIGHT: Bryce Wyma — a senior 

who swims for the Griffins — won 

the January Athlete of the Month 

competition for publisher 22nd 

Century Media’s Southwest Chicago 

branch. 22nd Century Media File Photo 

Andrew coaches Jimmy 

Flynn and Mike Duffy, 

along with the Tinley Park 

Bobcat Gold 11U full-time 

travel coaches and players, 

will be running the event. 

All players that are between 

the ages of 6 and 8 as of 

April 30 are eligible to participate. 

Registration fee is $35 and 

the clinic is limited to the first 

60 players to sign up. Register 

online at www.tinley 

parkbobcats.org. Contact 

Bill Insley at binsley3423@ 

yahoo.com for more information.



STATE CHEERLEADING 

East wins another title, TP and Andrew miss top 10 


For the fourth time in six 

years, Lincoln-Way East 

won the Illinois High School 

Association large-school 

state championship in competitive 

cheerleading. 

The Griffins won the state 

championship Saturday, Feb. 

2, at the Grossinger Motors 

Arena in Bloomington with 

a 91.56, beating out Marist, 

which had a 90.57, and Stevenson, 

which had a 90.42. 

This was the lowest score 

to win the title in the 14-year 

history of the meet. But the 

Griffins also own the best 

score to win the title with a 

97.06 in 2014. 

Members of the Griffins 

are Emma O’Hagan, Julia 

Zelenika, Karley Kalchbrenner, 

Alyssa Goodman, 

Rylie Bolsoni, Lexy Salvaggio, 

Grace Karana, Kait Ortiz, 

Emma Barnard, Tiffani 

Gergely, Jackie Brown, Fiona 

Dees, Hannah Williams, 

Leah Ortiz, Payton Wallace, 

Miranda Chancellor, 

Ava Wise, Claire Hawkinson, 

Sarrah Toussant, Ava 

Martello, Angelina Gallina, 

Riley Feehery, Sarah Campbelll 

and Maddie Brokop. 

Competitive cheerleading 

has been so successful at the 

two Tinley Park school that 

it’s almost taken for granted 

that at least one of them will 

finish in the top 10 in the 

state. 

But for just the third time 

in 14 years neither Andrew 

nor Tinley Park High School 

could qualify for the second 

day. 

The Titans had a streak of 

five straight years with a top- 

10 finish vanquished. 

They finished 12th out of 

25 teams in the mediumteam 

division and were two 

slots away from a top-10 finish. 

The Titans were given a 

79.49 score by the judges. 

Tinley Park cheerleaders perform at the state meet in Bloomington, en route to a 12thplace 

finish. 

Grayslake North, which had 

a girl fall during its routine, 

grabbed the final qualifying 

slot with an 81.91. 

Co-coaches Brittney Ghezzi 

and Ashley Meyers said 

there is always pressure on 

TP teams to continue to excel 

and this team braved 

though adversity. 

“We had challenges and 

struggles and continued to 

push and had never given 

up,” Ghezzi said. “And we 

kept getting better.” 

“We had injuries, some 

mental blocks, sickness – 

but they all came together at 

the end to get here,” Meyers 

said. 

Tinley Park team members 

are Ruth Greene, Ally 

Palermo, Anna Bedell, Lilly 

Joy, Lindsey Dunning, Hailey 

Horan, Joi McCollum, 

Gabi Guerra, Alyssa Estes, 

Brooke LaBudda, Emily 

Sereda, Hannah Davis, Janet 

Lopez, Camryn Lampasona, 

Anna Sebastian, Tara Trull 

and Carla Sudduth. 

Grayslake Central won 

Andrew’s cheerleaders provide a high-flying routine at the 

state meet. 

the medium title with a 

90.09. The South Suburban 

Conference’s Oak Forest 

took second with an 89.39 

and Lemont took fifth with 

an 87.61. With Sandburg 

failing to crack the top 10 

in the large-team division, 

Lemont is the only team in 

the state to finish in the top 

10 in all 14 state tournaments. 

Andrew, which last finished 

in the top 10 in 2011, 

finished 19th with an 80.19. 

Andrew team members 

are Holly Barrett, Diamond 

Branch, Lindsay Burns, 

Kelsey Canavan, Jenna De- 

Cicco, Cassie Dedo, Anina 

Falco, Jenny Golden, Abby 

Greaney, Delaney Huber, 

Emily Jones, Emma Kashanitz, 

Kayla Krull, Amaya 

Lacey, Kayla Michau, Katie 

Lapore, Rachel Lind, Laney 

Mulcahy, Kasey Noe, Gianna 

Palumbo, Bell Sage, 

Kristina Smolinskas and 

Hannah Zajac. 

Lincoln-Way East’s Jackie Brown soars during the IHSA 

state competitive cheerleading preliminaries on Friday, 

Feb. 1. Brown and the Griffins won the large-school state 

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Tinley Park fans get ready to watch the Titans in the 

medium-team division.



GIRLS BASKETBALL 

Thunderbolts enjoy 39-point swing against Bradley 


With below–zero temperatures 

outside there weren’t 

a lot of people using swing 

sets. 

But inside the warm confines 

of the Andrew gym on 

Jan. 29, there was some bigtime 

swinging going on. 

The girls basketball team 

was a part of an amazing 

39-point swing as it beat 

Bradley-Bourbonnais 58-43 

just a few weeks after the 

T-Bolts dropped an 81-57 

setback to the Boilermakers 

on the road. 

The T-Bolts not only 

beat the Boilermakers, they 

beat the clock as the game 

was pushed back to 4:30 

p.m. and the building was 

scheduled to close at 6 p.m. 

because of the dangerous 

weather conditions. 

The gym’s time-out playlist 

included songs such as 

“Cold As Ice” and “Baby 

It’s Cold Outside” but the 

Bolts heated up after a ninepoint 

first quarter to pull off 

the turnaround victory. 

“This was a fun game to 

be a part of,” Bolts coach 

Bobby Matz said. “Sometimes 

it takes 26 games into 

your season where you get 

to that spot as a coach where 

you can sit back and let the 

players take it from there. It 

was their execution and togetherness 

and cutting and 

passing and I got to watch 

more than coach.” 

Adrianna Sanchez led Andrew 

with 12 points while 

Mia Signore and Courtney 

Maloney each had 11 and 

Isis Fitch 10. Andrew (11-15 

after the game) went 8-for-8 

at the free throw line. 

Bradley’s Arianna Lombardi, 

Evey Evans and 

Gaetana Davis, who torched 

the Thunderbolts for 55 

points on Jan. 3, were held 

to 33 points in this contest. 

Junior shines on Senior 

Night 

Tinley Park honored seniors 

Lauren Berry, Kayla 

Serafini and Brooke Davis 

on Friday, Feb. 1. 

They have seen lean times 

with the program and have 

been contributing and enjoying 

one of the best seasons 

for the Titans in years, 

winning 14 of their first 24 

games. 

During the game, the 

spotlight was on junior Emily 

Kleffman, who scored 

24 points and hauled down 

21 rebounds and the Titans 

needed all of them in a 47- 

44 victory over Thornton 

Fractional South. 

Who plays who? 

The Illinois High School 

Association released the 

seeds for postseason girls 

basketball. 

In Class 4A, Andrew drew 

the 13th seed in the 20-team 

Thornwood Sectional. 

The Thunderbolts open 

postseason play at 7 p.m. 

on Monday, Feb. 11, against 

20th-seeded Thornton Fractional 

North at the Lincoln- 

Way West Regional. The 

winner faces fourth-seeded 

Stagg at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, 

Feb. 12. The title game is at 

7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 14. 

Mother McAuley was 

seeded first in the sectional, 

followed by Thornwood, 

Marist and Stagg. 

In Class 3A, Tinley Park 

was seeded fifth in the 11- 

team sub-sectional of the 

Marian Catholic Sectional. 

Tinley Park opens play 

at the Thornridge Regional 

facing the 11th-seeded hosts 

at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, 

Feb. 11. The winner takes 

on fourth-seeded Chicago 

Noble Butler at 7:30 p.m. 

two nights later. The title 

game is at 7 p.m. on Feb. 15. 

Marian, Morgan Park, 

Oak Forest and Noble/Butler 

drew the first four seeds. 

Kankakee, Providence 

Catholic, Rich South and 

Bishop McNamara drew the 

top four seeds in the other 

sub-sectional. 

Andrew’s Mia Signore 

tracks down the ball for a 

steal in the fourth quarter 

of a victory over Bradley- 

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BOYS BASKETBALL 

TPHS puts Illiana’s homecoming in Dyer straits 

PHIL ARVIA, Freelance Reporter 

As a team looking for an 

energy boost, Tinley Park 

couldn’t have picked a better 

school to visit Friday, Feb. 1, 

than Illiana Christian. 

The Dyer, Ind., school, after 

operating since 1945 in 

south suburban Lansing, was 

celebrating its first homecoming 

in its new location. 

Yes, homecoming. Illiana 

has no football program. 

“It was a first for me,” 

Tinley Park coach DJ Brown 

said. “I love the atmosphere. 

We haven’t been in an atmosphere 

like this since we 

played for the sectional title 

[in 2008].” 

Illiana’s gym was filled 

nearly to its capacity of 

2,000. The crowd was roaring 

almost constantly 

throughout a 75-72 Tinley 

Park when. 

The exception was when 

the Titans burst out of the 

blocks to a 14-0 lead midway 

through the first quarter. 

Christian Hooker, on 

his way to a game-high 22 

points, made three 3-pointers 

in the run. 

“It was fun,” he said. “We 

were ready to go out there 

and make their crowd go 

quiet.” 

The Titans (12-7) never 

lost the lead while snapping 

a three-game losing streak. 

But the Vikings (12-6) didn’t 

go down easily. 

Illiana cut the lead to three 

points in the second quarter 

only to see Tinley Park, 

sparked by senior reserve 

Matt Joren’s back-to-back 

3s, push its advantage to 11 

two minutes later. A 16-point 

advantage with 6:44 to play 

was trimmed to two at 

3:24, but Mario Lawrence 

(20 points, 12 assists) and 

Yitonis Nash (8 points, 11 

rebounds) combined to go 

8-of-8 from the free throw 

line in the final three minutes 

as the Titans refused to fold. 

“The difference tonight 

versus the last few games 

was the pace of play,” Brown 

said. “We play better when 

we play fast. Pace dictated 

results, and the atmosphere 

helped pace.” 

Freestyle 

The Titans came into the 

Illiana game shooting 63 

percent from the free throw 

line. They made just two of 

their first 10 attempts against 

the Vikings. Yet Lawrence, 

a 61-percent shooter on the 

season, who made just one 

of his four attempts earlier in 

the game, was 6-for-6 in the 

fourth quarter. How? 

“To be honest, I was singing 

a song in my head,” he 

said. “It kind of zoned everything 

out, actually. It took all 

the voices out of my head.” 

The song, “Crazy Story” 

by Chicago rapper King 

Von, isn’t on Brown’s playlist. 

But talking to his team 

about free throws is on repeat. 

“We don’t shoot a lot 

of free throws,” he said. 

“Against Oak Forest last 

week, they were 15-of-22 

and we were 4-of-7 from 

the line. You can’t win lot of 

games shooting seven free 

throws. Our goal is to shoot 

more free throws than the 

other team makes.” 

Against Illiana, the Titans 

were 10-of-19 while the Vikings 

were 16-of-19. 

Super sub 

Prior to the Illiana contest, 

Joren, a 6-foot-3 swingman, 

had gotten into 12 games and 

scored a total of 16 points — 

most of those with the final 

outcome all but determined. 

In Dyer, he was the second 

Titan off the bench and his 

pair of 3s midway through 

the second quarter were 

a key to Tinley taking an 

eight-point lead into intermission. 

“I came in, it was 23-20, I 

made two 3s, it was 29-20,” 

he said. “I’m confident. I’m 

ready to shoot whenever. 

“It does feel good to make 

an impact. The crowd was 

psyching me up a little — it 

was like the Andrew game. 

We love crowds. And their 

fan section was talking a little 

smack, so that hyped us up.” 

One for the kids 

This is Tinley Park’s 57th 

school year. 

The year after the school 

opened, the Titans started a 

freshman basketball tournament. 

“That was the appeal, I 

think,” Tinley Park coach DJ 

Brown said. “Let’s start this 

tournament for freshmen because 

our student body is so 

young.” 

The appeal has evolved. 

When the 56th edition of 

the tournament takes place 

Tinley Park’s Christian Hooker, shown in the game earlier this season, had a trio of 

3-pointers in a 14-0 run in the Titans’ win at Illiana Christian. JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

February 16 and 17, it will 

be a major piece of the fundraising 

for the Titans’ boys 

program. 

“It helps us out quite a 

bit,” Brown said. “We’ve 

really built it up as a fundraising 

opportunity for the 

program.” 

The 16-team event has 

public and private schools, 

along with, Brown said, a 

waiting list 10 to 12 teams 

long. 

“It’s a great way for the 

freshman teams to conclude 

their season,” Brown said. 

Tinley’s varsity players 

work the event, running 

concessions, selling raffle 

tickets and helping out the 

sponsors by handing out 

marketing materials and the 

like. 

“It’s a fundraiser for us, 

but it’s also an opportunity 

for local businesses to raise 

their profile,” Brown said. 

“We publicize them on social 

media, put them on the 

marquee in the gym, and 

vendors set up tables and 

booths in the hallway for 

spectators to visit throughout 

the weekend.” 

This year’s sponsors include 

Southwest Synergy 

Dance, NuMark Credit 

Union, Bob Haustein Remax, 

CNB Bank, Porte 

Brown LLC and Chiro One 

Wellness Center. They’re 

just part of Brown’s yearround 

fundraising efforts 

to keep his program in uniforms 

and warmups that 

don’t embarrass status-conscious 

teens. 

“Parents might think, 

‘the school foots the bill,’” 

Brown said. “But the reality 

is every four years we’ll get 

some money for uniforms. 

Fundraising makes up the 

difference.” 

In addition to the freshman 

tourney, Brown sells candy 

in his classroom year-round 

and has found some other 

ways to generate revenue 

for the program that largely 

don’t include his players. 

“I like the kids to be able 

to concentrate on school and 

basketball, not, ‘hey, are you 

selling this?’” Brown said. 

“I’ve kind of taken the approach 

that it’s my program, 

it’s my responsibility. It’s a 

year-round thing, and you 

have to be creative, but it’s 

one less thing for the kids to 

worry about.” 

Up next 

The Titans’ next game is 6 

p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, at T.F. 

North. The Meteors carried a 

record of 12-8, 5-2 into their 

Friday, Feb. 1 contest with 

Oak Forest. 

THIS WEEK IN 

TITANS VARSITY ATHLETICS 


■Feb. ■ 8 – at Thornton Fractional 

North, 6:30 p.m. 

■Feb. ■ 13 – at Thornton Fractional 

South, 7 p.m. 

WRESTLING 

■Feb. ■ 8-9 IHSA Individual Sectional, 

TBA 


■Feb. ■ 7 – at Oak Forest, 7 p.m. 

■Feb. ■ 11-15 - IHSA Regional, TBA 

GIRLS BOWLING 

■Feb. ■ 9 - IHSA Sectional, TBA 

THUNDERBOLTS VARSITY 

ATHLETICS 


■Feb. ■ 8 – hosts Bradley, 6:30 p.m. 

WRESTLING 

■Feb. ■ 8-9 - IHSA Individual 

Sectional, TBA 


■Feb. ■ 11-15 IHSA Regional, TBA 

GIRLS BOWLING 

■Feb. ■ 9 - IHSA Sectional, TBA 

GIRLS GYMNASTICS 

■Feb. ■ 7 – IHSA Sectional, TBA



Cold shooting contagious for Bolts against Thornwood 

TIM YONKE, Freelance Reporter 

It’s no secret that the 

Andrew High School boys 

basketball team has had its 

problems this season shooting 

the ball. 

It was never more evident 

than in the Thunderbolts’ 

lone game last week 

at Thornwood on Friday, 

Feb. 1. In a 52-34 loss to 

the Thunderbirds, Andrew 

missed all of its shots in the 

opening quarter, which ended 

with a 9-0 Thornwood 

lead. 

The score was 15-0 before 

a fastbreak layup by 

Aiden Stunka finally put the 

T-Bolts on the board with 

3:23 left in the second quarter. 

Andrew trailed 19-6 at 

intermission. 

“We just didn’t score,” 

Andrew coach Dave Wilson 

said. “Sometimes when one 

guy’s hot another guy picks 

it up and gets hot and it becomes 

contagious. We were 

contagious the other way. 

We weren’t shooting well. 

Nothing was going down. 

We were missing layups, 

missing threes ... just an 

avalanche effect.” 

The T-Bolts were finally 

able to slow the avalanche 

in the second half. 

A big reason for that was 

junior guard Nivek Wilson, 

who scored a game-high 19 

points, all in the last two 

quarters. 

“In the first half he wasn’t 

playing with the amount of 

confidence I wanted from 

him. That’s been a conversation 

we’ve had all year,” 

said Dave Wilson. “We had 

a little discussion at halftime. 

He knew our expectations 

coming out in the second 

half and he responded. 

An aggressive Nivek is a 

good Nivek. Sometimes we 

just have to give him a little 

push.” 

Despite another tough defeat, 

Wilson was able to see 

some positives. 

“I thought our defensive 

effort was there. I liked our 

energy in both halves. We 

held them to 19 points in 

the first half and cause some 

turnovers in the second 

half,” he said. 

However, Andrew had its 

own troubles handling the 

ball, finishing with 25 turnovers. 

“We did struggle with ball 

security,” Wilson said. “It’s 

hard to replicate [Thornwood’s] 

speed and size in 

practice. So we try to do that 

as best we can. Sometimes 

we’re able to handle it and 

sometimes we’re not. It just 

so happened it came at the 

same time when we weren’t 

making shots. If we’re making 

shots it sort of takes the 

pressure off.” 

Wilson looked beyond 

the scoreboard when talking 

about his team. 

“The only thing that 

makes me appreciate the 

game at the end of the day 

is that they competed. The 

ball’s not going in, they’re 

throwing the ball all over 

the gym and they didn’t 

fight with each other. They 

knew their assignments defensively. 

They were still 

closing out, still boxing 

out,” he remarked. “I would 

be more concerned if they 

became unraveled as a team 

because it wasn’t going our 

way. 

“It hasn’t gone our way 

all year and they’re still together. 

That’s all I can hope 

for at this point.” 

Amoranto injured 

With 4:57 left in the second 

quarter, the T-Bolts lost 

starting point guard Jolo 

Amoranto to a knee injury. 

The sophomore laid on 

the court in pain as the game 

continued on for nearly 10 

seconds. Wilson screamed 

for the game to be stopped 

and was given a technical 

foul for yelling at the referees. 

“[Amoranto] said one of 

the defenders slid into him. 

He heard it pop so we wanted 

to make sure he didn’t go 

back in and make it worse,” 

Wilson said. “We’re 

going to communicate on 

how he’s feeling and get a 

game plan together going 

forward.” 

Amoranto was coming 

off scoring a team-high 13 

points in the T-Bolts previous 

game, a 51-38 loss 

against Lincoln-Way West. 

Lack of practice 

The T-Bolts, like many 

other schools, weren’t able 

to practice much last week 

because of the weather. Andrew 

was closed for two 

days because of the cold 

weather. Thornwood also 

didn’t have school on Friday 

because of a problem with 

its school buses. 

Andrew, which played 

just two games over 10 days, 

is scheduled to play three 

games in four days capped 

off with a home game on 

Friday, Feb. 8, against Bradley-Bourbonnais. 

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Mattix family dances and hoops into Andrew fans’ hearts 


Julie Mattix said she is “blessed.” 

On some Friday nights, when 

there are Andrew basketball games 

being played, she is a dance mom, 

a basketball mom and a coach all 

rolled into one. 

She has a son, senior Zach Mattix, 

who is a starter on the basketball 

team. She has another son, 

sophomore Nathan Mattix, on the 

dance team. 

And she has dozens of girls who 

are like daughters to her who join 

Nathan at halftime to entertain the 

crowd. She is the coach of that 

squad. 

When the dance team isn’t performing 

at halftime, it can be found 

battling at a state, local or national 

level…usually at a high level. The 

competitive dance team finished 

10th in the state in Class 3A in the 

Illinois High School Association finals 

on Jan. 26 in Bloomington and 

followed it up with a 12th-place 

finish in the National Dance Team 

Championship in Orlando the following 

weekend. 

“It’s unusual but it’s also kind 

of cool,” she said of her sons’ respective 

choices of sports. “It’s a 

unique dynamic. I feel blessed.” 

Julie grew up in a dance environment 

as her mother, Judy Metz, 

ran the Miss Judy Dance Studio in 

Oak Forest. At one time, Miss Judy 

travelled the country dancing. She 

passed plenty of wisdom down. 

Julie attended Andrew and put 

her dancing on hold to become a 

cheerleader. She attended Northern 

Illinois University, got a job in 

the Plainfield district and met her 

future husband, Blake Mattix, who 

played basketball and football in 

high school and was a fullback at 

Illinois Wesleyan University. 

Julie was able to secure a teaching 

job at her alma mater and 20 

years ago started coaching the Andrew 

dancers. 

Meanwhile, her two boys were 

interested in sports and tried several 

options. 

“They are both very athletic but 

they have their own wheelhouse,” 

Julie said. “Zach played a little bit 

of baseball when he was younger 

but he was always playing basketball. 

That was his passion. Dance 

was always Nathan’s passion.” 

“I played soccer, basketball and 

baseball,” Nathan said. “I would 

always come back to dancing. It 

was just different. It was more enjoyable.” 

Zach can’t watch his brother 

during halftime because he is in 

the locker room with the rest of his 

teammates listening to coach Dave 

Wilson’s talks. But he makes sure 

he is there when the dance team is 

in a competition. 

The older brother said he never 

tried dancing but has watched 

enough of it to admire it. 

“I see it every day – I can’t even 

fathom how hard they work and 

how much they focus,” Zach said. 

“It’s awesome – it’s something I 

grew up with and watching him is 

a really cool experience,” 

Nathan is the only male member 

of the dance squad and that 

could lead some wiseguys to make 

cracks. But Nathan said he is having 

fun on this team and doesn’t 

hear any disparaging remarks. 

“People are more appreciative,” 

Nathan said. “They recognize what 

we do is hard.’’ 

“In general, Andrew is very 

good about that,” Julie said. “The 

students are supportive of all the 

different interests that other people 

do. That’s the good thing about Andrew 

students.’’ 

Nathan said he doesn’t find it 

awkward to be the only male on 

the squad. The only wrinkle is obviously 

when it’s time to put the 

costumes on. 

“When we’re changing for the 

dance, I have to wait outside,” Nathan 

said. “Other than that, we all 

get along. We’re really close.’’ 

“He’s like the little brother,” Julie 

said. “They all have a brother/ 

sister relationship.’’ 

Julie is in a nice position of 

teaching her son and many girls the 

art of dancing just like Miss Judy 

did for her. 

“It’s neat to be able to share 

those experiences with the kids,” 

Julie said. 

Zach Mattix is one of the top players on Andrew’s boys basketball team. PHOTOS BY JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY 

MEDIA 

Sophomore Nathan Mattix is a member of the Andrew dance team, which finished 10th in the state in Class 3A 

in January and 12th in a national meet in Orlando on Feb. 3.



fastbreak 

THURSDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK 

The waiting is indeed the hardest part 

JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY 

MEDIA 

1ST AND 3 


REGIONALS START NEXT 

WEEK. SOME FACTS: 

1. Andrew in 2018 

The T-Bolts (ABOVE) 

beat Eisenhoweer, 

63-27 but werebeaten 

51-33 by 

Marian Catholic in 

the regional semifinals. 

2. Tinley Park in 2018 

The Titans dropped 

a 40-33 decision to 

Rich Central, which 

was a one-point 

improvement from 

a 40-32 loss to 

Rich East the year 

before. 

3. Last postseason 

Titan win 

TPHS last won a 

postseason game 

on Feb. 16, 2015, 

when the Titans 

beat Rich Central 

in the first round of 

regional play. 

Jeff Vorva 

j.vorva@22ndcm.com 

You want the definition 

of cruel and unusual 

punishment? 

Go to the Illinois High 

School Association state 

competitive dance or cheerleading 

competition finals. 

You will find plenty of cruel 

and unusual punishment 

there. It’s overflowing. 

The setup is similar for 

both events, but I’m going 

to use the dance meet that 

took place on Jan. 25-26 at 

Grossinger Motors Arena in 

Bloomington as an example. 

There were 30 teams in 

each class for the preliminaries. 

The 30 teams would each 

perform their routines and a 

bunch of judges in the back 

would grade the performances. 

But the scores are 

not announced during the 

competition. 

When they are done, 

teams are immediately 

hustled into a “playback 

room” where they can watch 

their performance on a big 

TV and if the walls could 

talk, they could tell you they 

heard a lot of laughing, crying, 

squealing and yelling. 

After a couple of hours 

of this, organizers bring 

all 30 teams to the floor of 

the arena, where for about 

10 or 15 minutes a bunch 

of stressed-out high school 

girls and handful of stressed 

out high school boys and 

their coaches wait to find 

out which 12 teams make it 

to the finals the next day. 

During the 10 or 15 minutes, 

the loudspeakers blare 

dance music. You would 

think that the last thing a 

bunch off stressed-out high 

school dancers would want 

to do is dance. But when 

“Cotton-Eye Joe” comes on, 

it’s a free-for-all. Whether 

they come from Tinley Park, 

Eureka or Effingham, these 

dancers let loose. 

So when the yee-hahing 

is over and it’s time to get 

down to business, everybody 

sits down on the arena 

floor and waits for the almighty 

12 to be announced. 

Here is where the punishment 

comes in. 

No scores are announced. 

Just the 12 teams. And they 

let you know ahead of time, 

these are in no particular 

order. Not by performance. 

Not by alphabet. Just a random 

listing of names. 

For some in the big joint, 

they can hear the names of 

the advancing schools called 

out fine. Some, myself 

included, were in a bad spot 

in the arena and the names 

of the schools sounded like 

Charlie Brown’s teacher. 

Andrew fans agonize seconds before the T-Bolt dance team is the final team announced 

that it made it to the Class 3A final 12 after the Jan. 25 preliminaries in Bloomington. 

JEFF VORVA/22NDCENTURY MEDIA 

Waaa waa waa times 12. 

OK, in antagonistic 

fashion, they slowly read 

the names of the qualifying 

schools. Almost every team 

is sitting in a circle with 

athletes holding hands and 

scrunched up looks on their 

faces. A few prayers are said 

during this time. 

After each team is called, 

it stands and the athletes go 

ballistic for a little while. 

That part is kind of cool. 

Now we get to the point 

when nine teams have been 

called. The tension is mounting. 

The hands of the other 

teams are held tighter. The 

looks on their faces are even 

scrunchier (yeah, I knew that 

word wouldn’t pass spell 

check, but so be it). A few 

more prayers are being said. 

Now, at this point, there 

are 21 teams hoping to 

make one of the final three 

slots. And since these names 

are randomly being called, 

everyone thinks they still 

have a chance. If you had a 

good routine, you could be 

in. Even if you didn’t have 

your best performance, hey, 

you still have a shot, right? 

Two more names are 

called. Two more squads 

stand up and go ballistic. 

Then, there is the final 

team. 

By the way, did I tell 

you that during this torture 

in Class 3A that Andrew, 

which had finished fifth in 

the state in 2018, had not 

been called yet? 

The T-Bolts had a 1-in-19 

chance to be called and 

an 18-out-of-19 shot to be 

heartbroken. The players 

were tense. The parents in 

the stands were nervous. 

Some of the students in the 

front row rested their heads 

on the barrier separating the 

stands from the arena floor. 

I never for sure heard 

what Charlie Brown’s teacher 

had said, but after a “Waa 

waa waa,” the Andrew 

squad went ballistic. Eighteen 

other teams did not. 

In Class 1A, Tinley Park 

High School went through 

the same torment and wasn’t 

one of the 12 teams called 

and they made the snowy 

trek home bummed out. 

And that, my friends, is 

an example of cruel and 

unusual punishment for 

everyone involved. 

Listen Up 

“I can’t even fathom how hard they work and how 

much they focus.” 

Zach Mattix — Andrew senior basketball player on the 

demands of the T-Bolt competitive dance team, which 

his mother, Julie, coaches and his brother, Nathan, 

dances for 

WHAT 2 WATCH 

Individual wrestling, TBA, Friday Feb. 8 and Sat. Feb. 9 

• The dream of making it to Champaign gets closer for 

Andrew at the Joliet Central Class 3A Sectional and 

for Tinley Park at the Class 2A De La Salle Sectional. 

Index 

41 - Sports roundup 

40 - Athlete of the Week 

Compiled by Sports Editor Jeff Vorva/J.VORVA@22ndcm,com

tinley Park’s Hometown Newspaper | www.tinleyjunction.com | February 7, 2019 

Andrew coach Julie Mattix said 

she is blessed to have sons 

playing basketball and dancing, 

Page 46 

WHO PLAYS 

WHO? Postseason seeds 

have been announced in 

girls basketball, Page 43 

Andrew competitive dance team coach Julie Mattix poses with her sons, Zach Mattix (left) and Nathan (right). Zach plays on the Andrew basketball 

team and Nathan was on the dance squad which took 10th in the state in Class 3A and 12th in a national meet. JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

WORTH CHEERING 

ABOUT LWE won state, 

TPHS took 12th and Andrew 

was 19th in competitive 

cheerleading, Page 42

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