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Damage done Shady Oaks Camp in need 

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Pinewood Derby once again gets young minds 

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THURSDAY 

Knitting Meetup 

1-3 p.m. Feb. 14, Homer 

Township Public Library, 

Quiet Reading Room, 14320 

W. 151st St. Join an informal 

knitting group. A perfect opportunity 

for people to get 

together with other knitters 

to work on their own projects. 

Please note that this 

is not a knitting class or instructor-led 

program. Open 

to those who do crochet and 

other needlework projects, 

too. No registration required. 

Cards for Kids and Seniors 



Teen Room, 14320 W. 151st 

St. Spread some smiles and 

get service hours. Create 

handmade cards or letters 

to brighten someone’s day. 

They’ll be sent to Card for 

Hospitalized Kids and Love 

for the Elderly charities. 

We’ll give you tips on what 

to write, along with the supplies 

needed. For teens in 

grades 6-12. Registration is 

required. For more information, 

call (708) 301-7908. 

FRIDAY 

Vinyasa Yoga 

9-10 a.m. Feb. 15, Homer 


Community Meeting Room, 

14320 W. 151st St. Marti 

Anne’s Vinyasa flow yoga 

class begins with a series 

of Sun Salutations to bring 

in movement and breath. 

The practice builds on the 

foundations of yoga and incorporates 

a more invigorating 

approach. Practitioners 

will have the opportunity to 

choose the level with which 

they engage the practice 

while being guided to expand 

their potential and increase 

mind-body harmony. 

Some prior yoga experience 

needed. You’re encouraged 

to bring a yoga mat; however, 

one will be provided 

for you to use during the 

class if needed. Registration 

required. For more information, 

call (708) 301-7908. 

SATURDAY 

Adult Photography Meetup 

1-4 p.m. Feb. 16, The 

Rubi Room, 12634 W. 159th 

St. Casual get together for 

photographers to share their 

work and network. There 

will be an overhead projector 

and pizza. For more 

information, call Sandra 

Harney at (708) 203-4694 

or email artsguildofhomer 

glen@gmail.com. 

TUESDAY 

‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Night 



14320 W. 151st St. Celebrate 

the ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ arrival 

in Chicago. After registering, 

teens can pick up a 

free copy (to keep) of ‘Dear 

Evan Hansen: The Novel’ at 

the library’s front desk. Favorite 

parts of the book will 

be discussed at the program. 

Didn’t finish the book? 

That’s OK. Come anyway. 

There will also be trivia, a 

lyric challenge, and raffles 

for ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ 

goodies! For teens in grades 

6-12. Registration required. 

For more information, call 

(708) 301-7908. 

UPCOMING 

Fundraiser for Steve Balich, 

Will County Board District 7 

6-8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25, 

Rubi Agave Latin Kitchen, 

Tequila & Whiskey Bar, 

12622 W. 159th St., Homer 

Glen. A $35 entry fee at 

the door or by mail which 

will include domestic draft 

beer and food by Rubi chef 

and owner Ruben Pazmino. 

Checks can be made out to 

Elect Balich. Mail to Steve 

Balich 12259 Derby Lane, 

Orland Park, IL 60467. 

Take a Chance for Change 

Bingo Fundraiser 

5:30 p.m. doors open, 7 

p.m. bingo starts, Saturday, 

March 2, Moose Lodge 

1557, 118 10th St., Lockport. 

The Homer Glen Junior 

Woman’s Club its hosting its 

fifth annual Take a Chance 

for Change Bingo Fundraiser. 

A $27 non-refundable 

donation is required to play, 

and all players must be 18 

or older. Attendees will find 

door prizes, split-the-pot, 

raffle baskets, and winners 

will receive prizes. There 

will also be a cash bar and 

food available for purchase. 

A portion of all proceeds 

will benefit AAIM and 

HERO. Advance reservations 

are available at www. 

homerglenjuniors.org. 

Knights of Columbus Blood 

Drive 

8 a.m.-Noon Sunday, 

March 3, Our Mother of 

Good Counsel Parish, 16043 

S. Bell Road, Homer Glen. 

Help save lives and donate 

blood. The Knights are hoping 

to reach a goal of at least 

20 people. Please help save 

a life and donate. No signup 

is necessary. A photo 

ID is needed. For more information, 

contact Edward 

Plebanek at eplebanek@ 

comcast.net or visit www. 

omgcknights.com. 

Will County School 

District 92 Kindergarten 

Registration 

1-2:30 p.m. and 4:30-7 

p.m. Tuesday, March 12, 

and 9:30-11 a.m. and 1-2:30 

p.m. Wednesday, March 13, 

Walsh School, 514 N. Mac- 

Gregor Road, Lockport. 

Full-day kindergarten registration 

for parents with children 

who will be 5 years old 

on or before Sept. 1. Parents 

will be asked to complete 

registration forms and pay a 

registration fee. 

ONGOING 

Homer Glen Art Show 

4-8 p.m. Friday-Sundays, 

Jan. 25-Feb. 17, The Rubi 

Room, 12634 W. 159th St. 

More than 30 pieces of various 

artwork are on display. 

Story Time 

Jan. 29-Mar. 5, Homer 


14320 W. 151st St. Thematic 

tales, rhymes, songs and 

movement are paired with 

a simple craft to help children 

develop essential early 

literacy skills and get ready 

to read. This program is for 

children ages 3-5. No registration 

necessary. For more 

information, contact Youth 

Services at children@ho 

merlibrary.org or 708-301- 

7908. 

Homer Glen Junior Woman’s 

Club Favorite Teacher Award 

The Homer Glen Junior 

Woman’s Club is asking all 

Homer Community Consolidated 

School District 

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through eight to nominate a 

favorite teacher of theirs, either 

past or present, by writing 

an essay. This year, there 

will be a drawing contest for 

students in kindergarten. All 

essays should be 200 words 

or less and may be submitted 

to the school office or 

emailed to HGJWC@yahoo. 

com no later than Feb. 15. 

For more information, visit 

www.homerglenjuniors.org. 

Homer 33C Kindergarten 

Pre-Registration 

Homer Community Consolidated 

School District 

33C is now accepting preregistration 

for 2019-2020 

incoming kindergarten students. 

The form can be found 

at www.homerschools.org 

under QuickLinks. Parents/guardians 

should plan 

to come to Hadley Middle 

School from 4:30 p.m. to 7 

p.m. on March 14 to complete 

the next step in the process. 

For more information, 

call (708) 226-7626. 

Wiggles and Giggles 

Every Mon.-Thurs., Homer 


14320 W. 151st St. This 

event includes simple stories, 

finger-plays, bouncing 

rhymes, music and movement 

activities to encourage 

reading readiness. This is a 

drop-in event for children 

0-35 months with an adult. 

For more information, contact 

Youth Services at children@homerlibrary.org 

or 

708-301-7908.

occasion. 

“She wants to dance the 

night away,” Chris said. 

Pretty in pink and accessorized 

with a festive kitty 

ears headband, 8-year-old 

Kassidy Dejager was also 

looking forward to hitting 

the dance floor with her dad, 

Chad. 

“I like the dancing,” said 

Kassidy, while Chad added, 

“It’s great to see your kid’s 

smile light up, and it’s fun 

to see their friends and try 

to connect with some of the 

dads who are in the same exact 

situation you are.” 

Katy Perry’s “Roar,” Taylor 

Swift’s “Shake It Off” 

and Bruno Mars’ “Uptown 

Funk” were among the upbeat 

tunes that filled the 

dance floor throughout the 

night. 

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Goodings Grove dance inspired 

by ‘Beauty and the Beast’ tale 

PTO raises funds for 

school’s library at 

annual event 

Laurie Fanelli 

Freelance Reporter 

It’s a tale as old as time. 

Fathers and daughters 

come together for a special 

night of dancing, music 

and games to create lasting 

memories and live happily 

ever after. 

The Goodings Grove PTO 

embraced a “Beauty and the 

Beast” theme for its annual 

Daddy Daughter Dance, inviting 

attendees to “be their 

guest” from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. 

on Friday, Feb. 8. Along with 

participating in everything 

from two-steps to waltzes, 

fathers and their girls were 

treated to craft stations, refreshments, 

photo souvenirs 

and a visit from two very 

special guests, Belle and The 

Beast, who sang the “Theme 

from Beauty and the Beast” 

before leading everyone in a 

slow dance. 

“We are super excited 

about our Be Our Guest 

event tonight. We don’t see 

the dads all the time. We 

always see the moms volunteering, 

so it’s really nice 

to see the dads with their 

daughters,” said Goodings 

Grove PTO President Amy 

Wiggins, noting that some 

fathers also invited their 

nieces or family friends, 

whose own fathers could not 

attend, to join in on the fun. 

First-grader Stephanie 

Harbin, 6, was very excited 

about experiencing her first 

ever Daddy Daughter Dance 

with her father, Chris, and 

getting to “see my friends 

with their daddies.” Her 

mom and aunt helped her get 

ready, and her dad bought 

her a flower corsage for the 

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Assistant Editor 

From creating wanted 

posters to reviewing high 

school prom flyers, Lockport 

Township High School’s 

new director of public relations 

& foundation shares 

how she is embracing her 

new role. 

Janine Wheeler, former 

special agent in the FBI 

for 22 years, has joined the 

LTHS staff, filling a position 

that had been open since 

July. She previously worked 

as the public affairs officer 

for the FBI’s Chicago Division. 

Superintendent Todd 

Wernet said that aside from 

Wheeler being familiar with 

the district as an LTHS parent, 

her work experience 

made her qualified for the 

position “to promote messages 

to wide audiences on 

the public relations side and 

provide leadership with the 

LTHS Foundation to raise 

funds going towards scholarships 

for seniors.” 

At a December Board of 

Education meeting, Wernet 

presented Wheeler as a 

candidate for the position of 

director of Public relations/ 

development/foundation for 

District 205. The board voted 

unanimously to approve 

hiring her for the role with 

a salary of $80,000, which 

became effective on Jan. 28. 

Wheeler, whose family 

has lived in Lockport for 

10 years, said she was not 

actively looking for a position 

when she learned of the 

opening at the high school. 

“Prior to moving to Lockport, 

we would come here 

and have always loved 

the community,” she said. 

“We’ve always been really 

invested in Lockport and are 

active in the community.” 

Wheeler feels “that there 

are a lot of wonderful things 

going on at Lockport [Township 

High School], and it has 

a wonderful curriculum and 

a fantastic staff.” 

She is looking forward 

to promoting the positive 

things and letting parents in 

the community know about 

all that’s going on. Wheeler 

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a student at the high school 

and one who has already 

graduated. 

“As an LTHS parent, I was 

already familiar and very 

impressed with the school,” 

she said. “I’ve met a number 

of staff members who are 

really outstanding and dedicated 

to their students. I was 

also impressed by the variety 

of extracurricular activities.” 

Wheeler had a number 

of different roles when she 

worked for the FBI, including 

the investigation of organized 

crime. While she 

can’t go too in-depth with 

much of her past confidential 

work with the FBI, she 

said her role at LTHS will be 

a unique transition and one 

she looks forward to. 

“I knew that this would be 

a role that I find very interesting, 

challenging and could 

really get behind,” she said 

her outfit. 

“We get all dressed up, and 

she tells me what to wear,” 

Brian said with a smile. 

Before the night was 

through, each girl received 

a light-up rose and created 

“Beauty and the Beast” 

themed crafts, including a 

rose in a glitter globe modeled 

after the one that appears 

in the classic Disney 

animated film. 

Goodings Grove students 

will have a lot more fairytales 

— and mysteries, 

biographies, novels, etc. 

— in their future, as the 

Daddy Daughter Dance also 

served as a fundraiser for 

the PTO, which is raising 

money for the school’s library 

in 2019. 

“We’re really looking to 

update the books in our library, 

so a lot of the funds 

we’re raising this year as a 

PTO are going towards the 

library,” Wiggins said. 

The Goodings Grove PTO 

has a lot more fun in store 

this year, including a Family 

Fitness Night on April 

12. The event will feature 

local fitness studios, gyms, 

instructors and vendors sharing 

information on health 

and wellness. 

of her position as LTHS’s 

director of public affairs & 

foundation. She said she is 

looking forward to working 

with and leading the foundation, 

and she is excited about 

upcoming events such as 

Galactic Glow Bingo and the 

Seventh Annual Wild Fest. 

“It’s a bit of a transition 

going from working in law 

enforcement to an academic 

setting — just a few weeks 

ago, I was putting together 

wanted posters and sending 

out emails about bank robbers 

with surveillance photos, 

and now I’m looking 

at flyers for prom extravaganza, 

and I send out emails 

about school closure due to 

weather,” Wheeler said. “It’s 

just a different environment, 

so I’m sure I’ll make the 

transition.” 

Her past role can assist her 

in that transition, she added. 

“It may seem like an uncommon 

thing for a special 

agent to take on a position 

like this, but communications 

play an important role 

in the everyday life and 

day-to-day work of a special 

agent, so I do think I will 

benefit from my experience 

in that regard,” Wheeler said. 

Wernet said her multifaceted 

experience made 

Wheeler the right person to 

take on the position for the 

district. 

“From her previous role, 

she has experience with communication 

for an organization 

in both digital and print 

media,” Wernet said. The 

work she did with [the FBI] 

made her qualified, she is a 

good addition to our organization 

and we are pleased to 

have her join us and believe 

she is an excellent choice as 

someone who will do a great 

job of communicating with 

our constituents.” 

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Parents interested in joining 

the Goodings Grove 

PTO can send an email to 

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more information about upcoming 

events can be found 

at www.goodingsgrovepto. 

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Pipes burst because of cold in two buildings at Shady Oaks Camp 

Campsite in need of 

funding to complete 

necessary repairs 

Thomas Czaja, Editor 

The current winter season 

has already brought with it 

record-breaking cold, various 

snowstorms, freezing 

rain and icy and treacherous 

conditions. 

Many have been affected 

by the inclement weather, including 

at Shady Oaks Camp 

in Homer Glen, a summer 

camp for those with disabilities. 

On Feb. 3, two of the buildings 

at the campsite sustained 

major damage when pipes 

burst because of the extreme 

cold. Dorm 4, the largest staff 

house at the camp, and the 

pool house both sustained the 

damage. 

“A pipe behind one of the 

toilets burst and flooded the 

whole building,” Shady Oaks 

Camp Executive Director 

Scott Steele said of the dormitory. 

“We had to call the 

insurance company, and they 

gutted the building, pulled 

out flooring, baseboards, 

Cub Scout Pack 61 off to the races for annual pinewood derby 

Amanda Del Buono 


Outside of Hanna-Barbera’s 

“Wacky Races,” it’s a 

rare sight to see the Batmobile, 

a tank and a dinosaur 

car on the same race track. 

But these cars went toe-totoe 

Feb. 2 during Lockport 

Cub Scout Pack 61’s annual 

pinewood derby. 

The race was held at 

Lockport American Legion 

Post 18, and nearly all of 

the pack’s Scouts, which 

encompasses those from 

around the Lockport and 

door frames, all of that, trying 

to dry everything out so 

we don’t have to pull the dry 

wall.” 

For the pool house, which is 

not kept heated like the dormitory, 

a pipe burst and soaked 

the insulation in the walls, 

with the building needing to 

be warmed up before repairs 

can be made, Steele added. 

The deductible is $5,000 for 

the camp’s insurance coverage, 

with about $1,000 raised 

so far from the community. 

Shady Oaks Camp is to 

enter its 72nd summer camp 

this year, and it is completely 

funded from annual fundraisers, 

parents fundraising 

and some private donations, 

in addition to several small 

grants, Steele said. The buildings 

need to be fixed by the 

end of April, when major 

prep for camp begins. 

“We’ll go to the insurance 

company for the deductible, 

then hopefully they’ll cover 

the rest of the repairs,” Steele 

said. “It’s an insurance company, 

so they’ll try to pay for 

the least amount as possible, 

and we need to stay on top 

of the restoration company 

to make sure to report everything.” 

Steele added after everything 

is dried out, they will 

learn the further extent of 

the effect on the drywall and 

if there is more currently 

unknown lasting damage. 

Regardless, the unforeseen 

expense will cut deeply into 

Shady Oaks if the money 

can’t be raised to cover the 

deductible. If that doesn’t 

happen, the cost will possibly 

eat into the operational 

budget for camp, impacting 

things like recreational supplies 

and affect staffing. 

“Unfortunately, these 

things happen,” Steele said. 

“Recouping that $5,000 is 

going to be tough.” 

While monetary donations 

are definitely needed, Shady 

Oaks Camp is also looking for 

help with the repairs, whether 

that is members of the community 

donating supplies and/ 

or labor to the cause. Flooring 

and drywall will likely 

be needed, and those skilled 

in installing those things are 

welcome to volunteer. 

Marcie Flores is on the 

Board of Directors for Shady 

Oaks Camp, and her son, 

Joshie, will be spending his 

sixth summer at the camp in 

2019. She said when she first 

Homer Glen area, participated 

along with their families. 

In all, 51 handmade cars 

took on the track, racing in 

six grade-based categories, 

from kindergarten to fifth 

grade, as well as a family car 

category. 

The pinewood derby is a 

favorite event for the Scouts, 

who spend nearly a week 

building their derby cars 

with the help of their parents. 

“This, and in Cub Scouting 

in general, it gives the 

boys a project that’s hands 

on, that they can do themselves 

with limited parent 

oversight,” said Mike Carroll, 

cubmaster of Cub Scout 

Pack 61. “And it’s a competition, 

but the object isn’t to 

beat the others, it’s to have 

the fastest car. 

“…It’s one of the things 

we do that’s the same every 

year, and the kids like it. It’s 

tried and true, and they put a 

lot of work into their cars.” 

Committee chair Greg 

Krumdick added that it’s 

also a chance for the Scouts 

to explore their creativity, as 

some focus on the aerodynamic 

design of their cars, 

heard of the damage in the 

camp’s buildings, she didn’t 

realize how bad it was until 

she actually saw it for herself 

in person. 

“All the flooring came 

up, there’s mold around the 

walls, the plumbing itself, the 

pipes are just shot,” Flores 

said of the dormitory. 

Besides that, she noted 

things like bedding, bunk 

beds, furniture, chairs and essential 

living items were either 

damaged because of the 

water from the flooding itself 

or after effects like the mold. 

The pool house has damaged 

toilets, stalls and walls. 

“I would love for the community 

to know how important 

Shady Oaks is to my 

family and everybody else 

here,” Flores said. “My son 

is disabled and not able to 

go to summer camp like any 

other kid. Campers go here to 

be themselves, and there’s no 

judgment. 

“There is just an array of 

activities [at camp] for people 

like my son. Without this 

place, we have nothing in the 

surrounding counties.” 

She said without the help 

of the local community or 

businesses they depend on, it 

while others prefer working 

on the aesthetic design. 

Trophies are awarded to the 

fastest car, as well as several 

other design-based categories, 

such as the committee’s 

pick and most patriotic. 

As a way to thank the 

American Legion for all 

of its support as the pack’s 

charter, the pack has the 

American Legion’s Commander, 

Mike Meyers, pick 

his favorite car. 

“To honor the American 

Legion, we let Mike Mey- 

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A dormitory and pool house both were damaged when 

pipes burst in them Feb. 3 at Shady Oaks Camp in Homer 

Glen. Photo submitted 

will be a setback for so many 

people and families who attend 

the camp, and that she 

couldn’t imagine what would 

happen if they didn’t get that 

aid. 

The result could also mean 

dipping into the little money 

in the camp’s savings account 

for emergencies, Flores said. 

“The emergency fund is 

there, of course, for emergencies, 

but how would we be 

able to recover that money?” 

she said. “We would not have 

the emergency fund for another 

dire situation, and this 

would be long-lasting. Not 

only are we paying all these 

repairs with the little money 

we have now, it would take 

years to fill that fund again 

and have a domino effect.” 

Those interested in donating 

to Shady Oaks Camp can 

do so by clicking on the Pay- 

Pal link on the homepage of 

www.shadyoakscamp.org or 

by going directly to www. 

paypal.com and searching 

Shady Oaks Cerebral Palsy 

Camp. 

Donations can also be 

mailing a check (writing 

flood recovery in the memo 

line) to Shady Oaks Camp, 

Attn: Scott, 16300 S. Parker 

Road, Homer Glen, IL 60491. 

Members of Boy Scout Troop 61 (left to right) Corey Rak, 

10; Ethan Andrews, 10; Dylan Williams, 11; and Dominic 

Lencioni, 11, check out the derby cars Feb. 2 during the 

troop’s annual pinewood derby at Lockport American 

Legion Post 18. Bob Klein/22nd Century Media

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FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER 

Swastikas drawn on three 

Mokena road signs 

Mokena police are seeking 

information regarding 

the recent defacement of 

three road signs. 

Swastikas reportedly 

were drawn between 1:30- 

3 p.m. Feb. 3 on a one-way 

sign at Midland Avenue and 

Carpenter Street, as well as 

two speed limit signs, one 

at Division Street, between 

First and Second streets, 

and one at Midland and 

First Street, according to 

police. The signs are less 

than a half-mile apart from 

each other. 

Mokena Police Department 

Chief Steven Vaccaro 

is asking residents who witnessed 

the graffiti occurring 

or who have footage from 

their home security systems 

to contact the Mokena Police 

Department. 

Vaccaro stated that there 

are currently no suspects in 

the investigation, and there 

is no confirmed relationship 

with the October 2017 

incident in which multiple 

traffic signs and one private 

business in Mokena were 

tagged with swastikas. In 

that instance, the vandalism 

was discovered by Mokena 

Police around 6 a.m. Oct. 

22. 

“Right now, it seems like 

nothing or nobody was being 

specifically targeted,” 

Vaccaro said. “We haven’t 

made a connection to a specific 

person or location.” 

Vaccaro said that the vandalism 

is currently being 

treated as a criminal defacement 

case until other evidence 

is brought forward. 

Village Administrator 

John D. Tomasoski said that 

after the “criminal acts of 

vandalism” occurred, the 

Village immediately removed 

the vandalized signs. 

“The Village condemns 

such hate crimes and will 

prosecute, as allowed by 

law, those individuals responsible 

for the crime,” 

Tomasoski said. 

Reporting by Megan Schuller, 

Assistant Editor. For more, 

visit MokenaMessenger.com. 

FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND 

Resident express concern 

over potential Big Run 

development 

The Lockport City Council 

approved a pre-annexation 

agreement with the 

owners of Big Run Golf 

Club, who plan to sell the 

property off for residential 

development, after a public 

hearing during its Feb. 6 

meeting. 

The 220-acre parcel of 

land is currently unincorporated 

and, through a boundary 

agreement with the City 

of Romeoville, could be 

annexed by either municipality. 

Upon the property 

owner’s decision to develop 

the area, City Administrator 

Ben Benson said both cities 

were consulted about possible 

annexation and Lockport 

was selected as the preferred 

option. 

No developer is slated 

to take on the project, and 

construction likely will not 

begin until at least 2020. A 

draft design of the development 

shows 515 properties, 

averaging 2.34 units per 

acre, including senior housing, 

townhomes and singlefamily 

homes, along with 

significant green space along 

the canal and existing ponds. 

Several residents spoke at 

the hearing to express concerns 

about the future development 

of the site. Some 

of the issues broached by 

the residents included overcrowding, 

increased traffic, 

the development potentially 

allowing commercial 

properties, and the City’s 

capacity to provide water 

and sewer to 500 new residences. 

Benson and city attorney 

Sonni Choi Williams told 

residents that the City has 

done studies to assure it has 

the capacity to handle the 

water and sewer tap-ins, and 

if there is to be any commercial 

space in the development 

it would be small. The 

board voted unanimously to 

approve the pre-annexation 

agreement, which establishes 

only preliminary expectations 

for the City and any 

future developer. 

Reporting by Jessie Molloy, 

Freelance Reporter. For more, 

visit LockportLegend.com. 

FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT 

Friend starts GoFundMe for 

local dealing with central 

nervous system vasculitis 

Roughly a year ago, New 

Lenox resident Kelsey Evoy 

began developing pain in 

her wrist and fingers. 

Evoy and her doctor initially 

wrote it off to carpal 

tunnel, but when the pain 

turned into numbness, and 

travelled to her elbow and 

up her arm, both became 

concerned. Little did they 

know, it was just the start of 

things to come. 

The 25-year-old mother 

underwent elbow surgery in 

May 2018, but things only 

got worse. 

Evoy began losing movement 

in her right foot and 

went to the emergency 

room, where an MRI revealed 

lesions covering her 

brain, leaving both she and 

her doctors scrambling for 

answers. 

After a plethora of tests, 

Evoy was diagnosed with 

central nervous system vasculitis, 

a rare disease that 

affects fewer than 3 in 1 

million people each year, 

according to research by the 

University of Michigan. 

“You go from living a normal 

life to losing all movement 

in your hand and your 

leg,” she said. “It started out 

last year, and I started slowly, 

and I started losing more 

and more movement in it.” 

Her friend Jessica Keener 

knew she had to step in and 

help. 

“She has so many things 

against her,” Keener said. 

“She has had no help, and 

she is the most hard-working 

person I know.” 

For more information 

or to donate, visit www.go 

fundme.com/kelsey039skrew-kelsey-evoy. 

Reporting by Erin Redmond, 

Freelance Reporter. For more, 

visit NewLenoxPatriot.com. 

FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE 

Judge orders slate back 

on ballot, but petition 

challenge likely to see 

Round 3 

A slate of candidates for 

the Orland Park Village 

Board has been ordered 

back on the ballot by a Cook 

County Circuit Court judge 

after it last month was removed 

by an Electoral Board 

over a petition challenge. 

Judge Alfred J. Paul ordered 

Thursday, Feb. 7, 

that People Over Politics 

— a slate of Orland Park 

trustee candidates William 

R. Healy, Michael R. Milani 

and Cynthia Nelson 

Katsenes — be reinstated 

to the April 2 Consolidated 

Election ballot, at the conclusion 

of an appeal heard 

at the Richard J. Daley Center 

in Chicago. The trio was 

removed Jan. 10 by the Orland 

Park Electoral Board, 

which voted 2-0 that there 

was a “basis for confusion” 

on petitions circulated in 

support of People Over Politics. 

“I just can’t see it,” Paul 

said of the argument that 

“trustee” for Village of Orland 

Park could be confused 

for another office. “It can’t 

be anything else. 

“It’s all legit. It’s all right. 

... So, I’m ordering the three 

are put on that ballot.” 

John G. Fogarty Jr., the 

attorney who represented 

People Over Politics, said 

he was “much happier” with 

this outcome than the Electoral 

Board hearing, noting 

he thought the judge made 

the right call. And Katsenes 

echoed the sentiment. 

“I’m really happy that the 

voters now have a choice,” 

she said. 

But Burt Odelson, who 

represented challenger 

Christopher Kasmer, said he 

“very much so” disagreed 

with the judge’s decision, 

and by the end of the week 

the objector filed Notice 

of Appeal with the First 

District Illinois Appellate 

Court. 

Reporting by Bill Jones, 

Editor. For more, visit 

OPPrairie.com. 

Derby 

From Page 5 

ers pick the most patriotic 

car,” Carroll said. “…Mike 

Meyers in particular is super 

good to us… Basically, anything 

we ask for, he helps us 

do, and we try to help them.” 

As with any Scouting 

project, the pinewood derby 

provides the Scouts with 

practical, hands-on skills, 

such as working with tools 

while also bonding with 

their parents. 

“It teaches them to work 

with their hands, and it’s a 

good bonding experience,” 

Krumdick said. “When 

they’re still young, parents 

do a lot more of the work, and 

each year, the Scout gets to 

do a little more of the work.” 

The pack also encourages 

siblings and parents to get 

involved with the family car 

category, in which they can 

build their own derby car to 

enter. 

Scout Elijah Detman, 7, 

raced for the second time 

this year and recruited his 

grandfather, Dale Detman, 

of Romeoville, to help him 

build his car. Along with 

Elijah’s car, Dale was also 

recruited to help build a car 

for Elijah’s brother, Judah, 

4. Their dad, Nick Detman, 

said the event is always fun 

and exciting for the boys. 

“Last year we did it, but 

this year [Elijah] worked 

with grandpa,” Nick said. 

“It’s a lot of fun; he gets really 

excited to build the car.” 

Dale added that Elijah was 

most excited to paint the car. 

With a golden theme, Elijah 

named his car The Golden 

Nugget, while Judah gave 

his car a longer name, The 

Golden Gamulet and Golden 

Dragon. 

Part of the fun of the pinewood 

derby is learning how to 

improve the design from the 

previous year to make a faster 

car the next. Ajay Tracy, 9, 

who has won in the past, has 

been able to build on the experience 

of his brothers. 

“We’ve been doing this 

for 11 years,” Ajay’s mother, 

Tina, said. 

Tina is the mother of three 

boys who have all been involved 

in Scouting. Even after 

more than a decade, the 

family looks forward to the 

event every year. 

“The pinewood derby 

is a big hit, and they like it 

because they get a trophy,” 

Tina said. “There’s camaraderie 

and a little competition, 

but it’s not too much, 

and they get to vote on the 

cars. …It’s always fun for 

the boys.” 

Lockport Cub Scout Pack 

61 is inviting the community 

out the American Legion on at 

6:30 p.m. on May 6 for a presentation 

about cold-blooded 

creatures. More information 

can be found on Cub Scout 

Pack 61’s website at www. 

lockport61.mypack.us.



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Social snapshot 

Top stories 

From HomerHorizon.com from Monday, 

Feb. 17. 

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before merging into new alliance 

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From the Editor 

Helping Shady Oaks Camp provide another year of summer fun 

Thomas Czaja 


We know winter can 

wreak havoc in 

numerous ways. 

Most of us have likely 

seen enough of the polar 

vortex, snow and ice for this 

winter season, and so we 

eagerly count down the days 

until spring. Hopefully, the 

worst is already past us. 

But what has already 

passed has still left aftermath 

locally. At Shady 

Oaks Camp in Homer Glen, 

which serves people of all 

ages with disabilities with a 

summer camp, pipes burst 

at two buildings earlier this 

month because of the cold 

conditions. 

Extensive damage at 

each building occurred as a 

result. According to Shady 

Oaks Camp Executive 

Director Scott Steele, there 

are thousands of dollars to 

pay to a deductible for the 

camp’s insurance to make 

the necessary repairs. If 

that money isn’t raised for 

the completely self-funded 

camp, it will have to dip 

into its emergency fund and 

operating budget, meaning 

less money to spend on the 

camp itself. 

You can read the full 

story about the damage and 

how to help on Page 5 of 

this issue. To keep the camp 

up to its normal standard, 

people volunteering both 

their time to help with the 

cleanup and their treasure to 

fund the cleanup remains a 

priority. 

Having personally been 

to the camp and having 

featured Shady Oaks in a 

number of stories in my 

time here, I know there are 

good people there, from 

the families and campers 

to staffers involved. It has 

become a beloved site that 

has played host to countless 

fond memories for those 

aforementioned folks. What 

this camp does, I have been 

told, is not easily found or 

accessible elsewhere in the 

area. 

I think the fact it is going 

into its 72nd summer camp 

in 2019 shows how needed 

and popular it is for those 

campers who return year 

after year. I am confident 

the community will continue 

to support Shady Oaks 

Camp, as it has done all of 

these years and decades to 

present day. 

Bad weather and unfortunate 

events happen, but, like 

anything else, it is how we 

respond to them. Hopefully, 

there will be enough of a 

response that come the beginning 

of camp, these burst 

pipes will be nothing but a 

distant memory and bump 

in the road ahead of another 

year of unforgettable and 

irreplaceable moments for 

campers both old and new. 

Letters to the Editor 

A letter in support of the 

Homer Township Fire 

Protection District referendum 

Nobody likes to pay more. 

Nobody wants to feel that 

their hard-earned money is 

being wasted. Over the last 

several years, the Homer 

Township Fire Protection 

District has worked to improve 

its finances, sold surplus 

equipment and expanded 

the intergovernmental agreements 

for sharing equipment 

and resources. They have reduced 

the size of their office 

staff and reduced the number 

of professional staff from 36 

to 32, going from four per 

station to three per station. 

If these changes hadn’t been 

made, the alternative might 

have required closing a station, 

resulting in higher response 

times and the loss of 

critical time while responding 

to emergencies. 

Fire Chief Chris Locacius 

and the Fire District Board 

of Trustees have worked 

“This just in...our community was awarded 

Campus of the Quarter! We have won 

it TWO TIMES IN A ROW!! Thank you to 

all of our associates for working hard and 

making this possible. Let’s try to get our 

THIRD WIN next quarter so this traveling 

award remains in our building.” 

Marian Village, from Feb. 5. 

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“Signing Day at LTHS...Exciting to Honor 

and Celebrate these Athletes and their 

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Feb. 6. 

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cooperatively with the Firefighters 

Local to re-structure 

the staffing levels at the fire 

stations. The District has 

been dealing with limited 

growth in revenue, Stateimposed 

unfunded mandates 

and escalating costs. Over 

the years, these and other 

factors have continued to diminish 

their ability to make 

necessary improvements to 

their stations, update critical 

lifesaving apparatus and replace 

aging equipment. 

The referendum funds 

can only be used for station 

repairs and improvements, 

emergency response fleet 

apparatus and equipment. It 

is of vital importance that 

our community supports our 

First Responders in having 

the most up-to-date life saving 

equipment. It is also our 

responsibility to make sure 

that the stations are maintained 

and in good working 

order. These responsibilities 

all require funding, and 

when they are delayed or 

deferred, the costs will be 

higher in the future. 

Annual homeowner increases 

will be approximately 

$25 per $100,000 of home 

value. A home valued at 

$350,000 will see an increase 

of approximately $87. Again, 

while no increase is ever welcome, 

let’s not be penny wise 

and dollar foolish. This is a 

small increase to continue the 

excellent service and reduced 

response times that our fire 

district provides. 

Chief Locacius invites 

you to reach out with any 

questions at (815) 838-5006. 

I strongly encourage 

all residents in the Homer 

Township Fire Protection 

District to support this referendum. 

Please be sure to 

vote yes on April 2, 2019! 

Keith Gray, 

Homer Glen resident and 

Village of Homer Glen 

trustee 

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Picks are in Homer Glen 

residents named winners in three 

different age categories of Valentine’s 

Day Coloring Contest, Page 14 

A revamped sensation 

Pop’s reinvents its grilled chicken 

sandwich with new ‘no antibiotics 

ever’ offering, Page 16 

Local florist prepares Valentine’s Day orders, gives insight on how she readies for romance-filled season, Page 13 

Flowers by Steen Productions owner Karen Steen creates a floral arrangement for an event Thursday, Feb. 7, amid long-term preparations for Valentine’s Day at the Homer 

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FAITH BRIEFS 

Cross of Glory Lutheran Church 

Nursery for Children 

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

p.m. Wednesdays 

Parishioners may use the 

nursery for their children 

up to age 3 during services. 

There is a Kids Klub for 

children in grades 4-5 during 

the service. 

Bible Study 

7:30 p.m. Wednesdays 

Open to anyone ready to 

discuss the Bible. 

Christian Life Church (15609 W. 159th St., 

Homer Glen) 

Sunday Service 

10 a.m. 

Thursday Service 

7:30 p.m. 

EDGE Youth Service 

7:30-9:30 p.m. Thursdays. 

Our Mother of Good Counsel Parish 

(16043 S. Bell Road, Homer Glen) 

Understanding World 

Religions 

1-2:30 p.m. Thursdays, 

Jan. 10 through Feb. 14 or 

7-8:30 p.m. Mondays, Jan. 

14 through Feb. 18. For those 

with questions about other 

religions, curious if there 

are connections between the 

different faiths. The Rev. 

Joseph Broudou will lead 

in learning about Jewish, 

Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist 

and Christian brothers and 

sisters. Refreshments will 

be served. For more information 

and to RSVP, call 

Janet in the Faith Formation 

Office at (708) 301-0214. 

Guests are welcome to bring 

friends. 

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The Liturgical Year 

2-3:30 p.m. The series will 

run through five Saturdays, 

ending on March 9. There 

will be an examination of 

the evolution and the dynamics 

of time and story in the 

liturgical shaping of time. 

Moreover, those gathered 

will explore the theology of 

Sunday, festivals and seasons 

as reflected in today’s liturgical 

books and calendar. To 

register and for more information, 

call Janet in the Faith 

Formation Office at (708) 

www.22ndcenturymedia.com 

301-0214. 

Special Saturday Morning 

Mass 

8:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 

23, there will be a special 

Mass followed by Liturgical 

Mass Ministry training. This 

training is open to both new 

and current ministers. A light 

breakfast will be served. The 

parish highly encourages attendance. 

Daily Mass 

8 a.m. Monday-Saturday 

Weekend Mass 

5 p.m. Saturday 

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

Confessions 

4-4:45 p.m. Saturdays; 

9:30-10:15 a.m. Sundays; 

8:30 a.m. every first Friday 

Council of Catholic Women 

7 p.m. Second Tuesday of 

the month. 

Women of the parish meet 

to discuss its needs. The 

group also hosts a monthly 

charity bake sale. 

St. Bernard Parish (13030 W. 143rd St., 

Homer Glen) 

St. Bernards Kids’ Choir 

4:30-6 p.m. Thursdays. 

All children in grades first 

through eighth are welcome 

to join choir. A permission 

In Memoriam 

Theresa Huiner 

Theresa Huiner, 92, of 

Homer Glen, died Jan. 29. 

Former resident of Palos 

Heights for 59 years, she 

is survived by her children, 

John (Bev) Huiner, Linda 

(Randy) Van Eck, Gary (Terri) 

Huiner and Robert (Barb) 

Huiner; her 13 grandchildren 

and her 16 great-grandchildren. 

There will be a visitation 

at Palos Heights Christian 

Reformed Church, 7059 

W. 127th St., Palos Heights, 

on Saturday, Feb. 16, from 

slip to join can be obtained 

through Julie Kane at the 

table by the church exit or 

through one’s RE teacher. 

Weekday Worship 

9:30 a.m. weekdays. Communion 

Service on Thursdays. 

Weekend Worship 

4:30 p.m. Saturdays. 8:30 

a.m., 10 a.m., and 11:30 a.m. 

every Sunday. 

Confession 

3:30-4:15 p.m. First and 

third Saturday of the month. 

Confessions also available 

upon request at any time. 

Community Choir Practice 

7:30-9 p.m. Thursdays. 

Parish members ages 16 and 

older may join the choir. The 

choir needs vocalists and 

instrumentalists. For more 

information, join the weekly 

rehearsal or contact the music 

director, Julie Kane, after 

Mass on Sundays. 

Have something for 

Faith Briefs? Contact 

Assistant Editor Alex 

Ivanisevic at a.ivanisevic@ 

22ndcenturymedia.com or 

call (708) 326-9170 ext. 15. 

Information is due by noon 

Thursday one week prior to 

publication. 

10 a.m. until time of funeral 

service at noon. Burial will 

take place privately at Chapel 

Hill Gardens West, Oak 

Brook Terrace. In lieu of 

flowers, memorials to Grace 

Adventures, 2100 N. Ridge 

Road, Mears, MI 49436 appreciated. 

Have someone’s life you’d like 

to honor? Email a.ivanisevic@ 

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information about a loved one 

who was a part of the Homer 

Glen community.

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Flowers by Steen Productions preps for Valentine’s Day 

Homer Glen florist 

speaks on readying 

inventory for Feb. 14 


Assistant Editor 

A local florist has learned 

a thing or two over time 

about what it takes to successfully 

make it through a 

busy holiday in the industry. 

“One of our preparations 

for Valentine’s Day is making 

sure we have all the inventory 

— we always take 

inventory from the year before, 

and then we’ll bump 

that number up a little bit 

so we know we won’t run 

out of stock on items,” said 

Karen Steen, owner of Flowers 

by Steen Productions in 

Homer Glen. 

Steen said that last year 

they started their own website 

and had more orders, so 

that gave them a good tracking 

of what to expect this 

year. 

“The fact that we are 

pretty much one of the only 

flower shops in Homer Glen 

now, and because we don’t 

have a retail storefront like 

most florists would have, 

we still get a lot of walk-ins, 

so I prepared myself even 

more this year by doing a 

bit more advertisement and 

bought more signs because 

it’s somewhat hard to find 

us,” Steen said. “As far as 

the flowers go, I bumped 

my orders up this year by 15 

percent to accommodate for 

the orders.” 

She said last year they 

were so busy that we had 

to turn down orders. This 

year, she doesn’t want that 

to happen. In addition to 

the two delivery vehicles 

Steen already has serving 

the flower company, she 

has rented a third to assist 

with the increased number 

of orders scheduled to be 

delivered on Valentine’s 

Day. 

The flower shop, which 

usually has five permanent 

order workers, will take on 

about four part-time employees 

around the holidays, 

but especially close to 

Mother’s Day, which is the 

busiest, and the wedding 

season. 

Steen said she has noticed 

how busy the holiday is depends 

on what day of the 

week it is. 

“Generally, in retrospect 

when a holiday like Valentine’s 

day falls on a weekday, 

it is busier than on a 

weekend because, since it 

is a man’s holiday for buying 

gifts for women, they 

always want to order flowers 

for them going to work, and 

it’s nice getting flowers delivered 

for them,” she said. 

Steen said she would consider 

a holiday landing on 

a Tuesday through Thursday 

to be good for business, 

whereas a holiday on 

a weekend wouldn’t be as 

beneficial, as people would 

then have the time to go out 

to dinner or on a date for 

Valentine’s Day. 

Kalee Muzenjak, a Flowers 

by Steen employee for 

nine years, said she likes that 

they stay busy around Valentine’s 

Day. 

“I enjoy getting creative 

with some of the orders 

when we get ones that are a 

bit more open to our designs 

or order a designer’s choice 

arrangement.” Muzenjak 

said. “I recommend people 

call us over the phone when 

they order, because that way, 

you are likely to get a very 

unique arrangement.” 

It is also recommended 

that if a customer waits until 

the last minute, he or she 

should call and come in. 

“And people do wait for 

the last minute; after all, it is 

a man’s holiday,” Steen said. 

Steen, Muzenjak and Nadia 

Obeid, who is excited 

for her second Valentine’s 

Day as a designer, each said 

that the best way to get the 

most out of what someone 

is paying for when they 

order online is to reach out 

and call, as well. That way, 

a customer can personalize 

the order. 

“Our specialty is trying 

to do something a little bit 

unique,” Steen said. “We 

encourage customers to go 

with something different.” 

The process of keeping 

track of inventory is a busy, 

year-long task. But the preparation 

doesn’t stop there. 

“The weekend before Valentine’s 

Day, we start cleaning 

and preparing flowers 

and vases, even a week in 

advance. We do a lot of orders 

that are specials, so now 

what we’ll do is the ones 

that are popular one year, 

we’ll be ready for it the next 

year,” Steen said. “We even 

have to consider ordering all 

the special vases and unique 

flowers.” 

Greg Vande Merkt, who 

has worked in the flower 

industry since 1979 and has 

worked at Flowers by Steen 

for about six months, said, 

“What stands out about Valentine’s 

Day to me is knowing 

you have to be ready, and 

I’ll tell you why, because it 

is basically a male-dominated 

holiday, and the man will 

come in and just expect that 

you have it ready.” 

As Steen laughed in agreement, 

Vande Merkt said, “So 

if you learn to work with that 

you’ll be very successful at 

Valentine’s Day.” 

Flowers by Steen Productions 

is located at 15751 

Annico Drive Suite 5E in 

Homer Glen. For more information, 

call (815) 310- 

6400 or visit www.flowers 

bysteen.com. 

Flowers by Steen employee Kalee Muzenjak, seen here working on a small bouquet for an 

event a week before Valentine’s Day, enjoys putting together creative arrangements for the 

holiday. Photos by Alex Ivanisevic/22nd Century Media 

Greg Vande Merkt, who has worked in the flower industry for 40 years, said the key to a 

successful Valentine’s Day is being prepared.

14 | February 14, 2019 | The Homer Horizon life & arts 


Contests 

Love, creativity, vibrancy claim crown in Valentine’s Day Coloring Contest 

Bill Jones, Managing Editor 

The glitter has settled on the 2019 Valentine’s 

Day Coloring Contest. And it’s 

hard not to feel the love right now. 

This year, the annual 22nd Century 

Media competition brought in a total of 

362 entries across its Southwest Chicago 

branch, with a portion of those coming 

from Homer Glen. 

We asked children to transform a 

blank heart into something beautiful and 

submit their best efforts to us. And we 

have winners from the age groups of 

3-5, 6-8 and 9-12. 

Without further ado, the winners for 

Homer Glen are Emerald McCormack 

(3-5) and Emma Lasko (6-8) and Cooper 

Black (9-12). 

Winners were chosen based on creativity 

and neatness. Each winner received 

a $10 gift certificate from Artesa 

Bakery in Homer Glen, and they are 

pictured accompanying this story. The 

third photo is a group shot of some of 

the other entries that were received from 

Homer Glen specifically. 

As in past years, 22nd Century Media 

Southwest Chicago teamed up with an 

area organization to help distribute the 

finished valentines — minus the entry 

form information — to nearby veterans. 

ABOVE: Cooper Black, an 11-year-old 

Homer Glen resident, won the ages 9-12 

category with a drawing of a baseballthemed 

heart. 

left: Emma Lasko, 7, of Homer Glen, 

drew a colorful grid filled with hearts, 

stars and other shapes for her winning 

entry in the ages 6-8 category of the 

annual contest. 

Homer Glen resident Emerald McCormack, 4, submitted a 

photo of a fairy holding two wands for the winning entry 

in the ages 3-5 category of the Valentine’s Day Coloring 

Contest. Photos by Thomas Czaja/22nd Century Media 

BRIDAL EXPO 2019 

Chicago Gaelic Park 

Presents it’s Annual 

Bridal Boutique 

Sunday, February 17, 2019 

Join us for a day of shopping 

and meet with 50 of our Top-Rated Vendors 

Complimentary Hors d’oeuvres And Great Giveaways! 

12:00-3:00pm • Admission $7 online / $10 at the door 

And a Fashion Show Featuring 

Gowns and Evening Wear from 

Chicago Gaelic Park • 6119 W. 147th Street • Oak Forest, Il. 60452 

(708) 687-9323 / www.chicagogaelicpark.org 

The Homer Horizon received a number of bright and well-drawn valentines from children 

around the community that will be given to nearby veterans.

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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. Prefix with byte 

5. Permeate 

9. “Last train” singer, Guthrie 

13. Unwanted responsibility 

14. Mythical serpent 

16. Cat call 

17. Radar image 

18. German philosopher 

19. Quite a stretch 

20. Partnerless 

21. Reverberates 

23. Be that as it may 

26. Naval rank: abbr. 

27. Baseball Hall-of-Famer 

___ Wee Reese 

29. Scone accompaniment 

30. Mokena tap room 

33. Neither Rep. nor Dem. 

34. ___ Point, site of the 

Plymouth, Mass, lighthouse 

35. Hightailed 

36. Feeling 

38. ___ Baba 

39. Garden intruder 

40. Chipper 

41. “Friendly Islands” inhabitant 

43. Member of the 500 HR 

club 

44. Forked 

46. Spanish for bear 

49. ___-di-dah (pretentious) 

50. Original manufacturer’s 

equipment, abbr. 

51. Grunted 

53. Mokena School District 

Superintendent 

57. Where to throw a ball 

around 

58. Bit of baby talk 

59. Sky blue 

61. Those in favor 

62. Entire range 

63. African republic 

64. TV show host 

65. “___Driver”--1976 De 

Niro film 

66. Denmark citizen 

67. Arm of the Arabian Sea: 

___ Gulf 

Down 

1. Stemmed glass 

2. Moonstruck 

3. African gulf 

4. Colorado resort town 

5. “Pipe down!” 

6. Rubbernecker 

7. Advantage 

8. Readying an alarm 

clock 

9. Make ___ of 

10. Organ part 

11. Relaxed 

12. Part of BYOB 

15. Without help 

22. Currency exchange 

board abbr. 

24. Move quickly 

25. First hockey defenseman 

to score over 100 

points in a season 

28. Hall-of-Famer Roush 

31. Dissected 

32. Outlaw 

34. Grasped 

35. One with a six-yr. 

term 

36. Data about data 

37. Conventional 

39. African ravine 

40. One in the legislative 

biz 

42. ___caching: game of 

finds and keeps with coordinates 

44. Sound of a hit 

45. Post-op time 

46. Endorsed 

47. Peaceful 

48. Most likely to win 

52. African antelope 

54. “Raiders of the Lost 

Ark” villain 

55. ___ sandwich 

56. “___ Brockovich” 

(Julia Roberts starred) 

58. “Can’t Help Lovin’ 

__ Man” 

60. Chemical suffix 

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 

answers 

HOMER GLEN 

Front Row 

(14903 S. Bell Road, 

Homer Glen; (708) 645- 

7000) 

■■7 p.m. Wednesdays: 

Trivia 

LOCKPORT 

Port Noir 

(900 S. State St., 

Lockport; (815) 

834-9463) 

■■4-7 p.m. Monday-Friday: 

Happy Hour 

■■8-10 p.m. Thursdays: 

Comedy Bingo 

■■8-11 p.m. Fridays 

and Saturdays: 

Live Band 

■■7-11 p.m. Sundays: 

Open Mic Night 

Strike N Spare II 

(811 Northern Drive, 

Lockport; (708) 

301-1477) 

■■9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. 

Mondays: Quartermania 

■■10 p.m.-midnight Saturdays: 

Cosmic Bowl 

Orland park 

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 

■■FRANKFORT 

Pete Mitchell’s Bar 

& Grill 

(21000 Frankfort 

Square Road, 

Frankfort; (815) 

464-8100) 

■■6-8 p.m. Wednesdays: 

Free N’ Fun Bar Game. 

Free to play. 

To place an event 

in The Scene, email 

m.schuller@22ndcm.com.

16 | February 14, 2019 | The Homer Horizon dining out 


The Dish 

Pop’s embraces healthy trend with new antibiotic-free chicken 

Max Lapthorne 

Contributing Editor 

ONLY 3 LEFT! 

Phone: 630-323-7600 

 

When Pop’s Italian Beef 

& Sausage founder Frank 

Radochonski makes decisions 

about the restaurant 

chain, he does his best to 

think like a customer. 

Radochonski has spent 

the last 39 years using that 

decision-making technique 

to establish Pop’s as an organization 

that puts the 

customer first. Pop’s now 

has 14 locations, including 

two in Orland Park, one in 

Tinley Park, one in Mokena 

and one in Lockport. Radochonski 

owns and operates 

the Palos Heights restaurant, 

which was the initial location. 

“What we strive most is 

for customer service,” Radochonski 

said. 

Radochonski recently 

put himself in his customers’ 

shoes when he was introduced 

to “no antibiotics 

ever” chicken by one of his 

suppliers and had to decide 

whether or not to use the 

product at Pop’s. He tested 

it with some of his best customers 

at the Palos Heights 

location, and their reaction 

told him everything he needed 

to know. 

“They said, ‘We don’t care 

what it costs, this is the best 

chicken we’ve ever had,’” 

Radochonski said. 

The Palos Heights location 

began offering the new 

“no antibiotics ever” chicken 

several months ago, and 

it is now available at all 14 

restaurants. It can be ordered 

on a sandwich, wrap, 

pita or salad. The idea of 

offering a healthier option 

to customers seemed like a 

natural progression for Radochonski, 

given that people 

are increasingly looking for 

healthy alternatives. 

“My thought was, we either 

stay ahead of the game 

or we’re the follower,” he 

said. “This is the way everything 

is going. So, when 

they came with this chicken, 

to me, it was a no-brainer.” 

The new chicken is more 

expensive than the grilled 

chicken Pop’s used to use, so 

the price of the grilled chicken 

products increased by 50- 

70 cents. But the feedback 

Radochonski has received 

about it so far has been almost 

universally positive. 

“This wasn’t, ‘Hey, we 

just raised our prices,’” he 

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Frank Radochonski, Pop’s Italian Beef & Sausage founder, 

stands next to a sign announcing the franchise’s new “no 

antibiotics ever” chicken. Max Lapthorne/22nd Century 

Media 

“My thought was, we either 

stay ahead of the game, or we’re 

the follower. This is the way 

everything is going. So, when they 

came with this chicken, to me, it 

was a no-brainer.” 

Frank Radochonski — Pop’s Italian Beef & Sausage 

founder, on the addition of “no antibiotics 

ever” chicken 

said. “I think, right now, that 

people are willing to pay 

for the higher-quality sandwich.” 

The chicken is not just 

popular among the customers, 

as the wives of several 

Pop’s franchise owners have 

inquired about purchasing 

some of the chicken for use 

at home, Radochonski said. 

“It [is] delicious, and 

we’re lucky to have it on the 

menu,” he said. 

While “no antibiotics 

ever” currently applies 

only to the grilled chicken 

at Pop’s, Radochonski has 

explored expanding it to include 

the breaded chicken, 

as well. These changes are 

part of a larger philosophy 

when it comes to the menu 

at Pop’s. 

“We’re not looking to 

grow the menu, really, but 

we are looking to improve it 

with the existing items,” Radochonski 

said. 

Another change coming 

to Pop’s is a new partnership 

with DoorDash, which 

is to allow customers to have 

food delivered via the Door- 

Dash mobile app. It is to be 

available at all 14 locations 

by early March, Radochonski 

said. He initially was reluctant 

to implement the new 

service, because the delivery 

drivers are employed by 

DoorDash, not Pop’s, which 

could hinder the restaurant’s 

ability to get feedback from 

customers. But he is confident 

that will not be an issue 

because of the strong customer 

base Pop’s has built. 

“I’d hate for the customer 

to not be satisfied and not be 

able to reach out to us,” Radochonski 

said. “But, being 

around so long, I think I’ll 

get the response no matter 

what. They’re going to come 

in and say, ‘Hey, I ordered 

DoorDash,’ [and] we’ll have 

some positive and probably 

some negative reactions.” 

Radochonski undoubtedly 

will continue looking 

for ways to advance Pop’s 

while keeping the focus on 

the customer, but for now he 

can enjoy the success of his 

latest improvement. 

“It’s been phenomenal,” 

he said of the customers’ reception 

of the new chicken. 

“It’s been absolutely unbelievable.”

homerhorizon.com local living 


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 for a while 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.

18 | February 14, 2019 | The Homer Horizon classifieds 


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This Week In... 

Porters Varsity 

Athletics 

Boys Basketball 

■Feb. ■ 15 host Sandburg 

(Porters vs. Cancer), 6:30 

p.m. 

■Feb. ■ 19 at Stagg, 6:30 p.m. 

Girls Basketball 

■Feb. ■ 15 host IHSA Regional 

Final, 7 p.m. 

Wrestling 

■Feb. ■ 14 at IHSA Individual 

State Championship, TBA 





■Feb. ■ 19 at IHSA Team 

Sectional, TBA 

Girls Bowling 

■Feb. ■ 15 at IHSA State 

Championship, TBD at Cherry 

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Boys Swimming and 

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■Feb. ■ 15 host IHSA Sectional, 

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■Feb. ■ 16 host IHSA Sectional, 

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■Feb. ■ 19 host Bishop 

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Girls Basketball 

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■Feb. ■ 21 host Lincoln-Way 

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Porters get their ‘swagger’ back in dominant win over Griffins 

Randy Whalen, Freelance Reporter 

Just a few short weeks ago, things 

were looking great for both the 

Lockport Township and Lincoln- 

Way East boys basketball teams. 

But fortunes can turn quickly in 

high school basketball, and when the 

two teams met last week, both entered 

with three-game losing streaks. 

It was the host Porters who broke 

out of their doldrums in a big way. 

Fresh off his recent college commitment, 

Matt Hatzopoulos led a 

balanced attack with 16 points as 

Lockport defeated the Griffins 68-38 

in a SouthWest Suburban Conference 

Blue Division matchup Feb. 6 

in Lockport. 

The game was originally scheduled 

for the day before but was 

postponed 24 hours because of an 

impending ice storm. It was the first 

win for Lockport (12-9, 3-4) since 

Jan. 18. East (11-15, 3-5) won 75- 

66 at state-ranked Bolingbrook on 

Jan. 25. But this was the fourth loss 

in a row for the Griffins since then, 

including a 57-56 loss at Providence 

on Feb. 2 that came on a 33-foot shot 

at the buzzer. 

“We had a rough two weeks, and 

we needed to breakout again,” Hatzopoulos 

said. “This is who we really 

are. We weren’t playing like 

ourselves, but this is normal. We are 

back on track.” 

Hatzopoulos announced on Feb. 

5 that he was going to continue his 

basketball career at Illinois College. 

As they have numerous times this 

season, he and fellow senior guard 

Jake Karli (13 points) were the two 

leading scorers against East. Senior 

center Tommy Halatek (9 points, 

8 rebounds), senior guards Aaron 

Grecvic (9 points), Blake Sartin (7 

points) and John Vassilakis (7 points) 

rounded out the balanced Porter attack. 

Lockport shot 11-of-23 from 

downtown and had 19 assists on 24 

made field goals. 

Ryan Sierocki scored 15 of his 

game-high 17 points in the first half 

for East. But fellow junior forward 

Nate Seputis (7 points) was the second-highest 

score for the Griffins, 

who just couldn’t find their range, 

going 14-of-48 from the field. 

“We struggled shooting the ball, 

and we were stagnant on offense 

against their matchup zone,” East 

coach Rich Kolimas said. “We just 

didn’t get enough ball movement. 

Then we got frazzled and shot 

quickly. Credit [Lockport] for hanging 

tough and knocking down big 

shots.” 

East actually scored first when 

Sierocki knocked down a 10-foot 

jumper 30 seconds into the game. But 

the Porters took the lead for good by 

scoring the next seven points. Ahead 

7-6, Hatzopoulos, who had a trio of 

treys in the first quarter, hit back-toback 

3-pointers to extend the lead to 

seven. Lockport led 18-9 after the 

first quarter. 

It was 20-11 with 6:24 left in the 

first half, and that was as close as it 

got the rest of the way. Making his 

first varsity start, Grcevic hit consecutive 

3-pointers to put the Porters 

ahead 31-15 with 2:40 to play in the 

first half. 

“I’m always ready, and I was 

ready [against East],” said Grcevic, 

who established a new career-high 

for the second game in a row with 

his nine points. “This was our team, 

this is the real Lockport Porters. This 

is how we play. We got our confidence 

back, our swagger back. Now 

we just have to steamroll forward.” 

The week before, in what was 

eventually a 77-63 loss to host 

Bolingbrook on Feb. 1, Grcevic 

scored eight quick points to spark a 

Porter rally where they made up 19 

points of a 29-point deficit before 

losing. That helped him earn last 

week’s start. 

“We have a theme of ‘Uncommon,’ 

and that’s Aaron,” Lockport 

coach Brett Hespell said. “He’s always 

had the same attitude, the same 

commitment. That’s what he’s always 

been.” 

A 25-foot 3-pointer by Sierocki 

at the buzzer closed the Griffins 

to within 32-19 at halftime. A free 

throw by senior forward Lemone 

Lampley II in the opening seconds 

of the third quarter closed the gap to 

12 points. But Karli poured in eight 

points, and Hatzopoulos scored 

seven in a 17-2 Lockport blitz for 

a 49-22 lead. East answered with a 

Thomas Ferriter follows through on a free throw Feb. 6 during Lockport’s 

decisive victory over Lincoln-Way East in Lockport. Photos by Julie 

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9-0 run, but the Porters led 52-31 at 

the end of three thanks to another 

3-pointer by Grcevic at the buzzer. 

The score never got closer in the 

fourth quarter. 

“Ryan Sierocki has been coming 

on for us,” Kolimas said. “He was 

able to hit a lot of those short jumpers, 

and he was the only one on for 

us. 

“We have no time to feel sorry for 

ourselves. We have an NBA schedule 

[with five more games in 10 

days], so we have to come back and 

be ready.” 

The Porters were ready and believe 

they will be the rest of the season. 

“Our defense was awesome,” Hespell 

said. “We had a game plan, and 

we executed it. I think this [resurgence] 

started in the second half of 

the Bolingbrook game. We got that 

moxie back. If I could bottle it up, 

I’d sell it. 

“We’ve got to be playing good 

down the stretch. It’s all about the 

journey.” 

Two days later, on Friday, Feb. 8, 

there was more SWSC Blue action 

for Lockport when the team traveled 

to Homewood-Flossmoor. 

Lockport led early in the game at 

H-F, pulling out to a 16-13 lead after 

the first quarter. But the Vikings 

Jake Karli (middle) attempts to 

finish at the rim between two East 

defenders. 

(18-5, 6-1) took a 32-27 halftime 

lead and went on to win 74-57. Hatzopoulos 

had 11 of his team-high 14 

points in the first half for the Porters.



Girls Bowling 

Porters firing on all cylinders heading into state meet 

Lockport wins 

sectional by more 

than 750 pins 

Randy Whalen 


In 1776, the Declaration 

of Independence was signed. 

In 2019, the Lockport 

Township girls bowling 

team declared its independence 

from the rest of the 

field at the Romeoville Sectional, 

winning by 776 pins. 

With that incredible margin, 

the Porters penciled 

in another trip to the IHSA 

State Finals. It’s the seventhstraight 

season and 24th time 

in its 34 seasons as a program 

Lockport will be competing 

at the State Finals. 

The Porters bowled a 

6,269 total and captured their 

state-record 21st sectional 

championship on Saturday, 

Feb. 9, in the Romeoville 

Sectional at Town & Country 

Lanes in Joliet. The State 

Finals are this weekend, Friday, 

Feb. 15, and Saturday, 

Feb. 16, at The Cherry Bowl 

in Rockford. 

Since the IHSA went to its 

current system of regionals 

and sectionals in 2014, this 

margin of 776 pins is easily 

the most ever by a sectional 

champion. The previous record 

under the current format 

was set by the Porters in 

2015, when they won their 

own sectional by 640 pins. 

The following weekend, 

Lockport won its fourth state 

title. 

“The girls have been 

working hard, and we had 

a great week of practice,” 

Lockport coach Art Cwudzinski 

said. “Our spare shooting 

was really good. We 

know we’re going to strike; 

everyone is along the way. 

But we picked up our spares, 

too. All eight of our girls 

bowled great. 

“This is by far the best 

we’ve bowled all year. I 

knew they had it in them, 

and I’m so proud of them. I 

just can’t say enough.” 

Lockport (6,269) had its 

two best games, a 1,099 and 

1,100, to start the day and led 

by triple digits from the first 

game on. Bremen (5,493) 

was a distant second, while 

Andrew (5,461) and Richards 

(5,296) rounded out the 

Top 4 state-qualifying teams. 

Individually, only two 

Porters bowled all six games. 

They also almost bowled 

identical scores. In the end, it 

was the junior duo of Jessica 

Ramirez (1,307, 2nd overall, 

high of 256 in Game 3) and 

Samantha Traina (1,304, 3rd 

overall, high of 265 in Game 

1) leading Lockport. 

“We all have high potential, 

and we all help pick 

each other up,” Ramirez said 

of the Porters. “That shows 

in the fact that we’re a team. 

Anyone can be the top dog, 

we all have the potential to 

do that. 

“We had a slow start at the 

beginning of the season, but 

ever since the [SouthWest 

Suburban] conference meet, 

something started clicking 

for the better, and here we 

are.” 

Traina agreed with 

Ramirez. 

“I thought we all had a 

positive attitude and worked 

really well as a team,” she 

said. “I thought our spares 

were really big. If we all stay 

positive [at state], and if one 

person gets down, we all pick 

each other up, that will be 

great. If we all do that, I think 

we will have a good chance.” 

All five of the Lockport 

starters averaged over 200. 

Junior Emilie Pleshar (849, 

high of 257 in Game 2), 

senior Erin Kleffman (833, 

high of 237 in Game 1) and 

sophomore Chloe Siezega 

(803, high of 211 in Game 

1) all bowled the first four 

games for the Porters. 

Freshman Isabella Colon 

(450, high of 236 in Game 

6), sophomore Payton Vandenburg 

(368, high of 199 

in Game 6) and freshman 

Emma Punter (355, high of 

185 in Game 5) bowled the 

final two games for Lockport. 

“I know some of the starters 

had a chance to medal, 

but it’s all about the team 

now,” Cwudzinski said of 

putting his trio of postseason 

subs in at the end. “I wanted 

to get them some experience 

for next week [at state]. 

“The amazing thing is 

that we’re still young. I only 

have one senior [on the postseason 

roster]. That’s a testament 

to our feeder programs 

and the kids working hard 

with their private coaches. 

I often say it’s not the 14 

weeks that they’re with us 

that make the difference, it’s 

the 38 weeks that they’re not 

with us.” 

Porters 

From Page 30 

At 106, Lockport junior 

Kaleb Thompson lost 4-1 

to Moline’s Charlie Farmer 

(43-1) in the title match. 

Thompson is now 18-4 on 

the season and advances to 

state this weekend. 

Also wrestling for Lockport 

at the sectional was 

Keegan Roberson (32-13) at 

113, Mikey Kaminski (27- 

15) at 132, Malik Daghash 

(23-15) at 170, Kyle Boone 

(22-17) at 182, Andrew 

Blackburn-Forst (24-22) at 

195 and Brendon Shin (14- 

12) at heavyweight. 

Freshman leads four Provi 

qualifiers 

For Providence, there are 

also four state qualifiers, led 

by freshman Ryan Boersma, 

who won the title at 220 

pounds by a 2-1 decision 

over Damaris Stanley (39-6) 

from Joliet Central. 

“I’m definitely happy with 

what I’ve done so far, but I’m 

100 percent hungry,” said 

Boersma, who improved to 

42-5 on the season. “Our 

tough schedule really helps a 

lot, since wrestling the best 

makes you so much better, 

and our workouts are awesome. 

“At the beginning of the 

year, it was a goal of mine to 

qualify for state. Now, I’m 

going there to win it.” 

In the 145-pound weight 

class, Providence’s Kevin 

Countryman lost 11-4 to 

fellow junior James Pierandozzi 

(29-4) from Plainfield 

South in the title match. 

“I just have to work harder 

[this] week,” said Countryman, 

who is now 37-9 

on the season. “I just want 

to wrestle through, come 

back and place. We did OK 

this season as a team. All 

our seniors graduated from 

last year, so that’s how it 

is.” 

Providence senior Jake 

Lindsey won the 2017 Class 

3A state title at 106 pounds 

as a sophomore. After not 

qualifying for state last season, 

he placed second at the 

sectional to advance to state 

again this season. That was 

the good news. He, however, 

had to injury default in the 

title match at 113 to Belleville 

West’s Josh Koderhandt 

(41-2). 

Lindsey (20-5), a twotime 

placer, hopes his injured 

shoulder is better for 

the State Finals this weekend. 

Also qualifying for state 

from the Celtics is Josh Ramos 

at 138. The senior improved 

to 39-7 with a pin in 

30 seconds over junior Garrett 

Geigner (27-15) from 

Lincoln-Way West. 

The three other Celtic 

wrestlers at the sectional 

were freshman Billy 

Meiszner (20-21) at 106, junior 

Nick Matthias (27-20) 

at 120 and freshman Aidan 

O’Connor (23-19) at 160 

pounds. 

college 

From Page 31 

boys side, Donovan Paske 

will continue at Saint Xavier 

University on the South Side 

of Chicago. 

“I thought it was a great 

program, an up-and-coming 

program,” Paske said. “Plus, 

their coach, Kyle Rago, is 

great. He went here to Lockport 

[Class of 2001], so he 

knows how things are with 

us.” 

On the girls side, Kate 

Wojcikiewicz will continue 

to run at the University of Illinois 

at Chicago. 

“I really liked the coaches 

there,” Wojcikiewicz said of 

UIC. “Plus, one of my former 

teammates here at Lockport, 

Kayla Isom, goes there. 

I’m excited to have her as a 

teammate again.” 

Also attending Saint 

Xavier to play football is Jay 

Janeczko. Just as he did for 

the Porters, he will play defensive 

line and might even 

dabble a little bit at fullback. 

“I made the choice to be 

close to home and compete 

for a national championship,” 

Janeczko said. “I’ll 

be close to my parents, I will 

have a chance to play defensive 

line and win.” 

The Porter soccer teams 

have been successful, too. 

Last fall, the guys won the 

SouthWest Suburban Conference 

Blue Division title for 

the fourth time in six seasons. 

Jose Mendoza helped 

them get to that level. He’s 

now moving on to play right 

down the road at Lewis University. 

“I believe the environment 

was the best-fitted one for 

me,” Mendoza said of going 

to Lewis. “Being close 

to home was never the issue. 

I, however, through my 

years of playing soccer, I’ve 

familiarized myself with 

that school. So, that felt like 

home.” 

His teammate from last 

fall, Justin Biela, will be 

venturing away from home, 

however. He’s going to continue 

to play at Tiffin University 

in Tiffin, Ohio. 

“It had a great family 

feel when I went there, and 

the players made me feel at 

home,” Biela said. “I wanted 

to get away, but not too far. I 

wanted to get a true college 

experience.” 

Finley Travis is looking 

forward to her senior soccer 

season for the Porters 

this spring. She won’t have 

to worry about a college 

commitment, as she will 

continue to play soccer at 

Broward College. She also 

won’t have to worry about 

the Illinois winter weather, 

as the college is located in 

Fort Lauderdale, Florida. 

“I always wanted to go 

somewhere warm,” Travis 

said of her college decision. 

“The area is beautiful, and 

the coaches are great. Plus, 

it’s a great school for my 

major, as I want to be a firefighter/paramedic.”

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Porters qualify four wrestlers 

for state from Joliet Sectional 

Fernandes wins title 

at 160 pounds for 

Lockport, Boersma 

at 220 for Provi 

Randy Whalen 


Getting four individual 

wrestlers through to the 

State Finals is usually a very 

good thing. 

For the Lockport Township 

wrestling team, however, 

it was a disappointment. 

The Porters had a couple 

of close calls not go their 

way as some potential state 

qualifiers fell just short. 

But they still ended up 

sending four people out of 

the Class 3A Joliet Central 

Sectional, which was held 

on Friday, Feb. 8, and Saturday, 

Feb. 9, in the historic 

Steel Gym. 

The State Finals will be 

held between Thursday, Feb. 

14, and Saturday, Feb. 16, 

at the University of Illinois’ 

State Farm Center in Champaign. 

“We got four qualifiers, 

but we were expecting at 

least one more and hoping 

for a few more,” Lockport 

coach Josh Oster said. “Not 

everything went our way in 

more ways than one. But 

at the end of the day, we 

didn’t win enough wrestling 

matches.” 

Someone who did win 

enough matches was senior 

Baylor Fernandes, who 

placed fourth in the state 

at 145 pounds as a sophomore. 

Now at 160 pounds 

and wrestling in the State 

Tournament for the first time 

since 2017, Fernandes (31- 

4) pinned Quincy’s Hunter 

Yohn in 2:24 to win the title 

at 160 pounds. 

Malik Daghash wrestled at 170 pounds for Lockport in the 

sectional competition. 

All three of his sectional 

matches were decided by 

pin, with his total mat time 

clocking in at just over four 

minutes. 

“I was seeing where I 

wrestled better and felt better, 

and it was 160, so that’s 

why I made that decision,” 

said Fernandes, who was 

also at 152 earlier this season. 

“I tell myself that in order 

to be the best, you have 

to beat everybody who is 

better than you, and this is 

definitely one of the toughest 

sectionals around. 

“Now, I just have to keep 

my mind focused for [this] 

weekend. It’s good to be 

back.” 

Lockport had a trio of second-place 

finishers who advance 

to state this weekend. 

In fact, two of those Porter 

losses were in state championship-caliber 

matches. 

The first was at 120 

pounds, where Edwardsville’s 

Noah Surtin, who is 

the defending Class 3A state 

champion at 113 pounds, 

hung on to defeat Lockport 

senior Matt Ramos 11-10 in 

a battle between two twotime 

placers. Ramos fell to 

30-4, while Surtin improved 

to 47-1. 

“Right now, win or lose, 

it was a learning experience 

on what I have to work on 

for next time,” said Ramos, 

who nearly rallied at the 

end. “I know what I have to 

work on, and I just have to 

get back to the room [this] 

week.” 

Anthony Molton (41-4) 

knows fellow senior Travis 

Ford-Melton, from Marian 

Catholic, quite well. Last 

year, Molton defeated him to 

win the Class 3A state title 

at 120 pounds. The previous 

week, Molton also defeated 

Ford-Melton to win the title 

at 126 at the Andrew Regional. 

But at the sectional, 

Ford-Melton (27-5) won 5-2 

on a tiebreaker in the 126 finals. 

“There was probably a 

few previews of the state finals 

at our sectional,” Oster 

said. “We knew this was a 

deep one, and there’s going 

to be a lot of placers out of 

our sectional.” 

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Lockport’s Anthony Molton, who won a state title last season, was one of four Porters to 

advance Saturday, Feb. 9, out of the Class 3A Joliet Sectional. Photos by Adam Jomant/22nd 

Century Media 

Going purple 

LTHS swim team colors hair before postseason meets 

The Porters swim team got its hair dyed purple Jan. 30 at Corner Salon in Lockport as a 

bonding event that has been a tradition for the past 13 years. Many of the athletes shaved 

off their hair before conference on Feb. 2 or prior to the swimming sectional, which will 

take place on Saturday, Feb. 16. The nine seniors on the team chose the new hair color. 

Photo submitted



fastbreak 

Lockport athletes put college commitments in ink 

Ten athletes make 

college choices 

official at signing day 

ceremony 

22nd Century Media File 

Photo 

1st and 3 

LTHS studentathletes 

make college 

commitments on 

signing day 

1. Signing ceremony 

Ten Porters studentathletes 

made their 

college commitments 

official Feb. 

6 at LTHS’s East 

Campus. 

2. Staying nearby 

Eight of the ten announced 

athletes, 

spanning from 

football to baseball 

to boys and girls 

cross country and 

boys and girls soccer, 

picked colleges 

around the Chicago 

area to attend. 

3. Proud participants 

Those Porters taking 

part in the signing 

day were Josh 

and Luke Bentley, 

Joe Tor, Alex Martinez, 

Donovan Paske, 

Kate Wojcikiewicz, 

Jay Janeczko, Jose 

Mendoza, Justin 

Biela and Finley 

Travis. 

Randy Whalen 


Lockport Township feels 

like home to many students. 

So when the high school 

held a collegiate signing ceremony 

in conjunction with 

National Signing Day on 

Feb. 6 in the Porter Room 

at LTHS East Campus, that 

feeling of home continued. 

That’s because eight of 

the 10 announced athletes 

who are moving on to continue 

their careers in college 

are staying close to home. 

But no matter where they are 

going, Lockport is certainly 

proud of the fact they are 

moving on to the next level. 

“This is a great day for 

Lockport Township High 

School and your sons and 

daughters,” Lockport Athletic 

Director Mike Dwyer 

said during the ceremony. 

“This is very exciting for us, 

and we are very happy that 

everyone can be a part of it.” 

The Porter baseball team 

is expecting great things this 

spring. They now have 10 

players who have committed 

to continue on to play in college. 

Of those, four signed 

on the dotted line at the signing 

day ceremony. 

Two of those were twin 

brothers Josh and Luke 

Bentley. They will attend 

different colleges, however. 

Josh Bentley will attend 

Ten LTHS athletes made their college choices official Feb. 6 at a signing day ceremony at LTHS’s East Campus. Photo 

submitted 

South Suburban College, 

while Luke Bentley will be 

at Moraine Valley Community 

College. 

“It’s a great program, an 

opportunity to improve,” 

Josh Bentley said of going 

to South Suburban. “Their 

coach [Steve Ruzich] has 

been doing it a long time [32 

years as head coach]. Plus, 

it’s a lot easier to find a fit 

near here.” 

His Porter teammate, Joe 

Tor, will also be a teammate 

at South Suburban College, a 

community college in South 

Holland. 

“It was a factor, for sure,” 

Tor said of staying close to 

home. “But I also didn’t 

want to sit for the first two 

years. I want to be able to 

play and then move on to 

bigger things.” 

Being close to home at 

Moraine Valley in Palos 

Hills was a factor for Luke 

Bentley, too. 

“It was just the home factor, 

and it fits perfect for 

me,” Luke Bentley said. 

“Plus, their [assistant] 

coach, General McArthur 

III, coaches me on the Rhino 

Summer League team. Alex 

[Martinez] and I played on 

the same summer team.” 

Martinez, another Porter 

baseball player, will also attend 

Moraine Valley. 

“I decided to go to Moraine 

because I love the 

sports programs,” Martinez 

said. “Baseball is great, and 

the other ones are, as well. 

They all have a great culture. 

And being close to home 

was a factor, because I do 

not think I could live on my 

own just yet.” 

The Lockport cross country 

teams had great success 

last fall. Both the boys and 

girls teams won regional 

titles and made it to state. 

So a pair of those athletes 

signed to continue on in college 

at the signing. On the 

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“This is a great day for Lockport Township High School 

and your sons and daughters. This is very exciting for 

us, and we are very happy that everyone can be a 

part of it.” 

Mike Dwyer — LTHS athletic director, addressing parents 

and student-athletes gathered at signing day 

Tune In 

Girls Bowling 

Bound for state — Friday, Feb. 15, and Saturday, Feb. 16, at Cherry 

Bowl 

• The Porters girls bowling team heads to Rockford for state 

looking to bring back a trophy. 

Index 

28 - This Week In 

27 - Athlete of the Week 

FASTBREAK is compiled by Editor Thomas Czaja, 

tom@homerhorizon.com.

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Making it 

official 

Porters student-athletes 

take part in formal signing 

day, Page 31 

Another crown 

Lockport girls bowling 

captures sectional title 

with latest dominant 

performance, Page 29 

Lockport’s Matt Ramos 

(right) was one of four state 

qualifiers from his team 

Saturday, Feb. 9, at the Class 

3A Joliet Sectional. Adam 

Jomant/22nd Century Media 

Porters, Celtics each to send four wrestlers to state finals in Champaign this weekend, Page 30

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