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Local woman with Sarcastic
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Homer Glen resident Stefanie Bundalo is to release her first
cookbook, “Quick Prep Cooking with Your Instant Pot,” in
April. The cookbook will include meals that take 15 minutes
or less to prepare. Stefanie Bundalo
Considering
changes
New definitions for
vape shops and lounges,
classifications for liquor
license highlighted at Village
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Glen Bell Plaza celebrates
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THURSDAY
Used Book Sale — Early
Entry on Fundraiser Night
5-8 p.m. Feb. 21, Homer
Township Public Library
Study Room, 14320 W.
151st St. For a $5 donation,
attendees can be one of the
first to browse and buy at the
2019 Used Book Sale.
Band Lockport Area Concert
Festival
7 p.m. Feb. 21, Lockport
Township High School East
Campus, 1333 E. 7th St.,
Lockport. For more information,
call Brian Covey at
(815) 588-8494.
FRIDAY
Used Book Sale
8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Feb. 22,
Homer Township Public Library
Study Room, 14320
W. 151st St. Browse and
buy some used books. There
will be non-fiction, fiction,
paperback, hardcover, CDs,
DVDs, audiobooks, children’s
books and books for
teens and tweens available.
SATURDAY
Used Book Sale
8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Feb. 23,
Homer Township Public Library
Study Room, 14320
W. 151st St. Browse and
buy some used books. There
will be non-fiction, fiction,
paperback, hardcover, CDs,
DVDs, audiobooks, children’s
books and books for
teens and tweens available.
Sunday
LTHS Foundation: ‘Seventh
Annual Wild Fest’
10 a.m.-4 p.m. Feb. 24,
Lockport Township High
School East Campus, 1333
E. 7th St., Lockport. There
will be educational presentations,
concessions, vendors,
photo and petting opportunities
during the fest for experiencing
wildlife. Admission
is $8 for adults, $5 for children,
free ages 0-3 and $5
high school/college students
with a school ID. Proceeds
go to student scholarships
and animal rescue programs.
Used Book Sale
4 p.m.-8 p.m. Feb. 24,
Homer Township Public Library
Study Room, 14320
W. 151st St. Browse and
buy some used books. There
will be non-fiction, fiction,
paperback, hardcover, CDs,
DVDs, audiobooks, children’s
books and books for
teens and tweens available.
Monday
District 205 School Board
Meeting
7p.m. Feb. 25, Lockport
Township High School East
Maroon Room 1333 E. 7th
St., Lockport.
Fundraiser for Steve Balich,
Will County Board District 7
6-8 p.m. 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.
UPCOMING
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.
LTHS Foundation: Galactic
Glow Bingo
Doors open at 5 p.m. Friday,
March 8, The Lockport
Moose, at 118th E. 10th St.
Tickets are $30 per person
for 10 games, games begin
at 6:30 p.m. Must be over
21. For tickets, email dgregorich@lths.org.
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 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.
Cards for Children and
Seniors
6-8 p.m. second Thursday
of every month, Homer
Township Public Library,
Teen Room, 14320 W. 151st
St., Homer Glen. This event
is for students in sixth to 12th
grade. Create handmade
cards or letters that will be
sent to Cards for Hospitalized
Kids and Love for the
Elderly charities. For more
information on the cards for
children and seniors, call
(708) 301-7908.
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Heritage Village
Noon-4 p.m. Heritage
Village, 249 W. 2nd St.,
Lockport. Costumed interpreters
on Saturdays; open
to the public daily. Heritage
Village includes historical
buildings: Wells Corner
Schoolhouse, the Symerton
Depot, the Greenho Farmhouse,
the Mokena Jail and
other small buildings. For
more information or tours,
call (815) 838-5080 or visit
www.willhistory.org.
Citizens Against Ruining the
Environment
6-7:30 p.m. every third
Monday of the month,
White Oak Library, 121 E.
8th St., Lockport. CARE, a
nonprofit and all-volunteer
organization, will discuss
environmental and healthrelated
issues in Will County
and the surrounding areas.
Community service hours
also available.
Vintage Hats, Will County in
War Exhibits
Noon-4 p.m. Wednesdays
through Sundays, Will
County Historical Museum
and Research Center, 803
S. State St., Lockport. A
new exhibit “Vintage Hats”
is on display, as well as a
19th century doctor’s office,
“Will County in War” and
early textiles. Open to the
public; group tours available
by reservation. For more information
or tours, call (815)
838-5080 or visit www.will
history.org.

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the Homer Horizon | February 21, 2019 | 3
Local woman takes home cooking to next level
Bundalo began food
blogging, developing
recipes full-time in
2013 in Homer Glen
Alex Ivanisevic
Assistant Editor
When Stefanie Bundalo
was working as a health
inspector for restaurants after
studying environmental
health, she did not expect
for her perspective of the
food industry to change in
the way it did.
“I thought, ‘Oh, I really
like being in restaurants and
with food but not really being
the person telling others
what they’re doing wrong,”
the creator of the Sarcastic
Cooking blog, Homer Glen
resident and mother of two
said. “I wanted to cook.”
Today, Bundalo is excitedly
awaiting the release of
her first cookbook on April
2. The cookbook is called
“Quick Prep Cooking with
Your Instant Pot” and will
include 75 meals the book
says will take 15 minutes or
less to prepare.
About eight years ago,
Bundalo, who has enjoyed
cooking ever since she was
little, realized she had a
growing passion and interest
in incorporating it into
her everyday life. She decided
to start a food blog
after being motivated by a
friend.
“I kind of just started it on
a whim and developed recipes
when I could while I was
working full-time, and it just
kind of took off from there,”
she said.
In 2013, Bundalo took on
food blogging and developing
recipes full-time.
“I know I really didn’t
know anything about managing
a website when I first
started, so I had to learn the
Turkey burger helper with peas is one of the recipes
created by Stefanie Bundalo, a local woman who has her
own cooking blog.
language of websites by myself,”
she said.
She knew she was heading
down the right path but knew
some challenges would
be presented by working
at home. Bundalo and her
husband, Michael, worked
through how it would work
out financially, and how taking
care of their son while
working at home would become
part of her day.
“When Stefanie first told
me about starting her blog
full-time, I believe I underreacted,
because she had
such clarity as to what she
wanted to do,” Michael
said, adding that he admires
her confidence and
passion.
Bundalo said that if you
are not good at time management
or on top of yourself,
then things can slip quickly
because “you are your own
boss, and you are your own
co-worker.”
On top of teaching herself
how to manage a blog,
Bundalo also taught herself
skills with photography, as
she takes the pictures of her
recipes and creations for her
blog, Instagram and Pinterest.
“It was another thing to
learn as you go along. Now,
seven years later, I feel
comfortable enough to do
it, when I was approached
for the cookbook,” Bundalo
said.
In December 2017, she
received an email from a
publisher that said she really
liked her writing voice and
was interested in pursuing a
possible cookbook.
“At first, I’m not even kidding,
I thought it was spam
email and almost didn’t reply,”
Bundalo said, but she
responded anyway, and they
went back and forth for a
few weeks about concepts.
Eventually, they came up
with Instant Pot and 15-minute
prep and went from
there. As Bundalo put it, if
you can spend 15 minutes on
your phone during the day,
why not be able to cook a
meal?
“I felt all of the excitement,
and she felt all of the
nerves, but it was not shocking
to see all of the work she
does be appreciated,” Michael
said about when she
was contacted about doing
the cookbook.
She began working on the
cookbook last summer, and,
along with doing the introductions
and the writing for
the cookbook, she also did
the photography.
“I’ve always loved the
creative aspect of cooking,”
Bundalo said. “I worked really
hard on [the cookbook]
and the writing, stories and
the funny little tidbits like
on the blog. It’s like my
book baby.”
Aside from her “book
baby,” the Bundalos have
two sons ages 3 and 5.
Working from home with
two children has been difficult
at times, but with one
of the boys at school in the
morning, and the other in
the afternoon, it makes it
easier to balance. Not to
mention, family has lent
a helping hand during the
summer, offering to help
watch the boys and be more
than willing taste testers for
whatever recipe Stefanie is
creating.
“Picking a favorite recipe
would be like picking
a favorite child,” she said.
Homer Glen resident Stefanie Bundalo began food
blogging and developing recipes full-time in 2013. She
was contacted in late 2017 about writing a cookbook by a
publisher, which is now slated to come out April 2. Photos
courtesy Stefanie Bundalo
“There are so many, but I
really love all the Mexicaninspired
recipes.”
This comes as no surprise,
as one of the featured
recipes on the Sarcastic
Cooking blog is homemade
Mexican pizzas, inspired by
Taco Bell.
“I’m really, really excited
for the release. I just keep
telling people that whether
you have an instant pot or
not, this is a great style of
cooking. I’ll make the recipes
and still can’t believe it
came from an instant pot,
because people don’t realize
how much you can get
out of there.”
It will be available on
Amazon, at Barnes and
Noble, IndieBound and
Books-A-Million. Bundalo
recently finished a second
Instant Pot cookbook along
with three other people, and
that will be released later
this year.
As for the future, she
hopes to keep growing her
blog and audience in the
future, continuing to make
recipes, and, eventually, she
would like to create a cookbook
full of meals moms
would enjoy.
To find out more about
Bundalo and her cooking
blog, visit www.
sarcasticcooking.com,
www.instagram.com/sar
casticcook or www.pinter
est.com/sarcasticcook.

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Tips given for Homer residents to help to
safeguard home plumbing in cold weather
Submitted by Illinois
American Water
Illinois American Water
recently released numerous
tips that Homer Glen
residents should take into
consideration to safeguard
home plumbing as subfreezing
temperatures continue.
“We want to remind customers
that sub-freezing
temperatures for an extended
period can cause pipes in
vulnerable areas to freeze
and burst, resulting in costly
damage,” said Mike Smyth,
vice president of operations
for IAW, in a release. “By
taking the proper preventive
steps now, customers
can avoid frozen pipes
and water meters and the
need to make expensive
repairs to damaged plumbing
inside and outside of
the home.”
In order to reduce the risk
of freezing and bursting
pipes, residents are encouraged
to first identify what
areas of the home are most
vulnerable to freezing.
After identifying those
particular areas, below are
some suggested next steps
to take:
• Eliminate sources of
cold air near water lines
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by repairing broken windows,
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closing off crawl spaces
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doors.
• Know the location of
the main water shut-off
valve; if a pipe freezes or
bursts, shut the water off
immediately.
• Wrap exposed pipes
with insulation or electrical
heat tracing wire; newspaper
or fabric might also
work.
When the weather has
reached a point of belowfreezing
temperatures:
• Run a small trickle of
water overnight to prevent
pipes from freezing.
• Open cabinet doors to
expose pipes to warmer
room temperatures to help
keep them from freezing.
• Eliminate sources of
cold air near water lines
by repairing broken windows,
insulating walls,
closing of crawl spaces
and eliminating drafts near
doors.
• Know location of water
main shut-off valve; if a
pipe freezes or bursts, shut
the water off immediately.
• Wrap exposed pipes
with insulation or electrical
heat tracing wire; newspaper
or fabric might also
work.
If a resident’s pipes
should freeze:
• Shut off the water right
away and don’t attempt to
thaw pipes unless water is
shut off. Freezing can often
cause unseen cracks in
pipes or joints.
• Apply heat to the frozen
pipe by warming the
air around it or by applying
heat directly to a pipe. For
this, one can use a hair dryer,
space heater or hot water.
Residents are advised not to
leave space heaters unat-
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Homer Township Board of Trustees
Alignment options for Caton Farm/
Bruce Road project have discussion
More special needs
opportunities, early
voting also main
points of meeting
Jessie Molloy
Freelance Reporter
During its monthly meeting
Feb. 11, the Homer
Township Board of Trustees
discussed a number of upcoming
events and projects.
Following the Jan. 24
meeting of the Will County
Transportation Corridor
Committee to review the
impact results of the first
phase re-evaluation of the
Caton Farm/Bruce Road alternative
alignment options,
the board announced that a
public impact meeting will
be scheduled for March.
Although an exact date
has not been set yet, the results
of the study showed
that the alternative alignments
would not have more
impact than the previously
proposed middle alignment,
so the Will County Department
of Transportation is
seeking public input on the
issue.
Following the public input
meeting, WCDOT will
move forward with recommending
an alignment, and
the City of Lockport will
proceed with conducting
further studies.
“There’s still many steps
to go forward before a final
decision is made,” Supervisor
Pam Meyers said.
Many residents of Homer
and Lockport Townships
oppose the middle alignment,
which creates a new
bridge starting in the Joliet-
Crest Hill area and connecting
in Homer Township
at 159th Street and Cedar
Road. While Meyers noted
most residents feel a new
bridge is necessary, the plan
was proposed before a number
of other roadways, including
Interstate 355, were
complete, and is still not officially
funded.
As a result Homer Township,
Lockport Township,
Homer Glen and Lockport
have contributed to investigating
three alternative
plans which would not require
as much new roadway
being built.
In addition to the Caton
Farm-Bruce Road meeting,
residents will have the opportunity
to offer input on
other Township issues at
the state-mandated Annual
Town Meeting scheduled to
be held on April 9.
Priorities for those with
special needs
The board also heard
discussion at its Feb. 11
meeting on priorities the
Township’s special needs
community would like to
see addressed.
During a Feb. 5 meeting
with Special Recreation Association
representatives,
special needs individuals
and their families, Trustee
George Offord compiled a
list of priorities the community
would like to see
addressed. These priorities
include providing additional
ADA-accessible public
transportation, more funding
for existing SRA programs
and more activities
and programs for special
needs adults over age 22.
Most school programs
will serve students through
the age of 22; however,
there are fewer opportunities
for older individuals
looking for activities.
Meyers and Offord believe
some of these items
could be addressed in conjunction
with similar requests
by senior citizens,
especially since both groups
tend to require similar ADA
accommodations. Meyers
said the board would
explore ways to address
these requests in the coming
months.
Early voting in Homer
Township
Early voting for the April
2 election will be held at the
Homer Township at 14350
W. 151st St. on weekdays
from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
from March 18 to March 29.
There are also longer hours
available at the Will County
Clerk’s Office, and an entire
list of other Will County voting
sites is available at www.
thewillcountyclerk.com.
Due to new electronic
voting systems, any County
resident can early vote at
any Will County early voting
place.
Highway Department has
sufficient salt
Despite rumors spreading
on social media, Highway
Commissioner Mike DeVivo
noted that the highway
department is not suffering
a shortage of salt. Salting in
recent ice storms was complicated
by the rain; however,
while local stores were
suffering shortages of ice
melt, the roads will continue
to be salted.
Ongoing projects
Previously approved
projects for fencing at the
Town Center Park baseball
fields and the Morris Park
shed have had funding earmarked,
but have not had
start dates set. Both projects
will commence when the
weather improves.

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the Homer Horizon | February 21, 2019 | 5
Homer Glen Village Board
Potential updates get reviewed for
zoning, liquor codes for community
Jessie Molloy
Freelance Reporter
The Homer Glen Village
Board spent the majority of
its Feb. 13 meeting holding
workshop discussions regarding
potential updates to
the Zoning Code Use Tables
and Liquor Code.
Although no action was
taken on these items, the
board gave significant feedback
to Village staff members
as they move forward
with crafting the proposed
amendments.
The first discussion regarded
the creation of new
definitions for vape shops and
vape lounges. Currently, vape
shops fall into the same general
category as tobacco shops,
and vape lounges were somewhat
ambiguous, as the Village
currently has one cigar
lounge but expressly prohibits
hookah bars and lounges.
Village Director of Planning
& Zoning Vijay Gadde
proposed two new definitions
be added to the Village code
for the purpose of designating
use zones. Following the
board’s deliberation, it was
determined that since vape
products are currently sold in
existing tobacco shops in the
C1 through C4 commercial
zoning areas, shops exclusively
selling vaping paraphernalia
should be granted
the same zoning. While the
Village will now be permitting
standalone vape shops, a
specific caveat is being added
to the definition which will
prohibit the consumption of
the vape products within
shop premises.
Vape lounges would be defined
similarly to cigar shops
as locations where vaping
products could be purchased
and consumed on premises.
However, at this time, the
board is prohibiting these
sorts of establishments in the
Village as they previously did
with hookah bars.
Liquor licenses
Village Economic Development
Director Janie Patch
led the second workshop discussion
regarding new classifications
for liquor licenses.
According to Patch, the
Village’s current code cannot
easily accommodate a number
of new business models,
which include alcohol in nontraditional
settings. She noted
that places like “paint and sip”
studios, salons and craft beer
boutiques have all become
popular destination businesses
in surrounding communities
and suggested the board
consider creating several new
liquor license designations
which could be applied to
these sorts of businesses.
Through the discussions,
the board expressed interest
in creating new designations
for several types of businesses,
included a limited
service hotel, high-end sip
and shop grocery stores, recreational
facilities (such as a
sports complex or a Dave &
Buster’s-style destination)
and a beer or wine boutique.
Said boutiques would be dedicated
to selling wine or craft
beer for packaged take-home
or on-premise consumption
and either standalone or be
attached to an existing restaurant.
The board also expressed
interest in creating a special
Bring Your Own liquor license
for businesses other
than restaurants; however, it
was determined that more research
would need to be done
on the subject to determine
liabilities and limitations before
any specific plans were
set. Officials are looking at
Bring Your Own liquor licenses
for non-restaurant
businesses, smoking lounges
and restaurants which don’t
sell their own alcohol. The
Village also opted not to allow
non-restaurant businesses
to sell alcohol at this time.
This license could theoretically
permit customers
of businesses which offer
craft classes or salon services
to bring their own wine or
beer for consumption on the
premises. This license would
not permit video gaming on
the premises or mandate the
business serve food.
For the time being, the Village
also opted to wait on
developing a liquor license
for packaged alcohol home
delivery until the State takes
action on the issue.
The board is also planning
on formalizing a liquor licenses
classification for gas stations
to sell packaged liquor,
and further exploring zoning
options for food trucks.
Patch said that significant
research has to go into some
of the items with the help of
the Village attorney and the
items likely will not come
up for a vote in front of the
board until the second meeting
in April.
“I think we’re moving in
a positive direction that the
board is open to, considering
how businesses have changed
to give customers a unique
experience,” Patch said.
Committee notes
The board voted unanimously
to approve Mayor
George Yukich’s appointment
of Tony Drabik to fill
the vacancy on the Homer
Community Festival Committee.
Meanwhile, the Public
Services & Safety Committee
is examining ways
to expand requirements for
AEDs in commercial buildings
within the village after
the success of the program in
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O’Reilly Auto Parts the second business to open its doors in new development
Taco Bell, Pizza Hut the
next two tenants to come
to Homer Glen Bell Plaza
Thomas Czaja, Editor
Customers can now shop for
auto parts — in addition to finding
dollar deals — in Homer Glen’s
newest plaza.
O’Reilly Auto Parts became the
second business to open in the
Homer Glen Bell Plaza development
on the southwest corner of
143rd Street and Bell Road. The
business opened its doors Feb. 2
and had a ribbon cutting with Village
of Homer Glen officials Feb.
13. Dollar Tree opened in the plaza
last month.
According to Amanda Cardoza,
O’Reilly store manager, business
has been steady especially over
weekends so far, as shoppers this
time of year pick up things like
salt, de-icer and other winter items
for their vehicles.
“We are looking to help out the
community, and we’re excited to
be here in Homer Glen,” Cardoza
said. “We have knowledgeable
staff who are confident and professional
and will help the customers
get what they need.”
Cardoza pointed to a rewards
program, as well as weekly and
monthly sales, as perks for customers.
O’Reilly Auto Parts also
plans on hosting a grand opening
sometime in April that will
likely include food, music and
other customer appreciation
initiatives.
“There is a lot of potential for
growth her in Homer Glen, and I
think [O’Reilly Auto Parts] knew
within a couple years, Homer
Glen would be a lot bigger than
it is now,” she said. “I think that’s
where they were looking at, the
big picture, so I think that’s what
they had in mind when putting up
a place here.”
The O’Reilly Auto Parts is
in a 7,210-square-foot building
fronting Bell Road. The business
was first announced for Homer
Glen Bell Plaza at the end of
last May. The plaza is a roughly
45,000-square-foot development
that is a three-phase project with
eight different buildings.
The next tenant to open its doors
in the Homer Glen Bell Plaza is
Taco Bell, and it was previously
announced that business will go in
the south end of the third building
fronting Bell Road. While it was
initially said Taco Bell was planning
a summer opening, Mayor
George Yukich, who was in attendance
for the O’Reilly Auto
Parts ribbon cutting, said the Village
thinks the restaurant could be
ready in time for a spring opening,
though a specific date is still not
set.
“Right now, the development
is going good,” Yukich said, of
Homer Glen Bell Plaza. “It is true,
controlled growth.”
The mayor added the development
should hopefully be filled
by the end of the year, and that a
Pizza Hut will also be coming to
the plaza. He likewise noted the
Village is still negotiating with
a few other potential businesses,
and that they were “close, but not
quite there yet” to becoming official.
“We need restaurants; we definitely
need restaurants,” Yukich
said of continuing to attract businesses
to town, noting people do
not want to travel elsewhere to
frequent dining spots or shops.
“We need a hotel, we need
some big things. The only way
to get that is to keep bringing
people in.
Village of Homer Glen officials stand with O’Reilly Auto Parts employees Feb. 13 for the ribbon cutting
outside the newest business in the community. Photos by Thomas Czaja/22nd Century Media
“[Homer Glen Bell Plaza] is
going pretty quick, and it looks
nice. They are getting [the units]
all ready right now so people can
come in do their build out and be
done.”
O’Reilly Auto Parts is
open from 7:30 a.m. until 10
p.m. Monday through Saturday
and 9 a.m. until 9 p.m.
Sunday.
For more information on the
new O’Reilly Auto Parts, call the
store at (708) 301-0765 or visit
www.oreillyauto.com.
RIGHT: O’Reilly Auto Parts opened
Feb. 2 in town and has a range of
items available for purchase for
vehicles.
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Schilling student who beat cancer receives ride to school on fire engine
Firefighters Local
4223 donates
$1,000 to Saengers
Alex Ivanisevic
Assistant Editor
It was barely 20 degrees
the morning of Friday, Feb.
15, but that did not stop firstgrader
Hailee Saenger from
standing outside eagerly
awaiting her ride to school,
bundled up with her rainbow
backpack.
The 7-year-old Homer
Glen resident was keeping
her eye out for a Homer
Township Fire Protection
District fire engine to pick up
she and her brother Logan, 9,
and go to Schilling School.
“Usually, a ride to school
happens with a contest or
raffle,” said HTFPD Division
Chief Dave Bricker of
them giving children rides
to school. “In this case, after
doing a fundraiser for Hailee,
who has fought cancer, we
thought it would be a nice
thing giving her a ride to
school.”
Bricker said her face lit up
when she was told about the
ride, and that it was “very
special” being able to give
her a ride to school.
Hailee recently completed
treatment for Stage 2 diffuse
large B-cell non-Hodgkin’s
lymphoma, a disease she was
diagnosed with in early September.
“With everything Hailee
has been through, this is
something exciting that she’s
been looking forward to,”
Cindee Saenger, Hailee’s
mom, said. “We are truly,
overwhelmingly grateful for
the crazy amazing support
from the community.”
The Saenger family’s
neighborhood trees and mailboxes
were adorned with
yellow ribbons for Hailee.
Cindee said that as soon as
Hailee found out about the
ride to school she would get
on a fire engine, she asked if
her brother could join, since
he goes to the same school as
her.
She said there was an overwhelming
amount of support
from members of the community
and from teachers
and students at school.
“Teachers sent Hailee baskets
of stuff and things to do
while she was at treatment,”
Cindee said. “They have
been great and work with us;
we also have a tutor who will
come and help her makeup
the school work she missed
while she was out of school.”
In December, the family
Homer Glen resident Hailee Saenger gets dropped off by a Homer Township Fire Protection District fire engine the
morning of Friday, Feb. 15, at Schilling School. Photos by Alex Ivanisevic/22nd Century Media
found out Make-A-Wish Illinois
was sending them on
a Disney Cruise during the
school’s spring break.
“We are on the edge of our
seats with excitement,” Cindee
said of the pending trip.
But the real moment of
happiness came when Hailee’s
scans came back clear,
and she is now in remission.
Homer Township Professional
Firefighters Local
4223 donated a check worth
$1,000 to the Saenger family
upon their arrival at the
family’s home last Friday
morning.
Firefighters Terry Brown,
Tom Sandrzyk and Mike
Slaviero each said it was an
awesome experience getting
to take Hailee and her brother
to school. The firefighters
added that they noticed Hailee,
who was greeted by her
first-grade class when she arrived
at school, always has a
smile on her face.
“Considering what the family
has been through, we just
do what we can,” Brown said.
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Homer Glen residents
Glory and Lee Romano
shared this photo
of a female pileated
woodpecker. Glory wrote
that they have been
identifying birds seen
on their property for the
past 16 years, and that
they had not seen any
new species for more
than two years until
this past December,
when their 100th bird,
the aforementioned
woodpecker, showed up.
Glory added the first time
they saw the woodpecker,
she was two far away
into the trees for a good picture. She came back two weeks later, when this photo was
taken. Glory wrote pileated woodpeckers have always been her favorite, and that she’s
only spotted them twice over the years at Starved Rock.
Glory and Lee shared the photo so area residents can also keep an eye out for her, too,
she said.
Have you captured something unique, interesting, beautiful or just plain fun on camera? Submit a
photo for “Photo Op” by emailing it to tom@homerhorizon.com, or mailing it to 11516 W. 183rd St.,
Office Condo 3 Unit SW, Orland Park, IL, 60467.
Puppy siblings
TLC Animal Shelter
13016 W. 151st St.
Homer Glen, IL 60491
These two little girls are a mix of shepherd
and lab. They are about 10 weeks old.
They are loving and playful. If one has
the time to put into training a puppy,
this might be the perfect addition to the
family. They will be about 45 to 50 pounds when full grown. To see more of them,
visit www.tlcanimalshelter.org or go to the Tender Loving Care Facebook page. You
can stop by the shelter to see them between 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through
Saturday. You may also call during those hours for more information at (708) 301-
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the Homer Horizon | February 21, 2019 | 9
the homer horizon’s
Standout Student
Sponsored by Marquette Bank
Olivia Miller, Butler
School third-grader
Olivia Miller was chosen as
Standout Student for her academic
excellence.
What is one essential you
must have when studying?
The light.
What do you like to do when
not in school or studying?
I like to play with friends
and play softball.
What is your dream job?
My dream job is to be a
math teacher.
What are some of your most
played songs on your iPod?
These are two of my favorites:
“Fight Song” and
“The Middle.”
What is one thing people
don’t know about you?
I don’t like pink.
Whom do you look up to and
why?
My father because he
taught me a lot of math.
What do you keep under
your bed?
All of the stuffed animals
I don’t want my mom to get
rid of because I want to keep
them.
Who is your favorite teacher
and why?
All my teachers because
they are fun and always help
me.
What’s your favorite class
and why?
Math because I like num-
Photo Submitted
bers and my grandma is a
math teacher.
What’s one thing that
stands out about your
school?
Everyone is nice and
friendly.
What extracurricular(s) do
you wish your school had?
A softball team.
What’s your morning
routine?
I don’t like to get out of
my bed. I brush my teeth,
listen to music and get
dressed. I eat breakfast and
go to Oasis.
If you could change one thing
about school what would it
be?
I’d like a longer lunch and
recess.
What’s your favorite thing
to eat in the cafeteria?
The chicken salad at lunch
or the cheese pizza.
What’s your best memory
from school?
The first day of first-grade
because it was the beginning
of Butler for me.
Standout Student is a feature
for The Homer Horizon. Nominations
come from Homer Glen
area schools.
Bobbie Noonan’s in Homer
Glen donates winter gloves
to Together We Cope
Submitted by Bobbie Noonan’s
Child Care Homer Glen
Oak Prairie has 11 students apply for IESA Scholar Attitude Award
Submitted by Will County
School District 92
The children and families
at Bobbie Noonan’s Child
Care in Homer Glen recently
donated winter glove to Together
We Cope, a homeless
prevention agency based in
Tinley Park that provides
Southland residents in temporary
crisis food, shelter,
clothing and referrals, according
to its website.
The gloves were used to
decorate a winter tree for
Bobbie Noonan’s annual
Facebook competition to
kick-off registration opening.
All Illinois and Florida
school snowmen can still be
viewed on the Bobbie Noonan’s
Facebook page.
Registration for summer
camp 2019 and fall 2019-
2020 is now open at www.
bobbienoonans.com.
Winter gloves were donated
recently from Bobbie
Noonan’s Child Care in
Homer Glen to Together
We Cope, a homeless
prevention agency based
in Tinley Park. The gloves
were also used to decorate
a winter tree at Bobbie
Noonan’s. Photo submitted
Illinois Elementary School Association Scholar Attitude
Award applicants from Oak Prairie Junior High include
(front left to right) Kaylie Teggelaar, Marissa Massaro,
Layla Sweis, Dylan Bozen and Ellet Pryor, as well as (back
left to right) Caroline Turner, Robert Baranowski, Rocco
Biamonte, Jaxson Gauthier, Aidan Mackto and Matthew
Nielsen. Photo submitted
Oak Prairie Junior High
recently had 11 students apply
for the Illinois Elementary
School Association
Scholar Attitude Award.
Those students — Robert
Baranowski, Rocco Biamonte,
Dylan Bozen, Jaxson
Gauthier, Aidan Mackto,
Marissa Massaro, Matthew
Nielsen, Ellet Pryor, Layla
Sweis, Kaylie Teggelaar and
Caroline Truner — had to
meet and exceed the following
requirements to apply: be
of eighth-grade status, have
a minimum 3.5 grade-point
average (on a 4.0 scale) and
have participation in at least
one IESA activity during
each of his or her junior high
years, in addition to demonstration
of outstanding citizenship
during their tenure.
In addition, each student
is required to submit a typed
essay title “The Value of
Sportsmanship.”
“The IESA Scholar Attitude
Award recognizes the
academic success, activity
participation and community
involvement of the students
in our member schools,”
IESA Executive Director
Steve Endsley said. “The
students who are honored as
the IESA Scholar Attitude
Award winners are among
the best and brightest in Illinois.
They are young leaders
in their school and community
who dream to do great
things as junior high school
students and become the
leaders in their high school
years and beyond.
“Truly, every student who
applies for the award is a
winner and is an outstanding
candidate. Unfortunately,
only one student from each
membership division will be
chosen and recognized. In
many cases, it is an honor to
be the school’s nominee.”
Begun in 1999, the IESA
Scholar Attitude Award currently
honors 15 outstanding
eighth-grade students, one
from each of the 15 IESA
geographic Board of Directors
divisions. The IESA
Scholar Attitude Award has
honored 379 students —
three of which have hailed
from Oak Prairie Junior High
— from 208 different schools
throughout Illinois since the
program was first started.
One student from each school
who is considered exemplary
is eligible to be chosen.
The 2019 Scholar Attitude
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scheduled for April 30 at the
DoubleTree hotel in Bloomington.

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FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER
Picture Perfect: Local photographer
raises money for schools
Mokena-based photographer
Jean Lachat is making a difference
in her community, one photo at a
time.
Her part-time photography
business, Jean Lachat Photography,
raised $1,300 though
special photo sessions and donated
the money entirely to the
Mokena Educational Foundation.
She held portrait sessions for 12
families over two days to raise
the funds.
“I feel like photography was the
thing I was meant to do and be in
my life,” Lachat said.
She began the annual donation
more than a decade ago because
her daughters attended Mokena
Elementary School and Mokena
Intermediate School.
“I knew that MEF did good
things for the teachers, and they
often buy equipment [that] teachers
need that they don’t necessarily
have the public funds
for,” Lachat said. “I thought
that was a good thing to help
out.”
As a Mokena resident for more
than 18 years, Lachat said that she
enjoys giving back to the community.
“I love this town, and I love the
people of this town,” she said.
“I’m always trying to look for
ways to donate time and money
to worthwhile organizations, because
there are so many people
doing good things around here.
It goes to the overall good of the
schools and our community.”
Reporting by Megan Schuller, Assistant
Editor. For more, visit Moke
naMessenger.com.
FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE
Beacon Hill Antique Shop to mark
end of an era on Feb. 27
After nearly four decades, Beacon
Hill Antique Shop is turning
off the lights.
Rising real estate taxes became
too much for owner Kay Shelander.
And after a tenant who rented
the space upstairs retired, Shelander
decided it was time to close
Beacon Hill’s doors at 14314 Beacon
Ave. The last day of business
is to be Wednesday, Feb. 27.
“Everybody hates to see it go —
and me, too, I hate to see it go,”
Shelander said. “It’s definitely an
institution around here,”
Shelander and her husband
bought and opened their first
antique shop at 14316 Beacon
Ave. in 1980 — and she still
owns it today and operates it as
a consignment shop, Kay’s Old
Orland Marketplace. They purchased
their second property —
14330 Beacon Ave. — later that
year and purchased Beacon Hill
in 1982.
“I used to own all the buildings
[on Beacon Avenue]; I owned every
single one of them,” she said.
“My late husband and I developed
the entire block.”
The antique shop has been home
to history in Orland Park for 37
years. And while Shelander will
continue operating the consignment
shop, she still feels a pang
in her heart knowing Beacon Hill
will soon be history.
“[I want to say a] profound
thank you for being loyal to us
all these years and for following
us all these years,” Shelander
said. “We appreciate it very much.
Good customers are a great value,
and it’s much easier to keep an old
customer than to develop a new
one.”
Reporting by Erin Redmond, Freelance
Reporter. For more, visit OP
Prairie.com.
FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND
Lockport resident starts nonprofit
to assist single parents
A Lockport resident inspired by
her decades of community service
in Chicago has made it her mission
to give a sense of community
to struggling individuals and
single-parent households in Will
County.
Director of the nonprofit organization
Ten Thousand Girlfriends
and the online magazine Rise,
Alexis Leslie has created a platform
that provides information for
single parents in hopes it will help
them move forward, gain stability
and make positive changes in their
lives.
The nonprofit, which Leslie refers
to as the “third act” of her life,
was inspired partly by a childhood
experience she had when her
mother became ill and was hospitalized.
Mothers who lived in the
neighborhood each took part in
helping to take care of Leslie and
her two younger sisters while their
father was at work.
A question that has come to
Leslie’s mind is, “How do you
help somebody who, when she
got married, she didn’t think she
was going to end up being the
sole supporter?” She would like
to do her part in guiding individuals
who might be struggling as a
single parent.
Through outreach and making
connections with shelters
and organizations, Leslie
hopes to broaden the resources
she has available on the magazine’s
website and to increase
funds donated to Ten Thousand
Girlfriends.
For more information about
Rise and Ten Thousand Girlfriends,
visit www.ttgrise.com.
Reporting by Alex Ivanisevic, Assistant
Editor. For more, visit Lock
portLegend.com.
FROM THE FRANKFORT STATION
Frankfort senior luncheon helps
residents celebrate love
Love was in the air at the Founders
Community Center.
As the snow fell outside the
building, musician Paul Strolia
kept the crowd at the Feb. 12 Senior
Valentine Luncheon entertained
by performing hit songs
from the Eagles, The Beatles and
Elvis Presley.
“Today, I’m here for the seniors,”
Strolia said. “It doesn’t
matter the occasion. I do this to
make people happy with my music.
Today is the Valentine’s show,
so I’m playing songs about love
— love that went bad, love that is
good, love that survived and love
that didn’t.”
Forty participants, dressed
mostly in red, came out to the
event to remember their love or
dance with their partners.
“We’ve had a rough winter
so far,” Strolia said. “Today,
it’s snowing. It’s nice to
entertain people on a day like
today.”
Many of the seniors brought
their friends. One attendee, Frankfort
resident Mary Beth Collias,
has been coming to the senior luncheons
for four years.
“I am with my friend Marge today,”
Collias said. “I like to get together
with my friends, and these
luncheons are a way to do that.
I love listening to the music, as
well. It’s something to break the
monotonous winter.”
Reporting by Mary Compton,
Freelance Reporter. For more, visit
FrankfortStation.com.
FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION
Tinley Park Historical Society
provides insight into tales of
Tinley
A lot has changed since the Tinley
Park Historical Society was
founded in 1974.
Brad Bettenhausen, the historian
president emeritus at the historical
society and treasurer for
the Village of Tinley Park, has
done his fair share of research to
learn more about the place he calls
home.
Over the years, he has discovered
quite a few interesting things
about Tinley Park he said no one
else knew.
After looking through articles
from The Tinley Park Times in
the 1940s, he learned that the
town celebrated its 100 year anniversary
in 1945 with a parade
and the creation of a temporary
museum. It was 1845 that became
the year known as the beginning
of Tinley’s local history. Through
Bettenhausen’s own research,
he later came to find that in fact,
1845 had no relevant significance,
and the town was actually started
in 1854
“A few other things happened
in 1854, and it suddenly occurs to
me that that 1845 date was a simple
transposition of numbers that
should have been 1854 not ’45,”
Bettenhausen said.
To this day, in the Village Hall
council chambers, the Village seal
behind the mayor’s chair reflects
the 1845 year that was believed to
be the time the Village was founded
but really has no significant
historical value.
“We’ve got various clippings
from those papers that help us
to fill in some of the blanks of
our local history, and I will say
there’s still lots of area that we
haven’t even begun to dig into of
our local history,” Bettenhausen
said.
Reporting by Jacquelyn Schlabach,
Editor. For more, visit TinleyJunc
tion.com.
FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
musicians, Grammy winner to
perform at Triple Play
Kenny Loggins is to return to
New Lenox for its annual Triple
Play concert series this summer,
after he could not perform for the
locals back in 2015 because of a
rainout.
Loggins is to cap off the Village’s
final concert of the summer
on Aug. 31. The two other headliners
announced by the Village
are Cheap Trick on June 8 and
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts on
July 20.
Tickets are to go on sale Saturday,
March 30, at Village Hall for
$75 per ticket.
“We’re very excited to be able
to offer this caliber of entertainment
for the residents,” Mayor
Tim Baldermann said. “These
are Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
and Grammy-Award winning
performers.”
Cheap Trick was first formed
out of Rockford in the 1970s.
Jett blossomed as a solo artist
with songs “Bad Reputation”
and “You Don’t Own Me,”
among others, and broke through
when she joined The Blackhearts,
with the hit “I Love Rock
’n’ Roll.”
Loggins’ music career spans
more than 50 years, with 21 of his
songs making the Billboard Top
100, including “Footloose” and
“Danger Zone.”
Reporting by James Sanchez, Editor.
For more, visit NewLenoxPatriot.
com.

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Social snapshot
Top stories
From HomerHorizon.com from Monday,
Feb. 18.
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after pipes burst because of cold in two
buildings
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in ink
3. Daddy Daughter Dance at Goodings
Grove inspired by a tale as old as time
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5. Going purple: LTHS boys swim team
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From the Editor
A cookbook, a pizza place and an updated bakery
Thomas Czaja
tom@homerhorizon.com
I
love food, and I have a
sweet tooth.
I am hardly the only
one to make those two statements,
and I know many
readers enjoy reading foodrelated
stories, especially
here, where they pertain
to local people or dining
places they can check out.
We, of course, have our
weekly The Dish feature
that highlights a restaurant
in our coverage area, which
is a staple of our paper.
This week’s issue may be
a foodie’s dream, because
in addition to The Dish, we
have a news cover story on
Page 3 about a local cook
getting ready to release a
cookbook, an announcement
on Page 6 for another eatery
coming to town, and a life
and arts cover story on Page
18 about a local bakery
under newer ownership.
In the first of those things,
Homer Glen resident Stefanie
Bundalo is featured
with her Sarcastic Cooking
food blog and speaks about
how she got started with
food blogging and developing
75 recipes for her
cookbook that is expected to
come out in early April.
Along the way, she taught
herself skills besides cooking,
like photography and
website design, to help grow
her brand. Her story is one
of a passion for a hobby
turned into something more.
Taking what foods she likes
and putting her spin on them
and sharing that with others
has led her to where she is
today, about to expand her
voice and offerings with a
cookbook.
In the story on Page 6,
you may not immediately
realize it since it focuses
on the ribbon cutting at
O’Reilly Auto Parts, but
Mayor George Yukich said
that a Pizza Hut will be
coming to Homer Glen Bell
Plaza. That news comes after
it was already announced
that Taco Bell will be the
next business to open in the
plaza after the auto store.
I know from past restaurant
announcements, people
get excited to have more
dining options, whether for
tacos, pizza or what have
you. Yukich is quoted in that
same story saying that he
believes new commercial
development, particularly
restaurants, remain a priority
for Homer Glen going
forward, which bodes well
for local foodies looking for
more choices.
Finally, the life and arts
cover story features Artesa
Bakery and has quotes from
one of its three new coowners,
Mikayla Machlet.
The piece also touches on
a wedding event the bakery
recently had. Further, the
business has a variety of
classes coming up, and it
wants to update its website
and start a newsletter.
For us sweet tooth people,
a bakery with a reinvigorated
energy and sense of
direction is welcome news
and just what the doctor ordered.
OK, maybe a doctor
wouldn’t recommend an excess
amount of baked goods
and that figure of speech
doesn’t work best here, but
you get the idea.
Whether featuring a
Homer Glen cook such
as Bundalo, speaking on
new restaurants entering
the community like Yukich
mentioned or highlighting
a new bakery in town, we
do our best to stay on top of
all things food locally for
fellow food lovers to learn
more about and enjoy.
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Helping together
Grandmother volunteers with Homer Glen grandson to help
give toys, gift cards to children fighting cancer, Page 19
Pouring pastries Arrowhead Ales
teams up with Fleckenstein’s Bakery for two
new stouts with sweet inspirations, Page 21
Trio of new co-owners at Artesa Bakery hope to reinvigorate business with fresh offerings,
upcoming classes, Page 18
Artesa Bakery co-owner, baker and cake decorator Mikayla Machlet perfects the treats display during a wedding event at the business Saturday, Feb. 16, in Homer Glen.
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16 | February 21, 2019 | The Homer Horizon faith
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Pastor Column
It takes a community effort
Rev. Joseph McCormick,
OSA
St. Bernard Catholic Church
Last fall, we discovered
a homeless
woman in her
mid-50s living in her car in
our church parking lot. She
would plan her arrival late
after all parish functions
were over and would leave
early in the morning before
the church opened. So, for
quite a while, we did not
know about her. It was only
after she developed some
car trouble and was staying
parked there longer that we
learned of her plight.
She had come to experience
the church lot as a safe
place to stay. It was also
rather close to nearby Mc-
Donald’s and Jewel-Osco,
where many of the staff and
customers showed her great
kindness. She would never
In Memoriam
Linda Viahovic
Linda M. Viahovic, 63, of
Homer Glen, died Feb. 10.
Viahovic was born in Chicago
and lived in Homer Glen
for the past 31 years. She retired
in 2009 after 35 years
of service for the United
States Post Office. Viahovic
is survived by her husband,
Joseph Viahovic; her three
children, Joseph Viahovic,
Michelle Viahovic and
beg from others, but when
offered aid, she accepted
with great thankfulness.
In time, church members
and neighbors who walked
the lot would leave gifts of
food or clothing for her at
her car.
In time, the parish staff
and I became aware of her
presence and situation and
tried to assist her. But, in
this process, several of
us learned firsthand the
challenges of working
through the bureaucracy
of available governmental
assistance and other social
services. I still remember
my personal frustration
when, advocating for her
at a shelter, the shelter rep
insisted she needed to offer
an address to determine her
eligibility. I’m not sure how
loud I asserted that she has
no address ... she’s HOME-
LESS!
In the meantime, she
required some medical
help and hospitalization.
The Silver Cross Hospital
staff were terrific both in
the medical care offered,
as well as in the sensitivity
shown for appropriate
follow-up rehab for someone
on public aid. A nurse
who attends daily Mass at
St. Bernard’s learned of her
Tony Viahovic; her parents,
Joseph and Emily Vanoskey;
her two grandchildren,
Alex Schulthies and Joey
Vlahovic; one brother, Joe
(Sheryl) Vanoskey, of Tinley
Park; one sister, Sandy
Vanoskey, of Orland Park;
her brothers-in-law, John
and Peter (Anica) Vlahovic,
and sisters-in-law, Antonia
Pettit and Mihela (Leon)
McIlvene; and her nieces
after-care needs and organized
a team of nurses to
check on her a few times a
week and offer her needed
assistance. A doctor in the
parish would also check
on her every Sunday after
attending Mass.
As church members
learned of her situation,
several hundred dollars
was given to me to help
provide for her. But as we
moved through the fall
season, I was very aware
that she could not sleep in
her car much longer (as
she had been insisting on
doing). I researched and
discovered the “Beds Plus”
program just northwest of
Homer Glen. “Beds Plus”
arranges for a different
church each night of the
week to open its doors
to allow the homeless to
sleep there on floor pads.
Both dinner and breakfast,
along with a bag lunch, are
offered to each guest. But
these churches were in the
Palos-Oak Lawn area, and
our friend’s car no longer
ran.
So, we invited church
members to serve as
“chauffeur.” And, since
November, a schedule of
drivers has chauffeured our
friend from the church to
and nephews, Dan (Katie)
Vanoskey, Isaac, Gabriel
and Isabella McIlvene and
Maja and Jana Vlahovic.
Per Linda’s wishes, cremation
rites have been respectfully
addressed. A memorial
service was held at O’Neil
Funeral Home Chapel in
Lockport. In lieu of flowers,
memorials to the American
Association for Cancer Research
615 Chestnut Street,
the pertinent shelter every
night and returned her to
the church every morning.
Her days then are spent
either at a local library,
McDonald’s or with any of
the drivers who befriended
her.
During the holidays,
she was treated to several
parties at church and in
the community thanks to
the drivers, the nurses and
other new friends. I teased
her saying, though she
was homeless, she had a
better social life than I did!
Of course, our goal is to
get our friend permanent
housing and perhaps even
some work to help her support
herself. But, for now,
she is in a safe place and
surrounded by people who
truly care.
It DOES take a community
... to help a homeless
person regain the dignity
she deserves. And that
comes not so much by giving
her shelter as much as
by giving her friends who
truly care and share so she
can feel part of the network
of humanity.
The opinions of this column
are that of the writer. They do
not necessarily reflect those of
The Homer Horizon.
Philadelphia, PA, 19106 or
a cancer charity near and
dear to one’s heart in Linda’s
name would be greatly appreciated.
Have someone’s life you’d
like to honor? Email
a.ivanisevic@22ndcentury
media.com with information
about a loved one who was a
part of the Homer Glen community.
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)
The Liturgical Year
2-3:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb.
9. 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) 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
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 are 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.
First United Methodist Church of Lockport
(1000 S. Washington St., Lockport)
Sunday Worship
9 a.m. Sunday School
10:25 a.m. Worship
Please see FAITH, 17

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the Homer Horizon | February 21, 2019 | 17
Author gives
her positive
message to
Reed students
Submitted by Reed School
Local author Amy Logan
visited Reed School
on Feb. 7 with a message
for the students: Choose
kindness every time, every
day.
Upon the author’s arrival,
two student ambassadors
greeted her at the
door with a Reed School
welcome. For the next 45
minutes, Logan read her
children’s book and shared
how every act of kindness,
no matter how big or
small, has a ripple effect on
others.
To prepare for the author’s
visit, students took
part in a Snow Day Kindness
Challenge. Additional
kindness activities are to
be taking place during the
month of April as part of the
school’s focus on character
education and social-emotional
learning.
Jeyda Gungor (left) and Bogdan Novakovic (right) pose for
a photo with author Amy Logan.
ABOVE: Reed School
students (left to right)
Charlotte Chancey, Avery
Hines, Dominic Frieri
and Marco Superczynski
show off their copies of
“A Girl with a Cape” Feb.
7 during a visit from Amy
Logan, the book’s author.
Photos submitted
LEFT: Reed students (left
to right) Gavin Sheehan,
Isabella Wynsma, Tommy
Larrison and Melody
Vissman take part in an
activity with author Amy
Logan (far right).
FAITH
From Page 16
Circle of Love
9 a.m. Wednesdays. Circle
of Love provides diapers,
feminine and incontinence
products to clients who are
qualified to use the local
FISH Food Pantry. For more
information, call (815) 838-
1017.
Communion
First Sunday of the month.
Annunciation Byzantine Catholic Church
(14610 S. Will Cook Road, Homer Glen)
Knowledge & Prayer Series
2019: Humanae Vitae —
Sound Teaching or Missed
Opportunity?
7 p.m. Thursday, Feb.
28, Our Lady of the Woods
10731 W. 131st St., Orland
Park. The Rev. Andrew
Wawrzyn will answer questions
about the encyclical
Humanae Vitae, issued 50
years ago by Pope Paul VI.
Wawrzyn, who was a member
of the Jesuit Order before
becoming a priest of the
Chicago Archdiocese, will
talk about what the encyclical
proclaimed, its relevance
to today and about whether
its publication and position
were the right move to make
at this point in history.
Sunday Services
8:15 a.m. Orthros; 9:30
a.m. Divine Liturgy; 10 a.m.
Sunday School. For more
information, call (708) 645-
0652.
Adult Bible Study
9-9:45 a.m., first and third
Sundays of the month
Assumption Greek Orthodox Church
(15625 S. Bell Road, Homer Glen)
Sunday Services
8:15 a.m. Orthros; 9:30
a.m. Divine Liturgy; 10 a.m.
Sunday School. For more
information, call (708) 645-
0652.
New Life Community Church - Homer Glen
(14832 W. 163rd St., Homer Glen)
Weekly Worship Services
10 a.m. Sundays; for more
information, call (815) 838-
1416.
Kids Zone Ministry
10 a.m. Sundays.
Children up to fifth grade
can participate in games,
singing, take part in interactive
Bible teaching and participate
in hands-on crafts.
Participants should arrive
5-10 minutes prior to the service
to sign children up for
the group. For more information,
call (815) 838-1416.
Women’s Ministry
9:30 a.m. Fridays. Bible
study for women of all ages.
Prayer Meeting
10 a.m. Tuesdays.
Parkview Christian Church - Homer Glen
(14367 W. 159th St., Homer Glen)
Senior Connections
10:45 a.m.-1 p.m.. Orland
Park Campus, 11110 Orland
Parkway, Orland Park. Second
Friday of the month,
chili lunch and program. The
cost is $10, and Pastor Chaz
will speak. To RSVP, call
(708) 478-7477 ext. 272 or
email merry-o@att.net.
Sunday Services
8:30 a.m., 10 a.m. and
11:30 a.m.
Lemont United Methodist Church
(25 W. Custer St., Lemont)
Sunday Services
8:30 a.m. Communion
Worship Service
9:30 a.m. Sunday School
10:45 a.m. Contemporary
Worship Service (nursery
available)
Christ Community Church
(13400 Bell Road, Lemont)
Sunday Worship
9:30 a.m. Sundays. Worship
is casual.
Have something for Faith
Briefs? Contact Assistant
Editor Alex Ivanisevic at
a.ivanisevic@22ndcentury
media.com or call (708) 326-
9170 ext. 15. Information is
due by noon Thursday one
week prior to publication.

18 | February 21, 2019 | The Homer Horizon life & arts
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Artesa Bakery event has samples of 17 different flavors of wedding cakes
Business, under new
ownership, offers
variety of baked
goods, looks to grow
Laurie Fanelli
Freelance Reporter
Weddings are full of unforgettable
moments, from
the first kiss to that special
dance. The literal sweetest
memory of all comes in the
form of the perfect cake.
On Saturday, Feb. 16,
Artesa Bakery in Homer
Glen invited the soon-to-be
wed and those looking to
satisfy their sweet tooth to
its shop at 14045 W. Bell
Road to sample 17 different
flavors of cake from 9 a.m.
to 3 p.m. during its wedding
event. Co-owner, baker
and cake decorator Mikayla
Machlet — who took over
the bakery last summer
with her partners, Marco
Navarrete and Elena Martinez
— was in attendance to
answer any questions while
helping couples design their
ideal cake.
“The most popular flavor
for wedding cakes is a vanilla
cake with a strawberry
jam filling,” Machlet explained.
“Next is chocolate
raspberry, and the raspberry
can either be jam or buttercream.
A lot of people do
like the buttercream now,
but it’s your preference, really.”
Machlet can customize
everything from the layers to
the flavors to the decor of her
wedding cakes, and she said
that the “sky is the limit” in
terms of creativity. When
it comes to a unique flavor
combination, she recommends
pairing the simplicity
of fresh fruit with a best-of
-both-worlds cake blend.
“You can do a marble
cake, which is vanilla and
An example of a wedding cake design sits on display at
Artesa Bakery during its wedding event.
chocolate, with a whipped
cream and fresh pear,” she
said. “It’s really good.”
Creating delicious works
of art has been a lifelong
dream for Machlet, as she
first caught the cooking bug
after watching a commercial
for Le Cordon Bleu when
she was just 8 years old.
Now, she is a graduate of the
College of DuPage, which
she chose over Le Cordon
Bleu, in part because of its
location.
“The College of DuPage
has a pretty great baking
and pastry art program, so I
went there,” Machlet said.
“It turns out that half of my
professors were former Le
Cordon Bleu teachers, so it
was a win-win for me.”
Along with making custom
cakes for weddings or
any occasion, Machlet specializes
in a variety of baked
goods, which can be picked
up in small numbers at the
or ordered in large quantities
for special occasions.
“We have cookies, all
different flavors,” she said.
“Usually, the most popular
ones are the chocolate chip,
double chocolate and thumbprint
cookies. The meringue
cookies, which are just egg
Artesa Bakery co-owner, baker and cake decorator Mikayla Machlet (pictured) and her
partners, Marco Navarrete and Elena Martine, hosted a wedding event Saturday, Feb. 16,
at the Homer Glen business, which they took ownership of last year. Photos by Laurie
Fanelli/22nd Century Media
Bright and delicate macaroons are one of the offerings available at Artesa Bakery under its
new ownership.
whites and sugar, are also
becoming more popular.
“They’re a very light and
airy cookie,” she said, adding
that cupcakes, bars and small
gluten-free chocolate cakes
are among the items typically
available on a daily basis.
Artesa’s Apple Bar, which
was available for sampling
during the wedding event,
tasted like homemade apple
pie with the satisfying
crunch of a cookie.
“If you need anything,
just give me a heads up,”
Machlet said. “I don’t like
to say no, so I can do whatever.
Even if it’s something
I haven’t done before, I’m
willing to learn.”
When it comes to her favorite
flavor combination,
Machlet believes that you
can’t go wrong with chocolate,
chocolate and more
chocolate.
“I love chocolate,” she
said with a smile and a laugh.
“Chocolate and chocolate
mousse, as chocolatey as I
can get it is my favorite.”
In the coming months,
Machlet and her partners
have a lot in store, including
offering select savory
items, updating Artesa’s
website and starting a newsletter.
They also plan to offer
a variety of classes on everything
from decorating to
creating cupcakes to making
macaroons.
Artesa Bakery is open
Tuesday through Friday
from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and
typically from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. on Saturdays.
More information about
products and special orders
can be found at www.arte
sabakery.com or on the bakery’s
Facebook page.

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the Homer Horizon | February 21, 2019 | 19
Family pair do their part to lend helping hand
Grandmother, Homer
Glen grandson volunteer
regularly with nonprofit
Alex Ivanisevic, Assistant Editor
It is simultaneously a time for
bonding and to give back for a good
cause.
A Tinley Park woman and her
12-year-old grandson from Homer
Glen make sure to spend time volunteering
and lend a helping hand
to the Pediatric Oncology Treasure
Chest Foundation, a nonprofit organization
dedicated to providing
comfort and distraction from painful
procedures to children and teens
who have been diagnosed with cancer
by providing gifts from a treasure
chest, according to its website.
Longtime volunteer Diana Karasek
convinced her grandson Derek Murray
to volunteer with her at POTCF.
They have been helping by labeling
toys and gift cards to benefit the
foundation.
POTCF Founder and CEO Colleen
Kisel is grateful for the continued
support of Karasek and Murray.
“It takes hours to label toys and
gift cards,” Kisel said, noting she is
proud to host the two as volunteers
“who willingly made the decision to
work for children fighting cancer.”
The POTCF helps more than
13,300 young cancer patients enduring
20,000 clinic visits each
month in 19 states across the nation.
Kisel founded the organization in
1996 after her then 7-year-old son,
Martin, had been diagnosed with
leukemia in 1993. Kisel discovered
that giving her son a toy after each
procedure provided a calming distraction
from his pain.
“Diana has been volunteering
with us since 2014, and she is a
part of a group of retired women
we have come in every Friday who
choose to spend some of their time
volunteering,” Kisel said.
Karasek got her grandson to start
volunteering with her on Wednesdays
when they would spend time
together. Soon, Murray started joining
his grandmother at the Treasure
Chest, where he would prepare deliveries
and packages. Kisel said
Volunteer Diana Karasek, of Tinley Park, and her grandson Derek Murray, of Homer Glen, display toys they’ve prepared at the Pediatric Oncology
Treasure Chest Foundation’s Orland Park warehouse. Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation
last summer Murray helped by
painting collection containers for
the foundation.
“At first, I kind of just thought
I’d give it a try, then I though this
is fun, so I’ll do it,” Murray said. “I
like doing work for a good cause.
I like to volunteer because of the
teamwork, and we all do our part.”
Kisel said Karasek and Murray
“are very close, in my opinion.”
She said the foundation, which
serves cancer patients up to age 18,
has a difficult time bringing in gifts
for teenagers. To help with that,
Murray will share his opinion on
what he thinks teens might enjoy.
“Diana and Derek will go from
store to store picking out gifts he
thinks are good for teenagers, and if
we get gift cards for more than $5,
they will go around and purchase
gifts they find fitting,” Kisel said.
Murray said that volunteering is
his favorite way to bond with his
grandmother while giving back. He
said one of his favorite memories
from volunteering is going shopping
with his grandma for the gifts,
because it is easy to pick out anything,
whether that be toys or something
else they find.
Murray said he is also planning
on running a school project or fundraiser
to help the Treasure Chest.
“It is really nice to see their close
and loving relationship and the way
they give back to people with cancer,”
Kisel said.
Karasek said volunteering with
POTCF has been a positive experience,
and that it is amazing to stay
“At first, I kind of just thought I’d give it a
try, then I though this is fun, so I’ll do it.
I like doing work for a good cause. I like
to volunteer because of the teamwork,
and we all do our part.”
Derek Murray — Homer Glen resident, on volunteering with
his grandmother for the Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest
Foundation
involved with the “so many wonderful”
people who volunteer to “see
how giving and caring people are.”
“When I started volunteering,
it was so friendly and welcoming;
I loved it,” she said. “It felt like a
good thing to do, putting a smile
on the faces of children fighting
cancer.”

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The Dish
Arrowhead Ales to release two new pastry-based beers
Jacquelyn Schlabach
Contributing Editor
Something new is brewing
in New Lenox.
Arrowhead Ales Brewing
Company is set to release two
new dark stout beers that are
made with a sweet twist. The
New Lenox-based brew pub
has partnered with Fleckenstein’s
Bakery to create a
chocolate Bavarian cream
and a strawberry-glazed imperial
stout made using paczkis.
“It’s not like I make the
beer out of a whole bunch
of doughnuts; it’s more like
there are doughnuts incorporated
into the brewing
process,” owner and head
brewer Mike Bacon said.
“But to achieve the different
flavor profile of those different
paczkis, I’m mimicking
the flavors they use in those.
But it’s all natural, real fruit,
real chocolate products, real
solid ingredients that make it
pair well with those paczkis.”
Bacon said that he used
roughly 100 paczkis in each
beer to make them.
The brewpub always features
12 beers on tap that
are made by Bacon, including
IPAs, pale ales, stouts
and red ales. Last December,
the business partnered with
Home Cut Donuts in Joliet to
make an imperial stout out of
doughnuts, creating the beer
Home Cut Hero.
“It’s a newer development,
these pastries styles, for us,”
he said. “Just seems that
people are really taking a liking
to them, so we’ll give the
people what they want.”
The two new imperial
stouts are “packed full of flavor”
and have a little higher
alcohol content compared to
other beers on tap, according
to Bacon.
“It warms you up on the
inside and makes you feel
Arrowhead Ales Brewing Company
2101 Calistoga Drive in
New Lenox
Hours
• 11 a.m.-10 p.m.
Sunday-Thursday
• 11 a.m.-1 a.m. Friday-
warm and cozy,” Bacon said.
“And I think it just brings
back the nostalgia of a lot of
people who grew up on those
doughnuts and those paczkis
from those respective bakeries.
And I think it just makes
people feel like they’re kids
again, but they can wait in
line and get a beer instead.”
Bacon said he anticipates
the beers will be on tap for
roughly one week before
they are sold out. When they
are released March 2, he anticipates
all of the 22-ounce
bomber bottles ($15) of the
beers to be sold out that day.
There is to be a limit of two
bottles of each kind of beer
per person. On tap, the beers
will be sold in a 9.5-ounce
snifter glass for $6.
Arrowhead Ales also offers
a variety of food that
pairs well with a variety of
beers. Bacon said that Arrowhead
Ales is an American
restaurant that offers a lot of
Saturday (kitchen closes
at 10 p.m.)
For more information...
Phone: (815) 717-6068
Web: arrowheadales.com
“I think it just brings back the
nostalgia of a lot of people who grew
up on those doughnuts and those
paczkis from those respective bakeries.
And I think it just makes people feel
like they’re kids again, but they can
wait in line and get a beer instead.”
Mike Bacon — Arrowhead Ales owner and head
brewer, on creating pastry-inspired stouts at the
brewery
handhelds, burgers and sandwiches.
“Our chef does a lot of fun
weekend features,” Bacon
said. “So, every weekend we
have an appetizer or a couple
entrees that you wouldn’t find
on the menu that gives him a
chance to shine and show off
his skills. He does some fun
things on the weekends.”
One of the most popular
dishes is the fish and chips
($15), featuring beer battered
cod that comes with seasoned
fries, slaw and house tartar
sauce. The Early Riser ($13)
is one of the top-selling hamburgers.
That comes with a
half-pound Angus burger,
over-easy egg, bacon, sharp
cheddar cheese and remoulade
on a pretzel bun.
“We get a lot of positive
feedback that we’re accommodating
to a lot of families,”
Bacon said. “And we
have a wide selection of
things to offer, and we have
Mike Bacon, owner and head brewer at Arrowhead Ales Brewing Company in New Lenox,
brews new dark imperial paczki stout beers. Photos by Thomas Czaja/22nd Century Media
The Early Riser ($13) is one of Arrowhead Ales most popular hamburgers. It comes with a
half-pound Angus burger, over-easy egg, bacon, sharp cheddar cheese and remoulade on
a pretzel bun.
some of the freshest food you
can get. Everything is made
from scratch.”
While breweries seem to
be popping up on every corner,
Bacon said what sets his
apart from others is the fact
he offers a full restaurant.
And in addition to the beer,
he has a full-service bar.
“We don’t specialize in
certain styles; we pretty
much make a really wellrounded
selection,” Bacon
said. “So, you’ll always find
a sour beer, a red ale, a dark
beer, a hoppy beer, wheat
beers. We cover a lot of the
broad spectrum, and so do a
lot of other people, but we try
to do a lot of things with food
and beer combined.”
Having a smaller brew system
allows Bacon to create
“outside of the box things,”
such as the doughnut and
paczki beers.
“It just gives us a little
more freedom to express
ourselves, as opposed to a
very, very large brewery
that’s worried about production
and distribution,” Bacon
said. “We don’t have to worry
about that. We can have a
little more fun with that.”

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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. Prohibits
7. Second-century date
10. Cry out loud
14. Rink employees
15. ___ Arbor, MI
16. Author Wiesel
17. Pop singer Easton
18. Church spires
20. Lincoln-Way Central
boys basketball star
22. Best guess: Abbr.
23. “Oy ___!”
24. Beehive State player
25. Spanish city with Moorish
architecture
29. Insult, in slang
30. Ed. provider
33. “What ___!”
34. Mauna ___
35. Plain
36. Unite
37. Neither’s partner
38. Guiding principle
39. Foot pads
40. ___ Moines
41. Road twists
42. ___ general rule
43. Society gal
44. Flapjack type
46. Liberia’s cont.
47. Sample
48. Life summary
51. Meet as in expectations
57. Lincoln-Way West
standout senior student
59. Unskilled
60. Author, Gaiman
61. Bout stopper, for short
62. Show clearly
63. Urban health hazard
64. Blue, in a way
65. Alongside
Down
1. Compact ____
2. Audio effect
3. “___ here long?”
4. “So be it!”
5. Overhaul
6. Grabbed
7. ‘’Mi __ es su . . .’’
8. Unwelcome visitor
9. Resistance to change
10. OK at the OK Corral
11. George Sand’s “___
et lui”
12. Falsehoods
13. Perchance
19. Takes a gander at
21. Won __ __ nose
25. Ray type
26. Flightless birds of
South America
27. Heart link
28. X-mas punches
30. It’s hot stuff
31. Natural stream of
water
32. Steppenwolf’s
creator
34. Boxing blowa
35. Anjou alternative
37. Omaha locale
38. Major personal annoyance
40. Gets the better of
43. ___ the torpedoes!
44. Major U of M rival
45. Pilots perhaps
48. Uncle ___ Rice
49. Pair
50. Buckeye’s home
52. Furnished with
footwear
53. Multi-tasking computer
system
54. Pub serving
55. Good manners
56. Butter alternative
58. H.S. subject
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
MOKENA
The Alley Grill and Tap
House
(18700 S. Old LaGrange
Road, Mokena; (708)
478-3610)
■9 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Karaoke
Fox’s Restaurant and Pub
(11247 W. 187th St.,
Mokena; (708) 478-
8888)
■6 ■ p.m. Thursdays,
Fridays and Saturdays:
Performance by Jerry
Eadie
NEW LENOX
Little Joe’s Restaurant
(1300 N. Cedar Road,
New Lenox; (815) 463-
1099)
■5-8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays:
Piano Styles by Joe
Williamson’s Restaurant
and Pub
(1490 W. Maple St. New
Lenox; (815) 485-8585)
■Wednesdays: ■
$5 House
Wine Wednesdays
■Sundays: ■ Spicy Bloody
Marys $5
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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the Homer Horizon | February 21, 2019 | 23
Impressive Luxury Townhomes are Closing Fast at Brookside Meadows
This is it! One of the best values in a new home
will soon be gone forever. Brookside Meadows,
Crana Homes’ community of award-winning luxury
townhomes in Tinley Park, is nearly complete. These
attractive luxury townhomes range from the lower-
$300s – including site - so demand is high and buyers
are advised to act now while some choice sites are still
available.
Ideal location. Beautiful designs. Quality
construction. Great value. When shoppers review their
new home ‘wish list’ it’s clear that Brookside Meadows
is perfect for first time buyers, last time buyers or those
who want a great place to raise a family. These energyefficient
luxury townhomes are impressively designed
and set apart in a quiet section of Tinley Park. But
Brookside Meadows is over 75% sold out so now
is the time to select a site and create a home from
the award-winning floorplans of the Fahan II, the
Lennan II and the latest design, the Dunree II.
Need to stretch out? The Fahan II is a beautiful
3,303 total square foot luxury townhome (including
a 1,216 sq.’ basement) with an attached two-car,
dry-walled garage and cement driveway. The twostory
stately entrance foyer opens up to a split level
floor plan that has three bedrooms (fourth bedroom
optional) and two and a half baths. A large open
kitchen design with stunning granite countertops is
surrounded by generous custom maple cabinets and a
ceramic tile floor. The 1st floor master bedroom offers
an optional coffered ceiling and the optional master
bath plan includes a soothing soaker tub.
An elegant loft overlooks a great room adjacent to
the kitchen. Beautiful oak is selected for doors, railings
and trim. Ceramic tile covers the floors in the foyer
as well as the bathrooms - which also feature granite
vanity tops. A full lookout basement and a patio are
included in the Fahan II.
The Lennan II is a comfortable two/three bedroom
split level home with two and a half baths, and includes
most of the outstanding features and options of the
Fahan II with the spacious master suite relocated to
the upper level and the addition of an impressive
dining/family room. With 3,167 square feet of total
space (including a 1,049 sq.’ basement), there is plenty
of room to entertain family and friends in comfort and
style.
The Dunree II is a sharp three bedroom, two and a
half bath home with 3,194 total square feet (including
a large 1,226 sq.’ basement) with a master suite on the
first floor. The foyer, powder room, kitchen and living
room all have stunning hardwood oak floors. Attached
is a two-car, drywalled garage with a cement driveway.
The home also includes a 12’ x 12’ deck.
All homes have deluxe landscaping, underground
utilities and a first floor laundry room. Where available,
buyers can select options like an impressive fireplace,
walkout basement, coffered ceilings, skylights and a
soaker tub in the master bath.
Brookside Meadows includes sprinkler systems,
smoke detectors and Lake Michigan water in all
homes. Energy-saving features like a high-efficiency
furnace and Lo-E glass, Energy Miser hot water
heater, vented soffits, 1.75” insulated entrance doors,
energy efficient appliances and Tuff-R insulated wall
sheathing are all standard.
Brookside Meadows is close to everything: retail,
dining, transportation routes, Metra rail station and
airports. The school system is among the best in the
state and Tinley Park, named “The Best Place In
America to Raise a Family” by Bloomberg’s BusinessWeek
maintains 40 parks and the huge Bettenhausen indoor
recreational center.
It’s easy to see why this community is
nearly sold out. The sales center, with fully
furnished and beautifully decorated models, is open
Monday through Thursday 10:00am to 4:00pm;
Saturday and Sunday from noon to 4:00pm; and
open Friday by appointment. Options, dimensions
and specs can change so contact a Sales Associate
at 708-479-5111 for updates and go online at
www.cranahomes.com. To visit Brookside Meadows
take I-80, exit La Grange Road south for just under
two miles to La Porte Road and turn east for one-half
mile. If mapping by way of a GPS, enter the address:
19839 Mulroy Circle, Tinley Park, IL.
Tucked Away... Doesn’t Mean Far Away!
1 st Floor Master Suite with Walk-in Closet and Large Bathroom
3 Bedrooms, Plus Loft, 2 ½ Bath
Spacious Open Concept Floorplan | Chicago Water
Cost-Efficiant, Energy Saving Features
Full Walkout or Lookout Basement & Deck
School System is Among the Best in the State
Since 1970
Our Beautifully Decorated Models are Open
Mon-Thu 10am-4pm | Sat/Sun Noon-4pm |Fid Friday by Appt.
Exit I-80 at La Grange Road south for just under
two miles to La Porte Road and turn east for
one-half mile to Brookside Meadows.
Fahan II
Situated on Unique Home Sites that Back Up to a Natural Setting
Contactthe Sales Center for details at 708.479.5111
and visit online any time at www.cranahomes.com
OPPORTUNITY

24 | February 21, 2019 | The Homer Horizon local living
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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.
Distinctive Home Builders
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,
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.
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,
Distinctive Home Builders
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.
Distinctive Home Builders
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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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:
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interpersonal skills required.
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Aero Rubber Company, Inc. is expanding our current sales staff
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growing our custom rubber part business. The first position is for
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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
Part-time Telephone Work
calling from home for
AMVETS. Ideal for
homemakers and retirees.
Must be reliable and have
morning &evening hours
available for calling.
If interested,
Call 708 429 6477
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DRIVERS WANTED
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1010 Sitters
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Dog Sitting
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Large Fenced Yard
60 lbs or Less
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1021 Lost &
Found
LOST: Jordanian passport
for Laith Marwan Zuhair
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Polish caregiver will take care
of elderly people. 15 years
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available. Affordable prices
with no agency fees!
F/T, P/T & Weekends
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Medical & personal care for
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more! Patients treated like
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or Full-Time 708-403-7471
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visits. Licensed & bonded.
Try the best! 708.638.0641
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Margaret’s Agency Inc.
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since 1998. Providing quality
care for elderly.
Live-in/ Come & go.
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1023 Caregiver
1061 Autos Wanted
WANTED!
WE NEED CARS, TRUCKS & VANS
Running Or Not from Old to New!
Top Dollar Paid - Free Pick-Up
Locally Located
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Ford Pickup. F-150 46k Miles,
4x4. Driven by senior, garage
kept nightly. 2014 XLT Super
Cab. Ruby red color, grey interior.
Full ext. chrome inlc.
wheels. Over $2k add ons incl:
color matching fibreglass tunnel
over bed. Interior 3/4 inch
bed rug. Added chrome paint
sealer, located in SW suburbs.
$22,000 815-485-6956
Rental
1074 Auto for Sale
1224 Rooms for Rent
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2060 Drywall
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1.1 BID INVITATION
A. Sealed bids will be received by
the Board of Education, Homer
Community Consolidated School
District 33c, onMarch 12, 2019 at
3:00 p.m. prevailing time for the
2019 Renovations at: Hadley Middle
School and District Administration
Office. Bids will be
opened at the District
Administration Office, 15733 Bell
Road, Homer Glen, Illinois 60491.
B. AMandatory Pre-Bid Conference
will be held on February 26,
2019, at 1 PM at Hadley Middle
School, 15731 South Bell Road,
Homer Glen, Illinois 60491. All
Bidders are encouraged to
attend and sign in at the meeting
which will also be attended bythe
Owner, Architect and
Engineer.
C. Anticipated Award of Contract
date: March 26, 2019.
D. Anticipated Start of Construction:
June 12, 2019.
E. Anticipated delivery ofPre-Purchased
Mechanical Units (by others):
1. No earlier than: June 12, 2019.
2. No later than: June 19, 2019.
F. Anticipated Substantial Completion
date: August 7, 2019.
G. Lump sum bid proposals will be
received for this project at the
scheduled time of receipt bids and
will be publicly opened at that
time.
H. Bid security in the form of abid
bond, certified check or cash in an
amount equal to 10 percent ofthe
base bid amount shall be submitted
with the bid. Should a bid bond be
submitted, the bid bond shall be
payable to the Board of Education,
Homer Community Consolidated
School District 33c.
I. Bids shall be submitted on or before
the specified closing time in
an opaque sealed envelope
addressed to: Mr. Al Kirkus, Assistant
Superintendent for Business,
CSBO.
J. The Board of Education reserves
the right to reject any or all bids or
parts thereof, or waive any irregularities
or informalities, and to
make the award inthe best interest
of the District.
K. All bidders must comply with
applicable Illinois Law requiring
the payment of prevailing wages
by all Contractors working on public
works. Bidder must comply
with the Illinois Statutory
requirements regarding labor, including
Equal Employment Opportunity
Laws.
L. Bidding documents are onfile
and may be obtained upon receipt
of deposit in the amount of
$250.00 for 1set of the bidding
documents consisting of 2sets of
plans, 2 Project Manuals, 1
Compact Disc containing PDF files
of drawings and project manual,
and 1 set of bid forms from:
Gill Reprographics, Inc. (GRI),
17W715 Butterfield Road, Suite B,
Oak Brook Terrace, IL 60181,
2703 Legal
Notices
(630) 652-0800,
www.gillrepro.com.
M. The Architect for the above referenced
project isTria Architecture,
Inc., (630) 455-4500.
Board of Education,
Homer Community Consolidated
School District 33c
15733 Bell Road
2900 Merchandise
Under $100
13 in. crystal glass party plate,
new, hand formed $25. Atomic
projection alarm clock, new
$15. 9’x12’ new canvas cloth
$20. 708.460.8308
2HP electric motor 3400 RPM
$50. Old Army radio freq. signal
generator $45.
815.464.0042
46 gallon bow front fish tank
w/ cabinet, no cover or light
$75. Frankfort 815.999.7058
5piece entertainment center,
solid oak, smoked glass doors,
fully lighted, lots ofstorage for
CDs, tapes, etc. Excellent condition
$100. 708.532.4044
60,000 BTU shop gas heater,
Armstrong ceiling mount, runs
good $100. 815.735.5063
All new Gearwrench 21 pc.
SAE socket set $40. Campbell
Hausfeld 18 GA 1.25” Brad
Nailer $40. New Home Repair
and Improvement book $12.
708.214.4022
Aluminum military shipping
container. 4’2” long - 2’8”
wide - 11” deep $100.
815.260.9617
Bears XL orange/blue cleaned
jacket, nice $35. New Bears
NFL orange or gray shirts $10
each. Blackhawks or Muscle
car XL shirts $15 each. Dark
pink sport jacket, perfect $40.
708.460.8308
Black Salomon ski boots optima
ultra lite size 9 $30.
708.785.3085
Char-Broil TRU infrared
oil-less turkey fryer, only used
once! $100. Sue 708.403.9949
Chicago Bears official deluxe
knit sweater, size XL, new $35.
Call 708.301.9841
Construction scaffolding 5x5,
stored inside, good condition
$75. 815.592.9474
Dollhouse, brand new, everything
included. Originally
$300, asking for $50. Misc.
furniture $10. Call Bill
708.532.9681
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suede sofa, reclines on both
ends. Like new, must be able to
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Athlete of the Week
10 Questions
with Sam Traina
This Week In...
Porters Varsity
Athletics
Wrestling
■Feb. ■ 23 at IHSA State Finals
(Team), TBA
Boys Swimming and
Diving
■Feb. ■ 22 at IHSA State
Championship, TBA
Girls Track and Field
■Feb. ■ 23 host Lockport
Invitational, 9 a.m.
Boys Track and Field
■Feb. ■ 23 at Olivet Nazarene
Invite, 10 a.m.
Celtics Varsity
Athletics
Boys Basketball
■Feb. ■ 25-27 at IHSA Regional
Week, TBA
Boys Track and Field
■Feb. ■ 22 at Romeovill, Metea
Valley, 5 p.m.
■Feb. ■ 24 at ICOPS
Invitational, 9 a.m.
Girls Track and Field
■Feb. ■ 22 at Plainfield North
Indoor Invite, 4:30 p.m.
■Feb. ■ 28 at Joliet Central
Steelmen Shuffle, 4:30 p.m.
Sam Traina is a junior at
Lockport Township. She was
one of the top bowlers for
the Porters, who ended their
season at the IHSA State
Finals last weekend.
What was it like to
bowl at state as a
member of the Porters
for the second-straight
season?
I was very excited to make
it back to state. We’ve been
working really hard to bond
together and bowled our best
at this time of the year.
Do you feel the pressure
to uphold the Lockport
girls bowling program’s
reputation as one of the
top teams in the state?
There’s been a lot of great
bowlers and great coaches
here, but they always stress
having fun. I don’t feel
there’s any pressure on us.
How did you get started
bowling?
My friend, Zoe Ditter,
who I played softball with,
introduced me to it the start
of my eighth-grade year.
That’s when I learned that
there’s a whole other side of
bowling that I didn’t know
about. I joined the bowling
team in high school and
started taking lessons after
my freshman year.
Do you still play softball?
No. Before freshman year,
I hurt my left knee really
bad, so I quit playing pretty
much after that. I had lost
my passion for it. Now, it’s
just bowling.
What is it about the
game of bowling that
makes it the sport for
you?
Part of it is that it’s a really
big mental game. I’ve worked
really hard on that. I also like
the different lane conditions.
That’s like a puzzle you have
to figure out. Plus, it’s a team
sport. You have to have a lot
of teamwork and a team that
picks you up.
Have you ever bowled
a 300?
No, I have not. My highest
game is 279. I got the
first six strikes, a nine-spare
and the rest strikes. It was in
practice at Town & Country
[Lanes] in Joliet.
What have you learned
from Lockport coach Art
Cwudzinski?
One of the most important
things is the confidence that
he’s taught me to have in
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myself. Bowling wise, he’s
taught me that spares are the
key.
What is your spirit
animal?
I’d say a bulldog. That’s
because I can be very mellow
but also be very tough.
What did you do before
a bowling meet to fire
yourself up?
As a team, we always listen
to some music together.
We listen to fun throwback
songs, like Hannah Montana.
Then we usually talk
and then listen to our own
music and visualize our
shots.
What’s the best thing
about being an athlete
at Lockport?
Probably the sense of family.
We’re all really close,
and it feels like a second
family here.
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Randy Whalen
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Staff Report
Registration is now open
for Homer Stallions football
and cheer, as well as flag
football and flag cheer.
The average weights are
64 pounds for super lightweight,
83 pounds for lightweight,
100 pounds for junior
varsity and 139 pounds
for varsity in football. Only
one tackle team at each level
is likely for football for those
four levels. Cheer levels will
be dependent upon final registration
numbers.
The fees for 2019 are
$300 for tackle football and
the same price for cheer in
grades one through eight.
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games, high of 224 in Game
2 on Friday) and fellow junior
Emilie Pleshar (1,415 in
8 games, high of 199 in Game
1 on Friday) each rolled the
first eight games. Sophomore
Payton Vandenburg (752 in 4
games, high of 218 in Game
4 on Saturday) bowled the
last four games on Saturday,
and freshman Emma Punter
(343 in 2 games, high of 179
in Game 5 on Saturday) was
in for the final two games on
Saturday.
But a big bright spot for
the Porters was the bowling
of freshman Isa Colon. Her
older sister, Monica, who
is now bowling at Saint
Xavier University) was on
the Lockport state teams
that brought home trophies
in 2016 and 2017. Inserted
into the lineup for Kleffman
to start the afternoon session
on Friday, the younger
Colon bowled the final nine
games and finished with a
1,790 total.
That was the second-highest
total pins on the team and
almost a 200 average. She had
five games over 200, including
a high of 236 in Game 4
on the second day, and helped
River Valley Conference.
Cheerleading cheers at football
games and takes part in
three Illinois Recreational
Cheerleading Association
competitions.
There is no alumni registration,
and all payments
must be made by March
31, with a $25 discount if
paid in full paid by March
1. The discount only applies
if every child is pain full by
March 1. There is a $50 late
fee if not paid in full by June
31.
There is no guaranteed
roster spot if not registered
and paid in full by March
1 because roster numbers
are due to River Valley and
if registrants at certain levels
reach an unmanageable
number, teams may need
to be capped. The Stallions
can only compete this year
with either four teams, one
at each level, or eight teams,
two at each level.
Flag football and
kindercheer are free, with
flag football games teaching
fundamentals for players
under 70 pounds. The
kindercheer is non-competitive
cheer flag games that
help participants acquire
basic cheer and tumbling
skills.
The season kicks off at the
end of July.
For more information and
to register, visit www.homer
stallions.com.
the Porters move up from seventh
after the first day to their
final fifth-place spot.
“I just knew I needed to
step up my game,” Colon said
of getting the opportunity to
bowl early in the tournament.
“I felt like, as a freshman, I
was proud of myself. I just
hope next year to do 10 times
better. But I got to experience
it and liked it a lot.”
Colon believes big things
are on the horizon for the
Porters.
“We only have one person
leaving,” she said of Kleffman.
“I feel like we really
have a chance to get it next
year.”

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Boys Basketball
LTHS picks up two wins, puts on annual Porters vs. Cancer Night in busy week
Randy Whalen
Freelance Reporter
What a way to kick off a
busy week.
Jake Karli scored on a
driving layup at the buzzer to
give the Lockport Township
boys basketball team a memorable
finish and a big 39-38
victory over Joliet Central in
a battle of longtime rivals on
Feb. 11 at the Steel Gym in
Joliet.
The game was originally
scheduled for Jan. 29 but
moved because of inclement
weather.
It was the first time in the
three meetings between current
Lockport coach Brett
Hespell and former Porter
coach Lawrence Thompson
Jr. that Lockport has won.
“With the last three, four
weeks we’ve had, we just
needed one to go our way,”
Hespell said. “To come here
and beat a good team like
this is going to give our guys
some confidence.
“I guess the third time is
the charm. Larry gave me my
start, and I owe a ton to him.
Just to share the same court
as him is an honor. So, yes,
to beat a Larry Thompsoncoached
team on its home
floor is something.”
It appeared that the Porters
were going to go about business
and win the game without
much drama. They led
35-27 through three quarters.
A Thompson coached team,
however, never quits, and
that’s exactly what happened,
as Joliet Central went on a
9-0 run and grabbed its first
lead since the first quarter
when senior guard Demarta
Hill-Holmes scored on his
own rebound with 3:38 to
play to cap the burst and give
the Steelmen a 36-35 lead.
But Lockport finally got on
the board when senior center
Tommy Halatek (12 points, 9
rebounds) scored on a layup
with 1:45 to play. Exactly one
minute later, Hill-Holmes,
who scored all seven of his
points in the fourth quarter,
hit a short jumper in the lane,
and Joliet Central retook the
lead at 38-37.
Karli then drove to the
hoop but missed a layup.
The Steelmen grabbed the rebound,
but they missed a free
throw with 7.9 seconds left
in the game. Lockport then
called time out at the 4.1-second
mark. Karli curled in to
receive the inbounds pass just
on the other side of half court
and darted to the basket.
He converted the shot off
the right side of the backboard
just before the buzzer
went off. He was also fouled
on the play, but once the basket
went in, the officials ran
off the court, and the free
throw wasn’t attempted, as it
was inconsequential.
“I was coming around on
a U-shape on the inbounds,
and then I found a gap in
the defense,” Karli, a senior
point guard, said. “I looked at
the clock and saw there were
three seconds left and just felt
I had to pass it or drive to the
hoop as soon as I could. So I
kept it and laid it up.
“I figured I’d make it or get
fouled, and when I heard the
whistle I was like, ‘Please go
in.’ I didn’t want to shoot free
throws. This was a close win,
and with the sectional seeding,
a good win. One of our
biggest of the year.”
It was also the second
game-winning shot at the
buzzer this season for Karli,
who never had done that in
high school before this season.
He also converted a layup
at with no time left on
Nov. 24 to defeat Lemont
63-61 in the third-place game
at the WJOL Thanksgiving
Tournament.
Karli (7 points, 12 rebounds)
missed a pair of free
throws earlier in the quarter.
Lockport’s Jake Karli scored on a driving layup at the buzzer Feb. 11 against Joliet Central
to give his team a 39-38 win on the road. 22nd Century Media File Photo
Senior guard Matt Hatzopoulos
(10 points) also contributed
for the Porters. Junior
guard Dakoda Joachim
(8 points, 6 rebounds) and
senior center Kendrick Williams
(8 points) paced the
Steelmen.
Joliet Central (16-11
through Feb. 16), which
bounced back with a big
60-44 win over Oswego on
Saturday, Feb. 16, scored
the game’s first seven points.
But the Porters came back to
lead 11-9 after the first quarter
and extended that spurt to
16-2 when Hatzopoulos hit a
3-pointer with 5:48 to play in
the second quarter.
Lockport led 20-14 at halftime
and scored the final four
points of the third quarter to
go up by the 35-27 score.
“Lockport stuck to its
game plan,” Thompson said
of his former team. “There
were a lot of missed opportunities
on our part, but credit
to Lockport. I’m proud of my
kids for fighting back. We
just needed one more stop.”
There was no stopping the
Porters the next night on Feb.
12. They hosted Minooka in
a nonconference matchup
and came away with a 63-48
victory.
Senior guards Blake Sartin
(15 points) and Quinn Gardner
(10 points) led the way,
as 11 different players scored
and 10 different players had
an assist for Lockport. The
Porters led 14-12 after the
first quarter, 25-20 at halftime
and pulled away to a 41-
29 lead after three.
The next day, Feb. 13,
Bolingbrook came to town
for a SouthWest Suburban
Conference Blue Division
tussle. There, the Raiders led
the whole way and went on to
a 73-62 win.
Junior guard Darius Burford
(23 points, 7rebounds),
along with senior guards Taylor
Cochran (15 points, 7rebounds)
and Joseph Yesufu
(14 points), led Bolingbrook
(19-6, 8-1 through Feb. 15),
which defeated visiting
Homewood-Flossmoor 65-
60 two days later to win the
SWSC Blue title.
Halatek (22 points, 9 rebounds),
Hatzopoulos (13
points) and senior guard John
Vassilakis (11 points) paced
the Porters, who trailed 38-27
at halftime and by as many as
20 points in the third quarter
before closing to within nine
on a Karli 3-pointer with 1:12
to play in the game, but that
as close as it got.
Two days later, on Friday,
Feb. 15, the Porters played
their fourth game in a fiveday
span and lost their final
home game of the season by
the score of 54-40 to SWSC
Blue rival Sandburg.
The Eagles trailed 24-14
late in the second quarter but
outscored Lockport 40-16
the rest of the way. Senior
guard Kevin Agwomoh (20
points) and junior forward
Khaled Salah (12 points) led
Sandburg (12-15,3-6), which
bounced back from a 50-48
home loss to Plainfield South
two days earlier.
Sartin (12 points) and Karli
(9 points) led Lockport (14-
11, 3-6).
“We didn’t play well at
all,” Hespell said of the
Sandburg game. “I think it
might’ve been the cumulative
effect of a really tough
week, with the four games
in five days. We let a doubledigit
lead in the first half disintegrate.
When we played at
their place [a 65-55 win on
Jan. 18], we pulled away and
led by 15 with less than two
minutes to go. So, it looked to
me like the fatigue got to us,
and we couldn’t make shots.”
What Hespell was happy
with was the money raised
and great attendance that
night for the 7th Annual Porters
vs. Cancer Night, which
raises funds for the fight
against cancer.
“It was fantastic, and there
were 500 students in attendance,”
Hespell said. “I don’t
have totals on the amount of
money raised yet, but we sold
700 pink shirts. How awesome
is that?
“I have to give a lot of
credit to Dana Ziemba and
the students in her sports
marketing class who did
a phenomenal job. There
were games and contests in
between every timeout and
quarter break. The kids led
the entire thing. It was a really
cool atmosphere. Also,
[Lockport principal ] Dennis
Hicks got a pie in the face because
more than 250 students
were in attendance.”
Lockport was slated to end
the regular season on Tuesday,
Feb. 19, with a final
SWSC Blue game at Stagg.
The Porters received the No.
7 seed in the Class 4A East
Aurora Sectional.
They open postseason play
at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb.
26, in the Andrew Regional
against the winner of the No.
22-seed Andrew and No. 10-
seed Plainfield North game
from the day before.
If the Porters win, they will
advance to the regional title
game at 7:30 p.m. on March
1 and would likely play No.
2-seeded Waubonsie Valley.
Lockport has not played
in a regional championship
game since last winning one
in 2011.

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Girls Basketball
Porters unable to channel last year’s postseason magic
Lockport’s season ends
with loss in regional
semifinal to Yorkville
Randy Whalen, Freelance Reporter
A year ago, the Lockport Township
girls basketball team entered the
postseason as the No. 13 seed in the
Neuqua Valley Sectional and won a
trio of postseason games before losing
in the sectional semifinals.
This year, Lockport entered the
postseason as the No. 15 seed in
the Naperville North Sectional.
The Porters hosted a regional this
season and hoped to duplicate
the same success as last year, but
unfortunately for Lockport, that
didn’t happen.
The Porters saw their season
come to an end with a 48-46
double-overtime loss to Yorkville
on Feb. 11 in the semifinals of
their own Class 4A Regional at
the Lockport Central Campus.
Yorkville would go on to win the
regional title with a 45-40 win in
overtime over Oswego East.
Lockport (9-22) was led by
sophomore forward Elena Knebel
(14 points, 11 rebounds). Yorkville
was paced by a game-high
15 points from junior guard Lily
Guerra.
To add to the frustration of losing
a double-overtime game,
No. 17-seeded Yorkville (12-20
through Feb. 13) then went on to
defeat top-seeded Minooka (26-
4) by a score of 44-38 in the first
regional semifinal on Feb. 13. The
Foxes faced No. 9-seeded Oswego
East (16-12) on Friday, Feb. 15, for
the regional title.
“We only lost three games to
teams with losing records all season,”
Lockport coach Dan Kelly
said. “Unfortunately, this [in addition
to East Aurora and Joliet West]
was one of them. Of our losses, 14
of them were to teams with [18]
or more wins [heading into the regional
title games].”
The game against the Foxes was
tight throughout, with ties after
Lockport’s Sydney Furr goes up for a basket during a game earlier this season. 22nd Century Media File Photo
three of the six quarters. It was 8-8
after the first quarter, Lockport led
20-18 at halftime and 27-25 after
three.
Then, the defense kicked in, and
the Porters didn’t score until late
in the fourth quarter. They tied the
game at 31-31 as freshman guard
Elizabeth Sochacki (9 points) hit a
pair of free throws and sophomore
center Sydney Furr (11 points, 10
rebounds, 3 blocks) made a short
jumper in the final seconds and
send it to overtime.
“We knew it was going to be a
tough game,” Furr said. “We gave
it our all, we just fell a little short.”
The scoring picked up in the
overtime, as each team scored nine
points, and the game was knotted
again at 40-40. The Foxes scored
eight points in the second OT and
led by two in the final minute.
Lockport had a 3-point opportunity
from the corner to win it, but
it rimmed out.
Junior post player Jenna Cotter
had six points for the Porters.
“We were sad, but we were proud
of this team because we worked as
a team,” Furr said. “We tried to do
better and better, and next season,
we believe we will show our full
potential.”
While they would have liked to
have more games turn out in their
favor, the Porters were able to
notch a few impressive victories
this season.
“We beat a 20-win Willowbrook
team [50-48 on Nov. 21 at the Willowbrook
Thanksgiving Tournament]
and other winning teams,
including Lincoln-Way East [62-
53 on Jan. 24],” said Kelly, who
completed his fifth season as Lockport
head coach. “We ended the
season with two freshmen and two
sophomores playing significant
minutes.”
“Everyone kept pushing each other, and
we gave it all we had. We were trying to
repeat that [run to the sectional from
last year] but didn’t. I know next year the
team will get better and make it further.”
Emily Delgado — LTHS senior, on the Porters’ regional semifinal
loss
Those were Sochacki, along
with fellow freshman guard Cheri
Michalek, and sophomores Furr
and Knebel.
The Porters will lose seniors
Emily Delgado, Kaeli Ford, Payton
Grcevic and Jackie Maka to graduation.
“I can’t say enough about the
leadership of our four seniors,”
Kelly said. “They have cemented
the culture we wanted to have
here.”
Delgado was glad to be a part of
that group.
“It was a little rough,” Delgado
said of the loss. “But the girls made
this team awesome. Everyone kept
pushing each other, and we gave it
all we had.”

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Girls Bowling
Lockport ends season fifth at state in Rockford
Siezega places
fourth overall
individually at The
Cherry Bowl
Randy Whalen
Freelance Reporter
For Erin Kleffman, it was a
retirement party.
For Chloe Siezega, it was
an All-State party.
And for the Lockport
Township girls bowling
team, it could be the makings
of another state trophy party
in the seasons to come.
Led by a fourth place overall
in the state performance
individually by Siezega, the
Porters placed fifth in the
state overall as a team at the
IHSA State Finals, which
were held on Friday, Feb. 15,
and Saturday, Feb. 16, at The
Cherry Bowl in Rockford.
With everyone except
Kleffman back for next season,
Lockport looks like it
could move up even more
and perhaps go on a state
trophy run as it did in finishing
first, third and second between
2015-2017.
Last year, the Porters
placed eighth.
“I’m happy to take fifth,”
Lockport coach Art Cwudzinski
said. “The girls had to
fight tooth-and-nail to get
there. They weren’t as sharp,
and things didn’t go as well
as they did in the sectional
[where the Porters won by
776 pins], but to fight and
continue to climb and get
fifth in the state is a feather
in their cap. We had four of
the same girls that were here
last year and four new girls,
too.
“Chloe just bowled tremendous.
She stayed mentally
tough. She had some really
bad breaks but kept her mind
in it. I think she only missed
The Lockport girls bowling team took fifth with a score of 11,272 at the conclusion of the IHSA State Finals Saturday, Feb.
16, at The Cherry Bowl in Rockford. Randy Whalen/22nd Century Media
one one-pin spare opportunity
all weekend.”
Siezega, a sophomore who
was the Porters top bowler
when they won the South-
West Suburban Conference
meet and also when they
captured the Oswego Regional
on Feb. 2 at Parkside
Lanes in Aurora, bowled
consistent all weekend. She
had finished with a pinfall
total of 2,531 and had 10
games of at least 200, with
an opening day high game
of 242 in the third game and
a second day high of 235 in
the first game. Her lowest
game was 177.
“It feels great,” Siezega
said of making a Top-12,
All-State finish. “My team
had my back the whole way.
I worked hard for it, and it’s a
great accomplishment.”
She is the 12th different
Porter bowler to receive a
state medal and the seventh
to place in the Top 5. The All-
State accomplishment gives
the Siezega family bragging
rights, too. Her older sister,
2013 Lockport graduate Megan
Szczepansk placed 13th
(2,520) as a senior and just
missed the All-State cut by
27 pins. Her mom, Lynda,
is an assistant coach for the
Porters.
“She only beat my score by
11 pins,” smiled Szczepansk,
who recently got her first
Professional Women’s Bowling
Association card and is
currently an assistant men’s
and women’s bowling coach
at Lewis University. “I’m really
proud of her.”
Siezega, who bowled at
state as a freshman, believes
the team will be even stronger
next season.
“We did better than last
year,” she said. “We picked
up our spares, and we worked
together as a team. I knew
what to expect, so I came in
with that knowledge. [Next
year], all of us will have more
knowledge and react quicker.
We will be able to make adjustments,
and that will be
good.”
The Top 5 individuals were
Machesney Park Harlem’s
Rebecca Hagerman (2,670),
who won by 118 pins over
fellow senior Lauren Tomaszewski
from O’Fallon.
Sophomore Caitlyn Bannister
(2,532) from Rockford
Auburn was third, and Siezega
was only a pin behind.
Senior Gina Russell (2,521)
was one of two medalists for
Minooka.
Team-wise, O’Fallon
(12,122) won its first state
trophy with a first-place finish.
Two-time defending state
champion Harlem (12,024)
was second and brought home
its 10th state trophy in the last
20 years. Minooka (11,856)
placed third, Joliet West
(11,429) fourth, Lockport
(11,272) fifth and Belleville
East (11,230) took sixth. Schaumburg
(11,227), Collinsville
(11,172), Sycamore (10,978),
Lincoln-Way East (10,897),
South Elgin (10,809) and Antioch
(10,693) rounded out the
Top 12 teams that qualified
for the second day.
Lockport’s high game was
a 1,014 in Game 3 on Friday.
The Porters also finished in
the Top 10 for a state record
21st time, and this was their
24th State Finals appearance
overall.
Kleffman, who was a
member of the last three Porter
state teams, was the only
senior on the team. One of
the top pitchers on the Lockport
softball team, she will
play softball in college next
year at the University of
Evansville.
At the end of the day, the
team joked with her that this
was her retirement party. She
went out with a bang in the
last game on Saturday, getting
a nine/spare and a strike
in her final frame in high
school.
“Oh yeah, it’s over,” Kleffman
exclaimed of her bowling
career. “I wish I did better
[at the State Tournament], but
I love my team. Even when
I wasn’t bowling, I felt like I
was because of this team.”
In a total of seven games,
the first three on Friday and
the final four on Saturday,
Kleffman bowled a total of
1,246. She had a high game
of 233 in Game 3 on Saturday.
Junior Jessica Ramirez,
who led Lockport with a
team-high score of 1,307 in
the Romeoville Sectional at
Town & Country Lanes in Joliet
the week before, bowled
the first nine games and started
the 10th. She finished with
a 1,743 total, which included
a high game of 191 in the
third game of the first day.
Sam Traina (1,452 in 8
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Fernandes, Ramos capture state titles for Porters
Steve Millar, Freelance Reporter
Matt Ramos had one more
chance to capture the one thing that
continued to elude him even as he
had massive success on the international
level: a state title.
Ramos, a Lockport senior, has
won numerous major championships,
including a Cadet world
championship last July, but had
never won the state crown in high
school or grade school.
That changed Saturday, Feb.
16, at the State Farm Center when
Ramos defeated top-ranked Noah
Surtin of Edwardsville 8-4 to take
the Class 3A 120-pound title.
“I’ve been wanting this my
whole life, and I’m thankful that
my senior year, I finally got this,”
Ramos said. “This has been one of
my biggest dreams.”
Ramos (34-4) had lost to Surtin
in sectionals each of the last two
seasons, including an 11-10 defeat
seven days before the state final.
This time, Ramos took a 4-3 lead
into the final period, then took control
with a takedown and near fall
that stretched his edge to 8-3.
Ramos has longed to have his
picture hanging in what he called
the “prime spot” in Lockport’s
wrestling room. Teammate Anthony
Molton’s picture occupied
the space after his state title last
season.
“It’s my spot now,” Ramos said.
“I love those little competitions
Anthony and I have.”
Ramos will continue his career
at the University of Minnesota,
where he’ll be joined by teammate
and fellow state champion Baylor
Fernandes.
Fernandes (35-4) was dominant
at 160 pounds, winning all four
of his matches by at least seven
points and finishing it off by pinning
Quincy’s Hunter Yohn in just
1 minute, 10 seconds in the final.
“The first few times I was down
here, the stadium felt huge,” Fernandes
said. “This time, it just felt
like a normal tournament to me.
That made a big difference.
“I knew I could do it, and I just
kept telling myself over and over
Lockport’s Baylor Fernandes is named the state champion at 160 pounds Saturday, Feb. 16, after pinning Quincy’s Hunter Yohn in the
championship match at the State Farm Center. Douglas Cottle/PhotoNews
that I was going to win it. I mentally
prepared myself for it.”
Molton, an Old Dominion recruit,
followed his 2017-2018 state
title with a third-place finish at 126.
After a tough 3-2 loss to eventual
state champion Dylan Ragusin of
Montini in the semifinals, Molton
bounced back to beat Oak Park-
River Forest’s Josh Ogunsanya 5-1
in the third-place match.
“I know I wrestled hard, and I
did my best,” Molton said. “It obviously
didn’t end how I wanted it
to, but it was a fun career.”
Junior Kaleb Thompson (22-5),
in his first season wrestling for the
Porters, finished third at 106.
Thompson held a big lead over
Proviso East’s Jameir Castleberry
late in the third-place match before
Castleberry was disqualified for
unsportsmanlike conduct.
“It’s my first state tournament,
so of course I’m happy with third,
even though I’d rather have been
in the finals,” Thompson said.
“There’s a lot more coming next
year. I promise that.”
Providence senior Jake Lindsey
has rode an emotional roller coaster
the last three seasons. It ended
on a high note Saturday, albeit not
as high as he had hoped.
Lindsey won a state championship
as a sophomore but has been
hampered by a right shoulder injury
for the last two years. He failed
to qualify for state last year.
He made his return to Champaign
and finished third at 113.
After falling to eventual state
champion Colton Drousias of
Mount Carmel 4-2 in a semifinal
match, Lindsey (24-6) came back
to take third with a 4-1 win over
Marist’s Michael Leveille.
“Obviously, not winning the
state title is disappointing, but I
thought I wrestled well,” Lindsey
said. “I’ve been through so much
with the injury, but Providence
Catholic has given me everything
to get me where I’m at, and I’ve
loved it.”
Junior Kevin Countryman (41-
11) took fourth at 145. After losing
in the quarterfinals, he won threestraight
matches to reach the thirdplace
match before falling 13-7 to
Metea Valley’s Phillip Sims.
“I worked hard throughout
the whole season, and it means I
worked hard and did everything
right to be able to get on the podium,”
Countryman said. “I take a
lot of pride in that, and I hope to
win it next year.”
Senior Josh Ramos (41-9) at 138
and freshman Ryan Boersma (44-
7) at 220 but went 2-2, finishing
one win short of the podium.

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fastbreak
Boys Swimming and Diving
Fields rises to the occasion at sectional meet
Randy Whalen/22nd Century
Media
1st and 3
Porters secure Top
5 finish at state for
girls bowling
1. Giving their all
The Lockport girls
bowling team
finished fifth with a
score of 11,272 at
the IHSA State Finals
held Friday, Feb. 15,
and Saturday, Feb.
16, at The Cherry
Bowl in Rockford.
The team’s high
game was a 1,014 in
Game 3 on Friday.
2. A strong effort
LTHS sophomore
Chloe Siezega was
the team’s top
bowler at state, finishing
fourth overall
individually with a
pinfall total of 2,531
and had 10 games
of at least 200.
3. Storied program
The Porters ended
in the Top 10 for a
state record 21st
time, and this was
their 24th State
Finals appearance
overall.
Senior LTHS diver wins
sectional, qualifies for
third-straight state meet
Randy Whalen, Freelance Reporter
Wrigley Fields was aiming to take
the next step in his high school diving
career, and the Lockport Township
senior did not disappoint.
Fields won the sectional diving
competition on Saturday, Feb. 16,
at the Lockport Sectional. It was his
second sectional title in the past three
seasons. He won it as a sophomore
(423.1 score) and was second last
year (442.75). This season, he shattered
those scores with a sectional
mark of 508.65 to give him the sectional
title in his home pool.
This weekend, Fields will be making
his third-straight IHSA State Finals
appearance on Friday, Feb. 22,
and Saturday, Feb. 23, at New Trier
High School in Winnetka.
“It feels great to wins sectionals,”
Fields said. “It was one of the many
goals I have set this season and another
one that I have accomplished,
so it feels amazing.”
A year ago, Cody Thill from Sandburg
won the conference title in his
home pool with a score of 454.3. This
season, Fields flipped that result and
Tholl, a junior, placed second in the
sectional with a mark of 481.2.
“It has been an indescribable feeling
to do so much this season,” Fields
said. “It really just creates this feeling
that four years of hard work and sacrifice
have amounted to something. It
feels like it has paid off, and it feels
amazing. To end it at state is going to
be super exciting. It will be my third
time attending for diving and hopefully
will be my best. I’m looking to
end as high as I can and just end my
season on a high note.”
Fields was 28th (183.40) in the preliminaries
as a sophomore and made
the preliminary semifinals last year,
placing 14th (309.85). So this season,
his goal is to make the Top 12 at the
State Finals and medal.
If he does get a medal, he would be
the fifth Porter to ever do so in diving.
The others are Willy Laszlo (9th in
1986-1987), Connor Howard (12th in
2009-2010, 10th in 2010-2011), Tyler
Pastore (11th in 2012-2013) and Jake
Voltarel (12th in 2012-2013).
“He started the season strong and
continues to be strong,” Lockport boys
swimming and diving coach Angie Arnold
said of Fields. “He had a successful
season at all meets, and we were
very happy with the sectional win.
“I’m happy to have been his coach
for three years. He’s very competitive,
and that brings him ready to
compete. We are ready for state now.”
When Fields is at the State Finals
this weekend, it will be his second
IHSA State Finals in the past three
weeks. As a member of the LTHS
competitive cheer team, he helped
them place sixth in the Coed Division
of the IHSA State Finals on Feb. 2 at
Grossinger Motors Arena in Bloomington.
“Oh my goodness, it feels incredible,”
Fields said of making two
state finals in the same season. “The
amount of time I have put into both of
them, and the amount I have put my
body through this year, has all been
worth it. It also feels like I have done
something not many people from
Lockport have done, and that always
feels good.”
Fields was the only Lockport state
qualifier out of the sectional, but it
Lockport senior Wrigley Fields
executes one of his dives Saturday,
Feb. 16, at the Lockport Sectional.
Jeff Vorva/22nd Century Media
wasn’t for lack of performance.
“Overall, we did well,” Lockport
coach Jason Ozbolt said. “We had
a very inexperienced team that really
stepped up and did well. We had
some huge time drops and really fast
swims. Every swimmer today went
lifetime bests. It’s hard to ask for
more.”
With state qualifiers in six events,
Sandburg (301 points) won its fourthstraight
sectional title, 12th in the past
16 seasons and 19th since 1992. Stagg
(236), Brother Rice (178), Joliet
Central (156) and Lockport (145)
rounded out the Top 5 teams.
The rest of the teams were Lemont
(111), Evergreen Park (64) Marist
(39), Shepard (34), Richards (34),
Agricultural Science (27), Chicago
Christian (23), Eisenhower (20) and
Julian (17).
In the 200-yard medley relay,
Lockport had a fifth-place finish of 1
minute: 44.61 seconds with the foursome
of sophomores Kevin Moe,
Tommy Abramite, senior Michael
Bates and junior Casper Harmata. In
the 200-yard freestyle, it was senior
Simon Harmata, Abramite, senior
Michael Bates and junior Augusto
Ureta (1:31.53) in a third-place finish,
and in the 400-yard freestyle,
is was senior Harmata, sophomore
Caesar Plaszewski, Bates and Ureta
(3:29.32) with a fourth-place finish.
Ureta (1:52.36) was the top finisher
for the Porters in sixth place in the
200-yard freestyle, while sophomore
Maks Pabian (1:56.62) placed 12th.
Sophomore Rory Flanagan (2:13.37)
placed ninth in the 200-yard individual
medley, with Plaszewski
(2:16.03) taking 11th. Simon Harmata
(23.11 seconds) was seventh in the
50-yard freestyle, and Bates (23.54)
took 11th. Nicolas Formella (242.50
score) placed eighth in diving, while
fellow sophomores Zachary Dalton
(1:02.07) and Kevin Moe (1:04.56)
placed 13th and 15th, respectively, in
the 100-yard butterfly.
In the 100-yard freestyle, it was
Augusto (50.66 seconds) with a sixthplace
finish, with Simon Harmata
(51.17) right behind in seventh. In the
500-yard freestyle, Pabian (5:18.71)
was eighth while Plaszewski
(5:22.76) placed 10th. Moe (100.21)
was ninth, and Flanagan (1:04.43)
took 13th in the 100-yard backstroke.
Abramite (1:02.50) placed eighth,
and freshman Dominik Gasienica
(1:11.34) was 14th in the 100-yard
breaststroke.
“They laid some solid foundations
today for the next few years,” Ozbolt
said of his team. “We learned a
lot about us as a young and untested
team and are excited for the coming
years. Tommy Abramite did well in
the [breaststroke] as a sophomore. Simon
Harmata did great in the 50 and
100, as well as Augusto Ureta in the
200 and the 100.”
LISTEN UP
“It feels great. My team had my back the whole way.
I worked hard for it, and it’s a great accomplishment.”
Chloe Siezega — LTHS sophomore girls bowler, after she
finished fourth individually at state competition
Tune In
Girls Track and Field
Off and running — 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, host Lockport
Invitational
• The Porters girls track and field team hosts an invite, looking
to build momentum going forward.
Index
34 - This Week In
34 - Athlete of the Week
FASTBREAK is compiled by Editor Thomas Czaja,
tom@homerhorizon.com.

homer glen’s Hometown Newspaper | www.homerhorizon.com | February 21, 2019
Diver to
state
Lockport’s Wrigley
Fields advances out
of sectional with
stellar performance
in home pool,
Page 39
Rocking at
Rockford
LTHS girls bowling
team ends season
in fifth place at
state competition,
Page 37
Lockport’s
Matt Ramos
celebrates after
winning the
120-pound state
championship
Saturday, Feb.
16, at the State
Farm Center.
Clark Brooks/
PhotoNews
Ramos and Fernandes take top
spots at state finals, Page 38
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