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Belles of the
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Hitching a ride
Schilling student battling
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Valentine’s Day marks Lockport Resource Center’s seventh year serving community, Page 3
Volunteer David Wu organizes clothes at the Lockport Resource Center thrift shop.
INSET ABOVE: Jackson Jarett, 6, checks out some toys at the LRC thrift shop. INSET BELOW: Vintage toys such as the X-wing fighter from the original
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Thursday
Lockport Woman’s Club
Meeting
11:30 a.m. Feb. 21, Lockport
Township Building,
1463 S. Farrell Road, Lockport.
After the business meeting
there will be a program
on fashion presented by To
The Nines on 9th and Briosa
Boutique. The cost is $10
which includes a catered
soup and sandwich lunch.
For reservations, contact Kim
at kjpbell@sbcglobal.net.
Lockport Band Area Concert
Festival
7 p.m. Feb. 21, Lockport
Township High School East
Campus, 1333 E. 7th St. For
more information, call Brian
Covey (815) 588-8494.
Friday
White Oak Author Tour:
William Hazelgrove
6:30-8:30 p.m. Feb. 22,
White Oak Library District
Lockport Branch Library
Meeting Room A/B, 121 E.
8th St. Attendees are to meet
author William Hazelgrove,
who will talk about his latest
book, “Wright Brothers,
Wrong Story.” There will be
a Q&A session, followed by
a book signing. Registration
is required and attendees
must be 21 years of age or
older to attend as appetizers
along with wine and beer
will be served. For more
information, call (815) 552-
4260.
Saturday
LAGHS Meeting: Irish
Immigrant History
10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Feb.
23, White Oak Library District
Lockport Branch Library
Meeting Room A/B,
121 E. 8th St. The monthly
meeting of the Lockport
Area Genealogical and Historical
Society is to focus
on Irish immigrant history.
The presenter is to be Candy
Hrpcha. For more information,
call Ron Lif (815) 557-
4588.
Texas Hold Em’ Tournament
and Bingo Fundraiser
4 p.m. Feb. 23, John Olson
American Legion Post 18,
15052 Archer Ave., Lockport.
There will be a $10 entrance
fee that includes food.
There will also be raffles and
a silent auction. For more information,
contact Frank Di
Giovanni at (815) 955-0547.
Kidz Play: Trivia Night
6 p.m. Feb. 23, VFW 1026
E. 9th St., Lockport. Attendees
are to play trivia for
a cause. Cost is $100 for a
team of 10, or $15 per person.
Limited spots are available
for trivia. For more information,
contact Kidz Play
at helpkidzplay@gmail.
com.
St. Dennis School Casino
Night
7p.m. Feb. 23, St. Dennis
Parish Center 1201 S. Washington
St. This casino night
will feature food catered
by Real Urban Barbecue,
Premium Liquor cash bar,
and music by River Road
Trio band. Tickets are $60
each and include food, dessert,
gaming chips for table
gaming and/or raffle tickets.
Tickets are available through
St. Dennis School by emailing
colleenmnaughton@aol.
com or after masses in the
Narthex.
Sunday
LTHS Foundation Wild Fest
10 a.m.-4 p.m. Feb. 24,
Lockport Township High
School East Campus 1333
E. 7th St. 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,
no charge for ages 0-3 and
$5 for high school and college
students with school
ID. Proceeds go to student
scholarships and animal rescue
programs.
Monday
Zine Workshop
6-8p.m. Feb. 25, White
Oak Library District Lockport
Branch Library Meeting
Room A, 121 E. 8th St. This
event is to be a crash course
in Zine making. Zines are
self-made, self-published
magazines about any topic.
District 205 Board of
Education Meeting
7 p.m. Feb. 25, Lockport
Township High School East
Maroon Room, 1333 E. 7th
St. The Lockport Township
High School D205 Board
of Education is to hold its
monthly meeting.
Tuesday
AARP Tax Preparation
Appointments Begin
10 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Feb. 26,
White Oak Library District
Lockport Branch Library
Large Study Room, 121 E.
8th St. Free tax preparation
is to be provided by AARP
and Will County Senior Services
Center, by appointment
only. Call the Library
at (815) 552-4260 to make
an appointment.
ESL Conversation Group
1-2 p.m. Feb. 26, White
Oak Library District Lockport
Branch Library, 121 E.
8th St. This is a conversation
group where adults whose
first language is not English
can practice speaking and
listening to English. The
group meets weekly with
other multi-lingual adults
and English-speaking instructors.
The group is led by
a trained English as a Second
Language instructor and
tutors. All are welcome. For
more information, call Patricia
Jarog (815) 552-4185.
UPCOMING
LTHS Foundation Galactic
Glow Bingo
5 p.m. on Friday, March
8, Lockport Moose Lodge
1557, 118 E. 10th St. Tickets
are $30 per person for 10
games. Games begin at 6:30
p.m. Attendees must be over
21. For tickets, email dgregorich@lths.org.
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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. Those looking
to register will be asked
to complete registration
forms and pay a registration
fee.
ONGOING
Homer 33C Kindergarten
Pre-registration
Parents/guardians can fill
out pre-registration forms
for 2019-2020 incoming
kindergarten students online
at www.homerschools.
org under “QuickLinks.”
Parents/guardians should
plan to go to Hadley Middle
School from 4:30-7 p.m.
on March 14 to complete
the next step in the process.
For more information, call
(708)226-7626.
All By Myself
Wednesday and Thursday
mornings, Dellwood Park
Volz Fieldhouse, 199 E.
Woods Dr., Lockport. The
Lockport Township Park
District is offering “All By
Myself” classes for 2- and
3-year-olds with a parent or
adult. Social and emotional
development is the main focus
of this class. Teachers
are to help children develop
healthy separation habits,
make new friends, exercise
independence, practice good
manners and develop foundational
literacy and math
skills. Parents are asked to
pack a snack for their child.
Cost is $52 for residents
and $62 for non-residents.
For more information, visit
www.lockportpark.org or
call (815) 838-3621 ext. 0.

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Resource center celebrates seven years serving Lockport
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Mary Compton
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Lockport Resource Center volunteers (left to right) Virginia Perez, Anne Magosky and Doris Medma pose for a photo
Thursday, Feb. 14, on the seventh anniversary of the organization. Mary Compton/22nd Century Media
It’s no coincidence that
Lockport Resource Center
opened up on Feb. 14 — the
day of love.
On Thursday, Feb. 14,
LRC celebrated seven years
of serving the community of
Lockport and the surrounding
area.
Anne Magosky was one
of the volunteers who helped
start Lockport Resource
Center along with her husband,
Cean. She is the manager
of the organization’s resale
store and the mission’s
director.
“I’m a Day 1 volunteer,”
Anne said. “... This has been
an incredible run. We are so
blessed by abundant donations.
Everything you see in
this store has been donated
by the community.”
There are various ways
the Lockport Resource Center
helps the Lockport and
Homer Glen communities.
There is a scholarship program
that offers tuition assistance
for those seeking
to better themselves through
education. There also is an
Emergency Relief Loan Program
that offers help with
rent, utilities, prescriptions
or other emergencies.
“This is meant to be a resource
in the community anchored
by a thrift shop that
has merchandise priced very
reasonably,” Anne said. “...
We also have a gas card ministry
where we’ve given gas
cards to those needing fuel
for job interviews or treatments.
We have the transformation
scholarship as well.”
Walking in the store, one
can’t help but notice two bags
on a dresser marked “twins.”
That was because a call recently
came from a mom who
was recently granted custody
of twin babies and did not
have many necessities. Lockport
Resource Center, along
with the community, came to
her rescue.
“We not only got clothes
for the babies, [but] a woman
donated a dresser because
there was no furniture for
them as well,” Anne said.
People even placed donated
baby items inside the
dresser drawers.
Lockport Resource Center
is a Christian ministry organized
and operated by the
Lockport/Homer Glen Ministerial
Alliance and staffed
by community volunteers.
The mission is to assist people
in need in Lockport and
Homer.
There are almost 30 volunteers
at the core of the
ministry, according to Anne.
On the day of its seventh
anniversary, Providence
Catholic senior David Wu,
of Lockport, started his first
day as a volunteer.
“It’s really important to
give back to the community,”
Wu said.
The Lockport Resource
Center is always looking for
help to sort and fold clothing,
set up displays, help
customers and more.
Longtime volunteer Virgina
Perez, of Lockport, started
showing up to help six
months after the Lockport
Resource Center opened.
“When I would shop here,
I kept asking to help,” Perez
said. “One day I took some
donations to another non for
profit because we can’t keep
everything. I’m helping a lot
of people.”
Perez usually volunteers
three days a week, but she
does not mind spending more
time than that helping out.
“Sometimes I just stop in
and end up working,” Perez
said with a laugh.
In addition to volunteers,
local businesses have
stepped up for Lockport
Resource Center. For the anniversary
week, local businesses
donated meals to
the stores. Businesses that
donated include: Sizzles,
Jimmy John’s, B & V Pizza,
Vegan Cafe, Whizzy Puffs
Sweet Spot and Diamond’s
Restaurant. Some of these
restaurants have also provided
meals throughout the
years for people in need,
Anne said.
“When we first opened,
we had a 3-D picture of the
last supper and a poodle,”
Anne said. “The 3-D poodle
sold after three days, the
last supper was still here
after weeks. I was going to
give it to a pastor at one of
our member churches. We
thought it would be a funny
installation gift from us, because
he and his wife wound
up volunteering. I went to
pick it up and someone had
[bought it].
“I saw one later at an antique
shop, so I bought it.
This one is not for sale, it’s
our mascot piece. It represents
us since we were started
by the churches. We live
our lives by showing God’s
love to other people.”
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1836 Event raises more than $12,000 for Main Street
Jessie Molloy
Freelance Reporter
Main Street Lockport
hosted its annual 1836 Event
Friday, Feb. 15, at the Public
Landing restaurant with the
goal of “upscaling the Scale
House.”
Organization president
Kathy Gentile said the turnout
for the event was strong
with about 90 people in attendance
representing residents,
businesses and other
local civic organizations.
Proceeds from the event's
$60 tickets as well as the
night's activities are to help
support the planning of
Main Street's annual slate of
events, as well as the restoration
of the Scale House. The
200-year-old historic building
just outside the Norton
building was originally used
to weigh cargo from ships on
the canal. Between the 1940s
and 1980s, the structure was
used as an office for a steel
company, and was renovated
partially into its current
function as a rest stop and
washroom by the City shortly
after the company vacated
the premises.
Gentile said the planned
renovation would add improved
lighting for security
purposes and “renovate the
facility to make it more community
friendly.”
Mayor Steve Streit, who
was among several members
of the City administration
to attend the meeting, noted
that the City is “very grateful”
for the work Main Street
does.
“We're very excited about
the turnout here tonight,” he
said. “There are a lot of great
things coming to the city and
we're very excited about the
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On the Scale House, Streit
also said he appreciates
the organization's efforts to
renovate it.
“It's great to have the
building there for people
downtown and on the bike
path, but it needs some fixing
up,” he said. “It's very
generous of them to offer to
do that for the City.”
Joining the mayor and
city officials at the dinner
were the presidents of the local
Chamber of Commerce,
Woman's Club, and Rotary
Club, as well as the Director
of the Illinois State Museum
in Lockport.
Rotary President Kelly
Delafuente and Main Street
Vice President Nancy
Ramirez expressed great
enthusiasm for the turnout,
stating that the group was
bigger, younger, and more
enthusiastic than at the 2018
event. Ramirez credited the
improved turnout in part to
a direct outreach campaign
Gentile made to local businesses
and organizations for
participation and sponsorships.
“Next year, hopefully it
will be even better again,”
she said.
“It's great that everyone
from all these different
groups is supporting the
cause,” Delafuente added.
One of the ways businesses
supported the cause
was the donation of prizes
for the raffle and silent auctions.
Some of the prizes for
the night's activities included
signed Bulls and Bears
memorabilia, concert tickets,
gift cards to local restaurants,
gourmet food baskets,
jewelry, tickets to a new
event coming to the Roxy
theatre: The Tom Foolery
Fun Club variety show, and
more than $3,000 in art donated
through local artists
who have previously worked
with the Illinois State Museum.
In addition to the two
classic prize events, the
dinner included two more
unique giveaways. A mystery
box raffle had guests
place their raffle tickets in
bags for one of ten unique,
decorative boxes including
a Chinese puzzle box
in the shape of a whale and
a classic jewelry store box
from Marshall Fields. At
the end of the night the winners
received not only the
box, but whatever mystery
prize was inside, including
one box which contained
$100.
The other special giveaway
was the Wall of Wine.
Local restaurants and collectors
donated 36 bottles of
wine which were randomly
numbered on a wine rack.
For $25, attendees could purchase
a balloon with a numbered
paper hidden inside it.
At the end of the night, the
balloons were popped and
each participant received the
bottle of wine with the corresponding
number.
“Everyone walks away
with a prize, and some of
them will receive a very
expensive bottle of wine,”
Gentile said.
In addition to the fundraising
activities, the evening
also featured a digital
photo booth, live music by
local musicians, “Guitar
Arts Duo,” food from Public
Landing's Chef Jeff, and the
ability to visit Gallery Seven's
two floors of art.
Overall, the dinner raised
a grand total of $12,070, exceeding
last year's total.
“An event like this is always
hard to put together,
especially this time of
year,” said Illinois State
Museum Director John
Lustig, who also serves as
the Recording Secretary
for Main Street Lockport's
board. “Getting this many
people to turnout on a holiday
weekend to support the
downtown like this really
shows the broad support
and enthusiasm we have in
our community.”
Since the inception of the
1836 dinner in 1991, Main
Street has contributed gardens,
way-finding signs,
bike path signs, stone street
features, and new benches to
the downtown area, among
other contributions. Annually,
the organization does
extensive spring flower
plantings in the downtown
gardens and planters, and
sponsors numerous community
events including Bike
and Dines, Clean Sweep, the
Old Canal Days wine tent,
Lobsterfest, and Christmas
in the Square.
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Daddy Daughter Dance at Goodings Grove raises funds for library
Laurie Fanelli
Freelance Reporter
It’s a tale as old as time.
Fathers and daughters
come together for a special
night of dancing, music
and games to create lasting
memories and live happily
ever after.
The Goodings Grove
PTO embraced a “Beauty
and the Beast” theme for
its annual Daddy Daughter
Dance, inviting attendees
to “be their guest” from
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Friday,
Feb. 8. Along with
participating in everything
from two-steps to waltzes,
fathers and their girls were
treated to craft stations,
refreshments, photo souvenirs
and a visit from two
very special guests, Belle
and The Beast, who sang
the “Theme from Beauty
and the Beast” before leading
everyone in a slow
dance.
“We are super excited
about our Be Our Guest
event tonight. We don’t see
the dads all the time. We
always see the moms volunteering,
so it’s really nice
to see the dads with their
daughters,” said Goodings
Grove PTO President Amy
Wiggins, noting that some
fathers also invited their
nieces or family friends,
whose own fathers could
not attend, to join in on the
fun.
First-grader Stephanie
Harbin, 6, was very excited
about experiencing her first
ever Daddy Daughter Dance
with her father, Chris, and
getting to “see my friends
with their daddies.” Her
mom and aunt helped her
get ready, and her dad
bought her a flower corsage
for the occasion.
“She wants to dance
the night away,” Chris
said.
Pretty in pink and accessorized
with a festive kitty
ears headband, 8-year-old
Kassidy Dejager was also
looking forward to hitting
the dance floor with her dad,
Chad.
“I like the dancing,” said
Kassidy, while Chad added,
“It’s great to see your
kid’s smile light up, and
it’s fun to see their friends
and try to connect with
some of the dads who are
in the same exact situation
you are.”
Katy Perry’s “Roar,” Taylor
Swift’s “Shake It Off”
and Bruno Mars’ “Uptown
Funk” were among the upbeat
tunes that filled the
dance floor throughout the
night.
Matt Zanta holds a mirror so his daughter, Gianna, can touch up her lip gloss Feb. 8, at the Daddy Daughter Dance held at
Goodings Grove School. Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media
Eight-year-old Annabelle
Klinger embraced the princess
theme by accessorizing
her sparkly gold dress with
a dainty crown. She also
helped her dad, Brian, get
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Schilling student who beat cancer receives ride to school on fire engine
Firefighters Local
4223 donates
$1,000 to Saenger
family
Alex Ivanisevic
Assistant Editor
It was barely 20 degrees
the morning of Friday, Feb.
15, but that did not stop
first-grader 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
she and her brother Logan,
9, up to 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’s trees and
mailboxes were adorned
with yellow ribbons for
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
Hailee. Cindee said 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 they go to the
same school.
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
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 upcoming
trip.
But the real moment of
happiness came when Hailee’s
scans came back clear,
signaling that she is now in
remission.
Homer Township Professional
Firefighters Local
4223 donated $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 taking Hailee and
Hailee Saenger stands with her first-grade class that greeted her when she arrived at school.
her brother to school was an
awesome experience. The
firefighters added that they
noticed Hailee, who was
greeted by her first-grade
class when she arrived at
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Police Reports
Police: Man stole more than $300 worth of merchandise from drug store
Zachery Esler, 26, of the
1100 block of Christal Road
in Coal City, was charged by
Lockport police with retail
theft Feb. 7 after allegedly
leaving a drug store on the
16000 block of W. 159th
Street with approximately
$360 worth of merchandise
without paying for it.
Lockport Police Department
Feb. 13
• Tatiana McCormick, 32, of
the 1200 block of Jackson
Street in Joliet, was charged
with driving with a suspended
license after the vehicle
she was allegedly driving
was stopped on 151st Street.
Feb. 10
• Personal belongings were
reported stolen from a vehicle
in the 16000 block of
Teton Drive between the
hours of 6 p.m. and 8 a.m.
Feb. 8
• Carlos Soto, 49, of the 1300
block of Wellwood Drive in
Lockport, was charged with
driving while license suspended,
improper lane usage
and operating an uninsured
motor vehicle after the vehicle
he was allegedly driving
was stopped on State Street.
Feb. 5
• Loose change was reported
stolen from an unlocked vehicle
in a parking lot on the
100 block of W. 13th Street
between the hours of 6:30
a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Feb. 4
• Ray Ramos, 42, of the
600 block of Otis Avenue
in Rockdale, was charged
with driving while license
suspended and improper
display of registration after
the vehicle he was allegedly
driving was stopped on
Bruce Road.
Feb. 3
• Norma Cabrera-Soto, 45, of
the 100 block of Mississippi
Street in Joliet, was charged
with driving with no valid
driver’s license, no rear registration
plate light and loud
exhaust after the vehicle she
was allegedly driving was
stopped on State Street.
Will County Sheriff’s Office
Feb. 1
• A 2018 Polaris RZR all-terrain
vehicle, 3,500 watt generator,
2004 Yamaha Banchie
ATV, 2016 Polaris RZR ATV,
Yamaha S2000 generator and
miscellaneous riding gear
was reported stolen from two
trailers on the 3100 block of
Canal Street. A lock was cut
to the gate surrounding the
property where the trailers
were located, police added.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Lockport
Legend’s Police Reports
are compiled from official
reports found online on the
Will County Sheriff’s Office or
Lockport Police Department’s
website or releases issued
by the department and other
agencies. Individuals named
in these reports are considered
innocent of all charges until
proven guilty in a court of law.
dance
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ready and even picked out
a gold tie for him to match
her outfit.
“We get all dressed up,
and she tells me what to
wear,” Brian said with a
smile.
Before the night was
through, each girl received
a light-up rose and created
“Beauty and the Beast”
themed crafts, including a
rose in a glitter globe modeled
after the one that appears
in the classic Disney
animated film.
Goodings Grove students
will have a lot more fairytales
— and mysteries,
biographies, novels, etc.
— in their future, as the
Daddy Daughter Dance also
served as a fundraiser for
the PTO, which is raising
money for the school’s library
in 2019.
“We’re really looking to
update the books in our library,
so a lot of the funds
we’re raising this year as a
PTO are going towards the
library,” Wiggins said.
The Goodings Grove
PTO has a lot more fun in
store this year, including
a Family Fitness Night on
April 12. The event will
feature local fitness studios,
gyms, instructors and vendors
sharing information on
health and wellness.
Parents interested in joining
the Goodings Grove
PTO can send an email to
ggrovepto@gmail.com, and
more information about upcoming
events can be found
at www.goodingsgrovepto.
com.
RIGHT: Amelia and Arthur
Macias dance at the event
hosted by the Goodings
Grove PTO. Laurie
Fanelli/22nd Century Media

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Reed School recognizes its
January Students of the Month
Submitted by Reed School
Reed students who demonstrated
responsible citizenship
throughout January
were recently celebrated by
being named Students of the
Month.
Students from each classroom
were recognized for
their outstanding efforts. Students
nominated for the honor
demonstrated the 3 B’s (Be
Respectful, Be Responsible
and Be Peaceful) consistently
throughout the month.
All students nominated
for the monthly award were
recognized and celebrated at
the school. The District 92
Foundation for Educational
Excellence funded the lawn
signs for this school-wide
project.
The Reed School January Students of the Months were chosen for being respectful, responsible
and peaceful. Photo submitted
School News
Lockport Township High
School
Freshmen earn high honors
for fall semester
Members of the Class of
2022 who were named to
the high honor roll for the
fall 2018 semester were:
Peyton Abdel-Razik, Vanessa
Aguirre, Jacob Ahrens,
Maryam Ajibola, Janae Alexander,
Tammer Ali, Angel
Almazan, Alvaro Alvarez,
Michelle Alvarez Martinez,
Elizabeth Anderson, Alyssa
Andrews, Jasmyn Annan,
Hannah Applebee, Emilio
Arias, Kamryn Atzman, Nicolette
Auriemma, Aldona
Babel, Jennifer Babica,
Angelica Bafia, Courtney
Baker, Leah Baker, William
Belczak, Reese Benda, Aria
Beno, Cristi Bentley, Julia
Berglund, Jorie Bielik, Georgina
Bielski, Lauryn Biggus,
Cierra Bilotto, Allison
Bobek, Hannah Boetscher,
Hayley Bogdan, Jacob Boniecki,
Arianna Borla, Isabella
Bozen, Christina Byers,
James Calvert, Victoria
Campbell, Sophia Carrozza,
Katelyn Cavallo, Iris Cazares,
Alexis Ceballos, Carmen
Joanne Chavez, Sarah
Chlebek, Christopher Christian-Hunter,
Grace Christopher,
Alexis Churchill,
Henry Cichowski, Mikayla
Edrianne Cocjin, Jacob Collins,
Logan Collom, Lauren
Connelly, Paul Contreras,
Nicholas Costello, Dominic
Crapia, Andrew Crosby, Angelica
Cruz, Giovan Cullotta,
Katherine Cunningham,
Ellie Curtis, Gabriel Czako,
Adam Daki, Reagan Davidson,
Ashley DeBlecourt,
Cameryn DeBlecourt, Nicole
DeLeon, Kyra De-
Normandie, James Derrig,
Phoebe Diamond, Anelise
DiGiovanni, Anna Domina,
Dayna Dominguez, Daniel
Doyle, Noah Drebing, Lucas
Dunlap, Ryan Durbin,
Ryann Dykstra, Cameron
Edenburn, Sandra Eigenbauer,
Emma Ericson, Charlotte
Fahrner, Dana Fakhreddine,
Alex Farkasch, Michael Faybik,
Madeline Felonk, Kathleen
Fennessy, Eileen Ferriter,
Anthony Ficek, Gabriela
Fiedor, Kevin Fleming, Megan
Flemming, Grace Flynn,
Emma Forbes, Emily Formella,
Nolan Foster, Hope
French, Francesca Frieri,
Emma Fry, Nicholas Fudala,
Emily Gad, Kennedy Galloy,
James Gannon, Antonio
Garcia Moreno, Willow Raistlin
Garrett, Dominik Gasienica,
Emily Gattone, Ashley
Gibbs, Lynsey Glenn,
Braeden Goebbert, Olivia
Gorgol, Kristian Goss, Mary
Elizabeth Greenlaw, Gavin
Gucwa, Bredge Gutierrez,
Julia Habas, Zoe Halatek,
Claire Hamaker, Andrew
Handzel, Michael Hasso,
Alexander Heidelberg, Samantha
Hernandez, Teresa
Hernandez-Gonzalez, Kendal
Herschbach, Hanan Heshmeh,
Cheyanne Hill, Natalie
Homerding, Joseph Houlihan,
Emilia Hughes, Myah
Hughes, Emily Jackowiak,
Narjis Jafferi, Megan Janik,
Edgaras Jarusevicius, Jumana
Jawhar, Tyler Jenczmionka,
Milca Jimenez, Douglas
Johnson, Rodrigo Juarez
Ovallos, Emilia Jurzyk,
John Kajmowicz, Nathan
Karpiesz, Blake Kashark,
Ahmad Kawash, Rebecca
Kazmierczak, Natalie Keltner,
Brandon Kemp, Madison
Kesteloot, Morgan Kesteloot,
Kyle Kevish, Nicole
Kijania, Derek Kind, Cora
Kleber, Paige Knight, Jessia
Knippenberg, Hannah Kofira,
Nicholas Korosa, Maya
Kosieniak, Grace Kozuch,
Abigail Kreczmer, Gwennyth
Kriha, Michal Kuderski,
Jacqueline Kuffel, Isabel
Kwak, Polixeni Lavvas,
Kaitlyn Lesczynski, Gabriella
Lewis, Allison Leyden,
Brian Leyden, Rebecca Leyden,
Meadow Limoncello,
Ryan Little, Evan Litynski,
Margaret Livesey, America
Lopez-Buendia, Andrew
LoPresti, Emma Mackin,
Caroline Maier, Colin Majewski,
Sophia Marcial,
Kasey Markusic, Patrick
Marshall, Michal Marszalek,
Anthony Martens, Matthew
Martinez, Vanessa Martinez,
Allison Mateja, Eliza Mattson,
Sarah Matuszek, John
McCormick, Lauren Mc-
Gowan, Ashley Mendelson,
Jazmin Bianca Mendoza,
Cheri Michalek, Matas Mikuckas,
Monika Mikuckas,
Olivia Milker, Patricia
Miszczak, Kailyn Mitchell,
Joshua Mladic, Dylan Morgan,
Jessica Mueller, Thomas
Mula, Dominick Mulica,
Vielka Munoz, Payton Myers,
Jessica Nosalik, Ariana
Novak, Colin OBoyle, Emily
OBoyle, Abigail Obradovic,
Lindsay Oldendorf,
Mikenna OLeary, Michaella
Olegario, Emma Olsick,
Alyssa Olson, Gabriela Olszanski,
Savana Ortiz, Zachary
Ottolino, Lucas Pajeau,
Vincent Palumbo, Leah
Panozzo, Dennis Papafotopoulos,
Brinda Parikh,
Alexander Pastrana, Sarah
Pavela, Noah Peake, Carly
Pearson, Naomi Pentell,
Anthony Perez, Maxwell
Pericak, Lauren Petraski,
Ashley Phillips, Hannah
Pietrzycki, Ema Pilelis, Kenadee
Pitchford, Alex Podczerwinski,
Emily Pogwizd,
Rachel Pokorski, Alexis
Poulos, Emma Punter, Nathan
Quinn, Nicole Radulski,
Skylar Rahn, Mireyna
Ramos, Amber Ranney,
Isabella Rarick, Madison
Renfro, Carly Ringelsten,
Benjamin Roark, Keegan
Roberson, Adrienne Rodriguez,
Miriam Rodriguez,
Isaiah Rogers, Nicolette
Rose, Braeden Roth, Rileigh
Rubar, Manases Ruiz, Benjamin
Ryan, Courtney Ryan,
John Ryan, Nathan Rybicki,
Tanya Sacinski, Nadia Salcik,
Trevor Salutric, Hernan
Sanchez Marin, Madeline
Sanford, Ronald Schiek,
Dylan Schmutzler, Emma
Schmutzler, Madelyn Schuldt,
Vanessa Scialabba, Hope
Seifert, Darrany Sem, Kara
Shields, Sydney Shields,
Cassandra Shore, Katelyn
Siadak, Victoria Smith,
Elizabeth Sochacki, Cole
Spizzirri, Benjamin Staley,
Cassidy Stangel, Megan
Stevens, Mia Stillo, Michael
Strahanoski, Kaira Stricklin,
Matthew Strom, Catherine
Suchocki, Danielle Sulich,
Aaron Sullivan, Sean Svoboda,
Dania Sweis, Steven
Szpicki, Seja Taha, Megan
Tanquilut, Sydney Thies,
Christa Thomas, Mark Tor,
Demetria Tsiros, Sofija
Tunkevicius, Paulina Ulinskas,
Jordan Ulrich, Skylar
Ulrich, Michael Ungaro,
Aaron Paul Vales, Jordyn
Vanoni, Alexander Vassilakis,
Nicholas Vassilakis,
Dylan Vilcek, Emily Villasenor,
Charlotte Vollmer, Eva
Warner, Emmalie Wasilewski,
Alexandra Way, Carter
Weidemann, Grace Weisner,
Samantha Weisner, Grace
Whitman, Nathan Williams,
Connor Wilson, Mackenzie
Wilson, Reese Young, Trevor
Zacek, Jakob Zajkowski,
Daniel Zeglen and Adam
Zidan.
Seniors named to honor roll
Members of the LTHS
Class of 2019 who were
named to the honor roll
included: Olivia Adams,
Madaline Aguilar, Victoria
Aguirre, Sarah Albertino,
Ashley Alcantar, Summer
Ali, Hussein Alsalahi,
Monica Angel, Jose Arambula
Rodriguez, Adalid Bahena-
Olivares, Ryan Barth,
Reynaldo Bautista, Joanna
Kate Belicena, Joshua Bentley,
Luke Bentley, Lukas
Bergstrom, Montiana Bew,
Mackenzie Blackburn, Nicolette
Bodenhagen, Hannah
Bogdan, Matthew Boguslawski,
Margaret Bollinger,
Shannon Brennan, Matthew
Brice, David Bruining,
Francesca Brunetti, Abbey
Burke, Kelsey Burkett, Jacob
Cala, Nicholas Calderaro,
Alexandra Carberry,
Benjamin Chimino, Jhaiyear
Clayton, Grace Cochonour,
Dylan Connelly, Angel Contreras,
Caitlin Corcoran,
Chloe Cozzi, Dylan Crylen,
Connor Cully, Annette
Czaja, Nicole Delelio, Emily
Delgado, Ruth Delgado,
Omar Diaz, Jonathan Diaz
de Leon, Michelle Donnelly,
Genevieve Esposito,
Morgan Fahey, Amal Farhan,
Erin Fesmire, Joanna
Findura, Joseph Fischer,
Jonathon Flores, Stacia
Flowers, Dylan Gadomski,
John Gallet, Julian Garcia,
Eric Gasienica, Justin Gasper,
Emma Giroux, Sean
Greaney, Karli Grooms, Mikayla
Gruber, Shane Haas,
Madison Hanna, Jeffrey
Hare, Avriana Harris, Maeve
Hayes, Brianna Hillock, David
Hilmes, Mallory Hollatz,
Jason Holtz, Jillian Hook,
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the Lockport Legend’s
Standout Student
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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.
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What’s your favorite class
and why?
Math because I like numbers
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.
Oak Prairie has 11 students apply for IESA Scholar Attitude Award
Submitted by Will County
School District 92
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 GPA
(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
Award luncheon is
scheduled for April 30 at the
DoubleTree hotel in Bloomington.
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.
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 Lockport Legend.
Nominations come from
Lockport area schools.
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
school
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Andrew Horwath, Matthew
Houlihan, Jonathan Howell,
Ariana Huerta, Yasmen
Hussien, Kristina Ignatavicius,
Jayson Iniguez, Amal
Jaber, Jenna Jaber, Batool
Jafferi, Caitlin Jarzynka,
Michael Jeszke, Frank Jilek,
Matthew Johnson, Payton
Johnson, Crista Johnston,
Kendra Jones, Thomas Kabat,
Michalina Kania, Ashley
Kashark, KyeRah Kidd,
Kelsie Kirk, Gianna Klug,
Julia Kraus, Jillian Krizik,
Matthew Kronsbein, Olivia
Kuncis, Kathleen Kwiatkowski,
Patricia Lee, Joseph
Leonard, Alexis Liker, Alex
Long and Ivory Long.
Loyola University Chicago
LTHS graduate earns dean’s
list honors
Ashley Dominici, a 2017
graduate of Lockport Township
High School, was
named to the dean’s list at
Loyola University Chicago
for the 2018 fall semester.
She is majoring in forensics.
Olivet Nazarene University
Lockport resident named to
dean’s list
Sara Bell, a Lockport resident
and freshman at Olivet
Nazarene, was selected to
the 2018 fall semester dean’s
list. A student earns dean’s
list recognition by attempting
12 hours or more and
earning a semester GPA
of 3.5 or higher in a fall or
spring semester.
School News is compiled by
Editor Max Lapthorne, max@
lockportlegend.com.

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Photo Op
Lockport
resident Joselyn
Daher shared
this photo she
took at Willow
Walk Park as a
storm was rolling
in last fall.
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Murphy
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This is our Murphy. He is a Shetland
sheepdog, but we are told he has
a lot of collie in him. He’s such an
amazing dog. We got Murphy when
he was 16 weeks old, and he is now
9. He loves playing ball. He will go
get it and always brings it back to
you. He sits, gives paw, speaks and
even rolls over. He also loves going
for walks. He actually thinks he’s
one of the kids. He has adopted
human brothers who live next door
and he’ll actually play baseball and
football with them being one of the
players. He just wants to be a real
boy. He has been the best addition
to our family.
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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
MokenaMessenger.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
OPPrairie.com.
FROM THE HOMER HORIZON
O’Reilly Auto Parts the second
business to open its doors in new
plaza
Customers now can shop for
auto parts 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, deicer 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
to host 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.”
Reporting by Thomas Czaja, Editor.
For more, visit HomerHorizon.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
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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 TinleyJunction.
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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People talk about the
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is nothing else to talk
about.
It is a popular topic for
small talk when interacting
with someone who you
have nothing in common
with outside of the literal
environment surrounding
yourselves. This often leads
to stale conversations of
little to no substance, but
that is not always the case.
For example, I often discuss
the weather and seasons
in this space, and I like to
think I have a lot more in
common with all of you than
the temperature outside. I
find myself writing about the
seasons, not because I have
nothing better to discuss, but
rather because the cyclical
nature of the weather often
coincides with changes in
the events we cover. Fall
brings football and haunted
houses, winter brings Christmas
events and basketball,
and so on.
That being said, it is a bit
strange to discuss the end of
winter and upcoming spring
season as temperatures have
been sitting below freezing
for a long while and just a
few weeks ago we experienced
one of the coldest
days on record. But, weather
be damned, that’s exactly
what I’m going to do.
The winter season for
high school athletics is
winding down — or ramping
up — as the postseasons
for various sports
have been playing out
over the last couple weeks.
This issue features plenty
of postseason coverage,
from some championship
wrestling performances on
Page 38 to the girls bowling
team’s strong finish on
Page 39. The LTHS girls
basketball team’s regional
semifinal game went into
double overtime and you
can read all about it on
Page 37, while the boys
swimming and diving
team’s accomplishments,
specifically those of standout
diver Wrigley Fields,
can be found on Page 35.
It will not be long until
Wrigley Fields’ diving season
is over and baseball at
Wrigley Field returns. Major
League Baseball spring
training is here, and the
Cubs and White Sox will be
playing meaningful baseball
games at the end of next
month. But a few weeks
before that, the Lockport
baseball team’s season gets
underway on March 15.
As a lifelong baseball
fan, the start of baseball is a
beacon of hope that spring
is on the way. With it will
come more than just baseball
though, as a number of
other spring sports at LTHS
will be getting underway in
the coming weeks.
The weather and changing
of the seasons might be
overused as conversation
starters, but that does not
mean they are not significant.
Here at The Legend,
we are always quick to
embrace the changing of
the seasons, because with a
new season comes a whole
new batch of exciting stories
for us to tell.
“The Gulf, Mobile & Ohio depot on West 13th
Street in Lockport as it looked 50 years ago,
back in 1969.
If you look past the depot on the right, you can
see an empty boxcar parked on the track behind
the depot.
If a local business, such as Drake Lumber, received
a carload of freight, the railroad would spot the
freight car on the track behind the depot and the
business could come and get their merchandise.”
Lockport resident Bill Molony, from Feb. 11
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Valentine IPT’s for their parents this morning. They
learned how to export them out as 3D PDF’s and
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Pouring pastries
Arrowhead Ales teams up with Fleckenstein’s Bakery
for two new stouts with sweet inspirations, Page 21
Lockport resident’s nonprofit assists
single-parent families, Page 17
Lockport resident
Alexis Leslie works
at her home. She
recently founded
Ten Thousand
Girlfriends, a
nonprofit that assists
single-parent families
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FAITH BRIEFS
Legacy Vineyard Church (315 E. 11th St.,
Lockport)
Sunday Services
10 a.m.
Mt. Ebal Missionary Baptist Church (221
Cameron Ave. Lockport)
Early Sunday Morning
Worship
8 a.m. There is communion
every first Sunday.
For more information, call
(815) 838-6727.
Sunday School
9:15 a.m.
Worship Service
11 a.m. There is communion
every first Sunday.
Mission Ministry
6 p.m. Mondays
Bible Study
7 p.m. Tuesdays
Narcotics Anonymous
6 p.m. Wednesdays
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church (1500 S. Briggs
St., Lockport)
Divine Worship
9 a.m. Sundays with Fellowship
to follow at 10 a.m.
For more information, call
(815) 838-1832.
First Congregational United Church of Christ
(700 E. 9th St., Lockport)
Sunday Worship
9:30 a.m.
Children & Nursery
9:30 a.m. Sundays. There
are programs for toddlers
through 8th grade.
Ladies Craft & Chat
4:30 p.m. every third
Friday. Please bring craft
projects, sewing, etc. or just
come to chat. Dinner is at
6:30 p.m.
Confirmation
Open to high school age.
Contact Rev. Eric Quinney-
Burnard to participate.
Communion
First Sunday of the
month.
Alcoholics-Anonymous
6 p.m. Saturdays. Enter
through the door closest to
the side parking lot. There
will be a sign in front for the
meeting.
First United Methodist Church of Lockport
(1000 S. Washington St., Lockport)
Sunday Worship
10:30 a.m.
Circle of Love
9 a.m. Wednesdays. Circle
of Love provides diapers,
feminine and incontinence
products to clients
who are qualified to use the
local FISH Food Pantry.
For more information, call
(815) 838-1017.
Communion
First Sunday of the
month.
Joliet Seventh-Day Adventist Church (21514
W. Division St., Lockport)
Saturday Services
9:30 a.m. Sabbath school;
10:45 a.m. Worship Hour.
Prayer Meeting
7:30 p.m. Wednesdays.
Attendees can share their
praise reports and prayer requests.
The call-in number
is (530) 881-1200. When
prompted enter the access
code: 761835 then the #
key. The prayer line is free,
and there is no additional
cost beyond regular phone
charges.
St. Dennis Church (1214 S. Hamilton St.,
Lockport)
Spanish Mass
1:30 p.m. Second Sunday
of each month. Mass is to be
conducted in Spanish.
Care Pantry/Outreach/
Bread of Life
The first Sunday of each
month bring one food item
to support the FISH Pantry,
Fairmont Food Pantry and
many local families through
our Bread of Life program.
Gift cards to Walmart or gas
station gift cards are always
needed. Put in an envelope
in collections labeled Bread
of Life.
Angel Choir
All school and parish students
in grades 3 through 8
can participate. Rehearsal
is every Thursday from 5-6
p.m. in church. Angel Choir
sings two weekend mass
times per month.
Kids Chime Choir
All school and parish students
in grades 3 though 8
can participate. Rehearsal
is every Thursday from 3-4
p.m. in church music room.
Daily Mass Times
8 a.m. Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday
8:15 a.m. Wednesday
8 a.m. Friday with communion
service
Saturday Mass
4:30 p.m.
Sunday Mass
8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and
11:15 a.m. All are welcome.
Healing Prayer
Following the Saturday
mass and 9:30 a.m. and
11:15 a.m. Sunday mass.
All are welcome. Contact
Parish Secretary at secretary@saint-dennis.org
or
call (815) 838-2592 for
more information.
Assumption Greek Orthodox Church (15625
S. Bell Road, Lockport)
Sunday Services
8:15 a.m. Orthros; 9:30
a.m. Divine Liturgy; 10 a.m.
Sunday School. For more
information, call (708) 645-
0652.
THRIVE Church (Kelvin Grove School, 808
Adams St., Lockport)
Sunday Worship
10:30 a.m. Adult Service
10:30 a.m. Kid’s Church
Thrive Youth
7 p.m. Wednesdays night
youth gatherings
Thrive Circles
7 p.m. for adults. Days
vary. Email pastorbrian@
gmail.com for more info.
Shepherd of the Hill Lutheran Church(925 E.
9th St., Lockport)
Saturday Service
5 p.m.
Sundays Service
9 a.m. and 10:35 a.m.
Wednesday Service
6:30 p.m.
Bible Study
9:30 a.m. Wednesdays
Weight Watchers
5:30 p.m. Tuesdays
weigh-in, meeting starts at
6 p.m.
Alcoholics Anonymous
6:30 p.m. Wednesdays for
beginners
7:30 p.m. Wednesdays for
established members
All meetings are “closed
door”
Caregiver Group Meetings:
Fourth Thursday of every
month at noon. The
next one is Nov. 29. Please
call the church at (815) 838-
0708 to RSVP. Lunch is
provided.
First Baptist Church of Lockport (800
Thornton St., Lockport)
Awana Clubs
6:15- 8 p.m. on Wednesdays
during the school
year. Children will have
fun learning Awana games,
sports, teamwork and about
God’s love. For questions,
please call the church office
at (815) 838-4004.
Sunday Services
9:30 a.m. Morning Bible
study classes for all ages;
10:45 a.m.-noon Morning
Worship Service.
Angel Food House Food
Pantry
12:15-1 p.m. Sundays and
6-7 p.m. Wednesdays. Open
to the public. First time users
please bring two forms
of identification. For more
information, call Kathy at
(872) 216-9212.
Wednesday Night Bible
Study
6:30-7:30 p.m.
Grace Baptist Church (501 N. State St.,
Lockport)
Sunday Schedule
9:30 a.m. Sunday school;
10:45 a.m. Morning service;
6 p.m. Night service.
Cross Point Church of Lockport (17530 W.
Fox Hollow Drive, Lockport)
Sunday Service
10 a.m. For more information,
call (815) 838-
9105.
Holy Eucharist
8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
Sundays. For more information,
call (815) 834-1168 or
email office@stjohns-lockport-il.org.
12 Step Meetings
8 p.m. Mondays, 7 p.m.
and 11:59 p.m. Fridays.
Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church (18101 W.
Oak Ave., Lockport)
Sunday Services
8:30 a.m. Sunday school;
10 a.m. Morning worship,
Nursery ministry (ages infant
to 4) and Youth church
(ages 5-12); 12 p.m. Adult
Bible Study. For more information,
contact (815)
774-1016.
St. Joseph Catholic Church (410 S. Jefferson
St. Lockport)
Sunday Services
8 a.m., 10 a.m. and 11:45
a.m.
Confessions
4 p.m. every Saturday in
the church
Have something for Faith
Briefs? Contact Assistant
Editor Alex Ivanisevic at
a.ivanisevic@
22ndcenturymedia.com or
call (708) 326-9170 ext. 15.
Information is due by noon
Thursday one week prior to
publication.
In Memoriam
Joseph S. Brown
Joe Brown, 76,
late of Lockport,
died Feb. 9 at Provena St.
Joseph Medical Center, Joliet.
Born in Chicago, he
was a lifelong area resident.
Brown retired from Union
Local 1889 as a carpenter after
many years of dedicated
service. He was a United
States Navy Veteran. Brown
is survived by his three children,
James Brown, John
Enk and Tracy Brown. Numerous
grandchildren and
great grandchildren also survive.
Following visitation at
O’Neil Funeral Home and
Heritage Crematory 1105
E. 9th St. Lockport on Feb.
15, Cremation Rites will be
respectfully addressed. Inurnment
with full Military
Honors at Abraham Lincoln
National Cemetery will be
held at a later date.
Have someone’s life you’d like
to honor? Email a.ivanisevic@
22ndcenturymedia.com with
information about a loved one
who was a part of the Lockport
community.

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Lockport resident starts nonprofit to help single parents
Alex Ivanisevic
Assistant Editor
Ten Thousand Girlfriends is a nonprofit organization founded by Alexis Leslie to assist single-family households in Will County. Image submitted
A Lockport
resident
inspired by
her decades
of community
service
in Chicago
has made it Leslie
her mission
to give a sense of
community to struggling
individuals and singleparent
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 helped 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 increase funds donated
to Ten Thousand Girlfriends.
“Ten Thousand Girlfriends
symbolizes this idea
of women helping women
and everyone getting together
to help when someone
is in crisis — the people
who are in trouble and need
it,” said Sydney Samoska,
who has helped Leslie develop
the website and ideas
for the nonprofit. “I remember
when there were times
when the only thing that got
my mom through the day
was her other mom friends
and single moms too. I was
raised by a single mom, so
I definitely relate to that
aspect of the nonprofit’s
mission.”
Samoska is from New
Lenox and a freshman at
Loyola University Chicago.
She connected with Leslie
through a friend when it became
known Leslie was in
search of someone to help
her with website content
such as an informational
videos to spread the word
about Ten Thousand Girlfriends.
On a basic level, Ten
Thousand Girlfriends is a
support system of women
helping each other, and the
organization is trying to integrate
different resources
for women to get jobs and
make changes in their lives,
Samoska said.
“We also want to create
a community for moms to
come together, especially
for those going through
hardships,” she said. “It’s
been rewarding to be a part
of so far.”
“The way I conceptualized
what this organization
would be, we would partner
with other nonprofit
organizations like shelters
and social service agencies
because most of the
families there are headed
by a single parent, most of
which are single moms,”
Leslie said. “I want to
partner with them to determine
how can we best help
the moms that they are serving.”
Leslie wants to know
where the “gaps” are in
“I’m interested in how we can help single moms
not just maintain, not fall further back, but move
forward and not be working and in poverty.”
Alexis Leslie — Ten Thousand Girlfriends founder, on the nonprofit’s mission
their services and what can
be done to fill those gaps.
One of her ideas is to assist
parents who move out of
shelters by helping provide
them with the supplies they
will need in their next living
situation.
The ways in which she’d
like to help are by having
readily available information
about training programs
that can make it easier for
parents to get better-paying
jobs. Among other things,
she hopes one day it would
become a realistic venture
to raise money for individuals
in dire need of financial
support.
“The idea behind Rise
magazine is that you are
rising up to something
and we are empowering
women who rise up
to be better,” Samoska
said.
Topics in posts on the online
magazine range from
finding jobs in the tech
industry to going back to
school and dealing with
abuse.
What Leslie said she
needs is for more people to
talk to about the problems
needing to be addressed and
more people willing to work
at making a change, so that
is what she hopes to do going
forward.
“I’m interested in how
we can help single moms
not just maintain, not fall
further back, but move
forward and not be working
and in poverty,” Leslie
said.
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Author delivers inspirational 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.
RIGHT: Jeyda Gungor (left)
and Bogdan Novakovic
(right) pose for a photo with
author Amy Logan.
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
Lincoln-Way Central to welcome 10
other schools at Special Games
Lockport among schools
to again participate in
annual event
Submitted by Lincoln-Way
Community High School District
210
On Thursday, March 7, Lincoln-Way
will host the 18th annual
Special Games in the Lincoln-
Way Central field house from
9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Other schools participating
include: Bradley-Bourbonnais,
Bolingbrook, Andrew, Sandburg,
Stagg, Homewood-Flossmoor, Joliet,
Lockport, Lincoln-Way East
and Lincoln-Way West.
The Special Games were established
in 2002 to provide athletes
with special needs the opportunity
to compete against other area high
schools. The event, which began
with six high schools and 150
athletes, has evolved into a spectacular,
day-long extravaganza involving
11 high schools and 400
athletes.
“The energy and excitement the
day brings is inspiring to everyone
who participates,” said Special
Games co-chair Mary Harrison.
Each team competes in a
number of sporting events for
the chance to win various team
awards and the coveted traveling
Spirit Stick. The winning school
also receives a banner to hang
with pride in their school gym or
field house.
RIGHT: Joey Mansell competes in
the throwing accuracy contest for
the Porters in last year’s Special
Games at Lincoln-Way Central.
22nd Century Media File Photo

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the Lockport Legend | February 21, 2019 | 19
New Lockport film festival accepting submissions
Midwest Waterways
Short Film Festival
coming to Roxy
Theater in Lockport
Staff Report
The Lockport Summer Art
Series is to host a film festival
this year and is currently
seeking film submissions.
The Midwest Waterways
Short Film Festival is to be
held at the recently renovated
Roxy Theater at 1017
S. State St. in Lockport this
summer and into early fall.
The film festival is to offer
an opportunity to see the
storytelling talents of the independent
film industry, according
to its website.
The films are to cover five
genres: drama, comedy, horror,
sci-fi and documentary.
Animated entries are to be
shown on the sci-fi evening.
Films are limited to a length
of 30 minutes.
Between films, there is to
be an opportunity to discuss
the work with the filmmakers
themselves. Each genre
is to have a single “Best of
Category” as voted on by
those in attendance. Category
winners are to receive
a $150 first prize, and show
their film at the “Best of
Fest” in October. Winners
of the “Best of Fest” are to
receive a $500 grand prize.
The drama films are to
be shown July 11, comedy
on July 25, horror on Aug.
8, documentary on Aug. 22,
sci-fi or animated on Sept.
12 and “Best of Fest” on
Oct. 5. Doors open at 6 p.m.
and movies begin at 6:30
p.m. Food and drinks are to
be available for purchase.
The bar is to be open for
adult beverages.
Tickets are $5 and can be
purchased in advance. Seating
is limited at the Roxy, so
advance purchase is recommended
to ensure availability.
Films are required to have
a comparable PG-13 rating.
Food and drink will be available
for purchase in the commons
area of the theater.
To submit a film or for
more information on the
Midwest Waterways Short
Film Festival, visit www.
mwsfilmfest.com. To purchase
tickets, visit www.
eventbrite.com/e/midwestwaterways-short-film-festi
val-tickets-55645025770.
The Midwest Waterways Short Film Festival is to be held this summer at the Roxy Theater
in downtown Lockport, which was recently renovated. 22nd Century Media File Photo
Making a statement
LTHS English Department recognizes plight of child soldiers with Red Hand Day
Jazz program coming
to Illinois State
Museum in Lockport
Staff Report
The Lockport Township High School English Department, led by English teacher Jason Dubiel, recognized the plight of child soldiers
around the world Feb. 12 with Red Hand Day. Photo submitted
The Illinois State Museum Lockport Gallery
is getting a new — albeit temporary — addition
to its current Untitled(house) exhibit.
Experimental musician Tim Daisy is to put
on a show titled Moments of Intersection A
Response in Jazz to the (Untitled) house at 2
p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 23. It is to be an improvisational
response to the current exhibition at
the gallery.
The Untitled (house) exhibit is showcasing
a variety of works from the Diane and Browne
Goodwin art collection, as previously reported
by The Legend. The exhibit offers a glimpse
into the lives of Diane and Browne Goodwin
through their collection.
“For me, the fact that we were able to celebrate
the 40 years of Browne and Dianne’s collecting,
and circle back and use our platform to
celebrate their life, is fantastic,” Lustig said at
the exhibit’s opening reception Oct. 28.
The event is free and Browne Goodwin is to
be in attendance as well as participating artists
in the exhibition.

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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 strawberryglazed
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 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.
“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
“It warms you up on the
inside and makes you feel
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 its beers. Bacon
said Arrowhead Ales is
an American restaurant that
offers a lot of handhelds,
burgers and sandwiches.
“Our chef does a lot of
fun weekend features,” Bacon
said. “So, every weekend
we have an appetizer
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-
Saturday (kitchen closes
at 10 p.m.)
For more information...
Phone: (815) 717-6068
Web: arrowheadales.
com
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.
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.
“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
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 blow
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
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
HOMER GLEN
Front Row
(14903 S. Bell Road,
Homer Glen; (708) 645-
7000)
7 p.m. Wednesdays: Trivia
ORLAND PARK
Papa Joe’s
(14459 S. LaGrange
Road, Orland Park; (708)
403-9099)
■5-9 ■ p.m. Thursdays:
Gene Infelise and Francesca
■6-10 ■ p.m. Fridays: The
keyboard stylings of
Roger Pampel
Square Celt Ale House &
Grill
(39 Orland Square Drive,
Orland Park; (708) 226-
9600)
■8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Free
Bar Bingo
■8 ■ p.m. Wednesdays:
Free Trivia
■9 ■ p.m. Fridays or Saturdays:
Live Music
■10 ■ p.m. Sundays:
Karaoke
TINLEY PARK
350 Brewing
(7144 W. 183rd St., Tinley
Park (708) 825-7339)
■6:30 ■ p.m. First Thursday
of each month:
Laugh Riot. Cost is
$25 and includes
dinner, two beers
and a comedy show.
For tickets, email
todd@350brewing.com.
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 Lockport Legend | 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.
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3 Bedrooms, Plus Loft, 2 ½ Bath
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School System is Among the Best in the State
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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
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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
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• 1041 Ashley Court S. 3c
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Janice L. Plens to William
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• 1248 W. 151st St.,
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• 1505 Peachtree Lane,
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- Dennis Calsi to Adam
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• 17409 Fox Bend Lane,
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• 333 E. 4th St.,
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• 15341 Pinewood Road,
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- Dawn Weber to Susan
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• 16151 Bent Grass
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4645 - Daniel D.
McCowan to Gerald F.
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• 17042 Old Orchard
Lane N, Lockport, 60441-
7412 - Nikiel Trust to
Tomasz Skowyra, Massiel
Nicolas $223,000
• 17758 S. Mitchell Lane,
Lockport, 60441-4754 -
Marban Trust to Ronald
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- Bryan M. Eastman
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2060 Drywall
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SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE
of 17052 South Auburn Ridge Drive,
LOCKPORT, IL 60441 (SINGLE
FAMILY). On the 7th day ofMarch,
2019 to be held at 12:00 noon, at the
Will County Courthouse Annex, 57 N.
Ottawa Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL
60432, under Case Title: Fannie Mae
(Federal National Mortgage Association)
Plaintiff V. MARLENE MAT-
TEUCCI; ARTHUR MATTEUCCI;
ALICE MATTEUCCI; MORTGAGE
ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYS-
TEMS, INC.; NEUBERRY RIDGE
HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION;
Defendant.
Case No. 10CH 3730 in the Circuit
Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit,
Will County, Illinois.
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the
time of sale and the balance within
twenty-four (24) hours. Nojudicial sale
fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring
the residential real estate pursuant
to its credit bid at the sale or by any
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other
lienor acquiring the residential real estate
whose rights in and tothe residential
real estate arose prior to the sale. All
payments shall be made in cash or certified
funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will
County.
In the event the property is acondomin-
ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS
5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and (H-2), 765
ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS
605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified
that the purchaser of the unit, other than
amortgagee, shall pay the assessments
and legal fees required bysubdivisions
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and the assessments
required by subsection (g-1)
of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium
Property Act.
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J)
if there is asurplus following application
ofthe proceeds of sale, then the
plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant
to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512(d) to all parties
to the proceeding advising them of
the amount ofthe surplus and that the
surplus will beheld until aparty obtains
acourt order for its distribution or, in
the absence of an order, until the surplus
is forfeited to the State.
For Information Please Contact:
SHAPIRO KREISMAN AND ASSO-
CIATES, LLC.
2121 Waukegan Rd, Suite 301
Bannockburn, Illinois 60015
P: 847-770-4348
F: 847-291-3434
PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT
COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT
YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS
LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A
DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING
TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY
INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL
BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE
of 16459 W. Spring View Drive, Lockport,
IL 60441 (Residential). On the 7th
day ofMarch, 2019 to be held at 12:00
noon, at the Will County Courthouse
Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street, Room 201,
Joliet, IL 60432, under Case Title: BMO
Harris Bank National Association f/k/a
Harris National Association successor
by merger toNLSB Bank Plaintiff V.
James V.Scialabba a/k/a James V.Scialabba
Sr.; et. al. Defendant.
Case No. 16CH 0576 in the Circuit
Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit,
Will County, Illinois.
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the
time of sale and the balance within
twenty-four (24) hours. Nojudicial sale
fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring
the residential real estate pursuant
to its credit bid at the sale or by any
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other
lienor acquiring the residential real estate
whose rights in and tothe residential
real estate arose prior to the sale. All
payments shall be made in cash or certi-
2701 Property for
Sale
fied funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will
County.
In the event the property is acondomin-
ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS
5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and (H-2), 765
ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS
605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified
that the purchaser of the unit, other than
amortgagee, shall pay the assessments
and legal fees required bysubdivisions
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and the assessments
required by subsection (g-1)
of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium
Property Act.
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J)
if there is asurplus following application
ofthe proceeds of sale, then the
plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant
to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512(d) to all parties
to the proceeding advising them of
the amount ofthe surplus and that the
surplus will beheld until aparty obtains
acourt order for its distribution or, in
the absence of an order, until the surplus
is forfeited to the State.
For Information Please Contact:
Codilis & Associates, P.C.
15W030 N. Frontage Road Suite 100
Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527
P: 630-794-5300
F: 630-794-9090
PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT
COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT
YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS
LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A
DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING
TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY
INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL
BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE
of 21719 WDivision St, Lockport, IL
60441 (Residential). On the 14th day of
March, 2019 to be held at 12:00 noon, at
the Will County Courthouse Annex, 57
N. Ottawa Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL
60432, under Case Title: U.S. Bank National
Association, Not InIts Individual
Capacity but Solely As Indenture Trustee
for the CIM Trust 2017-8
Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series 2017-8
Plaintiff V. Marjorie Rooffener; et. al.
Defendant.
Case No. 18CH 1178 in the Circuit
Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit,
Will County, Illinois.
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the
time of sale and the balance within
twenty-four (24) hours. Nojudicial sale
fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring
the residential real estate pursuant
to its credit bid at the sale or by any
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other
lienor acquiring the residential real estate
whose rights in and tothe residential
real estate arose prior to the sale. All
payments shall be made in cash or certified
funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will
County.
In the event the property is acondomin-
ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS
5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and (H-2), 765
ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS
605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified
that the purchaser of the unit, other than
amortgagee, shall pay the assessments
and legal fees required bysubdivisions
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and the assessments
required by subsection (g-1)
of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium
Property Act.
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J)
if there is asurplus following application
ofthe proceeds of sale, then the
plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant
to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512(d) to all parties
to the proceeding advising them of
the amount ofthe surplus and that the
surplus will beheld until aparty obtains
acourt order for its distribution or, in
the absence of an order, until the surplus
is forfeited to the State.
For Information Please Contact:
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15W030 N. Frontage Road Suite 100
2701 Property for
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Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527
P: 630-794-5300
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)
) SS.
COUNTY OF WILL
)
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE
TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Fannie Mae (Federal National Mortgage
Association)
Plaintiff,
vs.
MARLENE MATTEUCCI; ARTHUR
MATTEUCCI; ALICE MATTEUCCI;
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGIS-
TRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; NEU-
BERRY RIDGE HOMEOWNER'S AS-
SOCIATION;
Defendant.
No. 10 CH 3730
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
Public notice ishereby given that pursuant
toajudgment entered in the above
cause on the 26th day of July, 2012,
MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will
County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the
7th day of March, 2019 ,commencing
at 12:00 o'clock noon, at the Will
County Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa
Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432,
sell at public auction tothe highest and
best bidder orbidders the following-described
real estate:
LOT 31INNEUBERRY RIDGE SUB-
DIVISION PHASE 1, A SUBDIVI-
SION OF PART OF THE SOUTH-
EAST 1/4 OFSECTION 26, TOWN-
SHIP 36 NORTH, RANGE 10 EAST
OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERID-
IAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT
THEREOF RECORDED AUGUST 15,
2003, AS DOCUMENT NUMBER
R2003-198415, IN WILL COUNTY,
ILLINOIS.
Commonly known as:
17052 South Auburn Ridge Drive,
LOCKPORT, IL 60441
Description of Improvements:
SINGLE FAMILY
P.I.N.:
11-04-26-428-035-0000
Terms ofSale: ten percent (10%) at the
time of sale and the balance within
twenty-four (24) hours. No judicial sale
fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring
the residential real estate pursuant
to its credit bid at the sale or by any
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other
lienor acquiring the residential real estate
whose rights inand to the residential
real estate arose prior to the sale. All
payments shall be made in cash or certified
funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will
County.
In the event the property is acondomin-
ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS
5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and (H-2), 765
ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS
605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified
that the purchaser of the unit, other than
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amortgagee, shall pay the assessments
and legal fees required bysubdivisions
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and the assessments
required by subsection (g-1)
of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium
Property Act.
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J)
if there is a surplus following application
ofthe proceeds of sale, then the
plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant
to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512(d) to all parties
to the proceeding advising them of
the amount ofthe surplus and that the
surplus will beheld until aparty obtains
acourt order for its distribution or, in
the absence of an order, until the surplus
is forfeited to the State.
FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CON-
TACT:
SHAPIRO KREISMAN AND ASSO-
CIATES, LLC.
2121 Waukegan Rd, Suite 301
Bannockburn, Illinois 60015
P: 847-770-4348
F: 847-291-3434
Plaintiff's Attorney
MIKE KELLEY
Sheriff of Will County
PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT
COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT
YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS
LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A
DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING
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STATE OF ILLINOIS
)
) SS.
COUNTY OF WILL
)
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE
TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
BMO Harris Bank National Association
f/k/a Harris National Association successor
by merger to NLSB Bank
Plaintiff,
vs.
James V.Scialabba a/k/a James V.Scialabba
Sr.; et. al.
Defendant.
No. 16 CH 0576
Consolidates with case(s):
17 CH 998
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
Public notice ishereby given that pursuant
toajudgment entered in the above
cause on the 28th day of November,
2018, MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will
County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the
7th day of March, 2019 ,commencing
at 12:00 o'clock noon, at the Will
County Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa
Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432,
sell at public auction to the highest and
best bidder orbidders the following-described
real estate:
SITUATED IN WILL COUNTY, ILLI-
NOIS, TO-WIT: LOT 62 IN KAREN
SPRINGS UNIT 2, BEING A SUBDI-
VISION OF PART OFTHE SOUTH-
WEST 1/4 OF SECTION 19, TOWN-
SHIP 36 NORTH, RANGE 11 EAST
OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERID-
IAN, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS,
ACCORDING TO THE PLAT
THEREOF RECORDED JULY 21,
2000 AS DOCUMENT R2000-77922,
IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
Commonly known as:
16459 W. Spring View Drive, Lockport,
IL 60441
Description of Improvements:
Residential
P.I.N.:
16-05-19-312-001-0000
Terms ofSale: ten percent (10%) at the
time of sale and the balance within
twenty-four (24) hours. No judicial sale
fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring
the residential real estate pursuant
to its credit bid at the sale or by any
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other
lienor acquiring the residential real estate
whose rights inand to the residen-

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In the event the property is acondomin-
ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS
5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and (H-2), 765
ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS
605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified
that the purchaser of the unit, other than
amortgagee, shall pay the assessments
and legal fees required by subdivisions
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and the assessments
required by subsection (g-1)
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Property Act.
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J)
if there is asurplus following application
ofthe proceeds of sale, then the
plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant
to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512(d) to all parties
to the proceeding advising them of
the amount ofthe surplus and that the
surplus will beheld until aparty obtains
acourt order for its distribution or, in
the absence of an order, until the surplus
is forfeited to the State.
FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CON-
TACT:
Codilis & Associates, P.C.
15W030 N. Frontage Road Suite 100
Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527
P: 630-794-5300
F: 630-794-9090
Plaintiff's Attorney
MIKE KELLEY
Sheriff of Will County
PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT
COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT
YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS
LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A
DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING
TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY
INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL
BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
STATE OF ILLINOIS
)
) SS.
COUNTY OF WILL
)
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE
TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
U.S. Bank National Association, Not In
Its Individual Capacity but Solely As Indenture
Trustee for the CIM Trust
2017-8 Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series
2017-8
Plaintiff,
vs.
Marjorie Rooffener; et. al.
Defendant.
No. 18 CH 1178
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
Public notice ishereby given that pursuant
toajudgment entered in the above
cause on the 27th day of November,
2018, MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will
County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the
14th day of March, 2019 ,commencing
at 12:00 o'clock noon, at the Will
County Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa
Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432,
sell at public auction to the highest and
best bidder orbidders the following-described
real estate:
THE EAST HALF OF THE WEST
HALF OFLOT 8IN SUNNYLAND, A
SUBDIVISION OF THE EAST HALF
OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER
OF SECTION 25, IN TOWNSHIP 36
NORTH, INRANGE 9EAST OFTHE
3RD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN IN
PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, WILL
COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
Commonly known as:
21719 W Division St, Lockport, IL
60441
Description of Improvements:
Residential
P.I.N.:
06-03-25-202-005-0000
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the
time of sale and the balance within
twenty-four (24) hours. Nojudicial sale
fee shall be paid by the mortgagee ac-
quiring the residential real estate pursuant
to its credit bid at the sale or by any
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other
lienor acquiring the residential real estate
whose rights in and tothe residential
real estate arose prior to the sale. All
payments shall be made in cash or certified
funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will
County.
In the event the property is acondomin-
ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS
5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and (H-2), 765
ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS
605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified
that the purchaser of the unit, other than
amortgagee, shall pay the assessments
and legal fees required by subdivisions
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and the assessments
required by subsection (g-1)
of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium
Property Act.
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J)
if there is asurplus following application
ofthe proceeds of sale, then the
plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant
to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512(d) to all parties
to the proceeding advising them of
the amount ofthe surplus and that the
surplus will beheld until aparty obtains
acourt order for its distribution or, in
the absence of an order, until the surplus
is forfeited to the State.
FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CON-
TACT:
Codilis & Associates, P.C.
15W030 N. Frontage Road Suite 100
Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527
P: 630-794-5300
F: 630-794-9090
Plaintiff's Attorney
MIKE KELLEY
Sheriff of Will County
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Athlete of the Week
10 Questions
with Sam Traina
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?
Randy Whalen/22nd Century Media
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 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
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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Boys Swimming and Diving
Fields rises to the occasion at sectional meet
Senior diver wins
sectional, qualifies
for third consecutive
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.
That will take place
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 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 fourth
straight 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 fifthplace
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 thirdplace
finish, and in the 400-
yard freestyle is was Simon
Harmata, sophomore Caesar
Plaszewski, Bates, and Ureta
(3:29.32) with a fourth-place
finish.
Ureta (1:52.36) was the
Lockport senior Wrigley Fields executes one of his dives
Saturday, Feb. 16, at the Lockport Sectional. Jeff Vorva/22nd
Century Media
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 sixth-place
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
8th 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.”
While Ozbolt knows the
future looks bright for many
of his Porters, he knows the
time for Fields is now.
“He did great as usual,”
Ozbolt said of Fields in the
sectional. “He has been consistent
the entire season and
focused on his goals. We are
going to see all that hard
work pay off very soon.”
This Week In...
Lockport Township
High School 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.
bowling
From Page 39
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
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
It was an exciting start to
a busy week for the Porters.
Jake Karli scored on a
driving layup at the buzzer
to give the Lockport Township
boys basketball team a
memorable finish and a 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 Thompson-coached
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.
Lockport snatched the
lead back 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, putting
Joliet Central ahead 38-37.
Karli then drove to the
hoop but missed a layup.
The Steelmen grabbed the
rebound, but 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
near 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 had never done that in
high school before this season.
He also converted a layup
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 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 35-27.
“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 won
73-62.
Junior guard Darius Burford
(23 points, 7 rebounds),
along with senior guards
Taylor Cochran (15 points,
7 rebounds) 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.
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 game
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
eb. 11 in the semifinals of their own
Class 4A Regional at the Lockport
Central campus.
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 topseeded
Minooka (26-4) by a score
of 44-38 in the first regional semifinal
on Feb. 13. The Foxes then beat
No. 9 seeded Oswego East (16-12)
45-40 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 three of the six quarters.
It was 8-8 after the first quarter,
Lockport led 20-18 at halftime
Lockport’s Sydney Furr goes up for a basket during a game earlier this season. 22nd Century Media File Photo
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 to tie
the game at 31-31 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.”
Those were Sochacki, along
with fellow freshman guard Cheri
Michalek, and sophomores Furr
and Knebel.
“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
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. 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.”

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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 this year’s 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
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
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 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 thirdplace
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 thirdplace
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 thirdplace
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 highly physical 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 three straight matches
to reach the third-place 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
Girls Bowling
Lockport ends season fifth at state in Rockford
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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.
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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
individual performance by
Siezega, the Porters placed
fifth in the state 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
“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 the state competition
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 one one-pin
spare opportunity all weekend.”
Siezega, a sophomore
who was the Porters’ top
bowler when they won
the SouthWest Suburban
Conference meet and also
when they captured the
Oswego Regional on Feb.
2 at Parkside Lanes in Aurora,
bowled consistently
all weekend. She 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 secondday
high of 235 in the first
game. Her lowest game was
177.
“It feels great,” Siezega
said of finishing in the Top-
12 to earn All-State honors.
“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 Chloe Siezega family
bragging rights, too. Her
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older sister, 2013 Lockport
graduate Megan Szczepansk
placed 13th (2,520) as a senior
and just missed the All-
State cut by 27 pins. Szczepansk
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. Her
mom, Lynda, is an assistant
coach for the Porters.
“She only beat my score
by 11 pins,” Szczepansk
said with a smile. "I'm really
proud of her."
Siezega, who bowled at
state as a freshman, said she
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.
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.
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
Lockport teams to compete
at state, 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.
Index
35- This Week In
34 - Athlete of the Week
“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
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
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FASTBREAK is compiled by Contributing Editor
Thomas Czaja, tom@homerhorizon.com.

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One of the
best
Lockport girls
bowling team
finishes season
strong with Top
5 finish at state
finals, Page 39
Postseason
drama
LTHS girls
basketball team’s
regional semifinal
game goes to
double overtime,
Page 37
Ramos and Fernandes
take top spots at state
finals, Page 38
Lockport’s
Matt Ramos
celebrates after
winning the
120-pound state
championship
Saturday, Feb.
16, at the State
Farm Center.
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PhotoNews