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THURSDAY 

Digital Sound Recording 

2-4 p.m. May 9, Tinley 

Park Public Library, 7851 

Timber Drive. Registrants 

should be comfortable using 

computers prior to this 

class. Attendees will be 

able to record their own 

oral history, music or podcast 

using the free Audacity 

software available at 

the library. For more information 

or to register, call 

(708) 532-0160. 

FRIDAY 

Rules of the Road 

10 a.m.-noon, May 10, 

Tony Bettenhausen Recreation 

Center, 8125 W. 

171st St. in Tinley Park. 

The Secretary of State 

is offering this refresher 

class free of charge. Register 

up to one week before 

the date of the class. 

SATURDAY 

Giant Garage Sale 

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

May 11, White Water Canyon 

parking lot, 8221 W. 

171st St. in Tinley Park. 

The garage sale is open 

to the public at no charge. 

For more information, call 

(708) 342-4200. 

Cut the Cable Cord 



Timber Drive. Attendees 

will learn about streaming 

services like Netflix and 

Hulu, as well as streaming 

devices such as Apple TV 

and Roku. 

Comedy Improv Show- 

“Attracting Opposites” 

7:30-9:30 p.m. May, 

11, Tinley Park Performing 

Arts Center, 16801 S. 

80th Ave. in Tinley Park. 

Graffiti on the Fourth Wall 

Comedy Improv Troupe is 

to perform a comedy revue 

with the theme attracting 

opposites: an oxymoronic 

love/hate story. Admission 

is $9. This show is for ages 

13 and up. For more information, 

call (708) 342- 

4200. 

MONDAY 

Early Bird Flicks: 

“Welcome to Marwen” 



Timber Drive. This movie 

is rated PG-13 and is 116 

minutes long. 

TUESDAY 

Create with Me 

10:30-11:15 a.m. May 

14, Tinley Park Public Library, 

7851 Timber Drive. 

This program is for ages 

2-5 years old with parents. 

Parents and their child will 

create two projects that 

celebrate the spring. For 

more information and to 

register, call (708) 532- 

0160. 

WEDNESDAY 

Before You Call the 

Handyman 



Timber Drive. Patrons are 

welcome to hear a presentation 

from Dan Findley, 

a professional handyman 

and licensed building engineer, 

that will discuss 

several of the most common 

fixes that can be done 

with a small home tool kit. 

For more information and 

to register, call (708) 532- 

0160. 

UPCOMING 

Trivia Night 

Doors open 6 p.m. and 

trivia starts at 7 p.m. Saturday, 

May 18, St. Coletta’s 

of Illinois, 18350 Crossing 

Drive in Tinley Park. 

There is to be brain-teasing 

trivia and a chance to participate 

in a silent auction 

and win great raffle prizes. 

Put together a team of six 

to eight players and bring a 

your own cooler with beer 

or wine and enjoy salad, 

pizza and coffee. Register 

by visiting www.familypals.org. 

A team is $150 and 

an individual is $25. 

Video Game 101 

6:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, 

May 20, Tinley Park Public 

Library, 7851 Timber 

Drive. This class will cover 

everything you wanted to 

know about video games 

but were too afraid to ask. 

For more information and 

to register, call (708) 532- 

0160. 

Tech Time: Drop-in Help 

10-11 a.m. Wednesday, 



Drive. For those puzzled 

by technology, bring in 

your devices for one-onone 

assistance. 

Family Fun Nights: Game 

Night 

6:30-7:30 p.m. Friday, 



Drive. This event is for 

children and their parents 

to enjoy a night at the library 

playing Uno and 

other card games. 

Memorial Day Ceremony 

10-11:30 a.m. Monday, 

May 27, General Patrick 

E. Rea Veterans Plaza, 

80th Avenue Train Station, 

18001 S. 80th Ave. in 

Tinley Park. For more information, 

call (708) 444- 

5000. 

Downtown Cruise Nights 

5 p.m. every Tuesday 

starting May 28, along 

Oak Park Avenue, near 

171st Street and Oak Park 

Avenue Metra Station. The 

free show, which will run 

until Tuesday, Aug. 27, 

will feature food, beverages 

and music. Cruise 

Nights ends at 9 p.m. every 

Tuesday. For more information, 

visit www.down 

towntinley.com/events. 

Memorial Day at Tinley 

Junction 

Noon-6 p.m. Monday, 

May 27, Tinley Junction 

Mini Golf and Battling 

Cages, 16801 S. 80th Ave. 

Everyone who attends is to 

receive a free small sundae 

with a round of golf. 

Online Job Searching 

6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, 

May 29, Tinley Park 

Public Library, 7851 Timber 

Drive. In addition to 

online job searching, this 

class also is to cover Microsoft 

Word for resumes 

and cover letters. For more 

information or to register, 

call (708) 532-0160. 

The Airborne on D-Day 

7-8 p.m. Wednesday, 



Drive. 2019 marks the 

75th anniversary of World 

War II’s D-Day. Historian 

Robert Mueller will discuss 

the largest invasion 

by air, land and sea in history. 

For more information 

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532-0160. 

Farmers’ Market 

7:30 a.m. every Saturday 

June 1-0ct. 12, Zabrocki 

Plaza, 17375 S. Oak Park 

Ave. in Tinley Park. The 

market is open until 12:30 

p.m. and is to feature fresh 

fruits, vegetables and flowers. 

For more information, 

visit www.downtowntin 

ley.com/events. 

ONGOING 

Benches on the Avenue 

From May until Oct. 

1, along Oak Park Avenue 

in downtown Tinley 

Park, from 172nd to 176th 

streets. Benches on the Avenue 

is a part of a public art 

program, and the benches 

are to follow this year’s 

theme “Prized Page Turners.” 

The program features 

nearly two dozen benches 

created by both amateur 

and professional artists. 

For more information, call 

(708) 444-5678 or visit 

www.downtowntinley. 

com/events. 

The Art of School District 

146 

May 2-27, Vogt Visual 

Arts Center, 17420 S. 67th 

Court, Tinley Park. Artwork 

is to be displayed by 

students from Community 

Consolidated School District 

146. For gallery times 

or more information, call 

(708) 614-6503.

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Superhero Date Night a blockbuster hit for the Tinley park district 

Laurie Fanelli 

Freelance Reporter 

Look! Over at the Bettenhausen 

Recreation Center! 

It's a bird. It's a plane. 

It's... the superhero moms 

and sons of Tinley Park! 

On Friday, May 3, the 

Tinley Park–Park District 

hosted its annual Mother/ 


Games, dancing and character 

visits were among the 

evening's entertainment as 

families enjoyed a night of 

comic-inspired fun. 

Recreation Supervisor 

Mary Wrobel explained 

that while the recent release 

of “Avengers: Endgame" 

has generated a lot 

of buzz, the event's 188 

attendees celebrated superheroes 

from every universe. 

“Little boys and their 

action heroes have always 

been popular, but it doesn't 

hurt that 'The Avengers' 

movie just came out. We 

have people dressing up 

in various characters. We 

have Batman, The Hulk, 

The Flash,” said Wrobel. 

“There are a lot of wonderful 

moms so we have 

a lot of Wonder Woman 

costumes. It's not just the 

children dressing up, it's 

the moms, too.” 

After checking in, each 

dynamic duo headed 

downstairs to the gym 

where they enjoyed a DJ, 

games and photo opportunities. 

This year, sons were 

invited to create a picture 

frame craft decorated with 

comic imagery. Everyone 

also received a goody bag 

and enjoyed light refreshments. 

Tinley Park residents 

Sue and 9-year-old DJ 

McCarthy have been attending 

the Mother/Son 

Date Night for the past 

four years. 

“It's family fun. It's a 

date night for moms and 

sons. It's perfect. You get 

to dress up and show your 

superhero style,” said Sue. 

DJ said that the pair decided 

to dress-up in Batman 

apparel because "The 

Dark Knight" is his favorite 

superhero. 

“I like how stealthy he 

is,” said DJ. “'The Lego 

Batman Movie' is my favorite 

because I think it 

has a good sense of humor.” 

Mild-mannered Bruce 

Banner was nowhere to 

be found throughout the 

night, but his alter-ego 

The Hulk was one of the 

most a popular costumes. 

Six-year-old Tinley Park 

resident Noah Wagner was 

dressed in green from head 

to toe in honor of the Marvel 

Comics icon. 

“I like that he's strong. 

When he gets mad he becomes 

The Hulk,” he said. 

Noah's mom Margarita 

Wagner added that the 

date night was a great opportunity 

to let loose and 

have fun, adding, “I love 

that we get to hang out, be 

silly and dress up and have 

a good time dancing and 

taking pictures.” 

The perfect photo opportunity 

came when Batman 

himself swooped into 

the party to meet all of the 

attendees. Elsewhere at 

the event, moms and sons 

enjoyed participating in 

the Limbo, dancing to the 

“Cha-Cha Slide” and listening 

to pop hits. 

Wrobel said that making 

family memories is always 

at the heart of the Mother/ 


“We have the Daddy 

Daughter Dance, where 

dads bring their daughters, 

and this is a special 

Tinley Park residents Brooks (left) and Candi Johnson wear their superhero finest for Mother/Son Date Night. 

Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media 

event for the moms and 

their sons to spend time 

together,” said Wrobel. 

“They can dance, play 

some games and I think 

the dressing up part of it 

is something people really 

enjoy too.” 

Wrobel added that the 

Tinley Park–Park District 

has even more fun in store 

for moms with its Mom & 

Me Golf special event at 

the Tinley Junction Miniature 

Golf Course on Mothers 

Day, May 12 during 

which moms who play a 

round get a free gift. Later 

in the month, everyone 

who golfs on May 27 receives 

a free small sundae 

in honor of Memorial Day. 

More information about 

upcoming opportunities 

for family fun at the Tinley 

Park–Park District can be 

found at www.tinleyparkdistrict.org. 

Tinley Park residents Amanda and Ben Loxtercamp dance at Tinley Park–Park 

District’s Mother/Son Superhero Date Night Friday, May 3.

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Tinley dance studio a drop-off 

site for Stuff The Duffel drive 

Organization 

created by Crystal 

Lake woman 

in honor of A.J. 

Freund 

Jacquelyn Schlabach 

Editor 

Dancers at T-N-T Extreme Dance in Tinley Park gather around their drop-off box 

for items being collected for Stuff The Duffel in honor of 5-year-old A.J. Freund of 

Crystal Lake who was found dead April 24. Photo submitted 

In the midst of a recent 

tragedy that has touched 

nearly the whole state, 

Chicago-area communities 

are rallying around 

each other to heal and provide 

hope after the death 

of 5-year-old Crystal Lake 

boy, A.J. Freund. 

Tinley Park resident and 

owner of T-N-T Extreme 

Dance, Tara Arthur-Jurgovan, 

has joined 90 other 

businesses in efforts to 

shed light on the needs of 

foster children and bring 

about something positive 

during a time of sorrow. T- 

N-T is one of the drop-off 

sites for Stuff The Duffel, 

created by Crystal Lake 

foster parent Alicia Wehby, 

which collects items to 

be given to foster children 

that are necessities within 

the first 24 to 48 hours of 

being placed in a foster 

home. 

“I’m hoping it will give 

other kids that are going 

through some kind of familiar 

circumstances as 

A.J. went through with 

the hope that there are 

people out there that do 

care, and that hopefully 

more families will open up 

their hearts and their doors 

to these kids so they are 

taken away and provided 

the necessities of life,” 

Arthur-Jurgovan said. 

Freund was reported 

missing by his parents on 

April 18, just six days before 

his father allegedly 

led police to his body on 

April 24. The 5-year-old 

was reportedly in foster 

care for 18 months after 

he was born in October 

2013. His parents have 

both been charged with his 

murder. 

“We always try to find 

an organization every 

year to help out, like last 

year we did GiGi’s Playhouse 

and then this year 

we chose to do Stuff The 

Duffel,” Arthur-Jurgovan 

said. 

Items needed for Stuff 

The Duffel 

•Backpacks 

•Duffel bags 

•Diapers 

•Blankets 

•Stuff animals 

•Toiletries 

Community members 

are welcome to drop off 

items at T-N-T from 4-8 

p.m. Monday through 

Thursday until May 21 

and 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, 

May 11. T-N-T Extreme 

Dance is located at 

18452 W. Creek Drive in 

Tinley Park. 

“[The message I hope 

people get is] that every 

little bit helps, and even 

though you may think it’s 

small, it’s huge for someone 

that’s going through 

something like this,” Arthur-Jurgovan 

said. 

•Small toys 

•School supplies 

•Journals 

•Coloring books 

•Reusable water 

bottles 

For more, visit 

stufftheduffel.org 

The parent-group at T- 

N-T reached out to Wehby 

and showed interested in 

being a drop-off site for 

Stuff The Duffel. 

“To the community, 

we’re hoping to just open 

people’s eyes and realize 

how in need these kids are 

for basic, basic items that 

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Tinley Park commissioner dies 

Jacquelyn Schlabach, 

Editor 

Community Resources 

Commission Chairperson 

Reta Brudd, who served 

the Village of Tinley Park 

for 46 years, died April 21, 

according to a Facebook 

post by the Village. 

Brudd was appointed to 

serve as commissioner to 

the human resources commission 

on March 5, 1973, 

according to the Facebook 

post. In 1986, she was appointed 

as the co-chairperson 

of the human resources 

commission. 

“Her participation as 

Commissioner has led to 

countless new programs 

and projects and contributed 

over 20,000 hours of 

volunteer work,” the Facebook 

post read. 

Brudd was honored 

twice with awards from 

the Village of Tinley Park 

and the German City of 

Buedingen, for her international 

Sister City efforts. 

In 2002, Brudd received 

a Life Achievement 

Award from the Chamber 

of Commerce. 

Brudd was honored at 

the Tuesday, May 7 meeting 

of the Tinley Park Village 

Board. A resolution 

was written in her honor 

and a scholarship in her 

name is to be formed and 

awarded to a youth in Tinley 

who stands out as being 

a volunteer. 

The Tinley Park flag at 

the volunteer kiosk outside 

of the north entrance of 

Village Hall was lowered 

in her honor through Tuesday, 

May 7. 

Brudd was 69 years old 

when she passed away after 

a battle with cancer. 

“Reta’s passing marks a 

sad day for the Village of 

Tinley Park,” said Mayor 

Jacob Vandenberg. “Her 

46 years of volunteerism 

does not go unnoticed, 

and we are grateful that 

her legacy of getting involved 

and giving back 

will live on through future 

generations of community 

members rolling up their 

sleeves and asking, ‘What 

needs to be done?’ 

Reta Brudd, a Tinley resident who served as the 

community resources commission chairperson for the 

Village of Tinley Park died April 21. Photo submitted

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Andrew NHS reaches record high membership 

Brianne Dougherty 


Maggie Garand (left to right), Danae Meyers, Elizabeth Baier, Jeff Serafini, and Haley 

Smith volunteer at The Bridge Teen Center in Orland Park for its clothing drive. 

Photo submitted 

National Honor Society 

(NHS) is a nationwide 

organization established 

to recognize outstanding 

high school students who 

have demonstrated excellence 

in five areas: scholarship, 

service, leadership, 

character and the quest for 

knowledge. 

With membership reaching 

a record high, the NHS 

chapter at Victor J. Andrew 

High School continues 

to increase its efforts to 

serve the local community. 

The chapter is the largest 

it has ever been with 

244 members this year and 

consists of junior and senior 

students who dedicate 

their time to provide community 

service. Each NHS 

member must complete 

a minimum of 30 service 

hours, which includes a 

combination of service to 

the Andrew community 

and outside organizations. 

Collectively, they will provide 

over 7,300 hours of 

service to the school and 

the local community. 

Through their service, 

students have visited nursing 

homes, assisted with 

clothing drives, wrote 

Christmas cards for the 

Manteno Veteran’s Home, 

packaged Easter baskets 

for underprivileged children 

and much more. 

While these are just a few 

examples, the full list of 

projects they help with 

goes on. 

“All of these experiences 

help our members learn 

more about what they 

might want to further involve 

themselves in,” said 

Sandra Dirker, NHS Sponsor 

and Spanish teacher. 

“They have the opportunity 

to be exposed to things 

in which they might not 

normally involve themselves. 

These experiences 

are priceless and are also 

so important for deciding 

futures for these young 

men and women.” 

NHS students are required 

to provide 20 hours 

of service to the Andrew 

community which could 

include projects such as 

tutoring, working as an 

aide for a teacher, or helping 

with school evets to 

name a few. Additionally, 

members must also complete 

10 hours of service in 

collaboration with outside 

organizations. The Tinley 

Park Chamber of Commerce, 

Together We Cope 

and The Bridge Teen Center 

are among the many organizations 

that this NHS 

chapter serves. 

“My favorite part of 

NHS is how involved in 

the community we are,” 

said Jeffrey Serafini, the 

Historian for NHS. “We 

go above and beyond to 

help the community. I feel 

as if it gives me a purpose 

that is bigger than me. The 

work we do within the 

community cannot simply 

be done by one person; it 

takes the entirety of the 

group to come together 

and really make a change 

for the better in our community.” 

To be inducted into this 

society, students must be 

involved in any two activities 

at Andrew High 

School and maintain a 

minimum 3.8 grade point 

average. 

“Being a part of National 

Honor Society looks 

good on resumes and applications 

to colleges, but 

more importantly, provides 

opportunities for the 

students to lead which will 

give them skills to apply to 

their future positions in the 

work force,” noted Dirker. 

The group meets on 

the first Wednesday of 

every month to stay informed 

about upcoming 

service opportunities. All 

members are split evenly 

among seven elected NHS 

officers so that each student 

has a primary officer 

with whom they can work 

closely. The seven officers 

for this school year 

include: Danae Meyers, 

President; Maggie Garand, 

Vice President; Clarice 

Ferrolino, Secretary; 

Elizabeth Baier, Treasurer; 

Haley Smith, Service Coordinator; 

Gina Cannavan, 

Public Relations; and Jeffrey 

Serafini, Historian. 

The officers for next year 

have already been elected 

and will include: Girvinn 

Fernandez, President; 

Austin Russell, Vice President; 

Janelle Paras, Secretary; 

Jonathan Laxamana, 

Service Coordinator; Jack 

Ballard, Treasurer; Shannon 

Doran, Public Relations; 

and Kevin Tesher, 

Historian. 

Together, the members 

of NHS work hard to serve 

the local community and 

leave a lasting impact on 

the people in it. 

duffel 

From Page 4 

we take for granted [and] 

that when they are taken, 

they are removed and often 

do not have any of 

their own belongings with 

them so I think just a lot 

of awareness of foster care 

[and] about what’s needed 

in the foster care system,” 

Wehby said. 

The Crystal Lake mother 

adopted three children 

whom she fostered and has 

one biological daughter. 

“In town, everybody 

knew that this child was 

missing and so when [my 

children] came home, 

we had to tell them what 

had happened and they 

were very upset,” Wehby 

said. “My youngest, we 

just adopted last summer, 

and he’s 10 now, but just 

knowing the stories and 

knowing what [AJ] lived 

through it was just very 

personal to us.” 

In order to help her 

family heal from the tragedy 

of A.J’.s death, Wehby 

thought it would be a great 

idea to start Stuff The Duffel 

among her friends and 

family. She never expected 

it to take off like it has. She 

reached out to Let It Be 

Us, a foster-care agency in 

Barrington, asking to donate 

items for the children. 

“I posted [Stuff The 

Duffel] to my personal 

[Facebook] page and 

overnight it just exploded,” 

Wehby said. “It had 

been shared hundreds of 

times already and then 

from there we just kind of 

took it and realized it was 

a much bigger movement 

than we were expecting, 

and turned it into the Facebook 

group and I think 

we’ve been gaining 1,000 

followers a day and just 

companies reaching out 

from all over; everybody 

has stepped up.” 

She said there were already 

so many businesses 

in Crystal Lake volunteering 

to be drop-off sites, 

but others in towns across 

Chicago were interested, 

as well. 

“We’re trying to get 

especially in big areas, 

like Tinley Park was one 

that we had no drop offs 

for so that’s great we finally 

have a drop off out 

there. They’re kind of all 

over right now,” Wehby 

said. 

The Crystal Lake resident 

said that after May 

21, the nearly 100 dropoff 

sites will deliver the 

items they’ve collected 

to a warehouse that was 

donated to her for the initiative, 

and she will sort 

through everything and 

put the bags together. 

Arthur-Jurgovan said 

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want to stop there. 

“I expressed that I 

would like to continue 

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21st,” she said. 

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agree more. 

“The more this has 

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coming out,” Wehby said. 

“I’m in some foster groups 

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Wehby would like 

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Attorney General 

Kwame Raoul’s office 

announced April 28 that 

two liquor store operators 

from Tinley Park were 

among five Chicago area 

owners to be charged with 

sales tax evasion and interstate 

bootlegging. 

According to the statement 

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45-year-old Tinley Park 

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Spirit in Calumet Park, 

and 50-year-old Tinley 

Park resident Sanjaykumar 

K. Soni, of KVS Calumet 

City Liquor Businesses, 

Inc. in Calumet City, were 

charged. 

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Three women charged for retail 

theft in separate incidents at Target 

Cailyn D. Hicks-Lewis, 

22, of Chicago, was 

charged with one felony 

count of retail theft April 

27, after police responded 

to Target, located at 

7300 191st St. in Tinley 

Park, in reference to a reported 

retail theft where 

Hicks-Lewis allegedly 

stole merchandise valued 

at $1,000.91, according 

to the Tinley Park Police 

Department. According to 

the report, two loss prevention 

agents observed 

four individuals, including 

Hicks-Lewis, exit the store 

with a shopping cart containing 

items that had not 

been purchased. The loss 

prevention agents stopped 

Hicks-Lewis pushing the 

cart and escorted her to 

the loss prevention office. 

Police viewed surveillance 

video taken inside the store 

that reportedly showed the 

four individuals placing 

unpaid merchandise inside 

of Target shopping bags at 

the self check out register, 

where they then placed 

the bags into a shopping 

cart. Hicks-Lewis was allegedly 

seen paying for 

several additional items 

and placing them on top of 

unpaid items. According to 

the report, the Will County 

Assistant State’s Attorney 

Office did not approve 

charges against the three 

other individuals. 

Heather R. Lee, 31, of 

the 1110 block of Daniel 

Trail in Mokena, was 

charged with retail theft 

April 25, after police responded 

to Target, located 

at 7300 191st St. in Tinley 

Park, in reference to 

a retail theft incident in 

which Lee allegedly stole 

$356.63 worth of merchandise, 

according to the 

Tinley Park Police Department. 

According to the 

police report, a loss prevention 

agent noticed Lee 

trying on clothes in the 

clearance section and observed 

her remove several 

items of clothing from the 

hangers on the racks. The 

loss prevention agent told 

police that she folded the 

items of clothing she removed 

from the racks and 

placed them in piles on the 

floor. The police report 

stated that Lee walked to 

the men’s section, where 

she placed one shirt into 

a black backpack she had. 

She then continued to put 

on several layers of clothing 

she removed from the 

racks. Lee then returned to 

the clearance section and 

placed several more items 

of clothing into a multicolored 

backpack and had 

a shopping basket with 

clothing items. According 

to the report, she walked 

past the last point of purchase 

with the shopping 

basket and two backpacks 

containing the items of 

clothing without paying 

the full retail value. 

Tammy Lynn Dunne, 56, 

of the 700 block of Harrison 

Avenue in Hammond, 

Indiana, was charged with 

one count felony retail 

theft April 24, after police 

were dispatched to Target, 

located at 7300 191st St. 

in Tinley Park, in reference 

to a retail theft with 

an offender in custody, 

according to the Tinley 

Park Police Department. 

According to the police 

report, two loss prevention 

agents observed Dunne 

walking around the store 

putting various high-priced 

items in her cart. She was 

allegedly with two other 

unknown females who also 

placed items in Dunne’s 

cart, as well as a separate 

cart that had items totalling 

$897.60. According 

to the report, Dunne had 

a total of $1,086.48 worth 

of products in her cart as 

she passed the last point 

of purchase. She was then 

stopped by loss prevention 

agents. The two other unknown 

females left the cart 

they were pushing and left 

the building through a different 

exit once Dunne was 

stopped. The two females 

were unable to be located. 

April 28 

•Person(s) unknown stole 

$3,200 worth of items 

from a vehicle parked outside 

of a residence on Lake 

Bluff Drive in Tinley Park, 

according to the Tinley 

Park Police Department. 

The man told police that 

his wife was walking their 

dog in the parking lot and 

noticed the rear passenger 

side door and rear passenger 

side tool chest open. 

According to the report, 

the man told police that 

his tool chest doors were 

unlocked but the vehicle 

was locked. A Bosch hammer 

drill ($700), a Bauer 

hamemr drill ($300), laser 

($2,000) and a Dewalt 

electric grease gun ($200) 

were taken from the vehicle. 

The man told police 

that the vehicle and tools 

belong to his company 

Fogarty Enterprises. 

April 27 

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of Nasaau Street in Park 

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Forest, was issued a misdemeanor 

complaint for 

unlawful use of a weaponfirearm, 

after police ran his 

vehicle plate through dispatch 

while on patrol, and 

learned that his vehicle is 

the offending vehicle in a 

crash report, according to 

the Tinley Park Police Department. 

According to the 

report, Krumrie had a valid 

Tinley Park Police Department 

warrant for leaving 

the scene of a property 

damage crash. Krumrie’s 

vehicle was parked on the 

street outside of the American 

Legion where police 

entered and asked to speak 

with him outside. Krumrie 

allegedly had a loaded 

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on his front wasitband 

in a pouch holster. 

According to the report, 

Krumrie has a valid FOID 

card but does not have a 

concealed carry license. 

•Person(s) unknown stole 

$400 worth of items from 

a vehicle parked in front 

of a residence on Queen 

Elizabeth Lane, according 


Department. According to 

the report, the woman told 

police that her pink set of 

Beats by Dre worth $200 

and a silver set of Revo 

sunglasses worth $200 

were taken from her vehicle, 

both of which were 

in the center console. 

April 23 

•Person(s) unknown 

broke into a locker in the 

women’s locker room of 

Charter Fitness, located 

at 16010 Harlem Ave. in 

Tinley Park, and stolen the 

woman’s iPhone 7, valued 

at $350; her wallet, valued 

at $20 with credit cards 

and gift cards inside; and 

the Master Lock padlock, 

valued at $10, according 


Department. According 

to the report, the woman 

told police that she placed 

her backback and purse 

inside a gym locker in the 

women’s locker room and 

secured it with her Mast 

Lock three-digit combination 

padlock. The woman 

said that all three pouches 

of the purse were unzipped 

and open when she placed 

it inside the locker. According 

to the woman, 

when she returned to the 

locker, she observed the 

padlock to be missing from 

the locker door and saw 

that her iPhone and wallet 

were missing. The police 

reported stated that the 

woman located her iPhone 

at a nearby McDonald’s 

using the Find My iPhone 

app on a Charter Fitness 

employee’s cellphone. The 

woman and police went 

to the McDonald’s where 

they found it inside a garbage 

can. According to police, 

the woman received 

numerous fraudulent alerts 

from Chase for her credit 

card being used at Target, 

Walmart and Foot Locker. 

April 16 

•Gregory Harris, 54, of the 

800 block of S. Hermitage 

Street in Chicago, was issued 

citations for driving 

while license suspended 

and improper use of registration, 

after police conducted 

a random registration 

check on his vehicle 

and learned that the plate 

was for a 2007 BMW but 

the registration was on a 

2002 Honda Accord, according 

to the Tinley Park 

Police Department. 

Editor’s Note: The Tinley 

Junction’s police reports 

come from the Tinley Park 

Police Department. Anyone 

listed in these reports is considered 

to be innocent of all 

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Submitted by 

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Each year, The Bridge 

Teen Center in Orland 

Park provides more than 

350 different afterschool 

programs and events free 

of charge for thousands of 

local teens. This summer 

alone, 100 free programs 

will be offered, plus weekly 

Friday night entertainment 

events that feature 

live music, themed nights 

and free food from local 

restaurants. 

This summer, Tinley 

Park’s own Bettenhausen 

Auto will be a part of the 

nonprofit organization’s 

lineup of programs. The 

Bettenhausen team will 

teach students some basic 

summer auto maintenance, 

including recharging the 

A/C and changing the oil. 

For the last seven years, 

Bettenhausen employees 

have led automotive programs 

for teens at The 

Bridge. 

To kick-off the summer, 

The Bridge Teen 

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Open House and 

New Student Orientation 

on Saturday, June 1, at its 

facility located 15555 S. 

71st Court in Orland Park. 

Families with teens who 

will be in seventh through 

12th grade in the fall are 

welcome to attend this 

event. This includes those 

teens currently in sixth 

grade who will graduate 

this spring. 

The New Student Orientation 

will begin sharply at 

10 a.m. and end at 11 a.m. 

New families and teens 

will meet Bridge staff, tour 

their space, and get the inside 

scoop, including how 

to sign up for the free summer 

programs and events. 

Advance sign-up is strongly 

recommended for the 

orientation, as space will 

fill up quickly. Families 

can call (708) 532-0500 

or email info@thebridgete 

encenter.org to sign up. 

From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

the public is welcome to 

attend the open house and 

celebrate The Bridge’s 

9th Anniversary. This will 

be the perfect opportunity 

to get a behind the 

scenes tour of The Bridge 

Thrift Store, and enjoy 

light snacks provided by 

Creative Cakes, Legendary 

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will also get an 

exclusive look of upcoming 

summer programs. All 

students must be accompanied 

by an adult during 

this event, as this is not a 

supervised student function. 

New students are encouraged 

to complete a 

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Application several days 

in advance to save time 

and avoid long lines. The 

application takes less than 

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online at www.thebridgeteencenter.org. 

Orientation 

guests are also 

asked to park in the overflow 

parking area behind 

Traverso’s Restaurant located 

on 71st Court and 

Wheeler Drive in order 

to save close spaces for 

people who are physically 

limited. A shuttle bus will 

transport guests to The 

Bridge’s front door. 

The Bridge Teen Center 

is a nationally-recognized 

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the needs and interests 

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The Bridge provides free 

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Celebrating 50: Orland Fire 

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open house in July 

Throughout the past 50 

years, the Orland Fire Protection 

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from a volunteer fire department 

into a full-time 

district with high accolades. 

And with its 50th anniversary 

upon it, Orland 

Fire is focusing on its beginnings. 

To begin its 50th anniversary 

festivities, Orland 

Fire hosted a dedication 

ceremony April 27, honoring 

past members. 

“Each vehicle has a 

plaque on the side, and our 

goal here is to remember 

our history,” Fire Chief 

Michael Schofield said 

prior to the event. 

Several past members 

were honored April 27. 

Among them was Art 

Granat Jr., who accepted 

the honor for himself and 

his late father, Art Granat 

Sr. OFPD dedicated its 

newest fire truck to the 

father and son. Granat Sr. 

was the first elected fire 

chief when it was a volunteer 

department. And 

Granat Jr. spent 38 years 

as a firefighter for Orland 

Fire. 

The department also 

dedicated a new ambulance 

to Donald Piscitello, 

who served Orland Fire 

from 1994-2011. He died 

in 2016. 

Finally, Orland Fire 

dedicated its new Legacy 

Lane, a wall within the administrative 

building that 

features images of all the 

retired OFPD firefighters. 

The wall was dedicated to 

the two retired firefighters 

who made it possible: 

Dan Schloegel and Dan 

Smith. 

Orland Fire is to continue 

to celebrate its anniversary 

with an open house on 

July 20. The open house is 

to be held from 10 a.m.- 

2 p.m. at the Orland Fire 

Protection District Training 

Academy, 10728 W. 

163rd Place in Orland 

Park. 

Reporting by Amanda Del 

Buono, Freelance Reporter. 

For more, visit OPPrairie. 

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FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND 

Tragedy begets comedy 

during Limestone Stage’s 

‘I Hate Shakespeare’ 

The histories, tragedies 

and comedies of William 

Shakespeare have caused 

countless theatergoers to 

contemplate the meaning 

of life and love. Limestone 

Stage added laughter 

to that list with its latest 

production, “I Hate Shakespeare.” 

The Steph DeFeriepenned 

play found the 

works of The Bard reimagined 

and mined for 

humor during a series of 

performances held April 

25-28 at the Lockport 

Township Building. A texting 

Juliet, zombie-hunted 

Richard III and more had 

fans in tears as a result of 

laughing, from start to finish. 

First-time Limestone 

Stage cast member Josh 

Funneman played Hamlet 

throughout the night both 

in the traditional sense and 

as Shakespeare’s greatest 

defender against the harsh 

criticism of an Unhappy 

Person played by Sabrina 

Mangan. He served as a 

narrator of sorts, introducing 

scenes while illustrating 

the many ways Shakespearean 

themes are still 

relevant today. 

Limestone Stage Artistic 

Director Kit Lindblom explained 

that each year the 

group presents a “spring 

classic.” Past performances 

have included “The 

Taming of the Shrew,” 

“The Importance of Being 

Earnest” and “The 

Seagull.” 

Reporting by Laurie Fanelli, 

Freelance Reporter. For 

more, visit LockportLegend. 

com. 

FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER 

Passion for pooches 

inspires Mokena pet stylist 

The dog days of summer 

may still be months away, 

but a new spot in Mokena 

can let pooches get a head 

start on their summer hairstyles. 

Bone-ita — located at 

11600 Francis Road, Unit 

C3, in Mokena — held its 

grand opening and open 

house April 28, where 

community members and 

their canine companions 

got a look at the pet-styling 

shop and were served 

some treats. 

Kristin Anaya, owner of 

Bone-ita, got started in the 

dog-grooming profession 

straight out of high school 

and has continued with her 

passion for nearly the past 

20 years. 

“A lot of my friends 

were going off to college 

and I wasn’t sure what I 

wanted to do,” Anaya said. 

“I’ve always loved animals. 

I thought about possibly 

being a vet tech, but 

I just didn’t think I could 

deal with the sad stuff. 

So, I heard of a grooming 

school in Homer Glen, 

which was close to home, 

so I went there.” 

Since then, Anaya has 

worked with other pet 

groomers, most recently 

in Frankfort at Hair of the 

Dog, and even competed 

in dog-grooming shows, 

at which she specialized in 

miniature poodle styling. 

“People ask me all the 

time, ‘If you didn’t groom, 

what would you do?’” 

Anaya said. “I truthfully 

don’t know. It’s my passion. 

I love it. I can’t see 

myself doing anything 

else, ever.” 

Reporting by T.J. Kremer 

III, Editor. For more, visit 

MokenaMessenger.com. 

FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT 

New Lenox triplets all put 

up big numbers on ACT 

The McDermott sisters 

felt confident that they 

would score well on the 

ACT after all of the practice 

tests they had done, 

but for all three to score 

near perfect or perfect was 

something else. 

Alayna, Corina and 

Madeline McDermott, 

triplet juniors at Lincoln- 

Way West, scored 36, 35, 

35 on their ACTs, respectively. 

Alayna scored a 35 the 

first time she took the test 

and turned it into a 36 on 

the second try. 

“I was speechless for a 

while,” Alayna said. “But 

I knew once I saw that 

my scores were pretty 

good, I knew that my sisters’ 

would also have done 

pretty well because they’re 

pretty on par with me most 

of the time.” 

Corina, though, is her 

own worst critic, she said, 

and while she knew her 

sisters were going to score 

well, she wondered if her 

scores would be up there 

with her sisters. 

“When I got my score, 

I was thrilled and really 

proud of myself,” she said. 

“I put effort in, too, I just 

don’t realize it as much. I 

was proud of them, and it 

just shows that hard work 

pays off.” 

Madeline scored a 35 in 

all four sections the first 

time she took the test, with 

no preparation or studying, 

so she felt that with extra 

practice tests and studying, 

she could maintain or improve 

her score. 

“I didn’t really need to 

learn anything; I just needed 

to see if I could apply 

it all in four hours, because 

it does wear you down as 

you go,” Madeline said. 

Reporting by Sean Hastings, 

Editor. For more, visit New 

LenoxPatriot.com. 

FROM THE FRANKFORT STATION 

Stacey’s Place designs 

one-of-a-kind projects 

For Frankfort resident 

Mike Moyzis, the best 

part of completing a custom 

woodworking project 

is seeing how the finished 

piece brings a smile to his 

customers’ faces. 

“It’s all personalized,” 

he said. 

Moyzis and his wife, 

Stacey Burke, celebrated 

the grand opening of their 

new downtown Frankfort 

shop on April 26. Stacey’s 

Place, located at 4 W. Nebraska 

St. in Frankfort, 

incorporates many of the 

items sold at the couple’s 

former business, Morgan’s 

Place, which specialized 

in vintage and repurposed 

home goods. 

The new store also focuses 

on refinished furniture, 

Burke said. 

“People bring in furniture 

for us to paint, and we 

couldn’t do that in a small 

space,” she said. “So, by 

taking this space on, it allowed 

to showcase our 

pieces, the scale of what 

we do.” 

Morgan’s Place was 

named after former Lincoln-Way 

Central student 

Morgan Schiller, who 

has Williams syndrome, 

and Moyzis said the new 

business will continue the 

couple’s tradition of supporting 

individuals with 

special needs. In October, 

Stacey’s Place partnered 

with the Chicago-based I 

Am Who I Am foundation 

to host an event allowing 

young entrepreneurs with 

Down syndrome to showcase 

jewelry, bath products 

and other items they had 

created. 

Reporting by Nuria Mathog, 

Editor. For more, visit Fran 

kfortStation.com. 

FROM THE HOMER HORIZON 

Homer man charged with 

DUI, reckless homicide, 

leaving scene in fatal I-55 

crash 

A Homer Glen man 

was charged April 30 for 

his involvement in a twocar 

crash with one fatality 

April 28 on Interstate 55 at 

the Damen Avenue exit in 

Chicago, according to Illinois 

State Police. 

Rami Matariyeh, 22, 

was charged by the Cook 

County State’s Attorney’s 

Office with leaving the 

scene of a crash-death, 

leaving the scene of a 

crash-great bodily harm, 

aggravated DUI-death, aggravated 

DUI-great bodily 

harm and reckless homicide. 

At 3:19 a.m. April 28, 

Matariyeh was driving a 

2015 Infiniti sedan southbound 

on I-55 at Damen 

when his vehicle struck 

the rear end of a 2011 

Hyundai sedan, ISP said. 

The Hyundai was an onduty 

Uber that held a 

driver and three passengers, 

including Jamie A. 

Poulos, 23, of Berwyn, 

who was in the backseat 

and unable to be extricated 

from the car before 

it became fully engulfed 

in flames after being hit. 

Poulos died from the extent 

of her injuries, police 

said. 

All three of the remaining 

occupants of the Uber 

reportedly were removed 

from the vehicle, with two 

transported to an area hospital 

in stable condition. 

Also in Matariyeh’s car 

Please see nfyn, 19

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May 6 

From the Editor 

Communities coming together 

1. PHOTOS: Housewares happening 

2. Tinley Community band to perform 

concert on May 5 

3. Area Sports Roundup: New Andrew 

wrestling coach ‘super stoked’ to get 

started 

4. Andrew sophomore builds cat trees at 

PAWS for Eagle project 

5. Community members, officials gather 

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“We used our chapel time today to celebrate 

the #NationalDayOfPrayer which is later this 

week. Students and teachers prayed around 

the school. We have a lot to be thankful for. 

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I’m sure many of 

you have been following 

the terribly 

unfortunate story of the 

5-year-old Crystal Lake 

boy, A.J. Freund, who 

police say was killed. 

Anytime a child — or 

anyone for that matter 

— goes missing, I see 

that community provide 

unbelievable support to 

search for them and raise 

awareness to make sure 

they are found safely. 

What makes this story 

so difficult to read about 

in the news, is almost 

every other day learning 

something new about 

what that poor boy had 

endured throughout his 

nfyn 

From Page 18 

was a 24-year-old Bolingbrook 

woman, police said. 

She reportedly was transported 

to an area hospital 

in serious condition. 

Matariyeh left the crash 

site but was later apprehended 

at his home, police 

said. He was transported to 

an area hospital for injuries 

from the crash. 

childhood. His death, 

like so many others, 

can’t help but bring 

you to tears and want to 

know why? Why him? 

Why didn’t anyone stop 

it? The only thing a community 

can do during 

those difficult times, is 

to bring about something 

positive in the midst of a 

tragedy. 

That’s exactly what 

Tinley Park resident Tara 

Arthur-Jurgovan and 

owner of T-N-T Extreme 

Dance in Tinley is trying 

to do. She has teamed up 

with 90 other businesses 

across the Chicago-area 

to host a donation drive 

of items to be given to 

children in foster care in 

honor of A.J. Freund. 

A foster mother from 

Crystal Lake created 

an organization called 

Stuff the Duffel, which 

is what the items are being 

gathered for. Tinley 

residents can go to T- 

N-T and drop off items 

through May 21. After, 

Arthur-Jurgovan will 

bring the donations to 

Crystal Lake, where the 

organization will look 

through the supplies and 

put backpacks or duffel 

bags together of items to 

be donated. You can read 

more about this story on 

Page 4. 

I’m so glad to see such 

an out pour of support in 

honor of this little boy 

who had clearly touched 

so many people, not 

just in Crystal Lake, but 

around the area. In order 

to heal, sometimes all we 

can do is take a terrible 

situation and bring about 

something positive. 

I would encourage 

those in Tinley who 

have either been inspired 

by his story to make 

a change, or just want 

to help, to visit www. 

stufftheduffel.org to see 

a list of items that the 

organization is looking 

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It is extremely heartwarming 

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particularly those from 

Tinley Park. When 

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it’s amazing to see all the 

great things that can be 

accomplished. 

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Faith Briefs 

Calvary Baptist Church (17430 94th 

Ave., Tinley Park) 

Wednesday Prayer, Bible 

Study and Sword Club 

6:45 p.m. every Wednesday 

Sunday Evening Service 

6 p.m. 

Sunday Morning Worship 

10:45 a.m. 

Chicago Church of Christ (16530 

Ridgeland Ave., Tinley Park) 

Sunday Service 

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

Faith United Presbyterian Church (6200 

167th Street, Tinley Park) 

Free Community Meal 

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

Thursday of every month. 

Faith Christian Reformed Church (8383 

W. 171st St., Tinley Park) 


9:30 a.m. 

Family Harvest Church (18500 92nd 

Ave., Tinley Park) 

Sunday Services 

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

Spanish services are held 

in the chapel, while teen 

services are held in the 

gym. The Spanish and teen 

services are only held at 5 

p.m. Breakfast is available 

in the church’s Café, located 

near the gym, on Sunday 

mornings from 8:15 to 

9:15 a.m. 

First Baptist Church of Tinley Park 

(7025 W. 179th St., Tinley Park) 


10:45 a.m. 

Prayer Time 

9 a.m. Sundays 

Sunday Bible Study 

9:30 a.m. 

St. George Catholic Church (6707 W. 

175th St., Tinley Park) 

Beyond Divorce 

St. George is to offer a 

10 session study/discussion 

group using the book 

“Divorce and Beyond.” 

The group is open to those 

who have suffered divorce 

or are in the process. The 

group will be on dates to 

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(708) 614-0286 or email 

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South Suburban Chinese Church (17100 

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Mandarin Class 

2-3:40 p.m. Sundays. 

The church offers classes 

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St. Julie Billiart Roman Catholic Parish 

(7399 W. 159th St., Tinley Park) 

Drug Awareness and 

Prevention 

7-8 p.m. Wednesday, 

May 15. State Representative 

Rita is sponsoring a 

special presentation about 

drug awareness by a leading 

specialist covering 

“Principles of Adolescent 

Substance Use Disorder” 

and “10 Things a Parent 

Can Do.” Everyone is welcome 

to attend. 

St. Stephen Deacon & Martyr Catholic 

Church (17500 S. 84th Ave., Tinley 

Park) 

Saturday Service 

8 a.m. and 5 p.m. 


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

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

Polish), and 6:15 p.m. every 

week. 

Free Community Dinner 

5 p.m. doors open; 5:30 

p.m. dinner service. Second 

Thursday of each 

month and fifth Thursdays. 

In conjunction with 

Catholic Charities Meals 

Program. 

Tinley Park Community Church (7939 

W. 167th St., Tinley Park) 

Wednesday Night Bingo 

Doors open at 4:30 

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

p.m. There is door prizes, 

progressive jackpots and 

other specials games to be 

features to create more fun 

and excitement. 


10:30 a.m. Fellowship 

and refreshment to follow 

afterward. 

Trinity Lutheran Church (6850 W. 159th 

St., Tinley Park) 

Free Movie Event: “All 

Saints” 

7-9 p.m. Friday, May 

10. All are welcome to 

join for a free, fun move 

event for the whole family. 

“All Saints” is based 

on an inspiring true story. 

A discussion guide will 

be handed out to take 

home. 

Sunday Services 

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

Reveal Worship 

11 a.m. Sundays 

Zion Lutheran Church (17100 South 

69th Ave., Tinley Park) 

Widow/Widowers Social 

Club 

6:30-9 p.m. Next meeting 

date: June 7. Beverages 

and snacks are to be 

served. For more information 

please call Phyllis 

Peterson (708) 636-6534 

or Bill Dolehide at (708) 

342-6820. 

Vacation Bible School- 

Roar VBS Life is Wild-God 

is good 

9 a.m.-noon June 17- 

21. Vacation Bible school 

is for children 3 years old 

through fourth grade. Cost 

to attend is $15 for one 

child and $25 per family. 

Registration forms 

are now available on the 

church’s website or at the 

church office. For more information, 

call (708) 532- 

1600. 

Have something for Faith 

Briefs? Contact Editor 

Jacquelyn Schlabach at 

jacquelyn@tinleyjunction. 

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The Dancing Noodles celebrate 35th anniversary 

Amanda Del Buono 


Not many area musicians 

can say they have 

played with former Eagles 

guitarist Joe Walsh or were 

complemented by the 

members of The Mamas 

and the Papas. 

They also probably 

cannot say that they have 

been playing together for 

the past 35 years. But the 

members of the Chicago 

area’s The Dancing Noodles 

can. 

The self-described party 

band is celebrating its 35th 

anniversary this year. The 

band — which plays timeless 

R&B, Motown and 

soul music — was formed 

in 1984 by a group of area 

musicians looking for a 

fun project that would get 

people off their feet and 

dancing. 

“We actually played 

our first job, specifically, 

35 years ago last Saturday, 

[April 27],” Dancing 

Noodles keyboardist 

and Tinley Park resident 

Ed Kammerer said. “Everybody 

in the band was 

a veteran musician from 

the Chicago music scene 

[or] the Champaign music 

scene.” 

The Dancing Noodles 

eventually came together 

via the members’ previous 

bands and connections 

with area musicians, 

as well as local DJs, such 

as WLUP’s Roman Sawczak, 

who was a founding 

member of The Dancing 

Noodles. 

“At that point, [all] we 

wanted to do was to play 

music that was danceable, 

that was positive,” Kammerer 

said. “We didn’t 

want to do stuff that was 

like broken heart-type 

songs or anything like that. 

So ... 90 percent of the 

music was Motown. We 

played Temptations, Four 

Tops and Jackson 5, and 

it caught hold, because the 

band was good, the music 

was good. People started 

coming out a lot. So then, 

the DJs on WLUP, who 

all knew Roman because 

Roman worked on Steve 

Dahl’s radio show...the 

radio DJs started talking 

about The Dancing Noodles 

and coming to see us, 

and all of a sudden we’re 

setting attendance records 

at bars and festivals, even 

all around the Southland.” 

Through these connections, 

Kammerer was 

joined by Lemont’s Terry 

Canning and Orland Park’s 

Brian Sarna, who remain 

members of the band to 

this day, along with Kammerer. 

“When The Noodles 

came along, the idea was 

just to have fun with it and 

play rock and soul music, 

and it took off,” Canning 

said. 

When Sarna was recruited, 

he was excited to play 

the songs from the 1960s, 

with their own rock-inspired 

edge, he said. It was 

something no one else was 

doing and a project with 

which he could have fun. 

“How could I not do it?” 

he said. “It was an easy 

choice for me.” 

Throughout the years, 

life sometimes got in the 

way, but that didn’t keep 

The Dancing Noodles 

from playing when they 

could, despite holding fulltime 

jobs and raising families. 

The band has gone 

through several iterations, 

with various individuals 

playing in the wind section 

and stepping in to take 

the place of those who had 

to leave for a time, Kammerer 

said. 

“The longevity came because, 

well, life interferes 

with everything, and some 

of us at some points would 

leave the band and then 

come back,” Kammerer 

said. “Our drummer, Terry 

Canning, and bassist, Brian 

Sarna, they’re the ones 

who kept it together.” 

Canning said the band 

went through an evolution, 

with more members at 

some points, but it always 

stayed true to its R&B, 

Motown and soul roots. 

Despite the time that 

has passed, the music has 

remained the same. And 

those who see The Dancing 

Noodles play still love 

it, Sarna said. 

“It’s just so much fun,” 

Sarna said. “The songs we 

do are timeless. It’s such a 

fun party band. We were all 

trying to be rock stars back 

in the day, and when that 

failed, it was like, ‘Hey 

man, we’ve got this talent, 

and let’s just have some 

fun.’ That’s really what 

the whole thing was about, 

and then, all of a sudden, 

it’s 35 years, and I’m like, 

‘I probably wanted to quit 

20 years ago, but the guys 

are so good and it’s just so 

much fun.’” 

He added that the bond 

that the musicians formed 

on stage also has been the 

key to its longevity. 

To celebrate the 35th 

anniversary, The Dancing 

Noodles played a special 

show at the Beverly Arts 

Center on Saturday, May 

4, in which several previous 

band members and 

friends played alongside 

the group. During the 

show, a projected slideshow 

showed images 

of the band throughout 

(Left to right) Ed Kammerer, of Tinley Park, Roman Sawczuk, Kevin Fabish (in the 

middle of the pack) Paul Martin, Brian Sarna and Terry Canning of The Dancing 

Noodles are celebrating their 35th anniversary. Photo submitted 

the years. Additionally, 

they showed congratulatory 

videos from their old 

friends, such as Kevin 

Matthews and Steve Dahl. 

With more than three 

decades under their belts, 

the three core members 

said they are not ready to 

set their instruments down 

just yet. To the contrary, 

Kammerer said that the 

band’s popularity is growing 

again. In fact, the band 

will be opening for Smash 

Mouth at this year’s Chicago 

RidgeFest. 

“It was super fun back 

in the day, but now it’s 

even better,” Kammerer 

said. “Our opinion and our 

thought has always been 

that if we couldn’t deliver 

the product to the point 

that we were happy with 

it, then it would be time to 

hang it up, but at this point 

in time the band is still as 

good as we were. We’re 

also having a good time, 

the people who come out 

to see us seem to be having 

a good time, so there’s 

Keyboardist Ed Kammerer, of Tinley Park, performs 

with The Dancing Noodles at Beverly Arts Center 

for their 35th anniversary on Saturday, May 4. Laurie 

Fanelli/22nd Century Media 

no point in the immediate 

future that we’re planning 

on pulling the plug. Plus, it 

keeps us young. 

“I can speak for all of 

us in saying that we’re 

blessed in having a second 

job doing something we 

love that we completely 

enjoy.” 

Sarna added, “I say we 

keep going until health 

gets us. Like I said, because 

of the genre of music, 

the party band aspect, 

there’s not a lot of pressure 

on us. The gigs come to us, 

and that means these people 

want to have a good 

time. So, I think we’ll keep 

it going for a while.” 

For more information on 

concert dates, visit www. 

thedancingnoodles.com.

24 | May 9, 2019 | the tinley Junction life & arts 


Grade-school project has kept Tinley Park family smiling for more than 20 years 

Will O’Brien 


Most Mother’s Day gifts have 

a short shelf life: A card displayed 

for a month; flowers that 

last a week; a nice, two-hour 

meal. 

For one Tinley Park family, 

however, a simple plant is a gift 

that’s kept giving for more than 

20 years. 

As a young student at Christa 

McAuliffe Elementary School, 

Amanda Meyers — a 30-yearold 

English teacher these days 

— painted a pot, put a plant in it 

and gave it to her mother, Trish, 

for her Mother’s Day present. 

The plant is still going and is still 

bringing smiles to the family all 

these years later. 

“It was a simple gift that 

wound up being a really cool, 

long-lasting thing,” said Don 

Meyers, the family patriarch. 

“Everything I plant dies, so it’s 

really pretty amazing.” 

The Meyers family, which 

includes Amanda’s older sisters 

Anna and Beth, aren’t 100 percent 

sure when the plant entered 

their lives — Amanda’s thirdgrade 

year is their best bet. But 

Trish fondly recalls receiving it. 

“She came home and was all 

excited but had to wait to give me 

it,” Trish said. “She was wondering 

what my reaction would be. 

I was over the moon, of course, 

and she broke out in the biggest, 

proudest smile.” 

In the years since, the plant’s 

been a continuous presence on 

their kitchen sink window sill, a 

reminder of their bond and what 

they’ve meant to each other. 

Trish, Amanda pointed out, 

has given her a life’s worth of 

gifts both big and small. 

“My mom is the strongest 

woman I know,” Amanda said, 

describing her mother’s bravery 

during a recent bout with breast 

cancer and years of attending 

Amanda’s dance, swim and soccer 

events. “My mom puts family 

before anything else. Growing 

up, she never missed anything — 

and I mean anything.” 

Even now, with Amanda 

Trish (left) and Amanda Meyers, a Tinley Park mother and daughter 

who, among other things, have been tied together over the years by 

a plant Amanda gave Trish for Mother’s Day more than 20 years ago. 

teaching high schoolers in Chicago, 

coaching soccer and busy 

with other activities, Trish and 

her remain tight. (Trish and Don 

have been married 50 years, having 

met when they were 10.) 

“To this day, I receive regular 

text messages about what she 

did that day, and she always remembers 

to ask me how my soccer 

season and tutoring sessions 

are going,” Amanda said. “I keep 

very busy, and my mom remembers 

— and is as involved as she 

can be — in everything I do.” 

Trish’s motherly ways are 

what led Amanda to teaching. 

“She has a way with words,” 

Amanda said, describing the 

letters her mother often wrote 

to cheer her up in tough times. 

“She showed me some of the 

most powerful communication 

can happen through the written 

word, and that’s a lesson I try 

to teach my students on a daily 

basis.” 

Trish is similarly proud of 

Amanda. 

“She’s a loving, compassionate, 

supportive, selfless woman,” 

Trish said. “As her grandmother 

would say, ‘There’s nothing too 

hot or too heavy for her to handle.’” 

Being a mother to three daughters 

has been her life’s privilege, 

Trish said. 

“It’s the hardest job ever, but 

that being said, it’s also the most 

incredible blessing,” she said. 

“Don and I have been fortunate 

to have three loving, incredible, 

successful daughters. We 

Amanda Meyers, these days a high school teacher and soccer 

coach in Chicago, holds the famous plant. Photos submitted 

couldn’t have written a better 

script.” 

The only thing possibly better? 

Being a grandmother — 

Trish has five, ages 2 to 8. 

“You get love and hugs and 

giggles and you aren’t in charge 

of any of the discipline,” she 

said. “You can just love and spoil 

them. There are no words to describe 

that happiness.” 

Life hasn’t been all roses for 

the long-lasting plant. It’s looked 

close to death’s door more than 

once — generally after a long 

family vacation — but it’s always 

managed to snap back to 

health. 

“It really likes it here, apparently,” 

Don said with a laugh. 

They’re not sure what type 

of plant it is either; just that it’s 

durable and sprouts pink flowers 

around this time of year. 

“It’s an old plant,” Don said. 

“That’s about all I know.” 

The plant, however — still 

in its original pot, with a young 

Amanda’s handwriting etched 

on its side — is clearly more 

than any old plant, if you ask one 

of the Meyers. 

“We see the plant all the time 

doing the dishes,” Don said. “I’ll 

find myself looking at it, and it 

just makes you think.” 

As of press time, the family 

hadn’t formed any particular 

Mother’s Day plans. But their 

usual routine is straight-forward 

enough. 

“It typically involves breakfast 

and a walk,” Amanda said. 

“Sometimes we’ll watch a movie. 

My mom’s only ask is just 

that we’re all together.”



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26 | May 9, 2019 | the tinley Junction life & arts 


LWE student’s play focuses on history, sacrifice 

Mary Compton 


For Lincoln-Way 

East student Anmarie 

D’Ortenzio, music and 

theater have been lifelong 

passions. 

The high school junior, 

who has been singing since 

she was 4 years old, is the 

daughter of a voice teacher 

and the granddaughter of 

an opera singer. She also 

spent 10 years with with 

Curtain Call Theatre in 

Mokena — experience that 

helped prepare her for her 

newest role as director. 

On April 28, 

D’Ortenzio’s play “Sweet 

Pride” premiered at the 

Founders Community 

Center in Frankfort. More 

than 50 students auditioned 

for the community 

production, which 

D’Ortenzio wrote, produced 

and directed. 

“This is about a love 

story during the Civil War,” 

D’Ortenzio explained. “It 

focuses on sacrifice and 

how our pride gets in the 

way of what we truly want. 

Writing, producing and 

directing this has been the 

best experience of my life.” 

D’Ortenzio has been in 

more than 15 productions, 

and her grandmother is her 

main voice teacher. 

“I’ve always had a love 

for theater,” D’Ortenzio 

said. “I can remember my 

first role, which was a poppy 

in ‘The Wizard of Oz.’ I 

was 6 years old.” 

D’Ortenzio described 

her cast members, many of 

whom are fellow Lincoln- 

Way East students, as “incredible,” 

adding everyone 

volunteered their time on 

Sunday nights to make the 

production happen. 

“Due to complications 

with space, we got kicked 

out of our original spot,” 

D’Ortenzio said, laughing. 

“ ... I expected to 

show this in a small room 

at my school. We ended 

up with the show being 

at the Founders Center. It 

worked out better than I 

ever expected.” 

In the months leading 

up to the play’s debut, 

D’Ortenzio’s mother, Marie 

Michuda-D’Ortenzio, 

opened up the family’s 

home as a rehearsal space 

for 28 students. 

“I cook a lot,” Marie 

Michuda-D’Ortenzio said. 

“We have a big foyer. For 

two months, I’ve had costume 

racks, a stump, prop 

tables in my living room.” 

D’Ortenzio wrote 

three different versions 

Lincoln-Way East student Anmarie D’Ortenzio (left) 

greets her grandmother Anne Perillo on April 28 at 

the Founders Community Center in Frankfort, where 

D’Ortenzio’s play “Sweet Pride” debuted. 

Photos by Mary Compton/22nd Century Media 

Brianna Ebenroth (right), cast as Meemaw, performs a 

scene in “Sweet Pride” with fellow Lincoln-Way East 

student Ellie Houlihan, who plays the role of Margaret 

in the production. 

of “Sweet Pride,” but it 

was only within the past 

year that the final product 

came to life. She credited 

Lincoln-Way East Choir 

Director Hanna Samawi 

with giving her the push 

forward to succeed. 

“Putting this together 

has been a lot of hard work 

not only for me, but my 

assistant director and the 

entire cast,” D’Ortenzio 

said. “Everyone pitched in, 

even the moms.” 

Max Adams, who had 

the lead role of John, said 

he was honored to be in 

his friend’s production. 

The Lincoln-Way East junior 

not only performed in 

“Sweet Pride” but was also 

in his high school’s spring 

musical, “Mamma Mia!” 

“Anmarie is my best 

friend,” Adams said. 

“When I found out she 

was writing a play, I knew 

instantly I wanted to be involved. 

I know how hard 

she works. I knew it was 

going to be amazing, and I 

had to be part of it. When 

she said proceeds were going 

to the Frankfort food 

pantry, I wanted to do this 

even more. Being involved 

in a process like this makes 

this so much more rewarding.” 

Lincoln-Way East senior 

Ellie Houlihan, of 

Tinley Park, plays John’s 

love interest in the play. 

“Sweet Pride” marked her 

final performance as a high 

school student. 

“It’s so meaningful to 

work with all these amazing 

people — to keep 

learning as my final high 

school acting career ends,” 

she said. 

Houlihan has taken part 

in all of the Lincoln-Way 

East musicals since her 

freshman year of high 

school. 

“Today, I play a southern 

belle who is not satisfied 

with her home life,” 

she said. “She is looking 

for an outlet to find 

freedom and herself in a 

new way. This is the biggest 

role I’ve ever had. To 

play Maggie and see the 

world through her eyes has 

been interesting. My mom 

would say I’m a little like 

Maggie. She’s not afraid to 

use her voice. She makes 

herself heard, and I admire 

that about her.” 

For D’Ortenzio, the play 

was a way to give back to 

the community. Audience 

members donated cans 

of food, boxes of macaroni 

and cheese and other 

items, and all proceeds 

went to the Frankfort 

Township Food Pantry. 

“I have a donation 

bucket; we’re selling tea,” 

D’Ortenzio said. “This 

whole entire process is to 

help the community. There 

is no better way than to 

bring the community together 

than through beautiful 

words.”



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The Dish 

A sweet selection at Whizzy Puffs sets itself apart from the rest 


Editor 

In just two hours after 

opening for the day on a 

recent Friday morning, 

Whizzy Puffs Sweet Spot 

in Lockport sold out of all 

363 doughnuts that filled 

the shelves of the breakfast 

cafe. 

It is no surprise, as they 

are not typical doughnuts. 

Owner Merve Nolte 

wakes up in the wee hours 

of the morning to start 

baking all the doughnuts 

and pastries from scratch, 

taking 4-5 hours, before 

opening at 6 a.m. 

The shelves are filled 

with unique doughnuts 

most likely not found anywhere 

else. Nolte makes 

her signature doughnuts, 

that include maple, Cocoa 

Krispies, caramel 

coconut, chocolate yeast 

raised and more. Each 

doughnut is $1.50; a half 

dozen is $8.75; and a dozen 

is $13. 

This may be a breakfast 

cafe, but it comes with a 

twist. 

As soon as customers 

walk inside Whizzy Puffs, 

they can see the left wall 

lined with a selection of 

18 different cereals. Unlimited 

bowls are $3, and 

include options such as 

Dippin’ Dots cookies and 

cream, banana puddin’, 

Cold Stone strawberry 

blonde, churro and more. 

Nolte, who also is the 

owner of Sizzles — located 

in the same plaza as 

Whizzy Puffs — maintains 

her creativity at both food 

places to bring the community 

something different. 

“I just want something 

different,” Nolte said. 

“You can go anywhere 

and get the same thing, so 

Whizzy Puffs Sweet 

Spot 

106 MacGregor Road 

in Lockport 

Hours 

• 6 a.m.-noon Fridays- 

Saturdays 

• 6:30 a.m.-noon 

Sundays 

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I always try to make both 

places just something you 

can’t get. Like all the cereal, 

where can you go and 

do that? You can’t. Where 

has anybody decorated 

like this? Nowhere. You 

can’t get the experience 

somewhere like this.” 

Popular breakfast cereal 

box covers are plastered 

all over the far back wall, 

with a backdrop of doughnut 

wallpaper and clever 

doughnut sayings throughout 

Whizzy Puffs Sweet 

Spot that give it that fun, 

creative feel. 

In addition to the wide 

selection of cereals and 

doughnuts, within the last 

couple of months, Nolte 

added a yogurt parfait bar, 

Danishes ($3.25), chocolate 

croissants ($2.25), 

muffins ($2.25) and popup 

cake pops ($3.75). 

“I really enjoy what I 

do,” Nolte said. “I really 

like what I do — like, I 

do it because I enjoy it. I 

could do whatever I wanted 

to, but I like what I do, 

so I keep doing different 

things and seeing what 

works and what people 

enjoy and what they don’t 

like. I roll out different 

things all the time.” 

And what pairs better 

with a breakfast pastry 

than a sweet beverage to 

make it complete? 

Whizzy Puffs Sweet Spot is known for its wide-selection of doughnuts ($1.50 each) that are made from scratch. 

Photos by Thomas Czaja/22nd Century Media 

Whizzy Puffs offers iced 

and hot coffee, hot chocolate, 

hot tea, almond and 

soy milk, and lattes. The 

newest drink is the Lucky 

Charm latte ($3 for small, 

$4 for medium and $4.75 

for large) made with white 

chocolate raspberry syrup, 

whipped cream and Lucky 

Charms on top. 

“I just see [Whizzy 

Puffs] adding little things, 

like little sweet things [in 

the future],” Nolte said. 

“It’s more trendy, so that 

when I see that something 

is different and I personally 

want to try it, I make it.” 

Nolte makes it a priority 

to constantly add new 

items to the menu to give 

customers what they want. 

As Whizzy Puffs is only 

open three days a week, 

there is always a line of 

customers waiting for Notle’s 

unique treats. 

“I feel like all the effort I 

put [in] is being realized,” 

Nolte said. “My goal is to 

share my love and enthusiasm 

of food with others. 

My primary goals are all 

related to customer service, 

food consistency, 

differentiation from other 

retailers and, of course, to 

have fun.” 

Her customer base has 

grown into regulars who 

have created friendships 

with Nolte. 

“It’s my personality,” 

Nolte said. “I genuinely 

care about people, so I 

get along with just about 

everybody. We’ve all become 

close.” 

Those relationships 

The breakfast cafe offers customers a choice of 18 

different cereals ($3 for unlimited bowls). 

have kept her going and 

running two successful 

businesses in Lockport, all 

while helping a number of 

organizations in the community. 

“I’ve gotten to know 

everybody that way, and 

that’s how everybody’s 

gotten to know my character 

is it’s not just like 

a cold-face expression,” 

Nolte said. “I’m not just 

looking for money. Obviously 

it’s part of it, but it’s 

not the be all end all. ... It’s 

just not the most important 

thing.”

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procedures 

5. Very bright light 

9. A sacred song 

14. River to the Rhine 

15. Annexes 

16. Skylit courts 

17. “Saving Private 

___” 

18. Hindu writings 

19. Sublease 

20. Where New 

Lenox village governmental 

operations 

are based, goes 

with 9 down 

22. Survive, barely 

23. Interior design 

24. Hooter 

25. Bitterly pungent 

28. Attached with a 

hammer 

32. Eat 

35. Middle East snack 

37. Kind of question 

38. Tommie of the 

Miracle Mets 

40. Rage 

41. Tease 

42. Amazon’s talking 

assistant 

44. ___ stone; final 

47. Frisbee or Slinky 

48. Informal eatery 

50. Capital near 

Casablanca 

52. Unburdened 

53. Lucy’s best friend 

56. New Lenox 

middle school 

59. Frequent flier 

62. Too proper and 

modest 

63. Moore of “G.I. 

Jane” 

64. Do followers 

65. Gofers 

66. Major or Minor 

Bear 

67. Hoity-toity 

68. Henhouse 

69. Benefit 

70. Top model, 

Banks 

1. Sportscaster Albert 

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maybe 

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kingdom 

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7. 15 and 23, e.g. 

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Guthrie 

12. In ___ of (instead) 

13. First name in the 

“Ocean’s Thirteen” cast 

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22. Eternity, almost 

26. Wading bird 

27. Evel Knievel, for 

one 

29. Aspiring atty.’s exam 

30. Ferrari founder 

31. Nodding 

32. Car from Sweden 

33. Tangelo 

34. Mind your ____ 

and Q’s 

36. Phi__ Kappa 

39. Squeezes out 

43. Least damp 

45. Person from the 

Spanish peninsula 

46. Abbr. in many org. 

names 

49. Flowery verse 

51. Water need 

54. “Behind __ Lines,” 

2001 Hackman film 

55. Madagascan 

monkey 

56. Train 

57. The Supremes or 

Cream 

58. Kind of chop 

59. Sleekly designed 

60. “Ooooh, ___ 

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61. Baltic capital 

63. Bestow a knighthood 

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3x3 squares. To solve the puzzle each row, column 

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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 for a while and felt 

that the timing was ideal for the 

debut. “Customers were asking 

for something different and 

simple with less monotony and 

higher architectural standards.” 

The result was the Craftsman 

ranch and the Prairie twostory, 

now available at Prairie 

Trails and WestGate Manor. 

The Craftsman ranch features 

an open floor plan with Great 

Room, three bedrooms, two 

baths and a two-car (optional 

three-car) garage. The Prairie 

features a two-story foyer and 

Great Room, three bedrooms 

and one and one-half baths, a 

convenient Flex Room space 

on the main level and a two-car 

(optional three-car) garage. The 

Craftsman architectural elements 

on both homes include brick and 

stone exteriors with cedar shake 

accent siding, low-pitched gabled 

bracket roofs, front porches with 

tapered columns and stone piers, 

partially paned windows, and a 

standard panel front entry door. 

Distinctive Home Builders 

offers a Craftsman-style trim 

package offering trim without 

ornate profiles and routers. The 

trim features simplicity in design 

with rectangles, straight lines and 

layered look trims over doors for 

example. The front entry door 

will have the standard Craftsman 

panel style door. Distinctive has 

also created a Craftsman color 

palate to assist buyers in making 

coordinated choices for the 

interior of their new Craftsman 

home. Colors, cabinet styles and 

flooring choices blend seamlessly 

with the Craftsman trim package 

and are available in gray tones 

package and earth tones. 

Distinctive offers custom maple 

kitchen cabinets featuring solid 

wood construction (no particle 

board), have solid wood drawers 

with dove tail joints, which is 

very rare in the marketplace. 

“When you buy a new home 

from Distinctive, you truly are 

receiving custom made cabinets 

in every home we sell no matter 

what the price range,” noted 

Nooner. 


works to achieve a delivery goal 

of 90 days with zero punch list 

items for its homeowners. “Our 

three decades building homes 

provides an efficient construction 

system,” said Nooner. “Many of 

our skilled craftsmen have been 

working with our company 

for over 20 years. We also 

take pride on having excellent 

communicators throughout our 

organization. This translates into 

a positive buying and building 

experience for our homeowners 

and one of the highest referral 

rates in the industry.” 

Nooner added that all homes 

are highly energy efficient. Every 

home built will have upgraded 

wall and ceiling insulation 

values with energy efficient 

windows and high efficiency 

furnaces. Before homeowners 

move into their new home, 


conducts a blower door test that 

pressurizes the home to ensure 

that each home passes a set of 

very stringent Energy Efficiency 

guidelines. 

With the addition of these two 

new designs, there are now 15 

ranch, split-level and six twostory 

single-family home styles to 

choose from each offering from 

three to eight different exterior 

elevations at both communities. 

The three- to four-bedroom 

homes feature one and one-half 

to two-and-one-half baths, twoto 

three-car garages and a family 

room, all in approximately 1,600 

to over 3,000 square feet of living 

space. Basements are included in 

most models as well. Distinctive 

also encourages customization 

to make your new home truly 

personalized to suit your lifestyle. 

Oversize home sites; brick 

exteriors on all four sides of the 

first floor; custom maple cabinets; 

ceramic tile or hardwood 

floors in the kitchen, baths and 

foyer; genuine wood trim and 

doors and concrete driveways 

can all be yours at Prairie 

Trails and WestGate Manor. 

Most all home sites at Prairie 

Trails and WestGate Manor 

can accommodate a three-car 

garage; a very important amenity 

to the Manhattan homebuyer, 

said Nooner. 

“When we opened Prairie 

Trails and WestGate Manor we 

wanted to provide the best new 

home value for the dollar and 

we feel with offering Premium 

Standard Features that we do 

just that. So why wait? This is 

truly the best time to build your 

dream home!” 

Prairie Trails is also a beautiful 

place to live and raise a family 

featuring a 20-acre lake on site, 

as well as direct access to the 22- 

mile Wauponsee Glacial Prairie 

Path that borders the community 

and meanders through many 

neighboring communities and 

links to many other popular 

trails. The Manhattan Metra 

station is less than a mile away. 

Besides Prairie Trails, 


has built homes throughout 

Manhattan in the Butternut 

Ridge and Leighlinbridge 

developments, as well as in the 

Will and south Cook county 

areas over the past 30 years. 


chose the Will County village 

of Peotone for its newest 

community of 38 single-family 

homes at WestGate Manor 

within walking distance of the 

esteemed Peotone High School. 

Its convenient location between 

Interstate 57 and Illinois Route 

50 provide easy access to I-80 

and commuters enjoy several 

nearby train stations and a 

35-minute drive to Chicago. 

Visit the on-site sales 

information center for 

unadvertised specials and view 

the numerous styles of homes 

being offered and the available 

lots. Call Lynne Rinck at (708) 

737-9142 or (708) 479-7700 for 

more information or visit www. 

distinctivehomebuilders.com. 

The Prairie Trails and WestGate 

Manor new home information 

center is located three miles 

south of Laraway Rd. on Rt. 

52. The address is 24458 S. 

Rt. 52, Manhattan, IL. 60422. 

Open Daily 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 

p.m. Closed Wednesday and 

Thursday and always available 

by appointment. 

Specials, prices, specifications, 

standard features, model 

offerings, build times and lot 

availability are subject to change 

without notice. Please contact 

a Distinctive representative for 

current pricing and complete 

details.

tinleyjunction.com real estate 


The Tinley Junction’s 

Where: 17201 68th 

Court, one block 

west of downtown 

Tinley’s Oak Park Ave 

& Metra Station 

What: Immaculate 

four bedroom, two 

bath split level with 

sub-basement 

Sponsored content 

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• 6821 Winston Drive, 


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• 16335 W Wilmington 

Peotone Road, 

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- Elodia A. Alvarado 

to Jose Gonzalez, 

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$155,000 

• 7714 Northfield 

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60487-3119 - Timothy 

Biedermann to Michael 

Guzy, Jennifer Guzy 

$225,000 

The Going Rate is provided 

by Record Information Services 

Inc. For more information, 

visit www.public-record. 

com or call (630) 557-1000. 

Amenities: This 

wonderful home 

with 2.5-car garage 

is situated on a 

deep, landscaped lot 

(50’x225’) offering 

many possibilities for 

outside enjoyment. 

The yard is fullyfenced 

and has a 

generous-sized patio, 

large shed with loft 

for storage, and 

separately gated dog 

run for convenience. 

The home has 

been impeccably 

maintained and 

features many 

quality updates 

and improvements 

including a recent 

new roof on the house, garage and shed. Special features: beam-vaulted ceiling 

on main level, taller ceilings on lower level, family room fireplace, hardwood floors, 

6-panel doors and oak woodwork throughout. New(er): roof, appliances, A/C, hot 

water heater, sump pump battery back-up, carpeting in all bedrooms and fresh 

paint throughout. The lower level bonus room is versatile as a 4th bedroom, 

office/den or playroom. The sub-basement (500+ SF) is ample space for 

additional storage needs or recreational use. If you are looking for a convenient 

location near downtown Tinley, this is truly a great offering. 

Asking Price: $285,000 

Listing Agent: 

Marcy Tobin 

(773) 590-9806 

marcy@marcytobin.com 

Listing Brokerage: 

Coldwell Banker 

Residential Orland Park 

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SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE 

of 19630 Ridgemont Dr, Tinley Park, IL 

60487 (Condo/Townhouse). On the 16th 

day ofMay, 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: Freedom 

Mortgage Corporation Plaintiff V. 

Rania Elayyan; et. al. Defendant. 

Case No. 17CH 2032 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: 

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. 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFCOOK 

COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

COUNTY DEPARTMENT -CHAN- 

CERY DIVISION 

DITECH FINANCIAL LLC 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

SANDRA ZBONSKI A/K/A SANDRA 

MZBONSKI, JOHN ECORLEY, UN- 

KNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RE- 

CORD CLAIMANTS 

Defendants 

12 CH 07970 

17636 SOUTH 71ST AVENUE TIN- 

LEY PARK, IL 60477 

NOTICE OF SALE 

PUBLIC NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN 

that pursuant to aJudgment ofForeclosure 

and Sale entered in the above cause 

on September 19, 2018, an agent for 

The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 

10:30 AM on June 4, 2019, at The Judicial 

Sales Corporation, One South 

Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, 

sell at public auction to the highest bidder, 

as set forth below, the following described 

real estate: 

Commonly known as 17636 SOUTH 

71ST AVENUE, TINLEY PARK, IL 

60477 

Property Index No. 

28-31-115-005-0000. 

The real estate is improved with asingle 

family home with an attached one car 

garage. 

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid 

by certified funds at the close of the sale 

payable to The Judicial Sales Corpora- 

tion. No third party checks will beaccepted. 

The balance, including the Judicial 

Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential 

Property Municipality Relief 

Fund, which is calculated on residential 

real estate atthe rate of $1 for each 

$1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount 

paid by the purchaser not to exceed 

$300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, 

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







real estate arose prior to the sale. 

The subject property is subject to general 

real estate taxes, special assessments, 

orspecial taxes levied against 

said real estate and is offered for sale 

without any representation as to quality 

or quantity of title and without recourse 

to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. 

The sale is further subject to confirmation 

by the court. 

Upon payment in full ofthe amount bid, 

the purchaser will receive aCertificate 

of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to 

adeed to the real estate after confirmation 

of the sale. 

The property will NOT be open for inspection 

and plaintiff makes no representation 

astothe condition ofthe property. 

Prospective bidders are admonished 

to check the court file to verify all 

information. 

If this property isacondominium unit, 

the purchaser ofthe unit atthe foreclosure 

sale, other than amortgagee, shall 

pay the assessments and the legal fees 

required by The Condominium Property 

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

this property is a condominium unit 

which ispart ofacommon interest community, 

the purchaser ofthe unit atthe 

foreclosure sale other than amortgagee 

shall pay the assessments required by 

The Condominium Property Act, 765 

ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR 

(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE 

RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION 

FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF 

AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN AC- 

CORDANCE WITH SECTION 

15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS 

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. 

You will need a photo identification issued 

by a government agency (driver's 

license, passport, etc.) in order togain 

entry into our building and the foreclosure 

sale room in Cook County and the 

same identification for sales held at 

other county venues where The Judicial 

Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure 

sales. 

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT 

PIERCE, LLC, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 

One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, 

Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 

346-9088. Please refer to file number 

11814. 

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORA- 

TION 

One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, 

Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 

You can also visit The Judicial Sales 

Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a7 

day status report of pending sales. 


PIERCE, LLC 

One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 

Chicago, IL 60602 

(312) 346-9088 

E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com 

Attorney File No. 11814 

Attorney ARDC No. 61256 

Attorney Code. 61256 

Case Number: 12 CH 07970 

TJSC#: 38-8134 

NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection 

Practices Act, you are advised 

that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be 

adebt collector attempting tocollect a 

debt and any information obtained will 

be used for that purpose. 

I3114120 




CERY DIVISION 

REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING 

LLC 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DEVISEES 

OF KATHLEEN A. SOPCZAK AKA 

KATHLEEN SOPCZAK, DECEASED, 

UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS AND LI- 

ENHOLDERS AGAINST THE ES- 

TATE OF KATHLEEN A. SOPCZAK 

AKA KATHLEEN SOPCZAK, DE- 

CEASED, UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS 

AND LIENHOLDERS AGAINST THE 

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DEVISEES 

OF KATHLEEN A. SOPCZAK AKA 

KATHLEEN SOPCZAK, DECEASED, 

DONNA M. HERKEL, DANNY P. 

SOPCZAK, UNITED STATES OF 

AMERICA ACTING BY AND 

THROUGH THE SECRETARY OF 

HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOP- 

MENT, JOHN LYDON, AS SPECIAL 

REPRESENTATIVE OF KATHLEEN 

A. SOPCZAK AKA KATHLEEN 

SOPCZAK, DECEASED 

Defendants 

18 CH 04363 

16436 OLCOTT AVENUE 

TINLEY PARK, IL 60477 





on March 6, 2019, an agent for The Judicial 

Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 

AM on June 7, 2019, at The Judicial 

Sales Corporation, One South Wacker 

Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at 

public auction tothe highest bidder, as 

set forth below, the following described 

real estate: 

Commonly known as 16436 OLCOTT 

AVENUE, TINLEY PARK, IL 60477 


27-24-408-033-0000. 


family residence. 

The judgment amount was $223,699.14. 



payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. 

No third party checks will beaccepted. 





real estate at the rate of$1 for each 




















by the court. 




adeed tothe real estate after confirmation 

of the sale. 

Where asale of real estate is made to 

satisfy alien prior to that of the United 

States, the United States shall have one 

year from the date of sale within which 

to redeem, except that with respect to a 

lien arising under the internal revenue 

laws the period shall be 120 days or the 

period allowable for redemption under 

State law, whichever is longer, and in 

any case inwhich, under the provisions 

of section 505 of the Housing Act of 

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

and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 

38 of the United States Code, the 

right toredeem does not arise, there 

shall be no right of redemption. 






information. 













ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

















sales. 

For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: 

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIH- 

LAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DE- 

CATUR, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719 

Please refer to file number 2120-14746. 

If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, 

the Purchaser at the sale shall be 

entitled only toareturn of the purchase 

price paid. The Purchaser shall have no 

further recourse against the Mortgagor, 

the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney. 


TION 


Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 


Corporation atwww.tjsc.com for a7 


HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, 

LLC 

111 East Main Street 

DECATUR, IL 62523 

(217) 422-1719 

Fax #: (217) 422-1754 

CookPleadings@hsbattys.com 

Attorney File No. 2120-14746 



TJSC#: 39-1446 







I3115276 




CERY DIVISION 

FLAGSTAR BANK, FSB 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

ANTHONY WHITE 

Defendants 

18 CH 4080 

17413 QUEEN MARY LANE 

Tinley Park, IL 60477 




and Sale entered inthe above cause 

on October 11, 2018, an agent for The 

Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 




public auction to the highest bidder, as 


real estate: 

Commonly known as 17413 QUEEN




Sale 


Sale 


Sale 


Sale 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

2900 Merchandise 

Under $100 

MARY LANE, Tinley Park, IL 60477 


27-26-402-018-0000. 


family residence. 

The judgment amount was $371,952.34. 




























The sale is further subject toconfirmation 

by the court. 





of the sale. 






information. 













ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

















sales. 


JOHNSON, BLUMBERG &AS- 

SOCIATES, LLC, 230 W. Monroe 

Street, Suite #1125, Chicago, IL 60606, 

(312) 541-9710 Please refer tofile number 

18-5812. 


TION 


Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 




JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCI- 

ATES, LLC 

230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125 


(312) 541-9710 

E-Mail: 

ilpleadings@johnsonblumberg.com 

Attorney File No. 18-5812 



TJSC#: 39-2102 







I3117537 




CERY DIVISION 

LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

AARON J MORIN, PHEASANT 

CHASE WEST TOWNHOME ASSO- 

CIATION, AT&T 

Defendants 

18 CH 12118 

9412 WINDSOR PARKWAY 

TINLEY PARK, IL 60487 





on March 7, 2019, an agent for The Judicial 







real estate: 

Commonly known as 9412 WINDSOR 

PARKWAY, TINLEY PARK, IL 60487 


27-34-116-007-0000. 

The real estate is improved with atan 

brick, two story townhouse with anattached 

two car garage. 





























by the court. 





of the sale. 






information. 













ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

















sales. 


PIERCE, LLC, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 

One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, 

Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 

346-9088. Please refer to file number 

267688. 


TION 


Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 





PIERCE, LLC 



(312) 346-9088 






TJSC#: 39-1514 







I3118116 




CERY DIVISION 

HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL AS- 

SOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR ACE 

SECURITIES CORP. HOME EQUITY 

LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2005-WF1, 

ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH 

CERTIFICATES 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

CHARLES C. ASKEW A/K/A CHAR- 

LES ASKEW, KACHEE D ASKEW 

A/K/A KACHEE ASKEW, BETTER 

BUILT LUMBER AND SUPPLY, 

INC., CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), 

N.A. S/I/I TO CAPITAL ONE BANK, 

BENEFICIAL ILLINOIS INC. D/B/A 

BENEFICIAL MORTGAGE CO. OF 

ILLINOIS 

Defendants 

13 CH 19057 

4702 NEWBERRY AVENUE 

OAK FOREST, IL 60452 





on May 2, 2018, an agent for The Judicial 







real estate: 

Commonly known as 4702 NEW- 

BERRY AVENUE, OAK FOREST, IL 

60452 


28-22-318-019-0000. 


family home with an attached two car 

garage. 





The balance in certified funds/or 

wire transfer, is due within twenty-four 

(24) hours. The subject property issubject 

to general real estate taxes, special 

assessments, or special taxes levied 

against said real estate and is offered for 

sale without any representation as to 

quality or quantity of title and without 

recourse toPlaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. 


by the court. 





of the sale. 






information. 

PLEASE NOTE: Plaintiff makes no 

representations as to the priority position 

of its lien nor does it make any representations 

regarding property taxes 

due or not due in regards to the property. 


to research the title, liens, taxes 

and/or any other possible event affecting 

the property and/or the title thereof. 

The property issold "AS IS" "WHERE 

IS" as stated above 













ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

















sales. 



PIERCE, LLC, One North Dearborn 

Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602, 

(312) 346-9088 Please refer tofile number 

9851. 


TION 


Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 





PIERCE, LLC 



(312) 346-9088 






TJSC#: 39-2747 

I3120232 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

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 

Freedom Mortgage Corporation 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

Rania Elayyan; et. al. 

Defendant. 

No. 17 CH 2032 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that pursuant 

toajudgment entered in the above 

cause on the 13th day of February, 

2019, MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will 

County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the 

16th day of May, 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 

or bidders the following-described real 

estate: 

LOT 294 IN BROOKSIDE GLEN, 

UNIT 3, BEING A SUBDIVISION IN 

THE WEST 1/2 OF SECTION 11, 

TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 12 

EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL 

MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE 

PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JUNE 

30, 1998 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 

R98-74972, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLI- 

NOIS. 

Commonly known as: 

19630 Ridgemont Dr, Tinley Park, IL 

60487 

Description of Improvements: 

Condo/Townhouse 

P.I.N.: 

19-09-11-301-014-0000 

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

time of sale and the balance within 

twenty-four (24) hours. No judicial sale 






whose rights inand to the residential 

real estate arose prior to the sale. All 

payments shall be made in cash or certified 

funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will 

County. 

In the event the property is acondomin- 

ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS 

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

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

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

that the purchaser of the unit, other than 

amortgagee, shall pay the assessments 

and legal fees required 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 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 


RENTAL 

PROPERTY 


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to first 

CALL US TODAY: 708.326.9170 


5piece Entertainment Center 

solid oak smoked glass doors, 

fully lighted, lots ofstorage for 

cd’s & tapes, etc. Excellent 

condition $65 OBO 

708-532-4044 

Amana Washer $100. 

708.525.9622 

Bridgestone Blizzak W570 

winter tires size 215/45R17 

$100 for all 4never used, still 

in wrap. Tinley Park 

773-552-7850 

Brown reclining love seat with 

center console. Excellent condition 

$85 Call 815-838-0239 

Coleman 16’x10’ Weathermaster 

Screen room tent 5person 

tent @ 6x10 screened room, 

never used $99.50 Call 

708-429-0259 after 4pm 

Collection of 60 unique Shot 

Glasses. Varied sizes & shapes. 

Each with adifferent design. 

Great for a man cave, bar 

display, or gift. $40 for whole 

collection. Call 708-642-9019 

Craftsman 21” Mulit Cut Rotary 

Lawn Mower and bag 6.0 

H.P. recently tuned up. $75 

Call 708-429-0259 after 4pm 

Dining room orKitchen light 

fixture made in Italy. New in 

box, never installed. Retail 

value at $250 selling for $65 

815-485-6008 

Exercise Equipment, small 

trampoline, exercise bike, AB 

lounger, Elliptical. $100 Call 

708-987-8641 

Four nice solid oak kitchen 

chairs good condition $60 or 

$15 each Call 708-301-6797 

GE Gas Dryer $100. 

708.525.9622 

Ice crusher $10, Waffle iron 

$10, Silver plated service for 

eight $15. Call 708-349-3238 

Like new glass sliding bath tub 

doors. $100. 

Call 708-614-1988 

Maple crib and mattress, car 

seat, used only at NaNa’s, 

Buggy $100. 815.838.6054 

Paslode staples full cases $25 

ea, Craftsman 10” table saw on 

stand w/manual $50, Sears table 

router w/skill 13/4 H.P. 

$25 708-534-3423 

Power-Flo Matrix 1.5 H.P. 

Hayward pool pump and filter. 

Assembly model# SP15931 

$100 OBO Call John 

708-263-3340 

Pro golf bag $30. Bullseye 

Putter $30. Golf book by Tiger 

Woods “How IPlay Golf” $10. 

Golf balls LK. New $4/doz 

Large bird cage $20. 

70-478-8976 

PVC pipes 210’x2” $5 each, 

One 10’x4” pipe $8, Craftsman 

VAC replacement filter for 

16x32 gallon vacs made before 

1988 $15. Call 815-485-5966



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42 | May 9, 2019 | the tinley Junction sports 


ATHLETE OF THE WEEK 

10 Questions 

with Darryl Farrow 

Darryl Farrow is a senior 

at Andrew and a middle 

hitter on the boys volleyball 

team. 

The volleyball team 

has been off to a good 

start this season. 

What’s made the 

difference? 

I think as a team we just 

wanted to do it. We have a 

different mindset and we 

wanted to start out the season 

with a good record. 

When did you start 

playing volleyball? 

I first tried it in seventh 

grade when I was at Prairie 

View. I decided to do it on 

my own. I started playing 

club volleyball during my 

junior year with Ultimate. 

Did you play any other 

sports? 

I used to play soccer in 

high school. I played it 

through my sophomore 

year but stopped playing it 

last year to concentrate on 

volleyball. 

What is it about 

volleyball that makes 

it the sport for you? 

It’s action-packed. Every 

play, every point is action-packed. 

It’s just fun to 

be around your team and a 

fun sport to play. 

Speaking of team, 

you and fellow senior 

middle blocker Michael 

Sherwood make quite 

a tandem. How’s it 

been playing with 

him? 

We have a really good 

bond. Everyone looks for 

us to be big at the net. 

What do you do to 

get yourself pumped 

up and ready to play 

before a match? 

I listen to music. I like 

a lot of classic bands 

and Queen is my favorite. 

I also like talking to 

my teammates, clearing 

my mind and just getting 

ready to go out there. 

What would your 

spirit animal be? 

A lion. That’s because 

they’re composed. But 

when it’s time to strike, 

they will go out and get it 

no matter what. 

What have you 

learned from Andrew 

Jeff vorva/22nd century media 

volleyball coach Emily 

Connolly? 

To take more of a leadership 

role, especially with 

the younger guys. She 

trusts me to be the person 

for them. 

Are you going to 

continue to play 

volleyball in college? 

No. I considered it but 

I’m going for academics. 

I might do intermural or 

club volleyball though. 

I’m going to Loyola University 

in Chicago and will 

major in biology. 

What’s the best thing 

about being an athlete 

at Andrew? 

We are always having 

fun and a good time. The 

bonds with the teams and 

the coaches are always 

good at Andrew. 

Interview conducted by 

Freelance Reporter Randy 

Whalen

tinleyjunction.com sports 


POSTSEASON ROUNDUP 

Now that’s more like it 

T-Bolts head 

back to state 

tournament in 

badminton 

JEFF VORVA, Sports Editor 

Andrew is back in the 

Illinois High School Association 

state badminton 

tournament. 

Last year, the T-Bolts 

were stunned not to have 

a player or team qualify. 

Since the IHSA began 

tracking the tournament 

on its website in 1997, 

Andrew had at least one 

representative each year 

until the streak was halted 

in 2018. 

Singles player Nicole 

Bath and the doubles team 

of Elizabeth McDougall- 

Anna Gawron made sure 

that was not going to happen 

again. 

They qualified for the 

43rd running of the state 

tournament, which takes 

place on Friday, May 10 

and Saturday, May 11, at 

Eastern Illinois University 

in Charleston. 

This tournament and the 

boys gymnastics state meet 

open a series of 13 spring 

state championships which 

will run through June 8. 

McDougall-Gawron is 

the first doubles team from 

Andrew’s Elizabeth 

McDougall teamed with 

Anna Gawron to become 

the first T-Bolt doubles 

team since 2016 to qualify 

for the state tournament. 

Andrew to qualify for state 

since 2016. They came up 

with a second-place finish 

at the Thornton Fractional 

South Sectional on Thursday, 

May 2 in Lansing. 

After taking care of 

business the first two 

matches with a pair of 

two-set wins, the team 

dropped a championship 

match to T.F. South’s Ashley 

James-Paige Drewno, 

21-9, 21-10. 

Bath had some work to 

do after dropping a second-round 

battle with Oak 

Forest’s Madeline Lewner 

to send her to the consolation 

bracket. 

After winning a pair of 

consolation matches, Bath 

faced Lewner for a state 

tournament bid and this 

time came up with a 21- 

16, 27-25 victory. She then 

lost a 21-11, 12-21, 21-7 

war with Oswego’s Britney 

Sennes to take fourth 

place. 

Andrew took third place 

in the meet with 9.5 points 

behind Oswego (14 points) 

and the hosts (13.5). 

Boys gymnastics 

The Andrew co-op team, 

BADMINTON elite 

Andrew individual and doubles state qualifiers in badminton this decade 

Andrew’s Nicole Bath, returning a shuttlecock to an 

opponent, had to work hard to earn a trip to state. 

PHOTOS BY JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

Anna Gawron of Andrew has a laugh during sectional 

play. Gawron and her doubles partner, Elizabeth 

McDougall, are heading to the state tournament. 

representing the three District 

230 schools Andrew, 

Sandburg and Stagg, finished 

seventh out of eight 

teams in the Lyons Sectional 

on April 30 and did 

not have a state qualifier. 

Senior Sawyer Mackovitch 

claimed 10th in the 

all-around with 45.3500 

while sophomore T-Bolt 

Ethan Ryan placed 16th 

with a 40.5500 and junior 

Charles Chavez took 19th 

with a 29.400. 

2010 – Princess Clemente, Rebecca Rychel,, Marissa Ripoli-Renee Olson, Caitlin Johnson-Molly O’Malley 

2011 – Marissa Ripoli, Jill Trumpey, Theresa Curran-Samatha Labus, Jenn McLean, Stephanie Patrick 

2012 – Renee Olson, Jill Trumpey, Bryanne Prudden-Stephanie Patrick 

2013 – Shannon Normoyle, Casey O’Donnell, Nicole Bernardi-Nina Vinotai 

2014 – Beth Przekwas, Nicole Bernardi-Nina Vinotai, Amanda Bednarczyk-Emily Konchan 

2015 – Erin Daly-Katie Daly, Ashley Galassini-Katy Konchan 

2016 – Kira Maciejewski, Allison Drechny, Erin Daly-Katie Daly, Katy Konchan-Jessie Snyder 

2017 – Vivian Cui 

2018 – No qualifiers 

2019 – Nicole Bath, Elizabeth McDougall-Anna Gawron 

THIS WEEK IN 

TITANS VARSITY 

ATHLETICS 

BASEBALL 

■ ■May 9 – hosts Shepard, 

4:30 p.m. 

■ ■May 13 – at Thornton 

Fractional North, 4:30 p.m. 

■ ■May 14 – hosts Thornton 

Fractional North, 4:30 p.m. 

BOYS TENNIS 

■ ■May 9 – hosts 

Conference, TBA 





BOYS TRACK 

■ ■May 9 – Conference meet 

at Oak Forest, 4:30 p.m. 

BOYS VOLLEYBALL 

■ ■May 9 – hosts Shepard, 

4:30 p.m. 

■ ■May 14 – at Eisenhower 

(Blue Island), 6 p.m. 

■ ■May 16 – hosts Oak 

Forest, 4:30 p.m. 

GIRLS TRACK 

■ ■May 9-10 - IHSA 

Sectionals, TBA 

GIRLS SOCCER 

■ ■May 14 - IHSA 

postseason opens, TBA 

SOFTBALL 

■ ■May 9 – at Thornton 

Fractional South, 4:30 p.m. 

■ ■May 14 – hosts Lemont, 

4:30 p.m. 

■ ■May 15 – hosts Oak 

Forest, 4:30 p.m. 

THUNDERBOLTS VARSITY 

ATHLETICS 

BASEBALL 

■ ■May 10 – hosts Lincoln- 

Way West, 4:30 p.m. 

■ ■May 11 – hosts Kenwood 

Academy, 10 a.m. 

■ ■May 14 – hosts Thornton, 

4:30 p.m. 

■ ■May 15 – hosts Morris, 

4:30 p.m. 

■ ■May 16 – at Thornton, 

4:30 p.m. 

BOYS TENNIS 

■ ■May 9 – at SWSC Division 

Meet-TBA, 4 p.m. 

■ ■May 10 – at SWSC 

Division Meet-TBA, 4 p.m. 

■ ■May 11 – at SWSC 

Division Meet-TBA, 8 a.m. 

■ ■May 14 – hosts Marian 

Catholic, 4:30 p.m. 

BOYS TRACK AND FIELD 

■ ■May 9 – at SWSC Division 

Meet-TBA, 4 p.m. 

BOYS VOLLEYBALL 

■ ■May 9 – at Lockport, 

5:30 p.m. 


Homewood-Flossmoor, 5:30 

p.m. 

■ ■May 16 – at St. Rita, 6 

p.m. 

BOYS WATER POLO 

■ ■May 10-11 - IHSA 

Sectional finals, TBA 

BOYS GYMNASTICS 

■ ■May 10-11 - IHSA State 

Tournament, TBA 

BOYS LACROSSE 

■ ■May 11 – at Mundelein 

HS, noon 

GIRLS BADMINTON 

■ ■May 10-11 - IHSA State 

Meet, TBA 

GIRLS SOCCER 

■ ■May 9 – hosts Providence 

Catholic, 4:30 p.m. 

■ ■May 14 - IHSA 

postseason begins, TBA 

SOFTBALL 

■ ■May 10 – at Barrington 

Invite ICA Greg Easter 

Tourney, TBA 

■ ■May 11 – at Barrington 

Invite ICA Greg Easter 

Tourney, TBA 

■ ■May 13 – at Mother 

McAuley, 4:30 p.m. 

■ ■May 14 – hosts Lincoln- 

Way West, 4:30 p.m. 

■ ■May 15 – at Thornridge, 

4:30 p.m. 

■ ■May 16 – at Thornton, 

4:30 p.m. 

GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD 

■May ■ 9-10 - IHSA 

Sectionals, TBA 

GIRLS WATER POLO 

■ ■May 9-10 - IHSA 

Sectionals, TBA



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Titans aiming for second straight 

regional crown in baseball 


Tinley Park High 

School’s baseball team 

won its first regional in 25 

years last year and the Titans 

have enough players 

on their squad from last 

year to make a legitimate 

run at winning two in a 

row. 

The Illinois High School 

Association released the 

assignments for baseball 

and softball and the Titans 

are in Sub-Sectional 

B of the Class 3A Ottawa 

Sectional. Other teams 

in the sub-sectional are 

state powerhouse St. Laurence, 

Thornton Fractional 

North, Chicago (Agricultural 

Science) Morgan 

Park, Hillcrest, Thornridge, 

Evergreen Park, 

Lemont, Bremen and Oak 

Forest. 

The seeds were scheduled 

to come out Tuesday, 

May 7. 

In Class 4A, Andrew is 

at the Lockport Sectional 

and will host its own regional. 

In softball, Tinley Park 

will be in Sub-Sectional A 

of the Joliet Catholic Sectional. 

In Class 4A, Andrew 

was placed in the 19-team 

Thornwood Sectional. 

Bickel wins two 

Andrew junior John 

Bickel won the 100- and 

200-meter dashes at the 

Bill Jackson Invitational at 

Lockport High School on 

Friday, May 3. He claimed 

the 100 in :10.86 seconds 

and the 200 in :22.11. Although 

Plainfield North 

was in the meet, Class 4A 

defending 100 and 200 

state champ Marcellus 

Tinley Park’s Julian Vargas and his teammates are 

gunning for another regional title. JEFF VORVA/22ND 

CENTURY MEDIA 

Moore missed the meet 

with an injury. 

Titans take four titles 

Tinley Park’s Rebecca 

Beltran won the discus 

with a throw of 109-feet, 

05.50-inches in the South 

Suburban Conference at 

Lemont on Thursday, May 

2 in Lemont. Last year 

she finished seventh in the 

state in Class 2A in that 

event. 

Elmhurst recruit Anna 

Kovats won a conference 

title in the 3,200-meter run 

with a 12 minute, :05.41 

second showing. Brooke 

Davis won the 300 hurdles 

with a :49.61. Lilly Johnson 

won the pole vault 

with a vault of 7-feet. 

Soccer seeds 

Could there be a D230 

battle between Sandburg 

and Andrew to determine 

the Andrew Class 3A Sectional 

championship in 

girls soccer? That is what 

the coaches are predicting. 

Sandburg drew the No. 

1 seed and Andrew, which 

finished fourth in the state 

last year, was seeded second. 

Lincoln-Way Central 

and Mother McAuley were 

seeded third and fourth respectively. 

Andrew opens the postseason 

on at 4 p.m. Tuesday, 

May 14 against Oak 

Lawn at the Argo Regional. 

In Class 2A, Tinley 

Park drew the fifth seed 

at the Rich East Sectional 

and will face 12th-seeded 

Richards at 4:30 p.m. 

Tuesday, May 14 in the 

Oak Forest Regional. 

Volleyball seeds 

Andrew drew the eighth 

seed in the Marist Sectional 

and will open play 

at 6:30 p.m. on May 20 

against 25th-seeded Chicago 

(Agricultural Science). 

Tinley Park drew the 

22nd seed and will play 

12th-seeded Lemont at 

7:30 p.m. May 20. Tinley 

Park is in its second year 

of sponsoring boys volleyball 

and the Titans first win 

in program history came 

against Lemont earlier this 

year in the Homewood- 

Flossmoor Tournament.



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No fallout from Fallot as Tholl overcomes heart problems 


Tinley Park’s Nate 

Tholl was born with heart 

problems, one kidney and 

had three heart surgeries 

performed by the time he 

took his final class in third 

grade. 

“The doctors told my 

parents [Bruce and Kathleen] 

I was never going to 

be able to play sports,” he 

said. “My dad was a little 

bit upset about that.” 

In the Tinley Park and 

Orland Park area, the name 

Tholl is sports royalty, especially 

on the baseball 

and softball diamonds and 

in the coaching ranks. 

Despite having a heart 

defect known as Tetralogy 

of Fallot, Nate was 

not particularly interested 

in allowing the doctors’ 

predictions to come true. 

He was determined to play 

sports and play them for as 

long as he could and add to 

the Tholl legacy. 

On April 28, at Andre’s 

West Banquet Hall on 

Old Highway 141 in Fenton 

Missouri, a suburb of 

St. Louis, the young man 

whom doctors said would 

not play sports earned 

the Webster University 

Inspiration Award at the 

school’s athletics banquet. 

At the time of the banquet, 

the baseball star was hitting 

a team-high .356 for 

the Gorloks and was second 

on the team in hits with 

37 and stolen bases with 

15, Earlier in April he was 

named to the D3Baseball. 

com Team of the Week for 

hitting .700 in three games 

against Iowa Wesleyan. 

“Nate hasn’t let anything 

stop him and he proves 

that you can do anything 

despite all the health obstacles 

he has had to overcome 

in his life,” Webster 

Nate Tholl of Tinley Park has been a force for Webster University’s baseball team despite numerous health 

problems. BREELYN CRAIG/WEBSTER SPORTS INFORMATION 

coach Bill Kurich bragged 

at the banquet. 

Keep fighting 

Tholl, who attended St. 

Laurence High School, 

said he tries to keep his 

condition confidential because 

he does not want 

people to treat him different. 

But those who 

know the hell he has gone 

through - especially those 

closest to him - admire his 

ability to thrive. 

“Looking at him and 

watching him play, you 

would never know all 

that he has been through,” 

Kathleen said. “He has 

always loved the game of 

baseball and has passed 

the love to his brother and 

sister [Jake, a senior baseball 

star at Trinity Christian 

College and Kaitlin, a 

junior softball standout at 

Andrew]. 

“He has taught us all 

how to never give up and 

keep fighting for what you 

love.” 

Jake said he learned 

some life lessons from 

watching Nate. 

“People always told him 

he wasn’t going to be able 

to do this and he wasn’t going 

to be able to do that,” 

Jake said. “For him to go 

out there and play - and 

not just play, but play well 

- that’s something that was 

awesome to see. I’ve seen 

my brother go out throughout 

his life and have this 

major problem and conquer 

it like it was nothing. 

Some people today have 

no clue that he has a heart 

condition unless they play 

with him. 

“Ever since I was 

younger, I realized that I 

don’t have to play baseball, 

it’s something I get 

to do. Nate being in that 

situation changed the way 

I looked at the game. It’s 

a privilege to be able to 

play the game and practice. 

Some people love the 

game and can’t play. Being 

able to see my brother go 

out there and play and defy 

the odds shows me how I 

should play the game.” 

Nate has tried to take 

everything in stride. After 

this first two surgeries at 

ages eight weeks and eight 

months, he took a break 

from the scalpel for awhile 

but needed a balloon procedure 

done on his pulmonary 

valve in third grade. 

“When I was younger, I 

thought nothing of it,” he 

said. “When I had a surgery 

in third grade, everyone 

was freaking out. My 

mom was crying. I didn’t 

know what the big deal 

was. I knew I would be 

out in two to three hours. I 

would be fine.” 

Positive attitude 

He is not out of the 

woods. 

Every year, Nate receives 

an echocardiogram 

just to see if the pulmonary 

valve is still doing its 

job correctly. Now that he 

is older, he has a few more 

concerns than he did back 

in the carefree no-big-deal 

era in third grade. 

“Now when I go, I know 

how serious and scary it 

could be,” Nate said. “I’ve 

been fine throughout all 

the years. I have a positive 

Nate Tholl 

attitude. I always hope that 

everything comes up for 

the best. 

“Until that day comes 

when they tell me something 

is going to happen, 

I’m just going to hope everything 

is fine.” 

On the field, there is 

more work to do. The Gorloks 

won 26 of their first 

35 games and were ranked 

25th in two national polls 

at the end of April and 

hope to be playing in June 

at the NCAA Division III 

College World Series in 

Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 

Off the field, he is preparing 

to graduate with 

a degree in business on 

Saturday, May 9. The plan 

is to try to earn a masters 

degree at Webster and he 

is crossing his fingers he 

can land a job as an assistant 

baseball coach at the 

school. 

When he looks back at 

his career, Nate said his 

problems were not all that 

bad. 

“It wasn’t too much 

trouble,” he said. “Obviously 

there are times when 

I’m a little bit more tired 

and I get drained a little 

quicker. But I don’t think 

it’s held me back. I think 

I’m actually lucky. I feel 

I’m a very lucky person to 

be able to play sports and 

to be able to play through 

college. I don’t think it’s 

been too big of an issue.”

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Young Bulldogs win a title and help a cop with cancer 

1st and 3 

JEFF VORVA/22ND 

CENTURY MEDIA 

SOME THINGS TO 

WATCH OUT FOR IN 

THE POSTSEASON 

REGARDING TINLEY 

PARK TEAMS 

1. Bickel and Spells 

Andrew track runners 

John Bickel 

(above) and Mychah 

Spells hope to make 

an impact in the 

IHSA state meet 

in the dashes and 

hurdle events. 

2. Bolts soccer team 

Last year, Andrew’s 

girls soccer team 

finished fourth in 

the state in Class 

3A and hopes for 

another big run in 

2019, 

3. Throwing terror 

Tinley Park High 

School’s Rebecca 

Beltran, who finished 

seventh in the 

discus in Class 2A 

last year, could finish 

in the top three 

this season. 

Jeff Vorva 

Sports Editor 

Sports news in the 

village of Tinley 

Park is on a hot 

streak. 

We have had some 

incredible cover stories in 

the past couple of weeks 

about wonderful things 

going on not only on the 

playing fields and courts 

but in real life as well. 

The cover story this week 

on Nate Tholl is not too 

shabby, either. 

Some of the special 

stories in TP have filtered 

down to youth baseball as 

well. 

The Tinley Park Bulldogs’ 

8U baseball squad 

opened its season heading 

over the state border and 

winning the Tomahawk 

Tuneup in St. John, Indiana. 

The team, consisting 

of Charlie Wagner, Sarah 

Aggen, Austin Neighbors, 

Nathan Hesse, Gavin 

Jurkovic, Drew Hullinger, 

Ryan Metz, Logan Viau, 

Jackson Harris, Cayden 

Rasmason and Casey 

Westin coached by Steve 

Westin, Justin Viau, Scott 

Hesse, went 4-0 in the 

tournament. 

And, get this, the 

Bulldogs beat the Dyer 

Dirtbags, 10-4 in the 

championship game. 

“Yes, that’s really their 

name,” Steve Westin said. 

“It was funny to hear fans 

yelling ‘come on, Dirtbags!’ 

’’ 

But that’s not the best 

part of the story. 

The best part is that 

money from the tournament 

went to Jessie Hernandez, 

a Lynwood police 

sergeant who is battling 

non-Hodgkins lymphoma. 

Herandez may not be 

well known around here, 

but he is one of those 

guys who coaches middle 

school basketball and is 

a volunteer coach for the 

St. John’s travel squad. He 

has had low grade cancer 

for years and now it has 

spread past the lymph 

nodes and is in his bone 

marrow, spleen and liver 

according to information 

from the Cuffing Cancer 

campaign. Money is going 

to help pay for chemo 

treatments. 

The tournament that the 

Bulldogs were in raised 

close to $5,000 according 

to Westin. 

Perhaps the young 

Bulldogs do not realize 

what they have done. 

Winning the trophy and a 

championship is probably 

the reward the boys are 

enjoying the most. 

When they get older, 

they can look back and 

remember not only winning 

a championship but 

The Tinley Park Bulldogs 8U team won a tournament in Indiana which raised money 

for Jessie Hernandez, a Lynwood police sergeant who has cancer. PHOTO SUBMITTED 

also helping to be a part 

of something bigger and 

better. 

Heading to nationals 

Some members of the 

Moraine Valley Community 

College men’s tennis 

team will participate in 

the National Junior College 

Athletics Association 

Division I national tournament 

starting on Monday, 

May 13 in Tucson, 

Arizona. 

The Cyclones have 

a heavy Andrew High 

School presence. The first 

singles player is sophomore 

Nick Karczynski, 

who finished second in the 

Region IV tennis tournament 

on April 27, hosted 

by Moraine in Palos Hills. 

Andrew grads John 

McGuire and Sean 

McKernan are also on the 

roster. The assistant coach 

is Andrew’s boys and girls 

coach Mike Maratea. 

Nick Karczynski, an Andrew graduate, has helped 

Moraine Valley’s tennis team qualify for nationals. 

PHOTO COURTESY OF MORAINE VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE 

Speaking of Moraine... 

Andrew basketball player 

Kirsten Kamholz committed 

to Moraine and will 

play for Delwyn Jones, 

whose team qualified for 

nationals for the third time 

in school history earlier 

this year. 

Not to put any pressure 

on anyone, but the last 

time Jones signed up a 

player from coach Bobby 

Matz’s stable of talent 

is was Michelle Borgen, 

who was one of the top 

center/forwards in the 

country. She helped get the 

Cyclones to the national 

tournament for the second 

time in school history in 

2017 and this season averaged 

17.2 points and 8.4 

rebounds for Indiana University 

Northwest, which 

made it to the round of 

16 of the NAIA National 

Division II Tournament. 

LISTEN UP 

“He has always loved the game of baseball and has passed the 

love to his brother and sister.” 

Kathleen Tholl – Mother of college baseball star Nate Tholl, who has 

prospered despite health issues 

WHAT2WATCH 

GIRLS SOCCER 

TBA, Tuesday, May 14 

• IHSA Regional semifinal action begins in Class 

2A and 3A 

Index 

44 – Sports roundup 

42 – Athlete of the Week 

Compiled by Sports Editor Jeff Vorva, 

J.VORVA@22ndcm.com

tinley Park’s Hometown Newspaper | May 9, 2019 

WINNERS ON AND OFF THE FIELD 

Vorva writes about a Bulldogs youth 

team winning a special tournament, Page 47 

WELCOME BACK Andrew will have 

athletes at the state badminton tournament 

after missing last year, Page 43 

Tinley Park’s Tholl keeps swinging a hot bat despite heart and kidney health issues, Page 46 

Nate Tholl, of Tinley Park, shows the swing that has allowed him to lead nationally ranked Webster University in hitting despite having three heart surgeries early in life and 

having just one kidney. PHOTOS BY JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

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