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Diving into a 

good time Summer 

Fun Guide offers readers 

plenty of activities while 

the weather’s just right, 

Inside 

Lockport Women 

of the Moose’s 

initial spring flower 

sale a rousing 

success, Page 5 

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and Sr. Regent 

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Thursday 

Senior Awards Night 

7-9 p.m. May 16, 

Lockport Township High 

School 1333 E 7th St., 

Lockport. 

Friday 

Tween Scene 

3:30-5 p.m. May 17, 20 

and 22, White Oak Library 

Lockport Branch Children’s 

Program Room, 121 

E. 8th St. The library will 

transform the children’s 

programming room into a 

comfy, cool space to hang 

out with friends, do homework, 

play games, and 

more! There will be new 

furniture, new games, and 

snacks will always be welcome. 

This is for 4th, 5th, 

and 6th graders. 

Candle Light Bowl 

Fundraiser 

6 p.m. Friday, May 17, 

Strike and Spare Bowling 

811 Northern Drive, 

Lockport. Tickets are now 

available for the Lockport 

Love annual Candle Light 

Bowl fundraiser. Tickets 

are available online at 

lockportlove.com or at the 

Lockport Police Station 

through May 10. Tickets 

cost $25 per person and include 

three games of bowling 

and dinner provided 

by Sizzles. All proceeds 

will go to assist families 

in need in Lockport and 

Lockport Township. 

Drama Thespian Banquet 

6 p.m. May 17, Lockport 

Township High School 

East Auditorium 1333 E 

7th St., Lockport. 

Saturday 

Taft Spring Craft and 

Vendor Fair 

9 a.m.- 2 p.m. Saturday, 

May 18, Taft Grade School 

1605 S. Washington St. 

Lockport, IL 60441. The 

Fair will have a variety of 

handcrafted, unique and 

original items from over 

40 vendors. The proceeds 

benefit Taft Foundation 

which provide support to 

Taft Grade School for educational 

programs, athletics, 

clubs, and technology. 

Big Run Wolf Ranch Family 

Day 

10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, 

May 18, 14857 Farrell 

Road, Lockport. The Big 

Run Wolf Ranch is hosting 

a family day complete 

with raffles to bottle feed 

wolf pups, food, music, 

wild animals and more. 

Admission is $7, cash 

credit and debit will be accepted. 

Parking will be at 

the Wal-Mart 16241 Farrell 

Road,(SW Corner of 

Lot) with free non-stop 

school bus service (strollers 

allowed) to the ranch. 

Adult Volunteer 

Orientation Session 

2-3 p.m. May 18, White 

Oak Library Lockport 

Branch Meeting Room 

A/B, 121 E. 8th St. In 

order to encourage community 

connections and 

the sharing of resources 

and talents, the library 

has implemented an Adult 

Volunteer Program. This is 

made up of a select group 

of people interested in supporting 

the library district 

and community connections. 

Meet like-minded 

library lovers at one of the 

monthly orientations to 

learn more and fill out an 

application. 

Choir Big Show 



East Auditorium 1333 E. 

7th St., Lockport. 

Sunday 

Pancake Breakfast 

8-11 a.m. Sunday, May 

19, Lockport American 

Legion Post 18 151st 

and Archer Ave., Lockport. 

Lockport American 

Legion Post 18 is hosting 

a pancake breakfast 

and invite everyone to 

stop by and enjoy a great 

breakfast of all-you-caneat 

pancakes, bacon, sausage, 

potatoes, scrambled 

eggs and our homemade 

biscuits and gravy. Tickets 

are just $8 for adults, 

children 5 and under are 

free. The profits from this 

event will be added to the 

annual Poppy collections 

and used to help local area 

veterans. 

Monday 

Movie Matinee: ‘First 

Man’ 

12:30-3 p.m. May 20, 

White Oak Library Lockport 

Branch Meeting 

Room A, 121 E. 8th St. 

Enjoy snacks and refreshments 

while watching 

“First Man” (2018)(PG- 

13). Starring Ryan Gosling, 

Jason Clarke, Claire 

Foy. Directed by Damien 

Chazelle. NASA astronaut 

Neil Armstrong rigorously 

trains to become the first 

man to walk on the moon. 

Choir Awards Night 



East Campus 1333 E 7th 

St., Lockport. 

Tuesday 

Lockport Woman’s Club: 

Last Meeting of the Club 

Year 

6:30 p.m. May 21, Roxy 

Theater, 1017 S. State St., 

Lockport. The cost for 

the event is $30, and will 

include a catered dinner 

from Papa Joe’s with a 

cash bar available. This 

meeting’s program will be 

the installation of officers. 

Wednesday 

The Apollo Program to the 

Moon: History and Legacy 

6:30-8:00 p.m. May 

22, White Oak Library 

Lockport Branch Meeting 

Room A/B, 121 E. 8th St. 

Registration is now open 

for this event exploring 

the Apollo 11 program. 

Fifty years ago this July, 

Apollo 11 successfully 

met the challenge of landing 

a man on the Moon 

and returning him safely 

to Earth. 

UPCOMING 

Mental Health Month Yoga 

Triathlon 2019 

9 a.m.-noon Saturday, 

May 25, Dellwood Park 

Route 171 and Woods 

Drive, Lockport. This fundraising 

event will include 

a 5k run or walk, one hour 

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of yoga and 30 minutes 

of meditation all to raise 

money and awareness for 

those suffering from mental 

illness. Funds raised 

through the purchase of a 

$35 T-shirt will go to the 

National Alliance on Mental 

illness. 

Flag Day 

11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, 

June 15, Lockport Square 

Gazebo. Lockport residents 

are invited to commemorate 

Flag Day with 

music and a presentation 

during Lockport’s Old Canal 

Day. 

ONGOING 

Free Jazzercise Classes 

The Lockport Jazzercise 

Fitness Center, 102/104 

MacGregor Road, Lockport. 

Through a program 

dubbed GirlForce, free 

classes are being offered 

to girls ages 16-21 in an 

effort to empower young 

women, give them a place 

to get fit, learn healthy 

habits and find a place 

they belong in their communities. 

Call (815) 370- 

3751 for more information. 

Weight Watchers 

6 p.m. Tuesdays, Shepherd 

of the Hill Lutheran 

Church, 925 E. 9th St., 

Lockport. Weigh-in 30 

minutes prior to the start 

of the meeting. Visit www. 

weightwatchers.com for 

more information.

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the lockport legend | May 16, 2019 | 3 

Grapes and Hops owner hopes to win over Lockport 

Craft beer and 

wine boutique 

expected to open in 

late summer 


Assistant Editor 

Lockport residents have 

more than just warmer 

weather and Old Canal 

Days to look forward to 

this summer. 

Also coming to the 

community in the next 

few months is a new craft 

beer and wine boutique 

in downtown Lockport. 

Terrance Hooper, primary 

owner of the Grapes and 

Hops located in Kankakee 

for five years, has high 

hopes for what the future 

holds and can’t wait to 

bring the establishment 

and its offerings to a second 

location in downtown 

Lockport, at 1026 State St. 

“[Grapes and Hops] is 

a boutique focused on locally 

produced products,” 

Hooper said. 

About 80 percent of the 

items at Grapes and Hops 

are made and produced in 

Illinois, and even those 

that are not, Hooper said 

they still take a very local 

approach to sourcing 

regional items, from what 

he calls “day trip-able locations” 

such as Michigan 

and Wisconsin. 

Grapes and Hops has 

a selection of beer, wine, 

whiskey, cheese, fudge, 

as well as non-alcoholic, 

craft beverages. 

“Everything in our store 

is craft produced, not made 

at a place that we cannot go 

to touch, see or feel how it 

is made,” Hooper said. “It 

is one of the reasons we 

took the local approach, 

[and] we spend the time to 

get to know the makers of 

our products.” 

Hooper said what makes 

Grapes and Hops unique 

is its beer flights and wine 

tastings. Hooper takes great 

pride in the work they have 

done to be creative with 

their flights; one of them 

had a Girl Scout cookies 

theme and was then served 

with the cookies they purchased 

from a local troop. 

Hooper said he also appreciates 

the relaxed experience 

and space that has 

been created in Kankakee 

which he hopes to carry 

over to the Lockport location. 

“We want people to 

come here and disconnect 

from their phones and talk 

to each other,” Hooper 

said. 

He said he is happy to 

show customers at Grapes 

and Hops they can have 

several experiences in 

one because of the variety 

available with the tastings, 

flights and pairings, in 

addition to the establishment’s 

push to local products. 

He said from day one 

he knew Grapes and Hops 

would expand to more 

than just one location. 

Hooper said that when 

looking to establish a second 

location, it was important 

to him to find an 

area that matched the authentic 

realness he feels 

that Grapes and Hops is all 

about. 

“That is not a very easy 

process,” Hooper said. 

But eventually when 

looking at downtown 

Lockport for the location, 

he found it had many of the 

qualities he was searching 

for and was able to envision 

the future landscape 

of the area thanks in large 

part to Mayor Steve Streit. 

“I was impressed, and 

if it wasn’t for the mayor, 

we probably wouldn’t 

have seen the potential,” 

he said. “The more we 

visited, the more Lockport 

felt like home for us 

because it had the historic 

bones we were looking for 

and Steve had an incredible 

vision for what the 

downtown was going to 

be and we felt that it was 

real.” 

He added that it took 

about two years from the 

time Lockport was first 

contemplated for the second 

location, until he 

confirmed it was the right 

place for Grapes and Hops. 

Ultimately, Hooper said 

it was Streit, and Lockport 

being a “unique city 

with a lot of great history,” 

that sold him on bringing 

Grapes and Hops to Lockport. 

Lockport City Administrator 

Ben Benson said he 

and the mayor are “happy 

to have a successful business 

added to the downtown 

area,” and called it 

“an addition to the Lockport 

downtown experience.” 

“We are pleased they are 

joining the Lockport family,” 

Benson added. 

The Lockport location 

of Grapes and Hops is to 

have party space available 

for booking events once 

renovations are complete 

after opening, and the lower 

level of the space will be 

fully functional and ready 

for customers upon opening. 

Hooper said he hopes 

construction of the 

5,000-square-foot space 

Township pleased with inaugural Community Fun Day 

Submitted by Lockport 

Township 

The inaugural Lockport 

Township Community Fun 

Day was held on May 4 

and the theme was “Star 

Wars.” 

The Township thnkas all 

the vendors, organizations 

and residents who came 

out and participated as 

well as the event sponsors: 

State Sen. Pat McGuuire, 

Crest Hill Mayor Ray Soliman, 

State Rep. John Connor, 

Lockport and Crest 

Hill Lions Club, Lockport 

Rotary Club, United Way 

of Will County, Lockport 

Township Board of Trustees, 

and City of Crest Hill 

Alderman and Lions Club 

member Nat Albert. 

The Midwest Garrison 

The craft beer and wine boutique, Grapes and Hops, is 

expected to open toward the end of the summer at 1026 

State St. in downtown Lockport. Alex Ivanisevic/22nd 

Century Media 

is the Illinois Chapter of 

the 501st Legion, a Star 

Wars Imperial costuming 

Club, added a unique flair 

to the event. 

RIGHT: Members of the 

501st Legion, a “Star 

Wars” costuming club, 

added authenticity May 4 

to the Lockport Township 

Community Fun Day. 

Photo submitted 

and other requirements 

will move along smoothly 

into the summer months 

and Grapes and Hops will 

be able to open its doors on 

State Street toward the end 

of the season. 

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Homer 33C district leaders elaborate on curriculum, facility updates 

Thomas Czaja 

Contributing Editor 

Seventh- and eighthgraders 

bringing home 

Chromebooks, two new 

math programs being 

implemented and a number 

of facility and security 

updates taking place, 

a large chunk of them 

happening this summer, 

are main highlights as the 

school year winds to an 

end and preparations begin 

for 2019-2020 at Homer 

Community Consolidated 

School District 33C. 

Homer 33C district 

leaders, including Superintendent 

Craig Schoppe, 

Assistant Superintendent 

for Instruction Michael 

Szopinski, Assistant Superintendent 

for Business 

Aleksas Kirkus and Assistant 

Superintendent for 

Human Resources Michael 

Portwood, recently 

sat down with The Lockport 

Legend to share the 

latest on all these areas. 

Taking Chromebooks home 

Szopinski shared the 

School Board decided to 

move ahead with the decision 

that all seventh- and 

eighth-grade student will 

have the opportunity to 

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He said that aligns with 

the district’s vision of students 

being able to learn 

anywhere at any time. 

“We are making sure 

all children have the tools 

and the access to learning, 

wherever they are,” 

Szopinski said. “It something 

we are very proud 

of, moving forward in that 

direction.” 

He added it goes along 

with the notion of a flipped 

classroom, where children 

can go home and watch 

videos of direct instruction 

or the teacher explaining 

particular mathematical 

skills, for example. As a 

result, he said students can 

then come to class to focus 

mainly on a teacher giving 

more individualized attention 

versus spending more 

time with direct instruction 

in class. 

While Szopinski noted 

they are not necessarily 

advocating for that notion, 

he said some teachers feel 

it is a good instructional 

model that allows for more 

opportunities for teachers 

to try different learning 

techniques. Students 

will be able to access the 

Chromebooks at any time 

for what they need for 

school. 

Two new math programs 

In addition, Szopinski 

noted the School Board 

approved last month the 

implementation of the 

Eureka Math program for 

kindergarten through fifth 

grade and the Carnegie 

Learning math curriculum 

for sixth through eighth 

grade, both beginning next 

school year. The district 

feels the programs are 

good complements for one 

another that will be effective 

in teaching students 

going forward. 

With Eureka, a typical 

lesson will consist of 10 

minutes of math fluency, 

with the teacher then going 

into concept development. 

“There will be a lot of 

opportunities for kids to 

take a math problem and 

have discussions on how 

to solve it, so a lot of analytical 

thinking and problem 

solving,” Szopinski 

said. 

Meanwhile for the upper 

grades, Szopinski said 

Carnegie’s math program 

was designed around 

“mathematical habits of 

mind,” with an emphasis 

on children dialoguing and 

problem solving for different 

mathematical problems. 

“[Carnegie] is a strong 

focus on active learning of 

mathematics,” Szopinski 

said. 

Szopinski said the program 

uses what is called an 

intentional blend of group 

and individual learning. 

There is a computer component 

called MATHia, 

math learning software 

that helps work on individual 

learning levels that 

if a student gets an incorrect 

answer for a problem, 

it does not just tell the answer, 

but prompts the user 

and maybe gives a small 

clue. 

“[Students] are continuing 

to be engaged in the 

learning process to try to 

work through it,” Szopinski 

said. “It’s a really nice 

blend, I would say, of student 

group work application 

that also has that technology 

piece where kids 

are able to work at their 

own mathematical levels.” 

Facility, security updates 

Kirkus spoke on the district 

being recognized for 

its financial prudence, saying 

Homer 33C tries to be 

as fiscally responsible as 

possible to maintain that 

status going forward. 

That said, the district is 

looking to work on a number 

of capital projects both 

this summer and next. In 

fall 2017, specific needs 

were identified in Homer 

33C’s seven facilities 

through an intergovernmental 

security assessment, 

and another districtwide 

assessment was done 

last year. 

It was likewise announced 

last October that 

Homer 33C was the recipient 

of a $500,000 Community 

Oriented Policing 

Services grant to increase 

safety and security in the 

district. Total school improvements 

were budgeted 

as costing $1.3 million, 

with a goal to have them 

done in the next two years, 

per Kirkus. Already underway, 

the cost for the renovations 

for the district is 

considerably less, thanks 

to the grant. 

“[Improvements being 

made] also include upgrades 

that should probably 

be made over time 

that aren’t really problems, 

so to speak, other than we 

want to improve our facilities 

over time to accommodate 

students,” Kirkus 

said. 

That road map for this 

summer includes redoing 

all the heating, air conditioning 

and ventilation at 

Hadley Middle School, 

upgrading to modern 

equipment. Improving security, 

which will begin 

thoroughly at Hadley first 

and spreading in-depth to 

other district schools, will 

consist of new access control 

systems, new video security 

systems, installing 

access control systems to 

secure hallways and corridors 

for different facility 

usage scenarios, making 

vestibules more secure 

and putting secure film on 

some windows that would 

provide a layer of entry resistance 

and make it more 

difficult to smash the glass 

to get in. 

Eventually, the district 

plans to upgrade public 

address and entrance intercom 

systems, as well, 

Kirkus said. 

Because of the amount 

of renovation work yet to 

be done, it is expected to 

ramp up as soon as the current 

school year ends. 

All work is to be financed 

from the district’s 

Operation & Maintenance 

Fund, and the work being 

done this summer is expected 

to be complete by 

the start of the next school 

year, with the chiller at 

Butler being the only renovation 

item that might take 

longer. 

PowerSchool 

A new student information 

system called Power- 

School was implemented 

this past year. Wrapping 

up using it for the first 

time, Portwood said the 

implementation has gone 

well in the district. 

PowerSchool is the main 

database for all things for 

the students, including 

scheduling, gradebooks 

and report cards. 

“It was much needed 

and been very much appreciated 

by staff,” Portwood 

said. 

In closing 

Schoppe said he is appreciative 

of all the support 

he has received from 

staff since taking over and 

is proud of everything accomplished 

so far. 

“I’m very much looking 

forward to continuing 

to make strides to improve 

learning for our students,” 

Schoppe said.



New spring flower sale helps 

further Moose Lodge’s mission 

Amanda Del Buono 

Freelance Reporter 

As they say, April showers 

bring May flowers, but 

this past weekend, it was 

Lockport’s Women of the 

Moose bringing the flowers. 

On the morning of Saturday, 

May 11, the WOTM 

stood outside of the Lockport 

Moose Lodge selling 

a variety of flowers as part 

of its overall fundraising 

efforts. 

Just one of many of the 

WOTM’s fundraisers, Saturday’s 

flower sale proceeds 

went to benefit the 

Mooseheart and Moosehaven 

communities, which 

are dedicated to caring for 

foster children and seniors, 

respectively. 

The Moose Fraternity 

is an organization with a 

focus on caring for children 

in need and doing 

community work, according 

to Moose International’s 

website. This 

was core to the fundraising 

event on Saturday. 

“The Moose is a fraternal 

organization of men 

and women who come together 

to support Mooseheart, 

which is a child city 

in Mooseheart, Illinois, 

and Moosehaven, a senior 

living community for retired 

Moose members,” 

said Tammy Neff, a Mokena 

resident and Lockport 

Moose member since 

1982. 

Last fall, the WOTM 

hosted its first mum sale. 

After that smashing success, 

the women decided 

to expand on the fundraiser 

by offering a springtime 

flower sale. 

“Last year, we started 

with a mum sale,” said 

Cathy LaMontagne, senior 

regent of the WOTM. “It 

was the first year we did it, 

and now, because it went 

so well, we decided to give 

this a try.” 

In fact, the flower sale 

went so well on Saturday 

that LaMontagne is already 

looking forward to 

next year and spotting areas 

for potential improvement. 

“It’s gone very well,” 

she said. “We want to say 

thanks to anyone who 

came out and made it a 

success.” 

Laura Eichhorn, chairperson 

for the WOTM, 

added that the event allowed 

the WOTM to 

spread the word to shoppers 

about the Moose organization 

and its efforts. 

“I think it’s bringing 

in new people to show 

them what the organization 

will do for Mooseheart 

and children, and the 

club itself just being in the 

community,” she said. “… 

We’re trying to build more 

awareness, and with the 

community, we want to be 

more involved in the community.” 

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Lockport Moose Lodge 

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Organization provides last-minute locale 

for event after Hamel Woods closure 

Submitted by Boy Scout 

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Cub Scouts. The event 

then moved into a troop 

campout. With all of the 

extra rain, Hamel Woods, 

the original location, was 

no longer available for use 

to present Scout skills to 

younger Scouts. 

Scout Skills Day is an 

annual event that provides 

the opportunity for higher 

rank Scouts to present 

specific skills to younger 

Scouts. The more advanced 

Scouts teach skills such 

as first-aid, fire building, 

cooking, tent set up, and 

Totin’ Chip. To earn the 

Totin’ Chip, Scouts show 

an understanding of how to 

use woods tools and the expected 

safety guidelines as 

presented by BSA. 

The Troop 50 Committee 

Chair, Juan Perez, shared 

the need for an impromptu 

location with Bruce Davis 

from the Lockport Moose 

Lodge,and Davis delivered 

by offering the Moose Picnic 

Grove at 15144 159th 

St. in Homer Glen. Troop 

50 was grateful for the assistance. 

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Lockport native at WIU wins prestigious scholarship 


Assistant Editor 

Western Illinois University 

senior, biology major, 

and LTHS alumna Mariah 

Dicksen recently became 

the first female student in 

her school’s history to be 

awarded the Barry Goldwater 

Scholarship. 

Dicksen is one of 14 

college students in Illinois 

named a recipient 

of this national scholarship, 

according to a press 

release issued by WIU. 

From an estimated pool of 

more than 5,000 college 

sophomores and juniors, 

1,223 students from 443 

institutions were nominated 

to compete for the 

2019 Goldwater Scholarship. 

Approximately 495 

students were selected as 

2019 Goldwater Scholars. 

Dicksen, who is classified 

as a senior although 

it is only her third year 

at the university, is also a 

stand out student in WIU’s 

Centennial Honors College, 

and participates in a 

research lab specializing in 

virology. 

She said she was nominated 

last year for the 

Goldwater scholarship and 

once again this year. 

“For the past three 

years, Western has had 

honorable mentions,” she 

said. “There are two levels 

to the scholarship; there is 

an honorable mention and 

the scholar.” 

When it finally came 

time to receive the news 

on whether or not she 

had been recognized as a 

scholar, she said the notification 

process was delayed 

a month, so she grew quite 

restless and somewhat 

“heartbroken” but finally 

found out at the end of 

April. 

“I set an alarm for 11 

a.m. central time on the 

Mariah Dicksen, a 2016 LTHS graduate, is pictured with the Dean of WIU’s Centennial Honors College Dr. Rick 

Hardy, during the 2018 upper Midwest regional honors caucus. Photo submitted 

last Friday in April, when 

the results were supposed 

to be published, but at 

10:59 a.m. I got an email 

and the first word was congratulations,” 

she said. “I 

was so excited that I had 

achieved this goal.” 

She added that she had 

known for over two years 

that she would be nominated 

for the Goldwater 

Scholarship because Dr. 

Rick Hardy, dean of the 

Centennial Honors College, 

had recruited her 

for the WIU Presidential 

Scholarship which Dicksen 

also received. 

“We are incredibly proud 

of her; it is not surprising,” 

said Carol Dicksen, Mariah’s 

mother, about learning 

Mariah had become a 

Goldwater scholar. “She 

has always been a super 

student and she is a born 

leader. [The scholarship] 

was validation, and it was 

nice for her to be able to 

feel validation for the hard 

work she is doing. People 

are taking notice and we’re 

happy to see that propel 

her onward.” 

Carol said Mariah was 

an extremely involved 

student at LTHS, where 

she first began her journey 

toward research and 

biology, having been on 

the color guard and water 

polo teams among others 

and was involved in many 

activities. Busying herself 

with a plethora of activities 

has not declined as a 

college student. 

“We would love to 

thank all her teachers and 

mentors that have encouraged 

her along the way at 

Homer 33C schools and 

then over at LTHS and at 

Western Illinois University,” 

Carol said. 

Some of Mariah’s accomplishments 

at WIU 

include being captain of 

The Marching Leathernecks 

Color Guard since 

Fall 2017, vice president 

of the WIU Water Polo 

Club since Fall 2016 and 

treasurer and co-founder 

of the WIU Tennis Club. 

Also, on the more academic 

side, some of Mariah’s 

other activities are being 

a member of Phi Kappa 

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Phi Honor Society and the 

Panhellenic Council, member 

of the National Society 

of Collegiate Scholars, Sigma 

Alpha Lambda National 

Honor Society, President’s 

Roundtable for Students, 

Golden Key International 

Honour Society, American 

Society of Microbiology 

and Beta Beta Beta National 

Biological Honor Society. 

Mariah said that for her, 

being a Goldwater Scholar 

will help her achieve her 

goals of attending graduate 

school and getting into 

a competitive research 

field. She said she feels the 

scholarship will make her 

stand out from other competitors 

in applying to future 

research programs and 

schools. She said overall it 

brings her joy and she is 

proud to represent women 

in science. 

“One of the things the 

Goldwater Scholarship 

looks at is your experiences 

and dedication to 

wanting to do research and 

continue your education; 

it asks what presentations 

and research have you participated 

in,” Mariah said, 

adding that having had 

the opportunity to begin 

research when she was at 

LTHS ultimately made a 

great impact on her being 

a nominee and eventually 

a scholar. 

She said dedication and 

hard work are some of the 

main factors behind her 

accomplishments. At this 

same time next year, Mariah 

said she hopes to be 

well on her way to graduate 

school, attending a research 

university where 

she would like to “achieve 

both her research goals 

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Lockport resident celebrates decade as local State Farm agent 

Kerfins host 

Kentucky Derby 

gathering for 

occasion 

Mary Compton 


They came dressed in 

their derby finest. 

It was a 10-year anniversary 

celebration and 

customer appreciation day 

Saturday, May 4, at State 

Farm - Michelle Kerfin 

Agency in Homer Glen. 

Kerfin, a Lockport resident, 

was thrilled to have 

family and friends stop 

by her Kentucky Derbythemed 

event on the day of 

the famous horse race. 

“My husband and I are 

into horse racing,” Kerfin 

explained. “We have a box 

at Arlington [International 

Racecourse], so this was 

perfect to have this event 

today.” 

Kerfin began her career 

at the State Farm corporate 

office in Bloomington, 

using a statistics background. 

She also helped 

agents with technology 

and marketing. 

“My mentors kept encouraging 

me to be an 

agent,” Kerfin said. “I 

was traveling at corporate 

in and out of town a lot. 

I wanted to have a home 

base. I opened in 2009 in 

Homer Glen with zero clients. 

Here I am 10 years 

later. It’s been fabulous.” 

Before Kerfin brought 

her business to Homer 

Glen, she did research and 

analysis on the community. 

“Homer Glen was calling 

my name,” Kerfain 

said. “It reminds me of the 

Plainfield town I grew up 

in, which at one time was a 

small community. 

“I’ve always had a great 

team around me. I’m a giver 

by nature. I give back to 

the community because 

they have always supported 

us.” 

According to the State 

Farm website, the business 

believes in always helping. 

Not only does Michelle 

have a love for her community 

and her company, 

she fell in love with one of 

her clients. 

“I met Ed Kerfin through 

our community involvement,” 

Michelle recalled 

of their story. “It seemed 

like every night we were 

together at a community 

event. He was a client of 

mine, we were doing a 

review of his policies and 

he invited me to lunch. I 

didn’t realize he meant a 

date.” 

For Ed, he is thrilled to 

have a partner in life who 

gives back to the community 

like she does. 

“I came in to get the 

discount double check, 

and the next thing you 

know, we’re married” Ed 

laughed. “The deal with 

Michelle is she will do 

anything for anybody. She 

is so involved in the community. 

When I first met 

her, one of her clients had 

a fire in the middle of the 

night. She grabbed her 

checkbook, she got me 

and we took the family to 

[a hotel]. She wrote them 

a check. She called the 

underwriter and told him 

the house burnt down. Michelle 

does things that nobody 

else will do.” 

The Kerfins have been 

married four years and reside 

in Lockport. 

Client S.K. Patel, of 

Frankfort, stopped by at 

the celebration to thank 

Michelle for all her help. 

Patel and his wife own 

Aesthetica Day Spa in Mokena. 

“Michelle takes care 

of our insurance,” Patel 

State Farm agent and Lockport resident Michelle Kerfin (middle) cuts a cake with her husband, Ed, and mother, 

Vicki Redman, on Saturday, May 4, at a 10-year anniversary celebration and customer appreciation day Saturday, 

May 4, outside her Homer Glen business. Photos by Mary Compton/22nd Century Media 

noted. “After being in 

business for so long in the 

community, you come to 

realize certain business 

members are people you 

admire because of their 

business ethics. If we’re 

successful, it’s because of 

our clients, so we should 

participate in events. Her 

knowledge in insurance is 

a strength. She talks about 

aspects in business you 

wouldn’t have thought 

of.” 

Michelle’s plans for the 

future include owning her 

own State Farm building 

in Homer Glen. 

“I’m in the process right 

now of hiring more employees,” 

Michelle said. “I 

enjoy creating career opportunities 

for people and 

showing them what State 

Farm is about and what we 

can do for our community. 

I hope to grow the business 

Jamie Moreno (left) and Gary Haire catch up during the local State Farm celebration. 

Friends and clients of Michelle Kerfin partook in a Kentucky Derby-themed party. 

and continue to expand. 

“The community gives 

so much to us. I started at 

State Farm. They are a community 

organization. They 

are everywhere. There are 

19,000 State Farm agents. 

That’s why we’re No. 1. 

When I worked for corporate, 

they taught us what it 

means to be a good neighbor. 

They instilled that 

in us. I just want to help. 

When I can, I do.” 

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on State Farm - Michelle 

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LTHS teacher runs in 2019 Boston Marathon 

Gilbert recalls 

experience, 

support of Citgo for 

east coast race 


Assitant Editor 

Laura Gilbert has been 

an English teacher and theater 

director at LTHS for 

18 years — almost as long 

as she has been a runner. 

This year, her hobby led 

her to an opportunity of a 

lifetime and on a trip to 

Boston. 

Thanks to a sponsorship 

opportunity with Citgo 

Petroleum Corporation, 

Gilbert was one of eight 

teachers in the nation who 

earned a chance to run in 

the 2019 Boston Marathon 

on April 15. 

“Citgo has many partnerships 

and are actively 

involved with where we 

say our company’s operational 

footprint is, so that 

might be with schools and 

nonprofit organizations; 

however, when it comes to 

a marathon, this is something 

unique and special 

that we’re involved in,” 

Citgo Communications 

Specialist Jennifer Stocks 

said. 

Stocks explained that, 

essentially, Citgo was “the 

official fuel sponsor of the 

Boston Marathon,” and 

what came with that position 

as a sponsor was a certain 

number of spots in the 

marathon. 

“So, this year we 

thought, what if we invited 

our teachers who are in 

schools where our company’s 

operational footprint 

is to be a part of this?” 

Stocks said. 

According to Stocks, 

Citgo has a refinery in 

Lemont, in Texas and a 

third in Louisiana. Each 

of those refineries sent out 

an email explaining the 

sponsorship opportunity to 

teachers in those areas. 

“I believe we had 175 

teachers total submit entrees, 

and from that, eight 

were chosen, and one of 

those eight was Dr. Laura 

Gilbert,” Stocks said. 

In addition to being a 

runner and having experience 

running a marathon, 

prospective runners were 

required to submit entrees 

with answers to several 

questions that revolved 

around each teacher’s 

reason behind wanting to 

run the Boston Marathon 

and what it would mean 

to them, how Citgo helped 

their school district and 

what does the partnership 

mean to them as educators. 

Gilbert, who began running 

when a colleague 

invited her to a 5K run 

20 years ago, thought she 

would give it a chance and 

applied for the sponsorship 

and opportunity to run in 

Boston. 

One afternoon while 

teaching her seventh-hour 

class, Principal Dennis 

Hicks arrived and asked 

the class, “What are you 

doing on April 15?” 

After a few students 

threw out some guesses, 

Hicks turned to Gilbert 

and said, “You’re going to 

be in Boston running the 

Boston Marathon.” 

Stocks was among those 

who then arrived to congratulate 

Gilbert on being 

awarded a spot on the 

Citgo sponsor team. 

“She was a great person 

to surprise — she was 

overwhelmed with excitement,” 

Stocks said about 

witnessing the reveal. 

“You can tell that it 

meant a lot to her to be selected, 

and as a runner, she 

just couldn’t believe she 

was getting this opportunity 

and that a local company 

cared enough to say, 

‘Hey, you’re a teacher, and 

we want to support you, 

and you work hard,’” she 

said. 

One of the shock factors 

for Gilbert was finding out 

she was going to have to 

train for the marathon with 

less than two months until 

the date. 

Gilbert is a six-time Chicago 

Marathon runner, she 

said. 

“I’m pretty slow,” Gilbert 

said. “I call myself a 

pedestrian runner.” 

The knowledge that 

there is a six-hour time 

limit to complete the Boston 

Marathon was a bit of a 

stress factor looming over 

her head because three 

times she ran the Chicago 

Marathon, she finished in 

just over six hours, and 

three times, she completed 

it in just under. 

After weeks of sticking 

to a grueling training 

schedule and help from 

her family and even a few 

treadmill runs at school 

with some of her students, 

Gilbert flew out to Boston 

for her 26.2-mile journey. 

Her parents and boyfriend 

were also able to fly out 

and experience Boston 

with her. 

She said the Boston 

Marathon was “a step up 

in difficulty” because the 

terrain has more hills than 

the marathon route in Chicago, 

and it is a point to 

point route, where runners 

were basically driven to a 

point outside the city and 

then ran back to Boston. 

“I was pretty nervous,” 

she said, but proudly stated 

she was able to complete 

the marathon in about fiveand-a-half 

hours. 

“I was really pleased 

with my time; it was my 

best marathon in terms of 

consistency and running 

Citgo-sponsored runner Laura Gilbert (second from right) with her supporters (left to 

right) Robert Gilbert and Marlene Gilbert, her parents, along with Andy Civettini, her 

boyfriend, at the expo before she ran April 15 in the 2019 Boston Marathon. Photo 

submitted 

the same pace throughout, 

which is a goal for a distance 

runner, so I felt good 

about that,” Gilbert said. 

She said Citgo was “so 

generous” with helping to 

coordinate her time in Boston, 

including the chance 

to go to a Red Sox game 

at Fenway Park the day 

before the run. She and the 

other seven runners were 

gifted Citgo merchandise 

and a hotel stay, which 

Gilbert said was, thankfully, 

only a half mile from 

the finish line. 

Post-marathon run and 

training, Gilbert said she 

feels “great,” and, “I am 

fortunate that Citgo treated 

me to the weekend, and I 

was able to bring my parents 

and significant other.” 

She was also thankful 

her family was able to split 

up and meet her at a few 

points throughout the race 

to cheer her on with water 

and support. 

“When I saw my parents 

at the 25th mile, my mother 

was crying, and my dad, 

I know he had tears in his 

eyes because as a runner, 

he knows how difficult 

and exciting it is — they 

were really proud of me,” 

Gilbert said. 

She is beyond appreciative 

of the support she 

received from her brother, 

who is also a runner; her 

cousin, who helped her 

immensely with training; 

and from the drama students 

— she is the drama 

club director for the Porter 

Players — who helped her, 

as well. 

“I never thought I’d get 

to run the Boston Marathon, 

because almost all 

the participants have to 

qualify with a qualifying 

time in a previous marathon, 

and I am not even 

close to that time, so I 

never thought I could run 

in Boston until getting 

sponsored by Citgo,” she 

said, adding that it makes 

Laura Gilbert was one of 

eight runners in the nation 

Citgo sponsored for the 

2019 Boston Marathon. 

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her want to do the other 

world major marathon in 

the U.S., which is the New 

York Marathon. 

“I might apply. Why 

not?” she said of the race 

in the Big Apple.



Police Reports 

Three cited for suspended licenses 

Lockport Police 

Department 

May 7 

• Victoria Hansen, 28, of 

the 700 block of Washington 

Street in Joliet, was 

charged with driving with 

a suspended license, operating 

an uninsured motor 

vehicle and improper 

use of video devices after 

being stopped at approximately 

8 p.m. on State 

Street for an alleged equipment 

violation. 

May 4 

• Akira Orsby, 26, of the 

1200 block of 123rd Street 

in Calumet Park, was 

charged with driving with 

a suspended license and 

improper lighting after 

being stopped at approximately 

10:50 p.m. on State 

Street for an alleged equipment 

violation. 

May 3 

• Destany Rodriguez, 24, 

of the 24000 block of Pellinore 

Drive in Shorewood, 

was charged with driving 

with a suspended license 

and speeding after being 

stopped at approximately 

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2 p.m. on State Street for 

allegedly speeding. 

EDITOR’S NOTE: The 

Lockport Legend’s Police 

Reports are compiled from 

official reports found online 

on the Will County Sheriff’s 

Office or Lockport Police 

Department’s website or 

releases issued by the department 

and other agencies. 

Individuals named in these 

reports are considered innocent 

of all charges until 

proven guilty in a court of 

law. 

Veteran from Lockport 

paired with service dog 

Sean Hastings 


“A man’s best friend” 

just doesn’t cut it when 

describing what a service 

dog means to someone 

suffering from PTSD. 

It is more than the greeting 

at the door, a big lick 

across the face or a snuggle 

buddy. It is a companion 

that is there to make 

sure they want to get up 

in the morning, can sleep 

through the night or go out 

in public. 

Lockport resident Brian 

Skraba, three other veterans 

and a police officer 

were officially presented 

with their service dogs 

April 20 at the New Lenox 

American Legion. The 

evening was put together 

by K9’s for Veteran and 

Michael Tellerino, veteran 

and founder led the event. 

Julian Silva, Skraba, Oscar 

Gutierrez, Cassandra 

Taylor and Brad Vaughn 

all officially received their 

dogs. 

“Watching the difference 

in these guys, you 

can’t put a price on that,” 

Tellerino said. 

Each service dog is 

trained specifically for the 

person they are helping. 

PTSD cannot be seen 

and it can’t be picked out 

of a crowd and in a room 

filled with people. 

And for Skraba, as much 

as that night was about officially 

getting his service 

dog, Bentley, it was just 

as much about continuing 

to spread the word about 

PTSD and finding ways to 

treat it better and faster. 

Skraba, a Marine veteran, 

was overwhelmed by 

the support shown toward 

him and the others with the 

Lockport resident Brian Skraba poses for a photo with 

his service dog, Bentley, who was presented to him 

April 20 during an event at the New Lenox American 

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community members and 

other former Marine’s in 

the room cheering him on. 

He has been out of the 

military for 10 years and 

he said sometimes he 

misses the camaraderie he 

once had, but events like 

that night brings it back. 

“He’s just a calming 

presence,” Skraba said. 

“If I start getting a little 

stressed out or zoning out, 

he’s going to help bring 

me back and take me out 

of the bad place so I don’t 

stay there all day.” 

And the first step for Skraba 

to getting better and 

getting help was admitting 

that he needed it. While 

the dog may give away 

that he is dealing with 

something, he hopes that 

gives someone else, who is 

trying to find the strength 

to get help, get it, he said. 

“For a while, I thought 

about the stigma, but then 

I said whatever,”he said. 

“The happiness she brings 

me and the mood change 

is worth any kind of weird 

stigma that anybody may 

apply.” 

Skraba also mentioned 

how 22 veterans commit 

suicide each day. 

“Maybe by me having 

the service dog, maybe 

someone will ask for help 

and maybe that will cut 

down on one,” he said. 

“One makes all the difference 

in the world. Hopefully 

he makes a difference 

for other people and not 

just me.”

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St. Dennis students and teachers 

participate in TECH 2019 event 

Submitted by St. Dennis 

School 

The 29th annual TECH 

2019 student technology 

showcase was held May 7 

at the Illinois State Capitol 

Building in Springfield. 

There, hundreds of students 

and teachers represented 

schools from 

throughout the state. St. 

Dennis technology teacher, 

Ami Young, and fifth-grade 

teacher, Lisa Locke, accompanied 

fifth-graders Maggie 

Baker and Sean Kovacs. At 

the event, Baker and Kovacs 

demonstrated to the 

public and members of the 

Illinois State Senate and 

House of Representatives 

how technology is being 

used in the classroom to increase 

student engagement 

and improve achievement 

by demonstrating first-hand 

the importance of technology 

in education today. 

Towering 

above the 

competition 

St. Dennis sixthgraders 

awarded 

scholarships for 

winning model water 

tower contest 

St. Dennis School fifth-graders Maggie Baker and Sean 

Kovacs stand in front of their TECH 2019 display in 

the Illinois State Capitol Building in Springfield. Photo 

submitted 

LTHS STEM students Give 

Back with birdhouse project 

Submitted by Lockport 


The bird houses included LTHS inscriptions. 

Students have been hard 

at work at Lockport Township 

High School Central 

Campus during the past 

six weeks. 

That is because Lockport 

Township High 

School STEM Exploration 

students have partnered 

with the Illinois 

Department of Natural 

Resources and Cog Hill 

Golf Course to create 

bluebird houses and bat 

boxes to use on their properties. 

In February, three state 

parks and Cog Hill agreed 

to supply materials for 

students to use for this 

endeavor. The students 

agreed to not only build 

the specified wildlife habitat 

projects, but to donate 

them back to these areas 

for the public to enjoy. The 

three state parks included 

Walnut Point State Park in 

Oakland, Illinois, Lincoln 

Trail State Park in Marshall, 

and Kankakee River 

State Park in Bourbonnais. 

A total of 90 bluebird 

houses and 60 bat boxes 

were manufactured. 

The freshmen logged 

hundreds of man-hours 

toward the effort. They 

learned design, woodworking 

and manufacturing 

skills, while giving 

back to the community. 

RIGHT: St. Dennis sixthgraders 

Mia Castro (left) 

and Sophia Naughton 

placed first in the state 

April 27 at the Model Water 

Tower Building State 

Finals at Westmont Water 

Department, receiving a 

$1,500 scholarship. Photo 

submitted 

Members of a STEM class at Lockport Township High School Central Campus show 

off some of the bird houses they created in conjunction with the Illinois Department 

of Natural Resources. Photos submitted



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What do you like to do 

when not in school or 

studying? 

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make music, make art 

projects and hang with 

friends. 

What is your dream job? 

My dream job is a fashion 

designer or photographer. 

What are some of your 

most played songs in your 

iPod? 

“Happier,” “God is a 

Woman,” “How Long” 

and “The Way I Am.” 

What is one thing people 

don’t know about you? 

I am the 38th grandchild 

on my dad’s side of the 

family and I have over 200 

cousins. 

Whom do you look up to 

and why? 

I look up to Rosie the 

Riveter for woman empowerment. 

What do you keep under 

you bed and why? 

Extra shoes, pillows and 

blankets to make a fort. 

Who is your favorite 

teacher and why? 

Mrs. Adams because she 

looks out for me. 

What’s your favorite class 

and why? 

ELA is my favorite because 

my friends are in it. 

What’s one thing that 

stands out about your 

school? 

We have a garden and 

we have music and art. 

What extracurricular(s) 

do you wish your school 

had? 

I wish my school had a 

library club. 

What’s your morning 

routine? 

Change, go downstairs, 

eat breakfast, brush my 

hair, pack bag, play then 

go to school. 

If you could change one 

thing about school what 

would it be? 

To have options for subjects. 

What’s your favorite 

thing to eat in the 

cafeteria? 

I like to eat candy or 

Bosco sticks. 

What’s your best memory 

from school? 

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O’Connell and Sophia Segura. 

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School News 

Bradley University 

Lockport resident wins 

award for volunteer 

service 

Anthony Landahl, of 

Lockport, was awarded the 

President’s Volunteer Service 

Award- Bronze during 

the annual Student Leadership 

Awards at Bradley 

University. 

The President’s Volunteer 

Service Award 

recognizes United States 

citizens and lawfully admitted, 

permanent residents 

of the United States 

who have achieved the 

required number of hours 

of service over a 12-month 

time period. Bronze is for 

100-174 hours. 

Knox College 

Lockport student named to 

dean’s list 

John Downey, of Lockport, 

has been named to 

the Knox College dean’s 

list of distinguished students 

for the 2019 winter 

term. To be named to the 

dean’s list, a student must 

have earned at least 2.5 

credits in the term, with a 

GPA of 3.6 or better (on a 

4.0 scale). 

Downey is majoring 

in English Literature 

and Educational Studies 

- Secondary at Knox College 

and graduated from 


School. 

University of Kentucky 

Lockport native recognized 

at commencement 

Lockport resident 

Nicholas Matteucci participated 

in the University 

of Kentucky College of 

Arts and Sciences commencement 

on May 5. At 

commencement, the University 

of Kentucky honored 

students who have 

either earned their degree 

or who have applied to 

graduate. 

The University of Kentucky 

College of Arts and 

Sciences recognized more 

than 925 candidates during 

the May Commencement 

Ceremony. Matteucci received 

a bachelor of arts in 

history. 

School News is compiled 

by Editor Max Lapthorne, 

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“It’s going great,” Eichhorn said. 

“We’ve had Moose members and construction 

workers see the flowers, and 

say ‘Oh, I have to get something,’ and 

it’s something quick they can grab and 

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For Lockport’s Sue Lynch, it was just 

one stop on her list for Mother’s Day 

weekend with her daughter, Lockport 

resident Marissa Stelk. 

“She’s got her weekend plans, and this 

was just one of the things she wanted to 

do,” Stelk said. 

Lynch added that she wanted to come 

help support the organization and prefers 

to buy locally to support them. 

Many others came to support the 

WOTM, its cause and their friends. 

Lockport resident Sherry Walsh recently 

rejoined the Lockport Moose Lodge and 

purchased a slew of flowers on Saturday 

morning to help support LaMontagne 

and the WOTM, she said. 

“I like doing things with Cathy and 

Laura and the Moose,” she said. “We 

even donated a horse to Mooseheart.” 

LaMontagne said she hopes to continue 

to bring more things like the flower 

sale to the community and build stronger 

membership within the organization as 

Senior Regent this year. 

“People don’t know what we do, and 

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Lockport man arrested, charged for trying to lure child into van 

Staff Report 

The Tinley Park Police 

Department on Saturday 

arrested a Lockport man in 

conjunction with a childluring 

attempt on Wednesday, 

May 8, village officials 

announced via social media. 

According to the post, 

Guillermo Alva, 62, of 

Lockport, was arrested and 

charged with child abduction 

after allegedly trying 

to lure a female juvenile 

into his vehicle using cash. 

After Alva first asked 

for directions, the victim 

moved into a business 

parking lot where Alva reportedly 

offered her cash. 

The female told authorities 

she was able to enter 

a nearby business around 

167th Street and Harlem 

Avenue and alert its employees, 

who then reportedly 

called police as Alva 

fled in a red van. 

Alva is in the custody of 

the Tinley Park Police Department 

and will soon be 

transported to the Leighton 

Criminal Court Building 

for a bond hearing, the 

post says. 

FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE 

Joe La Margo out as 

Village manager at first 

meeting for new officials 

The search is once 

again on for a new Village 

manager after the Orland 

Park Village Board voted 

6-1 on May 6 to accept 

the resignation of Joe La 

Margo. 

The vote came after a 

short executive session, 

after which Trustee Dan 

Calandriello cast the lone 

dissenting vote. 

After the meeting, La 

Margo said he was asked 

to resign by Mayor Keith 

Pekau shortly after the 

April election. 

“It was within two days 

[after] the election, but 

he has been a gentleman 

about it,” La Margo said. 

La Margo said he met 

with all three of the newly 

elected trustees recently 

and that he thought he 

would have been able to 

work with them had he 

continued working as Village 

manager. 

“They really do seem 

to have a passion for the 

community,” he said. “I 

wish them the best.” 

La Margo worked for 

the Village for 13 years 

and has lived in town for 

nearly 20 years. 

After the meeting, Pekau 

said there was no 

specific thing about La 

Margo that led to the decision 

to ask the Village 

manager to resign, and the 

mayor said he would not 

comment on La Margo’s 

job performance. 

Pekau said the reason it 

was on the May 6 agenda 

— the first at which the 

newly elected trustees 

were seated — was to 

move the Village forward. 

“It’s better for Joe, and 

it’s better for the Village to 

just move forward and not 

drag this out,” Pekau said. 

Reporting by Jon DePaolis, 

Freelance Reporter. For 

more, visit OPPrairie.com. 

FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION 

Odyssey Golf 

Foundation’s community 

5K fundraiser set for May 

19 

There are many organizations 

dedicated to helping 

veterans cope with 

post-traumatic stress disorder 

and other disabilities 

they must manage 

after returning to civilian 

life. 

Right in Tinley Park, 

the Odyssey Golf Foundation 

is working to do just 

that by allowing veterans 

to golf on a closed course 

among their peers. 

“Our mission is to assist 

veterans and individuals 

with disabilities, and 

give them the opportunity 

to come and play golf at 

the golf course, and it’s 

been a very good experience 

for everybody,” said 

Dakota Stariha, who is the 

event coordinator for an 

upcoming 5K fundraiser. 

With its cause of providing 

therapy through sport, 

the foundation is hosting 

its first community 5K 

fundraising event, Run 

Fore the Greater Good 

5K. The 5K walk/run is 

to take place Sunday, May 

19, with all proceeds benefiting 

the Odyssey Golf 

Foundation. 

The 5K will take place 

at 8 a.m., with check-in 

and registration starting 

at 7:15 a.m. The course 

will span the Odyssey 

Golf Foundation Golf 

Course, with parking 

available at 19111 Oak 

Park Ave. in Tinley Park. 

The cost of entry for runners 

and walkers is $25, 

and registration can be 

completed at Odyssey 

GolfFoundation.org/5K. 

Reporting by Amanda 

Del Buono, Freelance 

Reporter. For more, visit 

TinleyJunction.com. 

FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER 

Alleged blackface incident 

draws mixed responses 

from community 

A photo surfaced May 4 

on Instagram that reportedly 

shows Lincoln-Way 

Central students in what 

some people think to be 

blackface at the Speedway 

on Front Street and 

Wolf Road in Mokena. 

The photo appeared 

to show three Caucasian 

youths wearing black volcanic 

ash charcoal acne 

masks while inside of a 

vehicle. 

Mokena Police were 

notified of the situation 

and declined to pursue 

a criminal investigation, 

but referred the matter 

to a resource officer with 

Lincoln-Way D210, according 

to Mokena Police 

Chief Steve Vaccaro. 

Mokena Mayor Frank 

Fleischer said that while 

the actions of the students 

may have been ill-advised, 

there was “no reason [for 

anyone] to be offended,” 

adding that, “There’s no 

law or ordinance against 

stupidity.” 

The person who posted 

the Instagram photo, 

Sylvester Williams, said 

he did so not to “bash” 

the students but, rather, 

to bring the adults of the 

community together to 

have a conversation about 

racial issues. 

“I live in the area, and 

I know how the area can 

sometimes be,” Williams 

said. “I know that there 

are good people and bad 

people everywhere; however, 

this was a situation 

that had just came up 

with the high school not 

to far away, Homewood- 

Flossmoor. … These are 

things that have been in 

the news, have been in the 

media, and for the young 

people to still do it, to say, 

‘Hey, it’s not a big deal; 

it’s just a charcoal mask,’ 

is kind of like a way of 

brushing it off and saying 

that it’s OK.” 

Reporting by T.J. Kremer 

III, Editor. For more, visit 

MokenaMessenger.com. 

FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT 

Triple Play Concert tickets 

still available, but going 

fast 

If any resident is still 

considering buying tickets 

for the Triple Play 

Concert Series, they are in 

luck, because some tickets 

still remain but will for 

much longer, Mayor Tim 

Baldermann said. 

Tickets for all three 

concerts are $75 each and 

can be purchased at the 

Village Hall from 8:30 

a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. 

There is no limit on 

how many tickets can be 

purchased by one resident. 

Performing this year is 

Cheap Trick on June 8, 

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts 

with special guests 

Blue Oyster Cult on July 

20 and Kenny Loggins on 

Aug. 31. The headlining 

acts are scheduled to start 

at 9 p.m. for each concert. 

The first supporting act 

performance for each date 

is scheduled to start at 6 

p.m. 

Reporting by Sean Hastings, 

Editor. For more, visit 

NewLenoxPatriot.com. 

FROM THE FRANKFORT STATION 

Concerts on the Green to 

feature new, returning 

acts 

For more than three decades, 

summers in Frankfort 

have brought Fourth 

of July fireworks, opportunities 

to explore the 

great outdoors and Sunday 

evenings with music 

at Breidert Green. 

The 2019 Concerts on 

the Green series is to kick 

off June 16, with performances 

scheduled for every 

Sunday through Aug. 

25. The concerts, sponsored 

by the Frankfort 

Chamber of Commerce, 

are typically held at Breidert 

Green, but in the 

case of stormy weather, 

the shows will move indoors 

to the Founders 

Community Center. 

“Continued generous 

donations from businesses, 

churches, civic groups 

and individuals to fund 

these concerts are the reasons 

we have been able to 

bring high-quality free entertainment 

to the Green 

for so many years,” said 

Pam Griffin, a member of 

the Frankfort Concerts on 

the Green committee. 

Eight volunteers are 

tasked with reviewing the 

hundreds of bands that request 

to perform. 

While several familiar 

acts will return to the Breidert 

Green stage, such as 

the Joliet American Legion 

Band and retro rock 

and roll band Rosie & The 

Rivets, three new groups 

are scheduled to perform. 

“As always, we try to 

provide variety in the 10 

concerts we present, and 

hope to please the audiences,” 

Griffin said. 

Reporting by Nuria Mathog, 

Editor. For more, visit 

FrankfortStation.com.

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Top Web Stories 

From LockportLegend.com from 

Monday, May 13. 

1. Lockport teen involved in fatal I-55 crash 

2. Lockport man arrested, charged for 

trying to lure child into van 

3. UPDATE: Mokena: Alleged blackface 

incident draws mixed reactions from 

community 

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Ireland in Orland Park 

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There are few better 

feelings in the 

world than being 

recognized for accomplishing 

something into 

which you invested a 

significant amount of time 

and effort. 

While we may not set 

out seeking external recognition, 

when it comes 

naturally after the fact, it 

provides a unique sense 

of validation. Investing 

too much time and energy 

seeking this external validation 

can be an exhausting 

way to go about your 

business, but when it 

comes organically, it can 

produce all kinds of warm 

fuzzies. 

Here at The Legend, we 

often have the privilege 

of writing stories about 

community members who 

accomplish great things. 

Whether it be winning a 

prestigious award, being 

named to an All-Area 

team, earning a historic 

promotion or anything in 

between, we are always 

happy to include those 

stories in the paper. And 

as it so happens, this 

week’s issue features a 

number of such stories. 

On Page 7, you will find 

a story on Mariah Dickson, 

a senior at Western 

Illinois University who 

was recently named a winner 

in the Barry Goldwater 

Scholarship and 

Excellence in Education 

Program. She was one of 

just 14 recipients of the 

award in the state of Illinois 

and the first female 

to earn the honor in the 

history of WIU. 

As you thumb over to 

Page 9, you will come 

upon our coverage of 

Laura Gilbert’s recent 

participation in the 

Boston Marathon. Gilbert 

has been a teacher at 


School for 18 years and 

has run several marathons 

before, but she had 

a unique opportunity to 

take her running skills out 

east this year. 

Page 13 also features 

several stories detailing 

accomplishments of 

local students in varying 

activities, including a 

showcase in Springfield 

and a model water tower 

contest with a $1,500 

scholarship as the prize. 

As always, our sports 

section is also full of impressive 

feats from local 

athletes. On Page 47 is a 

story about the Lockport 

Township softball team’s 

recent conference championship. 

The section also 

highlights recent performances 

by the badminton, 

girls track, water polo and 

soccer teams at LTHS, as 

well as some area youth 

teams. 

On any given week, 

the pages of The Legend 

tell of fantastic accomplishments, 

but this 

week contains more than 

most. Being that these 

tend to be some of my 

favorite stories to tell, 

I am excited to be able 

to share them with you, 

and I look forward to 

seeing what the residents 

of Lockport accomplish 

next. 

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22 | May 16, 2019 | the lockport legend faith 


FAITH BRIEFS 

Legacy Vineyard Church (315 E. 11th St., 

Lockport) 

Sunday Services 

10 a.m. 

Mt. Ebal Missionary Baptist Church (221 

Cameron Ave. Lockport) 

Early Sunday Morning Worship 

8 a.m. There is communion 

every first Sunday. For more 

information, call (815) 838- 

6727. 

Sunday School 

9:15 a.m. 

Worship Service 

11 a.m. There is communion 

every first Sunday. 

Mission Ministry 

6 p.m. Mondays 

Bible Study 

7 p.m. Tuesdays 

Narcotics Anonymous 

6 p.m. Wednesdays 

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church (1500 S. Briggs St., 

Lockport) 

Divine Worship 

9 a.m. Sundays with Fellowship 

to follow at 10 a.m. For 

more information, call (815) 

838-1832. 

First Congregational United Church of Christ 

(700 N. Ninth St., Lockport) 

Sunday Worship 

9:30 a.m. 

Fellowship Meet and Eat 

Follows worship every Sunday. 

Communion 

First Sunday of the month. 

Children and Nursery 

9:30 a.m. Sunday; programs 

for toddlers through eighth 

grade. 

Ladies Craft and Chat 

Third Fridays, 4:30 p.m., 

Carry-out dinner 6:00 p.m. 

Confirmation 

Open to high school age; contact 

Rev. Eric Quinney-Burnard 

to enroll. 

First United Methodist Church of Lockport(1000 

S. Washington St., Lockport) 

Circle of Love 

9 a.m. Wednesdays. Circle of 

Love provides diapers, feminine 

and incontinence products 

to clients who are qualified to 

use the local FISH Food Pantry. 

For more information, call (815) 

838-1017. 

Joliet Seventh-Day Adventist Church (21514 W. 

Division St., Lockport) 

Saturday Services 

9:30 a.m. Sabbath school; 

10:45 a.m. Worship Hour. 

Prayer Meeting 

7:30 p.m. Wednesdays. Attendees 

can share their praise 

reports and prayer requests. The 

call-in number is (530) 881- 

1200. When prompted enter the 

access code: 761835 then the # 

key. The prayer line is free, and 

there is no additional cost beyond 

regular phone charges. 

St. Dennis Church (1214 S. Hamilton St., 

Lockport) 

Angel Choir 

All school and parish students 

in grades 3 through 8 can participate. 

Rehearsal is every Thursday 

from 5-6 p.m. in church. 

Angel Choir sings two weekend 

mass times per month. 

Kids Chime Choir 

All school and parish students 

in grades 3 through 8 can participate. 

Rehearsal is every Thursday 

from 3-4 p.m. in church music 

room. 

Daily Mass Times 

8 a.m. Monday, Tuesday, 

Thursday 

8:15 a.m. Wednesday 

8 a.m. Friday with communion 

service 

Saturday Mass 

4:30 p.m. 

Sunday Mass 

8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11:15 

a.m. All are welcome. 

Healing Prayer 

Following the Saturday mass 

and 9:30 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. 

Sunday mass. All are welcome. 

Contact Parish Secretary at secretary@saint-dennis.org 

or call 

(815) 838-2592 for more information. 

THRIVE Church (Kelvin Grove School, 808 Adams 

St., Lockport) 

Sunday Worship 

10:30 a.m. Adult Service 

10:30 a.m. Kid’s Church 

Thrive Youth 

7 p.m. Wednesdays night 

youth gatherings 

Thrive Circles 

7 p.m. for adults. Days vary. 

Email pastorbrian@gmail.com 

for more info. 

Shepherd of the Hill Lutheran Church (925 E. 

9th St., Lockport) 

Saturday Service 

5 p.m. 

Sundays Service 

9 a.m. and 10:35 a.m. 

Bible Study 

9:30 a.m. Wednesdays 

Weight Watchers 

5:30 p.m. Tuesdays weigh-in, 

meeting starts at 6 p.m. 

First Baptist Church of Lockport (800 Thornton 

St., Lockport) 

Awana Clubs 

6:15- 8 p.m. on Wednesdays 

during the school year. Children 

will have fun learning Awana 

games, sports, teamwork and 

about God’s love. For questions, 

please call the church office at 

(815) 838-4004. 

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In Memoriam 

Helen Hartdegen 

Helen R. Hartdegen, (nee 

Ploucha), 85, formerly of Lockport, 

died May 2. Hartdegen is 

survived by her beloved husband 

Donald, her loving children, Janet, 

Nancy (Jerry) Wheeler, and 

Donald Jr. (Suzanne); her devoted 

grandchildren Joe (Maribeth) 

Ebert, Melanie, Austin (Amber) 

Wheeler, Bryan (Hannah) 

Wheeler, Brenden Hartdegen, 

Matthew Hartdegen, Colleen 

Hartdegen, and Caroline Hartdegen; 

her dear great-grandchildren 

Jakob Ebert, Andrew Ebert, 

Ryan Ebert, Morgan Ebert, Noah 

Wheeler, and Owen Wheeler; 

many nieces and nephews as 

well as dear, close friends. Visitation 

was on May 7 at O’Neil 

Funeral Homer & Heritage 

Crematory, 1105 E. 9th Street, 

Lockport, 60441. Mass of Christian 

Burial was on May 8 at St. 

Dennis Catholic Church, 1214 S. 

Hamilton, Lockport. Interment 

Resurrection Cemetery, Romeoville, 

IL. 

Raymond Trojanowski 

Raymond G. Trojanowski 

“Ray Ray”, 30, late of Lockport, 

died on May 5. He was a 2003 

graduate of Taft Grade School, 

Lockport and a 2007 graduate 

of Lockport Township High 

School. Trojanowski was an 

avid Duke fan, Chicago Cubs, 

Bears and Blackhawks fan, 

loved playing baseball, softball, 

basketball, football and enjoyed 

golfing. Ray was a loving son, 

brother, grandson, uncle, nephew, 

cousin and friend. He is survived 

by his loving mother and 

step father, Kathleen and Peter 

Herbig; three cherished siblings, 

Laurryn (Matthew) McDaniel, 

James and Marine Corps Corporal 

Brandon Trojanowski; three 

adored nieces and one nephew, 

Aynsley, Gavriel, Eliana and 

Sofia McDaniel. Numerous 

aunts, uncles, cousins, step 

grandparents and dear friends 

also survive. In lieu of flowers, 

memorials to the Chicago Cubs 

Charity Community Affairs 

Wrigley Field, 1060 W. Addison 

St., Chicago, IL 60613 in 

Ray’s name would be appreciated. 

Services were held May 10 

from the O’Neil Funeral Home 

chapel 1105 E. 9th(159th) St. 

Lockport, to St. Joseph Catholic 

Church, Lockport for Mass of 

Christian Burial at 11:30 a.m. 

Michael Warchol 

Michael “Mike” Warchol, 62, 

of Lockport, died on May 5. He 

is survived by his mother Joann 

(Hamilton) Warchol; his wife, 

Wilma (Schilder) Warchol; his 

sons Alexander and Daniel; 

daughter Katelyn; his sisters 

Karen (Adrian) Corral and Paula 

Lozenski; father in law Gerrit 

Schilder, sisters in law Heleen 

Schilder (Ron Nap), Jolanda 

Schilder, Ilonka (Erik) De Vries, 

several nieces and nephews; his 

special buddy Sydney the cockatoo; 

dogs Peanut and Chloe. 

Warchol also leaves behind a 

DVR full of Star Trek and other 

science fiction. He was an avid 

fan. In lieu of flowers, please 

consider making a donation to 

the Hinsdale Hospital Foundation 

in Mike’s name. Hinsdale 

Hospital was the hospital where 

he received excellent and compassionate 

care. Hinsdale Hospital 

Foundation, Post Office Box 

130 Hinsdale. Per his wishes, 

cremation rights have been respectfully 

addressed. The family 

will remember him in a private 

setting. 

Have someone’s life you’d 

like to honor? Email 

a.ivanisevic@22ndcenturymedia. 

com with information about a loved 

one who was a part of the Lockport 

community.

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Kelvin Grove Nature Club expands with inaugural market 

Mary Compton 


A few years ago, Kelvin 

Grove School teacher 

Christie Soulian would 

look out her classroom 

window at an unused piece 

of land near the playground 

and imagine it being 

a special place for her 

students: a garden. 

And with that garden 

came the inception of the 

Kelvin Grove Nature Club. 

“I put in a letter of interest 

for the Nature Club,” 

Soulian explained. “We 

started with the fourth- and 

fifth-graders. They were so 

excited to have a club. The 

students who started this 

are now sophomores in 

high school.” 

Taking a walk behind 

the school, one finds a 

small patch of fenced-in 

land. Four raised garden 

boxes dot the lot, and there 

also is a rain barrel. 

Soulian, who has taught 

at Kelvin Grove for 16 

years, sees Nature Club 

participants learn responsibility 

as well as other life 

skills. 

“They learn how to be 

helpful to the school and 

other kids,” Soulian said. 

“This is taking ownership 

of something that some 

kids miss out on. This gives 

the students a sense of accomplishment 

from start to 

finish. When we first talk 

about foods such as growing 

tomatoes, I’ll hear a 

student say they don’t like 

tomatoes. When they see it 

on the plant, they planted 

it, they watered it, pulled 

weeds and cared for it, not 

only do they want to eat it, 

they love it.” 

Depending on the 

weather, the students go to 

the garden every week. 

“To get your hands dirty, 

Kelvin Grove School Nature Club members (left to right) 

Shelby Carpenter, Rebekah Ramirez and Jenna Muench 

examine items they made and recycled for the Nature 

Club Market. 

to be outside and watch 

and nourish, there’s a lot 

of lessons to be learned,” 

Soulihan said. 

In addition to taking 

care of the garden, the 

Nature Club held its first 

Nature Club Market on 

May 3-4. The students are 

attempting to raise money 

to purchase benches with 

the plastic milk jug caps 

they have been collecting. 

They are also looking to 

purchase other items, including 

updating the rain 

barrel setup, to increase 

functionality and beautify 

the KG garden. 

Brittany Schaller is the 

science and social studies 

teacher at Kelvin Grove. 

This year, she joined Soulian 

as co-sponsor of the 

Kelvin Grove Nature Club. 

“The students have been 

working very hard on making 

upcycled goods for us 

to sell at this first market,” 

Schaller said. “We are focusing 

money on updating 

our garden. We’ve collected 

the plastic bottle caps 

for three years. Part of the 

funds raised will turn the 

melted bottle caps into a 

bench.” 

While Schaller spoke, 

fourth- and fifth-graders 

took care of neighborhood 

families walking up to purchase 

items such as plant 

markers, handmade sugar 

scrubs, stamped wooden 

clothespins and more. 

More than 300 plants 

were donated by Nolan 

and Sons Greenhouse of 

Homer Glen for the Nature 

Club Market. 

“This has been amazing, 

seeing the students own 

the things that they’ve 

made,” Schaller said. 

“When a lady was buying 

a reusable shopping bag, I 

heard one of the students 

tell her ‘I made that one, 

I’m so happy you like it.’” 

Lockport resident Trevor 

Buday is a fifth-grader 

at the school and has been 

involved in the Nature 

Club for two years. 

Kelvin Grove Nature Club member Kilie Billings (left) helps club co-sponsor and 

teacher Brittany Schaller with plants during the first Nature Club Market, which was 

held May 3-4. Photos by Mary Compton/22nd Century Media 

“I like being involved 

in the club because we do 

a lot of activities with the 

public in the garden,” Buday 

said. “I like planting 

the tomatoes because you 

get to eat your own tomatoes 

that you grew. This is 

so important because food 

is getting more expensive. 

Here, we get to grow our 

own food. I eat a lot of 

healthy food so now I 

have a garden at my house. 

You get to also experience 

growing your own food instead 

of buying it.” 

Other students have gotten 

involved in some way. 

In the cafeteria, students 

have been composting 

to prevent organic waste 

from going into landfills 

and to create nutrient rich 

soil to use in the garden. 

Kilie Billings, also a 

fifth-grader who lives in 

Lockport, has enjoyed her 

time in the Nature Club. 

“I had a lot fun this 

year,” Billings said. 

“We’re doing this upcycle 

Kelvin Grove teacher Brittany Schaller (left) goes over 

various plants with Nature Club members Sam Dorion 

(middle) and Kilie Billings. 

market to raise $1,000 for 

a bench. We also made a 

mural in the school made 

out of bottle caps. Recycling 

is very important 

because it reduces the 

amount of trash.” 

Billings helped make 

the items that were being 

sold at the market. 

“I put the sayings on the 

pots; one was ‘be inspired 

and be brave,’” she said. 

“We all work together 

here. Teamwork is very 

important. Recycling and 

helping the earth is really 

important too.” 

To donate to the Kelvin 

Grove Nature Club, 

checks made out to Kelvin 

Grove with Nature 

Club in the memo can be 

dropped off at the school. 

The club also accepts 

volunteers who wish to 

donate their time in the 

garden.



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The Dish 

Songbird Cafe ‘spoiling’ customers with the coffees it offers 

Sean Hastings 


For decades, Songbird 

Cafe owner Maria Kopulos 

dreamed of owning her 

own cafe one day and kept 

a journal of names she 

liked. 

But when she had the 

chance to open her own 

place, those names did not 

fit what she wanted. And 

what she wanted was to 

sell “really awesome coffee 

with some really good 

food.” 

She always liked the 

saying “giddyap” and its 

relation to horses getting 

up and going, but she knew 

she wanted a comfortable 

and cozy cafe setting. Her 

next thought was that birds 

are approachable. 

“I asked myself, ‘What 

about Songbird?’” she 

said. “So, I started looking 

that up. My brother is 

a horse race aficionado and 

loves to follow the races. 

He told me Songbird is a 

retired racehorse, and that 

was perfect. It went handin-hand 

where I wanted to 

have the horse incorporated 

into this.” 

Songbird Cafe, located 

at 21950 Howell Drive in 

New Lenox, serves a variety 

of different coffee 

blends brought in from 

three different Chicagobased 

companies that go 

beyond a typical cup. 

It offers blends from 

Dark Matter, Passion 

House and Four Letter 

Word. Kopulos said when 

she tried Passion House 

for the first time it was 

the smoothest cup of coffee 

she ever had. Songbird 

also sells Passion House’s 

cold brew ($4). 

“I said if I’m ever able 

to open a cafe, I would like 

to spoil everybody with 

Songbird Cafe offers three different Chicago-based companies’ coffees: Dark Matter, Passion House and Four Letter Word. 

Photos by Sean Hastings/22nd Century Media 

the phenomenal things that 

these people do with their 

roasting, because they just 

put out some great blends 

and some single origins 

that are really good,” 

Kopulos said. “I said if 

I have to be here all day 

working, then I want to 

drink the best, and I hope 

to educate everyone and 

what great coffees we have 

here.” 

Kopulos makes sure to 

keep two different styled 

roasts from different companies 

on the menu. Customers 

will usually find 

one darker “richer” roast 

and a medium roast. 

The coffees from each 

company change from 

time to time, based on 

what they have available. 

“They’ll all release different 

coffees, because 

they’ll get the beans and 

say, ‘We have this limited 

for now,’ and they’ll tell 

you the roasting notes on 

it,” Kopulos said. “Passion 

House, the ones that we 

stock here, typically are 

the ones that they always 

have that we always brew, 

Songbird Cafe 

21950 Howell Drive in 

New Lenox 

Hours 

• 6 a.m.-2 p.m. 

Monday-Friday 

• 8 a.m.-2 p.m. 

Saturday 

• Closed Sunday 

For more information ... 

songbird.cafe 

and once in a while, they’ll 

do a single-origin one.” 

All of the coffees are $3 

and come with one refill 

for dine-in. Customers can 

get a to-go cup at 12 ounces 

($2.75), 16 ounces ($3) 

or 20 ounces ($3.50). The 

coffees also are sold by 

the bag and can be taken 

home. Prices range from 

$14-$16. The prices vary 

based on the type of bean. 

“I just have the retail 

side to get coffee out there 

to people,” Kopulos said. 

“I’m not trying to charge 

[a lot]. My business is the 

cafe, but I do love having 

the availability for people. 

I’m not charging out the 

One of the top items at Songbird Cafe is the Cowboy Bowl ($9.50), which includes 

two eggs, hash browns, shoulder bacon and sausage, topped with homemade gravy. 

The Songbird Beignets to the right (10 for $5.50) are wildly popular as well. 

nose for some of these 

coffees, which definitely 

could be more.” 

All the coffee comes 

in directly from Logan 

Square, Bridgeport and 

West Town, and nothing 

sits on the shelf for more 

than a week or two, she 

said. 

Songbird Cafe also has 

a large food selection for 

breakfast and lunch on its 

menu. Kopulos said the 

Cowboy Bowl ($9.50) is 

one of the most popular 

dishes on the menu. It is 

served with hash browns, 

shoulder bacon and sausage, 

topped with gravy 

and two eggs. 

One of the top house 

specialties is the Breakfast 

Burrito Suiza ($7.50), 

which features eggs, black 

bean, salsa and cheese, and 

comes smothered in Songbird’s 

homemade ranchero 

sauce. Chorizo, chicken 

or bacon can be added for 

$2.50. 

Kopulos said they take 

pride in their homemade 

sauces because they offer 

customers options for food 

that most will not make on 

their own at home. 

Another fan favorite are 

the Songbird beignets (10 

for $5.50), which are typically 

ordered as a side or 

an easy to-go meal. 

Songbird is to celebrate 

its one-year anniversary on 

May 31.

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Across 

Down 

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur 

1. ‘Mamma ___ !’ 

4. On your own 

8. Certain camera, for 

short 

11. Liquorish flavor 

13. Not fully shut 

14. ___ bit (slightly) 

15. Play 

17. Place for parishioners 

18. British rocker Gallagher 

19. Ad 

21. Spider is one 

22. Having no sequel 

23. Tax form ID 

25. Browns, on the 

scoreboard 

27. Decimal basis 

28. T in a fraternity 

29. Whichever 

31. Kubla Khan’s 

region 

34. Regional flora and 

fauna 

35. Tarzan creator’s 

monogram 

37. Escape 

38. One-striper (abbr.) 

39. Bass-like fish 

41. Gossips at shul 

44. “Dynasty” vixen 

46. Codgers’ replies 

47. Business watchdog 

for customers (abbr.) 

50. Somewhat civilized 

animal 

51. One of Lee’s men 

53. Wetter 

55. Road with a no. 

57. Catholic high 

school in New Lenox 

59. Breakfast staple 

60. Shout in the street 

61. Grain fungus 

62. Thought-provoking 

63. Balanced 

64. Show a client the 

product 

65. Still-life subject 

66. Chinese dynasty 

67. One in 100, abbr. 

1. Elephant for the 

Crimson Tide 

2. Chant 

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course 

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near Santa Barbara 

6. Volcano outputs 

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8. Cause to operate 

9. Handouts 

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12. Additions 

14. Part of IPA 

16. Conductor 

Zubin 

20. Horse color 

24. Writer 

26. Geological time 

span 

30. Fastens 

31. PlayStation 2 

competitor 

32. Fitting 

33. Inspiring fear 

35. Projection 

printer 

36. Discoverer of 

X-rays 

39. Favorite uncle 

40. White wine 

aperitif 

42. Restaurant type 

43. Digression 

45. Seven singers 

47. Drunken sprees 

48. Look good on 

49. Inhabitant of 

Brittany 

52. Hooray! 

54. Scholastic sort, 

perhaps 

56. Medium-like 

perception 

58. Yoked beasts 

59. Dean’s e-mail 

address ender 

LOCKPORT 

Port Noir 

(900 S. State St., 

Lockport; (815) 

834-9463) 

■■4-7 p.m. Monday- 

Friday: Happy 

Hour 

■■8-10 p.m. Thursdays: 

Comedy Bingo 

■■8-11 p.m. Fridays 

and Saturdays: Live 

Band 

■■7-11 p.m. Sundays: 

Open Mic Night 

Strike N Spare II 

(811 Northern Drive, 

Lockport; (708) 301- 

1477) 

■■9:30 p.m.-12:30 

a.m. Mondays: Quartermania 

■■10 p.m.-midnight 

Saturdays: Cosmic 

Bowl 

HOMER GLEN 

Front Row 

(14903 S. Bell Road, 

Homer Glen; (708) 

645-7000) 

■■7 p.m. Wednesdays: 

Trivia 

ORLAND PARK 

Fox’s Restaurant and 

Pub 

(9655 W. 143rd St., 

Orland Park; (708) 

349-2111) 

■■6-9 p.m. Thursday, 

Friday, and Saturday: 

Eman 

■■6-9 p.m. Wednesdays: 

Gene Infelise 

and Francesca 

FRANKFORT 

Pete Mitchell’s Bar & 

Grill 

(21000 Frankfort 

Square Road, Frankfort; 

(815) 464-8100) 

■■6-8 p.m. Wednesdays: 

Free N’ Fun 

Bar Game. Free to 

play. 

MOKENA 

The Alley Grill and Tap 

House 

(18700 S. Old La- 

Grange Road, Mokena; 

(708) 478-3610) 

■■9 p.m. Tuesdays: 

Karaoke 

■■ 

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@22ndcenturymedia.com. 

answers 

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Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that 

has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 

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

and box must contain each of the numbers 

1 to 9. 

LEVEL: Medium 

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sun-filled living room; large master 

bedroom; nicely remodeled bath with 

heated floor; large breezeway that 

attaches the garage to the home; 

ceiling fans in every room; large, 

fenced yard with 12x12x12 shed with 

overhead door; double driveway that great for additional parking! 

Asking Price: $159,900 

Listing Agent: Kim Wirtz 

(708) 516-3050 www. 

kimwirtz.com 

Listing Brokerage: 

Century 21 Affiliated 

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April 18 

• 1615 Mary Ann Lane, 

Lockport, 60441-4416 

- Candice M. Book to 

Alexander Neil Malfeo, 

$112,500 

• 1630 East St., 

Lockport, 60441-4551 - 

Leonard A. Koenigsmark 

to Lawrence R. Murray 

Sr., $157,000 

• 16117 Bent Grass 

Drive, Lockport, 

60441-4650 - James J. 

Christopher to Katherine 

M. McPartlin, $167,000 

• 602 E. Division St., 

Lockport, 60441-4521 - 

Justin Bennett to James 

F. Kesterke, $190,000 

• 16859 Ivy Lane, 

Lockport, 60441- 

1317 - Jennifer Sharon 

to Joseph Kovalcik, 

Kathryn McLane 

$208,000 

• 506 Rhonda Drive, 

Lockport, 60441- 

3346 - Shari Butt to 

Alice Paradiso, Genny 

Kemykowski $250,000 

• 15316 S. Redwood 

Court, Lockport, 60441- 

7613 - Timothy Braun 

to Andrzej Krzysiak, 

Danuta Krzysiak 

$319,000 

• 16343 W. Cagwin 

Drive, Lockport, 60441- 

4780 - John Hofferica to 

Eric F. Stone, Meghan K. 

Stone $357,000 

April 22 

• 543 E. 3rd St., 

Lockport, 60441-3111 

- Tiaa Fsb to Judith Ann 

Medveskas, Joseph 

John Medveskas 

$100,000 

• 16122 Bent Grass 


4651 - Ghassan Bader 

to Brian R. Strainis, 

$195,000 

• 16442 Willow Walk 


1102 - Bro Investments 

Inc to Kathleen Haran, 

$211,000 

• 14949 S. White Tail 

Way, Lockport, 60441- 

7652 - Charles Vins to 

Patrick J. Nally, Susan 

Nally $274,500 

• 16804 Swift Arrow 


4377 - Michael D. 

Lane to Philip Schafer, 

$330,000 

The Going Rate is provided 

by Record Information 

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information, visit www. 

public-record.com or call 

(630) 557-1000.

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12300 New Avenue 

Lemont, IL 60439 

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1003 Help Wanted 

F/T and P/T RESIDENTIAL CLEANING 

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15868 WOLF RD, ORLAND PARK 

708.873.9044 - MaidPro.com 

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Alvernia Manor 

Senior Living - Lemont 

Hiring for 3 Positions 

Registered Nurse 

Full-Time Cook 

Part-Time Driver 

Call for Details 

(630) 257-7721 

SW suburban insurance 

agency seeking 

PT Administrative Assistant/ 

Receptionist - 25 hrs per wk. 

Computer skills required. 

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history to: 

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Tractor-Trailer Drivers 

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Drop & Hook Only, 

53 ft. Dry Vans. 

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Call (708) 339-7971 

As we continually grow, 

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No Evenings/Weekends 

815-464-1988 

Hiring Desk Clerk 

(must be flexible w/ shifts) 

& Housekeeping 

(Morning) 

Needed at Super 8 Motel 

Apply within: 

9485 W. 191st St, Mokena 

No Phone Calls 

Media group looking for 

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Journalism Background 

Email Resume to 

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P/T Salon/Spa Assistant 

Located in Lockport 

Every other Mon. 5-9, 

Wed. 9-6, & Fri. 9 or 10-3 

(815) 955-4650 

Construction Work 

on a per job basis 

Epoxy Flooring/Concrete 

Must have car 

Send response/info to: 

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Local pet food store 

hiring for 2 P/T positions: 

Sales Associate 

Experienced Baker 

10-15 hrs/wk. 

Send email to: info@ 

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Need Laundry Attendant 

Do laundry, cleaning, 

& help customers 

Call Ray at 708.203.3734 

1023 Caregiver 

Caregiver Services 

Provided by 

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State Licensed & Bonded 

since 1998. Providing quality 

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Live-in/ Come & go. 

708.403.8707 

Heaven Sent Caregivers 

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1024 Senior 

Companion 

Offering Free Rent for a 

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a Companion/Friend to an 

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(312) 209-5151 

1052 Garage Sale 

Mokena Community 

Wide Garage Sale 

30 + HOMES 

PARTICAPATING 

May 16, 17, 18 and 19th 

LIST OF LOCATIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT: 

11020 FRONT STREET UNIT A ON TUESDAY 5/14 

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Green Gardens Township 

104th and Bruns Rd. Fri. 5/17, 

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Huge sale -antique, vintage, & 

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Homer Glen 14027 Kickapoo 

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Lockport 1224 St. Charles Dr. 

5/17 &5/18, 8-3pm. Baby 

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Lockport 507 Thornton St. 

Fri. 5/17 8-5pm, Sat. 5/18 

8-2pm. Man’s Sale - shop 

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engine stand, 2ton hoist, tools, 

RV equip., & household items 

Lockport, St. John’s 

Episcopal Church, 

11th & Washington 

Rummage & Bake Sale 

Fri. 5/17 & Sat. 5/18 8-2pm 

New Lenox 730 Churchill Dr. 

Fri. May 17 - Sat. May 18, 

8-4pm. Baby and toddler 

clothes, misc. baby items, and 

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Orland Park 15153 Hiawatha 

Trail. Fri. 5/17 - Sat. 5/18, 

9-3pm. Household, jewelery, 

tools, garden, things for all! 

Orland Park 7538 Hemlock 

Dr. Fri. May 17 -Sat. May 18, 

9-3pm. Clothes, household & 

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Orland Park Church 

Rummage Sale for Orphans 

ALL proceeds will benefit 

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community that are adopting! 

Selling baby equipment, toys, 

furn, hshld items, & much 

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on Fri, May 17, 8am-2pm & 

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Located at 7500 W. Sycamore 

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Garage 

Sale 

Tinley Park 18300 Cottonwood 

Dr 5/17-5/18 8-2pm 

Home decor, men &womens 

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Tinley Park 8106 Nottingham 

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Tools, furniture, kitchenware 

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1053 Multi Family 

Sale 

Tinley Park 

Bristol Park Townhome 

Community Sale 

May 18th 8 - 2pm 

Enter Bristol Park Drive off 

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Antiques, fireplace accessories, 

desks, furniture, lamps, 

pots/pans, kid’s clothes & 

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pop-up shade, tools, Wuersch 

chime wall clock, and misc. 

household items 

1054 Subdivision 

Sale 

Annual Breckenridge 

Garage Sale 

18108 Imperial Lane 

Orland Park 

May 16th, 17th, and 18th 

8 AM - 2 PM 

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1054 Subdivision Sale 

Lockport - Long Bow 

Creek & Dakota Glen of 

Broken Arrow Subdivision 

On Division St between 

Gougar & Farrell. 

Fri 5/17 & Sat 5/18 

9am-2pm. 40+ homes 

Don’t miss this one! 

Frankfort 145 Center Road, 

near downtown. Corner of 

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May 18, hours 9-3pm. Living 

rm, bedrm, family rm furn. and 

accessories. Dinette set, organ, 

some antiques, china, TV, 

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grill, patio set, etc. Costume 

jewelery, basement and garage. 

Joan’s Estate Sales 

708.712.7083 

Homer Glen 14345 SGolden 

Oak Dr 5/18 8-3pm Lots of antique 

furniture! Tables, accent 

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1057 Estate Sale 

1058 Moving Sale 

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2010 Honda Civic - 67,270 

miles. Recent breaks & tires, 

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$7950 Mark: 708-912-0250 

1061 Autos Wanted 

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1099 Lake Front Property For Sale 

Lake Homes • 2.5 HRS FROMCHICAGO AREA! 

62286 M40 Jones, MI 49061 

BAIR LAKE 

86 sq ft of Bair Lake lake frontage at this year 

round 10 year old home! Home features an 

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main floor laundry. And an unfinished walkout 

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68814 Wallowa Road, White Pigeon, MI 49099 

Grass Lake 

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1225 Apartments for Rent 

Oak Forest Terrace 

15815 Terrace, Oak Forest 

Spacious 1 & 2 Bdrms. 

Serene setting & Beautiful 

Grounds. Tennis, Pool, 

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708-687-1818 

oakterrapts@att.net 

Mokena/Weber 

Wills Apartments 

1 Bedroom apt. $ 850 

2 Bedroom apt. $ 980 

CLOSE TO METRA AND 1-80 

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2003 Appliance Repair 

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2004 Asphalt Paving/Seal Coating 

2006 Basement Waterproofing 

2007 Black Dirt/Top Soil 

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2090 Flooring 

2017 Cleaning 

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2018 Concrete 

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FANTASTIK POLISH 

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2701 Property for 

Sale 

SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE 

of 405 E. 17th Street, Lockport, IL 

60441 (Residential). On the 6th day of 

June, 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: US BANK 

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS 

TRUSTEE, IN TRUST ON BEHALF 

OF JP MORGAN MORTGAGE AC- 

QUISITION TRUST 2006-CW2 Plaintiff 

V. JAMES K. LOVELACE; LISA 

LOVELACE; MORTGAGE ELEC- 

TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, 

INC., AS NOMINEE FOR AMER- 

ICA'S WHOLESALE LENDER; SIL- 

VER CROSS HOSPITAL Defendant. 

Case No. 18CH 0217 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 by subdivisions 

(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and the assessments 

required by subsection (g-1) 

of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium 

Property Act. 

Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J) 

if there is asurplus following application 

ofthe proceeds of sale, then the 

plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant 

to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512(d) to all parties 

to the proceeding advising them of 

the amount ofthe surplus and that the 

surplus will beheld until aparty obtains 

acourt order for its distribution or, in 

the absence of an order, until the surplus 

is forfeited to the State. 

For Information Please Contact: 

JOHNSON, BLUMBERG AND ASSO- 

CIATES 

230 W. MONROE, SUITE 1125, 

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60606 

P: 312 541-9710 

F: 312 541-9711 

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT 

COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT 

YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS 

LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A 

DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING 

TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY 

INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL 

BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 

SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE 

of 208 Cameron Avenue, Lockport, IL 

60441 (Single Family Home). Onthe 

6th day of June, 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: Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a 

Mr. Cooper Plaintiff V. Robert 

Thrasher; et. al. Defendant. 

Case No. 18CH 1697 in the Circuit 

Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, 

Will County, Illinois. 



twenty-four (24) hours. Nojudicial sale 










County. 



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

2701 Property for 

Sale 

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








Property Act. 












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 









2702 Public 

Notices 

Certificate No. 32822 was filed in 

the office of the County Clerk of 

Will County on April 23rd, 2019 

wherein the business firm of 

Bombe Boutique 516 Pinebrook 

Dr. Bolingbrook, IL 60490 was 

registered; that the true or real 

name of the person owning the 

business, with their respective post 

office address is as follows: 

Julia Stevens 

516 Pinebrook Dr. 

Bolingbrook IL 60490 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have 

hereunto set my hand and Official 

Seal at my office in Joliet; Illinois, 

this 23rd day of April, 2019 

Lauren Staley Ferry 

Will County Clerk 

Certificate no. 32847 was filed in 


Will County on May 7, 2019 


Miscellany Books located at 701 

Morgan Street Joliet, IL 60436 was 

registered; that the true or real 

name of the person owning the 

business, with their respective post 

office address is as follows: 

Classandra Green 

701 Morgan Street 

Joliet, IL 60436 



Seal at my office in Joliet; Illinois, 

this 7th day of May, 2019. 



Certificate no. 32848 was filed in 


Will County on May 8, 2019 


Suburbs Painting located at 

12 Haller Ave Romeoville, IL 

60446 was registered; that the true 

or real name of the person owning 

the business, with their respective 

post office address is as follows: 

2702 Public 

Notices 

Joseph Chavez 

412 Haller Ave 

Romeoville, IL 60446 



Seal at my ofice in Joliet; Illinois, 

this 8th day of May, 2019. 



STATE OF ILLINOIS 

CIRCUIT COURT OF WILL 

COUNTY 

Request of Euvangalos Ioannis 

Klementzos 

Case Number: 19MR968 

There will beacourt date onmy 

Request to change my name from: 

Euvangalos Ioannis Klementzos to 

the new new name of: 

Euvangalos Ioannis Tsakopoulos 

The court date will be held on 

July 15 at 9:00am at 57 N.Ottawa 

St, Joliet IL 60432 Courtroom 

#A236 

/s/:Mark Ellis 

Mark Ellis, Attorney for Petitioner 

2703 Legal 

Notices 










) 

) SS. 

COUNTY OF WILL 

) 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE 

TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIA- 

TION, AS TRUSTEE, IN TRUST ON 

BEHALF OF JP MORGAN MORT- 

GAGE ACQUISITION TRUST 

2006-CW2 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

JAMES K.LOVELACE; LISA LOVE- 

LACE; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC 

REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS 

NOMINEE FOR AMERICA'S 

WHOLESALE LENDER; SILVER 

CROSS HOSPITAL 

Defendant. 

No. 18 CH 0217 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that pursuant 

toajudgment entered in the above 

cause on the 28th day of January, 2019, 

MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will 

County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the 

6th day of June, 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: 

THE EAST HALF OF LOT 5 AND 

LOT 4 (EXCEPT THE EAST 45 FEET 

THEREOF), IN BLOCK 19, IN 

SOUTH LOCKPORT, A SUBDIVI- 

SION OF THE NORTH 100 RODS OF 

THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF 

SECTION 26, IN TOWNSHIP 36 

NORTH AND INRANGE 10 EAST 

OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERID- 

IAN, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

Commonly known as: 

405 E. 17th Street, Lockport, IL 60441 

Description of Improvements: 

Residential 

P.I.N.: 

11-04-26-133-015-0000 



twenty-four (24) hours. No judicial sale 

fee shall be paid by the mortgagee ac- 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

quiring the residential real estate pursuant 




whose rights inand to the residential 




County. 



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

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








Property Act. 












FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CON- 

TACT: 

JOHNSON, BLUMBERG AND ASSO- 

CIATES 

230 W. MONROE, SUITE 1125, 

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60606 

P: 312 541-9710 

F: 312 541-9711 

Plaintiff's Attorney 

MIKE KELLEY 

Sheriff of Will County 










) 

) SS. 

COUNTY OF WILL 

) 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE 

TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Mr. 

Cooper 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

Robert Thrasher; et. al. 

Defendant. 

No. 18 CH 1697 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that pursuant 

toajudgment entered in the above 

cause on the 16th day of January, 2019, 

MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will 

County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the 

6th day of June, 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: 

LOTS 273 AND 274 IN DELLWOOD 

HIGHLANDS, A SUBDIVISION OF 

PART OF THE SOUTH 1/2 OF SEC- 

TIONS 26 AND 27, TOWNSHIP 36 

NORTH, RANGE 10 EAST OF THE 

THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN 

LOCKPORT TOWNSHIP, ACCORD- 

ING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RE- 

CORDED AS DOCUMENT NO. 

354881, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLI- 

NOIS. 

Commonly known as: 

208 Cameron Avenue, Lockport, IL 

60441 

Description of Improvements: 

Single Family Home 

P.I.N.: 

11-04-27-409-002-0000 

Terms ofSale: ten percent (10%) at the 


twenty-four (24) hours. No judicial sale



2703 Legal 

Notices 


Under $100 


Under $100 










County. 



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

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








Property Act. 












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 

WILL COUNTY SCHOOL 

DISTRICT 92 

708 N. STATE STREET 

LOCKPORT, IL 60441 

BOARD OF EDUCATION 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC 

MEETINGS 

THE BOARD OFEDUCATION 

OF WILL COUNTY SCHOOL 

DISTRICT 92, WILL MEET IN 

OPEN SESSION MEETINGS ON 

THE THIRD (3RD) TUESDAY 

OF EACH MONTH BEGINNING 

AUGUST 20, 2019, ALSO SEP- 

TEMBER 17, 2019, OCTOBER 

15, 2019, NOVEMBER 19, 2019, 

DECEMBER 17, 2019, JANU- 

ARY 21, 2020, FEBRUARY 18, 

2020, MARCH 17, 2020, APRIL 

21, 2020, MAY 19, 2020 AND 

JUNE 16, 2020 

SAID MEETING TIME SET FOR 

7:00 P.M. – MEETING LOCA- 

TION AT THE ADMINISTRA- 

TION CENTER BOARD ROOM, 

708 NORTH STATE STREET, 

LOCKPORT, WILL COUNTY, 

ILLINOIS, 60441 

MEETING DATES, TIMES AND 

LOCATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO 

CHANGE THROUGH 

BOARD OF EDUCATION AC- 

TION. 

ADOPTED: APRIL 30, 2019 

SECRETARY, BOARD OFEDU- 

CATION 


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Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

with Finley Travis 

Finley Travis is a senior 

at Lockport Township. She 

is a forward on the soccer 

team and is a four-year 

varsity player. 

Besides you getting 

injured, how did you 

think the season has 

gone? 

Going into the season, 

we were a little unsure and 

didn’t start the best (going 

3-1-3). But our trip 

to St. Louis and Iowa really 

helped us. And not 

just playing, also just that 

we enjoyed being around 

each other and bonded. I 

fractured my [right] foot 

against Sandburg [on May 

6]. But I get another X-ray 

[this] week to see if I can 

play if we make it to the 

regional title game. 

How long have you 

been playing soccer? 

I started playing soccer 

when I was 7. But I was 

mostly playing rec ball. I 

also played baseball up until 

I was 12. At that age, I 

played my first travel soccer. 

At first, I played with 

Inter. But this past season, 

I played with Roma. 

You also played 

basketball at Lockport 

too, right? 

Yes. I played through 

my junior year. But a lot 

of my concussions came 

from playing basketball, 

including one that kept 

me from finishing playing 

my junior year. So, in all, 

I played from fifth through 

eighth grade at Kelvin 

Grove Jr. High, and then 

freshman through junior 

year in high school. But 

now soccer is the only 

sport I play. 

What is it about the 

game of soccer that 

makes it the sport for 

you? 

I like the aggressiveness. 

You just put yourself 

out there, and you want it. 

Plus, I like contact. I just 

love the competitiveness 

and the team aspect. 

What have you 

learned from Lockport 

coach Todd Elkei? 

I definitely learned a lot, 

and that made me better. I 

learned more moves and a 

higher skill level, but he 

also supported me on and 

off the field. 

What do you do to 

pump yourself up 

before a game? 

Before and during a 

soccer game, I don’t recognize 

myself. I scream 

for us to get going and to 

hype it up. I’m a complete 

psycho. I drink a Red 

Bull or a 5-hour Energy 

and listen to EDM music. 

Anything by Skrillex is 

good. 

What is your spirit 

animal? 

A panda. That’s because 

they’re my favorite animal. 

Plus outside of soccer 

I just relax, like a panda. 

But when it comes time, I 

can get active. 

Randy Whalen/22nd 

Century Media 

If you could be any 

superhero, who would 

you be and why? 

Wonder Woman. I love 

her. She’s hardcore. She’s 

independent. Ever since 

the movie came out, she’s 

been my favorite. 

Are you planning to 

play soccer in college? 

Yes. I’m going to play 

at Broward College in Fort 

Lauderdale, Florida. Ever 

since I was young, I’ve 

loved that area. I visited 

the campus and loved it. 

The coach [Michael Goodrich] 

is amazing. So to 

get an offer to go play at a 

college like that is a dream 

come true. 

What is the best thing 

about being an athlete 

at Lockport? 

The connections we 

have as a team. Plus, the 

people at Lockport don’t 

care about just one sport. 

They care about multiple 

sports. You just don’t join 

a team, you join a family. 

The whole program works 

together. 

Interview by Freelance Reporter 

Randy Whalen 

This Week In... 

Lockport Township 

High School Varsity 

Athletics 

Softball 

■May ■ 16 at Stagg, 4:30 

p.m. 

■May ■ 18 at Moline Invite, 

10 a.m. 


noon 


2 p.m. 

■May ■ 20 host IHSA 

Regional, TBD 


Regional, TBD 


Regional, TBD 

Girls Soccer 

■May ■ 18 at IHSA Sectional, 

TBA 

■May ■ 21 at IHSA Super 

Boys Volleyball 

Lockport wins Fremd Invite 

Jake Whyte totaled 39 

kills and 10 aces Saturday, 

May 11, to help the 

Porters take first place at 

the six-team Fremd Invite. 

Lockport won all of its 

five matches in the roundrobin 

tournament, thanks 

in large part to contributions 

from Jacob Prince 

(53 assists), Matt Arens 

(32 kills, 6 blocks) and 

Alex Matteucci (31 digs). 

badminton 

From Page 43 

doubles last season to pair 

with Peckman at second 

doubles and advance to 

state. 

“I don’t know at first 

if we believed that we’d 

make it as far as we did,” 

said Beland, who will 

study exercise science 

at William Woods University 

in Fulton, Missouri. 

“We played the 

Sectional, TBA 

Boys Volleyball 

■May ■ 16 host Homewood- 

Flossmoor, 5:30 p.m. 


Regional vs. South Shore 

College Prep, 6:30 p.m. 


Regional, 7:30 p.m. 






Regional, 6 p.m. 

Boys Track and Field 





Girls Track and Field 

■May ■ 17 at IHSA State 

Championship, TBA at 

Eastern Illinois University 

■May ■ 18 at IHSA State 

Championship, TBA at 

Eastern Illinois University 

Boys Tennis 


Sectional, TBD 

high school highlights 

The rest of the week in high school sports 

Lockport def. Andrew 25- 

22, 25-20 

Jake Whyte’s nine kills 

and two aces led the Porters 

to a SouthWest Suburban 

Conference victory 

over Andrew Thursday, 

May 9, in Lockport. Also 

making significant contributions 

to the win were 

Matt Arens (7 kills), Alex 

Matteucci (10 digs) and 

Jacob Prince (12 assists). 

Lockport def. Stagg 25- 

No. 1 doubles team from 

Neuqua Valley first and 

held our own. My goal 

was to make it to state, 

so to play five matches is 

great. We just had to have 

an open mind and have 

fun.” 

On May 2, Beland and 

Peckman placed third, 

while Espada and Hollatz 

were first, at the 

Plainfield East Sectional. 

That helped the Porters 

edge defending sectional 

Boys Lacrosse 

■May ■ 17 at IHSA Play-In 

Game, TBA 


TBA 


TBA 

Girls Lacrosse 

■May ■ 16 at Marist, 6 p.m. 

■May ■ 17 at IHSA Play-In 

Game, TBA 


TBA 


TBA 

20, 25-21 

Jacob Prince racked 

up 14 assists to help the 

Porters to a win over conference 

foe Stagg May 

7. Other key players for 

Lockport were Jake Whyte 

(9 kills, 1 block, 1 ace), 

Matt Arens (8 kills, 1.5 

blocks, 1 ace) and Sam 

Trafton (2.5 blocks). 

Compiled by Editor Max 

Lapthorne, max@lockportlegend.com. 

and SWSC Blue champion 

Lincoln-Way East 11 

points to 10.5 to win their 

sixth sectional championship 

in the past seven seasons, 

10th since 2007 and 

19th since 1988. 

On the singles side, 

Samantha Keta fell a 

match short of advancing 

to state, and fellow 

junior Caroline Perry also 

played singles at the sectional 

for Lockport.

42 | May 16, 2019 | the lockport legend sports 


The No. 1 spot 

Lockport Cobras 11U team takes first place at Midlothian 

Southside Silver Showdown 

Lockport graduate earns spot on 

collegiate All-Conference team 

Submitted by the 

University of Wisconsin- 

Stout 

Lockport Cobras 11U players and coaches (back row, left to right) coach Steve 

Lopez, coach Chris Bielski, coach Bryon Mane; (middle row, left to right) Jeffrey 

Bruining, Jack Schiek, Sean Goacher, Ethan Bielski, Michael Arroyo, Michael Mane; 

(front row, left to right) Caden Malczewski, Daniel Welcome, Jonathan Lopez, 

Jonathan Schlender and Carson Fase. Photo submitted 

University of Wisconsin- 

Stout sophomore and Lockport 


graduate Meghan Kelly was 

recently named to the honorable 

mention All-Wisconsin 

Intercollegiate Athletic 

Conference team. 

It was Kelly’s first appearance 

on the All-WIAC 

team. Kelly, who plays 

first base, tied for third in 

the conference in doubles 

with 12. She hit .327 (37- 

117) and was second on 

the team in RBI with 28. 

Kelly stole six bases in six 

attempts. Defensively, she 

posted a .982 fielding percentage, 

committing only 

four errors in 222 chances. 

LTHS graduate and University of Wisconsin-Stout 

sophomore Meghan Kelly was an honorable mention 

on this year’s All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic 

Conference team. Photo courtesy of UW-Stout Sports 

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Badminton 

LTHS doubles teams end state with winning records 

Randy Whalen 


Lockport Township 

badminton is back on the 

map. 

A year after not winning 

the conference or 

sectional titles, the Porters 

rebounded to capture 

both of those this season. 

And although both their 

doubles teams had a winning 

record at the State 

Finals, they both fell just 

a match short of qualifying 

for the second day at 

state. 

The State Finals took 

place on Friday, May 10, 

and Saturday, May 11, 

at Eastern Illinois University 

in Charleston. 

There, Lockport finished 

with four points, which 

was the highest total by 

any southwest suburban 

school. The Porters tied 

for 16th overall. 

Fremd (20 points) won 

the state championship, 

its third overall and first 

in a decade, by edging 

two-time defending state 

champion Stevenson 

(19.5 points). Naperville 

North (12.5 points) was 

third, and Neuqua Valley 

(10 points) placed fourth. 

It was the highest finish 

for the Porters since they 

placed ninth with seven 

points in 2016. The 2017 

team also had four points, 

but this season’s finish 

was done with only two 

doubles teams. 

“Yes, we did well; these 

girls can play,” said Lockport 

coach Stacy Sparlin, 

who credited assistant 

coaches Hannah Hollatz 

and Peter Sidorczuk as 

she completed her third 

season as head coach. 

“Both of our doubles 

teams won three matches 

before both losing to 

Neuqua Valley.” 

The Lockport doubles 

teams were senior Felice 

Espada and junior Sawyer 

Hollatz, along with 

seniors Leigh Beland and 

Tess Peckman. Both duos 

won their first match, lost 

the second, won a pair 

of consolation bracket 

matches on May 10 before 

falling just short of a 

second-day advancement. 

Both Espada and Hollatz 

were returning state 

qualifiers. Both also went 

1-2 at state last season, 

except that Espada was 

with a different doubles 

partner, the since graduated 

Caitlyn Krueger, 

and Hollatz was a singles 

player. 

That is what they were 

again this season until 

an injury to senior Dana 

Westberg, who was paired 

with Espada, suffered a 

torn ACL in her right knee 

on April 15. That meant 

Hollatz moved over to 

doubles, and the pairing 

worked very well. 

“Sawyer was a singles 

player, and we had to 

use her in doubles, and 

she didn’t miss a beat,” 

Sparlin said, “Sawyer and 

Felice weren’t nervous 

before they played, because 

they had been there 

before. If Leigh and Tess 

were nervous, they didn’t 

show it.” 

In the opening match, 

Espada and Hollatz defeated 

Amanda Stickels 

and Gina Morris, from 

Prospect, 21-18, 21-9. In 

the second round, they 

had the task of facing the 

eventual third-place winners, 

Hannah Chen and 

Jenny Li, from Fremd. 

There, the Porter pair 

gave it everything they 

had before losing 21-18, 

21-10. 

“l think it went very 

well, especially considering 

Sawyer and I have 

only played three weeks 

together,” Espada said. 

“The highlight was actually 

when we played 

Fremd. We didn’t win, 

but the first match against 

them was the best Sawyer 

and I have played all year. 

“But we played very 

well right from the start. I 

just wish Dana got to experience 

state for her last 

year.” 

Espada, who will attend 

Joliet Junior College in 

the fall, was paired with 

Westberg pretty much 

since the start of the season. 

But she and Hollatz really 

did well together, too. 

After losing the secondround 

match, they went 

to the consolation bracket. 

There, they defeated 

Naga Maddipudi and Natsuki 

Ono, from Conant, 

21-5, 21-9, and then Rachel 

Kayman and Grace 

Wilton, from York, 21-11, 

21-13. In their final match 

of the day, however, they 

were edged 21-18, 21-16 

in a fourth-round consolation 

match by Helen Zhao 

and Bhavi Barwal, from 

Neuqua Valley. 

“If we would have won 

that last match, we would 

have went to Saturday,” 

Hollatz said. “But in our 

second game, we played 

No. 3-seeded Fremd, and 

we were right with them 

in the first set. We weren’t 

as close in the second set, 

but still, to be that close 

with a team like that, we 

felt so good. 

“We were happy to get 

as far as we did. But I was 

sad for Felice, because 

she’s a senior. Overall, we 

tied for 16th, and that’s 

pretty good, a lot better 

than last year (2 points, 

tied for 32nd). I think I 

will probably stick with 

doubles next year. We 

were very successful this 

season, and that’s something 

to be proud of.” 

As the Porters second 

doubles team this season, 

Beland and Peckman were 

also successful. They 

played together most of 

the season, and at state, 

they battled to win their 

first match 19-21, 21-19, 

21-17 over Isabella Sgarbossa 

and Christina Paskon, 

from Lake Park. 

The second round was 

also close. But Beland and 

Peckman lost to Zhao and 

Barwal, the same pair that 

would eventually eliminate 

Espada and Hollatz, 

by a score of 22-20, 21- 

13. That put Beland and 

Peckman into the consolation 

round, where they 

defeated Ashley Greenan 

and Lisa Jeon, from 

Hersey, 21-18, 21-13 and 

Carmela Aldea and Sarah 

Grinen, from Elk Grove, 

21-17, 21-13 before losing 

21-13, 21-12 to Katherine 

Braun and Sakshi 

Rane, who were also from 

Neuqua Valley. 

“We did awesome,” 

said Peckman, who plays 

the violin and will go onto 

study music at Michigan 

State University. “We 

won the first match and 

felt pretty good about 

that. I told Leigh that we 

should just have fun and 

make this experience 

worthwhile. 

“It helped me, as well. 

My mindset this year 

wasn’t to always have 

that pressure to win, but 

just to go out and have 

fun. It was a great mindset.” 

It was, too, for Beland, 

who moved up from fifth 

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Homer 33C girls bowling 

wins state, boys finish fourth 

Staff Report 

The Homer Community 

Consolidated School 

District 33C girls bowling 

team recently won the 

state bowling championship, 

while the boys team 

for the district took fourth. 

Paige Matiasek was second 

overall for the girls, 

and Cassie Kontos finished 

eighth. Nate Arient finished 

seventh overall for the boys. 

Both teams were recognized 

at a School Board 

meeting last month. 

RIGHT: The Homer 

Community Consolidated 

School District 33C girls 

bowling team recently won 

state and had two bowlers 

place individually in the 

Top 10, while the boys 

team placed fourth and 

had one individual in the 

Top 10. Photo submitted



Girls Track and Field 

Five Porters qualify for state out of tough sectional 

Steve Millar, Sports Editor 

Lockport junior Madison Polinski 

didn’t know if qualifying 

for state in the 800 was a realistic 

possibility. 

She was just focused on putting 

up her best time Friday, May 

10, at the Class 3A Homewood- 

Flossmoor Sectional, but a wild 

finish in the event opened the 

door and Polinski took full advantage. 

She was fourth coming down 

the backstretch, but when a Lincoln-Way 

Central runner tripped 

just before the finish line, Polinski 

leaped over her and wound up 

in second, advancing to state in 2 

minutes, 23.97 seconds. 

“I was trying to catch her then 

she went down in front of me,” 

Polinski said. “I just kind of hurdled 

over her. I didn’t even know 

I qualified. I wasn’t sure if I got 

second or third. 

“I didn’t know until about 

a minute later when one of my 

coaches came over and hugged 

me and told me I made it. I’m 

still a little surprised, honestly. I 

wasn’t expecting it, but I’m really 

excited for next week.” 

Polinski was stunned with 

how the race finished, with her 

jumping over a fallen runner. 

“That’s never happened to me 

before,” she said. “You don’t really 

think about in the moment 

with the adrenaline going, it was 

just instinct.” 

Polinski also qualified for state 

as part of the Porters’ 3,200 relay 

team, which finished second 

(9:36.13). The rest of the team 

consisted of Abbey Kozak, Anna 

Kozak and Kate Wojciewicz. 

The Porters will also send a 

pair of pole vaulters to state as 

seniors Andi Hennessey (11 feet, 

3 inches) and Kathleen Kwiatkowski 

(10-9) finished third and 

fourth, respectively. 

“We definitely have one of the 

hardest sectionals,” Hennessey 

said. “We had five girls qualify 

for state. 

“We’re all very close to each 

other. We all know each other. 

We’re not petty. We want everyone 

to do well.” 

Hennessey, a Southern Illinois 

recruit, hopes to end her Lockport 

career in style at state. 

“It’s my senior year and I really 

want to place,” she said. 

“I’ve done so many camps and 

worked really hard. I never knew 

I wanted to pole vault in college, 

either, until last year. Now I’m 

going to SIU and I’m super excited 

about that.” 

The state meet is set for Friday, 

May 17, and Saturday, May 

18, at Eastern Illinois University 

in Charleston. 

Lincoln-Way East finished 

second at the H-F Sectional with 

85 points as the host Vikings ran 

away with the title with 141. 

Thornwood (60) was third, 

followed by Lockport (44), 

Bloom (42) and Lincoln-Way 

Central (40). 

East sophomore Katie Sciarini 

was determined to run her best 

race in the 300-meter hurdles 

Not only did she do that, she 

posted the state’s top time in the 

event this season. 

Sciarini pulled away from a 

talented field that included five 

state qualifiers to win by nearly 

a second, finishing in 44.48 seconds. 

“I just really wanted to get that 

[personal record] really bad and 

get that first-place spot,” Sciarini 

said. “This feels great going 

into state. My goal is to medal at 

state.” 

With a fifth-place finish in the 

100 hurdles, Sciarini’s time of 

15.53 was enough to send her to 

state in that event as well. 

She also qualified on the Griffins’ 

1,600 relay team, along with 

Ibukun Ajifolokun, Sophia Barnard 

and Taylor Wright, which 

finished second in 4:03.62. 

Lincoln-Way East tied H-F, 

the state’s top-ranked team, at 

the SouthWest Suburban Blue 

meet. 

“Being in the same conference 

and sectional as the top team in 

the state only pushes our kids 

and makes us better,” East coach 

Brian Evans said. “[At conference], 

we spent a lot of time focused 

on team competition. This 

week, we were a little more specific 

with our lineup with making 

sure people qualified, so that 

will leave us a little further back 

in the team standings.” 

Like Sciarini, Wright advanced 

to state in three events. 

Along with the 1,600 relay, the 

Eastern Illinois recruit finished 

third in the long jump (18 feet, 

4 inches) and fourth in the 400 

(58.26). 

“I’m very excited,” Wright 

said. “I had one PR today [in the 

long jump] so I was really excited 

about that. My 400 wasn’t 

the best, but there’s always a lesson 

to learn for state and I’m just 

glad I made it. 

“I want to make the finals in 

both events at state and one of 

my biggest goals is to end with a 

PR in the 400.” 

East’s Emma Barnard won the 

pole vault (11-3), emerging atop 

a highly competitive field as 

three vaulters topped 11 feet and 

five qualified for state, including 

her teammate, Ali Van Dyke (10- 

3), who was fifth. 

“Everyone’s goal [at state] 

is to win,” Barnard said. “I just 

hope I do personally my best. It 

doesn’t matter what others do. 

“It’s more of a mental game. 

It’s just breathing, not letting the 

moment control you, making it 

a positive thing and loving the 

sport that you’re doing.” 

East senior Jenna Couwenhoven 

had a runner-up finish in 

the 1,600 (5:22.93), while freshman 

Mariam Azeez also qualified 

in the long jump (18 feet), 

with a fourth-place finish. 

The Griffins won the 3,200 

relay with Couwenhoven, Ashley 

Mills, Kate Guderjan and 

Grace Newton posting a time of 

9:32.60, while their 800 relay 

team of Azeez, Sophia Barnard, 

Ibukun Ajifolokun and Ore Ajifolokun 

(1:43.69) qualified with a 

fourth-place finish. 

Lincoln-Way Central senior 

Mackenzie Brownrigg has been 

waiting a long time for the track 

postseason. 

It’s what she’s been working 

toward ever since a stress fracture 

in her tibia kept her out of 

the entire cross country season 

last fall. 

“Being out that time was definitely 

a big internal motivator 

for this track season,” she said. 

“My teammates kept me motivated 

going to rehab, which was 

difficult in itself. 

“I kind of lost my competitive 

edge at the beginning of the 

season, but going from indoor 

to outdoor season, something 

clicked.” 

Brownrigg, an Illinois State 

recruit, battled to the end of the 

1,600 with her longtime rival, 

Couwenhoven, pulling out the 

win in 5:19.23. 

Brownrigg’s fellow distance 

runner on the Knights, Merrigan 

Allen, will join her at state after 

a runner-up finish in the 3,200 

(11:27.80). 

“My plan was to just hang 

with the front pack in the first 

mile, but the pace was kind of 

not there so I just decided to go 

out and lead, which is very not 

usual for me at all,” Allen said. 

“It wasn’t my plan at all, but it 

still turned out well.” 

Central’s Jess LiVigni earned 

her first trip to state with a second-place 

finish in the pole vault 

(11-3). 

“In conference last week, I 

jumped 10-3 and won it,” LiVigni 

said. “I came here and had 

people to push me and ended up 

getting a PR by a foot. It’s awesome 

to have that competitive 

aspect.” 

The Knights’ Nora Ansburg 

qualified with a third-place finish 

in the discus (122-9). 

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is to be back for the regional,” 

Miller said. “Last year against 

West Aurora, we became overconfident 

and thought it was 

over. This year, the seniors know 

that was a tough loss and not to 

do that again.” 

Miller will be going to St. Ambrose 

University to continue her 

soccer career next season, but 

she will never forget her time 

with the Porters. 

“The coaches [Elkei and assistant 

coach Chris Beal] have 

shown me the game and helped 

me a lot,” Miller said. “We liked 

being goofy and having fun. It 

might be my last year, but I think 

the team will be good for years 

to come and I’m really looking 

forward to the upcoming years.” 

Latoza, who was a four-year 

varsity player and will also attend 

to Moraine Valley for at 

least next year, credited her time 

as a Porter for helping her continue 

to play and enjoy soccer. 

“After we took a couple of 

team trips, we really bonded as 

a team this year,” Latoza said. 

“I’ve completely changed as a 

player. I’ve developed into a different 

player over my four years 

here. That’s 100 percent coaching 

and what they’ve taught me.” 

A final home game that was 

scheduled for May 8 against Oswego 

was canceled since the two 

teams are in the same sectional 

at East Aurora. The Porters are 

the No. 4 seed in that sectional 

and once again host their own regional. 

Their opening game was 

on Tuesday, May 14, against No. 

13 seeded Bolingbrook. 

The next day, Wednesday, May 

15, brought a second semifinal 

matchup between No. 6 Metea 

Valley and No. 12 Oswego East. 

The regional title game is slated 

for 5 p.m. Friday, May 17.



Water Polo 

LTHS girls team falls in sectional quarterfinal 

Boys team sees 

season end in 

close contest 

Randy Whalen 


It was a season of transition 

for the Lockport 

Township girls water polo 

team. 

But it was still a rather 

successful one as the Porters 

nearly pulled off a 

second straight winning 

season. They finished 13- 

16 on the season and saw it 

end last week with a 15-6 

loss to St. Charles North in 

the final quarterfinal game 

on May 8 at the Neuqua 

Valley Sectional. 

The No. 3 seed North 

Stars (24-8) then lost 9-7 

to No. 2 seed Naperville 

Central in the second 

semifinal on Friday, May 

10. In the regional title 

match, on Saturday, May 

11, top-seeded Naperville 

North toppled Naperville 

Central 10-6. 

Playing fewer games 

last year, Lockport finished 

15-11. So this was still 

one of the best win totals 

in school history. The top 

total was the 2013 squad, 

which finished 17-15 and 

advanced to the sectional 

semifinals. 

So this was a quality 

first campaign for the new 

coach, Derek Sanderson. 

“We never like to lose, 

but the girls played their 

hearts out,” Sanderson 

said after the sectional 

loss. “The improvement 

started early this season 

and continued all the way 

through until the end of 

this [quarterfinal] game. 

“We tried a lot of different 

things and those 

helped us in the long run. 

The young kids showed a 

lot and I’m excited about 

the future of the program.” 

Against St. Charles 

North, the No. 3 seed Porters 

tied the game at 1-1 on 

a goal by senior Renee Solis 

with 5:09 left in the first 

quarter. But that was the 

only time the game was 

tied. The North Stars led 

5-1 after the first quarter 

and 7-2 at halftime. Solis 

had both the Porter goals 

in the first half. 

“We lost to them earlier 

in the season but that was 

St. Patricks weekend and 

some of our team wasn’t 

there,” Solis said of Lockport’s 

10-0 loss to the host 

team on March 17 at the 

St. Charles North Tournament. 

“So I’m glad that 

this [sectional quarterfinal] 

game showed we improved.” 

Solis came up to the varsity 

during her sophomore 

season. She will always remember 

her time playing 

for the Porters. 

“I will definitely remember 

the whole team aspect, 

just being a part of it,” she 

said. “We improved and 

the team helped with everyone 

staying positive. 

The program has a lot of 

good freshmen with potential.” 

Just 14 seconds into 

the third quarter, Savita 

Chandarana tallied for the 

Porters. That not only got 

them back in the game, 

but it was also a special 

goal for the junior as she 

missed a lot of the season 

with a broken pinkie finger 

on her left hand. 

The four-goal deficit 

was as close as Lockport 

would get, however. Seniors 

Julianna Engesser (5 

goals) and Olivia Traxler 

(6 goals) scored for St. 

Charles North to go back 

ahead 9-3. Sophomores 

Elizabeth Adelman and 

Alyssa Wengel added 

third-quarter goals for the 

Porters, who trailed 12-5 

after three. 

Senior Francesca Brunetti 

banged home a final 

high school goal with 2:45 

to play in the game. Senior 

Kaya Nasinska, who made 

a save on a penalty shot, 

and junior Lexi Nichols 

alternated in goal for the 

Porters, who didn’t help 

themselves by missing a 

trio of penalty shots. 

Besides Brunetti, Nasinska, 

and Solis, Leah 

Hearne, Emily Johnson, 

Reese Martin, Sabrina 

Pacione, Sarah Pawlik, 

Payton Welke and Megan 

Wenge rounded out the 10 

Lockport seniors. 

Coming off what was 

their best season in terms 

of wins, the Porter boys 

team slipped to 13-9 overall 

this season, which included 

a 6-2 record in the 

SouthWest Suburban Conference, 

which put them in 

third place. 

A year ago, Lockport 

finished 27-5 and lost to 

eventual state champion 

Naperville Central in the 

title game of the Neuqua 

Valley Sectional. This 

time around, the Porters 

were the No. 8 seed in the 

Neuqua Valley Sectional. 

That meant they had to 

play a first-round game on 

May 6. There, Lockport 

hosted the single game, 

but fell by the score of 

10-9 to No. 9 seed Hinsdale 

Central. 

Hinsdale Central went 

onto lose 15-2 to Naperville 

Central in the sectional 

quarterfinals. Naperville 

Central then defeated Metea 

Valley 12-3 on Friday, 

May 10, in the semifinals 

and then captured its fifth 

straight sectional title and 

13th since 2002 with a 

10-8 win on Saturday, May 

11, over Neugua Valley. 

The leaders for the Porter 

boys on the season were 

seniors Lukas Bergstrom 

(50 goals), Michael Bates 

(47 goals), Declan Ruane 

(43 goals), Tyler Thompson 

(43 goals) and Simon 

Harmata (39 goals and 59 

swim-offs won). Isaiah 

Herrera, Kyle Moses and 

Caleb Speechley rounded 

out the Lockport seniors. 

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to move a step closer the 

league title. The Porters 

were paced by the hitting 

of Kelli (double, 4 RBI), 

and the pitching of senior 

Erin Kleffman (5 IP, 5 

hits, walk, 4 strikeouts). 

H-F is 13-13 and 3-5 in 

the league through May 9. 

Then, on May 9, Lockport 

hosted Bolingbrook 

(4-9, 2-5 through May 9) 

in a makeup of a rained 

out game originally scheduled 

for April 30. There, 

the Porters jumped out to a 

10-2 lead after two innings 

and held on for a 10-7 

victory which clinched at 

least a share of the SWSC 

Blue title. Ligacki (2-for- 

2) had three RBI while 

Foster, junior center fielder 

Haley Panfil, and Kelli all 

added two RBI apiece. 

The postseason pairings 

are out, and Lockport is 

seeded second, while the 

Griffins are seeded third in 

the Class 4A Thornwood 

Sectional. So, if the two 

teams win their respective 

regionals, they would face 

each other in the sectional 

semifinals. 

If that happens, it would 

be the fifth postseason 

meeting in the past six 

seasons and seventh time 

overall they will have 

met. East has won the previous 

six times.



Porters send off seniors with resounding victory 

Randy Whalen 


The Lockport Township 

girls soccer team has 

a special group of seniors. 

The four seniors, Jenifer 

Latoza, Natalie Miller, 

Finley Travis and Gabby 

Zieba, were honored last 

week before the Porters’ 

final regular season home 

game. 

But in an unfortunate 

turn of events, only one of 

them played in the game. 

That was an 8-0 victory 

over Thornwood May 7 

in a SouthWest Suburban 

Conference crossover at 

the soccer fields at Lockport 

Township. 

It completed a strong 

regular season for Lockport 

(13-3-5) which finished 

3-1 in the Blue side 

of the SWSC. Although 

it was a crossover game, 

it was the final official 

SWSC game for the Thunderbirds 

(5-11-2, 1-3 in the 

Red Division through May 

8) which lost to Bloom 

Township 1-0 the next day, 

and are switching conferences 

next season. 

Latoza laced an assist 

as the Porters raced out 

to a 6-0 halftime lead and 

turned the day into a celebration 

of not only the 

current seniors but a showcase 

of the talent to come. 

Everyone who scored a 

goal in the game is expected 

back for next year and 

the end-of-season roster 

featured nearly twice as 

many freshmen (7) than 

seniors. 

“That was extremely 

shocking not getting to 

play with my best friends,” 

Latoza said of senior night. 

“It was the last regular season 

home game, but I’m 

glad I got to represent the 

seniors.” 

The reason Latoza was 

Lockport players celebrate during the Porters’ 8-0 

victory. 

the only senior playing 

was that Miller received 

a pair of yellow cards the 

previous day in a contentious 

2-0 loss to host 

Sandburg in a game that 

decided the SWSC Blue 

Division title. So that 

equaled a red card and she 

had to sit out. In the same 

game, Travis fractured her 

right foot midway through 

the first half of that same 

game. 

Travis is to have her foot 

X-rayed again this week 

and still hopes to play in 

the regional title game this 

Friday if the Porters get 

that far. Zieba was also out 

with an injury as she has 

been since tearing the ACL 

in her right knee on March 

18 in a 3-0 loss at SWSC 

Red champion Bradley- 

Bourbonnais. 

“I had surgery on it on 

Friday [May 3] and my 

leg is in a brace for 4-6 

weeks,” Zieba said. “I’m 

going to go to Moraine 

Valley Community College, 

but I won’t be able to 

play until my sophomore 

year. 

“I’ve been on the varsity 

for three years. I love being 

on the field with these 

girls. Not being out there 

has been really hard, especially 

since it’s my senior 

year.” 

It was hard for Travis, 

too. A four-year varsity 

standout, she has been a 

top goal scorer for the Porters 

her entire career. She 

will attend Broward College 

in Fort Lauderdale, 

Florida, to continue her 

soccer career. She had a 

highlight game on May 2 

with a pair of header goals 

in a 3-1 win over host Lincoln-Way 

East. 

“This [past] week I was 

focused a lot on the conference, 

and I wasn’t planning 

on getting injured midway 

through the first half of 

the Sandburg game,” Travis 

said. “I really wanted 

to win that game and beat 

Sandburg and it was really 

upsetting that I didn’t get 

to play on senior night. We 

host the regional, so I hope 

I can play another game on 

my home field.” 

In the Thornwood game, 

junior forward Hannah 

Henson (2 goals, assist) 

got the scoring started with 

a goal 10 minutes into the 

first half. Ahead 2-0, the 

Porters scored four times 

in the final 9:13 of the first 

half for the 6-0 lead at intermission. 

Sophomore 

defenders Abby Janeczek, 

Emma Oster and Samantha 

Shafabidy all added a 

goal and an assist. 

Also scoring goals were 

Chloe Barrett follows through on a kick May 7 during Lockport’s win over Thornwood 

in Lockport. Photos by Adam Jomant/22nd Century Media 

junior defender Lauren 

Phillips along with freshman 

forwards Anna Domina 

and Emma Olsick. 

Sophomore midfielder 

Hannah Gorecki almost 

joined the party but her 

shot from the left side 

clanged off the crossbar 

with 7:35 to play in the 

game. In addition to Latoza, 

junior midfielder Chloe 

Barrett and freshman forwards 

Karolina Stasik and 

Danielle Sulich distributed 

assists. Junior goalkeeper 

Reagan Tompkins didn’t 

have to make a save in registering 

the shutout. It was 

the 14th shutout on the 

season for the Porters, including 

four scoreless ties. 

“After [the previous 

day’s loss at Sandburg], 

the girls came out and held 

their heads high,” Lockport 

coach Todd Elkei 

said. “It was a good win 

for the seniors. I love this 

group. They are so much 

fun to be around. Not just 

in the game of soccer but 

they are good kids.” 

Lockport was the defending 

SWSC Blue 

champion and hoped to repeat 

in the conference as it 

had in the 2012 and 2013 

seasons. Instead, it was 

Sandburg with a pair of 

second-half goals that won 

not only the game over 

the Porters but the SWSC 

Blue title, too. It was the 

fifth time in the past six 

seasons that the Eagles 

(13-4-1, 4-0 through May 

9) won the Blue Division. 

The matchup was originally 

scheduled for April 

30 but was rained out and 

moved to May 6. Even 

with Travis going out with 

the injury, the first half was 

even and scoreless. But 

about five minutes into the 

second half, a Porter player 

was knocked to the ground 

and a foul was assessed to 

her. That got Elkei upset 

and when he questioned 

the call he was given a yellow 

card. When he continued 

to say “someone is going 

to get hurt” and that the 

refs should “get control,” 

he was issued another yellow 

card and ejected from 

the game. 

“Our girls played their 

hearts out and left it all 

on the field,” Elkei said of 

the Sandburg game. “We 

didn’t get the result we 

were looking for, but the 

kids came out and played 

hard. It’s an intense rivalry.” 

Just over three minutes 

after Elkei’s ejection, junior 

midfielder Ella Hase 

scored for the Eagles off a 

restart with 31:57 to play in 

the game. Junior forward 

Arienne Kate Monteclar 

added a second goal off a 

corner kick with 15:44 to 

play in the game. It has 

been quite a turnaround 

for Sandburg, which was 

2-14-2 and scored a total 

of seven goals last season. 

Although Miller also 

had to exit the Sandburg 

game with a pair of yellow 

cards, she will be back on 

the field for the regional. 

A four-year varsity player, 

she’s looking forward to 

making sure there’s no repeat 

of last season in this 

year’s playoffs. In the regional 

opener last year, the 

Porters led West Aurora 

4-0, only to see the Blackhawks 

storm back to tie 

the game 4-4 and eventually 

win in a shootout. 

“The important thing 

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fastbreak 

Adam Jomant/22nd Century 

Media 

1st and 3 

Porters girls 

soccer nets 

blowout victory 

in final regular 

season match 

1. Ending with an 

exclamation point 

The LTHS girls soccer 

team concluded 

a successful 

regular season in 

which it went 13-3- 

5 with an 8-0 win 

against Thornwood 

May 7 at home. 

2. Running away with 

it early 

The Porters got 

out to a huge 6-0 

halftime lead 

versus Thornwood, 

and everyone who 

scored a goal in 

the match is expected 

to be back 

with the team for 

next season. 

3. Honoring seniors 

The squad’s four 

seniors, Jenifer 

Latoza, Natalie 

Miller, Finley Travis 

and Gabby Zieba, 

were honored before 

the game. 

Softball 

Porters capture conference title with trio of victories 

Team tops East 

second-straight 

time after five-year 

drought in rivalry 

Randy Whalen 


The Lockport softball 

team has always been a 

powerhouse. 

But there has been 

something missing from 

the Porters plate the past 

six seasons. A conference 

championship. 

That is not the case 

anymore, however. That 

is because Lockport had 

a trio of SouthWest Suburban 

Conference Blue 

Division wins last week. 

Included in that was a big 

6-2 victory over arch rival 

Lincoln-Way East on 

May 6 behind the pitching 

of Gianna Bauer at Lockport. 

After not beating East 

for five years, with a losing 

streak of 12 in a row, 

the Porters (23-5, 8-0 

through Thursday, May 

9) now have a winning 

streak of two in a row 

over the Griffins (17-5, 

6-2 through May 9). East 

had won the previous four 

SWSC Blue titles, while 

the Porters had not captured 

one since 2013. 

Lockport veteran coach 

Marissa Chovanec missed 

last week’s game against 

East. There was a good 

reason, however, as her 

daughter, Noelle, was celebrating 

Senior Night for 

the Joliet Catholic Academy 

softball team. So, 

coach Chovanec was there 

to watch her play. 

“It was a good win,” 

said Lockport assistant 

coach Angela Cushman, 

who was filling in 

for Chovanec. “We were 

focused. Gianna Bauer 

settled in, and the defense 

looked confident. 

We were aggressive on 

the bases, and that worked 

out. We had energy the 

whole way through, and 

the girls stayed focused.” 

There were more combined 

runs (8) in the game 

than hits (7). Bauer, a junior 

right-hander, gave 

up two of those hits to 

start the game. Junior left 

fielder Paige Geraghty 

(1-for-3) led off the game 

with an infield single off 

Baurer’s glove and went 

to second on a wild pitch. 

Senior right fielder Lexi 

Krause (1-for-2, walk, 

RBI) followed with a linedrive 

RBI single that literally 

hit second base. 

When junior Chloe 

Honchar walked, it looked 

like the Griffins were in 

business. But Krause was 

caught stealing at third 

on a nice throw by senior 

catcher Lauren Johnson. 

Bauer (7 IP, 2 earned runs, 

3 hits, 3 walks, 3 strikeouts) 

then got a fly out 

and ground out to start a 

string of 11 in a row retired 

through the fourth. 

“We had our defense 

behind me, and just getting 

outs was the main 

goal for me,” Bauer said. 

“I’m super happy to beat 

East. It was a big win for 

us, a team win. We’ve just 

trusted each other, and it 

was good for us to push 

runs across.” 

The Porters tied the 

game in the bottom of the 

second. Junior right fielder 

Alyssa Drogemuller, 

who hit a big three-run 

home run last time the 

teams met, a 5-4 Lockport 

win on April 12 in 

Frankfort off her cousin, 

junior right-handed pitcher 

Danielle Drogemuller 

(6 IP, 6 runs, 1 earned, 4 

hits, 5 walks, hit by pitch, 

3 strikeouts) led off the inning. 

There was no homer 

off her cousin this time. 

But Alyssa (1-for-3, run) 

was hit by a pitch. She 

later scored on a fielder’s 

choice ground out by junior 

designated player Julia 

Foster. 

But the big inning was 

the bottom of the third. In 

one of the stranger things 

in the 17-year history of 

Griffin softball, they made 

six errors in the inning. 

That allowed Lockport to 

score five runs. The tone 

of the inning was set when 

senior second baseman 

Payton Grcevic led off 

by reaching on an error, 

being safe at second on a 

second error and scoring 

on yet another error. 

The only hit in the inning, 

where 10 players batted, 

was an RBI single to 

center by junior left fielder 

Brooke Ligacki. She later 

scored from second on a 

strange play where a run 

scored on a wild pitch, and 

then Ligacki crossed the 

plate on an errant throw 

back toward home. East 

ended up with eight errors 

in the game. 

“We just have to be able 

to control the variables we 

can control,” East coach 

Elizabeth Hyland said. 

“No matter what, every 

time we play Lockport, 

we know it’s going to be 

a good game with good 

competition, and that’s 

what we got.” 

East also nearly got 

back in the game in the 

fifth. Freshman third baseman 

Maddie Pomykalski 

reached on Lockport’s 

lone error of the game and 

was at second as the Griffins 

had runners on first 

and second with two outs. 

Geraghty then grounded a 

ball into the hole at short 

that looked ticketed for 

an RBI single. But junior 

shortstop Kelli Riordan 

ranged to the edge of the 

outfield and backhanded 

the ball. She quickly got it 

to her twin sister, Kara, at 

third just in time to force 

out Pomykalski and end 

the inning. 

“I’ve been playing with 

her for so many years that 

I had that confidence that 

she’d make the play,” said 

Kara, who was 2-for-3 at 

the plate, of her twin sister. 

“That was a key play. 

We really wanted to win 

this game to help us win 

the conference.” 

The key to the play 

was that Kara trusted her 

younger twin sister to get 

to the ball so she was at 

third for the throw. 

“I just knew she would 

be there,” Kelli said 

of Kara being at third. 

“She’s always there for 

me. It’s not the first time. 

As a team, we’re all really 

good friends. We just play 

for each other.” 

Freshman first baseman 

Danielle Stewart (1-for- 

2, walk, run RBI) led off 

the seventh with a towering 

home run down the 

left-field line for the Griffins 

other run and hit. But 

Bauer got a strikeout, a 

popout and a ground out 

to end the game. 

“It felt great,” Stewart 

said of her home run. “I 

just wanted to hit the ball. 

I thought it was going to 

be foul, but it wasn’t. We 

just need to stay positive, 

play our hardest and trust 

ourselves. We have the 

players to win.” 

On May 8, Lockport 

defeated host Homewood- 

Flossmoor in another 

SWSC Blue game by an 

11-0 score in five innings 

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“After we took a couple of team trips, we really bonded as a team this year. I’ve 

completely changed as a player. I’ve developed into a different player over my 

four years here. That’s 100 percent coaching and what they’ve taught me.” 

Jenifer Latoza — Lockport senior girls soccer player, on her team’s 

growth this year and her evolution as a player over the years 

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Softball 

Winding down — 4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 16, at Stagg 

• The Porters play one last road game before taking part 

in the Moline Invite and then postseason. 

Index 

41 - Athlete of the Week 

41 - This Week In 

FASTBREAK is compiled by Contributing 

Editor Thomas Czaja, tom@homerhori 

zon.com.

lockport’s Hometown Newspaper | May 16, 2019 

Taking the title 

LTHS softball team comes out on top in 

battle for conference supremacy, Page 47 

Fab five 

Five members of LTHS girls track team 

qualify for state finals, Page 44 

Lockport soccer team celebrates 

four seniors prior to dominant 

performance, Page 46 

Lockport senior Jenifer Latoza (right) fights to gain control of the ball May 7 during Lockport’s win over Thornwood in Lockport. Adam Jomant/22nd Century Media

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