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Remembering the 

fallen The Orland Park Prairie 

remembers those from village who 

sacrificed all for the country, Page 4 

Board bumps Bryk’s 

earnings Assistant superintendent 

now seeing extra compensation for 

fulfilling duties of superintendent, Page 6 

Setting up the next 

project Orland Park actor Dylan 

Cruz keeping busy with new projects, 

driven by new purpose, Page 21 

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Party animals 

Owners of Joy’s Best Friends 

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year business anniversary with 

Orland Park party, Page 3 

Background: Birthday bandanas for dogs are among the items offered by Joy’s Best Friends Ltd. Best Bites in Orland Park. 

RIGHT TOP: Jen Evans, from Tiny N Tall Rescue Inc., holds a rescue dog named Oscar on Saturday, May 18, during a 10th 

anniversary party for Joy’s Best Friends Ltd. Best Bites in Orland Park. 

RIGHT BOTTOM: Connie and Richard Harrington, of Homer Glen, brought their dog Hodor the mastiff to Joy’s Best Friends Ltd. 

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THURSDAY 

Coffee and Conversation 

10 a.m.-noon May 

23, Orland Fire Protection 

District Administration 

Board Room, 9790 

W. 151st St. Free blood 

pressure checks. No registration 

needed. Free 

giveaways, coffee, snacks 

and education. The 

month’s topic is “Real 

Estate for seniors, downsizing, 

what are your options?” 

Sponsored by 

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Home Care. 

Eating with the Seasons: 

Cherries 

4-5:30 p.m. May 23, 

The Bridge Teen Center, 

15555 S. 71st Court. 

Teens grades 7-12 can 

prepare mini steaks in a 

fresh cherry sauce. Then, 

bake a cherry hand pie 

for dessert. This is a free 

event. For more information, 

call (708) 532-0500 

or visit www.thebridgete 

encenter.org. 

FRIDAY 

The Bridge Teen Center 

Closed 

May 24, in observance 

of Memorial Day. For 

more information call 

(708) 532-0500 or visit 

www.thebridgeteencenter. 

org. 

SATURDAY 

Centennial Park Aquatic 

Center Opening Day 

Noon-8 p.m. May 25, 

15600 West Ave. Members 

may enter the pool at 

11 a.m. 

Damen Avenue Puppet 

Show 

2 p.m. May 25, Orland 

Park Public Library, 

14921 S. Ravinia Ave., 

Room 104. Puppets act 

out three familiar fairy 

tales. Attendees also will 

get to see some small puppets 

up close. 

MONDAY 

Memorial Day Ceremony 

1 p.m. May 27, Ara Pace 

- Place of Peace, Village 

Center, 14700 S. Ravinia 

Ave. The Orland Park community 

is invited to gather 

to remember the men and 

women who made the ultimate 

sacrifice serving our 

country. The names of the 

veterans that have been 

recently added to the Village’s 

granite wall will be 

read out loud. 

TUESDAY 

Project Serve: Thrift Store 

4-6 p.m. May 28, The 

Bridge Teen Center, 15555 

S. 71st Court. Teens grades 

7-12 can give back to The 

Bridge Teen Center by 

serving at the thrift store. 

Community service hours 

will be given. This is a free 


call (708) 532-0500 


encenter.org. 

A Look into the Life of 

the Chicago Outfit & the 

Family Secrets Trial 


Park Public Library, 14921 

S. Ravinia Ave. Adults can 

learn about the life of Chicago 

Outfit member Frank 

Calabrese Jr. His testimony 

brought down key members 

of the Chicago Mafia, 

including his own father. 

Frank will join us tonight 

and share his own personal 

experiences growing up in 

a life of crime, explaining 

his decision to leave the 

life and his Mafia Family 

by testifying. 

WEDNESDAY 

All Levels Yoga 

10 a.m. May 29, Orland 


S. Ravinia Ave. Adults can 

join Marti Anne Lahood 

for this class, designed for 

all levels of yoga students. 

This class consists of a series 

of gentle poses, postures 

and positions, while 

calming the body and the 

mind. Participants are encouraged 

to bring a yoga 

mat; however, one can be 

provided for use during the 

class if needed. 

Eid Celebration 



S. Ravinia Ave. Patrons of 

all ages can stop by to hear 

some stories and make a 

greeting card to help celebrate 

Eid. 

Beaded Embroidery & 

Bracelets 

4-6 p.m. May 29, The 

Bridge Teen Center, 

15555 S. 71st Court. Teens 

grades 7-12 can add color 

and texture to clothes and 

accessories. This is a free 


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UPCOMING 

Catch Phrase & Cookies 

4:30-5:30 p.m. May 30, 

The Bridge Teen Center, 

15555 S. 71st Court. Teens 

grades 7-12 can jump in on 

a fast-paced game of Catch 

Phrase or Heads Up, and 

enjoy some cookies with 

your Bridge friends. This 

is a free event. For more 

information, call (708) 

532-0500 or visit www. 

thebridgeteencenter.org. 

Free Child Safety Seat 

Check 

10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, 

June 1, Orland Park Police 

Station, 15100 S. Ravinia 

Ave. Sponsored by the Illinois 

State Police, will be 

held at the on Saturday, 

June 1. Parents are encouraged 

to bring their children 

in their car seats to the station 

to have their seats inspected. 

Certified car seat 

technicians from the State 

police and the Orland Park 

police will answer parents’ 

questions and will 

ensure seats are correctly 

installed. 

Concerts at the Park: 

Strung Out Band 

6-7:30 p.m. Sunday, 

June 23, Crescent Park, 

9705 W. 142nd St. Rock 

music. 

Coffee and Conversation 

10 a.m.-noon Thursday, 

June 27, Orland Fire Protection 

District Administration 

Board Room, 9790 

W. 151st St. Free blood 

pressure checks. No registration 

needed. Free giveaways, 

coffee, snacks and 

education. The month’s 

topic is “The importance 

of oral hygiene.” Sponsored 

by Aishling Companion 

Home Care. 

Orland Park Night with 

the Chicago White Sox 

7:10 p.m. Tuesday, July 

2, Guaranteed Rate Field, 

333 W. 35th St., Chicago. 

Orland Park Mayor Keith 

Pekau will throw out the 

ceremonial first pitch. Attendees 

do not have to live 

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Clarification 

As it relates to the 

May 16 From the 

Editor, titled “Politics 

by any other name,” 

it should be noted as 

with other coverage 

on the issue, the 

repeal of the Village’s 

recently passed ethics 

ordinance does not 

mean the Village is 

entirely without an 

ethics ordinance; the 

code reverts back to 

what was there prior to 

the changes passed in 

April. 

in Orland Park to take advantage 

of the discounted 

tickets, parking passes, 

meal plans and more. 

Watch the Village’s social 

media outlets for ticket details. 

Transportation is not 

included. 

ONGOING 

Leisure Plotters Club 

DATE CHANGE: 

12:30-2:30 p.m. Thursday, 

June 13, Orland Township, 

14807 W. Ravinia Ave. All 

seniors are invited to join 

in for coffee, bingo and 

socialization. There will 

be a special guest speaker 

at this month’s event. For 

more information, contact 

Alice at (708) 614-9202. 

Meetings typically are 

held the third Thursday of 

the month.

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the orland park prairie | May 23, 2019 | 3 

10 years of Joy: Store’s 

celebration for the dogs 

Mary Compton 

Freelance Reporter 

Tails were wagging 

and free treats were being 

passed out during the 10th 

anniversary of Joy’s Best 

Friends, Best Bites in Orland 

Park. 

Owners Carol Metzger 

and Jim Johnson, married 

for 33 years and residents 

of Orland Park, welcomed 

everyone to the store on 

Saturday, May 18, for the 

event. The couple took 

over the business when 

Carol’s sister Joy died 

from cancer and other 

health issues in December 

of 2015. 

“Joy loved pets,” 

Metzger said. “She first 

began a pet-sitting business. 

Then, she opened up 

Joys Best Friends, Best 

Bites in Palos Park. We 

were part of the business 

back then. We love doing 

this. We were involved 

from the start.” 

According to Joy’s Best 

Friends website, the shop 

carries a large selection of 

healthy dog and cat foods, 

treats, and supplements. If 

a pet has allergies or special 

dietary needs, the business 

also has a large selection 

of grain-free pet food 

from which to choose. The 

store carries top cat and 

dog brands, along with a 

dog wash. 

“We’ve expanded,” 

Johnson said. “We moved 

to this location in Orland 

Park four years ago. It’s 

a lot larger than the other 

store. We have 2,400 feet 

now. We also added the 

bakery and the dog wash.” 

At the party, some customers 

were picking up 

Carol Metzger and Jim Johnson, owners of Joy’s Best 

Friends Ltd. Best Bites in Orland Park celebrate the 

10th anniversary of their shop Saturday, May 18. 

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pizzas for their dogs. 

“They come in little 

pizza boxes,” Metzger explained. 

“We have cupcakes, 

birthday cakes, treats and 

more” Johnson added. 

The store recently began 

hosting pet birthday parties, 

too. 

“We have games and 

great music,” Metzger 

said, with a laugh. “I put 

paw prints on the floor and 

do something like musical 

chairs. The pet owners 

have a good time.” 

As customers were 

bringing in their dogs 

for treats, Johnson made 

sure each dog that passed 

through the door had 

something to eat. 

“We have a celebration 

every year, a customer appreciation 

day,” Johnson 

said. 

Looking toward the 

future, Metzger said she 

would like to grow the cat 

food portion of their business. 

“We only carry food that 

we would feed our dog,” 

Metzger said. “We feature 

independently owned 

food products. [And] our 

bakery is really growing. 

We bake everything from 

scratch here.” 

Customer Patricia Domico 

said she brings her 

dog Dougie twice a week 

to the store. 

“We get doggy food, 

treats and even Halloween 

costumes,” Domico said. 

“It’s great to support local 

businesses. Dougie likes 

the No-Hide chews. You 

can get everything here for 

your pet, even ice cream 

for the dogs in the summer.” 

“Sometimes Joy loved 

her animals more than 

people,” Metzger said. 

“Her two dogs were like 

her kids. She would be 

so proud. She wanted the 

business to continue. If It 

wasn’t for my husband, 

this wouldn’t be here. The 

last words my sister spoke 

was, ‘Thank you, Jim.’” 

For more information on 

Joy’s Best Friends, Best 

Bites, call (708) 403-1510 

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Bryk gets bump to his pay while 

serving in place of superintendent 

Support staff 

reductions taking 

effect July 1 

Bill Jones, Editor 

Following a roughly 

two-hour closed session 

the evening of May 13, the 

Orland School District 135 

School Board gave Assistant 

Superintendent John 

Bryk a temporary raise 

while he fulfils the duties 

of Superintendent DJ Skogsberg, 

who is resigning 

June 30 but has been on 

paid leave since March 12. 

The School Board voted 

unanimously during its 

regular meeting to give 

Bryk a monthly stipend 

of $4,500 in addition to 

his regular salary, retroactively 

effective to March 

12 and until a new superintendent 

is appointed. 

As of the 2017-2018 

school year, Bryk was 

making a base salary of 

$152,548, with $3,000 

annuities, $16,313.28 in 

retirement enhancements 

and $15,271.02 in other 

benefits, according to district 

records. 

“As a board we discussed 

the fact that Mr. 

Bryk has been performing 

additional duties since 

Dr. Skogsberg went on 

leave on March 12,” Board 

President Linda Peckham- 

Dodge wrote in an email 

to The Orland Park Prairie 

about the decision. “It 

is only fair to compensate 

him for these additional 

duties and do so now, as he 

has been doing the work 

for over two months.” 

When asked about 

whether she had any issues 

paying the additional 

stipend while Skogsberg 

is still being paid while 

on leave, considering the 

district’s recent financial 

issues, Peckham-Dodge 

said the district is working 

on solutions to its budget 

shortfall for the 2019-2020 

fiscal year. 

“We will not let this get 

in the way of fairly compensating 

employees for 

the work they do,” she 

wrote. 

Bryk previously noted 

he was not being paid anything 

extra to fulfill the 

duties of Skogsberg, who 

took leave starting March 

12 unexpectedly and for 

unspecified reasons, according 

to then-School 

Board President Laura 

Berry. The School Board 

April 8 voted 6-0 to approve 

Skogsberg’s resignation, 

which was filed for 

“personal” reasons and effective 

June 30. 

The School Board and 

Bryk at that time did not 

answer questions regarding 

Skogsberg’s salary, 

with Bryk citing it as a 

human resources issues. 

A Freedom of Information 

Act request filed by 


revealed that since the 

start of his leave March 

12, Skogsberg “continues 

to be paid and receive 

benefits through the use of 

available leave days. This 

benefit is consistent with 

how other employees are 

paid when on a leave of 

absence.” 

Skogsberg’s annual salary 

for his July 1, 2018- 

June 30, 2019 contract is 

$193,802, or $745.39 per 

day over 260 work days, 

according to the response. 

Skogsberg is not owed any 

severance upon his departure 

on June 30, according 

to Bryk. 

D135 refused to release 

Skogsberg’s leave paperwork, 

citing the “personal 

nature of the documents” 

in claiming an exemption 

afforded by FOIA. 

A superintendent search 

has not yet been initiated, 

though Peckham-Dodge 

noted May 13 that at the 

next regular meeting in 

June officials intend to 

hold a discussion with 

the Illinois Association of 

School Boards regarding a 

superintendent search, and 

will be seeking both community 

and staff involvement 

in that discussion. 

Skogsberg has not returned 

multiple attempts at 

contact related to his leave 

and retirement. 

Reduction of support staff 

The School Board’s 

Committee of the Whole 

also discussed reducing 

night helpers. School 

Board Member Devin 

Hodge, representing personnel 

committee meetings, 

reported that based 

on state-wide data, D135 

has been overstaffed in 

night helper positions by 

seven full-time equivalent 

employees. He said the 

committee recommended 

reducing that position by 

as many positions. Hodge 

said the committee also 

recommended eliminating 

the night lead position as 

the district office, which 

results in another full-time 

equivalent employee re- 

Please see D135, 12



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Police Reports 

Store learns the drill and reportedly 

catches man stuffing coat with gloves 

Louis J. Johnson, 49, 

of 14303 Wallace Ave. in 

Harvey, was charged April 

25 with two counts of retail 

theft after he allegedly 

tried to take drills on April 

19 and a “large amount” of 

work gloves on April 25 

from a store in the 7300 

block of 159th Street. 

On April 19, he reportedly 

concealed two drills 

valued at $428 under a 

coat and left the store 

without paying for them. 

He previously cut the sensor 

alarms from the packaging, 

police said. A store 

representative noted Johnson 

was spotted concealing 

drills in February but 

put them back when confronted 

on that occasion. 

When Johnson returned 

to the store April 25, he 

was recognized from the 

prior incidents, according 

to the report. That time, 

he concealed numerous 

pairs of gloves valued at a 

total of $182.70 under his 

coat and tried to leave the 

store, police said. When 

he was stopped outside 

of the store, he reportedly 

dropped all of the gloves 

near the entrance and got 

in a 1996 Cadillac DeVille, 

which headed westbound 

on 159th Street but 

was stopped in the 7800 

block. 

Johnson was identified 

for both of the April incidents 

and captured on 

video both, police said. 

The driver reportedly was 

released without charges. 

April 19 

• Nartessia F. Griffin, 23, 

of 2017 70th St. in Chicago, 

was charged with 

retail theft under $300, 

theft-possession of stolen 

property and obstructing 

identification after she allegedly 

tried to take merchandise 

from a store at 

Orland Square. She reportedly 

concealed jewelry 

in a purse she took off 

a shelf in the store, and put 

the purse on a display near 

the entrance. She left the 

store, and then returned 

to take the purse without 

paying for any of the merchandise, 

police said. 

Upon her arrest, she 

allegedly gave police a 

name and date of birth redacted 

in the report. Police 

later found her real name 

on credit cards in her possession, 

according to the 

report. 

In a purse inside of a 

shopping bag, she also had 

a yellow dress from one 

store, six cosmetic items 

from another and a pair of 

children’s jeans from another, 

all items with price 

tags still attached and no 

receipts, according to the 

report. Police reportedly 

confirmed with the stores 

that the items were stolen. 

Eunisha D. White, 25, 

of 7252 Bennett Ave. in 

Chicago, was charged 

with criminal trespass to 

property after she allegedly 

accompanied Griffin 

at the store. She had received 

on Aug. 22, 2016, a 

lifetime trespass ban after 

an arrest at the mall. 

April 15 

• Cheryl L. Slavin, 30, of 

5535 Maryann Court in 

Oak Forest, was charged 

with retail theft after she 

allegedly tried to take 

eight items valued at a 

total of $300 from a store 

on Orland Park Place. She 

reportedly took the items 

into a fitting room, concealed 

them in a bag she 

concealed with her jacket, 

and left the store without 

paying for the items. 

She got into the passenger’s 

side of a 2011 Hyundai 

Sonata, showed the 

male driver some of the 

merchandise, and then the 

male drove the vehicle, 

police said. On LaGrange 

Road, the vehicle moved 

from a side lane to the 

center lane without a turn 

signal, and it was stopped 

at 156th Street, according 

to the report. On the floorboard, 

police reportedly 

found a shirt, a jewelry 

box containing earnings, 

a purse containing three 

pairs of sunglasses and inside 

of a tote bag a shirt 

and another box containing 

earrings. 

The driver was issued 

a warning for failure to 

signal. 

April 3 

• Kolby H. Gill, 27, of 

2900 Water Tower Drive 

in Crete, was charged 

with possession of a concealed 

carry firearm while 

intoxicated and issued a 

municipal violation for 

possession of cannabis 

after police reportedly 

found a Glock 43 9mm 

handgun with six rounds 

in the magazine inside of 

a holster underneath the 

driver’s seat of a 2011 

Chevrolet Malibu police 

approached in the parking 

lot outside of Orland 

Square. 

Police said the vehicle 

was parked in the lot, and 

two men got out of the vehicle, 

which had an odor 

of burnt cannabis emanating 

from it. Police said the 

vehicle registration was 

for another vehicle. An officer 

saw inside of the vehicle 

two bags containing 

a green, leafy substance 

— one in the handle of 

the passenger door and 

the other in the center cup 

holder. Police approached 

Gill, the driver, and the 

passenger when they returned 

to the vehicle, according 

to the report. 

Police also reportedly 

found inside of the vehicle 

a partially smoked cannabis 

cigar inside of a cup 

resting in the cup holder, 

and bags with residual 

cannabis in the center 

console. Gill had the odor 

of alcohol on his breath 

and a bottle cap in the cup 

holder in the vehicle indicating 

a beverage with a 

13.9 percent ABV. Police 

also found an extended 

magazine with 10 rounds 

of ammunition in the center 

console, as well as a 

box of ammunition there, 

according to the report. 

The cannabis field 

tested positive, with one 

bag weighing 3.0 grams 

and another weighing 

3.6 grams, police said. A 

30-year-old male was issued 

a municipal violation 

for possession of cannabis, 

as well. 

Editor’s note: The Orland 

Park Prairie’s police reports 

come from the Orland Park 

Police Department. Anyone 

listed in these reports is considered 

to be innocent of all 

charges until proven guilty 

in a court of law. 

Police apprehend two 

alleged home burglars 

following chase, search 


Orland 

Park police 

reportedly 

took two 

men who 

tried to burglarize 

Orland Park 

residence 

into custody 

following a 

foot chase 

with one and 

an “intensive 

search” 

to locate the 

other. 

an 

Alvarez 

Roberto 

Paul Alvarez, 49, of 

2243 N. Kilbourn Ave. 

in Chicago, was charged 

with residential burglary, 

a Class 1 felony; aggravated 

battery to a police 

officer, a Class 2 felony; 

and possession of a controlled 

substance, a Class 

4 felony; following his 

arrest Friday, May 17, according 

to a press release 

issued the same day by 

the Orland Park Police 

Department. Nicholas 

Roberto, 28, of 7 S. Mayfield 

Ave. in Chicago, was 

charged with residential 

burglary, a Class 1 felony; 

possession of drug paraphernalia, 

a Class A misdemeanor; 

and resisting 

a peace officer, a Class 

A misdemeanor; on the 

same day. 

Around 5:30 a.m. May 

17, police received a report 

of suspicious persons 

walking around a home 

near Vail Court and Arbor 

From May 18 

Drive, according to the release. 

Officers reportedly 

arrived to find two men 

inside the attached garage 

of a home in the area, with 

the side door to the garage 

having been forced open. 

“There were several 

items outside the garage 

that were removed by 

the offenders and placed 

in the driveway,” Sgt. 

Wayne A. Lee said, noting 

that included an air compressor 

and a basket filled 

with other items from the 

garage. 

Roberto immediately 

fled officers, while Alvarez 

pushed an officer and 

fled from the scene, police 

said. That officer reportedly 

gave chase, caught 

Alvarez and took him into 

custody. 

“The officer sustained 

minor injuries to his hand 

during the apprehension,” 

Lee said. “He went to the 

hospital but was released 

and has returned to duty.” 

A “small amount” of a 

substance suspected to be 

cocaine was hidden in his 

sock, according to the release. 

The substance field 

tested positive for crack 

cocaine, Lee said. 

Police then conducted 

a search of the area and 

found Roberto still hiding 

nearby. He had in his 

possession a straw that is 

used for ingesting heroin, 

Lee said. 

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Junior Cadet and Fire Safety 

camp registrations start June 3 

Submitted by Orland Fire 

Protection District 

Registration is to be 

held for the Orland Fire 

Protection District’s Junior 

Cadet Camp and 

Kid’s Fire & Life Safety 

Camp, both registrations 

beginning from 9 a.m.-3 

p.m. June 3. 

The Junior Cadet Camp 

is being offered again this 

year as a one-day camp, 

to be held from 8:30 a.m.- 

3:30 p.m. July 15. 

The Junior Cadet Camp 

gives students an opportunity 

to explore fire rescue 

and emergency management 

services careers. 

Camp registration is 

to be held at the Administration 

Building, 9790 

W. 151st St. in Orland 

Park. 

Participation is limited 

to the first 15 applicants 

between the ages of 13 

and 16, and who reside in 

the Orland Fire Protection 

District. 

The Orland Fire Protection 

District’s Kid’s Fire & 

Life Safety Camp is being 

offered again this summer 

as a three-day camp July 

17-19. Camp times are 

8:30 a.m.-noon. 

This camp will be offered 

to the first 40 children 

between the ages of 

8 and 12. This camp is fun 

and interactive. 

Participants must be 

residents of the Orland 

Fire Protection District, 

and parents must bring 

in child’s report card for 

proof of residency. 

For more information, 

visit www.OrlandFire.org. 

CMS Olympics continue an annual 

tradition that strives for inclusivity 

Mary Compton 


Holding paper torches 

while marching down the 

hallway of Central Middle 

School, Special Olympians 

and their buddies 

could not be prouder. Friday, 

May 17, was a day for 

the students to be recognized 

for their talents. 

Margi Strombeck, a 

learning behavior specialist 

at Central and one of 

the coordinators of the 

CMS Olympics was excited 

as much as the Special 

Olympians. Strombeck has 

been teaching special education 

for over 30 years. 

And events like this are 

her passion. 

“I’m excited, because 

each year the number of 

participants has gown, 

Strombeck said. “The first 

year, we had 12. Today, we 

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Julian Castaneda, 9, of Tinley Park, takes part in the annual CMS Olympics on Friday, 

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Kareem Shehab, a student at Kruse Education Center, drives a cart during the CMS 

Olympics.



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have 44.” 

The participants come 

from all of the elementary 

schools in Community 

Consolidated School District 

146, which includes 

Fierke Education Center, 

Fulton School, Kruse Education 

Center, and Memorial 

School. Students 

of D146 reside in Tinley 

Park, Orland Park, and 

Oak Forest. The students 

also came from Central 

Middle School itself. 

“Every student was 

paired up with a buddy 

who [is] from Central 

Middle School,” Strombeck 

said. “The buddies 

are from two leadership 

student groups. One is the 

Twister Leadership Group, 

and then we have the Consumer 

Science Leadership 

Team. Both of the groups 

volunteer to work with the 

Special Olympians.” 

It was the third year for 

CMS Olympics. Students 

took part in a variety of 

sports-related activities, 

such as soccer kicks, T- 

ball hitting, roller cart obstacles 

and much more. 

The obstacles celebrated 

their uniqueness. 

“We wanted an opportunity 

for the kids to showcase 

themselves,” Strombeck 

said. “Oftentimes, in 

their typical [physical education] 

class, they don’t 

usually participate. These 

activities that we do are 

geared for them, so that 

everyone can participate. 

They are all able to enjoy 

themselves and be a winner.” 

Central Middle School 

student Sara Simmons, of 

Tinley Park, participated 

alongside Dalila Rincon, 

of Tinley Park. Trying 

many of the station format 

activities, one was Dalila’s 

favorite. 

“I love the scooter; it 

was fun,” Dalila said. 

“This is my first year 

being a buddy for Special 

Olympics,” Simmons said. 

“It’s so fun, especially 

seeing Dalila so happy. 

I’m in Twister Leadership 

Team. Every Thursday, we 

do sports with the special 

needs students. Today is 

the finale, and it has paid 

off. I love talking to the 

kids. I get happy seeing 

them.” 

The event is similar 

to the Special Olympics, 

which aims to create an 

inclusive environment that 

promotes student engagement 

and involvement in 

physical activities. In less 

than an hour, the event 

ended with an awards ceremony 

for all participants. 

Everyone received a ribbon. 

“It’s important they 

feel involved,” Strombeck 

said. “With our special 

needs population, they are 

not doing the same things 

as their peers in the classrooms. 

Today is about giving 

them a chance to bond 

with students, so that they 

feel that connection and 

that they are able to do 

what everyone else is able 

to do. I always try to find 

ways to [make them] feel 

special and feel part of the 

school.” 

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The Orland Park Prairie’s 

Standout Student 

Sponsored by Marquette Bank 

Sophia Hasan, 

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Academy sixthgrader 

Sophia Hasan was chosen 

as The Orland Park Prairie’s 

Standout Student 

because of her academic 

accomplishments. 

What do you like to do 

when not in school or 

studying? 

I have a lot of hobbies. 

One of my favorite things 

to do is play the piano. I 

am really fortunate to be 

able to take piano lessons 

at my school. I also enjoy 

karate and am currently 

a green belt. When I am 

feeling really creative, I 

like to crochet. 

What is your dream job? 

One day, I would like to 

be a doctor, maybe even 

a surgeon. I would like 

to be able to spend time 

helping people, and I also 

really enjoy working 

with my hands and fixing 

things. 

What is your favorite 

class and why? 

My favorite class is 

math. I like solving puzzles 

and problem solving. 

In math, there is a clear 

right or wrong answer. 

What’s one thing that 

stands out about your 

school? 

One thing that stands 

out at my school are the 

teachers. They are always 

photo submitted 

trying to find new ways to 

teach the students. They 

are not afraid to try new 

things. That’s what makes 

school exciting and fun 

for me every day. 

What’s your best memory 

from school? 

My favorite memory is 

of going on an overnight 

trip to Camp Duncan 

with my class. We roasted 

marshmallows, sang 

songs around a campfire, 

and we went on a nighttime 

nature walk. 

Standout Student is a weekly 

feature for The Orland Park 

Prairie. Nominations come 

from Orland Park area 

schools. 

School News 

University of Illinois 

Students from Orland Park 

named to dean’s list 

The University of Illinois 

at Urbana-Champaign 

recently announced 7,690 

students who were named 

to the dean’s list in December. 

Dean’s List eligibility is 

limited to the top 20 percent 

of a student’s college 

class or curriculum. To 

be eligible for the dean’s 

list recognition, students 

must complete at least 14 

academic semester hours 

taken for a letter grade. 

Among those named 

to the list were Orland 

Park residents Ahmad 

Abuisneineh, Ellen Barczak, 

Natalie Barkowski, 

Kirsten Birk, Zainab 

Boxwala, Emily Brown, 

Emily Cohlan, Kristen 

Cook, Christopher 

Corcoran, Antoinette Del 

Guidice, Dominic Demma, 

Megan Doah, Sarah 

El Zayyat, Kenneth Evans, 

Brittany Faurie, 

Matthew Finn, Emma 

Flosi, Dinah Foley, Samuel 

Gainer, Daniel Gentile, 

Gianna Gradowski, 

Jonathan Hoelzel, Kara 

Hynes, Joseph Jaeger, Nicole 

Kaminski, Muhammad 

Khalid, Kenneth 

Kolke, Kevin Kuempel, 

Leah Lane, Ella Liskiewicz, 

Akram Mahdi, Leif 

Majeres, Kyle McNamara, 

Sean McShane, Arthur 

Mlynarczyk, Anne 

Mokate, Meghan Mokate, 

Elaina Nicholson, 

Sarah O’Donnell, Ryan 

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duction. The changes are 

to take effect July 1. 

“This is obviously an 

action we don’t like to 

take, but continuing to 

maintain the level of staffing 

that we’ve had at this 

O’Neall, Manish Raheja, 

Matthew Rohan, Alyssa 

Salazar, Craig Santo, 

Marilyn Sedlak, Oways 

Shaqildi, Alicja Szczepkowska, 

Jake Tablerion, 

Robert Welsh, Nicholas 

Wilko, Colleen Williams, 

Kristine Witte, Leeann 

Xoubi, Fengfan Yang, 

Nicole Yaylayan, Emylee 

Zdarsky and Tao Zhou. 

University of Indianapolis 

Student from Orland Park 

named to dean’s list 

The University of Indianapolis 

has announced 

dean’s list and honor roll 

recipients for Semester I 

of the 2018-2019 academic 

year. 

Among those named to 

the dean’s list was James 

Margas, of Orland Park. 

Students named to the 

dean’s list have completed 

at least 12 hours during 

a regular semester and 

earned a grade point average 

of 3.7 or higher. 

University of Iowa 

Three Orland Park 

students take part in 

fundraiser 

More than 1,700 current 

University of Iowa students 

recently collaborated 

to raise almost $3 million 

in financial support for 

the UI Stead Family Children’s 

Hospital as participants 

in the 25th annual UI 

Dance Marathon. 

During the recent event 

at the Iowa Memorial 

Union, student participants 

unveiled the total of $2.96 

position, considering this 

information we’re looking 

at, which benchmarks 

schools all over the state of 

Illinois, we think it would 

not be fiscally responsible 

to continue at that staffing 

level that we’ve had,” 

Hodge said. 

At the regular meeting 

later that evening, the 

million, which supports 

pediatric oncology patients 

and their families at 

the hospital and advances 

cancer research. 

In addition to raising 

money, the event celebrated 

the lives of survivors 

and recognizes those lost. 

Dance Marathon is the 

UI’s largest student organization. 

It has raised almost 

$28 million since its 

first event in 1995. 

Among those who took 

part were Orland Park 

residents Grace Morris, 

Jacob Rott and Kevin 

Horan. 

University of Kentucky 

Student from Orland Park 

earns bachelor’s degree 

The University of Kentucky 

College of Arts and 

Sciences recognized more 

than 925 candidates in the 

May 2019 Commencement 

Ceremony. 

Stephanie Pappas, of 

Orland Park, was to participate 

in Commencement 

with a Bachelor of Arts in 

biology. 

University of Notre Dame 

Orland Park student earns 

place on dean’s list 

Faith E. Primozic, of 

Orland Park, has been 

named to the dean’s list 

in the University of Notre 

Dame’s School of Architecture 

for outstanding 

scholarship during the fall 

2018 semester. 

Students who achieve 

dean’s honors at Notre 

Dame represent the top 30 

School Board voted unanimously 

to approve a reduction 

to support staff. The 

savings from the dismissal 

of these eight positions is 

approximately $345,000, 

according to Bryk. 

Silence at bond hearing 

As the School Board 

moves closer to its June 10 

percent of students in their 

college. 

University of Rhode Island 

Dean’s list recognizes 

student from Orland Park 

The University of 

Rhode Island is pleased to 

announce that more than 

5,500 undergraduates have 

qualified for the fall 2018 

dean’s list. To be included 

on the dean’s list, students 

must have completed 12 

or more credits during a 

semester for letter grades 

with at least a 3.30 quality 

point average. Part-time 

students qualify with the 

accumulation of 12 credits 

with a 3.30 quality point 

average. The list includes 

students who have not yet 

declared their majors, as 

well as those from all of 

the university’s undergraduate 

academic colleges. 

Caroline Kruszecki, of 

Orland Park, was named to 

the dean’s list. 

University of Tennessee at 

Martin 

Orland Parker earns 

scholarship 

An Orland Park student 

was awarded a scholarship 

to attend the University of 

Tennessee at Martin for 

the 2019-2020 academic 

year. Maria Castaldo, 

daughter of Roger and 

Diedre Castaldo, is to be a 

freshman. She received the 

Chancellor Scholarship. 

Compiled by Editor Bill 

Jones, bill@opprairie.com. 

plan to issue $6.8 million 

in bonds for the purpose 

of paying claims against 

D135 and $3.2 million in 

working cash fund bonds, 

a public hearing was held 

May 13. 

No one from the public, 

and no board members 

commented during the 

hearing.

OPPrairie.com community 


photo op 

This week’s Photo Op 

came from Debbie Garcy, 

of Orland Park, who sent 

it by email in January. 

“While the hustle-bustle 

of the holidays is now 

over, there is a colorful, 

exotic Mandarin duck (Aix 

galericulata) creating quite 

the stir among birders,” 

Garcy wrote. “It [could] be 

seen swimming among 

mallard ducks and Canada 

geese, on a pond that is 

located adjacent to an 

apartment complex in 

Orland Park. I took these photo on Jan. 5, 2019. He is certainly a ‘bright spot’ on 

any January day.” 

Have you captured something unique, interesting, beautiful or just plain fun on camera? Submit 

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DreamMaker Bath & 

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a leading home remodeling 

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Peter Kramer joins Orland 

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Wells Fargo Advisors 

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the Orland Park branch 

as first vice president - 

branch manager. He previously 

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FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION 

Tinley native named 

Lynchburg, Virginia, 

Teacher of the Year 

Andrew Napierkowski 

has come a long way since 

his days as a studious-butshy 

teen in Tinley Park. 

He has moved from the 

back of the classroom to 

the front, and from the 

Midwest to the South. 

His personal and professional 

development has 

been such, in fact, that 

on May 1, his employer, 

Lynchburg City Schools 

in Lynchburg, Virginia, 

named him the district’s 

Teacher of the Year. 

“It’s a really amazing, 

humbling honor,” Napierkowski 

said. “We have 

a lot of great teachers in 

the area, and we all work 

hard. For someone to recognize 

all that effort, it’s 

just really nice.” 

Napierkowski said the 

“ah-ha” moments with students 

are what keep him 

motivated. 

“When you see their 

eyes get really big, and 

watch them get it, that’s 

why I teach,” he said. “Everything 

else is just a benefit.” 

In 2013, his student 

teaching assignment landed 

him at Heritage High 

School, where he has been 

ever since. 

The award, though given 

in a surprising, heartwarming 

fashion, did not 

take Napierkowski totally 

off-guard. 

He puts in long hours, 

often working well after 

work, and serves on a 

variety of administrative 

committees at the school, 

including its faculty advisor 

group and its National 

Honor Society. 

In April, Heritage Principal 

Timothy Beatty informed 

Napierkowski he 

nominated him for the 

award. Napierkowski put 

together a packet outlining 

some of his accomplishments 

and prepped for an 

interview with an administrative 

panel. He thought 

the process went well but 

was not expecting to win. 

“I’m not in it for acknowledgement,” 

he said. 

Reporting by Will O’Brien, 

Freelance Reporter. For 

more, visit TinleyJunction. 

com. 

FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT 

3 Corners Grill & Tap open 

The wait has finally ended 

for New Lenox. 

3 Corners Grill & Tap is 

now open at 901 E. Lincoln 

Highway. Its official 

opening day was May 13. 

The New Lenox location’s 

hours are 11 a.m.- 

11 p.m. Sunday-Thursday, 

and 11 a.m.-1 a.m. Fridays 

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Reporting by Sean Hastings, 

Editor. For more, visit New 

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FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER 

Preschoolers ready for real 

world of kindergarten 

The gym auditorium 

at Mokena Elementary 

School was filled with 

smiles and songs May 15, 

as graduation season began 

with Mokena Community 

Park District’s Spring 

Preschool Program ceremony. 

The celebration taught 

the toddlers that graduation 

not only signifies the 

end of their preschool experience 

but also a transition 

on their path to kindergarten. 

“I love being each 

child’s very first teacher 

on their educational journey,” 

said Janet Nush, the 

Mokena Community Park 

District preschool teacher. 

“I love seeing each child 

develop a love for learning, 

and seeing each child 

learn and grow in the two 

years that they are with 

me.” 

Nush and childcare aide 

Janine White welcomed 

the attendees. Following 

the introduction, the 

graduating students came 

to the stage to lead the 

group in the “Pledge of 

Allegiance,” followed by 

the Mokena Park District 

song “Days of the Week.” 

The students also danced 

to the songs “Twink a 

Link,” “Jack and Jill” and 

“Humpty Dumpty.” 

At Mokena Park District 

Early Childhood Education, 

teachers utilize standard 

curriculum — introducing 

math, science and 

social studies concepts — 

to create a higher level of 

thinking and basis for their 

continued education. 

“We are able to set 

a path for success with 

children involved in our 

programs, as we focus on 

utilizing both recreation 

and traditional educational 

techniques to introduce 

important concepts that are 

critical for both social and 

intellectual development,” 

said Mike Selep, executive 

director for Mokena Community 

Park District. 

Reporting by Caitlin Fyfe, 


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ger.com. 

FROM THE HOMER HORIZON 

LTHS freshman one of the 

top goal-scorers in the 

nation in girls lacrosse 

Being a freshman on the 

varsity team can be intimidating. 

The need to prove they 

belong there to their older 

classmates creates constant 

pressure — but not 

for Francesca Frieri. 

The Lockport freshman 

has not only risen to the 

varsity level of girls lacrosse 

but also exceeded 

it. As of May 10, she is 

third in scoring in the entire 

nation, according to 

MaxPreps.com. Frieri has 

fired in 119 goals for the 

Porters so far in their inaugural 

varsity season. 

Despite all of her success, 

the rookie remains 

humble. 

“I’m just trying to help 

my team out,” she said. 

“We really trying to win as 

many games as possible. 

Whatever way I can contribute 

to helping the team 

out is my fuel for trying to 

score the goals.” 

The Porters girls lacrosse 

team is still in its 

youth, playing in the middle 

of its second season as 

a program and its first with 

a varsity team. Inexperience 

comes with the territory, 

coach David Smietanski 

said, but his team 

looks to one of its youngest 

players for guidance. 

“[Frieri] has been exposed 

to lacrosse for a lot 

longer than a lot of the girls 

have been,” Smietanski 

said. “So, when it comes 

to classroom time, when 

we review things, she’ll 

know other girls who are 

at a high level, and she 

can point those girls out to 

us, so we can have a game 

plan and know who we’re 

looking at.” 

Reporting by Erin Redmond, 


more, visit HomerHorizon. 

com. 

FROM THE FRANKFORT STATION 

Hickory Creek students 

star in ‘Beauty and the 

Beast’ 

It was a tale as old as 

time, performed by some 

of Frankfort’s youngest 

actors and actresses. 

The Hickory Creek 

Middle School production 

of “Beauty and the Beast,” 

which debuted the evening 

of Friday, May 17, and ran 

through Sunday, May 19, 

was the culmination of 

months of the hard work of 

approximately 130 middle 

school students. 

In addition to performing 

onstage, the students 

served on the stage crew, 

helped with makeup and 

costumes backstage and 

participated as dance assistants, 

said Cori Chojnacki, 

the school’s chorus 

booster president. Several 

of the lead roles in the 

musical were double-cast 

to provide more acting opportunities 

for the young 

performers. 

“For me, it’s always 

fun to see the progression 

of it from the very beginning 

to the showtime and 

how much the kids grow 

and how they can be proud 

of all their hard work,” 

she said. “We are actually 

sold out of every show, so 

we are very excited about 

that, and the kids are really 

looking forward to performing 

in front of such 

big audiences.” 

Now in its 23rd year, 

the musical was directed 

by Leslie Walton, with the 

assistance of Cindy Heath 

and Rebecca Schumacher. 

“Every year, Ms. Walton 

chooses her show based on 

the students that she has in 

the chorus and what show 

she thinks best fits their 

personalities,” Chojnacki 

explained. 

Reporting by Nuria Mathog, 

Editor. For more, visit Frank 

fortStation.com. 

FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND 

Lockport AFJROTC 

instructor looks back on 

decades of service 

After 20 years of instructing 

the Air Force 

JROTC, Air Force veteran 

and “role model” 

Maj. Steve Brown is bidding 

farewell to Lockport 

Township High School. 

Brown served in the 

United States Air Force 

for 23 years before taking 

on an instructor position at 

LTHS for the AFJROTC. 

He will be retiring at the 

end of this school year after 

two decades in the position. 

Looking back on his 

time spent instructing 

students and serving the 

community, he remarked 

on how rewarding it has 

been seeing the students 

become excited to help, 

despite how time consuming 

it can be. 

“If you have a heavily 

involved program, it is 

going to be time-consuming,” 

Brown said. “The 

only month I can honestly 

say I didn’t have anything 

scheduled for JROTC was 

July.” 

He said the time commitment 

depends on the 

JROTC’s dedication to 

community service hours. 

Since the early 2000s, 

Brown said the LTHS 

JROTC has consistently 

put forth more than 3,000 

hours of service per year. 

“I’ve always had cadets 

who were eager to take on 

new things and, of course, 

every cadet had their favorite 

of the things we 

would do, but particularly 

I had students asking, ‘Is 

there anything else we can 

do?’” Brown said. 

Working together to 

benefit the community and 

school is at the core of the 

JROTC, Brown said. 

“The JROTC is a team 

and, depending on your 

leadership and what an 

instructor can do and can 

influence, it can very much 

be a family,” he said. 

Reporting by Alex Ivanisevic, 

Assistant Editor. For more, 

visit LockportLegend.com.

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Letters to the Editor 

Village Board should 

reconsider hotel project 

To whom it may concern, 

We are the senior citizens 

who are upset about 

the five-story hotel that 

is planned to be built at 

16160-16168 LaGrange 

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Road. 

This property was never 

designed to have a fivestory 

hotel on such a small 

piece of land. There is a 

preschool/daycare center, 

a swim school and two 

restaurants already there. 

The parking lot is always 

Summer Social 

5–8 p.m. Thursday, June 13, 

Orland Park Crossing, 14225 95th Ave. 

(143rd Street & LaGrange Road), Orland Park 

Last Call Before Fall 

6–9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8, 

Georgios Orland Park, 

8800 W. 159th St., Orland Park 

Mistletoe Market 

4–7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5, 

Orland Park Crossing, 14225 95th Ave. 

(143rd Street & LaGrange Road), Orland Park 

full of cars from the businesses 

in the area. The 

proposed hotel and parking 

for it will increase the 

problem greatly. 

We are also very concerned 

about the transients 

that will be living 

at the hotel. The safety of 

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h.warthen@22ndcenturymedia.com 

the children and seniors 

could be at risk. We chose 

to live here to avoid exactly 

that situation. 

We are sure that some, 

if not all, of these concerns 

have been brought 

to the attention of the Village 

Board. 

We feel at this time that 

they are more interested 

in filling the vacant land 

than the safety and security 

of the people living in 

the area. 

Hopefully this letter 

will bring attention to the 

Village Board to reconsider 

the proposed hotel at 

this location. 

This is all we ask. 

Thank you. 

Marilyn and Bob Kamper 

Pat and Tony Banasiak 

Orland Park residents 

Not involved with the 

robocalls, offended by the 

suggestion 

In the May 9 issue, a 

letter to the editor was 

published, titled “Knock 

it off with the robocalls.” 

The author wrote, “I am so 

very tired of getting these 

horrible, hateful phone 

calls from the politicians 

that apparently ‘lost’ the 

last election.” 

For the record, we want 

business 

From Page 14 

Milwaukee and Chicago. 

Kramer earned a Bachelor 

of Arts degree in political 

science and government 

from Loyola University. 


earns honor for client 

satisfaction 

The American Institute 

you to hear from us directly: 

The Integrity Party 

slate had and has nothing 

to do with robocalls. 

There is absolutely no basis 

for such a horrendous 

accusation. In addition, 

we have no knowledge of 

who might be the cowardly 

sponsor of these calls. 

It is very offensive to 

suggest that we would 

be responsible for these 

illegal calls. In fact, as 

a campaign, we did not 

utilize robocalls and all 

of the campaign-related 

robocalls were a series of 

attacks on us, filled with 

total lies. 

During an article in another 

publication, right 

after the election, it stated 

that people close to the 

campaign said, “People 

Over Politics were caught 

off guard by some of the 

calls and mailers that 

went out on their behalf,” 

which makes me question 

why [the writer] would 

suggest that these calls are 

coming from us. 

Early voting lasted over 

two weeks, and as candidates 

we were all outside 

the polling place together 

every day. It gave us an 

opportunity to get acquainted 

with the People 

Over Politics slate and 

debate issues. Friendships 

were formed. 

The day that I read that 

shameful letter to the editor, 

calls were made to 

find out who was the subject 

of the latest attack 

and what was said. Then, 

a call was placed to the 

person the robocall disparaged, 

and he assured 

me that he never believed 

my running mates nor I 

were responsible for it. 

(I’m not identifying this 

person and subject of the 

call, because I do not want 

to be a part of furthering 

its message). 

I do find it interesting 

that these calls, with 

hateful messages and lack 

of ownership, started in 

earnest during the 2017 

mayoral race and predominantly 

go after people not 

aligned with the current 

mayor. I am not saying he 

is behind these calls, because, 

as I stated above, I 

do not know who is. I’m 

just stating a fact. 

Despite the wrongful 

accusation and name 

calling in [the writer’s] 

piece, after speaking with 

my former running-mate, 

Devin Hodge, the subject 

of one of the worst robocalls, 

we do agree with 

her: These calls must stop. 

Kelly O’Brien 

Orland Park resident, 

2019 trustee candidate 

of Personal Injury Attorneys 

recently recognized 

the performance of attorney 

Telly Takos, of Orland 

Park, as Three Years 

10 Best Personal Injury 

Attorney for Client Satisfaction. 

The institute is a thirdparty 

attorney-rating organization 

that publishes an 

annual list of the Top 10 

personal injury attorneys 

in each state. To be selected, 

one must pass the institute’s 

selection process, 

which is based on client 

and/or peer nominations, 

through research and the 

institute’s independent 

evaluation. Selection criteria 

focus on attorneys 

who demonstrate the 

highest standards of client 

satisfaction. 

Compiled by Editor Bill 

Jones, bill@opprairie.com. 

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From the Editor 

Sometimes 

sorry 

BILL JONES 


Saying “sorry” has 

to be one of the 

toughest things in 

the world to do. Just look 

at how much people will 

jump through hoops to 

avoid it. 

It’s not the word itself. 

People will say that readily, 

whether they mean it or 

not. It’s a quick-pass to get 

themselves out of trouble, 

an easy enough word to 

utter. 

It’s owning responsibility 

that’s the tough part. 

I’ve watched countless 

people go to great lengths 

to justify their actions. 

Creativity abounds in the 

excuses. Blaming others is 

almost an automatic when 

confronted. 

Acknowledging that you 

might have a shortcoming 

of your own — that’s 

another story. 

Don’t get me wrong; I’m 

not immune. It’s an active 

struggle to repress the 

urge to blame something, 

someone else, when things 

go wrong. And I by no 

means have a perfect game 

going when it comes to 

that struggle. 

It’s important to fight 

those urges, though, especially 

in the news business. 

To be honest with readers, 

we first need to be honest 

with ourselves. As much as 

we strive for perfection in 

print, we’re human beings, 

and we are prone to error. 

Mistakes happen. 

We need to stand our 

ground when the news is 

accurate, and someone 

simply doesn’t like it. But 

when we’re wrong, we 

need to admit that. It’s 

why “corrections” exist. 

And like anyone else, we 

sometimes need to apologize 

verbally to others. 

I had to issue one of 

those verbal apologies 

(because if you’re going 

to say you’re sorry, do it 

the right way) to someone 

a couple of weeks ago. 

I spent a few minutes 

running through how I’d 

made the mistake. Then, I 

spent a few more running 

through rationalizations, 

trying to solve that 

problem of how it wasn’t 

actually my fault after all. 

Then, I just buckled down 

and apologized. 

I’m not sure it was 

“accepted” the way I had 

hoped. But that’s the prerogative 

of the aggrieved 

party. It’s not really supposed 

to be about how the 

apologizer feels when the 

job is done. 

None of that is easy. We 

desperately would like to 

go back and change the 

mistakes we made. We 

would prefer to have good 

excuses for them. We 

would like to know they 

were because of someone 

or something else. 

But sometimes we’re 

just wrong. And we need 

to recognize that basic 

truth. And then we have to 

say “sorry” for it, simply 

because that’s the right 

thing to do. 

Poetry in OP 

‘Phones’ 

Lin Peterson 


Is it really an improvement 

to have a cell 

phone? 

All day long my phones 

ring; 

Resident Poet 

‘Light of the 

World’ 

Susanne Cabrini Marie 


The sun is called the 

brightest star in the 

universe. 

Its brilliant rays can be 

both a blessing and a 

curse. 

One light is stronger, yet 

gentler, and never, ever 

ends; 

And that is Our Lord 

Jesus, Who shines for 

foes and friends! 

First the land line, then 

the cell. 

Two now, instead of one. 

Not with news of family 

or friends. 

Facebook keeps me up 

with them. 

Instead I hear the bodyless 

recordings of strangers 

Telling me things I do not 

wish to hear. 

Unsolicited sales and 

warnings I’ve spent a 

lifetime 

Learning to ignore. 

Pray in adoration as well 

as in time of need. 

There is no heartfelt plea 

that The Son of God 

won’t heed. 

His response may not 

be exactly what you’d 

expect; 

But, trust in His great 

mercy — He’ll do whatever’s 

best. 

Often in my life I’ve felt 

the searing pains of hell. 

Christ helped me 

through every time; 

His praise in my breast 

swells! 

Give thanks, rejoice, 

remember, all the good 

Our Lord has done. 

His heart forever glows 

more beautifully than 

the sun! 

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14. For children pre-kindergarten 

(potty-trained) 

through sixth-grade. This 

year’s theme is “Roar!” 

People can register online 

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Sept. 11. Car show including 

classic cars, trucks, 

motorcycles and hot rods; 

“touch-a-truck” for the 

children; and great food. 

Dinner by donation. Proceeds 

benefit Orland Park 

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Pastor Column 

Free from anxiety 

The Rev. Caleb Hong 

Faith United Methodist Church 

presence 

of anxiety is 

“The 

unavoidable, 

bur the prison of anxiety 

is optional.” —Max 

Lucado 

Do you feel anxious 

about anything? Recently, 

I’ve had days when I felt 

anxious about everything. 

Kids, health issues, 

scheduling changes, 

church drama, denominational 

drama, not missing 

end-of-the-year activities, 

remembering to pick 

up flowers for Mother’s 

Day — there are so many 

reasons to stress. 

With this in mind, let 

me share a lesson offered 

by pastor/author Max 

Lucado. In his book, 

“Anxious for Nothing,” 

Lucado invites people 

to take four daily steps 

to live an anxiety-free, 

peaceful life: CALM. 

First step: Celebrate 

God’s goodness 

“Rejoice in the Lord 

always; again I will say, 

Rejoice!” (Philippians 

4:4) 

If you want to escape 

the cycle of anxiety, 

start with God. Focus on 

God’s goodness and love. 

Another way to put 

this: Stop focusing on 

lifeless, life-sucking 

things. Spend the time 

you need on these matters, 

but no more than 

you need. As much as 

possible, focus on the 

goodness of God. Remember 

and reflect on 

God’s many (and daily) 

blessings in your life. (If 

it helps, list them out so 

you can focus on them.) 

Second step: Ask for 

God’s help 

“Do not worry about 

anxious, but in everything 

by prayer and supplication 

with thanksgiving, 

let your requests be made 

known to God.” (Philippians 

4:6) 

In times of crisis, don’t 

despair, turn to prayer. 

Don’t run in circles, 

fall on your knees. 

As people of faith, 

we’re given the gift of 

prayer. Prayer is not a 

magic pill nor a genie’s 

lamp. Prayer is communing 

with God. Prayer 

is connecting with the 

Source of life and peace. 

Prayer is connecting with 

the One, who walks with 

us through the deepest 

valley and gives us the 

strength to persevere. 

Third step: Leave your 

concerns with God 

In other words, let go 

and let God. Stop placing 

your concerns in God’s 

hands and then taking 

them back. Pray and then 

trust that God hears you. 

Trust that God loves 

you and will help you 

get through this difficult 

season of life. 

Be specific with your 

prayers. Be persistent 

with your prayers. (Yes, 

it’s OK to pray for something 

more than once.) 

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Orland Parker aims to tell stories on the screen 

Cruz prepares to 

release film on 

Amazon Prime, 

much more 

Meredith Dobes 


Dylan 

Cruz is always 

on the 

move, in 

pursuit of 

new ideas, 

new opportunities 

and Dylan Cruz 

new possibilities 

to share his talents 

with the world. 

The minute the Orland 

Park resident finished 

post-production on “The 

Day After Halloween,” 

a feature-length film he 

wrote and directed, and in 

which he starred, he has 

been busy in pursuit of the 

next project. 

“I’ve been running 

around like crazy, but it’s 

been a good crazy,” he said. 

The post-production 

process for “The Day 

After Halloween” involved 

intense, sometimes 

10-hour-long stints of 

viewing footage with the 

production team and editing 

together the best takes. 

It took roughly one year of 

work before the film was 

finalized. 

Then, Cruz and his team 

gathered paperwork to 

submit the film to Amazon 

for streaming on Amazon 

Prime. Once closed captioning 

was added to the 

film, so it could also be 

shown in other countries, 

Amazon accepted the film 

for streaming. 

It is scheduled to be 

released at the end of the 

summer on the streaming 

service. Amazon Prime 

customers can view the 

film for free, and others 

can rent or purchase the 

film through Amazon. 

“I’m really excited to finally 

show the public what 

I’ve been up to for the past 

year-and-a-half,” Cruz 

said. “It’s a proud moment 

to see something you 

thought about come alive 

in front of you. ... It’s definitely 

put a new, reignited 

desire and passion in me to 

create more, beyond what 

I’ve already made.” 

While working on “The 

Day After Halloween,” 

Cruz was auditioning for 

local acting opportunities, 

and he had another idea 

brewing. 

While planning his goals 

for 2019 and reflecting on 

the past year, Cruz came 

up with the idea to write 

about grief. He attended a 

funeral for his friends’ uncle, 

and he said he wanted 

to write about what they 

were going through, in 

terms of the weight of the 

grieving process and the 

emotions involved. 

“When grieving, people 

might push those around 

them away, especially 

loved ones who are trying 

to be there to support 

them,” he said. “But there 

is beauty behind that. 

Even though they are being 

pushed away, people’s 

love outweighs that, and 

they are always going to 

be there, no matter what.” 

From that idea, Cruz 

began writing “A Taste of 

Change,” a film about a 

young couple, Shane and 

Rae, who are preparing 

for life after high school. 

Shane experiences the sudden 

loss of his girlfriend, 

and the film tells the story 

of his journey through 

loss. It incorporates contemporary 

dance to tell 

portions of the story. 

“Going through those 

topics, I knew it would 

be a deep and touchy subject,” 

Cruz said. “I can’t 

tell you the amount of 

times I spent crying by 

myself at my desk writing 

about it. It means so much 

to me, personally. I was inspired 

by those around me 

dealing with grief and my 

own experiences. I wanted 

to tell an important story.” 

There is a point in the 

film where Shane experiences 

a breakthrough in 

his grieving, and learns to 

move forward and accept 

the love he is being shown 

by family and friends. 

Cruz said production on 

the film began in February 

and is wrapping up. It was 

filmed locally at places including 

Trinity Christian 

College, Strange Brew 

Cafe in Palos Hills and 

Burrito Jalisco in Orland 

Park. 

“We got really lucky and 

were privileged to shoot at 

such outstanding places,” 

Cruz said. “Having these 

locations helped make the 

film what it is now and 

helped bring the story to 

life in their own unique 

way. Every location welcomed 

us with open arms.” 

The film has a cast of 

seven people and a crew 

of roughly 20 people. Cruz 

said there are many people 

working behind the scenes 

to make the film come to 

life, including many of 

his cousins. He said it has 

been gratifying to work 

collaboratively with family 

members and support 

each other creatively. 

“It can be a challenge 

to create something and 

make your story heard,” he 

said. “I aim to tell stories 

that matter. I am just in the 

beginning of the process, 

and in the future I will 

continue to tell stories that 

do matter and that I’m passionate 

about. 

“We need more of that 

work in this industry. We 

need to showcase issues 

that not many people talk 

about these days.” 

Cruz said he would like 

to share more stories about 

his Puerto Rican culture 

and eventually write a play 

about his grandfather, who 

just turned 98. He said his 

grandfather used to work 

in cotton fields in Puerto 

Rico to support his family. 

He took a chance on earning 

a more stable income 

by moving to the United 

States, and Cruz’s grandmother 

moved to the United 

States to be with him. 

“He has had personal 

struggles throughout life, 

especially trying to work 

and create a stable household 

for his family,” Cruz 

said. “My dad grew up in 

his household and has a 

very inspiring testimony 

of growing up in a lowincome 

area. My grandpa 

is such a prosperous man. 

He’s so happy all the time, 

and he still dances like he’s 

20 years old. He enlightens 

our world. I want to tell 

his story of how he came 

out here, and it has such a 

positive ending through my 

family’s love for one another 

and their support.” 

Cruz said he also would 

like to write faith-based 

movies that can resonate 

with people of all ages. 

In addition to his recent 

work on “A Taste of 

Change,” Cruz just finished 

working on “Viktory,” 

a film about a boy in 

foster care who copes with 

family and life struggles. 

He said having the opportunity 

to play the lead role 

in this film was important 

to him because his best 

friend from high school 

grew up in foster care. 

“I discovered more of 

myself as an actor doing 

this role,” Cruz said. “I 

was challenged to get into 

this world and authentically 

tell this story in the best 

way I knew how.” 

For more information 

about Cruz’s projects, visit 

www.dylancruzofficial.com. 

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into spring 

fun 

The Bridge 

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thrill ride-focused 

programs 

Roller coaster 

expert Aaron Heldt 

(far right), the 

community relations 

and marketing 

coordinator at The 

Bridge Teens, speaks 

May 9 during the 

What It’s Like to 

Be: Roller Coaster 

Expert program at 

The Bridge Teen 

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24 | May 23, 2019 | the orland Park Prairie life & arts 


Showcase of strength 

Traverso’s Singers bring numbers to Orland Park Public Library’s latest Showcase 

Anthony Stathos, of Lockport, performs “Say, Has 

Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose” during the 

Traverso’s Singers Showcase. 

The Traverso’s Singers’ John Traverso, of Orland Park, performs “Put On a Happy Face” on Friday, May 17, during 

a Showcase event at the Orland Park Public Library. Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media 

Jimmy Orlando, of Orland Park, performs “Papa Loves 

Mambo.” 

ABOVE: Carole Nied (left) and Mary Anne Lombardo, 

both of Orland Park, take in the final Orland Park Public 

Library Showcase of the season. 

LEFT: Linda Soppet, of Homer Glen, performs with the 

Traverso’s Singers. 

RIGHT: The Traverso’s Singers’ Rosemary Masloroff 

performs at the Orland Park Public Library.

OPPrairie.com life & Arts 


Right at Home owner’s experiences drive care ideology 

Erin Redmond 


Tracy Mikes knows all 

too well the difficulties of 

caring for an aging parent. 

It is something she has 

gone through with both of 

her own parents. 

As her father aged and 

his health deteriorated, 

he needed more and more 

care. Mikes would often 

travel to her father’s 

house for as long as 11 

days at a time, putting her 

responsibilities on hold to 

ensure he was given the 

care he needed. And it got 

her thinking: There has to 

be a better way. 

“I also experienced it 

with my mom after a hospitalization 

and rehabilitation,” 

Mikes said. “She 

needed help. She lived 

alone. I recall sitting in a 

discharge meeting with 

her and the social workers, 

and it was kind of a 

family panic of how are 

we going to support her 

when she comes home 

from her illness?” 

Mikes found a solution 

with Right at Home, an athome 

caregiving service 

that provides aid to the 

sick and elderly. With the 

business being so near and 

dear to her heart, Mikes 

purchased the Orland Park 

franchise in February as a 

way to help other families 

find solutions to care for 

their loved ones, too. 

Right at Home Franchise 

Development Director 

Diane Huffer worked 

one-on-one with Mikes 

as she went through the 

process of acquiring 

the franchise from its 

previous owner. Given 

Mikes’ personal experience, 

background in 

human resources and a 

wealth of volunteering 

hours, Huffer said she 

knew this would be the 

perfect fit. 

“We find that when you 

have individuals that want 

to purchase a home care 

business and they have 

direct knowledge of what 

it’s like for your family 

member, they’re more 

empathetic; they’re more 

committed to providing 

high-quality care; they’re 

very committed to hiring 

high-caliber employees 

and making sure they 

perform — and I see that 

in Tracy, especially with 

her background in human 

resources,” Huffer said. 

“She was a Girl Scout 

leader; she was with a dog 

rescue group; and she just 

has that heart for helping 

others. And I just think 

that is so important when 

it comes to helping others 

like this. You’re helping 

families who are going 

through hard times. For 

the community of Orland 

Park to have that kind of 

an owner ready to take on 

this business, it can only 

make life better for a lot 

of families.” 

Mikes spent two weeks 

at the Right at Home 

headquarters in Omaha, 

Nebraska, learning the ins 

and outs of providing the 

best care for her clients 

and how to properly vet 

high-caliber caregivers. 

The biggest lesson she 

learned, she said, was to 

be open-minded and flexible 

— and that is a skill 

that has come in handy so 

far. 

“No day is the same, 

and we can have a fairly 

calm day, every client is 

staff, but then something 

may happen, and a caregiver 

can’t make their 

shift; they have their own 

family emergency,” she 

said. “Then we go into 

high gear to restaff that 

client appropriately, and 

that can change the game 

in a minute, because our 

clients are in need of our 

services. We can’t just 

generally say, ‘Oh see you 

tomorrow; see you next 

week,’ so it’s finding that 

appropriate caregiver to 

suit the client.” 

But even the hectic days 

cannot dull Mikes’ smile 

when she meets her caregivers 

and clients. 

“Our caregivers are 

amazing,” she said. “They 

have amazing stories, 

and they have the biggest 

hearts. Our clients have a 

story, too. We’re meeting 

them at a certain time in 

their life, but they have a 

story beyond where we’re 

meeting them. So, to 

hear their stories and meet 

their families is so rewarding.” 

Gearing up for their independence 

Teens learn how to perform basic vehicle services during The’s Bridge program in Orland Park 

Right at Home has 

been in the Orland Park 

community for nearly 12 

years, earning a positive 

reputation from its clients. 

Mikes said she plans on 

maintaining and exceeding 

expectations when it 

comes to helping the aging 

community. 

“My goals are to grow 

it a bit and continue on 

with a positive reputation 

that the previous owner 

built,” she said. “The previous 

owner was active in 

the community, and that’s 

a goal for me: to stay active 

and engaged with the 

community, because it’s 

an important piece for us 

to be able to give back to 

the community in various 

ways.” 

For more information 

about Right at Home, call 

(708) 873-9007 or visit 

rightathome.net/orland 

park. 

Glenn Czerwinski, of Bettenhausen Auto, demonstrates 

an oil change to Andrew Love (left), 16, of Country Club 

Hills, and Vincent Cafarelli, 14, of Orland Hills, during 

a Gearheads: Change the Oil & Rotate a Tire program 

held May 9 at The Bridge Teen Center in Orland Park. 

Photos by Bob Klein/22nd Century Media 

Mark Schewe, of Bettenhausen Auto, guides Michael 

Miller, 13, of Oak Forest, through a tire change. 

Program participants (left to righty) Tyson Sutherland, 

13, of Floosmor; Vinny Dias De Souza, 13, of Tinley 

Park; and William Miller, 13, of Oak Forest; add oil to an 

engine.

26 | May 23, 2019 | the orland Park Prairie life & Arts 


Making Mother’s Day a bit more colorful 

Youths paint birdhouses for their moms during library program 

Sophia Nelson, 3, of Tinley Park, watches her sister Liliana, 5, paint 

her birdhouse during the Mother’s Day Craft: Building for the Birdies 

program held May 7 at the Orland Park Public Library. 

Ayman Razik, 7, of Orland Park, examines his birdhouse. 

Jameson Frericks, 7, of Orland Park, paints his birdhouse. 

Photos by Bob Klein/22nd Century Media 

Isabella Slack, 5, of Palos Park, dips her brush in paint. 

pastor 

From Page 22 

Leave your concerns with 

God. 

Fourth step: Meditate on 

these things 

“Finally, beloved, 

whatever is true, whatever 

is honorable, whatever 

is just, whatever is pure, 

whatever is pleasing, 

whatever is commendable, 

if there is any 

excellence and if there 

is anything worthy of 

praise, think about these 

things.” (Philippians 4:8) 

This last step to experience 

peace is meditating 

(focusing our attention) 

on God and the things of 

God. 

Another way to think 

about this: Stop meditating 

on those things that 

are anxious, fearful, hurtful, 

and hateful. Stop obsessing 

on those thoughts 

that crush your selfesteem 

and pierce your 

soul. Stop focusing on 

those voices that tell you 

that you can’t do it, that 

you’re not good enough, 

that you’re unworthy of 

love, life, joy. 

This last step is very 

important, because it 

reminds you that you’re 

in charge of what you 

think about. God has 

given you(and you alone) 

the remote control to your 

mind. You are the captain 

of your grey matter. 

I like the way Max 

Lucado puts it, “We occupy 

the control tower of 

our mental airport.” 

So, be careful of what 

you think. Be proactive 

on what you feed your 

mind. Practice CALM 

daily, and may you experience 

God’s great gift of 

peace. 

Autumn Pratl, 5, of Orland Park, shows off her finished birdhouse. 

Adem Aseni, 6, of Orland Park, and his sister Ariana, 8, work side by 

side on their projects. 

The opinions of this column 

are those of the writer. They 

do not necessarily reflect 

those of The Orland Park 

Prairie.

OPPrairie.com life & Arts 


MPAA Rating: R | Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller | running time: 130 minutes 

‘John Wick: Chapter 3’ is flawed, but its action is unparalleled 


As far as “to be continued” 

endings go, few 

are as exciting as that of 

“John Wick: Chapter 2.” 

After director Chad Stahelski 

spent two full movies 

building up not only 

the killing machine that 

is the franchise’s titular 

character but also the mythology 

of the franchise’s 

assassin underground, the 

conclusion of the sophomore 

entry pulls the support 

system out from underneath 

our hero. And 

the prospect of John Wick 

(Keanu Reeves) versus 

the world is about as enticing 

as it gets for action 

fans. 

“John Wick: Chapter 

3 - Parabellum” wastes 

little time indulging that 

premise. The first 40 

minutes are packed with 

exhilarating, well-choreographed 

action sequences 

that put all but maybe the 

“Raid” films to shame, as 

the deadly “Baba Yaga” 

faces an open contract on 

For the family 

A look at another entertainment 

option 

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part 

(4K UltraHD + Blu-ray Digital) 

Those looking for a wonderful 

alternative to the ultraviolence in 

this week’s main review can find 

it now on home video. “The Lego 

Movie 2: The Second Part” takes 

the charming premise of the 

franchise’s first installment and 

turns up the dial on the frequency 

of its fun, with colorful characters, 

zany action and jokes that should 

appeal to all ages. 

his life. There is the book 

scene, followed by the 

knives scene, followed 

by the horse scene, and 

that’s how audiences will 

remember them. Yeah, 

they’re impossible to forget. 

But “Parabellum” still 

has a story to tell, and in 

getting to the exposition 

and laying the framework 

Five years after the events of the 

first film, Duplo characters are 

invading the Lego world we know 

and laying waste to it. Beyond 

that setup, the film has a lot of 

fun swerves. Its new characters 

fit well into the mix. And its 

pacing reminds of the excitement 

“Spider-Man: Into the Spider- 

Verse” mustered. 

The 4K/Blu-ray release of the 

film comes packed with additional 

content, starting with an audio 

commentary that covers a lot 

of ground but is not particularly 

memorable. There is a sing-along, 

a short, a making-of featurette, 

for where the film will end 

up, it pulls away from its 

brilliant setup maybe too 

early. Not that the film is 

done with action just yet; 

it has plenty more to offer, 

highlighted by Halle Berry’s 

Sofia and her (truly 

awesome) dogs, as well as 

an all-out war with some 

heavily armored baddies 

near the end. Though, it 

outtakes, deleted scenes, a music 

video and some promotional 

materials. It’s all fairly standard 

fare, with only a sequence pairing 

the actors with their minifigs 

being of much interest. 

That said, the animation of this 

wonderfully entertaining movie 

looks brilliant in 4K. And “The 

Lego Movie 2: The Second Part” 

is more than enough to make the 

purchase worthwhile. 

MPAA Rating: PG || Genres: 

Animation, Action, Adventure || 

Running Time: 107 minutes 

backs off the gas when 

what it needed was a “Mad 

Max: Fury Road” pedalto-the-metal 

approach. 

“Chapter 3” also has a 

weird sense of humor that 

feels more pronounced 

than that of its predecessors. 

In small doses, it 

works. But with some of 

Wick’s enemies essentially 

proving fanboys of the legend, 

it can feel overdone 

by the end in a way that 

weakens the film’s main 

character. And the movie’s 

conclusion cannot muster 

the same excitement as its 

predecessor. 

That said, the action is 

what draws fans of “John 

Wick” back to the theater. 

And while “Chapter 3” 

may not be as polished as 

“Chapter 2,” there is no 

question it overshadows 

both of its predecessors in 

terms of expertly crafted 

violence. If its “guns, lots 

of guns” mentality did 

not appeal to filmgoers 

the first two times around, 

“Parabellum” isn’t about 

to change any minds. But 

the firearms ballet that is at 

the heart of “John Wick” 

has never been executed 

any better. 

Have you seen a movie 

recently and want to let 

everyone know about it? The 

Orland Park Prairie is looking 

for residents to review 

the latest new releases for its 

Unscripted feature. The best 

reviews will be published 

in The Prairie and online 

at OPPrairie.com. Keep 

reviews around 400 words 

or fewer and try not to give 

away the key moments of the 

movie. Submit your review to 

bill@opprairie.com. Please 

include your name and phone 

number in the email. 

OPPL announces Summer Reading Challenge, Kick-Off Party 

Submitted by Orland Park 

Public Library 

“It’s Showtime at Your 

Library” with the Orland 

Park Public Library’s 

Summer Reading Challenge 

from June 1-July 31. 

All readers can participate 

in this performancethemed, 

two-month event 

with great programs, entertainment 

and the chance 

to win some prizes. It is 

free, easy and a great way 

to support the library. Stop 

by and visit the Youth 

Services, Teen or Adult 

Services desks to register. 

Sign up also is available 

through the library’s new 

Beanstack app. 

The challenge is to start 

at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 

1, with a Summer Reading 

Kick-Off Celebration. 

In addition to the signup, 

there will be live music 

outdoors from Wendy & 

DB for children at 11 a.m. 

and country crooner William 

Russell Wallace at 3 

p.m. for the adults, along 

with horse rides, crafts, 

carnival games, green 

screen photo opportunities 

and demonstrations of the 

latest tech gadgets. 

Registration for the 

Summer Reading Challenge 

continues until July 

31, the last day to log 

books. Winners of the 

drawing will be notified 

the following week. 

Children and teens who 

complete the challenge 

will be invited to the End 

of the Summer Party at 6 

p.m. Aug. 10 for some pizza 

and activities, including 

a Nerf Blaster Battle 

Royale in the Youth Services 

Department. Dave 

DiNaso’s Traveling World 

of Reptiles also will be on 

hand at 7 p.m. Invitations 

will be handed out upon 

completion of the Summer 

Reading Challenge. 

The Summer Reading 

Challenge is free. 


visit orlandparklibrary.org 

or call (708) 428-5100. 

The Orland Park Public 

Library is located at 14921 

Ravinia Ave. in Orland 

Park. Its hours are 9 a.m.- 

9 p.m. Monday-Friday, 9 

a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 

1-5 p.m. Sunday. 

LEGAL SERVICES 

For more 

information or to 

place a listing 

CALL 708-326-9170 

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Down 

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur 

1. Autocrat 

7. Bernadette, e.g., 

abbr. 

10. Congo’s continent: 

Abbr. 

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14. Originate 

15. Future trout 

16. The Beach Boys’ 

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18. Three as a prefix 

19. Craft store in 

Tinley Park Plaza 

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22. U.S. Army medal 

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28. Took a chance in 

baseball 

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35. Droop like aging 

flowers 

37. Light on one’s 

feet 

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Park Plaza 

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moms’ moms 

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54. Cause to operate 

57. “The greatest” 

58. Author of “Leading 

With My Chin” 

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63. Previously called 

64. Bringing up the 

___ 

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66. UFO crew 

67. Blvds. cousins 

68. Handy-andies 

1. Trademarks, abbr. 

2. Thumbs-up vote 

3. British fliers 

4. “Happy Gilmore” 

actor Sandler 

5. “Me neither” 

6. Repeated as stories 

7. Ones at the helm 

8. Dabbling ducks 

9. CPR pros 

10. Empire State 

Building style 

11. Anticipated 

12. Checks 

14. Mollusk that 

moves like molasses 

20. Med. care provider 

22. Follow 

23. A mare, familiarly 

24. Austin time 

26. ___-slipper 

28. Get moving 

31. Belts 

33. Advantage 

34. La ___ Tar Pits 

36. Russian empresses 

38. Routine 

39. Shoulder piece 

40. Reagan and 

Sinatra 

42. Middle X or O 

43. Parisian summer 

44. Rd. 

47. Coach 

48. “I’ll be there in a 

__!” 

51. Canary’s call 

54. Some cameras, for 

short 

55. Creme-filled 

cookie 

56. Pacific palm 

60. Cape Verde island 

61. Elbow 

62. Family girl 

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answers 

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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 1-9. 

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The Dish 

Quality sustenance, ‘divine intervention’ keep Honeyfield afloat 

Max Lapthorne 

Contributing Editor 

Honeyfield Restaurant 

owner Theodore Fotsis 

credits divine intervention 

for the restaurant’s survival 

of the 2008 recession. 

Theodore and his wife, 

Angie, opened Honeyfield 

in 2007 with the intention 

of bringing a unique 

breakfast-centric dining 

experience to Lockport, 

but things did not go as 

planned. 

With the restaurant struggling 

to secure a foothold in 

the community, Theodore 

Fotsis found himself filing 

for bankruptcy roughly a 

year after opening. Potential 

patrons did not realize 

what Honeyfield was, 

with some even confusing 

it with a honey-baked ham 

business, calling the restaurant 

to inquire about purchasing 

pork. 

“We were about to close 

here, because we couldn’t 

get our name out there,” 

Fotsis said. 

But intervention came 

in the form of a marketing 

major-turned-pastor 

who enjoyed her meal at 

Honeyfield and asked Fotsis 

why the business did 

not have more customers. 

He explained that he was 

having trouble getting the 

word out about the restaurant, 

and she suggested he 

reach out to local churches 

to see if their congregations 

would be interested in dining 

there. 

Fotsis took the advice 

but initially had little luck. 

With low expectations, he 

dropped a letter off at St. 

Dennis Church that contained 

background information 

on Honeyfield. To 

his surprise, droves of St. 

Dennis parishioners, led 

by the Rev. Jim Curtin, 

descended upon the restaurant 

the day after he 

dropped off the letter. Curtin, 

the pastor at St. Dennis, 

told Fotsis he did not 

know much about him or 

his business, but he is always 

willing to support local 

businesses. 

The response from St. 

Dennis was surprising 

enough, but that was nothing 

compared to the shock 

Fotsis felt when he realized 

the church was much 

bigger than he anticipated. 

With only himself, his 

wife, one cook and one 

other employee on the 

clock, it was a struggle to 

keep up with the sudden 

influx of customers. Fotsis 

said he thought St. Dennis 

had roughly 100 parishioners 

and was floored when 

one of them informed him 

that number was closer to 

3,500. 

“I made an announcement 

in the middle of the 

dining room,” Fotsis recalled. 

“[I said], ‘We had 

no idea how big St. Dennis 

is. We’re going to do our 

best to get the orders out.’” 

While ill-equipped for 

the surprise influx of customers 

that day, Fotsis 

was determined to take 

advantage of the momentum 

it afforded him. By 

the next weekend, he had 

hired two more chefs and 

several more employees, 

in addition to pounding 

the pavement to advertise 

the business. The end result 

was a snowball effect 

of increasing patronage in 

the restaurant, propelling it 

to its current position as a 

mainstay in Lockport. 

“When I thought I was 

losing everything and I 

went and delivered that letter 

[to St. Dennis] and the 

people started coming in 

here, I was like a little kid 

Honeyfield Restaurant 

984 E. 9th St. in 

Lockport 

Hours 

• 6 a.m.-4 p.m. daily 

For more information ... 

Web: www. 

honeyfieldrestaurant. 

com 

Phone: (815) 836- 

3880 

in a candy store,” Fotsis 

said. “I was like, ‘Oh my 

goodness, this might actually 

work.’ 

“It literally jump-started 

our business. I was so 

blown away about it [and] 

thankful to God, because it 

was a divine thing that happened.” 

Fotsis showed his appreciation 

to Curtin by naming 

Father Jim’s Patty Melt 

($9.75) after him and never 

allowing him to pay for another 

meal at Honeyfield. 

No longer worried about 

having to close Honeyfield’s 

doors for good, Fotsis 

was able to get back to 

basics. 

“It gave me a platform to 

start doing things that I always 

wanted to do, which 

was making house-made 

items,” Fotsis said. “It’s a 

difficult thing to do, which 

is why a lot of restaurants 

don’t do it.” 

Providing house-made 

items and experimenting 

with new ingredients has 

been obsessions for Fotsis 

since he was a teenager, 

working in one of his father’s 

pancake houses. He 

ordered syrup with real 

maple in it, only to be told 

by his father that it was not 

necessary. 

“I would order things to 

try new stuff, and he would 

send it back,” Fotsis said. 

“It was frustrating, but my 

Babes Biscuit Benedict ($9.95) is a popular item at Honeyfield Restaurant and gets 

its name from Paul Bunyan’s blue ox. Max Lapthorne/22nd Century Media 

father was the boss, and 

there were certain things 

that he didn’t think [were] 

necessary.” 

At Honeyfield Restaurant, 

Fotsis is the boss, 

which means everything 

is house-made and the 

syrup contains real maple. 

The quality-over-quantity 

approach is the foundation 

of Honeyfield’s menu 

and what Fotsis says sets 

it apart from other restaurants. 

“I challenge myself to 

become more and more 

unique, so when people 

come here, it’s different,” 

he said. 

The homemade quiche 

($9.25) and corned beef 

hash ($10.49) are two of the 

most labor-intensive dishes 

on the menu, but it is no 

coincidence that they also 

are two of the restaurant’s 

best sellers, along with its 

biscuits. The gluten-free 

and organic options also 

are some of the most popular 

choices on Honeyfield’s 

ever-evolving menu. 

“We try things, [and] 

when customers respond 

to it, we’ll keep serving it,” 

Fotsis said. 

Menu tweaks come in all 

shapes and sizes at Honeyfield, 

and the new menu, 

which is to be introduced 

in the next month, is to feature 

several subtle changes. 

That includes a new, creamier 

Maytag blue cheese, 

which is served on burgers 

and salads. Fresh pears and 

house-made candy pecans, 

which can be ordered on 

pancakes, crepes or some 

salads, are to be added. 

Fotsis said he cringes 

when he looks back at the 

restaurant’s menu from 

2008, as it has transformed 

thoroughly over the last 

decade-plus. 

“The restaurant has 

evolved to [having] everything 

fresh,” Fotsis said. “I 

would love to say I started 

that way, but no. You don’t 

know how people are going 

to react to it. It’s a slow 

thing that you just keep on 

trying.” 

Refusing to serve any 

canned food and making 

almost everything from 

scratch takes time and costs 

money, but the high-quality 

food that comes of it is 

what makes Honeyfield 

special. And while Fotsis 

understands some people 

prefer cheaper options, he 

will continue spurning convenience 

in favor of quality. 

“The temptation is there 

to have your food provider 

make everything for you,” 

he said. “It comes in a nice 

package; keep it in the 

freezer; you don’t have to 

worry about throwing stuff 

out. But if you make stuff 

fresh, and the customers respond 

to it, you don’t have 

to worry about having a 

freezer.” 

Eleven years ago, the 

future of Honeyfield Restaurant 

was in serious jeopardy, 

but an unwavering 

dedication to house-made 

items and ingredients, as 

well as a unique menu, 

have the restaurant firmly 

ingrained in the community 

today. 

“When other places open 

up, I say, ‘OK you can open 

up, but I know how hard it 

is to be different,’” Fotsis 

said. “And if you can do 

that, I will applaud it. ... 

Being unique sets you apart 

from everyone else, and 

it’s very challenging to do 

that.”

30 | May 23, 2019 | the orland Park Prairie local living 


Outstanding new home values in Peotone can be yours At Westgate Manor 

Distinctive Home Builders is building new homes from the mid $200s 

When it comes to a preferred location, 

Peotone is a steadily growing suburb 

with a strong infrastructure and an 

irresistible small-town charm with a 

bright future—which is why Distinctive 

Home Builders chose the Will County 

village for its newest community of 38 

single-family homes: Westgate Manor. 

“Peotone is a family-friendly village 

just south of Chicago and is one of 

the best kept secrets among new home 

seekers,” said Bryan Nooner, President 

of Distinctive Home Builders. “We 

expect to attract home shoppers from 

northwest Indiana and the south 

suburban Chicago marketplace. We will 

likely also see buyers from the Kankakee 

area because the Peotone school district 

is so desirable.” 

Several factors attracted Distinctive 

Home Builders to this hometown 

atmosphere community, not the least 

of which was its convenient location 

between Interstate 57 and Illinois Route 

50 and easy access to I-80. Commuters 

will enjoy several nearby train stations 

and a mere 35-minute drive to Chicago. 

“It’s a vibrant, growing community 

that benefits from ease of access to 

job centers in the west and southwest 

suburbs with impressive commercial 

and industrial growth that has followed 

the residential boom here,” said Nooner. 

“Affordable land prices in Peotone, 

combined with lower construction costs 

add up to savings when compared to a 

similarly-equipped home in the area,” 

added Nooner. 

Westgate Manor brick and frame 

homes offer (features vary per model) 

three to four bedrooms, two to three 

and- a-half baths, full basement, formal 

dining room, vaulted, tray or nine-foot 

first-floor ceilings, a large kitchen with 

custom maple cabinets, family room 

or great room, and concrete driveways. 

Depending on the home selected, other 

standard amenities can include a living 

room, den, dinette, a tray or vaulted 

ceiling in the master bedroom, and dualzoned 

heating and air conditioning. 

Distinctive Home Builders offers a 

wide variety of styles and selections— 

buyers can choose among 12 different 

designs—each available in three to eight 

different elevations at Westgate Manor, 

including two-story and ranch homes. 

Square footages span 1,600 to 2,500 

for ranches and 1,800 to 3,000 for twostory 

homes. 

“Most home shoppers feel there must 

be a trade off from getting what you need 

and what you want in a new home. With 

our new premium inclusions we have 

closed that gap significantly by including 

additional features that our buyers told 

us were most important to them,” said 

Nooner, who added that “now is the best 

time to buy, because you can still take 

advantage of preconstruction prices that 

range from the mid $200s which makes 

this a terrific New home value.” 

Other premium standard features 

included at Westgate Manor are brick 

front exteriors on the first floor, free 

basements in most models, ceramic tile 

or hardwood floors in the kitchen, baths 

and foyer; and custom maple cabinets. 

Distinctive kitchen cabinets feature 

solid wood construction (no particle 

board), have solid wood drawers with 

dove tail joints, which is very rare in 

the marketplace. 

“When you build a new home with 

Distinctive, you truly are receiving a 

hand crafted home with custom made 

cabinets no matter what the price range,” 

noted Nooner. This year, Distinctive 

Home Builders is celebrating 30 years 

building thousands of homes throughout 

the Will and south Cook county areas. 

Distinctive Home Builders, an 

industry leading innovator, offers the 

fastest build times (90 working days) 

with a “Zero Punch list” closing policy. 

Prior to closing, each home undergoes 

an industry leading 100-point checklist 

to insure the home measures up to our 

high quality standards. 

Aspen Model 

Customers stay connected to the 

progress of their home from start to 

finish through Distinctive’s unique 

construction portal. “Our customers 

simply download our Distinctive 

HomeBuilders app and they are in 

touch with their new home 24/7 from 

anywhere in the world. The app allows 

our customers to see the progress of 

their home and access their documents 

at any time,” Nooner explained. 

“Our customers really appreciate the 

integration of social media sites directly 

in our app allowing them to easily share 

photos and updates of their new home 

with family and friends,” he concluded. 

As a semi-custom builder, Distinctive 

Home Builders can modify any of its 

standard designs to cater to a customer’s 

tastes, which means that moving walls, 

adding extra windows or even extending 

the garage are all possible. Nooner 

added that “All our homes are highly 

energy efficient and will be built to the 

new National Energy Code guidelines. 

Every home we build has upgraded wall 

and ceiling insulation values with energy 

efficient windows and high efficiency 

furnaces. Before our customers take 

possession of their new home, we 

perform a blower door test to insure that 

each home passes a set of very stringent 

guidelines which insures that our homes 

are tight and energy efficient. Owning a 

more energy efficient means lower gas 

and electric bills for our 2-Story Great 

Room Prairie Model customers each 

month.” 

Peotone was established in 1856 and 

offers tree-lined streets and a charming 

downtown area complete with diners, 

pizza parlors, cafes and pubs. In season 

there is a Farmer’s Market in front of the 

American Legion. Also the community 

has a popular Fall Fest in front of the 

famous Peotone Windmill; once a 

thriving flour mill that put Peotone on 

the map in the late 1800s. A Christmas 

in the Village Festival is another annual 

community event that concludes with a 

Lighted Parade at night. Peotone now 

has an estimated population of just 

over 4,000. Metra rail service is nearby 

providing commuters easy access to 

downtown Chicago. 

Westgate Manor is conveniently 

located within walking distance of the 

esteemed Peotone High School. The 

Westgate Manor new home offsite Sales 

and Information Center is located in 

Manhattan three miles south of Laraway 

Rd. on Rt. 52. at 16233 Pinto Lane, 

Manhattan, IL, 60422. Hours are daily 

from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., closed 

Wednesday and Thursday and they are 

always available by appointment. 

Specials, prices, specifications, 

standard features, model offerings, 

build times and lot availability are 

subject to change without notice. Please 

contact a Distinctive representative for 

current pricing and complete details. 

For more information, call (708) 479- 

7700 or (708) 737-9142 or visit www. 

distinctivehomebuilders. com.

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$1,355,000 

April 19 

• 16121 S. 88th 

Ave., Orland Park, 

60462-5675 - Haven 

Properties Inc. to 

Nexhimi Gashi, 

$155,000 

• 8562 Fir St., Orland 

Park, 60462-1624 - 

Scott E. Kiecana to 

Lenn S. Yambot, Noemi 

D. Yambot, $293,000 

The Going Rate is provided 

by Record Information 

Services Inc. For more 

information, visit www. 

public-record.com or call 

(630) 557-1000. 

WHERE: 17162 Brushwood 

Lane in the Brook Hills 

subdivision of Orland Park 

AMENITIES: Comfortable 

master retreat with inviting 

spa-inspired en suite with elegant interior design. Four additional bedrooms with 

one on the main level with full bath. Meticulously maintained, attention to detail 

and gleaming hardwood floors throughout. Expansive lower level with recreation 

area and plenty of storage. Oversized lot, with professionally landscaped yard and 

in-ground pool, the ultimate in outdoor living and entertaining. Three-car attached 

garage. This home has it all! 

Asking Price: $439,900 

Listing Agent: 


contact Mary Jean 

Andersen at 

(708) 860-4041 or 

Eileen Hord 

(708) 278-4700, 

AndersenHord.com 

Listing Brokerage: 

Coldwell Banker 

Residential Brokerage 

Want to know how to become “Home of the Week”? Contact Tricia Weber at (708) 326-9170, 

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1003 Help Wanted 

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1052 Garage Sale 

1054 Subdivision 

Sale 

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFCOOK 

COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

COUNTY DEPARTMENT -CHAN- 

CERY DIVISION 

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIA- 

TION 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

LISA M. ESPOSITO AKA LISA 

MARIE ESPOSITO AKA LISA BI- 

RON AKA LISA ESPOSITO, RON- 

ALD L. ESPOSITO JR. AKA RON- 

ALD L. ESPOSITO AKA RONALD 

ESPOSITO, JR., MWRD EMPLOY- 

EES' CREDIT UNION 

Defendants 

17 CH 1437 

8513 MASON LANE 

Tinley Park, IL 60487 

NOTICE OF SALE 

PUBLIC NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN 

that pursuant to aJudgment ofForeclosure 

and Sale entered in the above cause 

on March 22, 2019, an agent for The Judicial 

Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 

AM on June 24, 2019, at The Judicial 

Sales Corporation, One South Wacker 

Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at 

public auction to the highest bidder, as 

set forth below, the following described 

real estate: 

Commonly known as 8513 MASON 

LANE, Tinley Park, IL 60487 

Property Index No. 

27-35-111-034-0000. 

The real estate is improved with asingle 

family residence. 

The judgment amount was $416,952.67. 

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid 

by certified funds at the close of the sale 

payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. 

No third party checks will beaccepted. 

The balance, including the Judicial 

Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential 

Property Municipality Relief 

Fund, which is calculated on residential 

real estate atthe rate of $1 for each 

$1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount 

paid by the purchaser not to exceed 

$300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, 

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

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. 

The subject property is subject to general 

real estate taxes, special assessments, 

orspecial taxes levied against 

said real estate and is offered for sale 

without any representation as to quality 

or quantity of title and without recourse 

to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. 

The sale is further subject to confirmation 

by the court. 

Upon payment in full ofthe amount bid, 

the purchaser will receive aCertificate 

of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to 

adeed to the real estate after confirmation 

of the sale. 

The property will NOT be open for inspection 

and plaintiff makes no representation 

astothe condition ofthe property. 

Prospective bidders are admonished 

to check the court file to verify all 

information. 

If this property isacondominium unit, 

or aunit which is part of acommon interest 

community, the purchaser of the 

unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a 

mortgagee, shall pay the assessments 

and the legal fees required by The Condominium 

Property Act, 765 ILCS 

605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). 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 ofthe property, 

other than amortgagee, shall pay the assessments 

and legal fees required by 

subsections (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. 

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR 

(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE 

RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION 

FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF 

AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN AC- 


Sale 

CORDANCE WITH SECTION 

15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS 

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. 

You will need a photo identification issued 

by a government agency (driver's 

license, passport, etc.) in order togain 

entry into our building and the foreclosure 

sale room in Cook County and the 

same identification for sales held at 

other county venues where The Judicial 

Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure 

sales. 

For information, contact the sales department, 

Anselmo Lindberg &Associates, 

LLC, 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 

120, NAPERVILLE, IL 60563, (630) 

453-6960 For bidding instructions, visit 

www.AnselmoLindberg.com. Please refer 

to file number F17010061. 

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORA- 

TION 

One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, 

Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 

You can also visit The Judicial Sales 

Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a7 

day status report of pending sales. 

Anselmo Lindberg & Associates, LLC 

1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 120 

NAPERVILLE, IL 60563 

(630) 453-6960 

E-Mail: foreclosurenotice@anselmolindberg.com 

Attorney File No. F17010061 

Attorney ARDC No. 3126232 

Attorney Code. 58852 

Case Number: 17 CH 1437 

TJSC#: 39-1911 

NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection 

Practices Act, you are advised 

that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be 

adebt collector attempting tocollect a 

debt and any information obtained will 

be used for that purpose. 




CERY DIVISION 

NEWREZ LLC, F/K/A NEW PENN FI- 

NANCIAL, LLC, D/B/A SHELL- 

POINT MORTGAGE SERVICING 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

RONALDO L DISTOR, MARIA S 

DISTOR, CITIMORTGAGE, INC., 

SOUTHMOOR COUNTRY CLUB 

HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION, 

UNKNOWN OWNERS AND 

NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS 

Defendants 

18 CH 11132 

9258 DUNMORE DRIVE 

ORLAND PARK, IL 60462 












real estate: 

Commonly known as 9258 DUNMORE 

DRIVE, ORLAND PARK, IL 60462 


23-34-313-011-0000. 


family home with an attached garage. 



















whose rights in and tothe residen- 


Sale 

tial real estate arose prior to the sale. 







to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. 


by the court. 





of the sale. 






information. 


the purchaser ofthe unit atthe foreclosure 

sale, other than amortgagee, shall 

pay the assessments and the legal fees 

required by The Condominium Property 

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

this property is a condominium unit 

which is part of acommon interest community, 

the purchaser ofthe unit atthe 

foreclosure sale other than amortgagee 

shall pay the assessments required by 

The Condominium Property Act, 765 

ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

















sales. 

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT 

PIERCE, LLC, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 

One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, 

Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 

346-9088. Please refer to file number 

267464. 


TION 


Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 





PIERCE, LLC 

One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 


(312) 346-9088 

E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com 

Attorney File No. 267464 




TJSC#: 39-1762 







I3118858 




CERY DIVISION 

PLANET HOME LENDING, LLC 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

STEVEN E. KIRKPATRICK A/K/A 

STEVE KIRKPATRICK, PARK STA- 

TION ICONDOMINIUM ASSOCIA- 

TION, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND 


Defendants 

18 CH 08199 

15630 PARK STATION BOULEARD 




Sale 











real estate: 

Commonly known as 15630 PARK 

STATION BOULEVARD, Orland 

Park, IL 60462 

Property Index No. 27-17-404-040-1019 

Vol. 146. 

The real estate is improved with a condominium. 










real estate at the rate of$1 for each 










whose rights inand to the residential 










by the court. 





of the sale. 






information. 













ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

















sales. 

For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: 

POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, 

P.C., 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, 

STE 610, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 

263-0003 Please refer tofile number 

114896. 


TION 


Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 

You can also visit The Judicial Sales




Sale 


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Sale 


Sale 


Sale 


Sale 



POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 

223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610 


(312) 263-0003 

E-Mail: ilpleadings@potestivolaw.com 




TJSC#: 39-1791 




adebt collector attempting to collect a 



I3119368 




CERY DIVISION 

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., 

SOLELY ASTRUSTEE FOR BEAR 

STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURI- 

TIES I TRUST ASSET BACKED 

CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007-AC3 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

WARDELL CAMPBELL, BARBARA 

CAMPBELL, MORTGAGE ELEC- 

TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, 

INC., AS NOMINEE FOR GREEN- 

POINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC 

Defendants 

12 CH 20862 

8830 135TH STREET 

ORLAND PARK, IL 60462 





on June 29, 2018, an agent for The Judicial 







real estate: 

Commonly known as 8830 135TH 

STREET, ORLAND PARK, IL 60462 


23-34-403-020-0000. 


family home with an attached three car 

garage. 



























to Plaintiff and in"AS IS" condition. 

The sale is further subject toconfirmation 

by the court. 





of the sale. 






information. 








which ispart ofacommon interest community, 





ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

















sales. 






11971. 


TION 


Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 





PIERCE, LLC 



(312) 346-9088 






TJSC#: 38-9597 







I3119614 




CERY DIVISION 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA- 

TIONAL ASSOCIATION 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

TINA M. SMITH 

Defendants 

18 CH 05279 

15308 S. LECLAIRE AVENUE 

OAK FOREST, IL 60452 







AM on July 1, 2019, at The Judicial 





real estate: 

Commonly known as 15308 S. LE- 

CLAIRE AVENUE, OAK FOREST, IL 

60452 


28-16-205-013-0000. 












$ 




















by the court. 





of the sale. 






information. 













ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

















sales. 

For information, examine the court file 

or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS 

& ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 

NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 

100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 


14-18-04407. 


TION 


Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 




CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 

15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, 

SUITE 100 

BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 

(630) 794-5300 

E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com 

Attorney File No. 14-18-04407 




TJSC#: 39-2018 







I3119800 




CERY DIVISION 

SPECIALIZED LOAN SERVICING 

LLC 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

CARMEN SCARDINE, KIM M 

SCARDINE F/K/A KIM M TOVO, 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

Defendants 

2018 CH 10985 

15048 MENARD AVENUE 



PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN 



on April 1, 2019, an agent for The Judicial 







real estate: 

Commonly known as 15048 MENARD 

AVENUE, OAK FOREST, IL 60452 


28-08-409-022-0000. 


family home with an attached two car 

garage. 





























by the court. 





of the sale. 

Where asale of real estate is made to 

satisfy alien prior to that of the United 

States, the United States shall have one 

year from the date of sale within which 

to redeem, except that with respect to a 

lien arising under the internal revenue 

laws the period shall be 120 days or the 

period allowable for redemption under 

State law, whichever is longer, and in 

any case inwhich, under the provisions 

of section 505 of the Housing Act of 

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

and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 

38 of the United States Code, the 

right toredeem does not arise, there 

shall be no right of redemption. 






information. 













ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 










by agovernment agency (driver's 







sales. 






267391. 


TION 


Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 





PIERCE, LLC 



(312) 346-9088 






TJSC#: 39-2184 







I3119942 




CERY DIVISION 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL 

ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR 

OPTION ONE MORTGAGE LOAN 

TRUST 2007-CP1, ASSET-BACKED 

CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-CP1 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

JEFFREY J. MARTIN A/K/A JEFF J. 

MARTIN, GINA M. MARTIN A/K/A 

GINA MARTIN, CAPITAL ONE 

BANK (USA) NATIONAL ASSOCIA- 

TION, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND 


Defendants 

18 CH 05595 

9216 170TH PLACE 

Orland Hills, IL 60487 


PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN 








public auction tothe highest bidder, as 


real estate: 

Commonly known as 9216 170TH 

PLACE, Orland Hills, IL 60487 


27-27-108-019-0000. 












real estate at the rate of$1 for each 

$ 










whose rights inand to the residential 










by the court. 





of the sale. 






information. 













ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

















sales. 

For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: 

POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, 

P.C., 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, 

STE 610, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 


111241. 


TION 


Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 


Corporation atwww.tjsc.com for a 7 


POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 

223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610 


(312) 263-0003 

E-Mail: ilpleadings@potestivolaw.com 




TJSC#: 39-2172 







I3120043




Sale 


Sale 


Sale 


Sale 


Sale 


Sale 




CERY DIVISION 

FIRST AMERICAN FUNDING, LLC 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

DAWN M. BAKER, SCOTT D. 

BAKER, MIDLAND FUNDING LLC, 

UNKNOWN OWNERS AND 

NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, UN- 

KNOWN OCCUPANTS 

Defendants 

18 CH 9883 

13618 OVERLAND TRAIL 













real estate: 

Commonly known as 13618 OVER- 

LAND TRAIL, Orland Park, IL 60467 


27-06-102-005-0000. 






























to Plaintiff and in"AS IS" condition. 

The sale is further subject toconfirmation 

by the court. 





of the sale. 






information. 













ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

















sales. 

For information, contact The sales clerk, 

SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCI- 

ATES, LLC, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., 

SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL 60015, 

(847) 291-1717 For information call between 

the hours of 1pm - 3pm. Please 

refer to file number 18-087206. 


TION 


Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 





ATES, LLC 

2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 

Bannockburn, IL 60015 

(847) 291-1717 

E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com 

Attorney File No. 18-087206 



TJSC#: 39-2217 







I3120049 




CERY DIVISION 

PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

STEPHANIE L. MAES 

Defendants 

17 CH 12893 

14715 MISSION AVENUE 

Oak Forest, IL 60452 









Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a 

public sale to the highest bidder, as set 

forth below, the following described 

real estate: 

Commonly known as 14715 MISSION 

VENUE, Oak Forest, IL 60452 


28-09-318-008-0000. 
































by the court. 




adeed to the real estate after confirma- 

tion of the sale. 






information. 













ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

















sales. 

For information, contact The sales clerk, 


ATES, LLC, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., 

SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL 60015, 

(847) 291-1717 For information call between 

the hours of 1pm - 3pm. Please 

refer to file number 17-084218. 


TION 


Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 





ATES, LLC 

2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 

Bannockburn, IL 60015 

(847) 291-1717 

E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com 

Attorney File No. 17-084218 



TJSC#: 39-2922 







I3120815 




CERY DIVISION 

LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

JAMES RMCGONIGAL, CHRISTINE 

MCGONIGAL 

Defendants 

17 CH 01871 

15409 ORCHARD LANE 






on October 23, 2017, an agent for The 

Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 



Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a 

public sale to the highest bidder, as set 

forth below, the following described 

real estate: 

Commonly known as 15409 OR- 

CHARD LANE, OAK FOREST, IL 

60452 


28-18-217-013-0000. 

The real estate is improved with a 

brown brick, two story single family 

home, with an attached two car garage. 





























by the court. 





of the sale. 






information. 













ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

















sales. 






258336. 


TION 


Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 


Corporation atwww.tjsc.com for a7 



PIERCE, LLC 



(312) 346-9088 






TJSC#: 39-2930 







I3120847 




CERY DIVISION 

CALIBER HOME LOANS INC.; 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

LISA MERGENTHALER AKA LISA 

M. MERGENTHALER; 

UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON 

RECORD CLAIMANTS; 

Defendants, 

18 CH 14290 




and Sale entered in the above entitled 

cause Intercounty Judicial Sales 

Corporation will onTuesday, June 25, 

2019 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office 

at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 

718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public 

auction to the highest bidder for cash, as 


mortgaged real estate: 

P.I.N. 28-18-203-016-0000. 

Commonly known as 15125 Willow 

Lane, Oak Forest, Illinois 60452. 

The mortgaged real estate is improved 

with asingle family residence. If the 

subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of 

acommon interest community, the purchaser 

of the unit other than amortgagee 

shall pay the assessments required 

by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of 

the Condominium Property Act. 

Sale terms: 10% down by certified 

funds, balance, by certified funds, 

within 24 hours. Norefunds. The property 

will NOT be open for inspection. 

For information call The Sales Department 

atPlaintiff's Attorney, Anselmo 

Lindberg & Associates, LLC, 1771 

West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 

60563-1890. (630) 453-6960. 

F18110027 

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES 

CORPORATION 

Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 

I3120927 




CERY DIVISION 

BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING LLC; 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

HANA MASUD; UNKNOWN OWN- 

ERS AND NON RECORD 

CLAIMANTS; 

Defendants, 

18 CH 6647 






Corporation will onTuesday, June 25, 







P.I.N. 27-03-220-013-0000. 

Commonly known as 13826 Coghill 

Lane, Orland Park, IL 60462. 













For information call Law Clerk atPlaintiff's 

Attorney, The Wirbicki Law 

Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, 

Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455. 

W18-0062 


CORPORATION 


I3120929 




CERY DIVISION 

HOYNE SAVINGS BANK; 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

KEVIN M. CROWL; PNC BANK NA- 

TIONAL ASSOCIATION 

SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST BY 

MERGER TO MIDAMERICA 

BANK, FSB; UNKNOWN OWNERS 

AND NON RECORD 

CLAIMANTS; 

Defendants, 

18 CH 6288 






Corporation will onThursday, June 27, 







Commonly known as 14840 Caletta 

Terrace, Oak Forest, IL 60452. 

P.I.N. 28-08-410-006-0000. 












will NOT be open for inspection 

For information call Ms. Jennifer M. 

Dunbar at Plaintiff's Attorney, Ruff, 

Freud, Breems & Nelson, Ltd., 200 

North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 

60601. 312-263-3890. 


CORPORATION 


I3121073 




CERY DIVISION 

THE BANK OFNEW YORK MEL- 

LON FKA THE BANK OF 

NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE 

CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF 

CWMBS, INC., CHL 

MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH 

TRUST 2005-22, MORTGAGE 

PASS-THROUGH TRUST 2005-22, 

MORTGAGE 

PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, 

SERIES 2005-22 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

JANE BLANKSHAIN; THE UNITED 

STATES OF 

AMERICA, OFFICE OF THE DE- 

PARTMENT OF THE 

TREASURY; UNKNOWN OWNERS 

AND NON-RECORD 

CLAIMANTS; CEDAR CROSSING III 

Defendants, 

16 CH 2969 






Corporation will onFriday, June 28, 





set forth below, the following described




Sale 


P.I.N. 27-02-201-079-0000. 

Commonly known as 13701 Trafalgar 

Court, Orland Park, IL 60462. 













For information call Sales Department 

at Plaintiff's Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, 

LLC, One East Wacker Drive, 

Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 

220-5611. 17-030504 F2 


CORPORATION 


I3121185 


Under $100 

5 piece entertainment center 

solid oak smoked glass doors 

fully lighted lots of storage for 

cd’s, tapes, etc. ex cord $65 

OBO 708-532-4044 

5 piece entertainment center 

solid oak smoked glass doors 

fully lighted, lots ofstorage for 

cd’s, tapes, etc. Ex cord. $65 

OBO Call 708-532-4044 

7inch tile cutter machine $30. 

Craftsman small deluxe router 

table. Like new $40 

Call 708-479-0193 

Ab Lounge Ultra (VGC) $40 

Urban Rebounding mini 

trampoline (VGC) $40 

Call 708-987-8641 

AXL left hand electric guitar 

Johnson Power 10 amplifier 

w/cord guitar stand $100 Call 

or text 708-305-4164 

Beanie babies 5 for $5.00 

baseball cards, promo, kiddie 

cards $1.00 each Call 

708-465-4014 

Bears XL blue/orange jacket 

$35, Winter beige XL jacket 

$20, Pink 40R mens sport 

jacket made in USA perfect 

$40 Call 708-460-8308 

Bike Murry 10speed girls fits 

4’6-5’2 powder blue $30. 

Call Bruce 708-738-5038 

Black tri-fold standing 15 

(8x10) picture holder $20, new 

Top Flight women’s golf shoes 

size 10 $20, new 4piece gold 

fireplace tool set $20. Call 

815-806-9094 

Brand new two headrails with 

all new hardware 118”x84L 

$25 each. 

Call 708-403-2473 

Chilton’s original auto service 

repair manual 1993-1997 hardcover 

$20, Vintage 

machinists/mechanics small 

ball peen hammer with wooden 

handle $20 Call 708-466-8907 


Under $100 

Decorative 40”Dx30”H copper 

finish table-Great foyer statement 

$100 Call 708-966-4470 

Decorator plates 22 karet gold 

edged old world design $25 

each Call 815-838-9179 

Dining room orkitchen light 

made in Italy, $250 retail fixture 

new in box never installed 

$65 Call 815-485-6008 

Hot Point gas stove/oven 

good condition $100 

Call 815-735-5063 

Ikea Inreda bookshelf lights 

new have 10 $5 each. 

Call Carl 708-717-5054 

Jar 1” plastic anchors and 

screws $5, 7pc screwdriver 

new set $7, H/D steel scoop 

shovel $15, 4pk alkaline D 

batteries $5 708-460-8308 

Ladies short hooded jacket size 

XL $15, Wilson new leather 

change purse $12, Mens 

black/grey new XL jacket $15, 

Honda Accord key chain new 

$14 Call 708-460-8308 

Male bike and Female bike 

$25 each, Exercise bike $35 

Call 708-614-8404 

Metal detector MP3 Pro digital 

used 1 time and back in box 

$100 Call 708-717-5054 

Mini rotisserie $20, Cardio Fit 

$20, 36” gold lamp $15, 

Dinning room chair covers 

4 for $20 Call 815-478-3870 

Pro golf bag $30, Bullseye putter 

$30, Golf book by Tiger 

Woods $10, Golf balls like 

new $4/doz., Large bird cage 

$20 Call 708-478-8976 

Professional drafting table 

drawer and key $75. Call 

708-479-0193 

Red Wing work boots size 10.5 

new in box never worn $80 

Call 630-247-7535 

Solid oak 6 panel doors 

unfinished 30”x6’8” $50 each, 

Unfinished 2panel Y2louved 

pine doors 18”x6’8” $25 set, 

Huffy men’s 26” bike $25 

Call 708-534-3423 

Thermogrip hot melt adhesive 

12 sticks $3, Hyde tile cutting 

pliers w/ instructions $12, 

Sears 10pc metric socket set 

$10 Call 708-460-8308 

Traditional couch beige with 

mauve accents 5throw pilows 

good condition $100 

Call 708-769-9758 

Wedding dress beading, veil, 

cleaned $39, Bridal cake knife 

set boxed $29, 2-pc ladies pink 

dress size 14-16 $15 

Call 708-460-8308 


Under $100 

Maple crib and mattress, car 

seat, used only at NaNa’s, 

Buggy $100 

Men’s suits-some new $10. 

32-38-42, men’s dress shirts sz 

15-16 $1 to $3. 815-838-7770 

NEW Johnson MTR 6gal gas 

can $35, SAE 21 piece 

Gearwrench socket set $40 

Spin Cast fishing reels $10ea 

708-214-4022 

New pair GMC jack stands 

$25, Honda Accord key chain 

$4, Graysteering wheel cover 

$3, New car sun shade$8. 

708-460-8308 

QT Graphite 10W-40 oil $1ea, 

New high pressure hand pump 

$20, Jumbo w/s sun shade 

$10., New gas can 1gal 8oz 

USA $9, 2gal steel can $4. 

708-460-8308 

Rain ponchos misc. colors 

$3ea, Coleman butane fuel $3, 

177G-1976 9” new plate mint 

$12, 20 piece dinnerware 

boxed set $12. 708-460-8308 

Samsonite leather 15.6 laptop 

case. New $20. 708-599-6766 

Treadmill with incline feature 

& workout monitor. Works 

great. $100. 815-485-6008 

Treadmill. Good working 

condition. $100 OBO 

Call 773-581-6621 

Vintage Gilbert erector set No. 

10051 w/ electric engine and 

manual. $45 Mokena 

708-479-1613 

Vizio 47inch HDTV Works 

perfect. Not needed anymore 

$90 815-717-8911 

Wedding dress size 14 V-Neck 

V-Back beautiful beading, long 

train $100 815-280-9516 

Weslo Climber Model WLCL 

99617.0 Used twice $30. Call 

815-464-3017 

Wooden desk &chair. Very 

good condition. Desk has ink 

well, pencil tray, and under 

desk storage. Mounted on 

wooden base. $75 OBO Call 

708-407-8099 

Work boot org. sz 10.5 $30., 

weatherproof Micelelin tire 

like new P235R/18 $50. Fireplace 

implements blk/shovel, 

broom, dust pan, poker $20. 

708-720-3577 

Full set men’s golf clubs with 

bag-like new 8irons, 3woods, 

putter, umbrella, 15balls, tees. 

Ready toplay $100. Frankfort 

815-806-9422 

GE Gas Dryer $100. 

708.525.9622 

Inkjet cartridges for Canon Piyma 

MP620 series 2yellow, 2 

cyan, 2magenta, replacement 

cartridges from Inktechnologies. 

Best offer. 

(708)-870-5620 Tom 

Like new black computer desk 

with chair from Target $75.00. 

773-850-9974 

CLASSIFIEDS 



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Orland Park Public Library 

Annual Treasurer’s Report 

January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018 

Special Capital Debt 

General Reserve Campaign Service 

Fund Fund Fund Fund 

Beginning Fund Balance $6,364,821.00 1,081,040.00 70,379.00 580,511.00 

Revenues: 

Property Taxes 5,162,373.00 0.00 0.00 1,662,238.00 

Impact Fees 4,375.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

Replacement Taxes 12,978.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

State Grants 73,272.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

Non Resident Fees 3,146.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

Fines 61,350.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

Gifts 17,084.00 0.00 2,220.00 0.00 

Copy Machine 13,656.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

Interest Income 124,816.00 19,069.00 71.00 23,692.00 

Miscellaneous Income 8,620.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

Total Revenues 5,481,670.00 19,069.00 2,291.00 1,685,930.00 

Expenditures 5,104,969.00 35.00 661.00 1,660,851.00 

Interfund Transfers In (Out) -200,000.00 200,000.00 0.00 0.00 

Ending Fund Balance $6,541,522.00 1,300,074.00 72,009.00 605,590.00 

Disbursements to vendors of less than $2,500.00 total $108,081.43 

Disbursements to vendors of $2,500.00 or more total $4,042,973.48 as follows: 

ABDO-Spotlight-Magic Wagon 6,063.50; ADP /USTreasury 199,219.55; ADP, LLC 9,432.45; Bal Industries 

11,470.00; Barking Dog Interpretive Design Inc. 5,556.20; Bayscan Technologies 3,938.00; Blackstone 

Publishing 4,730.35; Cardmember Service 63,092.32; CIBC 29,400.00; Comcast Business Cable 3,154.03; 

Comcast Business Internet 4,135.26; Current Technologies Corporation 124,281.42; Currie Motors Fleet 

39,677.00; Dell Marketing L.P. 27,828.27; Demco 21,429.58; EBSCO 47,223.05; Emium Lighting 7,880.00; 

Envisionware, Inc. 28,371.09; Findaway World, LLC 17,133.10; Gale/Cengage Learning 27,383.29; Garvey's 

Office Products 5,704.74; Go Promotions 12,355.94; Grasso Graphics, Inc. 29,751.39;;Grey House Publishing, 

Inc. 6,913.51; Hanover Insurance Co. 57,452.00; HR Source 3,050.00; HUB International Limited 22,187.00; 

IHLS-OCLC 3,993.49; Illinois Library Association 5,714.40; Impact Networking, LLC 3,009.00; Infogroup 

7,000.00; Ingram Library Services 163,155.52; Innovative Interfaces, Inc. 37,046.93; Joe Promotions, Inc. 

2,950.35; Johnson Controls Security Solutions 2,573.05;Klein, Thorpe and Jenkins, Ltd. 47,871.35;Konica 

Minolta Business Solutions USA Inc 9,330.80;LinkedIn Corporation 13,125.00; Mango Languages 3,645.60; 

Maqbool Rashid 3,500.00; Maverick Lighting Solutions 3,030.00; McClure Inserra & Company Chartered 

11,800.00; Michael CBarnes architect, LLC 23,900.00; Midwest Tape 32,795.49; Neofunds By Neopost 

3,509.00; Neviol, Inc. 82,975.00; Nicor Gas 25,894.31; One Up Signs 6,565.70; OverDrive, Inc. 62,111.98; 

Penguin Random House LLC 6,188.50; ProQuest LLC 19,677.00; Recorded Books, Inc. 30,591.58; Reliable Fire 

Equipment Co. 2,577.00; Rollins Aquatic Solutions 5,593.63; Schindler Elevator Corporation 6,997.89; Sprint 

2,668.40; Sunlight Maintenance Supply 16,958.41; Synchrony Bank/Amazon 99,629.67; The Penworthy 

Company 3,830.62; Trane U.S. Inc. 14,640.63; U.S. Postal Service 8,009.36; Village ofOrland Park Water 

9,045.67; Village ofOrland Pak -Debt Service 1,664,967.50; Village ofOrland Park 677,232.09; Weblinx Inc. 

13,000.00; WebQA, Inc. 2,760.00; Wight & Company 75,019.64; Wingren Landscape, Inc. 9,275.88 

Payroll for 12-month period ending December 31, 2018: 

Under $25,000 (See Attached Employee List) 761,265.32 

$25,000.00 to $49,999.99 (See Attached Employee List) 628,196.77 




Total Payroll $ 2,663,818.95 

Payroll Under $25,000.00: 

Abuisneineh, Ahmad; Allan, Katharine; Azzaline, Stephanie; Balasa, April Rose; Balasa, Holly; Burke, John; 

Camargo, Fanny; Carroll, Kevin; Chalifoux, Joshua; Coppolino, Therese; Dawson, Marianne; DeHoff, DeAnna; 

Deitche, Patrick; Doyle, Julie; Dziallo, Ian; East, Thomas; Ebert, Jody; Finnegan, Ann; Flynn, Rita; Fordice, 

Stephanie; Forto-Whitemiller, Rosemarie; Freeman, Therese; Friberg, Kaye; Gamero, Michelle; Garoufalis, 

Lenore; Gianoli, Carol; Golden, Mary; Gordon, Eric; Gowgiel, Dawn; Grabowski, Alice; Jones, Dakari; Kandel, 

Barbara; Kearns, Abigail; Kennelly, Megan; Knight, Anne; Kolbrecki, Lukas; Kolimja, Hajrije; Kozlowski 

Mitchel, Katherine; Kwiatt, Julie; Lipowski, Nadine; Mack, Ella; Mackowiak, Dianna; Madonia, Selene; Marketti, 

Theresa; Mazza, Angela; McQuinn, Jennifer; Meszaros, Emily; Mietelski, George; Mitchel, Denise; Morales, 

Jordin;Muhanna, Lou Ann; Muller, Jill; Najewski, Amy; Nemec, Matthew; Neupauer, Renata; O'Brien, Brendan; 

Oedzes, Deborah; Orr, Maurya; Passi, Samantha; Peskys, Audrey; Peterson, Shane; Phelps, Dushaun; Pickens, 

Christy; Potempa, Matthew; Przekwas, Michelle; Ricobene, Dominic; Riffice, Catherine; Schmidt, Samantha; 

Schultz, Christine; Schwartz, Jenna; Sierzega, Ronald; Smith, Clarke; Strickland, Calvin; Tew, Peter; Walk, 

Jacob; Wisniewski, Karlene; Zegar, Ali; Yasin, Firyal 

Payroll $25,000.00 to $49,999.99: 

Boyd, Jacqueline Rose; Crume-Simmons, Rebecca; DiGiorgio, Catherine; Elzahdan, Lina; Ewasiuk, Mark; 

Fernandez, Vanessa; Fingler, Kortnee; George, Nincy; Larson, Laura; Pappas, Alexander; Peterson, Aaron; Pryor, 

Julie; Rubio, Paul; Thomas, Stephanie; Williams Jr., Daniel 

Payroll $50,000.00 to $74,999.99: 

Brannigan, Judith; Conrath, Linda; DeCarlo, Kara; Faxel, Erin; Hildebrand, Theresa; Holding, Kristen; 

Lashbrook, Ian; Maresh, Carol; McCormack, Becky; Smits, Brandice; Srebro, Diane; Xie, Wanqing 

Payroll $75,000.00 to $99,999.99: 

Adamowski, Mary; Cuci, Kelly; Kimmey, Ross; Masura, Andrew; Newman, Stephen 

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Maddie Manzke is a 

senior at Sandburg and a 

four-year forward on the 

girl’s soccer team. 

How would you say 

the season has gone 

for the team? 

I would say it’s gone 

spectacular. I couldn’t expect 

more. Going into the 

season I didn’t think it 

would go this good. 

Didn’t you get injured 

and miss most of last 

season? 

Yes. I missed all of last 

season with a broken patella 

in my right knee and 

I’m right footed. I couldn’t 

play last year. But I did 

physical therapy all summer 

and it was all healed 

up. This season has been 

good for me. I was kind of 

limited in my travel team 

play so without the support 

of all my teammates 

at Sandburg I wouldn’t be 

able to do this. 

You’re the latest 

and last in the line 

of siblings who 

played soccer. Did 

your siblings get you 

involved in soccer? 

My oldest sister, Morgan, 

graduated in 2013 and 

played at Valparaiso. My 

older brother, Marty graduated 

in 2017 and is just 

finishing his sophomore 

year at Lewis University. 

But it was my mom and 

dad, Eva and Marty, that 

got us into soccer. They 

both ran track at Lewis 

University and wanted us 

to run track too. So they 

put us in soccer to condition 

us to run track. But we 

all ended up loving soccer 

instead. 

Did you ever run 

track? 

Yes, I ran track and field 

at Liberty Jr. High for 

three years and also played 

basketball there for three 

years. But in high school, 

it’s been soccer fulltime. 

What is it about the 

game of soccer that 

makes it the sport for 

you? 

Probably just the whole 

team. Without it being 

a team sport I wouldn’t 

have my friends to get me 

through it. Also for me, 

I’m fast. So there’s no better 

feeling than getting a 

pass from the center mid 

and going one-on-one with 

the goalie and having the 

thrill of that. 

What have you 

learned from Sandburg 

first-year head coach, 

Tom Kubowicz? 

I had coach ‘Kubs’ when 

he was an assistant varsity 

coach when I was a freshman. 

He’s taught me a 

lot. when I was younger 

I was more of a hot head 

and wore my emotions. He 

taught me to calm down. 

I’m really glad I got this 

year with him as head 

coach. 

JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY 

MEDIA 

What is your spirit 

animal? 

A cheetah. That’s because 

of the speed they 

have. Once they are on 

the attack there’s no going 

back. 

What do you do to 

hype yourself up 

before a game? 

I chug a Red Bull. That 

gets me going, that’s the 

first step. Then I listen to a 

lot of music. I like a lot of 

rap music. Billie Eilish and 

Halsey are my favorites. 

But when it’s game time I 

have to listen to “Burn The 

House Down” by AJR. 

Are you planning to 

play soccer in college? 

Yes, I’m just not 100 

percent sure where yet. I 

just retook the ACT test. 

So I’m going to either Millikin 

University in downstate 

Decatur or Wayland 

Baptist University in Plainview, 

Texas. I plan to 

major in criminal justice 

and no matter what, I will 

play soccer. 

What’s the best thing 

about being an athlete 

at Sandburg? 

Probably being on Twitter. 

So everyone in school 

gets to see it so they know 

how we are doing. Then 

hopefully they are like 

“Wow. Sandburg is pretty 

good. We should go to a 

game.” 

Interview By Freelance Reporter 

Randy Whalen

44 | May 23, 2019 | the orland Park Prairie sports 


POSTSEASON ROUNDUP 

Sandburg’s 3,200 relay team looking for huge drop in time at state 

JEFF VORVA, Sports Editor 

If sectional times mean 

anything, not only will 

Sandburg’s magnificent 

boys track 3,200-meter relay 

streak get stopped, the 

team might not even get to 

the finals. 

For the past seven years, 

the Eagles have earned 

a top-four finish in that 

event in Class 3A and won 

state championships in 

it in 2015, 2016 and last 

year. The 2015 team set 

the state record with a time 

of 7 minutes, 37.6 seconds. 

As the Eagles head into 

the Illinois High School 

Association state meet on 

Friday, May 24 at Eastern 

Illinois in Charleston, 

the 3,200 team will come 

in with the 22nd sectional 

time of 8:01.82. The top 12 

teams head to Saturday’s 

finals. 

The Eagles, who ran 

Connor Delvin, Sam Rodriguez, 

Eddie Slack and 

Nico Calderon, qualified 

for state at the Downers 

Grove North Sectional on 

Friday, May 17, finishing 

second to Naperville Central’s 

8:01.73. 

The top sectional time 

was St. Charles East’s 

7:49.54. 

Keep in mind that the 

various sectionals were 

run on three different days 

and came under differing 

weather conditions. The 

DGN run came under cold 

and rainy conditions on a 

wet track. 

The only other athletes 

from Sandburg to qualify 

were junior twins Will and 

Ben Giblin, who finished 

fifth and sixth respectively 

in the 3,200 run. Will finished 

in 9:27.27 and Ben 

was right at his side with 

a 9:27.37. 

Marist had two Orland 

Park athletes qualify at the 

Lyons Sectional as Brian 

Ferguson won the 400 in 

:50.27 and Thomas Leonard 

took second in the 

3,200 with a 9:32.32. 

Remember Andrew 

O’Keefe? 

He was the junior running 

star from Granite 

City who had a huge lead 

on Sandburg’s Dylan Jacobs 

in the final lap of 

the 1,600 at state last year 

and thought that he won 

the race and raised his 

right arm at the finish line. 

But it was Jacobs, now at 

Notre Dame, who won 

the race with a 4:11.60 to 

O’Keefe’s 4:11.68. 

O’Keefe had a good attitude 

when he talked to 

reporters after the race. 

Another photo finish 

could be in store for him. 

His Bloomington Sectional 

time of 4:18.59 is 

third behind Jacobs’ Tommy 

Subaric’s 4:18.38 and 

Huntley’s Ian Geisler’s 

4:18.54. There are four 

sectional times in the 4:21 

range. 

Sandburg sophomore defender Madeline Pertle fixes 

her hair after a huge wind gust blows through during 

the Eagles’ regional championship at Marist in Chicago 

on Saturday, May 18. Moments later, rain and lightning 

came, and the match was postponed until Monday, May 

21. JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

Girls track 

Orland Park’s Teresa 

Topolski joined teammates 

Sarah Kerfin, Kendall 

Dickason and Samantha 

Spencer in finishing in 

ninth place in the Class 

2A 800 relay on Saturday, 

May 18 in Charleston. 

The foursome ran the 

race in 1:46.32. In the 

Friday preliminaries, the 

team, consisting of Topolski, 

Kerfin, Bridget Jeffries 

and Spencer, ran a schoolrecord 

1:43.19. That broke 

the record of last year’s 

1:45.15, which broke a 

40-year old school record. 

Topolski was a freshman 

on that squad last year. 

Sandburg’s Brielle Morris 

ran a 2:22.19 in the 800 

and did not qualify for the 

finals. Teammate Ella Jeffries 

finished 26th in the 

3,200 with an 11:42.67. 

Both are sophomores 

who were the first Sandburg 

sectional champions 

since 2013. 

Girls soccer 

Sandburg’s regional 

title game at the Class 3A 

Marist Regional was postponed 

with 14 minutes, 34 

seconds left in the first half 

after lighting was flashing 

on Saturday, May 18. 

The game with Marist 

was tied 0-0 at that point 

and was scheduled to resume 

on Monday, May 

20, after The Orland Park 

Prairie’s deadline. 

Sandburg was the top 

seed in the Andrew Sectional. 

If the seeds go to 

form, Sandburg and second-seeded 

Andrew would 

hook up in the sectional final 

on Friday, May 24 in a 

battle of District 230 foes. 

Andrew returned a lot of 

talent from a team that 

finished fourth in the state 

last season. 

Sandburg opened the 

postseason with a 5-1 victory 

over D230 foe Stagg. 

Bass fishing 

Sandburg tied for first 

in the state with Minooka 

in the eight-team unified 

competition, which has 

special-needs and nonspecial 

needs students, 

with four catches totaling 

7 pounds and 7/16 ounces 

at the two-day state tournament, 

which ended Saturday, 

May 18 at Lake 

Carlyle in Carlyle. 

Members of the team are 

Connor Schott, Szymon 

Piton and Patrick Suglic. 

Sandburg No. 2 boat 

finished 35th in the nonunified 

tournament. 

The team of Jason Sokol, 

Chris Slechta and Leo 

Glynn, caught three fish 

weighing 3 pounds, 13/16 

ounces on the first day and 

did not haul in a fish on the 

second day. 

It was the fourth time 

the Eagles qualified for 

state and first time since 

2011. 

Sandburg finished third 

in sectional action behind 

The Sandburg 3,200 relay team of (left to right) Connor 

Devlin, Nico Calderon, Sam Rodriguez and Eddie Slack 

advanced to the state meet with a second-place finish 

at the Downers Grove North Sectional. 

Orland Park’s Teresa Topolski (left) was on an All-State 

800-meter relay team over the weekend, as the Celtics 

finished ninth in the state in Class 2A. PHOTOs SUBMITTED 

Providence and Marist. In 

the state meet, Sandburg 

beat those two schools as 

Providence finished 26th 

with a two-fish catch of 

3-15/16 and Marist was 

one of 18 schools that did 

not catch a fish over the 

weekend. 

Highland became the 

first team in tournament 

history to win a second 

state championship, hauling 

in seven fish weighing 

21-1/16. Highland also 

won in 2012 and finished 

second in 2015 and 2016. 

Quick hits 

Sandburg’s boys tennis 

team did not advance 

anyone during the Lockport 

Class 2A Sectional on 

Friday, May 17. … That 

Friday was also not a good 

day for the District 230 

lacrosse team, as the thirdseeded 

Sandburg-hosted 

team took a long trip to 

Washington High School 

near Peoria and dropped 

an 18-15 decision in the 

first round to the sixthseeded 

hosts. The Eagles 

finished 9-8.



AREA SPORTS ROUNDUP 

Eagles volleyball team headed into regional winning 12 straight 


There was a time during 

Sandburg’s boys volleyball 

season when the team 

lost six out of nine matches, 

including getting swept 

in two games at home by 

Bolingbrook to open the 

Southwest Suburban Conference 

season. 

But starting on April 30, 

the Eagles beat District 

230 rival Andrew and they 

decided they wanted no 

part of losing again. They 

won their first 11 matches 

in May to close out the 

regular season with a 26-9 

mark with a 12-match winning 

streak and finished 

7-1 in the league to share a 

conference championship 

with Lincoln-Way West, 

whom the Eagles beat, 25- 

23, 21-25, 25-20 May 8. 

In order to grab a share 

of the title, Sandburg had 

to close the conference 

season beating defending 

state champion Lincoln- 

Way East, 25-22, 25-22 

in Frankfort on Thursday, 

May 16. The match was 

also coach David Vales’ 

675th career win for both 

the boys and the girls volleyball 

programs at the Orland 

Park school. 

It did not appear in late 

April that a conference 

title would be in the cards. 

“We had a slump and 

after the Lincoln-Way East 

tournament, we gathered 

together and said we had 

to play through it,” Eagles 

hitter Luka Vukanic said. 

“We tried to work harder 

during practice and so far, 

it’s paying off.” 

East was not going to 

make it easy for Sandburg. 

Sandburg jumped out to a 

16-6 lead but the Griffins 

roared back and cut the 

lead to 22-21 before Sandburg 

recovered and closed 

it out. 

The second set was 

back-and-forth before 

Sandburg ended the thriller 

with another three-point 

win. 

“The atmosphere was 

really great,” Vukanic 

said. “A lot of fans came 

here to see the match and 

they were loud. They made 

a lot of noise and we just 

wanted to win the conference 

championship.” 

Having to share a title 

is not the greatest feeling 

in the world, but given the 

0-1 league start during the 

middle of the slump, it was 

a nice accomplishment. 

“I think West knows 

who the conference champion 

is,” hitter Cort Jensen 

said. “They have a great 

team and we played great 

against them. We’re happy 

to share.” 

The next night, the Eagles 

finished the regular 

season with a three-set win 

over Providence Catholic. 

The Eagles were hoping 

the dozen-game win streak 

would give them momentum 

heading into the postseason. 

They were scheduled 

to open the Lockport 

Sandburg’s Chase Bowden knocks down a shot against 

Lincoln-Way East on Thursday May 16 in Frankfort. 

Regional against either 

Romeoville or Eisenhower 

on Tuesday, May 21. 

They drew the third seed 

in the Marist Sectional behind 

Marist and Lincoln- 

Way East. 

Winning the last one 

Sandburg’s baseball 

team, which finished 

fourth in the state last year 

in Class 4A, will head into 

its regional opening game 

against District 230 rival 

Andrew at 6:30 p.m. at 

Ozinga Park in Crestwood 

with a little bit of momentum 

after beating Marian 

Catholic, 5-2, in the consolation 

round of the Do It 

Stevie’s Way tournament 

on Saturday, May 18 in 

Wheaton. 

The tournament officials 

gave a Do It Stevie’s Way 

award to Sandburg’s Ian 

Sanders for his play in the 

tournament. 

Tommy Windt, who 

Sandburg brought in a loud crowd to Frankfort as the 

Eagles won a conference co-championship. PHOTOS BY 

JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

pitched the tournament 

championship victory 

against St. Laurence a year 

ago, pitched a completegame 

victory against the 

Spartans and Ryan Leland 

had a double and drove in 

two runs for the winners. 

The tournament is in 

honor of Steven Bajenski, 

a Mokena resident who 

died at age 17 after fighting 

heart issues. Money 

from the tournament goes 

to scholarships in his 

name. 

The Eagles (14-13) 

snapped a four-game losing 

streak with the victory. 

They are hoping to pick 

up a little revenge on Andrew 

as earlier this year, 

Andrew toppled Sandburg, 

16-9, in a wild game that 

was also at Ozinga Field. 

Andrew grabbed an 8-0 

lead and Sandburg tied it at 

8-8. All of that action came 

in the first two innings. 

Record smasher 

Jerling Jr. High seventhgrader 

Grant Giblin, the 

younger brother of Sandburg 

cross country and 

track stars Will and Ben 

Giblin, broke two long distance 

conference records 

in a recent South West Interscholastic 

Conference 

meet. 

He ran the 1,600-meter 

event in 5 minutes, 3 

seconds and added a 2:17 

showing in the 800 run. 

Quick hits 

Sandburg graduate 

Sheamus Murphy, who 

has been the football 

coach at Back of the Yards 

in Chicago, was named the 

new coach at Eisenhower. 

… Girls water polo players 

Bridget O’Connor and 

Erin Falsey were named 

to the Lincoln-Way West 

All-Sectional team. … 

Boys water polo players 

Ayoub Yassin and Mike 

Rzeszowicz were named 

to the Neuqua Valley All- 

Sectional team. 

THIS WEEK IN 

SANDBURG VARSITY 

ATHLETICS 

BOYS TRACK AND FIELD 

■ ■May 24-25 - IHSA state finals, 

TBA 

BOYS TENNIS 

■ ■May 23-25 - IHSA state finals, 

TBA 

BOYS LACROSSE 

■ ■May 24 - Sectional finals, TBA 

■ ■May 28 - Supersectionals, TBA 

■ ■May 30 - State finals, TBA 

BOYS VOLLEYBALL 

■ ■May 24 - Sectional semifinals, 

TBA 


BASEBALL 

■ ■May 25 - Regional finals, TBA 

■ ■May 29-30 - Sectional 

semifinals, TBA 

GIRLS SOCCER 

■ ■May 24 - Sectional final at 

Andrew, 5 p.m. 

■ ■May 28 - Superectionals, TBA 

GIRLS LACROSSE 


■ ■May 28 --Supersectionals, TBA 

SOFTBALL 

■ ■May 25 - Regional finals, TBA 

■ ■May 28-29 - Sectional 

semifinals, TBA

46 | May 23, 2019 | the orland Park Prairie sports 


State title, MLB could be in McCormick’s future 


The next couple of 

weeks are going to be huge 

for Orland Park’s Matt 

McCormick. 

This week, the Illinois 

High School Association 

regionals were scheduled 

to open, and he and his St. 

Laurence teammates are 

taking aim at a Class 3A 

state championship. 

If the Vikings can attain 

that goal, they will be playing 

until the state championship 

game on June 8 at 

Route 66 Stadium in Joliet. 

Earlier that week is the 

Major League Baseball 

Draft, and there is speculation 

that he will go in a 

high round. The draft is 

June 3-5. 

The left-handed hitting, 

right-handed throwing 

catcher, who committed to 

West Virginia, has a ton on 

his plate, and if his head is 

exploding from all of this, 

he is not showing it. His 

exterior is calm. 

“I’m not really that 

distracted,” McCormick 

said. “Some of the scouts 

text me to find out when 

batting practice or when 

games are. That’s about 

it. During the offseason, 

they made some visits. If 

they are calling me, that’s 

a good thing.” 

So, where is he going to 

go in the draft? That is the 

multi-million dollar question 

for the Jerling Jr. High 

School alum, who lists 

slugger Joey Votto as his 

favorite MLB player. 

Baseballfarm.com 

thinks he is the 82nd best 

high school player in the 

draft. 

Thescoutingnews.com 

opined that he could be 

Top 5 round pick 

Threequarterslot.com 

ranks him 79th overall and 

comments, “There is a ton 

of upside and real power 

potential.” 

McCormick said he is 

trying not to pay attention 

to the projections. 

“When somebody tells 

me I am going high, I’m 

like, ‘Oh, I don’t think 

so,’” he said. “I’ve been 

told I could go as high as 

the second round, but I 

don’t think I’m that good.” 

He has certainly made 

an impact in high school. 

Through 151 games, he 

has a career .445 average 

with 28 homers and 175 

RBI. 

During the Vikings Senior 

Game celebration on 

May 10, before a game 

against Sandburg, Vikingcoach 

Pete Lotus read 

from a tribute/biography 

that was more than 660 

words. 

“In Matt’s time at St. 

Laurence, he has rewritten 

the record books and has 

become one of the most 

decorated players in the 

history of the school,” Lotus 

said. 

In addition to busting 

hitting records in RBI, hits, 

doubles, walks and being 

hit by a pitch, he threw out 

a record 39 runners trying 

to steal. He has been used 

as a relief pitcher on occasion 

and owns a record 

seven saves. 

While McCormick can 

look at his accomplishments 

with pride, there is 

still some unfinished business. 

He said he wants to 

see the Vikings win a state 

championship. The team 

took third in the state in 

Class 4A in 2017, his 

sophomore year. 

For most of the season, 

his team has been ranked 

No. 1 in the state by Prep 

Baseball Report. The 

Vikings still won 27 of 

St. Laurence senior and Orland Park resident Matt McCormick makes contact in a game against Sandburg in 

Burbank. McCormick could be drafted by Major League Baseball in early June and is hoping that later that week, 

the Vikings can win an IHSA state championship. JEFF VORVA/22ND Century Media 

their first 31 games, even 

though they usually bring 

out the best in their opponents. 

“I don’t think the ranking 

really matters,” Mc- 

Cormick said. “No matter 

where we are ranked, 

people give us their best 

effort, because we are St. 

Laurence. Every team usually 

throws their ace or one 

of their top guys at us.” 

As for the move to Class 

3A, McCormick is not 

expecting life to be any 

easier. 

“We found out in the 

summer after we were 

playing a game, and we 

got to school and people 

MATT’S STATS 

The hitting numbers from Orland Park’s Matt McCormick in his four years at St. 

Laurence 

Year Games AB HITS HR RBI AVG 

2016 40 114 42 4 40 .368 

2017 42 119 54 8 49 .454 

2018 38 98 50 9 50 .510 

2019* 31 80 37 7 40 .463 

CAREER 151 411 183 28 179 .445 

*-Through May 15 

were talking about it, and I 

thought they were joking,” 

McCormick said. “The 

coaches told us it was true. 

“Class 3A is good. There 

is Lemont, Oak Forest, 

Tinley Park, Joliet Catholic 

Academy and Coal City 

in the sectional. They all 

have good pitchers and all 

have good teams. If anything, 

they are just as good 

as Brother Rice, St. Rita or 

Mount Carmel. It’s really 

just the same road.”



fastbreak 

THURSDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK 

Hard to rival this football district 

JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY 

MEDIA 

1st and 3 

THREE FACTS ABOUT 

ORLAND PARK’S MATT 

MCCORMICK (ABOVE), 

A ST. LAURENCE STAR 

AND MAJOR LEAGUE 

DRAFT PROSPECT 

1. All-state x3 

The first three years 

of his career, Mc- 

Cormick was recognized 

as All-State. 

He will likely make 

it four in the coming 

weeks. 

2. Majors 

If McCormick opts 

to play college 

baseball, he is 

committed to West 

Virginia, where he 

hopes to major in 

criminal justice and 

psychology. 

3. Ouch! 

As of last week, he 

was hit by more 

career pitches 

(51) than doubles 

hit (48). Both are 

school records. 

Jeff Vorva 

Sports Editor 

I 

am not here to mock 

the Illinois High 

School Association 

after it just released its 

first mock football district 

alignments. 

I am here to say “Wow!” 

In 2021, conferences 

will be vanquished and 

eight- or nine-team districts 

will be the determining 

factor in who makes or 

misses the playoffs. 

Word of warning: This 

first mock may or may not 

look anything like reality 

in 2021. Right now, it is 

just a guide and factors 

such as enrollment, success 

and other things will 

change it. 

But at this point — 

spring of 2019 — this is 

what the decision-makers 

have tentatively decided. 

In Class 8A, the nineteam 

South District C 

would have a couple of 

red-hot rivalries between 

schools that have not 

played in the same conference. 

Sandburg and Andrew 

are in this division. 

So are Marist and 

Brother Rice. 

Did I already say 

“Wow!”? 

Stagg is also in the 

district meaning all three 

District 230 schools would 

play each other each year. 

Powerhouse Homewood-Flossmoor, 

Chicago 

Public League elite teams 

Simeon and Curie and 

Bloom Township make up 

the rest of the district. 

From a travel standpoint, 

it could be a little funky. 

But the rivalry games 

would be outstanding. 

As sports editor of both 


and The Tinley Junction, 

seeing Andrew and 

Sandburg back together 

on the football field again 

is something I have been 

crossing my fingers for. 

Andrew started its football 

history in 1977 and the 

Sandburg/Andrew rivalry 

never commenced until 

2005 and it ended in 2014. 

The first game was huge 

and Sandburg won it, 

39-25. 

On paper, Sandburg 

dominated the series, 9-1. 

But five of those victories 

were by seven or less 

points. In 2008, the game 

went into three overtimes 

before Sandburg claimed a 

33-27 victory. 

There was one huge 

blowout. That was Andrew’s 

only victory. The T- 

Bolts scored a 31-3 victory 

over the Eagles in 2007. 

The Marist-Brother Rice 

rivalry is more than 50 

years old and has never 

The IHSA unveiled a mock draft of what district football in Illinois could look like in 

2021. JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

been hotter. Both schools 

have students from the 

area and when they battled 

for the right to go to the 

Class 8A state championship 

game on Nov. 16 at 

Marist, it was huge. More 

than 4,000 fans were at the 

game and countless others 

were watching the stream 

in taverns across the South 

Side. 

In Class 5A, Tinley Park 

would be in North District 

D with St. Laurence, 

Brooks, Chicago Vocational, 

Marian Catholic, 

Evergreen Park, Rich 

Central, Rich East, and 

Rich South. 

Not many rivalry games. 

No more Oak Forest or 

Bremen. But the opponents 

are close. 

While the teams around 

here seemed to get a decent 

shake from the IHSA, 

there are some coaches 

who may have turned 

purple when they saw the 

list. 

South District D, however 

might have the most 

complaints in Class 8A as 

Lincoln-Way East Joliet 

Central, Joliet West and 

Minooka are lumped in 

with almost-in-Missouri 

teams Belleville East, Edwardsville 

and O’Fallon. 

Yikes. 

And poor Providence 

Catholic (there is a phrase 

you rarely hear). The Celtics 

are in Class 6A South 

District A with Bloomington, 

Hinsdale South, 

Kankakee, LaSalle-Peru, 

Lemont, Normal West, 

Ottawa and Wheaton St. 

Francis. 

And poor, poor Joliet 

Catholic (there is another 

phrase you rarely hear). 

The Hilltoppers are in 

Class 5A South District C 

with Morris, Freeport Geneseo, 

Rochelle, Rockford 

Boylan Catholic, Sterling 

and Streator. 

The IHSA provided a 

disclaimer, saying “It is 

with 100 percent certainty 

that this district model 

will not match the district 

model implemented 

in 2021…some schools 

unfortunately have to drop 

football, some schools will 

drop to 8-man football and 

other schools will form or 

dissolve cooperative agreements 

over the next two 

school years.” 

Right now, area teams 

have it fairly good. 

But they are not out 

of the woods for trips to 

places that seem like they 

are on the other end of the 

world. 

LISTEN UP 

“When somebody tells me I am going high, I’m like, ‘Oh, 

I don’t think so.’ I’ve been told I could go as high as the 

second round, but I don’t think I’m that good.” 

Matt McCormick — Orland Park baseball star who could be drafted 

by a major league team in June 

WHAT2WATCH 

GIRLS SOCCER 

5 p.m., Friday, May 24 

• If the seeds hold true, No. 2 Andrew faces 

No. 1 Sandburg in the Class 3A Andrew 

Sectional title match. 

Index 

44 - Postseason highlights 

43 - Athlete of the Week 

Compiled by Sports Editor Jeff Vorva, 

J.VORVA@22NDCM.com

Orland Park’s Hometown Newspaper | May 23, 2019 

SANDBURG VS. ANDREW? 

MAYBE Vorva examines the IHSA’s first 

mock draft of the football district plan, 

Page 47 

WILD WEEKEND A 

look at a busy week in the 

postseason featuring Orland 

Park athletes, Page 44 

Orland Park’s McCormick 

could get picked high in 

MLB Draft and win a state 

title with St. Laurence, 

Page 46 

Orland Park’s Matt 

McCormick, a senior 

at St. Laurence, 

could be celebrating 

in early June if he 

gets drafted by 

a Major League 

Baseball team and 

his high school team 

wins an IHSA Class 

3A baseball title.

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