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Sheriff’s Office seeks 

suspects in alleged 

gas station robbery, 

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Moving 

forward 

D161 committee makes 

decision on unit district 

study, Page 6 

PAWS of Tinley Park 

volunteer Kelly Doherty 

(left), of Mokena, embraces 

Heidi Gonzalez, senior 

community development 

manager for the American 

Cancer Society, on 

Saturday, June 8, during 

the Relay for Life of Greater 

Will County at Lincoln-Way 

North. Mary Compton/22nd 

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Relay for Life raises funds to fight cancer, Page 3 

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THURSDAY 

Girl Power: Bullying, 

Competition and Mean Girls 

(Ages 10-13) 

1:30-2:45 p.m. June 13, 

Frankfort Public Library 

District, 21119 S. Pfeiffer 

Road, Frankfort. We are 

living in a time when girls 

are against girls. How can 

we lead and ignite others’ 

flames if we can’t even 

stand with each other? 

Placing more emphasis on 

girls’ education, growing 

healthy self-esteem, inner 

beauty and respecting others 

uniqueness, will keep 

guiding the way for girls 

to have healthier mindsets 

and behavior resulting in 

respect for themselves and 

each other. 

Ladies Night Out - Summer 

Social 

5-8 p.m. June 13, Orland 

Park Crossing, 14225 95th 

Ave., Orland Park. Free 

event featuring music, a 

fashion show, and a variety 

of vendors with health tips 

and screenings, fashion and 

beauty, food, home decor, 

shopping, and more. Free 

tote bags to the first 200 

people. Fashion show by 

Jenny Applegate of The 

Leading Image. Make-andtake 

project with DIY Sign 

Party (additional cost). For 

more information and registration, 

visit 22ndcentury 

media.com/events. 

Common App: Essay 

Writing Workshop (Grades 

11-12) 

6:30-8 p.m. June 13, 

Frankfort Public Library 

District, 21119 S. Pfeiffer 

Road, Frankfort. Come and 

learn how to develop and 

write a great essay for the 

Common App for colleges. 

This would be a great 

workshop for juniors and 

seniors who are either starting 

to think about colleges 

or are in the midst of applying 

to colleges. Mary Ellen 

Hillig, a retired teacher and 

local tutor, will help students 

think through how to 

write a great essay for the 

Common App. 

Feminist Book Club 

7-8 p.m. June 13, Frankfort 

Public Library District, 

21119 S. Pfeiffer Road, 

Frankfort. Feminism: what 

does it really mean? How 

does it apply to our lives 

today? How can we make 

sure it’s not as racist and 

homophobic as it historically 

has been? How do we 

truly achieve equality? This 

month, we are discussing 

“Dear Ijeawele: A Feminist 

Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions 

by Chimamanda 

Ngozi Adichie.” 

FRIDAY 

Music in the Box 

9:15-9:45 a.m. June 14, 

Fridays through July 26 

(no class July 5), Founders 

Community Center, 140 

Oak St., Frankfort. This 

summer music class will 

teach ear training, pitch development 

and early music 

concepts through singing 

and movement. Children 

are taught by a professional 

musician who is trained in 

the Music in the Box curriculum. 

Fee is $69 for 

residents and $74 for nonresidents. 

SW 

LIST 

Fridays on the Green: 

Madcap Puppets 

10-11 a.m. June 14, Breidert 

Green, White and 

Kansas streets, Frankfort. 

Fridays on the Green is 

back, and so are Madcap 

Puppets. When an explorer 

crash lands on a strange 

planet, he becomes friends 

with a stranded alien. Join 

them on an adventure 

through the universe as 

they try to find the lost alien 

a new home. Thank you to 

the Friends of the Frankfort 

Library for generously 

sponsoring this program. 

In the event of inclement 

weather, the program will 

move indoors to the Frankfort 

Public Library building. 

Lincoln-Way Rock 

Orchestra Concert 

6 p.m. June 14, Lincoln- 

Way Central Center for 

Performing Arts, 1801 E. 

Lincoln Highway, New 

Lenox. More than 80 young 

string musicians from the 

surrounding communities 

will perform hits from the 

70s to now, orchestra style. 

Songs from Bon Jovi, AC/ 

DC, Def Leppard, Guns ‘n’ 

Roses, Coldplay, Cake, Metallica, 

Goo Goo Dolls, The 

Police, Heart, Fleetwood 

Mac, Eurhythmics and 

more. These talented kids 

(from sixth grade through 

high school) rehearse every 

evening for two weeks 

at “summer rock orchestra 

camp” and then put on an 

awesome show. 

SATURDAY 

“Get Hooked on Frankfort” 

Fishing Derby 

8-11 a.m. June 15, Prairie 

Park in Downtown Frankfort. 

This event is for children 

ages 3-12. Fees are $3 

for Frankfort residents and 

$10 for non-residents and 

incude a T-shirt, drink and 

snack, fishing hook and 

bait. Prizes will be awarded 

for the most fish caught and 

biggest fish caught in each 

age bracket. 

SUNDAY 

Concerts on the Green 

6:30–8 p.m. June 16, 

Breidert Green, White and 

Kansas streets, Frankfort. 

Sponsored by the Frankfort 

Chamber of Commerce. 

Enjoy “live” music 

in downtown Frankfort. No 

admission charge. Bring 

lawn chairs and a blanket 

for your enjoyment. 

MONDAY 

Slime Science fun 

9:30-11:30 a.m. June 17, 

Founders Community Center, 

140 Oak St., Frankfort. 

Have a blast making slime 

on a summer day. We’ll 

make three kinds of slime 

and you’ll be able to take 

them home (with parents’ 

permission of course). As 

you make the slime, we’ll 

explore the science behind 

it and how certain ingredients 

affect the texture and 

feel. The fee is $30 for 

residents and $35 for nonresidents. 

Tie Dye Party 

1-3 p.m. June 17, Founders 


Oak St., Frankfort. Make 

your own tie dye shirt and 

bring anything else you’d 

like to dye. We’ll learn 

about colors, mixing colors 

and how to make different 

patterns. Cupcakes and 

juice will be served. The 

fee is $30 for residents and 

$35 for non-residents. 

Village Board Meeting 

7 p.m. June 17, Frankfort 

Administration Building, 

432 W. Nebraska St., 

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first and third Monday of 

each month. 

TUESDAY 

Tot Time 

9:30-10:15 a.m. June 18, 

Tuesdays through July 2, 

Founders Community Center, 

140 Oak St., Frankfort. 

Are you ready to meet new 

people and spend some 

playtime with your little 

one in a non-structured environment? 

This is the class 

for you. We will explore 

large and fine motor activities 

through play (lots of 

toys), circle time (we sing 

songs and do fingerplays) 

and special time (different 

each week, examples are: 

playing with the parachute, 

musical instruments, crafts, 

etc.). 

Tuesday with Friends 

1-2 p.m. June 18, Frankfort 

Public Library District, 

21119 S. Pfeiffer Road, 

Frankfort. This month, we 

will discuss “Turtles All 

the Way Down” by John 

Green. Aza is 16 and suffers 

from OCD. When her 

best friend, Daisy, learns 

that a reward of $100,000 

is offered for help finding 

a missing local millionaire 

(and the father of Aza’s 

childhood friend), the pair 

start investigating. This is 

a great story about lifelong 

friendships by the author of 

The Fault in Our Stars.”

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the frankfort station | June 13, 2019 | 3 

Relay for Life honors 

fight against cancer 

Mary Compton 

Freelance Reporter 

It takes a community to 

beat cancer. Just ask the 

hundreds of people who 

participated in the Relay 

For Life of Greater Will 

County. 

On Saturday, June 

8, participants walked 

around the Lincoln-Way 

North football field in honor 

of loved ones no longer 

here — and for those who 

are in the biggest battle of 

their lives. 

“Today has been magical,” 

said Heidi Gonzalez, 

senior community development 

manager for the 

American Cancer Society. 

“Last year, we combined 

Frankfort, Mokena, Manhattan. 

Crete, Monee, 

Beecher and Peotone. We 

are greater Will County. 

They’ve been doing this 

for about 17 years. 

According to the American 

Cancer Society website, 

in 2019, there will 

be more than 68,000 new 

cases of selected cancers 

in Illinois. 

“Today we are honoring 

over 60 survivors that are 

here,” Gonzalez said. 

The day included events 

such as the survivors’ celebration, 

Bake Walk, a giant 

Twister game, musical 

chairs and more. 

“We need to celebrate 

survivorship, which is 

well on the rise,” Gonzalez 

said. “There are more 

people surviving cancer 

because of the research, 

because of the options. We 

also know some people are 

not going to make it. We 

need to remember them 

John Biske, of Crystal Lake, runs a mile for every 

year Frankfort resident DeAnn Anzaldi beat cancer on 

Saturday, June 8, at the Relay For Life of Greater Will 

County held at the Lincoln-Way North football field. 

Mary Compton/22nd Century Media 

and continue the fight.” 

The Relay for Life is the 

American Cancer’s Society’s 

signature fundraiser. 

At this Relay for Life, 18 

teams raised funds. The 

top team, Rebels With 

A Cause, raised almost 

$8,000. 

Residents in local communities 

that have been 

diagnosed with cancer can 

seek various free services 

through the American 

Cancer Society office located 

at 17060 Oak Park 

Avenue in Tinley Park. 

“We will raise about 

$65,000 dollars here today,” 

Gonzalez said. “Every 

dollar counts. Because 

of that, we get to keep up 

this fight. We can fund 

more research, we can 

provide more wigs, we 

can house people in our 

Hope lodges. We also have 

make-up programs for ladies 

that have lost all of 

their hair. A lot of people 

don’t know what we can 

do at no charge to the patient. 

We even have volunteers 

that take them to and 

from treatment.” 

Because of services like 

these, survivors have had 

community members stand 

with them as they battle 

the war on cancer. One of 

those survivors is DeAnn 

Anzaldi, of Frankfort. She 

received so much support 

that she is now the event 

chair and has volunteered 

for the American Cancer 

Society since 2003. 

“I was 35, when I went 

for my first mammogram,” 

Anzaldi said. “There is no 

history of breast cancer 

in my family. They saw a 

spot and [I] had cancer ... 

On my 36th birthday, I had 

my first chemo treatment.” 

She offered words of 

encouragement to those 

walking around the track 

during the relay. 

“If you’re going through 

this now, find other people 

that have been there and 

done that,” she said. “You 

are not alone. This is not 

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Two suspects sought in 

alleged Frankfort robbery 

Bill Jones, Managing Editor 

Two men police say 

were in their early 60s allegedly 

robbed a Frankfort 

Township gas station 

of cash and cigarettes the 

early morning of June 4. 

Police were called at 

3:12 a.m. to the Speedway 

at 7218 W. Lincoln 

Highway in response to 

the robbery, according to 

a press release issued by 

the Will County Sheriff’s 

Office. 

A store clerk told deputies 

she observed two 

men enter the store. One 

of the men — described 

as black, wearing a black 

hat, black coat, jeans and 

a button-up denim shirt — 

began walking around the 

store, according to police. 

The other — described 

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Will County Sheriff’s 

Police provided this 

surveillance image from 

an alleged robbery that 

took place June 4 at 

the Speedway at 7218 

W. Lincoln Highway in 

Frankfort Township. 

Photos submitted 

The man walking 

around the store went to 

the counter to purchase 

cigars, and the other man 

moved behind the counter 

and placed a screwdriver 

at the back of the employee, 

police said. The men 

told the clerk to lay on the 

floor, and they robbed the 

store of $585 in cash and 

40 packs of cigarettes valued 

at $315.60, according 

to Deputy Chief Dan 

Jungles. 

The employee was then 

ordered to the rear of the 

store, and the two men left 

in a white SUV, possibly a 

Cadillac Escalade, police 

said. They fled eastbound 

on Lincoln Highway, according 

to Will County 

Sheriff’s Police spokesperson 

Kathy Hoffmeyer. 

The employee reportedly 

was not injured. 

Video surveillance is being 

reviewed, according 

to police. 

Anyone with more information 

is asked to 

call the Sheriff’s Office’s 

none-emergency number, 

(815) 727-8575. 

For more on this, including 

more photos, and other 

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Police reports 

Frankfort vehicle 

allegedly damaged 

overnight 

A vehicle parked in a 

Frankfort driveway was 

damaged on June 2 in the 

22300 block of Jeanette 

Court, according to the 

Frankfort Police Department. 

According to Frankfort 

Deputy Police Chief Kevin 

Keegan, the complainant 

told police he was staying 

overnight at the residence 

and parked his car in the 

driveway. When he awoke 

the next morning, he saw 

the driver’s side window 

and rear hatch window 

were both shattered. 

There were no reports of 

other vehicles being damaged 

in that area, and it 

is unknown why this specific 

vehicle was targeted, 

Keegan said. 

The estimated damage 

exceeded $1,000. 

June 5 

• Miscellaneous items 

reportedly were taken from 

an unsecured vehicle in the 

200 block of Nebraska St. 

May 31 

• Miscellaneous items 

reportedly were taken 

from an unsecured vehicle 

in the 300 block of Michigan 

Road. 

EDITOR’S NOTE: The 

Frankfort Station’s Police Reports 

are compiled from official 

reports found online on 

the Frankfort Police Department’s 

website or releases 

issued by the department and 

other agencies. Individuals 

named in these reports are 

considered innocent of all 

charges until proven guilty in 

a court of law.

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Man charged after allegedly attacking 

woman on Old Plank Road Trail 

Nuria Mathog, Editor 

A New Lenox man was 

arrested after reportedly 

attacking a woman Sunday, 

July 9, on the Old 

Plank Road Trail, according 

to the Frankfort Police 

Department. 

Anthony M. Carbone, 

18, of the 800 block of 

Spinnaker Drive in New 

Lenox, was charged with 

aggravated battery and 

taken to the Will County 

Jail. 

Frankfort Deputy Police 

Chief Kevin Keegan said 

the woman was walking 

eastbound on the trail near 

Elsner Road around 7 a.m. 

when she was struck from 

behind. The force knocked 

her to the ground, causing 

abrasions to her shins and 

knees, police said. 

The woman asked the 

man what he was doing, 

and he reportedly ran from 

the scene. The woman 

provided a description of 

the man to an officer at 

the scene, and another officer 

located an individual 

matching that description, 

later identified as Carbone, 

near Old Plank Road Trail 

and Wolf Road. 

The woman identified 

Carbone as her attacker, 

police said. 

Keegan said police 

learned during an investigation 

that the attack was 

sexually motivated, but 

the man became startled 

and fled from the scene after 

knocking the woman to 

the ground. 

Summit Hill D161 

Committee recommends 

K-12 district study go forward 

T.J. Kremer III 

Contributing Editor 

A 3-0 vote June 5 by the 

committee of the Summit 

Hill D161 Board of Education 

to examine the feasibility 

of creating a new 

K-12 district resulted in an 

uproarious applause from 

residents of the district 

who packed the boardroom 

wall-to-wall. 

The vote means that the 

full board was expected 

to take up the issue at its 

Wednesday, June 12 regular 

meeting. 

Summit Hill D161 first 

began looking at the idea 

of purchasing the currently 

underused Lincoln-Way 

North High School building 

from Lincoln-Way 

Community High School 

District 210 and splitting 

off from the district to start 

its own K-12 unit district. 

Committee members laid 

out the details of what the 

feasibility study would include, 

and all of its members 

agreed that it would 

be in the best interest of the 

district to start the process 

sooner rather than later because 

the study itself would 

be bear fruit to the district 

regardless if that study 

showed a move to expand 

to a K-12 district would be 

beneficial or not. 

The study, if approved by 

the full board as presented 

by the committee, would 

be conducted by District 

Leadership Solutions LLC. 

and would require the work 

to be completed in several 

phases. 

The first phase would include 

four parts, each with 

its own price tag attached 

to break down the costs for 

the entirety of the study. 

The first part would include 

a student enrollment 

study, and would examine 

issues surrounding facility 

usage, staffing, curriculum 

offerings, State aid and facility 

planning. This portion 

would expect to be 

completed by Sept. 30 of 

this year and would cost the 

district $9,250. 

The second part of 

phase one would examine 

the overall tax impact, 

and would assess issues 

of debt, provide a comparison 

of financial profiles 

for each district, estimate 

tax rates for each district, 

provide five-year financial 

projections and examine 

fund balances. This work 

would also be expected to 

be completed by Sept. 30 

and would have a price tag 

of $10,000. 

The third part would examine 

the tax impact on 

providing a baseline high 

school experience to that 

of D210, including curriculum 

and extracurricular 

opportunities for students. 

This would be expected 

to be completed by Nov. 1 

and cost $10,000 

The final step in phase 

one would examine the final 

tax impact on D161, 

including the purchase of 

LW North. This would also 

be completed and present 

along with the third part 

and cost $2,000. 

Public comment, which 

lasted for nearly an hour, 

was overwhelmingly in favor 

of pursuing the study. 

One commenter called the 

district’s plan “visionary 

thinking,” while just one 

commenter said the district 

should “stay in your lane” 

and stick to its K-8. 

Karen Miner, a nonvoting 

member of the committee, 

said that “it would be 

financially irresponsible” 

if the district did not pursue 

the feasibility study, 

given the potential benefits 

of getting hard data on how 

the district’s demographics 

are trending. 

relay 

From Page 3 

There are people out their 

that have survived this. This 

is why I wear my purple 

shirt; it symbolizes hope.” 

She began wiping away 

tears as she recalled her 

battle with cancer. 

“I fought also because 

I wanted to see my kids 

graduate high school,” she 

said. “Today one of my 

kids is married. I got to see 

all of that; I was one of the 

lucky ones. Whatever I say 

today, if one person will get 

a mammogram, it’s so important 

to get that screening 

and get ahead of the game.” 

On the other side of the 

Lincoln-Way North football 

field were five little puppies 

from PAWS of Tinley Park. 

“We enjoy bringing the 

animals out to the community,” 

Mokena resident 

Kelly Doherty said. “They 

came out today to provide 

some comfort, some love 

and some cuddles to the 

people participating in the 

relay. I’m also here to promote 

the shelter. All the 

puppies are up for adoption.”



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Photo Op 

Sink’s Shots 

This week’s Photo Op 

comes from Frankfort 

resident Jeanne 

Edmondson amd featires 

a young owl visitor in her 

backyard. The photo was 

taken outside a bedroom 

window. 

Have you captured something 

unique, interesting, beautiful 

or just plain fun on camera? 

Submit a photo for “Photo 

Op” by emailing it to nuria@ 

frankfortstation.com, or 

mailing it to 11516 W. 183rd 

St., Office Condo 3 Unit SW, 

Orland Park, IL, 60467. 

Frankfort resident Dale Sink’s daughter Susan snapped this image of 13 turtles 

on a log in the pond behind her house in Minnesota. 

Dale Sink is a Frankfort resident who enjoys photography and regularly submits photos to The 

Station. 

Gretchen 

Lulu’s Locker Rescue 

Gretchen is a 3-year-old 

female beagle and redbone 

coonhound. She is being 

fostered with several other 

dogs of various sizes and 

gets along well with all of 

the animals. When she isn’t 

playing with other dogs, 

she has lower energy and 

would do best in a home with 

patient owners. She is wellbehaved 

when on a leash 

and is houstrained and crate 

trained. For more information, 

visit www.luluslockerrescue. 

org/adoption/ or contact 

LulusLocker@gmail.com. 

Want to see your pet featured as The 

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FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION 

Fire department’s first 

Citizens Fire Academy set 

for August 

The Tinley Park Fire 

Department is to host its 

first Citizens Fire Academy 

starting in August, 

and is currently accepting 

applications. 

The academy will provide 

participants with 

hands-on experience of 

what fire service is like in 

Tinley Park, Deputy Chief 

Dan Riordan said. 

“This is the first time 

that we’ve done anything 

like this,” Riordan said. 

“It was something that 

Fire Chief [Forest] Reeder 

thought would be a great 

opportunity to get people, 

if they live in town or work 

in town, to interact with 

the fire department in a different 

way, and really get 

some understanding of all 

the things that a firefighter 

would be expected to do 

during their normal work 

shift, and you’ll get to experience 

a little bit of that 

yourself.” 

All of the participants 

will get certified in CPR, 

learn how to use an automated 

external defibrillator 

and a fire extinguisher 

during the eight-week 

course. Additionally, participants 

will be involved 

in training tower demonstrations 

at the local training 

facility, Riordan said. 

The program is open to 

adults ages 21 and older 

who live or work in the 

Village of Tinley Park. 

Classes will take place 

once a week for 2-3 hours 

beginning Aug. 7 through 

September. Applications 

are due July 1, and a background 

check will be completed, 

according to the application 

packet. 

Reporting by Amanda 

Del Buono, Freelance 

Reporter. For more, visit 

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FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT 

Torch Run for Special 

Olympics brings smiles to 

officers’, athletes’ faces 

Route 30 in New Lenox 

was briefly shut down the 

afternoon of June 4 as 

Torch Run volunteers from 

the New Lenox Police Department 

and New Lenox 

Village Hall ran from 

Providence Catholic High 

School to the New Lenox 

Commons. 

The purpose of the Torch 

Run is to raise money and 

awareness, and help kick 

off the Special Olympics 

Summer Games, which 

were held in Bloomington 

June 7-9. 

New Lenox’s runners 

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From the Editor 

The importance of offering support 

nuria mathog 

Editor 

In this week’s issue of 

The Station, we covered 

the Relay for Life 

of Greater Will County, an 

annual fundraiser for the 

American Cancer Society 

that took place right here 

in Frankfort. 

I’ve attended quite 

a few Relays for Life 

throughout the years, 

starting when I was a 

teenager in high school 

and before I personally 

knew anyone affected 

by cancer. Since then, 

several family members 

— and in several cases, 

the parents of some very 

dear friends — have 

fought that battle, and I 

have come to appreciate 

the symbolism of 

the purple shirts and the 

imagery of a community 

coming together to support 

such an important 

cause. 

More than anything, 

offering support in a time 

of great need is the most 

meaningful thing we can 

do. Fortunately, events 

such as the Relay of Life 

offer many ways to do so: 

a donation to the American 

Cancer Society, words 

of encouragement and 

a few hours spent walking 

side by side with the 

survivors in our lives. It’s 

a simple and yet powerful 

way to say, “I am here for 

you.” 

Cancer can be an 

incredibly challenging 

experience physically, 

financially and emotionally, 

and it is the sort 

of diagnosis that often 

leaves loved ones unsure 

of what to say or do. But 

even if we don’t always 

have the perfect words, 

we speak a thousand of 

them with our presence. 

Showing up demonstrates 

to those we most care 

about that they don’t have 

to go through the experience 

alone, that they are 

loved and will always 

hold an important place 

in our lives. 

My hope is that someday 

the Relays for Life 

will no longer be necessary 

— and that each lap 

around the track brings us 

a few minutes closer to a 

cure. 

“Summer Acro 1” 

— Frankfort Square Park District from 

June 6 

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nfyn 

From Page 12 

“took the torch” from the 

Joliet volunteers at Providence 

and to the Commons, 

where the closing 

ceremonies were held and 

Special Olympic athletes 

and other Village officials 

waited. 

Officer Paul Simon was 

the organizer for the New 

Lenox leg of the race. The 

Torch Run took place all 

over Illinois and included 

more than 3,000 officers 

who covered approximately 

1,500 total miles. 

“It’s an honor, because 

the people here are residents,” 

Simon said. “Especially 

for our athletes — 

this is for them. We get to 

do things and give back to 

the community.” 

Simon said all the volunteers 

came to him before 

he was able to reach 

out and ask who wanted to 

participate. 

Reporting by Sean Hastings, 

Editor. For more, visit 

NewLenoxPatriot.com. 

FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER 

Mokena warehouse where 

the sausage gets made for 

Aurelio’s 

Joe Aurelio’s life is all 

about pizza. Even his license 

plate reads “PIZ- 

ZA.” 

Back in 1959, before 

Joe was even born, his 

father Joseph A. Aurelio 

started a pizza parlor in 

Homewood. Today, Joe is 

the president and CEO of 

Aurelio’s. 

“Aurelio’s Pizza was 

founded by my father,” 

Aurelio said. “We were 

living in Chicago Heights 

at the time, and [he] 

wanted to start his own 

pizza place. Being from 

Calabria, Italy, my father 

brought the family recipes 

and Italian influence.” 

Today, tere are 41 Aurelio’s 

locations in six 

states. Because of such 

growth, Aurelio’s purchased 

a 10,000-squarefoot 

warehouse in Mokena 

roughly seven months ago. 

At the warehouse, they 

hand-make all the Italian 

sausage fresh. They also 

distribute the cheese and 

other meat products from 

the warehouse to all Aurelio’s 

locations. 

“We outgrew our former 

facility” Aurelio said. 

“This is a perfect location, 

being so close to the 

Interstate, to reach our locations. 

This is a great expansion 

for us. It allows us 

to grow.” 

Aurelio said that the site 

was a former pharmaceutical 

warehouse, where 

it was a sterile and clean 

environment, and he has 

maintained an emphasis 

on keeping it clean today. 

“It’s a USDA-inspected 

facility,” he said. “We 

make 12,000 pounds of 

fresh Italian sausage a 

week. We use ... a very 

lean product with simple 

spices, with no preservatives 

or fillers.” 

Reporting by Mary 

Compton, Freelance 

Reporter. For more, visit 

MokenaMessenger.com. 

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Murders of 1940,’ Page 17 

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Faith Briefs 

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (177 Luther 

Lane, Frankfort) 

Divine Service 

8 a.m. Sundays. Divine service 

gets its name from the fact 

that worship is most importantly 

God serving us. We come at his 

invitation not to do God a favor, 

but to receive from Him what He 

alone has to offer, after which we 

respond in praise. Divine service 

uses a variety of rich, beautiful, 

and often ancient traditions of 

the church found in the hymnal 

accompanied by the organ, as 

well as piano and other various 

instruments on special occasions. 

Sunday morning Adult Bible 

Study 

9:30-10:30 a.m. Sundays in 

the fellowship hall. We will explore 

the Gospel of Matthew 

during this summer. The Gospel 

of Matthew serves as the “door” 

into the New Testament. Come 

for refreshments and join the 

discussion on subjects like parables, 

discipleship, judgment day, 

heaven, God’s promises, and so 

much more. 

10:46 Worship 

10:46 a.m. Sundays. 10:46 

Worship gets its name from Acts 

10:46, where it mentions that 

the apostles “heard the Gentiles 

speaking in tongues and praising 

God” – which could well describe 

this time of worship where 

God is present and his people 

are responding. 10:46 Worship 

blends the best of both ancient 

tradition and modern music and 

instruments recognizing the ongoing, 

present-day work of the 

Holy Spirit in our lives. Beginning 

at 10:46 AM also suggests 

a more casual worship where 

you’re invited to come just as 

you are. 

Vacation Bible School begins 

Monday, June 17, through Friday, 

June 21. 

Weight Watchers 

9:30-10:30 a.m. Mondays. 

Alcoholics Anonymous 

10 a.m.-noon Saturdays. 

Narcotics Anonymous 

6:30-9 p.m. Tuesdays 

Frankfort United Methodist Church (215 Linden 

Drive, Frankfort) 

Vacation Bible School 

1-4 p.m. Wednesday, June 

12, through Friday, June 14. 

Join Frankfort United Methodist 

Church for Vacation Bible 

School. This year’s theme is 

“Roar, Life is Wild, God is 

Good.” VBS is free. However, 

there is a $10 per child charge 

for a VBS T-shirt. Register online 

at frankfortumc.org or call 

815-469-5249 with any questions. 

Worship Service 

9-10 a.m. Sundays. Nursery 

available. For more information, 

call (815) 469-5249. 

Living Streams / Calvary Chapel (7837 W. Lincoln 

Highway, Frankfort) 

Midweek Bible Study 

7 p.m. Wednesdays. The group 

study will focus on Old Testament-II 

Kings. For more information, 

call (815) 464-5230. 

Sunday Morning Service 

10 a.m. The weekly service 

will focus on Book of Matthew. 

For more information, call (815) 

464-5230. 

Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart (St. Francis 

Woods, 9201 W. St. Francis Road, Frankfort) 

Scripture Reflection 

9-10:30 a.m. Thursdays in the 

Assisi Center. Sr. Marilyn Renninger, 

OSF, leads a reflection 

and sharing on the upcoming 

Sunday readings and how it applies 

to daily life. Participants 

may come to as many or as few 

as their schedules allow. No fee 

and no registration. Just sign in 

at the Front Desk. 

Spiritual Direction 

By appointment, five Sisters at 

St. Francis Woods in Frankfort 

who are trained Spiritual Directors 

offer Spiritual Direction 

sessions at Franciscan Sisters of 

the Sacred Heart. The fee is $50. 

The Sisters are: Janice Keenan, 

OSF, (815) 469-4883; Norma 

Janssen, OSF, (815) 464-3808; 

Mary Shinnick, OSF, (815) 464- 

3807; Joyce Shanabarger, OSF, 

(815) 464-3803; and Sr. Nancy 

Roberta Schramm, OSF, (815) 

464-3848. 

Lighthouse Fellowship (8128 W. Lincoln Highway, 

Frankfort) 

Revolution Youth Group 

7-9 p.m. Wednesdays. This 

youth ministry is for those in 

grades 7-12. Meet for worship, 

games, food and Bible study. Enter 

through the upper-west doors. 

For more information, call (815) 

469-0611. 

To have your church’s events 

included in Faith Briefs, email 

them to Editor Nuria Mathog at 

nuria@frankfortstation.com or call 

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noon Thursdays one week prior to 

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Comedy, mystery meet in The Drama Group play 

Frankfort, New 

Lenox residents 

star in production 


The Drama Group is 

hoping to deliver a killing 

performance in its latest 

production — figuratively 

and literally. 

The Chicago Heightsbased 

theater group’s 

version of the “The Musical 

Comedy Murders 

of 1940,” written by the 

American playwright John 

Bishop, centers around 

the members of a creative 

team who gather in a mysterious 

mansion for a backer’s 

audition for their new 

show. Several chorus girls 

involved in the group’s 

previous production were 

killed by a figure called 

the “Stage Door Slasher,” 

whose reappearance in the 

house sparks a comical adventure 

involving scandal, 

secrets and intrigue. 

Performances are scheduled 

for 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 

June 13; Friday, June 

14; and Saturday, June 

15, with a matinee at 2 

p.m. Saturday, June 16. 

All shows will take place 

at The Drama Group’s 

Milord Studio Theatre, 

located at 330 W. 202nd 

Street in Chicago Heights. 

“This show is a murder 

mystery, but it’s also really 

a farce, so it’s very 

funny,” cast member and 

Frankfort resident Jeannie 

Markionni said. “There’s 

lots of doors, sliding bookcases, 

fireplaces that open, 

murders. It’s chaos. And 

not everybody is who you 

think they are ... Everybody’s 

a bit of a caricature 

of what those characters 

back then would have 

been.” 

Markionni and her husband, 

Nick Markionni, 

rarely have the opportunity 

to share the stage, but the 

two Drama Group members 

both star in the production. 

Jeannie plays the 

“very much over the top” 

producer Marjorie Baverstock, 

while Nick takes on 

the role of the pompous 

director Ken De La Maise. 

“I was just called in 

from Hollywood, where I 

drop names left and right,” 

Nick Markionni said of his 

character. “I know so-andso, 

I’ve been in this movie 

with so-and-so.” 

The production marks 

the 20th anniversary of the 

Drama Group’s theater exchange 

program with Stables 

Theatre in Hastings, 

England, which began 

with The Drama Group’s 

adaptation of “Spoon 

River Anthology” and has 

involved cross-Atlantic 

performances from both 

the American and British 

theater groups. 

“We selected this play, 

and they selected a play 

called ‘The Virtuous Burglar,’” 

Director MaryEllen 

Fawk said. “They had 

a director for it, and they 

couldn’t do it, so they 

weren’t able to get another 

person to step up and direct, 

so they stepped down 

from participating in that. 

But, we were still going 

to go over there and do it 

here, so we moved to doing 

the complete version 

of it here.” 

She described The Drama 

Group as a “wonderful 

place” for devotees of 

theater. 

“The reasons I really 

love working here are, 

number one, it feels like 

Liz Yerkovich, of New Lenox, playing the role of Berenice Roth, contemplates a 

series of murders discussed by the other characters during The Drama Group’s “The 

Musical Comedy Murders of 1940.” Photos by Nuria Mathog/22nd Century Media 

Geoffrey Purvis (left) and Samm Hilger perform a scene. 

a family,” she said. “The 

people are wonderful. It 

has the sense of being a 

repertoire, too. The talent 

that is attracted to this organization 

is phenomenal, 

with people from all over 

the Chicagoland area that 

have come here.” 

The cast members will 

head to England to perform 

the show after their 

final performance on June 

16. Jeannie Markionni said 

she was especially looking 

forward to seeing how 

British audiences would 

react to an American farce. 

“Farces are not something 

we do a lot,” she 

explained. “We do do 

comedies, but farces are a 

difficult thing, and it’s interesting 

that we’re taking 

a farce for our 20th anniversary 

to a country where 

farces are everything. 

They invented, created, 

perfected the farce.” 

Fellow cast member Liz 

Yerkovich, of New Lenox, 

said she jumped at the opportunity 

to perform in a 

farce. 

“I think they’re super 

fun, and the audiences always 

seem to love them,” 

she said. “So, it was the 

fact that it was a comedy 

and a farce that really got 

me excited about doing 

this show.” 

Yerkovich stars as the 

lyricist Berenice Roth, a 

character she described as 

“very eccentric and kind of 

a lush.” 

“She is very flamboyant 

and self-absorbed,” she 

said. “I’m so self-absorbed 

that pretty much through 

the entire show, she has no 

clue that there’s even murders 

happening.” 

New Lenox resident 

Jennifer Larkin, the show’s 

lighting designer, has been 

involved with The Drama 

Group for more than two 

decades and said the best 

part of her job is the people 

she works with. 

“I like that through the 

lights, you can kind of 

guide the emotions of the 

show,” she said. “For me, 

as a lighting designer, this 

was a pretty easy production, 

‘cause there’s one 

set, one room. We do have 

some lighting changes. 

The cast is tight, they’re 

funny. ... There really isn’t 

anybody that is not any 

good.”

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Lincoln-Way grads open salon in Frankfort 


Frankfort’s newest salon is 

looking to make the cut. 

Founded by three area graduates, 

Evolve Hair Salon, located 

at 301 N. White St., Suite EE 

in Frankfort, launched in early 

January and began opening its 

doors to clients in March. 

Each of the business’s coowners 

has ties to the Lincoln- 

Way area and the southwest 

suburbs: Chicago resident and 

Lincoln-Way Central alumna 

Elise Carlson, Frankfort resident 

and Lincoln-Way East 

alumna Marissa Ambrosino 

and Joliet resident and Sandburg 

alumna Erica Stillwell. 

The concept for the new salon 

came about when the women’s 

father-in-laws, both business 

owners, approached the 

group with the idea. 

“We came and looked at the 

place, and it needed a little 

work, and we looked at a couple 

of other places as well,” 

Carlson said. “We came back 

to here because it was a great 

location.” 

Carlson described the trio 

as “basically sisters.” She is 

best friends with Stillwell and 

is married to Ambrosino’s 

brother, and the three women 

previously worked together for 

nearly a decade at the Mokenabased 

Planet Color Hair Salon. 

“We knew each others’ work 

and how we dealt with clients 

and how we dealt with a salon 

atmosphere,” she said. “So, it 

all worked out well.” 

As a full-service salon, 

Evolve Hair Salon offers color, 

texture and styling services, as 

well as make-up, waxing and 

eyelash extensions. On Mondays, 

the salon takes men’s 

walk-ins. 

“We have barbers from the 

old salon that used to be here 

— it was called Antonio’s Hair 

Salon,” Carlson said. “So, all 

the people from Antonio’s work 

from us too, and they were in 

Frankfort for a very long time.” 

For Carlson, who graduated 

from the Saint Xavier University 

business school in 2007, 

salon work became a way to 

combine her field of study with 

her passion for the beauty industry. 

“I became interested when I 

started to play a little bit with 

hair color when I was in college, 

but I never really thought 

that I would be a hair stylist,” 

she said. “I ended up being a 

combination between a business 

person and a hair stylist. It 

worked out well.” 

Stillwell said she found an 

interest in the industry as a 

high school student, when one 

of her older friends participated 

in a beauty school program. 

“Just by watching what she 

was doing, I decided, ‘That’s 

what I want to do,’” Stillwell 

said. 

Carlson said the group went 

through “millions of names” 

for their new business before 

ultimately settling on “Evolve 

Hair Salon.” 

“It kind of goes with how 

we want our business to run,” 

she said. “We want things to be 

ever-changing and upbeat and 

modern.” 

What sets Evolve Hair Salon 

apart is the business’s focus on 

all types of services, both new 

and traditional, Carlson said. 

“There’s not just one type of 

stylist in here,” Stillwell added. 

“There’s people who are getting 

a weekly roller-set perm to 

somebody getting the fashion 

mermaid hair that’s out there 

right now.” 

The salon plans to host a 

grand opening on Sunday, June 

23, to introduce the Frankfort 

community to the new business. 

“We’re going to do a day DJ 

brunch kind of a thing, with 

Evolve Hair Salon co-owners (left to right) Erica Stillwell, Elise Carlson and Marissa Ambrosino 

launched the new business in January. Photos submitted 

music and food,” Carlson said. 

‘We’ll be raffling off prizes, all 

of the new products we’ll be 

selling.” 

Above all else, Carlson said 

she hopes customers have a relaxing 

and unique experience 

when they walk through the 

doors at Evolve Hair Salon. 

“If they’re looking for something 

specific, if they’re looking 

for something that they’ve 

always gotten, we just want 

them to have exactly what 

they’ve come in looking for,” 

she said. 

Elise Carlson styles a client’s hair.

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LWSRA says ‘Thank you’ to 

community with free party 

Yasmeen Sheikah 

Freelance Reporter 

Awareness, acceptance 

and a good time were 

brought about on June 3 

at the Community Park, 

20261 S. Graceland Lane 

in Frankfort. The Lincolnway 

Special Recreation 

Association had their free 

kick-off summer event including 

a bouncy house 

and snacks. 

Children ran through 

the park enjoying the day, 

along with over 100 other 

community members. According 

to marketing, outreach 

and fundraising specialist 

for LWSRA Karyn 

Reczek, the foundation 

works to promote events, 

such as this one, to give 

children with special needs 

a good time. 

“I have a child on the 

autistic spectrum,” Reczek 

said. “These events are put 

together to raise awareness 

and are free to the public… 

We are an organization 

with over 390 participants.” 

Reczek added that LWS- 

RA has 200 programs a 

year that serve the Lincoln- 

Way area, including Mokena, 

Frankfort and New 

Lenox. Those programs 

are viewable on LWSRA’s 

website at lwsra.org. 

“I want people to leave 

here today feeling like 

they had a good time and 

knowing more about who 

we are and why this is 

such an important organization 

for people with special 

needs,” Reczek said. 

“Whether you are related 

to someone or know someone 

with special needs, 

this is an organization that 

needs to be seen.” 

Scott Pedziwiatr, another 

organizer, was the DJ 

for the day. 

“This event is about 

spreading what our organization 

represents and 

we just really want everyone 

to have a good time,” 

Pedziwiatr said. “We are 

a recreational opportunity 

that provides inclusion and 

service to those with special 

needs.” 

Event goers, such as 

Becky Ziada and her 

daughters, said they had a 

blast. Ziada said she found 

out about the event from a 

friend who texted her. 

“I live in Tinley Park but 

I grew up in Frankfort,” 

Ziada said. “I think this is 

a great organization and 

what they are doing for 

those with special needs 

is amazing. My family is 

having a blast.” 

Brenda Molloy happened 

to be passing by the 

event with her family and 

saw the sign for the party. 

“It looked like fun so 

we decided to stop by,” 

Molloy said. “We love to 

support organizations with 

good causes, and this is 

something we would definitely 

come to again.” 

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Across 

1. Skirt lines 

5. Rein in 

9. LW Central alum 

who was a University 

of Illinois basketball 

star, ___ Augustine 

14. Board member, for 

short 

15. Large lake 

16. “Gone with the 

Wind” star 

17. Dance at a Jewish 

wedding 

18. Verge 

19. Cod relatives 

20. Flap 

21. Film genre 

23. ___ the finish 

25. Jose or Juan 

26. Profitable rock 

29. Flytrap 

32. Gwyneth Paltrow 

character in a film with 

the same title 

34. Short, as a play 

37. Brain readings, for 

short 

38. ____dextrous (can 

use both hands) 

42. Place-setting place 

43. In between black and 

white 

44. Road shoulder 

45. Grapevine tidbits 

47. Perfect place 

49. “St. Elsewhere” 

singer, ____ Barkley 

53. Herbal beverage 

54. Goose egg 

56. Dixie pronoun 

57. Former MLB player 

for the Yankees who is a 

Lincoln-Way East H.S. 

alum 

62. Palindromic title 

64. Bad, as a situation 

66. Oscar winner for 

“Hud” 

67. Moved ___ the freeway 

68. Chicago airport 

69. Hill crest 

70. Christmas 

71. Trifler 

72. Japanese subway 

tokens 

73. Part of ADA 

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2. Strange and 

exciting 

3. Sheep breed 

4. Sacred beetle of 

ancient Egypt 

5. So-so grades 

6. Pakistani language 

7. Sets up 

8. Attention-getters 

9. Cash, for one 

10. Triumphant 

cries 

11. Thorough 

beauty treatment 

12. Palindromic 

conjunction 

13. British special 

forces, for short 

22. New York’s 

time zone 

24. Late lunch hour 

27. Port city of 

Latvia 

28. Like pie 

30. Board Amtrak 

31. Male companion 

33. Piece of 

chicken 

35. 1972 treaty 

subj. 

36. Block up 

38. Share a border 

with 

39. Allot 

40. Manhattan 

destination 

41. Mischievous one 

46. Put into words 

48. Sillier 

50. Jim Reeves 

song 

51. Almost treeless 

plains 

52. Writing tablets 

55. Like Ichabod 

Crane 

58. Word on an 

Irish euro 

59. Hawaiian goose 

60. Curry extra 

61. Austrian peaks 

63. Shed feathers 

64. That was a lie! 

65. Detective’s cry 

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(21000 Frankfort 

Square Road, Frankfort; 

(815) 464-8100) 

■6-8 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

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Free to play. 

ORLAND PARK 

Traverso’s Restaurant 

(15601 S Harlem Ave, 

Orland Park; (708) 532- 

2220) 

■5-7 ■ p.m. Mondays: 

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TINLEY PARK 

350 Brewing 

(7144 W. 183rd St., 

Tinley Park (708) 825- 

7339) 

■6:30 ■ p.m. First Thursday 

of each month: 

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dinner, two beers 

and a comedy show. 

For tickets, email 

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LOCKPORT 

Port Noir 

(900 S. State St., Lockport; 

(815) 834-9463) 

■4-7 ■ p.m. Monday- 

Friday: Happy Hour 

■8-10 ■ p.m. Thursdays: 

Comedy Bingo 

■8-11 ■ p.m. Fridays and 

Saturdays: Live Band 

■7-11 ■ p.m. Sundays: 

Open Mic Night 

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Front Row 

(14903 S. Bell Road, 

Homer Glen; (708) 645- 

7000) 

■7 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Trivia 

NEW LENOX 

Hickory Creek Brewing 

Company 

(1005 W Laraway Rd, 

New Lenox. (779) 803- 

3974) 

■3 ■ p.m. -close Fridays: 

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to 6 p.m. followed by 

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truck from 5:30 to 

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The Frankfort Station’s 

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COMMON AD - 

REAL ESTATE SECTION 

SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE 

of 20532 South Driftwood, Frankfort, 

IL 60423 (Single Family Residence). 

On the 27th day of June, 2019 to be held 

at 12:00 noon, at the Will County Courthouse 

Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street, 

Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, under Case 

Title: Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a 

Mr, Cooper Plaintiff V. Leonard Gallagher; 

Deborah Gallagher; Mortgage 

Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as 

nominee for Universal Financial Group, 

Inc, its successors and assigns; Springleaf 

Financial Services, Inc. FKA 

American General Financial Services of 

Illinois, Inc. Defendant. 

Case No. 18CH 1742 in the Circuit 

Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, 

Will County, Illinois. 

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

time of sale and the balance within 

twenty-four (24) hours. Nojudicial sale 

fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring 

the residential real estate pursuant 

to its credit bid at the sale or by any 

mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other 

lienor acquiring the residential real estate 

whose rights in and tothe residential 

real estate arose prior to the sale. All 

payments shall be made in cash or certified 

funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will 

County. 

In the event the property is acondomin- 

ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS 

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

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

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

that the purchaser of the unit, other than 

amortgagee, shall pay the assessments 

and legal fees required by subdivisions 

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

required by subsection (g-1) 

of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium 

Property Act. 

Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J) 

if there is asurplus following application 

ofthe proceeds of sale, then the 

plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant 

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

to the proceeding advising them of 

the amount ofthe surplus and that the 

surplus will beheld until aparty obtains 

acourt order for its distribution or, in 

the absence of an order, until the surplus 

is forfeited to the State. 

For Information Please Contact: 

Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 

One East Wacker Suite 1250 

Chicago, IL 60601 

P: 1-614-220-5611 

F: 

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT 

COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT 

YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS 

LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A 

DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING 

TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY 

INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL 

BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT 

COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT 

YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS 

LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A 

DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING 

TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY 

INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL 

BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 

STATE OF ILLINOIS 

) 

) SS. 

COUNTY OF WILL 

) 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE 

TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Mr, 

Cooper 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

Leonard Gallagher; Deborah Gallagher; 

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, 

Inc., as nominee for Universal Fi- 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

nancial Group, Inc, its successors and 

assigns; Springleaf Financial Services, 

Inc. FKA American General Financial 

Services of Illinois, Inc. 

Defendant. 

No. 18 CH 1742 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that pursuant 

toajudgment entered in the above 

cause on the 25th day of March, 2019, 

MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will 

County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the 

27th day of June, 2019 ,commencing at 

12:00 o'clock noon, at the Will County 

Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street, 

Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, sell at public 

auction to the highest and best bidder 

or bidders the following-described real 

estate: 

Lot 26inBlock 24 in Frankfort Square 

Unit No. 6Addition, being asubdivision 

of part of the North 33 feet of the 

northwest 1/4 of section 24 and part of 

the southwest 1/4 ofsection 13, All in 

Township 35 North, Range 12, East of 

the Third Principal Meridian, According 

to the plat thereof recorded April 2, 

1976 as Document No. R76-09158, in 

Will County, Illinois. 

Commonly known as: 

20532 South Driftwood, Frankfort, IL 

60423 

Description of Improvements: 

Single Family Residence 

P.I.N.: 

19-09-13-308-021-0000 

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

time of sale and the balance within 

twenty-four (24) hours. Nojudicial sale 

fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring 

the residential real estate pursuant 

to its credit bid at the sale or by any 

mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other 

lienor acquiring the residential real estate 

whose rights in and tothe residential 

real estate arose prior to the sale. All 

payments shall be made in cash or certified 

funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will 

County. 

In the event the property is acondomin- 

ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS 

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

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

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

that the purchaser of the unit, other than 

amortgagee, shall pay the assessments 

and legal fees required by subdivisions 

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

required by subsection (g-1) 

of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium 

Property Act. 

Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J) 

if there is asurplus following application 

ofthe proceeds of sale, then the 

plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant 

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

to the proceeding advising them of 

the amount ofthe surplus and that the 

surplus will beheld until aparty obtains 

acourt order for its distribution or, in 

the absence of an order, until the surplus 

is forfeited to the State. 

FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CON- 

TACT: 

Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 

One East Wacker Suite 1250 

Chicago, IL 60601 

P: 1-614-220-5611 

F: 

Plaintiff's Attorney 

MIKE KELLEY 

Sheriff of Will County 

Certificate 32872 was filed inthe 

office of the County Clerk of Will 

County on 2019 May 21wherein 

the business firm of Clover Clothing 

Company Located at 11 South 

White Street, Frankfort, IL 60423 

was registered; that the true orreal 

name of the person owning the 

business, with their respective post 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

office address is as follows: Angela 

Williamson 957 Milton Bridge, 


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have 

hereunto set my hand and Official 

Seal at my office in Joliet; Illinois, 

this 21st day of May, 2019. 

Lauren Staley Ferry 

Will County Clerk 

LEGAL NOTICE 

We hereby give notice that apublic 

meeting will be held before the 

Village of Frankfort Plan Commission/Zoning 

Board of Appeals on 

June 27, 2019, at 6:30 p.m., in the 

Board Room of the Frankfort Village 

Hall, 432 W. Nebraska Street, 

Frankfort, Illinois 60423. 

Joe and Sara Kostro have filed an 

application for an accessory structure 

area variance from 144 sq. ft. 

to 625 sq. ft. to permit the construction 

of abasketball court in 

the rear yard ofthe property located 

at 236 W. Nebraska Street. 

The property is legally described as 

follows: 

PIN: 19-09-28-210-006-0000 

LOT 1(EXCEPT THE EAST 54 

FEET AND EXCEPT THE WEST 

105 FEET THEREFORE) AND 

LOT 4(EXCEPT THE SOUTH- 

EAST 150 FEET OF THE EAST 

115 FEET, AND EXCEPT THE 

WEST 36FEET AND EXCEPT 

THE SOUTH 118 FEET AND EX- 

CEPT THE EAST 54FEET OF 

THE NORTH 15 FEET 

THEREOF) IN BLOCK 6 IN 

BOWEN’S ADDITION FOR 

FRANKFORT INTHE WEST 1/2 

OF THE NORTHWEAST 1/4 OF 

SECTION 28, TOWNSHIP 35 

NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST 

PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 

LEGAL NOTICE 

We hereby give notice that apublic 

hearing will be held before the Village 

ofFrankfort Plan Commission/Zoning 

Board of Appeals on 

June 27, 2019, at 6:30 p.m., in the 

Board Room of the Frankfort Village 

Hall, 432 W. Nebraska Street, 

Frankfort, Illinois 60423. 

Gavin Weir III has filed an application 

for special use for indoor 

recreation and entertainment to 

permit the operation of3Method 

Athletics, aphysical therapy/personal 

training facility, located at 

706 Center Road. The property legally 

described as follows: 

PIN: 19-09-28-400-029-0000 

THAT PART OF THE SOUTH 

633.5 FEET OF THE LAST ? 

EAST OF THE SOUTHEAST 

FRACTIONAL QUARTER OF 

SECTION 28, IN TOWNSHIP 35 

NORTH, AND IN RANGE 12 

EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCI- 

PAL MERIDIAN, LYING 

SOUTH AND EAST OF THAT 

PART THEREOF CONVEYED 

BY DEEDS RECORDED AS 

DOCUMENT NOS. R67-16407 

AND R67-16408, IN WILL 

COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 

2900 Merchandise 

Under $100 

2Arm chairs $20 each 2 lamps 

$5 each Call 815-838-4281 

2900 Merchandise 

Under $100 

5 boxes of metal cars $10 each 

Call 708-479-0193 

6 Lamp time clocks like new 

$3 each, 4 Ridgid threading 1” 

dies brand new $4, Set of 3 

brass fireplace tools $3. 

Call 708-614-8148 

Antique maple highchair (circ 

1940’s) converts to table & 

chair $90 Call 708-460-4406 

Barbie country camper $30 

Barbie family house $30 Barbie 

dune buggy $20 All from 

the 1960’s Call 708-987-8641 

Beanie babies 4 for $5 

Promo baseball cards $1 

Chris 708-465-4014 

Beautiful bridal wedding dress 

size 8worn only 4hours from 

David’s Bridal Paid $700 

asking $95 Call 708-479-9338 

Black Ikea leather chair $40 

Black entertainment center $35 

Glass/birch dvd wall cabinet 

$25 Call 815-534-5273 

Coleman 5person tent w/attached 

sun room never been 

used $95, Free take down/take 

with 10 panel gazebo cedar 

needs some repair shingle roof 

Call 708-429-0259 

Craftsman 21in 6h.p. lawn 

mower recently tuned up bag 

included $75 Call after 4pm 

708-429-0259 

Drapes one pair 50”W x86”L 

taupe with white lining pleated 

at top. Never used. 

Rayon/Polyester $30pr 

Call 708-558-0012 

Electic 7inch tile cutting machine 

used once $25, Like new 

Craftsman small deluxe router 

table $30 Call 708-479-0193 

FREE baby stroller, 7pc 

wrought iron patio set $100 

Call 708-301-5136 

High flo 1HP pool pump AD 

Smith motor $60 

708-448-9597 

Hope chest cedar lined light 

oak Call 708-349-3238 

Jitterbug cell phone with 

charger flip new $65, Peewee 

Herman lunch box w/thermos 

$35 Call 708-645-4245 

Portable generator 800 watts 

still in box used once instructions 

included, has not been 

started since 2hp Two stroke 

engine $40 Call 708-301-6797 

Proctor Silex 5in1 grill/griddle 

new in box model 25340 $30, 

New Elite Cuisine 3in1 panini 

press/grill $20, New omelette 

maker $10, All for $40 

Call 708-349-1636 

Proctor-Silex electric all purpose 

hand mixer like new $10 

Call 703-403-2525 

ProForm crosswalk plus treadmill 

folds up for storage Like 

new $50 Call 708-305-4164 

Red Wing soft toe shoes 

American made 8.5D $55 

Call 708-798-9755

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Patrick Rossetto just 

finished his junior season 

on the Lincoln-Way East 

water polo team. 

How would you say 

the season went? 

It was a big success at 

the end for us. It wasn’t as 

far as we would have liked 

to go, obviously we had 

that heartbreaker in the 

[state] semifinals but going 

that far when we haven’t 

gone past the [state quarterfinals] 

was definitely a 

huge success for us. 

When did you start 

playing water polo? 

I started when I was 9, 

playing country club water 

polo. I slowly moved 

in to playing club, there’s 

a local club called LAW 

[Lincoln-Way Area Water 

Polo) that I got into around 

11. I have continued to 

play since. 

What have you 

learned from coach 

[Ryan] Lodes 

throughout your 

career? 

I’d say just to always 

have fun with it. Lodes 

does a really great job at 

making it feel like a family 

environment. It makes 

it easier showing up to a 5 

a.m. practice when you enjoy 

hanging out with your 

coach. He’s a fun guy. 

What’s been your 

favorite memory while 

playing water polo at 

LW East? 

Definitely last year and 

this year’s sectionals. Seeing 

and having a crowd to 

play for, all of our friends 

and family would show 

up for sectionals and that 

meant a lot to us. 

What’s been the best 

part of being a Lincoln- 

Way East athlete? 

Being with the guys, 

you grow so much with 

them it becomes more like 

a brotherhood. It just happens 

naturally from spending 

so much time with 

them, they’re always there 

for you, even outside of 

the pool. They are there for 

you with school and helping 

with other friendships. 

I’m not sure it can be said 

about other teams, but we 

are all really close friends. 

Who is your favorite 

athlete? 

Probably Tiger Woods. 

Seeing him be so dominant 

and then coming back 

from injury and being in 

the mix again. I admire 

that drive and determination. 

If you could meet 

anyone from history, 

who would it be? 

Teddy Roosevelt, I 

learned about him in Mr. 

Olsen’s history class. He’s 

just an interesting character, 

obviously being president 

and the many stories 

of things, he did before becoming 

president. 

His accomplishments 

definitely put other people’s 

to shame. Meeting 

him and asking about his 

STEVE MILLAR/22ND CENTURY 

MEDIA 

adventures in the wilderness 

would be super interesting. 

Any other favorite 

sports besides water 

polo? 

I used to be a really big 

volleyball player actually. 

They’re during the same 

season, so I had to make 

the choice and I chose 

water polo. I played a lot 

of volleyball before high 

school. 

What’s your favorite 

thing to do in your 

downtime? 

I like to read a lot. Usually 

historical books or adventure 

books like Harry 

Potter or Percy Jackson. 

I’ve spent a lot of time 

reading. 

Any goals for next 

season? 

I’d like to get back to 

state and recompete there. 

My big thing next year is 

winning sectionals. We 

have a four-year streak going 

now and I don’t want 

to lose that streak while 

the team is under my leadership. 

We’ll see what happens. 

Interview conducted by Editorial 

Intern Joe Bielanski

34 | June 13, 2019 | the frankfort station sports 


Postseason 

Marist locals fall short in state playoff runs 

STEVE MILLAR, Sports Editor 

Frankfort resident Max 

Malley started what would 

turn out to be the final game 

of his high school career 

with Marist on a high note. 

Malley singled in the 

first inning of the Springfield 

Supersectional 

against Edwardsville on 

June 3, helping set up a run 

for the RedHawks. 

That would be Malley’s 

last high school hit, however. 

He finished 1-for-4 

and Marist dropped a 6-5 

heartbreaker to Edwardsville, 

which went on to win 

the Class 4A state championship 

on Saturday, June 8 

in Joliet. 

Malley, who played 

catcher and hit cleanup for 

the RedHawks, hit .377 for 

the season with 25 RBI 

and 23 runs. 

The Evansville recruit is 

now playing for the Chicago 

Heights-based Southland 

Vikings of the Midwest 

Collegiate League. 

Fellow Frankfort resident 

Logan Anderson, who 

just finished his freshman 

season at South Suburban 

College, is also on the 

Southland Vikings. 

Marist’s softball team, 

meanwhile, made it one step 

beyond its baseball team before 

being upset twice at the 

state finals in East Peoria. 

RedHawks junior Brianna 

Brown, a graduate of 

Summit Hill Junior High, 

had two RBI in a 10-2 win 

over Geneva in the Class 

4A Supersectional, sealing 

Marist’s trip to state. 

Brown’s defense is center 

field was key in two 

tight 1-0 sectional wins 

over Sandburg and Riverside-Brookfield. 

“I experienced getting 

to state as a freshman [in 

2017], but it’s really special 

to get this far with this 

team this year,” Brown 

said. “Throughout the season, 

it’s been quite a ride 

and we haven’t had a lot of 

really close games, so those 

[sectional] games were big 

tests for us and we showed 

we can step up.” 

Marist went to the state 

finals on a 34-game winning 

streak and had not 

lost to an Illinois team all 

year, but the RedHawks 

were upset by Huntley in 

the semifinals Friday, June 

7 and Joliet West in the 

third-place game Saturday, 

June 8, both by 3-2 scores. 

Brown, a Penn recruit, 

scored a run in the semifinal 

and drove in a run in 

the third-place game. 

Youth Sports 

Frankfort player helps 

11U Sparks to tourney win 

Submitted by the 

Cangelosi Sparks 

During the weekend 

of May 24-26, the 11U 

Sparks Miller team won 

the New Lenox Memorial 

Day Tournament championship. 

The team went 5-0 for 

the weekend beating New 

Lenox White, Top Tier 

West, Rhinos Powers and 

Upper Deck before taking 

down the Mokena Blaze in 

the championship 9-4. The 

Sparks outscored their opponents 

44-8 combined in 

the five games and got stellar 

pitching performances 

from Frankfort resident 

Landon Edman, Brady Kozlowski, 

Dominick Infelise, 

Andrew Bailey, Gavin 

Jones and Drake Been. 

Cutting 

Values 

Members of the 11U Sparks Miller team (top row, left to right) Blake Garrigan, Drake 

Been, Andrew Bailey, Dominick Infelise, Gavin Jones, Brady Kozlowski, (bottom row, 

left to right) Christopher Miller, Riley Contreras, Landon Edman (Frankfort), Sam 

Atkinson and Nick Moerman pose for a photo. PHOTO SUBMITTED 

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Sports Briefs 

Frankfort Park District 

hosts baseball lessons 

Fred Freberg, a member 

of the College Baseball 

Hall of Fame, provides 

one-on-one, 30-minute lessons 

for all ages at Founders 


Oak St. Lessons are $25 per 

session and can be Freberg 

will contact particpants to 

schedule the lessons once 

they are registered. Contact 

the Frankfort Park District 

at (815) 469-9400 or visit 

frankfortparks.org. 

Learn to bowl 

The Frankfort Park District 

and Thunder Bowl 

will host bowling lessons, 

open to ages 6 and 

up, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. 

Thursdays from June 20 to 

August 1 (no class will be 

held July 4). Each lesson 

includes game time, shoe 

rental and professional 

instruction from Thunder 

Bowl staff. Fees: $60 

resident, $65 nonresident. 

Contact the Frankfort Park 

District at (815) 469-9400 

or visit frankfortparks.org. 

Sports camps at Lincoln- 

Way East 

Lincoln-Way East is 

hosting camps, open to 

various ages, in badminton, 

baseball, basketball, 

cheerleading, cross country, 

dance, football, golf, 

lacrosse, soccer, softball, 

swimming, tennis, track, 

volleyball, and wrestling 

throughout June and July. 

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schedule and details.



Softball 

LW East excited about future after sectional loss 

RANDY WHALEN, Freelance 

Reporter 


With only five seniors 

on its roster, Lincoln-Way 

East’s softball team still 

put together a strong season, 

going 22-7, winning 

its 13th regional title, and 

reaching at least 21 wins 

for the 16th time in 18 seasons 

of existence. 

The Griffins failed to 

reach the sectional finals 

for the first time since 2013 

when they fell to Lockport 

in the Thornwood Sectional 

semifinals on May 30. 

The future, however, appears 

bright. 

Some of East’s reasons 

for excitement were on 

display even in the seasonending 

defeat. 

Take Madison Pomykalski. 

The freshman pinch 

hit for the Griffins in the 

top of the fifth against 

Lockport and pounded a 

two-run home run to center 

field that hit the flag 

pole and bounced back on 

the field. 

That bookended a nice 

freshman season that saw 

Pomykalski hit two home 

runs, in her first and final 

at-bats of the season. In 

her first at-bat, on March 

29, she hit a game-ending 

two-run home run in the 

bottom of the fifth in a 

12-1 win over Normal 

Community. 

“No, I didn’t know it 

was gone,” said Pomykalski, 

of her sectional homer. 

“When I rounded second 

I saw the ball on the field 

and thought it was in play.” 

Pomykalski knows 

about talent and winning. 

As an outfielder, she won 

three straight state championships 

as a member of 

the Hickory Creek Middle 

School softball team. 

“We’re always talking, 

we’re always loud,” Pomykalski 

said, describing 

the atmosphere around the 

East team. “We always try 

to stay up, our confidence 

is really high. “It’s going 

to be nice, it’s going to 

be a good one in the next 

couple of years. We have 

a bunch of girls that are 

coming in that are young 

and it’s going to be good.” 

Junior and Pitt recruit 

Danielle Drogemuller had 

a strong first season in the 

ace’s role after previously 

pitching sparingly as Alex 

Storako - now at Michigan 

- carried the heavy load. 

Drogemuller went 16-7 

with a 2.01 ERA and struck 

out 161 batters in 125.1 innings 

pitched. She also hit 

.333 with five home runs. 

Drogemuller figures to 

give the Griffins a chance 

to win just about every 

time out in 2020. 

Her battery-mate, catcher 

Chloe Honchar, is also 

expected to return after 

hitting .375 with three 

home runs and 28 RBI as 

a junior this season. 

Junior Paige Geraghty 

sparked the Griffins all 

season from the leadoff 

spot, hitting .457 with 18 

stolen bases and 35 runs. 

Freshmen Ashley Esposito, 

Chloe Geijer and 

Danielle Stewart were also 

among the seven underclassmen 

who started the 

final game of the season 

against Lockport, which 

also included sophomore 

Taylor Hochman and junior 

Kara Frencl. 

“I’m excited about next 

year,” Geraghty said. “We 

can have a great season. 

We just need to have confidence 

in ourselves and not 

let little things determine 

the game. Just because 

someone hits a home run 

against us or something 

like that, the game’s not 

over. We have to keep going 

and produce runs.” 

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22nd Century Media chose the best boys volleyball student-athletes based on coach and writer 

recommendations, as well as player statistics, in its seven-town southwest suburban coverage 

area to place them on one super team — Team 22. The team features student-athletes from 

Lincoln-Way Central, LW East, LW West, Providence Catholic, Andrew, Tinley Park, Lockport 

Township and Sandburg high schools. 

—Compiled by 22nd Century Media staff 

First team 

OH: Ike Papes, senior, 

Providence 

462 kills, 200 digs, 55 

aces, 38 blocks. All-CCL 

Green. All-Tournament 

at Smack Attack and 

the Argo invite. Led area 

players in kills for the 

season. 

OH: Wil McPhillips, 

senior, LW East 

363 kills, 62 digs, 46 

aces, 34 blocks. All- 

SWSC. The Griffins’ 

standout is planning 

to attend Ball State 

to continue playing 

volleyball after high 

school. 

RS: Jake Whyte, senior, 

Lockport 

329 kills, .221 hit 

percentage, 138 digs, 

55 aces, 33 blocks. All- 

SWSC. All-Tournament at 

Marist and Argo invites. 

Committed to Erskine. 

M: Brendan McCarthy, 

senior, LW Central 

99 kills, 74 blocks, 40 digs, 

27 aces. All-SWSC. The 

Knights middle hitter made 

a mark bigger than his 

numbers on the conference 

during his senior season. 

S: David Flores, senior, 

LW West 

784 assists, 188 digs, 

172 service points, 99 

blocks (23 for kills), 52 

kills, 30 aces. SWSC 

Athlete of the Year. 

Directed the action all 

season long. 

L: Danny Pacini, senior, 

LW East 

450 digs, 2.44 passing, 

46 assists. All-SWSC. 

The Griffins defensive 

specialist is planning to 

continue his dominance 

at Dominican University 

next season. 

Utility: Luka Vukanic, 

senior, Sandburg 

227 kills, 100 digs, 36 

blocks. All-SWSC. Vukanic 

mostly shined as a scorer 

for the Eagles at outside 

hitter but proved versatile 

in his defensive efforts. 

Honorable mentions: 

OH: Cort Jensen, senior, Sandburg; Matt 

Arens, sophomore, Lockport; Ike Mahajan, 

senior, LW East; Tyler Holubek, senior, LW 

West; Nico Studer, senior, LW West; Zach 

Nelson, senior, Tinley Park; Connor Keating, 

junior, Andrew. 

RS: David Vales, junior, Sandburg. 

M: Jake Maly, junior, Lockport; Michael 

Sherwood, senior, Andrew; Jay Pillai, senior, 

Tinley Park; Chris Dargan, senior, LW West; 

Darryl Farrow, senior, Andrew. 

S: Nathan Ryan, senior, Tinley Park. 

L: Tyler Vedder, junior, LW West. 

U: Matt Russo, senior, Providence. 

second team 

OH: Ben Pluskota, senior, LW West 

310 kills, 176 service points, 148 digs, 78 blocks, 39 aces, 20 

assists. All-SWSC. 

OH: Jack Yurkanin, senior, LW Central 

307 kills, 2.45 serve receive, 165 digs, 74 aces, 36 blocks. All-SWSC. 

RS: Louden Moran, senior, LW West 

233 kills, 135 blocks (44 for kills), 133 digs, 126 service points, 45 

assists. All-SWSC. 

M: Michael Sherwood, senior, Andrew. 

133 kills, 34 block kills, 10 aces. All-SWSC. 

S: Cam Petrusevski, senior, Sandburg 

700 assists, 127 digs, 57 kills, 46 aces. All-SWSC. 

L: Jeremiah Burden, sophomore, Sandburg 

300 digs, 70 assists, 16 aces. 

U: Trevor Lewis, junior, LW East 

411 assists, 172 kills, 169 digs, 48 aces, 41 blocks.



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Healthy Henning enjoys recruiting experience, track season 


It was a whirlwind 

spring for AJ Henning. 

Lincoln-Way East’s 

star wide receiver/running 

back, ranked as the 

top recruit in Illinois in 

the Class of 2020 by 247 

Sports, travelled across the 

country on recruiting visits 

to some of the nation’s top 

football programs. He still 

managed to find the time 

to compete on the Griffins’ 

track and field team. 

Henning’s unofficial 

visits in the spring included 

stops at Illinois, 

Northwestern, Georgia, 

Florida, Alabama, Louisville, 

Notre Dame and 

Michigan. 

He’s tried to soak in the 

whole experience and enjoy 

all the trips. 

“It’s a blessing,” Henning 

said. “Not a lot of 

players have that opportunity 

to do it, so it’s a very 

special thing.” 

There have been some 

surreal moments along the 

way, like meeting Alabama 

coach Nick Saban and posing 

for a picture with him. 

Henning was also excited 

to get to know Michigan 

coach and former 

Bears quarterback Jim 

Harbaugh. 

“Getting to meet all 

these coaches, Nick Saban, 

Harbaugh, I’ve always 

dreamed of that,” Henning 

said. “It’s pretty cool to 

actually meet them in person, 

shake their hand and 

have a conversation with 

them. 

“There have been a lot 

of fun moments and I’m 

just trying to enjoy the 

whole process.” 

Henning, a consensus 

four-star recruit, has over 

30 offers from major programs. 

Nearly the entire 

Big 10 - Illinois, Indiana, 

Iowa, Michigan, Michigan 

State, Minnesota, Northwestern, 

Ohio State, Penn 

State, Purdue, Nebraska, 

Rutgers and Wisconsin – 

has offered. 

Alabama, Georgia, 

LSU, Missouri and Tennessee 

have all come calling 

from the SEC, as have 

Boston College, Duke, 

Florida State, Miami and 

Syracuse from the ACC 

and Stanford of the Pac 12. 

Henning is ranked as the 

No. 78 player and No. 16 

receiver in the nation by 

247Sports. 

Rivals has him as the 

No. 3 all-purpose back, 

No. 84 overall and No. 

2 in Illinois behind East 

St. Louis safety Antonio 

Johnson. 

Back on the track 

Henning finished third 

in the state in the 100-meter 

dash as a freshman but 

missed his entire sophomore 

track season after hip 

surgery. 

Injuries have kept him 

off the football field for 

portions of the last two 

seasons, as well, but Henning 

said he felt great this 

spring while picking up 

where he left off on the 

track. 

“It’s been awesome,” he 

said. “It’s been great to be 

with the team and be able 

to compete on the track 

again. It’s been a lot of 

fun.” 

“That was my thing all 

year, to get back down [to 

state] and show I’ve still 

got it in the 100.” 

Henning qualified for 

state and saved his best 

race for Charleston as he 

turned in a season-best 

time of 10.73 seconds in 

the finals to finish fourth in 

the state. 

“The whole goal was to 

make it back to the finals 

and have a good race,” 

Henning said. “The drive 

phase, then you hit your 

top end and try to maintain 

it the rest of the race.” 

Henning felt the track 

season helped him get 

primed for a huge senior 

year on the football field. 

“Being out there competing 

again really meant 

a lot to me,” he said. “It 

keeps me sharp and keeps 

me fast heading into the 

fall.” 

The decision looms 

Henning plans to return 

to several of his spring 

destinations for official 

visits over the summer. 

He made his first official 

visit to Georgia the first 

weekend of June and was 

scheduled to visit Notre 

Dame last weekend. A 

Michigan trip is coming 

up. 

Forty-three percent of 

247Sports’ experts predict 

Henning to choose Notre 

Dame, 29 percent pick 

Michigan and the rest are 

undecided. 

Henning says he falls 

into that latter category as 

well, and he’s in no major 

rush to make a choice. 

“I’m taking it slow,” he 

said. “I plan to make a decision 

over the summer or 

in the fall.” 

Henning is an excellent 

student and will factor academics 

into his decision as 

well. 

“It’s just about finding 

the right fit all around,” 

he said. “Academics are 

important, fitting in with 

the players and the coaching 

staff is important. It’s 

finding the place that feels 

right for me.” 

Whatever school lands 

Henning will be fortunate, 

according to East coach 

Rob Zvonar. 

Last fall, Zvonar called 

Henning “a special talent 

with an incredibly bright 

future.” 

The immediate future will 

be highlighted by one more 

season at East, one Henning 

plans to make special. 

“I’m really excited for 

the fall,” he said. “I think 

we’re going to have a great 

team and I’m ready to get 

after it. I’m ready to go out 

there with my guys and 

chase after a state championship.” 

Lincoln-Way East wide receiver/running back AJ Henning, who will be a senior in the fall, is one of the nation’s top football recruits. 22ND CENTURY MEDIA FILE PHOTOS



fastbreak 

Baseball 

LW North grad Troike, LW East’s Ritter taken in MLB Draft 


JULIE MCMANN/22ND CENTURY 

MEDIA 

1st and 3 

THREE THINGS TO 

KNOW ABOUT LW EAST 

FOOTBALL STAR AJ 

HENNING 

1. Four-star recruit 

Henning (above) 

has over 30 

scholarship offers 

from top college 

football programs. 

247Sports ranks 

him as the top 

recruit in Illinois in 

2020, while Rivals 

places him second. 

2. Four-star person 

Henning is a strong 

student and has a 

personality that is 

also attractive to 

college coaches. 

That was shown in a 

video which gained 

popularity last 

weekend, showing 

Henning visiting 

a local fan on his 

eighth birthday. 

3. Fourth in state 

After missing his 

sophomore track 

season, Henning 

returned this year 

and finished fourth 

in the state in the 

100-meter dash. 

When Ben Troike was 

hit by a pitch in a game 

against Indiana in early 

May and broke his right 

thumb, it didn’t just end 

the Illinois shortstop’s junior 

season. It also cast 

some doubt on his status 

for the Major League 

Baseball Draft. 

Troike, a Lincoln-Way 

North graduate and Tinley 

Park native, was unsure 

how him missing the final 

month of the season would 

impact teams’ attempts to 

evaluate him. 

“I wasn’t sure what 

would happen,” Troike 

said. “It all worked out in 

the end.” 

Troike’s moment to celebrate 

came June 5 when 

the Tampa Bay Rays selected 

him in the 11th 

round with the 338th overall 

pick. 

“When I saw my name 

flash across the screen, it 

was a dream come true,” 

Troike said. “It’s been my 

dream since I was a little 

kid. Being there, watching 

it with my family, it was 

just phenomenal.” 

Troike said his nerves 

were building heading into 

the final day of the draft, 

but he didn’t have to wait 

long as the Rays took him 

in the first round of the 

day. The first two rounds 

took place June 3, with 

rounds 3-10 the following 

day. 

“I was following the 

Lincoln-Way East’s Ryan Ritter was selected by 

the Cubs in the 33rd round of the MLB Draft. STEVE 

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draft, woke up, got a couple 

calls,” Troike said. “I 

got calls from my advisor, 

wasn’t really sure when 

I was going to go, but we 

kind of had an Idea that 

early on [June 5], I’d get 

my name called. Fortunately, 

the Rays picked 

me in the 11th round and I 

couldn’t be happier.” 

Lincoln-Way Central 

coach Mitch Nowicki, 

who coached Troike at 

North, said in a tweet that 

Troike “had unprecedented 

work ethic, always the 

first to [the] field, craving 

extra reps. Tremendous 

competitor.” 

Troike hit .260 with two 

home runs and 21 RBI in 

45 games this spring. His 

most productive season 

with the Illini was a sophomore 

in 2018, when he hit 

.299 with four home runs 

and 30 RBI. 

With a year of eligibility 

remaining at Illinois, 

Troike has a decision to 

make. It’s typical for collegiate 

juniors picked as 

high as the 11th round to 

sign as seniors are thought 

to have less leverage in 

contract negotiations. 

“I’m going to weigh all 

my options,” Troike said. 

“I haven’t made a decision 

yet. I’m going to talk 

things over with my family, 

coaches and make the 

best decision I can. It’s a 

big decision. At the end 

of the day, I think it just 

comes down to what feels 

right. 

“I don’t think I’ve ever 

been to Tampa. I’m excited 

to get down there, 

check it out and see what 

it’s all about.” 

If Troike does decide to 

sign, he believes he can aid 

the Rays with his defense 

and work ethic. 

“My glove is definitely 

my strongest asset on the 

baseball field,” he said. 

Lincoln-Way North graduate and Illinois shortstop Ben 

Troike was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 11th 

round of the MLB Draft. 

PHOTO COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS ATHLETICS 

“I’m a defense-first kind of 

guy. Teams see someone 

who’s not the biggest, not 

the fastest, not the strongest, 

but when I go out 

there, I give it everything 

I have and hopefully good 

things happen.” 

Lincoln-Way East senior 

Ryan Ritter, meanwhile, 

was drafted by the Cubs 

in the 33rd round with the 

1,002nd overall pick. 

Ritter, also from Tinley 

Park, said he’s always 

been a White Sox fan. 

“I’m starting to love the 

Cubs a little bit more now, 

though,” Ritter said. 

Ritter, who is committed 

to Austin Peay, figured 

he might hear his name 

called late in the draft, but 

was unsure it would happen. 

When it did, it was 

quite the memorable moment. 

“It felt really good,” he 

said. “It’s always been a 

dream of mine. I’m happy 

it came true.” 

Ritter was the Griffins’ 

top hitter this spring, finishing 

with a .429 average, 

four home runs, 23 

RBI, 41 runs and 10 stolen 

bases. 

He said he will evaluate 

his options over the coming 

days. 

“I’m going to talk to 

my family and my coaches, 

figure out what’s best 

for me and just go from 

there,” he said. 

For now, Ritter’s summer 

plans involve prepping 

for college. 

“I might play for the 

[Northwest Indiana] Oilmen 

in the Midwest Collegiate 

League,” he said. 

“My goal is to go into college 

and fit in physically. 

My plan this summer is to 

eat a lot, work out a lot and 

just stay sharp with baseball.” 

LISTEN UP 

“It felt really good. It’s always been a dream of mine. I’m 

happy it came true.” 

Ryan Ritter – LW East baseball player, on getting drafted by the Cubs in 

the 33rd round of the MLB Draft 

Tune In 

Boys basketball, Friday, June 14 and Saturday, 

June 15 

Ray Milnes Summer Shootout at Stagg HS 

• Lincoln-Way East, LW Central, LW West and 

Providence are all competing in the summer 

showdown. 

Index 

36 - Team 22 Boys Volleyball 

33 - Athlete of the Week 

FASTBREAK is compiled by Sports Editor 

Steve Millar, s.millar@22ndcm.com.

Frankfort’s Hometown Newspaper | June 13, 2019 

DRAFTED DUO 

LW North grad Troike, 

LW East’s Ritter selected 

in MLB Draft, Page 39 

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Team 22 for boys 

volleyball, Page 36 

Lincoln-Way East’s AJ 

Henning is one of the top 

recruits in the country. 22ND 

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LW East star spends spring visiting 

top college football programs, 

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