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Monthly pet vaccine 

“pop-up” clinic provides 

veterinary necessities for 

Lockport pets, Page 3 

LTHS engineering and 

design students take 

home silver at national 

competition, Page 5 

A helping 

hand Lockport teens 

take part in volunteer 

nights at the White Oak 

Library, Page 4 

Family and 

fireworks 

Hundreds gather for 

the Fourth of July 

fireworks display at 

Dellwood Park, Page 7 

Lockport Township High School Teamworks team members (left to right) Brett MacHart, Nick Soltys, Charlie Patula and Lucas Zentmyer take 

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Thursday 

Midwest Waters Short 

Film Festival 

6- 10 p.m. Second and 

fourth Thursdays, July 

11-Sept. 12. Roxy Theater, 

1017 S State St., 

Lockport. The Summer 

Art Series Committee is 

introducing its first-ever 

Midwest Waterways Short 

Film Festival. Films will 

cover five genres including 

drama, comedy, horror, 

documentary, sci-fi 

and animated. For more 

information, www.mws 

filmfest.com/. 

Grown-Up Game Night 

6:30-8 p.m. July 11, 

White Oak Library Lockport 

Branch, 121 E. 8th 

St. Show off your Settlers 

of Catan or Flux skills. 

Snacks will be provided. 

Saturday 

Historic John Lane Farm 

11 a.m.-5 p.m. July 13- 

14, 16217 S. Gougar Road, 

Lockport. John Lane Farm 

is holding its annual fundraising 

event to raise money 

to renovate its historic 

barn into a museum. 

Monday 

“Art of Illinois: 2019” 

Submission dates are 

July 15-Aug. 15, Gallery 

Seven 200 W. 8th St., 

Lockport. Gallery Seven 

will hold a juried exhibit 

of the artists of Illinois. 

For more information, 

visit galleryseven.net or 

contact gallerysevenexhib 

its@gmail.com. 

Tuesday 

Glitter Your Pallet 

6:30 p.m. July 16, 

Prairie Bluff Golf Club, 

19433 Renwick Roadd, 

Lockport. Paint and personalize 

what you love 

on your statement piece 

decor pallet board with 

Glitter Your Pallet’s third 

annual Christmas. All 

supplies included in the 

price. Boards are sustainable 

and environmentally 

friendly. Food and drinks 

are available at an additional 

cost. For more information, 

or to register, 

visit www.glitteryourpal 

let.com. 

City of Lockport: TRIAD 

Event 

9 a.m. July 16, Lockport 

Township, 1463 S. Farrell 

Road, Lockport. Focus on 

physical and emotional 

well-being and learn how 

to help diminish memory 

loss with Reflexologist 

Andrea Carli. For more 

information, or to register, 

call (815) 838-2132 ext. 

2219. 

Wednesday 

Bingo “Bring a Guest” 

Night 

7 p.m. July 17, Lockport 

Moose Lodge, 118th 

E. 10th St. Brings your 

friends and family for a 

fun evening and receive 

the chance to win a free 

jackpot card, along with 

enjoying ice cream from 

Cool Creations. For more 

information, email cathy 

jay94@sbcglobal.net. 

Create Your Own 

Dreamcatcher 

6:30- 8 p.m. July 17, 

White Oak Library Lockport 

Branch, 121 E. 8th 

St. Enjoy a fun craft 

night where you can create 

dreamcatchers from 

scratch. All supplies will 

be provided. For more information, 

call (815) 552- 

4190 or email kflynn@ 

whiteoaklibrary.org. 

UPCOMING 

LEGO Robotics 

Registration 

Now through Aug. 31. 

Teams currently forming 

at the Lockport Branch Library 

and meetings begin 

in August. Cost of registration 

is $60, open to students 

grades 4-8. For more 

information, email porter 

bots@gmail.com. 

Comicopolis 

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

July 27, White Oak 

Library Lockport Branch, 

Meeting Room A/B, 121 

E. 8th St. Lockport’s fifth 

annual pop culture and 

comic festival is free to the 

public. Meet artists, buy 

unique artwork and crafts, 

enter a costume contest for 

cash prizes, cosplay, strike 

a pose in the photo booth, 

bring the kids for activities 

and crafts, test your skills 

in online gaming, get some 

swag, eat and enoy live 

music. For more information, 

call Patricia Jarog at 

(815) 552-4185 or email 

pjarog@whiteoaklibrary. 

org. 

Paint Nite: The Original 

Paint and Sip Party 

3-5 p.m. Sunday, July 

28, Diamonds Restaurant 

and Bar, 16529 W. 159th 

St., Lockport. Grab your 

friends and unleash your 

inner artist at the original 

paint night, brought to 

you by Yaymaker. You’ll 

go from a blank canvas 

to a masterpiece of your 

own, with plenty of laughs 

along the way. Tickets 

priced at $37 include paint 

materials and instructions. 

For more information, visit 

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ets-63130966420. 

National Night Out Against 

Crime 

5:30-9 p.m. Tuesday, 

Aug. 6, Lockport City 

Hall - Greens, 222 E. 9th 

St. Unite with the Lockport 

Police Department 

and the community at this 

annual event to enjoy activities 

for kids, food vendors, 

music and games. 

For more information, call 

(815) 838-2132 ext.2219. 

Will County Auto 

Rebuilders 22nd Annual 

Carshow 

8 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Sunday, 

Aug. 18, Dellwood 

Park, IL-171 and Woods 

Drive, Lockport. Enjoy 

this annual show and be 

one of the 400 registered 

cars to win an award. 

The event will also include 

a craft show. For 

more information, visit 

www.allevents.in/lock 

port/will-county-auto-re 

builders-22nd-annual-car 

show/200017390001458. 

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Re-enactment 

12-4 p.m. Friday Sept. 

6- Sunday, Sept. 8, Dellwood 

Park Route 171 and 

Woods Drive, Lockport. 

Be a part of this epic battle 

re-enactment. For more 

information, email vizs 

la25@sbcglobal.net. 

Lobsterfest 

5-10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 

5, Illinois State Museum, 

201 W 10th St., Lockport. 

A portion of the proceeds 

of this event will be donated 

to the Illinois State 

Museum. The event will 

include live music and 

the opportunity to view 

the beautiful art exhibits. 

Seatings limited to 24 

seats will be available at 5 

p.m., 6 p.m., 7 p.m. and 8 

p.m. respectively. Tickets 

priced at $60 include a 

drink. For more information, 

or to reserve a spot, 

visit www.mainstreetlock 

port.org/events.html. 

ONGOING 

Free Jazzercise Classes 

The Lockport Jazzercise 

Fitness Center, 102/104 

MacGregor Road, Lockport. 

Through a program 

dubbed GirlForce, free 

classes are being offered 

to girls ages 16-21 in an 

effort to empower young 

women, give them a place 

to get fit, learn healthy 

habits and find a place they 

belong in their communities. 

Call (815) 370-3751 

for more information.

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Monthly low-cost pet vaccine clinic available in Lockport 

Alex Ivanisevic, Editor 

Lockport pet owners on 

a tight budget can take a 

sigh of relief, Spay Illinois 

of Lisle has made it possible 

for cats and dogs to 

receive affordable veterinary 

care in Lockport. 

Spay Illinois’ low-cost 

pet vaccine clinic at A1 

Pet Grooming located at 

1128 S. State St. in Lockport 

has given pet owners 

the opportunity to receive 

quality, affordable veterinary 

care for their dogs 

and cats every month. The 

most recent vaccine clinic 

was on the afternoon of 

July 8. 

No appointments were 

needed to receive care and 

no added exam fees were 

applied. The clinic comes 

to A1 Pet Grooming the 

second Monday of every 

month. 

“One of the main reasons 

I find working at 

Spay lllinois rewarding 

and enjoyable is knowing 

we are helping individuals 

that may not be able to 

keep their pets updated on 

vaccines or wellness care,” 

Rebecca Flaws, off-site 

clinic manager said. 

Packages of core vaccines 

for cats and dogs 

start at $30 and $69, respectively 

and include 

everything pets need to 

stay safe and healthy. 

Pet microchips are available 

for $25, including 

lifetime registration and 

heartworm testing can be 

There will be a Spay Illinois’ low-cost pet vaccine clinic at A1 Pet Grooming located at 1128 S. State St. in Lockport on Aug. 12. Alex 

Ivanisevic/22nd Century Media 

performed onsite for $22. 

Plus, purchase trusted 

brands in heartworm, flea 

and tick prevention at reduced 

rates. 

Assistant Director of 

Development and Marketing 

for Spay Illinois 

Pet Well Clinics Brittany 

Eslary said, “we 

started bringing this lowcost 

vaccine pet clinic to 

Lockport approximately 

two years ago. We try to 

partner with local organizations 

who share our 

mission such as groomers 

and pet shops.” 

Spay Illinois is a registered 

non-profit organization. 

Its mission is to bring 

pet owners the resources 

they need to keep their 

pets healthy. 

Eslary said their overall 

mission is to end pet 

homelessness, “we provide 

a couple of different 

pet programs to be a community 

resource for pet 

owners and shelters.” 

The next Spay Illinois 

“pop-up” Lockport clinic 

will be on Aug. 12. 

“We will always have 

one veterinarian there administering 

vaccines and 

two to three vet technicians, 

every second Monday 

of the month between 

4 and 7 p.m., we bring our 

staff in and set everything 

up and people are able to 

just walk in without an appointment,” 

Eslary said. 

“We come overprepared.” 

Call (630) 961-8000 for 

more information or visit 

www.spayillinois.org to 

learn more. 

Spay Illinois’ Dr. Sam Schaft (right) and veterinary technician Sarah Wood (left) with 

one of the “pop-up clinic” patients. Photo Submitted 

Lockport violation-free in investigation of facilities selling alcohol to minors 

Staff Report 

Illinois State Police 

Zone 3 agents conducted 

Alcohol Countermeasure 

Enforcement surveillance 

at various establishments 

in Will County June 19, to 

determine which businesses 

sell alcoholic beverages 

to persons under the age of 

21 years. 

Four out of 24 locations 

surveilled in 

Crest Hill, Lockport 

and Romeoville, were involved 

in the sale of an 

alcoholic beverage to a 

minor. 

Shell employees Olivia 

Hamilton and Sukhbir 

Singh Rehal, Speedway 

employee Gregory 

A. Simson Jr. and Falcon 

Food and Liquor 

employee Hirenkumar 

M. Patel, were arrested 

for unlawful delivery 

of alcoholic liquor 

to a minor, a Class A 

misdemeanor. No one 

from Lockport was 

arrested. 

All four were released 

on a notice to appear in 

court.

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Police Reports 

Police: Numerous cellphones stolen 

Cellphones were taken 

from a T-Mobile store located 

at 16600 W. 159th 

St. by unknown person(s) 

who gained entry by 

breaking the front, glass 

door on June 27. At 3:11 

a.m., Lockport officers 

were dispatched to an 

alarm call. The Lockport 

Investigations Unit is currently 

following up on 

leads in the case. 

Lockport Police 

Department 

June 30 

• Tondra Newell, 33, of 

Joliet, was charged with 

driving while license revoked 

after being stopped 

in the 1200 block of Farrell 

Road for operating a 

motor vehicle while utilizing 

a hand held electronic 

device (cellphone). Upon 

further investigation subject 

was also driving while 

license revoked. Subject 

and was released on bond 

pending a Will County 

court date. 

June 28 

• Lizeth Tovar Avalos, 

18, of Midlothian, was 

stopped after disobeying a 

traffic control device at the 

intersection of Rt. 171 and 

Smith Road. Upon further 

investigation subject was 

also driving without a valid 

driver’s license and did 

not have proof of insurance 

for the vehicle. Subject 

was charged with disobeying 

a traffic control 

device, driving without a 

valid driver’s license and 

operating an uninsured 

motor vehicle. The subject 

was released on bond 

pending a Will County 

Court date. 

June 26 

• Richard Kelly, 20, was 

charged with retail theft. 

Officers responded to 

Walmart for a retail theft 

after a subject reportedly 

concealed numerous 

items exceeding $300 

into a backpack and left 

the store without paying 

for the merchandise. 

The subject posted bond 

and was released pending 

a Lockport court 

date. 

June 25 

• A book bag was reportedly 

stolen from a vehicle 

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Police: Offenders complete multi-town 

robbery spree evening of Fourth of July 

Staff Report 

Businesses in Lockport 

and Tinley Park are believed 

to have been robbed 

by the same duo on the 

evening of the Fourth of 

July. Five Lockport businesses 

located on Ninth 

Street were robbed at approximately 

12:15 a.m. 

on July 5 during a robbery 

spree. 

Commander John Arizzi 

with the Lockport Police 

Department said Ace 

Hardware, Subway, Rosati’s 

Pizza and Tobacco 

Empire all were hit at the 

same plaza, and the nearby 

Strictly Vape also was hit. 

According to Arizzi, the 

offender(s) involved were 

“clearly looking for cash 

and were not interested in 

any of the products in the 

stores.” 

Library gives teens volunteer opportunity 


The offender(s) gained 

entry into the establishments 

through front, glass 

doors or windows which 

all had alarms. Arizzi said 

that once the alarms sound, 

it takes one to two minutes 

for the initial call to go 

through to dispatchers. 

“By the time we were 

there, they were gone,” he 

said. 

In total, almost $150 

was taken from the five 

Lockport businesses, 

Arizzi said. 

The vehicle used during 

the robberies was stolen 

but has since been recovered, 

and investigators 

hope to uncover evidence 

in the vehicle that will lead 

them to suspects. 

Arizzi said the department 

was able to collect 

“good” surveillance videos 

and, with the help of 

the jurisdictions in other 

towns experiencing similar 

robberies, they will be 

able to gather information 

to push for arrests in the 

future after continuing investigations. 

Lockport police believe 

the same offenders are 

involved in each of the 

break-ins and, according 

to the Tinley Park Police 

Department, two male suspects 

in their late teens to 

early 20s are believed to 

be involved. 

Five of the Tinley Park 

businesses hit on July 4 

were in a strip mall in the 

7900 block of 171st Street 

and included Plush Horse, 

Jimmy John’s, Nancy’s 

Pizza and Pine Cleaners. 

The other two businesses 

were located in the area of 

183rd Street and Harlem 

Avenue. 

On the evening before 

the Fourth of July, while 

most of the town was diving 

into holiday festivities, 

a group of Lockport teens 

decided to dedicate some 

time to volunteer work. 

The White Oak Library 

in Lockport hosts a tween 

and teen volunteer night 

every month in the summer 

and twice a month during 

the school year. Program 

organizers Maisie Iven 

and Jaci Kohn say teens 

are motivated to volunteer 

for both the hours they 

are credited for attending 

the nights, and out of the 

goodness of their hearts. 

“During the summer we 

do this once a month because 

we see that there are 

Jaci Kohn (far left) gives Lockport teens (left to right) 

Courtney Mason and Bethany Mason material to 

organize for the library as Maisie Iven (second from the 

right) sorts through material with Emily Do (far right) 

a Homer Junior High student and LTHS student Isa 

Abdallah. Alex Ivanisevic/22nd Century Media 

fewer people looking for 

[the volunteer work], but 

we have many opportunities,” 

Iven said. 

Kohn added, “During 

the rest of the year we have 

a tween and teen volunteer 

night on the first Wednesday 

of every month, that 

also goes for during the 

summer, and then the third 

Saturday of every month 

as well.” 

There tend to be more 

volunteers during the 

school year because students 

will sometimes need 

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LTHS students win big at national competition 

Abhinanda Datta 

Assistant Editor 

Armed with intensive 

training and minds bursting 

with innovation, three 

ambitious Lockport Township 

High School students 

represented Illinois in a 

prestigious national competition 

and won secondplace 

for their ingenious 

engineering project. 

“This was something 

that I would have never 

dreamed of achieving,” 

said Adriana Watson, one 

of the members of the winning 

team. 

“It feels incredible to 

get recognition for a lot of 

hard work and planning.” 

Daniel Arechiga, Jonathan 

Naughton and Adriana 

Watson won Silver in 

the Engineering Design 

Technology category at the 

SkillsUSA National Leadership 

and Skills Conference 

in Louisville, June 

24- 28, that saw over 6,500 

students competing in 103 

trade, technical and leadership 

fields. 

The team was required 

to design an innovative engineering 

project, create a 

model and give a comprehensive 

presentation. 

The silver medalists created 

the Marker Parker, a 

device to optimize storage 

and use that secures the 

cap of the marker inside 

the product so users don’t 

have to worry about losing 

them, Watson said. 

“We were inspired by 

teachers that we interacted 

with regularly who had a 

difficult time switching 

from one color to another 

without dropping caps 

or losing them along the 

way,” she said. 

“The product uses suction 

cups to adhere to any 

smooth surface such as a 

Alexander Mullin competes in Power Equipment 

Technology during the SkillaUSA competition. 

whiteboard, and spins on 

a central bolt, allowing the 

user to rotate the holder for 

easy storage and then onehanded 

removal.” 

Jeff Brown, architecture 

and engineering teacher 

said he was impressed 

with the idea and had immense 

confidence in his 

students’ skills. 

“From the moment they 

decided to develop the 

Marker Parker, I thought it 

was an innovative product 

that I would want, he said. 

“The product/invention 

is only one part of the overall 

score. I was pretty confident 

in their engineering 

process, engineering notebook, 

storyboard display, 

problem solving practical 

and their presentation, so 

I figured they had a good 

chance to score well.” 

Brown is one of the 

LTHS College and Career 

Applications teachers who 

dedicated several hours after 

school to prepare their 

teams for the state and national 

SkillsUSA competitions. 

As rewarding as the 

whole experience was, it 

presented its fair share of 

challenges. 

“The students who chose 

to compete have to spend 

several late hours practicing 

and preparing. Finding 

all that time can be a 

challenge,” Brown said. 

“One of the other big 

challenges we face is the 

numbers of years we have 

to prepare them. My students 

are all first year engineering 

students and most 

of their competitors have 

two, three or four years of 

engineering course experience. 

It shows the dedication, 

effort and time they 

put in to have this amazing 

success as first year engineering 

students.” 

Susan Palis, another 

CAD teacher said competitions 

like these allow 

students to apply their inclass 

knowledge in a more 

LTHS students (left to right) Jonathan Naughton, Daniel Arechiga and Adriana 

Watson at the SkillsUSA competition in Louisville with their project that won them 

second place in the Engineering Design Technology category. Photos Submitted 

The winning project, Marker Parker (pictured) ensures storage efficiency for markers. 

competitive setting. 

“It is important to keep 

training students for these 

competitions because it 

gives them the opportunity 

to be recognized for 

their knowledge and skills, 

whereas they might not 

have that when it comes to 

athletics or other academic 

areas,” she said. 

“Many of the students 

will tell you that the competition 

was a great experience 

and they would do it 

again, if given the chance.” 

In over a decade of 

competing in SkillsUSA, 

LTHS had a total of four 

teams qualifying for the 

nationals this year. 

Madaline Aguilar and 

Maxwell Eallondaro competed 

in 3D Visualization 

and Animation, a timed 

event that required the 

team to create a real-world 

3D creative production, 

using specific resources 

and design elements. 

Alexander Mullin competed 

in Power Equipment 

Technology, demonstrating 

his knowledge and 

understanding of both 

two and four-cycle engines. 

The Teamworks 

team was comprised of 

Brett MacHart, Charles 

Patula, Nicholas Soltys 

and Lucas Zentmyer. The 

Teamworks competition 

required teams to build a 

construction project using 

carpentry, electrical, 

plumbing and masonry 

skills to demonstrate their 

ability to work together. 

Watson had joined 

Brown’s robotics team as 

a freshman and has not 

looked back since. As demanding 

as it was, this 

competition will help her as 

she starts her degree in Robotic 

Engineering Technology 

at Purdue University. 

“The national competition 

is essentially a full 

week of high-stress, sleepless 

fun. It’s an incredibly 

fun way to get hands on 

experience in your field 

and meet more students 

who are not only interested 

in the same fields as you, 

but are just as inspired and 

passionate about them,” 

she said.



Lockport Township awards local scholars 


Lockport Township recently 

awarded scholarships 

to four high school 

graduates from the area. 

The awards were presented 

to the students during a 

Lockport Township board 

meeting on June 11, by 

Township Supervisor Ron 

Alberico. 

The scholarship winners 

are Brianna Tulley from 

Providence High School, 

and John Weis, Julianna 

Morales and Hannah Pacheco, 

who was not present 

at the meeting, from 

Lockport Township High 

School. 

A $1,000 scholarship 

was sent to the institutions 

where these students will 

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continue their education in 

the fall. Tulley plans to follow 

a career in medicine. 

Weis will pursue studies in 

accounting or actuarial science. 

Morales will focus 

on the field of education, 

while Pacheco would like 

to major in recreational 

therapy. 

The Scholarship Committee 

began it’s search 

earlier this year, seeking 

students with graduating 

GPAs of 2.5 or greater. The 

candidates for the scholarship 

must also have to 

demonstrate involvement 

in school, extra-curricular 

and work-related activities. 

They are required to 

submit an essay describing 

“What a college education 

means to me.” 

Commenting on the process 

of deciding on four 

scholars, Alberico said, 

“we are very proud that 

we continue to receive so 

many applicants for the 

scholarship every year, 

it makes it quite difficult 

to narrow it down to four 

winners.” 

Four scholarships are 

awarded annually and this 

is the 16th year the Lockport 

Township has presented 

the Scholarship Awards, 

keeping in mind the rising 

cost of education as being 

a concern for many families 

in the area. 

Alberico said, “The 

scholarship program is a 

great opportunity for the 

Township to support education 

and recognize outstanding 

young members 

of this community. Investing 

in our youth is an investment 

in the future.” 

To that he added it is a 

joy for him and the Township 

to be able to award 

this scholarship because, 

“every little bit is a big 

help when it comes to 

college expenses,” and it 

is great to see when the 

scholars maintain a connection 

to the Township 

and touch back through 

the years. 

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Fireworks, 

family and 

the Fourth 

of July 

Lockport 

community enjoyed 

pre-Fourth of July 

festivities at local 

park 

The fireworks display at Dellwood Park in Lockport 

kicked off at 9:30 on July 3. Hundreds watched the 

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School News 


School 

Seniors recognized on high 

honor roll 

Members of the LTHS 

Class of 2019 who were 

named to the high honor 

roll included: 

Ameera Abu-Khalil, 

Lena AbuSafieh, Summer 

Ali, Samantha Danielle 

Alontaga, Daniel 

Arechiga, Katelyn Atac, 

Muhammad Atiq, Gabrielle 

Bach, Andrew Bean, 

Daniel Blaszkiewicz, David 

Blickhahn, Klaudia 

Bogacz, Alexa Boland, 

Marissa Bollnow, Jack 

Bradley,Matthew Brock, 

Morgan Bruecks, Quinn 

Buckley, Jazmin Cazares, 

Xiang Cen, Kevin Chen, 

William Cichowski, 

Christina Conne, Abigail 

Connelly, Julissa Connelly, 

Colin Connor, Monika 

Deksnys, Caleb Derrig, 

Therese Diamond, James 

DiCaro, Gerald Doherty, 

Desolina Dominguez, 

Abaigeal Dunn, Michael 

Dziadkowiec, Amanda 

Eberly, Eric Engberg, 

Sophia Errico, Briana Esposito, 

Kristin Fesmire, 

Kaylee Follett, Julia 

Foster, Tyler Fouts, Alexa 

Fricilone, Elise Fricilone, 

Giancarlo Garnica, Brian 

Gibbons, Maggie Goetz, 

Julianna Gonzalez, Jacob 

Grau, Aaron Grcevic, 

Madison Grcevic, Payton 

Grcevic, Nytrea Green, 

Abigail Groszek, Rebeca 

Haas, Brandon Hajnos, 

Simon Harmata, Matthew 

Hatzopoulos, Leah 

Hearne, Alexandra Hennessey, 

Cassidy Hillock, 

Raymond Holland, Jenna 

Jarsombeck, Caitlin Jarzynka, 

Jacob Karli, Vincent 

Kast, Eric Keta, Erin 

Kleffman, Megan Klein, 

Euvangalos Klementzos, 

Mikolaj Kowalczyk, Mason 

Kuhn, Olivia Kuncis, 

Alexis Langford, Jillian 

Lesniak, Margarita Liunaite, 

Jakob London, 

Sebastian Lowisz, Kiera 

Mackin, Jacqueline Maka, 

Tayla Malacina, Kevin 

Maltese, Alyssa Mane, 

Lee Maru, Joseph McHatton, 

Taylor McNally, 

Kathleen 

Michalak, Logan Molitor, 

Jacob Nash, Alyssa 

Nava, Mateusz Obrochta, 

Jack OConnor, Leah 

ODekirk, Emma Odle, 

Chibueze Onyenemezu, 

Emily Padilla, Arianna 

Pannarale, Makena Paramo, 

Meagan Paramo, 

Aubree Peters, Matthew 

Petraski, Alyssa Pichardo, 

Christopher Pollard, 

Amanda Pollock, Jack 

Potempa, Maria Provenzano, 

Alexis Quemeneur, 

Ahmad Rahman, Ashley 

Ramos Chavez, Samantha 

Raspopovich, Christian 

Reczek, Thomas Rutter, 

Blake Sartin, Emily 

Seigler, Emily Servin, 

Amira Shehadeh, Jaime 

Shields, Samantha Spratt, 

Megan Staley, Erin Stevenson, 

John Stoch, Sara 

Svetich, Sydney Tedesco, 

Eleanor Tessitore, Joseph 

Tracy, Karolina Ulinskas, 

Adriana Watson, Grace 

Watson, Salem Weingart, 

John Weis, Michael West, 

Lauren Williams, Joshua 

Wolf, Thomas Wolf, Shelby 

Woody, Ahmed Zidan, 

Diana Zimmerman, Ashley 

Zuhn 

Seniors recognized on 

honor roll 

Members of the class of 

2019 who were named to 

the honor roll included: 

Olivia Adams, Hussein 

Alsalahi, Samien Alvarez, 

Katelyn Bacys, Ryan 

Barth, Lillia Bartuch, 

Leigh Beland, Joanna 

Kate Belicena, Joshua 

Bentley, Luke Bentley, 

Anthony Bertucci, Montiana 

Bew, Nicolette 

Bodenhagen, Hannah 

Bogdan, Kayla Bonfiglio, 

Micah Bourke, Shannon 

Brennan, Abbey Burke, 

Jacob Cala, Nicholas Calderaro, 

Alexandra Carberry, 

Benjamin 

Chimino, Angel Contreras, 

Caitlin Corcoran, 

Emily Cripe, Andriana 

Culafic, Annette Czaja, 

Malik Daghash, Emily 

Delgado, Omar Diaz, 

Jonathan Diaz de Leon, 

Alexander Drogemuller, 

Ethan Drong, Mackenzie 

Everett, Morgan Fahey, 

Joanna Findura, Dylan 

Gadomski, John Gallet, 

Quinn Gardner, Eric 

Gasienica, Justin Gasper, 

Sean Greaney, Karli 

Grooms, Shane Haas, 

Thomas Halatek, Megan 

Hanes, Madison Hanna, 

Maeve Hayes, Isaiah Herrera, 

Angeleen Hill, Mary 

Hodgson, Mallory Hollatz, 

Jason Holtz, Jillian 

Hook, Matthew Houlihan, 

Jonathan Howell, Ariana 

Huerta, Yasmen Hussien, 

Amal Jaber, Jenna Jaber, 

Batool Jafferi, Michael 

Jeszke, Frank Jilek, Lauren 

Johnson, Matthew 

Johnson, Payton Johnson, 

Crista Johnston, Kendra 

Jones, Thomas Kabat, 

Michalina Kania, Shane 

Kelly, Jaylen King, Erika 

Klejka, Jacob Konkowski, 

Izabela Krawczyk, Matthew 

Kronsbein, 

Kathleen Kwiatkowski, 

Patricia Lee, Zachary Legner, 

Maximus Lewis, Robert 

Litwicki, Ronia Loving, 

Brett MacHart, Matthew 

Mahalik, Meaghan Marcin, 

Gwyneth Marshall, 

Ryan Marshall, Reese 

Martin, Beatriz Martinez, 

Jacob Martinez, Jacqueline 

Mathius, Alex Matteucci, 

Michaela Maura, 

MaKenna Maurisak, Olivia 

Mccullum, Jose Mendoza, 

Miguel Miranda, 

Jackson Mladic, Alexandria 

Mleczko, Vanessa 

Montiel, Julianna Morales, 

Jack Moran, Daniel 

Mucha, Nolan Murphy, 

Kaya Nasinska, Thomas 

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school 

From Page 8 

Neuhardt, Eve Obradovic, 

Hannah Osborn, Caitlin 

Osei, Gabrielle Pacetti, 

Hannah Pacheco, Sabrina 

Pacione, Vincent Palade, 

Hannah Park, Madison 

Passolano, Amya Patterson, 

Charles Patula, Hailey 

Perino, Kearney Pluth, 

Carter Posega, Tori Poska, 

Sarah Pritchard, Cecily 

Pryor, Raymond Pustelnik, 

Emma Rarick, Elizabeth 

Reczek, Maxwell Renfro, 

Haley Roberts, Declan 

Ruane, Jacqueline Ryan, 

Emily Schalk, Kaylee 

Schehr, Cailey Schlink, 

Claudia Scialabba, Mirial 

Scoggins, Christian Self, 

Russell Simmons, Jelena 

Simon, Ieva Skeberdis, 

Andrew Smigielski, Jake 

Spizzirri, Maisie Steele, 

Brandon Stornello, Jaylyn 

Strayer, Adrian Szczurek, 

Annalise Tardecilla, Amber 

Timmons, Andrew 

Veltman, Jaycee Vrba, 

Libby Walton, Christopher 

Walus, Gregory Warner, 

Alexander Watzke, Dana 

Westberg, Jacob Whyte, 

Stephanie Wilk, Katherine 

Wojcikiewicz, Collin 

Woulfe. 

police 

From Page 4 

parked in a driveway, in 

the 900 block of Glenmore 

Street. 

• A wallet reportedly was 

stolen from a vehicle 

parked in a driveway in 

the 800 block of Glenmore 

Street. 

• A vehicle was reportedly 

entered while parked 

without permission in the 

1200 block of Keywest 

Drive. Nothing was reported 

to have been taken 

from the vehicle at that 

time. 

June 24 

• Amy Quiroz, 20, of Joliet, 

was charged with 

speeding and driving 

while license suspended. 

An officer observed vehicle 

traveling northbound 

on State Street at a high 

rate of speed, prompting 

a traffic stop on the vehicle. 

The subject was released 

on bond, pending a 

Will County Court date. 

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Lockport 

Legend’s Police Reports 

are compiled from official 

reports found online on the 

Will County Sheriff’s Office or 

Lockport Police Department’s 

website or releases issued 

by the department and other 

agencies. Individuals named 

in these reports are considered 

innocent of all charges 

until proven guilty in a court 

of law. 

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What is one essential you 

must have when studying? 

One essential I must 

have when studying is a 

quiet environment because 

it helps me focus. 

What do you like to do 

when not in school or 

studying? 

When I am not in school 

or studying, I like to spend 

time with my family. I also 

enjoy watching YouTube 

in my free time. 

What is your dream job? 

My dream is a holistic 

veterinarian because I love 

being around and helping 

animals. 

What are some of your 

most played songs in your 

iPod? 

I don’t have an iPod, but 

songs I like to listen to are 

“I’m so tired” by Lauv and 

Troye Sivon and “Sunflower” 

by Post Molone. 

What is one thing people 

don’t know about you? 

One thing people may 

not know about me is that 

I have been playing the piano 

since I was four years 

old. 

Whom do you look up to 

and why? 

I look up to my parents 

because they are very 

hardworking and have always 

been there for me. 

What do you keep under 

you bed and why? 

Underneath my bed, I 

keep a box full of art supplies 

because it is an easy 

way to store it. 

Who is your favorite 

teacher and why? 

I personally do not have 

a favorite teacher because I 

have enjoyed being taught 

by all of them . 

What’s your favorite class 

and why? 

My favorite class is gym 

class because I get to be 

with my friends and I always 

have fun playing the 

games that day. 

What’s one thing that 

stands out about your 

school? 

One thing that stands out 

about Kelvin Grove is the 

amount of clubs and sports 

that we have. 

What extracurricular(s) do 

you wish your school had? 

One extracurricular that 

I wash our school had is a 

badminton team. 

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What’s your morning 

routine? 

My morning routine includes 

eating breakfast, 

packing my lunch, brushing 

my teeth, fixing my 

hair, getting dressed, feeding 

my rabbit, and checking 

my backpack to make 

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If you could change one 

thing about school what 

would it be? 

If I could change one 

thing about Kelvin Grove, 

I would add a study hall 

period. 

What’s your favorite thing 

to eat in the cafeteria? 

I don’t have a favorite 

food to eat in the cafeteria 

because I always bring my 

own lunch. 

What’s your best memory 

from school? 

My best memory from 

school was when our basketball 

team went down to 

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FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER 

Uproar over use of 

Confederate group for 

Fourth of July event 

The Southwest Suburban 

Activists group issued 

on its Facebook page July 

2 a call for the Village of 

Mokena to “not glorify the 

Confederacy” by allowing 

the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry 

to participate in firing of 

cannons during Mokena’s 

Fourth of July events. 

Emily Biegel, the 

group’s director, said the 

use of the 2nd Kentucky 

Cavalry was “inappropriate 

and insensitive” to 

members of the community. 

She went on to lament 

a lack of response in other 

recent racial incidents — 

including two separate 

rounds of swastika vandalisms 

and an incident in 

which three Lincoln-Way 

Central students were publicly 

spotted wearing what 

appeared to some to be 

blackface — from the Village’s 

leadership. 

“[Village officials] are 

going to have to open their 

mouths,” Biegel said about 

the lack of public condemnation 

of such acts. 

Mokena Mayor Frank 

Fleischer defended the use 

of the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry 

by reiterating previous 

responses that “Everyone 

has a right to their beliefs.” 

Fleischer said there was 

“no way in heck” that he 

supported slavery, but 

he supports keeping our 

nation’s history alive — 

“the good and the bad” 

— through monuments, 

documents and other public 

displays, lest the public 

“lose its reference point” 

for such events. 

The 2nd Kentucky Cavalry 

group on its website 

declares: “We chose to be 

Confederates because they 

fought hard for what they 

believed in — protecting 

their homes, states’ rights, 

equal treatment in commerce, 

elimination of illegal 

tariffs, and preservation 

of the agricultural way 

of life.” 

Reporting by T.J. Kremer 

III, Editor. For more, visit 

MokenaMessenger.com. 

FROM THE FRANKFORT STATION 

Police stress road safety 

after teen was hit by 

vehicle 

The Frankfort Police 

Department is urging Old 

Plank Road Trail users 

to remember to yield the 

right-of-way to traffic following 

a June 30 accident 

involving a teenager on a 

bicycle who collided with 

a vehicle. 

Frankfort Deputy Police 

Chief Kevin Keegan told 

The Frankfort Station the 

incident took place at approximately 

12:45 p.m., 

when a 14-year-old cyclist 

traveling eastbound on the 

trail rode into the path of 

a vehicle traveling southbound 

on Elsner Road. 

“The juvenile bike rider 

never stopped at the stop 

sign and rode directly 

in front of the vehicle,” 

Keegan said. 

The teen suffered head 

and soft tissue injuries in 

the collision, and was taken 

to Silver Cross Hospital 

for treatment. 

Keegan said the incident 

has been turned over 

to an accident reconstruction 

team, and the police 

department is waiting for 

the investigation to be 

completed. At this time, no 

charges or citations have 

been issued. 

During the July 1 Frankfort 

Village Board meeting, 

Frankfort Police Chief 

John Burica stressed that 

it was important for trail 

users to slow down when 

crossing the street, and 

that drivers had a responsibility 

to yield. 

“The vehicles have the 

right-of-way, and people 

should not enter the crosswalk 

until it’s safe to do 

so,” he said. 

Reporting by Nuria Mathog, 

Editor. For more, visit Frank 

fortStation.com. 

FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION 

TPPD’s Shervino named 

Illinois’ top DARE 

instructor 

Tinley Park Police Officer 

Bob Shervino has 

always had two passions: 

police work and teaching. 

He has combined the 

interests to great impact 

as a longtime DARE program 

instructor. So much 

so that in June he was 

selected from more than 

100 candidates as the Illinois 

DARE Officer of the 

Year. 

“I was totally surprised,” 

said Shervino, a member 

of the Tinley department 

since 2000 and DARE 

instructor since 2002. “I 

didn’t even know I’d been 

nominated.” 

Shervino — who grew 

up admiring an uncle 

who was a sergeant in the 

Tinley department, and 

became an Orland Hills 

cadet in 1995 — had his 

name raised by his colleagues 

and a number 

of local teachers whose 

classrooms he has graced 

over the years. He was 

formally presented with 

the award at the annual 

DARE and Juvenile Officers 

Conference in 

Peoria. 

“It was a great day,” he 

said. 

For Shervino, being an 

impactful instructor has 

come down to a personable 

approach and interest 

in making a difference 

in the lives of the more 

than 5,500 children he has 

taught. 

“Patrol work is more 

reactive, and DARE is 

more proactive,” Shervino 

said. “I really do 

enjoy that. The kids are 

really smart, and they’re 

pretty truthful and honest. 

I teach them, but they also 

teach me.” 

Tinley Park’s DARE 

program reaches nearly 

1,000 students in a calendar 

year, Shervino said. 

“I think it’s made me a 

better person, and I hope 

it’s made me a better parent,” 

he said. 

Reporting by Will O’Brien, 

Freelance Reporter. For 

more, visit TinleyJunction. 

com. 

FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT 

HERO offering support 

to families dealing with 

addiction 

The Heroin Epidemic 

Relief Organization began 

10 years ago with two fathers 

who wanted to plan a 

march and rally for heroin 

addiction awareness after 

they both lost sons to heroin 

overdoses. 

The organization better 

known as HERO originally 

was put together by 

John Roberts and Brian 

Kirk. The march, held in 

Homer Glen, brought in 

700 people, and Roberts 

said one had to be there to 

understand how amazing it 

was. 

After the Roberts and 

the Kirks met a few times 

to help each other through 

their grieving, they knew 

that more needed to be 

done. HERO is now offering 

support to families 

with members struggling 

with addiction as well as 

grief support for families 

who have lost someone 

because of addiction. 

Family support meetings 

— which allow both 

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TEENS 

From Page 4 

additional volunteer hours 

for different clubs. 

Often, the teens who 

help out at the library will 

be given tasks to do that 

are important for the preparation 

process for some 

of the programs and events 

hosted there. 

“Tonight we are doing a 

lot of stuff for Comicopolis 

which is our big, endof-July 

event coming up,” 

Iven said. 

The library will host 

Lockport’s fifth annual 

comic and fandom con on 

July 27. There will be over 

50 artists, writers, and specialty 

vendors selling one 

of a kind merchandise at 

Comicopolis. 

Kohn and Iven explained 

they need help with planning 

for such an event. 

Besides assisting with 

pre-event details, projects 

at volunteer nights have 

also included creating cards 

for senior communities and 

lending a hand with general 

to-do lists at the library like 

organizing books and locating 

missing titles. 

“It’s like a fun scavenger 

hunt they enjoy,” Kohn said. 

Iven described the volunteer 

nights as being a 

fun space where everyone 

gets along and commits 

time to lending a helping 

hand. 

Overall, the two appreciate 

the help they receive 

from the volunteers every 

month as organizing the 

events with the library is 

time intensive and the handful 

of hours of help make a 

difference. The next tween 

and teen volunteer night 

will be at 5 p.m. on Aug. 7 

in the children’s program 

room at the library.

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4. Porters girls basketball readies for 

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From the Editor 

What does summer mean to you? 

Alex Ivanisevic 

Editor 

If you ever have to 

drive over the Mississippi 

River, I suggest 

you try to do so around 

sunset. The scenery is 

unexpectedly pleasant 

and you might forget you 

are actually in the center 

of the Midwest as you go 

across the expansive and 

historic body of water. 

This is something I do 

quite often on weekends 

during the summer as I 

visit some family and 

friends I have who live in 

Iowa whom I met while 

going to school there. This 

is what summer means to 

me; Summer is an opportune 

time to be with your 

most favorite people and 

to visit and catch up with 

those you have not seen in 

a while. 

Summer means something 

different to different 

people. If you are like the 

hundreds of people who 

gathered at Dellwood Park 

on July 3, then summer is 

a time for grilling up your 

favorite foods and watching 

your kids race across 

the baseball fields while 

waiting for Lockport’s 

fireworks display for the 

Fourth of July celebration. 

Page 7 will give you a 

glimpse of that fun-filled 

day. 

If, however, you are the 

Lockport Police Department, 

then summer brings 

about the not-so-fun task 

of dealing with a seemingly 

increased number 

of break-ins. The police 

department would like to 

give a reminder to all to 

be sure to keep track of 

their personal belongings 

and to always lock their 

doors. More information 

is available in the Police 

Reports on Page 4. 

But summer also is a 

time for some to fine tune 

skills and continue to 

work on things they have 

done all year. If you are 


School’s engineering and 

design team, hard work 

put in all year paid off 

during recent victories at 

a national competition, 

which you can read about 

on Page 5. 

Whatever summer is 

to you, I hope you make 

the most of its fleeting 

months and take in all 

the fun times you can get 

doing what you love with 

your favorite people, like 

spending time in nature, 

visiting art museums 

(Page 18) or participating 

in your favorite activities. 

Whatever you do, stay 

safe and have fun this 

summer. 

“The new Illinois law goes into effect today: Illinois 

drivers caught using or holding an electronic 

device while behind the wheel will be issued a 

moving violation ticket under a new state law. 

If you rack up three offenses in one year, your 

license will be suspended.” 

City of Lockport, Lockport IL, from July 1. 

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“Dr. Greenan congratulations on starting your 

new job as Lockport Township High School East 

Principal. This truly is a great day to be a Porter!! 

@DrJohnGreenan” 

LTHS Lockport CWC, @CwcPorters from Tuesday, 

July 2. 

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From Page 12 

the addict and families to 

meet at the same place, 

same time, but in different 

rooms — are held from 

7-8:30 p.m. on the second 

and fourth Tuesday of each 

month at the Lincolnway 

Christian Church, 690 E. 

Illinois Highway in New 

Lenox. 

The Lincolnway Christian 

Church donated 

$10,000 years ago to 

HERO. 

Grief support meetings 

are held from 7-8:30 

p.m. on the first and third 

Tuesday of each month at 

Calvary Church, 16100 S. 

104th Ave. in Orland Park. 

The meetings are always 

free and open to anyone. 

Reporting by Sean Hastings, 

Editor. For more visit New 

LenoxPatriot.com 

FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE 

Delivery driver allegedly 

tried to kidnap female in 

Orland Park 

A delivery driver was 

arrested July 2 after he allegedly 

tried to kidnap a 

female two days prior in 

Orland Park. 

Sofiane Mansouri, 34, of 

1237 W. 31st Place, Apt. 1, 

in Chicago, was charged 

with attempted kidnapping, 

a Class 3 felony, according 

to a press release 

issued July 3 by the Orland 

Park Police Department. 

Mansouri reportedly 

pulled up to the female 

— Sgt. Wayne Lee declined 

to provide a specific 

age but said she is 

an adult — in the early 

morning hours of June 30 

while driving a white box 

truck in the 11400 block of 

143rd Street. The female 

was walking eastbound, 

and Mansouri asked if she 

was OK, police said. The 

female said she was fine 

and not in need of help, according 

to the release. 

Mansouri then drove 

past her and parked the 

truck on the side of the 

road, got out of the truck 

and approached her, again 

offering help, police said. 

When the female insisted 

she did not need 

help, Mansouri allegedly 

grabbed her and carried 

her back to the truck. 

The female was able to 

stop Mansouri from opening 

the truck door and 

eventually broke free of 

his grip, police said. She 

contacted police, who 

were later able to identify 

the truck and driver. 

Mansouri was arrested 

July 2 without incident after 

he came to the police 

station, according to Lee. 

Reporting by Bill Jones, Editor. 

For more, visit OPPrai 

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Pigs fly 

Irish Pig BBQ’s variety soars under 

new ownership, Page 21 

Day camp a summer tradition for local Girl Scouts, Page 17 

Girl Scouts (left to right) Kayla Demoor and Hailey Smith, both of Lockport, along with Christina Harris, of Homer Glen, cook over a fire using pie irons, box ovens, 

one-pot cooking and charcoal at the 2019 Service Unit 749 Lockport/Homer Glen Under the Sea Day Camp at Messenger Woods in Homer Glen. Photos by Thomas 

Czaja/22nd Century Media INSET: This year’s camp patch was designed by Lockport resident Violet Barder.

16 | July 11, 2019 | the lockport legend faith 


Local church 

welcomes 

new pastor 

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The First United Methodist 

Church, of Lockport, 

welcomed 

its new pastor, 

Rev. Ga- 

Hyung Kim 

on July 7. 

Rev. Ga- 

Hyung came 

to the United 

States at 

the age of 18 from Korea. 

She was ordained as 

a Deacon in the Northern 

Illinois Conference of the 

United Methodist Church 

in 1988 and as an Elder in 

1993. 

She has previously 

served churches in Aurora, 

Winthrop Harbor, Wauconda, 

DeKalb, Naperville, 

Oak Lawn, Sycamore and 

Lake Bluff. Within the 

Northern Illinois Conference, 

she has been active 

on the General Commission 

on the Status and 

Role of Women, the Board 

of Ordained Ministry, and 

the Methodist Federation 

of Social Action. 

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FAITH BRIEFS 

Shepherd of the Hill Lutheran Church 

(925 E. 9th St., Lockport) 

Saturday Service 

5 p.m. 

Sundays Service 

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

Bible Study 

9:30 a.m. Wednesdays 

Weight Watchers 

5:30 p.m. Tuesdays 

weigh-in, meeting starts at 

6 p.m. 

Alcoholics Anonymous 

6:30 p.m. Wednesdays 

for beginners 

7:30 p.m. Wednesdays 

for established members 

All meetings are “closed 

door” 

Care for the Caregiver 

Group Meetings: 

Please call the church 

office at 815-838-0708 

for information and to 

RSVP. 

Vacation Bible School 

9 a.m.-noon July 15- 

19; $15 per child/$35 max 

per family. Four years old 

through 5th grade, Registration 

forms online: 

www.shepherdofthehill. 

com or at church 

Summer Service Schedule: 

Ends on August 7, 

Wednesday 6:30 p.m. 

service, includes a light 

supper at 6:00pm 

Sunday 9 a.m. and 

10:35am all year long 

The last Saturday service 

will be on June 1, and 

start up again on August 

17 

Legacy Vineyard Church 

(315 E. 11th St., Lockport) 

Sunday Services 

10 a.m. 

Mt. Ebal Missionary Baptist Church 

(221 Cameron Ave. 

Lockport) 

Early Sunday Morning 

Worship 

8 a.m. There is communion 

every first Sunday. 

For more information, call 

(815) 838-6727. 

Sunday School 

9:15 a.m. 

Worship Service 

11 a.m. There is communion 

every first Sunday. 

Mission Ministry 

6 p.m. Mondays 

Bible Study 

7 p.m. Tuesdays 

Narcotics Anonymous 

6 p.m. Wednesdays 

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church 

(1500 S. Briggs St., 

Lockport) 

Divine Worship 

9 a.m. Sundays with 

Fellowship to follow at 10 

a.m. For more information, 

call (815) 838-1832. 

First Congregational United Church of 

Christ 

(700 N. Ninth St., 

Lockport) 

Worship 

9:30 a.m. Sundays. 

Nursery Program 

Available Sundays during 

worship. 

Greet and Meet over 

Treats 

10:30 a.m. Sundays. 

Ladies Craft and Chat 

Third Friday, June 21st. 

Doors open at 4:30 p.m. 

Carry-out dinner at 6 

p.m. 

Mid-Week Reflection 

Scripture and Prayers. 

Second and Fourth 

Wednesdays. 

June, July, August. 

6:30-7 p.m. 

Alcoholics Anonymous 

Meets Saturdays, 6:30 

p.m. 

First United Methodist 

Church of Lockport 

(1000 S. Washington 

St., Lockport) 

Worship/Jr. Church 

10:45 a.m. Worship Service/Jr. 

Circle of Love 

9 a.m. Wednesdays. 

Circle of Love provides 

diapers, feminine and 

incontinence products 

to clients who are qualified 

to use the local FISH 

Food Pantry. For more 

information, call (815) 

838-1017. 

Joliet Seventh-Day Adventist Church 

(21514 W. Division St., 

Lockport) 

Saturday Services 

9:30 a.m. Sabbath 

school; 10:45 a.m. Worship 

Hour. 

Prayer Meeting 

7:30 p.m. Wednesdays. 

Attendees can share 

their praise reports and 

prayer requests. The callin 

number is (530) 881- 

1200. When prompted 

enter the access code: 

761835 then the # key. 

The prayer line is free, 

and there is no additional 

cost beyond regular phone 

charges. 

St. Dennis Church 

(1214 S. Hamilton St., 

Lockport) 

Angel Choir 

All school and parish 

students in grades 3 

through 8 can participate. 

Rehearsal is every 

Thursday from 5-6 p.m. in 

church. Angel Choir sings 

two weekend mass times 

per month. 

Changes to In Memoriam 

The Lockport Legend’s obituaries have moved. 

You can now find our In Memoriam pieces at the 

back end of the Life & Arts section. In addition, 

obituaries are now handled by the company’s 

classifieds department. If you would like to 

place an obituary, reach out to Jeff Schouten at 

j.schouten@22ndcenturymedia.com or (708) 326- 

9170 ext. 51. 

Kids Chime Choir 

All school and parish 

students in grades 3 

through 8 can participate. 

Rehearsal is every 

Thursday from 3-4 p.m. in 

church music room. 

Daily Mass Times 

8 a.m. Monday, Tuesday, 

Thursday 

8:15 a.m. Wednesday 

8 a.m. Friday with communion 

service 

Saturday Mass 

4:30 p.m. 

Sunday Mass 

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

11:15 a.m. All are welcome. 

Healing Prayer 

Following the Saturday 

mass and 9:30 a.m. and 

11:15 a.m. Sunday mass. 

All are welcome. Contact 

Parish Secretary at secre 

tary@saint-dennis. 

org or call (815) 

838-2592 for more 

information. 

Assumption Greek Orthodox Church 

(15625 S. Bell Road, 

Lockport) 


8:15 a.m. Orthros; 9:30 

a.m. Divine Liturgy; 10 

a.m. Sunday School. For 

more information, call 

(708) 645-0652. 

THRIVE Church 

(Kelvin Grove School, 808 

Adams St., Lockport) 

Sunday Worship 

10:30 a.m. Adult Service 

10:30 a.m. Kid’s Church 

Thrive Youth 

7 p.m. Wednesdays 

night youth gatherings 


9:30 a.m. Morning Bible 

study classes for all ages; 

10:45 a.m.-noon Morning 

Worship Service. 

Angel Food House Food 

Pantry 

12:15-1 p.m. Sundays 

and 6-7 p.m. Wednesdays. 

Open to the public. First 

time users please bring 

two forms of identification. 


call Kathy at (872) 

216-9212. 

Wednesday Night Bible 

Study 

6:30-7:30 p.m. 

Coloring Club 

5:30–7:00 p.m. Friday 

Nights. 

Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church 

(18101 W. Oak Ave., 

Lockport) 


8:30 a.m. Sunday 

school; 10 a.m. Morning 

worship, Nursery ministry 

(ages infant to 4) and 

Youth church (ages 5-12); 

12 p.m. Adult Bible Study. 


contact (815) 774-1016. 

Have something for Faith 

Briefs? Contact Assistant 

Editor Abhinanda Datta at 

a.datta22ndcenturymedia. 

com or call (708) 326-9170 

ext. 15. Information is due 

by noon Thursday one week 

prior to publication.

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Girl Scout event full of learning, amusements at Messenger Woods 

Almost 300 

campers attend 

this year’s Under 

the Sea Day Camp 

Thomas Czaja 

Contributing Editor 

It is a place and gathering 

that can best be described 

as one of constant energy 

and movement, with units 

simultaneously working on 

skills, sharing laughs and 

bonding under the summer 

sun. 

The latest annual Girl 

Scout day camp took place 

from June 24 through June 

27 at Messenger Woods in 

Homer Glen, with those 

campers entering fourth 

grade and up also having 

the option to camp out 

overnight the final evening 

of the weeklong event. 

The Girl Scout Service 

Unit 749 of Lockport/Homer 

Glen Under the Sea Day 

Camp in 2019 had approximately 

290 Girl Scouts and 

45 registered adults helping 

run the event, according to 

Missy Chandarana, a program 

director from Lockport. 

“Our camp is broken up 

into units by age levels that 

are supported by a minimum 

of two adults,” Chandarana 

said. “While in the 

units, they work on basic 

camping skills like starting 

fires, running a wash line, 

working on outdoor badge 

skills. 

“We try to teach them to 

be independent in everything 

they do.” 

The summer camp is a 

chance to become reacquainted 

with and further 

appreciate nature. The 

campers involved — which 

can range in age from kindergarten 

through 12th 

grade, with those going 

Homer Glen resident Anna Crabbe (left) and Jania Kennedy show off the bird feeder 

craft made out of an orange and twine at the 2019 Service Unit 749 Lockport/Homer 

Glen Under the Sea Day Camp at Messenger Woods in Homer Glen. 

Photos by Thomas Czaja/22nd Century Media 

into eighth grade and up 

able to have the chance to 

help lead the younger attendees 

as aides — tend to 

really enjoy that aspect. 

“These girls love being 

out there,” Chandarana 

said. “They go on hikes, 

get muddy, get dirty and 

go home exhausted. They 

have survived 95-degree 

days, survived rain. We 

have many safety things in 

place and weather watches 

to keep everyone safe while 

at the woods to provide a 

wonderful event.” 

On the final evening of 

camp on Thursday, the Girl 

Scouts enjoy a dinner made 

possible through donations 

from area businesses. That 

day is also filled with a variety 

of stations the campers 

can rotate through and 

enjoy, as well as a squeegee 

hunt activity. 

Each day brings its own 

fun, with the Wednesday 

of the event featuring an 

all-camp water gun fight. 

Camp likewise has an 

opening and closing flag 

ceremony honoring the 

American flag and featuring 

the Girl Scout flag, and 

each camper walks around 

the site with a buddy. 

Chandarana had her 

four girls out at this year’s 

camp, including Maya, 

who helped lead. 

“My girls are going into 

third grade, so they are 

learning all about nature 

and going out on hikes and 

made bird feeders out of 

orange peels,” Maya said 

of her unit. “I’ve been coming 

here since I was 3 or 4.” 

Maya added one of her 

favorite parts of camp was 

the fact she was once one 

of the little ones looking up 

to the big girls, and that she 

is now one of the older ones 

inspiring the youngsters. 

The camp is a tradition 

that has been going on 

for over 30 years for girls 

mostly from the Homer 

Glen and Lockport area. 

The theme for the camp is 

constantly remembered, 

whether it is one of the 

Thursday stations having 

sea snacks of blue Jell-O, 

red Swedish fish and Goldfish 

crackers or a water relay 

race filling up buckets 

with H20 while wearing 

scuba flippers and masks. 

Kiley Fiffles, a camper 

from Homer Glen, summed 

up why she loves camp. 

“I like the food and all 

the nice ladies that run it,” 

she said. 

There is even an area 

within the Girl Scout camp 

dubbed boys’ island for 

those moms who volunteer 

and have boys they need to 

bring with. The boys congregate 

and stay busy with 

food and activities, even 

coming up with chants and 

occasionally using water 

guns on girls who may 

come by. 

It all adds up to a memorable 

week, one that brings 

many of the campers back 

year after year. Campers 

bring their own mess kit, 

and everyone gets a hat, 

bandana, camp shirt and is 

told to stay hydrated with 

plenty of water bottles. 

Each unit is given a different 

name — an example 

this year being Silly 

Squids, again tying into the 

theme — and campers also 

come up with their own fun 

nicknames. 

Tammy Shea, a Homer 

Glen resident helping out 

Abraham St Peter, of Homer Glen, plays with 

homemade slime at the camp. The Girl Scouts 

allow parents with children ages 3 to 5 and boys an 

opportunity to volunteer by providing a Pixie Unit and 

Boy Unit. 

Girl Scouts have a number of fun and unique 

traditions, including SWAPS, which stands for Special 

Whatchamacallits Affectionately Pinned Somewhere 

or Shared With A Pal. SWAPS are small tokens of 

friendship the girls exchange with other Girl Scouts 

they meet along the way. 

as a headquarters floater 

at camp from the main pavilion 

of operation there, 

said her daughter, Kailey, 

is going into her senior 

year at Lockport Township 

High School, and that 

they have been attending 

camp since she was in 

kindergarten. 

Seeing her child work 

her way up from the firstgrade 

unit and develop lifelong 

friendships along the 

way has been an irreplaceable 

experience. 

“She just loves it,” Tammy 

said. “… It’s just fun 

meeting all the different 

kids, eating the camp food. 

Just the atmosphere and the 

kids being so excited is the 

best part.” 

Kailey said sleeping over 

on the final night of camp 

in tents, spending time with 

friends, having a dance 

party under the pavilion 

and going on the aforementioned 

squeegee hunt were 

all some of her favorite 

memories from there. 

Service Unit 749 hopes 

to keep the camp flourishing 

and is always happy to 

welcome new campers and 

members to its ranks. 

Those interested in learning 

more can email gssu 

749organizer@gmail.com.

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Illinois State Museum-Lockport presents art exhibit that rocks 


The Illinois State Museum-Lockport 

debuted an 

exhibit that merged two 

seemingly unrelated topics 

into one gallery that rocks. 

The “Rocked and 

Rolled” exhibit in the 

Lockport Gallery located 

at 201 West 10th St., Lockport, 

features masterpieces 

by over a dozen artists, 

photography by several 

more and geological artifacts. 

The museum exhibit 

aspires to bring together 

the worlds of rock and 

roll music over the past 50 

years and natural rocks, 

minerals, fossils and meteorites 

from the Geology 

Collection at the Illinois 

State Museum . 

“Rocked and Rolled” 

opened on May 1 and will 

be displayed at the gallery 

until Oct. 6, after which 

point it will go elsewhere 

and a new exhibit will take 

its place. 

“Our mission at the museum 

is bringing together 

art, history, culture and 

science around Illinois. 

What we have in our geology 

collection at the Illinois 

State Museum are 

some amazing stuff that 

never gets seen,” Museum 

Director and Curator John 

Lustig said while pointing 

out a presentation 

of “Moon Rocks” that 

President Richard Nixon 

presented to Illinois when 

man landed on the moon. 

Each state received a 

piece of moon rock and 

Lockport is lucky enough 

to be the home of Illinois’ 

share. 

Wall-to-wall, the gallery 

has brought to life rockstars 

from generations past 

in a way today’s generation 

could appreciate and 

incorporates timeless artifacts. 

There is even a large 

geode rock in the gallery 

The cassette tape sculptures “Joey, Blondie and 

Jimmy” by Erika Iris are on display in the Illinois State 

Museum. photos by alex Ivanisevic/22nd Century Media 

where visitors are able to 

leave notes with their favorite 

songs written on 

them. 

“People ask me all the 

time how I come up with 

these ideas [for the gallery 

exhibits] and I tell them 

what happens is I am listening 

and watching what 

is going on in the community 

and there is this love 

of music out here,” Lustig 

said, and added how observing 

the appreciation 

for music of all genres and 

how it has changed over 

time inspired him to want 

to represent that in the gallery. 

“What I have seen is 

that in art today there are 

younger artists being inspired 

by that same music 

and that to me was the 

hook,” he said. 

The exhibit, which he 

said features many artists 

with a connection to 

Illinois, took Lustig approximately 

two years to 

complete and prepare for 

public viewing. 

“To see the music match 

with the rocks, it was as 

natural as it gets,” he said. 

“What’s been great is, people 

come and I want the 

visitor to simply be with 

the art on display and the 

rocks and bring their own 

interpretation.” 

Right: SPIN-IT record 

installation organized 

by Robin Monique-Rios 

features over 50 handpainted 

records in the 

“Rocked and Rolled” 

exhibit and offers an 

interactive opportunity for 

gallery visitors 

Museum curator John Lustig (center) gives a tour of the “Rocked and Rolled” exhibit 

to a group of Cadence Academy Preschoolers.

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The Dish 

Irish Pig BBQ’s new owner blends tradition with variety 

T.J. Kremer III 

Contributing Editor 

Irish Pig BBQ 

280 E. Lincoln Highway 

in New Lenox 

Hours 

• 11 a.m.-7 p.m. 

Tuesday-Thursday 

• 11 a.m.-8 p.m. 

Friday-Saturday 

• Noon-6 p.m. Sunday 

• Closed Mondays 

For more information… 

Phone: (815) 485- 

1744 

Web: irishpigbbq.com 

When Scott Tabor took 

over ownership in February 

of New Lenox’s Irish 

Pig BBQ, he brought a lot 

of experience with him, 

albeit from a different profession. 

Tabor spent the 

last 30 years as a mechanic 

and had his own shop in 

Lockport. 

But his love for all 

things barbecue has been 

a big part of his life, and 

Tabor has been “experimenting” 

with barbecue, 

He even did some catering 

when he was in California, 

where he lived for roughly 

25 years. 

After having neck surgery, 

he decided he would 

rather work full-time on 

ribs, chicken and pork than 

go back to working on 

cars, trucks and vans. 

Everything came together 

when Tabor was getting 

ready to celebrate a birthday 

and told his girlfriend 

at the time that he “wanted 

something different” for 

his meal. 

“She saw this place 

with the barbecue, and 

she knew I loved barbecue, 

and she saw the sign 

‘For Sale,’ and she let me 

know,” Tabor said. “Me 

and [former owner Kathy 

Connolly] strike up a deal, 

and here I am.” 

Tabor has kept many of 

the same menu items — 

such as BBQ ribs ($13.95 

for a half slab, $22.50 for 

a full slab, each with two 

sides), pulled pork ($8 for 

a small sandwich, $9 for 

the large, each with a small 

side or fries) and brisket 

($11 for the small sandwich, 

$12 for the large, 

also with a small side or 

fries) — and has started to 

add his own touch of flavor 

to the restaurant’s offerings. 

“I added a whole Carribean 

menu, actually,” Tabor 

said. “I have a Jamaican 

gourmet chef [Newton 

Hood], kind of a silent 

partner. He prepares all the 

food and shows me what 

to do.” 

That Caribbean menu includes 

jerk chicken ($10), 

curried goat ($11.95), 

oxtail ($9.99) and brown 

stew catfish ($11.95). 

Of course, Irish Pig 

BBQ would not be the 

same without its popular 

corned beef. 

“The platinum dish when 

I bought the place was the 

corned beef,” Tabor said. 

“[Irish Pig BBQ] is known 

to have the best corned beef 

around. So, I didn’t touch 

that, didn’t change it. You 

can’t change perfection.” 

Connolly left the secret 

recipe with Tabor when 

she sold the restaurant to 

him, and Tabor said he intends 

to keep the dish on 

the menu. 

“We’re keeping a little 

bit of the old, because a lot 

of regulars they love that 

corned beef, and it is good 

corned beef,” Tabor said. 

But Tabor has started 

his own tradition at Irish 

Pig BBQ, too, in Southern 

Irish Pig BBQ’s half slab of ribs with two sides ($13.95) is one of the staple dishes new owner Scott Tabor has kept 

on the menu and put his stamp on after taking over the New Lenox spot. Photos by T.J. Kremer III/22nd Century Media 

Sundays. 

“That’s where my Mississippi 

comes in,” Tabor 

said. While he was born in 

Joliet and lives there now, 

his family is from Mississippi. 

“It’s some comfort 

food, some down-home 

country food,” he said of 

the special Sunday menu, 

which he plans on rotating 

throughout the summer. 

It recently featured 

smothered chicken, smothered 

pork chops, fried catfish 

and rib tips (an entree 

costs $11.95 and comes 

with two sides). 

So what else does Tabor 

have planned for Irish Pig 

BBQ? 

“Still experimenting 

with the menu,” he said. 

“I love experimenting with 

food, in general — trying 

to change things up to generate 

interest.” 

Scott Tabor, the new owner of Irish Pig BBQ, keeps many of the restaurant’s wellknown 

attributes in tact — such as the decor and popular menu items — and has 

started to add his own touch with a Carribean menu and Southern Sundays.

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crosstown CROSSWORD & Sudoku The crosstowns: Frankfort, Homer Glen, Lockport, Mokena, New Lenox, Orland Park, Tinley Park 

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur 

Across 

1. Subsequently 

6. Homer Glen 

soccer team 

11. Bygone love 

interest 

14. Sneak ___ 

15. Financial statistics 

term 

17. OPEC land 

18. Santa ___ 

winds 

19. Backup cause 

21. Guru 

23. Spiritual center 

in the Middle East 

26. “Take ___ a 

sign” 

30. Furtiveness 

33. Lack 

35. “Enough of 

that!” 

36. Not very likely 

37. It’s cut and 

dried 

39. Tune player 

40. Victor 

41. “Good shot!” 

43. It’s behind the 

Homer Glen Village 

Hall 

46. City SSW of 

Moscow 

47. Biblical verb 

48. It resounds 

52. 1990s singer 

Tori 

54. LL Cool J’s 

genre 

55. Snapshot 

58. Western that 

starred Kurt Russell 

64. Prohibition 

65. Like Socrates 

66. Like much 

testimony 

67. Falsifiers 

Down 

1. Patriots’ grp. 

2. Lake Okeechobee’s 

state, abbr. 

3. Spigot 

4. Longtime record label 

5. Out of service now, 

abbr. 

6. Glowing circle 

7. Confidence trick 

8. Filigree 

9. Essential 

10. Cousin of reggae 

11. Fire or Peruvian 

12. Russian river 

13. Apothecary’s weight 

16. IRA part, abbr. 

20. 6th note of the musical 

scale 

22. One who incorporates 

23. Board game tokens 

24. Apiece 

25. Laundered 

27. Half a joint 

28. “All kidding ___...” 

29. Mach 1 breaker 

31. Bait 

32. More aloof 

33. Peter of the duo Peter 

and Gordon 

34. Horn blast 

38. Barks 

40. Comedian Margaret 

42. Construction site 

sight, abbr. 

44. Play title word 

45. Heart of the matter 

49. Gator’s cousin 

50. Tennis’s Mandlikova 

51. Vectra maker 

53. Earth circler 

55. N, E, S and W 

56. “Left turn, horse!” 

57. Abbr. after a seller’s 

suggested price 

59. Body soother 

60. Diagnostic proc. 

61. Scarf 

62. Elder 

63. Frank McCourt’s 

memoir 

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Traverso’s Restaurant 

(15601 S Harlem Ave, 

Orland Park; (708) 532- 

2220) 

■5-7 ■ p.m. Mondays: 

Free bar bingo 

TINLEY PARK 

350 Brewing 

(7144 W. 183rd St., 

Tinley Park (708) 825- 

7339) 

■6:30 ■ p.m. First Thursday 

of each month: 

Laugh Riot. Cost is 

$25 and includes 

dinner, two beers 

and a comedy show. 

For tickets, email 

todd@350brewing. 

com. 

Hailstorm Brewing 

(8060 186th St., 

Tinley Park); (708) 480- 

2268) 

■Thursdays: ■ Open mic 

night 

Intimo Lounge 

(7068 183rd St., Tinley 

Park; (708) 444-4470) 

■Wednesdays: ■ 

Live 

music featuring Justin 

Griffen 

Old Tinley Pub & Eatery 

(17020 Oak Park Ave., 

Tinley Park; (708) 532- 

4409) 

■8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: 

Trivia Night 

■8 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Movie Night 

■8 ■ p.m. Thursdays: 

Karaoke 

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Strike N Spare II 

(811 Northern Drive, 

Lockport; (708) 301- 

1477) 

■9:30 ■ p.m.-12:30 a.m. 

Mondays: Quartermania 

■10 ■ p.m.-midnight 

Saturdays: Cosmic 

Bowl 

HOMER GLEN 

Front Row 

(14903 S. Bell Road, 

Homer Glen; (708) 645- 

7000) 

■7 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Trivia 

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Scene, email a.datta@22nd 

centurymedia.com. 

answers 

How to play Sudoku 

Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that 

has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 

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

and box must contain each of the numbers 

1 to 9. 

LEVEL: Medium 

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan

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Introducing the Dunree II: Crana Homes’ Newest Luxury Townhome Design at Brookside Meadows 

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Meadows in Tinley Park. The Dunree II 

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and open spaces. Prices range from the 

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For45 yearsCrana Homes commitment 

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has been summed up as “Pride of 

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This commitment to quality and 

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entire community will soon be 

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The new Dunree II is a generous three 

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baths. It is a beautiful 3,303 total square 

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A full lookout basement and a patio are 

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The Lennan II is a comfortable two/ 

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Fahan II except the master suite is on the 

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All homes have underground utilities, 

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The school system is among the best in 

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The Dunree II floorplan gives 

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at Brookside Meadows – but only 

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To visit Brookside Meadows take I-80, 

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May 30 

• 500 S. Washington 

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3039 - Brie A. Brubaker 

to Nathan John 

Rancatore, Jillian Nicole 

Gray, $241,000 

• 16026 W. Linsey Ln., 

Lockport, 60441-6822 

- A & J Construction Inc 

to David Adamski, Agnes 

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• 16735 Ennerdale 

Ave., Lockport, 60441- 

4897 - First Midwest 

Bank Trustee to Vivian J. 

Sperlak, $306,249 

• 308 Barry Ave., 

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- 2017-2 Ih Borrower 

Lp To Eduardo Villareal, 

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June 3 

• 404 Nobes Ave., 

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5004 - David Hulbert 

to Mauricio Sanchez 

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• 807 Adams St., 

Lockport, 60441-3709 - 

James A. Lesnik to Evan 

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• 929 W. 151st St., 

Lockport, 60441- 

2306 - Andrew Piton 

to Krystyna Boreman, 

$450,000 

• 1208 E. Division St., 

Lockport, 60441-4509 

- Don Allen Plumlee to 

Paul Carter, Ann Carter 

$205,000 

• 15322 W. Pinewood 

Rd., Lockport, 60441- 

1313 - Josh Weinberg to 

Eric C. Rutter, Stephanie 

M. Fink $209,000 

June 4 

• 1102 McCameron 

Ave., Lockport, 60441- 

2706 - Erik Homerding 

to Dylan Kopka, 

$163,000 

• 1123 Cleveland St., 

Lockport, 60441-3634 

- Robert Reed to Joanna 

M. Vieni, $160,000 

• 1333 E. North St., 

Lockport, 60441-2776 

- Harold W. Hirshberg 

to James Sandford, 

Carianne Sandford 

$290,000 

• 17524 S. Gilbert Dr., 

Lockport, 60441-1114 - 

Gary Huppert to Bianca 

M. Brill, Kevin W. Brill 

$185,500 

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SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE 

of 171 North State Street, Lockport, IL 

60441 (Single Family Home). Onthe 

1st day of August, 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: Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC 

Plaintiff V.Antonios Koulouris; Norma 

Koulouris; United States of America; 

Unknown Owners and Non Record 

Claimants Defendant. 

Case No. 18 CH 1166 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: 

THE WIRBICKI LAW GROUP 

33 W. Monroe St. Suite 1140 

Chicago, Illinois 60603 

P: 312-360-9455 

F: 312-572-7823 

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. 

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Certificate 032940 was filed in the 

office of the County Clerk of Will 

County on July 1, 2019 wherein 

the business firm of 1080 PRO- 

DUCTIONS 

Located at 1907 Trafalgar Dr. Romeoville, 

IL 60446 was registered; 

that the true orreal name ofthe 

person owning the business, with 

their respective post office address, 

is as follows: 

Sean King 

1907 Trafalgar Dr. 

Romeoville, IL 60446 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have 

hereunto set my hand and Official 

Seal at my office in Joliet; Illinois, 

this 1st day of July, 2019. 

Lauren Staley Ferry 

Will County Clerk 

Certificate 031978 was filed inthe 

office of the County Clerk of Will 

on June 20, 2019 wherein the business 

firm of Voices Photography 

Located at 14960 S. Carlton Lane 

Homer Glen, IL 60491, which certificate 

sets forth the following 

changes in operation thereof: 

14947 S. Preserve Dr. Lockport, IL 

60441. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, 

Ihave hereunto set my hand and 

Official Seal at my office in Joliet; 

Illinois, this 20th day of June, 

2019. 



Certificate No. 32916 was filed in 

the office of the County Clerk of 

Will County on June 13, 2019 

wherein the business firm of Coco 

Babe Clothing 516 Pinebrook Dr. 

Bolingbrook, IL 60490 was registered; 

that the true or real name of 

the person owning the business, 

with their respective post office address 

is as follows: 

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516 Pinebrook Dr. 

Bolingbrook IL 60490 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have 

hereunto set my hand and Official 

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this 13th day of June, 2019 



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PUBLIC NOTICE 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE 

TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS, Case No. 

2016TX297, Clearleaf Short Alternative 

Fund, LP. 

To: Ronald M. Journigen; Occupant of; 

Western Sites, LLC, Northwest Registered 

Agent Sev.; Will County Clerk; 

and all other persons/entities UN- 

KNOWN having or claiming any right, 

interest or title in the following described 

real estate: 

Lots 4, 5and the West Half of Lot 3 in 

Block 2in Fairmont, asubdivision of 

part ofthe Northeast Quarter and part of 

the Southeast Quarter of Section 34, 

Township 36 North, Range 10 East of 

the Third Principal Meridian, Lockport 

Township, Will County, Illinois. 

Permanent Index No. 

04-34-208-005-0000 

On June 19, 2019, Clearleaf Short Alternative 

Fund, LPfiled aPetition for Order 

of Tax Deed. The object ofthe 

plaintiff’s petition is to foreclose on the 

Tax Sale Certificate No. 15-00851 for 

the delinquent taxes on real estate described 

above which was issued by the 

Will County Treasurer onNovember 29, 

2016. The taxes due under the certificate 

are for the 2015 tax year. The petition 

asks the court todirect the county 

clerk toissue atax deed if the property 

is not redeemed from the sale onorbefore 

November 29, 2019, and that Petitioner, 

as grantee of tax deed be put in 

possession of said parcel of real estate. 

The Petition for Order of Tax Deed will 

be brought before the Will County Circuit 

Court onJanuary 13, 2020 at 9:00 

a.m. in Courtroom A236. If you fail to 

redeem, the court may enter ajudgment 

for the relief demanded in the petition. 

Clearleaf Short Alternative Fund, LP, 

Petitioner 

Stuart E. Morgenstern, #6275553 

Attorney for Petitioner 

1 W. Laurel Street 

Pinckneyville, Illinois 62274 

(618)357-5315 

PUBLIC NOTICE 






To: First Midwest Bank, as Trustee 

Trust No. 8935; Occupant of; Will 

County Clerk; and all other persons/entities 

UNKNOWN having or claiming 

any right, interest or title in the following 

described real estate: 

Lots 12, 13 and 14inBlock 7, in Sterling 

Park, asubdivision of part of the 

Southeast Quarter of Section 34, in 

Township 36 North, and inRange 10 

East ofthe Third Principal Meridian, in 

Will County, Illinois. 


04-34-422-009-0000 


















be brought before the Will County Circuit 

Court on January 13, 2020 at 9:00 





Petitioner 





(618)357-5315 

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To: Domingo Fox; Gail Fox; Joyce Fox; 

Angelia Fox; Raymond Fox; Ricky Fox; 

Jack Greenwood, Jr.; Occupant of; Will 

County Clerk; and all other persons/entities 

UNKNOWN having or claiming 

any right, interest or title in the following 

described real estate: 

Lot 124 in Bruce Highlands, a subdivision 

of part of the West Half ofthe 

Northwest Quarter of Section 35, in 

Township 36 North, and inRange 10 

East of the Third Principal Meridian, according 

tothe Plat thereof recorded June 

27, 1929 in Plat Book 23, page 9, as 

Document Number 431623 in Will 

County, Illinois. 


04-35-110-009-0000 


















be brought before the Will County Cir- 

cuit Court onJanuary 13, 2020 at 9:00 





Petitioner 





(618)357-5315 

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 

) 


TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

Antonios Koulouris; Norma Koulouris; 

United States of America; Unknown 

Owners and Non Record Claimants 

Defendant. 

No. 18 CH 1166 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that pursuant 

toajudgment entered in the above 

cause on the 25th day of April, 2019, 

MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will 

County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the 

1st day of August, 2019 ,commencing 

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

County Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa 

Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, 

sell at public auction to the highest and 

best bidder orbidders the following-described 

real estate: 

LOT 5 IN BLOCK 21, AND THE 

NORTHERLY 31.9 FEET OF VA- 

CATED HENRY STREET, IN ARCH- 

ER`S ADDITION TO LOCKPORT, A 

SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE 

SOUTH 1/2 OF SECTION 14, TOWN- 

SHIP 36 NORTH, RANGE 10 EAST 

OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERID- 

IAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT 

THEREOF RECORDED MAY 5, 1837, 

IN BOOK "B", PAGE 452, IN WILL 

COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 

Commonly known as: 

171 North State Street, Lockport, IL 

60441 

Description of Improvements: 

Single Family Home 

P.I.N.: 

11-04-14-417-003-0000 

Terms ofSale: ten percent (10%) at the 

time of sale and the balance within 

twenty-four (24) hours. No judicial sale 

fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring 

the residential real estate pursuant 

to its credit bid at the sale or by any 

mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other 

lienor acquiring the residential real estate 

whose rights inand to the residential 

real estate arose prior to the sale. All 

payments shall be made in cash or certified 

funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will 

County. 

In the event the property is acondomin- 

ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS 

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

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

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

that the purchaser of the unit, other than 

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

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Circle One: 

Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

with Davis Billows 

Lockport resident Davis 

Billows is a junior golfer 

at Providence. 

When did you start 

playing golf? 

I’ve been playing golf 

forever. My dad played it, 

so I’ve always been around 

it. Around sixth grade, I 

really started to take golf 

more seriously. 

You recently won 

the Illinois Junior 

Golf Association 

tournament at Old 

Oak Golf Course and 

went to sudden death 

strokes. Explain that 

experience? 

It was cool because it 

happened close to home. . 

It’s a good reward to know 

that all of your hard work 

has paid off. I had played in 

one other playoff before. I 

remember being super nervous 

the first time I had to 

do that. This time around, I 

knew what to expect and it 

didn’t really bother me. 

Do you plan on playing 

golf at the collegiate 

level? 

That’s definitely the goal 

that I am working toward. 

It would be amazing to 

see that come true, knowing 

that all of the work I 

have put in was worth it. 

It would be awesome to 

get a scholarship and see 

where the game can take 

me. I’d love to go pro, but 

I also know that getting an 

education is what’s most 

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average person may 

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If you’ve never played 

golf at the competitive level, 

it’s definitely a mental 

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fortified to get through 

all 18 holes. It’s easy to 

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Who is your favorite 

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It’s between Rickie 

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They’re both equal in my 

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What do you enjoy 

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Hanging out with my 

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Oddly enough, I also enjoy 

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It’s different than competing 

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I do play a lot of other 

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Playing Augusta would 

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What has been your 

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The first time that I 

broke 80 in a tournament. 

Everything fell into place 

and that was a really cool 

experience. That memory 

will stick for a while. 

In 2018 you won the 

IJGA Sportsmanship 

award. Explain what 

that is? 

It’s an award they give 

out to athletes who do 

good work around the 

community. That year, 

I had raised money for 

the Nicklaus Children’s 

Health Care Foundation. 

On the course, I always try 

to have good sportsmanship, 

too. I go out there 

and try to act professional, 

nothing too crazy. One of 

the coolest things I’ve ever 

done, because of winning 

the award, was meet Jack 

Nicklaus. I got to go to his 

house. I’ve never been so 

nervous. We were having 

normal conversation, but 

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whole time. It was an unforgettable 

experience. 

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Baseball 

Porters win their summer league sectional 

Porters edge 

out Romeoville, 

Providence in highscoring 

games 

Randy Whalen 

Freelance Reporter 

In the ever-changing 

world of high school summer 

baseball, Lockport 

Township hosted and 

played in its own summer 

sectional baseball tournament 

recently. 

The sectional featured 

only SouthWest Suburban 

Conference teams, as Lincoln-Way 

East, Lincoln- 

Way West, Sandburg and 

the host Porters competed 

in the double-elimination 

tournament to see who 

would advance to the summer 

state finals. 

That is the Illinois High 

School Baseball Coaches 

Association/Phil Lawler 

Summer Classic State 

Tournament, which takes 

place at Benedictine University 

in Lisle, as well as 

at North Central College in 

Naperville. 

There used to be one big 

local single-elimination 

regional tournament that 

was held, and the winner 

would advance to the 

IHSBCA/Lawler Finals. 

But since about half the 

local area teams that participated 

a few years ago 

play summer ball, that is 

no longer the case. 

So, Lockport hosted 

what was supposed to be 

a double-elimination regional 

tournament in the 

last week of June. 

“We followed the same 

format as the other teams 

who hosted regionals,” 

Lockport coach Andy Satunas 

said of the intended 

format. “We will do the 

same in the sectional ... A 

lot of teams said this is the 

only time they play [high 

school] summer baseball.” 

An intention of the 

double-elimination format 

was that a team could 

come back from the losers 

bracket and still win it. 

That was if there was 

enough pitching. That 

proved to be a big issue. 

The scheduled three-day 

tournament was now down 

to two days because all the 

games being washed out 

by rain the day before. 

Which also meant that 

two teams were going to 

have to play three games 

on June 25. The opening 

games that Tuesday were 

played at noon at different 

sites. Host Lockport 

held on to edge Romeoville 

8-7, and Providence 

beat Minooka 11-7 in New 

Lenox. 

The rest of the games 

were scheduled to be 

played at Lockport, with 

the Porters and Providence 

squaring off in the 

winner’s bracket at 3 p.m. 

There were so many runs 

scored, and the scoreboard 

was not in operation, that 

each team had a different 

final score. 

The Celtics had it 19-15, 

and Lockport had it 18-14. 

But either way, the Porters 

won by four, and by virtue 

of winning two games on 

Tuesday, advanced to the 

title game round, 

In the wild affair, the 

Porters led 8-0 after an 

inning and 9-0 after two. 

They still led 13-5 after 

three, but Providence 

poured it on in the top of 

the fourth and drew back 

within a run. But the Celtics 

(1-4 in the summer) 

had the bases loaded with 

one out and could not add 

on. They actually went in 

order in the fifth and sixth 

innings before adding 

more runs in the seventh. 

But Lockport (5-2-1 in 

the summer) had done that 

same too and won by the 

four-run margin. 

“That’s the way baseball 

is in the area,” Satunas 

said of the plethora of runs 

in the Providence game. 

“It’s a great battle and always 

a wild game. All the 

kids know each other, and 

it’s fun.” 

There were numerous 

good performances on 

the day for the Porters. 

Senior Jake Kampf had a 

grand slam in the Romeoville 

game. Also homering 

twice for Lockport on 

the day was senior Nick 

Schindler, who smacked 

a two-run homer to left 

in the bottom of the sixth 

against Providence to put 

the Porters up by six runs. 

“It just felt really good 

to help the team win,” 

Schindler said. “I felt like 

I was seeing the ball extremely 

well all day. I 

think [the second homer] 

helped a lot going into that 

last inning knowing we 

had some insurance for our 

defense. 

“I think [summer baseball] 

helps get the team 

ready for spring. It gets 

everybody used to playing 

with one another.” 

Juniors-to-be Matt Johnson 

and Ryan Moerman 

also homered. Although 

Lockport gave up a lot of 

runs, there were some key 

pitching performances. 

Joey Mondrella had the 

save against Romeoville 

and a big hold in the game 

against the Celtics, and Joe 

Seiber registered the save 

against Providence. 

Lockport’s Matt Merk takes a swing against Lemont on June 19. 22nd Century Media 

File Photo 

“It was a fun game with 

a lot of offense,” said Moerman, 

who will enter his 

third varsity season next 

spring, of the Providence 

matchup. “It just showed 

how when you get off to an 

early lead like we did that 

you can never take the foot 

off the pedal, and that no 

lead is ever big enough.” 

Minooka defeated Romeoville 

17-0 in the next 

game to eliminate the 

Spartans and move on to 

the rematch with Providence, 

which waited it out 

but simply did not have 

enough pitching to continue 

since many of the 

Celtics players would be 

in showcase travel team 

tournaments that weekend. 

With both the Celtics 

and Minooka nearly out of 

pitching and the prospect 

that either team would 

have had to win two 

games over Lockport the 

next day to advance, both 

Providence coach Mark 

Smith and Minooka coach 

Jeff Petrovic decided 

they did not have enough 

pitching to play. 

So, since the Porters 

won both games, they 

were declared the regional 

winner. 

“We just had a lack of 

arms and decided to turn 

it into a single-elimination 

type tournament,” Petrovic 

said. “Since Lockport 

hadn’t lost, they won the 

regional. I know both us 

and Providence had position 

players that volunteered 

to pitch. But that’s 

a disservice to the kids, 

since that’s not their position. 

“Summer league for 

high school is a great 

team evaluation tool. It 

does give us a good look 

at some incoming kids, 

but travel ball is very important, 

too. There’s still 

a spot for summer league 

high school baseball, I’m 

just not sure what it is.” 

The Porters would have 

loved to have finished off 

the tournament with a win 

June 26. But they were still 

happy to move on to play 

in the sectional. 

“It was obviously disappointing 

that we didn’t 

win the championship, but 

being the only team to not 

lose was good for me,” 

Moerman said. “Yes, I still 

think [high school summer 

league] is great in order to 

get live at-bats during the 

week.” 

Lockport actually entered 

a second team, the 

Porter ‘White’ team, made 

up of JV players, which 

participated in the Lemont 

Regional. That squad lost 

3-0 to Lemont and 5-3 to 

eventual regional champion 

Lincoln-Way West. 

But Satunas was happy 

with the competitiveness 

of the group. 

“I’m happy that our sectional 

had 12 teams participating 

in it,” Satunas said. 

“Everyone was expecting 

to play competitive summer 

league baseball. But 

we know that the kids are 

getting pulled all over the 

place. We want the kids to 

succeed. We never want to 

put them in harm’s way by 

overextending them.”

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Going Places 

Barnett set for next step at Arizona State 

Former Providence 

star the winning 

pitcher in Chicago 

prep All-Star Game 

Chris Walker 


Bryce Barnett’s fastball 

gets in on hitters pretty 

quickly — just ask the 

Stagg players who combined 

to strike out 15 times 

against the right-hander 

during a Class 4A sectional 

semifinal victory in late 

May. 

The Providence graduate’s 

life is also moving 

by at a similar rate of high 

speed. 

The Celtics’ season 

ended with a 9-5 sectional 

final loss to Marist on June 

1, and Barnett was already 

planning to be at Arizona 

State University by July 1 

to prepare for the next step 

in playing career. 

“I’ll be down there this 

summer lifting every day 

for six weeks and doing 

whatever programs they 

have for pitchers,” he said. 

“They’ll have a schedule 

for me, and I don’t have 

much longer to wait. I’m 

excited.” 


Smith knows that Barnett 

is ready for his next challenge. 

“If I ever had a kid that 

was prepared for the rigors 

of Division I, highend, 

Top 25 baseball, it’s 

Bryce,” Smith said. “From 

a mental standpoint, he’s 

mature beyond his years. 

He’s a kid who wants to 

be successful. He wants 

greatness. He’s the hardest-working 

kid I’ve had 

as a coach in 27 years, and 

that says an awful lot. And 

Providence Class of 2019 graduate Bryce Barnett is headed to Arizona State as a pitcher. 22nd Century Media File Photo 

the thing is, when a kid 

wants greatness, his actions 

have to back that up, 

and not every kid is willing 

to do that. He not only 

says it, but he does it every 

day, getting after what he 

loves.” 

Pitcher Merrill Kelly, 

who was called up by the 

Arizona Diamondbacks in 

April, became the 110th 

Sun Devil to make it to the 

majors. Maybe someday, 

Barnett will be on that list, 

too. 

Barnett got a little taste 

of the big leagues, as he 

was the winning pitcher 

at Guaranteed Rate Field, 

home of the White Sox, 

during the Chicago Catholic 

League/Public League 

All-Star game on June 17. 

“That was great, just an 

awesome experience to be 

in that sort of atmosphere,” 

he said. “You play your 

whole life on different 

baseball fields, and getting 

on any big league field is 

that goal, and I was able to 

experience that at 18 years 

old. Honestly, it really was 

such a great experience.” 

Barnett does not possess 

a ton of size, but he packs 

a lot of firepower in his 

6-foot-1, 175-pound frame 

and is bound to get even 

stronger as he remains 

committed to working 

hard in the weight room. 

His fastball already is 

regularly registering in the 

low 90s [miles per hour] 

on the radar gun, and he 

has got other pitches, including 

a dynamite slider, 

combined with command 

and a mental approach of 

attacking hitters that is unparalleled. 

“When you’re right at 

the same level, and you’re 

a pitcher, you’ve got to 

find what separates you,” 

he said. “For me, it could 

be moving the ball in and 

out. Look at Kumar Rocker 

[a freshman who just 

helped Vanderbilt win the 

national championship]. 

He was throwing 97 when 

he was 17, but when he 

got to Vanderbilt, his stuff 

took off because he probably 

used to just throw, 

and now he’s learned how 

to pitch.” 

Barnett realized relatively 

early during his high 

school years that he needed 

to find ways to work on 

his craft consistently, and 

he established a regimen, 

one which he is taking to 

Tempe. 

“I had a good sophomore 

year at Providence, 

but when I looked back at 

all the downtime and then 

went into junior year with 

arm fatigue and then got 

hurt, I had to ask myself 

what I was doing wrong,” 

he said. “So, after that summer 

when I went down to 

ASU, I asked the trainers 

what they do with their 

pitchers consistently to 

keep them healthy. They 

told me they kind of create 

and do whatever they want, 

but they still have some 

guidelines, so I went home 

and created something for 

me to do day after day.” 

A combination of different 

distance throwing, 

doing so at different percentages 

of effort, working 

on mechanics, doing flat 

ground work, dedicating 

time to leg work, weight 

lifting and focusing on a 

plan of attack against opponents 

are just some of a 

variety of the tasks included 

in such a program. 

The transition to Tempe 

could freak out many 

18-year-olds, but not Barnett. 

“Being away from 

home is definitely going 

to be a little weird, but I 

also have some family out 

there,” he said. “It’ll be 

a little different, and I’ll 

have to adjust, but that’s 

the same with everything, 

and I think I’ll be fine. 

The culture will be a little 

different, and I’ll have to 

focus on time management, 

making sure I get 

my homework done, but 

I just have to make sure I 

have a nice balance.” 

Going Places is a summer 

series featuring area athletes 

who have committed to play 

sports in college.



LTHS softball player commits to Ball State in Muncie 

Ligacki a leader 

on offense for her 

team heading into 

senior season 

Randy Whalen 


Sometimes, a life decision 

all comes together 

very quickly. 

It certainly did for 

Brooke Ligacki. 

Fresh off a very good 

junior season for the Lockport 

Township softball 

team, Ligacki recently 

committed to continue her 

softball career at an NCAA 

Division I college, Ball 

State University in Muncie, 

Indiana. 

The thing was, just over 

a month ago she had no 

idea that she would be going 

there. 

“I was at a camp in 

Crown Point, Indiana with 

my travel team, the Chicago 

Barbusters,” Ligacki 

said of the June 8 event. “I 

met the Ball State coach 

[Megan Ciolli Bartlett] 

there, and they invited me 

to their softball camp [on 

June 11]. There, I met with 

the coach again, and she 

invited me on a visit. 

“It was really nice there, 

everyone was great, so I 

took that official visit the 

next day. I just liked the 

school. It’s all on one street 

and easy to navigate. It’s 

not super big, but it’s not 

super small, either. I liked 

everything. It all happened 

really fast.” 

Plus, it helped that they 

have a program in her intended 

field. 

“They have a very good 

biology program, and I 

most likely want to major 

in that,” Ligacki said. “I 

want to do bio-med work 

in a lab. I’ve always found 

that interesting.” 

She plays mostly right 

field for the Batbusters 

and plans to play outfield 

for the Cardinals in college. 

Ligacki announced 

on Twitter on June 28 that 

she had committed to Ball 

State. Now, no matter what 

position she plays, she is 

happy the process is done. 

“Yes, it’s nice,” she said 

of having her college decision 

out of the way. “It’s 

less stressful, and in my 

senior year, I can just go 

out and play relaxed.” 

Playing in left field for 

the Porters, Ligacki had a 

good initial varsity season 

as a junior this spring. She 

batted .337 with an onbase 

percentage of .362 

and a slugging percentage 

of .525. She had a pair of 

doubles, led the team in 

triples with four, as the 

Porters only had 10 total, 

and she smacked three 

home runs. Her 29 RBI 

were second on the team. 

“Brooke is a great 

student-athlete,” Lockport 

softball coach Marissa 

Chovanec said. “She 

worked hard in the offseason 

on her hitting. Not 

only did Lockport benefit 

from her efforts this past 

season, but her efforts are 

paying off for her future in 

college, too. Brooke is a 

player who wants to learn 

the game and improve 

every day, an athlete any 

coach would want to have 

on their team. Excited for 

Brooke and her decision to 

play ball in college.” 

Ligacki wears No. 7 to 

follow in the footsteps of 

her brother, Ben. 

“My brother was always 

No. 7 when he played,” 

Lagacki said of Ben, who 

played baseball for the 

Porters and graduated in 

Porters left fielder Brooke Ligacki (7) announced at the end of last month on Twitter that will she will continue 

playing softball at Ball State in Muncie, Indiana. Photos submitted 

2017. “So, I just decided 

to be No. 7, too.” 

But when she was age 

7, Ligacki was not playing 

softball. 

“I started really late for 

most people,” she said. “I 

started playing in a 10U 

league with Lockport Jr. 

Miss. I played there for 

two years, and then went 

to travel ball. I used to play 

volleyball too, but I stopped 

that to focus on softball. 

“I’d say hitting is my favorite 

part of the game. It’s 

what I’m best at, and it’s 

fun for me. I just want to 

work to be better. This past 

season, it was just keeping 

my head in there and my 

eye on the ball. I really did 

that better as the season 

progressed.” 

This past season the Porters 

reached 29 wins but 

lost to eventual Class 4A 

third-place winner Joliet 

West 6-5 in the sectional 

final. In that game, Ligacki 

did her part by going 2-for- 

4 with two runs scored. 

Brooke Ligacki was a force at the plate this past season for Lockport, batting .337 

with 29 RBI. 

She belted a home run and 

drove in three runs. 

“Just to get better,” she 

said of the goal for next 

spring. “We just hope to 

get farther next year. I 

just know if we have that 

same bond, it will be really 

good.” 

Ligacki knows playing 

for the Porters has helped 

her in preparation to play 

at a DI softball program. 

“Coach Chovanec and 

coach Angie [Findlay 

Cushman] help a lot because 

they want the best 

for us,” Ligacki said. 

“Plus, playing all the good 

teams and competition 

that we do helps a lot, too. 

Most of the girls on the 

team want to play in college. 

That’s the goal.”

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fastbreak 

22nd Century Media File 

Photo 

1st and 3 

Porters sharp in 

summer baseball 

contests [hed] 

1. Winning a shortened 

tournament 

The Porters baseball 

team won the 

shortened sectional 

it hosted late last 

month. The tournament 

was ultimately 

shortened from 

three days to two 

since Providence 

and Minooka were 

both nearly out of 

pitching. 

2. Putting runs on the 

board 

Lockport beat 

Romeoville 8-7 and 

Providence in a wild 

19-15 game in the 

summer sectional 

competition. 

3. Big leads 

LTHS raced out to 

an 8-0 lead after 

the first inning 

against Provi, but 

the Celtics showed 

a lot of heart in 

getting the score to 

within a run in the 

top of the fourth 

before the Porters 

secured the win. 

Baseball 

Celtics compete in summer league play, evaluate roster 

Provi emphasizes 

working on defense 

during offseason 

Randy Whalen 



Smith still sees benefits of 

playing high school summer 

league baseball. 

But for him and the Celtics, 

those benefits were not 

enough to keep the team 

going last week. 

The Celtics simply ran 

out of pitching and decided 

to not play the third 

game in one day as part 

of the Lockport Summer 

League Regional on June 

25 at Flink Field in Lockport. 

Under a new format, 

the regional tournament 

was a double elimination 

one. So, a team could 

come back from the loser’s 

bracket and still win it. 

Due to all the games being 

washed out by rain the 

day before, the scheduled 

three-day tournament went 

down to two days, which 

also meant that two teams 

were going to have to play 

three games on that Tuesday. 

Providence, which defeated 

Minooka to start the 

day before losing a wild 

game to the host Porters, 

had one pitcher left for a final 

game of the day, which 

once again would have 

been against Minooka. 

With both the Celtics 

and Minooka nearly 

out of pitching and the 

prospect that either team 

would have had to win two 

games over Lockport the 

next day to advance, both 


Smith and Minooka coach 

Jeff Petrovic decided they 

didn’t have enough pitching 

to play. 

So, since the Porters 

won both games, they 

were declared the regional 

winner. 

“It was a good idea but 

for us, it just didn’t work,” 

Smith said of the summer 

regional format. “It’s not 

that the kids don’t want to 

play — they want to play. 

It’s just that many of them 

pitch on the weekend for 

their travel teams. I had 10 

seniors that were at showcases. 

That’s where they 

get the exposure. I’m not 

going to stop them from 

that. 

”I like the team bonding, 

the team camaraderie 

of high school summer 

baseball. I was proud of 

our guy’s efforts. We just 

didn’t have the pitching.” 

The opening games on 

that Tuesday were played 

at noon at different sites. 

Host Lockport held on to 

edge Romeoville 8-7, and 

the host Celtics beat Minooka 

11-7. 

The rest of the games 

were scheduled to be 

played at Lockport, with 

the Porters and Providence 

squaring off at 3 p.m. 

There were so many runs 

“I like the team bonding, the 

team camaraderie of high 

school summer baseball. I was 

proud of our guy’s efforts.” 

Providence coach Mark Smith 

scored, and the scoreboard 

was not in operation, that 

each team had a different 

final score. 

The Celtics had it 19-15, 

and Lockport had it 18-14. 

But either way, the Porters 

won by four, and by virtue 

of winning two games on 

that Tuesday, advanced to 

the title game round, 

In the wild affair, the 

Porters led 8-0 after an 

inning and 9-0 after two. 

They still led 13-5 after 

three, but Providence 

poured it on in the top of 

the fourth and drew back 

within a run. But the Celtics 

(1-4 in the summer) 

had the bases loaded with 

one out and could not add 

on. 

They actually went in 

order in the fifth and sixth 

innings before adding 

more runs in the seventh. 

But Lockport (5-2-1 in 

the summer) had done that 

same too and won by the 

four-run margin. 

Minooka defeated Romeoville 

17-0 in the next 

game to eliminate the 

Spartans and move onto 

the rematch with Providence, 

which waited it out 

but simply did not have 

enough pitching to continue. 

“We just had a lack of 

arms and decided to turn 

it into a single-elimination 

type tournament,” Petrovic 

said. “Since Lockport 

hadn’t lost, they won the 

regional. I know both us 

and Providence had position 

players that volunteered 

to pitch. But that’s a 

disservice to the kids since 

that’s not their position. 

“Summer league for 

high school is a great 

team evaluation tool. It 

does give us a good look 

at some incoming kids, 

but travel ball is very important, 

too. There’s still 

a spot for summer league 

high school baseball, I’m 

just not sure what it is.” 

Providence junior shortstop 

Ryan O’Neil did enjoy 

it, however. 

“It’s the program bond,” 

O’Neil said of summer 

high school baseball. “You 

get to know your teammates 

and get to play with 

everyone.” 

Despite the outcome, 

O’Neil, a Homer Glen 

resident, enjoyed playing 

against a lot of guys he 

knows on Lockport. 

“It’s just high emotions,” 

he said of playing 

against the Porters. “Of 

course you want to win it, 

but it’s so much fun playing 

against your buddies.” 

Aidan Goggins, a senior 

right-handed pitcher and 

first baseman from New 

Lenox, agreed. 

“It’s more for development,” 

Goggins said of 

high school summer baseball. 

“It’s a good time for 

development, and it’s not 

about wins and losses. 

[Losing to Lockport] was 

a little disappointing, but 

everyone is getting better.” 

Smith also credited juniors 

Cain Headrick, who 

caught both games against 

Minooka and Lockport, 

Kyle Hussey, Sebastian 

Biggs and Justin Janowski 

among others, as playing 

well in the regional. 

“One thing it is about is 

becoming a great defensive 

team in the summer,” 

Smith said. “We try to put 

guys in the best position, 

and I thought that’s what 

we did. 

“I’m really excited 

about next season. We lose 

a couple of top pitchers 

but also have a lot back. 

We lost eight games this 

spring in the opponent’s 

last at-bat, but then won 

12 of 14 at the end and 

finished 23-16. We have a 

great group of seniors.” 

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“It was a fun game with a lot of offense. It just showed how when you get off to 

an early lead like we did that you can never take the foot off the pedal, and that 

no lead is ever big enough.” 

Ryan Moerman — LTHS baseball player, on his team’s 19-15 win over 

Provi in the summer sectional 

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lockport’s Hometown Newspaper | July 11, 2019 

Celtics to Sun Devils 

Providence pitcher takes his fastball to 

Arizona State University, Page 37 

Summertime success 

Porters win their summer sectional baseball 

tournament, Page 36 

Key contributor for Lockport softball announces college 

choice, Page 38 

Lockport’s 

Brooke Ligacki 

has decided 

to commit to 

Ball State after 

meeting the 

university’s 

coach at a camp 

with her travel 

team last month. 

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