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Making a 

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Officer chosen for 

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Tinley Park police officer 

Bob Shervino was named the 

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THURSDAY 

Movie in the Park: 

“Wonder” 

Dusk, July 11, The Band 

Shell at Tony Bettenhausen 

Recreation Center, 

8125 W. 171st St. Tinley 

Park. Bring your picnic 

basket, lawn chair or blanket 

and join at The Band 

Shell Sponsored by Republic 

Bank located on the 

east side of the Recreation 

Center. A small concession 

stand will be available at 

all events. All concerts begin 

at 7:00pm and movies 

start at dusk. 

FRIDAY 

Organize Digital Files, 

Folders and Photos 

2-4 p.m. July 12, Tinley 

Park Public Library, 

7851 Timber Drive in 

Tinley Park. Participants 

will learn how to organize 

digital files on a computer 

and in the Cloud. For more 

information or to register, 

call (708) 532-0160. 

Artist Reception: Margi 

Hafer “Sisters” 

7-9 p.m. July 12, Vogt 

Visual Arts Center, 17420 

S. 67th Court. in Tinley 

Park. Light refreshments 

will be served. The Vogt 

Visual Arts Center will 

feature an exhibit of The 

Sisters Project by Margi 

Hafer from July 5-27. 

Gazebo Jazz Concert: Joni 

and Jazzsuits 

7-9 p.m. July 12, Vogt 

Visual Arts Center, 17420 

S. 67th Court. in Tinley 

Park. Bring a blanket or 

lawn chair for the smooth 

jazz sounds of a local 

band. The gallery will be 

open for the artist’s reception 

for works currently on 

display. 

SATURDAY 

Doggy Beach PAW-ty 

10 a.m.-noon, July 13, 

Canine Campus Dog Park, 

18200 84th Ave. in Tinley 

Park. Celebrate summer 

with a variety of pools for 

the four-legged friends. 

There will also be a summer 

photo area, pet bandana 

decorating station 

and more. The event is 

free. 

MONDAY 

Excel: Simple Financial 

Report 

6:30-8:30 p.m. July 15, 

Tinley Park Public Library, 

7851 Timber Drive 

in Tinley Park. Attendees 

will learn how to use 

Excel to create a profile/ 

loss projection based on 

production costs and sales 

information. Registrants 

should be familiar with 

fundamentals of Excel. 

For more information or 

to register, call (708) 532- 

0160. 

UPCOMING 

You and iOS 

10 a.m.-noon, Thursday, 

July 18, Tinley Park Public 

Library, 7851 Timber 

Drive in Tinley Park. Bring 

one’s iPad, iPhone or iPod 

Touch to learn more about 

Apple’s mobile devices. 

For more information or 

to register, call (708) 532- 

0160. 

Friday Family Float Nights 

Fridays; July 19 and 

Aug. 16, White Water 

Canyon Water Park, 8221 

W. 171 St. in Tinley Park. 

Families are encouraged 

to bring their floats, rafts, 

noodles, tubes or beach 

balls for use in the main 

pool from 5-8 p.m. For 

more information, call 

(708) 342-4200. 

Lights, Camera, Action! 

2-4 p.m. Friday, July 19, 

Tinley Park Public Library, 

7851 Timber Drive in Tinley 

Park. Participants will 

learn to record, edit and 

share videos with green 

screen technology. Registrants 

should be comfortable 

using computers. For 

more information or to 

register, call (708) 532- 

0160. 

Family Camp Out 

4:30 p.m. Friday, July 

19-10 a.m. Saturday, July 

20, White Water Canyon 

Parking Lot, 8221 W. 

171st St. in Tinley Park. 

Bring a tent and sleeping 

bags for a fun-filled night 

under the stars. Activities 

include a late night movie 

on the giant blimp screen, 

campfire, stargazing and 

more. All campers will 

enjoy a continental breakfast 

in the morning. Space 

is limited. Registration is 

$25 for a family of four 

and $5 for each additional 

camper. 

Downtown Tinley Block 

Party 

Noon-7 p.m. on Sunday, 

July 21, along Oak Park 

Avenue, from 171st to 

Hickory streets. The party 

will feature live music, 

free KidZone activities, 

a bean bag tournament, 

rides and inflatables. For 

more information, visit 

www.downtowntinley. 

com/events. 

ONGOING 

Thursdays in the Park 

7 p.m. every Thursday 

through Aug. 15, The 

Band Shell at Tony Bettenhausen 

Recreation Center, 

8125 W. 171st St. in Tinley 

Park. All are welcome to 

bring their picnic basket, 

lawn chairs or blankets. 

There will be bands, movies 

and special events featured 

that are suitable for 

the whole family. A small 

concession stand is to be 

available. For more information, 

call (708) 342- 

4200. 

Tinley Park: Music in the 

Plaza 

7 p.m. select Saturdays 

through September, 

Zabrocki Plaza, 17375 S. 

Oak Park Ave. in Tinley 

Park. For more information 

or to view the series’ 

schedule, visit www. 

downtowntinley.com/ 

events. 

Downtown Cruise Nights 

5 p.m. every Tuesday 

through Aug. 27, along 

Oak Park Avenue, near 

171st Street and Oak 

Park Avenue Metra Station. 

The free show will 

feature food, beverages 

and music. Cruise Nights 

ends at 9 p.m. every Tuesday. 

For more information, 

visit www.down 

towntinley.com/events. 

Summer Reading Challenge 

Through Aug. 3. Children, 

teens and adults are 

invited to participate and 

share in the love of reading. 


call (708)532-0160 

or visit tplibrary.org. The 

Tinley Park Public library 

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is located at 7851 Timber 

Drive. 

Benches on the Avenue 

Through Oct. 1, along 

Oak Park Avenue in downtown 

Tinley Park, from 

172nd to 176th streets. 

Benches on the Avenue is 

a part of a public art program, 

and the benches 

are to follow this year’s 

theme “Prized Page Turners.” 

The program features 

nearly two dozen 

benches created by artists. 

For more information, call 

(708) 444-5678 or visit 

www.downtowntinley. 

com/events. 

Farmers’ Market 

7:30 a.m. every Saturday 

June 1-0ct. 12, Zabrocki 

Plaza, 17375 S. Oak Park 

Ave. in Tinley Park. The 

market is open until 12:30 

p.m. and is to feature fresh 

fruits, vegetables and flowers. 


visit www.downtowntin 

ley.com/events. 

Sole Seekers Walking Club 

6 p.m. every Wednesday 

until Aug. 31, Kiwanis 

Park, 8525 175th St. in Tinley 

Park, This free walking 

group is for those seeking 

to be more active this summer. 

The paved trail is 1/3 

mile long and walkers can 

walk at their own pace for 

as long as they wish. Children, 

strollers and leashed 

dogs are welcome to join. 

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TPPD’s Shervino named 

Illinois’ top DARE instructor 

Orland Township’s 

Will O’Brien 

Freelance Reporter 

Retired Tinley Park Sgt. Sam Shervino 

(left) stands next to his nephew Bob 

Shervino (center), who was awarded 

Illinois DARE Officer of the Year, and 

Robert’s brother, Officer Steve Shervino 

(right) from the Plainfield Police 

Department. Photo submitted 

Tinley Park police officer Bob Shervino 

has always had two passions: police work 

and teaching. 

He’s combined the interests to great 

effect as a long-time DARE program instructor. 

So much so, that in June, he was 

selected among 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 Park 

Police 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 Officer’s Conference in Peoria, 

an event he’s been attending for years to 

stay on top of the latest and greatest in the 

DARE program toolkit. 

“It was a great day,” he said. 

For Shervino, a Tinley native and father 

of three, being an impactful instructor has 

come down to a personable approach and 

true interest in making a difference in the 

lives of the more than 5,500 children he’s 

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.” 

The Tinley Park Police Department’s 

DARE program reaches nearly 1,000 students 

in a calendar year, Shervino said. 

When in session, he’s working six-day 

work weeks, spending a few on patrol 

and few in schools, where he works with 

classes over a period of 10 to 15 weeks. 

It is a lot of work, sure. But Shervino 

finds it energizing. 

“I think it’s made me a better person, 

and I hope it’s made me a better parent,” 

he said. 

Shervino has taught DARE to all of his 

children and two of his brother’s children. 

His brother is an officer with the Plainfield 

Police Department. 

DARE’s curriculum has shifted considerably 

in the time he’s been involved, 

going from a drug-focused, just-say-no 

approach in the early days to a broader 

philosophy based on smart decision-making. 

“It’s definitely changed over the years,” 

he said. 

The modernized focus and Shervino’s 

pride in making his lessons relevant to the 

children — whether through pop music 

or the latest dance move — clearly work, 

according to the teachers who nominated 

him. 

“His dedication to the program and 

passion for its mission and purpose was 

incredibly obvious and genuine from 

the start,” Katrina Kloess, a fifth-grade 

teacher at Trinity Lutheran School wrote 

in a nomination letter. “As an educator, I 

appreciate and respect Officer Shervino’s 

natural balance between being professional 

and yet appropriately personal with 

the students.” 

Jo Ann Greene, principal at Helen 

Keller School, described Shervino’s attentiveness 

in helping the children prepare 

for their DARE graduation ceremony, 

which features skits and slideshow set 

to music. 

“I have watched Officer Shervino sit in 

the conference room for numerous hours 

making sure every child has their picture 

displayed and that the music is current and 

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The Village of Tinley 

Park Board of Trustees 

made several changes 

July 2 to how it will allow 

short-term rentals to operate 

within the Village. 

The first change — approved 

by a 6-0 vote — 

requires a 500-foot minimum 

distance between 

short-term rentals located 

in residential districts. 

“In response to nuisance 

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text amendments to the 

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ROUND IT UP 

A brief recap of action and discussion from the July 2 

meeting of the Tinley Park Village Board 

•In a 6-0 vote, the trustees approved renewing 

an agreement with GovTemps to extend Paula 

Wallrich’s service as the Village’s planning 

manager from Sept. 1, 2019, through Aug. 31, 

2020, at a rate of $77.49 per hour. 

•The trustees also unanimously voted to appoint 

Jessie Green to the position of senior custodian 

with the Village. 

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June 21-28 — in the amount of $641,564. 

corresponding annual fee 

of $50; having staff conduct 

an on-site inspection 

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license; and not allowing 

a short-term rental to operate 

if the applicant has 

any outstanding debt to the 

Village. 

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commission chairman 

After the trustees voted 

6-0 earlier in the meeting 

to approve various 

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& Branding, Plan, 

Economic Commercial, 

and Sister Cities commissions, 

George Rohde — a 

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Community gathers for Fourth of July festivities 

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From Page 3 

fun for the children,” she 

wrote. “The children will 

forever remember Officer 

Shervino for his contributions 

to their community.” 

Turns out, many DARE 

graduates do remember 

Shervino years later. He’s 

regularly stopped while 

out and about by 20-somethings 

who’ve graduated 

from college and started 

careers. 

“It makes me happy 

they still remember me,” 

he said. “They’re proud to 

share who they’ve become 

and, for me, that’s just fantastic. 

It really does make 

me feel like I’m making a 

difference in the schools.” 

Kloess said Shervino is 

a good ambassador for police 

in an era of heightened 

public scrutiny, something 

her students pick up on. 

“Most of these kids 

have never spoken to a police 

office before me,” he 

said. “Getting officers in 

schools, face to face, not 

just when something bad 

happens — that’s always 

going to be a positive 

thing.” 

In DARE, Shervino has 

found his niche, said Matthew 

Walsh, Tinley Park’s 

chief of police. 

“Officer Shervino is 

one of the department’s 

leaders in our ongoing efforts 

to have more positive 

community engagement,” 

Walsh said. “It’s a 

tremendous award for him 

to receive, especially since 

he was recognized by his 

peers.” 

In addition to DARE, 

Shervino is a member of 

the Tinley department’s 

teams for active shooter 

education, elderly service 

and crisis intervention. 

DARE, however, maintains 

a special place in his 

heart. 

“It’s definitely been one 

of the highlights of my career,” 

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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 

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FROM THE HOMER HORIZON 

Vietnam veteran, 84, 

receives Honor Flight 

It was a thrill a long time 

in the making, and it is one 

he will not soon forget. 

Jack McCarthy, 84, a 

Vietnam veteran from 

Homer Glen, recently returned 

from a trip cour- 

Please see nfyn, 13 

Seven Tinley 

businesses robbed 

evening of July 4 

Jacquelyn Schlabach 

Editor 

Seven businesses in Tinley 

Park were robbed starting 

at approximately 11:30 

p.m. Thursday, July 4, according 

to Sgt. Patrick St. 

John with the Tinley Park 

Police Department. 

Five of the businesses 

hit 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. 

“We had literally just 

cleared out from the fireworks 

show because that 

strip mall on 171st Street 

is jam-packed during the 

fireworks show," St. John 

said. "So I probably had the 

fireworks show cleared out 

around 10:30 p.m. so it was 

within the hour after that.". 

St. John said that nearby 

Lockport businesses also 

were hit. The police said 

From July 5 

that there are two male 

suspects in their late teens 

to early 20s who are believed 

to be involved. 

“They look for the businesses 

that they think have 

cash on hand,” St. John 

said. “All instances they 

went straight for the cash 

registers and they were literally 

in and out.” 

He added that the suspects 

broke out the windows 

of the doors, grabbed 

money from the registers 

and left. It is unknown at 

this time how much money 

was stolen from each business. 

St. John also said the 

suspects are believed to 

have been driving a vehicle 

that was reported stolen in 

a nearby jurisdiction. 

It is unknown if the suspects 

are armed, but St. 

John said that it is “always 

safe to assume they are.” 

“The public should always 

be concerned," he 

said. "Our motto is [if you] 

see something, say something." 

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From Page 5 

“They feel that it is very 

alarming,” Rohde said of 

the Village Board’s decision 

to replace Hawley as 

commissioner. 

Rohde, however, said 

the concerns were not 

about Rea being named 

commissioner — but rather 

the process by which the 

decision was made. 

“I’m not saying in any 

way that I think the assignment 

of Pat Rea is 

a bad decision by any 

means, but I think before 

any decision is formally 

made we need to consider 

the individuals involved 

… in hopes that we can 

make a better understanding 

of how we work together 

on the commission,” 

Rohde said. 

After Rohde’s comments, 

Trustee Michael 

Glotz said it was his recommendation 

to Mayor Jacob 

Vandenberg to appoint 

Rea as the new commissioner 

of the Sister Cities 

Commission. 

“That man probably 

knows more about the Sister 

Cities and Tinley Park 

than anyone in this town,” 

Glotz said. “I couldn’t 

have asked the mayor to 

put a better person — more 

qualified, more knowledge 

and done more for this 

town — than Mr. Rea.” 

Glotz, however, did ask 

Rohde to share the email 

with him.

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Top Web Stories 

From TinleyJunction.com as of Monday, 

July 8 

1. An open book: Andrew assistant pens 

story about his struggles and playing 

with national championship team 

2. National Night Out returns with new 

location in August 

3. 10 Questions with Joe DeHaan, 

Andrew football and baseball player 

4. Home of the Week: 17302 Queen 

Mary Lane in Queens subdivision 

5. Seven Tinley businesses robbed 

evening of July 4 

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“Today we went to visit Tinley Park Library. I 

enjoyed seeing Elsabeth, Jennie and Edmund 

in their element. We will be visiting the library 3 

times a month on Friday afternoons. 

Bickford of Tinley Park (Tinley Park, IL), from 

July 5 

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From the Editor 

This is your paper, too 

Jacquelyn Schlabach 


For those who aren’t 

familiar, The Tinley 

Junction publishes 

announcements, cool 

photos taken around town 

and afar as well as photos 

of Tinley pets. On Page 

10 of this week’s issue, 

you can find a couple 

announcements submitted 

by Tinley residents. You 

can highlight a birthday, 

graduation, engagement, 

wedding— you name it. 

I know a majority of 

us are constantly taking 

pictures of events we’re 

at or unique things we see 

outdoors, which make for 

perfect submissions to our 

Photo Op section. 

And of course, the fourlegged 

friends always deserve 

some recognition, so 

send in a photo of your pet 

and a description of what 

makes them awesome and 

they can be featured as Pet 

of the Week. 

While throughout the 

pages of this paper we 

cover stories of residents 

doing a variety of activities 

around the community, 

we also like to highlight 

events such as a granddaughter 

whose grandparents 

are so proud of them 

for graduating college 

through our community 

announcements or showing 

off a cool photo taken at 

a Tinley park or even in 

one’s own backyard. 

The Tinley Junction is 

your paper, too, so we love 

making it as personable as 

possible and including all 

the little things that can’t be 

seen on the surface. If you 

have an announcement, 

cool photo or an awesome 

pet you want to see in the 

paper, email me at jacque 

lyn@tinleyjunction.com. 

Letters to the Editor 

Reopen Mental Health 

Center instead of build 

proposed racino 

Instead of more gambling 

machines, card dealers 

and gaming of horses 

which encourages people’s 

addictions to winning and 

money, the mental health 

center needs to be cleaned 

up by the state of Illinois,to 

which it belongs, and reopened 

again as a mental 

health center once more. 

Too many people enter 

emergency rooms at hospitals 

and wait several hours 

or days to be placed in a 

mental health facility. It is 

cruel and unjust, as most 

are not responsible for 

their mental health issues. 

The fact that they wait so 

long for help only exasperates 

their problems and 

causes undue desperations 

of anxiety and insecurity. 

The statistics prove that 

jails have a vast number 

of its inmates with 

mental health problems. 

They cannot find a place 

to help them so they haplessly 

wind up doing 

things against the law and 

therefore are incarcerated. 

While in jail their 

problems are magnified 

because of fear of gangs, 

drugs, loneliness and an 

uncertain future. Further, 

if they cannot make bond 

for a hearing of minor infractions, 

they wind up in 

jail just like someone who 

murdered,raped or stole 

goods. It is an unjust system 

that treats all non bond 

payers just like hardened 

criminals. 

Jail is not therapy nor a 

hospital, it is hell! Illinois 

closed this facility because 

they were too cheap to upkeep 

it and the majority of 

the powers that be do not 

care about these unfortunate 

people who cannot advocate 

for themselves due 

to their condition. These 

people need the CARE of 

a doctor, nurses, therapy 

and perhaps a tranquilizing 

drug to help them see the 

light for their future. 

We need to help people 

who need it most. We do 

not need another avenue 

to game and gamble under 

the excuse to increase 

tax revenue. It seems like 

no one knows where this 

money truly goes anyway! 

Marie E. Roman 

Tinley Park Resident 

“Romance readers! Have you heard the news? 

A brand new romance indie bookstore has 

opened! @lovessweetarrow in Tinley Park, 

IL (south of Chicago) is the 2nd exclusively 

romance bricks-and-mortar bookstore in the 

U.S. http://lovessweetarrow.com/index.html 

#IndiesAreThriving” 

@Indiebound, IndieBound, from July 3 

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From Page 12 

tesy of Honor Flight Chicago. 

McCarthy served 

in the U.S. Navy for 23 

years, working in naval 

intelligence mainly during 

the Vietnam War. 

He served seven years 

on active duty, and the 

remainder on active 

reserves. 

Jack began his service in 

1957 and retired 23 years 

later as a lieutenant commander 

in the Navy. 

The Honor Flight, which 

boarded June 5 via Southwest 

Airlines at Chicago 

Midway International 

Airport, had three World 

War II veterans, 14 Korean 

War veterans and 86 

Vietnam veterans from the 

Army, Coast Guard, Marine 

Corps, Navy and Air 

Force. 

McCarthy recalled what 

stood out to him the most 

from the one-day trip to 

Washington, D.C. 

“The people,” he said. 

“The volunteers and how 

hard they worked and 

how everything was so 

organized. The whole trip 

was so much bigger than 

what I had expected. The 

acknowledgement of the 

people, the acceptance of 

the people and the affection 

of the people was really 

something wonderful 

to behold. 

“Each time we got on or 

off the bus, there would be 

a long line of people waiting 

to talk to you and thank 

you. It was very nice of 

them. It was great.” 

Reporting by Christian Villanueva, 

Editorial Intern. 

For more, visit HomerHori 

zon.com. 

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The Whistle in Tinley Park open for early 

morning breakfast, late-night fun, Page 21 

Scanning the scene 

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Frankfort resident pays tribute to late 

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Faith Briefs 

Anointed Word International Ministries 

(16250 84th Ave., Tinley Park) 

Food Pantry 

Every Wednesday, the 

AWIM’s food pantry is 

open from 9:30-11:30 a.m. 

For more information regarding 

qualification of 

receiving food from food 

pantry or to become a volunteer 

at AWIM, contact 

Kindell Renee’ at kindell@anointedword.net 

or 

Joyce Brunson at joyceb@ 

anointedword.net or call 

(708) 429-2600. 

Worship 

10:30 a.m. Sunday 

Bible Study 

7:30 p.m. Mondays 

Calvary Baptist Church (17430 94th 

Ave., Tinley Park) 

Wednesday Prayer, Bible 

Study and Sword Club 

6:45 p.m. every Wednesday 

Sunday Evening Service 

6 p.m. 

Sunday Morning Worship 

10:45 a.m. 

Chicago Church of Christ (16530 

Ridgeland Ave., Tinley Park) 

Sunday Service 

12-1:30 p.m. every 

week. 

Faith United Presbyterian Church (6200 

167th Street, Tinley Park) 

Vacation Bible School 

9 a.m.-noon July 29- 

Aug. 2. Come back to Ancient 

Greece for “Athens” 

Bible School. There is to 

be games, song singing, 

snacks, crafts and more. 

Pre-register at faithunitedpres.org. 

Call (708) 532- 

8877 for more information. 

Vacation Bible School is 

free. 

Free Community Meal 

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

Thursday of every month. 

Faith Christian Reformed Church (8383 

W. 171st St., Tinley Park) 


9:30 a.m. 

Family Harvest Church (18500 92nd 

Ave., Tinley Park) 

Sunday Services 

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

Spanish services are held 

in the chapel, while teen 

services are held in the 

gym. The Spanish and teen 

services are only held at 5 

p.m. Breakfast is available 

in the church’s Café, located 

near the gym, on Sunday 

mornings from 8:15 to 

9:15 a.m. 

First Baptist Church of Tinley Park 

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


10:45 a.m. 

Prayer Time 

9 a.m. Sundays 

Sunday Bible Study 

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Wednesday Prayer 

Meeting 

7 p.m. every Wednesday 

St. George Catholic Church (6707 W. 

175th St., Tinley Park) 

Parish Picnic 

11 a.m. Sunday, July 

14, Vogt Woods, 6500 W. 

171st St. in Tinley. There 

is to be children and adult 

games, Mass in the pavilion, 

entertainment and 

more. Bring a dish to 

share. 

Beyond Divorce 

St. George is to offer a 

10 session study/discussion 

group using the book 

“Divorce and Beyond.” 

The group is open to those 

who have suffered divorce 

or are in the process. The 

group will be on dates to 

be determined. Please call 

Deacon Joe Truesdale at 

(708) 614-0286 or email 

jtruesdale@archchicago. 

org for more information. 

Reconciliation 

After the 4 p.m. Mass 

on Saturday and after the 

7:30 and 9:30 Masses on 

Sunday. 

Mass 

4 p.m. Saturday 

7:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. and 

11:30 a.m. Sunday 

Cafe Soul 

6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays 

at St. George in the Teen 

Room. 

South Suburban Chinese Church (17100 

S. 69th Ave., Tinley Park) 

Mandarin Class 

2-3:40 p.m. Sundays. 

The church offers classes 

for children, teens and 

adults interested in learning 

how to speak Mandarin. 


email jassiewang2012@ 

gmail.com. 

St. Julie Billiart Roman Catholic Parish 

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

“My Final Wish:” 

Pre-planning funeral 

arrangements 

7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 

13. St Julie Billiart is offering 

an opportunity for 

the community and their 

families to learn in a loving 

and practical way several 

necessary decisions 

or considerations required 

when someone dies. The 

evening will begin with a 

short prayer and informative 

presentations; topics 

for pre-planning, preparing 

a funeral liturgy, burial 

options available from 

Catholic cemeteries, legal 

concerns and funeral arrangements. 

Fr Lou Tylka 

along with representatives 

from the Archdiocese of 

Chicago Catholic Cemeteries, 

attorneys who 

deal with wills and estate 

planning and several local 

funeral directors will 

be on hand to answer any 

questions. For more information, 

contact Mike at 

mike@stjulie.org or (708) 

429-6767 ext. 212. 

Mass for the Deaf 

This Mass takes place 

twice a month. The schedule 

does vary, and those 

interested in attending 

should view the church 

calendar at www.stjulie. 

org. 

Saturday Mass 

4:30 p.m. 

Sunday Mass 

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

and 6 p.m. every week. 

Alcoholics Anonymous 

7:30-8:30 p.m. every 

Saturday. 

St. Stephen Deacon & Martyr Catholic 

Church (17500 S. 84th Ave., Tinley 

Park) 

Saturday Service 

8 a.m. and 5 p.m. 


Changes to In Memoriam 

The Tinley Junction’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. 

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

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

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

week. 

Free Community Dinner 

5 p.m. doors open; 5:30 

p.m. dinner service. Second 

Thursday of each 

month and fifth Thursdays. 

In conjunction with 

Catholic Charities Meals 

Program. 

Tinley Park Community Church (7939 

W. 167th St., Tinley Park) 

Wednesday Night Bingo 

Doors open at 4:30 

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

p.m. There is door prizes, 

progressive jackpots and 

other specials games to be 

features to create more fun 

and excitement. 


10:30 a.m. Fellowship 

and refreshment to follow 

afterward. 

Tinley Park United Methodist Church 

(6875 W. 173rd Place, Tinley Park) 

Pie and Ice Cream Family 

Fun Day 

2-5 p.m. Saturday, July 

27. Please call the church 

office at (708) 532-2960 to 

RSVP. 


9:30 a.m. Nursery care 

is available for families. 

10:30 a.m. coffee hour 

Bible Study 

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Vogt Visual Arts Center to display tribute, charity show 

Amanda Del Buono 


When longtime Frankfort 

resident and known 

local artist Margi Hafer 

lost her older sister, Donna 

Johnston, at 76 years old in 

February 2017, she knew 

that she had to do something 

to pay tribute. Hafer 

and Johnston were close, 

they traveled together and 

most importantly, they 

painted together. 

“Maybe I dreamt about 

it, or maybe my sister was 

talking to me somehow, 

but this is what we came 

up with, her and I,” Hafer 

said. “And I know she 

would have wanted something 

to happen with her 

artwork.” 

When Johnston passed 

away from melanoma, 

she left nearly 200 paintings 

unfinished, whether 

because of the loss of her 

eyesight or interest in a 

new project, Hafer said. 

The Johnston family, who 

resides in Huntly, Illinois, 

were overwhelmed with 

the number of paintings 

and collection of art supplies 

she left behind. 

After painting with 

Johnston for more than 20 

years, Hafer knew that she 

was the one who should 

take on the responsibility 

of finding something positive 

to do with her sister’s 

artwork. 

“She couldn’t drive anymore, 

she could hardly 

write her name, but she 

still wanted to try to paint, 

and so she didn’t finish a 

lot of things that she had 

started, but some of those 

might have been things 

she didn’t finish because 

she had went on to something 

else,” Hafer said. 

“I didn’t know what was 

what, so I said all of these 

are unfinished. The family 

didn’t know what to do 

with them, so I just said 

‘OK I’ll take them and do 

something,’ and so that’s 

what I did.” 

Hafer began finishing 

some of her sister’s paintings 

and realized it was 

too big a project for one 

person. That’s when she 

decided to enlist other 

artists to help her finish 

many of the paintings and 

do something special with 

them. She then arranged 

for 57 artists to finish 

Johnston’s paintings for a 

book, which she published 

through Blurb.com in January. 

“Even people I didn’t 

know that other people 

talk to, when they heard 

about it, they wanted to 

be part of it, that was kind 

of heartwarming,” Hafer 

said. 

The book, “The Sisters 

Project,” features before 

and after pictures of many 

of the paintings, as well 

as comments from the artists 

about Johnston and/ 

or working on Johnston’s 

artwork. 

Despite their enthusiasm 

to participate in the 

project, many of the artists 

were challenged by 

the task at hand. Hafer said 

many came to her questioning 

how they should 

complete the paintings. 

“I said you have to make 

it your own and do your 

own thing with it,” she 

said. “There are a couple 

that made them into books; 

there’s one that made a 

stained glass mosaic and 

embedded some of the artwork 

into it; some people 

painted oil paint over it; 

some people painted pastel 

over it.” 

Among them, Julie 

Dekker, gallery director at 

Margi Hafer (left) put together a project to be on display at the Vogt Visual Arts Center through July 27 in Tinley 

Park in memory of her sister Donna Johnston (right) who died in 2017. Photos submitted 

the Vogt Visual Arts Center 

and one of the artists 

who participated in the 

project, said that it was a 

daunting task despite her 

desire to be a part of the 

project. 

“Painting on another 

person’s painting is, I 

found, a very daunting 

task,” she said. “Most artists 

don’t want you touching 

their work, and when 

you’re doing a painting 

the last thing you want 

is somebody else going 

on there and painting on 

your work. So, it’s a little 

bit unusual just to begin 

with. So, I had such an apprehension 

about painting 

on someone else’s work, 

I just didn’t want to ruin 

her piece or change the direction 

that she was going 

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with it. I ended up doing it, 

but I had a hard time with 

it.” 

Core to the entire project 

was doing good. In 

line with this goal, the 

proceeds from the book 

sales are used to donate 

books to various areas 

where people might need 

a touch of inspiration. 

Hafer has donated copies 

to such places as various 

Crisis Support Centers 

and hospice centers. She 

hopes that the artwork and 

the words from the artists 

will be a point of inspiration 

for them, which was 

something her sister did 

as a social worker. 

Now that the book 

has published, Hafer has 

teamed up with the Tinley 

Park-Park District’s Vogt 

Visual Arts Center to display 

and sell the work to 

benefit charity. 

“I tried to think of what 

Donna would have wanted, 

and she was such a 

spiritual person and such 

a giving person, I would 

think that she would want 

her work to do something 

good for others, so this is 

where I went with it,” Hafer 

said. 

The show at the Vogt 

Visual Arts Center will 

feature more work than 

what was published in the 

book, Hafer said, noting 

that nearly 180 pieces will 

be displayed in the charity 

show. 

“There were 57 that 

were in the book I created, 

but there’s since been a 

couple more that didn’t get 

in the book because they 

were too late to get in the 

book and then there’s over 

40 of my sister’s finished 

pieces that she herself 

finished before she died,” 

Hafer said. 

Johnston’s artwork is 

a vast collection of landscapes, 

flowers and other 

light, happy scenes, Hafer 

said. 

“She had a very fanciful, 

loose way of painting,” 

she said. 

Dekker added: “They’re 

very vibrant, they’re all 

nature, they’re flowers and 

landscapes. Very, very vibrant 

colors, and yet, they 

can be soft in the same 

way. Some really wonderful 

use of colors, and a lot 

of floral pieces. It’s very 

enjoyable to look at all 

of them. [She had] a very 

nice, natural style. And 

then, what people did with 

them, it just makes it very 

interesting.” 

Dekker was touched to 

be given the opportunity to 

participate and dedicated 

to helping bring the project 

to fruition by not only finishing 

two paintings, but 

also providing the space 

for the show. 

“[Margi] came to me 

first and said, ‘Well I have 

this idea, and I want you 

to be one of the artists and 

I was so touched that she 

would even think that,” 

Dekker said. “I thought 

what a great way to get 

[Johnston’s] work out 

there and then it won’t all 

go to waste and that way 

everyone can help and the 

charities can help so many 

people. We can reach so 

many people this way, 

and I was like I’ll make it 

happen, I don’t care how. 

This was great, I was able 

to make the gallery available 

for the month of July 

and I’m just really excited 

about it because it’s so 

good on so many levels.” 

Dekker added that because 

of the variety of 

artists participating in the 

project, each specializing 

in their own style, the “Sisters” 

show will be quite 

unique. 

“It’s really interesting. 

People took the work and 

did something else with it 

and really used their imagination 

and I was really 

impressed by that,” she 

said. “Everything that’s 

come in has just been really 

nicely done.” 

The proceeds from the 

artwork sold at the event, 

which is priced between 

$50 and $700, will go 

directly to the charity of 

the buyer’s choice, Hafer 

said. In fact, the artists 

who participated donated 

the finished pieces, along 

with any added accoutrements, 

like framing or 

matting. 

“We won’t see any of 

the money,” Hafer added. 

Among the many charities 

that will benefit are 

PAWS of Tinley Park, the 

North Shore Medical Center, 

Mokena’s JourneyCare 

Foundation, the Lincoln- 

Way Area Chorale, Union 

Street Artists Guild, Ann 

& Robert H. Lurie Children’s 

Hospital of Chicago 

and the Frankfort Art Association. 

Several of these charities 

were selected for the 

roles they played in Johnston’s 

care prior to her 

passing, but others were 

chosen for their closeness 

to Hafer. 

When the show closes, 

the items that are unsold 

will be donated to charities 

for fundraising efforts, Hafer 

added. 

“All of it will go to a 

good cause somehow,” she 

said. 

The opening reception 

for the show will take 

place from 7-9 p.m. Friday, 

July 12. Hafer will be 

in attendance along with 

several other artists who 

volunteered their time 

and contributed work. The 

opening reception will include 

live music, drinks, 

appetizers and more. Additionally, 

Hafer will have 

“The Sisters Project” book 

on-hand at a reduced cost 

and will sign purchased 

copies. 

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Center is located at 17420 

67th Court in Tinley Park. 

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

Crana Homes, the acclaimed developer 

of hundreds of homes in the southwest 

suburbs has introduced another awardwinning 

luxury townhome design, the 

Dunree II, available now at Brookside 

Meadows in Tinley Park. The Dunree II 

joins the award-winning Lennan II and 

Fahan II in a secluded area of trees, lakes 

and open spaces. Prices range from the 

upper-$200s – including site – and with 

only a limited number of sites 

available buyers should act quickly. 

For45 yearsCrana Homes commitment 

to complete customer satisfaction 

has been summed up as “Pride of 

Workmanship - Pride of Ownership.” 

This commitment to quality and 

satisfaction makes Brookside Meadows 

the ‘best of the best’. The proof is in the 

homes which are attractive, comfortable, 

well-built and energy-efficient. But, the 

entire community will soon be 

sold out so now is the time to make a 

commitment and select a home from 

one of the award-winning floorplans of 

the Dunree II, the Fahan II and the 

Lennan II. 

The new Dunree II is a generous three 

bedroom design with 3,194 square feet 

of total living space, including a large 

1,226 sq.' basement. The master suite is 

on the first floor which features a walk-in 

shower and seat. The home has elegant 

nine foot tall first floor ceilings, two and 

a half baths, upgraded custom maple 

kitchen cabinets, granite countertops, 

upgraded light fixtures, and hardwood 

oak floors in the foyer, powder room, 

kitchen and living room. The Dunree 

II also includes deluxe landscaping 

and a two and a half car dry-walled 

garage with a cement driveway. Enjoy 

entertaining guests with a full walk out 

basement and a 12' x 12' deck. 

The Fahan II has a grand two-story 

entrance foyer that leads to a split level 

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baths. It is a beautiful 3,303 total square 

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1,216 sq.' basement). A large open space 

kitchen with sleek granite countertops is 

surrounded by generous custom maple 

cabinets. The 1st floor master bedroom 

offers an optional coffered ceiling and 

the optional master bath includes a 

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great room is an elegant loft. The home 

is accented by beautiful oak throughout, 

including doors, floors, railings and trim. 

A full lookout basement and a patio are 

also included in the Fahan II. 

The Lennan II is a comfortable two/ 

three bedroom split level home and 

includes most of the features of the 

Fahan II except the master suite is on the 

upper level and the Lennan II features a 

dining/family room. It has 3,167 square 

feet of total space (including a 1,049 sq.' 

basement). 

All homes have underground utilities, 

deluxe landscaping and first floor 

laundry rooms. Buyers can select options 

like an impressive fireplace, walkout 

basement, coffered ceilings, skylights and 

a soaker tub in the master bath. 

Lake Michigan water, a sprinkler system 

and smoke detectors are provided. 

Brookside Meadows also has important 

cost-efficient, energy-saving features 

like a high-efficiency furnace and 

Lo-E glass installed throughout. Other 

‘green’ features include an Energy 

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1.75" insulated entrance doors, energy 

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wall sheathing. 

Tucked away in a quiet section of Tinley 

Park, Brookside Meadows is close to 

everything: retail, dining, transportation 

routes, Metra rail station and airports. 

The school system is among the best in 

the state and Tinley Park, named “The 

Best Place In America to Raise aFamily” 

by Bloomberg’s BusinessWeek, maintains 

40 parks and the Bettenhausen indoor 

recreational center. 

The Dunree II floorplan gives 

buyers a fresh set of new choices 

at Brookside Meadows – but only 

while they last! See the fully furnished 

and beautifully decorated models which 

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under two miles to La Porte Road and 

turn east for one-half mile. If mapping 

by way of a GPS, enter the address: 

19839 Mulroy Circle, Tinley Park, IL. 

Options, dimensions and specs can 

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online at www.cranahomes.com. 

Brookside Meadows luxury townhomes are located in Tinley Park, 

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Since 1970 

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Exit I-80 at La Grange Road south for just under two miles to La Porte Road and turn east for one-half mile to Brookside Meadows. 

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Amenities: Offering a prime 

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Want to know how to become Home of the Week? Contact Tricia at (708) 326-9170 ext. 47. 

May 29 

•17200 Ridgeland Ave. 

1w, Tinley Park, 60477- 

3500 - Adam M. Paul 

to Ann M. Nowocin, 

$125,000 

•16116 Creekmont 

Court, Tinley Park, 

60487-7565 - Michael 

Rumbaugh to Stanislawa 

Stoch, $152,500 

•17241 65th Ave. B, 

Tinley Park, 60477- 

4445 - Kethcart Trust 

to Lauren M. Malloy, 

$172,000 

•17566 65th Ave, Tinley 

Park, 60477-4053 - Rick 

Trust to Jose Camacho 

Perez, Flor Alejandra 

Arroyo Camacho 

$172,000 

•18340 Pine Wood 

Lane, Tinley Park, 

60477-4804 - Denise E. 

Carson to Linda Sabatini, 

$176,500 

•17230 Oak Park Ave., 

Tinley Park, 60477-3402 

- Fabbi Trust to Russell J. 

Schleyer, $208,000 

•17831 65th Ave., 


4372 - Turkowski Trust 

to Charles M. Gotsch, 

Kristin L Shelhamer 

$222,000 

•17545 Mulberry Ave., 


6163 - First Midwest 

Bank Trustee to Philip 

T. Rohan, Amy Jo Rohan 

$285,000 

•7601 160th St., Tinley 

Park, 60477-1320 

- Thomas A Pusateri 

to Rafat Sulieman, 

$285,000 

May 30 

•18112 Rita Road 

# Rd1b, Tinley Park, 

60477-6455 - Zizzo 

Tust to Michael Boden, 

Courtney Luckett 

$145,000 

•17620 66th Ave., 


4020 - Bruce L Bailey 

to Tomas D. Burkhart, 

Gwynne S. Burkhart 

$158,000 

•7716 Greenway Blvd. 

1ne, Tinley Park, 60487- 

9302 - Marquette Bank 

Trustee to Cecelia J. 

Welker, $199,500 

•6631 Pine Point Drive, 


2805 - Paul Kromray 

III to Richard Enright, 

Nicole Welch $206,000 

•7733 Bristol Park 

Drive, Tinley Park, 

60477-8526 - Margaret 

Phaby to Enrique 

Sanchez, Olga Sanchez 

$227,500 

•17858 66th Ave., 


4131 - Linda M Risa 

to Charles J. Gardner, 

$270,000 

•6741 Ravinia Drive, 


2824 - Kyle R Malmborg 

to Clayton S. Crites, 

Avery Crites $300,000 

•8018 Meadow Lane, 


6319 - Daniel Woods To 

Michelle Krupa, Lenora 

Krupa $330,000 

May 28 

•18050 66th Court, 


6443 - James Wilson 

to Blake A. Rounds, 

$140,000 

•18610 Pine Lake Drive 

3d, Tinley Park, 60477- 

5399 - Brian P. Ardagh 

to Mary Ann Martin, 

$181,000 

•8401 Cherry Hill Ave., 


7656 - William P. 

Travis to Basem Musa, 

$281,000 

May 31 

•7101 166th St. 2c, 


6802 - Carlos Zedillo 

to Ricardo E. Sureda, 

$78,000 


Park, 60477-2829 - 

Clair Kerrigan to Richard 

C. Purpura, $115,000 

•53 Aegina Court, 


4825 - Kathy Gountanis 

to Shella Vassel 

Winfield, $200,000 


Park, 60487-7399 - 

William R Klootwyk to 

Michael E. Burtner Jr, 

$315,500 

June 3 

•7722 Greenway Blvd. 

3se, Tinley Park, 60487- 

5580 - Hannigan Family 

Trust to Robert M. 

Beran, $197,500 

•19642 Heritage Drive, 


7572 - Pretto Trust to 

Nikila Patel, Jayesh 

Patel $325,000 

June 4 

•9240 Pleasant Ave., 


9505 - Kenneth D 

Wahlin To Daniel Walder 

Jr, Samantha Walder 

$218,000 

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Due to our rapid growth and 

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Industrial Manufacturing Sales 

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Repeat customer & supplier 

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Position available for a full 

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On site job training provided. 

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fax to 815-485-2451. 

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFCOOK 

COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

COUNTY DEPARTMENT -CHAN- 

CERY DIVISION 

DITECH FINANCIAL LLC 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

JOHN W. RIGGIO, MICHELLE RIG- 

GIO AKA MICHELLE L. RIGGIO, 

PARK VENTURE CONDOMINIUM 

ASSOCIATION 

Defendants 

18 CH 15046 

6645 172ND ST., UNIT 2C 

TINLEY PARK, IL 60477 

NOTICE OF SALE 

PUBLIC NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN 

that pursuant to aJudgment ofForeclosure 

and Sale entered in the above cause 

on May 7, 2019, an agent for The Judicial 

Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 

AM on August 8, 2019, at The Judicial 

Sales Corporation, One South Wacker 

Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a 

public sale to the highest bidder, as set 

forth below, the following described 

real estate: 

Commonly known as 6645 172ND ST., 

UNIT 2C, TINLEY PARK, IL 60477 

Property Index No. 

28-30-405-033-1007. 

The real estate is improved with a residential 

condominium. 

The judgment amount was $80,012.87. 

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid 

by certified funds at the close of the sale 

payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. 

No third party checks will be accepted. 

The balance, including the Judicial 

Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential 

Property Municipality Relief 

Fund, which is calculated on residential 

real estate at the rate of$1 for each 

$1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount 

paid by the purchaser not to exceed 

$300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, 

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

fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring 

the residential real estate pursuant 

to its credit bid at the sale or by any 

mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other 

lienor acquiring the residential real estate 

whose rights inand to the residential 

real estate arose prior to the sale. 

The subject property is subject to general 

real estate taxes, special assessments, 

orspecial taxes levied against 

said real estate and is offered for sale 

without any representation as to quality 

or quantity of title and without recourse 

to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. 

The sale is further subject to confirmation 

by the court. 

Upon payment in full ofthe amount bid, 

the purchaser will receive aCertificate 

of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to 

adeed to the real estate after confirmation 

of the sale. 

The property will NOT be open for inspection 

and plaintiff makes no representation 

astothe condition ofthe property. 

Prospective bidders are admonished 

to check the court file to verify all 

information. 

If this property isacondominium unit, 

the purchaser ofthe unit atthe foreclosure 

sale, other than amortgagee, shall 

pay the assessments and the legal fees 

required by The Condominium Property 

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

this property is a condominium unit 

which is part of acommon interest community, 

the purchaser ofthe unit atthe 

foreclosure sale other than amortgagee 

shall pay the assessments required by 

The Condominium Property Act, 765 

ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR 

(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE 

RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION 

FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF 

AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN AC- 

CORDANCE WITH SECTION 

15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS 

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. 

You will need a photo identification issued 

by a government agency (driver's 

license, passport, etc.) in order togain 

entry into our building and the foreclosure 

sale room in Cook County and the 

same identification for sales held at 

other county venues where The Judicial 

Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure 

sales. 

For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: 

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIH- 

LAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DE- 

CATUR, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719 

Please refer to file number LS268. 

If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, 

the Purchaser at the sale shall be 

entitled only toareturn of the purchase 

price paid. The Purchaser shall have no 

further recourse against the Mortgagor, 

the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney. 

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORA- 

TION 

One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, 

Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 

You can also visit The Judicial Sales 

Corporation atwww.tjsc.com for a7 

day status report of pending sales. 

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, 

LLC 

111 East Main Street 

DECATUR, IL 62523 

(217) 422-1719 

Fax #: (217) 422-1754 

CookPleadings@hsbattys.com 

Attorney File No. LS268 

Attorney Code. 40387 

Case Number: 18 CH 15046 

TJSC#: 39-2897 

NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection 

Practices Act, you are advised 

that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be 

adebt collector attempting tocollect a 

debt and any information obtained will 

be used for that purpose. 

I3121030 




CERY DIVISION 

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.; 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES 

OF WILLIAM C. 

GADE, JR., DECEASED; UNKNOWN 

OWNERS AND NON 

RECORD CLAIMANTS; DIANE 

GADE; WILLIAM CARL 

GADE, SR.; CARY ROSENTHAL, AS 

SPECIAL 

REPRESENTATIVE OF WILLIAM C. 

GADE, JR., 

DECEASED; 

Defendants, 

18 CH 12334 




and Sale entered in the above entitled 

cause Intercounty Judicial Sales 

Corporation will onTuesday, July 23, 

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

at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 

718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public 

auction tothe highest bidder for cash, as 

set forth below, the following described 

mortgaged real estate: 

P.I.N. 28-30-210-008-0000. 

Commonly known as 6631 Ravinia 

Drive, Tinley Park, IL 60477. 

The mortgaged real estate is improved 

with asingle family residence. If the 

subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of 

acommon interest community, the purchaser 

of the unit other than amortgagee 

shall pay the assessments required 

by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of 

the Condominium Property Act. 

Sale terms: 10% down by certified 

funds, balance, by certified funds, 

within 24 hours. Norefunds. The property 

will NOT be open for inspection. 

For information call Sales Department 

at Plaintiff's Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, 

LLC, One East Wacker Drive, 

Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 

220-5611. 18-028976 F2 

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES 

CORPORATION 

Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 

I3123321




Sale 


Sale 


Sale 


Sale 


Sale 

2900 Merchandise 

Under $100 




CERY DIVISION 

THE BANK OFNEW YORK MEL- 

LON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS 

SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO ALL 

PERMITTED SUCCESSORS AND 

ASSIGNS OF JPMORGAN CHASE 

BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 

AS TRUSTEE FOR SPECIALTY UN- 

DERWRITING AND RESIDENTIAL 

FINANCE TRUST MORTGAGE 

LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFI- 

CATES, SERIES 2005-BC2 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

DAWN M.MICHALEK, SCOTT W. 

MICHALEK 

Defendants 

2019 CH 00030 

8825 BROWN LANE 






on March 28, 2019, an agent for The Judicial 







real estate: 

Commonly known as 8825 BROWN 

LANE, TINLEY PARK, IL 60487 


27-34-215-042-0000. 

The real estate is improved with asingle 

family residence. 




No third party checks will beaccepted. 





real estate atthe rate of $1 for each 










whose rights in and tothe residential 









The sale is further subject toconfirmation 

by the court. 





of the sale. 






information. 








which is part of acommon interest community, 





ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

















sales. 

For information, examine the court file 

or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS 

& ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 

NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 

100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 

794-9876 Please refer tofile number 

14-18-12970. 


TION 


Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 


Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a7 


CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 

15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, 

SUITE 100 

BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 

(630) 794-5300 

E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com 

Attorney File No. 14-18-12970 

Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 



TJSC#: 39-2076 







I3123869 




CERY DIVISION 

MTGLQ INVESTORS, L.P. 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

ZOFIA BLACHANIEC A/K/A ZOFIA 

D. BLACHANIEC, A/K/A ZOFIA 

GRABOWSKI, PIOTR M. GRA- 

BOWSKI A/K/A PIOTR GRA- 

BOWSKI, TOWN AND COUNTRY 

VILLAS CONDOMINIUM NO.12, 

17268 S. 71ST COURT HOMEOWN- 

ERS ASSOCIATION 

Defendants 

12 CH 11843 

17268 71ST COURT 12 













real estate: 

Commonly known as 17268 71ST 

COURT 12, TINLEY PARK, IL 60477 


28-30-303-030-1012. 

The real estate is improved with a 

twelve unit condominium with nogarage. 



















whose rights in and tothe residen- 

tial real estate arose prior to the sale. 









by the court. 





of the sale. 






information. 








which ispart ofacommon interest community, 





ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

















sales. 

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT 

PIERCE, LLC, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 

One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, 

Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 

346-9088. Please refer to file number 

8978. 


TION 


Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 


Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a7 


MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT 

PIERCE, LLC 

One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 

Chicago, IL 60602 

(312) 346-9088 

E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com 

Attorney File No. 8978 

Attorney ARDC No. 61256 



TJSC#: 39-3246 







I3125096 




CERY DIVISION 

LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

BRYAN D. BOGDAN, CENTURY 

COURT CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIA- 

TION, INC. 

Defendants 

17 CH 7173 

18368 CENTURY COURT 

Tinley Park, IL 60477 



that pursuant to aJudgment ofForeclo- 

sure and Sale entered in the above cause 








real estate: 

Commonly known as 18368 CENTURY 

COURT, Tinley Park, IL 60477 


31-06-107-046-1034. 

The real estate is improved with a condominium. 

The judgment amount was $213,418.81. 



















whose rights in and tothe residential 










by the court. 





of the sale. 






information. 








which ispart ofacommon interest community, 





ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

















sales. 

For information, contact The sales clerk, 

SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCI- 

ATES, LLC, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., 

SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL 60015, 

(847) 291-1717 For information call between 

the hours of 1pm - 3pm. Please 

refer to file number 17-082992. 


TION 


Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 


Corporation atwww.tjsc.com for a7 


SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCI- 

ATES, LLC 

2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 

Bannockburn, IL 60015 

(847) 291-1717 

E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com 

Attorney File No. 17-082992 



TJSC#: 39-3326 







I3125629 

2900 Merchandise 

Under $100 

2 10 speed touring bikes 40 

years old, brand name Sentinal. 

You pick up $30 

Call 708-301-0249 

21 inch, self-proppelled, 

5 horsepower Briggs &Stratton 

motor $40. 708.323.6973 

Black w/glass entertainment / 

TV center good condition $30, 

Component stand black $20 

Call Debbie 815-534-5273 

(Frankfort) 

Black with glass entertainment 

/TV center good condition $30, 


Call Debbie @ 815-534-5273 

(Frankfort) 

CIPA custom towing mirrors 

$35, New sedan style PolyPro 

3 car cover $40, Alexandria 

chrome and white double towel 

bar $25 Call 708-995-5556 

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(no hang rod) All for $25 Call 

708-651-2222 

Craftsman 10” table saw on 

stand with wheels needs motor 

$50, Sears Craftsman router 

1hp on Craftsman table $50 

Call 708-532-3423 

Craftsman router’s 1HP $10, 

1.5 HP $15, Router table $15 

Call 708-478-0582 

Gal. car de-bug solution $2, 

digital tire gauge $8, Blue 

Coral 23oz upholstery cleaner 

$5, car cover lock kit new $12 

Call 708-460-8308 

LED bicycle light set frt/rear 

$8, 2-pak 60w bulbs $4, new 

portable Sears lamp $20, misc. 

tomato plants $1-$2ea. 

Call 708-460-8308 

Lilly plants pink and red $14, 

Dogwood shrub potted $15, 

Tree wrap 50ft $2, Yellow daffodil 

bulbs .50ea 

Call 708-460-8308 

Local honey from my backyard 

no sugar added $15 per quart 

Call 708-466-9809 





46 gallon bow front fish tank 

w/glass cover and light. No 

leaks. With gravel, filter, and 

sand $100 Call 708-614-1988 

81 older record albums 78 45s 

$40, 2-5 gal glass water jugs 

with original wooden slat holders 

$40 Call 815-469-4577 

Beautiful 40”dia round accent 

table 18” high with 33” dia 

glass insert $59 OBO, Steel file 

cabinet 2 drawers $15 OBO 

Call 630-450-0245 

Black w/glass entertainment / 

TV center good condition $30, 


Call Debbie 815-534-5273 

(Frankfort) 

Car w/s sun shade new $8, 

1998 car color chip book $35, 

1988-1989 Merc. tracer service 

manual $35, White floor lamp 

steel $10 Call 708-40-8308 

Carpenter’s tool box with 

tray’s $25, Metal cars in box 

$10 each Call 708-479-0193 

Childrens KidKraft sturdy 

wooden chairs 2blue and 2red 

like new Originally $100 asking 

$75 Call 815-469-6554 

CIPA custom towing mirrors 

$35, New sedan style PolyPro 

3 car cover $40, Alexandria 

chrome and white double towel 

bar $25 Call 708-995-5556 

Craftsman small deluxe rauter 

table onstand $30, Extension 

cord on awheel great condition 

$15, 5 boxes with metal cars in 

boxes $10 ea, 4 boxes with 

World War Two model ships 

$15 ea Call 708-479-0193 

Large size tomato plants $1ea, 

Peonie plants pink $4ea, Asiatic 

lilly plants $4ea, Red twig 

dogwood shrub potted $15 Call 

708-460-8308 

Steel farm stake truck pristine 

condition USA circa 1970’s 

$29, Igloo 10 small cooler 

clean $12, 10” glass fish bowl 

$8 Call 708-460-8308 

Stiffel lamp with shade silver 

60 yrs old+ $60, King size 

Ecru spread $10, Oreck vacuum 

$20 Call 815-534-0987 

Thomasville Coffee Table &2 

End tables w/White-Washed 

finish &glass inserts. Two 29" 

High Fine Arts lamps with octagonal 

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All for $99 Call 708-496-8224 

Treadmill electric Weslo Candence 

840 $75 Call 

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Two micro-magic cleaning 

towels $3, Digital tire gauge 

5-150 PSI $8, Gal. de-bug solution 

$2, 23oz blue coral upholstery 

cleaner $5 Call 

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White orkelly green duct tape 

$4, Premium car wash brush 

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smoother brush $3, 24pc 

foam paint brush set $5

tinleyjunction.com sports 


RUNNING 

Speed certainly Matt-ers in Stars and Stripes run 

RANDY WHALEN 


The “welcome Matt” was out 

last week at the Tinley Park Stars 

and Stripes 5K Run. 

The top three finishers of the 

28th version of the annual July 4 

race were all named Matt. 

Lisle’s Mitch Gilbert, who 

won the race last year and had 

captured first in seven of the previous 

eight races, did not run the 

event and the Matts took over. 

Tinley Park chiropractor Alexis 

Landgrebe won the women's 

division with a time of 21 minutes 

and one-tenth of a second. 

That was good for 30th overall. 

The men’s champion was Matt 

Gagen, from Lemont, with a 

time of 16:40.3. It was the second 

title in the past three years 

for Gagen, a 2014 Lemont graduate, 

who ran at Loras College 

and then used his final year of 

NCAA eligibility this past season 

at DePaul University. 

"This was my third year running 

it," Gagen said of the event. 

"I won it, got third and now won 

it again. It feels pretty good. It 

[winning] is always kind of the 

goal. It's a mental thing. I can't 

enter just to run. 

"I also like the number of people 

here. I like the atmosphere, 

the food, the music, the people 

celebrating. It's a feel-good overall 

event that makes you want to 

come back." 

There were 641 people who 

finished the event at McCarthy 

Park. So, the fact that the top 

three were named Matt was statistically 

staggering. Coming in a 

familiar spot of second place was 

Matt Swiatkowski. The Orland 

Park resident and 2002 Sandburg 

graduate was second in the event 

for the second straight year with 

a time of 16:49.8. 

The night before, in the Veterans 

Liberty Run & Walk in 

Orland Park, Swiatkowski also 

finished the 2-mile race in second 

place for the second straight 

year. 

Tinley Park resident Alexis 

Landgrebe crosses the finish 

line as the fastest female Stars 

and Stripes participant. 

"I had a faster time in both 

races of about 15 seconds," said 

Swiatkowski, who finished last 

year in Tinley with a time of 

17:06.1. "At least in the last couple 

of races I'm improving. I'm 

getting older (35) and still dropping 

time, so that's good. It's just 

a good day and a good gauge to 

see where I'm at." 

Matt Jung, a Tinley Park resident 

who finished third with a 

time of 17:02.1, had a poignant 

reason to run. 

"I ran in memory of Staff Sgt. 

Michael J. Sutter," said Jung, a 

2018 Lincoln-Way East graduate 

who qualified for the NAIA 

nationals in cross country for 

St. Ambrose in 2018. "He was 

a Tinley Park resident who died 

in Iraq [on Dec. 26] in 2003. 

"I didn't plan to run the race 

this year but my mom [Janeen] 

encouraged me. We were such 

family friends with him and 

it meant everything to run for 

Stars and Stripes 5K participants start out the 5K course beginning on 80th Avenue. PHOTOS BY LAURIE 

FANELLI/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

him." 

Trevor Swanson (17:22.8) and 

David Hansen (17:31.9) rounded 

out the top five finishers. 

Landgrebe has placed before 

in the female division but won 

the female category race for 

the first time. Originally from 

Michigan, she and her husband 

Charles have a chiropractic practice 

in town. 

"We have been here for about 

10 years," Landgrebe said. "I'm a 

mom of five and had a baby last 

year so I didn't run it then. It's 

nice to have a goal and work to 

achieve it." 

Her and her family love Tinley 

Park and the community camaraderie 

the event brings. 

"I have a heart for it," Landgrebe 

said. "I try to run all three 

of the Tinley races. I love the 

community feeling and how 

hard the community works to put 

this together. Plus I enjoy seeing 

friends and it's such a supportive 

community when it comes to 

running. Everyone is just having 

Lemont resident Matthew Gagen is the overall winner of the Stars 

and Stripes 5K in Tinley Park on July Fourth. 

a good time." 

Two other Tinley Park residents, 

Isabelle Vaccaro (35th 

overall, 21:10.1) and Samantha 

Maciaga (36th overall, 21:12.5) 

were the next two top female finishers. 

The race kicked off a full day 

of Fourth of July festivities. 

"We couldn't have asked for 

a better day," Executive Director 

for Tinley Park-Park District 

Shawn Roby said. "We had well 

over 600 runners. It was a great 

opportunity to bring the community 

together for the Fourth 

of July."

36 | July 11, 2019 | the tinley Junction sports 


ATHLETE OF THE WEEK 

10 Questions 

with Abby Skarbek 

AREA SPORTS ROUNDUP 

Flaherty earns league 

commissioner’s award 

Abby Skarbek is a senior-to-be basketball 

player at Andrew High School who 

is also a cancer survivor profiled in the 

June 27 edition of The Tinley Junction. 

How did you get involved in 

basketball? 

I watched the games when I was 

younger. I was attracted to it. I went to 

St. George when I was younger and it had 

volleyball and basketball. I played both 

but fell in love with basketball. 

What do you love about the sport? 

I love the teamwork of it. It’s not an individual 

sport. You have to rely on your 

teammates. If one person is not having 

a good game, your teammates pick you 

right up. It’s five players working as one. 

What’s going on with college? 

If I play, I play, but it’s not necessary for 

me to play basketball in college. I’m looking 

more for the academics of college. I 

fell in love with the University of Georgia 

and that’s my No. 1 choice right now. I’m 

going to look at a few more schools. My 

major isn’t really clear yet. I’m playing it 

by ear. I’m keeping my options open. 

What kind of pump-up music do 

you listen to before games? 

I listen to a lot of country. Luke Bryan. 

That’s what gets me motivated to play well. 

Is there a TV show you could binge 

watch forever? 

“NCIS.” My grandma [Deborah James] 

and I bond over that. Any time it’s on, I 

think of her. I can always sit down with 

her and watch episodes and episodes of 

that show. 

Is there a movie you can watch 

over and over and not get sick of 

it? 

“To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before.” 

JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

It’s a Netflix movie that I can relate to. It’s 

a high school setting with challenges that 

I am going through and my friends are going 

through. It’s like it’s tailored to me. 

Is there a food that if they paid 

you a million bucks you still 

wouldn’t eat it? 

Fish. Salmon. That’s my biggest fear. 

If you could have a dinner with 

anyone – dead or alive – who 

would it be with? 

Alex Morgan. I’ve always looked up 

to her. She’s always been a role model. 

She goes out to every game with the best 

attitude. I would like to just pick her 

brain and see where she gets all of that 

spunk on the field of play. 

If they made a movie about your 

life, who should play you? 

I would say me. I can’t think of anyone 

else. Plus, I could portray my emotions. 

What would the title of the movie 

be? 

“The Walking Miracle.” 

Interview conducted by Sports Editor Jeff 

Vorva 

JEFF VORVA, Sports Editor 

Tinley Park’s Shannon Flaherty was 

one of five Grand Valley State athlete to 

earn Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic 

Conference Commissioner’s Award honors 

for the 2019 Spring season. 

Flaherty, a former softball star from 

Andrew, was an integral part of a Laker 

team that finished the 2019 season with 

a 51-10 overall record, a 24-6 conference 

record, and the program’s fourth appearance 

in the NCAA DII College Softball 

World Series. Additionally, she helped the 

Lakers defend their GLIAC regular season 

and tournament titles and was honored 

on the All-GLIAC First Team for her 

efforts. 

She finished the season with a .341 batting 

average. She had five home runs, four 

triples – 40 RBI and 44 runs. 

Flaherty ranked fourth on the team with 

a .527 slugging percentage and reached 

base at a .405 clip. 

Off the field, she was named to the 

Google Cloud Academic All-District First 

Team and her third straight GLIAC All- 

Academic Excellence Team. She played 

in all 221 games since her freshman season 

four years ago. 

In her career, she committed just 43 errors 

at the top defensive position on the 

field compared to 364 assists and 262 putouts 

as she finished with a .936 fielding 

percentage. She ranks seventh in program 

history in the assists category and ninth 

with 14 double plays turned. 

Friends of Andrew Baseball golf outing 

The Friends of Andrew Baseball golf 

outing takes place at 2 p.m. Aug. 3 at 

George Dunne National Golf Course in 

Oak Forest. 

Registration is $150 per golfer and 

$125 for former Andrew baseball players 

age 21 or older. 

For more information and to register, 

visit friendsofandrewbaseball.com. 

Kocher Classic coming 

The Matthew Kocher Golf Classic is 

slated for Aug. 2 at the Meadows Golf 

Club in Blue Island. 

Former Andrew star Shannon Flaherty 

continues to win academic awards. 

JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

In the last five years, the Matthew Kocher 

Foundation has sponsored 315 water 

safety class presentations to over 47,000 

students, has provided community service 

projects and awarded over $100,000 in 

scholarships at Andrew and Richards high 

schools. 

The Matthew Kocher Memorial Scholarship 

was established in honor of Andrew 

student Kocher, who was 15 years 

old when he drowned on July 27, 2013 in 

Lake Michigan while attending a camp to 

earn service hours. 

For more information, visit MK56.org. 

Bobcats tryouts 

The Tinley Park Bobcats will host several 

tryouts on varying dates for their 

travel teams from 9U through 15U. 

For more informations, visit tinleypark 

bobcats.org.



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Thunderbolts looking to dig deeper into the playoffs 

JEFF VORVA, Sports Editor 

Any player, parent or 

fan who endured Andrew’s 

1-8 football season 

in 2016 is likely happy 

with the direction the program 

is going in. 

In coach Adam Lewandowski’s 

first season, the 

Thunderbolts lost eight 

straight before pulling off 

a 17-6 victory over winless 

District 230 foe Stagg 

to conclude the season. 

The 2017 season found 

the Bolts back in the Illinois 

High School Association 

playoffs for the first 

time since 2013. They 

faced Plainfield North in 

the first round in Class 7A 

and lost 41-6. 

Last season found the 

Bolts back in the playoffs 

where they ran into 

a buzzsaw and dropped a 

42-11 decision to Nazareth 

Academy, which 

went on to win the Class 

7A title after battering 

four more opponents by 

a combined score of 161- 

79. 

One could argue that 

there were a number of 

first-round teams the 

Bolts could have handled, 

but they had to play what 

turned out to be the best 

team in the class right off 

the bat. 

Some impact players 

are scheduled to be back 

for the Thunderbolts and 

thoughts of a third straight 

playoff appearance are 

prevalent during summer 

camp. So is a deeper run 

into the playoffs. 

“It’s going to take a lot 

of hard work,” safety Joe 

DeHaan said, “It will take 

effort on the field and off 

the field. In the weight 

room. In the class room. 

We have the guys to win 

a state championship. 

But it’s about everybody 

working together and 

finding that team chemistry 

because team chemistry 

can take you as far as 

you need to go.” 

Offensive and defensive 

threat Rocco Iannantone 

said he would like to 

see this team get over the 

hump of that first game in 

the playoffs. 

“If you can get past that 

first round game, you are 

in the second round and 

you are looking at the 

quarterfinals,” he said. 

“Then after that, it’s one 

game at a time.” 

He likes what he has 

seen in the summer. 

“From Week 1 last 

year to Week 1 this year, 

the progression has been 

excellent,” he said. “We 

have a lot of returning 

starters and I think our 

whole backfield except 

our quarterback is returning. 

The receivers are 

looking good. The offense 

is looking tight and the 

defense is where it needs 

to be. 

After two 6-4 seasons, 

Lewandowski is also itching 

to coach his team beyond 

the first round. 

“You have to stay 

healthy and that’s always 

at the top of the list,” the 

coach said. “The other 

thing is that the buy-in 

has to be strong and it has 

to go past the starters. It 

has to be the guys on special 

teams. It has to be the 

guys who are the second 

and third strings. The entire 

program. The sophomores. 

The freshmen. 

The freshmen B-teamers. 

They all have to be 100 

percent in the same direction.” 

Andrew opens the season 

with a non-conference 

game at Kewaskum in 

Fourth-year Andrew coach Adam Lewandowski talks to his team during a recent 7-on-7 scrimmage. The Bolts are 

hoping to qualify for the playoffs for a third straight year. PHOTOS BY JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

Wisconsin, Aug. 31 and 

hosts Oak Forest on Sept. 

6. 

Speedy Spells 

Receiver Mychah 

Spells made a few big 

catches in 7-on-7 action 

against Crete-Monee on 

June 26. 

Aside from trying to 

crack the starting lineup 

after taking a year off 

from football, Spells is 

busy this summer as he 

qualified for the USA 

Track and Field Regional 

in the 110-meter hurdles 

with a time of 14.59 seconds 

in a meet in Lisle 

last month. He will participate 

in the Region 7 

Junior Olympic event in 

the 17-18 age group at 

Joliet Memorial Stadium 

starting Thursday, July 11 

for a chance to qualify for 

nationals in Sacramento 

later in the month. 

“This is basically a 

dream come true,” Spells 

Mychah Spells is busy this summer as a receiver on the football team and is hoping 

to qualify for nationals in track. 

said. “I have a chance to 

go back to the nationals 

and hope I can improve 

from last year.” 

Last year, he placed 

13th in the national meet 

in the 15-16 division with 

a :15.15. 

Jordan Vela (17-18 

triple-jump) and Dillon 

Peters (15-16) are other T- 

Bolts competing in Joliet.

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MEDIA 

1st and 3 

THE FOOTBALL 

SCHEDULES ARE OUT. 

A FEW NOTES: 

1. For openers 

Tinley Park and 

second-year coach 

Josh O’Shea 

(above) open the 

season hosting 

Chicago Payton at 

7 p.m. Aug. 30 and 

visit Peotone on 

Sept. 6. 

2. Who wants to host 

this game? 

Andrew’s opener 

against Kewaskum, 

Wisconsin, 

on Aug. 31 is listed 

at being played at 

Andrew by the IHSA 

and the Kewaskum 

websites. It 

is listed on the 

Andrew website at 

being at Kewaksum 

and Bolts coach 

Adam Lewandowski 

confirmed it. 

3. Big 2 

Andrew must face 

SWSC powers 

Bolingbrook and 

Homewood-Flossmoor 

on the road. 

THURSDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK 

Officials numbers are down - is verbal abuse to blame? 

Jeff Vorva 

Sports Editor 

I 

don’t know when and 

how the tradition of 

booing and yelling 

at umpires and referees 

started, but it did many 

decades ago and we may 

be paying the price now. 

Think about it. What 

other authority figure gets 

to get chewed out and 

called vile names by large 

groups of people and have 

it be socially acceptable? 

Sure, people yell at cops, 

judges, teachers, bosses, 

politicians and others in 

authority. But it’s generally 

not accepted. 

Umps and refs? 

Fair game, every game. 

Long before I was born, 

a group of pro baseball 

players including Phil 

Rizzuto, Ralph Branca and 

Roy Campanella recorded 

a funny song called “The 

Umpire.” 

Some of the lines 

include “We ain’t got no 

use for the umpire unless 

he calls ‘em our way,” 

“He’s blind as a bat,” “Up 

goes his thumb and the 

bum says ‘You’re out.’” 

and “He’s right when he’s 

wrong and he’s wrong 

when he’s right.” 

This was a kid’s record, 

by the way. Teach em’ 

early that officials suck. 

In the pecking order of 

sports, what would happen 

if an athlete yelled and berated 

his coach publicly the 

same way a coach berates 

an official? Bench time 

and maybe getting kicked 

off the team would be in 

his or her future. 

I’m not being a prude. 

And I’m not saying it 

should stop (except for 

the unnecessary name 

calling - cut it out you idiot 

morons!). And I find “The 

Umpire” to be a hilarious 

ditty. 

But there is a nationwide 

shortage of refs and umps 

and it’s getting so bad that 

some states are encouraging 

high school athletic 

directors to schedule their 

Friday night football 

games on Saturday. 

In Illinois, Inter Athletic 

Council of Officials 

Recruitment Chairman 

Gary Grohovena could 

spend a couple hours citing 

facts and figures about the 

decline in the numbers of 

officials and he would just 

be getting started. 

“The numbers keep going 

down and the average 

age of a football official is 

50,” Grohovena said. “In 

five years, I’m wondering…wow. 

“It’s nationwide, not just 

Illinois. It’s most sports. 

Baseball and softball are in 

trouble. Football is getting 

there. Basketball…maybe 

not yet, but the numbers 

are not growing the way 

they should. Wrestling, 

soccer, etc., etc., you name 

it. They need more officials 

in everything. And 

there are no gender walls 

either. It affects boys and 

girls sports.” 

He said he is at a loss 

to figure out why people 

don’t want the job. 

The Tinley Park 

resident, who has taken 

his share of verbal garbage 

in more than 30 years on 

the job, admits that the 

younger generation might 

not want to deal with the 

abuse, especially when it 

gets physical. 

“Unfortunately, you see 

on the news a clip of someone 

attacking a referee,” 

Grohovena said. “You see 

someone knocking down 

a baseball umpire. That’s 

scary when that happens. 

But that’s just really rare.” 

What’s not rare is the 

constant yakking from 

coaches and fans. Grohovena 

said he is not sure 

if that totally the reason 

why the numbers are down 

but it might be a part of the 

reason. 

Grohovena hopes that 

people who dismiss being 

officials for that reason 

realize that other walks of 

life offer criticism, too. 

“You deal with these 

challenges every day in 

life,” he said. “If there is 

a play at the plate and the 

umpire calls the runner 

Gary Grovena, a longtime referee and officials recruiter 

from Tinley Park, executes a holding signal. JEFF 

VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

safe, everybody on one 

side says ‘Yay!’ and everybody 

on the other side says 

‘Boo!’ That boo…that’s 

just a part of the game. You 

have to accept that. 

“If you work at McDonald’s, 

someone can toss a 

bag of fries back at you if 

they are overdone. You can 

get yelled at if the Coke is 

too watery. How do you 

deal with that? If you work 

in a retail situation, you 

have to deal with people 

who are upset. You have to 

explain to them what you 

are going to do and how 

you are going to handle it. 

Policemen? They are very 

good at conflict resolution. 

Teachers deal with it all 

the time. Most of us have 

some conflict resolution 

skills there. 

“People are yelling and 

some people don’t want to 

be yelled at. But you deal 

with it. 

Grohovena admits officiating 

is not for everyone. 

But the 68-year-old 

fell in love with it when he 

started in his 30s. 

“I envy the new officials 

because they have more 

games ahead of them and 

I have more games behind 

me,” he said. “The best 

people I know are sports 

officials. I’ve made so 

many friends. 

“I enjoy being on the 

field. I enjoy the game. 

I enjoy the high school 

game and I enjoy the 

people I work with.” 

Now if we can just have 

people on the sidelines and 

in the stands tone it down 

a bit. 

Standing Pat 

In last week’s column 

about the youth team 

Jayhawks, I accidentally 

identified assistant coach 

Pat Brankin as Ryan 

Brankin (his son). Maybe 

it’s because Ryan is getting 

older and Pat is getting 

younger... 

LISTEN UP 

“We have the guys to win a state championship. But it’s about 

everybody working together and finding that team chemistry 

because team chemistry can take you as far as you need to go.” 

Joe DeHaan - Andrew football player 

WHAT2WATCH 

FOOTBALL 

5 p.m. Wednesday, July 17 

• Tinley Park is at Eisenhower for 7-on-7 action. 

Index 

36 – Athlete of the Week 

36 – Sports roundup 

Compiled by Sports Editor Jeff Vorva, 

j.vorva@22ndcm.com

tinley Park’s Hometown Newspaper | July 11, 2019 

YELLING AT OFFICIALS 

Vorva wonders when it became OK to yell 

at refs and umps, Page 39 

WHAT’S THE MATT-ER? 

Three men named Matt claimed the first three 

spots at the TP Stars and Stripes 5K, Page 35 

Andrew senior-to-be 

Rocco Iannantone tries 

to turn the corner for a 

big gain against Crete- 

Monee in a recent 

7-on-7 scrimmage. 

The team is hoping to 

turn the corner in the 

IHSA playoffs after 

losing two first-round 

games. JEFF VORVA/22ND 

CENTURY MEDIA 

Andrew football team wants more than a one-and-done showing in the playoffs, Page 38

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