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SETTLEMENT AND 

SUPER SEARCH 

A lawsuit is resolved 

as D135 also looks for 

a new superintendent, 

Page 3 

BUDGET TALK 

The budget was a hot 

topic at a recent 

District 230 meeting, 

Page 6 

COOPER’S TOWN 

Orland pioneer Leon 

Cooper remembers 

how Orland Park used to 

be, Page 8 

Schofields take 

hands-on approach 

in helping various 

charities, Page 4 

Michael and Kendall Coyne Schofield enjoy doing much 

of the heavy lifting for the Schofield Family Foundation, 

which debuted in January. Photo Illustration by Jeff 

Vorva and Nancy Burgan/22nd Century Media 

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THURSDAY 

Improv Theatre Games 

2-4:30 p.m. July 18, 

The Bridge Teen Center, 

15555 S. 71st Court. Teens 

grades 7-12 can practice 

improv and get a tour of a 

performing arts center at 

this free event. For more 

information, call (708) 

532-0500 or visit www. 

thebridgeteencenter.org. 

Rules of the Road 

1 p.m. July 18, Orland 

Park Public Library, 14921 

Ravinia Ave. Secretary 

of State Jesse White will 

offer a free Rules of the 

Road review course. 

Volunteens: 90 Second 

Monarchs 

1:45 p.m. July 18, Orland 

Park Public Library, 

14921 Ravinia Ave. Volunteers 

in grades 6-12 can 

earn service hours. Limit 

3. 

90 Second Monarchs 



Ravinia Ave. Pick a book 

from the 2020 Monarch list 

and turn it into a 90-second 

film at this three-day 

program for grades 2-5. 

Limit 12. 

Night Owl Storytime 



14921 Ravinia Ave. Hear 

tales and songs at this program 

for birth-47 months, 

with a parent or adult caregiver. 

Romance Book Discussion 



Ravinia Ave. Discuss “A 

Study in Scarlet Women” 

by Sherry Thomas. 

FRIDAY 

Baby Playtime 

10 a.m. July 19, Orland 


Ravinia Ave. Babies 

birth-23 months, along 

with a parent or caregiver, 

can interact with toys, other 

babies and more. 

Video Game Tournament 



Ravinia Ave. Tweens and 

teens in grades 4-9 can 

join in this Smash Bros. 

Tournament. Limit 32. 

Marvelous Moon 

Storytime 



14921 Ravinia Ave. Join 

for a storytime, for kindergarten 

through fifth grade, 

in honor of the 50th anniversary 

of the Apollo 

Moon Landing. 

Outdoor Movie Night 

7:30-10:30 p.m. July 19. 


15555 S. 71st Court. Bring 

a lawn chair and a friend, 

and enjoy a Jimmy John’s 

sandwich at this free event 

for grades 7-12. For more 

information, call (708) 

532-0500 or visit www. 

thebridgeteencenter.org. 

SATURDAY 

Volunteens: OPPL Con Face 

Painters and Superheroes 

9:30 and 10:30 a.m. July 

20, Orland Park Public Library, 

14921 Ravinia Ave. 

Volunteers in grades 6-12 

can earn service hours by 

helping at OPPL Con. No 

experience needed. 

OPPL Con 



Ravinia Ave. Favorites including 

Artist Alley, superhero 

training, storytime, 

the costume parade, and 

more return at this year’s 

OPPL Con. New this year 

is a royal tea party and a 

scavenger hunt. 

Teen Superhero Escape 

Room 

10 a.m., 11 a.m., 12 

p.m., 1 p.m, 2 p.m., 3 p.m. 

July 20, Orland Park Public 

Library, 14921 Ravinia 

Ave. Break into the villains’ 

lair, solve puzzles 

and save the day. Participants 

have 30 minutes to 

escape. Limit 6. 

Bright Starts Storytime 



Ravinia Ave. Join to celebrate 

Disney’s “Aladdin” 

at this all-ages storytime. 

Fire Open House 

10 a.m.-2 p.m. July 20, 

OFPD Training Center, 

10728 W. 163rd Place, Orland 

Park. Join for the fire 

protection district’s 125th 

anniversary open house. 

The all-ages, rain or shine 

event will include games, 

activities, refreshments 

and demonstrations. 

MONDAY 

Art’s Alive 

10 and 11 a.m. July 

22, Orland Park Public 

Library, 14921 Ravinia 

Ave. Complete simple art 

projects. For children 24- 

47 months, with a parent/ 

adult caregiver. Limit 20. 

Tech Help 



Ravinia Ave. Visit the 

Adult Services desk for a 

one-on-one lesson. Bring 

device(s) and log-in info. 

Reader’s Theater 



Ravinia Ave. For fourththrough 

fifth-graders. 

Practice a story and present 

it during the last class. 

No memorization. Participants 

must attend all 

four sessions and be fluent 

readers. Limit 12. 

Around the Databases in 

60 Minutes 



Ravinia Ave. Learn about 

databases to which the library 

has access. No registration 

required. 

TUESDAY 

Toddler Time 



Ravinia Ave. Read, sing 

and play at this program 

for ages 24-47 months. 

Video Game Club 



Ravinia Ave. Kindergarten 

through fifth-graders can 

play multiplayer Super 

Smash Bros Ultimate or 

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. 

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Learn About Roofing 

3:30-5:30 p.m. July 23, 


15555 S. 71st Court. Apply 

roof shingles in this 

hands-on, free program, 

with Stan’s Roofing and 

Siding. For teens in grade 

7-12. For more information, 

call (708) 532-0500 

or visit www.thebridgeteencenter.org. 

Dear Mr. Sears 



Ravinia Ave. Bob Trzeciak 

revisits the glory days of 

retail giant Sears. 

WEDNESDAY 

Building Blocks for Babies 

9:30 and 10:30 a.m. July 

24, Orland Park Public Library, 


Enjoy a storytime for ages 

birth-23 months, with parent 

or caregiver. 

Edible Terrariums 

1:30-3 p.m. July 24. The 

Bridge Teen Center, 15555 

S. 71st Court. Create a 

layered ground base with 

cake and pudding, and 

mold flowers and plants 

with fondant and modeling 

tools at this free event. For 

teens in grades 7-12. For 

more info, call (708) 532- 

0500 or visit www.thebri 

dgeteencenter.org 

Volunteens STEAM 



14921 Ravinia Ave. Sixththrough 

12th-graders can 

earn service hours. 

UPCOMING 

Taste of Orland Park 

Aug. 2-4, Village Center, 


Join for entertainment, 

food and much more.

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the orland park prairie | July 18, 2019 | 3 

Orland D135 Board of Education 

Lawsuit settled; board hopes to hire new leader by Feb. 

WILL O’BRIEN 

Freelance Reporter 

The search to find Orland School 

District 135’s next permanent superintendent 

after the curious departure 

of DJ Skogsberg took an important 

step forward July 8, with the School 

Board picking a professional search 

firm to lead the process. 

District 135 is seeking a new superintendent 

following the resignation 

of Skogsberg, who left the post 

on June 30 after being placed on paid 

leave in March. Assistant Superintendent 

John Bryk has assumed the 

duties of superintendent in the interim 

and will serve in that capacity 

until June, Peckham-Dodge said. 

Skogsberg was placed on leave for 

unspecified reasons. 

He is the subject of a lawsuit filed 

in March 2018 by teacher Heather 

Conrad against District 135, alleging 

sexual discrimination on the part of 

the superintendent. Conrad said she 

was a denied a promotion to principal 

and removed from her position as 

assistant principal based on her sex, 

and in retaliation for “rejecting the 

unwanted advances” of Skogsberg. 

That lawsuit has been settled, the 

board announced during the meeting, 

and Conrad was appointed at the 

assistant principal at Century Junior 

High. 

The board voted unanimously to 

award the contract to Ray and Associates, 

a Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based 

firm that won the board over with its 

national reputation and promise to 

offer comprehensive search services. 

Ray, which will begin the process 

immediately, will be paid $20,100, 

with the district covering extra costs 

like job-advertisement placements 

and candidate expenses. 

The board hopes to complete the 

process and vote on the new superintendent 

no later than February, Linda 

Peckham-Dodge, the school board 

president, told The Orland Park 

Supers in the 2000S 

A look at the District 135 superintendents 

since the start of the century 

1998-2004 - Peter Yuska 

2004-2006 - Linda Anast-May 

2006-2010 - Dennis Soustek 

2010-2012 - Paul Howell 

2013-2016 - Janet Stutz 

2016-2019 - DJ Skogsberg 

Prairie. The new superintendent 

would assume duties July 1. 

The board picked Ray and Associates 

over Hazard, Young, Attea & 

Associates and a search group from 

the Illinois State Board of Education. 

Ray’s proposal, priced similarly 

to HYA’s, included conducting community 

surveys in multiple languages, 

full candidate background checks 

and a guarantee to redo the process 

if the hired superintendent leaves 

within two years of being hired. 

Please see D135, 8 

Man shot through door in 

alleged targeted attack 

Lauren Coughlin 

Contributing Editor 

A 20-year-old Orland 

Park man reportedly was 

in stable condition after 

being shot twice in the abdomen 

Sunday, July 14. 

The man or his family 

are believed to have been 

the “intended target,” according 

to a July 15 press 

release from the Orland 

Park Police Department. 

As of press time, Lt. 

Ken Rosinski said a motive 

was not known, but 

the manner — the offender 

rang the doorbell and did 

not enter the home — suggests 

it was targeted. The 

incident occurred at 9:11 

p.m. in the 9600 block of 

From July 15 

Kris Trail. 

A 40-caliber semiautomatic 

gun was fired 

through the still-closed 

glass door, Rosinski said. 

He believed there was 

no danger to the public. 

The victim was transported 

to Christ Hospital 

in Oak Lawn. The offender 

was described as a black 

male in his mid-20s who 

may have been driving a 

silver, older model sedan. 

Anyone with information 

is asked to call (708) 

349-4111 or email cri 

metips@orlandpark.org. 

For more on this and other 

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Schofields walk the walk at first benefit golf outing 

JEFF VORVA 


Michael and Kendall 

Coyne Schofield spent 

most of their first wedding 

anniversary on July 7 finalizing 

some details for 

the inaugural Schofield 

Family Foundation Golf 

Outing. 

The next morning, they 

woke early to help set up 

tables, prepare golf carts 

and do other grunt work at 

Silver Lake Country Club, 

which awaited more than 

90 golfers for the event. 

The Sandburg graduates 

started the foundation 

in January and have been 

busy with it while balancing 

their careers. Michael 

is an offensive lineman 

with the Los Angeles 

Chargers who was also a 

starter on the Super Bowl 

champion Denver Broncos 

in 2016, while Kendall 

is an Olympic gold 

and silver medal winner 

who broke gender barriers 

when she competed 

in an NHL skills competition. 

She has also done 

commentary on the NHL 

Network. 

There are athletes out 

there who lend their name 

to foundations and causes 

and let other people run 

the show. 

That is not the way the 

Schofields handle their 

massive project. 

“We had a vision to 

start a foundation together,” 

Kendall said. “The 

fruition is really exciting. 

We have a board with a lot 

of experience of running 

a foundation and giving 

back and they have been 

really helpful through this 

process. Michael and I are 

really proud to be handson.” 

“I don’t want to say 

most athletes do this, but 

some of them will just 

hand it off to someone and 

have them run the events,” 

Michael said. “But we 

want to be the people doing 

this stuff. We want to 

be the ones setting up. We 

put a lot on our shoulders. 

We want to make it our 

own.” 

The money from the 

foundation goes in five 

different directions to 

causes near and dear to 

the Schofields’ hearts. 

Money had been, and 

will be, going to charity 

groups benefiting military, 

first responders, families 

that are undergoing hardship, 

youth sports, and 

education and research. 

“We didn’t want to narrow 

it on one thing,” Michael 

said. “We want to 

help out as many people 

as we can. We want to affect 

as many lives as we 

can.” 

Hannah Kilbane, one of 

the top female golfers in 

the history of Sandburg, 

was presented with scholarship 

money earlier in 

the year. 

The foundation also 

made donations to the 100 

Club of Chicago (which 

provides for families of 

first responders who lost 

their lives), the Navy Seal 

Foundation and the Gridiron 

Club. Four scholarships 

were given to Chicago 

area girls for hockey 

development through the 

Blackhawks and Kendall’s 

Golden Coynes program. 

Money from the golf 

outing and Kendall’s 

hockey camp that took 

place Friday-Sunday, July 

12-14, at the Arctic Ice 

Arena in Orland Park, 

will go to the foundation. 

Michael also is running a 

Orland Park’s Mary and Tim Doody react to a raffle prize that they won at the first Schofield Family Foundation 

Golf Outing July 8. PHOTO SUBMITTED 

Linemen Challenge at 1 

p.m. Thursday, July 18, at 

Sandburg. 

The first year has been 

a good learning curve for 

the couple. 

“We’ve had a few 

struggles and we’re hoping 

that’s just first-year 

struggles,” Michael said. 

“Next year, we will know 

what to expect. Hopefully 

everything goes smoothly 

from here on out.” 

“We are rookies right 

now in the foundation 

process,” Kendall said. 

“We’re veterans in our 

athletic careers. That’s 

what is so special about 

what we are doing. We’re 

both still actively playing 

so we are able to give 

back to the communities 

that have meant so much 

to us.” 

For more information, 

visit schofieldfamilyfoun 

dation.com. 

Orland Fire Protection District fireman Matt Hoover drops golf balls out of a bucket 

for a special game during the Schofield Family Foundation golf event on July 8 at 

Silver Lake. JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA

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Young D’Antonio is stoked up 

about his StockedUp business 

LEE CRUZ, Freelance Reporter 

7/18/19 -7/23/19 

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Michael D’Antonio is already successful in business 

and the Orland Park student has yet to graduate high 

school. PHOTO SUBMITTED 

StockedUp is a company 

that offers educational 

courses for people 

who want to learn about 

the business and successful 

strategies for trading 

stocks and options, as 

well as an algorithm for 

people who already trade 

stocks and just want a 

quality tool to help with 

the analysis of them. 

That sounds impressive. 

Even more impressive 

is that the company was 

founded two years ago by 

then-15-year-old Michael 

D’Antonio, a Century Junior 

High School graduate 

and Mount Carmel High 

School senior-to-be. 

While in middle school, 

D’Antonio, his brothers 

and his cousins were constantly 

engaged in activity 

with the Minecraft video 

game. Through that experience, 

D’Antonio developed 

an interest in computer 

programming, and 

in seventh grade he and 

a cousin generated their 

own server and game. 

As time progressed, 

D’Antonio continually 

conducted extensive research 

on his own to further 

educate himself and 

hone his programming 

skills. 

While he maintained a 

keen interest in programming, 

D’Antonio also 

found other matters to 

be highly captivating. In 

particular, he noticed that 

many of the wealthy characters 

in television shows 

and movies were involved 

in the stock market. 

Fueled by that intrigue, 

as an eighth-grader he 

started researching stock 

market terminology and 

functions. 

Everything came together 

for D’Antonio as 

he rounded out his freshman 

year of high school. 

His Facebook group was 

growing significantly, he 

had developed a strategy 

that was successfully 

earning people money, 

and he had created an algorithm 

that people found 

to be reliable and useful. 

He said that the company’s 

personal touch is 

what has helped make it 

a reputable firm, which in 

turn has helped it grow. 

“If you’re on my team, 

you can send me a message 

at any time,” he said. 

“I’ll explain what I’m 

trading, why I’m trading 

it and what the markets 

are doing. It’s almost like 

a friendship.” 

It could be a rich friendship. 

“When people follow 

the strategies that we 

have to offer, they’ll make 

money,” he said. “The 

strategy is not that hard 

to learn, it’s not overly 

complicated, but you have 

to have the discipline to 

follow the strategy. Staying 

disciplined is the main 

variable.” 

He has not yet finalized 

his plans for college, 

but he does have a strong 

interest in attending the 

University of Texas at 

Austin to pursue a degree 

in artificial intelligence. 

D’Antonio’s father, who 

is also named Michael 

and is an entrepreneur, 

has been his main mentor 

throughout his professional 

venture. 

The elder D’Antonio 

has been self-employed in 

the bar-restaurant industry 

for the past two decades 

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same principles apply for 

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stock trading industry. 

“I always listen to him 

in regards to what he is 

thinking or what he is 

looking for, and then I 

might share some strategies 

that I may have used 

over the past 20 years,” 

the elder D’Antonio said. 

“Sometimes there are 

ideas that he shares with 

me that I haven’t even 

thought about for my own 

business. So, we kind of 

feed off each other.” 

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Consolidated High School D230 Board of 

Education 

Fiscal Year ’20 budget 

hearing set for Sept. 26 

Rochelle McAuliffe, 


During the June 27 Consolidated 

High School 

District 230 School Board 

meeting, a motion was 

passed to set the date for 

the public hearing of the 

D230 Fiscal Year 2020 

budget at 7 p.m. on Sept. 

26 at Andrew High School. 

A tentative budget is to 

be presented at the Aug. 

19 Building and Finance 

Committee meeting, and 

based on the committee’s 

feedback, revisions will 

be made and the tentative 

budget will be on display 

before Aug. 23. 

The tentative budget 

is to be presented at the 

School Board meeting 

Aug. 29, and a proposed 

final budget is slated to 

be presented at the Sept. 

16 Building and Finance 

Committee meeting. 

After final consideration, 

the proposed final 

budget will be considered 

for adoption at the Sept. 26 

School Board meeting. 

John Lavelle, assistant 

superintendent for business 

services, is confident 

that staff will consider another 

balanced budget. 

School violence prevention 

program board policy 

updated 

The first reading and 

public displays of four 

updated board policies, including 

a school violence 

prevention program, took 

place at the meeting. The 

updates include language 

and legal updates to the 

existing policies. 

By using the collective 

efforts of school officials, 

staff, students, families 

and the community, the 

program aims to ensure 

an environment within the 

district that is conducive to 

learning and working by 

identifying, assessing, responding 

to, and managing 

threats and acts of targeted 

school violence. 

The program is to establish 

a district-level Student 

Safety Assessment Team 

that will develop a safety 

assessment plan and oversee 

the student safety at 

a building level. When a 

threat is potentially identified, 

building-level Student 

Safety Assessment 

Team members will assess 

the threat and intervene in 

compliance with state and 

federal law. 

‘All In’ attendance 

Dr. Kim Dryier, assistant 

superintendent for instruction, 

presented the “All In” 

attendance initiative during 

the June 3 Education Committee 

meeting. The initiative 

is designed to take a 

preventative approach to 

absenteeism through parents, 

teachers, administrators 

and the community to 

encourage students to proactively 

attend school. 

The program features 

an attendance pledge, an 

incentive-based reward 

system for students and 

parents, and community 

engagement. Additionally, 

a four-part automatic 

response system targeting 

attendance-related issues 

will be created. 

As part of the initiative, 

the board approved of a 

process for promotion of 

the business partners who 

support All In. 

School News 

Augustana College 

Orland Parkers among 

students on dean’s list 

Augustana College announced 

more than 1,000 

students were named to 

the dean’s list for the 2019 

spring term. Students who 

have earned this academic 

honor have maintained a 

grade-point average of 3.5 

or higher on a four-point 

scale for courses taken 

during the term. 

Among those named to 

the list were Erin Cygan, 

Andrew Gilson, Mikaila 

Levigne, Gena Pullia, 

Mary Isabel Sales, 

Mark Teschke and Noah 

Wicherek, all of Orland 

Park. 

Elmhurst College 

Three from Orland Park 

named to dean’s list 

The Elmhurst College 

dean’s list for the spring 

term of the 2019 academic 

year recently was announced. 

The dean’s list 

comprises students who, 

during the semester listed, 

attained a grade-point average 

of 3.75 or higher 

(out of a possible 4.00). 


the list were Nicole Lahey, 

Bryan Potesta and 

Victor Keane, all of Orland 

Park. 

Illinois State University 

Students from Orland Park 

earn degrees 

Illinois State University 

recently announced the 

names of students who 

completed requirements 

for bachelor’s, master’s 

and doctoral degrees at the 

end of the spring 2019 semester. 

Among those who 

earned bachelor’s degrees 

were the following students 

from Orland Park: 

Kiley W. Alexander 

(Science), Allison A. Andrews 

(Science in Education), 

Alexander M. Batuello 

(Science), Thomas 

B. Carver (Science), 

Meghan N. Cescato (Science), 

Hailey Chan (Science), 

Austin Chaudhari 

(Science), Cole Chileen 

(Science), Emily T. Erickson 

(Science), Perry 

Joseph Favia (Science), 

Zachary J. Freeman 

(Arts), Brett D. Gowgiel 

(Science), Abigale Judith 

Graf (Science), Crystal 

A. Grzeslo (Arts), Kaitlyn 

Grzymek (Science), 

Casey L. Hennessy (Science), 

Katriona Horan 

(Science), Adam Michael 

Howey (Science), Alex 

John Howey (Science), 

Samantha Ann Johnson 


Patricia G. Karountzos 

(Science), Zachary M. 

Kocinski (Science), Benjamin 

J. Kociper (Science), 

Rachel L. Latus 


Sheridan M. Lynch (Science 

in Nursing), Michael 

C. Marassa (Science), 

Shawn Thomas Mchale 

(Science), Danielle Terese 

Moran (Science), Lauryn 

N. Papan (Science in 

Education), Elena Maria 

Pappanastos (Science in 

Education), Joseph W. 

Randolph (Science), Justin 

R. Richards (Science), 

Taylor Marie Rott (Science 

in Education), Jenna 

Alyce Ryan (Science in 

Education), Jillian Marie 

Sans (Science), Glen 

R. Schmidt (Science), 

Nicholas M. Sullivan 

(Science), Michelle K. 

Theisen (Science in Education), 

Amber M. Waller 


Morgan A. Werkmeister 

(Science), Connor M. 

Wheeler (Science) and 

Zachary Zavod (Science). 

Clare-Marie N. Kost 

earned a Master of Science. 

Kansas State University 

Student from Orland Park 

earns master’s degree 

Nearly 3,220 students 

completed degree requirements 

from Kansas State 

University in spring 2019. 

The graduates are from 

101 Kansas counties, 48 

states and 48 countries. 

The university awarded 

2,423 bachelor’s degrees, 

627 master’s degrees, 183 

doctorates — 104 of which 

are Doctor of Veterinary 

Medicine — and 15 associate 

degrees. Several 

students earned multiple 

degrees. 

Among them was Barrie 

Chileen, of Orland 

Park, who earned a Master 

of Arts. 

Miami University 


named to president’s list 

Miami University students 

who are ranked in 

the top 3 percent of undergraduate 

students within 

each division for second 

semester 2018-2019 have 

been named to the president’s 

list recognizing academic 

excellence. 


the list were the following 

students from Orland 

Park: Erin Cronin, Danny 

Fisher, Clara Gannon 

and Grace Trippiedi. 

University of Alabama 

Dean’s, president’s list 

recognize Orland Park 

students 

A total of 11,406 students 

enrolled during the 

2019 spring term at the 

University of Alabama 

were named to the dean’s 

list with an academic record 

of 3.5 or above or 

the president’s list with an 

academic record of 4.0 (all 

A’s). 

The UA dean’s and 

president’s lists recognize 

full-time undergraduate 

students. The lists do not 

apply to graduate students 

or to undergraduate students 

who take less than a 

full course load. 

Those from Orland Park 

named to the president’s 

list were: Daniel Houlihan, 

Zoe Baker, Chase 

Fortin and Samuel Rost. 

Those from Orland Park 

on the dean’s list were: 

Michael Arundel, Frank 

Connelly, Grace Connelly, 

Mia DeMarco, Curtis 

Fortin, Alexandra Gary, 

Finbarr Haran, Madelyn 

Haugh, Madeline 

Hirschfield, Athena Okrie, 

Daniel Schmidt, Kyle 

Struck, Caitlin Zeller and 

Alexa Szczesniak. 

University of Dayton 

Three from Orland Park 

named to dean’s list 

The following Orland 

Park residents earned a 

spot on the University 

of Dayton’s spring 2019 

dean’s list, which honors 

undergraduate students 

achieving a minimum 

3.5 GPA for the semester: 

Sean Depke, Daniel 

Meehan and Katherine 

Wheeler, of Orland Park. 

University of Illinois- 

Springfield 

Orland Parker among 

those on dean’s list 

The University of Illinois 

Springfield has released 

the dean’s list for 

spring semester 2019. 

A total of 531 students 

were selected; 71 are students 

in the College of 

Business and Management; 

42 are students in 

the College of Education 

and Human Services; 331 

are enrolled in programs 

in the College of Liberal 

Arts and Sciences; 64 are 

enrolled in programs in the 

College of Public Affairs 

and Administration; and 

23 are non-degree seeking 

or undecided. 

In order to qualify for 

the dean’s list, a student 

must be an undergradu- 

Please see school, 7

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The Orland Park Prairie’s 

Standout Student 

Sponsored by Marquette Bank 

Mila Montgomery, 

Prairie School 

kindergartner 

Mila Montgomery was 

chosen as The Orland 

Park Prairie’s Standout 

Student because of her 

academic accomplishments. 

What is one essential you 

must have when studying? 

I have a pencil, a glue 

stick and scissors ready. 

They are always in the 

drawer close to the fridge. 

What do you like to do 

when not in school or 

studying? 

I love to go to the pool. 

My dad and sister Emma 

come too. I go down the 

green slide because I’m 

still scared to go down 

on the big slides. I’ll do 

it some day. I eat cookies 

and crackers at the pool, 

too. 

What is your dream job? 

To be a gymnastics 

teacher because I really 

want to learn how to do 

flips like my sister, Lauren. 

I’m thinking I’ll take gymnastics 

again this summer. 

What are some of your 

most played songs on you 

iPod? 

Echo will play “Burn” 

by Ellie Goulding whenever 

I ask her to. My mom 

photo submitted 

likes that song, too, so 

we both sing in the living 

room. 

What is the one thing 

people don’t know about 

you? 

Some people don’t know 

that I am really smart. I’m 

a reader and love working 

on math papers. 

Whom do you look up to 

and why? 

My nana and papa. 

My nana buys me special 

things like books and 

socks. My papa shares 

a birthday with me. I 

like going to their house 

in Florida and go to the 

beach. 

What do you keep under 

your bed? 

I used to keep books but 

I think my mom cleaned 

them up and moved them 

to the basement. I have a 

lot of toys but I sometimes 

forget about them. 

What is your favorite class 

and why? 

Reading because you 

learn new things plus it’s 

fun. 

What extracurriculars do 

you wish your school had? 

I wish my school had an 

Art Club after school. We 

could use paint, clay, paper 

and stuff. 

If you could change one 

thing about school, what 

would it be? 

I would have art everyday! 

What is your favorite 

thing to eat in the 

cafeteria? 

I love to eat waffles for 

hot lunch! 

What’s your best memory 

from school? 

I was happy when my 

friend Emma won a book 

over the announcements, 

She got to go to the office 

and get the book. 

Standout Student is a weekly 

feature for The Orland Park 

Prairie. Nominations come 

from Orland Park area 

schools. 

Sharon 

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school 

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ate who took at least eight 

graded semester hours and 

maintained a grade-point 

average of at least 3.75 for 

the semester. 


the list was Claire M. Sokol, 

of Orland Park. 

University of Iowa 


earn degrees 

More than 4,800 students 

at the University of 

Iowa recently participated 

in graduation ceremonies. 

The UI’s spring 2019 

graduates had an average 

cumulative undergraduate 

grade point average 

of 3.16 on a 4.0 scale. In 

addition, 16 percent of the 

graduating class graduated 

with multiple majors. 

Among those graduates 

were the following people 

from Orland Park: Jeremy 

Gill (BSE-mechanical engineering), 

Ryan Chladek 

(BA-computer science), 

Austin Wojtczak (BSEindustrial 

engineering), 

Daniel Kusper (BAchemistry), 

Don McKendry 

(MS-civil and environmental 

engineering), 

Zosia Horak (BA-health 

and human physiology), 

Carina Donne (BA-art, 

BS-biology), Kyle Dybas 

(BBA-finance), Colin 

O’Connell (BBA-economics; 

CER-sustainability 

program), Jamie Hill 

(BA-communication studies, 

CER-entrepreneurial 

management, CER-event 

management), Trent Sichelski 

(BBA-finance), 

Olivia Zaczyk (BS-human 

physiology), Erik 

Krause (BSE-mechanical 

engineering), Alesia Karuntzos 

(BA-enterprise 

leadership), James Foley 

(BSE-mechanical 

engineering), Cecilia 

Ortega (BA-elementary 

education), Eric Smith 

(BBA-marketing) and 

MollyMaeve Lusk (BAcommunication 

studies). 

University of Notre Dame 

Orland Park’s Faith 

Primozic named to dean’s 

list 

Faith E. Primozic, of 

Orland Park, was named to 

the dean’s list in the University 

of Notre Dame’s 

School of Architecture for 

outstanding scholarship 

during the spring 2019 semester. 

Compiled by Editor Bill 

Jones, bill@opprairie.com. 

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Descendent of Orland Park pioneers 

reminiscences on time in village 

Erin Redmond 


At 19, Leon Cooper was 

not exactly ready to buy 

his first house. But now, 

nearly 60 years later, he is 

glad he did. 

The 77-year-old Cooper 

purchased his house on 

Beacon Avenue in 1961 

from his grandfather, but 

his family’s roots in Orland 

Park were planted 

well before. Cooper is a 

descendent of one of the 

first families to settle in 

Orland Park, coming to 

the area in 1850 from England. 

The Cooper family established 

a large farm, 

which encompassed the 

area where present day 

Palos Primary Care Center 

and Centennial Park now 

rest. 

“I’ve lived here all my 

life,” Cooper said. “I grew 

up on the farm working. 

There was nothing here 

in Orland. There was [a] 

grocery store here, and if 

you went south off 143rd 

Street and Route 45, there 

was nothing after that. It 

was all farmland. It was a 

peaceful, little town. There 

wasn’t much excitement or 

anything, but we enjoyed 

country life.” 

Cooper’s father sold the 

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“Those three points all 

pushed it in their favor,” 

Peckham-Dodge said. 

Ray’s process will involve 

working with the 

board and other community 

stakeholders to build 

a 33-characteristic profile 

of the ideal superintendent. 

farm in 1959 — despite 

Cooper trying to convince 

him to keep it — and 

bought property in Manhattan. 

His father continued 

to rent land in Orland 

Park, however, keeping 

Cooper busy working the 

farms. 

A couple years later, in 

1961, Cooper and his new 

bride, Betty, bought the 

home in which they still 

live today. 

“I bought it from [my 

grandfather] in 1961, because 

he wanted to move 

out to Manhattan, where 

my dad had the new farm,” 

Leon said. “He said, 

‘You’re going to buy this 

house. At the time — 1961 

— the house was appraised 

at $14,000. I was only 19 

years old and wasn’t really 

thinking about buying 

a house. We had just gotten 

married, but I’m really 

grateful now that I did.” 

Leon has watched Orland 

Park evolve from a 

sleepy, little farm town 

into the bustling suburb it 

is today. 

Orland Park, Leon said, 

remained relatively unnoticed 

until 1975, when 

Orland Square was built. 

After that, he said “everything 

just exploded,” 

development-wise. 

With the mall’s arrival, 

Those stakeholders will 

include parents, area businesses, 

educators from 

neighboring districts, staff 

and even students. 

The firm will vet a 

large field of candidates, 

conduct community forums 

and narrow the field 

through numerous rounds 

of interviews. 

Peckham-Dodge said 

hiring a search firm is 

subdivision after subdivision 

was built, swallowing 

up most of the farmland 

Leon worked. But even 

with all the development, 

Leon commends the Village 

of Orland Park for 

staying true to its roots. 

“We live in the Old Orland 

area, which is like 

being in the country but 

with all the convenience 

of being in the city, because 

everything is within 

a few miles,” he said. “Orland 

is really good about 

parks and bike trails. They 

could’ve just subdivided it 

like a lot of towns around 

here did, but they really 

took care of the area. People 

like me ... were interested 

in making something 

good out of [the area].” 

Leon said he hopes 

Coopers will continue to 

reside in Orland Park for 

many generations to come. 

He also said he hopes the 

city continues to remain 

authentic to its small town 

roots. 

“We’ll probably stay 

here the rest of our lives,” 

Leon said. “I hope that one 

of my grandkids — I have 

a grandson and a granddaughter 

and two greatgranddaughters, 

3 and 4, 

but — I hope one of them 

takes this house over, but 

who knows?” 

necessary because the 

company will bring “an independent 

eye” to the process 

while making it much 

more efficient. 

“We really need to do 

this right way, and this 

is the way to do it,” she 

said. “I think the community 

will get heard, and I’m 

looking forward to finding 

a really good candidate.”

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Arts Commission sponsors photo contest 

STAFF REPORT 

The Village of Orland 

Park Arts Commission is 

sponsoring a photo contest, 

Picture Orland, open 

to amateur and professional 

photographers to celebrate 

life in Orland Park. 

The subject of the photos 

could be any structure, 

place, nature, animal or 

person and must be taken 

within the boundaries of 

Orland Park between July 

1-31. 

Submissions should be 

8x10 or larger for consideration. 

The cost of 

this contest is $10 for up 

to three submissions. All 

fees collected will go directly 

to the Arts Commission 

to fund future art 

related events. Contestants 

can register and pay the 

$10 fee online at www. 

orlandpark.org at the Village 

Hall Cashiers Office 

(14700 Ravinia Ave.) or at 

the Sportsplex (11351 W 

159th St). 

A contest release form 

must be submitted with 

the photographs to the 

Sportsplex by the contest 

deadline of July 31. Winners 

will be announced 

on Aug. 21 via the village 

website. 

Please see contest, 10 

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contest 

From Page 9 

All photos will be displayed 

for viewing at Art 

& Company, 15609 S 94th 

Ave. from September 21 

through Sept. 28 during 

business hours. Submissions 

will be on display at 

the Village Hall in October. 

Optional dry mounting for 

photos will be available at 

Art & Company but is not 

required for contest entry. 

Three divisions of winners 

will be announced: 

14-under, high school age 

and adult. 

Prizes will be donations 

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FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER 

Residents ‘hurt’ by 

Confederate group in 

Fourth of July event speak 

out 

Concerns from residents 

regarding the participation 

of a pro-Confederacy 

group in Mokena’s Fourth 

of July festivities was top 

of mind July 8, during the 

Village Board of Trustees 

meeting. 

Mokena residents and 

members of the Southwest 

Suburban Activists spoke 

during the public comment 

portion of the meeting to 

register their complaints 

and ask Village officials 

for answers — as well as 

action. This came after 

the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry 

group participated in the 

Village’s Independence 

Day festivities. 

Bill Walsh detailed his 

family’s deep roots in the 

military and said he was 

“hurt” by the inclusion 

of the pro-Confederacy 

group. 

“I’m hurt by a number 

of different things because 

the history of the 

Confederacy is they were 

anti-black, anti-Jew and 

anti-Catholic,” Walsh said. 

“The neo-Confederates 

will add anti-brown and 

anti-Muslim to that group. 

This is really a disgusting 

group. I have no problems 

with Confederate cemeteries 

and appropriate statues 

honoring the passing of a 

fellow person. But we have 

no business honoring basically 

what I call a treasonous 

group of people who 

wanted to secede from the 

union. I’m hurt by it.” 

Later, during his comments 

to the Village Board, 

Fleischer addressed the 

Fourth of July concerns. 

Fleischer said “the Village 

of Mokena has never 

In 

Lo vingMemory 

Ruth Ann Yunker 

Ruth Ann Yunker, 84, of Benton, passed into eternal life at 12:17 a.m., on Friday, 

July 12, 2019, at her residence. 

She was born on December 23, 1934, to Harry and Viola (Roberson) Durham 

in Whittington, IL. In 1960, she married Eugene J. Yunker of Orland Park, IL. 

Ruth Ann was a graduate of Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. She was an 

educator, teaching music and elementary education. An accomplished musician, 

Ruth Ann started playing the piano and organ at age four. She had many talents but her biggest joy was being a mother to 

five, grandmother to thirteen and great grandmother to eight. 

She was a member of Faith United Methodist Church of Orland Park, IL., First United Methodist Church of Benton, IL., 

long time member of Mary Circle and Suzanna’s Piecemakers. 

Ruth is survived by her five children, Pamela (Edward) Mack of Darien, IL, Sidney (Mark) Czynski of Mundelein, IL, 

George Yunker of Mooresville, NC, William Yunker of West Frankfort, IL, and John Yunker of Benton, IL; grandchildren 

and great grandchildren. 

She was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene J. Yunker; father, Harry S. Durham; mother, Viola Florence Durham. 

Funeral arrangements entrusted to Pate Funeral Home, 301 S. Main St., Benton, IL. 

Visitation will be held on Sunday, July 14, 2019, from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., at Pate Funeral Home. 

Memorial service will be held on Sunday, July 14, 2019, at 2:00 p.m., at Pate Funeral Home, Benton, IL, with the Rev. 

Chuck Smith officiating. A memorial service will be held at the Faith United Methodist Church, 15101 South 80th Ave., 

Orland Park, IL., at 1:00 p.m., on Saturday, July 20, 2019. 

Memorials contributions may be made to SSM Hospice Good Samaritan, and will be accepted at the funeral home. 

Online condolences can be given at www.patefh.com 

Memorial Service will be held 

Saturday, July 20, 2019 at 

Faith United Methodist Church 

15101 South 80th Ave, Orland Park, IL 

Condolences may be given online at www.patefh.com 

and will never condone 

action that threatens the 

safety of our residents.” 

“Further, as the Village’s 

motto says — ‘Pleasant 

living through planned 

progress’ — [that] requires 

all of us, elected officials 

and residents alike, to 

work together when there 

is an issue that could interfere 

with our pleasant living 

or planned progress,” 

he said. 

Reporting by Jon DePaolis, 

Freelance Reporter. For 

more, visit MokenaMessen 

ger.com. 

FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION 

Say ‘Aloha’ to the return 

of Tinley’s block party 

Tinley Park will celebrate 

its 21st annual Block 

Party from noon to 7 p.m. 

Sunday, July 21. This 

year’s theme is tropical, 

and will continue to be for 

the following years. 

Guests can enjoy free 

entertainment along Oak 

Park Avenue from 171st to 

Hickory streets. Residents 

can enjoy new vendors 

such as 350 Brewing, The 

Open Bottle and Parmesan 

Station. Food and drinks 

can be purchased with 

cash. 

There will be two stages, 

one to the south and one 

to the north. The concerts 

will begin at noon with 

The Walk-ins on the south 

stage and South of Disorder 

on the north stage. The 

Walk-ins are a local Tinley 

band made up of teachers 

who play a variety of music, 

and the South of Disorder 

play music inspired 

by Jimmy Buffett. 

The band Johnny 

Russler, a tropical-sounding 

artist, will perform at 

4 p.m. on the south stage 

– while Arra, a classic rock 

band, plays on the north 

stage. Among the crowd 

there will be soloist, duos 

and DJs set up to play in 

between the main stage 

acts. 

There will be two areas 

for children of all ages 

that include bumper cars, 

inflatables and mini golf. 

Starting at 1 p.m., people 

can sign up for the bean 

bag tournament that will 

begin at 2 p.m. 

All activities will be free 

except for the Odyssey 

Fun World zipline ride, 

which will be $8. 

People who come to the 

Block Party are encouraged 

to dress up. 

Reporting by Karina Lopez, 

Editorial Intern. For more, 

visit TinleyJunction.com. 

FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT 

Providence alum Kotowski 

the Missouri Valley 

Freshman of the Year in 

baseball 

The only two players in 

Missouri State history to 

put on a bigger power display 

during their freshman 

seasons than Providence 

Catholic alum Dakota 

Kotowski both went on to 

play in the Major Leagues. 

That’s quite elite company 

Kotowski — a 2018 

Providence graduate — is 

now in. He joins Jason 

Hart, who hit 15 home 

runs in 1996 and had a cup 

of coffee with the Rangers 

in 2002, and Ryan Howard, 

who hammered 19 in 

1999 and went on to win 

National League Rookie 

of the Year with the Phillies 

in 2005 and National 

League MVP in 2006 with 

a ridiculous season of 58 

home runs and 149 RBI. 

“I didn’t think about any 

of the stats until after the 

season because I was focused 

on my game play,” 

Kotowski said. “When my 

mom pulled me aside and 

told me I got named first 

team all-conference, it was 

something mind-blowing 

to me because I didn’t play 

in the first 20 games of the 

season.” 

Kotowski slugged 12 

home runs to tie for the 

lead in the Missouri Valley 

Conference with Illinois 

State junior outfielder John 

Rave, who was taken in 

the fifth round of the Major 

League Baseball Draft 

on June 4 by the Kansas 

City Royals. 

Kotowski, an outfielder/ 

first baseman, certainly 

caught the attention of 

opposing pitchers as well 

as coaching staffs — and 

those sitting behind the 

fence — as he was named 

Freshman of the Year in 

The Valley. 

Reporting by Chris Walker, 


more visit NewLenoxPatriot. 

com 

FROM THE HOMER HORIZON 

Eagle Scout recognized by 

Village for service project 

The Homer Glen Village 

Board recently recognized 

Homer Glen resident 

and Lockport Township 

High School student Alex 

Worachek, who received 

his Eagle Scout award on 

April 25. 

While many Scouts do 

not achieve Eagle status, 

the highest rank in the Boy 

Scouts of America, until 

their junior or senior year 

of high school, Worachek, 

15, received his just before 

completing his freshman 

year. 

“They’re suggesting 

the boys try to get them a 

little earlier now so they 

can continue working with 

the younger Scouts in the 

troop before they go off 

to college and disappear,” 

said Alex’s mom, Jennifer. 

Reporting by Jessie Molloy, 


more, visit HomerHorizon. 

com.

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Business Briefs 

Smith Crossing marks 

progress of new $24 

million rehab wing 

Elected officials along 

with Smith Senior Living 

trustees and senior executives 

signed a final beam 

to mark construction progress 

of Smith Crossing’s 

new wing for short-term 

stay rehabilitation programs 

and services expected 

to open in early 2020. 

Currently, Smith Crossing 

has a total of 46 beds 

in its skilled nursing care 

area, with 30 designated 

for long-term care but only 

16 for short-term rehab. 

Smith Crossing is home to 

300 residents in independent 

and assisted living, 

as well as memory and 

skilled nursing care. 

The two-story, 

45,222-square-foot building 

is connected with a 

passageway to the west 

side of the main building 

on Smith Crossing’s 32- 

acre campus at 10501 Emilie 

Lane in Orland Park. 

This second expansion 

increases the total squarefootage 

of Smith Crossing’s 

main building to almost 

506,000 square-feet 

of residences and common 

areas. With the addition of 

the new rehab wing, Smith 

Crossing will have invested 

$119 million in building 

its campus to respond to 

the growing demand for a 

full continuum of lifestyle 

and health care options for 

older adults. 

Danielle Moy recognized 

among nation’s Top 1,000 

real estate agents, teams 

Danielle Moy was 

ranked among the Top 

1,000 real estate agents 

and teams in the United 

States, as announced in the 

2019 REAL Trends “The 

Thousand” report. Moy is 

affiliated with the Coldwell 

Banker Residential 

Brokerage office in Orland 

Park. 

REAL Trends ranked 

Moy No. 60 on the list 

of the Top 250 real estate 

agents in the United States 

based on achieving 205.80 

closed transaction sides in 

2018. 

“The Thousand” ranking 

consists of all real estate 

agents and teams throughout 

the United States who 

took part in residential real 

estate transactions in 2018. 

CMIT Solutions launching 

office in Orland Park 

CMIT Solutions is 

launching an office in Orland 

Park. 

A provider of information 

technology solutions, 

the company is dedicated 

to delivering enterpriseclass 

IT support to the 

small- and medium-sized 

DOVER 

Nickeas family 

Orland Park 

residents 

business community. It 

recently announced the 

opening of a new office in 

Orland Park. 

Offering a broad spectrum 

of proactive computer 

maintenance, 

monitoring and virtual 

technology packages, 

along with quick-response 

services when unexpected 

crises occur, CMIT Solutions 

specializes in working 

with the small business 

community. 

Mike Khattab, president 

of CMIT Solutions of Naperville 

and Orland Park, 

is a veteran of the software 

and professional services 

industry. For more information 

on CMIT Solutions 

of Naperville and Orland 

Park, and the services it 

offers, call (708) 557-0813 

or visit cmitsolutions.com/ 

naperville-orland-park. 

Compiled by Editor Bill 

Jones, bill@opprairie.com. 

If Dover 

could talk, 

he would 

probably 

screech 

“Happy 

birthday, 

Dad!” to 

owner Mike Nickeas, who will celebrate his 40th 

birthday on Wednesday, July 24. Dover and his 

“dad” are inseparable. 

Do you want to see your pet pictured as Orland Park’s 

Pet of the Week? Send your pet’s photo and a few sentences 

explaining why your pet is outstanding to Editor 

Bill Jones at bill@opprairie.com. 

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FROM THE Sports EDITOR 

Schofields are as good as gold 

Jeff Vorva 

Sports Editor 

I 

know, I know. 

Last week, we 

promised editor Bill 

Jones would be back in 

this space, not the B-team 

sports editor scrub. 

But Billy boy is spending 

time with his brand 

new boy, Henry Owen 

Jones. 

Let’s let him enjoy the 

moment. Someday in 

the next something-teen 

years, that same cute-as-abutton 

bundle of joy might 

let Bill know what a dope 

dear ol’ dad is. I’m not 

saying that will happen, 

but you dear readers who 

have had (or are having) 

the pleasure of raising 

teens know what I’m talking 

about. 

So while Bill is bonding 

with HOJ, likely holding 

the child lovingly in 

his arms while watching 

Bobby Lashley kicking 

the stuffing out of Rey 

Mysterio on the WWE’s 

“Monday Night Raw,” I 

get to sit at the adult table 

and ramble. 

Since I took over the 

sports section in February 

2018, I’ve been writing a 

lot about Kendall Coyne 

Schofield, the Sandburg 

grad who won an Olympic 

gold medal the first 

week on my watch. I had 

covered Kendall for other 

newspapers and knew she 

was a special player and 

person. 

When she married Michael 

Schofield, a Sandburg 

grad, NFL lineman 

who won a Super Bowl 

ring and a good dude, it 

was the bonding of two 

outstanding athletes and 

people. 

In January, the pair 

officially formed the 

Schofield Family Foundation 

and in the months that 

followed, they have been 

donating money to various 

causes including giving 

some scholarship cash to 

Sandburg golfer Hannah 

Kilbane. 

On the cover and on 

page 4, we highlight some 

of what the foundation has 

done and will do in the 

future. 

To quickly review, they 

are raising money for: 

• Military 

• First responders 

• Families undergoing 

hardship 

• Youth sports 

• Education and research 

I got a kick out of the 

fact that when I interviewed 

the couple on July 

8 before their golf tournament, 

they tried to name all 

five causes and forgot one. 

It took a couple of minutes 

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a few laughs before they 

came up with it. That’s 

when you know you are 

helping a lot of people. 

To me, what the Schofields 

have done in a half 

a year with the foundation 

transcends sports and I 

thought theydeserved the 

front page cover this week. 

Bill Jones, likely hugging 

his new son while watching 

Becky Lynch and Seth 

Rollins stomping opponents’ 

skulls into the mat 

in a mixed tag-team match, 

agreed wholeheartedly. 

So, while the Schofields 

are living most of the year 

in California, it is great to 

have the celebrity couple 

coming back home once 

in awhile and doing some 

great things. 

POETRY IN OP 

Chicago, 

Chicago 

Chicago, Chicago 

Why do I love thee? 

One day its fair 

The next day its sleet 


Your lakefront is fine 

With blue waters frothy 

And cold most the time. 


Your land is so green 

And politics blue 

And often quite mean. 


You’re fickle and fey 

And I wouldn’t want it 

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‘Toy Story 4’ continues the tradition 

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Family-made flavor El Motor Mexican 

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Area patrons recall wild festival 

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FAITH BRIEFS 

Southwest Seventh Day Adventist 

Church (15760 Wolf Road, Orland 

Park) 

“The Blueprint” Bible 

Study 

7 p.m. Tuesdays 

“Desire of Ages” Bible 

Study 

10 a.m. Wednesdays 

St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church 

(9300 W. 167th St., Orland Hills) 

HOPE Employment Support 

Ministry 

7 p.m. first Tuesday of 

the month in the Parish 

Hall. Helpful Outreach for 

People seeking Employment 

welcomes all faiths 

and denominations and 

offers support, fellowship, 

guidance and information 

for the employed, unemployed 

or those in a career 

transition. Every month, 

H.O.P.E. also provide a 

guest speaker to support 

those in transition. For 

more information, call 

(708) 403-0137. 

AA Meetings 

7-9 p.m. every Thursday 

in the Church Hall. 

Faith United Methodist Church (15101 

S. 80th Ave., Orland Park) 

Codependents Anonymous 

10 a.m. each Wednesday. 

No dues or fees. All 

meetings are confidential. 

A group for those seeking 

loving relationships with 

themselves and with others. 

Witness to Fitness 

9-10 a.m. Mondays, 

Wednesdays and Fridays. 

Walking club for prayer 

and exercise. Free. All are 

welcome. 

Church of the Transfiguration Episcopal 

(12219 S. 86th Ave., Palos Park) 

Day Care Summer Camp 

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call (708) 361-4066. 

Orland Park Christian Reformed Church 

(7500 W. Sycamore Drive, Orland Park) 

Family Classics Car Show 

5-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, 

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after Masses in the Narthex 

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Dementia Inside & Out 

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

Oct. 5 (once every halfhour). 

Free. This hands-on 

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events-calendar. The event 

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Alzheimer’s Support Group 

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

Monday of each month. 

Aishling Companion 

Home Care, a support 

group facilitator, hosts 

monthly meetings. For 

more information, visit 

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Calvary Church (16100 S. 104th Ave., 

Orland Park) 

Stretch and Balance 

6:30-7:30 p.m. Every 

second and fourth Tuesday 

of the month. All are welcome 

to an hour session of 

stretching and balancing. 

All are invited to bring water, 

beach towel and yoga 

mats. For more information, 

contact Elizabeth Kolada 

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St. Michael Church (14327 Highland 

Ave., Orland Park 

Shawl Ministry 

9-10:30 a.m. second 

and fourth Tuesdays of the 

month. The group crochets 

and knits hats, shawls, 

scarves for adults and children, 

and donates those 


contact Donna at (708) 

403-2122. 

Christ Lutheran Church (14700 S. 94th 

Ave., Orland Park) 

NAMI Support Groups 

2-4 p.m. fourth Thursday 

of the month. Family 

support group meetings 

provide an opportunity 

to meet with others who 

have relatives and friends 

of individuals living with a 

mental illness. 

Presbyterian Church in Orland Park 

(13401 S. Wolf Road, Orland Park) 

MOPS (Mothers of Pre- 

Schoolers) 

9-11 a.m. second and 

fourth Tuesdays of the 

month. Fellowship, friendship 

and renewal. Childcare 

provided for children 

ages 0-5 years For more 

information, contact Cindy 

at cindypcop@comcast. 

net, (708) 448-8142 or visit 

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pcop. 

Emotions Anonymous 

7:30-9 p.m. Fridays 

Sunday School 

10:15 a.m. Children ages 

3-8 are invited to Sunday 

school. For more information, 

contact Cindy at cindypcop@comcast.net. 

Living Word Lutheran Church (16301 S. 

Wolf Road, Orland Park) 

PUSH Prayer 

9:30 a.m. Tuesdays. 

All are welcome. Meetings 

take place the second 

Tuesday of the month. 

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Muddy and musical memories of Woodstock 

MARY COMPTON 


The ’60s. 

It was a time of restlessness, 

a time of the Vietnam 

War and a time of the largest 

concert ever put on: 

Woodstock. 

It was estimated that 

400,000 attended. For the 

50th reunion, Republic 

Bank brought that time to 

residents in Orland Park. 

“Bringing this exhibit 

here is our way to give 

back to the community,” 

said Tom Bugielski, President 

and CEO of Republic 

Bank. “The 50th anniversary 

of Woodstock is 

a tremendous social and 

cultural issue. We thought 

it was a good idea to provide 

this bit of history.” 

Bugielski was 12 years 

old when Woodstock happened 

in August 1968. 

“I do remember 

the event,” 

he said. “It was a memorable 

event back then. It 

sparked both social and 

cultural issues that exist 

today.” 

Photographs from 

Woodstock hung about the 

room Thursday, July 11, at 

the Elements Banquet Hall 

in Orland Park. 

Roy and Renee Crews 

from Orland Park weren’t 

around in 1968 but felt 

the need to attend because 

they enjoy the music from 

that era — songs by artists 

Janis Joplin,; Crosby, 

Stills, Nash and Young; 

and Joan Baez. 

“We were wondering if 

anyone in this room would 

find themselves in these 

photos from Woodstock,” 

Renee said with a laugh. 

“I’m a Grateful Dead 

fan,” Roy said. “I’ve even 

got a tattoo of them on 

me. I would have loved to 

see them live. I think they 

played Day 2. This event is 

very impressive.” 

Originally billed in 

1969 as An Aquarian Experience: 

3 Days of Peace 

and Music, it started Aug. 

15 in Bethel, New York 

on a farm owned by Max 

Yasgur. It came to be 

known simply as Woodstock. 

Mark Rice from Naperville 

shared his experience 

at Woodstock. He brought 

his ticket stub from almost 

50 years ago. 

“Woodstock was a defining 

moment in everyone’s 

life,” said Rice. “I 

was fortunate enough to 

be there. Who would have 

thought 50 years later I 

would be telling the story 

of me and [my] best friend 

hitchhiking 250 miles to a 

rock concert. ... That is the 

Woodstock generation.” 

Rice went through his 

version of making his way 

to the largest concert at 

that time to the experience 

of being covered in mud. 

“Our parents weren’t 

happy we were going but 

we went anyway,” said 

Rice “When the cars were 

stopped near the freeway, 

we began to walk. We 

found out later, we walked 

over 10 miles to be at 

Woodstock. We got to the 

festival when Richie Havens 

was going on. We 

slept in the woods and the 

rains came. The rain came 

again then the mud came. 

The mud was so thick it 

pulled the soles off of my 

shoes. In those three days, 

it was such an odyssey for 

two 18 year olds who just 

graduated high school. 

Fifty years later we still 

celebrate what is called 

Woodstock.” 

Jerry Kammeyer from Orland Park smiles while looking at some of the photos taken at Woodstock. PHOTOS BY MARY 

COMPTON/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

Aristotle 

Halikias 

(left), 

chairman of 

the Board 

of Republic 

Bank, along 

with Tom 

Bugielski 

(right), CEO 

of Republic 

Bank, stand 

with Mark 

Rice, of 

Naperville, 

who is 

holding his 

ticket from 

Woodstock.



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Latest ‘Toy Story’ tugs our 

heartstrings once again 

BOB MEYERS 

Orland Park resident 

Library to host fifth comic con 

STAFF REPORT 

MPAA Rating: G | Genres: Fantasy/Adventure | running time: 100 minutes 

Orland Park Public Library is hosting a 

mini comic con for the fifth year in a row 

on from 10 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 

20 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

It includes an Artists’ Alley where local 

artists bring their work to the library 

for display and for community members 

to purchase original pieces. This year the 

library hosts 16 different groups of artists 

“You watch ’em grow up 

and become a full person ... 

and then they leave. They 

go off to do things you’ll 

never see. Don’t get me 

wrong, you still feel good 

about it, but then somehow 

you find yourself, after all 

those years, sitting in a 

closet feeling — just feeling 

— useless, your purpose 

fulfilled.” 

These words summarize 

the essence of what it 

means to feel lost and at a 

crossroads in life. 

The picture sees Sheriff 

Woody (Tom Hanks) 

spending a majority of his 

time watching the happenings 

of Bonnie’s room from 

the viewpoint of her bifolded 

doors. 

He is not Bonnie’s go-to 

toy and he feels a loss of 

purpose that we all can relate 

to at some point in our 

lives as we get older and 

the inevitability of change 

is on our individual horizons. 

Bonnie has kindergarten 

orientation and has a hard 

time adjusting to the dawn 

of school as well as making 

friends. 

To ease her nerves, she 

creates a special toy all her 

own, a spork named Forky 

(Tony Hale). 

Forky is firm in his belief 

that he belongs in the garbage 

and has yet to fully 

grasp his importance to a 

child. 

He is relentless in making 

a run and escaping the 

family RV when Bonnie 

takes him and the others on 

a road trip. 

Forky aims to drift 

through the wind and get 

out of the window, a goal 

he accomplishes under the 

blanket of darkness. 

including Mystery Unincorporated, Raz 

Ortiz, Bridgette Wilhelmi, John Streetz, 

and Zach Zollars. Links to all the artists’ 

webpages are available at the library’s 

website. 

For more information or to see the full 

schedule, visit the library’s special OP- 

PLCon webpage at orlandparklibrary. 

org/comiccon or call (708) 428-5100. The 

Orland Park Public Library is located at 

14921 Ravinia Ave 

visit us online at 


Woody sets out to find 

him and the two forge 

a bond as Woody discusses 

his loss of purpose 

and Forky relates to his 

plight. 

Just as the duo reach 

Bonnie’s vehicle, Woody 

notices the lamp of longlost 

friend Bo-Peep in the 

window of the Second 

Chance Antiques store. 

As he sets out to find her, 

they run into ventriloquist 

dummy Benson and Gabby 

Gabby, a Chatty Cathy/ 

Talky Tina-inspired pullstring 

doll who has had a 

defective voice box since 

she was opened. 

As Woody and Forky 

try evading capture from 

Gabby Gabby and the 

Goosebump Slappylooking 

henchmen at her 

side, Buzz sees the need 

to search for his pal, and 

Please see 

unscripted, 21 

Assassinations the 

subject of July 20 

talk at museum 

STAFF REPORT 

St. Julie picnic to return after long absence 

STAFF REPORT 

After an absence of several 

years, St. Julie Billiart 

Roman Catholic Church 

will host its parish picnic 

from noon to 4 p.m. Aug. 

4 on the St. Julie grounds, 

7399 W. 159th St. in Tinley 

Park. If it rains, it will 

be moved indoors to the 

Divine Center. 

Organizers are not sure 

when the last picnic took 

place, but some parishioners 

were hoping for its 

return. 

“It’s been awhile,” said 

Bill Kokaska, the chairman 

of communication for 

the event. “But we want to 

bring it back. We want to 

have people come out and 

meet new people and to 

have a gathering. We had 

a few meetings and there 

was enough interest to go 

ahead and bring it back.” 

The event is open to the 

public and free but there 

will be food for purchase 

including burgers, hot 

dogs, Croation sausage, 

Chicago Historian Clarence 

Goodman began exploring American 

assassinations a decade ago and will 

give a presentation in Orland Park on 

Saturday, July 20. PHOTO SUBMITTED 

Chicago Historian Clarence Goodman 

began exploring American assassinations 

a decade ago, explaining their links to 

Chicago in his presentation, “Conspiracy! 

On the Trail of the Assassins.” 

“The 50th anniversary of President 

Kennedy’s death really seemed to jump 

start interest in it,” said Goodman, a professional 

musician who also leads private 

tours of Chicago. 

Goodman will discuss major assassinations 

and their Chicago connections. at 1 

p.m. Saturday, July 20, at the Orland Park 

History Museum. 

“I was born at the beginning of the 

‘golden age of American assassinations,’ 

to borrow from the great Sarah Vowell,” 

Goodman said. 

The program is open to those ages 

18 and older at the museum, 14415 

South Beacon Ave. The cost is $15 for 

museum members and $20 for non-members. 

Registration for the program is available 

at the village’s Sportsplex, 11351 

West 159th St, at the Frederick T. Owens 

Village Hall, 14700 South Ravinia Ave. 

and at the museum at 14415 South Beacon 

Ave. Registration will also be available 

at the door. 

For more information, call (708) 873- 

1622. 

My Dad’s Cover Band will perform at the St. Julie 

Billiart picnic on Aug. 4. PHOTO SUBMITTED 

shish kabob, beer, wine 

and soft drinks. 

Entertainment will be 

provided by My Dad’s 

Cover Band. There will 

be games for children and 

adults including a bags 

tournament. There will be 

a split-the-pot raffle.

OPPrairie.com dining out 


The Dish 

Flavor, homemade food key to Frankfort’s El Motor 

Nuria Mathog 


At El Motor Mexican Restaurant, 

the focus is on family. 

The four members of the Martinez 

clan who run the Frankfort 

restaurant are united by a common 

goal: encouraging area 

families to keep coming back 

for flavorful Mexican cuisine 

made from scratch. 

“My dad has been cooking 

for more than 25 years,” El 

Motor owner Ernesto Martinez 

said. “He’s always been our 

cook, so about two years ago he 

wanted to start up his own 

restaurant, and we’ve all 

worked in the restaurant industry 

— me and my sister and my 

brother.” 

Each member of the family 

plays a different role at the 

restaurant, Martinez said. His 

father, Gabriel, cooks the dishes 

in the back, while his brother 

Valentine and sister Gaby help 

out as servers. 

“We’ve always been familyoriented 

people,” said Martinez, 

who added that working with 

his father and siblings has been 

a great experience. 

Frankfort’s location and business 

community made it an ideal 

site for the restaurant, Martinez 

said. 

“We knew people that started 

businesses here,” Martinez said. 

“And we live close, 10 to 15 

minutes from here.” 

El Motor offers traditional 

Mexican staples such as tacos 

and tostadas. Many of the items 

can be purchased as standalone 

dishes, as well as part of a dinner 

option that includes rice and 

beans on the side, and the restaurant 

also offers specials such 

as half-price margaritas from 

4-8 p.m. Fridays. 

The tacos, fajitas, burritos 

and quesadillas are among the 

restaurant’s most popular items, 

Martinez said. 

The Fajitas De Res ($12.95) 

feature steak strips cooked with 

tomatoes, green peppers and 

onions and are plated with rice, 

beans and salad, then served 

with the customer’s choice of 

tortillas on the side. 

“With every table, we bring 

out our own chips and salsa,” 

Martinez added. “We make our 

own chips here, our hot and 

mild sauce also, we make it 

here, and our pico [de gallo]; 

it’s very popular.” 

All of the items on the restaurant’s 

menu are made from 

scratch, including the drink selection, 

which includes horchata, 

a strawberry lemonade 

and agua de jamaica, as well 

as two types of licuados, or 

smoothies. 

“We don’t make it with ice 

cream,” Martinez said, of the 

licuados. “We make it with real 

strawberries or bananas, real 

El Motor Mexican 

Restaurant 

9645 Lincolnway Lane Suite 

107, Frankfort 

Hours 

• 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Tuesday- 

Thursday and Sunday 

• 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday 

and Saturday 

• Closed Monday 

For more information ... 

Phone (815) 464-5219 

Web: www.facebook.com/ 

elmotormexicanrestaurant/ 

fruit, and then we mix it with ice 

and milk.” 

Martinez said the restaurant 

began offering delivery services 

through Doordash two months 

ago. 

“It’s really helping us grow 

and gain new customers,” he 

said. 

Ultimately, Martinez said, the 

restaurant’s goal is to create a 

family-friendly environment. 

Many of the restaurant’s customers 

are families who drop 

by after their child’s baseball 

game, and El Motor also offers 

a 10-percent discount to 

customers with a Supporters 

in Area Music, or SIAM card, 

which benefits the Lincoln-Way 

Community High School District 

210 Music Booster organizations, 

he said. 

“I like seeing that people love 

At El Motor Mexican Restaurant in Frankfort, the fajitas de res 

($12.95), made of steak strips cooked with tomatoes, green peppers 

and onions, are plated with rice, beans and salad and served 

with the diner’s choice of tortillas on the side. Photos by Nuria 

Mathog/22nd Century Media 

The steak tacos are sold for $2.20 each with lettuce, cheese and 

tomato. 

our food, and they keep coming 

back,” Martinez said. “They 

kind of became like family, because 

they know my dad, they 

know it’s a family restaurant. 

... It’s the relationship that you 

build with people in Frankfort, 

that we build with them.” 

unscripted 

From Page 20 

he flies right into a carnival. 

It is at that carnival where 

he gets put up as a consolation 

prize and meets the 

envious Ducky and Bunny 

(Jordan Peele and Keegan 

Michael-Key) who have 

been yearning for a kid for 

years. 

Meanwhile, upon being 

taken to the playground by 

Harmony, the girl whose 

grandma runs Second 

Chance Antiques, Woody 

is reunited with Bo-Peep 

(Annie Potts), who has 

grown to be a free-spirited, 

independent woman since 

her years with Andy and 

Molly. 

She even has a trusted 

Polly Pocket-esque sidekick 

at her side in Giggle 

McDimples (Ally Maki). 

As Woody and Bo contemplate 

their differing outlooks 

on what it means to 

be a toy, Bo agrees to help 

Woody find Forky, who had 

not been as lucky to avoid 

the clutches of Benson. 

The task of retrieving 

Forky presents new challenges 

accomplished with 

assistance from Duke Caboom. 

Keanu Reeves gives 

voice to daredevil Caboom, 

Canada’s greatest 

stunt man, who was thrown 

away by his owner following 

his failure to live up to 

the stunts performed in his 

commercial advertisement. 

Reeves shines in the role 

and his adage to the series 

offers hilarity. He gives immense 

depth to his character, 

as do all of the seasoned 

voice actors throughout. 

“Toy Story 4” is a picture 

that stands fittingly alongside 

the previous trilogy 

and it is filled with the heart 

and emotion that we have 

come to know and expect 

from Pixar. 

The film is action-packed 

fun for all ages and will 

make you laugh as well as 

cry in this pivotal journey 

with toys new and old. 

The accompaniment of 

the strong orchestral score 

from Randy Newman is 

as instrumental and welcome 

an element as the 

returning voice cast in the 

films. 

The crux of the storytelling 

lays out lessons 

about growth in the thick 

of change and paving out 

one’s purpose in life in new 

ways. 

The story told through 

the prism of toys is, and has 

always been, adventures 

all can relate to in our own 

varying trajectories, and 

that is why the “Toy Story” 

franchise remains so enriching 

nearly 25 years 

since the original film. 

Disney and Pixar have 

hit it out of the park yet 

again.

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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. Just barely 

5. First name in fairy 

tales 

9. Rhyme for “stash,” 

appropriately 

14. Fashionable clothing 

store 

15. Long, long time 

(variation) 

16. Bypass 

17. Book part 

18. Court group 

19. Bogotá babies 

20. James of jazz 

21. Homer Glen neighbor 

23. Western or eastern 

25. Civil War soldier 

28. A Manning 

29. Picasso’s country 

31. Evil soldier in “The 

Lord of the Rings” 

34. Finish 

38. Automobile pioneer 

39. Trouble 

41. Land of opportunity 

42. Misanthrope 

43. Gas seller 

44. Kind of line 

46. Man-mouse connection 

47. Deli order 

50. Omega or flaxseed 

52. Spot for a tattoo, 

perhaps 

53. PJs 

59. It runs north to 

south through Homer 

Glen 

61. Rent-__ (airport service) 

63. You might talk to 

her often at home 

65. Halftime lead, e.g. 

66. Flower receptacle 

67. Kind of acid 

68. They often clash in 

Hollywood 

69. “So what ___ is 

new?” 

70. Societal division 

71. Change for a $50, 

maybe 

72. Comes out with 

Down 

1. Legally qualified 

2. Choppers, so to 

speak 

3. Weaken 

4. Knock down 

5. Arrests 

6. Fable maker 

7. Tally mark 

8. Chinese calendar 

animal 

9. River craft 

10. State 

11. Lowest female 

voice 

12. Get going 

13. Publishing execs 

22. Cousin of ante- 

24. “Why should 

___ you?” 

26. Terminator 

27. Big city in Iraq 

30. Blue grass 

31. Scarlett of Tara 

32. More sparse 

33. Crunchy vegtables 

35. French nobleman 

36. G.I. entertainers 

37. Video camera 

action 

40. Bean 

42. 1967 musical 

45. Much-admired 

woman 

48. Intertwine 

49. Zero 

51. Fall ground cover 

54. Receive 

55. ___ podge 

(mess) 

56. Append 

57. La ___ opera 

house 

58. Smart-mouthed 

60. Escape route 

62. Roger of 

“Cheers” 

63. Beginner instruction 

in a subject 

64. Mauna ___ (Hawaiian 

volcano) 

ORLAND PARK 

Traverso’s Restaurant 

(15601 S Harlem Ave, 

Orland Park; (708) 532- 

2220) 

■5-7 ■ p.m. Mondays: 

Free bar bingo 

Girl in the Park 

(11265 W. 159th St., 


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■8 ■ p.m. Wednesday- 

Saturday: Live music 

The Brass Tap 

(14225 95th Ave. Suite 

400, Orland Park; (708) 

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■8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: 

Trivia. Prizes awarded 

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Saturdays: Live music 

Dan ‘D’ Jac’s 

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open mic night 

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Thursdays: karaoke 

■9:30 ■ p.m.-2:30 a.m. 

Fridays and Saturdays: 

karaoke 

Fox’s Restaurant and Pub 

(9655 W. 143rd St., 


2111) 

■6-9 ■ p.m. Thursday, 

Friday, and Saturday: 

Eman 

■6-9 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Gene Infelise and 

Francesca 

Papa Joe’s 

(14459 S. LaGrange 

Road, Orland Park; 

(708) 403-9099) 

■6-10 ■ p.m. Fridays: The 

keyboard stylings of 

Roger Pampel 

Square Celt Ale House & 

Grill 

(39 Orland Square 

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(708) 226-9600) 

■8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Free 

Bar Bingo 

■8 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

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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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Sale 


Sale 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFCOOK 

COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

COUNTY DEPARTMENT -CHAN- 

CERY DIVISION 

FIFTH THIRD BANK AS SUCCES- 

SOR BY MERGER TO 

FIFTH THIRD MORTGAGE COM- 

PANY 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

DANIEL PIOTROWSKI; SECRE- 

TARY OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT; UN- 

KNOWN OWNERS AND 

NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS 

Defendants, 

16 CH 15153 

NOTICE OF SALE 

PUBLIC NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN 

that pursuant to aJudgment ofForeclosure 

and Sale entered in the above entitled 

cause Intercounty Judicial Sales 

Corporation will on Thursday, August 

8, 2019 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their 

office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 

718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public 

auction to the highest bidder for cash, as 

set forth below, the following described 

mortgaged real estate: 

P.I.N. 27-27-212-027-0000. 

Commonly known as 16812 Vicky 

Lane, Orland Hills, Illinois 60487. 

The mortgaged real estate is improved 

with asingle family residence. If the 

subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of 

acommon interest community, the purchaser 

of the unit other than amortgagee 

shall pay the assessments required 

by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of 

the Condominium Property Act. 

Sale terms: 10% down by certified 

funds, balance, by certified funds, 

within 24 hours. Norefunds. The property 

will NOT be open for inspection. 

For information call The Sales Department 

atPlaintiff's Attorney, Anselmo 

Lindberg & Associates, LLC, 1771 

West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 

60563-1890. (630) 453-6960. 

F16110086 

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES 

CORPORATION 

Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 

I3124750 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFCOOK 

COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

COUNTY DEPARTMENT -CHAN- 

CERY DIVISION 

FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORT- 

GAGE CORPORATION, AS TRUS- 

TEE FOR FREDDIE MAC SEA- 

SONED CREDIT RISK TRANSFER 

TRUST, SERIES 2017-4, AS OWNER 

OF THE RELATED MORTGAGE 

LOAN 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

LYDIA LUYANDO, DAVID LUY- 

ANDO JR., THE BANK OF NEW 

YORK MELLON F/K/A THE BANK 

OF NEW YORK, INDENTURE TRUS- 

TEE ON BEHALF OF THE NOTE- 

HOLDERS OF THE CWHEQ INC., 

CWHEQ REVOLVING HOME EQ- 

UITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2007-C, 

ORLAND PARK CROSSING CON- 

DOMINIUM ASSOCIATION 

Defendants 

2019 CH 00332 

13939 JOHN HUMPHREY DRIVE 

ORLAND PARK, IL 60462 

NOTICE OF SALE 

PUBLIC NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN 

that pursuant to aJudgment ofForeclosure 

and Sale entered in the above cause 

on April 30, 2019, an agent for The Judicial 

Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 

AM on August 19, 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 13939 JOHN 

HUMPHREY DRIVE, ORLAND 

PARK, IL 60462 

Property Index No. 

27-03-300-050-1005; (27-03-301-031, 

-005, -012, -018 underlying). 

The real estate is improved with a 

condo/townhouse. 

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid 

by certified funds at the close of the sale 

payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. 

No third party checks will beaccepted. 

The balance, including the Judicial 

Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential 

Property Municipality Relief 

Fund, which is calculated on residential 

real estate atthe rate of $1 for each 

$1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount 

paid by the purchaser not to exceed 

$300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, 

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

fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring 

the residential real estate pursuant 

to its credit bid at the sale or by any 

mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other 

lienor acquiring the residential real estate 

whose rights in and tothe residential 

real estate arose prior to the sale. 

The subject property is subject to general 

real estate taxes, special assessments, 

orspecial taxes levied against 

said real estate and is offered for sale 

without any representation as to quality 

or quantity of title and without recourse 

to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. 

The sale is further subject to confirmation 

by the court. 

Upon payment in full ofthe amount bid, 

the purchaser will receive aCertificate 

of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to 

adeed to the real estate after confirmation 

of the sale. 

The property will NOT be open for inspection 

and plaintiff makes no representation 

astothe condition ofthe property. 

Prospective bidders are admonished 

to check the court file to verify all 

information. 

If this property isacondominium unit, 

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 ispart ofacommon 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, 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 

14-19-00009. 

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORA- 

TION 

One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, 

Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 

You can also visit The Judicial Sales 

Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a7 

day status report of pending sales. 

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. 14-19-00009 

Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 

Attorney Code. 21762 

Case Number: 2019 CH 00332 

TJSC#: 39-2815 

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. 

I3124832 

2702 Public 

Notices 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

“An Act in relation to the use of an 

Assumed Business Name in th conduct 

ortransaction of Business in 

the State,” as amended, that a certification 

was registered by the undersigne 

with the County Clerk of 

Cook Couny. 

Registration Number: Y19001691 

on July 1, 2019 

Under the Asumed Business Name 

of GLAM EXTENSIONZ BAR 

with the business located at: 

9295 159TH STREET SUITE 127, 

ORLAND HILLS, IL 60487 

The true and real full name and 

residence address of the owner is: 

AMANDA MALONE 

15250 EL CAMENO TERR 2S 

ORLAND PARK, IL 60462, USA 

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From left, Erin Greenfield, Nicole Poole, Lauren O’Leary, Julia Ruzevich and Kate 

Ruzevich are Orland Park players who not only led Moraine Valley to the NJCAA 

national tournament, all five earned academic honors. JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

AREA SPORTS ROUNDUP 

Orland Park players show 

academic chops at MVCC 

JEFF VORVA, Sports Editor 

Orland Park student-athletes 

helped Moraine Valley 

Community College 

boast a host of national 

and conference academic 

honors for the 2018-2019 

school year. 

National Junior College 

Athletic Association Academic 

Student-Athletes 

must have a 3.6 GPA or 

higher after completing at 

least 24 credits and participate 

in the college’s sport 

for at least one season. 

Moraine Valley athletes 

who received this honor 

from the area included 

basketball player Julia 

Ruzevich (Marist), soccer 

player Daniel Rohder 

(Sandburg) and volleyball 

player and Lauren Gausselin 

(Sandburg). 

To earn the Skyway 

Conference distinction, 

students must have earned 

a 3.0 GPA or higher after 

completing at least 48 

credit hours while participating 

in one of the 

college’s 12 sports. The 

MVCC honorees include 

Lauren O’Leary (Sandburg), 

Julia Ruzevich and 

Kate Ruzevich (Marist); 

runners David Alvarez 

(Sandburg) and Jasmine 

Abunaim (Sandburg), 

The All-Conference 

Freshmen Academic athletes 

completed at least 

24 credit hours with a 

3.0 GPA or higher. Moraine 

Valley recipients are 

basketball players Erin 

Greenfield (Sandburg), Nicole 

Poole (Sandburg) and 

Dean Samara (Sandburg). 

Payton hits three 

Orland Park native Mark 

Payton hit three home runs 

in host Triple-A Las Vegas’s 

13-9 win over Salt 

Lake on Saturday, July 13. 

That brought him to 13 

homers on the campaign, 

his first with the Oakland 

organization after spending 

five seasons in the New 

York Yankees system. 

Eagles drop two 

Sandburg’s baseball 

team, which earned a regional 

title in summer 

league play, dropped two 

games at the Illinois High 

School Baseball Coaches 

Association Lockport Sectional. 

The Eagles dropped a 

5-4, eight-inning heartbreaker 

to eventual champion 

Lincoln-Way East. 

They followed up with a 

10-3 setback to Lincoln- 

Way West.

36 | July 18, 2019 | the orland Park Prairie sports 


GOING PLACES 

Jones parlays junior college career into DI scholarship 

PATRICK Z. MCGAVIN 


Sandburg grad Troy Jones had a Region IV Player of the Year season. JAMES SMITH/TRITON COLLEGE 

ATHLETICS 

The campus of Triton College 

rises off Fifth Avenue adjacent 

North Avenue in River Grove. 

Gliding north and looking right, 

the most architecturally significant 

and impressive structure is 

the gleaming, picturesque baseball 

diamond. 

It certainly caught the imagination 

of Troy Jones. 

“It is just beautiful there,” 

Jones said. “That was the number 

one thing that drew me to the 

school. Once I saw it, I remember 

saying that is where I wanted 

to go and play.” 

The feeling was mutual. 

The program is one of the best 

Midwestern college programs, 

regardless of level. Triton has 

produced four professional players, 

most memorably Minnesota 

Twins Hall of Fame outfielder 

Kirby Puckett. Cubs pitcher 

Tom Gorzelanny, former Cubs 

and White Sox infielder Lance 

Johnson, and former Twin Jarvis 

Brown, who was a member with 

Puckett on the 1995 World Series 

champions, also played there. 

After graduating from Sandburg 

in the spring of 2017, where 

he started for two years in left 

field on back-to-back 20-win 

teams, Jones was seeking the 

best route to continue his playing 

career 

His love affair with the game 

started young, at the age of 5 

playing in youth leagues in Orland 

Park. He had different options. 

The key was finding the 

ideal fit. 

Enter stage left, the Trojans 

program. 

“Looking back I would not 

have changed a thing,” Jones 

said. “It was the best decision 

I ever made. I think it was the 

best thing for me academically. 

It helped me grow and get used 

to college life.” 

Baseball success just flowed 

organically. 

In his just concluded sophomore 

year, Jones demonstrated 

his versatile and expanding skill 

set by hitting .477 with four 

home runs, 15 extra-base hits 

and 32 runs batted in. 

In two separate games in 

April, he smashed three doubles 

en route to a four-RBI performance 

against Kankakee. He 

also drilled two tape measure 

home runs against Kishwaukee. 

Jones also made five appearances 

as a relief pitcher, going 

3-2 with 11 strikeouts and permitting 

just two earned runs. 

Triton defeated South Suburban 

College in winning its fourth 

consecutive Region IV Division 

I title. For his accomplishments, 

Jones earned the region’s Player 

of the Year honors. 

He also earned Division I notice 

and is heading to Valparaiso 

for the 2019-2020 school year. 

“I loved every second of junior 

college,” Jones said. 

Despite his impressive individual 

statistics, Jones said his 

game is built not on the spectacular 

but on execution and the 

accretion of detail. 

“I am more interested in the 

little things rather than wowing 

people,” Jones said. “I try to be 

the kind of guy who beats out the 

play at second base. That is what 

I love about the game. You are 

always thinking, and the game 

has a lot more strategy.” 

As a pitcher, he understands 

the psychology of the position 

and how they engage with batters. 

That allowed him to turn 

the tables. 

“You definitely have to learn 

how to hit the curveball ball at 

the next level,” Jones said. “In 

college, a pitcher might throw it 

three times at you, as opposed to 

high school, where you are going 

to see at least one fastball. 

“You also have to adjust to the 

jump in velocity.” 

Interesting as most athletes 

pinpoint the accelerated speed 

of play as the biggest difference 

in making the leap from high 

school to college, Jones said his 

experience was the inverse. 

“Mostly you have to learn how 

the game slows down,” Jones 

said. “At Sandburg, I felt like the 

game was so fast. Once you get 

to college, everyone gets better. 

The game slows down and you 

are able to think more.” 

In the process he made a clear 

line of improvement from a situational 

or utility player and occasional 

reliever to a full-time, 

two-way player. He delivered 

results. 

“I felt like I just did a better 

job this year of putting the ball 

in play and having fewer strikeouts,” 

he said. “I have an August 

birthday, so I have always been 

one of the youngest players, or 

behind the curve a bit, with my 

development. 

“Triton made me a better player 

and allowed me to grow.” 

At 6 feet 1 inch and 182 

pounds, he combines size, range 

and physical power. He is now 

about to embark on the next 

stage of his career after he accepted 

a scholarship at Valparaiso 

University. 

The Indiana campus is just 50 

miles from Orland Park. He was 

made to feel important. It echoed 

his time in River Grove. 

“When I went there on my 

recruiting visit, I thought the 

academics were outstanding,” he 

said. “When I saw the baseball 

team and how much they wanted 

me, I didn’t think anywhere else 

would be better for me.”

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Orland Park’s Koziol chasing dream as Joliet Slammers closer 

STEVE MILLAR 


Ryan Koziol has had more 

than his fair share of setbacks 

throughout his baseball career, 

but the most heartbreaking one 

came on March 18, when the San 

Francisco Giants released him. 

Koziol, a Providence Catholic 

graduate and Orland Park resident, 

pitched well after catching 

on with the Giants as a free 

agent. In three seasons with the 

organization, split between Class 

A and Rookie League, he compiled 

a 6-4 record and a 3.09 

ERA over 81 appearances, all 

out of the bullpen. 

He had nine saves, all in 2016 

with the Class A Augusta Greenjackets, 

and struck out 88 in 116 

2/3 innings. 

Still, the Giants decided to let 

him go prior to this season. 

Koziol, however, was never 

inclined to hang up his jersey 

and look for work outside of 

baseball. 

“I knew right away I wanted 

to find another team,” he said. 

“I love baseball. It’s been my favorite 

thing to do since I was 3 

years old and I couldn’t imagine 

walking away right now. I still 

have more in the tank and I want 

to give everything I’ve got for as 

long as I can.” 

Koziol’s new opportunity 

came quickly and close to home. 

On March 27, he signed with the 

Joliet Slammers, the defending 

champions in the independent 

Frontier League. 

“I felt like I got a small unfair 

shake with the Giants and that’s 

why I’m here in Joliet to prove 

myself,” Koziol said. “All I can 

do is keep working hard and 

hope somebody gives me another 

shot in the future.” 

If Koziol continues to pitch the 

way he has over the first month 

of the Frontier League season, 

it likely won’t be long before he 

gets that shot. 

Koziol earned the closer’s 

role with Joliet and has thrived. 

Orland Park’s Ryan Koziol is keeping his baseball career alive with the Joliet Slammers. STEVE MILLAR/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

Through the Frontier League 

All-Star break, he had pitched 

in 21 games, going 3-2 with 11 

saves (tied for the league lead) 

and a 1.40 ERA while striking 

out 23 and walking just three in 

25 2/3 innings. 

“I wanted to come in and show 

that I could still do it,” Koziol 

said. “I had some closing experience 

in the Giants minor leagues 

and I wanted to show that I’ve 

still got it. 

“So far, I’ve been happy with 

the way I’ve pitched. We haven’t 

been clicking on all cylinders as 

a team, but we’re trying to get 

there, putting in the work to get 

better every day.” 

Koziol said it takes a special 

mentality to be a closer. His experience 

closing with Augusta 

and at Illinois State has helped 

prepare him. 

“It’s tricky,” he said. “A lot of 

nights, I have no idea if I’m going 

to pitch or not. You have to 

be ready at a moment’s notice. 

The other night, we scored three 

in the ninth and I had to get hot 

really quick. It takes some focus 

and determination, but I think 

I’m very ready for the role.” 

A pitcher at heart 

Koziol’s stint in independent 

ball is just the latest chapter in 

what’s been a roller-coaster of a 

career. 

A decision for him to transfer 

from Brother Rice to Providence 

before his senior season sparked 

a huge controversy in Illinois. 

He had become a highly valued 

prospect who was likely to be 

drafted by a MLB team out of 

high school, but concerns over 

injuries to his pitching arm derailed 

that. 

Koziol then ended up bouncing 

around through his college 

career, going from Arizona to 

Gulf Coast State College to Illinois 

State. 

He was determined to be a 

pitcher but was used only as 

an infielder during his freshman 

season at Arizona. At Gulf 

Coast, Koziol proved himself as 

a two-way player, and Illinois 

State recruited him to pitch and 

be a position player. 

In his one season at Illinois 

State in 2015, Koziol was a productive 

hitter: .298 average, 37 

RBI, 47 runs while starting 52 

games at third base. He struggled 

a bit more while pitching out of 

the bullpen, going 1-4 with a 

6.64 ERA and five saves. 

Still, pitching was his future. 

“When I was at Illinois State, 

all the scouts talking to me were 

all about pitching,” he said. 

“In high school, the pro scouts 

were looking at me as a pitcher. 

Surgery senior year kind of 

derailed that. I always knew I 

was a pitcher, though. My dad 

[Ed] was a pro pitcher in the 

minors. It’s in my blood. In my 

heart, I always wanted to be a 

pitcher.” 

Koziol will continue his push 

to get back to affiliated ball, 

while giving the Slammers all he 

has in the meantime. 

“I’ve been everywhere,” he 

said. “I have a great support system 

with my parents, my family, 

my fiancee. They all want me to 

continue living my dream.”

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Coyne Schofield hopes fight for equal pay ends soon 

PHOTO BY JOLIET SLAMMERS 

1st and 3 

THREE FACTS ABOUT 

ORLAND PARK 

RESIDENT AND JOLIET 

SLAMMERS PITCHER 

RYAN KOZIOL (ABOVE). 

1. Throwing zeroes 

Since giving up 

three runs in a twoinning 

stint on June 

15, Koziol did not 

allow a run in his 

next nine appearances. 

2. No walks in the 

park 

He headed into the 

Frontier League All- 

Star break with 12 

straight appearances 

without issuing 

a walk. 

3. Save-oring the 

season 

The former Providence 

High School 

player tied for the 

league lead with 11 

saves. 

Jeff Vorva 

Sports Editor 

It is rare to not see star 

hockey player Kendall 

Coyne Schofield flash 

her million-dollar smile. 

The Sandburg graduate 

and Olympic gold-medalwinning 

hero — who earlier 

this year broke down 

women’s sports barriers 

by competing and holding 

her own in the NHL Skills 

Fastest Skater Competition 

— has enjoyed making 

history and winning 

huge games. 

But there is one topic of 

conversation that causes 

the smile to disappear 

quicker than she skates 

around a rink: 

Equality of pay — make 

that the inequality of pay. 

Coyne Schofield signed, 

supported and spoke for 

a 200-player joint statement 

that says the signees 

would not compete in 

North American professional 

hockey leagues this 

season. 

“The professional 

leagues we currently have, 

there’s nothing professional 

about them,” she said 

at an espnW summit in 

New York in May. “We’re 

making salaries as low as 

$2,000, we don’t receive 

health insurance and 

we don’t have pregame 

meals.” 

This is not a new fight 

for Coyne Schofield. In 

2017, she was on a United 

States hockey team that 

threatened to boycott a 

world championship event 

in Michigan if its contract 

was not improved. 

Facing the possibility 

of hosting a world-class 

event without its talented 

home team competing, 

USA Hockey struck a lastminute 

agreement. 

Flash forward to July 

2019. 

The United States 

women’s soccer team, 

which has had its share 

of pay inequities, had an 

inspirational run in the 

World Cup and, on July 

7, beat the Netherlands 

in the championship as 

fans chanted “Equal pay! 

Equal pay!” 

A recent Wall Street 

Journal story reported that 

the total prize money from 

FIFA at the World Cup 

was $30 million, and it is 

possible it will blossom to 

$60 million in four years. 

The men’s World Cup last 

year gave out $400 million. 

It is estimated that 

a billion people watched 

the women’s cup this year. 

WSJ writer Rachel Bachman 

did some math and 

figured that the men averaged 

11 cents per viewer 

last year. Applying that 

Kendall Coyne Schofield, who recently hosted a charity 

golf outing with her husband, Michael, is hoping for a 

time when female athletes get fairly paid. 

JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

formula to the women, 

they would have been paid 

$112 million. 

That makes the raise to 

$60 million pretty puny. 

It also makes the $30 million 

even punier. 

A day after the World 

Cup ended, Coyne 

Schofield was in Orland 

Park with her husband, 

Michael, hosting the first 

Schofield Family Foundation 

Golf Outing at Silver 

Lake, and she was very 

excited about the USA 

triumph. 

She also liked hearing 

the fan support on the pay 

issue. 

But she was not 

overjoyed that the soccer 

team, her hockey team, 

and other women’s sports 

teams and individuals are 

still in this position. 

“The numbers are there; 

they shouldn’t have to 

fight,” she said. “When 

are we done fighting? 

That’s my question. 

“We all fight to try to 

make things better in every 

sport, but when is the 

foundation of women’s 

sports done being built?” 

It is a slow process. But 

with people such as Coyne 

Schofield willing to fight 

for what is right, changes 

could be coming. 

Forgetting the pay for a 

second, Coyne Schofield 

was smiling when talking 

about the USA soccer 

squad. It brought back 

cherished memories of 

when she and her teammates 

won the hockey 

gold in 2018. 

“Any time you see anyone 

achieve a victory in a 

U.S. jersey is just exciting,” 

she said. “Knowing 

that feeling, you resonate 

with it deeply. The 

women’s soccer players 

are champions on and off 

the field. They are laying 

the foundation and they 

have for years for what we 

can be in women’s sports. 

They have made a world 

believe in women’s sports 

and this World Cup was 

the epitome of that. 

“It’s not just the winning. 

It’s their attitude. It’s 

their camaraderie, Their 

relentlessness. They are 

unbelievable. I think we 

all look up to them. I’m a 

hockey player and I want 

our sport to get to the 

magnitude of what they 

have built.” 

LISTEN UP 

“I felt like I got a small unfair shake with the Giants and that’s why I’m 

here in Joliet to prove myself. All I can do is keep working hard and hope 

somebody gives me another shot in the future.” 

Ryan Koziol — Orland Park native pitching for the Joliet Slammers 

WHAT2WATCH 

FOOTBALL 

1 p.m. Thursday July 18 

• Sandburg and NFL player Michael 

Schofield host a Linemen Challenge at 

the Orland Park school. 

Index 

35 - Area sports roundup 

35 - Athlete of the Week 

Compiled by Sports Editor Jeff Vorva, 

j.vorva@22ndcm.com

Orland Park’s Hometown Newspaper | July 18, 2019 

FIGHT FOR EQUAL PAY 

Vorva talks with local hero Coyne 

Schofield about lack of equal pay 

in women’s sports, Page 39 

KEEPING UP WITH 

JONES Sandburg grad 

heading to Valparaiso after great 

junior college career, Page 36 

Orland Park’s Koziol has big 

first half as Slammers closer 

after being released by MLB’s 

Giants, Page 38 

Joliet Slammers 

reliever Ryan 

Koziol, of Orland 

Park, delivers a 

pitch in the rain 

earlier this season. 

He tied for the 

Frontier League 

lead with 11 saves 

before the All-Star 

break. THE JOLIET 

SLAMMERS

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