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Vehicles and
candy Village’s
upcoming Trunk-or-Treat
event expecting hundreds
of children to be in
attendance, Page 4
Sophisticatedly
spooky Local home
gets into the Halloween
spirit with exterior
display in yard, Page 7
Last call to
win Deadline for
22nd Century Media’s
Halloween contests fast
approaching, Page 9
Lockport Township High School alumni from the Class of 1979 gather for 40-year
reunion, Page 3
LTHS Class of 1979
alumni (left to right)
Stephen Obregon,
Scott Severt and Dawn
Severt get dinner
Saturday, Oct. 19, at
the event celebrating
the 40th anniversary
of their high school
graduation. Jesse
Wright/22nd Century
Media

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Friday
Pop Up Show
9 a.m.-6 p.m. Oct. 25,
Countryside Bank, 15980
S. Parker Road, Homer
Glen. An after hours wine
reception will also be held
from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Everyone
is invited to the
show and reception to see
the work and meet the
artists. This show is presented
by the Arts Guild of
Homer Glen.
Spooktacular Soiree
7-11 p.m. Oct. 25, Roxy
Theater, 1017 Sate St.,
Lockport. Celebrate Halloween
in Spooktacular
fashion while one eats,
drinks and dances the night
away. Come out and enjoy
music, games, door prizes,
food, desserts, raffles,
split the pot and more.
Costumes are strongly encouraged,
as there will be
a costume contest. A $35
non-refundable donation
is required for this event,
and all guests must be 21 or
older. A portion of all proceeds
to benefit National
Eating Disorders Association
and Will-Grundy Medical
Clinic. To purchase
tickets, visit hgjwcsoiree.
eventbrite.com.
SATURDAY
Trick or Treat Tailgate
1-2:30 p.m. Oct. 26,
Cross of Glory Church,
14719 W. 163rd St., Homer
Glen. Wear your costume
and trick or treat at
decorated cars in the parking
lot and then come inside
for games, crafts and
snacks. Take your picture
with a Stormtrooper or
Disney princess. Everyone
is invited to this free event
hosted by The Welcome
Place Preschool. For more
information, call (708)
301-6998.
Village Trunk or Treat
3-5 p.m. Oct. 26, Heritage
Park, 14240 W. 151st
St., Homer Glen. A free afternoon
of trick-or-treating
in a safe, family friendly
environment. Wear one’s
costume and check out
the decorated, candy-filled
vehicle trunks. To sign up
one’s car, visit homerglenil.
org/2578/Trunk-or-Treat.
SUNDAY
Blood Drive
8 a.m.-noon Oct. 27, Our
Mother of Good Counsel
Parish, 16043 S. Bell
Road, Homer Glen. No
sign up is necessary, but a
valid photo ID is required.
For more information, visit
omgcknights.com.
Haunted Oak 5K
4 p.m. Oct. 27, Old Oak
Country Club, 14200 S.
Parker Road, Homer Glen.
Dress in your best Halloween
attire. First 200 preregistered
participants will
get limited edition event
gifts. Participants will endure
a run through haunted
and zombie-infested
haunted oak course. Costumes
are highly encouraged
so the zombies think
that you are one of them.
Awards will be given to the
Top 3 overall male and female
finishers. There will
also will be prizes for best
couple, creepy superhero,
best little terror and drop
dead beauty costumes.
Proceeds from the event
go to fund three areas of
Chicago Lithuanians Rotary
Club. For more information,
visit runsignup.
com/Race/IL/HomerGlen/
HauntedOak.
TUESDAY
Halloween Family Party
6-7:30 p.m. Oct. 29,
Homer Township Public
Library, 14320 W. 151st
St., Homer Glen. Meet
Batman and Princess Jasmine
at the library. Costumes
encouraged.
UPCOMING
Trick-or-Treating Hours
3-7 p.m. Thursday, Oct.
31, for Homer Glen.
Mike Hike 5K Run/Walk
8 a.m. sign in, 9 a.m.
opening ceremony Saturday,
Nov. 9, Michael
C. Olivieri Trail near St.
Bernard’s Church (13030
W. 143rd St.), Homer
Glen. Race packets will
be available for pickup
starting 8 a.m. on race
day. The 5K run will begin
promptly after the
opening ceremony, and
the 5K walk begins after
runners clear the starting
area. Runners will receive
an ID bib and timing tag.
The annual event honors
Pfc. Michael Olivieri, a
Homer Glen native who
died while serving in Iraq
in June 2011. For more information,
including pricing,
and to register, visit
mikehike5k.com.
ONGOING
Flag Drop-Off
Through Nov. 15, Michelle
Kerfin State Farm
Office, 14051 S. Bell
Road, Homer Glen. Drop
off your old and worn
American flags, and they
will be disposed off with
the respect they deserve.
For more information,
call the office at (708)
301-1800.
Veterans Breakfast
7-8:30 a.m. Mondays,
Blueberry Hill Cafe,
14355 S. Bell Road,
Homer Glen. Active, inactive
and retired military
personnel can enjoy complimentary
breakfast. For
more information on the
breakfast, email michelle.
kerfin.rak3@statefarm.
com.
Bengtson’s Pumpkin Fest
Open through Sunday,
Nov. 3, Bengtson’s Pumpkin
Farm, 13341 W. 151st
St., Homer Glen. The
family owned and operated
pumpkin festival has
been a local tradition for
more than 38 years. Discounted
weekday admission.
Attractions include
the pumpkin chucker, pig
races, 90-foot mega fun
slides, haunted barn, fun
barn, pony rides, pumpkin
patch and more. For more
information on pricing
and attractions, visit pump
kinfarm.com or call (708)
301-3276.
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Konow’s Corn Maze Fall
Fest
Konow’s Corn Maze,
16849 S. Cedar Road,
Homer Glen. The farm includes
two mazes — one
longer one for serious
maze players to find their
way through, and one
smaller one for those who
want the excitement of
walking through the tall
corn or those with small
children who only wish to
walk a short distance. Other
attractions include two
corn pits guests can jump
in, hay rides, pony rides,
the cow train express and
more. For more information,
visit konowscorn
maze.com or call (708)
301-8845.
Heritage Village
Noon–4 p.m. Heritage
Village, 249 W. 2nd
Street, Lockport. Heritage
Village includes historical
buildings. For more information
or tours, call (815)
838-5080 or visit willhis
tory.org.
Teen Book Club
7-8 p.m. second Thursday
of each month,
Homer Township Public
Library, 14320 W. 151st
St., Homer Glen. A book
club for teens to talk about
what they’ve been reading
and watching. The
book club picks a book
to read each month but
if you don’t have time to
read it, come anyway to
eat snacks and meet new
friends. For more information,
contact Heather
Colby at heather@homer
library.org or call (708)
301-7908.

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Lockport Class of 1979
meets for 40th reunion
Jesse Wright
Freelance Reporter
In the spring of 1979,
the senior class of Lockport
Township High School
graduated. Some of the students
had known each other
since elementary school,
and others met only in high
school, but, as graduates
do, after the ceremony, they
scattered.
Some stayed nearby,
while others moved to faraway
states or countries,
but over the decades, they
lived their stories, some
getting married, some getting
divorced, some having
children, starting careers,
changing careers or all or
some or none of the above.
But Saturday, Oct. 19,
many — not all — returned
and met at the Lockport
American Legion Post 18
for a night of drinking, dinner,
socializing and remembering
the days when they
were teens, students and
all together at one place at
LTHS.
Kris Schwarz Taskay
organized the event as the
committee chairman and
she said she tries to get the
class back together ever 10
years or so, but they have
not managed to meet every
decade.
“It’s important to keep in
touch with your roots and
to reconnect with people
you’ve had past relationships
with,” Taskay said.
For Taskay, high school
was a carefree time, the last
time she could just have
fun without any of the worries
or work that defines
adult life.
“I loved high school,”
she said. “It was just a lot
The LTHS Class of 1979 met Saturday, Oct. 19, for their
40-year reunion. Jesse Wright/22nd Century Media
of fun. There wasn’t a lot of
responsibility; you weren’t
out paying bills yet,” she
said.
And no matter if they
were friends in high school
or not, the Class of 1979,
she said, had a lot to remember.
“We had a championship
basketball team,” she said.
“We were just all fans. We
knew guys on the team. It
was a uniting thing. Everybody
was part of that. It
was a big event for everybody.”
But that was in high
school.
These days, Taskay said,
the class includes doctors,
lawyers and other professions.
Last Saturday, some
returned from faraway
places like Kentucky, Kansas,
Texas and Florida.
“We’ve got quite a few
people who have come
great distances, and I like
that,” Taskay said.
Time has done more
than give the Class of 1979
a chance to grow up and
into their lives; Taskay said
time has allowed petty differences
to fade into the
rearview, making the gettogethers
an easy evening.
“The great thing I find is
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that, after 40 years, we’re
kind of all friends,” she
said. “The cliques fade
away, and you’re united
with the commonality of
living in the city limits.”
The class was somewhere
around 550 people,
and Taskay estimated
maybe 70 graduates made
it this year. Some have died
— there was a memorial to
those classmates — while
others she simply could not
contact because she did not
have their contact information.
And then there were
the ones who, like Troy
Hamlin, live right around
the corner but who had
never attended a reunion.
“Well, I’ve never been to
any of my class reunions,
and its been 40 years, and I
figure I better make at least
one of them,” he said.
Hamlin is from Crest
Hill. “A long drive,” he
said wryly.
Terry Osborne went to
her last reunion a decade
ago, and while she is still
friends with her high school
crowd, she said she enjoys
the reunions because it
gives her a chance to see
people she has not seen.
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Trunk or Treat a chance to decorate cars, give out candy
Halloween event to
take place Oct. 26
at Village Hall
Derek Swanson
Editorial Intern
Those with children
looking to trick-or-treat a
little early are in luck.
A new Trunk or Treat
event will be hosted from
3-5 p.m. on Saturday,
Oct. 26, at the Village
Hall parking lot at 14240
W. 151st St. to bring in
the Halloween spirit. Car
owners wishing to participate
will decorate their
cars for Halloween, as
well as supply candy or
small toys for children to
enjoy.
Candy must be storebought
and wrapped, as
no homemade food items
will be allowed.
Trunk or Treat will be a
warmup for trick-or-treating
on Halloween, with its
tailgate-style bringing in
the community for festive
fun for people of all ages.
“We still wanted to
leave room for traditional
trick-or-treat; this is just
to be in addition,” said
Amy Blank, communications
and recreation services
coordinator for the
Village. “These events
have become popular over
the past few years, and
we thought it would be a
good fit for Homer Glen,
where we have large lots
where it might not be
convenient for kids to go
trick-or-treating.”
Along with residents
bringing their vehicles,
a number of local businesses
and groups will
be featuring a variety of
vehicles. In addition, one
section will host a few
military vehicles.
The diverse pairing of
vehicles will all feature
candy, as well as being interactive
for children.
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Public Library will also
have something extra
spooky at hand with their
Bookmobile for the event.
”The Boomobile is a
renovated large bus, typically
acting as the Bookmobile,
that will feature
two entertainers dressed
as fortune tellers,” said
Maryellen Reed, manager
of the Bookmobile. “One
extra scary passenger will
tell people’s fortunes, but
there’s a catch: the teller
will be an animated skeleton
with a crystal ball.
Though the teller is far
from alive, the library assures
that his fortunes are
dead on.
“We love to participate
in every community
event. We want to inspire
the love of reading and
to let people know the library
is for everyone.”
A few hundred children
are expected to participate
in search of the most candy
to satisfy their sweet
tooth, based on positive
responses on the Village’s
social media pages. As of
Friday, Oct. 18, 49 vehicles
were registered for
residents, not counting
businesses that will bring
their own rides.
As a new Village event,
Blank said it will mostly
act as a trial run and base
to plan similar events in
the future.
“We decided to keep
it simple for the event
this time with the idea to
grow,” said Blank, speaking
on the decision to
stick to mostly vehicles
as the centerpiece of the
event.
One final surprise will
come at the end of Trunk
or Treat, when a large
group of monster dancers
will come from the
shadows and close out the
night with some dancing.
The trunk registration
deadline has passed, and
participating vehicles
should arrive at Village
Hall for check-in no later
than 2:30 p.m. by the west
side parking area. Electricity
will not be available
for vehicle decorations,
and costumes are
encouraged for all participants
to enhance the Halloween
atmosphere.
Trunk or Treat is an alcohol-free
event, and bathrooms
will be available
inside Village Hall. All
participating trunks must
be decorated and staffed
by 3 p.m. and remain
parked until the end of
the event and participants
have vacated the area.
For more information,
visit homerglenil.org.
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Lockport American Legion hosts pancake breakfast benefit for veterans
Derek Swanson
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Whether it be the flipping
of flapjacks on a
hot griddle or dishing
the talk of the town with
old friends, the Lockport
American Legion Post 18
provided all at their pancake
breakfast Oct. 13 to
benefit local veterans.
As a family event intended
for supporters
of veterans and food of
all ages, the breakfast
spanned from 8 a.m. until
noon. Fans of other breakfast
staples aside from
pancakes need not have
worried, as eggs, sausage,
biscuits and gravy were
just a few of the other offerings.
The entry fee for the
event was $8 for all over
the age of 5. While children
younger than five
were certainly lucky, veterans
were the main beneficiaries
of the event, as
all funds gathered were
to support them. Namely,
veterans with disabilities
and their immediate families
were the focus of the
event.
“All the funds go to disabled
veterans and active
duty members,” said Mike
Meyers, commander of
Post 18. “We have separate
fundraisers that go to
the legion itself, but this
one is all about veterans
and disabled veterans and
active duty.”
In addition to the cover
charge, a raffle drawing
helped earn funds for active
and former service
members in need. This
most recent pancake
breakfast continued the
decade-long trend of hosting
them for the legion,
and for creating a sense
of community with veterans
and supporters as they
have always strived to do.
“The breakfast is about
getting people in the community
together to socialize,
meet neighbors
and talk with people you
haven’t seen in a while,”
Meyers said.
The pancake breakfast
was hosted by the American
Legion Auxiliary, a
group of volunteers who
work out of the legion to
provide additional support
to veterans. A nonprofit
organization composed of
women from the families
of service members, over
800,000 women across the
Army veteran George Pullman makes a plate at the
pancake breakfast Oct. 13 at Lockport American Legion
Post 18. Veterans directly benefited from the funds
raised by the American Legion Auxiliary unit for the
event. Photo submitted
country are involved in
the auxiliary. Any woman
looking to join Auxiliary
Unit 18 out of Lockport
must be either the mother,
sister, daughter, grandmother
or great-granddaughter
of a veteran who
was honorably discharged.
A future event for the
legion will see veterans
from the Manteno Veteran’s
Home brought to
the legion for a day of fun,
which will include a band
and games of bingo, complete
with prizes for the
winners.
This event will take
place on Saturday, Oct. 26.

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Homeowner amps up exterior Halloween display each season
Creativity, variety the
standard for spooky
Homer Glen front yard
Thomas Czaja, Editor
The display Dean Lamb put together consists of a number of
different creatures and scary sights.
For the past handful of Halloween
seasons, Dean Lamb has
gradually been adding to his family’s
exterior display of seasonal
decorations in Homer Glen.
This fall, his Halloween yard
display includes everything from
a variety of tombstones with famous
and fictional names alike, a
coffin on a wagon, an eight-foottall
grim reaper and a host of other
skeletons and ghoulish figures
and sights. The home, located at
12449 Walden Road, is one that
invites others to come check it
out and some nights even will
have a fog machine going to add
to the spooky ambiance.
“We always have done Christmas
stuff, and I started putting
out little Halloween stuff … kept
adding to it year by year,” Lamb
said. “I definitely try to keep the
theme a little bit older, a little bit
1800s-ish.”
Lamb credited his New England
upbringing as being inspired
by the more historical
setting, and he spoke about how
he personally created a lot of the
items on display, like the flaming
heads being made with styrofoam,
mannequin heads and
Tiki Torch canisters. For the
tombstones, he made them out of
wood and used stone spray paint
while using stencils to write the
names of different individuals.
It all adds up for a satisfying
scare for he and his wife Tracey
Anzar, as well as their two sons,
Nathan and Aiden, both 8.
“It’s a fun thing, fun for me
that gives me something to do in
my free time,” Lamb said. “It’s
for the kids.”
He noted he thinks it is something
fun for any age, and that he
hopes children look at the display
while on the school bus heading
to and from school. It is also
something other neighbors and
those passing by have stopped by
to check out and enjoy.
Lamb said he started working
on the objects for the display in
mid-August, and that he wished
he had started even earlier for
getting certain aspects of it done.
The enthusiasm for Halloween
and the display often means getting
a new idea and tweaking and
adding certain things throughout
the time it is out.
He started setting up the display
in early October and plans
to take it down at some point after
Halloween.
Dean Lamb stands with two skeletons that are part of his display
of Halloween decorations outside his family’s Homer Glen home.
Photos by Thomas Czaja/22nd Century Media
“I’ll have to make room in the
basement, move stuff around;
some things will go in the garage,”
Lamb said of figuring out
where he is going to put the evergrowing
contents of the display
in the offseason.
Proud of his animatronics
and unique figures, Lamb also
mentioned another highlight being
a skull sitting over a bucket
“bleeding” a combo of water
and red food dye out of its eyes.
It remains to be seen what will
come next for the haunted yard
display, but it currently adds up
to a frightening lineup of characters,
gravestones and more.
Those interested in checking
out the display for themselves
are welcome to stop by from
around 6:30-10:30 p.m. on any
night. The aforementioned fog
machine more so runs on the
weekends, while everything else
is basically lit up and on display
during the week, too.
“I go out and look at it every
night,” Lamb said. “Some
people tend to drive by; more so
than we have had in the past.
“It is kind of cool seeing the
kids’ faces and what not. It’s a
really neat thing.”
reunion
From Page 3
“I’d say 95 percent I haven’t
seen since the 30th year reunion,”
she said.
Osborne said she was looking
forward to reminiscing.
“We used to play cards in the
bathroom before school started,”
she said. “We played spades. We
didn’t play for money. But we did
smoke cigarettes. It was so smoky
in there; occasionally, there was a
cloud, but we played every morning.”
These days, Osborne still plays
cards — euchre now — but she
has long since stopped smoking.
Osborne was at a table with
Jody Kurtenbach, and they both
took beauty school classes in high
school. These days, the women
do hair on the side — neither became
professional hairdressers—
but they enjoyed the memories.
“We basically did it to get out
of school,” Kurtenbach said.
“But we actually enjoyed it,”
Osborne added.
Janet Ragusa was also at the
table. Ragusa has known Osborne
since they were children, though
she graduated from another high
school. Still, the women are
closer than most, as they married
brothers.
“She met her husband from me
the night I married my husband,”
Osborne said. Her wedding was
in 1981, while Ragusa married
the brother in 1988.
“I divorced mine,” Osborne
laughed. “She’s still with hers.
So, she got the better deal. …
But we were friends long before
the guys came along. We were
friends since second grade, and
Jody and I were friends since kindergarten.”
At another table, a 1979 graduate,
Tom Greenway, spoke about
a classmate who could not attend.
Greenway is a longtime diver,
having started in the 1960s, and
he just returned from a trip to
Mexico, diving with great white
sharks.
He fell in love with the sport
as a boy, diving in Midwestern
lakes.
“I’ll dive in a mud puddle,” he
laughed.
He has since dived around the
world for decades, and, as he has
grown older, he has seen disturbing
changes in the natural world,
more alarming perhaps than mere
age, as some of his favorite dive
spots are now closed to tourists
due to environmental damage.
He mentioned one of the class,
Lynn Costenaro, owns a dive operation
on the Caribbean island of
Saba, which is a Dutch property.
He admired his classmate, who he
said is in the Women Divers Hall
of Fame.
“Saba is absolutely amazing,”
Greenway said. “Caribbean diving
is amazing.”
But, he added, “I’m the first
diver she ever met.”
He said Costenaro could not
attend because she was busy
heading up an environmental
campaign this week on Saba, but
he missed her company. The two
have been diving together for
years.
“She said, ‘You’re like my
brother, but you didn’t beat me
up,’” Greenway joked.
Their friendship remains
strong, like the friendships of
many of those in the LTHS Class
of 1979, whether they were in attendance
at the 40-year reunion
or not.

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Contests
Spookiest thing in regard to Halloween
contests is how little time is left to enter
Bill Jones, Managing Editor
As people who work
on deadlines at 22nd Century
Media, we understand
procrastination as well as
anyone. But even we get a
little anxious as we look at
the calendar each year and
see what precious little
time is left for our Halloween
contests.
We just want to make
sure you don’t miss out on
the fun — whether your
poison happens to be carving
pumpkins or dressing
up. So make sure you get a
refresher on the details that
follow before the big day
arrives. We look forward
to seeing your entries.
Details for each contest
are below, but questions
can be directed to Managing
Editor Bill Jones
at bill@opprairie.com or
(708) 326-9170 ext. 20.
Pumpkin-Carving Contest
Our pumpkin-carving
contest for 2019 has a category
for adults 16 and
older, as well as one for
children 15 and younger.
In both categories, it is all
about creativity and skill.
We will pick just one
winner across each category
from all seven of
our southwest suburban
towns: Orland Park, Tinley
Park, Frankfort, Mokena,
New Lenox, Homer Glen
and Lockport.
We have just a few rules.
1) You have to be the
person who carved the
pumpkin. You cannot submit
for anyone else, with
the exception of parents
who submit for their children.
2) Each person can
only submit one pumpkin
photo (can feature multiple
pumpkins if there is a
theme) for an entry, though
families can send one entry
per person from different
members of the family
(and they can be submitted
together).
3) We understand there
may be a bit in the way of
scary imagery (such is the
nature of the holiday), but
the pumpkins have to be
relatively family friendly
to be considered and published.
Nothing beyond
PG-13.
4) Entries must be submitted
no later than 2 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 1, to bill@opprairie.com
or 22nd Century
Media, c/o Managing
Editor Bill Jones, at 11516
W. 183rd St. Unit SW Office
Condo 3, Orland Park,
IL, 60467 (physical entries
cannot be returned), along
with names, email addresses
and/or phone numbers,
and towns for each of
the entrants.
5) The entries will be
judged by 22nd Century
Media’s editorial staff,
with winners being chosen
based on creativity,
successful execution of an
idea, quality of craftsmanship
and consideration of
the holiday/season.
6) All entries are subject
to being published.
Pumpkin Carving Contest
Prizes
Best Adult-Crafted
Pumpkin (16 and older)
— A certificate good for
two tickets for Blue Man
Group at the Briar Street
Theatre in Chicago; a free,
large cheese pizza from
Aurelio’s, 19836 Wolf
Road in Mokena; and coupons
good for one free
value basket and one free
one-scoop sundae at Culver’s,
9130 159th St. in
Orland Park.
Best Pumpkin Created
by a Child (15 and
younger) — Two hours
of free bowling for up
to six people, including
shoe rentals, along with a
pizza and pitcher full of
pop, at Laraway Lanes,
1009 West Laraway Road
in New Lenox; a $25 gift
certificate for Odyssey
Fun World, 19111 Oak
Park Ave. in Tinley Park;
and coupons good for one
free value basket and one
free one-scoop sundae at
Culver’s, 9130 159th St. in
Orland Park.
Halloween Costume
Contest
The Halloween Costume
Contest for 2019 features a
total of three categories.
Adults 16 and older have
two ways to win, with
awards for Scariest Costume
and Most Creative up
for grabs. Children 15 and
younger, meanwhile, will
compete in one category in
which creativity is key.
We’re going to pick just
one winner across each
category from all seven
of our southwest suburban
towns: Orland Park, Tinley
Park, Frankfort, Mokena,
New Lenox, Homer Glen
and Lockport. So, your entries
need to be good.
We have just a few rules.
1) You have to be the
person in the costume. You
cannot submit for anyone
else, with the exception
of parents who submit for
their children.
2) Each person can only
Please see contests, 12
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Tan Tan
TLC Animal Shelter
13016 W. 151st St.
Homer Glen, IL 60491
Tan Tan is an 8-yearold
spayed female
collie mix. She is good
with children and
other dogs. She is
housebroken. She is
a very sweet, gentle
dog. The only reason
she is at the shelter is because her owner went into a nursing home. She is
going to make a wonderful addition for some lucky family.
Do you want to see your pet pictured as The Homer Horizon’s Pet of the Week? Send
your pet’s photo and a few sentences explaining why your pet is outstanding to Tom at
tom@homerhorizon.com or 11516 W. 183rd St., Office Condo 3, Suite SW, Orland Park,
IL 60467.
Photo Op
Homer Glen
resident Cindy
Malczewski
shared this
photograph of
her “backyard
friends” in
Stonebridge
Woods. “Too
cool not to
share,” she
said.
Have you captured
something unique,
interesting,
beautiful or fun on
camera? Submit a
photo for “Photo
Op” by emailing it
to tom@homer
horizon.com, or
mailing it to 11516
W. 183rd St., Office
Condo 3 Unit SW,
Orland Park, IL,
60467.
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Please join us for an evening with
Dr. Kris Siemionow
Board-Certified Orthopedic Spine Surgeon
Is Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Right for You?
If you have neck or back pain, you are not alone. Most adults experience spinal pain at
some point in their lifetimes. If you would like to find out more about treatment for spinal
conditions, please join Dr. Kris Siemionow as he discusses types of non-surgical and
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Wednesday November 6th at 5:30pm
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12 | October 24, 2019 | the homer horizon NEWS
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PRESENTED BY 22ND CENTURY MEDIA AND COLLEEN MCLAUGHLIN,
THE MCLAUGHLIN TEAM, COLDWELL BANKER RESIDENTIAL
EVENT FEATURES:
Mistletoe
Market
4–7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5,
Orland Park Crossing,
14225 95th Ave. Orland Park
50 vendors
Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus, an elf and
live reindeer! Bring your camera!
Holiday music and more!
Free Admission! Families Welcome!
Bring a new, unwrapped toy for our
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Police reports
More than $6,000 worth of various
products stolen from Verizon store
Staff Report
More than $6,000 worth
of miscellaneous Samsung
and House of Marley products
reportedly were stolen
Oct. 7 from the Verizon
store at 14124 S. Bell Road
after the business was burglarized.
A hammer allegedly
was used to break out
the front glass door of the
business.
Video surveillance is being
reviewed, police said.
Oct. 4
• Jason P. Lichtenstein,
31, of 19W640 Bluff
Road in Lemont, was
charged with disorderly
contests
From Page 9
conduct at Davidson’s
Sports Bar & Grill at
14136 S. Bell Road, according
to police.
Oct. 2
• Brendan Uher, 26, of
16120 S. Sandy Bank
Court in Homer Glen,
was cited for reportedly
driving on the wrong side
of road, improper lane
usage, driving too fast
for conditions, improper
overtaking on the left,
operating an uninsured
motor vehicle and following
too closely at W.
159th St. and S. Stonebridge
Drive.
submit one costume for
an entry (basically, you
cannot send yourself in
multiple costumes — pick
one), though families can
send one entry per person
from different members of
the family (and they can
be submitted together). A
group also may enter one
group costume, eligible for
one prize, as a group.
3) We understand there
may be a bit in the way of
scary imagery (such is the
nature of the holiday), but
the costumes have to be
relatively family friendly
to be considered and published.
Nothing beyond
PG-13.
4) Entries must be submitted
no later than 2 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 1, to bill@opprairie.com
or 22nd Century
Media, c/o Managing
Editor Bill Jones, at 11516
W. 183rd St. Unit SW Office
Condo 3, Orland Park,
IL, 60467 (physical entries
cannot be returned), along
with names, email addresses
and/or phone numbers,
and towns for each of
the entrants.
5) The entries will be
judged by 22nd Century
Media’s editorial staff,
with winners being chosen
based on creativity,
successful execution of an
idea, quality of craftsmanship
and consideration of
the holiday/season.
6) All entries are subject
to being published.
Halloween Costume
Contest Prizes
Best Adult Costume-
Scary (16 and older)
— $25 gift certificate for
Chesdan’s Pizzeria &
Grille, 15764 S. Bell Road
in Homer Glen; a certificate
good for $5 off any
purchase $10 or more at
Pop’s, 16600 W. 159th St.
in Lockport; and a $25 gift
6
Sept. 27
• Cashone C. Kuhn, 20,
of 12645 W. Beaver Den
Trail in Homer Glen, was
cited for failure to reduce
speed to avoid an accident
and driving while having
a suspended license on
the 15000 block of S. Bell
Road, police said.
Editor’s note: The Homer
Horizon’s police reports
come from the Will County
Sheriff’s Department’s online
news bulletin service. Anyone
listed in these reports is considered
to be innocent of all
charges until proven guilty in
a court of law.
card for Gizmos Fun Factory,
66 Orland Square
Drive, Suite D, in Orland
Park.
Best Adult Costume-
Creative (16 and older)
— A certificate good for
two tickets for Blue Man
Group at the Briar Street
Theatre in Chicago; a certificate
good for $5 off any
purchase $10 or more at
Pop’s, 16600 W. 159th St.
in Lockport; and a $25 gift
card for Gizmos Fun Factory,
66 Orland Square
Drive, Suite D, in Orland
Park.
Best Children’s Costume
(15 and younger)
— A $20 gift certificate
from Short & Sweet-Tasty
Treats, 9975 W. Lincoln
Highway in Frankfort; a
certificate good for $5 off
any purchase $10 or more
at Pop’s, 16600 W. 159th
St. in Lockport; and a $25
gift card for Gizmos Fun
Factory, 66 Orland Square
Drive, Suite D, in Orland
Park.

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Social snapshot
Top Web Stories
From HomerHorizonDaily.com from
Monday, Oct. 21.
1. Saunders retires after 25 years as LTHS
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2. Annual Mike Hike 5K Run/Walk set for
Nov. 9
3. Dogs, cats find forever homes at annual
adoption event in Homer Glen
4. Football: Lockport stuns Andrew in 24-7
win
5. Homer dentist to provide free dental
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“Last Friday, we had a special performance by
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in the morning and the residents really enjoyed
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throughout. It was very well attended,
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From the Editor
Taking in another well-decorated display
Thomas Czaja
tom@homerhorizon.com
When I think of
well-decorated
exterior house
displays, I think my mind
still tends to immediately
jump to a Christmas setting,
complete with Santa,
elves, snowmen, presents,
a manger scene or what
have you.
But I think as the years
have gone by, Halloween
decorating and making
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elaborate displays of the
scary stuff each October
is on the rise. Some may
choose to go elaborate for
both holidays, or some
may devote their time to
one or the other.
It seems that regardless
of which one you prefer,
people, in general, enjoying
reading about these
homes, with some even
wanting to check them out
for themselves. They can
help one get in the spirit
of a holiday or perhaps
even draw inspiration to
ultimately create their own
display. For Halloween,
they can provide a quick
fright, and for Christmas,
make one feel merry.
Our latest story on one
such well-decorated home
can be found on Page 7
of this issue. There, you
can read about what Dean
Lamb has done outside his
Homer Glen residence this
year for Halloween.
I’m sure, like many, his
love of making his lawn
display has only grown
each year, with the collection
also growing on
an annual basis. He has
taken the time to make
a lot of his own items
for it and shown a lot of
creativity in the process.
I think one cool thing
about his is that he went
for a distinct and historical
theme throughout,
trying to give it a 19th
century feel.
When I was visiting
there, his neighbors
stopped by to excitedly
check it out as the fog
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machine dispensed an
eerie feel to it. It was
readily apparent which
house was Lamb’s when
arriving on the block, and
it is definitely something
that gives one pause to
stop and check out what is
over there.
If you also love Halloween,
it is likely you
will fully appreciate what
Lamb has done in his
yard. Whether there and/
or somewhere else, I hope
seeing all the decorated
homes in the area helps
get you in the Halloween
spirit, no matter your age.
We wish all Homer
Glen residents a happy
and safe Halloween, wherever
their autumn adventures
may take them.
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Ready to rock
Singer from Homer Glen looks
forward to touring with new
band, Page 19
Tradition, piled high
Little Joe’s Famous Pizza got its start on
Chicago’s South Side before finding its
way to the southwest suburbs, Page 20
D92 Mother Son Monster Ball an
evening for families to dress up and
dance, Page 17
Smashing Pumpkins enforcer Kelly Dusterhoff and her
son, Henry, in costume as the Ant-Man, do the chicken
dance on Friday, Oct. 18, at the D92 Mother Son Monster
Ball. Rochelle McAuliffe/22nd Century Media

16 | October 24, 2019 | the homer horizon faith
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FAITH BRIEFS
Cross of Glory Lutheran Church
(14719 W. 163rd St., Homer Glen)
Nursery for Children
9:30 a.m. Sundays, 6:30
p.m. Wednesdays. Parishioners
may use the nursery
for their children up to age
3 during services. There is
a Kids Klub for children in
grades 4-5 during the service.
Bible Study
7:30 p.m. Wednesdays
Open to anyone ready to
discuss the Bible.
Christian Life Church
(15609 W. 159th St., Homer Glen)
Sunday Service
10 a.m.
EDGE Youth Service
7:30-9:30 p.m. Thursdays.
Our Mother of Good Counsel Parish
(16043 S. Bell Road, Homer Glen)
Daily Mass
8 a.m. Monday-Saturday
Weekend Mass
5 p.m. Saturday
8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 5
p.m. Sunday
Confessions
4-4:45 p.m. Saturdays;
9:30-10:15 a.m. Sundays;
8:30 a.m. every first Friday
Holy Hour
First Friday of each
month with 8 a.m. Mass
followed by exposition of
the blessed sacrament at
8:30 a.m. and concluding
with benediction at 9 a.m.
Council of Catholic Women
7 p.m. Second Tuesday
of the month.
Women of the parish
meet to discuss its needs.
The group also hosts a
monthly charity bake sale.
St. Bernard Parish
(13030 W. 143rd St., Homer Glen)
Happy Hours (Seniors)
11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Seniors meet monthly for
food, fun and fellowship.
St. Bernards Kids’ Choir
4:30-6 p.m. Thursdays.
All children in grades
first through eighth are
welcome to join choir.
A permission slip to join
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9:30 a.m. weekdays.
Communion Service on
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Weekend Worship
4:30 p.m. Saturdays.
8:30 a.m., 10 a.m., and
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3:30-4:15 p.m. First
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7:30-9 p.m. Thursdays.
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and instrumentalists.
For more information,
join the weekly rehearsal
or contact the music director,
Julie Kane, after Mass
on Sundays.
Annunciation Byzantine Catholic Church
(14610 S. Will Cook Road, Homer Glen)
Sunday Services
8:15 a.m. Orthros; 9:30
a.m. Divine Liturgy; 10
a.m. Sunday School. For
more information, call
(708) 645-0652.
Adult Bible Study
9-9:45 a.m., first and
third Sundays of the month
Assumption Greek Orthodox Church
(15625 S. Bell Road, Homer Glen)
Sunday Services
8:15 a.m. Orthros; 9:30
a.m. Divine Liturgy; 10
a.m. Sunday School. For
more information, call
(708) 645-0652.
New Life Community Church - Homer
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(14832 W. 163rd St., Homer Glen)
Weekly Worship Services
10 a.m. Sundays; for
more information, call
(815) 838-1416.
Kids Zone Ministry
10 a.m. Sundays.
Children up to fifth grade
can participate in games,
singing, take part in interactive
Bible teaching and
participate in hands-on
crafts. Participants should
arrive 5-10 minutes prior
to the service to sign children
up for the group. For
more information, call
(815) 838-1416.
Women’s Ministry
9:30 a.m. Fridays. Bible
study for women of all
ages.
Prayer Meeting
10 a.m. Tuesdays.
Parkview Christian Church - Homer Glen
(14367 W. 159th St., Homer Glen)
Senior Connections
10:45 a.m.-1 p.m.. Orland
Park Campus, 11110
Orland Parkway, Orland
Park. Second Friday of
the month, chili lunch
and program. The cost is
$10, and Pastor Chaz will
speak. To RSVP, call (708)
478-7477 ext. 272 or email
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First United Methodist Church of
Lockport
(1000 S. Washington St., Lockport)
Sunday Worship
9 a.m. Sunday School
10:25 a.m. Worship
Circle of Love
9 a.m. Wednesdays. Circle
of Love provides diapers,
feminine and incontinence
products to clients
who are qualified to use
the local FISH Food Pantry.
For more information,
call (815) 838-1017.
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ext. 15. Information is due
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the homer horizon | October 24, 2019 | 17
D92 Mother Son Monster Ball a horrifyingly good time
2
Costumes, games
and refreshments
make for quality
time together
Rochelle McAuliffe
Freelance Reporter
As the sky fell dark Friday,
Oct. 18, the gym at
Oak Prairie Junior High
turned into the haunted
home for moms and
their sons in Will County
School District 92.
Some of the costumed
duos arrived as ghouls
and goblins, and others arrived
as superheroes and
mythical creatures. One
thing was certain, though:
there were no tricks, and
only treats for this evening
spent between mother and
son.
To celebrate the spooky
season, the D92 Parent
Faculty Association hosted
their annual Mother Son
Monster Ball. Moms and
their sons could dance the
night away with friends
while also playing games,
enjoying refreshments
and candy, and spending
quality time together in a
unique setting.
The PFA is an organization
run by parents
and faculty that organize
events within the school
district with the aim of getting
children, parents and
the community more involved.
These events raise
money that go directly
back into schools, so PFA
members wanted to have
more events that reached
more students and members
of the community.
The Mother Son Monster
Ball is a twist on the
traditional daddy/daughter
dance, and while the PFA
does have daddy/daughter
events, offering more
inclusive events is a fun
way to include the whole
family.
“Traditionally, it’s been
a father and daughter
event, so we wanted to
make something that wanted
to included mothers and
their sons,” said Lisa Vickers,
vice president to the
PFA. “Plus, this is just a
really fun event for moms
and their sons.”
For Chase Whittington,
a third-grader from Reed
School, the evening was an
opportunity to “mostly eat
candy, but maybe spend
a little time with mom,”
Mindy, too.
“It’s a chance for us to
spend a little bit of time
together, but he’s really
excited to play with his
friends. That makes him
happy, and if he’s happy,
I’m happy, too,” Mindy
explained.
Throughout the night,
music was played that
appealed to both generations,
with some costumes
lending themselves to
the deejay’s playlist, like
two students with working
LED Marshmello and
Deadmau5 costumes, and
a mom who was a Smashing
Pumpkins enforcer.
“The costumes are so
creative, and we’re having
a lot of fun putting this
on,” said JoAnn Nyssen,
treasurer for the PFA. “The
fact that this event is helping
our school just makes
it sweeter.”
The fun was just getting
started for Jamie and Lucas
Reposh. The secondgrader
at Reed School
was dressed as Thanos
from the movie “Avengers:
Endgame,” while his
mother was dressed as a
butterfly. As the pair took a
break from the dance floor,
Lucas was excited to enjoy
Moms took to the floor under the lead of emcee Annmarie Corcoran of First Class DJ Entertainment to dance the
electric slide. Corcoran is also a fifth-grade teacher at Hadley Middle School. Photos by Rochelle McAuliffe/22nd
Century Media
a few treats and talk to his
mom.
“My mom just does a
lot of cool stuff with me.
She’s really special,” Lucas
commented.
As a PFA member, Jamie
is happy to attend
and support events put on
by the organization, but
having these events be a
bonding opportunity with
her son makes the moment
that much more special.
“We’re spending precious
time together,” she
said. “We’re seeing lots
of friends, we’re having
fun dancing and listening
to music, but most of all,
I’m spending time with
my son. I couldn’t ask for
much more.”
The D92 PFA will be
hosting several events
throughout November to
benefit D92 schools. From
Nov. 10-Nov. 30, a portion
of sales will be donated
Six-year-old Brad Pfeiffer dressed as Chicago Bears quarterback Mitch Trubisky (left
to right), his 8-year-old brother, Jacob, dressed as Marshmello and Jimmy White, 9,
dressed as a police officer at the ball.
back to D92 from the
Homer Glen Chili’s, located
at 14025 Bell Road.
Diners are asked to bring
their “Chili’s Dining Out”
flyer when dining.
The D92 PFA will also
be hosting a screening
of “Frozen 2” at Hollywood
Blvd Cinema in
Woodridge, with tickets
including a slice of pizza,
a soda, a popcorn and two
ticket vouchers for future
redemption.
For more information,
visit the District 92 PFA
on Facebook.

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Homer native becomes vocalist for new band
Derek Swanson, Editorial Intern
Kyle Dee started his first band
as a freshman at Lockport Township
High School.
The Frantic consisted of a teenage
Kyle and his best friends
from his hometown of Homer
Glen, and they simply started as
a jam session group. Three years
later, at the age of 16, Dee and
his bandmates were signed and
performing at the legendary Vans
Warped Tour.
Now, as an adult and seasoned
vocalist, Dee has joined his favorite
band Makeout amid a lineup
change that will see the band reforming
their sound and image.
Previously a member of The
Frantic for 10 years, Dee helped
form the band The Fall Four in
2014, which were featured on
MTV’s Artists to Watch. His
newest venture pays homage to
the sound of Dee’s favorite group
as a young musician, Blink-182,
and will showcase his vocal abilities
with a classic pop-punk vibe.
Originally an East Coast-based
group, Makeout now sports two
members from the Chicago area,
Dee and bassist AJ Khah. Though
if things had gone the way Dee
had initially envisioned them, he
might not have been singing at
all.
“I had been a fan of the band
ever since the first time I saw
them play last January,” Dee said.
Noticing that the band did not
have a true bassist, Dee formed
an idea.
“After the show, I thought, ‘I
wonder if they need a bass player,’”
he said.
They did, though the job would
not be given to Dee. That did not
stop him from maintaining his
dedication in finding a spot within
the group.
“I wasn’t even a bassist,” said
Dee, though he does play guitar
and would have switched strings
to get a spot in the group. “I was
that willing to do whatever it took
Homer Glen native Kyle Dee has
become the vocalist of the band
Makeout, which is rehearsing
for two concert dates at the end
of this year before plans to tour
across the nation.
Kaitlyn Johnston Photography
to join the band.
“Two weeks after messaging
[Makeout], they told me that they
had found a bassist. I thought
‘Well, I guess I’m not going to be
their bass player.’ But I had a gut
feeling about this group.”
Dee’s gut would serve him
well; a short time after the disappointing
call, Makeout’s original
vocalist left the group. After
pacing around the room for 20
minutes after hearing the news,
Dee realized his place in the band
would be through his voice.
Dee auditioned with Makeout
at his soon-to-be bandmate
Khah’s recording studio in Chicago.
Khah knew there was
something special in Dee before
either member was officially in
the band.
“I thought I was still auditioning
while Kyle was,” Khah said.
“They let both of us know at the
exact same time that we were in.”
As the two newest members of
an already established band that
had performed at Warped Tour
multiple times, along with headlining
for Blink-182 a few years
before, Dee and Khah had plenty
of material to read up on.
“Once we got in, it was like,
‘Go learn two albums worth of
music,’” Khah said. “So, there
were moments where [Kyle and
I] were hive minding and sharing
the experience of learning parts.”
Khah said Dee has a natural
ability to listen to any song and
figure out how to play it within an
instant.
“It’s been a really great experience
to step into this band as one
of the two new members,” Dee
said. “[Khah and I have] been
through it all as a duo.”
Makeout is in the studio and
also rehearsing for two upcoming
concert dates in December. They
will host their first show at Reggies
Chicago, and another two
days later in Rhode Island.
From there, the band will go on
tour across the country.
“After the new year, we’re
expecting to get out on the
road,” Dee said. “We also have
a couple songs coming out before
the end of the year that
will be available on Apple Music,
Spotify and out website at
makeoutofficial.com.”
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The Dish
Little Joe’s pizza stays ‘Famous’ for six decades
Sean Hastings
Contributing Editor
For 61 years, Little Joe’s
Famous Pizza and Restaurante
has been serving the
people of the Chicago area.
Little Joe’s first opened
its doors in 1958 on 63rd
Street in Chicago. On the
same day it opened its
doors, former owner Pat
Albergo’s daughter, Sue,
was born. And years later,
Sue and her husband Abe
Vazquez took over the business.
The original location
was sold, but with the help
of Albergo, Sue and Abe,
who met in the kitchen at
the original 63rd Street
location, were able to
open the Tinley Park location
in 1991. They bought
70% SOLD!
out Albergo in 1998 and
in 2003 opened the New
Lenox location, which also
serves breakfast. Just six
years ago, they opened the
Frankfort location.
“When we sold [the original
location[, everyone
kept asking what happened
to Little Joe’s, so I said we
should keep it going,” Sue
said. “My godfather’s children
were all in the medical
field, so they didn’t want
to do anything with it. My
dad said let’s do it with
my brother and I, and my
husband. ‘Let’s look for a
spot. I’ll put the money up.
As soon as I get my money
back, I’m out.’ Tinley was
a gold mine. We had to buy
my dad out.”
Not knowing before it
happened that the 63rd
Street location would be
sold, Sue and Abe bought
a house near the original
location So, for roughly 10
years, Abe drove from their
home near Chicago Midway
International Airport
to the Tinley Park location.
Sue said they were
originally eyeing the New
Lenox spot to be the first in
the suburbs, but the former
owners, Sherwood Inn, did
not want to sell at the time.
So, Tinley became the first
spot on the tour for Little
Joe’s.
“Abe kept coming
over and talking to [Sherwood],”
Sue said. “Right
after we bought Tinley,
they called my husband
and said, ‘We’ll sell.’ Abe
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said, ‘No, we just bought
this restaurant.”
Today, managing three
restaurants, Sue admitted
it is not easy. She and Abe
try to never be at the same
location at the same time,
splitting up to be where
they are needed on any
given day.
Though the recipes have
stayed the same, the biggest
changes Sue and Abe have
implemented are healthier
options and more glutenfree
choices.
“We found out that I was
gluten intolerant, so that
was important to me that
people, if they are gluten
intolerant, they can come
here or any of the restaurants
and know that we
care about people having
other choices,” Sue said.
“I remember 10 years ago,
when I went gluten-free,
that I’d go into places and
they’d look at you like
you have 10 heads. I want
to do even better and give
choices.”
The menu at Little Joe’s
includes, of course, the famous
pizza (thin crust, deep
dish or stuffed), the Alia
Little Joe’s Famous PIzza and Restaurante in New
Lenox serves thin crust, deep dish and stuffed pizza.
Pictured is a large thin crust with pepperoni.
photos by Sean Hastings/22nd Century Media
The New Lenox Little Joe’s Famous Pizza location has
been standing since 2003, but the franchise’s history
dates back to 1958.
Don Allesandro ($15.95
for a pasta with broccoli,
chicken breast, sun-dried
tomatoes, garlic and olive
oil) and the homemade lasagna
($13.95).
The sauces at Little Joe’s
are homemade, as is the
dough.
Sue also recommends
the poor boy sandwich
($9.95 for a mini, $18.75
for a large).
Sue said she is happy
that customers have been
sticking around for as long
as they have. And one of
those former 63rd Street
customers even works at
the New Lenox location today.
Karen O’Connor said
she and her roommate used
to walk down the street to
get Little Joe’s, and when it
sold, they tracked down the
Tinley location.
Stories like that warm
Sue’s heart.
“We just want to thank
all our customers for all of
the support all these years,”
she said. They can go wherever
they want, and they
choose to come here.”

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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. Directional assistance
4. Routine
7. Metric wts.
10. The most, for short
13. Environmental
controllers
14. Cutting tool
15. Fall month
16. Wee hour
17. Cloud function
20. Whitney and others:
Abbr.
21. Pack ___ (quit)
22. New hair salon
opened by Lincoln-
Way grads
24. Dairy Queen treat
28. Kemo Sabe’s
companion
31. Sounds of woe
32. “I am not my ___”
India Arie
33. High-stakes roller
34. ____ Creek
middle school in
Frankfort
36. Mark’s replacement
37. R&B singer Sam
38. Smoke detector
40. Cutting criticism
42. Competition applications
44. Film-maker, Jean-
Luc
46. Wine: Prefix
47. IV amounts
50. Subarctic evergreen
forests
51. It’s released during
stressful moments
53. Smooth (music)
55. Insulation
56. Legal departure
58. Noisy insect
62. Sheep’s cry
63. Slippery creature
64. Princess woe
65. Metal bearing rock
66. Mythical monster
67. Spicy stew
68. Noah’s boat
69. Not that either
Down
1. Physician
2. Absence of passion
3. Backyards
4. Chowderhead
5. Construction site
sight, abbr.
6. Deuce in hold’em
7. Scoundrel
8. Kind of dancer
9. Slender
10. Campaign asset
11. Aardvark’s
morsel
12. Cancels, with
“out”
18. Mandela’s org.
19. Prefix for grade
23. Electorate
25. Toledo locale
26. Didn’t have
27. “American Idol”
runner-up. Clay
29. High up point
30. Conquistador’s
prize
33. Author’s credit
34. Respect
35. Not so common
37. Escalade, e.g.
39. Long, long time
(var.)
40. Military rank,
abbr.
41. Mauna ___
43. Tasks
45. Scolded
47. Tie type
48. Chicago suburb
49. Trapper
51. In the least
52. Physics unit
54. Sphere
56. Hematological
classification system
57. ___ of words
59. Place to relax
60. Sailing pronoun
61. Bourbon-barrel
wood
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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 1-9.
LEVEL: Medium
Crossword by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan
answers
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Outstanding new home values in Peotone can be yours At Westgate Manor
Distinctive Home Builders is building new homes from the low $200s
When it comes to a preferred location,
Peotone is a steadily growing
suburb with a strong infrastructure
and an irresistible small-town charm
with a bright future—which is why Distinctive
Home Builders chose the Will
County village for its newest community
of 38 single-family homes: Westgate
Manor.
“Peotone is a family-friendly village
just south of Chicago and is one
of the best kept secrets among new
home seekers,” said Bryan Nooner,
President of Distinctive Home Builders.
“We expect to attract home shoppers
from northwest Indiana and the
south suburban Chicago marketplace.
We will likely also see buyers from the
Kankakee area because the Peotone
school district is so desirable.”
Several factors attracted Distinctive
Home Builders to this hometown atmosphere
community, not the least of
which was its convenient location between
Interstate 57 and Illinois Route
50 and easy access to I-80. Commuters
will enjoy several nearby train stations
and a mere 35-minute drive to
Chicago.
“It’s a vibrant, growing community
centers in the west and southwest suburbs
with impressive commercial and
industrial growth that has followed the
residential boom here,” said Nooner.
combined with lower construction
costs add up to savings when compared
to a similarly-equipped home in
the area,” added Nooner.
Westgate Manor brick and frame
The Fahan II, a split level 3-4BR luxury townhome at Brookside Meadows.
2-Story Great Room Prairie Model
three to four bedrooms, two to threeand-
a-half baths, full basement,
formal dining room, vaulted, tray or
kitchen with custom maple cabinets,
family room or great room, and concrete
driveways. Depending on the
home selected, other standard amenities
can include a living room, den,
dinette, a tray or vaulted ceiling in
the master bedroom, and dual-zoned
heating and air conditioning.
wide variety of styles and selections—
designs—each available in three to
Manor, including two-story and ranch
homes. Square footages span 1,600 to
2,500 for ranches and 1,800 to 3,000
for two-story homes.
“Most home shoppers feel there
you need and what you want in a new
home. With our new premium inclu-
cantly
by including additional features
that our buyers told us were most important
to them,” said Nooner, who
added that “now is the best time to buy,
because you can still take advantage of
preconstruction prices that range from
the low $200s which makes this a ter-
Other premium standard features
included at Westgate Manor are brick
basements in most models, ceramic
baths and foyer; and custom maple
cabinets. Distinctive kitchen cabinets
ers
with dove tail joints, which is very
rare in the marketplace.
“When you build a new home with
Distinctive, you truly are receiving a
hand crafted home with custom made
cabinets no matter what the price
range,” noted Nooner. This year, Distinctive
Home Builders is celebrating
30 years building thousands of homes
throughout the Will and south Cook
county areas.
Distinctive Home Builders, an in-
with a “Zero Punch list” closing policy.
Prior to closing, each home undergoes
an industry leading 100-point checklist
to insure the home measures up to
our high quality standards.
Aspen III Exterior
Customers stay connected to the
progress of their home from start to
struction
portal. “Our customers simply
download our Distinctive HomeBuilders
app and they are in touch with their
new home 24/7 from anywhere in the
world. The app allows our customers
to see the progress of their home and
access their documents at any time,”
Nooner explained. “Our customers really
appreciate the integration of social
media sites directly in our app allowing
them to easily share photos and updates
of their new home with family and
friends,” he concluded.
As a semi-custom builder, Distinctive
Home Builders can modify any of
its standard designs to cater to a customer’s
tastes, which means that moving
walls, adding extra windows or even
extending the garage are all possible.
Nooner added that “All our homes
built to the new National Energy Code
guidelines. Every home we build has
upgraded wall and ceiling insulation
customers take possession of their new
home, we perform a blower door test to
insure that each home passes a set of
very stringent guidelines which insures
that our homes are tight and energy ef-
means lower gas and electric bills for our
customers each month.”
Peotone was established in 1856 and
downtown area complete with diners,
pizza parlors, cafes and pubs. In season
there is a Farmer’s Market in front
of the American Legion. Also the community
has a popular Fall Fest in front
of the famous Peotone Windmill; once
the map in the late 1800s. A Christmas
in the Village Festival is another annual
community event that concludes with a
Lighted Parade at night. Peotone now
has an estimated population of just over
4,000. Metra rail service is nearby providing
commuters easy access to downtown
Chicago.
Westgate Manor is conveniently located
within walking distance of the
esteemed Peotone High School. The
and Information Center is located in
Manhattan three miles south of Laraway
Rd. on Rt. 52. at 16233 Pinto Lane,
Manhattan, IL, 60422. Hours are daily
from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., closed
Wednesday and Thursday and they are
always available by appointment.
-
times and lot availability are subject to
change without notice. Please contact
a Distinctive representative for current
pricing and complete details. For more
homebuilders.com.

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COMMON AD - REAL ESTATE
SECTION
SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE
of 14326 SOUTH CREME ROAD,
HOMER GLEN, IL 60491 (Tan wood
siding, two story single family home, attached
three car garage). On the 7th day
of November, 2019 to be held at 12:00
noon, at the Will County Courthouse
Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street, Room 201,
Joliet, IL 60432, under Case Title:
M&T BANK Plaintiff V. ALEXAN-
DER BOBROFF A/K/A ALEXAN-
DER MBOBROFF; FORD MOTOR
CREDIT COMPANY LLC; BAR-
CLAYS BANK DELAWARE; CITI-
ZENS BANK, NATIONAL ASSO-
CIATION S/I/I CHARTER ONE
BANK, N.A.; Defendant.
Case No. 17 CH 0961 in the Circuit
Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit,
Will County, Illinois.
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the
time of sale and the balance within
twenty-four (24) hours. Nojudicial sale
fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring
the residential real estate pursuant
to its credit bid at the sale or by any
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other
lienor acquiring the residential real estate
whose rights in and tothe residential
real estate arose prior to the sale. All
payments shall be made in cash or certified
funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will
County. Judgment amount is
$453,846.93 plus interest, cost and post
judgment advances, if any.
In the event the property is acondomin-
ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS
5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and (H-2), 765
ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS
605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified
that the purchaser of the unit, other than
amortgagee, shall pay the assessments
and legal fees required bysubdivisions
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and the assessments
required by subsection (g-1)
of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium
Property Act.
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J)
if there is asurplus following application
ofthe proceeds of sale, then the
plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant
to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512(d) to all parties
to the proceeding advising them of
the amount ofthe surplus and that the
surplus will beheld until aparty obtains
acourt order for its distribution or, in
the absence of an order, until the surplus
is forfeited to the State.
For Information Please Contact:
PIERCE AND ASSOCIATES
1 N. Dearborn Suite 1300
Chicago, Illinois 60602
P: 312-346-9088
F:
PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT
COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT
YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS
LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A
DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING
TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY
INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL
BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
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PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT
COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT
YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS
LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A
DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING
TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY
INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL
BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
STATE OF ILLINOIS
)
) SS.
COUNTY OF WILL
)
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE
TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
M&T BANK
Plaintiff,
vs.
ALEXANDER BOBROFF A/K/A AL-
EXANDER MBOBROFF; FORD MO-
TOR CREDIT COMPANY LLC; BAR-
CLAYS BANK DELAWARE; CITI-
ZENS BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIA-
TION S/I/I CHARTER ONE BANK,
N.A.;
Defendant.
No. 17 CH 0961
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
Public notice ishereby given that pursuant
toajudgment entered in the above
cause on the 6th day of August, 2019,
MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will
County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the
7th day of November, 2019 ,commencing
at 12:00 o'clock noon, at the
Will County Courthouse Annex, 57 N.
Ottawa Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL
60432, sell at public auction tothe highest
and best bidder orbidders the following-described
real estate:
THE SOUTH 150 FEET OF THE
NORTH 398.80 FEET OF LOT 28 IN
UNIT NUMBER 2, OF REED'S
ROLLING MEADOW FARMS, A
SUBDIVISION OFPART OFTHE
NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SEC-
TION 9, AND PART OF THE WEST
HALF OF THE NORTHWEST
QUARTER OF SECTION 10,
TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH, RANGE 11,
EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL
MERIDIAN, IN WILL COUNTY,
ILLINOIS.
Commonly known as:
14326 SOUTH CREME ROAD,
HOMER GLEN, IL 60491
Description of Improvements:
Tan wood siding, two story single
family home, attached three car garage
P.I.N.:
16-05-09-201-046-0000
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the
time of sale and the balance within
twenty-four (24) hours. Nojudicial sale
fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring
the residential real estate pursuant
to its credit bid at the sale or by any
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other
lienor acquiring the residential real estate
whose rights in and tothe residential
real estate arose prior to the sale. All
payments shall be made in cash or certified
funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will
County. Judgment amount is
$453,846.93 plus interest, cost and post
judgment advances, if any.
In the event the property is acondomin-
ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS
5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and (H-2), 765
ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS
605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified
that the purchaser of the unit, other than
amortgagee, shall pay the assessments
and legal fees required bysubdivisions
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and the assessments
required by subsection (g-1)
of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium
Property Act.
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J)
if there is asurplus following application
ofthe proceeds of sale, then the
plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant
to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512(d) to all parties
to the proceeding advising them of
the amount ofthe surplus and that the
surplus will beheld until aparty obtains
acourt order for its distribution or, in
the absence of an order, until the surplus
is forfeited to the State.
FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CON-
TACT:
PIERCE AND ASSOCIATES
1 N. Dearborn Suite 1300
Chicago, Illinois 60602
P: 312-346-9088
F:
Plaintiff's Attorney
MIKE KELLEY
Sheriff of Will County
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Athlete of the Week
10 Questions
with Sam Hook
Sam Hook is a senior at
Lockport Township. He
shot an 82 on Oct. 14 to
help the Porter boys golf
team win the Class 3A
sectional championship at
Lick Creek Golf Course in
Pekin.
You stepped up with
the third-best score
on the team to help
the Porters win the
sectional, the first
since 2000, and
advance to state. How
did that feel?
I was happy and excited.
It wasn’t my best
round; that was a 73. But
the course was tough, and I
grinded it out. I just didn’t
want to put up a big number
and came in as low as
I could.
This was the secondstraight
season that
Lockport boys golf
advanced to state.
What does that say
for this program?
It’s really cool that we
get to put our name out
there. People don’t see it
as that hard of a sport. But
it’s one of the few sports
where everything is different
every time, and you
have to adapt to that.
How did you start
playing golf?
My dad, Jeff, started me
playing when I was a kid.
Our backyard is on a golf
course [Broken Arrow], so
he would take me out there
for some father/son bonding.
I really liked it, and
when I got to Lockport,
I thought I might as well
play for the team.
Do you play any other
sports?
I used to play baseball.
I played that from when
I was 5 or 6 until sophomore
year. But then I quit
baseball to focus on golf
and see where that would
take me.
Two-part question:
What is it about golf
that makes it the
sport for you, and
have you ever had a
hole-in-one?
I kind of like that no
matter what happens, you
can’t get down on yourself.
You just have to keep
focusing and grind it out
for the team, because
every shot matters. I’ve
never had a hole-in-one.
I had a shot that landed
just past the hole and spun
backward off the stick and
kicked out.
What have you
learned from Lockport
boys golf coach Matt
Eber?
He’s taught me that in
the big tournaments, like
the sectional and state,
that it doesn’t matter what
they call it, it’s still a golf
course. Just play it and
don’t get nervous.
If you could be any
Photo submitted
superhero, who would
you be and why?
The Flash. That’s because
I could wake up one
minute before school and
still make it on time. Also,
before a golf tournament, I
could warmup fast.
What do you do to
prepare yourself
before you go out and
play in a dual meet or
a tournament?
About two minutes before
my first tee time, I
listen to “The Final Countdown”
[a 1986 song by
Europe]. That just makes
me focus and leave it all
out there. It’s like the final
thing that I could do.
Do you plan to play
golf in college?
I would like to. I feel
like it would be a lot of
fun, but I don’t know if I
will have the time to do it.
I want to go to college for
engineering or accuracy
sciences.
What is the best thing
about being an athlete
at Lockport?
All the students, faculty
and everyone is there to
support you. There’s just
great school spirit, and they
care about every sport, no
matter which one it is.
Interview by Freelance Reporter
Randy Whalen
This Week In...
Porters Varsity
Athletics
Girls Swimming
■Oct. ■ 24 at Sandburg,
4:30 p.m.
Girls Volleyball
■Oct. ■ 24 at Homewood-
Flossmoor, 5:30 p.m.
■Oct. ■ 28 IHSA Regional,
4:30 p.m., TBA
■Oct. ■ 29 IHSA Regionals ,
4:30 p.m.
■Oct. ■ 30 IHSA Regionals,
4:30 p.m.
Girls Tennis
■Oct. ■ 24 at IHSA State
Championship, TBD
■Oct. ■ 25 at IHSA State
Championship, TBD
■Oct. ■ 26 at IHSA State
Championship, TBD
Football
■Oct. ■ 25 host Stagg, 7 p.m.
Boys Soccer
■Oct. ■ 25 at IHSA Regionals
Championship Game, TBD
■Oct. ■ 29 IHSA Sectional,
TBD
■Oct. ■ 30 IHSA Sectional,
TBD
Girls Cross Country
■Oct. ■ 26 IHSA Regionals,
10 a.m.
Boys Cross Country
■Oct. ■ 26 IHSA Regionals,
10:45 a.m.
Celtics Varsity
Athletics
Boys Cross Country
■Oct. ■ 26 Class 2A Bremen
Regional at Midlothian
Meadows, 1:45 p.m.
Girls Cross Country
■Oct. ■ 26 Class 2A Bremen
Regional at Midlothian
Meadows, 1:45 p.m.
Football
■Oct. ■ 25 at Montini,
7:30 p.m.
Boys Hockey
■Oct. ■ 24 at St. Rita at
SouthWest Ice Arena,
7:45 p.m.
■Oct. ■ 29 at Hinsdale
Central at Willowbrook Ice
Arena, 7 p.m.
Boys Soccer
■Oct. ■ 25 Class 2A Lemont
Regional final, 4 p.m.
■Oct. ■ 29 Class 2A
Burlington Central Sectional
semifinal, 4:30 p.m.
Girls Tennis
■Oct. ■ 24 Class 1A State
Finals at Buffalo Grove and
surrounding schools, 8 a.m.
■Oct. ■ 25 Class 1A State
Finals at Buffalo Grove and
surrounding schools, 8 a.m.
■Oct. ■ 26 Class 1A State
Finals at Buffalo Grove and
surrounding schools, 8 a.m.
Girls Volleyball
■Oct. ■ 29 host Class 3A
Providence Regional
semifinal vs. Rich South,
5:30 p.m.
Attack Volleyball Club to have girls
high school tryouts on two dates
Submitted by Attack
Volleyball Club
Attack Volleyball Club
high school tryouts will be
from 9-11 a.m. on Sunday,
Oct. 27, and Sunday, Nov.
3 for 15U-18U girls not
still competing with their
golf
From Page 37
which placed third in Class
2A last year and made its
third-straight State Finals
appearance.
Hinsdale Central (327),
which won back-to-back
state championships in
2014 and 2015 and was
third in 2016 and 2017, was
fourth.
school team.
Players still competing
should come on their
scheduled date to pick up
their contract. All events
will take place at the club’s
new facility at the Megaplex
at 15301 S. Bell Road
in Homer Glen.
It’s the first time since
2008 that the Red Devils
did not qualify for state as
a team.
Naperville Central (338)
was fifth, followed by Lincoln-Way
East (349), Benet
Academy (351), Neuqua
Valley (351), Yorkville
(373), Marist (375), Oswego
East (378), and Mother
McAuley (412) rounded
out the 12-team field.
Those interested can
register online at at
tackvolleyballclub.
sportngin.com/register/
form/863614927.
For additional questions,
contact Pam at (312) 806-
7387 or visit attackvolley
ballclub.net.
Lincoln-Way East last
had a team qualify for
the State Finals in 2012.
While the Griffins fell
short as a team, they had
an individual qualify
for the second-straight
season.
That was senior Jessica
Loera, who tied for 14th
overall with an 81 for
Lincoln-Way East at state
competition.

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Football
5
Lockport stuns Andrew in 24-7 win
Randy Whalen
Freelance Reporter
This is Lockport Township
football.
Marcos Voulgaris returned
to the Lockport
lineup just five weeks after
suffering a broken hand
and ran for 158 yards and
a touchdown. Sophomore
Ty Schultz steamrolled for
128 yards rushing and added
a pair of TD runs as the
Porters dominated Andrew
24-7 in a SouthWest Suburban
Conference crossover
on Friday, Oct. 18, in Tinley
Park.
The SWSC crossovers
do not count in the standings.
But this was certainly
the most dominant performance
by the Porters since
their last playoff season of
2016. This was not just any
win; it was a victory against
a Thunderbolt (6-2) team
that went 4-0 on its side of
the SWSC to win the Red
Division for the first time
since 2011. It also spoiled
Senior Night.
The win keeps Lockport
(3-5) alive for a playoff
berth. With the Chicago
Public Schools strike, there
could be less CPS teams
qualifying for the postseason,
and a 4-5 team might
make it.
Either way, the win
shows the brand of football
that the Porters strive to
play. The beaming smiles
on the Lockport sideline
were a sign of that.
“It tells you that the kids
were hungry and want
to win,” Lockport coach
George Czart said. “I told
the team beforehand that
we can choose to play good
or bad. We chose to play
well.”
Led by the double threat
of Schultz and Volgaris, the
Porters ran over Andrew.
That was due in big part to
the fact that the offensive
line of senior left tackle
Payton Collins, senior left
guard William Doyle IV,
junior center Kyle Hartman
senior right guard
Joseph Wojcik and senior
right tackle Brandon Baker,
along with blocking senior
fullback John Ostrander,
opened up the gaping holes
that led to Lockport amassing
all of their 286 yards on
the ground.
“We couldn’t have done
anything without those
guys,” Schultz said of the
offensive line. “They were
Lockport vs. Andrew
linemen.
great. We just stayed focused
on what we needed
to do. This just shows that
we’ve had a good strength
throughout the season.”
Five-and-a-half of those
games were without Voulgaris,
who broke his nonthrowing
left hand late in
the second quarter in a second
week loss to state power
Wheaton Warrenville
South. But he was cleared
to play this past week, and
he made the most of that
opportunity to be back in
the lineup.
His first carry, which
opened the game, went for
a yard loss. His last carry,
which was a kneel down to
run out the clock, also lost a
1 2 3 4 F
Lockport 10 0 14 0 24
Andrew 0 7 0 0 7
THREE STARS OF THE GAME
1. Marcos Voulgaris, Lockport, senior quarterback: 18
carries - 158 yards, 37- yard TD run.
2. Ty Schultz, Lockport, sophomore running back: 18
carries - 128 yards, two TD’s of 35 and 8 yards.
3. Payton Collins, William Doyle IV, Kyle Hartman, Joseph
Wojcik, Brandon Baker, along with John Ostrander,
Lockport, All seniors except Hartman [junior], offensive
yard. In between, the senior
quarterback had 16 carries
for 160 yards.
“It feels good to be
back,” Voulgaris said.
“When I went down, I was
like, ‘There’s no way I’m
going to let Week No. 2 be
my last game.’ Everyone
was there helping me, and
[junior backup quarterback
Riley Pfeiffer] helped me
so much.”
Voulgaris, who was 0-4
passing with two interceptions,
also credited the defense
for picking him up
after Andrew seniors John
Bickel and Joe DeHaan had
first-half interceptions.
But by that point, the
Porters had a 10-0 lead,
thanks to Schultz scampering
in from 35 yards out to
cap the opening drive of the
game, which covered 80
yards in six plays and only
took 2:09 off the clock.
An interception of Andrew
junior quarterback
Trevor Griffin (1-of-10,
2 yards; 2 interceptions)
by senior defensive back
Collin Schmutzler led to a
30-yard field goal by sophomore
Gabe Czako for a
10-0 lead with 3:40 to play
in the first quarter.
The interception by
Bickel gave the T-Bolts the
ball at midfield midway
through the second quarter.
They went 50 yards in nine
plays and scored when
Griffin galloped to the
right pylon for a TD with
3:19 left in the half. Senior
Peyton Benes banged
home the extra point, and
that cut the Lockport lead
to 10-7, which stood up as
the halftime score.
At intermission Andrew,
which was led by senior
running back Rocco Iannantone,
actually had outgained
the Porters 143-
112. But the T-Bolts were
limited to 75 yards in the
second half, thanks in
part to the play of junior
linebackers Joseph Fiorillo
and Joe Suchorabski,
along with senior linebackers
Donovan Kot and
Joe Kenney, who had an
interception.
“Our defense kept them
from making the big play,”
Czart said. “And the offensive
line was moving people
and doing a great job.”
Voulgaris raced in for
a 37-yard touchdown
with 5:38 left in the third
quarter. Following Kenney’s
interception, Schultz
capped the scoring with
an 8-yard run with 2:57 to
play in the quarter. Senior
Sean Lyons added all three
extra points.
“It felt awesome,” Voulgaris
said of scoring the
touchdown. “You could
sense that everyone wanted
it, and we attacked them
on offense.”
The final game of the
season is this Friday, Oct.
25, when the Porters host
Stagg. Or is it?
“That’s the hope,” Voulgaris
said of the outside
chance that Lockport can
make the playoffs. “We
just have to keep working
even harder.”
Our staff’s predictions for the top games in Week 9
Vorva takes the lead over Millar in the battle of
the sports editors, and things are bunched up
after that.
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• Bradley (3-5) at Sandburg (2-6)
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Joe Coughlin |
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• Sandburg 14, Bradley 7. Eagles
best Boilermakers by a touchdown
for a win at home.
Other Games to Watch
• Stagg (1-7) at Lockport (3-5)
• Tinley Park (2-5) at T.F. South (5-3)
• Lincoln-Way West (5-3) at Lincoln-Way East (8-0)
• LW Central (2-6) at H-F (7-1)
• Providence (6-2) at Montini (6-2)
• Bradley 25, Sandburg 19. Sorry
Eagles fans, but the 1-2-3 punch of
Bolingbrook, H-F and LWE is going
to be tough to recover from.
• Lockport
• T.F. South
• LW East
• H-F
• Montini
• Bradley 21, Sandburg 14. The Boilermakers
may have a letdown after
their playoff hopes were thwarted
by LW West, but they do just enough
to get by the Eagles.
• Lockport
• T.F. South
• LW East
• H-F
• Providence
• Bradley 17, Sandburg 13. Lowscoring
affair will go in favor of the
Boilermakers, thanks to them winning
the turnover margin, as well.
• Lockport
• T.F. South
• LW East
• H-F
• Montini
• Bradley 35, Sandburg 7. Bradley
ends season on a high note even if
playoffs are a long shot.
• Lockport
• T.F. South
• LW East
• H-F
• Providence
• Sandburg 24, Bradley 21. Eagles
squeak by at home to end season
on a high note.
• Lockport
• T.F. South
• LW East
• H-F
• Montini
• Lockport
• Tinley Park
• LW East
• H-F
• Providence

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Girls Golf
Ancevicius makes it out of tough sectional for Porters
LTHS junior shoots
87 at state finals
held in Decatur
Randy Whalen
Freelance Reporter
Claire Ancevicius went to
tee-off on the biggest hole
she would golf all season.
Some people were
shocked at the club the
Lockport Township junior
used.
“They were like, ‘You’re
using a 3-wood, but actually
it was a 5-wood off the
tee,” said Ancevicius of her
choice of clubs. “But my
driver hadn’t been good all
day.”
She pared the hole,
which was the first playoff
hole, as Ancevicius
was in a three-way playoff
at the Class 2A Sandburg
Sectional for the final two
spots for an individual
advancement to the State
Finals.
The sectional was held
on Oct. 14 at Silver Lake
Country Club in Orland
Park. There, the Top 3
teams and Top 10 individuals
not on those teams advanced
to the State Finals
last weekend.
That took place on Friday,
Oct. 18, and Saturday,
Oct. 19, at the Hickory
Point Golf Course in Decatur.
There, Ancevicius
finished tied for 79th by
shooting an 87 in Round 1
of state competition.
Ancevicius was one of
three players with an 82
at the sectional. She, however,
was the first to move
on with a par on the opening
playoff hole, while the
other two bogeyed it. Alina
Brindza, a senior from
Downers Grove South,
eventually edged Hinsdale
Central senior Lily Fuchs
for the final individual spot.
“I calmed down,” Ancevicius
said of the par 4 playoff
hole. “I got on in two
and two-putted from there.
It felt great. It was like all
the hard work paid off.”
That showed through
in her final four holes, as
Ancevicius finished strong
to put herself in position to
make the Top 10,
“I just let my game take
over,” she said. “In the beginning,
I was really nervous,
but then I was playing
with my friend Julia [Bockstahler]
from Andrew.
She’s a senior, and it was
the last time I’d play with
her, so I took that to heart.
I birdied 15 and pared the
last three holes. I was really
happy with myself.”
Lockport coach Matt
Major was really happy for
Ancevicius.
“That’s clutch,” he said
of her performance in the
playoff round. “She came
out and did a nice job splitting
the fairway. She got on
the green in two and then
out in two. She played well,
very steady. A lot went into
her game, and it showed.”
Ancevicius was one of
four individual Porter players
at the sectional. The
others were seniors Megan
Kohley (84) and Rachel Kuzel
(85), along with junior
Katherine Tomczuk (90).
“I started rough,” said
Kohley of her final high
school golf tournament.
“The first hole I had a double
and then bogey, bogey
before I settled in for some
pars. I had a birdie [on 15],
but then three bogies to finish
and those killed me.
“But we all tried our
best. It was a good season,
and we all had a blast. It
was a lot of fun.”
If the Lockport foursome
would have golfed as a team,
it would have had a score of
341 and placed sixth overall
in the sectional.
Riding the outstanding
postseason play of junior
medalist Athena Kwon,
with a 73, Sandburg shot
a 321 at the sectional and
finished second. Placing
first was Naperville North
(317), which won its first
sectional title since 1998
and qualified for state for
the fourth-straight season.
Following Sandburg was
fellow SouthWest Suburban
Conference team Lincoln-Way
Central (325),
Cross Country
All LTHS girls runners finish in Top 11 to win conference
Hinchley’s ninthplace
finish paces
Lockport boys to
second place
Randy Whalen
Freelance Reporter
It was mission accomplished
for the LTHS girls
cross country team in the
SouthWest Suburban Conference
race held Saturday,
Oct. 19, at Lockport Township
High School.
For the girls, Lockport
won the conference in the
Blue Division. It was the
second-straight season,
ninth time in the past 10
years and 10th time overall
since 2005 that the Porters
have won the SWSC Blue.
While Sandburg junior
Ella Jeffries (17:46.4) easily
won the individual title
in the SWSC Blue, Lockport
had all seven varsity
runners finish in the Top 11.
They were freshman Caroline
Turner (2nd, 18:16.4),
freshman Kayla Shea
(3rd, 18:28.1), senior Abbey
Kozak 5th, 18:39.9),
senior Madison Polinski
(6th, 18:44.1), sophomore
Samantha Weisner (7th,
18:58.6), junior Megan
Mitchell (10th, 19:07.3)
and freshman Monica
Skibicki (11th, 19:08.1).
“I’m really happy,”
Lockport coach Regan
Cronholm said. “All the
girls ran well, and we had a
lot of PRs. That was great.”
Lockport (23 points)
easily outdistanced Sandburg
(53), while East (74),
Bolingbrook (88) and
Homewood-Flossmoor,
which only had four girls
run, rounded out the field.
The Porters are so deep
that one of their top varsity
runners, freshman Hannah
Miller, ran the sophomore
race and placed first there
in a time of 19:11.7 to lead
seven Lockport runners in
the Top 8.
“This is one of my favorite
courses; I know where
everything is,” Miller said.
“It was a fun experience
and will be a fun experience
coming up in the postseason
with the team.”
Boys claim second at
conference
On the Blue Division
side for boys cross country,
Sandburg (23) easily won
the conference for the thirdstraight
season, ninth time in
10 years and 13th time since
it formed in 2005, by having
all seven of its runners finish
in the Top 10. Lockport (61)
was second, Lincoln-Way
East (72) third, Bolingbrook
(90) fourth and Homewood-
Flossmoor did not score,
having only one runner
compete.
Lockport’s Claire Ancevicius shot an 82 on Oct. 14
at the Class 2A Sandburg Sectional, as well as made
par on the first playoff hole there, to qualify for state
competition. 22nd Century Media file Photo
For Lockport, senior
Jake Hinchley (15:34.9) led
the way with a ninth-place
finish in the Blue Division
to make All-Conference.
Senior Ross Cronholm
(15:50.1) and junior Austin
Molitor (16:19) just missed
it with 11th and 12th place
Blue Division finishes.
Senior Brendan Diamond
(16:25.3) junior Wil Kiley
(16:45.9), and junior Frank
Biamonte (17:00.8) rounded
out the Porter runners.
“Sandburg is a great
team,” Lockport coach
Tom Razo said. “Our guys
did OK. Jake Hinchley and
Ross Cronholm ran well,
and Austin Molitor’s time
was a PR. But we’ve got
Please see golf, 35
work ahead of us for the
postseason [at the Plainfield
South Regional and
Hinsdale Central Sectional].
Hopefully, the guys
will take that to heart and
step up and go.”
Upcoming postseason
schedule
The Class 3A Andrew
Regional is slated for this
Saturday, Oct. 26, at the
Tinley Park Recreational
Center. The following Saturday,
Nov. 2, is the Normal
Community Sectional,
which is held at Maxwell
Park in Normal.
Then, the State Finals are
on Saturday, Nov. 9, at Detweiller
Park in Peoria.

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Lockport junior Ben Sluzas wins individual title at State Finals
Randy Whalen
Freelance Reporter
Ben Sluzas.
Remember that name,
because the high school
golf world certainly will.
The Lockport Township
junior did something
last weekend that few
ever have. He captured
the IHSA Class 3A individual
championship for
a second-straight season.
That happened when he
completed a 4-under 140
total score with a 3-under
69 on Saturday, Oct. 19, at
the Den of Fox Creek in
Bloomington.
With his back-to-back
Class 3A individual championship,
Sluzas joins only
a handful of players who
have accomplished the
feat in the 102 continuous
years that the tournament
has been held. He is
the first to do it in the 3A
class, which went into effect
in the fall of 2007. The
last one to do it in any boys
class was Quincy’s Luke
Guthrie, who won Class
AA in 2006 and then Class
3A in 2007.
Sluzas joins Kyle Anderson,
who repeated as
an individual boys bowling
state champion in 2010
and 2011; Brad Johnson,
who repeated as wrestling
state champion in Class
3A in 2011 (189 pounds)
and 2012 (195); and John
Meyer, who won the Class
3A track and field shot put
individual championship
three-straight years from
2016-2018, as the only repeat
individual champions
in LTHS history.
In an up-and-down finish,
Sluzas had a birdie on
his final hole to help him
hang on for a one-stroke
win over Patrick Moorhead
of Lake Forest.
“It feels great, and I’m
happy with how I played,”
Sluzas said. “It’s crazy and
a great feeling to know
I have one more year of
high school. I had to wait
30 minutes or so in the
clubhouse [for Moorhead
to finish]. But a lot of that
time was spent at the range
just in case there was a
playoff.”
But that did not happen,
as Moorhead bogeyed the
par-3 17th and then finished
with a par on the par-
4 18th hole to finish both
the day and the tournament
at 3-under for a 141 total.
Sluzas was playing the
front nine to finish the day
on Saturday. He had four
birdies on the day, including
one on the par-3 fourth
hole and then followed
that up with a eagle three
on the par-5 fifth hole,
which was No. 14 for him
on the day.
“I hit a lot of greens this
weekend,” Sluzas said. “I
eagled the fifth hole by hitting
an 8-iron from 194 to
about 15 feet.”
The eagle put him at minus-5
on the day and minus-6
for the tourney. But
the next three holes could
have done Sluzas in, as he
had a bogey on all three.
“Stuff just happens,”
he said of the bogeys. “I
missed a green on one, left
a chip short on the other
and had an extra putt on
another. But I wasn’t nervous,
it just happens.
“But [assistant] coach
[Kyle ] Yaeger showed
me the leader board down
the stretch, and it wasn’t
updated, so it showed me
down a stroke. I knew I
had to birdie the last hole,
and I made a 4-foot putt
to get it. That was a great
feeling, and when I knew
I won, it was awesome. I
just had to go out and play
the same way I had.”
LTHS’s Ben Sluzas won his second individual state title Saturday, Oct. 19, in Bloomington. photo submitted
Sluzas was steady on
the first day, Friday, Oct.
18, as he shot a 1-under 71
with a pair of birdies and
a bogey.
LTHS coach Matt Eber
was overjoyed for Sluzas,
who has not committed
to college and should get
some more offers now.
“I’m really happy for
Ben,” Eber said. “He is so
deserving of his accomplishment.
He is one of
the hardest workers at his
game, and you won’t find
a better competitor anywhere.
The way he persevered
through the threebogey
stretch late to birdie
the last to get it to 4-under
shows what kind of player
he is. He never quits and
never seems rattled.”
The only other Porter
golfer to win a state title is
Drew Pierson in Class AA
in 2000, but unfortunately
as a team, Lockport could
not match the 2000 team
or last season’s, which
both finished third.
Instead, this year’s
squad placed sixth with a
plus-53 team total. Lake
Forest (+25), which was
second in Class 3A two
years ago, won its fifth
state championship since
1999. Glenbrook North
(+33) was second, and
New Trier (+35), York
(+44), Glenbard West
(+51), Lockport (+53),
Hinsdale Central (+65),
DeKalb (+70), Lincoln-
Way Central (+73) and
Barrington (+81) rounded
out the Top 10 teams.
Junior Vincent Greci III
had the next best score for
the Porters with a plus 11,
155. Sophomore Brody
McCarthy was plus 14,
while seniors Sam Hook
(+34) and Caleb Andrea
(+42) ended their high
school golfing careers
at state, and sophomore
Dylan Dorian (+27 on Saturday)
subbed in for senior
Brian Carter, who was plus
24 on the first day.
“Brody and Vincent really
had a strong weekend
and played well, which I
know will give them confidence
moving forward,”
Eber said. “I was a little
disappointed with our finish,
as I thought we had
enough to challenge for
another top 3 finish, but
we achieved a goal to play
Day 2. We were just not
able to get enough going
to challenge the leaders.
“But in the end, a top
6 finish at state is a great
achievement to pair with
the third last year. It is a
3
nice foundation for where
we see the program going
moving forward, and our
players have done a great
job getting it where it is
now. I am thankful for all
of their efforts over the
years. I am really excited
about the prospects next
year and in the future.”
So is Sluzas, who had a
goal to repeat this season.
“Obviously, the first one
is very memorable,” he
said. “But this one is also
in the record books.”
If he can do it again next
year, that would be the ultimate
accomplishment for
the record books. No one
has ever three-peated as
an individual champion in
IHSA boys golf history.
“Oh, yeah,” Sluzas
smiled at the thought of
accomplishing it. “That’s
the goal.”

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fastbreak
Football
Clutch Countryman intercepts two-point pass to lift Celtics past Vikings
5
22nd Century Media File
Photo
1st and 3
Porters football
plays complete
game for third win
1. Building confidence
The Lockport football
team spoiled
Senior Night for
Andrew by beating
them 24-7 on
Friday, Oct. 18, in
Tinley Park.
2. Big impact on offense
Lockport’s Marcos
Voulgaris returned
from injury to run
for 158 yards and
a touchdown, and
Ty Schultz added
128 yards and
two scores on the
ground in the win.
3. Keeping playoff
hope alive
Due to the Chicago
Public Schools
strike, less CPS
teams qualifying
means Lockport
could make the
playoffs at 4-5 if
they win their final
game in Week 9.
Steve Millar, Sports Editor
While both teams discussed
strategy during a
timeout before St. Laurence
would attempt a potential
game-winning two-point
conversion, Providence defensive
back Kevin Countryman
talked himself into
an important role.
“We had a linebacker
matched up with [St. Laurence
running back/receiver
Brailyn Johnson], and I
didn’t trust that matchup,”
Countryman said. “I told
the coaches to let me cover
him, and I had him one-onone.
“I saw he was going to
run an out, and I just ran as
fast as I could, got in front
of him and picked it off.”
Countryman’s interception
on the conversion attempt
with 41 seconds left
helped the Celtics hold
on for a 31-30 Catholic
League/ESCC crossover
win on Friday, Oct. 17, in
New Lenox.
Aaron Vaughn recovered
the ensuing kickoff to seal
it for Providence (6-2).
St. Laurence (4-4) pulled
within one on a 9-yard
touchdown run from quarterback
Darius Wilson before
Countryman’s heroics.
“Big players make big
plays in big games,” Countryman
said. “This was a
big win for us. 7-2 is what
we want. We want a home
game for the first round of
the playoffs, and we want
to keep going from there
and win state.”
St. Laurence vs. Providence
1 2 3 4 F
St. Laurence 3 7 7 13 30
Providence 0 10 14 7 31
THREE STARS OF THE GAME
1. Kevin Countryman, Providence, senior defensive back
--- Two interceptions, one on two-point conversion
attempt with 41 seconds left; field goal block
2. Aaron Vaughn, Providence, sophomore running back --- 20
carries, 99 yards, two touchdowns
3. Kevin Conway, Providence, junior quarterback --- 7-of-19
passing, 126 yards, touchdown; 45-yard touchdown
run
Up Next: The Celtics visit 2018 Class 5A state runner-up
Montini (6-2) at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25. Providence is 3-0
in road/neutral site games.
Countryman made another
big interception in
the third quarter. After the
Vikings tied it 17-17 on
a 5-yard touchdown run
from Wilson, the Celtics
could not handle the ensuing
kickoff and St. Laurence
recovered at Providence’s
21 with a chance
to seize major momentum.
Instead, Countryman intercepted
Wilson’s pass on
the next play.
Countryman also
blocked a 42-yard field
goal attempt on the final
play of the first half.
“He’s a gamer,” Providence
coach Mark Coglianese
said of Countryman.
“He saved us three different
times.”
Providence quarterback
Kevin Conway, who injured
is his right knee in
the second half of an Oct.
4 loss to St. Rita and did
not play in the Oct. 10 victory
over DePaul Prep, returned
and started.
Conway did not run as
often as he normally does,
but he sure looked healthy
on a 45-yard touchdown
run that gave the Celtics
the lead for good, 31-24
with 9:43 to go.
A St. Laurence defensive
back had the angle
and seemed poise to bring
Conway down around the
25, but the quarterback
juked him to the ground.
“Kevin’s another gamer,”
Coglianese said.
“When he gets the ball and
gets into the open field,
we’re really comfortable
having it in his hands.”
Conway hit Lucas Porto
for a 30-yard touchdown
pass in the second quarter,
and Lucca Kessler’s 30-
yard field goal for the Celtics
made it a 10-10 game at
halftime.
Vaughn was held to 21
Providence’s Kevin Countryman celebrates with one of
his coaches following his game-sealing interception on
a two-point conversion attempt in the Celtics’ 31-30 win
over St. Laurence on Friday, Oct. 18. Steve Millar/22nd
Century Media
yards on nine first-half carries,
but he finished with
20 carries for 99 yards and
second-half scoring runs
of 24 and 2 yards.
“We knew our ‘D’ was
getting a little bit shaky,
and we had to pick them
up,” Vaughn said. “Their
defense was going to get
tired, just like ours, so we
just had to keep fighting.”
Providence scored touchdowns
on three of its four
second-half possessions.
“That’s the best our offense
has looked all year,”
Coglianese said.
Backup running back
Max Dillman provided
a big spark for the Celtics
with three second-half
runs totaling 43 yards.
Conway finished 7-of-
19 passing for 126 yards.
Providence did a great
job slowing St. Laurence
star running back Nate
Thomas (11 carries, 34
yards), but Wilson ran for
82 yards and two touchdowns
on 17 carries and
finished 18-of-27 passing
for 273 yards and two
more touchdowns.
Ryan Manikowski had
an interception for the
Celtics, while Anthony
Prucha had three tackles
for loss.
For the second-straight
home game, a Providence
player had to be taken
away via an ambulance.
Senior defensive lineman
Ben Seeber broke his leg
in the first quarter, according
to Coglianese.
The Celtics had a tough
time recovering against St.
Rita following a similarly
devastating injury to Max
Pignotti.
“It was tough to see that
happen again, but I was really
proud of the way our
team responded this time,”
Coglianese said.
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“Our defense kept them from making the big play. And the
offensive line was moving people and doing a great job.”
George Czart — Porters football coach, on the balance
the team showed in beating Andrew
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Football
Last game of regular season — 7:15 p.m. Friday, Oct.
25, vs. Stagg
• The Porters look to close out with a win at home
and finish 4-5 in George Czart’s first year as coach.
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35 - Athlete of the Week
FASTBREAK is compiled by Editor Thomas Czaja, tom@
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homer glen’s Hometown Newspaper | October 24, 2019
Primed for the playoffs
Celtics easily notch sixth win of season in
second-to-last game before postseason, Page 39
making a statement LTHS
football beats Andrew by 17 points on
the road, Page 36
LTHS boys golfer
Ben Sluzas
competes on
Saturday, Oct.
19, at The Den
at Fox Creek
Golf Course in
Bloomington,
where he won his
second-straight
state title. Steve
Millar/22nd
Century Media
Lockport boys golfer Ben Sluzas wins second-straight state title, Page 38
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