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Hickory Creek Middle 

School Symphonic Band 

members Yui Nagashima 

(left) and Madeline Clark 

warm up before the 

Veterans Day Concert on 

Thursday, Nov. 7, at the 

school. Laurie Fanelli/22nd 

Century Media 

Hickory Creek Veterans Day Concert honors past 

and present servicemembers, Page 3 

national spotlight 

Daughter of Frankfort native appears in 

American Girl catalog, Page 4 

top marks 

D210 given Exemplary status in 

Illinois Report Card, Page 10 

moving up 

Eagle Scouts recognized at Court of Honor 

ceremony, Page 8

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THURSDAY 

Candy Collection for 

Veterans 

Deadline: Nov. 14. The 

Frankfort Park District is 

collecting bite-size Halloween 

candy for the 

residents at the Veterans 

Home in Manteno. Bitesize 

candy is the No. 1 

item requested by the residents 

at the home. Bring in 

your leftover and excess 

Halloween candy to be donated 

to the retired veterans. 

Candy can be dropped 

off at the Frankfort Park 

District’s Founders Community 

Center, 140 Oak 

St., Frankfort. 

Yoga for Success 

10 a.m. Nov. 14, Frankfort 

Public Library District, 

21119 S. Pfeiffer 

Road, Frankfort. How successful 

you are in life simply 

depends on how well 

you can use your mind and 

body. This session offers 

simple, but powerful, yoga 

postures designed to bring 

stability and balance. No 

prior experience with yoga 

is necessary. Anyone ages 

7 and up can attend. Please 

bring a yoga mat or towel. 

Call (815) 534-6173 to 

register. 

Feminist Book Club 

7 p.m. Nov. 14, Frankfort 



Road, Frankfort. This 

month we discuss “The 

Mother of All Questions” 

by Rebecca Solnit. The 

subjects include women 

who refuse to be silenced, 

misogynistic violence, and 

much more. Books are 

available at the Circulation 

Desk. Join the discussion. 

FRIDAY 

Thanks for Desserts 

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

15, Founders Community 

Center, 140 Oak St., 

Frankfort. Did someone 

say dessert? That’s what 

everyone looks forward 

to during this holiday season. 

Come learn a new 

dessert that can be made 

for Thanksgiving. These 

little bakers will be making 

cake balls that look 

like pumpkins! It’s so easy 

to make, with just a few 

little steps and some delicious 

ingredients. They 

will learn how to make it 

and then of course sample 

it too. A recipe will 

go home with these little 

bakers. The whole family 

will be thankful for such 

a delicious dessert. This 

program is for children 

ages 3-9. Fee is $24 for 

residents and $29 for nonresidents. 

Festive Flower Pots 

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

Founders Community 


Frankfort. Want to transform 

your summer and fall 

flower arrangements into 

something festive for winter 

but don’t know where 

to start? Come learn how 

to coordinate colors, use 

balance in a design, and 

what materials to use to 

create the look you want. 

Examples will be demonstrated. 

The instructor was 

on the Roscoe Village Garden 

Walk for many years 

and has done freelance 

work designing flower 

pots and window boxes for 

clients. For participants 

18 and up. Fee is $15 for 


SW 

LIST 

Leather Bracelet: Snaps, 

Studs and Stamping 

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

15, Founders Community 


Frankfort. Learn the basic 

leatherworking skills of 

stamping, rivet setting, and 

clasp attachments to create 

a wearable work of art. 

You’ll create two to three 

bracelets from start to finish: 

cut and prepare leather, 

stamp a design then dye 

the leather, set rivets and a 

snap closure. All materials 

and tools will be provided; 

you will provide the creativity. 

For participants 

14 and up. Fee is $40 for 


SATURDAY 

Bond and Bake 

10 a.m.-noon Nov. 16, 

Founders Community 

Center, 140 Oak St., Frankfort. 

Adult/child teams will 

spend a morning together 

having a sweet time baking 

cookies and cupcakes. 

Each pair will bake their 

own batches of cookies 

and cupcakes. Time will 

also be given to decorate 

the cupcakes. Price includes 

one adult and one 

child. This program is for 

children 5 and up with 

a parent. Fee is $57 for 


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Road, Frankfort. Local 

author Laura Magosky 

and illustrator Linda Newman 

share their new picture 

book and talk about 

how an idea in their heads 

becomes a book in your 

hands. Call (815) 534- 

6173 to register. 

SUNDAY 

“Dreams Come True” 

Opening Reception 

1-3 p.m. Nov. 17, Frankfort 

Arts Association Art 

Gallery, 21 S. Ash Street, 

Suite 7. The Frankfort 

Arts Association has announced 

the opening of its 

art gallery in Downtown 

Frankfort. The purpose of 

the space will fulfill the 

group’s mission to house 

gallery exhibits and a 

classroom for art classes, 

workshops, and lectures. 

“Dreams Come True,” the 

organization’s first exhibit, 

will run from Nov. 17 

through Sunday, Dec. 21. 

MONDAY 

Mollie’s War: The Women 

of WWII 




Road, Frankfort. Why 

did an average American 

woman become a WAC 

(Women’s Army Corps) 

during World War II and 

place herself in peril? 

Author Cyndee Schaffer 

answers this question 

and more in the book 

“Mollie’s War,” a story 

woven around the collection 

of letters that Mollie 

wrote home to her family 

during WWII. “Mollie’s 

War” documents the human 

side of life during 

the war. This presentation 

provides a glimpse into 

the life of a woman in 

uniform during this crucial 

time in history. Call 

(815) 534-6173 to register. 

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WEDNESDAY 

A Plant-Based Diet: What 

Is It & Why You Should 

Try It 




Road, Frankfort. Join us 

to hear integrative nutritionist 

Nicole Green discuss 

the health benefits 

of plant-based nutrition. 

After her 30-minute discussion, 

Nicole will take 

questions then share a few 

creative, delicious, and nutritious 

recipes to inspire 

your seasonal cooking 

and holiday parties. You’ll 

even sample a fruitful appetizer 

and a tempting dessert. 

Call (815) 534-6173 

to register. 

UPCOMING 

Thanks to Grandparents 

6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, 

Nov. 21, Founders 

Community Center, 140 

Oak St., Frankfort. Let’s 

give thanks to grandparents 

this holiday season. 

Come enjoy a night out 

with your grandparent and 

show how thankful you 

are to them. Spend some 

precious time together 

by making a memorable 

craft that will be cherished 

forever. A story and 

a light snack will be included. 

This program is 

for children ages 3-9 with 

a grandparent. Fee is $24 

for residents and $29 for 

non-residents.

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Student musicians salute veterans with patriotic program 

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Laurie Fanelli 

Freelance Reporter 

From the “Marches 

of the Armed Forces” 

to “The Star-Spangled 

Banner,” beautifully performed 

music can say 

more than words when it 

comes to saluting American 

men and women in 

uniform. 

In honor of members 

of the military past and 

present, members of the 


School Symphonic Band, 

Orchestra and Advanced 

Strings shared a special 

selection of music during 

a Veterans Day Concert 

on the evening of Thursday, 

Nov. 7. The event 

gave students, faculty 

members, families and the 

community a chance to 

enjoy a patriotic program. 

“I think it’s amazing,” 

said Hickory Creek 

Middle School Principal 

Jason Crockett. “It’s a 

great opportunity to have 

our veterans and our community 

members all come 

together for a wonderful 

event tonight. Any type 

of tribute to all the men 

and women who served 

and fought for our country 

– even a concert here at 

our school on a Thursday 

night – is a wonderful experience 

for our students, 

our families and our community.” 

Doug Adams, Shannon 

Shanahan and Alyson 

Bauman directed 

the sixth-, seventh- and 

eighth-grade musicians 

throughout the night, 

Oak Forest residents Robert (left) and Mary Ann White 

enjoy the pre-show performance by the Black Willow 

Brass Quintet on Thursday, Nov. 7, at Hickory Creek 

Middle School in Frankfort. Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century 

Media 

which marked the debut 

of the full Hickory Creek 

Orchestra. Adams explained 

that the program 

was designed to combine 

patriotic music with select 

compositions from the big 

screen. 

“Our Symphonic Band 

is our top band at the 

school, so we’re going 

to be playing a lot of patriotic 

music tonight: 

‘America the Beautiful’ 

and a tribute to the Armed 

Forces,” Adams said, adding 

that the students – who 

practice three mornings a 

week and also attend sectional 

competitions and 

individual lessons – have 

been working on the music 

since late July. “We’re 

going to do a little bit of 

movie music too with 

the ‘Theme from Jurassic 

Park.’ 

“We have a group 

where anybody can take 

the melody and it’s going 

to be amazing,” he said. 

“I always say this is the 

hardest working group 

of kids in showbiz, and I 

think that’s pretty true.” 

Music was not the 

only way members of 

the military were honored 

throughout the night. 

Representatives from the 

Band and Orchestra Music 

Boosters greeted every 

veteran by handing them a 

medal of gratitude, as well 

as a flag. 

“All veterans get a medal 

to say thank you – they 

wear it around their neck 

– and this year we’ve added 

flags for their branch of 

the military,” said Music 

Boosters President Cori 

Chojnacki. “During the 

program, when the band 

plays the ‘Marches of the 

Armed Forces’ each veteran 

from that branch stands 

up and is acknowledged 

by the crowd.” 

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Frankfort native’s daughter featured 

in October’s American Girl catalog 

Sean Hastings, Editor 

Four-year-old Ivy Kimble may 

not know it yet, but her being featured 

in the American Girl Holiday 

catalog — October’s issue being 

the first — has sparked an international 

conversation about inclusion. 

She sees herself in the magazine 

and says “oh, wow,” and tells her 

mother, Kristin, a former Lockport 

Township High School special 

education teacher, that she remembers 

the photoshoot. But like most 

4-year-olds, she is one activity to 

the next. 

Ivy has Down syndrome. And to 

make her magazine feature more 

special — October is Down Syndrome 

Awareness Month. And before 

her celeb debut, Ivy has always 

been one to light up a room with 

her magnetic personality. Anyone 

who meets her has an instant connection, 

Kristin said. 

Kristin has been overwhelmed 

by the support and love her family 

has received. 

“For me, it just goes to show 

you that anyone can do anything 

and anyone can be anything,” she 

said. “Look at Ivy at 4 years old and 

what she has started.” 

And back in April and May when 

the process started, Kristin did not 

think much about what the possibility 

of having a child with Down 

Syndrome in the magazine would 

do. Just like the countless number 

of other parents who sent in photos 

of their children, then the hundreds 

of others who were asked back 

to the casting call, she thought it 

would just be a great experience for 

her daughters. 

Kristin heard about the opportunity 

through a group she is a part 

of called Gigi’s Playhouse. Her and 

her husband, Chris, served on the 

board. 

Ivy has two older sisters, Lyla, 

9, and Ruby, 8, who also went to 

the Chicago casting call. Ivy has 

a younger sister, Violet, who is 10 

months. 

Lyla and Ruby, though they were 

not selected to be featured in the 

Ivy Kimble (right), 4, sits with 

another American Girl model for 

October’s issue. October is Down 

Syndrome Awareness Month. 

Photo Submitted 

magazine, could not be happier and 

more supportive of their “baby,” 

Kristin said. 

“My girls are very close,” she 

said. “...They adore her and they 

are very protective of her, so they 

are very excited about it. 

“They’re kind of always on the 

defense with Ivy, kind of waiting 

for someone to say something 

negative. Not to say that always 

happens, but I think they’re always 

waiting to spin in positively and 

teach their school friends about 

it. October is Down Syndrome 

Awareness Month. My oldest always 

reads a book to her classmates 

about Down Syndrome and 

teaches them about it because that 

is what she wants to do.” 

She added that her girls were going 

nuts about it and bringing the 

magazine to school to show their 

friends. 

Even at 9 and 8, the two are 

keeping the conversation about inclusion 

going. Something Kristin 

hopes that will not require any effort 

to have soon. 

“It’s awesome that companies 

are making the effort to do it, but 

I think we need to work toward 

where it is not an effort anymore,” 

she said. “We’re seeing it everywhere 

where we don’t have to celebrate 

it so much. That’s the goal, 

for sure.” 

And the conversation will not 

stop there as Ivy will be on the 

cover of the November catalogue 

of American Girl. 

“It’s just super exciting,” Kristin 

said. “I can’t imagine how much 

further this is going to go. I didn’t 

even think it would go this far. It 

just keeps getting better and better.” 

Aside from Ivy being featured 

in American Girl and sparking a 

conversation about inclusion with 

Down syndrome, Kristin said it is 

important for everyone to be seen 

in the world. 

“Anyone with unique qualities 

needs to be a part of our society especially 

with kids growing up,” she 

said. “Even with my other girls, it’s 

just as important for them to see Ivy 

out there as it is for Ivy.” 

And after spreading word and 

raising awareness through Gigi’s 

Playhouse, this has given the Kimbles 

a new platform to continue to 

do so with “endless possibilities.” 

For the entire family, this whole 

experience has been “full circle.” 

When Ivy was about 10 days 

old, she became sick and got put in 

the hospital and had a Respiratory 

Syncytial Virus and had a hard time 

breathing. 

She got transferred to Lurie 

Children’s Hospital. And at 5 and 

4 years old, Lyla and Ruby missed 

their mom and sister who were 

gone for a little bit too long for their 

liking. 

Kristin’s mother took the two 

girls to American Girl to cheer 

them up. 

“It was funny because in Ivy’s 

hospital room, we could see Water 

Tower Place, we could see American 

Girl,” Kristin said. “I was happy 

that they were going and getting 

cheered up, but I was also sad because 

I wish Ivy could go too. I said 

‘one day we’ll go to the store and 

you can get a doll. It’s cheesy, but 

that’s what we thought. And now 

she’s in the magazine. It’s kind of 

just full circle.” 

Frankfort Village Board 

Residents form group against casinos 

Nuria Mathog, Editor 

A group of concerned 

Frankfort residents is pushing 

back against a proposed Matteson 

casino that would be located 

adjacent to the boundaries 

of the Village of Frankfort 

In October, the Matteson 

Village Board approved plans 

for a casino that would be run 

by the Choctaw Nation of 

Oklahoma and constructed at 

the corner of Lincoln Highway 

and Harlem Avenue in 

Matteson, across the street 

from Frankfort. The project 

cannot proceed without the 

approval of the Illinois Gaming 

Commission, which has 

not yet made a decision on the 

matter. 

During the Nov. 4 Frankfort 

Village Board of Trustees 

meeting, Frankfort resident 

Adam Widger announced 

several residents had formed 

a group called FACTS, 

an acronym for Families 

Against Casinos Taking the 

Southland, to raise awareness 

of the issue. The group 

has launched a Facebook 

page, which can be found 

at www.facebook.com/fami 

liesagainstcasinostakingth 

esouthland. 

Widger told told Frankfort 

Mayor Jim Holland and the 

Village trustees he had concerns 

about how the proposed 

casino would affect the quality 

of schools and property values 

in the area. 

“We understand that a casino 

is going to happen somewhere 

in Cook County, but we 

prefer it not to happen so close 

to our homes,” Widger said. 

“So, tonight I’m here just to 

simply ask for your support 

and to try to be as vocal about 

this as possible. Let’s make 

this a hard decision for the 

gaming commission to put it 

in Matteson and make it easier 

to put it somewhere else.” 

Joe Carlasare, another 

Frankfort resident involved 

with FACTS, cited a 2013 

study conducted by the National 

Association of Realtors 

that found that casinos have 

an “unambiguously negative” 

effect on property values and 

can lead to as much as a 10 

percent decline in home property 

values. 

“I think a clear, nonbinding 

resolution from this board that 

it is not in favor of the casino 

would go a long way as the 

gaming board considers this,” 

Carlasare said. “So, I would 

ask you to consider it and do 

your due diligence, as I know 

you all will.” 

He encouraged fellow residents 

to sign up for the Village’s 

email list about the casino by 

subscribing online at villageof 

frankfort.com/subscribe. 

Round it up 

A brief look at other items discussed at the Nov. 4 

Frankfort Village Board of Trustees meeting 

• Trustees approved a special use permit allowing 

Jeep Connection to conduct automobile sales at 1010 

Lambrecht Road. 

• The board gave the green light to a special use permit 

for light and heavy equipment sales at United Rentals, 

located 24149 S. La Grange Road, and a final plat of 

subdivision at 20929 and 20931 S. 80th Ave. 

County law requires the Village’s approval for projects 

within one and a half miles of the Village’s boundaries. 

• Members of several Frankfort organizations discussed 

the benefits of the Frankfort Fall Festival.

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Woman allegedly groped 

on Old Plank Road Trail 


The Frankfort Police 

Department is requesting 

the public’s assistance in 

identifying a man who reportedly 

grabbed a woman’s 

buttocks the morning 

of Nov. 6 on the Old Plank 

Road Trail. 

The woman told police 

she saw an unknown man 

dressed in a stocking cap, 

a red and gray tight shirt 

and black spandex pants 

near the east side of the 

LaGrange Road bridge at 

around 9:45 a.m. and later 

saw the same man ahead 

of her on the path as she 

headed eastbound on the 

trail near the Prairie Park 

pond. She described the 

man as 5-foot-6 to 5-foot- 

10 with an athletic build 

and black. 

The woman reported 

that the man grabbed her 

buttocks as she passed the 

Indian Boundary passage 

and then ran away through 

Indian Boundary Park. 

The description is similar 

to a suspect described 

in a similar incident previously 

reported to the 

Frankfort Police Department 

on Oct. 23. 

Anyone with information 

in connection with 

this incident or the man’s 

identity is asked to contact 

Frankfort police immediately 

at (815) 469-9435. 

Residents are reminded to 

contact the police if they 

see any suspicious individuals, 

vehicles or incidents. 

The Frankfort Police 

Department plans to 

continue to conduct trail 

safety checks. 

Koch, Moustis oppose Matteson casino location 

Submitted by the Will 

County Board 

From Nov. 6 

The Frankfort Police Department is asking for the 

public’s help in identifying the pictured individual, who 

is suspected of grabbing a woman on the Old Plank 

Road Trail. Photo submitted 

Will County Board 

Members Amanda Koch 

(D-Frankfort) and Jim 

Moustis (R-Frankfort) released 

the following joint 

statement on Nov. 8: 

“We oppose the proposed 

casino in the village 

of Matteson since its 

impact has not yet been 

carefully considered and 

studied. The current proposed 

site at the corner of 

US 30 and Harlem Avenue 

is 1,500 feet from a school 

and only 400 feet from a 

residential neighborhood. 

While Will County has 

no direct say in where a 

Matteson casino would be 

built, our residents will be 

impacted. We urge the village 

of Matteson to consider 

their neighbors in 

Will County and the quality 

of life for our region as 

a whole when deciding the 

location of this casino.”



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Scouts celebrated with Eagle Court of Honor ceremony 

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The members of Frankfort 

Boy Scout Troop 270 

are well-known throughout 

the community. From 

running the Frankfort Fall 

Fest parking lot to hosting 

Winter on the Green 

events to coordinating 

food drives for the Frankfort 

Food Pantry, these 

Scouts are always ready to 

help in any way they can. 

On Nov. 3, Michael 

Clarkin, Alex Desjardins, 

Rory Hanlon, Jake Leonard, 

Matthew Lexow and 

Justin Murray of Troop 

270 participated in an 

Eagle Court of Honor ceremony 

commemorating 

each young man’s achievement 

of attaining Scouting’s 

highest rank of Eagle 

Scout. 

Jim Hurley, who serves 

as Scoutmaster of Troop 

270 along with Arnaud 

Desjardins, explained that 

the event was a milestone 

for the group. 

“This past year, we 

reached 100 Eagles, so 

now we’re above 100,” 

Hurley said, adding he was 

grateful to all the adults 

who help run the program. 

“These boys have done a 

fantastic job supporting 

the community through 

different service projects, 

Eagle projects and food 

drives. I’m really, really 

proud of them.” 

Troop 270 Committee 

Chairman Chuck Rudy 

said he was also proud of 

the new Eagle Scouts especially 

because only “3 

percent of people who start 

out as Scouts make it to the 

Eagle rank nationally.” 

He added, “You look at 

the situation here where 

we had five in the same 

den – from Cub Scouts 

Justin Murray smiles as his father, Jim Murray, shares 

funny stories about his journey to becoming an Eagle 

Scout. 

on up – it’s very, very 

unique.” 

Along with participating 

in group campouts, 

volunteer projects and 

earning all the required 

merit badges, becoming 

an Eagle Scout required 

each young man to develop, 

plan and execute his 

very own service project. 

Rudy explained that after 

the project is approved by 

various Scout leaders, the 

real work begins. 

“They have to plan it, 

collect contributions, collect 

materials, coordinate 

the project with the troop 

– to get volunteers from 

the troop – and then actually 

showing up the dayof, 

directing everybody 

and making sure the project 

gets completed,” Rudy 

said. “Afterwards, they 

make sure the beneficiary 

is happy with the project. 

Each one of these Scouts 

that are receiving the Eagle 

recognition today did 

their own project which all 

benefit something in the 

community.” 

When he developed his 

Eagle project, Michael 

Clarkin wanted to give 

back to his church, Frankfort 

United Methodist. 

“I built a fire pit for my 

Frankfort Boy Scout Troop 270 members (left to right) Jake Leonard, Matthew Lexow, 

Rory Hanlon, Alex Desjardins, Michael Clarkin and Justin Murray participate in the 

Eagle Scout Court of Honor on Nov. 3 at Hickory Creek Middle School in Frankfort. 

Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media 

Larry Hanlon (left), of Frankfort, places the Eagle Scout neckerchief on his son Rory 

Hanlon. 

church,” he said. “It was a 

circular fire pit with four 

benches around it. We also 

installed a firewood rack 

behind the back of the 

church. I did this because 

my church has brought me 

so many good memories 

throughout my childhood, 

and I wanted to give back. 

So, I thought it would be 

nice to build them something.” 

During the Eagle Court 

of Honor ceremony – emceed 

by Troop 270 member 

Brad Rudy – each honoree 

had a mentor speak about 

their journey to become 

Eagle Scouts. Many of the 

Scouts’ fathers referenced 

the great experiences their 

sons had at Philmont Scout 

Ranch, and newly named 

Eagle Scout Jake Leonard 

counts his adventures there 

as some of his favorite 

memories. 

“It’s a camp, and they 

basically send you off with 

whatever supplies you 

need for two weeks, and 

you go off by yourself and 

they see you back at the 

end of two weeks,” Leonard 

said. “The last trek we 

did was a mountain one, 

and we were able to climb 

six of the peaks there.” 

The ceremony also featured 

a poem read by each 

Eagle Scout’s mother, as 

well as words from the 

honorees themselves. 

Scoutmaster Jim Hurley 

led the presentation of Eagle 

Awards and Pastor Joe 

Rajdak delivered an opening 

prayer. 

The parents were also 

honored during the ceremony 

for the ways they 

helped their children reach 

this milestone. Bill Clarkin 

– Michael Clarkin’s father 

– was proud of his son and 

all the Scouts for reaching 

their goal of becoming 

Eagles. 

“It’s a culmination of 

10 years of work,” Bill 

Clarkin said. “Five of 

these kids started as Bear 

Scouts and Cub Scouts 

and have been together 

10 plus years. They’ve all 

done countless campouts, 

countless summer camps 

and are really lifelong 

friends. It’s been a great 

experience for them. It really 

teaches them lifelong 

skills. An Eagle Scout is 

something that you’ll put 

on your resume for the rest 

of your life.”



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The grades are in, and 

all three Lincoln-Way 

Community High School 

District 210 schools have 

received “Exemplary” status, 

according to the 2019 

Illinois Report Card, an 

annual assessment of the 

state’s schools. 

For the second year in a 

row, all three LW schools 

placed in the Top 10 percent 

academically, with 

some of the highlights being 

graduation rates and 

SAT scores. 

Overall, the district 

boasted a four-year graduation 

rate of 95.5 percent, 

compared with the state 

average of 85.9 percent; 

however, this number was 

slightly down from its 2018 

graduation rate of 96.8 percent, 

compared with the 

state average of 85.4 percent 

from the same year. 

The 2019 graduation rate 

compared almost exactly 

to data that showed that 

ninth-graders in the district 

were 95.6 were on track to 

graduate, compared with 

the state average of 86.6 

percent. 

Across the district, 17.8 

percent of students earned 

a Level 4 — which is designated 

“Exceeds Standards,” 

the highest level 

attainable — on the ELA 

portion of the SAT scores 

and 13.5 percent in the 

same category for math, 

compared with the state’s 

average of 10.6 percent and 

9.1 percent, respectively. 

Those numbers appear 

to fair well for D210 students, 

as approximately 83 

percent of D210’s Class 

of 2018 students were enrolled 

in a two- or fouryear 

college within 12-16 

months of graduation, 

compared with the state 

average of approximately 

3 

73 percent. 

Other data showed the 

district’s student population 

in decline, losing 87 

students, down from 7,010 

in 2018 to 6,923 in 2019. 

The district is also operating 

with fewer teachers in 

2019, down from 404 in 

2018 to 390 in 2019. Average 

class sizes increased 

from 20 in 2018, which 

was also the state’s average 

that year, to 26.4 in 2019, 

compared with the state average 

of 21.7. 

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a few special guests as 

the Lincoln-Way East 

Air Force Junior ROTC 

presented the colors and 

Mayor Jim Holland narrated 

the selections, taking 

time out to share the 

history of Veterans Day. 

The Black Willow Brass 

Quintet was also on-hand 

providing pre-show music. 

Before and after the 

concert, Hickory Creek 

students, boosters and 

staff, including Tonia 

Gatsios and Karen Ryan, 

continued their year-long 

mission to raise money 

for Honor Flight Chicago 

– which provides senior 

war veterans with a 

one-of-a-kind journey to 

Washington, D.C. to tour 

the memorials built in 

their honor – with concession 

sales. 

“We’ve been generating 

revenue through popsicle 

sales, donations for 

flags and penny wars that 

we’ve had in our seventh 

Hickory Creek Orchestra members Sohum Desai (left) and Claire Shanahan smile in 

anticipation of the Veterans Day Concert. Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media 

grade, collecting money 

to provide our veterans an 

opportunity to go to D.C,” 

Crockett explained. “A 

lot of effort has been put 

in, not only my our music 

department, but also our 

boosters and our community. 

It has been fun.” 


School was set to continue 

its Veterans Day tributes 

with a special assembly 

the following Monday. 

Chojnacki explained 

that as a parent of two 

Hickory Creek musicians 

– saxophonist Sierra Chojnacki 

and trumpeter Griffin 

Chojnacki – she appreciates 

the music program 

and the school’s dedication 

to veterans. 

“It’s amazing,” Chojnacki 

said. “It teaches the 

kids a lot about the people 

who served our country 

and it gives them a chance 

to honor them which I 

think is very important.”



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Eye care center introduces on-site cataract surgery 


Staff members at Multack Eye Care’s Frankfort location pose in front of the Laser and Cataract Institute, which offers on-site cataract surgery 

for patients. Photos by Nuria Mathog/22nd Century Media 

Multack Eye Care is taking 

the next step forward 

in expanding its services 

by providing on-site cataract 

surgery to patients at its 

Frankfort location. 

Since the business first 

opened in Frankfort around 

four years ago, it has grown 

from five to approximately 

30 employees. Today, the 

practice serves roughly 

28,000 patients between 

its Frankfort and Olympia 

Fields facilities and offers 

three fully accredited surgical 

suites in the Laser and 

Cataract Institute downstairs, 

Dr. Sam Multack 

said. 

“When you look at the 

data for cataract surgery, 

about 60 to 70 percent of 

the time, people were hitting 

the target they were 

supposed to,” Multack said. 

“That’s terrible, that that 

was the standard. So our 

goal was we want to be 95 

percent or better. And it took 

a lot of equipment, a lot of 

investment, but we finally 

got there, and that’s really 

what sets us apart.” 

By providing surgery 

on-site, rather than having 

patients undergo the procedure 

at regional hospitals, 

the eye care center aims to 

bring prices down significantly 

for patients, all while 

providing them with a comfortable 

experience, Multack 

said. 

“The way we do it is a 

little bit different,” he said. 

“We use no needles, no 

injections, no stitches, no 

patches. So, it’s painless. 

You don’t see instruments, 

you don’t feel instruments. 

And it takes about 10 minutes.” 

Multack, a current Frankfort 

resident, comes from a 

family passionate about eye 

care: he is the son of an ophthalmologist 

and the grandson 

of an optometrist. His 

office has invested heavily 

in advanced diagnostic 

technology and provides 

multiple measurement modalities 

— using different 

machines to take measurements 

of the length and curvature 

of a patient’s eye — 

to ensure that goals are met 

and that patients receive a 

high quality of care. 

“You come in for cataract 

surgery, in the operating 

room, we can take a picture 

of your eye that we can print 

out for everyone,” Multack 

said. “We bring in a surgical 

microscope, and we can 

treat astigmatism or abnormal 

curvature with that machine. 

There’s 17 of these in 

the country, and we’re the 

only one in Illinois with it.” 

Lisa Tepper, director of 

marketing and practice liaison, 

said what sets Multack 

Eye Care apart is its dedication 

to striving for “perfection 

for each patient,” 

and much of the practice’s 

growth has been through referrals 

and word of mouth. 

“We invest a lot back into 

the business,” Tepper said. 

“And so, we really try to 

buy the best equipment for 

patients and we always continually 

put them first. It’s a 

really different kind of practice. 

I’ve been in the industry 

for 15 years, and I saw 

how different they were. 

And so, I left my corporate 

job to go and work for this 

individual family practice.” 

Tepper said the clinic 

aims to provide an environment 

in which patients feel 

prioritized, and many of the 

exam rooms feature large 

Multack Eye Care doctors (left to right) Gary Yong, Athanasios Marneris and Sam 

Multack stand in one of the operating rooms. 

monitors that allow patients 

to learn more about their 

conditions or about the surgical 

process. 

“If you look through our 

reviews, a lot of people talk 

about how they’ve given the 

time,” Tepper said. “They’re 

not feeling rushed. They’re 

given the time to answer 

their questions. They feel 

comfortable.”



Police reports 

Man accused of taking 

vehicle from auto shop 

A worker at an auto detailing 

business in Frankfort 

faces criminal charges after 

allegedly taking a customer’s 

Mercedes-Benz off the 

business premises Oct. 27 

and causing damage to the 

vehicle, according to the 

Frankfort Police Department. 

Paulius Sventickas, 29, 

of 1236 Woburn Drive in 

Lemont, was charged with 

felony possession of a stolen 

vehicle and criminal 

damage to property. 

Frankfort Deputy Police 

Chief Kevin Keegan said 

officers on an unrelated 

traffic stop saw a silver 

Mecedes-Benz traveling 

at a high rate of speed 

on La Grange Road from 

Bankview Drive. Keegan 

said an officer attempted to 

stop the vehicle but it fled, 

and the officer was able to 

obtain a license plate that 

came back to a resident in 

Frankfort. 

The homeowner at the address 

reportedly confirmed 

ownership of the vehicle 

and said the vehicle was being 

worked on at Platinum 

Detail in Frankfort. Officers 

then contacted the owner of 

the business, who reportedly 

confirmed the vehicle 

was being worked on by 

Sventickas. 

Keegan said the owner 

was able to remotely view 

video cameras from his 

business to confirm Sventickas 

entered the vehicle 

and left the property, further 

adding Sventickas was not 

authorized to remove the 

vehicle from the business 

property. 

While the officer was at 

Platinum Detail, he saw the 

vehicle return and placed 

Sventickas in custody after 

seeing him exit the driver’s 

side, Keegan said. 

The vehicle allegedly 

had dents and scratches, 

including damage to all 

four tires and rims, with the 

total damage estimated at 

$10,000. 

Nov. 2 

• An unsecured vehicle 

was reported stolen from a 

residential driveway in the 

8500 block of Stone Creek 

Boulevard. 

Oct. 30 

• Miscellaneous items reportedly 

were taken from 

an unsecured vehicle in the 

100 block of Pacific Street. 

Oct. 27 

• James K. Cortese, 31, of 

220 Barr Elms St. in Joliet, 

was cited in the area 

of Center and Nebraska 

roads for allegedly having 

no insurance, no valid registration 

and driving with a 

suspended license. 

Oct. 25 

• Miscellaneous items were 

reported missing from an 

unsecured vehicle in the 

100 block of Sycamore 

Lane. 

• Reno G. McMahan, 18, 

of 10160 S. 84th Ave. in 

Palos Hills, was charged 

with two counts of class 3 

felony burglary following 

a traffic stop in the area of 

Yankee Ridge Drive and 

Lexington Lane. According 

to Keegan, Frankfort officers 

responded to the area 

following a report of a man 

in a dark-colored hoodie 

and jeans who kept exiting 

a gray Mazda and pulling 

on door handles. An officer 

checking the area identified 

a gray Mazda traveling 

eastbound on Williamsburg 

Trail from Lexington Lane 

and pulled over the vehicle. 

The car reportedly contained 

a small change purse, 

several loose dollar bills 

and a large amount of loose 

change lying on the front 

passenger’s seat. Keegan 

said the officer learned that 

the driver, identified as Mc- 

Mahan, had entered several 

vehicles and taken loose 

change. 

Oct. 24 

• An unsecured vehicle 

was reportedly entered in 

a driveway in the 8600 

block of Huckins Drive, 

and an unsecured vehicle 

was reported stolen from a 

secured garage at the same 

address. The vehicle was 

recovered the same day by 

the Riverdale Police Department. 

• Miscellaneous items were 

reported missing from an 

unsecured vehicle in the 

700 block of Spruce Road. 

Oct. 23 

• A vehicle reportedly was 

entered in the 10500 block 

of Tuppence Court. No 

items were reported missing. 

EDITOR’S NOTE: The 

Frankfort Station’s Police Reports 

are compiled from official 

reports found online on 

the Frankfort Police Department’s 

website or releases 

issued by the department and 

other agencies. Individuals 

named in these reports are 

considered innocent of all 

charges until proven guilty in 

a court of law 

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LWE students learn about batteries at Argonne 

Submitted by Lincoln-Way 

Community High School 

D210 

Lincoln-Way East students participate in a battery-building exercise on Oct. 30 at 

Argonne National Laboratory. Photo submitted 

On Oct. 30, 19 students 

went to Argonne National 

Laboratory in order to 

build a better battery. 

The group was divided 

into teams of three. Each 

team, with the guidance 

of an Argonne facilitator, 

developed a prototype battery 

that will be used to 

power a toy car. Near the 

end of the visit, the teams 

came back together to 

share design approaches 

and come up with a cohesive 

design to see if their 

battery would power the 

car. 

The students learned the 

fundamental components 

of a battery — metals, 

membrane, and electrolyte 

— and how they come 

together to generate electricity. 

From there, they researched 

how the design of 

a battery can be optimized 

in order to meet the voltage 

and current requirements 

of the car’s motor. 

The students used a 

unique research strategy 

called a “sprint” in which 

small groups of three to 

four students only had 

about 15 minutes to investigate 

a specific aspect of 

the battery’s design. They 

collected data, looked for 

trends and reported back 

to the team. The team reviewed 

the small group’s 

recommendations and, 

through scientific argumentation, 

came to a consensus 

about that aspect 

of the battery’s design. 

Students repeated so that 

further refinements can be 

made. 

“Thank you so much 

for putting this together 

and you giving us this 

opportunity,” junior Erica 

Strojny sasid. “It was 

really fun to work with 

other students to accomplish 

one goal. I hope to 

do something like this 

again.” 

Chemistry teachers 

Shane Tucker, Beth 

Swaney, and Carlie 

Premo sponsored this 

event. 

Character Counts winners at Grand Prairie are 

recognized for demonstrating respect, responsibility, 

and caring. The students also pledged to make a new 

friend during Red Ribbon Week, which celebrated 

kindness. Photo submitted 

Students at Grand Prairie 

celebrate spirit of kindness 

Submitted by Frankfort 

School D157-C 

Grand Prairie Elementary 

School celebrated the 

spirit of kindness all week 

during Red Ribbon and 

Bully Prevention Week, 

held Oct. 21-25 at the 

school. 

The school has always 

observed this special week 

in October for years. New 

this year, Tom Kress, of 

Your Power Project, presented 

to students about 

being powerful and using 

their voice to tell someone 

if they are hurt. Also, 

the school held its annual 

Family School Partnership 

Book Fair and 

Family Night during the 

week, themed “Kindness 

is Cool”, featuring Arctic 

animals. 

At the Book Fair, Grand 

Prairie teachers and staff 

created a variety of activities 

for students and their 

families to enjoy. A very 

popular activity was the 

Kindness Tree, on which 

attendees could write a 

kind note to someone. 

There was also a Kindness 

Card area, where attendees 

could make cards for their 

friends, family members 

and veterans. Cards made 

for students and teachers 

were delivered the next 

day. 

Two firefighters from 

the Frankfort Fire Protection 

District generously 

volunteered at the Book 

Fair to be mystery readers 

for students. 

“It was such a special 

treat,” said Kirsten 

Frankovich, principal at 

Grand Prairie. “The students 

were excited to see 

some real life heroes reading 

books to them. We 

truly appreciate the fire 

district reaching out to us 

and becoming mystery 

readers.” 

Also at the event, the library 

had a Kindness Corner, 

where students could 

read a book about kindness. 

The Throw Kindness 

Like Confetti area encouraged 

families to play a 

beanbag toss game with 

beanbags that had kind 

words on them. 

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Additionally, Frankovich 

and Assistant Principal 

Barb Shanahan reviewed 

the new standard-based 

report card with parents. 

A copy of the report card 

presentation is available 

on Grand Prairie’s website, 

under the “For Parents” tab. 

“We are so thankful for 

the FSP and the Grand 

Prairie staff members that 

worked so hard to make a 

fun night for our families,” 

Frankovich said. “We are 

grateful to have such a 

supportive committee, and 

hope our students and their 

families had a fun night!” 

Students also participated 

in a variety of themed 

days, like Pajama Day (“It’s 

Our Dream to be Drug and 

Bully Free”) and “Red-y 

to Make Healthy Choices” 

Day (during which students 

wore red) around Red Ribbon 

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Photo Op 

Clyde 

Lulu’s Locker Rescue 

Clyde is an approximately 11-week-old male black 

and white tuxedo domestic shorthair. He and his 

sister Bonnie were discovered as young kittens 

on the street and rescued from a Chicago shelter. 

Cylde is a friendly, playful cat who enjoys playing 

and exploring. He would do best in a home with 

other animals who can keep him company and 

keep him entertained. For more information, visit 

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Want to see your pet featured as The Frankfort Station’s 

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St., Office Condo 3, Suite SW, Orland Park, IL 60467. 

FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION 

Dentist leads Real Men 

Wear Pink fundraising 

campaign in the southern 

suburbs 

Whether breast cancer, 

prostate cancer, lung cancer, 

or any other type of cancers, 

today, nearly everyone has 

been impacted by cancer in 

one way or another. 

For Dr. Ralph Ginn, dentist 

at Tinley Park’s My 

Care Dental, cancer has 

been a part of his life in 

many ways. Every day, he 

looks for oral cancers while 

examining his patients and, 

like many others, he has 

been called to support loved 

ones who received the diagnosis. 

Although he spends a lot 

of time educating people 

about oral cancers, Ginn 

knew he could do more. 

Then last year, a longtime 

patient educated him about 

the American Cancer Society’s 

Real Men Wear Pink 

campaign, which happens 

every year during Breast 

Cancer Awareness Month. 

Throughout the month 

of October, men who participate 

in the Real Men 

Wear Pink campaign commit 

to wearing pink every 

day of the month and raising 

$2,500 to support the 

American Cancer Society 

and its programs. 

This year, the south suburban 

campaign has a goal 

to raise a total of $50,000. 

As of press time, Ginn was 

leading the pack, raising almost 

$5,000 himself. 

“I made sure that this 

money stays close to Tinley 

Park and helps families 

in Tinley Park, because I 

truthfully believe that if you 

help your neighbor next to 

you and hold their hand, it’s 

a stronger bond and it goes 

on and on from there,” he 

said. 

Reporting by Amanda Del 

Buono, Freelance Reporter. 

For more, visit TinleyJunction 

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FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE 

Orland Park man advocates 

importance of CPR after 

saving stranger’s life 

After saving the life of 

a stranger who was in cardiac 

arrest on a Swallow 

Cliff Woods trail, Thomas 

O’Brien, of Orland Park, 

is raising awareness on the 

importance of being CPR 

certified. 

Just over a year ago, on 

Sept. 14, 2018, Thomas and 

his wife, Deb, went running 

on the Swallow Cliff 

Woods trail at a time they 

typically do not run. During 

the run, Deb got ahead of 

him. As Thomas was running, 

he noticed a man, who 

would later be identified as 

Denis Fellmann, also of Orland 

Park, lying face down 

on the trail. 

“There was a man lying 

face down on the trail, and 

he wasn’t moving at all, so I 

flipped him over,” Thomas 

said. “He wasn’t breathing 

and his eyes weren’t open. 

He was in big trouble.” 

After rolling him over, 

Thomas immediately performed 

CPR. Realizing the 

severity of the situation, 

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Christmas is a big 

deal for many 

people. Sharing in 

the holiday festivities with 

family is one of the best 

things about it. Despite 

this, putting up decorations 

and shopping for 

gifts can be time-consuming 

and even stressful. Not 

to mention the difficult 

transition from crisp fall 

weather to brutally cold 

temperatures and snow. 

Why wouldn’t we want 

to dwell on Thanksgiving 

more? 

Thanksgiving is a great 

holiday to celebrate. 

Events such as Turkey 

Trots and parades are fun 

ways to celebrate and bask 

in the cool fall weather. 

Don’t get me wrong; I 

always look forward to 

Christmas. Giving and receiving 

presents is a great 

way to bond with family 

and friends. The only 

problem is that it seems to 

trump Thanksgiving. 

Many retail stores begin 

putting up their Christmas 

displays right after 

Halloween, some even as 

early as September. Of 

course, people want to get 

good deals on decorations 

and other holiday items, 

but it would be nice if the 

stores could hold off on 

the Christmas trees just a 

little bit. 

Holiday sales, such as 

Black Friday, have been 

creeping up earlier each 

year. Many stores are open 

on Thanksgiving. Target 

released its Black Friday 

ad three weeks ahead of 

time and some stores even 

have pre-Black Friday 

specials. 

I’m not totally against 

these sales. I have gone 

shopping on Thanksgiving 

in the past and gotten 

some great deals. I have 

also had to work on 

holidays, and while it is 

unfortunate, it is not the 

worst thing in the world. 

Although, having to listen 

to Christmas music for 

eight hours straight every 

day in the months leading 

up to Christmas can drive 

anyone crazy. 

It makes sense for retailers 

to open their doors 

and start their holiday 

sales earlier if customers 

are willing to spend their 

money. This is how business 

works. 

Retailers must stay 

competitive. If a store 

is the only one in their 

region that is not selling 

holiday items, then they 

are missing out on that 

potential sale. 

I am not a fan of 

holidays being used for 

profit many months ahead 

of time. It’s overkill and 

makes it seem like the 

holidays exist solely for 

the purpose of making 

large corporations money. 

It cheapens the meaning 

of the holiday. 

Whether you like it or 

not, the early deals are 

most likely here to stay. 

We may even see Christmas 

trees being sold as 

early as July. 

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making class made for a busy Friday 

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nfyn 

From Page 16 

Thomas dialed 911, and 

soon first responders arrived 

and transported Fellmann 

to the hospital. 

Fellmann survived, 

thanks in large part to 

Thomas’ quick actions. 

Since Denis went into 

cardiac arrest, Thomas has 

realized how important it is 

to be CPR certified. 

Reporting by Alyssa Groh, 

Freelance Reporter. For more, 

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FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND 

Fairmont School gets lesson 

from state legislators 

In preparation for the Illinois 

constitution test, students 

at Fairmont School 

were given the ultimate 

learning tool in the form of 

a presentation by State legislators. 

The group of seventhand 

eighth-grade students 

gathered at noon on Nov. 1 

to hear presentations from 

State Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant, 

U.S. Rep. Dan 

Lipinski and State Rep. 

John Connor on topics of 

civics and the process of 

passing laws. 

Bertino-Tarrant opened 

the discussion by quizzing 

students on the three 

branches of government, 

the roles of senators and 

representatives, and the 

purpose of making laws. 

Shortly after, Lipinski arrived 

and detailed his experiences 

on the job, his 

trips to Washington, D.C, 

and the differences between 

creating State and national 

laws. 

Students were invited to 

give suggestions for a law 

they would like passed to 

complete a scenario in a 

“quick law scenario.” The 

law chosen to implement 

was a $1,000 fine for littering, 

reflecting the garbage 

service debate with which 

residents of Fairmont have 

dealt firsthand. Bertino-Tarrant 

then walked students 

through the steps it would 

take to draft the proposed 

law, including getting approval 

by Rep. Lipinski and 

eventually handing it off to 

the governor. 

Reporting by Derek Swanson, 

Editorial Intern. For more, 

visit LockportLegendDaily. 

com. 

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Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (177 

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Divine Service 

8 a.m. Sundays. Divine 

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accompanied by the 

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other various instruments 

on special occasions. 

Sunday Morning Adult 

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

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and join the 

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like parables, discipleship, 

judgment day, heaven, 

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speaking in tongues 

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are responding. 10:46 

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both ancient tradition and 

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recognizing the ongoing, 

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Daily Prayer Services 

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Jum’ah Prayer Services 

Fridays. Sermon at 1:10 

p.m. followed by prayers 

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Heritage Baptist Church (21739 S. La 

Grange Road, Frankfort) 

Worship Services 

10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. 

Sundays. The church offers 

a staffed nursery for 

ages birth-two years, and 

junior church for ages twofive. 

Sunday School 

9:30 a.m. Sunday school 

for all ages. 

Wednesday Night 

7 p.m. Wednesdays. 

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for children starting at age 

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Teens for grades 7-12, 

nursery for ages birth-two 

years, and Bible Study and 

prayer for adults. 

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9 a.m. Wednesdays 

(September-May). We are 

studying the book “Women 

Who Met the Master” 

by Carolyn Culver. Nursery 

is provided during the 

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serving students as young 

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By appointment. Personal 

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Franciscan fraternities unite for celebration in Frankfort 

3 

Mary Compton 


Around 200 people came 

together Saturday, Nov. 9, at 

St. Francis Woods in Frankfort 

to celebrate 100 years of 

secular Franciscan life in the 

United States. 

Members of about 22 

Franciscan fraternities and 

other interested guests in 

the Mother Cabrini Region 

began the day with a mass 

before taking part in discussions, 

reflection and food 

and listening to two dynamic 

speakers. 

“Deep within I will plant 

my law, not on stone but 

within your heart,” the Rev. 

Ed Shea said as he addressed 

the crowd. 

Shea, a charismatic Franciscan 

friar dressed in a 

brown robe with a white 

rope, encouraged the fraternities 

with stories and scripture. 

Shea is on staff at St. Peters 

Cathedral in Chicago 

and is very involved in the 

Franciscan ministry. He was 

ordained in 1987, serves as a 

contributing writer to “Catholics 

On Call” and also has 

written a book. 

On Saturday, he told the 

story of St. Francis and the 

wolf. St. Francis of Assisi is 

the patron saint of animals 

and the environment, and the 

life of a Franciscan is a life 

of simple living and humbleness. 

“What do you do with anger?” 

Shea asked the crowd. 

“Don’t let it fester. Pray for 

those you are angry with. 

Harden not your hearts.” 

Another Franciscan living 

a humble life dedicated 

to serving others is Sister 

Marilyn Renninger, spiritual 

assistant for three fraternities 

in the Mother Cabrini region. 

Renninger lives at the 

Motherhouse at St. Francis 

Sister Marilyn Renninger (left), of Frankfort, speaks with 

attendee Sandra Kisel. 

Woods in Frankfort. 

“Every year we celebrate 

our patron for this region, 

who is Mother Cabrini,” 

Renninger explained. “We 

gather near her feast day, 

which is Nov. 13. We’re here 

to celebrate the 100th anniversary 

of the secular Franciscans 

in the United States.” 

The Franciscan order began 

with St. Francis of Assisi. 

After hearing a homily 

in 1209, St. Francis sold all 

that he had and lived in poverty 

from then on. St. Francis 

founded the Secular Franciscans 

in 1212 for those who 

did not live in a religious 

community, yet wanted to 

follow the Franciscan way 

of life. 

“Today, we come together 

to celebrate what we are all 

about,” Renninger said. 

There are three orders 

of Franciscans. Renninger 

is part of the Third Order. 

Every day, she and others 

live a life of prayer, serving 

people in need and assisting 

the poor and the elderly. 

Saturday was a day to gather 

together and celebrate that 

way of life. 

“We’re divided into clusters 

in Illinois,” Renninger 

said. “We are cluster two. 

Today is very important as 

Franciscans … We do works 

of neighborly love and do 

works for others, as well as 

rebuild the church. Francis 

got the mission from Jesus 

to rebuild the church. We, 

as followers of St. Francis of 

Assisi, do what we can for 

the church and to serve others.” 

Frankfort resident Rosalie 

Leitelt, of the Padre Pio 

Fraternity and vice-leader 

and secretary for the Mother 

Cabrini Planning Committee, 

dedicates her life to serving 

as a Franciscan. 

“This is so beautiful for all 

of us to come together in unity 

and celebrate sacred mass, 

because that’s the heart of 

our Catholic religion,” Leitelt 

said. “It’s also the heart of 

being Franciscan. I’m honored 

to have a speaker today 

like Father Shea, who is dynamic 

and, as you can see, 

engages the audience.” 

Shea spoke in both English 

and Spanish to include 

two new Franciscan groups 

from Joliet. 

“The fact that he is bilingual 

really speaks to his ability 

to celebrate the diversity 

within our fraternities,” Leitelt 

said. 

Recently, the fraternities 

have donated food to a local 

shelter and packed food for 

the nonprofit organization 

Feed My Starving Children. 

“Living life as a Franciscan 

is twofold,” Leitelt said. 

“The most important part of 

the Franciscan mission here 

in Frankfort and throughout 

the world is called JPIC, 

which means Justice, Peace, 

Integrity and Creation. We 

make a profession as Franciscans 

that we are going 

to make every effort to embrace 

the lepers and to help 

our brothers and sisters who 

are in need. 

“As Franciscans, whenever 

the need arises we step 

up to the plate and help out,” 

she added. 

As Shea finished up his 

presentation to the audience, 

he left them with tips he 

called the four commandments 

of contentment: live 

in the present, don’t be in a 

hurry, don’t take yourself too 

seriously and be grateful. 

The Rev. Ed Shea, of St. Peters Church in Chicago, 

speaks to a crowd of 22 Franciscan fraternities 

Saturday, Nov. 9, at St. Francis Woods in Frankfort 

during the Mother Cabrini Celebration. Photos by Mary 

Compton/22nd Century Media

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Film shot in ‘haunted’ Frankfort home tells tale of local legend 

3 

Will O’Brien 


About six months after 

giving birth to her daughter, 

Eileah, and hearing 

scores of compliments 

about the little girl’s cute 

qualities, Tinley Park 

mother Stephanie Pyrzynski 

started exploring acting 

roles for the newborn. 

Surprisingly, she almost 

instantly found one in 

Frankfort. The unplanned, 

exhilarating brush with 

show business taught the 

family a bit about the industry 

and a lot about an 

historic, allegedly haunted 

Frankfort home that 

inspired and served as the 

set for the movie, “Girl on 

the Third Floor.” 

“I was just playing 

around with the idea, 

wondering, ‘How do kids 

wind up in commercials,’” 

said Pyrzynski, who along 

with her husband, Geoffrey 

Pyrzynski, operates 

Geoffresh Productions, a 

Tinley Park-based digital 

marketing firm. 

It was fall 2018 and 

Pyrzynski, who had started 

interacting with a casting 

agency through Facebook, 

quickly learned 

about the Frankfort shoot. 

The Dark Sky Films division 

of Orland Park-based 

MPI Media Group is the 

distributor of “Girl on 

the Third Floor,” which 

stars former professional 

wrestler and Lockport native 

Phil Brooks, aka CM 

Punk. 

“I thought, ‘Oh my 

gosh, that’s so close,’” 

Pyrzynski said, explaining 

most opportunities 

she saw were in the city. 

“So, I figured, ‘Let me see 

what we can do.’” 

The mother-daughter 

duo sprang into action, 

promptly meeting a film 

representative, signing the 

requisite documents and 

showing up to the set the 

following day. 

“Girl” tells the tale of 

Brooks’ character, Don 

Koch, renovating a suburban 

home while his 

pregnant wife, Liz Koch 

— played by Trieste Kelly 

Dunn — stays at an apartment 

in the city. 

Local legend has it that 

the Frankfort residence 

where the film was shot, 

near the intersection of 

Sauk Trail and Center 

Road, is haunted by the 

ghosts of two young girls 

who died there decades 

ago. 

The ghosts play a sinister 

role in “Third Floor,” 

tempting Brooks into bad 

behavior and ultimately 

leading to his demise. One 

of the ghosts is known to 

sit and dangle her feet 

from a third-floor window, 

hence the movie’s 

title. 

Eileah, now 19 months 

old, plays the role of the 

couple’s child. 

“The shoot was just one 

day, and Eileah’s scene is 

at the very end,” Pyrzynski 

said. 

Eileah’s brief-but-important 

appearance in the 

film was, in fact, captured 

in a matter of minutes. 

“The director got it in 

one take,” Pyrzynski said, 

explaining a second take 

was recorded, just in case. 

“He kneeled down in a 

praying position near the 

crib where she was laying 

and was just like, ‘Thank 

you. Thank you. That’s 

it!’” 

The role required little 

of Eileah beyond laying, 

smiling and looking in 

certain directions — no 

Tinley Park’s Stephanie (left), 19-month-old Eileah and Geoffrey Pyrzynski are pictured. Eileah is featured in a 

newly released, locally produced horror movie called “Girl on the Third Floor.” Photo by Kat Haring 

issue for the well-behaved 

little girl, said Pyrzynski, 

who watched over the 

filming from an adjoining 

room. 

“She didn’t cry, she 

paid attention to the things 

they wanted,” she said. “It 

was just very cool.” 

Phil Bogdan, an assistant 

director of the horror 

flick, served as the 

Pyrzynskis liaison that 

day. 

A veteran of the Chicago-area 

cinematic scene, 

Bogdan said the Frankfort 

community embraced the 

film crew, with neighbors 

stopping by frequently to 

tell stories about the home. 

“Every in Frankfort 

seems to know someone 

who was a neighbor (of 

the house), or knew someone 

who knew someone,” 

Bogdan said. “You do feel 

kind of weird in it.” 

Pyrzynski concurred, 

describing the building as 

“creepy.” 

“Girl on the Third 

Floor,” directed by Travis 

Stevens, made its world 

premiere in March at the 

South by Southwest festival 

in Austin, Texas. 

It traveled to additional 

fests — in Boston, Chattanooga, 

Knoxville, Chicago, 

Telluride and more 

— and hit select screens 

in late October and early 

November. 

The film is also available 

through Amazon 

Prime Video, Apple TV, 

Sling TV and other channels. 

Pyrzynski and her husband 

have a copy of the 

film and have watched it 

several times. 

Though Eileah hasn’t 

done any additional acting 

since — and the Pyrzynskis 

are not actively seeking 

it out — the family 

Actress Sarah Brooks performs a scene in “Girl On the 

Third Floor.” Photo by queensbury pictures 

will always hold the cinematic 

experience as a 

fond, unique memory, she 

said. 

“I’d never been on a 

film set or been involved 

with something like that,” 

Pyrzynski said. “To see 

how many cameras are 

involved, how many people 

are involved, it’s just 

amazing. I’m just very 

proud of her. It’s not an 

everyday occurrence.”

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The Yacht Rockettes lead singers Dina DiCostanzo (left) and Christine Mild perform a 

song. Photo courtesy of Rob Riddle 

LW grad pursues passion for 

yacht rock as band vocalist 


The concept for a female-fronted 

yacht rock 

band in Chicago came to 

singer Dina DiCostanzo in 

a dream. 

“I woke up one day and 

I thought, I really loved the 

yacht rock genre, and in my 

dream I dreamt of an all-female 

yacht rock cover band 

called The Yacht Rockettes, 

which I thought was just a 

funny name,” DiCostanzo 

said. “So, it started off as a 

funny name, and my husband 

is a drummer, and he 

said, ‘Let’s do it.” 

Today, DiCostanzo, a 

Chicago resident originally 

from Palatine, fronts The 

Yacht Rockettes along with 

fellow Chicago resident 

Christine Mild, a Lincoln- 

Way High School graduate. 

The group performs around 

the Chicago area and has 

upcoming shows scheduled 

for 9-10:30 p.m. Friday, 

Nov. 22, at the Chicago 

Loop Sports Bar and Grill 

in Streamwood and 7:30-9 

p.m. Friday, Dec. 20, at the 

Penny Road Pub in Barrington. 

The two women had 

known each other for nearly 

two decades, but singing 

in The Yacht Rockettes 

marked the first time they 

collaborated professionally. 

DiCostanzo’s husband and 

fellow band member, Jim 

Barclay, is a drummer who 

had previously performed 

with Martin & Mild, an altcountry 

duo composed of 

Mild and guitarist Patrick 

Martin. 

“She’s an amazing vocalist, 

so we of course 

asked her to be part of it,” 

DiCostanzo said. 

Mild’s musical career 

took shape at an early age, 

and she began singing professionally 

in Las Vegas 

when she was just 7 years 

old. 

“I was part of a presentation 

at my church for All 

Saints’ Day, and an agent 

approached my mom and 

said, ‘I think your daughter 

is talented, I’d like to meet 

with her,’” Mild explained. 

“So, I met with this agent, 

and she suggested that 

kids that sing can get more 

work. I started taking singing 

lessons, and I entered 

a talent competition about 

one week before I began, 

and I was a finalist. And I 

moved through my career 

from there.” 

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24 | November 14, 2019 | the frankfort station life & arts 


Lincoln-Way Area Chorale ready to celebrate 25 years with performance 

Lee Cruz, Freelance Reporter 

The Lincoln-Way Area 

Chorale is diligently preparing 

for its annual holiday 

concert, titled “Silver 

Sounds of the Season” as 

the organization is celebrating 

its 25th anniversary 

this year. 

The chorale is comprised 

of more than 80 

members and is led under 

the direction of Artistic 

Director Elise Greene. On 

certain selections at the 

concert, the group will 

be joined in song by the 

children’s choirs from St. 

Francis of Assisi Church 

in Orland Park and St. Anthony’s 

Church in Frankfort, 

and will receive string 

and wind instrument accompaniment 

from band 

members of the three Lincoln-Way 

High Schools. 

Some of the musical selections 

will include “The 

Christmas Song,” “I’ll 

Be Home for Christmas,” 

“It’s the Most Wonderful 

Time of the Year,” “Joy to 

the World,” “Shepherd’s 

Pipe Carol,” “Angelic 

Christmas Fanfare,” “Jingle 

Bells,” “God Rest Ye 

Merry Gentlemen,” “Canticle 

of Winter,” “Christmas 

Bells,” “Christmas 

on Broadway,” “Winter 

Members of the Lincoln-Way Chorale rehearse part of 

their performance on Oct. 21 led by Elise’ Greene. The 

group is preparing for its performance Nov. 17, which 

will celebrate 25 years since being founded. 

Lee Cruz/22nd Century Media 

Wind,” “Have Yourself a 

Merry Little Christmas,” 

“O Holy Night,” and “Silent 

Night.” 

As Greene leads the 

chorale through rehearsal, 

one can easily recognize 

the high level of enthusiasm 

that she has for serving 

in that role. She keeps 

the members on task and 

the session moving fluidly. 

When she stops to improve 

the group’s pronunciation 

of a word, transition between 

lines, or pace during 

a portion of a song, she 

shares clear examples that 

help the members quickly 

understand how to execute 

those adjustments. 

She is positive and encouraging 

while aiding 

the chorale in elevating 

their skills, and she offers 

affirmations when the 

members produce good 

results. She occasionally 

reminds the group to demonstrate 

good energy and 

emotion through subtle facial 

expressions and body 

language, and she consistently 

models that in the 

way she carries herself 

throughout the rehearsal. 

She helps create a spirited 

atmosphere by integrating 

good-natured humor 

throughout her instruction. 

Her style generates a dynamic 

that the chorale responds 

to well and makes 

the members eager to polish 

their performance. 

Representing more than 

a dozen local towns, and 

with an age range from 

nearly 20 years old to nearly 

90 years old, the chorale 

has continually sustained a 

healthy number of members 

through the years 

since its inception, and 

participation is expected to 

grow next year as several 

community members have 

expressed interest in joining 

the group. 

That is encouraging 

news to Greene, who has 

relished in her experience 

directing the chorale. 

Greene was selected as the 

organization’s artistic director 

last year after serving 

as a music teacher for 

38 years. 

The position allows her 

to continue involvement 

in music and conducting, 

which is one element that 

she finds fulfilling. Moreover, 

she considers the 

relationships she builds 

with the chorale members 

extremely rewarding. 

“I am really enjoying 

getting to know so many 

really beautiful people,” 

she said. “The longer I’m 

with them, the more I realize 

how wonderful they 

are. They’ve all come to 

the group from a different 

path or for a different reason, 

and it’s really interesting 

to hear their stories 

of what led them here or 

when they started to sing.” 

Greene feels that a community 

choir can provide 

a meaningful experience 

to its members beyond offering 

an opportunity to 

perform music. She noted 

that, in today’s society, 

many people do not know 

their own neighbors well 

or at all, so an organization 

like a community choir at 

least gives them a chance 

to connect with others on a 

weekly basis who reside in 

the local area. 

“They know each others’ 

lives, they know 

each others’ families, and 

they become such dear 

friends,” she said. “They 

share a love of music and a 

love of singing. When you 

go through a performance 

experience with somebody, 

there’s something 

that bonds you together in 

a really unique way. So, 

besides the fact that it’s all 

these people coming together 

to create this beautiful 

music and being really 

satisfied on that level, 

they’re also being satisfied 

on a personal level with 

involvement in this choir 

community.” 

With the whole chorale 

rehearsing once a week 

3 

and the individual sections 

of it practicing once 

a month since mid-August, 

the group has refined its 

performance to produce a 

high-quality holiday program. 

Greene said the chorale’s 

dedicated effort is 

reflected in the audiences’ 

reactions to the performances. 

“If they haven’t heard 

us before, I think they’re 

shocked,” Greene said. 

“They’re not expecting 

that kind of sound from 

a community choir. It’s a 

wonderful thing to hear. 

Hopefully they’re very entertained. 

To leave in a better 

place than when they 

came in, to leave feeling 

uplifted, happy and joyful, 

that’s what they should 

feel when they leave a 

concert.” 

The “Silver Sounds of 

the Season” concert is 

scheduled for 3 p.m. Nov. 

17 at Lincoln-Way East 

High School Fine Arts 

Auditorium, 201 Colorado 

Ave. in Frankfort. Tickets 

are $18 for adults, $16 for 

seniors and students, and 

at a special rate for groups 

of 10 or more. To purchase 

tickets, visit lwac.com, 

or call (815) 469-1010 or 

(708) 479-1863. 

faith 

From Page 20 

Book Club 

10 a.m.-noon on the first 

and third Thursdays, and 

6-8 p.m. on the second 

and fourth Tuesdays. The 

Frankfort Literary Tea and 

Scone Society Book Club 

was inspired by the popular 

“Guernsey Literary and Potato 

Peel Pie Society” book 

and movie. A presentation 

of a classic will be read out 

loud followed by a lively 

discussion each month. A 

$10 per month donation includes 

refreshments (book 

not included), or $20 includes 

the book cost. 

St. Anthony Catholic Church (7659 Sauk 

Trail, Frankfort) 

Mass Service 

4 p.m. Saturdays; 7:30 

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

noon Sundays. 

Reconciliation 

3-3:50 p.m. Saturdays. 

Knights of Columbus 

Meetings 

7:30 p.m. every second 

and fourth Tuesday of the 

month in St. Anthony Hall. 

The Knights help at parish 

functions such as the 

church picnic and their annual 

pancake breakfast. 

Bereavement Support 

7 p.m. once a month at 

the Padua Center. For more 

information, call (815) 

469-3750. 

Tuesday Morning Rosary 

and Scripture Group 

9:30 a.m. Tuesdays at the 

Padua Center. To join, call 

the Parish Office at (815) 

469-3750. 

St. Anthony Seniors 

Wednesday afternoons 

monthly. Seniors gather for 

meetings, bingo and more. 

For more information, contact 

Pat Backus at (708) 

720-9321. 

Sew ‘n’ Sews 

10 a.m. Tuesdays in 

Memenas Hall. Attendees 

make handmade crafts for 

the church. For more information, 

call (815) 469- 

3750. 

Holy Spirit Prayer Group 

7 p.m. Tuesdays at the 

Padua Center. Meetings are 

open to anyone who would 

like to join to grow spiritually 

through praise, prayer, 

scripture and music. For 

more information, call 

(815) 469-3750. 

To have your church’s events 

included in Faith Briefs, 

email them to Editor Nuria 

Mathog at nuria@frankfortstation.com 

or call (708) 

326-9170 ext. 14. Deadline 

is noon Thursdays one week 

prior to publication.

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The Dish 

Barrel Club more than the sum of its steaks, spirits and stogies 

Eatery switches 

vibes from lunch to 

dinner, focuses on 

gatherings 

Bill Jones, Managing Editor 

At a quick glance, The 

Barrel Club looks on paper 

like something of a throwback, 

with a steak-heavy 

dinner menu, a drinks list 

that leans hard on bourbon 

and a showcase of cigar selections 

for the smokers. 

Make no mistake: Spirits 

are the star of the show at 

The Barrel Club. From the 

membership program that 

for $39 monthly sends customers 

home with different 

bottles of the Barrel Club’s 

spirits and accessories — 

think branded shot glasses, 

ice ball silicones and rocks 

glasses — to a list that rivals 

most city establishments 

for whiskey enthusiasts, 

drinks are undoubtedly the 

No. 1 attraction at the Oak 

Lawn establishment. 

But the facade of the 

building on 111th Street 

near Cicero Avenue is 

enough to let passersby 

know the offerings are 

more than first meets the 

eye. The modern confines 

hint at the wines Barrel 

Club also proudly offers. 

A patio with a fire pit welcomes 

musical acts and 

outdoor loungers alike. The 

event spaces are designed 

to attract both corporate 

meetings and small birthday 

gatherings (ask to see 

The Little Pub). And the 

lunch menu caters to a family 

crowd more than the 

nightlife seekers one might 

otherwise imagine. 

Barrel Club strives to be 

more than the typical suburban 

eatery, and it strives 

to please a lot of different 

The beignets ($9) at Barrel Club are dusted in powdered 

sugar, drizzled in chocolate and served warm with a 

scoop of ice cream. 

people in the process. 

As Director of Operations 

April Koerber, an 

Orland Parker, puts it, “It’s 

downtown dining on the 

south side of Chicago. The 

food looks like a masterpiece.” 

Behind that food is executive 

chef Carlos DeLeon, 

who approaches an ingredient-focused 

menu with a 

“less is best on the plate” 

philosophy. 

“The products that we 

use here are great,” he said. 

They use Duke’s mayonnaise, 

for instance, simply 

because, DeLeon said, 

“It’s delicious, the king of 

mayos.” 

Diners will find that on 

the lobster roll ($16), which 

Koerber cites as a favorite 

for the simplicity of its 

Maine lobster, mayo, Old 

Bay and brioche. 

The kitchen at Barrel 

Club also takes the time to 

make its own creme fraiche 

— a three-day process. And 

the roasted chicken (for 2, 

$29) — which is sliced in 

front of customers — goes 

through a 48-hour process. 

“What you get out of it 

is a crisp, seasoned-all-theway-through 

chicken,” De- 

Leon said. 

Among the sandwich 

standouts for the lunch 

The Barrel Club 

4910 W. 111th St. in 

Oak Lawn 

Kitchen Hours 

• Lunch: 11 a.m.-2:30 

p.m. Monday-Friday 

• Brunch: 11 a.m.- 

2:30 p.m. Saturday- 

Sunday 

• Dinner: 4-10 p.m. 

daily 

Bar Hours 

• 10 a.m.-midnight 

Sunday-Thursday 

• 10 a.m.-2 a.m. 

Friday-Saturday 

For more information ... 

Web: barrelclubillinois. 

com 

Phone: (708) 581- 

3357 

crowd is the Cuban ($13), 

featuring pork carnitas, 

smoked ham, Chihuahua 

cheese, dill pickle and mustard 

on a telera roll. 

“Its not a traditional Cuban, 

but it’s damn close,” 

DeLeon said. 

The restaurant also has 

some fun mixing influences 

with items like the potato 

and cheese pierogies ($9), 

which feature Yukon Gold 

potatoes and Chihuahua 

cheese for a combination 

that is part Polish, part 

The Barrel Club’s Traces of Buffalo whiskey flight ($22) is one of 10 that offer guests 

tastes of three different spirits — in this case W.L. Weller Special Reserve, E.H. 

Taylor Small Batch and George Stagg Jr. — alongside optional bitters. Photos by Bill 

Jones/22nd Century Media 

Oak Lawn’s Barrel Club offers sandwiches during its lunch hours, including the 

pictured Barrel Dip ($14), featuring shaved rib-eye on a French roll, with giardiniera, 

au jus and horseradish cream. 

Mexican, according to De- 

Leon. Giardiniera finds 

its way into Barrel Club’s 

chopped salad ($13) for a 

distinct Chicago tweak to 

the classic. 

And gluten-free and 

vegetarians diners are not 

forgotten, with options for 

both highlighted on the 

menus. 

“You just try to keep it 

balanced for people with 

allergies,” DeLeon said. 

The Barrel Club maintains 

membership with the 

Orland Park Area Chamber 

of Commerce, and Koerber, 

who previously worked 

with several businesses in 

Orland Park, said she made 

the jump for a new opportunity 

to work with a restaurant 

that does a spirits 

club. It also gives her the 

opportunity to continue to 

organize events, including 

benefits for local organizations 

Barrel Club has done 

since its recent opening. 

Koerber said she has enjoyed 

the new role because 

Barrel Club tries to create 

a “wow factor” for its customers, 

whether that’s an 

elderly group doing an early 

lunch, whiskey fanatics 

working their way through 

the spirits selection or executives 

looking to impress 

clients. 

“It’s really personal,” she 

said. “And they want that 

personalized touch.”

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The Dish 

Trio of friends collaborate to open Tavern in the Glen 

Homer bar and 

restaurant strives 

to be a comfortable 

neighborhood spot 

Thomas Czaja, Editor 

Three friends spoke increasingly 

in recent years of 

realizing their dream to open 

a pub together. 

These buddies — Jeff 

Wood, Kevin Connolly and 

Greg Stefanon — found the 

right spot to make that goal a 

reality, opening Tavern in the 

Glen on Aug. 30 in Homer 

Glen. 

The trio of Orland Park 

residents envisioned a comfortable 

neighborhood gathering 

place they could call 

their own. 

“I worked for a family 

business that got bought out 

four years ago that manufactured 

mats; Kevin is an electrician; 

and Greg is retired 

from the FBI,” Wood said, 

noting none have any prior 

bar or restaurant experience. 

“We talked for years wanting 

to do this, and now seemed 

like the time.” 

With that mindset, they 

learned the industry as they 

developed Tavern in the 

Glen, with Connolly using 

his expertise as an electrician 

and builder to completely 

remodel the space. They increased 

the size of the bar its 

seating, upped the amount of 

televisions from four to 18 

and added a garage door that 

opens near an adjacent door 

to a new outdoor patio area. 

There is one more interesting 

new addition to Tavern 

in the Glen. 

“We have a church pew,” 

Wood said of the long pew 

stretching across several 

tables — part of new seating 

where the former entryway 

and front windows to 

the business are. “A church 

closed in Milwaukee. We 

bought [the [pew] online and 

drove up there and brought it 

back.” 

While maximizing space 

by adding to the bar and 

creating more seating was 

imperative, the main focus 

of any bar and restaurant is 

to provide quality food and 

drinks. Occupying the space 

that used to house Steamer’s 

Hot Dogs and then At Ease 

Craft Beer Pub, Tavern in the 

Glen’s ownera are confident 

they have the goods to stay. 

Tavern in the Glen 

15761 S. Bell Road in 

Homer Glen 

Hours 

• 11 a.m.-midnight 

Sunday-Thursday 

• 11 a.m.-1 a.m. 

Friday-Saturday 

For more information ... 

Web: tavernintheglen. 

com 

Phone: (708) 645-4763 

“It’s a simple menu right 

now,” Wood said. “Being 

brand new, we didn’t want to 

have too much on the menu. 

We wanted to make a good, 

small menu, and everybody 

has been very happy about 

it.” 

The partners plan to grow 

the menu as time goes on, 

The Italian beef ($8) is one of the popular sandwiches at 

Tavern in the Glen in Homer Glen. It is served on garlic 

bread au jus. Peppers or cheese can be added for 50 

cents each. Photos by Thomas Czaja/22nd Century Media 

but one of the most popular 

sandwiches so far is the 

smash burger ($9), which 

comes with a 6-ounce patty 

served on a brioche bun 

with cheese, lettuce, tomato 

and onion. Diners have their 

choice of American, pepper 

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or provolone, and all 

sandwiches include one’s 

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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. Some Brit. sports 

cars 

4. Trademarks, abbr. 

7. Pandowdy, e.g. 

10. Birchbark 

13. ‘’__ a Lady’’ (Tom 

Jones tune) 

14. Epithet for the 

Yankees 

15. LTHS 2019 Jackson 

Award winner, 

technology teacher, 

Jeff ____ 

16. Official doc. 

17. Regal Norse name 

18. At first light 

19. Make ___ while the 

sun shines 

20. ___ gratias 

21. Way back when 

23. Lucy of “Charlie’s 

Angels,” 2000 

25. Human blood classification 

28. __ Zeppelin 

29. Abe Vigoda, in 

“The Godfather” 

30. Conservative 

Justice 

32. Railroad employee 

35. Welcome rugs 

39. Australian jumper, 

for short 

40. Fund-raising suffix 

41. Jealous 

44. Tyrant 

45. Dig in 

47. Do-say link 

50. Wore away 

51. Land of opportunity 

53. “____ into Lockport” 

- classic car 

event 

55. The tone “G” 

57. Van Gogh: “___ 

Cypresses” 

59. Gets licked 

60. The Adamsons’ cat 

62. Border on 

63. Mindless 

64. Epitome of redness 

65. Flower receptacle 

66. Do watercolors 

67. Some degs. 

68. UFO crew 

69. Vegas opener 

Down 

1. 1990s-2000s TV 

attorney 

2. Car storage locale 

3. Wheezed 

4. “___-Team” 

5. Actress Streep 

6. Jet that was retired 

in 2003 

7. Northern California 

city 

8. Personal statement 

intro 

9. Post delivery: 

Abbr. 

11. Certain hooters 

12. Ethereal singer, 

and namesakes 

13. Academic types 

14. Defendant called 

John 

20. Silver coin 

22. Chipper 

24. Practice suffix 

26. “Très ___!” 

27. Dinghy propeller 

31. Fireplace remains 

33. Money to the 

bottom line, abbr. 

34. Pigeon pen 

35. Bubbly name 

36. Estimates value 

37. Coffee stirrer 

38. Capital of South 

Korea 

41. Handheld 

42. Ave. crossers 

43. Musical talent 

46. Holland export 

47. Attack 

48. Reddish brown 

49. Atlas features 

52. Chance for a hit 

54. College in New 

Rochelle, New York 

56. Cereal grain 

58. Weak one 

60. Go down 

61. Meadow (Brit.) 

62. 5th ___ 

FRANKFORT 

Pete Mitchell’s Bar & Grill 

(21000 Frankfort 

Square Road, Frankfort; 

(815) 464-8100) 

■6-8 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Free N’ Fun Bar Game. 

Free to play. 

ORLAND PARK 

Traverso’s Restaurant 

(15601 S Harlem Ave, 

Orland Park; (708) 532- 

2220) 

■5-7 ■ p.m. Mondays: 

Free bar bingo 

TINLEY PARK 

Old Tinley Pub & Eatery 

(17020 Oak Park Ave., 

Tinley Park; (708) 532- 

4409) 

■8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Trivia 

Night 

■8 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Movie Night 

■8 ■ p.m. Thursdays: 

Karaoke 

LOCKPORT 

Port Noir 

(900 S. State St., Lockport; 

(815) 834-9463) 

■6p.m. ■ - 12 a.m. Thursdays: 

Comedy Bingo 

■6p.m. ■ - 12 a.m. Fridays 

and Saturdays: 

Live Band 

■6p.m. ■ - 12 a.m. Sundays: 

Open Mic Night 

HOMER GLEN 

Front Row 

(14903 S. Bell Road, 

Homer Glen; (708) 645- 

7000) 

■7 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Trivia 

MOKENA 

Fox’s Restaurant and Pub 

(11247 W. 187th St., 

Mokena; (708) 478- 

8888) 

■6 ■ p.m. Thursdays, 

Fridays and Saturdays: 

Performance by Jerry 

Eadie 

NEW LENOX 

Little Joe’s Restaurant 

(1300 N. Cedar Road, 

New Lenox; (815) 463- 

1099) 

■5-8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: 

Piano Styles by Joe 

To place an event 

in The Scene, email 

a.datta@22ndcenturymedia. 

com. 

answers 

How to play Sudoku 

Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that 

has been subdivided into nine smaller grids 

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

column and box must contain each of the 

numbers 1-9. 

LEVEL: Medium 

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan

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Aug. 30 

• 11515 Myrrh Lane, 

Frankfort, 60423-7809 

— Scott Attar Trustee to 

Daniel Ogean, Karen 

Ogean, $399,000 

Sept. 3 

• 20146 S. Deerfield 

Court A, Frankfort, 

60423-6987 — Molly A. 

Wade to Jereme Trezise, 

$125,000 

• 20248 S. Frankfort 

Square Road, Frankfort, 

60423-6918 — Matt 

E. Pehr to Kyle T. 

Southwick, $200,000 

• 605 Vail Drive, 


— Laurie J. Powers 

to Daniel J. Curran, 

$295,000 

Sept. 4 

• 23051 Anna Lane, 


— Tsk Construction Inc 

to Ryan M. Fillingim, 

Danielle N. Miller, 

$485,000 

Sept. 5 

• 7719 W. Galeview 

Lane, Frankfort, 

60423-6983 — Lsf11 

Master Participation 

Tru to Nicole Vaughn, 

$105,000 

• 20335 S. Rainford 

Drive 2c, Frankfort, 

60423-1794 — Michael 

D. Sexton Sr to Charlotte 

Sbotnik, $193,000 

• 20065 S. Spruce 

Drive, Frankfort, 60423- 

6912 — Ih2 Property 

Illinois Lp to Bryce M. 

Freitag, $203,000 

• 22995 Anna Lane, 


— Richard W. Evans Jr 

to Ginger L. Schroers, 

Michael Schroers, 

$455,000 

• 24244 S. Jos Plave, 


— Amy Haack to William 

Cullen, $510,000 

• 9410 W. Stuenkel 

Road, Frankfort, 60423- 

8323 — Haughton Trust 

to Steven R. Suarez, 

June Suarez, $533,000 

• 1030 S. Butternut 

Circle, Frankfort, 

60423-2124 — Chicago 

Title Land Trust Co Tr 

to Michael W. Ford, 

Jennifer L. Ford, 

$557,500 

• 22507 Swanstone 

Court, Frankfort, 60423- 

9023 — Jean Burns to 

Mohammad A. Issa, 

$699,000 

Sept. 6 

• 7722 W. Ivy Court, 


— Saleem Mohammed 

to Jason Obrien, 

$104,000 

• 20713 S North Court, 


— William A. Berger 

to Richard A. Moris, 

Courtney M. Moris, 

$228,000 

• 21221 Lakeview 

Court, Frankfort, 60423- 

6608 — Keith Novak to 

Scott Kolinski, Darlene 

Kolinski, $345,000 

• 311 Utah St., 

Frankfort, 60423- 

1597 — Garth E Swaney 

to Matthew Caruso, 

Amanda Caruso, 

$469,000 

The Going Rate is provided 

by Record Information 

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2703 Legal 

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2900 Merchandise 

Under $100 

2900 Merchandise 

Under $100 

COMMON AD - REAL ESTATE 

SECTION 

SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE 

of 7649 WEST MOOREFIELD 

DRIVE, FRANKFORT, IL 60423 

(Brown vinyl siding, two story single 

family home with attached garage). On 

the 5th day of December, 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: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. 

Plaintiff V. JENNIFER OBRZUT; 

JASON BROWN Defendant. 

Case No. 16 CH 2265 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 

$208,652.78 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 by subdivisions 

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

required by subsection (g-1) 

of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium 

Property Act. 

Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J) 

if there is asurplus following application 

ofthe proceeds of sale, then the 

plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant 

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

to the proceeding advising them of 

the amount ofthe surplus and that the 

surplus will beheld until aparty obtains 

acourt order for its distribution or, in 

the absence of an order, until the surplus 

is forfeited to the State. 

For Information Please Contact: 

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. 

COMMON AD - REAL ESTATE 

SECTION 

SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE 

of 7926 Pineview Lane, Frankfort, IL 

60423 (Residential). On the 5th day of 

December, 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: U.S. 

BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 

AS TRUSTEE, IN TRUST FOR 

REGISTERED HOLDERS OF 

FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE 

LOAN TRUST, MORTGAGE LOAN 

ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, 

SERIES 2006-FF18, Plaintiff V. LEN- 

NELL G. WILLIS; ANTOINETTE 

WILLIS; NEW GRACE NEW 

MERCY MINISTRIES, INC.; 

COUNTRYSIDE BANK SUCCES- 

SOR BY MERGER TO STATE 

BANK OF COUNTRYSIDE; MORT- 

GAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRA- 

TION SYSTEMS, INC., ASNOMI- 

NEE FOR FIRST FRANKLIN ADI- 

VISION OF NATIONAL CITY 

BANK; UNITED STATES OF 

AMERICA; FRANKFORT TIM- 

BERS EDGE SUBDIVISION 

HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION 

INC.; STATE OFILLINOIS; Defendant. 

Case No. 19 CH 0286 in the Circuit 

Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, 

Will County, Illinois. 













County. 



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

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








Property Act. 












For Information Please Contact: 

JOHNSON, BLUMBERG AND AS- 

SOCIATES 

230 W. MONROE, SUITE 1125, 

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60606 

P: 312 541-9710 

F: 312 541-9711 









2703 Legal 

Notices 









STATE OF ILLINOIS 

) 

) SS. 

COUNTY OF WILL 

) 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE 

TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

JENNIFER OBRZUT; JASON 

BROWN 

Defendant. 

No. 16 CH 2265 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that pursuant 

toajudgment entered in the above 

cause on the 23rd day of August, 2019, 

MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will 

County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the 

5th day of December, 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: 

LOT 1IN BLOCK 56 FRANKFORT 

SQUARE UNIT 15, BEING A SUB- 

DIVISION OF THAT PART OF 

THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SEC- 

TION 13, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, 

RANGE 12, EAST OF THE THIRD 

PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, LYING 

SOUTH OFTHE INDIAN BOUND- 

ARY LINE, ACCORDING TOTHE 

PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED 

AUGUST 30, 1979 AS DOCUMENT 

R79-32134, IN WILL COUNTY, IL- 

LINOIS. 

Commonly known as: 

7649 WEST MOOREFIELD DRIVE, 

FRANKFORT, IL 60423 

Description of Improvements: 

Brown vinyl siding, two story single 

family home with attached garage 

P.I.N.: 

19-09-13-126-008-0000 













County. Judgment amount is 

$208,652.78 plus interest, cost and post 

judgment advances, if any. 



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

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








Property Act. 












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 









STATE OF ILLINOIS 

) 

) SS. 

COUNTY OF WILL 

) 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE 

TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIA- 

TION, AS TRUSTEE, IN TRUST FOR 

REGISTERED HOLDERS OF FIRST 

FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN 

TRUST, MORTGAGE LOAN 

ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, 

SERIES 2006-FF18, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

LENNELL G. WILLIS; ANTOINETTE 

WILLIS; NEW GRACE NEW MERCY 

MINISTRIES, INC.; COUNTRYSIDE 

BANK SUCCESSOR BY MERGER 

TO STATE BANK OF COUNTRY- 

SIDE; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC 

; 

REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS 

NOMINEE FOR FIRST FRANKLIN A 

DIVISION OF NATIONAL CITY 

BANK; UNITED STATES OFAMER- 

ICA; FRANKFORT TIMBERS EDGE 

SUBDIVISION HOMEOWNERS AS- 

SOCIATION INC.; STATE OF ILLI- 

NOIS; 

Defendant. 

No. 19 CH 0286 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that pursuant 

toajudgment entered in the above 

cause on the 26th day of August, 2019, 

MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will 

County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the 

5th day of December, 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: 

LOT 53 TIMBERS EDGE PHASE 

ONE, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF 

PART OF THE NORTH 1/2 OFTHE 

SOUTH 1/2 OF 640 ACRES RE- 

SERVED FOR THE CHILDREN OF 

JOSEPH LAFRAMBOISE, OTHER- 

WISE KNOWN AND DESCRIBED 

AS THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OFSEC- 

TION 36, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, 

RANGE 12, EAST OF THE THIRD 

PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, AC- 

CORDING TO PLAT OF SUBDIVI- 

SION THEREOF RECORDED ON 

SEPTEMBER 10, 2003, AS DOCU- 

MENT NO. R2003-224644, IN WILL 

COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 

Commonly known as: 

7926 Pineview Lane, Frankfort, IL 

60423 

Description of Improvements: 

Residential 

P.I.N.: 

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Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

3 3 

Even in their 80s, Frankfort friends have 

powerful voices to cheer Griffins football 

with Tre Allen 

Frankfort resident Tre Allen is a senior 

center on the Providence football team. 

How long have you been playing 

football and how did you get 

started? 

I’ve been playing football since second 

grade. It was kind of on a whim. Nobody 

in my family played before, but I’d always 

watch football with my dad and I 

kind of wanted to get out there and try it. 

What do you like so much about 

the sport? 

I love the brotherhood. I know I can 

count on my teammates for anything. 

They are my brothers. 

Have you always played center? 

No, I just started playing center freshman 

year. In eighth grade, I was a noseguard 

and a guard. Freshman year, we 

needed a center and I kind of volunteered 

to do it. That’s where I’ve been ever since. 

Was that a tough transition to 

playing center? 

It did take some time to get used to it. 

It took me a good month to get snapping 

the ball down. 

Playing center requires you to be a 

leader, doesn’t it? 

Yeah, I’ve got to call the offense, call 

the defense every time. I tell my guards 

if they’re double-teaming or if they’re 

blocking down, just get all the linemen 

on the same page and make sure everyone 

knows what their assignment is. 

What have you learned from coach 

Mark Coglianese? 

Teamwork, teamwork, teamwork. 

I know that if we work as a team, we 

can accomplish great things. If we 

work as a team on offense, we can be 

unstoppable. 

Steve Millar/22nd Century Media 

If you could be anybody else for 

a day, who would you want to 

be? 

Tom Brady. He has a pretty cool life. 

He’s the GOAT [greatest of all time], 

man. He’s the greatest. We don’t get all 

the glory as linemen, so it’d be fun to be a 

quarterback once. 

You’re stranded on a deserted 

island and can have an endless 

supply of one food. What do you 

want? 

Chick-fil-A, for sure. Chick-fil-A nuggets 

with ranch or honey mustard. 

Who would you pay to see in 

concert? 

They’re not really a band anymore, 

but I’d love to see Pantera. I always blast 

them out before games to get me ready, 

get me focused. 

If you could be any superhero, 

which would you want to be? 

Probably Superman. I’d like to be able 

to fly, for sure. 

Interview conducted by Sports Editor Steve 

Millar. 

STEVE MILLAR, Sports Editor 

Lincoln-Way East fans (left to right) Thomas Trojniar, 

Richard Anderson and Bill Pradzinski, known as the 

“Who Let the Dogs Out? Guys”, lead cheers at the 

Griffins’ first-round playoff game against Plainfield 

South on Nov. 1. JULIE MCMANN/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

If you have been to a 

Lincoln-Way East football 

game over the last several 

years, you have likely heard 

the voices of Richard Anderson, 

Bill Pradzinski and 

Thomas Trojniar. 

They are the three octogenarians 

who are consistently 

leading cheers from 

the stands. The ones yelling, 

‘Who let the dogs out?’ after 

a big play by the Griffins. 

Anderson, 85, Pradzinski, 

80, and Trojniar, 82, are 

Frankfort neighbors who 

have known each other for 

around 20 years. They do 

not have any family members 

on the Griffins, but they 

have long been devoted fans 

of their hometown team. Six 

or seven years ago, they began 

going to games together 

and became the “Who Let 

the Dogs Out? Guys.” 

“We go out there expecting 

them to win, and we do 

what we can to get the crowd 

going to inspire the team,” 

Trojniar said. “The players 

even told us that we’re the 

good luck people.” 

The friends usually sit 

around midfield, about halfway 

up the stands. At least 

once a game, they come 

down to the bottom of the 

stands, lead cheers and 

sometimes throw candy to 

the student section. 

Anderson said they used 

to come down more often, 

but it’s “harder to get up and 

down those stands now.” 

“Everyone is waiting for 

us to yell, ‘Who let the dogs 

out?’ so they can respond,” 

Anderson said. “Then we 

yell, ‘Let’s hear it for the 

cheerleaders’ and stuff like 

that. Everyone gets excited 

and they get into it.” 

Anderson brings a megaphone 

to games to lead 

cheers. Pradzinski says that 

is not necessary for him. 

“God gave me a good 

voice,” Pradzinski said. “I 

don’t need the megaphone. I 

do all the cheering with my 

voice. I yell and people love 

it.” 

The group has been embraced 

by the East community. 

They were invited 

to the team dinner the night 

before the 2017 state championship 

game. They have 

also been presented with jerseys 

and hoodies by the East 

administration. 

“We went to the dinner 

before the championship 

game, and people were taking 

pictures of us and everything,” 

Pradzinski said. “It 

was a lot of fun.” 

Anderson and Trojniar 

joke that their group was 

almost down to two before 

this season. Pradzinski took 

last season’s state semifinal 

loss to Loyola especially 

hard and threatened not to 

come back. But by the time 

fall came around, he was 

ready to go. 

“I’m still not over that 

game, though,” Pradzinski 

said. “I’ll take that to my 

grave.” 

The three are often questioned 

for their devotion 

to the Griffins. Especially 

around this time of the year, 

when people wonder why 

they want to sit out in the 

freezing cold to watch a high 

school football game. 

“My wife has passed on 

now, but she thought we 

were nuts,” Anderson said. 

“All our wives think we’re 

nuts. But we do what we 

want.” 

For the longtime friends, 

Friday nights - and some 

Saturdays - in the fall are 

always days to look forward 

to. 

“It keeps me young,” 

Pradzinski said. 

Anderson said the trio 

will treasure the games they 

spend together in the stands 

for as long as they can. 

“We’re getting older,” 

he said. “We don’t know if 

we’re going to be here next 

year or not. 

“But instead of sitting in 

front of the television waiting 

to die, we have fun.”

frankfortstationdaily.com sports 


Local runner shares milestone marathon with his daughter 


For Mokena’s Mike Kenny, running 

marathons has developed into a 

passion that continually pushes him 

to do more. 

Kenny, who runs locally with 

the Frankfort/New Lenox Running 

Club and Yankee Runners, has ran 

races all over the United States. As 

he approached his 100th marathon, 

though, there was still one thing high 

on his bucket list that he had yet to 

do: run one with one of his children. 

That changed at the Chicago Marathon 

on Oct. 13. Mike Kenny, 56, 

ran his 24th straight Chicago Marathon 

and his 100th marathon overall, 

and his 26-year-old daughter Erin 

ran alongside him for her first marathon. 

“We had a fantastic race,” Mike 

Kenny said. “We ran the whole thing 

together, never had to walk the whole 

way, so it was really a great race. 

“It was phenomenal. Out of the 

100 marathons i’ve run, this was by 

far the best, because I had my daughter 

with me.” 

Erin Kenny has known for a long 

time of her father’s desire to have 

one of his kids run a marathon with 

him, but she had never ran a race 

longer than a 5K when she came up 

with the idea to surprise Mike last 

Christmas. 

“Ever since me and my siblings 

were younger, my dad wanted us to 

run a marathon with him,” Erin said. 

“All of us were not really runners, 

and it was like, ‘That’s probably not 

going to happen.’ But when I knew 

he was going to be going for his 

100th, I thought it would be a good 

time to try to do it for him.” 

It was a tremendous Christmas 

present for Mike Kenny. 

“I’ve been asking my kids to do it 

with me for about 12 years,” he said. 

“Erin surprised me on Christmas and 

told me she entered the lottery for the 

Chicago Marathon and got in. I’ve 

been elated since then to have the 

opportunity to run with her.” 

Erin Kenny now lives in downtown 

Chicago and is in nursing 

school at the University of Chicago, 

but she came home to Mokena to run 

with her father as often as possible 

while training for the marathon. 

“He told me everything about it 

Erin (left) and Mike Kenny ran the Chicago Marathon together Oct. 13. It 

was the 100th marathon for Mike, a member of the Frankfort-New Lenox 

Running Club, and the first for his daughter, Erin. Photo submitted 

and completely prepared me for the 

race,” Erin said. 

Still, the mental aspects of the 

marathon were even more challenging 

than Erin expected. 

“It was a surreal experience,” she 

said. “It was difficult during the 

race. You get to mile 16 or 17 and 

it’s tough mentally to make yourself 

run longer than that. You hit a wall. 

But my dad helped me push through. 

He usually runs faster than me, but 

he stayed back with me so we could 

go through the whole experience together.” 

Erin ran with a small sign on her 

shirt that said her dad was running in 

his 100th marathon. Mike ran with 

one that said his daughter was running 

in her first. 

“People would see the signs and 

were congratulating him and he’d 

say, ‘I’m living a dream because 

I’m running with my daughter.’” 

Erin said. “That just pushed me even 

harder to finish.” 

When the father and daughter 

crossed the finish line together, both 

had accomplished something they 

once thought would be unattainable. 

“This became a goal two or three 

years ago, I started focusing on it,” 

Mike Kenny said. “Last year in Chicago 

was my 90th. I wanted to do my 

100th at home, so I decided I’d make 

this one my 100th, and I had to do 

nine marathons in between. 

“One hundred is a number that 

when I started doing this, I never anticipated 

getting to. So, to do it and 

to get to do it with my daughter, it’s 

just indescribable how good the feeling 

was.” 

Mike Kenny’s marathon journey 

will certainly continue. He planned 

to run the New York Marathon for 

the first time on Sunday, Nov. 3. 

Erin? Put her down as a maybe. 

“Will I run one again? That’s the 

question of the year now,” she said. 

“I think I will, but I’m going to wait 

until I finish school. So, maybe 

2021.” 

Either way, Erin helped fulfil one 

of her father’s dreams, and the 2019 

Chicago Marathon is one the Kenny 

family will never forget. 

“Running means so much to me 

and out of my 100 races, none mean 

more to me than this one,” Mike 

Kenny said. “To be able to do it with 

Erin, and to get the support I received 

from my family and all my friends is 

overwhelming.” 

This Week In 

GRIFFINS VARSITY 

ATHLETICS 

GIRLS BASKETBALL 

■Nov. ■ 19 – hosts Maine 

South, 6 p.m. 

■Nov. ■ 20 – at Marist 

Thanksgiving Tournament, 

TBA 

BOYS BOWLING 

Sports Briefs 

Opportunities increase for 

Allegretti 

Lincoln-Way East 

graduate Nick Allegretti 

stepped in at right guard 

during the Kansas City 

Chiefs’ 35-32 loss to the 

Tennessee Titans on Sunday, 

Nov. 10. Allegretti 

got his opportunity to play 

a significant number of 

snaps after a pair of injuries 

on the offensive line. 

Fellow Chiefs lineman 

Andrew Wylie said Allegretti 

“had a gleam in his 

eye,” according to Chiefs 

Digest. 

Loss to JCA ends 

Providence volleyball’s 

best run since 2005 

Providence earned its 

way into a sectional final 

for the first time since 

2005. But the Celtics ran 

into Joliet Catholic in its 

own gym in the championship 

match, and the 

Angels’ postseason experience 

and homecourt advantage 

proved too much 

to overcome. 

Joliet Catholic won its 

11th sectional title in the 

last 17 years with a 25- 

21, 25-20 victory over the 

Celtics on Nov. 6. 

■Nov. ■ 14 – hosts Sandburg 

at Thunder Bowl, 4:30 p.m. 

■Nov. ■ 19 – hosts Stagg at 

Thunder Bowl, 4:30 p.m. 

FOOTBALL 

■Nov. ■ 16 – hosts Class 8A 

quarterfinal vs. H-F, 1 p.m. 

GIRLS SWIMMING 

■Nov. ■ 16 – at LW Central 

Sectional, 9 a.m. 

Providence has still not 

won a sectional championship 

since 2001. 

Peterson had seven kills 

to lead the Celtics (23-17). 

Juliana Warfield added six 

and Gorys had five. 

Frankfort Park District to 

host Holiday Turkey Shoot 

basketball contest 

The Frankfort Park 

District will hold a Holiday 

Turkey Shoot from 

12:30 to 2 p.m. Nov. 26 

at Founders Community 

Center. 

Teams will consist of 

one adult and one child 

age 6 to 14 and each 

team member will shoot 

10 free throws. The team 

that makes the most free 

throws in each division 

will win. Divisions will be 

determined by child’s age. 

The event is free but 

participants are asked to 

donate one or more nonperishable 

food items to 

be given to the Frankfort 

Food Pantry. Pre-registration 

is required. Call (815) 

469-9400 or visit www. 

frankfortparks.org. 

Sports Briefs are compiled 

by Sports Editor Steve Millar, 

s.millar@22ndcm.com. 

visit us online at 

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Football 

Vaughn unstoppable as Providence ends Crete-Monee’s undefeated season 

RANDY WHALEN 


On Saturday, Nov. 9, Aaron 

Vaughn ran into some old 

friends — and past them, 

around them and through 

them. 

Providence’s sophomore 

running back, who is from 

Crete, ran wild to help end 

the season of Crete-Monee, 

which rostered many of 

Vaughn’s friends. 

So does he feel bad about 

that? 

“A little bit,” he said before 

pausing. “Well, not really. 

It’s business.” 

Vaughn made sure the 

host Celtics took care of 

business as he ran 26 times 

for 366 yards and scored 

four touchdowns. His 

career-best performance 

helped Providence pull 

away from the Warriors for 

an unforgettable 61-37 victory 

in a Class 6A secondround 

playoff game in New 

Lenox. 

There were nearly 900 

combined yards of offense 

in the game. The 61 points 

are the second most in Providence 

postseason history. 

The record is 68 in a shutout 

of Fenger in a first-round 

playoff game in 2002. 

The Celtics (8-3) are now 

19-1 in second-round playoff 

games, including 9-0 at 

home in the past 25 years. 

They will host another undefeated 

team – Glenwood 

(11-0), from downstate Chatham, 

in a quarterfinal. 

Crete-Monee (10-1), 

the 2018 6A state runnerup, 

was hoping to make its 

fourth state title game appearance 

in the past eight 

seasons. But Vaughn had 

other ideas. Even if he was 

anxious about them. 

“I was nervous,” Vaughn 

said. “I came out and felt 

like I was going to puke. 

These were the guys I grew 

up with. I knew them and 

they knew me. I couldn’t 

sleep [Friday] night. I woke 

up at six [Saturday morning] 

and I was going to sleep until 

eight.” 

Those nerves didn’t matter 

much as Vaughn scored 

on runs of three, 65, 42 and 

33 yards. The final two of 

those came in the last 1:44 

of the game as the Celtics 

capped it off by scoring the 

final 21 points. 

Providence’s Aaron Vaughn breaks off a big run as the 

Celtics’ sideline cheers him on Saturday, Nov. 9, in New 

Lenox. Vaughn ran for 366 yards and four touchdowns 

in Providence’s 61-37 win. BOB KLEIN/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

“Every time they [the 

Warriors] scored I told our 

guys, ‘That’s OK,” Vaughn 

said. “We will just score 

again and add to our stats. 

We have the best offensive 

line in the state and they 

showed that.” 

Indeed, the all-senior offensive 

line of Tre Allen, 

Adam Banathy, Michael 

Charnot, Oliver Cox, and 

Jake Renfro, along with 

junior tight end Jameson 

Geers, helped lead the way 

as 481 of the Celtics 589 

total yards came on the 

ground. 

But in a game where 

Vaughn was the star, it was 

a handoff by him that led to 

the most important play of 

the game. 

Crete-Monee had cut the 

Celtics’ lead to 40-37 with 

8:48 to play on a 50-yard TD 

run by Trayvon Rudolph., 

the quarterback’s fourth 

touchdown run of the game. 

On the ensuing possession, 

Providence had a thirdand-16 

from its own 49. 

Junior quarterback Kevin 

Conway had left the game 

moments before after taking 

a big hit. Vaughn lined up at 

Crete-Monee At Providence 

1 2 3 4 F 

Crete-Monee 3 13 8 13 37 

Providence 7 17 10 27 61 

THREE STARS OF THE GAME 

1. Aaron Vaughn, Providence, sophomore running back: 

26 carries - 366 yards, four TD’s of 3, 65, 42 and 33 

yards. 

2. Trayvon Rudolph, Crete-Monee senior quarterback: 23 

carries - 201 yards, four TD’s of 38, 40, 1 and 50 

yards. Also 12-of-19 passing for 83 yards. 

3. Kevin Conway, Providence, junior quarterback; 20 carries 

- 96 yards, three TD’s of 7, 1 and 1 yards. Also 4-of-6 

passing for 108 yards, including a 66-yard TD pass to 

Lucas Porto. 

Up Next: Providence hosts Glenwood (11-0) in a Class 6A 

quarterfinal. 

quarterback in the Wildcat 

formation and handed it off 

to Kevin Countryman, who 

ran 18 yards for a first down. 

Countryman, a senior 

defensive back who had an 

interception earlier in the 

game, was playing offense 

for the first time this season. 

Conway came back in 

and scored on a 1-yard run 

with 3:53 remaining to up 

the lead to 47-37. 

Conway ran 20 times for 

96 yards, including TD runs 

of 7, 1 and 1 yards. He was 

5 

4-of-6 passing for 108 yards, 

including a 66-yard TD pass 

to senior Lucas Porto. 

“I came in with an injured 

ankle, but on that play 

I got clobbered in the ribs,” 

Conway said of leaving the 

game. “I just needed to take 

a play or two off. No, I have 

never played in a game like 

this. But our tough schedule 

prepared us for it. 

“Still, it was insane. But 

[Vaughn] did the greatest 

job I’ve ever seen by a running 

back.” 

Our staff’s predictions for the top games in the quarterfinals of the playoffs 

There are still just two teams left from our area 

– Providence and Lincoln-Way East. Could we 

see two teams in the state title game in DeKalb 

two days after belching up our Thanksgiving Day 

meals? It is a possibility. 

54-12 

53-13 

Thomas Czaja | 

Editor 

• LWE 27, Homewood-Flossmoor 

24. Vikings will give Griffins their 

closest game of the season in 

rematch, but East handles them 

again to advance. 

• Providence 35, Chatham Glenwood 

28. Celtics have proven time and 

again to throw out the records this 

time of year – they know how to 

make a postseason run. 

52-14 

49-17 

48-18 

Sean Hastings | 

Contributing Editor 

• LW East 34, Homewood-Flossmoor 

28. Griffins win battle of two area 

powerhouses. 


14. Celtics utilize home-field 

advantage. 

46-20 

GameS of the Week 

• Homewood-Flossmoor (10-1) at LW East (11-0) 

• Chatham Glenwood (11-0) at Providence (8-3) 

Jeff Vorva | 

Sports Editor 

• LWE 35, Homewood-Flossmoor 14. A 

rematch of the regular season Game 

of the Century should receive plenty 

of hype, but Griffs’ are refocused 

after being shut out in second half 

against Niles Notre Dame. 


23. Hay, Hay! Coach Dave Hay of 

Glenwood brings in a spiffy 34-9 career 

record but the Celtics should send 

him home with double digit losses 

after a fun game in New Lenox. 

Steve Millar | 

Sports Editor 

• LWE 31, Homewood-Flossmoor 20. 

East QB Kyle Quinn did not play 

in the regular season win over the 

Vikings. He will throw a couple of 

TD passes in this one to get the 

Griffins back into the semifinals. 


28. Beating undefeated teams in 

back-to-back weeks is a tough task, 

but if the Celtics offense keeps 

rolling, they can pull it off. 

Joe Coughlin | 

Publisher 


Griffins defense answers the call 

against familiar foe. 


38. Celtics are on fire and outscore 

another big-time opponent. 

Heather Warthen | 

Chief Marketing Officer 


Griffins continue hot streak and 

close out the Vikings’ season. 


21. Home-field advantage does the 

Celtics good as they continue their 

playoff march.



Cross Country 

Injury sidelines Gardner as young Griffins soak up state experience 

JEFF DEGRAW 



Lincoln-Way East had to 

compete at the state meet 

without one of the best runners 

in the state as senior 

Brett Gardner could not run 

because of a left leg injury. 

After finishing second in 

the sectional meet, Gardner 

knew there was something 

wrong. 

“I felt something before 

the race but didn’t think 

much about it, but coach 

[Ross Widinski] and I talked 

and he just said run to 

qualify. He told me during 

the race that our team was 

qualified, so I backed off, 

but after the race I knew 

something wasn’t right. 

It was different than I had 

ever felt before and runners 

know their bodies well and 

I knew this wasn’t good. 

“I didn’t want anyone to 

know until after the visit 

to the doctor on Monday 

and it was a stress reaction 

in my lower leg. I feel bad 

and it’s frustrating not to 

run here, but I’d rather be 

out four weeks than four 

months.” 

Without their senior 

leader, the Griffins raced 

an extremely young lineup 

and finished 25th on Saturday, 

Nov. 9, at Detweiller 

Park in Peoria. 

East was led by sophomore 

Nolan Rogers in 

153rd. He was followed 

by junior Nolan Enright 

(190th), and freshmen Justin 

Falejczyk (193rd), Jack 

Roberts (208th) and Gerry 

Cushing (209th). 

East coach Ross Widinski 

was sad to see Gardner’s 

Griffins cross country 

career end this way. 

“An MRI showed what 

we feared, a stress reaction,” 

Widinski said. “It 

was significant enough 

that any added stress could 

lead to a complete fracture, 

sidelining him for several 

months. With the fourthfastest 

time in the nation 

for three miles this year, we 

were hoping for a great result. 

Fate had other plans. 

We will now focus on track 

and coming back even 

stronger.” 

If healthy, Gardner figures 

to be a top contender 

in the distance events for 

track and field next spring. 

The North Carolina State 

recruit finished fourth in 

the 3,200 meters at the 

2019 state track meet. 

At Detweiller, Gardner 

took on a cheerleading and 

coaching role. 

“This entire weekend 

I’ve been excited for our 

team and I’m here to help 

them anyway I can,” he 

said. “It’s different and I’m 

taking this entire experience 

of being here from 

a different perspective. I 

know that if I get healthy 

my hard work will pay off 

down the road and hopefully 

that will be [next spring] 

in track.” 

Gardner’s good friend 

and chief rival, Lincoln- 

Way Central’s Jared Kreis, 

finished fifth as Hersey’s 

Josh Methner broke Craig 

Virgin’s course record of 

13 minutes, 50 seconds 

set in 1972, running 13:49. 

A left leg injury kept Lincoln-Way East’s Brett Gardner 

out of the state cross country meet. 22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

FILE PHOTO 

The record had a magical 

connotation for many in the 

sport. 

Kreis, a senior who was in 

second place the first half of 

the race, was satisfied with 

his effort and his fifth-place 

finish, running 14:30. 

It was the best finish ever 

for a Central runner, topping 

the sixth-place showing 

from Mark Battista in 

2006. 

“I was really surprised 

that Josh [Methner] took 

it out so hard,” Kreis said. 

“He went for the record and 

it was really fast from the 

start. But I have no regrets 

because I went after it also. 

It was fun and I can look 

back and not have any what 

ifs. It’s pretty good to finish 

in fifth place.” 

The Knights placed 23rd 

as a team and Kreis, a Duke 

recruit, was the only senior 

among the five runners who 

scored. Sophomore Caden 

Simone finished 132nd, 

freshman Nolan Sams 

158th, freshman Connor 

4 

LeBeau 184th and junior 

Jay Parker was 199th. 

“Jared went out after it 

and he knew what he had 

to do because he is such a 

great student of the sport,” 

Knights coach John Taylor 

said. “This team had a great 

mix of guys this year and 

we are young. 

“Our younger guys 

learned a lot today and they 

ran well and when you do 

that in the biggest meet of 

the year that is all you can 

ask.” 

Lincoln-Way East 

sophomore Kate Guderjan 

placed 142nd but suffered 

a fall in the first half-mile 

of the race, according to 

coach Wendy Hegarty. 

Central placed 22nd as a 

team in the girls race and 

received a 45th-place finish 

from junior Merrigan Allen 

(17:45). Senior Rachel 

Baumgartner followed in 

75th (18:06). Junior Catherine 

Ihrke (136th), junior 

Colleen Erdman (174th) 

and freshman Emma Olson 

(186th) rounded out the 

scorers. 

Youth Sports 

Locals run in IESA cross country state meet 


Several athletes from 

local junior highs qualified 

for the Illinois Elementary 

School Association 

state cross country 

meet, which was held Oct. 

19 at Maxwell Park in 

Normal. 

The girls team from 


School in Frankfort finished 

ninth in Class 3A. 

Hickory Creek’s runners 

were Maura Hanrahan, 

Ava Conway, Ellie Feigl, 

Kylie Lamonto, Katie 

O’Brien, Riley Drzewiecki 

and Elyse Defrank. 

Summit Hill Junior 

High in Frankfort also had 

three girls compete at state 

in Mia Hedrick, Makayla 

Kelly and Kara Waishwell. 

Leading the way among 

area runners was Mokena 

Junior High eighth-grader 

Vince Demma, who finished 

sixth in the Class 

2A boys race, finishing the 

two-mile race in 10 minutes, 

51.2 seconds. 

“It was Vince’s best 

race of the year,” Mokena 

coach Rick West said. “It 

was the first time he went 

under 11 [minutes]. It was 

definitely his best performance 

at the right time.” 

Mokena Junior High 

qualified its boys team 

to state for the first time 

in seven years, and finished 

22nd. In addition to 

Demma, Mokena runners 

included Sam Simone, Korey 

Cagnolatti, Matthew 

Bettenhausen, Braden 

Meyer, Jackson Meyer and 

Noah Sloane. 

“It was nice to get the 

whole boys team down 

there,” West said. “It was 

exciting, it’s tough to even 

place at sectional. Our girls 

almost made it, but we got 

three down individually. 

So we had 10 kids, it was 

really nice.” 

Gabriella Bush, Marissa 

Culver and Taylor White 

were the girls qualifiers 

from Mokena. 

Summit Hill Junior High cross country runners who 

qualified for state were (from left) Makayla Kelly, Kara 

Waishwell and Mia Hedrick. Photo submitted



Henning, defense help Griffins overcome inconsistency 

5 

JON DEPAOLIS 


If onlookers had not 

checked the scoreboard 

minutes after Lincoln- 

Way East’s 23-13 victory 

over Niles Notre Dame in 

a Class 8A second-round 

game on Saturday, Nov. 9, 

it could have easily looked 

like the Griffins were lamenting 

a loss. 

But after a second half 

that saw the Dons outscore 

East 13-0, the players and 

coaches in cobalt blue 

openly took accountability 

for the up-and-down performance. 

“As well as we played in 

the first half was as poorly 

as we did in the second,” 

East coach Rob Zvonar 

said, while also giving 

credit to Notre Dame for 

the second-half performance. 

“They could have 

folded at halftime, but they 

came back out and competed. 

If you look at the box 

score, we lost the second 

half 13-0. Our guys know 

that if that happens next 

week, it’ll be the last week. 

“We’ve got a lot of 

things we have to look at 

in the second half and kind 

of figure out why that happened. 

Hopefully, we’ll 

figure it out, so history 

doesn’t repeat itself.” 

The Griffins (11-0) will 

host SouthWest Suburban 

rival Homewood-Flossmoor 

(10-1) - a 38-23 winner 

over Neuqua Valley - in 

the quarterfinals. East beat 

H-F 28-14 on Sept. 27. 

East got out of the gate 

hot against Notre Dame, 

with the defense forcing 

three straight three-andouts 

for the Dons (8-3). 

On that third Notre 

Dame possession, the snap 

on the punt was fumbled 

and East’s Jalen Hacha fell 

NOTRE DAME AT LW EAST, NOV. 9 

1 2 3 4 F 

Notre Dame 0 0 7 6 13 

LW East 16 7 0 0 23 

Three Stars of the Game: 

1. AJ Henning, LW East, senior wide receiver – Eight 

receptions, 100 yards, two touchdowns; 1-yard 

rushing touchdown 

2. Kyle Quinn, LW East, senior quarterback – 10-of-18 

passing, 115 yards, two touchdowns 

3. Jalen Hacha, LW East senior defensive back – fumble 

recovery, punt block for a safety 

Up Next: LW East will host Homewood-Flossmoor (10-1) in a 

Class 8A quarterfinal. The Griffins beat the Vikings 28-14 on 

Sept. 27. 

on top of it to set the Griffins 

up at the Dons’ 4-yard 

line. A few plays later, senior 

AJ Henning scored on 

a 1-yard run. 

“We practiced the hardest 

we ever have [this] week,” 

said Sean McLaughlin, 

East senior defensive end 

and captain. “Going into 

this game, we knew they 

were a good enough opponent 

to beat us. So, we 

just flipped a switch and we 

were ready to go.” 

After the defense forced 

another three-and-out, the 

Griffins’ special teams got 

in on the action again as 

Hacha blocked a punt. The 

ball rolled backward and 

out of the end zone for a 

safety to make it 9-0 with 

1:07 left in the opening 

quarter. 

On the ensuing offensive 

possession, East quarterback 

Kyle Quinn completed 

four straight passes 

of 10 yards or more – the 

last of which was a 29- 

yard touchdown strike to 

Henning to make it 16-0 

with 14 seconds left. 

“It’s just not fair,” 

McLaughlin said of Henning. 

“I mean, that kid 

is one of a kind. There is 

nothing better than seeing 

No. 3 running down the 

sidelines. We know that 

even when he doesn’t have 

those crazy stat lines, he is 

going to do something to 

help us win. He’s got tremendous 

blocking on the 

outside, and he knows he 

wants all of his other teammates 

to succeed, so that’s 

what he is going to do.” 

The Griffins added on 

late in the second quarter, 

as defensive lineman 

Owen Phaby recovered a 

fumble by Dons running 

back Julian Schurr. On the 

next play, Quinn connected 

with Henning on a 13- 

yard catch-and-run touchdown 

to make it 23-0. 

However, on the extrapoint 

attempt, East defensive 

end Adrian Wilson 

was hurt on the play and 

would not return the rest 

of the game. 

On Notre Dame’s first 

offensive possession of 

the third quarter, the Dons 

actively exploited the side 

of the field where Wilson 

would have been – culminating 

in a long drive 

that ended with a 1-yard 

touchdown run by Schurr 

with 2:06 remaining in the 

quarter. 

Then, late in the fourth 

Lincoln-Way East’s Matt Kordas pulls down an interception in the end zone during 

the Griffins’ 23-13 win over Notre Dame in a Class 8A second-round game Saturday, 

Nov. 9, in Frankfort. Photos by Julie McMann/22nd Century Media 

quarter, the Dons scored 

on an 11-yard touchdown 

pass from Anthony Sayles 

to Nick Giamarusti. The 

Dons’ two-point attempt 

failed, however, making it 

23-13 with 1:02 left in the 

game. 

East recovered the ensuing 

onside kick to ice the 

game. 

Afterward, Zvonar refused 

to blame injuries for 

the second half shifting in 

favor of Notre Dame. 

“It had nothing to do 

with personnel,” he said. 

“It had to do with desire. 

There was a lack of intensity 

and a lack of intelligence 

on some plays. We 

just got whipped. 

“Maybe it is a blessing 

to guard against complacency. 

If that is what happened, 

I don’t know how 

you can get complacent in 

the second round of the 8A 

playoffs. But maybe, unfortunately, 

subconsciously or 

whatever, we relaxed with 

the big lead. They found 

out the hard way that you 

Lincoln-Way East’s AJ Henning celebrates after one 

of his three touchdowns in the Griffins’ 23-13 win over 

Notre Dame. 

have to play all 48 minutes. 

“We talk about that all the 

time … and we only played 

24 of them today. We’re 

probably fortunate that we 

made some special teams 

plays early and scored right 

at the end of the half, or 

who knows what would 

have been today.” 

McLaughlin shared similar 

thoughts. 

“We definitely needed 

to pick it up in the second 

half and play a full 48,” 

he said. “A lot of it depended 

on what we did. I 

don’t think we were ready 

for the second half. I think 

we needed to come out 

stronger – basically, stick 

the knife in deeper and 

twist it. We just got to be 

more feared. They came 

out ready the second half. 

We just have to come out 

stronger.” 

This is the fourth straight 

year the Griffins have advanced 

to the quarterfinals.



fastbreak 

Football 

Hacha brothers continue family’s big-play legacy 

4 

steve millar/22nd century 

media 

1st-and-3 

three notes on LW 

EAST WINTER SPORTS 

1. Boys basketball 

It may take some 

time for the Griffins 

to be at full strength 

as they wait for 

football players like 

Sean McLaughlin 

(above) and Ty 

Slager. Jhei-R Jones, 

Nate Seputis and 

Ryan Sierocki are 

other leaders in an 

experienced group. 

2. Girls basketball 

The Griffins must 

replace some key 

pieces from a 19-10 

team in 2018-19. 

Olivia Molnar and 

Reilly Sheehan have 

some experience at 

guard. Senior Andie 

Perch is an inside 

presence at 6-foot-1. 

3. Others to watch 

The Griffins 

cheerleaders are 

defending state 

champs. The girls 

bowling and girls 

gymnastics teams 

are both coming off 

state appearances. 


Lincoln-Way East seniors Jalen 

and Jaron Hacha saw their older 

brother, Jaden, star on the defensive 

line for the Griffins, win a 

state title in 2017, and go on to 

currently play at Illinois State. 

He was quite the role model. 

“Jaden has really paved the 

way,” Jalen Hacha said. “He’s 

worked really hard. Jaron is following 

in his footsteps, he works 

his butt off every day in practice. I 

look up to both of them.” 

Unlike Jaden and Jaron, who 

are both large defensive linemen, 

Jalen is a slender, speedy defensive 

back. 

But he sure has the knack for 

big plays that seems to run in the 

family. Jalen made two of them on 

special teams in the first quarter of 

the Griffins’ 23-13 Class 8A second-round 

win over Niles Notre 

Dame on Saturday, Nov. 9. 

First, after the Notre Dame 

punter fumbled while attempting 

to punt out of his own end zone, 

Jalen hopped on the loose ball at 

the Dons’ 4-yard line. 

That set up a 1-yard touchdown 

run by AJ Henning. 

“Jake Kramer was in on it and 

he got the punter scared,” Jalen 

said. “He dropped it, I saw the ball 

get knocked out of the end zone, 

and I had to go get it.” 

Just 33 seconds later, Notre 

Dame tried to punt out of its 

end zone again and Jalen Hacha 

was there yet again. This time, 

he blocked the punt and the ball 

sailed out of the back of the end 

zone for a safety. 

It was his second blocked 

punt of the season, adding to one 

against Sandburg. 

Lincoln-Way East defensive back Jalen Hacha defends against Notre 

Dame on Saturday, Nov. 9. He blocked a punt for a safety and recovered 

a fumble in the Griffins’ 23-13 win. JULIE MCMANN/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

Lincoln-Way East’s Jaron Hacha (97) makes a tackle against Bradley- 

Bourbonnais earlier this season. 22ND CENTURY MEDIA FILE PHOTO 

“That was fun,” Jalen said. “I 

was untouched. Kramer was also 

in on that one, too, and helped. I 

just got there. 

“We’ve got to help our offense 

out. If we come out here and 

make a big play, it gets everyone 

pumped up and it encourages the 

offense to go out and do what they 

have to do.” 

Jaron Hacha was sure excited 

for his brother. 

“I was on the sideline jumping 

up and down,” Jaron said. “I love 

my brother and I’m so proud of 

him.” 

The big special-teams plays 

were a big spark for East. 

“Those were huge,” East coach 

Rob Zvonar said. “We went after 

the punts, got one, they muffed 

one, those added up to some big 

points there.” 

Jalen Hacha said the Griffins 

are always sure to devote a good 

amount of attention to special 

teams in practice. 

“You can make big plays and 

change the whole game on special 

teams, so we work really hard at 

it and we came out here and executed,” 

he said. 

Jaron Hacha, meanwhile, was 

a key cog in the defensive line as 

the Griffins put together another 

strong game on that side of the 

ball. He had a key tackle for loss 

in the fourth quarter. 

All week long, the Griffins 

heard how great the Notre Dame 

defense was as the Dons came 

in allowing just 11.8 points per 

game. East wanted to show what it 

can do on the defensive side. 

“There was a lot of trash talk, 

but we don’t like to do a lot of 

talking back,” Jaron said. “We like 

to talk with our pads on, face to 

face.” 

The Hachas hope to continue 

to make big plays as the Griffins 

charge deeper into the playoffs. 

They know that they will always 

have their brothers to support 

them. 

“We’ve all been pretty close,” 

Jalen said. “We all have each other’s 

backs, no matter what. We’re 

always happy for each other.” 

Listen Up 

“It’s just not fair. I mean, that kid is one of a kind. There is nothing better than seeing 

No. 3 running down the sidelines.” 

Sean McLaughlin – LW East senior defensive end and Northwestern recruit, on 

watching senior receiver and Michigan recruit AJ Henning 

tunE in 

Girls Swimming, 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 16 

LW Central Sectional 

• The Griffins, Knights and Warriors all compete 

and each team should send several swimmers to 

state. 

Index 

43 - This Week In 

42 - Athlete of the Week 

FASTBREAK is compiled by Sports Editor 

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

Frankfort’s Hometown Newspaper | November 14, 2019 

SHOOTOUT WIN 

Providence piles up points to 

knock off Crete-Monee, Page 44 

FRANKFORT FANATICS 

Diehard LW East fans don’t let 

age quiet their cheers, Page 42 

Fast start helps Griffins overcome 

sluggish finish in second-round win 

over Notre Dame, Page 46 

Lincoln-Way East offensive lineman Alec Ogarek lifts up AJ Henning after one of Henning’s three touchdowns in the Griffins’ 23-13 win over Notre Dame in a Class 8A 

second-round game Saturday, Nov. 9, in Frankfort. JULIE MCMANN/22ND CENTURY MEDIA

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