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Fort-ifying a love for 

reading Very Special Night Owls 

storytime fun for the whole family at 

Orland Park Public Library, Page 4 

One arrested, more 

sought Police investigate two 

armed robberies that took place Nov. 

17 in Orland Park, Page 7 

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WEDNESDAY 

Project Serve: Thrift Store 

(MS Only) 

2-4 p.m. Nov. 27, The 

Bridge Teen Center, 15555 

S. 71st Court. Teens in 

grades 7 and 8 can help out 

at the Thrift Store, which 

supports all the free programs 

at the teen center. 

Community service hours 

given. This is a free event. 

For more information, call 

(708) 532-0500 or visit 

www.thebridgeteencenter. 

org. 

Behind the Scenes: Interior 

Design 

4-5:30 p.m. Nov. 27, 

The Bridge Teen Center, 

15555 S. 71st Court. 

Teens grades 7-12 can 

tour a high-end furniture 

store and design a room by 

choosing furniture, paint 

colors and accents. This is 

a free event. For more information, 

call (708) 532- 

0500 or visit www.thebri 

dgeteencenter.org. 

THURSDAY 

Turkey Trot 

6:30 a.m. check-in, 

8 a.m. start, Nov. 28, 

Frankline Loebe Center, 

14650 Ravinia Ave. This 

2.5-mile chip-timed cross 

country race is run through 

the streets, paths and woods 

of Orland Park. Awards to 

the top overall male and 

female finishers, as well 

as the Top 3 finishers in 

each age group and gender. 

Pre-registration is required 

and limited to 900. All 

participants receive a longsleeved 

dri-fit race shirt and 

are eligible for post-race 

raffle prizes. For more information, 

call (708) 403- 

5000, visit orlandpark.org/ 

events or email orlandrec 

reation@orlandpark.org. 

FRIDAY 

Bridge Closed 

Nov. 29-Dec. 5, the Orland 

Park teen center will 

be closed. 

SUNDAY 

Holiday Festival & Tree 

Lighting Ceremony 

4:30-7:30 p.m. Dec. 1, 

Orland Park Civic Center, 

14750 S. Ravnina 

Ave. Orland Park’s annual 

holiday festival and tree 

lighting ceremony. The 

holiday market returns 

with crafts, holiday items, 

food, beer and wine available 

for purchase. Participants 

can enjoy sleigh 

rides, live entertainment, 

activities and more. For 

more information, call 

(708) 403-5000, visit 

orlandpark.org/events 

or email orlandrecre 

ation@orlandpark.org. 

Community Tree Trimming 

Event 

4:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. 

Dec. 1, Village Center, 

14700 S. Ravinia Ave. 

Groups can celebrate the 

spirit of the holiday season 

at the annual community 

tree trim. Scout troops, 

church and youth groups, 

athletic teams and community 

members are invited 

to adopt a tree to decorate 

in their own special way. 

Trees are available on a 

first-come, first-served 

basis. No cost to adopt 

a tree, limited quantities 

available. Trees are approximately 

5 feet tall and 

will include lights and a 

sign with the organization 

name. The groups provide 

the decorations. Tree decoration 

needs to be completed 

by Saturday, Nov. 

30 Trees will be assigned 

to each organization. For 

more information, call 

(708) 403-5000 or visit orlandpark.org/events. 

TUESDAY 

Holly Jolly Storytimes 

10-11 a.m. Dec. 3, 4 

and 5, Orland Park Public 

Library, 14921 S. Ravinia 

Ave., Room 104. Stories, 

songs and a special visitor 

from the North Pole. 

UPCOMING 

Ladies Night Out - 

Mistletoe Market 

4-8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 

5, Orland Park Crossing, 

14225 95th Ave. Free admission 

to this 22nd Century 

Media event. Toy 

drive, 70-plus vendors, visitors 

from the North Pole, 

photos with live reindeer, 

ice-carving demonstration, 

Sandburg Chamber 

Singers and more. Free 

tote bag to the first 200 

attendees. For more information, 

visit 22ndcentury 

media.com/our-company/ 

events. 

Santa’s Pit Stop at 

Sportsplex 

9 a.m.-noon Saturday, 

Dec. 7, Sportsplex, 11351 

W. 159th St. Santa will be 

making his annual stop at 

the Sportsplex. Attendees 

should bring a camera to 

capture a picture of their 

children visiting with Santa. 

For more information, 

call (708) 403-5000, visit 

orlandpark.org/events. 

Polar Express 

6:30-7 p.m. Thursday, 

Dec. 12, Orland Park Public 


Ave. All ages. A magical 

journey into Chris Van 

Allsburg’s book “The Polar 

Express.” No registration is 

required, but space is limited. 

‘A Christmas Story’ 

7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13, 

and Saturday, Dec. 14, 2 

p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, Orland 

Park Civic Center, 

14750 Ravinia Ave. Tickets 

are $14 for adults, $12 

for seniors and students, 

and $10 for children 12 

and younger. For more information, 

call (708) 403- 


events or email orlandrec 

reation@orlandpark.org. 

Very Special Bright Starts: 

Santa at the Storywalk 

10-10:30 a.m. Saturday, 

Dec. 14, Storywalk, on 

outdoor path off Ravinia 

Ave., adjacent to the Village 

Center North Pond. 

Santa Claus himself is to 

tell a story in this Orland 

Park Public Library program. 

Program to be held 

at library in the event of inclement 

weather. No registration 

required. 

DIY Drop-In: Coffee Filter 

Holiday Wreaths 

7-8 p.m. Wednesday, 

Dec. 18, Orland Park Public 


Ave. Craft supplies 

provided. No registration 

required but space is limited 

— priority given to 

OPPL cardholders. Limit: 

20 attendees. 

Gingerbread Smack Down 

5-6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20, 

Orland Park Public Library, 

14921 S. Ravinia Ave. 

Teens can join this year’s 

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and use their imagination to 

create whatever they would 

like out of graham crackers 

and other treats. At the 

end, there will be voting on 

favorites. Limit: 20 attendees. 

Children’s New Year’s 

Celebration 

10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 

Saturday, Dec. 28, Franklin 

Loebe Center, 14650 

Ravnina Ave. Festivities 

include a DJ, dancing, activities, 

food and fun. Party 

favors and the big countdown. 

Ages 2-10 (must be 

accompanied by a paying 

adult). For more information, 

call (708) 403- 


events or email orlandrecre 

ation@orlandpark.org. 

ONGOING 

Winter Wonderland Ice 

Rink 

Nov. 30-Feb. 23, Centennial 

Park, 15600 West 

Ave. Skaters with own 

skates can use ice rink 

daily beginning at sunrise. 

Rink closes when warming 

house closes. Weather permitting. 

Warming house/ 

skate rental hours are 4-7 

p.m. Monday-Thursday, 

4-8 p.m. Friday, noon- 

8 p.m. Saturday, noon-7 

p.m. Sunday, but subject to 

change. For more information, 

call (708) 403-5000, 

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Hope Covenant pastor takes case for shelter to Village Board 

Residents speak in 

support of shelter, 

officials respond 

Jon DePaolis 

Freelance Reporter 

The battle over whether 

or not to allow an Orland 

Park church to operate a 

night-a-week, seasonal 

homeless shelter spilled 

over from a Cook County 

courtroom to the Orland 

Park Village Board meeting 

on Nov. 18. 

Supporters of Hope 

Covenant Church’s Beds 

Plus partnership filled Village 

Hall for the meeting 

to express dissatisfaction 

with the way the Village 

has handled the matter recently 

— most notably by 

appealing to the court to 

stop the church from operating 

the shelter until it 

comes into compliance 

with various Village codes 

and ordinances cited based 

on a change of use after the 

shelter’s opening. 

Hope Covenant Church 

Pastor Jon Fogel addressed 

the Village Board during 

public comment, asking 

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and restraining orders that 

threaten the most vulnerable 

members of our society.” 

“As this continues, I fear 

that the reputation of our 

great village will continue 

to be degraded because 

of your actions to be antihomeless, 

anti-poor and 

anti-church,” Fogel said. 

“But it does not have to 

be this way. Cease litigation. 

For the love of God, 

stop trying to reclassify my 

church as a hotel. It’s ridiculous. 

Instead, come alongside 

the church to care for 

the people of our city who 

are down on their luck and 

hurting.” 

Fogel also questioned the 

real motive behind trying to 

block the church from operating 

the shelter. 

“If this is not really about 

public safety, and if this is 

not really about the protection 

of individuals at our 

shelter, but instead [is] a 

veiled attack with the goal 

of forcing the most vulnerable 

of Orland Park back 

on the streets where you 

can choose to ignore them 

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Fogel’s comments — as 

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of building codes and the 

various ways in which the 

Village thinks the church is 

in violation. 

“Building codes were 

established originally to 

protect the health, safety 

and welfare of all equally,” 

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learned in the wrong way.” 

Village Manager George 

Koczwara also read off a 

list of what he termed “frequently 

asked questions” 

regarding the homeless 

shelter at Hope Covenant 

Church. In particular, he 

responded to the debate 

over whether it is more important 

to just have a place 

for the homeless to stay — 

albeit with code violations 

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Library patrons build memories at Family Fort Night storytime 

Laurie Fanelli 


Some things never go 

out of style, and creating 

one-of-a-kind forts out 

of blankets has inspired 

young architects for generations 

On Thursday, Nov. 21, 

the Orland Park Public 

Library invited patrons to 

take part in a Family Fort 

Night during a “very special” 

edition of its Night 

Owls reading program — 

a free 30-minute storytime 

program offered weekly 

at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday 

nights — in conjunction 

with the State of Illinois’ 

Family Reading Night. 

“It’s Family Reading 

Night, so people all over 

Illinois are doing something 

similar — getting together, 

reading and sharing 

space,” explained Vanessa 

Fernandez, a Youth Services 

reference librarian. 

“In honor of that, we like 

to do something a little different 

than we usually do, 

so we have the tents out. 

We’ll do a regular 15-minute 

storytime, and then 

we’ll break off and we’ll 

all do our own reading in 

our own little corners.” 

Fernandez and Darnetta 

Bolton, another Youth Services 

reference librarian, 

chose the book “Pete the 

Cat and His Four Groovy 

Buttons” for its Family 

Fort Night selection. To 

add to the fun, they threw 

around felt buttons and incorporated 

sound effects 

into the reading. 

Following a brief singalong 

and the “Pete the 

Cat” reading, families 

broke into groups, grabbed 

a book and cozied up in 

tents for the Fort Night 

portion of the evening. 

Some attendees brought 

their own blankets to further 

fortify the tents. 

This is the second year 

Orland Park resident Faris Amer reads to his sisters Malak (left) and Bayann on Thursday, Nov. 21, during a Family Fort Night Very Special Night 

Owls storytime at the Orland Park Public Library. Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media 

Kenan (left) and Meral Barakeh, of Orland Park, cozy up 

in a tent to read. 

the Orland Park Library 

has hosted a Family Fort 

Night Very Special Night 

Owls, and staff cleared 

up any confusion with the 

event’s title — similar to 

a popular video game — 

during last year’s program. 

“It was funny, because 

last year we had a lot of 

misinterpretations where 

people came in wanting 

to play ‘Fortnite,’” Fernandez 

said with a laugh. 

Darnetta Bolton, a Youth Services reference librarian, reads “Pete the Cat and His 

Four Groovy Buttons” during the Very Special Night Owls: Family Fort Night. 

“Building forts is such 

a classic experience. It’s 

such a fun thing to do, and 

it’s something you don’t 

get to normally do at the 

library.” 

Orland Park resident 

Kristina Jakimova said she 

always enjoys bringing 

her kids, 6-year-old Filip 

and 3-year-old Arianna to 

Night Owls events at the 

library. 

“The kids love it,” Kristina 

said. “I also like that 

there are older kids here 

who read to the smaller 

kids.” 

At the conclusion of 

the program, attendees 

received Family Reading 

Night bookmarks, detailing 

five ways to become 

a great reader. Read every 

day, read about things you 

like and use your library 

often were among the tips. 

Bolton explained that library 

staff members enjoy 

Night Owls just as much 

as the patrons. 

“This is something that 

helps make lasting family 

memories and ties a 

love of reading to something 

special for the kids,” 

Bolton said. “That’s why 

we like it, too.”

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D135 schools wrap 

month of events in 

tribute to veterans 

Mary Compton 


The celebration was 

ready to begin. The placemats 

were right where 

they needed to be. Red, 

white and blue balloons 

decorated the tables. 

Students at Century Jr. 

High were just waiting for 

their special guests: local 

veterans. 

Event organizers Kim 

DeVries and Carrie Hallman 

both had special reasons 

to join in the celebration. 

“We’ve been doing this 

event at Century for 19 

years,” said DeVries, who 

is a social studies teacher 

at the school. “My grandpa, 

my father and fatherin-law 

are all veterans. 

Veterans hold a special 

place in my heart. I feel 

they should be honored 

every year.” 

During the month of 

November, Orland School 

District 135 held a number 

of veterans celebrations, 

beginning Nov. 7 at 

High Point, where there 

was an assembly, and then 

students and their special 

veterans made cards for 

the troops. Century hosted 

the final veterans event 

on Nov. 20, and students 

honored their veterans 

with breakfast and music 

by school’s band. The 

Century choir sang the 

“Star-Spangled Banner” 

at the event. 

The event had a few 

World War II veterans 

present, including 

DeVries’ grandfather. 

“He’s come to this every 

year and he’s the most 

patriotic person you’ll 

ever meet,” DeVries said, 

adding that her father and 

father-in-law both served 

in the Navy during the 

Vietnam War. “This is so 

important to us.” 

John Bryk, interim superintendent 

for D135, 

has served the Illinois Air 

National Guard for 36 

years. 

“I enjoyed my time and 

still do,” Bryk explained. 

“It’s important for me to 

thank the veterans here for 

paving the way for various 

freedoms throughout 

history. As long as we 

keep doing that, and appreciate 

their service and 

sacrifice, and for students 

of this district as well as 

other students to realize 

what men and women 

have done to provide them 

with opportunities, is a 

great thing.” 

Bryk attended the 

majority of the veteran 

events, and after he completed 

his welcome to 

everyone at the final one 

of the month, State Sen. 

Michael Hastings gave 

thanks to those in attendance. 

“I come from a military 

family,” said Hastings, 

who served in Iraq. “My 

grandfather was a Special 

Forces officer, My brother 

and I went to West Point. 

I’ve had the opportunity 

to serve this great country 

in time of war. 

“I now serve in Springfield” 

he laughs. I take 

these experiences and 

teach them to young people 

to get them to serve. 

Less than 1 percent of our 

nation’s population serves 

Earl Burke, of Frankfort, says the Pledge of Allegiance on Nov. 20, during Century Jr. High School’s veterans 

breakfast. Photos by Mary Compton/22nd Century Media 

Gene Murden and Linda have breakfast with their greatniece 

Victoria Dresdan during the veterans breakfast. 

in the military. We’re 

begging for more and 

more younger people to 

get involved in service 

to their country or service 

to their community. 

As a veteran, that’s our 

moral obligation to give 

back.” 

Hallman said she plans 

to continue this breakfast 

for as long as she can. 

“I started this program 

when Kim DeVries was 

Kim DeVries, a co-organizer of the Century veterans 

breakfast, hugs her grandparents Carol and Stan 

Utermark. Stan, 93, is a World War II veteran. 

my student teacher,” said 

Hallman, a sixth-grade 

social studies teacher and 

team leader. “My grandfather 

was a World War 

II veteran. ... Today is my 

tribute to him.”



Police arrest juvenile in connection with Nov. 17 armed robberies 

Bill Jones, Editor 

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Police have arrested a 

juvenile in connection with 

a pair of armed robberies 

reported Nov. 17 in Orland 

Park. 

The juvenile was arrested 

around 1:30 p.m. 

and charged with armed 

robbery, along with several 

other charges related 

to the case, according to 

a Facebook post from the 

Orland Park Police Department. 

Citing juvenile laws, 

no further information is to 

be released related to the 

arrest. 

Police on Nov. 17 asked 

for the public’s help in locating 

three people — but 

has addressed only two in 

subsequent posts — who 

allegedly committed two 

armed robberies that afternoon. 

Lt. Ken Rosinski said 

more than two people were 

involved with the spree 

In updates posted over 

the course of the week, 

A composite sketch and surveillance images released by police show the suspects from two armed robberies that reportedly occurred Nov. 17 

in Orland Park. Images submitted 

the department noted that 

around noon on Nov. 17, 

a couple in the 9100 block 

of Helen Lane witnessed 

their neighbor’s vehicle being 

burglarized by a man 

described as black, slender 

and in his teens or early 

20s. As they called police 

about the burglary, another 

male — described as black, 

in his teens or early 20s 

— approached them, carrying 

a metal, semiautomatic 

pistol, according to a post. 

He allegedly demanded a 

purse and wallet from the 

couple and then fled from 

police in a stolen 2012 Jeep 

Grand Cherokee. 

Around 3:30 p.m. the 

same day, the same males 

came back to town and approached 

someone sitting 

in a vehicle in the 14300 

block of Deer Haven Lane 

but were unable to gain access 

to the man, according 

to the post. They again fled 

in the Jeep, police said. 

One of the suspects 

originally was described 

by police as a black male 

between 25-30 years old, 

5-foot-6, slender, and last 

seen wearing a creamcolored 

sweater and carrying 

a satchel. The 

second was described as a 

black male in his 20s, between 

5-foot-3 and 5-foot- 

5, roughly 140 pounds, 

featuring a smaller build 

with a “frizzy, closercut 

hair.” He was last 

seen wearing a red vest 

with a dark undershirt. 

Information about the 

third suspect was not available 

at the time, and a third 

suspect has not been mentioned 

in subsequent posts. 

The stolen Jeep Cherokee 

was found in Blue 

Island, according to an 

update from police. The 

suspects were not located 

at that time. 

Orland Park Police Cmdr. 

Eric Rossi noted by email 

the robberies were random 

in nature, but no one was 

hurt in either incident. He 

declined to answer other 

questions about the case. 

“At this time it is an ongoing 

investigation, and we 

are not releasing any additional 

information which 

may jeopardize the case,” 

he said. 

The men are wanted in 

other jurisdictions for purse 

thefts and armed robberies, 

police added in a Facebook 

post. 

Anyone who sees someone 

matching the aforementioned 

descriptions is asked to 

contact Orland Park police 

at (708) 349-4111, (708) 

349-8477 or crimetips@ 

orlandpark.org. 

Police Reports 

Employee took more than $600 from store where she worked 

Yvette M. Love, 56, of 

10821 Forest Ave. in Chicago, 

was charged Nov. 5 

with felony theft after she 

allegedly took $607.10 

over the course of six 

instances between Oct. 

18 and Nov. 2 from a 

department store where 

she worked at Orland 

Square. 

The store reportedly 

started investigating her 

on Oct. 31, when it discovered 

money had been missing 

from her cash drawers. 

She was captured at least 

once on video concealing 

money, police said. 

Nov. 3 

• Brandon M. Nelson, 

49, of 8108 Saint James 

Drive in Orland Park, was 

charged with failing to 

reduce speed to avoid an 

accident, driving on a revoked 

license, leaving the 

scene of an accident, failing 

to give aid/information, 

failure to notify police 

of an accident, illegal 

transportation of alcohol, 

improper use of registration 

and no proof of insurance 

after he allegedly 

struck a Mazda from behind 

while driving a 2001 

Ford F-250 Supercab near 

the intersection of 143rd 

Street and 82nd Avenue. 

The 68-year-old in the 

Mazda reportedly stopped 

at 143rd Street for a light 

while traveling northbound 

on 82nd Avenue 

when the F250 struck the 

vehicle. That driver got 

out of the vehicle to talk 

to Nelson, and the truck 

backed up and drove 

around the vehicle, taking 

a right onto 143rd Street, 

according to the report. 

Someone provided registration 

for the vehicle, and 

the Ford was found unoccupied 

at Cambridge and 

Woodward Drives, police 

said. The vehicle was registered 

to Nelson and had 

some of his mail inside of 

it, according to the report. 

Police also reportedly 

found three open bottles 

of vodka with “small” 

amounts of alcohol in 

them, as well as a McDonald’s 

cup with a lemon and 

an odor of alcohol, inside 

of the vehicle. 

Nelson was located and 

arrested. He was using the 

registration of a Jeep on 

the vehicle, police added. 

Oct. 30 

• Madison R. Riemersma, 

21, of 7509 175th Place in 

Tinley Park, was charged 

with driving too fast for 

conditions, leaving the 

scene of a property damage 

crash, improper lane 

usage/leaving the roadway 

and operating uninsured 

motor vehicle after 

she allegedly struck a 

tree near the intersection 

of Cordoba Court and El 

Cameno Real Drive with 

the 2016 Nissan Altima 

she was driving. Police reportedly 

found the vehicle 

with front-end damage, in 

the grass, unoccupied and 

locked. 

Damage was done to a 

tree 3 feet in front of the 

vehicle, according to the 

report. The registration of 

the vehicle led to Riemersma, 

and her phone was 

found in the 9800 block of 

Cordoba, police said. 

Editor’s note: The Orland 

Park Prairie’s police reports 

come from the Orland Park 

Police Department. Anyone 

listed in these reports is considered 

to be innocent of all 

charges until proven guilty in 

a court of law.



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“As leaders, I urge you 

to take righteous steps forward, 

so that families no 

different than yours and no 

different than mine have 

a warm place to sleep at 

night,” she said. 

Richard Foist, also an 

Orland Park resident, said 

he wanted the community 

to not only be known for 

its wealth, beautiful subdivisions 

and shopping “but 

also to be known for helping 

the least of these.” 

Regina Knapp, an 18- 

year resident of Orland 

Park and a retired Orland 

School District 135 teacher, 

said she was “deeply 

saddened that our Village 

has turned its back on this 

effort.” 

“My brother died after 

10 years on the street with 

only a backpack and some 

loose change,” she shared. 

“I am just saying, from 

a humanitarian aspect, 

I’d like to see the Village 

working together to make 

this effort work. There are 

homeless people out there.” 

Diana Howard, an Orland 

Park resident and a 

veteran, said she took offense 

to the Village’s handling 

of the situation with 

the church. 

“You wore the same 

uniform that I did, which 

makes this even more deplorable 

to me,” she said 

to the mayor. “Anyone 

who has ever worn a uniform 

understands that we 

are here to serve and protect 

— not only the rich 

but all. Even more important, 

those who cannot help 

themselves. With the number 

of homeless among the 

veterans being so high, I 

have to believe that some 

that you are denying a safe 

place to lay their head at 

night are veterans. You can 

use the codes as an excuse 

“Celebrate the Sounds 

of Christmas” 

all you want, but I don’t 

think anybody here including 

yourself believes that 

that is the true reason this is 

happening.” 

Tina Rounds, the executive 

director of Beds Plus, 

also spoke during public 

comment. 

“We have 31 years of 

successfully and safely operating 

shelters in a wide 

variety of communities,” 

she said, before stating she 

would like to sit down with 

Pekau for further conversation. 

Rounds also disagreed 

with the timeline the Village 

presented as to when 

it was first informed about 

the Beds Plus program at 

Hope Covenant. She said 

she first reached out to the 

mayor’s office in April. She 

also noted that of the many 

communities the program 

has worked with to establish 

shelters, Orland Park 

was the first one that “has 

required us to change classification.” 

Board members respond 

During Village Board 

comments at the end of 

the meeting, Trustee James 

Dodge said he recently 

spent some time at the shelter 

with Fogel and Rounds. 

“I learned a lot that was 

not obvious to me when I 

was part of a unanimous 

decision to say, ‘Let’s start 

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the litigation trail,’” Dodge 

said. “I’m sorry, but I 

would have thought differently 

had I known.” 

After his visit, Dodge said 

he had a change of heart. 

“I saw sprinklers, and I 

saw staff — and I did not 

perceive a whole hell of a 

lot of risk to a population 

who needed a warm bed,” 

he said. 

Dodge said he also took 

a picture of the temperature 

that night, and it was 9 degrees. 

“We’ve got some work 

to do,” he said. “I, now, 

personally, don’t necessarily 

agree with what I think 

was our legal theory going 

into the court, which is that 

this is a change in use. So, 

I’m going to have some 

very pointed questions for 

staff and the attorney when 

the time is right.” 

Ultimately, Dodge said 

he would like to see the 

Village find a compromise. 

Meanwhile, Trustee 

Cynthia Nelson Katsenes 

thanked everyone for attending. 

“You can see the passion 

in how you feel,” she 

said. “I appreciate that. 

That is human compassion. 

We need to be a nicer 

world, but we have to work 

together. We will work together. 

But I think it is important 

to understand that 

all of us have a role.” 

Katsenes said she wants 

the negativity to end. 

“We have to look out 

for safety, and we have to 

look out for a lot of different 

things,” she said. “But 

we’re not mean.” 

Later, Pekau admitted 

that there were “strong 

feelings on the issue.” But 

he said the proper processes 

were not followed by the 

church, which is why the 

Nov. 18 meeting was the 

first time such a public discussion 

was taking place at 

the board level. 

“If they had been, you 

would have had the opportunity 

to be heard three 

times: at the planning commission, 

at committee and 

at the board,” he said. “Unfortunately, 

these opportunities 

were denied to you 

and to all of our citizens 

on this issue because Beds 

Plus and Hope Covenant 

Church decided not to follow 

the proper processes.” 

Pekau further said the 

actions of Beds Plus and 

Fogel “do not engender a 

spirit of working together.” 

“As your mayor, I will 

not ignore the law,” he said. 

“I take my oath of office 

seriously and the Village’s 

laws seriously. Ordinances 

and zoning process must be 

followed by everyone, and 

must be enforced equally 

and fairly. I have not heard 

anyone suggest that we 

change our laws, ordinance 

or processes, which tells 

me that no one thinks the 

laws, ordinance or processes 

are inappropriate or need 

changing.” 

After Pekau finished his 

comments and asked for a 

motion to go into executive 

session, a woman stood up 

and began audibly praying 

for Pekau and the Village 

Board to reconsider their 

actions. 

An issue far from finished 

After the meeting, Pekau 

said he would not be able to 

comment on the matter further 

because of the pending 

litigation. 

But Fogel wanted to address 

several of the points 

brought up by the Village 

during its presentation, 

such as the assertion that 

it was the church that first 

brought in lawyers. 

“We asked a member of 

our church who happens to 

be an attorney to respond 

to a very firm letter,” Fogel 

said. “I had a very firm 

conversation with [former 

interim Village Manager] 

Tom Dubelbeis that was 

very unwavering, where 

he was making very significant 

statements. I asked 

for the former leadership 

[chairperson at Hope Covenant], 

who happens to also 

be an attorney who communicates 

often with municipalities 

and other ways, to 

simply just respond to this. 

“We’ve not yet paid a 

lawyer. We’ve not yet incurred 

that cost. Every lawyer 

who has come to us to 

work with us has been pro 

bono.” 

Fogel also disputed the 

Village’s timeline, stating 

that on Aug. 5, he attended 

a Village meeting to let 

them know he was intending 

to open a night-a-week, 

seasonal, temporary homeless 

shelter at Hope Covenant 

starting in October. 

“For the timeline to begin 

anywhere [after] that 

date is specifically disingenuous,” 

he said. 

Fogel also noted the 

court did not grant the Village 

some of the reliefs it 

sought. 

“As a judge ruled today, 

there is no emergency to 

immediately cease operations 

of the shelter,” Fogel 

said. 

The judge Nov. 18 ordered 

Hope Covenant to 

install smoke and carbon 

monoxide detectors, 

though. And the Village 

acknowledged in a Nov. 21 

press release the church did 

so Nov. 19, before its Tuesday 

evening shelter. It says 

the detectors were installed 

in sleeping rooms, tested 

and in working order. 

“This step toward code 

compliance makes the 

space significantly safer 

for visitors and overnight 

guests,” the release reads. 

Fogel said the shelter is a 

net gain for the village. 

“Ultimately, the shelter 

makes our community 

safer — which has always 

been our intention and our 

position,” he said. 

The Village further noted 

it is “in discussions” with 

the church to “resolve the 

matter as expeditiously as 

possible.”



D135 narrows superintendent 

search to two final candidates 

Staff Report 

The Orland School District 

135 School Board 

Nov. 21 announced in a 

letter its two finalists in its 

superintendent search. 

They are John Bryk and 

Sara Paul. 

Byrk is the interim superintendent, 

and assistant 

superintendent of finance 

and operations for D135. 

Paul is currently the assistant 

superintendent for 

teaching and learning at 

White Bear Lake Area 

Schools in White Bear 

Lake, Minnesota. 

Ray and Associates 

Inc. was chosen by the 

School Board and led the 

search. After numerous 

stakeholder-specific focus 

groups and open community 

sessions, along 

with input from community 

leaders, staff, parents 

and students, the School 

Board created the selection 

criteria to guide the 

search firm in its screening 

process. 

Fifty-five candidates 

submitted applications, 

and at the conclusion of 

the screening process, 

Ray and Associates recommended 

eight candidates 

to advance in the 

hiring process. 

The search firm conducted 

preliminary interviews 

and reference 

checks of each of the candidates. 

The School Board 

reviewed all applications, 

resumes and letters of recommendation 

for each of 

the candidates, as well as 

a video interview in which 

each candidate answered 

the same three questions. 

As a result, the Board 

invited four of the candidates 

for in-person interviews. 

The School Board concluded 

that Bryk and 

Paul were best suited to 

promote the vision of the 

district, and best serve the 

needs of its students, according 

to the letter. 

The next phase is an arranged 

site visit at each 

of the finalist’s current 

school districts. Laura 

Berry and Sandra Kulak 

are to represent the School 

Board at each site visit. 

During the site visit, 

there will be meetings 

with the candidate’s administration, 

School 

Board and union representative, 

as well as a 

certified teacher and a 

member of the candidate’s 

support staff. 

Both site visits are to 

be completed before the 

next Special Board Meeting 

scheduled for Dec. 9. 

At that meeting, in closed 

session, the School Board 

is to review the results of 

the site visits and determine 

the next step in the 

process. 

Orland Park Police participates in 

Thanksgiving traffic safety campaign 

Travelers urged 

to buckle up, 

designate a sober 

driver 

Submitted by Village of 

Orland Park 

As Illinoisans gear 

up for one of the busiest 

travel times of the year, 

the Orland Park Police 

Department announced its 

plans for a traffic safety 

campaign focusing on 

impaired and unbuckled 

drivers. 

According to the Illinois 

Department of 

Transportation, 15 motor 

vehicle crash fatalities 

occurred in Illinois over 

the 2018 Thanksgiving 

holiday weekend. Five of 

the 15 deaths occurred in 

crashes involving at least 

one driver who had been 

drinking. 

The Orland Park Police 

Department is partnering 

with the Illinois State Police 

and local law enforcement 

across Illinois for 

the increased statewide 

effort. The high-visibility 

crackdown was to begin 

Nov. 22, run through the 

holiday weekend into the 

early morning hours of 

Dec. 2. 

The “Click It or Ticket” 

and “Drive Sober or Get 

Pulled Over” campaigns 

are funded by federal traffic 

safety funds administered 

by IDOT. The crackdown 

runs concurrently 

with a media campaign 

reminding motorists that 

impaired driving has “Life 

or Death” consequences. 

Visit LifeOrDeathIllinois. 

com for more information. 

Online signup goes live Dec. 9 for 

Bridge’s winter/spring programs 

Submitted by The Bridge 

Teen Center 

Business Briefs 

Mall touts holiday hours 

Orland Square is to offer 

holiday shopping hours 

starting on 5 p.m. Thursday, 

Nov. 28, and stay 

open until 1 a.m., and then 

reopen at 6 a.m. on Black 

Friday, Nov. 29, and then 

stay open until 10 p.m. 

Gatto’s adds lunch hours 

The Gatto’s at 8801 W. 

143rd St. in Orland Park 

recently expanded its 

The Bridge Teen Center 

is scheduled to release its 

winter/spring lineup of after-school 

programs Dec. 

6 during its weekly Friday 

Night event for students. 

Online signup is to begin 

at 2 p.m. Dec. 9 at the 

bridgeteencenter.org. 

All 100-plus afterschool 

programs are offered 

free of charge and 

are holistically-designed 

around the interests and 

needs of students in 

grades 7-12. 

The winter/spring semester 

begins in January 

and goes through May. 

Programs for this semester 

include Create Your Own 

App, Goat Yoga, Brisket 

Chili & Cornbread, Painting 

Watercolor Landscapes, 

and Welding. 

Many local businesses 

and organizations will be 

volunteering their time 

to lead programs. This 

semester will include 

community program volunteers 

from The Apple 

Store, Nature’s Trail 

Yoga, City Barbeque, 

Health From Within and 

Moraine Valley Community 

College. 

Programs are to be held 

after school Tuesdays, 

Wednesdays and Thursdays, 

between the hours 

of 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. 

Teens do not have to be 

signed up for a program to 

come to The Bridge and 

take advantage of its free 

amenities. The Bridge offers 

“hang out” hours on 

Tuesdays, Wednesdays 

and Thursdays, between 

the hours of 2 p.m. and 6 

p.m. Teens are welcome 

during the week to create 

in the Art Studio, play 

video games and/or board 

games with others, enjoy 

quiet time in the Hideaway, 

and more. 

On Friday nights, The 

Bridge Teen Center hosts 

its weekly Friday Night 

Live events from 7:30- 

10:30 p.m. Every Friday 

night has a theme, free 

food from local restaurants, 

and live music or 

karaoke. 

After-school programs 

and Friday Nights are free 

to teens in grades 7-12. 


is located at 15555 

S. 71st Court in Orland 

Park. There are no residency 

restrictions to join 

hours to offer lunch. 

The restaurant now 

opens at 11 a.m. Monday- 

Saturday for lunch. 

Lifetouch joins Orland Park 

buybuyBaby for photos 

This fall Lifetouch 

opened 4 buybuyBaby 

Photography by Lifetouch 

studios in buybuyBABY 

stores across the United 

States, including Orland 

Park, 290 Orland Park 

The Bridge. To become a 

member, one must complete 

a Student Membership 

Application online 

at thebridgeteencenter. 

org. Once completed and 

approved by Bridge staff, 

students will be able to 

sign up online for afterschool 

programs. To see 

a complete listing of after-school 

programs and 

Friday Night Live events, 

visit thebridgeteencenter. 

org. 


is a nonprofit community 

center that was designed 

around the needs and interests 

of teens in the suburbs. 

The Bridge provides 

free holistically-designed 

after-school programming 

and a safe environment 

for Friday night entertainment. 

Monthly programs 

that help parents navigate 

through the teenage years 

are also offered. 

To date, more than 

8,000-plus unique students 

from 128 different 

communities have been 

served by The Bridge. 

For more information 

about The Bridge Teen 

Center, visit www.thebri 

dgeteencenter.org or call 

(708) 532-0500. 

Place. 

The studio is designed 

to capture family photos at 

every stage of life. There 

are a variety of style options, 

including holiday, 

baby, maternity and family. 

For more information, 

visit buybuybabyphotog 

raphy.com. 

Compiled by Editor Bill 

Jones, bill@opprairie.com.

10 | November 27, 2019 | the orland Park Prairie community 


Announcements 

Turning the tassel 

include fetching and the 

ability to leap straight up 

in the air. 

They say it’s your birthday 

And many more 

May 

The Schumacher family 

Orland Park residents 

Our Cavalier King Charles spaniel 

named May, the queen of our hearts! 

She is the most lovable and sweet 

puppy (7 months) and adored by two 

little girls, Milla and Avery Schumacher. 

She is also very popular with St. 

Michael’s students, who always stop 

to say “hi” and pet May. May just 

graduated puppy kindergarten, and her 

new trick is to spin. 

Do you want to see your pet pictured as Orland 

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Archie, a 7-month-old 

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month celebrated Puppy 

Graduation. Nancy 

Gorman said Archie was 

adopted in May and 

has been a delightful 

companion. He loves 

taking long walks in the 

neighborhood, and just 

like the royal Archie, 

everyone he meets finds 

him adorable. His talents 

photo op 

This week’s Photo 

Op was sent in 

August by Judy 

Lewis, of Orland 

Park, via email. 

“A baby bird took 

refuge in my hanging 

begonia plant 

recently,” Lewis 

wrote. “Where’s the 

birdie?” 

Have you captured 

something unique, 

interesting, beautiful 

or just plain fun on 

camera? Submit a photo 

for “Photo Op” by 

emailing it to bill@opprairie.com, 

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it to 11516 W. 183rd St., 

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Avery, we hope you had 

the best birthday. You 

are funny, full of energy 

and always ready for 

adventure! 

We love you, Aveycakes! 

Love, Mom, Dad, Milla 

and May 

Happy 8th birthday to 

our future rockstar, 

Samantha Joanne! 

We love you so very 

much! 

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Noonan Academy 

Students from Orland Park 

recognized by honor roll 

Noonan Elementary Academy recently 

congratulated the following 

students grades 5-8 from Orland 

Park who made the first quarter honor 

roll. 

Gold Honor Roll is held by those 

students who received all As, 93 

percent or higher, in every subject. 

Fifth-grade Gold Honor Roll includes 

Maya Krutul. Sixth-grade 

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FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND 

Oak Prairie Junior High 

students perform their 

rendition of beloved story 

It was a sweet world 

made from pure imagination. 

Students from Oak Prairie 

Junior High performed 

their rendition of “Willy 

Wonka Jr.” on Nov. 15 and 

16 at Ludwig School. 

The cast featured nearly 

30 students, many of whom 

played multiple parts. Students 

grades 6-8 displayed 

their talents in their theatrical 

rendition of the classic 

Roald Dahl novel, though 

many moments in the play 

paid homage to the iconic 

Gene Wilder film. 

Co-directed by Nicole 

Tolentino and Anissa Danley, 

the play performed in 

front of a sold-out crowd 

on opening night. 

“We’re the ones with the 

biggest gym and a stage,” 

said Lisa Lyke, principal 

of Ludwig School, in reference 

to the performance 

venue. “We had the opportunity 

yesterday for them 

to perform the first act for 

[Ludwig] students, and 

they did a really great job.” 

The audience reception 

amplified Lyke’s praise. 

Every act was met with 

a round of applause — a 

confirmation of the hard 

work the performers have 

put in throughout the year. 

“The crowd exceeded 

our expectations; we actually 

ran out of tickets,” 

Danley said. “It was 

opening night, so there’s 

always room for improvement, 

but I’m happy with 

the performance tonight.” 

Reporting by Derek Swanson, 

Editorial Intern. For more, 

visit LockportLegendDaily. 

com. 

FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER 

D159 superintendent to 

retire June 30 

Mokena School District 

159 Superintendent Don 

White announced in a letter 

to the district’s School 

Board members his intention 

to retire effective June 

30, 2020. 

The letter appears in 

the board packet for the 

district’s Nov. 20 regular 

meeting. 

“It is with very mixed 

emotions that I am writing 

to notify you that I plan 

to retire at the end of this 

school year,” White wrote. 

“This will be effective at 

the end of the work day on 

June 30, 2020. It has been 

my true honor to serve as 

a public school district superintendent 

for [19] years 

and as an educator for [33] 

years; with the last two 

years being a joyous capstone. 

In fact, these two 

years have reinforced my 

belief that a group of dedicated 

people working as a 

team can accomplish great 

things in service to children 

and the community.” 

White was elected by the 

board on Dec. 20, 2017, 

to replace then-outgoing 

Superintendent Omar Castillo. 

White had one year 

remaining on that contract. 

White has spent the past 

33 years in education, 17 

of which were spent as superintendent 

at D181, and 

the last two as superintendent 

of D159. 

A special board meeting 

was scheduled for 7 p.m. 

Monday, Nov. 25, at which 

board members began the 

process of finding a replacement 

for White with a 

superintendent search firm. 

Reporting by T.J. Kremer III, 

Editor. For more, visit Moke 

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FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION 

Dozens of teachers turn 

out to D228 meeting as 

potential strike looms 

Dozens of teachers 

turned out at the Bremen 

High School District 228 

School Board meeting 

Nov. 19 as the threat of a 

strike draws nearer. 

The D228 Joint Faculty 

Association has been asking 

for more pay, no cuts in 

classes offered and smaller 

classes, but so far — after 

11 months of negotiation 

— district officials have 

balked at the demands. 

As previously reported 

by The Junction, the union 

members have been working 

without a contract since 

July 31 and negotiating 

with the BOE since December 

2018. On Oct. 3, 

the D228-JFA voted “overwhelmingly” 

to authorize a 

strike. 

The union submitted its 

final contractual offer to 

the Illinois Educational 

Labor Relations Board for 

public posting, prompting 

what could lead to a strike, 

according to the release. 

Amanda Godin, one of 

the teachers in attendance 

at the board meeting, spoke 

for the assembled, and said 

teachers should feel appreciated 

by the district. 

“The educators in this 

district are a group of hard 

working, devoted men and 

women who deserve a 

contract that shows every 

member of the 228 community 

that they are appreciated 

by you, the board of 

education,” Godin said. 

Reporting by Jesse Wright, 

Freelance Reporter. For 

more, visit TinleyJunction 

Daily.com. 

FROM THE HOMER HORIZON 

Ten Lockport Township 

athletes honored at fall 

signing day 

Success in female athletics 

always has been a big 

part of Lockport Township 

High School. 

That showed when the 

school held its fall signing 

day earlier this month. 

All 10 of the Porters who 

announced they were taking 

the step to sign at the 

next level were from girls 

teams. 

In fact, five of them were 

from the softball team, 

which has had a lot of success 

over the years with 

a pair of state championships. 

With the players who 

signed their letters of intent 

last week on the team this 

past season, the Porters 

produced 29 wins and another 

regional championship 

team. 

“Our program is proud 

of these young ladies, their 

hard work and commitment 

to the game, in and out of 

the season,” Porters softball 

coach Marissa Chovanec 

said. 

A trio of volleyball players 

who helped the Porters 

produce back-to-back regional 

titles for the first 

time in 13 years also signed 

on the dotted line. 

They are Taylor Morgan 

(Southern Illinois University), 

Becca Oldendorf 

(University of Illinois at 

Chicago) and Morgan Schmutzler 

(Franklin Pierce 

University). 

Expecting to help the 

Lockport basketball team 

to great heights this season 

is 6-foot-4 Jenna Cotter. 

She will continue he playing 

career at Indiana University 

- Purdue University 

Indianapolis. 

Lindsey Merk, who has 

been a longtime standout 

on the girls swimming 

team, should have a bright 

future ahead of her swimming 

at Georgia Tech. 

Reporting by Randy Whalen, 


more, visit HomerHorizon 

Daily.com. 

FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT 

Realtor’s Good Neighbor 

Award grant doubled 

Dale Taylor nearly fell 

to the floor when it was announced 

that he, along with 

the other Good Neighbor 

Award recipients, would 

have their $10,000 grants 

doubled. 

The surprise came at the 

annual convention for the 

National Association of 

Realtors Nov. 8-11 in San 

Francisco. It was done to 

celebrate the 20th anniversary 

of the Good Neighbor 

Award. 

Taylor was given the 

award for his work with 

the South Suburban Public 

Action to Deliver Shelter 

— a nonprofit organization 

that assists with homeless 

people in the Chicago 

southland region. Taylor 

works every Monday night 

at his shelter in Homewood 

that helps homeless 

men. 

“On stage, there was a 

prompter that I could see, 

and there was an audience 

of about 6,000 colleagues,” 

Taylor said. “I saw the 

‘20,000’ come up on the 

prompter just before they 

announced it. When I saw it 

on the prompter, I just bent 

over, and Bruce Johnson 

[another award recipient] 

was standing next to me, 

and I just grabbed him and 

hugged him. I was in such 

shock. It was a natural reaction 

of surprise.” 

Before the convention, 

Taylor had not had a chance 

to meet any of the other 

winners but was floored as 

he read about the work they 

do in their respective communities, 

he said. 

Nov. 9 was the day he 

met the other winners, 

along with NBA Hall-of- 

Famer Magic Johnson, 

who also assists people in 

need. 

“To be present with those 

caliber of people, it was so 

fulfilling for me,” Taylor 

said. 

Reporting by Sean Hastings, 

Editor. For more, visit New 

LenoxPatriotDaily.com. 

FROM THE FRANKFORT STATION 

Frankfort Arts Association 

opens downtown gallery 

Margi Hafer has lived in 

Frankfort for 43 years and 

has created art for as long 

as she remembers. She has 

multiple fine arts degrees, 

has taught students at all 

levels and even tried her 

hand at running a gallery in 

Frankfort. 

But she has never seen 

an effort in her hometown 

quite like the Frankfort 

Arts Association, a burgeoning 

organization that 

formally opened its new 

art gallery Nov. 17 in 

downtown Frankfort. The 

space — which will host 

exhibits, classes and lectures 

— represents a big 

milestone for the group 

and Frankfort’s artistic 

scene, those involved 

said. 

“The FAA is the kind of 

organization I’ve been hoping 

for since I first moved 

here,” said Hafer, a group 

member. “They’ve done 

amazing things in their first 

years, and having a space 

to call home should really 

help them grow their presence 

in our community.” 

The association, now 

with 75 members, started 

roughly two years ago 

and became a nonprofit in 

2018, Board Member Katie 

Stempniak said. A number 

of local artists and art supporters 

got together after 

realizing they “really didn’t 

have a lot of opportunities 

for artists in our southwest 

area,” she added. 

The group drew inspiration 

from galleries and studios 

in Tinley Park, Chicago 

Heights and Park Forest. 

“We took a little bit of 

all those, and made it our 

own,” Stempniak said. 

Reporting by Will O’Brien, 


more, visit FrankfortStation 

Daily.com.

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Social snapshot 

Top Web Stories 

From opprairie.com as of Friday, Nov. 22 

1. Homer Glen: Shorewood Home & Auto 

has groundbreaking for future 159th 

Street facility 

2. Hope Covenant pastor takes case for 

shelter to Orland Park Village Board 

3. Police looking for three people who 

committed two armed robberies 

4. Home of the Week: 68 Silo Ridge 

Road East 

5. Church continues with shelter in face 

of violations cited, court proceedings 

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Orland Park Public Library on Friday, Nov. 

22, asked, “What is the title of one book 

that you would read again that you read in 

school?” 

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“Thank you @StaggHighSchool 

#KeyClub students for #volunteering 

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Poetry in OP 

‘Puppy 

Love’ 

Lin Peterson 


My puppy, it seems, 

Has us very welltrained 

She insists on walks 

Except when it rains 

She’ll never eat dogfood 

If chicken is around. 

And never eat chicken 

If treats can be found. 

Couches she’ll abide 

If laps can’t be slept in. 

And sometimes her own 

bed, 

That her toys are kept 

in. 

She has her routines 

Which she absolutely 

insists on 

Eat, sleep; eat, sleep 

Then a walk by the 

pond 

Rides in the car 

And visiting friends 

Then back home to nap 

As the day ends 

One last trip outside 

And wash up her feet 

Then curl up in our bed 

The sandman to meet 

As long as we do 

Whatever she’s bidding 

We’re allowed to live 

here 

And pay for her living. 

From the Editor 

Great + Attitude = 

BILL JONES 


You can’t have 

gratitude without 

attitude. 

OK, that might initially 

sound clever verbally but 

the notion falls apart in 

print when you realize, 

“Hey, ‘attitude’ has too 

many Ts to fit inside of 

‘gratitude.’” 

You are correct. 

It is also just a bogus 

philosophy. A show of 

appreciation tends to ring 

truer when one humbles 

oneself a bit and expresses 

what difference those 

things that warranted the 

thanks made, on a personal 

level. 

I bring up this bad example, 

though, to show how 

things differ depending on 

how you say something — 

in this case, writing versus 

speech. 

Many of us are about to 

be sitting around a table 

with family somewhere, 

and some might be prompted 

to share what they’re 

thankful for. Many a teen 

will mumble. Some will 

default to the meal before 

them as a stock answer. An 

aunt will likely remind everyone 

that being together 

is what’s most important. 

Thursday, your Facebook 

feeds will be inundated 

with lengthy posts 

Gratitude 

reflecting on similar things. 

Your Twitter feeds beset 

by debates over the merit 

of the holiday. Many will 

just be gearing up for the 

shopping extravaganza that 

follows. 

That it is all so predictable 

is part of the problem 

when it comes to this day 

of giving thanks. 

And it got me thinking 

again about Bill Nicholson, 

who I interviewed a few 

weeks back for our cover 

story about his World War 

II history. It was mentioned 

to me that Nicholson had 

shown some appreciation 

recently by writing thank 

you notes, and no one does 

that anymore. That small 

show of effort left a real 

impression on someone. 

At some point, thank 

you notes might have been 

commonplace. But today, 

we’re content to simply like 

a comment, send a “TY” 

or “thnx” by email, or offer 

a verbal “thanks” without 

even thinking about it. 

Don’t get me wrong — 

any show of thanks feels 

better than nothing. And 

I’m not advocating for 

every “thank you” to be 

submitted in writing. 

But there is something 

about a personal touch to 

a thank you — something 

that shows a bit of effort — 

that makes that gratitude 

stand out in a sea of autoresponses. 

That means taking the 

time to craft a handwritten 

note, actually telling 

your family what they 

mean to you rather than 

simply acknowledging that 

you are sitting at a table 

with them, or reminding 

that retail worker that you 

come to that shop because 

of her great recommendations, 

because she always 

remembers your name and 

she takes care to get your 

orders right — and you 

appreciate her for that. 

And when you inevitably 

take your thanks to 

social media, maybe reach 

out to the people who are 

important to you rather 

than simply directing all 

attention to the wall of you, 

the thankful. Think not 

about how you’re a thankful 

person but rather what 

you want your gratitude 

to make someone else fee. 

Then, take the effort to 

make it so. 

K? thx 

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FAITH BRIEFS 

St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church 

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

St. Elizabeth Seton Choir 

Christmas Gala 

3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8. 

Pepper Choplin’s “Once 

Upon a Night” Cantata 

and other carols. Performed 

by St. Elizabeth 

Seton Choirs, Dancers 

and Orchestra. Appetizers, 

dessert and refreshments 

afterward. Free, but 

a free will offering will be 

accepted during the performance. 

Approximately 

1 hour. 

Faith United Methodist Church (15101 

S. 80th Ave., Orland Park) 

Santa’s Breakfast & 

Jamboree 

9 a.m.-noon Saturday, 

Dec. 7. For children and 

families to play games, 

make crafts, decorate 

cookies, see a puppet 

show, visit Santa and more. 

All activities are free. Pancakes 

will be available 

for a small cost. People 

are asked to pre-register, 

so Santa is sure to bring a 

gift. For more information, 

call (708) 444-8560 or 

email kids@faithumc.org. 

Church of the Transfiguration Episcopal 

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

Thanksgiving Eve Service 

7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 

27. All are welcome. 

Southwest Seventh Day Adventist 

Church (15760 Wolf Road, Orland 

Park) 

Worship 

10 a.m. Saturday 

Presbyterian Church in Orland Park 

(13401 S. Wolf Road, Orland Park) 

Sunday Service 

10 a.m. 

St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church 

(15050 S. Wolf Road, Orland Park) 

Overeaters Anonymous 

9:30 a.m. Wednesdays. 

Enter through main church 

doors, follow signs to 

meeting room. Overeaters 

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problem with food addiction/compulsion. 

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Shawl Ministry 

9-10:30 a.m. second 

and fourth Tuesdays of the 

month. The group crochets 

and knits hats, shawls, 

scarves for adults and children, 

and donates those to 

neighbors, friends, cancer 

units, hospice, the food 

pantry and neonatal units. 

The group also meets six 

times a year in the evening. 

Ashburn Baptist Church (153rd Street 

and Wolf Road, Orland Park) 

Services 

11 a.m. and 6 p.m. 

Hope Covenant Church (14401 West 

Ave., Orland Park) 

Services 

10 a.m. Sundays 

Calvary Church (16100 S. 104th Ave., 

Orland Park) 

Sunday Services 

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

Christ Lutheran Church (14700 S. 94th 

Ave., Orland Park) 

Services 

5 p.m. Saturdays; 8 a.m., 

9:30 and 11 a.m. Sundays. 

Sunday School and Bible 

study during the 9:30 a.m. 

service. 

Our Lady of the Woods Church (10731 

W. 131st, Orland Park) 

Eucharistic Adoration 

9 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursdays. 

The church invites 

all to spend some silent 

time with The Lord in its 

chapel. 

Living Word Lutheran Church (16301 S. 

Wolf Road, Orland Park) 

PUSH Prayer 

9:30 a.m. Tuesdays. All 

are welcome to take part in 

person or take 10-15 minutes 

to pray for the country, 

church, community and 

individual needs. Meetings 

take place the second 

Tuesday of the month. 

Standing Stone Church (Robert 

Davidson Center, 14700 Park Lane, 

Orland Park) 

Sunday Services 

9 a.m. and 11 a.m. 

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Cirque Italia sets sail again at Orland Square 

Laurie Fanelli 


7 

Folks who stopped by 

the white and blue big top 

in the east parking lot of 

Orland Square between 

Nov. 14 and 17 were transported 

to Italy through the 

wonder of Cirque Italia. 

Since 2012, Cirque Italia 

has brought its animalfree 

traveling water circus 

to towns across the United 

States, and this year’s Orland 

Park stop found the 

performance stage transformed 

into a large ship. 

Contortion, magic, archery, 

aerial performances 

and much more were highlighted 

by the show, which 

also featured a unique, 

35,000-gallon water stage. 

“The stage rises up for 

certain acts, and it will 

form a water curtain that 

marries the sounds with 

the music, light and the 

performer,” explained 

Sarah Kessler, public relations 

and media representative 

for Cirque Italia. “It 

really adds an extra visual 

that you won’t get in other 

circus shows. There are 

only two other stages like 

it in the world. One is in 

Dubai and the other is in 

Las Vegas, but they’re not 

mobile, so Cirque Italia 

is the only one that has a 

traveling water stage.” 

Even before the 1:30 

p.m. Sunday matinee began, 

the Kinnane family, 

of Hoffman Estates, were 

already enjoying the carnival 

atmosphere, which 

included festival food staples 

such as corn dogs and 

funnel cakes, as well as 

vendors selling a variety 

of light-up toys. Ten-yearold 

Kristin Kinnane’s first 

stop was to the face-painting 

booth, so she could get 

into the Cirque Italia spirit. 

Samantha Kulimski performs in an aerial lyra on Nov. 17 during a Cirque Italia 

performance outside of Orland Square. Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media 

“I feel like if you do face 

painting, it makes you feel 

more excited and pretty,” 

Kristin said. 

Her 11-year-old brother, 

Kevin, added he was excited 

to witness the deathdefying 

show in action. 

“I like the stuff in the air, 

because it looks cool and 

it looks hard, so it’s more 

impressive,” Kevin said. 

Clown Rafinha opened 

the show with a bit of humor, 

and he and an opera 

singer kept the audience 

entertained in between airborne 

performances. 

“Each act has a tie to a 

certain port in Italy, and 

the performers have costumes 

that go along with 

that,” Kessler said. “There 

are group dances, a clown 

— who serves as a ringmaster 

to tie all of the acts 

together — and you’ll see 

all kinds of other performances.” 

While Italy was the setting 

for the show, performers 

hailed from a variety of 

countries. 

“We have performers 

from all over the world — 

from Mexico, Cuba, Bolivia,” 

Kessler said. “It’s 

very cultural and a different 

experience to see. We 

also have new performers, 

eighth-generation circus 

performers, as well as 

those who ran away and 

joined the circus.” 

Kessler added that many 

of the performers also help 

to make the show a success 

behind the scenes as 

managers, members of the 

tent crew, face-painters 

and more. 

Cirque Italia featured 

aerial acts, an archery segment 

and a juggler early on 

in the show. During a brief 

intermission, Amaris Talley, 

9, of Chicago, shared 

some of her favorite moments 

from the first half 

while she waited in line to 

get her face painted purple. 

“My favorite part was 

when they were doing the 

shots at the balloons and 

when she was hanging 

from a little Hula-Hoop, 

because I really like action 

things,” Talley said. “I like 

action movies a lot.” 

Following the run at Orland 

Square, Cirque Italia 

had dates slated for West 

Dundee, Bridgeview and 

Peoria. More information 

about Cirque Italia can be 

found at www.cirqueitalia. 

com. 

Fernanda Evans hangs by her hair during the 

performance. 

Elizabeth Vizuet is part of a crossbow performance 

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20 | November 27, 2019 | the orland Park Prairie life & Arts 


Stepping up to the big show 

St. Francis children join Lincoln-Way Area Chorale for ‘Silver sound of the Season’ 

Children from St. Francis of Assisi were among those who joined the Lincoln-Way Area Chorale on Nov. 17 for a 

performance of “O Holy Night” during a holiday concert at Lincoln-Way East High School. 

Julie McMann/22nd Century Media 

In 

Loving Memory 

Matthew Mantell 

(1959-2019) 

Matt Mantell passed away on September 28, 2019 following a 

courageous yearlong battle with cancer. He was a professional violinist 

and violist who worked in and around Chicago for about 40 years. 

Matt was born in Chicago in 1959 but his parents moved to Orland Park 

when he was just 1 year old. He first learned to play the violin at High 

Point Elementary School in the late ‘60s, when they had just started an 

orchestra program. He was immediately captivated and showed ability 

right away. He took private violin lessons from that point on, and played in the Carl Sandburg HS orchestra as 

well as with the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra downtown. 

Although Matt continued to study the violin in college, he decided to major in viola and received a Bachelors 

of Music degree in Viola Performance from the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago. During college 

he started teaching private violin and viola students from his parents’ home in Orland Park in order to pay his 

college tuition. 

After college, Matt began a long and successful career as a performer and teacher. He held the position of 

principal viola with Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra, Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra, Elgin Symphony 

Orchestra, and Chicago Opera Theater; assistant principal viola with Chicago Sinfonietta, the Joffrey Ballet, 

and Lake Forest Sym, and he substituted with Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Grant Park Sym, and Lyric Opera 

of Chicago. Matt was also the long time viola faculty and program director of the symphony session at Birch 

Creek Music Festival (Door County WI), a summer orchestra program for advanced high school students. 

His reputation as a much sought-after violin and viola teacher grew, and many of his students went on to 

become successful performers or music educators themselves. 

Matt was an institution in the greater Chicago music community. Not only was he a fine musician, but he was 

a warmhearted, funny, and welcoming presence at every gig. He got along with everyone, from conductors 

to colleagues to his adoring students. Matt was the consummate mentor to decades of students. Somehow 

he integrated into their lessons a mixture of discipline, zaniness, life lessons, and of course musical artistry. 

He would proudly tape announcements of all his students’ achievements to his studio door until it was a messy 

but cheerful collage over the years. 

Matt was married to his wife Emily (a cellist) for 33 years. Their daughter Sonia is also a professional cellist. 

Matt led a truly joyful life, doing what he loved. 

His legacy will be remembered by the many lives he touched. 

A memorial celebration of Matt’s life was held at the Mantell’s home 

on October 25. Close to 300 friends - almost all musicians - 

came and went before and after rehearsals and performances 

to share their fondest memories of a beloved friend and musician. 

Orland Parker playing lead role 

in ‘The Art Deco Nutcracker’ 

Submitted by A&A Ballet 

A&A Ballet recently 

announced its third annual 

performance of “The 

Art Deco Nutcracker,” 

which is to be performed 

at Chicago’s Studebaker 

Theatre, 410 S. Michigan 

Ave., with multiple performances 

Dec. 6–8. 

Aside from impeccable 

young talent, this year’s 

production features a new 

character, grander acts 

and added scenes. 

Set in 1920s America, 

“The Art Deco Nutcracker,” 

featuring Tchaikovsky’s 

beloved score, 

Ministries announce 

a special Holy Hour 

event for 7 p.m. Dec. 6 

Eighth-year event 

to focus on life, 

marriage, family 

Submitted by Multi-Parish 

Respect Life Ministries 

The Knowledge and 

Prayer Series has begun 

and ended each year of 

its program with special 

spiritual events: a Concelebrated 

Mass in January 

and a Holy Hour in December. 

As it finished its eighth 

year in the series, people 

are invited to join for a 

special “Holy Hour for 

Life, Marriage and Family” 

at 7 p.m. Dec. 6 at St. 

Bernard, 13030 W. 143 St. 

in Homer Glen. in Homer 

Glen. 

A schedule for our 2020 

series also is to be available, 

to address hot topics 

families are facing 

today. 

A Holiday Hospitality 

Hour is to follow the program. 

This program is sponsored 

by the Multi-Parish 

Respect Life Ministries of 

St. Bernard, Our Mother 

of Good Counsel, Annunciation 

Byzantine, Our 

Lady of the Woods, St. 

Francis of Assisi and St. 

Michael churches. 

is a fresh yet traditional 

take on the beloved holiday 

favorite with costume 

and set design inspired 

by the unique sophistication 

of the Art Deco era. 

Compared to the previous 

productions, the choreography 

has been reworked 

to incorporate a 

new character inspired by 

Chicago’s modern dance 

pioneer Loie Fuller. Acrobats 

will be incorporated 

in the Mother Ginger 

scene. 

As part of A&A’s mission 

to build young talent 

to enter the professional 

world of dance, each performance 

will be danced 

by an interchangeable 

cast. The cast includes 

JKO School of American 

Ballet Theatre’s Grace 

Curry, of Orland Park, as 

the Sugar Plum Fairy. She 

is to perform at 7 p.m. 

Dec. 7. Curry was with 

A&A Ballet since its inception 

in 2016. 

Tickets for “The 

Art Deco Nutcracker” 

range from $30-$50 

and are available at 

aacenterfordance.org/ 

box-office. 

For more information 

visit aacenterfordance.org 

or call (312) 545-2142. 

visit us online at OPPrairiedaily.com

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The Dish 

Relentless innovation drives Siam Marina but favorites persist 

Bill Jones, Editor 

As Siam Marina coowner 

Tammy Pham 

hustles behind the bar 

alongside her husband and 

co-owner, Sam Chung, on 

a November evening during 

a Fall Harvest cocktail 

tasting, customers continually 

swing by to address 

her by name and thank her 

for their meals. 

“They all know me,” 

Pham says with a laugh. 

After five years in Tinley 

Park — following 20- 

plus in Calumet City with 

Siam Marina I and II, and 

since 2007 with Asparagus, 

a second restaurant 

the couple has run in Merrillville, 

Indiana — Pham, 

who serves as the restaurant’s 

executive chef, is 

about as familiar to Siam 

Marina’s regulars as is the 

Asian fusion restaurant’s 

prominent building along 

Oak Park Avenue. And 

while the familiarity says 

a lot about the loyalty the 

restaurant has earned with 

its diners in just half a decade 

in town, it is the unfamiliar 

that keeps many of 

them coming back. 

“My customers always 

want the new,” Pham said. 

That is why the duo hosts 

events like the monthly 

cocktail tastings and why 

it invites fresh jazz acts 

to entertain there twice a 

month. It is also why Siam 

Marina’s menu is starting 

to look like a phone book 

— albeit a phone book 

with an innovative drinks 

list, a seemingly endless 

offering of appetizers, 10 

salad options, nine soups, 

and entrees that run the 

gamut from curries to seafood, 

red meat to poultry 

to noodles and rice. 

Then, Siam Marina 

brings out a companion 

Siam Marina 

16846 Oak Park Ave. 

in Tinley Park 

Hours 

• 11 a.m.-10 p.m. 

Sunday-Thursday 

• 11 a.m.-11 p.m. 

Friday-Saturday 

For more information ... 

Web: siammarina.com 

Phone: (708) 407- 

8825 

novella full of dessert options. 

It gets more interesting 

yet when Chung, working 

with an enormous display 

of liquor, is behind the bar 

— made from a 100-yearold 

cherry tree. Ever the 

innovator, Chung is more 

than happy to inquire 

about diners’ preferences 

and whip up special drinks 

on the spot. 

But part of the reason 

the menu itself has gotten 

so big is that despite 

the demand for “new,” 

regulars have their longstanding 

favorites, and it’s 

tough to let go of a good 

recipe. 

And customers will find 

several of the all-time 

standouts on Pham’s menu 

before ever getting past the 

appetizers. The asparagus 

crispy rolls ($10) feature 

fresh asparagus and bacon, 

dusted with Parmesan 

cheese, wrapped in rice 

spring rolls, and served 

with a ginger and sweet/ 

sour dipping sauce. 

The playfully named 

Duo Cargot ($15) bakes 

escargot and shrimp together 

in little bowls, with 

a Thai basil sauce. They 

come served with small 

slices of garlic bread, 

which diners will want to 

use to sop up the sauce, 

which has a slight kick. 

The spicy lemongrass 

The spicy lemongrass beef at Tinley Park’s Siam Marina features lemongrass-marinated beef, sesame seeds, 

herbs, onion, garlic and honey, served with hot sauce and cucumber, along with mixed greens. 

Photos by Bill Jones/22nd Century Media 

“It’s really fun. I think it’s in my 

blood.” 

Tammy Pham — co-owner and executive chef 

at Siam Marina in Tinley Park, on coming up 

with new recipes 

beef — featuring lemongrass-marinated 

beef, sesame 

seeds, herbs, onion, 

garlic and honey, served 

with hot sauce and cucumber, 

along with mixed 

greens — goes big on the 

presentation, piling the 

thin slices of beef high 

atop the greens, with the 

hot sauce rounding out the 

design of a long platter. 

On the portion of the 

menu dedicated to noodle 

and rice dishes, the pad ki 

mao — or drunken noodles 

— with chicken ($14) 

have long been a customer 

favorite. They feature 

stir-fried flat rice noodles, 

carrots, bean sprouts, pea 

pods, basil, bamboo and 

eggs, flavored with a touch 

of exotic wine. They alternately 

can be ordered with 

tofu ($14), shrimp ($16) or 

beef ($18). 

The menu plays with 

The pad ki mao — or drunken noodles — with chicken 

($14) have long been a customer favorite at Siam 

Marina. They feature stir-fried flat rice noodles, carrots, 

bean sprouts, pea pods, basil, bamboo and eggs, 

flavored with a touch of exotic wine. 

flavors from around the 

world but focuses on influences 

from Thailand 

and Vietnam — the latter 

Pham’s first home — in 

the French style. If the 

ever-growing menu is any 

indication, Pham’s riffs on 

those flavors are virtually 

limitless. And she has no 

plans to slow down. 

“It’s really fun,” she 

said. “I think it’s in my 

blood.”

22 | November 27, 2019 | the orland Park Prairie sound off 


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. Start of many a 

western city 

4. Soybean extract 

8. Amos Alonso 

___ High School 

13. Three hulled 

sailboat 

15. Calls 

16. Junk mail addressee, 

often 

17. Bantu language 

18. College class 

abbr. 

19. “Help ___ the 

way!” 

21. Falcon film 

22. End, in many 

books 

29. Mach 1 breaker 

30. Buffoon 

31. In demand 

32. Rubbish 

34. Contents of 

cuppas 

35. Abbreviations 

for certain companies 

37. Expressing 

future intention 

38. Science class 

topic 

39. Power strip part 

40. Intensely 

42. Orland Park 

elementary school 

45. Show presenter, 

for short 

46. Enzyme suffix 

49. Don McLean 

song 

51. Shoot down 

52. “Holy ___!” 

53. Granada greeting 

54. Wish harm upon 

58. Catch of the day 

62. Breaks from 

fighting 

63. Expecting 

64. Exhorted 

65. Managed care 

grps. 

66. Gold units: 

Abbr. 

Down 

1. Part of portfolios 

2. Feet parts 

3. Most pleasing 

4. Designate 

5. Tuscan time period 

6. Cooling device 

7. Before 

8. Pushes around 

9. Shelley’s “___ Skylark” 

10. ___ Arbor, MI 

11. Educational certificate 

12. Girls’ organization 

(abbr.) 

14. Clammed up 

15. Matter-of-fact writing 

20. Get ready to ride 

22. Low pair 

23. Witch 

24. Personal standards 

one aspires to- per 

Freud 

25. Waggish 

26. Creme-filled cookie 

27. Paper amount 

28. Dentist qualification 

32. Lowest point 

33. Hearty cheer 

35. College sleep spot 

36. “A slope to the sea” 

(Scottish) 

38. Cream ingredient 

39. Fin. adviser 

41. 23rd Greek letter 

43. Barely missed, as 

a putt 

44. Desktop links 

46. Fur-lined jacket 

47. Taciturn 

48. Puts on a pedestal 

50. Maiden 

53. Biddy 

54. Heat measurement 

55. Muff 

56. Turned over ground 

57. Toronto Blue Jay’s 

mascot 

59. One ___ bandit 

60. Firm’s top dog 

61. Metric wts. 

ORLAND PARK 

Traverso’s Restaurant 

(15601 S Harlem Ave, 

Orland Park; (708) 532- 

2220) 

■5-7 ■ p.m. Mondays: 

Free bar bingo 

Girl in the Park 

(11265 W. 159th St., 


0042) 

■8 ■ p.m. Wednesday- 

Saturday: Live music 

The Brass Tap 

(14225 95th Ave. Suite 

400, Orland Park; (708) 

226-1827) 

■8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: 

Trivia. Prizes awarded 

■9 ■ p.m. Fridays and 

Saturdays: Live music 

Dan ‘D’ Jac’s 

(9358 171st St., Orland 

Hills; (708) 460-8773) 

■9 ■ p.m.-1 a.m. 

Wednesdays: acoustic 

open mic night 

■9:30 ■ p.m.-1:30 a.m. 

Thursdays: karaoke 

Fox’s Restaurant and Pub 

(9655 W. 143rd St., 


2111) 

■6-9 ■ p.m. Thursday, 

Friday, and Saturday: 

Eman 

■6-9 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Gene Infelise and 

Francesca 

Papa Joe’s 

(14459 S. LaGrange 

Road, Orland Park; 

(708) 403-9099) 

■6-10 ■ p.m. Fridays: The 

keyboard stylings of 

Roger Pampel 

Square Celt Ale House & 

Grill 

(39 Orland Square 

Drive, Orland Park; 

(708) 226-9600) 

■8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: Free 

Bar Bingo 

Murphy’s on the Green 

(13100 Southwest Highway, 

Orland Park; (708) 

448-6550 

■6-8 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Free Bar Bingo and 

Cash Jackpot 

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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2703 Legal 

Notices 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFCOOK 

COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

COUNTY DEPARTMENT -CHAN- 

CERY DIVISION 

NEW RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE, 

LLC 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

GREGORY F.ALLEN AKA GREG- 

ORY FRED ALLEN, SR., DIANE M. 

ALLEN AKA DIANE RILEY, WEB- 

STER BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIA- 

TION 

Defendants 

19 CH 03260 

15817 JON ROAD 

OAK FOREST, IL 60452 

NOTICE OF SALE 

PUBLIC NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN 

that pursuant to aJudgment ofForeclosure 

and Sale entered in the above cause 

on October 9, 2019, an agent for The Judicial 

Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 

AM on January 10, 2020, at The Judicial 

Sales Corporation, One South 

Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, 

sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, 

as set forth below, the following described 

real estate: 

Commonly known as 15817 JON 

ROAD, OAK FOREST, IL 60452 

Property Index No. 28-17-317-031-0000 

The real estate is improved with asingle 

family residence. 

The judgment amount was $223,569.91. 

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid 

by certified funds at the close of the sale 

payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. 

No third party checks will beaccepted. 

The balance, including the Judicial 

Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential 

Property Municipality Relief 

Fund, which is calculated on residential 

real estate atthe rate of $1 for each 

$1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount 

paid by the purchaser not to exceed 

$300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, 

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

fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring 

the residential real estate pursuant 

to its credit bid at the sale or by any 

mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other 

lienor acquiring the residential real estate 

whose rights in and tothe residential 

real estate arose prior to the sale. 

The subject property is subject to general 

real estate taxes, special assessments, 

orspecial taxes levied against 

said real estate and is offered for sale 

without any representation as to quality 

or quantity of title and without recourse 

to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. 

The sale is further subject toconfirmation 

by the court. 

Upon payment in full ofthe amount bid, 

the purchaser will receive aCertificate 

of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to 

adeed to the real estate after confirmation 

of the sale. 

The property will NOT be open for inspection 

and plaintiff makes no representation 

astothe condition ofthe property. 

Prospective bidders are admonished 

to check the court file to verify all 

information. 

If this property isacondominium unit, 

the purchaser ofthe unit atthe foreclosure 

sale, other than amortgagee, shall 

pay the assessments and the legal fees 

required by The Condominium Property 

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

this property is a condominium unit 

which ispart ofacommon interest community, 

the purchaser ofthe unit atthe 

foreclosure sale other than amortgagee 

shall pay the assessments required by 

The Condominium Property Act, 765 

ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR 

(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE 

RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION 

FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF 

AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN AC- 

CORDANCE WITH SECTION 

15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS 

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. 

You will need a photo identification issued 

by a government agency (driver's 

license, passport, etc.) in order togain 

entry into our building and the foreclosure 

sale room in Cook County and the 

same identification for sales held at 

other county venues where The Judicial 

Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure 

sales. 

For information, HEAVNER, BEYERS 

&MIHLAR, LLC Plaintiff's Attorneys, 

111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL, 

62523 (217) 422-1719. Please refer to 

file number 351748. 

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORA- 

TION 

One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, 

Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 

You can also visit The Judicial Sales 

Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a7 

day status report of pending sales. 

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, 

LLC 

111 East Main Street 

DECATUR IL, 62523 

217-422-1719 

Fax #: 217-422-1754 

E-Mail: CookPleadings@hsbattys.com 

Attorney File No. 351748 

Attorney Code. 40387 

Case Number: 19 CH 03260 

TJSC#: 39-6559 

NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection 

Practices Act, you are advised 

that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be 

adebt collector attempting tocollect a 

debt and any information obtained will 

be used for that purpose. 

Case # 19 CH 03260 

I3136136 




CERY DIVISION 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIA- 

TION 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

ADRIAN CRUZ A/K/A ADRIAN 

DELA CRUZ, ILLINOIS HOUSING 

DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, 

CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A., 

SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UN- 

KNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RE- 

CORD CLAIMANTS 

Defendants 

19 CH 00746 

16524 CRAIG DRIVE 

OAK FOREST, IL 60452 





on June 3, 2019, an agent for The Judicial 

Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 

AM on December 23, 2019, at The Judicial 

Sales Corporation, One South 




real estate: 

Commonly known as 16524 CRAIG 

DRIVE, OAK FOREST, IL 60452 


The real estate is improved with atan 

brick, one story single family home, detached 

two car garage. 




























The sale is further subject to confirmation 

by the court. 





of the sale. 






information. 













ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

















sales. 

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT 

PIERCE, LLC Plaintiff's Attorneys, 

One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, 

Chicago, IL, 60602. Tel No. (312) 

346-9088. 


TION 


Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 




MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT 

PIERCE, LLC 

One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 

Chicago IL, 60602 

312-346-9088 

E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com 

Attorney File No. 264554 

Attorney ARDC No. 61256 



TJSC#: 39-3520 







Case # 19 CH 00746 

I3136455 




CERY DIVISION 

NEWREZ LLC F/K/A NEW PENN FI- 

NANCIAL D/B/A SHELLPOINT 

MORTGAGE SERVICING 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

KAMILA VAZNELIS 

Defendants 

2019 CH 05223 

8905 WHEELER DRIVE 

ORLAND PARK, IL 60462 





on September 24, 2019, an agent for 

The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 

10:30 AM on December 26, 2019, at 

The Judicial Sales Corporation, One 

South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 

60606, sell at a public sale to the highest 

bidder, as set forth below, the following 

described real estate: 

Commonly known as 8905 WHEELER 

DRIVE, ORLAND PARK, IL 60462 


The real estate is improved with a residence. 





























by the court. 





of the sale. 






information. 













ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

















sales. 

For information, examine the court file, 

CODILIS &ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff's 

Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH 

FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, 

BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 

794-9876 


TION 


Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 




CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 

15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, 

SUITE 100 

BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 

630-794-5300 

E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com 

Attorney File No. 14-19-02743 




TJSC#: 39-6270 







Case # 2019 CH 05223 

I3137454 

2703 Legal 

Notices 




CERY DIVISION 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIA- 

TION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUC- 

TURED ASSET SECURITIES COR- 

PORATION MORTGAGE 

PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, 

SERIES 2006-W1 

Plaintiff, 

-v.- 

DENISE C. TYRPIN 

Defendants 

2019 CH 00467 

13821 S. 116TH AVE 

ORLAND PARK, IL 60467 





on September 30, 2019, an agent for 

The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 

10:30 AM on January 3, 2020, at The 

Judicial Sales Corporation, One South 




real estate: 

Commonly known as 13821 S. 116TH 

AVE, ORLAND PARK, IL 60467 


The real estate is improved with aresi- 

dence. 









real estate at the rate of$1 for each 




















by the court. 




adeed tothe real estate after confirmation 

of the sale. 






information. 








which is part of acommon interest community, 





ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). 

















sales. 

For information, examine the court file, 

CODILIS &ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff's 

Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH 

FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, 

BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 

794-9876 


TION 


Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 

236-SALE 


Corporation atwww.tjsc.com for a7 


CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 

15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, 

SUITE 100 

BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 

630-794-5300 

E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com 

Attorney File No. 14-19-00050 




TJSC#: 39-6393 







Case # 2019 CH 00467 

I3138338 

2900 Merchandise 

Under $100 

1960’s Singer sewing machine, 

needs some repair, includes 

walnut desk-like cabinet $25 

Call 708-724-4331 

2006 GMC Yukon wheels 

17x7.5 with center caps $100 

Call 847-312-8343 

46 piece Gatehouse by 

Pfalzgraff beautiful French 

country crafted in USA, excellent 

codition (must see) Service 

for 8 plus extras. $100 Call 

708-444-4423 

5ft metal Santa Claus professionally 

made and painted. 

Great for home or business. 

Must see. $30 Call 

815-469-3233 

60” lrg rnd 4shelf luxury cat 

tree house. Free-standing 

manufactured wood grn/brn 

covered carpet levels w/ lots of 

leaves. Sells for $137 new, 

never used. $20 Call 

773-552-7850 

9piece ceramic Christmas Village 

each one lights seperately 

$40 Call 708-403-2473 

Air fryer used once (new $160) 

$100 Call 815-258-7763



2703 Legal Notices 


ANNUAL STATEMENT OF AFFAIRS SUMMARY FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2019 

Copies of the detailed Annual Statement ofAffairs for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2019 will be available for public inspection inthe school 

district/joint agreement administrative office by December 1, annually. Individuals wanting to review this Annual Statement of Affairs should contact: 

Orland School District 135 15100 South 94th Avenue, Orland Park, IL 60462 708-364-3300 Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. 

School District/Joint Agreement Name Address Telephone Office Hours 

Also by January 15, annually the detailed Annual Statement ofAffairs for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2018, will be posted onthe Illinois State 

Board of Education's website@ www.isbe.net. 

SUMMARY: The following is the Annual Statement ofAffairs Summary that isrequired tobe published bythe school district/joint agreement for the 

past fiscal year. 

Statement of Operations as of June 30, 2019 

Educational Operations & Debt Transportation Municipal Capital Working Tort Fire 

Maintenance Services Retirement/ Projects Cash Prevention 

Social Security & Safety 

Local Sources 1000 55,374,754 5,593,434 (87,660) 3,115,183 2,859,054 99,244 322,761 0 4,079 

Flow-Through Receipts 

/Revenues from One 

District to Another 

District 2000 0 0 0 0 

State Sources 3000 3,484,423 0 1,388,106 4,966,608 0 0 0 0 0 

Federal Sources 4000 2,523,633 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Total Direct Receipts 

/Revenues 61,382,810 5,593,434 1,300,446 8,081,791 2,859,054 99,244 322,761 0 4,079 

Total Direct 

Disbursements/ 

Expenditures 64,764,808 5,467,074 1,373,840 7,106,928 2,758,674 1,142,641 0 0 

Other Sources/ 

Uses of Funds 0 0 150,176 700,000 0 1,600,000 1,028,530 0 0 

Beginning Fund 

Balances - July 1, 2018 21,337,460 2,486,567 357,687 (802,774) 158,266 (806,636) 16,152,758 0 211,152 

Other Changes in 

Fund Balances 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Ending Fund Balances 

June 30, 2019 17,955,462 2,612,927 434,469 872,089 258,646 (250,033) 17,504,049 0 215,231 

SALARY RANGE REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018-2019 

CERTIFIED STAFF 

$24,999 AND UNDER 

ABDALLAH, HEBA; ARRIGONI, JOAN E; AWADALLA, FATMA MEDHAT; BABCOCK, CARA ANN; BAILLIE, SARA J;BALLOUT, ANA; 

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KAY; DOMJAN, GINA ALEXANDRA; DORNER, THOMAS A; DOYLE, JAMES; DUNN, MARY JO; ENGLISH, JANINE M; FLOYD, MARGA- 

RET E;FREDRICK, PATRICE S; FRUENDT, CONSTANCE D; GAJDUR, KATARZYNA; GALINDO, KIMBERLY E; GARTLAN, LISA M; 

GASIOR, STEPHANIE S; GOLDBACH, GIANNA M; GORDON, HEATHER A;GROTZ, DIANE; HEALEY, CHERYL L; HEFLEY, MELISSA J; 

HERRMANN, CATHERINE; HESTER, CHRISTIE LYNN; JABLECKI, KATHRYN; JENNINGS, PATRICIA MAUREEN; KALCSITS, LAURA L; 

KAMPA, CONSTANCE A; KANAGY, ERIN; KAUZLARICH, KEL: KRISTIN, RYAN J; KRUSENOSKI, JANET M;KRYSZAK, KELSEY; 

KUNZ, CHRISTINA; KURZ, PATRICIA G; LARSON, RITA L; LEDDIN, MICHELLE L; LOHRENS, JOAN M; LUHAN-BILLINGSLEY, JENNI- 

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MCDONOUGH, DONNA M; MCGUIRE, PATRICIA E; MCKENDRY, MARY KATHLEEN; MCLAUGHLIN, MATTIE K; MCNICHOLAS, GER- 

ALD K; MEISZNER, DEANNE; MENEGHINI, JAMES M; MICHAELSEN, KATHY; MURRAY, CHRISTINA; MURSKYJ, JOANN M; 

NAWASH-SALAH, ORAIB; NOONE, APRIL L; NORMAN, VANESSA ANN; OVERGAARD, THERESA; OZARK, NICOLE GEORGEEN; PAP- 

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SPIEKHOUT, DANIELLE; SWEIS, DIANA O; SZCZESNIAK, MONIKA A; THEOHAROPOULOS, KATHERINE R; THOMAS, HAROLD HUNT; 

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LORETTA A; WITTENMEIER, SUSAN M; WOOD, ELIZABETH M; YELLON, CATHERINE J; YUNIS, HEND; ZUCKERT, SUSAN F 

$25,000 - $39,999 

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MAJDECKI, BRIDGET F; PAPPAS, ALYSSA L; PRODOEHL, KRISTYN MARIE 

$40,000 - $59,999 

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BARC, AUDREY L; BEAN, ERIN M;BERK, COURTNEY; BEUKEMA, ALYSSA M; BIEL, MORGAN; BILLO, GREGORY; BOBAK, ASHLEY 

M; BRACKEN, SHAUNA M; BROAD, ELLEN ELIZABETH; BUBASH, NICOLE L; BUTZOW, GINA T;CARROLL, SAMANTHA; CARY-EN- 

RIQUEZ, NOEL; CERRONE, KELLY; CONWAY, KRISTINA A; CRAGG, BRIAN H; DECKER-DOORN, JILL T; DERUITER, JAIME L; 

DETRES, NICOLE; DIAZ, JESSICA K; DOMENICO, KAYSIE; DOMINGUEZ, ROBERT J; DOMMER, ELIZABETH; DUCKHORN, BRIDGET; 

DUFFY, LINDSAY E; DUFFY, MARY KARYL; DZIADKOWIEC, SAMANTHA A; DZIK, NORA; EGAN, DIANE M; ESPEY, KATHERINE B; 

FASEL, ELIZABETH; FELTMAN, BRITTANY; FEY, GRACE; GAJ, MICHELLE; GARRITY, MARK D;GERHARD, BRIANNA M; GIKAS, 

KARA; GLYNN, MAUREEN A; GNIADEK, KYLE; HASAN, SAREN; HOWELL, KRISTEN A; HURLEY, KERI A; JENKINS, SHELLEY M; 

KATEEB, JENEEN; KELLER, JULIE A; KELLY, DIFRANCESCA S; KELLY, KELLY; KHATER, SEIDA K; KIRKWOOD, BETH M; KLIROS, 

SYLVIA; KNOPF, CATERINE L; KONRAD, MICHAEL C;KRAL, LAUREN A; KRILLIC, KEVIN; LATORRE, DANIELLE S; LEONE, ERIN; 

LOIZON, CAITLIN MARIA; MAJERCZYK, ELIZABETH M; MALDONADO, MEAGHAN; MARO, ASHLEY B; MCELWEE, JUSTIN S; 

MCGINNIS, KELLY; MCKISSIC, CARYN; MELKA, NORAH; MILLER, LAURA D;NEE, MICHELLE L; NOVAK, LISA; OUTLAW, SARA R; 

PEARSON, REBECCA; PONTILLO, MARIAL; RAFFERTY, MEGHAN; RODERICK, JENNIFER L; SANFILIPPO, GABRIELA M;SCARPELLI, 

CANDACE V; SCHMIDT, KATHARINE; SCHULD, CAROL L; SCHWERTFEGER, HOLLY; SEPICH, MEGHAN T; SIGNORELLI, NOREEN A; 

SIMMONS, SEAN M; SIWA, CHRISTINA E; SMITH, AMY M; STYRCZULA, BARBARA K; SURDYK, DANIEL E; TARDELLA, KAYLEY M; 

TARGOSZ, SCOTT; THOMSON, SARA A;VETRONE, LYDIA; WALKER, LINDSEY; WHITE, SIDNEY; WINKLER, LESLEY D; WITCZAK, 

SAMANTHA; ZAJICEK, JILL; ZILLY, LINDSAY 

$60,000 - $89,999 

ADKINS, CHERYL A; ANDERSON, CHERYL L; APOSTOLOPOULOS, HELEN C;ARROYO, CARRIE M;BAJER, JENNIFER A;BAR- 

TOLOTTA, JACQUELINE C; BATTISTONI, SUSAN M; BEELER, KRISTIN A;BERENS, KATHERINE L; BERN-GORDON, KATHERINE E; 

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BIASIO, MARY F; DEGEN, GREGORY D; DELIA, MARYELLEN; DEPKE, BERNADETTE; DOLLE, MELISSA N; DOYLE, MEREDITH; ER- 

ICKSON, LINDA A;ESPOSITO, MEGAN M; EVANS, TERRY J; FALCO, VITA; FONTANETTA, NICOLE; FORYSTEK, CARRIE C; FORYS- 

TEK, DIANE M; FOX, MARY P; FREW, KIMBERLY J; GALLIMORE, JACQUELINE M; GALVAN, JOSEPH M; GAYNOR, KRISTY M; 

GILBERT, KRISTY L; GILL, KEVIN J; GORMAN, GAYLE J; GUENDLING, SANDRA; GUNDERSON, JENNIFER L; HACK, PAMELA K; 

HALLMAN, MICHELE A; HAMERNICK, AMY R; HANNIGAN, KATHARINE; HANSEN, JULIE A; HARDEK, HEIDI M; HASAN, RANYA; 

HAWORTH, KYLE P;HEIDEGGER, REBECCA M; HENRY, JILL K; HERMAN, LEAH M;HERNANDEZ, KRISTINE K; HEVEL, AMY L; 

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KARPINSKI, JANE; KASH, SARA M;KEDZIERSKI, MICHELLE A; KEITH, CHRISTINA; KESTER, LINDA; KESTER, PATRICIA A;KIL- 

BANE, DEBORAH; KING, JACQUELINE R; KIRK, KATHLEEN P; KIVI, ERIK; KMETTY, CHRISTINA; KOBIALKO, STEPHANIE N; KOL- 

LINIATIS, ELENI A; KRAUS, CHRISTINE N; KREGER, REBECCA L; KUZMINSKI, AMANDA; KWIATKOWSKI, ELIZABETH C; 

LEHNHARDT, JULIE A; LENNON, KYLE P;LIGON, CLAIRE; LOKANC, AMBER N; LONG, LAUREN; LUIF, SHANNON M; LYNCH, 

NANCY M; MADSEN, JENNIFER A; MALLO, BRIAN R; MARCHESE, MARY P; MAREK, EWA; MCCURRIE, AMANDA; MCGOVERN, 

SHERRY A;MCGRATH, DONNA; MCNICHOLAS, DANIEL P; MCNICHOLAS, KATHY A; MCQUAID, SARA C;MILLER-CORP, JENNIFER 

L; MINAROVIC, JASON; MONTALVO, MARTHA D; MORIARTY, KIMBERLY A; MORRELL, KELLY; MURPHY, JOHN C; MURPHY, 

KAREN C; NICHOLSON, ANGELA S; NIVEN, CATRINA M; NOTO, KRISTEN; NOWAK, ERIN E; O'CONNOR, JENNIFER A; O'LOUGHLIN, 

SHARON R; OLDAKER, EMILIA R; OLIVO, SYLVIA A; OMAHEN, MARY JOY; ORSENO, SAMANTHA; OSTEMA, SHARON R; PALO- 

MINO-KUK, SHARON J; PAMMER, LAUREN E; PANEGA, COLLEEN M; PAPPAS, CONSTANTINE J; PARDIKES, KRISTINE K; PATTER- 

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ROCHA, CLARIBEL; ROCHA, ELYANNA D; RONEY, JENNIFER L;RUCINSKI, MEREDITH A;RUSNAK, KELLI; RUZICH, MARGARET T; 

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SPAGNOLI, JENNA M; SSENYONJO, RACHAEL; STARTZ, JENNIFER M; STRONCZEK, MEGHAN M; SULAIMAN, ROBA; THORNE, MI- 

CHELLE A; TINNY, CATHERINE M;TOMLINSON, DEBRA A;TONEY, MONICA M; WALLIS, HELEN; WEBER, DEBORAH L; WELSH, 

KAREN; WEST, KEVIN; WHITE, CAROLYN; WHITE, MICHELLE; WILLIS, LAUREN A; WOJCIK, JILLIAN; WOLBERS, MEGHAN M; 

WRZESINSKI, MEGAN M; YAKAS, HEIDI; ZAYED, EZZIYAH F; ZUGHAYYER, JIHAN 

$90,000 - $9,999,999 

AHLGREN, KEELEE M; ALVAREZ, TORI R; ARRIAGA, ANDREA M; ARSENEAU, DEBORAH K; BENNETT, JENNIFER M; BERCHOS, 

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BROWN KEVIN H BRYK JOHN BUKOWSKI EVE BURNETT RENEE D CANNON JANETTAS KAREN A CARR MARY JEAN CAR 

; , ; , ; , ; , ; , ; 

BROWN, KEVIN H; BRYK, JOHN; BUKOWSKI, EVE; BURNETT, RENEE D;CANNON-JANETTAS, KAREN A; CARR, MARY JEAN; CAR- 

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DEANNA M; CROTTY, KATHLEEN F; DALY, ANDREA H; DANCZAK, LISA M; DEVRIES, KIMBERLY J; DINOVO, JOHN M; DOMICO, 

MELISSA A; DONLEVY, KELLY P; DOOGAN, HEIDI A; ELENTENY, KELLY A;ERSKINE, LORI; EVERS, LYNNETTE; FAHEY, ROSANNE; 

FELTMAN, BRENDA M; FENOLIO, TATIANA; FOERTSCH, CHERYL A; FOGARTY, BRIAN C; FOWLER, CYNTHIA R; GALE, RENEE M; 

GAVIN, COLLEEN M; GAWRON, ALLISON J; GODFREY, PATRICIA J; GOW, GARY M; GRASMAN, SHARON L; GUZY, JENNIFER; 

HACKETT, MEGAN N; HAENLE, SARA; HALL, CARITA M; HALLMAN, CARYN M; HASKETT, LORI; HAYDEN, ELIZABETH A; HAYES, 

JENNIFER C; HAZEN, DENISE M;HEITMANEK, ELI; HENNING, CHRISTINE L;HEUSER, NANCY E;HIRSCHMAN, NANCY M; HOBLIN, 

SHELAH B; HORN, BRIAN P;JENSEN, CATHERINE A;JENSEN, STEPHANIE A; JOHNSON, PENNY F; JOHNSON, VALERIE K; JOYCE, 

COLLEEN K; JOYCE, MARY JO; KANTOR, TIMOTHY T; KARCZEWSKI, DANA; KEEGAN, LORI A; KENNY, AMY B; KINSELLA, JOHN F; 

KMIECIK, AMY L; KNIGHT, CHERYL; KOKONAS, HOLLY L; KOLPAK, LAURA A; KOWALKOWSKI, DEBORAH L; KRESS, JILL L; LAB- 

RIOLA, CHRISTIE N; LALEZAS, KOULA; LATTING, TRACY L; LEACH, LISA A; LEE, BRENDA D; LEIB, DANIEL A; LIVA, GINA R;LY- 

ONS, MICHAEL S; MAHONEY, JUDITH E; MALINOSKI, JENNIFER S; MARINIER, WENDY J; MARQUARDT, MICHELLE L; MATHIAS, 

LORI A; MCCAHILL, JESSICA T; MCFARLIN, KARA L;MCGARRY, AMY J; MCINTYRE, ELIZABETH A; MCKENDRICK, JENNY; 

MCNICHOLAS, DENISE H; MILLIGAN, COURTNEY; MORGAN, CARLA; MORREY, LISA M; MURAD, KHAWLA A; MURPHY, KAREN M; 

MURPHY, KELLY B; MUSIELEWICZ, LAUREN M; NAPOLI, LORI R; NICHOLS, JENNIFER; NIGHTINGALE, JEFFREY E; O'CONNOR, 

CARA M; O'CONNELL, REBECCA O'GRADY, NANCY A; OBERWISE, JULIE A; OBRADOVICH, JEFF A; OGEAN, ANGELINE M; PAJEAU, 

KEVIN M; PATLA, CATHLEEN L; PEARSON, JUDY A; PERICAK, KIMBERLY A; PETRONE-JORDAN, LINDA R; PFEFFER, GRETCHEN L; 

PIERSON, PATRICIA M; PIET, MARY M; PIETRAS, KERRI A; PLOTKE, VALERIE M; PROROK, DANIEL R; RANDOLPH, MARILYN F; 

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ROEDL, MARGARET M; ROWE, JOANNE; RUPPERT, STEVEN; RUSSELL, VICTORIA J;SCHAFFER, LISA M; SCHEDIN, SHEILA A; 

SCHMIDT, DANA; SCHOTT, LISA M; SCHULTZ, TARA V; SHALASH, LUCIANA S; SILVER, KATHLEEN M; SIMMS, MARY C; SIMONS, 

ANNETTE; SKOGSBERG, DIRK E; SMITH, LAURA A; SNEED, LISA ANN SANTORO; SNYDER, DAVID H; SOKOL, CHRISTINE A; 

SOLDAN, KRISTYN L; SOTZEN, SANDRA B; STACHURA, NANCY L;STEDMAN, JENNIFER A; SWANSON, FAITH M; TEBELMAN, MI- 

CHELLE R; URBON, KRISTEN E;VELAZQUEZ-THOMPSON, ROXANE; VOLLAN, KIMBERLY G; WEGLEWSKI, AIMEE L; WEINSTEIN, 

RANDI J; WELLS, MARY K; WESTIN, STACY L; WESTON, LISA F; WOODSON, PAUL; WRIGLEY, CATHRYN D; ZEDER, LYNN M; ZOPF, 

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RIA; BAIER, MAFALDA; BAMIEH, SIREEN; BARBARO, JACQUELINE M; BAXTER, KELLY M; BETHKE, DONALD; BIBBIANO, TRICIA 

A; BOLADZ, SANDRA A;BOROWSKI, MICHELLE L;BOUNATSOS, NIKOLETA; CHUDZIK, DEBRA A;CIALDELLA, KAREN M; CON- 

NERS, KATHLEEN M; CURTIN, GEORGE; DABABNEH, RANA; DOLL, SUZANNE; DOMAN, EVAGELIA; DONNELLY, LORI L; 

DOYLE, NANCY E; DURAN JR, DAVID V;EBY, SHARON A; FAIFER, JULIE; FARRAR, KATIE A; FOLEY, VICTORIA; FOUNTAS, SU- 

ZANNE C; FRAZIER, JILLIAN M; FURIO, KELLY M; GARRETT, MELANIE; GARZA, BERTA; GARZA, SILVIA; GEORGE, BRENDA S; 

GLASCOTT, REGINA A; GOODRICH-KIECANA, TAMMY A; GREEN, DOROTHY; GUTIERREZ, MICHELLE; HAASE, LAURA M; HAWKS- 

WORTH, KRISTIN; HEIMERL, LYNN E; HERRERA, MARNER; HIDLEBAUGH, TARA L; HITTLE, CARRIE; HOLLADAY, HEATHER L; 

HUFF, KAREN K; ISSA, LAYLIA; JAMES, CHRISTIN T; KAMUDA, MARSHA L; KARBO, APHRODITE; KATAUSKAS-BIGOTT, ELIZA- 

BETH; KEHOE, VICKIE M; KLIMOWSKI, DANUTA A; KOWALSKI, JENNIFER; KRASOWSKI, BARBARA J; KROLL, ELISE R; 

KRUIZENGA, BETH B; KUNKA, SONYA; LABRIOLA, SHARON; LAMORTE, KRISTINA; LICATA, DONNA R; LOICHINGER, PATTI A; 

LOMBARDO, MARGARET E; LOOFT, LAURIE A; LUKE, MICHELLE A;LUSA, TAMARA MARIE; LYVERS, KAREN M; LYVERS, RILEY C; 

MARDOIAN, DEBORA B; MARS, SANDRA J; MASE, JENNIFER NICOLE; MASLOW, KELLI ANNE; MATKE, MICHELE; MCANDREW, 

MEAGHAN; MCDONNELL, DONNA; MCFEE, EDWARD J; MCGUIRE, BERNADINE R; MILLER, SHARI L; MOLNAR, LISA A; MOONEY, 

MARIE E; MORGAN, SANDRA; MUELLER, DEBRA R; MYRDA, DIANE M; NAMIROWSKI, LYNN; NAROLESKI, NICOLE; NELSON, 

DENISE M; NELSON, LAURA; NIEZGODA, DAWN; O'BRIEN, LISA; O'DONNELL, DENISE; O'NEILL, SANDRA A; O'SULLIVAN, PATRICIA 

M; O'SULLIVAN, TERESA L; OBERHEU, TYLER; OSTEMA, JACOB C; PALACIOS, ANA R; PALUMBO, CHRISTINE; PESEK, DENISE L; 

PHILLIPS, CAROL; PIECH, JUDY L; PISZCZOR, DIANA; PLUISTER, LINDSAY; PRIMOZIC, GERALD R;RANDAZZO, MICHELLE D;RHO- 

DES, MARSHA J; RIVERA, DANA; ROAT, SHARI C;ROBERTS, JEANNE M;ROHAN, SHARON C; SANTUCCI, JEANNIFER M; SARNO, 

JANET; SCHACKLE, PAULA M;SCHMIDT, LAUREN; SCHMID, SUSAN T; SHAHEEN, KATHRYN E; SILKOWSKI, KIM E; SISTO, MARY 

ELLEN; SPANOS, ESTHER; STEFANIAK, PATRICIA; STUBENFOLL, KRISTINE; SUMMERS, DEBORAH J; TARANTINO, MARIROSE; 

TIETZ, PAMELA D; TORBIK, KAREN D; URBAUER, TONI; VACCARO, KIMBERLY A; VARI, SUSAN T; WESTMAN, KIMBERLY A; WILK, 

RAYMOND RICHARD; WILLIS, NICOLE L; WILLIS, RYNE; WILLIS, SYLWIA; WRIGHT, REBECCA; WRIGLEY, THOMAS; ZAREMBA, 

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$25,000 - $39,999 

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BRADLEY, DEBBIE L; BURKE, JACQUELINE MARIE; CHAPPLE, CATHERINE T; CHIAPPETTI, ANNEMARIE; CRAMER, CHRISTINE E; 

DAILY, STEPHEN J; DALUGA, JANE E; DEFRIES, KATHRYN L; DEGRADO, TAMMIE; DUEHR, LYNN M; DUGAN, BRIAN M; ELLIOTT, 

CAROL J; FEINBERG, SUSAN M; FERRANTELLI, CHRISTINE R; FINK, LISA M; FLORES, MARCELA; FONDRIEST, GERALYN M; 

FOY, MICHAEL D; GAROUFALIS, LENORE A; GAWRON, RENEE; GEORGIOU, STEPHANIE A;GLADE, SHARON S; GREENFIELD, GERA- 

LYN M;GRIFFITH, KATHLEEN A; HALL, GREGORY A; HARRIS, JILL C;HEALY, VICKIE; HEENAN, DONNA J; HORKEY, LAWRENCE G; 

JILEK, RAYMOND A; KALAS, DAVID; KAUTH, CYNTHIA M; KITCHEN, JACQUELINE M; KNITTLE, SEAN A; KOCH, JEFFREY T; 

KOLODZIEJCZYK, JENNIFER L; KUECHER, CONSTANCE A; KUS-GRONOWSKI, ROBIN F; LAMMEL III, WILLIAM G; LAPAGE, CLAR- 

ENCE E; LAPINSKI, CHRISTINE M; LAUREN, MARY E;LILLY, DONNA E; LINNERT, STACEY M; LOWERY, CHRISTINE P;LUGOVSKA, 

LILIYA; LUGOVSKOY, VOLODYMYR; MAHONEY, WILLIAM J; MAIOLO, HELEN M; MARDOIAN, CAROL L; MELKA, NANCY J; MILO- 

SOVIC, MARTIN M; MOTEN, ALICIA D; MUFTIC, SABRINA T; MULLEN, DEBRA J;NEUHAUS, ASHLEY N; NEUHAUS, NANCY T; 

NICHOLS, LAURA L; NOWACZYK, MARY A; OHRN, ERIK R; OLLESTAD, CINNAMON; PALERMO, COLLEEN M; PALUTSIS, CON- 

STANCE T; PANAGIOTAROS, EKATERINI; PANOZZO, MARGARET M; PARADAY, SUSAN P; PATLA, JAMES J;PERTCHI, MATTHEW J; 

POLASKI, JOAN T; POLIT, MARIE L; POZEN, MISTY M; QUERO, SANDRA M; REKAR, JUDY A;REYNOLDS, LORI M; RZEPKA, JENNI- 

FER M; RZEPKA, PETER R; SANFILIPPO, MEGAN C; SCHERECK, CHERYL L; SCHERZINGER, ROBERT; SCHMITZ, LISA M; 

SCHOUT, MARGARETTE E; SCHUBER, SANDRA M; SCHULTZ, CONSTANCE E; SIEGEL, DEBBORA L; SMITH, KATHRYN; SPATZ, WIL- 

LIAM E; SPEARS, MICHELLE M; STINE JR, WILLIAM J; SULLIVAN, JULIE J; SVATOS, ROBERT; TANZER, KATHLEEN M; VALENTINE, 

JACQUELINE L; WATT, NANCY J; WERR, RICHARD G; WHITE, AMY M; WICZEK, MARTHA E; WISZ, KRYSTYNA T; ZARATE, JUDY L 

$40,000 - $59,999 

BAINBRIDGE, ELIZABETH ANN; BURNS, CHERYL L;CASPER, DEAN A; CAVALIER, KATHY S; CUNNINGHAM, KIMBERLY K; DEL- 

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KACZMAREK, HELEN A; KEHL, LORI L; KILLEEN, LISA; KRONBERG, KENNETH; LAZARSKI, KATHERINE M; LENT, MARIANNE L; 

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MUCHNA, JULIE A; NOREIKIS, MARY JO; PAPADATOS, PANAGIOTA; PARKER, SAMANTHA J; PARZYCH, LOTTIE; PECORA, STACY; 

PELOQUIN, RITA M; POZEN, MICHAEL J; PUSTZ, KATHLEEN M; REDING, MICHAEL JOHN; SCHOEN, ANGELIQUE J;SCHRANK, DE- 

BRA L; SENDRA, FRANK A; SNEED, CURTIS E; SPYRISON, DEBORAH L; TOPF, LEE A; WALSH, MELANIE; WALSH JR, RAYMOND M; 

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$60,000 - $9,999,999 

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GLAUM, LISA A; GORMAN, KIMBERLY J; HALLMAN JR, RONALD P; HANSEN, RICHARD L; HOOD, ROBIN H; HUGHES, GERALD R; 

KLEIN, WILLIAM G; KOPECKY, STEVEN W; MAKSA, TAMMY M; MARGETIS, KATHY; MATEGRANO, JILL L; MEREDITH, MEGAN L; 

MUKITE, JAMES; OLSON, JILL A; OWENS, SUZANNE R; PALUSZKIEWICZ, STANLEY; PLUTA, WILLIAM R; RINI, VINCENT P; ROT- 

KVICH, MARK D; SALVATORE, NICOLA M; SARGAUTIS, LYNDA D; SCHULZ, THEODORE E; SENDRA JR, JOSEPH; SEROPIAN, DON- 

ALD T; SIMMS, ERIC M; SQUIRE, DAVID A 

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Orland Park’s Dakota (left) and Jordan Austin pose after winning state cyclocross 

championships on Nov. 9. PHOTO SUBMITTED 

CYCLING 

Orland Park’s Austin sisters win cycling titles 

STAFF REPORT 

Two sisters. Two championships. 

Orland Park sisters Jordan, 15, and Dakota, 

13, Austin both took home championships 

in the Illinois Cycling Cyclocross 

State Championships Nov. 9 at Emricson 

Park in Woodstock. 

Jordan, a sophomore at Sandburg, won 

races in the Junior 15-18 division and the 

Women’s Category 3-4 division. She was 

the defending state champion in the 15-18 

division and owns three state titles in two 

years. 

Dakota, who attends Orland Junior 

High, wiped out in the mud in her Junior 

9-14 division race but recovered and 

earned the title. 

Both are members of the Chicagobased 

xXx Racing Team.

OPPrairiedaily.com sports 


ATHLETE OF THE WEEK 

10 Questions 

with Elise Ward 

Orland Park’s Elise Ward 

is a freshman at Marist 

who plays volleyball and 

basketball. She was on the 

Marist varsity volleyball 

roster that finished third in 

the state in Class 3A. 

How did you get 

started in volleyball? 

I started playing volleyball 

for St. Michael’s 

instructional team in third 

grade. At first, I thought it 

was really boring, but my 

parents told me to stick 

with it because it gets better 

as you get older. 

How did you get 

started in basketball? 

I started playing basketball 

for OYA in third 

grade. Before I started 

playing, I didn’t think that 

I’d like it, but after playing, 

I loved it. 

What is your greatest 

accomplishment in 

sports? 

Going down state this 

year with the Marist volleyball 

team. 

Do you have any 

pump-up music you 

listen to before 

matches? 

“Win” by Jay Rock. 

Is there something 

people don’t know 

about you? 

I’m a really picky eater. 

Is there a movie you 

could watch over and 

over without getting 

bored with it? 

“Elf” because it so funny. 

Is there a TV show 

you could binge watch 

forever? 

“Stranger Things” because 

it’s so detailed that 

you miss things the first 

time you watch it. 

Is there anyone – 

dead or alive – who 

you would like to have 

a dinner with? 

My cousin Brendan 

JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

[McNicholas] who passed 

from cancer in 2015 at the 

age of 22 because I miss 

him and would like to see 

him. 

If they made a movie 

about your life, who 

should play you 

My dad [Neil] would 

play me because everyone 

says I’m exactly like him. 

What would the movie 

be called? 

“Freaky Friday 2’. 

Interview conducted by 

Sports Editor Jeff Vorva 

THIS WEEK IN 

SANDBURG VARSITY ATHLETICS 

BOYS BASKETBALL 

■Nov. ■ 27 – at Spartan Ram Classic, 6:30 p.m. 

■Nov. ■ 29 – at Spartan Ram Classic, TBA 

■Dec. ■ 3 – hosts Lemont, 6 p.m. 

■Dec. ■ 5 – at Lincoln-Way Central, 7 p.m. 

BOYS BOWLING 

■Dec. ■ 2 – hosts Richards, 4:30 p.m. 

■Dec. ■ 3 – hosts Bradley, 4:30 p.m. 

■Dec. ■ 5 – at Lincoln-Way West, 4:30 p.m. 

WRESTLING 

■Nov. ■ 27 – hosts Joliet Central, 5 p.m. 

■Nov. ■ 30 – at Conant Invite, 9 a.m. 

■Dec. ■ 5 – hosts Lincoln-Way West, 5 p.m. 

GIRLS BASKETBALL 

■Nov. ■ 27 – at Hinsdale South Invite, 6 p.m. 



■Dec. ■ 3 – hosts Lemont, 4:30 p.m. 

GIRLS BOWLING 

■Dec. ■ 4 – at Hinsdale South, 4 p.m. 

GIRLS GYMNASTICS (Co-op team based at Andrew) 

■Dec. ■ 4 – hosts Lincoln-Way East, 5:30 p.m. 

AREA SPORTS ROUNDUP 

Jacobs earns All-America honors after NCAA Championships 

JEFF VORVA, Sports Editor 

In his first jaunt in the 

NCAA Championships, 

former Sandburg running 

star Dylan Jacobs earned 

an All-America honor. 

Jacobs, who was redshirted 

last year and did not 

compete for the University 

of Notre Dame, led the 

Fighting Irish men’s cross 

country team with a 29thplace 

finish in 31 minutes, 

12.9 seconds on Saturday, 

Nov. 23 at the LaVern Gibson 

Championship Cross 

Country Course in Terre 

Haute, Indiana. 

That helped lead the 

Fighting Irish to an eighthplace 

finish, its best finish 

since 2005. 

Notre Dame finished 

with 269 points, 19 points 

behind seventh-place 

Michigan. Brigham Young 

University won the NCAA 

National Championship 

with 109 points. 

It was the second week 

in a row that he led his 

team. On Nov. 15, Jacobs 

ran his first competitive 

collegiate 10K race for the 

Irish and finished eighth 

in the NCAA Great Lakes 

Regional at the Zimmer 

Championship Course in 

Madison, Wisconsin. 

Tennis honor anyone? 

Sandburg senior Julia 

Canellis was named the 

SouthWest Suburban Conference’s 

Blue Division 

Tennis Player of the Year. 

Canellis and doubles 

partner Jayme Gross finished 

in the top 16 in the 

Illinois High School Association 

Class 2A state tournament 

in October. 

She is a four-time state 

qualifier. 

4 

Notre Dame’s Dylan 

Jacobs, a former 

Sandburg standout runner 

in track and cross country, 

earned an All-America 

medal for his run at the 

NCAA Championships 

on Saturday, Nov. 23. 

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GIRLS BASKETBALL 

2 

Eagles making impressions early in the season 


If first impressions mean 

anything, Sandburg’s girls 

basketball team can shoot 

from long range. 

If second impressions 

mean anything, the Eagles 

are capable of shaking off 

rough patches and making 

comebacks. 

Sandburg opened the 

season nailing 11 3-point 

baskets in a 69-42 home 

victory over St. Laurence 

on Nov. 18. 

Sophomore Erin 

O’Connor, who was on the 

varsity last season, opened 

the Eagles season hitting a 

3-pointer to start the barrage. 

She finished with 

12 points. Senior Grace 

Badon led the Eagles with 

15 points and freshman 

Josie Canellis came off the 

bench to score 13 in her 

debut. 

The points did not come 

as easy the next night in 

the first round of the Hinsdale 

South Tournament 

as they mustered just 16 

points in the first 16 minutes 

against Plainfield 

South and trailed 21-16, 

but came out in the second 

half and put the defensive 

clamps on and got 

the offense rolling in a 

42-32 victory. O’Connor 

had 14 points including 

eight free throws down 

the stretch. 

Stop the Perezes! 

St. Laurence came into 

Sandburg’s gym with a 

couple of young Orland 

Park sisters who could 

make a big impact on 

coach George Shimko’s 

Vikings program in the 

coming years. 

Sophomore Ashley 

Perez and her freshman 

sister, Anna, combined for 

Sandburg’s Grace Badon (left), who led Sandburg in scoring with 15 points, defends 

Orland Park sophomore Ashley Perez of St. Laurence on Nov. 18. PHOTOS BY JEFF 

VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

six points in the setback to 

Sandburg. 

Anna started the game 

and hit a 3-pointer for the 

Vikings’ first points of the 

season. 

“We expect a lot of production 

out of both girls,” 

Shimko said. “They are 

really good shooters and 

Anna can also really get to 

the basket.” 

The two attended Cardinal 

Joseph Bernardin 

School. 

Nat debuts for NCC 

Natalie Stavroploulos 

made her debut for 

North Central College and 

played her first competitive 

basketball game since 

suffering a season-ending 

ACL injury in November 

of her senior year at Sandburg 

last season. 

She came off the bench 

to play four minutes on 

Nov. 11 in an 80-75 loss 

to Dubuque in Naperville. 

She averaged a point a 

minute as she scored four 

points, including hitting 

both of her free throws 

Stavropoulos’s playing 

time increased to 15 

minutes the second time 

around and she scored 

seven points and grabbed 

two rebounds in a 62-43 

victory over Concordia- 

Wisconsin. 

She is leading the team 

in free throw percentage 

with .714 as she hit 5-of- 

7 in her two appearances 

in the Cardinals first four 

games. 

OP athletes helping 

Cyclones 

Former Sandburg player 

Erin Greenfield was averaging 

10.3 points per game 

to help Moraine Valley 

Community College get 

out to a 5-3 start this season. 

The sophomore was 

third on the team in scoring 

and was shooting at a 

44 percent clip. 

Another former Eagle, 

Nicole Poole, was averaging 

7.8 points per contest 

for the Cyclones and the 

sophomore was third on 

the team with six 3-pointers 

made. 

The Cyclones’ 3-point 

specialist has been freshman 

Kirsten Kamholz, 

who drained 17 and is 

averaging a team-high 

14.3 points per contest. 

Kamholz is an Orland 

Park native who 

attended Andrew High 

School. 

Look out! 

The Eagles are hosting 

their first holiday tournament 

from Dec. 26-28 and 

one of the teams coming to 

town is Joliet West, which 

is young and dangerous 

with three freshmen on the 

squad who get plenty of 

playing time. 

The Tigers opened the 

season at the Lincoln-Way 

Central tournament with 

a 62-34 victory over Oak 

Forest and came back with 

a 52-12 triumph over Andrew 

in the second round 

of pool play. Freshman 

Lisa Thompson led West 

with 16 points against the 

T-Bolts and she is already 

considered a Division I 

Sandburg forward Maggie Manthey (left) and Orland 

Park freshman Anna Perez watch Perez’s shot in the 

season opener for both teams. 

Sandburg freshman Josie Canellis opened her high 

school career coming off the bench and scoring 13 

points against St. Laurence. 

prospect. 

Coming up 

The Eagles, who beat 

Wheaton St. Francis , 

34-32, on Saturday, Nov. 

23 in the second round 

of pool play, wrap up action 

at the Hinsdale South 

Tournament as it continues 

from Wednesday, Nov. 27 

through Saturday, Nov. 30. 

The team comes home 

on Tuesday, Dec. 3 for a 

girls/boys doubleheader 

against Lemont. The girls 

game starts at 4:30 p.m. 

and the boys make their 

home debut at 6 p.m.

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22nd Century Media chose the best girls volleyball players based on coach and writer 

recommendations, as well as player statistics, in its seven-town southwest suburban coverage area 

to place them on one super team — Team 22. The team features student-athletes from Lincoln- 

Way Central, LW East, LW West, Providence Catholic, Andrew, Lockport Township, Tinley Park and 

Sandburg high schools. 

—Compiled by 22nd Century Media staff 

First team 

OH: Izabela Gorys, senior, 

Providence 

317 kills, 245 digs. All-GCAC 

Red, All-Tournament at 

Rich East and Oak Lawn. 

Six-rotation player was the 

Celtics’ go-to player at the 

net, helping them reach a 

sectional final for the first 

time since 2005. Headed 

to Eckerd College for beach 

volleyball. 

OH: Brianna Haggerty, 

senior, Andrew 

279 kills, 161 digs, 35 aces. 

All-SWSC Red. Dynamic 

offensive weapon led the 

Thunderbolts to their first 

sectional championship 

game appearance since 

2003. Committed to North 

Carolina-Wilmington for 

indoor and beach volleyball. 

OH: Jess Pappas, senior, 

Lincoln-Way East 

275 kills, 200 digs, 18 

aces. All-SWSC Blue. 

Already a top offensive 

player, Pappas became 

much more well-rounded 

this season, playing all six 

rotations consistently for 

the first time and making 

major contributions on 

defense. Signed with 

Wisconsin-Parkside. 

OH: Shelby Stefanon, senior, 

Sandburg 

278 kills, 240 digs, 30 aces, 

19 blocks. All-SWSC Blue. 

One of the most well-rounded 

players in the area, Stefanon 

was as effective in the back 

row as she was in the front. 

She helped Sandburg win 34 

games and its first sectional 

title since 2004. 

M: Leena Ajibola, senior, 

Lockport 

152 kills, 55.5 blocks, 46 

digs. All-Tournament at 

Plainfield North. No other 

area player made as much of 

an impact in the middle as 

Ajibola. Lockport coach Nick 

Mraz said her 55.5 blocks 

“do not do justice to how 

many good touches she had 

and how often she disrupted 

what the other side wanted 

to do offensively.” 

S: Ava Porada, junior, 


612 assists, 179 digs, 26 

kills, 19 aces. The only 

junior to crack this tough 

first-team list, Porada 

was the top table-setter 

in the area. In addition to 

her assist totals, she was 

strong defensively and a 

tough server. 

L: Rachel Krasowski, senior, 

Sandburg 

705 digs, 111 assists, 45 

aces. All-SWSC Blue. Good 

luck getting a ball down with 

Krasowski in the back row. 

The DePaul recruit, who led 

the Eagles to the Elite Eight, 

shattered her own singleseason 

school digs record 

of 541 from her junior 

season. Her 2,136 career 

digs are also a school 

record. 

Honorable mention 

OH: Katie Barry, senior, LW Central; Katie 

Little, senior, LW West; Gillian Peterson, junior, 

Providence; Sidona Rao, sophomore, Sandburg; 

Juliana Warfield, sophomore, Providence 

RS: Emma Kein, senior, LW East. 

S: Haley Farrell, senior, Sandburg; Dovile 

Gorys, sophomore, Lockport; Abby Lab, junior, 

Providence. 

L: Kylie Adams, senior, Andrew; Amelia 

Bresnahan, senior, Tinley Park; Brooklyn 

Condon, sophomore, LW Central; Vittoria Conte, 

junior, Providence; Kirsten Leitshuh, senior, LW 

West. 

second team 

OH: Emily Kleffman, senior, 

Tinley Park 


24 blocks. All-SSC Blue. 

School record holder for 

season and career kills. 

OH: Taylor Morgan, senior, 

Lockport 


22.5 blocks. All-SWSC Blue. 

Committed to Southern 

Illinois. 

RS: Keegan Carey, junior, 

Sandburg 

269 kills, 65 digs, 28 blocks. 

RS: Nadia Goich, junior, 

Lockport 


22.5 blocks. All-SWSC 

Blue. Committed to New 

Hampshire. 

M: Ellie Watson, junior, 

Sandburg 

128 kills, 74 blocks. 

S: Nicole Ramirez, senior, 

Lincoln-Way Central 

567 assists, 192 digs, 48 

aces. All-SWSC Red. 

L: Kaleigh Ritter, junior, 


471 digs, 36 aces, 30 

assists.



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Swimming 

Giglio-Fasel tag-team ends with another state appearance 


4 

The Sandburg 200 free relay team of pose before 

heading to the IHSA state meet, where it finished in 28th 

place with a time of 1 minute, 42.37 seconds. PHOTO 

SUBMITTED 

When Sandburg sophomore 

diver Maddie Giglio 

and diving coach Leslie 

Fasel had their first practice 

together, well, let’s just say 

they were both learning on 

the job. 

“[Sandburg swimming 

coach] Anna [McBride] 

asked me to coach diving, 

and I said ‘absolutely not,’ 

because I’m a gymnast and 

I was a gymnastics coach 

all of my career and I didn’t 

know anything about diving,” 

Fasel said. “I never 

dove.” 

But she took the job and 

had a willing-to-learn pupil 

in Giglio. 

“Maddie and I came in at 

the same level,” Fasel said. 

“We knew nothing about 

diving.” 

Nothing became something. 

And something became 

something else. 

The final order of business 

in the Giglio/Fasel 

partnership just concluded 

over the weekend. Giglio 

did not have the finish she 

was looking for as she 

placed 42nd out of 48 divers 

in the preliminaries of 

the Illinois High School Association 

State Swimming 

and Diving Finals on Friday, 

Nov. 22 at New Trier 

High School in Winnetka. 

Her prelim efforts netted 

her 166.35 points and that 

was not enough to make 

it to the top-16 semifinals. 

Still, it was her second trip 

to the state finals and she 

earned a scholarship to dive 

at the University of Toledo. 

“Maddie had a great 

season, unfortunately she 

Sandburg diving coach Leslie Fasel keeps a watchful eye on Maddie Giglio during 

the Lockport Sectional on Nov. 16. Two years ago, the two were diving novices and 

since then, Giglio became a two-time state qualifier in the sport. JEFF VORVA/22ND 

CENTURY MEDIA 

didn’t fare with the outcome 

she hoped,” Fasel 

said. “She has a great opportunity 

to continue on 

with the University of Toledo 

and be the best diver 

she can be.” 

On the swimming side, 

junior Jenna Falsey claimed 

32nd out of 33 qualifiers in 

the 500-yard freestyle with 

a time of 5 minutes, 26.47 

seconds. 

The 200 free relay team 

of Maureen Flannery, Erin 

Barry, Julia Barry and Colleen 

Donnell took 28th out 

of 29 competitors with a 

1:42.37. But the future of 

those swimmers is bright 

as Flannery and Julia Barry 

are freshmen, Erin Barry is 

a sophomore and Donnell 

is a junior. 

Heading into the state 

competition, Giglio had 

two great meets in a row. 

She set a personal-best record 

of 429.60 on Nov. 2 

at the SouthWest Suburban 

Conference meet and 

two weeks later busted 

that mark wide open with 

a 446.20 at the Lockport 

Sectional. 

Last year, she finished 

21st in the state, missing the 

16-diver semifinals. 

Now that the diving season 

is over, she is heading 

back to high school 

gymnastics again with the 

newly merged District 230 

co-op team. 

“It’s more for fun – to be 

with the team again,” Giglio 

said. ” 

Fasel is looking forward 

to the boys diving season. 

“It’s going to be fun,” 

she said. “We had a diver 

[Cody Thill] who finished 

eighth in the state and we 

are hoping to improve on 

that.” 

Our staff’s predictions for the top games for all eight state championship games 

OK, this is it for 16 football teams in Illinois and 

six Press Box Pickers in the 22nd Century Media 

office. We are picking all eight IHSA championship 

football games and chances are good that many 

on the panel could not tell you where some of the 

teams in the smaller classes are, geographically. 

Vorva’s one-game lead? That could shrivel up 

quickly if Czaja, Millar or anyone else gets hot. 

Game of the Week 

• Class 8A: LW East (13-0) vs. Warren (13-0). 

Other Games 

• Class 1A: Lena-Winslow (13-0) vs. Central A&M (13-0) 

• Class 2A: Nashville (12-1) vs. Sterling Newman (12-1) 

• Class 3A: Byron (12-1) vs. Williamsville (13-0) 

• Class 4A: Richmond-Burton (13-0) vs. Murphysboro 

(11-2) 

• Class 5A: St. Rita (10-3) vs. Rochester (12-1) 

• Class 6A: Prairie Ridge (12-1) vs. E. St. Louis (Sr.) 

(13-0) 

• Class 7A: Nazareth (13-0) vs. Mt. Carmel (13-0) 

56-13 

Jeff Vorva | 

Sports Editor 

• LWE 30, Warren 21. Another state 

title for the Griffs has been in the 

cards since last year’s shocking loss 

to Loyola in the semis. 

• Lena-Winslow 

• Sterling 

• Byron 

• Richmond-Burton 

• St. Rita 

• East St. Louis 

• Nazareth 

55-14 

Thomas Czaja | 

Senior Editor 

• LWE 17, Warren 14. Griffins 

emerge victorious from epic battle 

to win state title. 


• Nashville 

• Williamsville 


• St. Rita 


• Nazareth 

54-15 

Steve Millar | 

Sports Editor 

• LWE 20, Warren 14. The two best 

defenses in the state square off, but 

it’s the Griffins who have enough 

big-play potential on offense to 

get it done. 

• Central A&M 

• Sterling Newman 

• Byron 


• St. Rita 


• Nazareth 

51-18 

Joe Coughlin | 

Publisher 

• LWE 20, Warren 7. Defensive 

slugfest with Griffins making big 

plays necessary for a title. 


• Sterling Newman 

• Byron 


• Rochester 


• Mt. Carmel 

50-19 

Sean Hastings | 

Contributing Editor 

• LWE 42, Warren 28. Griffins finish 

season undefeated, AJ Henning has 

a huge game. 


• Nashville 

• Byron 

• Murphysboro 

• St. Rita 


• Mt. Carmel 

48-21 

Heather Warthen | 

Chief Marketing Officer 

• LWE 28, Warren 14. Griffins bring 

home another trophy for the case. 


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Sandburg/Stagg merger improves district gymnastics 

3 


The first day of practice 

for the newly formed District 

230 co-op girls gymnastics 

team was ready to 

get started at Andrew High 

School. 

Andrew gymnasts were 

already in the house on 

Nov. 13. Sandburg’s girls 

dropped in, followed by 

Stagg’s athletes. The team 

members were looking at, 

and buzzing about, the 

Andrew jackets and new 

leotards, which have the 

colors of all three schools. 

Some stretching was in 

order before serious practice 

was to begin. 

All seemed well. 

Until the vault landing 

mat that was transported 

from Sandburg to Andrew 

was missing in action. This 

was an important piece of 

equipment. A lot of equipment 

made the trip from 

the second floor in the gym 

in Orland Park to the second-floor 

gymnastics area 

in Tinley Park. 

Not all of the equipment 

was usable. Some of it 

went into a dumpster outside 

of the school. 

After a few minutes of 

looking for the vault landing 

mat, it was discovered 

that it, too, accidentally 

took an unceremonious 

trip to the dumpster. 

And that is how coach 

Allison Hack’s first day of 

practice with her extended 

team started. 

Once the mat was pulled 

out of the dumpster, all 

was well, and now that 

the gymnastics program is 

three-teams strong, she is 

hoping all will stay well. 

“I’m happy to work 

with the student athletes 

from Sandburg and Stagg 

and create one D230 family,” 

she said. “We now 

Coach Allison Hack talks to some of her gymnasts during the first practice involving all three District 230 teams. 

JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

feel like we can compete 

with some of the top 

teams in Illinois. We’re 

looking forward to that. It 

will be exciting.” 

Last year, the T-Bolts 

had just one state qualifier, 

then-junior Bella Lapera. 

With Sandburg-Stagg in 

the fold, that brought in 

another state qualifier in 

Taylor Talley. 

As a bonus — a really 

big bonus — Sandburg’s 

Maddie Giglio said she 

would make her return 

to gymnastics this week 

after her diving season 

ended at the Illinois High 

School Association state 

meet over the weekend. 

Giglio is a well-decorated 

athlete who finished third 

in the state on the balance 

beam her sophomore season. 

She left gymnastics 

her junior year to pursue 

diving and was rewarded 

with a scholarship offer to 

the University of Toledo, 

which she gladly accepted. 

This team has some serious 

firepower in those 

three. 

Freshman Natalie Drnec 

from Sandburg is someone 

to also watch. 

“I knew her when she 

was a baby,” Talley said. 

“When she was young, I 

said that this girl was going 

to be good.” 

Others on the roster who 

are aiming to make an impact 

are Andrew’s Claire 

Scheulin, Sandburg’s Julia 

Kobel, Abigail Vaughn- 

Lee, Devin Dubsky and 

Stagg’s Kamilia Harkabuz 

and Jill Magafas. 

Sandburg, which 

morphed into the Sandburg-Stagg 

co-op team, 

had a good history under 

27-year coach Mike White, 

including a second-place 

state finish in the state in 

2009 and a third-place finish 

in 1995 plus numerous 

regional championships as 

well as six sectional titles. 

Eight Eagles have finished 

in the Top 6 in the 

state, and April Hunt won 

a state title in the vault 

event in 2003 and Krystyn 

Misheck earned a state 

championship in the floor 

exercise nine years later. 

White retired last year 

and when Sandburg officials 

assessed all aspects 

of the program, the move 

to Andrew made sense. 

“It’s something we’ve 

talked about since I’ve 

been here — for four years 

now,” Sandburg Athletic 

Director Tom Freyer said. 

“We felt this is a natural 

time to do it. This would 

be a great way to allow our 

athletes to participate in 

gymnastics. After looking 

at our coaching staff and 

facility constraints, we’ve 

been practicing at Gym- 

Kinetics for the past four 

years.” 

The athletes are mingling 

well so far. 

“We knew a lot of their 

gymnasts from the last 

couple of years, and they 

were really nice,” Lapera 

said. “Now, they are on 

our team. 

“It should be exciting,” 

she said. “Everyone has 

been practicing so hard 

over the summer. There 

is so much improvement 

from my teammates, and 

Sandburg and Stagg coming 

in — we have a lot of 

talent this year.” 

Talley is also looking 

forward to the season. 

“I honestly don’t think 

it’s that weird,” Talley 

said. “A lot of us have 

practiced together in club 

gymnastics. I don’t see 

a problem. We get new 

people in every year with 

freshmen. It’s an adjustment 

with everyone coming 

to a new place, but I 

think we will get over that 

pretty fast.” 

The new team makes 

its debut Wednesday, Dec. 

4, at Andrew against the 

Lincoln-Way co-op team. 

Maddie Giglio, a Sandburg athlete who gave up 

gymnastics last season after enjoying two successful 

seasons, will return to the sport on the District 230 coop 

team. 22ND CENTURY MEDIA FILE PHOTO 

Hack is looking forward 

to Jan. 4, when the T-Bolts 

take over hosting the fifth 

Erin Olmsted Invitational, 

which has been a staple at 

Sandburg. Last year, the 

meet drew 11 teams, and 

Lincoln-Way won its third 

title in four years. 

Hack ordered new leotards 

with colors from all 

three schools on them. 

“We wanted all of the 

schools represented,” she 

said. “This is going to be a 

fun year.”



fastbreak 

THURSDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK 

South Side legend Hallberg will be missed 

JEFF VORVA / 

22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

1st and 3 

WITH THE MERGER 

OF SANDBURG- 

STAGG’S CO-OP 

GIRLS GYMNASTICS 

TEAM WITH ANDREW 

(ABOVE), HERE ARE 

STATE CHAMPIONS 

FROM EACH SCHOOL 

1. Sandburg’s champions 

Sandburg had two 

state champions in 

gymnastics. April 

Hurt won the vault 

even in 2003 and 

Krystyn Misheck 

won the floor exercise 

in 2009. 

2. Andrew’s champ 

Andrew had one 

state champion in 

gymnastics. Heidi 

Helmke took first 

in the vault event 

in 1980. She also 

claimed fifth in the 

uneven parallel bars 

event that season. 

3. Stagg’s champ 

Stagg also had 

one state champion. 

In 1986, Lisa 

Peterson won both 

the vault and allaround 

events. 

Jeff Vorva 

Sports Editor 

Food for thought as 

Thanksgiving is 

about to arrive. 

At one time, I thought 

Bob Hallberg was going 

to coach St. Xavier University’s 

women’s basketball 

team and be the 

school’s athletic director 

forever. 

Sure, I knew it wasn’t 

going to be a reality. But 

as one year turned into 

another year, and the 

Cougars were rising from 

area power to national 

elite in women’s hoops, I 

was hoping that if anyone 

could beat Father Time, it 

would be Hallberg. 

But reality set in when 

he retired after last season 

after he was diagnosed 

with liver cancer and 

reality really set in on 

Nov. 19, when he died at 

age 75. 

Between his two jobs, 

the Cougars have had 

plenty of Orland Park 

and Tinley Park athletes 

attend the Chicago school 

and play sports there. 

He coached high school 

and college basketball for 

more than 50 years — all 

at Chicago schools. 

Hallberg never bragged 

about wins, championships, 

honors and Halls of 

Fame, but he did brag to 

me more than once about 

coaching in Chicago his 

entire career. 

He touched, shaped and 

molded many lives. 

I got to know him the 

last 15 or so years, and 

while we did not have a 

close relationship, he was 

always great to me and I 

was honored that he 

had a photo of himself 

that I took hanging in his 

office. 

He could be demanding 

as a coach, and I imagine 

as an AD, as well. 

One time when he 

was talking about an 

office job opening in the 

athletic department, he 

said, “This is the type of 

job where you can’t have 

a flat tire. You can’t call 

in sick.” 

So, the guy I hoped was 

going to coach forever is 

gone. 

A lot of people around 

the south suburbs and 

beyond are going to miss 

this guy. 

Reasons to be thankful 

The last couple of 

months have not been all 

that swell, health-wise, 

for your favorite columnist 

and sports editor. 

SXU coach and athletic director Bob Hallberg died last week and left a legacy in 

Chicago and the south suburbs. ST. XAVIER UNIVERSITY 

I had some stuff that 

doctors said could have 

killed me. But coach 

Hallberg would be proud 

that I did put out two 

sports sections a week 

while ill. I even wrote a 

few stories in the hospital. 

I am not completely out 

of the woods yet, but I am 

feeling a lot better and 

am trying to keep 

my sense of humor about 

it. I’ve been telling 

people I am living a Warren 

Zevon song called 

“My (bleep’s) (bleeped) 

Up. Check out his “Life’ll 

Kill Ya” album for the 

exact title. 

There are many people 

to thank, but three in 

particular are in the forefront. 

First, my wife Maggie, 

who stayed with me 

at the hospital morning, 

noon and night. She got 

to listen to me make 

jokes, complain and 

swear. She is also a nurse 

and, when we got home, 

she was able to hear me 

make jokes, complain and 

swear some more while 

she was getting my sorry 

carcass back into shape. 

She was not my guardian 

angel, because that would 

mean she is dead. But she 

was a guard and an angel, 

and I can’t thank her 

enough. 

Second, my boss, Bill 

Jones, has been understanding 

throughout 

this whole ordeal. And 

the night when those 

doctors said I could have 

died, he had driven me 

home, despite the fact 

that I insisted I was fine. 

Third, Lincoln-Way 

area Sports Editor Steve 

Millar went out of his 

way to get some quotes 

and photos for me while 

he was on his assignments. 

The guy was 

already busy enough and 

going that extra mile 

for me was appreciated 

greatly. I owe him bigtime. 

So even though life’s 

been a little rough, there 

are so many reasons to be 

thankful. 

LISTEN UP 

“We now feel like we can compete with some of the 

top teams in Illinois.” 

Allison Hack — Andrew girls gymnastics coach 

whose team merged with Sandburg and Stagg 

WHAT2WATCH 

BOYS BASKETBALL 

6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3 

• Sandburg makes its’ home debut against Lemont. 

The next home game will be Jan. 7. 

Index 

34 - Girls Basketball 

33 - Area Sports Roundup 

Compiled by Sports Editor Jeff Vorva, 

j.vorva@22ndcm.com

Orland Park’s Hometown Newspaper | November 27, 2019 

VOLLEYBALL STARS 

Teams 22 All-Area volleyball players 

are revealed, Page 35 

All-AMERICAN RUNNER 

Sandburg grad Dylan Jacobs’ first NCCA 

CC championships went well, Page 33 

Andrew coach says 

merger with Sandburg- 

Stagg could allow team 

to do damage at state, 

Page 38 

Andrew’s Bella Lapera (left) 

holds up an Andrew jacket and 

Sandburg’s Taylor Talley holds up a 

leotard with Sandburg, Andrew and 

Stagg colors as all three schools 

will form one girls gymnastics team. 

Lapera and Talley were state finals 

qualifiers last year. JEFF VORVA/22ND 

CENTURY MEDIA 

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