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new lenox’s Award-Winning Hometown Newspaper NewLenoxPatriotDaily.com • January 9, 2020 • Vol. 13 No. 43 • $1<br />
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Publication<br />
ForeverU planning to open<br />
community empowerment<br />
center in New Lenox, Page 3<br />
New face in<br />
the school<br />
Get to know the new<br />
school resource officer<br />
for D122, Page 4<br />
Staying<br />
healthy 22nd<br />
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Healthy Living Expo<br />
is right around the<br />
corner, Page 6<br />
Sticking<br />
to the<br />
resolution<br />
Learn some tips on<br />
how to keep the goal<br />
of getting in the gym<br />
more, Page 7<br />
ForeverU founder<br />
Ryan Hesslau poses<br />
for a photo as he<br />
looks over plans for<br />
the new center that<br />
will be in New Lenox<br />
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Thursday<br />
RIP sugar! How to Give up<br />
Sugar for Good<br />
6-7 p.m. Thursday,<br />
Jan. 9, New Lenox Public<br />
Library, 120 Veterans<br />
Parkway. Do you want to<br />
eliminate sugar from your<br />
diet? Do you struggle with<br />
eating too many sweets?<br />
Do you binge on cookies,<br />
cakes, or ice cream in<br />
isolation? If you answered<br />
yes to any of these questions,<br />
then this workshop<br />
is for you. The speaker<br />
will share how she eliminated<br />
sugar and teach you<br />
how to remove sugar from<br />
your diet. To learn more<br />
about the speaker, please<br />
see followyourspark.blog.<br />
Registration Required at<br />
newlenoxlibrary.org.<br />
Tuesday<br />
Trivia Night at Beggars<br />
Pizza<br />
7-9 p.m. Tuesday, Jan.<br />
14, Beggars Pizza, 650 W.<br />
Maple St. Enjoy pizza and<br />
drinks and answer questions<br />
on a multitude of<br />
topics. Form a powerhouse<br />
team or come alone, and<br />
we will find a group for<br />
you to join! Registration<br />
requested at newlenoxli<br />
brary.org.<br />
Wednesday<br />
Music Makers<br />
10:30-11 a.m. Wednesday,<br />
Jan. 15, New Lenox<br />
Public Library, 120 Veterans<br />
Parkway. Ages 3<br />
months–6 years Dance<br />
around, listen to stories,<br />
sing songs, play with instruments,<br />
then move and<br />
groove with your friends<br />
during toy time. No registration<br />
is required. Sign<br />
in on the Meeting Room<br />
door.<br />
UPCOMING<br />
Jacob Manka Memorial<br />
Scholarship Eat & Earn<br />
Fundraiser<br />
5-8 p.m. Thursday, Jan.<br />
16, Portillo’s, 2306 E.<br />
Lincoln Highway. Stop<br />
by with family and friends<br />
to enjoy a tasty dinner at<br />
Portillo’s and be a part of<br />
something special. Our<br />
goal is to raise funds for<br />
the Jacob Manka Memorial<br />
Scholarships, which<br />
will be distributed to at<br />
least two of his graduating<br />
classmates at the Lincoln-<br />
Way Central High School<br />
Scholarship Ceremony in<br />
Spring of 2020. 20 percent<br />
of all sales between<br />
5-8 p.m. go toward the<br />
scholarship fund so long<br />
as you show a hard copy<br />
or digital copy of the fundraiser<br />
flyer when ordering.<br />
Healthy Living Expo<br />
9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday,<br />
Jan. 18, Tinley Park Convention<br />
Center, 18451<br />
Convention Center Drive.<br />
Free admission. More than<br />
60 vendor booths, health<br />
screenings, healthy cooking<br />
demonstrations, speaker<br />
sessions, free 30-minute<br />
workout classes, community<br />
blood drive, and free<br />
tote bags and stress balls to<br />
the first 300 attendees.<br />
Valentine Heart Contest<br />
Beginning Monday, Feb.<br />
3, children can guess the<br />
number of candy hearts in<br />
the jar at the Lions Community<br />
Center. Whoever<br />
guesses closest to the actual<br />
number without going<br />
over will receive a special<br />
prize. Contest will close<br />
on Friday, Feb. 14 and the<br />
winner will be notified on<br />
Monday, Feb. 17.<br />
Comedy for the Critters<br />
8 p.m. Saturday, Feb.<br />
22, New Lenox VFW<br />
Post 9545, 323 Old Hickory<br />
Road. Come out to a<br />
comedy show featuring<br />
WGN’s Mike Toomey<br />
and Matt Holt from Indianapolis.<br />
Doors open<br />
at 7 p.m., cost is $25 and<br />
you must be 18 years old.<br />
All ticket proceeds benefit<br />
The Three Rescues: South<br />
Suburban Humane Society,<br />
Illinois Horse Rescue<br />
of Will County or Hopeful<br />
Tails Animal Rescue.<br />
Tickets are available at any<br />
of these Three Rescues or<br />
at the <strong>NL</strong> VFW bar, the<br />
<strong>NL</strong> VFW Friday Fish Fry<br />
or call Kathy Connolly at<br />
(815) 325-9501.<br />
ONGOING<br />
Freedom From Smoking<br />
5-7 p.m. Thursday, Jan.<br />
2, Silver Cross Hospital,<br />
Pavilion A, Conference<br />
Center, 1890 Silver Cross<br />
Blvd. Start your New<br />
Year’s resolution strong.<br />
The American Lung Association’s<br />
Freedom From<br />
Smoking program is for<br />
smokers ready to quit.<br />
This proven program focuses<br />
almost exclusively<br />
on how to quit, not why<br />
to quit. This seven-week<br />
series begins on Thursday,<br />
Jan. 2. Cost is $25 per person<br />
for the one-day class.<br />
Register at silvercross.org.<br />
Lincoln-Way General<br />
Federation of Women’s<br />
Clubs Meetings<br />
6 p.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday,<br />
Jan. 8, Trinity Services,<br />
301 Veterans Parkway.<br />
The New Lenox branch of<br />
the General Federation of<br />
Women’s Clubs. We are<br />
a local organization dedicated<br />
to strengthening our<br />
community and enhancing<br />
the lives of others through<br />
community service.<br />
LWABWO Meetings<br />
6-8 p.m. on the third<br />
Tuesday of each month<br />
Sept. through June, Gatto’s<br />
Restaurant,1938 E. Lincoln<br />
Highway. The Lincoln-Way<br />
Area Business<br />
Women’s Organization is<br />
a non-profit club formed in<br />
the 1970s to provide scholarship<br />
funds to graduating<br />
female high school seniors<br />
and adult women for the<br />
purpose of continuing<br />
education. We are always<br />
looking for new members.<br />
For more information, visit<br />
LWABWO.org.<br />
Chess Club<br />
10 a.m. Thursdays, New<br />
Lenox New Lenox Public<br />
Library, 120 Veterans<br />
Parkway. Group meets until<br />
after noon. Open to anyone,<br />
from beginner to master,<br />
who enjoys playing<br />
chess. For more information,<br />
call (815) 485-7425.<br />
Stroke Risk Assessment<br />
Each year, nearly<br />
800,000 Americans suffer<br />
a new or recurrent stroke.<br />
That means on average,<br />
a stroke occurs every 40<br />
seconds. Taking the Silver<br />
Cross Neuroscience<br />
Institute’s free stroke risk<br />
assessment at silvercross.<br />
org/neuro.<br />
Karaoke<br />
7:30 p.m.-midnight, every<br />
Friday, New Lenox<br />
American Legion, 14414<br />
West Ford Drive. Karaoke<br />
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Come sing the night away.<br />
New Lenox Toastmasters<br />
This group meets on the<br />
second and fourth Saturday<br />
of the month at New<br />
Lenox New Life Church<br />
(media room), 500 S. Gougar<br />
Road, New Lenox. The<br />
club’s mission is to help<br />
members improve their<br />
speaking, communication<br />
and leadership skills. For<br />
meeting times or more<br />
information, email jrsel<br />
bor@gmail.com.<br />
Bipolar Disease Support<br />
Group<br />
6:30-8:30 p.m. second<br />
and fourth Tuesday of<br />
each month, Silver Cross<br />
Hospital, Behavioral<br />
Health Services, 1900<br />
Silver Cross Blvd., New<br />
Lenox. This support group<br />
is for individuals and family<br />
members coping with<br />
bipolar disease. First time<br />
participants should visit<br />
silvercross.org to register<br />
to attend.<br />
Fiber Arts<br />
6-7:30 p.m. First and<br />
third Thursday of every<br />
month, New Lenox Public<br />
Library, 120 Veterans<br />
Parkway, New Lenox.<br />
Join other knitters and<br />
crocheters in an informal<br />
exchange of ideas and<br />
information. Beginners<br />
are welcome. For more<br />
information, visit new<br />
lenoxlibrary.org.
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the new lenox patriot | January 9, 2020 | 3<br />
ForeverU to find its first home in New Lenox<br />
Sean Hastings, Editor<br />
The “cute” idea ForeverU<br />
founder Ryan Hesslau,<br />
of Mokena, had seven years<br />
ago when he was 16 years<br />
old about empowering the<br />
youth to overcome adversity<br />
has gained traction over<br />
the last few years.<br />
It’s only going to get<br />
stronger in 2020 as ForeverU<br />
is planning to bring the<br />
organization’s first community<br />
empowerment center<br />
to New Lenox.<br />
Since ForeverU was<br />
founded, it has been focused<br />
on personal development<br />
programs, which included<br />
retreats, camps and<br />
after-school programs.<br />
The facility is intended<br />
to serve the entire Lincoln-<br />
Way community.<br />
Hesslau is always thinking<br />
about is scalability, as<br />
in how can he bundle all the<br />
programs together and see<br />
a central location feed into<br />
everything they do.<br />
“We finalized a really<br />
unique program model<br />
where we have a personal<br />
development retreat at<br />
Camp Manitoqua every<br />
fall, winter and spring,”<br />
Hesslau said. “That’s the<br />
first program we send a kid<br />
through.”<br />
The model for the retreat<br />
is that a student should not<br />
have to go back, though<br />
they can for a recharge.<br />
They are then integrated<br />
into ForeverU. The mentor<br />
they had during the retreat<br />
remains to be their mentor<br />
after. The volunteering program<br />
also will be looked at<br />
ForeverU founder Ryan Hesslau talks to a group of<br />
students attending a past retreat. Tyler minnesma<br />
as ForeverU’s college program.<br />
After attending the retreat,<br />
students unlock access<br />
to a personal development<br />
camp in July.<br />
“So if we encounter a<br />
parent, family or student<br />
that would benefit from<br />
our programming, we send<br />
them through the retreat,”<br />
Hesslau said. “They’ll learn<br />
a road map, safety plan and<br />
leave and be enrolled in an<br />
after-school program that<br />
connects them to a mentor<br />
and peer support group to<br />
help stay on track.”<br />
The new facility will especially<br />
help with that.<br />
It is meant to be a safe<br />
haven for the youth, grades<br />
7-12, and through it, ForeverU<br />
will offer life readiness<br />
programs and initiatives to<br />
destress them, excel as human<br />
beings, and prepare<br />
them for college and jobs. It<br />
is also intended to help find<br />
a balance between communities<br />
and youth behavioral<br />
health.<br />
“What we wanted to do<br />
last year is plug into this<br />
model for a centered location<br />
where many of these<br />
students can go after school<br />
hours for support and use it<br />
as a way to educate, equip<br />
and empower these kids,”<br />
Hesslau said.<br />
ForeverU has been able<br />
to do that. It would have<br />
been easy to give up for<br />
Hesslau early on, though.<br />
Only about four people,<br />
who were mostly<br />
his friends, showed up to<br />
his first event in the New<br />
Lenox Commons. So, for<br />
Hesslau, “it’s always been<br />
New Lenox.”<br />
Seeing it grow and the<br />
thought of it getting even<br />
bigger keeps him up at<br />
night.<br />
“I never thought I’d be<br />
in an office, even,” Hesslau<br />
said. “It’s the weirdest thing<br />
to see things manifest. I’m<br />
grateful.”<br />
Even when things get<br />
tough, he’s not going anywhere.<br />
“Once I start looking<br />
at these kids, I see them<br />
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Officer Kristine Kioltyka named new SRO for D122<br />
Sean Hastings, Editor<br />
There’s a new face in the<br />
schools in District 122.<br />
New Lenox police officer<br />
Kristine Kioltyka took<br />
over as the district’s School<br />
Resource Officer, replacing<br />
Paul Simon, who had spent<br />
over one year in the position.<br />
Kioltyka has been with<br />
the New Lenox Police Department<br />
for just under one<br />
year. Her one-year anniversary<br />
is Jan. 28. She spent<br />
two and a half at the Niles<br />
Police Department.<br />
While she was transitioning<br />
to the <strong>NL</strong>PD, the Niles<br />
Police Department tried to<br />
keep her by assigning her<br />
to be the SRO, which is<br />
something she has always<br />
wanted to do.<br />
“It’s very exciting,” she<br />
said. “It’s kind of a different<br />
change of pace so I’m<br />
looking forward to the<br />
new beginnings. Learning<br />
something new has always<br />
been something I’ve been<br />
intrigued by, so I think it’s<br />
going to be a lot of fun.”<br />
Kioltyka found out near<br />
the end of 2019 that the position<br />
was going to open as<br />
Simon was going back to<br />
street police duties.<br />
She added it was a little<br />
out of nowhere, but the duties<br />
of being an SRO are a<br />
strength of hers.<br />
“I think that a strong<br />
point of mine is talking<br />
with the kids, I’m a people<br />
person and I think I’m<br />
good in the community,”<br />
she said. “It’s something<br />
that intrigued my interest.<br />
It was number one on my<br />
list to be a school resource<br />
officer at some point.”<br />
Over the last year, Simon<br />
made a positive impact on<br />
the students in the district.<br />
Simon preached the spirit<br />
of Aloha, presented the<br />
“hang loose” gesture and<br />
gave students seashells,<br />
Officer Paul Simon poses for a photo with Nelson<br />
Prairie third-grader Brooke Martenz last November<br />
during the coat drive. Simon spent over a year as the<br />
SRO. Photo submitted<br />
and the students looked up<br />
to him.<br />
While Simon’s “thing”<br />
was giving students seashells<br />
and preaching the<br />
spirit of Aloha, Kioltyka is<br />
not sure what her’s will be<br />
but she is looking forward<br />
to making positive impacts<br />
on the students.<br />
She has also received<br />
some advice from Simon<br />
since she was picked to<br />
take over.<br />
“He told me ‘be yourself,<br />
be your own person and create<br />
a persona that you want<br />
everyone to see,’” Kioltyka<br />
said. “He’s done really well<br />
with that. He was being<br />
Officer Kristine Kioltyka poses for a photo in the New Lenox Police Department. Her<br />
first day with the district was Monday, Jan. 6. Sean Hastings/22nd Century Media<br />
himself, which we all love,<br />
he’s a great guy and really<br />
funny. He has good energy.<br />
He also said to be good with<br />
time management, organization<br />
skills and interacting<br />
with the kids and being a<br />
role model for them.”<br />
She added that Simon<br />
was very comfortable being<br />
himself and she feels<br />
she is the same way.<br />
“I’ll have to find out<br />
what’s the best ‘me’ when<br />
I get my feet wet in the<br />
school,” she said.<br />
“It’s a great feeling. It’s<br />
going to be a lot of fun.<br />
Hopefully I’m a great influence<br />
and role model and<br />
somebody that they can<br />
feel comfortable to come to<br />
and talk to when they need<br />
to talk to somebody. I want<br />
to make it a comfortable<br />
environment where they’re<br />
not scared around me because<br />
I’m a police officer.<br />
I can’t wait to watch them<br />
grow up and succeed.”
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the new lenox patriot | January 9, 2020 | 5<br />
Westside Children’s Therapy opens new location in Orland Park<br />
Vice President<br />
Dave Lapsker a<br />
New Lenox native<br />
Alyssa Groh<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
After nearly 20 years<br />
of providing therapy for<br />
children with developmental<br />
delays and disabilities<br />
from birth to 18<br />
years old, Westside Children’s<br />
Therapy is opening<br />
its fifth location in Orland<br />
Park.<br />
Opening a new location<br />
in Orland Park was<br />
the “obvious next step,”<br />
said Mark Cassidy, CEO<br />
of Westside Children’s<br />
Therapy.<br />
The clinic’s Frankfort<br />
location was becoming<br />
outgrown, so Westside<br />
needed another location<br />
nearby to continue serving<br />
its patients. When looking<br />
for a new location,<br />
Cassidy said Orland Park<br />
was an easy choice because<br />
many of their<br />
Frankfort patients and<br />
employees travel from<br />
Orland Park.<br />
Westside Children’s<br />
Therapy, which first<br />
opened in Frankfort, is the<br />
brainchild of Shari Cassidy,<br />
a pediatric physical<br />
therapist. After working<br />
in Chicago while living in<br />
the south suburbs for 15<br />
years, Shari Cassidy realized<br />
many of her patients<br />
were traveling to Chicago<br />
for therapy.<br />
Realizing the demand<br />
for children’s therapy in<br />
the southwest suburbs,<br />
Shari Cassidy opened a<br />
private practice to offer<br />
physical therapy for children.<br />
Since its opening, Westside<br />
Children’s Therapy<br />
has not only expanded to<br />
five locations, but offers<br />
child and family counseling,<br />
physical therapy,<br />
behavior therapy, occupational<br />
therapy, speech<br />
therapy, feeding therapy,<br />
and VitalStim — a noninvasive,<br />
external stimulation<br />
therapy to treat swallowing<br />
disorders.<br />
Mark Cassidy, the son<br />
of Shari Cassidy, credits<br />
the clinic’s growth to his<br />
mother’s talent, passion<br />
and dedication.<br />
“My mom is a miracleworker;<br />
that is really the<br />
best way I can describe<br />
her,” said Mark Cassidy,<br />
of Mokena. “People say<br />
she gets results that many<br />
people say aren’t possible.<br />
A lot of the growth we<br />
have made has been centered<br />
around being able to<br />
expand what my mom is<br />
all about.”<br />
The new Orland Park<br />
location, 14711 S. Ravinia<br />
Ave., was set to open Dec.<br />
9, and is to look and function<br />
the same as the other<br />
locations.<br />
“We utilize a collaborative,<br />
multidisciplinary<br />
approach in our clinic’s,”<br />
said vice president Dave<br />
Lapsker, who grew up in<br />
New Lenox and now lives<br />
in Mokena. “Everything<br />
we do is play-based, and<br />
our facilities are warm<br />
and welcoming — it is<br />
obvious this is a place for<br />
children.”<br />
While simultaneously<br />
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Mark Cassidy has<br />
watched Westside Children’s<br />
Therapy grow over<br />
the years, and credits<br />
much of its success to being<br />
family-owned.<br />
“When you are familyowned,<br />
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now,” Mark Cassidy said.<br />
“It is also personal for us,<br />
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“At the end of the day,<br />
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That is the heart of<br />
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Lapsker also says being<br />
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Early January means<br />
resolutions, playoff football,<br />
the arrival of winter<br />
weather — maybe — and,<br />
in Chicago’s southwest<br />
suburbs, 22nd Century<br />
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The fourth edition of the<br />
annual, all-things-health<br />
event is set for 9 a.m.-1<br />
p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, at<br />
the Tinley Park Convention<br />
Center.<br />
The expo is to feature<br />
healthy-cooking demonstrations,<br />
speakers, workout<br />
classes, upward of 70<br />
vendors running the gamut<br />
of wellness and more. As<br />
usual, admission is free.<br />
Attendees are asked to<br />
register at 22ndCentury<br />
Media.com/healthy.<br />
Organizers expect more<br />
than 800 guests to take in<br />
the activities, said Heather<br />
Warthen, 22nd Century<br />
Media’s chief events officer.<br />
“It’s a great event for<br />
capitalizing on New Year’s<br />
resolutions and for people<br />
who may have already<br />
given up on those goals,”<br />
Warthen said. “It’s a good<br />
reminder that, ‘Hey, maybe<br />
you shouldn’t give up<br />
on those resolutions.’”<br />
The day kicks off with a<br />
cooking class led by chef<br />
Tim Baran, of Joliet Junior<br />
College’s culinary arts<br />
program, and a presentation<br />
on healthy eating tips<br />
from Kimberly Kramer, a<br />
UChicago Medicine registered<br />
dietitian. Food-focused<br />
programming con-<br />
Please see HLX, 8<br />
If you go: Healthy Living Expo<br />
9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18<br />
Tinley Park Convention Center, 18451<br />
Convention Center Drive<br />
Fitness class schedule<br />
• 9:30-10 a.m. Cardio Party with Britt<br />
• 10-10:30 a.m. Fred Astaire<br />
• 10:45-11:15 a.m. The Edge Fitness<br />
Club<br />
• 11:30 a.m.-12 p.m. TRG Exclusive<br />
Fit Club & Salon<br />
• 12-12:30 p.m. Fred Astaire<br />
• 12:30-1 p.m. TRG Exclusive Fit Club<br />
& Salon<br />
Speaker schedule<br />
• 9-9:30 a.m. Cooking demo — Chef<br />
Tim Baran, Joliet Junior College<br />
Culinary Arts<br />
• 9:35-9:55 a.m. “Healthy Eating Tips<br />
to Start the New Year Right” — Kimberly<br />
Kramer, registered dietitian, UChicago<br />
Medicine<br />
• 10-10:30 a.m. Cooking demo — Carly<br />
Feldmeier, Nurturing through Nature<br />
• 10:35-10:55 a.m. “Stuck in a<br />
Rut? Meal Planning Tips to Start the<br />
New Year Right” — Kimberly Kramer,<br />
registered dietitian, UChicago<br />
Medicine<br />
• 11-11:30 a.m. Cooking demo — Chef<br />
Tom Grotovsky, The Unforgettable Chef<br />
• 12-12:30 p.m. Cooking demo — Chef<br />
Tim Bucci, Joliet Junior College Culinary<br />
Arts<br />
Vendors<br />
• 22nd Century Media<br />
• Amare Global<br />
• Audrey McFarlin State Farm<br />
Insurance<br />
• Beautycounter - Lauren Costello<br />
• Body & Brain Yoga, Tai Chi<br />
• Brannigan Chiropractic Center<br />
• Caption Call<br />
• Cardio Party with Britt<br />
• Cherish A Peace of Nature<br />
• Chiro One Wellness Centers<br />
• ClearCaptions<br />
• Color Street - Tracy Swanson<br />
• Country Financial<br />
• Crook & Marker<br />
• doTERRA<br />
• Edward Jones - David Sesterhenn,<br />
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• Elite Care Management<br />
• Elite Rehabilitation Institute<br />
• eSCENTials Aroma<br />
• Essentially 3B’s (body + blends =<br />
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• Family First Medical Group<br />
• Frankfort Circus Center<br />
• Fred Astaire Mokena<br />
• Greenhouse Group<br />
• Happy Coffee with Cathy<br />
• Health From Within<br />
• Heartland CannAssist - Quality CBD<br />
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• Hempology CBD Store<br />
• Humana<br />
• ID Life<br />
• Independently Driven<br />
• Irish Greens Farm<br />
• It Works<br />
• Juicy Luzy Sangria<br />
• Kintsugi Wellness<br />
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• Lifestyle & Oils LLC<br />
• Mercy Home for Boys & Girls<br />
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• Nurturing through Nature<br />
• Oberweis Dairy Home Delivery<br />
• Parkview Orthopaedic Group<br />
• Partner 4 Health<br />
• Passanante’s Home Food Services<br />
• Physicians Immediate Care<br />
• Power Crunch<br />
• Power Home Remodeling<br />
• Progressive Radiology<br />
• Quidel<br />
• Reign Body Fuel<br />
• Renewal by Andersen<br />
• Riverside Health<br />
• St. Jude’s Children’s Research<br />
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• Tea Bone<br />
• TeMi Beads<br />
• Tendaji Body Oils<br />
• The Edge Fitness Clubs<br />
• Thrive by Le-Vel<br />
• Total Life Changes<br />
• TRG Exclusive Fit Club & Salon<br />
• UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial<br />
• Ventimiglia Realty Partners<br />
• Versiti Blood Center of Illinois<br />
• Vitalife<br />
• Young Living Essential Oils<br />
• Weight No More
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How to stick to the ‘workout more’ New Year’s resolution<br />
Sean Hastings, Editor<br />
One of the most popular<br />
New Year’s resolutions is<br />
“I want to go to the gym<br />
more.” Most have either<br />
said it themselves, or had<br />
a friend or family member<br />
say it.<br />
While it can be a great<br />
resolution to have, going<br />
into the new year without<br />
any sort of plan, can be a<br />
key contributor as to what<br />
kills that resolution before<br />
the end of January.<br />
Reclaim Fitness trainer<br />
Kurk Schulte has seen<br />
those resolutions succeed,<br />
but he has also seen them<br />
fail. So, he has some tips<br />
for people who have set<br />
those resolutions, to stick<br />
with them.<br />
Three focuses he recommends<br />
are:<br />
1. Set a goal.<br />
2. Set a time frame.<br />
3. Stick to the goal and<br />
time frame.<br />
“The biggest issue that<br />
people come across is that<br />
they don’t have a goal and<br />
they don’t have a time<br />
frame,” he said. “The new<br />
year comes around, they<br />
say ‘I need to start working<br />
out, I need to get back<br />
in shape and healthy this<br />
year, so I’m going to start<br />
going to the gym,’ but they<br />
don’t really dive down<br />
deep to say what they want<br />
to do.”<br />
The people who stick<br />
with their New Year’s<br />
Resolution have a specific<br />
goal and a specific time<br />
frame to achieve the goal.<br />
“If people say, ‘I want to<br />
drop 15 pounds because I<br />
have a wedding coming<br />
up in May, Memorial Day<br />
weekend, for example, if<br />
they say ‘I need to drop 15<br />
pounds before the wedding<br />
so I can look my best that<br />
weekend,’ it gives them<br />
something they can shoot<br />
for,” Schulte said.<br />
When people go in<br />
blind is when they taper<br />
off and go back to their<br />
old habits.<br />
And another thing<br />
Schulte and the other trainers<br />
at Reclaim Fitness tell<br />
members, especially when<br />
they get discouraged in the<br />
beginning stages, is that<br />
the 15 pounds they want to<br />
lose, was not put on in one<br />
month.<br />
“Those 15 pounds<br />
aren’t going to come off<br />
in just one month,” he<br />
said. “Those 15 pounds<br />
of healthy weight is going<br />
to take time and dedication.<br />
But it comes back to<br />
having a goal and a time<br />
frame.”<br />
Call<br />
Another tip that Schulte<br />
gives to people trying to<br />
start the new year off right<br />
with going to the gym, is<br />
to create a realistic schedule.<br />
Typically, three-to-four<br />
days is a good place to<br />
start, he said, and increasing<br />
as time goes on.<br />
One thing Reclaim has<br />
implemented to drive that<br />
idea home is a program<br />
called Tribe 21/90. The<br />
tribe part is the community<br />
of people working together<br />
and the 21/90 part refers to<br />
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as my own,” he said. “I<br />
could never abandon them.<br />
Sometimes kids have bailed<br />
and stopped talking to me<br />
and stopped participating in<br />
our programs, but then they<br />
come back and we pick up<br />
where we left off. There’s<br />
never any grudges.”<br />
Hesslau believes some<br />
of the students he deals<br />
with don’t need treatment,<br />
though of course some do,<br />
but he strongly believes in<br />
one principle: People need<br />
people.<br />
“I feel for the outcasts,<br />
the kids sitting by themselves<br />
at lunch and having<br />
a difficult time,” he said.<br />
“I just want to give them a<br />
chance to realize that someone<br />
cares. I think that’s<br />
huge.<br />
“They just need people<br />
who are going to listen.<br />
Once we have an actual<br />
brick and mortar and it’s<br />
a site they can see, we’ll<br />
inform communities that<br />
ForeverU is coming to New<br />
Lenox [and] what is going<br />
to be happening. We’ll reintroduce<br />
the mission.”<br />
He truly believes they are<br />
saving lives. He had a student<br />
share a story at the end<br />
of a retreat like they usually<br />
do and the student said they<br />
were thinking about committing<br />
suicide, but ForeverU<br />
helped them see they<br />
have something to live for.<br />
Suicide was part of the<br />
start of ForeverU when<br />
Hesslau was in high school.<br />
Hesslau is hopeful that<br />
those who are struggling<br />
find out about ForeverU’s<br />
services, and, with that motivation<br />
in mind, he plans<br />
to continue building ForeverU.<br />
ForeverU broke up the<br />
fundraising into different<br />
phases to handle the estimated<br />
$280,000-$300,000<br />
operating budget. The<br />
goal right now is to raise<br />
$80,000 to get the doors<br />
open, as they are figuring<br />
that is enough to carry<br />
through a year or two.<br />
He is looking for local<br />
business owners who believe<br />
in the vision he has and<br />
would like to help. Those<br />
interested can email Hesslau<br />
at ryan@foreverumove<br />
ment.org, as he said he<br />
would like to just have 15<br />
minutes of time over a cup<br />
of coffee to discuss financial<br />
partnership.<br />
“We really want this to<br />
be an energetic, fast-paced<br />
facility with social impact<br />
happening,” he said.<br />
“There’s so many challenges<br />
in the world right<br />
now. If we can give the kids<br />
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Former Walmart employee allegedly steals<br />
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Kiera S. Wair, 19, of 1523<br />
E. 62nd St. in Chicago, was<br />
charged with theft on Dec.<br />
21. Wair reportedly was an<br />
employee at Walmart, 501<br />
E. Lincoln Highway and,<br />
while employed, took over<br />
$2,188 worth of various<br />
items. The complainant explained<br />
that on 10 different<br />
occasions, Wair scanned<br />
items at the self-checkout<br />
and canceled the sale. Wair<br />
would then take the merchandise,<br />
police said.<br />
Dec. 30<br />
• Vanessa E. Tillman-Johnson,<br />
45, 1204 Justice Lake<br />
Drive, Joliet, was charged<br />
with retail theft after she reportedly<br />
had taken alcohol<br />
valued at approximately<br />
$191.94 from Target, 2370<br />
E. Lincoln Highway.<br />
• Kimberly Watkins, 43,<br />
1937 Yale Ave., Chicago<br />
Heights, was charged with<br />
theft after she reportedly<br />
scanned items at a lower<br />
price to purchase them<br />
from Walmart, 501 E. Lincoln<br />
Highway, while she<br />
was employed at the store.<br />
The total loss was approximately<br />
$100.<br />
Dec. 28<br />
• Ivanna Travis, 27, 601<br />
Pasadena Ave, Crest Hill,<br />
was charged with retail<br />
theft after she reportedly<br />
stole various items valued<br />
at approximately $46 from<br />
Walmart, 501 E. Lincoln<br />
Highway, placed them in<br />
Target bags and left without<br />
paying.<br />
• Michelle L. Wagner, 62,<br />
509 Pueblo Drive, was<br />
charged with retail theft after<br />
she reportedly had taken<br />
items valued at over $172<br />
from Walmart, 501 E. Lincoln<br />
Highway.<br />
Dec. 26<br />
• Melissa J. Buss, 40, 1004<br />
McCameron Ave., Lockport,<br />
was charged with<br />
DUI. Police said an officer<br />
on patrol observed a vehicle<br />
speeding, conducted<br />
a traffic stop, met with the<br />
driver, Buss, and learned<br />
she was driving under the<br />
influence of alcohol.<br />
• A male subject reportedly<br />
stole Huggies Diapers from<br />
Walgreens, 466 Nelson<br />
Road, valued at $43.<br />
Dec. 24<br />
• Robert A. Startz, 66, 731<br />
Ogden Road, was charged<br />
with DUI. Police said an<br />
officer was dispatched to<br />
the 600 block of W. Maple<br />
Street in reference to a possible<br />
intoxicated driver who<br />
had struck the donation box<br />
while leaving the drive<br />
thru. The officer arrived<br />
and reportedly observed<br />
multiple traffic violations,<br />
conducted and traffic stop<br />
and met with the driver,<br />
Startz, and learned he was<br />
driving under the influence<br />
of alcohol.<br />
Dec. 23<br />
• Branden Perez, 19,<br />
419 Mills Road, Joliet,<br />
was charged with retail<br />
theft. The complainant<br />
at Walmart, 501 E. Lincoln<br />
Highway, advised<br />
that Perez reportedly had<br />
taken clothing, books and<br />
medication without paying.<br />
The items were valued at<br />
$94.34.<br />
• Nicole Majchrzak, 40,<br />
3544 W. 157 St., Markham,<br />
was charged with retail<br />
theft after she reportedly<br />
took clothing items valued<br />
at $156 from Walmart, 501<br />
E. Lincoln Highway.<br />
• A resident in the 2800<br />
block of Gifford Place<br />
reportedly had their unlocked<br />
vehicle entered<br />
while it was parked in their<br />
driveway overnight. A<br />
fluke multimeter and a pair<br />
of sunglasses were stolen,<br />
police said.<br />
• A resident in the 2900<br />
block of Doxbury Court reportedly<br />
had three of their<br />
unlocked vehicles entered<br />
while parked in the roadway<br />
overnight. Shoes and<br />
two purses were stolen, police<br />
said.<br />
• A resident in the 2800<br />
block of Rebecca Drive<br />
reportedly had two of their<br />
unlocked vehicles entered<br />
while they were parked in<br />
their driveway overnight.<br />
A purse and a camera were<br />
stolen, police said.<br />
• James E. Gomez, 33,<br />
1328 Ridgewood Ave., Joliet,<br />
was charged with retail<br />
theft after he reportedly had<br />
taken seven bottles of alcohol<br />
from Jewel Osco, 2021<br />
E. Laraway Road. Police<br />
said Gomez was confronted<br />
by the complainant<br />
and the Gomez pushed<br />
the complainant multiple<br />
times in attempt to leave<br />
the store. Police said Gomez<br />
initially provided false<br />
identification.<br />
Dec. 22<br />
• Alycya J. Ellis, 20, 2 Peale<br />
St., Joliet, was charged with<br />
retail theft after she reportedly<br />
had taken food, clothing<br />
and electronics valued<br />
at $71.63 from Walmart,<br />
501 E. Lincoln Highway.<br />
Dec. 21<br />
• Jazmyne Wright, 30, 6104<br />
S. Rockwell St., Chicago,<br />
was charged with retail<br />
theft after she reportedly<br />
had taken clothing valued<br />
at $31.44 from Walmart,<br />
501 E. Lincoln Highway.<br />
Dec. 20<br />
• Omar Crowley, 53, 9126<br />
S. Daughpin Ave., Chicago,<br />
was charged with retail<br />
theft after he reportedly<br />
had taken alcohol valued at<br />
$435.85 from Jewel Osco,<br />
2021 E. Laraway Road.<br />
The complainant described<br />
the vehicle Crowley left in<br />
and officers from a neighboring<br />
town made contact<br />
with Crowley on a traffic<br />
stop. Officers located the<br />
stolen alcohol in the vehicle<br />
he was in.<br />
Dec. 15<br />
• Katie M. Johnston, 24,<br />
540 Scribner St., Joliet,<br />
was charged with DUI. An<br />
officer was dispatched to<br />
the 600 block of W. Maple<br />
St. in reference to a possible<br />
intoxicated driver<br />
who was in the drive thru.<br />
The officer located and<br />
followed the vehicle and<br />
witnessed a violation and<br />
conducted a traffic stop on<br />
the vehicle. The officer met<br />
with the driver, Johnston,<br />
and learned she was driving<br />
under the influence of<br />
alcohol.<br />
EDITOR’S NOTE: The<br />
New Lenox Patriot’s Police<br />
Reports are compiled from<br />
official reports found online<br />
on the New Lenox Police Department’s<br />
website or releases<br />
issued by the department and<br />
other agencies. Anyone listed<br />
in these reports is considered<br />
to be innocent of all charges<br />
until proven guilty in a court<br />
of law.
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What is one essential you must have<br />
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What do you like to do when not in<br />
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When is your dream job?<br />
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What are some of your most played<br />
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“We put so much pressure on ourselves,<br />
and we all have different areas of<br />
expertise,” he said. “We come together<br />
and have a long-term vision in place. We<br />
are not taking and shortcuts.”<br />
With a mission to give back to the<br />
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What extracurricular(s) do you wish your<br />
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After school art program.<br />
If you could change one thing about school<br />
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What’s your best memory from school?<br />
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School News<br />
Grand Valley State University<br />
New Lenox woman named<br />
to dean’s list<br />
Megan Cosgrove was<br />
named to the dean’s list for<br />
earning an average GPA of<br />
3.5 or higher for the fall<br />
semester.<br />
Southeast Missouri State<br />
University<br />
<strong>NL</strong> woman’s grades earn<br />
her spot on dean’s list<br />
Miriam Gorecki was<br />
named to the dean’s list for<br />
earning an average GPA of<br />
3.75 or higher for the fall<br />
semester.<br />
Lincoln-Way students compete in<br />
annual bridge building competition<br />
Submitted by Lincoln-Way District 210<br />
Every year, students at all three Lincoln-Way<br />
schools build a model bridge<br />
and test its strength in the annual Bridge<br />
Building Competition. The schools participated<br />
the week of Dec. 9.<br />
Students were given a kit with 15 twofoot<br />
pieces of basswood and specifications<br />
for this year’s contest. Then, using<br />
glue, they design unique concepts and test<br />
its strength by seeing how much weight it<br />
will hold before it breaks. The bridge with<br />
the highest structural efficiency wins. Efficiency<br />
is determined by dividing the<br />
mass held by the mass of the bridge.<br />
The contest is open to all students, but<br />
the majority are those in physics and engineering<br />
classes.<br />
The top four winners from each school<br />
will go on to compete in the regional contest<br />
at the Illinois Institute of Technology<br />
in Chicago on Jan. 28. The top two in that<br />
competition will represent the region in<br />
the international contest in spring 2020.<br />
The top four from Lincoln-Way Central<br />
were Kenneth Harris, Kaitlyn Bittner,<br />
Hannah Luming, and Matt Stillman.<br />
The top four from Lincoln-Way East<br />
were Jacob Falejczyk, Jackson Seida, Tori<br />
Entwistle, and Davey Fitzpatrick.<br />
The top four from Lincoln-Way West<br />
were Sydney Swanberg, Isabel Tuckett,<br />
Dylan Wasilewski, and Carly Kaiser.<br />
Belmont University<br />
Dean’s list has New Lenox<br />
student’s name on it<br />
Abigail Hauschild was<br />
named to the dean’s list for<br />
earning an average GPA of<br />
3.5 or higher for the fall<br />
semester.<br />
University of St. Francis<br />
Group of New Lenox<br />
students named to dean’s<br />
list<br />
Nathan Aftanas, Valerie<br />
Avalos, Riley Brandt,<br />
Dominic Cooper, Joshua<br />
Cosgrove, Shane Cummins,<br />
Lindsay Czarnowski,<br />
Madison Eckberg,<br />
Clayton Ferm,<br />
Brandon Jarosz, Ryan<br />
Korte, Aaron Michalak,<br />
Kaylynn Pinder, John<br />
Saffrahn, Dylan Schultz,<br />
Shea Soraghan, Makayla<br />
Turner, Marissa Valencia,<br />
Katherine Wozniak<br />
and Lauren Wozniak<br />
were named to the dean’s<br />
list for earning an average<br />
GPA of 3.5 or higher for<br />
the fall semester.<br />
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FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER<br />
Girl Scouts seek creative,<br />
colorful future<br />
Choosing shades of<br />
blue, purple and pink,<br />
5-year-old Cole Nappo,<br />
of Mokena, enjoyed a<br />
morning of painting a<br />
sweet cupcake on a canvas<br />
while learning more<br />
about Girl Scouts.<br />
“I used my favorite colors,”<br />
she said, sharing her<br />
plans to hang her colorful<br />
new artwork in her bedroom.<br />
Held Dec. 28 at Mokena<br />
Community Public<br />
Library District, the Girl<br />
Scouts recruiting event<br />
garnered the interest of<br />
several area families.<br />
The experience was<br />
geared toward reaching<br />
out to girls in kindergarten<br />
and first grade.<br />
“It’s our first time doing<br />
canvas painting as a<br />
recruitment event,” said<br />
Lynn Lode, treasurer and<br />
event coordinator for the<br />
Mokena Girl Scouts, and<br />
a 20-year volunteer with<br />
the organization. “We<br />
learned about the idea<br />
from a troop who did this<br />
in Merrillville, [Indiana].”<br />
For Lincoln-Way-area<br />
girls, there are plenty of<br />
events in which to participate<br />
with their local Girl<br />
Scouts.<br />
“We have a motherdaughter<br />
PJ party coming<br />
up in January, a tubing<br />
trip to Wilmot Mountain<br />
in February and, of<br />
course, [we started] selling<br />
our famous cookies<br />
on Jan. 1, which teaches<br />
the girls about entrepreneurship<br />
and business,<br />
and also raises the funds<br />
to do the things we do,”<br />
said Jean Lachat, service<br />
unit manager for the Mokena<br />
Girl Scouts, who has<br />
volunteered for 15 years.<br />
Reporting by Beth Krooswyk,<br />
Freelance Reporter.<br />
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FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND<br />
Young, Goodings Grove<br />
among schools to<br />
participate in The Crayon<br />
Initiative<br />
As part of a collaboration<br />
with the Homer Glen<br />
Junior Woman’s Club,<br />
Young School and Goodings<br />
Grove School are<br />
among local schools that<br />
have started collecting<br />
used and broken crayons<br />
for The Crayon Initiative.<br />
Crayons are melted and<br />
pressed into new wax to<br />
give to children’s hospitals<br />
around the country,<br />
and help the environment<br />
by keeping harmful materials<br />
out of landfills.<br />
“We started rolling out<br />
the program in September,”<br />
said Melissa Jelenik,<br />
chairwoman of the Woman’s<br />
Club’s Educational<br />
Committee. “The schools<br />
that have responded have<br />
already shown great interest.”<br />
Since this is the first<br />
time the Woman’s Club<br />
has implemented the program,<br />
Jelenik is unsure of<br />
how many crayons will be<br />
collected, but she is hopeful<br />
the program will make<br />
an impact on the children<br />
who receive them.<br />
“I’m hoping to get several<br />
pounds of crayons<br />
rounded up,” Jelenik said.<br />
“We plan on finally collecting<br />
all of them in May<br />
from the schools.”<br />
The Crayon Initiative<br />
works with dozens of<br />
partner hospitals across<br />
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the United States, along<br />
with several in Illinois.<br />
“I like that they had<br />
multiple different ways<br />
to get involved in the<br />
program,” Jelenik said.<br />
“They make it very easy<br />
to [serve] them, with<br />
things like discounted<br />
shipping for charities.”<br />
Estimates from the<br />
Initiative claim that one<br />
20-pound box of crayons<br />
yields enough to give 125<br />
children an eight-pack of<br />
crayons to brighten their<br />
hospital stays. Young<br />
School has participated in<br />
the initiative since the beginning<br />
of the school year<br />
and has a box set up in the<br />
main office.<br />
Reporting by Derek Swanson,<br />
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FROM THE ORLAND PARK<br />
PRAIRIE<br />
Youth creativity soars<br />
during library’s first<br />
paper plane contest<br />
On Dec. 26, children<br />
tried their paper airplanemaking<br />
skills at the Orland<br />
Park Public Library<br />
as part of the first Paper<br />
Plane Championship<br />
Challenge.<br />
Children’s librarian<br />
Alex Pappas came up<br />
with the idea and said the<br />
rules of the competition<br />
were simple.<br />
“I encourage you to<br />
make a lot,” Pappas said<br />
to the 10 children who assembled<br />
for the competition.<br />
Children won based on<br />
design, distance and art,<br />
among other categories,<br />
and every child left with<br />
candy and a book. The<br />
program lasted the better<br />
part of an hour that afternoon.<br />
While the library provided<br />
how-to books for<br />
making effective paper<br />
airplanes, Pappas said<br />
the contest was less about<br />
technical proficiency than<br />
having fun. Even so, he<br />
offered some suggestions<br />
to would-be paper plane<br />
pilots.<br />
“If you’re throwing a<br />
paper plane and you’re<br />
throwing it as hard as<br />
you can, it’ll probably go<br />
straight into the ground,”<br />
Papppas told the children.<br />
He urged them to throw<br />
their creations “nice and<br />
gentle.”<br />
Pappas said he arrived<br />
at the idea of a plane contest<br />
because Wright Brothers<br />
Day was Dec. 17. The<br />
federally recognized observation<br />
marks the day<br />
when the first heavierthan-air<br />
craft successfully<br />
launched in 1903 at Kitty<br />
Hawk, North Carolina.<br />
Pappas explained that paper<br />
aircraft are a familiar<br />
way to introduce youths<br />
into design.<br />
“I think they’re a good<br />
teaching tool,” he said.<br />
“I don’t know how often<br />
you’ll see paper planes<br />
in schools these days, but<br />
they’re fun to show off<br />
and throw.”<br />
Reporting by Jesse Wright,<br />
Freelance Reporter. For<br />
more, visit OPPrairieDaily.<br />
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FROM THE FRANKFORT STATION<br />
Children ring in 2020 at<br />
New Year’s Countdown<br />
The Frankfort Park District’s<br />
New Year’s Countdown,<br />
which culminated<br />
at noon on New Year’s<br />
Eve with a balloon drop,<br />
gave Frankfort’s youngest<br />
residents a chance to<br />
share in the end-of-year<br />
celebrations.<br />
The young crowd was<br />
happy to spend the morning<br />
of Dec. 31 participating<br />
in New Year’s-themed<br />
activities at the Founders<br />
Community Center.<br />
“We’re ending 2019<br />
with a countdown to the<br />
New Year,” said Cali<br />
DeBella, special events<br />
coordinator for the Frankfort<br />
Park District. “These<br />
kids are having fun coloring,<br />
[playing] little games<br />
and more. If they can’t<br />
celebrate at midnight,<br />
they’re celebrating here at<br />
noon.”<br />
To make the event run<br />
smoothly, teen volunteers<br />
from the Lincoln-Way<br />
schools helped the young<br />
visitors have fun. One of<br />
the girls, Lincoln-Way<br />
East junior Kayleigh Hanlon,<br />
played Jenga with the<br />
children.<br />
“I had nothing else to<br />
do today, so I thought I<br />
would come out and help<br />
the kids and earn some<br />
service hours,” Hanlon<br />
said.<br />
The Frankfort teen said<br />
she has volunteered five<br />
other times at the Frankfort<br />
Park District.<br />
“These kids are so funny,”<br />
Hanlon said. “I really<br />
enjoy doing this.”<br />
As noon approached,<br />
DeBella and the teen volunteers<br />
ushered the children<br />
to a room filled with<br />
party decorations. Each<br />
child was presented with<br />
a noisemaker and colored<br />
glasses with 2020 on<br />
them. The children stood<br />
underneath a bag of balloons,<br />
stretching their<br />
hands out toward the ceiling<br />
as the countdown began.<br />
Reporting by Mary Compton,<br />
Freelance Reporter. For<br />
more, visit FrankfortStation<br />
Daily.com.<br />
FROM THE HOMER HORIZON<br />
Moms, their children<br />
celebrate New Year with<br />
Stroller Strides workout<br />
The New Year hit at<br />
11 a.m. for mothers and<br />
their children working out<br />
during a Stroller Strides<br />
workout session held Dec.<br />
31 at MPX Elite Fitness in<br />
Homer Glen.<br />
Mothers brought their<br />
young children in strollers<br />
and completed a workout<br />
that incorporated their<br />
children every step of<br />
the way. They did jump<br />
squats during which they<br />
would tickle their children<br />
when popping up,<br />
and pushed their strollers<br />
as they jogged around the<br />
gym before celebrating<br />
the New Year 13 hours<br />
before midnight.<br />
Michelle Marinello,<br />
owner of a local franchise<br />
of Fit 4 Mom that produces<br />
the Stroller Strides<br />
workout, said it can be<br />
difficult for parents of<br />
young children to stay up<br />
until midnight, so the idea<br />
of having the ball drop at<br />
11 a.m. is “genius.”<br />
“Their kids still get<br />
to be a part of the whole<br />
New Year’s Eve concept<br />
and be exposed to the fun<br />
that’s associated with the<br />
New Year,” Marinello<br />
said. “But now, the moms<br />
can go home and get a<br />
good night’s sleep.<br />
“That’s the whole concept;<br />
we want kids to be a<br />
part of things and tie them<br />
in to everything.”<br />
The new decade was<br />
made official at 11 a.m.<br />
when the adults gathered<br />
balloons into a parachute<br />
and let them rain down<br />
over the children there.<br />
Kelly Dennis, while<br />
resting with her 4-yearold<br />
daughter Madelyn,<br />
said she regularly attends<br />
the local Fit 4 Mom workouts<br />
because she likes the<br />
community.<br />
“All the moms are awesome,”<br />
Dennis said.<br />
Reporting by Benjamin Conboy,<br />
Assistant Editor. For<br />
more, visit HomerHorizon<br />
Daily.com.
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How do you hold yourself to<br />
your New Year’s resolution?<br />
Sean Hastings<br />
sean@newlenoxpatriot.com<br />
I<br />
set a New Year’s<br />
resolution nearly every<br />
year and by the end<br />
of the year, I forget what<br />
it was. For 2019, it was<br />
probably get in the gym<br />
more, or eat healthier. I<br />
have no clue.<br />
Like most, I find the<br />
resolution somewhat easy<br />
to stick to that first month<br />
or so. We’re all hyped up<br />
about the new year, our<br />
resolutions are still fresh<br />
in our minds and we’re<br />
excited about them.<br />
But come the middle of<br />
February, our busy lives<br />
sometimes tend to get in<br />
the way of some of our<br />
resolutions. We may slip<br />
up one day one week, then<br />
a couple the next, and<br />
before we know it, we’re<br />
back to our old habits.<br />
The big part, at least for<br />
me, is that we lose sight of<br />
why we chose that goal in<br />
the first place. I for one do<br />
not hold myself accountable<br />
to be in the gym more<br />
times each week. I tell<br />
myself I’m too busy or too<br />
tired, and weeks go by before<br />
I’m back sometimes.<br />
I have time. I just tell<br />
myself I don’t. Just like<br />
Kurt Schulte, a Reclaim<br />
Fitness trainer, said in<br />
the story on Page 7, we<br />
tell ourselves we want to<br />
have these goals, but have<br />
no plan to reach them.<br />
They’re just loose goals.<br />
I kept that same goal<br />
for 2020. Except now I’m<br />
trying to find a way to get<br />
there. Sometimes after<br />
work, I go straight home<br />
thinking I’ll get ready<br />
to go back. It’s comical,<br />
because I never do. Now, I<br />
pack a bag every morning<br />
and as I drive home,<br />
it stares me in the face,<br />
almost guilting me into<br />
going.<br />
I tell myself it’s one<br />
hour better spent there<br />
than on the couch. I<br />
won’t share my personal<br />
goals, but I do have them<br />
in mind and I’m taking<br />
Schulte’s advice and going<br />
to stick to it.<br />
Why do you want to go<br />
to the gym more? When<br />
do you hope to reach your<br />
goal?<br />
That goes for anything.<br />
If you want to eat healthier<br />
and cut sweets out of your<br />
CONTACT<br />
diet, how are you going to<br />
make it happen? Will you<br />
plan your meals each day?<br />
What will you eat instead<br />
of that bowl of ice cream?<br />
Instead of ordering that<br />
burger when you go out to<br />
eat, what will you order?<br />
A New Year’s resolution<br />
could be something<br />
as simple as being more<br />
organized. What was the<br />
problem and why is that<br />
your resolution? Will you<br />
buy a planner? Will you<br />
use the calendar on the<br />
phone that you’re always<br />
on?<br />
We have plenty of ways<br />
to hold ourselves accountable<br />
to stick to our New<br />
Year’s resolutions, but<br />
we set these goals with<br />
no plan on how to reach<br />
them.<br />
We need to give ourselves<br />
a shot at completing<br />
these goals; if we don’t,<br />
we’re just saying nonsense.<br />
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January’s mom column from our<br />
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Tom Kelly’s Chophouse and Pub helps local families celebrate the new year with early<br />
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People celebrate as balloons and confetti fall from the ceiling at Tom Kelly’s during the restaurant’s early New Year celebration. Sean hastings/22nd century media
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FAITH BRIEFS<br />
Revolution Church (24520 South U.S.<br />
Highway 52, Manhattan)<br />
Worship Service<br />
10 a.m. Sundays.<br />
United Methodist Church of New Lenox<br />
(339 W. Haven Ave., New Lenox)<br />
Contemporary Worship<br />
Service<br />
5 p.m. Sundays. A light<br />
dinner is served after the<br />
service<br />
Worship Schedule<br />
Traditional worship is at<br />
9 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Sundays.<br />
St. Jude Catholic Church (241 W. Second<br />
Ave., New Lenox)<br />
Life in the Spirit Prayer<br />
Group<br />
The Life in the Spirit<br />
Prayer Group will be meeting<br />
at 7:00 p.m. Thursday,<br />
Jan. 16. Please join us for<br />
a journey into a Life in<br />
the Spirit. Speakers are<br />
John and Mary Kocourek<br />
For questions call John or<br />
Mary at (815) 557-8990 or<br />
(815) 557-8274.<br />
Reigniting Catholicism<br />
7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan.<br />
FUNERAL SERVICES DIRECTORY<br />
22. A 10-part series. Fr.<br />
Tom McCarthy will be<br />
the presider — “Jesus and<br />
You.” This program is to<br />
learn about faith, ask questions,<br />
meet more people in<br />
the church and find ways<br />
that the Catholic Church<br />
can be a positive influence<br />
in their life.<br />
Bunco for Babies<br />
6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan.<br />
31. Doors open at 6:30<br />
p.m.. A $10 donation is required.<br />
Register at stjudes.<br />
org/register-here.<br />
Lincoln-Way Christian Church (690 E.<br />
Illinois Highway, New Lenox)<br />
Worship Services<br />
9 and 10:30 a.m. Sundays.<br />
Grandparents Raising<br />
Grandchildren<br />
6:30-8:30 p.m. the<br />
fourth Thursday of each<br />
month. Are you a grandmother/grandfather/aunt/<br />
uncle or other relative age<br />
55 or older raising a child<br />
in place of their parents?<br />
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to help you cope with the<br />
impact of this role on your<br />
health, emotional wellbeing,<br />
finances, and family.<br />
Social skills groups are<br />
also provided for children<br />
ages 3-12 with a reservation.<br />
To reserve a spot, call<br />
Kimberley Tarcak at the<br />
Senior Services Center of<br />
Will County at (815) 740-<br />
4225.<br />
Central Presbyterian Church (1101 S.<br />
Gougar Road, New Lenox)<br />
Bible Study<br />
7 p.m. Tuesdays<br />
(815) 462-0202.<br />
The Hub (1303 S. Schoolhouse Road,<br />
New Lenox)<br />
The Landing<br />
6:30-8:30 p.m. every<br />
Wednesday. This is a<br />
group to help teens break<br />
free from hurts, hang-ups<br />
and addictions. There is no<br />
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For more information, call<br />
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hurts, habits, or hang-ups.<br />
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St. John Orthodox Chapel (112 Church<br />
Street, New Lenox)<br />
Sunday Services<br />
10 a.m. Sundays. After<br />
the service is Introduction<br />
to Orthodoxy. Refreshments<br />
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(630) 638-9462<br />
New Life Church (500 Gougar Road,<br />
New Lenox)<br />
Intro to New Life<br />
Church staff offers a<br />
one-day Intro to New Life<br />
workshop, which will provide<br />
the opportunity for<br />
attendees to engage in an<br />
in-depth dialogue about<br />
the church’s mission, beliefs<br />
and approach to ministry.<br />
To register, sign up at<br />
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Grace Episcopal Church (209 N. Pine<br />
St., New Lenox)<br />
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5 p.m. the first, third<br />
and fifth Saturday of each<br />
month.<br />
Cornerstone Church (1501 S. Gougar<br />
Road, New Lenox)<br />
Worship Service<br />
8:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.<br />
every Sunday.<br />
Parkview Christian Church (2121 S.<br />
Schoolhouse Road, New Lenox)<br />
Worship Services<br />
4 p.m. Saturdays; 8:30<br />
a.m., 10 a.m. and 11:30<br />
a.m. Sundays.<br />
Peace Lutheran Church (1900 E. Lincoln<br />
Highway, New Lenox)<br />
Bible Study<br />
10 a.m. Every Wednesday.<br />
For more information,<br />
call (815) 485-5327.<br />
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Tom Kelly’s helps locals ring in early New Year<br />
Sean Hastings, Editor<br />
For some, making it all<br />
the way until midnight<br />
is a tough task — especially<br />
when one has children<br />
whose bedtimes<br />
are before midnight.<br />
Sometimes, those bedtimes<br />
are the same for the<br />
parents.<br />
Tom Kelly’s Chophouse<br />
and Pub owners Kelly and<br />
Brett Trumpey have young<br />
children of their own and<br />
have dealt with the stress<br />
of trying to find something<br />
to do with the children<br />
on New Year’s Eve. That<br />
sometimes meant waiting<br />
in long fast food lines.<br />
Kelly’s parents, Pat and<br />
Jerry Lavery, also own the<br />
restaurant.<br />
So, Kelly and Brett created<br />
something for themselves<br />
and others to enjoy:<br />
a midday New Year’s Eve<br />
party.<br />
“We thought, ‘Why<br />
don’t we create something<br />
where the parents can relax,<br />
kids can have fun, and<br />
have a free event and open<br />
it to the community?’”<br />
Kelly said. “It’s awesome.<br />
The kids have a blast, parents<br />
can eat and have a<br />
couple drinks if they want<br />
to.<br />
“We created something<br />
that we’d want to go to.<br />
The community has been<br />
very receptive.”<br />
It was the second year<br />
that Tom Kelly’s hosted<br />
the midday New Year’s<br />
event and the space was<br />
packed, almost wall-towall,<br />
with people anxiously<br />
waiting for the 2<br />
p.m. balloon drop. Just 10<br />
hours before the real drop,<br />
balloons and confetti fell<br />
from the restaurant’s ceilings<br />
to cascade down on a<br />
group of excited children<br />
and parents.<br />
The balloon drop was<br />
even moved up 30 minutes<br />
to cater to the excitement<br />
of the anxious children and<br />
some of the ones getting a<br />
little bit tired, further proving<br />
how tough it can be to<br />
keep a child fighting it out<br />
until after midnight.<br />
But once the balloons<br />
and confetti fell, confetti<br />
was rethrown into the air<br />
and balloons were bounced<br />
around among the ecstatic<br />
children.<br />
For Nicole Stockmal<br />
and her three children,<br />
that was their one and only<br />
New Year’s Eve party.<br />
“We got here right at<br />
noon,” she said. “The kids<br />
love it. I grew up with Kelly,<br />
so it was nice to know<br />
the people here.”<br />
As balloons bounced<br />
around and confetti flew<br />
through the air, Stockmal<br />
danced around with her<br />
children.<br />
“The look on the kids’<br />
faces for everything we do<br />
[is my favorite part of the<br />
holiday season],” she said.<br />
“We saw the winter lights<br />
here in New Lenox, Homer<br />
Glen. They have fun no<br />
matter what it is. You give<br />
them balloons and confetti<br />
and it’s the time of their<br />
life.”<br />
Stockmal also noted<br />
how all of the area’s<br />
events — Tom Kelly’s<br />
New Year’s Eve included<br />
— cater to entire families.<br />
“The kids are having a<br />
great time and it’s familyfriendly<br />
for everybody,”<br />
she said. “You don’t<br />
have to worry about anything.”<br />
Tom Kelly’s also does<br />
similar celebrations for<br />
Halloween, Christmas,<br />
Easter and may have a<br />
summer kick-off party in<br />
Brady Andrews, 6, plays with his noisemaker at the Tom Kelly’s New Year’s Eve party.<br />
Photos by Sean Hastings/22nd Century Media<br />
2020 as well.<br />
And for just its second<br />
year, the New Year’s Eve<br />
party has grown. Even<br />
though Kelly was working,<br />
she was still able to<br />
enjoy it. She also is glad<br />
that what her and her husband<br />
created has been<br />
well-received by the community.<br />
“The parents can go<br />
out at night if they want<br />
and this way the could do<br />
something during the day<br />
with their kids,” Kelly<br />
said.<br />
And just as it is for<br />
Stockmal, the looks on the<br />
children’s faces is the best.<br />
“Just to see all their faces<br />
light up and having a blast,<br />
it makes all the noisemakers<br />
worth it,” Kelly said.<br />
A group of friends dance together following Tom Kelly’s early New Year’s Eve balloon<br />
drop.
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IF I WERE A<br />
SHEPHERD<br />
Be Brave Mom<br />
Resolving to enjoy every adventure in 2020<br />
Julie Sanders, New Lenox<br />
resident<br />
If I were a shepherd<br />
And you a lost sheep<br />
I’d tell you ‘bout Jesus<br />
My soul is His to keep.<br />
You know, He’s my<br />
Savior<br />
That He died for me<br />
My sin separated us<br />
In repentance, I’m free.<br />
I trust in the Savior<br />
His work is complete<br />
He died, raised to life<br />
God’s mercy seat.<br />
Baptized and born again<br />
Clothed in His righteousness<br />
Sin’s bondage is broken<br />
I’m filled with faithfulness.<br />
Come to the Savior<br />
Repent and confess<br />
Those weary and burdened<br />
Come enter His Rest.<br />
Come to the narrow path<br />
God’s only way<br />
through Jesus Christ His<br />
Son<br />
May salvation be today.<br />
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Corner, email Editor Sean<br />
Hastings at sean@newlenox<br />
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Rebecca Barker<br />
Contributing Columnist<br />
As the New Year<br />
begins you can’t<br />
help but feel like<br />
you’re getting a little bit<br />
of a fresh start. Not just<br />
because of the resolutions<br />
you may or may not have<br />
made, but the general<br />
calm that comes with the<br />
close of a bustling holiday<br />
season. It’s a chance to<br />
dismantle all those decorations,<br />
clean everything,<br />
of course, sort out old<br />
toys and make room for<br />
new and maybe try a new<br />
adventure too!<br />
As a mom, a New<br />
Year’s resolutions can be<br />
tricky, as you so rarely<br />
think of just yourself. You<br />
could try a new cookbook<br />
recipe (despite the cries of<br />
childhood disapproval),<br />
to take time to reconnect<br />
with friends or get<br />
your nails done (despite<br />
lack of time to shower<br />
much less talk on the<br />
phone independently), or<br />
maybe as a mom the best<br />
resolution might just be<br />
to be Brave. Don’t get me<br />
wrong, I try very hard to<br />
practice what I preach and<br />
set out fearlessly on an<br />
adventure with two kids<br />
and a backpack of wet<br />
ones and cereal bars, but<br />
fear of the unknown and<br />
that unexplainable mom<br />
gift to see all the possible<br />
things that could go<br />
wrong often creeps in. So<br />
Maya and Harrison Barker weigh their frozen yogurt at Sweet Frogs in Frankfort. photo submitted<br />
this year try a little harder.<br />
Try something new as a<br />
family like eating out at a<br />
restaurant or to discover a<br />
fun adventure like a children’s<br />
music class. You<br />
could even tackle a project<br />
at home that seems “too<br />
messy” “too much work”<br />
or “too old” because it<br />
could turn out to be “too<br />
much fun.”<br />
For me this year,<br />
I’m taking a few deep<br />
breaths and trying to be<br />
an example of flexibility,<br />
through a bit more spontaneous<br />
action and likely<br />
a ton more humility. Topping<br />
our adventures will<br />
surely be crafting projects.<br />
My kids are artists and I<br />
honestly love to draw and<br />
create, too. We assembled<br />
a “Make Things Box” for<br />
2020 including all kinds<br />
of incidental craft supplies,<br />
paint pens, sharpies,<br />
googly eyes, and pompoms,<br />
plus recycled items<br />
like paper towel rolls,<br />
empty containers, jugs,<br />
and boxes. We also love<br />
to cook together (mostly<br />
desserts) so I’m trying<br />
to work our way through<br />
my new Magnolia Table<br />
Cook Book and try one<br />
new recipe a week if we<br />
can together. Shopping for<br />
the items and mixing it up<br />
together; don’t worry I’ll<br />
keep plenty of mac and<br />
cheese on hand in case it<br />
goes south.<br />
We will also be working<br />
on exploring some<br />
new local adventures like<br />
signing up for a course at<br />
the New Lenox Community<br />
Park District. Be<br />
it gymnastics, dance or<br />
sports they have a huge<br />
selection to keep your<br />
family busy and excited.<br />
We also love to see<br />
what’s new at the New<br />
Lenox Public Library<br />
for programming or just<br />
exploring a new book to<br />
keep the winter blues at<br />
bay. And my new favorite<br />
adventure is to explore<br />
eating out. With one<br />
picky eater and one eat<br />
anything kid, we often<br />
resist the opportunity to<br />
explore our inner foodie,<br />
but baby steps to a few<br />
kid-friendly spots will<br />
hopefully ease us in. Topping<br />
our list is a favorite<br />
for eat in or take out, Chicago<br />
Dough Company on<br />
Route 30 in New Lenox,<br />
we love their mostaccioli<br />
and spectacular pizza,<br />
too, but nothing tops the<br />
cheese sticks. We are also<br />
sure to reward our sweet<br />
tooth with a favorite<br />
frozen yogurt outing to<br />
Sweet Frog in Frankfort.<br />
The kids love the idea<br />
of making their own ice<br />
cream creations and adding<br />
all the toppings, too!<br />
So welcome 2020 and<br />
all you have in store, from<br />
birthday parties to potty<br />
training, bring it on. Looking<br />
back at 2019, I am so<br />
grateful for the memories<br />
and the journey. What I<br />
remember most are the<br />
moments when we as a<br />
family just stopped worrying,<br />
stuck together and had<br />
a great adventure. I look<br />
forward to so many more<br />
that 2020 has to offer.<br />
I’m Rebecca Barker… mom<br />
of two, wife and writer. I’ve<br />
lived in New Lenox most of<br />
my life and excited to share<br />
some of the adventures that<br />
go along with being a mom.<br />
Skip the nap, grab a snack,<br />
get creative and Be Brave<br />
Mom. For more follow me @<br />
bebravemom2 on Facebook;<br />
@Be_Brave_Mom on Twitter<br />
and https://bebravemom.<br />
blogspot.com
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Bringing the Beat<br />
The Beat 2, a band that plays classic rock from the ’50s<br />
through the ’80s, plays a show at Gatto’s<br />
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ABOVE: The Beat 2<br />
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Gatto’s in New Lenox on<br />
Saturday, Jan. 4. Photos<br />
by Mike Lorenz/22nd<br />
Century Media<br />
LEFT: Bill Sifuentes,<br />
singer and guitarist, plays<br />
a song during The Beat<br />
2’s performance at Gattos.<br />
BELOW: Tom McElroy<br />
sings and plays bass<br />
for the band The Beat<br />
2, which plays classic<br />
rock music from the ’50s<br />
through the ’80s.<br />
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the new lenox patriot | January 9, 2020 | 23<br />
The Dish<br />
Fat Rosie’s continues to grow from Frankfort roots<br />
Nuria Mathog<br />
Contributing Editor<br />
At Fat Rosie’s Taco &<br />
Tequila Bar in Frankfort,<br />
the vibe is fun, vibrant and<br />
colorful.<br />
The main dining area is<br />
full of surprises. Multiple<br />
saddles hang from the rafters,<br />
and a skeleton in a<br />
sombrero greets customers<br />
near the grills. The back<br />
dining room is strung with<br />
papel picado, a type of<br />
Mexican artwork made by<br />
cutting designs into colorful<br />
tissue paper.<br />
Caroline Foglton, a<br />
Mokena resident and one<br />
of the managers at Fat<br />
Rosie’s, said the restaurant<br />
prides itself on providing<br />
diners with an “awesome<br />
fiesta” experience, quality<br />
customer service and<br />
fresh, delicious food.<br />
“I enjoy that we’re just<br />
a big family,” she said.<br />
“Every day you come to<br />
work, you feel like you’re<br />
in Mexico. You don’t feel<br />
like you’re at work.”<br />
Fat Rosie’s is named after<br />
a pet donkey owned by<br />
a Mexican farmer who the<br />
restaurant chain’s proprietor,<br />
Scott Harris, met during<br />
a trip to Mexico. The<br />
Frankfort location opened<br />
in 2015, followed by a second<br />
Chicago-area location<br />
in Naperville in 2018. In<br />
December, a third restaurant<br />
opened in Schaumburg.<br />
“We’re going to try and<br />
do our cooking classes;<br />
we’re going to offer those<br />
to people out here, as well,<br />
if they want to make their<br />
way up to Schaumburg,”<br />
Foglton said. “We’re also<br />
doing tequila dinners. ...<br />
We work closely with the<br />
chefs, as well as our bar<br />
manager, and we do specific<br />
dinners based on tequila<br />
drinks and stuff like<br />
Fat Rosie’s Taco &<br />
Tequila Bar<br />
28 Kansas St. in<br />
Frankfort<br />
Hours:<br />
• 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m.<br />
Mondays-Thursdays<br />
• 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m.<br />
Fridays and Saturdays<br />
• 10 a.m.-2 p.m.<br />
Sunday brunch<br />
• 2 p.m.-8 p.m.<br />
Sunday dinner<br />
For more information ...<br />
Phone: (815) 534-<br />
1640<br />
Web: fatrosies.com<br />
that.”<br />
At Fat Rosie’s, the tacos<br />
are a bestseller, with 10<br />
varieties served a la carte,<br />
such as the carne asada<br />
($5), filled with grilled<br />
steak, pico de gallo, queso<br />
fresco and avocado-tomatillo<br />
salsa; camarones ($5),<br />
which consist of grilled<br />
shrimp topped with pickled<br />
red onions, arugula<br />
and jalapeno-garlic aioli;<br />
and the vegetarian coliflor<br />
frita ($4), with fried cauliflower,<br />
toasted almonds,<br />
red onion, tomatillo jam,<br />
cilantro, queso fresco and<br />
Fresno pappers. Diners can<br />
mix and match tacos, and a<br />
set of three is served with a<br />
side of rice and beans.<br />
“The beans we make<br />
in-house,” executive chef<br />
Ivan Vargas said. “The<br />
base for the beans is epazote.<br />
It’s a good flavor. The<br />
rice, we use carrots, onions<br />
and tomato sauce.”<br />
Vargas said his favorite<br />
dish at the restaurant is the<br />
tampiquena ($24), a grilled<br />
skirt steak that comes with<br />
salsa de la casa and is<br />
served with a red cheese<br />
enchilada, rice and beans,<br />
rajas, grilled queso fresco,<br />
cilantro and guacamole on<br />
Pictured are three of the tacos offered at Fat Rosie’s in Frankfort: (left to right) carne asada, camarones and pollo a<br />
las brazas. Photos by Nuria Mathog/22nd Century Media<br />
A set of three tacos automatically comes with rice and<br />
beans, which can also be ordered as extras for $3 each.<br />
the side.<br />
“We’d like to bring the<br />
flavor, the Mexican flavors<br />
and different Mexican<br />
foods, Mexican and American,<br />
and mix it,” he said.<br />
On Sundays, the restaurant<br />
offers brunch from<br />
10 a.m.-2 p.m., featuring<br />
popular Mexican breakfast<br />
and lunch dishes such as<br />
huevos al Mexicana ($10)<br />
— scrambled eggs cooked<br />
with tomato, serrano peppers,<br />
cilantro, onion and<br />
avocado, served with<br />
black beans — as well as a<br />
bar where diners can make<br />
their own custom bloody<br />
Marias ($10 per glass), a<br />
The pina, or pineapple margarita ($11), includes<br />
pineapple juice, fresh zest, a house margarita mix, 100<br />
percent blue agave tequila and Tajin seasoning.<br />
drink similar to the classic<br />
bloody Mary but mixed<br />
with tequila instead of<br />
vodka.<br />
Foglton said she hopes<br />
to give diners walking into<br />
Fat Rosie’s an adventure<br />
that takes them on their<br />
own culinary journey.<br />
“We want everybody to<br />
just feel like they’re somewhere<br />
else, rather than<br />
here in downtown Frankfort,”<br />
she said.
24 | January 9, 2020 | the new lenox patriot puzzles<br />
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crosstown CROSSWORD & Sudoku The crosstowns: Frankfort, Homer Glen, Lockport, Mokena, New Lenox, Orland Park, Tinley Park<br />
Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur<br />
Across<br />
1. Real estate ad<br />
abbr.<br />
4. Neighbor of Afghanistan<br />
8. Dance night<br />
12. Shoe designation<br />
13. __ much (less)<br />
15. Palindromic address<br />
16. Trash<br />
17. Great local forest<br />
area for boating and<br />
fishing<br />
19. Went crazy over<br />
21. Egyptian, for one<br />
22. More tender<br />
23. Uncle Ben’s dish<br />
26. Pundit<br />
27. British sports<br />
cars<br />
30. Irritates<br />
33. Mario Puzo best<br />
seller<br />
36. W.B.A. calls<br />
37. O.T. book<br />
40. School again<br />
42. Cutting device<br />
43. Bit of perspiration<br />
45. Living room<br />
piece<br />
46. Sci-Fi/horror<br />
combo from the 70s<br />
48. Envelope type<br />
49. Valentine’s Day<br />
flowers<br />
54. Origin<br />
56. Woman’s name<br />
derived from peace<br />
in Greek<br />
57. Contemptible one<br />
60. Violin part<br />
61. Equipment assembly<br />
location<br />
66. Seek damages,<br />
perhaps<br />
67. Full range<br />
68. “Holberg Suite”<br />
composer Edvard<br />
69. Wrongly prefix<br />
70. Double<br />
71. Church projection<br />
72. Bygone plane,<br />
abbr.<br />
Down<br />
1. Go back over<br />
2. Hayfield<br />
3. Lady of León<br />
4. Kind of decorator<br />
5. Abbey ___, Beatles<br />
album<br />
6. Automatic cash<br />
source<br />
7. Sonoma neighbor<br />
8. Chum<br />
9. Nutritional fig.<br />
10. Symbol of strength<br />
11. Madame, for short<br />
14. Knight title<br />
15. Chris Noth’s role<br />
in “Sex and the City”<br />
18. Aural device<br />
20. Dream indication<br />
24. Be-bopper<br />
25. Charitable organization<br />
27. Allots, with “out”<br />
28. Actress Garbo<br />
29. Utter<br />
31. Extended time<br />
away from wk.<br />
32. Capt.’s heading<br />
34. ___ amis<br />
35. Flawless serve<br />
37. Basketball association<br />
38. Slippery slider<br />
39. 1968 Broadway<br />
debut<br />
41. The crown jewel<br />
of Homer Glen’s<br />
park system<br />
44. ___ gratias (thanks<br />
to God)<br />
47. Like a rare baseball<br />
game<br />
50. Iconic defenseman<br />
Bobby<br />
51. California shakes<br />
52. Boredoms<br />
53. Most wise<br />
55. Bo Derek’s number<br />
58. ___ roll<br />
59. “Tomb Raider”<br />
heroine Croft<br />
60. Understands<br />
61. Military rank, abbr.<br />
62. Choice marble<br />
63. French friend<br />
64. Colt, e.g.<br />
65. Turbulent water<br />
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(1300 N. Cedar Road,<br />
New Lenox; (815) 463-<br />
1099)<br />
■5-8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays:<br />
Piano Styles by Joe<br />
Williamson’s Restaurant<br />
and Pub<br />
(1490 W. Maple St. New<br />
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House Wine Wednesdays<br />
■Sundays: ■ Spicy<br />
Bloody Marys $5<br />
Hickory Creek Brewing<br />
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7000)<br />
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FRANKFORT<br />
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Grill<br />
(21000 Frankfort<br />
Square Road, Frankfort;<br />
(815) 464-8100)<br />
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Karaoke<br />
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(11247 W. 187th St.,<br />
Mokena; (708) 478-<br />
8888)<br />
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and Saturdays:<br />
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Eadie<br />
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answers<br />
How to play Sudoku<br />
Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that<br />
has been subdivided into nine smaller grids<br />
of 3x3 squares. To solve the puzzle, each row,<br />
column and box must contain each of the<br />
numbers 1-9.<br />
LEVEL: Medium<br />
Crossword by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan
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the new lenox patriot | January 9, 2020 | 25<br />
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Nov. 14<br />
• 897 Meadow Ridge Lane, New<br />
Lenox, 60451-2448 - Mary Ann<br />
Murphy Trustee to Mary Ann Daniluk,<br />
$183,000<br />
• 474 Kingston Drive, New Lenox,<br />
60451-1527 - Pretium Mortgage<br />
Acquisition T. to Dennis Gress,<br />
$253,000<br />
• 2030 Royalglen Drive, New Lenox,<br />
60451 - Nvr Inc to Richard Drage,<br />
Camille B. Drage $307,272<br />
• 2808 Joela Drive, New Lenox,<br />
60451-3529 - Marquette Bank<br />
Trustee to Steven M. Soyk, Joyce A.<br />
Soyk $357,593<br />
Nov. 18<br />
• 2038 Somerglen Drive, New Lenox,<br />
60451 - Nvr Inc to Constance V.<br />
Nichols, Allen D. Nichols $361,737<br />
Nov. 19<br />
• 807 Winter Park Drive, 60b, New<br />
Lenox, 60451-3106 - David R. Farris<br />
to Hanna G. Hanlon, $215,000<br />
2931 Ferro Drive, New Lenox, 60451-<br />
3429 - Henry Villarreal to James K.<br />
Grant, $335,900<br />
• 1758 Mays Drive, New Lenox,<br />
60451-4114 - Weber Homes Inc to<br />
Mark W. Brasseur, Kathleen Cusack<br />
Brasseur $509,787<br />
Nov. 20<br />
• 193 Pottawatomie Lane, New<br />
Lenox, 60451-9729 - Carrie<br />
Beemsterboer to Anna Skobel,<br />
Nicholas Varichak $520,000<br />
Nov. 22<br />
• 865 Winter Park Drive, New Lenox,<br />
60451-3106 - Chicago Title Land<br />
Trust Co Tr to James J. Suppes,<br />
$199,000<br />
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COMMON AD - REAL ESTATE<br />
SECTION<br />
SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE<br />
of 665 Anderson Road, New Lenox,<br />
IL 60451 (Single Family Residence).<br />
On the 30th day of January, 2020 to be<br />
held at 12:00 noon, at the Will County<br />
Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street,<br />
Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, under Case<br />
Title: PNC BANK, NATIONAL AS-<br />
SOCIATION, SUCCESSOR BY<br />
MERGER TO NATIONAL CITY<br />
BANK, SUCCESSOR BY MERGE<br />
TO MIDAMERICA BANK FSB<br />
Plaintiff V. MARIAN E SINIAWSKI<br />
A/K/A MARIAN SINIAWSKI; MI-<br />
DAMERICA BANK, FSB; WELLS<br />
FARGO BANK, N.A.; UNKNOWN<br />
OWNERS AND NON-RECORD<br />
CLAIMANTS Defendant.<br />
Case No. 17 CH 1822 in the Circuit<br />
Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit,<br />
Will County, Illinois.<br />
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the<br />
time of sale and the balance within<br />
twenty-four (24) hours. Nojudicial sale<br />
fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring<br />
the residential real estate pursuant<br />
to its credit bid at the sale or by any<br />
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other<br />
lienor acquiring the residential real estate<br />
whose rights in and tothe residential<br />
real estate arose prior to the sale. All<br />
payments shall be made in cash or certified<br />
funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will<br />
County.<br />
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ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS<br />
5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and (H-2), 765<br />
ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS<br />
605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified<br />
that the purchaser of the unit, other than<br />
amortgagee, shall pay the assessments<br />
and legal fees required by subdivisions<br />
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and the assessments<br />
required by subsection (g-1)<br />
of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium<br />
Property Act.<br />
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J)<br />
if there is asurplus following application<br />
ofthe proceeds of sale, then the<br />
plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant<br />
to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512(d) to all parties<br />
to the proceeding advising them of<br />
the amount ofthe surplus and that the<br />
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SECTION<br />
SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE<br />
of 652 Princeton Lane, New Lenox, IL<br />
60451 (Single Family Home). On the<br />
16th day of January, 2020 to be held at<br />
12:00 noon, at the Will County Courthouse<br />
Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street,<br />
Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, under Case<br />
Title: U.S. Bank National Association<br />
Plaintiff V. Brian Hall a/k/a Brian T.<br />
Hall; et. al. Defendant.<br />
Case No. 19 CH 0824 in the Circuit<br />
Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit,<br />
Will County, Illinois.<br />
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the<br />
time of sale and the balance within<br />
twenty-four (24) hours. Nojudicial sale<br />
fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring<br />
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to its credit bid at the sale or by any<br />
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other<br />
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whose rights in and tothe residential<br />
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2701 Property for<br />
Sale<br />
fied funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will<br />
County.<br />
In the event the property is acondomin-<br />
ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS<br />
5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and (H-2), 765<br />
ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS<br />
605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified<br />
that the purchaser of the unit, other than<br />
amortgagee, shall pay the assessments<br />
and legal fees required by subdivisions<br />
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and the assessments<br />
required by subsection (g-1)<br />
of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium<br />
Property Act.<br />
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J)<br />
if there is asurplus following application<br />
ofthe proceeds of sale, then the<br />
plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant<br />
to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512(d) to all parties<br />
to the proceeding advising them of<br />
the amount ofthe surplus and that the<br />
surplus will beheld until aparty obtains<br />
acourt order for its distribution or, in<br />
the absence of an order, until the surplus<br />
is forfeited to the State.<br />
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15W030 N. Frontage Road Suite 100<br />
Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527<br />
P: 630-794-5300<br />
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YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS<br />
LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A<br />
DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING<br />
TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY<br />
INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL<br />
BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.<br />
STATE OF ILLINOIS<br />
)<br />
) SS.<br />
COUNTY OF WILL<br />
)<br />
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE<br />
TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT<br />
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS<br />
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIA-<br />
TION, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO<br />
NATIONAL CITY BANK, SUCCES-<br />
SOR BY MERGE TO MIDAMERICA<br />
BANK FSB<br />
Plaintiff,<br />
vs.<br />
MARIAN ESINIAWSKI A/K/A MAR-<br />
IAN SINIAWSKI; MIDAMERICA<br />
BANK, FSB; WELLS FARGO BANK,<br />
N.A.; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND<br />
NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS<br />
Defendant.<br />
No. 17 CH 1822<br />
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE<br />
Public notice ishereby given that pursuant<br />
toajudgment entered in the above<br />
cause on the 29th day of October,<br />
2019 ,MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will<br />
County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the<br />
30th day of January, 2020 ,commencing<br />
at 12:00 o'clock noon, at the Will<br />
County Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa<br />
Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432,<br />
sell at public auction tothe highest and<br />
best bidder orbidders the following-described<br />
real estate:<br />
LOT 298, IN HIBERNIA ESTATES<br />
UNIT 1, PART OF THE EAST 1/2<br />
OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 AND<br />
PART OF THE WEST 1/2 OFTHE<br />
SOUTHEAST 1/4 INSECTION 23,<br />
TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 11<br />
EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL<br />
MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE<br />
PLAT THEREOF RECORDED OC-<br />
TOBER 31, 1995, AS DOCUMENT<br />
NO. R95-83947 AND CERTIFICATE<br />
OF CORRECTION RECORDED<br />
2703 Legal<br />
Notices<br />
JANUARY 31, 1996 AS DOCU-<br />
MENT R96-9106, IN WILL<br />
COUNTY, ILLINOIS<br />
Commonly known as:<br />
665 Anderson Road, New Lenox, IL<br />
60451<br />
Description of Improvements:<br />
Single Family Residence<br />
P.I.N.:<br />
15-08-23-305-019-0000<br />
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the<br />
time of sale and the balance within<br />
twenty-four (24) hours. Nojudicial sale<br />
fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring<br />
the residential real estate pursuant<br />
to its credit bid at the sale or by any<br />
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other<br />
lienor acquiring the residential real estate<br />
whose rights in and tothe residential<br />
real estate arose prior to the sale. All<br />
payments shall be made in cash or certified<br />
funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will<br />
County.<br />
In the event the property is acondomin-<br />
ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS<br />
5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and (H-2), 765<br />
ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS<br />
605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified<br />
that the purchaser of the unit, other than<br />
amortgagee, shall pay the assessments<br />
and legal fees required by subdivisions<br />
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and the assessments<br />
required by subsection (g-1)<br />
of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium<br />
Property Act.<br />
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J)<br />
if there is asurplus following application<br />
ofthe proceeds of sale, then the<br />
plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant<br />
to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512(d) to all parties<br />
to the proceeding advising them of<br />
the amount ofthe surplus and that the<br />
surplus will beheld until aparty obtains<br />
acourt order for its distribution or, in<br />
the absence of an order, until the surplus<br />
is forfeited to the State.<br />
FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CON-<br />
TACT:<br />
Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer<br />
P.A.<br />
233 South Wacker Drive 70th Floor<br />
Chicago, IL 60606<br />
P: 1-312-566-0040<br />
F: 1-312-566-0041<br />
Plaintiff's Attorney<br />
MIKE KELLEY<br />
Sheriff of Will County<br />
PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT<br />
COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT<br />
YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS<br />
LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A<br />
DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING<br />
TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY<br />
INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL<br />
BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.<br />
STATE OF ILLINOIS<br />
)<br />
) SS.<br />
COUNTY OF WILL<br />
)<br />
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE<br />
TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT<br />
WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS<br />
U.S. Bank National Association<br />
Plaintiff,<br />
vs.<br />
Brian Hall a/k/a Brian T. Hall; et. al.<br />
Defendant.<br />
No. 19 CH 0824<br />
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE<br />
Public notice ishereby given that pursuant<br />
toajudgment entered in the above<br />
cause on the 14th day of August, 2019,<br />
MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will<br />
County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the<br />
16th day of January, 2020 ,commencing<br />
at 12:00 o'clock noon, at the Will<br />
County Courthouse Annex, 57 N. Ottawa<br />
Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432,<br />
sell at public auction tothe highest and<br />
best bidder orbidders the following-described<br />
real estate:<br />
LOT 127, IN SCHOOLHOUSE<br />
MANOR UNIT II, BEING A SUBDI-<br />
VISION OFPART OFTHE EAST<br />
1/2 OFTHE NORTH EAST 1/4 OF<br />
SECTION 23, TOWNSHIP 35<br />
NORTH, RANGE 11, EAST OF THE<br />
THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN,<br />
ACCORDING TO THE PLAT<br />
2703 Legal<br />
Notices<br />
THEREOF RECORDED SEPTEM-<br />
BER 27, 1993, AS DOCUMENT<br />
R93-83735, AND CERTIFICATE OF<br />
CORRECTION RECORDED OC-<br />
TOBER 27, 1993 AS DOCUMENT<br />
NO. R93-94393, IN WILL COUNTY,<br />
ILLINOIS<br />
Commonly known as:<br />
652 Princeton Lane, New Lenox, IL<br />
60451<br />
Description of Improvements:<br />
Single Family Home<br />
P.I.N.:<br />
15-08-23-210-006-0000<br />
Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the<br />
time of sale and the balance within<br />
twenty-four (24) hours. No judicial sale<br />
fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring<br />
the residential real estate pursuant<br />
to its credit bid at the sale or by any<br />
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other<br />
lienor acquiring the residential real estate<br />
whose rights inand to the residential<br />
real estate arose prior to the sale. All<br />
payments shall be made incash or certified<br />
funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will<br />
County.<br />
In the event the property is acondomin-<br />
ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS<br />
5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) and (H-2), 765<br />
ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS<br />
605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified<br />
that the purchaser of the unit, other than<br />
amortgagee, shall pay the assessments<br />
and legal fees required by subdivisions<br />
(g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9and the assessments<br />
required by subsection (g-1)<br />
of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium<br />
Property Act.<br />
Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J)<br />
if there is asurplus following application<br />
ofthe proceeds of sale, then the<br />
plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant<br />
to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512(d) to all parties<br />
to the proceeding advising them of<br />
the amount ofthe surplus and that the<br />
surplus will beheld until aparty obtains<br />
acourt order for its distribution or, in<br />
the absence of an order, until the surplus<br />
is forfeited to the State.<br />
FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CON-<br />
TACT:<br />
Codilis & Associates, P.C.<br />
15W030 N. Frontage Road Suite 100<br />
Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527<br />
P: 630-794-5300<br />
F: 630-794-9090<br />
Plaintiff's Attorney<br />
MIKE KELLEY<br />
Sheriff of Will County<br />
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Free firewood in Orland Park.<br />
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Circle One:<br />
with Sydney Swanberg<br />
Sydney Swanberg is a senior<br />
guard on the Lincoln-<br />
Way West basketball team,<br />
who also competes in<br />
cross country, and track<br />
and field.<br />
The basketball team is<br />
15-2 through the end<br />
of December. What are<br />
your impressions on<br />
the season so far?<br />
I think it’s been a lot of<br />
fun. Outside of basketball,<br />
we have a lot of fun team<br />
chemistry. That’s been the<br />
best part of us being successful.<br />
What is going to be<br />
the key for the team<br />
to stay successful<br />
and to do well in the<br />
postseason?<br />
We have to play defense<br />
and everyone has to<br />
be communicating. As the<br />
season has gone on, our<br />
defense has been better. So<br />
that’s the focus.<br />
How did you get<br />
started playing<br />
basketball?<br />
My older sister, Sara,<br />
played, too. I liked watching<br />
her play so I signed up<br />
for park district basketball<br />
in fifth grade.<br />
Chip DeLorenzo/222nd<br />
Century Media<br />
You are a three-sport<br />
athlete. What other<br />
sports do you do?<br />
Cross country and track.<br />
I played softball my whole<br />
life and for the first three<br />
years at West. Then I decided<br />
I wanted to do a fall<br />
sport so I ran cross country<br />
as a junior. Now I will run<br />
track this spring and I will<br />
do the distance events.<br />
So, what sport do you<br />
like the most?<br />
I like them equally. But<br />
I had a lot of success in<br />
cross country and I had<br />
colleges start coming up<br />
to me. But I reached out<br />
to Carthage College to run<br />
cross country and track<br />
there. So I have now committed<br />
to going there.<br />
Since we are still in<br />
the basketball season,<br />
what have you learned<br />
from West basketball<br />
coach Ryan White?<br />
His famous saying is<br />
“suck it up.” I think of that<br />
a lot when I’m struggling<br />
in a game. You have to<br />
“suck it up” and deal with<br />
it. Even when you don’t<br />
think that you can.<br />
If you could be a<br />
superhero, who would<br />
it be and why?<br />
Superwoman. I thought<br />
it was a really good movie.<br />
She cares a lot about other<br />
people.<br />
Do you have your own<br />
vehicle and, if so, do<br />
you have a name for<br />
it?<br />
Yes. Pearl. Because I<br />
have a Jeep Grand Cherokee<br />
that is light silver. So it<br />
reminds me of a pearl.<br />
Do you have any<br />
superstitions you do<br />
before you compete?<br />
Yes. My shoes are double<br />
knotted before every<br />
sports event. I’ve done that<br />
since I was younger. Still,<br />
I’ve run my share of races<br />
with one shoe untied. I actually<br />
ran my best race this<br />
past cross country season,<br />
at the regional [finishing<br />
13th] with one shoe untied.<br />
What’s the best thing<br />
about being an athlete<br />
at Lincoln-Way West?<br />
Everyone is super supportive.<br />
I feel pressure, but<br />
a good pressure, to perform<br />
because of the support.<br />
Interview conducted by<br />
freelance reporter Randy<br />
Whalen.
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Hockey<br />
Lincoln-Way caps big weekend with win over Lyons<br />
STEVE MILLAR, Sports Editor<br />
Lincoln-Way senior Jacob Faruzzi carries the puck<br />
toward the goal during a 3-2 win over Lyons on Sunday,<br />
Jan. 5. Chip DeLorenzo/22nd Century Media<br />
The Lincoln-Way co-op<br />
hockey team has taken its<br />
lumps over the course of<br />
the season but hopes to be<br />
hitting its stride at the right<br />
time.<br />
Wins on back-to-back<br />
days are a good start.<br />
Lincoln-Way won its<br />
second straight game by<br />
edging Lyons 3-2 in an Illinois<br />
Hockey West contest<br />
Sunday, Dec. 5, at All Seasons<br />
Rink in Naperville.<br />
“It was a big weekend,”<br />
said Jason Lange, a senior<br />
at LW West. “I think we’ve<br />
been working hard. We put<br />
in the work over winter<br />
break to be ready. We know<br />
how important these last<br />
four games before the playoffs<br />
are, and I think we’re<br />
starting to figure things<br />
out.”<br />
Lincoln-Way improved<br />
to 5-12-2 in Hockey West<br />
play.<br />
All three of Lincoln-<br />
Way’s goals came from<br />
seniors: Lange, David Caddigan<br />
and Jacob Faruzzi.<br />
“We have some good<br />
leadership there, but they<br />
have to go more now,”<br />
Lincoln-Way coach David<br />
Dingle said. “We’re a<br />
somewhat inexperienced<br />
team overall. We had half<br />
the team moving up from<br />
JV to varsity, so it’s a big<br />
leap.<br />
“Now’s the time to start.<br />
Now is what we wanted to<br />
build up to with playoffs in<br />
two weeks.”<br />
Lincoln-Way got off to<br />
a very slow start as Lyons<br />
dominated the first 10 minutes<br />
of play and took a 1-0<br />
lead on Dominic Varchetto’s<br />
goal just under eight<br />
minutes in.<br />
“We were just kind of out<br />
of sync at the start,” Dingle<br />
said. “We were coming off<br />
the long winter break before<br />
this weekend, so it was<br />
tough to get back into the<br />
flow.”<br />
Lincoln-Way, though,<br />
grabbed the lead for good<br />
with two goals in a 51-second<br />
span. Faruzzi, a senior<br />
at LW East, tied it with 2:56<br />
3<br />
to go.<br />
Caddigan, a senior at<br />
LW Central, added the goahead<br />
goal 51 seconds later.<br />
Lange gave Lincoln-<br />
Way some cushion when<br />
he scored with 5:40 to go in<br />
the second period.<br />
Lange has embraced his<br />
role as team captain.<br />
“It’s really important,”<br />
he said. “I’ve been a varsity<br />
player for four years<br />
and I’ve seen how much<br />
the captains have helped<br />
me the last three years. I<br />
just want to be that for my<br />
teammates.<br />
“I want to be somebody<br />
they can look up to, ask<br />
questions to. I want to be<br />
a role model on and off the<br />
ice.”<br />
Lyons cut the lead to<br />
3-2 on a goal from Nathan<br />
Davis, but just 26 seconds<br />
remained, and Lincoln-<br />
Way was able to run out the<br />
clock.<br />
Jack Schedin, a senior at<br />
LW West, turned in a strong<br />
performance in goal to limit<br />
Lyons to the two goals.<br />
Cancer Support Center of Mokena employees Cynthia<br />
Turnquest (far left) and Jen Linares (far right) receive<br />
a check and a signed jersey from Lincoln-Way hockey<br />
club captains (left to right) Haydn Grencik, Jason<br />
Lange, Joseph Pustis and Ryan Meske. The hockey<br />
teams raised $4,305 during their “Stick it to Cancer”<br />
event. photo submitted<br />
Hockey<br />
Lincoln-Way hockey raises over<br />
$4,000 for Cancer Support Center<br />
STAFF REPORT<br />
The captains of the three<br />
Lincoln-Way hockey club<br />
teams recently presented<br />
a check for $4,305 to the<br />
Cancer Support Center of<br />
Mokena.<br />
The teams - varsity gold,<br />
junior varsity blue and<br />
junior varsity red, made<br />
of players from all three<br />
Lincoln-Way schools -<br />
held “Stick it to Cancer”<br />
games in October to<br />
raise funds. Players wore<br />
special pink jerseys and<br />
held split the pot raffles,<br />
bake sales, chuck-a-puck<br />
games and more to raise<br />
money.<br />
This was the eighth time<br />
Lincoln-Way hockey held<br />
its “Stick it to Cancer”<br />
events, and this was the<br />
most money raised yet.<br />
The team captains also<br />
presented Cancer Support<br />
Center of Mokena staff<br />
members with a signed jersey<br />
from all the Lincoln-<br />
Way players.<br />
This Week In<br />
KNIGHTS VARSITY<br />
ATHLETICS<br />
BOYS BASKETBALL<br />
■Jan. ■ 10 – at Lockport, 7<br />
p.m.<br />
■Jan. ■ 14 – hosts Bradley-<br />
Bourbonnais, 6:30 p.m.<br />
GIRLS BASKETBALL<br />
■Jan. ■ 9 – hosts Bradley-<br />
Bourbonnais, 6:30 p.m.<br />
■Jan. ■ 14 – at LW West,<br />
6:30 p.m.<br />
BOYS BOWLING<br />
■Jan. ■ 11 – SouthWest<br />
Suburban Conference meet<br />
at Orland Bowl, 8 a.m.<br />
GIRLS BOWLING<br />
■Jan. ■ 9 – hosts Stagg at<br />
Laraway Lanes, 4:30 p.m.<br />
■Jan. ■ 13 – hosts Joliet<br />
West at Laraway Lanes,<br />
4:30 p.m.<br />
■Jan. ■ 14 – LW West at<br />
Laraway Lanes, 4:30 p.m.<br />
DANCE<br />
■Jan. ■ 11 – at Lockport<br />
Invite, 4 p.m.<br />
■Jan. ■ 15 – SouthWest<br />
Suburban Conference meet<br />
at Lockport, 5 p.m.<br />
BOYS SWIMMING<br />
■Jan. ■ 9 – at Lockport, 5<br />
p.m.<br />
■Jan. ■ 14 – hosts<br />
Homewood-Flossmoor and<br />
Joliet Central, 5 p.m.<br />
WRESTLING<br />
■Jan. ■ 10 – at Andrew, 5<br />
p.m.<br />
■Jan. ■ 11 – hosts LW<br />
Central Mega Duals, 9 a.m.<br />
WARRIORS VARSITY<br />
ATHLETICS<br />
BOYS BASKETBALL<br />
■Jan. ■ 10 – at Sandburg, 6<br />
p.m.<br />
■Jan. ■ 15 – at Tinley Park,<br />
6:30 p.m.<br />
GIRLS BASKETBALL<br />
■Jan. ■ 9 – hosts Andrew,<br />
6:30 p.m.<br />
■Jan. ■ 14 – hosts LW<br />
Central, 6:30 p.m.<br />
BOYS BOWLING<br />
■Jan. ■ 11 – SouthWest<br />
Suburban Conference meet<br />
at Orland Bowl, 8 a.m.<br />
GIRLS BOWLING<br />
■Jan. ■ 9 – Bolingbrook at<br />
Brunswick Zone, 4:30 p.m.<br />
■Jan. ■ 11 – Oak Foest Invite<br />
at Oak Forest Bowl, 8:30<br />
a.m<br />
■Jan. ■ 13 – Plainfield East<br />
at Bowlero Romeoville, 4<br />
p.m.<br />
■Jan. ■ 14 – hosts LW<br />
Central at Laraway Lanes,<br />
4:30 p.m.<br />
DANCE<br />
■Jan. ■ 11 – at Lockport<br />
Invite, 4 p.m.<br />
■Jan. ■ 15 – SouthWest<br />
Suburban Conference meet<br />
at Lockport, 5 p.m.<br />
BOYS SWIMMING<br />
■Jan. ■ 9 – at Stagg, 5 p.m.<br />
WRESTLING<br />
■Jan. ■ 9 – at Joliet West, 5<br />
p.m.<br />
■Jan. ■ 10 – hosts<br />
Homewood-Flossmoor, 5<br />
p.m.<br />
■Jan. ■ 11 – hosts LW West<br />
Mega Duals, 9 a.m.<br />
CELTICS VARSITY<br />
ATHLETICS<br />
BOYS BASKETBALL<br />
■Jan. ■ 10 – at Providence-<br />
St. Mel, 7 p.m.<br />
■Jan. ■ 13 – hosts St.<br />
Laurence, 7 p.m.<br />
GIRLS BASKETBALL<br />
■Jan. ■ 9 – hosts De La<br />
Salle, 7 p.m.<br />
■Jan. ■ 11 – at Lockport,<br />
2:30 p.m.<br />
■Jan. ■ 14 – hosts St.<br />
Ignatius, 7 p.m.<br />
BOYS BOWLING<br />
■Jan. ■ 11 – Catholic League<br />
Championship meet at<br />
Palos Lanes, 9:15 a.m.<br />
DANCE<br />
■Jan. ■ 12 – at Huntley<br />
Invite, TBA<br />
WRESTLING<br />
■Jan. ■ 10 – at De La Salle<br />
triangular with Brother Rice,<br />
5 p.m.<br />
■Jan. ■ 11 – at LW West<br />
Mega Duals, 9 a.m.<br />
LINCOLN-WAY CO-OP<br />
ATHLETICS<br />
GIRLS GYMNASTICS<br />
■Jan. ■ 15 – at Homewood-<br />
Flossmoor, 5:30 p.m.
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Wrestling<br />
4 Roundup<br />
4<br />
Boersma continues dominance<br />
as Celtics rally to beat Moline<br />
RANDY WHALEN<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
Perhaps the Providence<br />
wrestling team’s record<br />
isn't where it wants it to<br />
be.<br />
But the Celtics know<br />
they have the talent to turn<br />
that around in the second<br />
half of the season.<br />
With some guys now<br />
getting healthy and others<br />
hitting their stride,<br />
Providence staged a<br />
comeback and defeated<br />
Moline 41-33 to kick off<br />
the new calendar year on<br />
Friday, Jan. 3, in New<br />
Lenox.<br />
In the dual, recently<br />
No.1 ranked heavyweight<br />
Ryan Boersma continued<br />
to impress with a tech fall<br />
to clinch the victory.<br />
Boersma (23-1), a<br />
sophomore who recently<br />
vaulted to No. 1 in Illinois<br />
Wrestling Coaches<br />
and Officials Association<br />
rankings, has only lost 1-0<br />
to senior Steven Kolcheff<br />
out of Michigan.<br />
While many heavyweights<br />
are obviously<br />
big, at 6-foot-6 and 260<br />
pounds, Boersma is more<br />
agile and just towers over<br />
his opponents.<br />
"Usually my leverage<br />
is awesome, and I<br />
can do moves a lot easier<br />
and reach around guys,"<br />
Boersma said of using his<br />
size. "I just want to keep<br />
winning. I got in the top<br />
eight at state last year and<br />
this year I want to win it."<br />
Providence coach Donnie<br />
Reynolds believes<br />
Boersma can do it.<br />
"He's trending in the<br />
right direction," Reynolds<br />
said of his heavyweight.<br />
"You can't teach size and<br />
he's one of the taller kids<br />
in the state. He's got a lot<br />
of different ways to score.<br />
He just needs to keep<br />
learning new things so<br />
someone can't focus on all<br />
his moves."<br />
The Celtics have taken<br />
on a very challenging<br />
schedule this season.<br />
"We've gone up against<br />
a who's who of Illinois<br />
wrestling," Reynolds<br />
said. "But [the victory<br />
over Moline] was a good<br />
win."<br />
It was as the Celtics (8-<br />
12) rallied for some nice<br />
win after a slow start.<br />
Starting at 106 pounds,<br />
Moline (13-9) won the<br />
first three bouts, two of<br />
them by fall, to take an<br />
early 15-0 lead.<br />
But Billy Lindsey<br />
fought off a challenge<br />
and the freshman emerged<br />
with a 4-2 overtime win<br />
at 126 to start the Celtics<br />
comeback.<br />
"Billy Lindsey is a<br />
tough kid and he stopped<br />
the bleeding," Reynolds<br />
said. "He was wrestling<br />
down a weight and this is<br />
his first meet back after<br />
being out the first semester.<br />
It's good to have him<br />
back."<br />
Unfortunately for Providence,<br />
senior Nick Matthias<br />
suffered a knee injury<br />
early on in his match<br />
at 132 and had to injury<br />
default. That gave the Maroons<br />
their largest lead at<br />
21-3.<br />
Sophomore Sean<br />
O'Connor started the Celtics<br />
on a five-match win<br />
streak with a 6-2 win at<br />
138 pounds.<br />
Kevin Countryman<br />
continued it with the first<br />
of four straight pins at 145<br />
to close the Celtics within<br />
21-12.<br />
"Kevin is getting back<br />
in shape," Reynolds said.<br />
"He's getting back in form<br />
now after helping the<br />
football team to the quarterfinals."<br />
Countryman, who took<br />
fourth at the individual<br />
state finals at 145 in Class<br />
3A last season, is ready to<br />
help Providence prevail<br />
in the second half of the<br />
season.<br />
"It's good," he said of<br />
getting the victory over<br />
Moline. "We're a young<br />
team and if we win the regional<br />
or get some people<br />
to the sectional, we will<br />
probably see [Moline]<br />
again."<br />
Frankfort resident Jack<br />
Bruno at 152, fellow junior<br />
and New Lenox resident<br />
Kaden Bray at 160,<br />
and sophomore Aidan<br />
O'Connor at 170 continued<br />
on with three straight<br />
pins for a 30-21 lead. The<br />
Maroons came back with<br />
a pair of pins at 182 and<br />
195 to retake the lead at<br />
33-30.<br />
But a forfeit win at<br />
220 and 19-4 tech fall by<br />
Boersma at 285 capped<br />
the comeback off for<br />
Providence.<br />
Going forward, Providence<br />
is focused on improving<br />
as a team.<br />
"We've gone against<br />
good teams," Countryman<br />
said. "I think our wrestling<br />
shows we are more<br />
than our record. We will<br />
peak at the right time of<br />
the season."<br />
LW Central wrestlers<br />
beat H-F, fall to LW East<br />
STEVE MILLAR, Sports Editor<br />
It was an up-and-down<br />
night for Lincoln-Way<br />
Central’s wrestling team<br />
Friday, Jan. 3.<br />
The Knights beat Homewood-Flossmoor<br />
41-24,<br />
but struggled in a lopsided<br />
50-13 loss to Lincoln-Way<br />
East.<br />
Central continued<br />
its success at the lower<br />
weights as sophomore<br />
Joey Malito and freshman<br />
Nathan Knowlton shined<br />
throughout the night.<br />
Against East, Malito<br />
won a 10-1 major decision<br />
over Connor Koehler at<br />
113 pounds. Knowlton, a<br />
two-time IESA state champion<br />
at Martino Junior<br />
High, pinned the Griffins’<br />
Blake Fries at 106.<br />
Central’s only other win<br />
came from senior Ron Jancaric,<br />
who picked up a 7-1<br />
victory over John Ingram<br />
at 220.<br />
West wrestlers go 2-1 at<br />
Ruettiger Cup<br />
Lincoln-Way West’s<br />
wrestling team finished<br />
second at Minooka’s Ruettiger<br />
Cup on Saturday,<br />
Jan. 4.<br />
The Warriors beat<br />
Lincoln-Way East 40-30<br />
and Moline 47-25, and<br />
dropped a tight 31-28 dual<br />
to the host Indians, who<br />
are ranked No. 8 in Class<br />
3A by the Illinois Wrestling<br />
Coaches and Officials<br />
Association.<br />
Brock Pfeifer, Javen Estrada,<br />
Garret Geigner and<br />
Payton Geigner all went<br />
3-0 on the day.<br />
Huge night for Curran in<br />
Lincoln-Way Central’s Nathan Knowlton controls<br />
Lincoln-Way East’s Blake Fries on his way to a pin in<br />
the 106-pound match Friday, Jan. 3. The Griffins won<br />
the dual 50-13. JULIE MCMANN/22ND CENTURY MEDIA<br />
win over Bloomington<br />
Lincoln-Way Central’s<br />
boys basketball team improved<br />
to 9-4 with a 70-64<br />
win over Bloomington on<br />
Saturday, Jan. 4, in New<br />
Lenox.<br />
Junior guard Sean Curran<br />
rang in the new year<br />
with a huge performance,<br />
pouring in 32 points. Fellow<br />
junior guard Nick<br />
Tingley added 14 points,<br />
while senior guard Sean<br />
Michalak also chipped in<br />
14 points.<br />
The Knights were set<br />
to take on Chicago Ag<br />
Science on Monday, Jan.<br />
6, and Glenbard West on<br />
Wednesday, Jan. 8, before<br />
a SouthWest Suburban<br />
crossover at Lockport on<br />
Friday, Jan. 10.<br />
Knight stars in Providence<br />
victory over Proviso East<br />
Senior guard Lauren<br />
Knight poured in 27 points<br />
to lead Providence’s girls<br />
basketball team to a 59-49<br />
win over Proviso East on<br />
Saturday, Jan. 4, in New<br />
Lenox.<br />
Claire McGrath chipped<br />
in eight points.<br />
Providence improved to<br />
12-4 and was set to play at<br />
St. Laurence on Tuesday,<br />
Jan. 7.<br />
The Celtics are scheduled<br />
to host De La Salle<br />
at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday,<br />
Jan. 9, and play at Lockport<br />
at 2:30 p.m. Saturday,<br />
Jan. 11.
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Boys swimming<br />
Bozzi, Knights hold off Andrew to win title at home invite<br />
5<br />
STEVE MILLAR, Sports Editor<br />
Lincoln-Way Central<br />
junior Joe Bozzi was super<br />
pumped up to see the<br />
Knights win the championship<br />
of their home<br />
invite, the Lincoln-Way<br />
Central Holiday Invitational,<br />
on Thursday, Jan. 2.<br />
The Knights kicked off<br />
the new year by putting up<br />
210 points to edge Andrew<br />
(207) for the title in the<br />
eight-team competition.<br />
Sandburg (199), Stagg<br />
(157), Lemont (148), Hinsdale<br />
South (146), Lincoln-Way<br />
West (130) and<br />
Oak Forest (45) rounded<br />
out the field.<br />
“It was a great team effort,”<br />
Bozzi said. “Everyone<br />
swam incredibly well.<br />
We’ve all been working<br />
extremely hard in practice<br />
and it showed today.”<br />
While their classmates<br />
have been enjoying their<br />
winter break, the Knights<br />
swimmers have been<br />
working through some<br />
marathon practices.<br />
“It’s a grind practicing<br />
while we’re on break,”<br />
Bozzi said. “We wake up<br />
at like 6:30 every morning<br />
and we’re here until noon.<br />
So, we’re working very<br />
hard but we’re all pushing<br />
each other and it’s making<br />
us better.”<br />
Bozzi, a returning state<br />
qualifier in the 200 and<br />
500-yard freestyles, has<br />
been coming on strong in<br />
the butterfly. At the Holiday<br />
Invite, he easily won<br />
the 100 fly in 52.98 seconds,<br />
more than a second<br />
ahead of Sandburg’s Sean<br />
Harlin (54.38).<br />
“I feel I swam well today,<br />
especially in the 100<br />
fly,” Bozzi said. “I’m hoping<br />
to get the school record<br />
[52.07] for that event by<br />
the end of the year.”<br />
Bozzi, who also took<br />
second in the 200 free<br />
(1:45.9) was the Knights’<br />
only winner on the day,<br />
but Central pulled off the<br />
team title with consistently<br />
strong swims across the<br />
board.<br />
The Knights’ team of<br />
Bozzi, Matt Senese, Nathan<br />
Fritz and Will Jager<br />
finished second in the 200<br />
medley relay (1:43.35),<br />
while Bozzi, Senese, Austin<br />
Moy and Devin Mihaichuk<br />
teamed up for a thirdplace<br />
finish in the 400<br />
free relay (3:26.12). Moy,<br />
Fritz, Jager and Noah Ivicic<br />
were fourth in the 200<br />
free relay (1:36.25).<br />
Michaichuk in the 100<br />
fly (57.78), Tyler Quigley<br />
in the 100 free (53.69) and<br />
Senese in the 100 back<br />
(59.85) also had fourthplace<br />
finishes for the<br />
Knights.<br />
“It was very exciting,”<br />
Central coach Dana Kellerman<br />
said. “[The Knights]<br />
swam great and I was so<br />
proud of them. We’ve been<br />
working on good streamlines<br />
and being strong<br />
off the walls. Focusing,<br />
in general, during winter<br />
break can be hard and I<br />
was so impressed that they<br />
were able to focus on those<br />
little things.”<br />
Junior Sean Finley led<br />
LW West, winning the 100<br />
breaststroke (1:01.85) and<br />
taking third in the 200 individual<br />
medley (2:05.16).<br />
“I feel like I performed<br />
very well,” Finley said.<br />
“Getting first in the 100<br />
breast was really unexpected,<br />
and I got a good<br />
time in the 200 IM, too.”<br />
The Warriors’ Tristan<br />
Minarik was third in the<br />
100 back (59.41).<br />
“We’re happy to get in<br />
and compete,” West coach<br />
Eric Pavlacka said. “This<br />
is our only meet over winter<br />
break and it’s nice to<br />
break up the monotony<br />
of just grinding hard in<br />
practice every day. We<br />
had some great swims and<br />
some not great swims, but<br />
we’ll look to build on this<br />
over a really busy January.”<br />
Girls Basketball<br />
Threes are wild for Warriors at prestigious tournament<br />
6<br />
RANDY WHALEN<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
The Lincoln-Way West<br />
girls basketball team made<br />
sure its first trip to the State<br />
Farm Holiday Classic was<br />
a memorable one.<br />
The Warriors were certainly<br />
underseeded at No.<br />
5 in the girls large school<br />
bracket of the tournament,<br />
which bills itself as<br />
“America’s Largest Coed<br />
Holiday Basketball Tournament.<br />
The Best Basketball<br />
This Side Of March.”<br />
They finished third in a talented<br />
16-team field.<br />
West (15-2) is known<br />
for its 3-point shooting and<br />
that was on display in Central<br />
Illinois during the final<br />
week of 2019. The Warriors<br />
ended up shattering<br />
the tournament record for<br />
most 3-pointers by making<br />
45 for the tourney. The<br />
old record was 27, set by<br />
Springfield in 2010.<br />
West hit 13 threes in<br />
each of the first two games,<br />
which tied a 19-year old<br />
record held by Downs Tri-<br />
Valley.<br />
Freshman Ava Gugliuzza<br />
easily established a new<br />
record for most 3-pointers<br />
in a tournament. The freshman<br />
guard sank 23 of them<br />
and had the old record of<br />
16 beat with 17 with one<br />
game still to go.<br />
She added a half dozen<br />
more as the Warriors easily<br />
won the third-place game<br />
by a score of 79-55 over<br />
Bethalto Civic Memorial<br />
on Dec. 30 at Illinois Wesleyan’s<br />
Shirk Center in<br />
Bloomington.<br />
“My mom [Amy] told<br />
me that,” Ava Gugliuzza<br />
said of having the record<br />
in hand before the final<br />
game. “I certainly did my<br />
best and really didn’t come<br />
here to break that. I just<br />
Lincoln-Way West freshman Ava Gugliuzza broke the<br />
State Farm Holiday Classic record with 23 3-pointers in<br />
four tournament games. 22nd Century Media file photo<br />
enjoy playing on the team<br />
and playing with my sisters.<br />
I didn’t know I’d do<br />
that.”<br />
Both Ava and her oldest<br />
sister, Taylor Gugliuzza,<br />
were named to the<br />
All-Tournament team. Ava<br />
scored 79 points in the<br />
four tournament games.<br />
Taylor finished with 96<br />
points, scoring at least 22<br />
points in each game. They<br />
were the only two teammates<br />
that made the alltournament<br />
team.<br />
“Ava has been a gamer,”<br />
West coach Ryan White<br />
said. “She’s stepped in<br />
with the older kids and not<br />
slowed down.<br />
“You never know what<br />
you are going to get in<br />
these third-place games.<br />
So I’m happy the kids<br />
came out and played their<br />
best. We got in a rhythm,<br />
got in flow. We wanted to<br />
take off.”<br />
Trailing 4-2 early on,<br />
the Warriors went on a<br />
10-0 run to take the lead<br />
for good. Taylor had a<br />
pair of layups in the burst<br />
while Ava angled in a pair<br />
of 3-pointers.<br />
“I’ve preferred to drive<br />
in and attack the basket<br />
but I will shoot the three<br />
if I can,” said Taylor, who<br />
was 8-of-10 from the freethrow<br />
line in the thirdplace<br />
game and made 10<br />
3-pointers in the tournament.<br />
“We were upset<br />
about the [69-62 semifinal<br />
loss to Morton]. But<br />
third place isn’t bad and<br />
it shows we will be ready<br />
to play good teams if it<br />
comes to that.”<br />
Ahead 17-12 after a<br />
quarter and 19-14 a minute<br />
into the second period,<br />
Taylor scored 13 straight<br />
points and had 16 points<br />
total as West outscored<br />
the Eagles 26-10 the rest<br />
of the quarter for a 45-24<br />
halftime lead.<br />
Sophomore forward Bri<br />
Wooldridge chipped in 13<br />
points and senior guard<br />
Sydney Swanberg added<br />
eight points for the Warriors.<br />
Morton (15-0) defeated<br />
Marist (12-3) 68-51 in the<br />
title game. The Warriors<br />
led Morton by a point after<br />
three quarters and were the<br />
only team to come within<br />
single digits of the Potters<br />
in the tournament.<br />
“It shows that we can<br />
have that attitude,” Ava<br />
Gugliuzza said. “We can<br />
play with ranked teams<br />
like that if we see them<br />
again.”
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Bendy fighting opponents after fighting cancer<br />
6<br />
STEVE MILLAR, Sports Editor<br />
The rounds and rounds of<br />
chemotherapy Anthony Bendy<br />
underwent while beating non-<br />
Hodgkin lymphoma twice certainly<br />
took a toll on the New<br />
Lenox native’s body.<br />
Bendy, a Lincoln-Way West<br />
graduate, was not sure if he had<br />
the strength to compete on the<br />
collegiate wrestling mat, but he<br />
wanted to try.<br />
So, after enrolling at Joliet<br />
Junior College in the spring of<br />
2018, Bendy approached wrestling<br />
coach A.J. Blahut about<br />
joining the team. Bendy had<br />
not wrestled competitively in<br />
three years since finishing his<br />
high school career with the Warriors.<br />
“I just thought it would be<br />
good for me physically and mentally,”<br />
Bendy said. “It’s something<br />
that made me feel normal. I<br />
got to be a part of a team again.”<br />
Bendy was not sure what Blahut’s<br />
reaction would be, but the<br />
coach was on board with him<br />
joining the team the following<br />
winter for the 2018-19 season.<br />
“Coach was for it,” Bendy<br />
said. “I don’t know if he knew<br />
what to expect, but I think he<br />
knew that I really wanted to do<br />
it and he wanted to give me the<br />
opportunity.”<br />
Blahut knew how important it<br />
was to Bendy.<br />
“Wrestling is more of a personal<br />
challenge for a lot of<br />
athletes and sometimes I think<br />
they’re trying to work out their<br />
inner demons and compete<br />
against themselves to see where<br />
their limits are,” Blahut said. “I<br />
think Anthony is making sure<br />
that he’s fighting every day, and<br />
he’s going to continue to fight regardless<br />
of what’s thrown at him,<br />
so who am I to take that away?<br />
“If students have the heart and<br />
dedication – those characteristics<br />
that are needed not only to be a<br />
successful wrestler but also successful<br />
in life – you have to let<br />
them make their own decision.”<br />
When last season began,<br />
Bendy was still undergoing<br />
treatment. He had limited opportunities<br />
to compete and<br />
struggled when he did get on<br />
the mat. He won just one match,<br />
but it gave him a little taste of<br />
what college wrestling was like,<br />
and he was able to head into this<br />
season with some experience<br />
under his belt.<br />
Now, a little more than six<br />
months after undergoing what<br />
he hopes will be his final cancer<br />
treatment, Bendy, 23, is thriving<br />
in wrestling. With the bulk of<br />
the season still ahead of him, he<br />
has already won four matches<br />
for the Wolves.<br />
“Last year, I lost a lot and<br />
that was really tough mentally,”<br />
Bendy said. “I wasn’t someone<br />
who was used to losing a lot. I<br />
had to get my mind back to a<br />
winning zone, believing that I<br />
can win. I’m starting to get that<br />
swagger back this year, so that’s<br />
been good.<br />
“Last year, I felt like it was<br />
more just trying to get my body<br />
back. It was like that at the beginning<br />
of this year, too. But<br />
now I feel like my body is back<br />
and then it became about getting<br />
right mentally. Now, I feel good<br />
all around and I just want to<br />
take it day by day and see where<br />
I can go with it.”<br />
Fighting spirit<br />
Bendy was first diagnosed<br />
with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in<br />
the summer of 2016, shortly after<br />
his freshman year at Illinois<br />
State, where he did not compete<br />
in athletics.<br />
“It was pretty scary when it<br />
first happened,” he said. “I didn’t<br />
really know a lot about it. I had<br />
never seen anybody go through<br />
treatment or anything like that. It<br />
was more of the fear of the unknown<br />
for me.”<br />
Bendy underwent five rounds<br />
of chemotherapy. After going<br />
into remission, he re-enrolled at<br />
Illinois State for the fall 2017<br />
Lincoln-Way West graduate Anthony Bendy (left) competes during Joliet Junior College’s Purple vs.<br />
White Wrestle-Off scrimmage. Bendy has returned to wrestling after battling cancer and has won four<br />
matches for the Wolves. JOLIET JUNIOR COLLEGE ATHLETICS<br />
semester, only for the cancer to<br />
return that October. He deferred<br />
treatment long enough to finish<br />
the semester, then returned home<br />
to begin more treatment in January<br />
of 2018.<br />
“The second time, there was<br />
a lot less fear,” he said. “I knew<br />
what to expect and I was ready to<br />
face it head on. It was definitely<br />
more frustrating than anything.<br />
It was upsetting, but I knew<br />
what I had to do and I had to get<br />
through it.”<br />
Bendy underwent a stem-cell<br />
transplant, utilizing some of his<br />
own cells that were harvested<br />
early on. He then underwent<br />
some intense chemotherapy<br />
sessions. With his immune system<br />
severely compromised by<br />
the powerful treatment, he was<br />
hospitalized for a month at the<br />
University of Chicago’s Comer<br />
Children’s Hospital, then quarantined<br />
to his house for three<br />
months after being released.<br />
The toughness that Bendy displayed<br />
on the mat at West was<br />
extremely visible as he battled<br />
the disease.<br />
“I remember there were times<br />
where I felt really tired, but I just<br />
tried to think about what was at<br />
stake,” Bendy said. “I always<br />
thought about all the people who<br />
were supporting me. My mom,<br />
[Jennifer], was always there for<br />
me and I always wanted to have<br />
a smile on my face for her. I was<br />
just trying to stay tough for the<br />
people around me.”<br />
Along the road to recovery,<br />
Bendy developed a relationship<br />
with Cubs star and cancer survivor<br />
Anthony Rizzo.<br />
“It was really cool,” Bendy<br />
said. “He’s someone I look up to.<br />
You see him on TV and think so<br />
highly of him and then to meet<br />
him in real life and share some<br />
similar stories, it was great. He’s<br />
so down-to-earth and easygoing<br />
and he does a lot of great things<br />
for the community.”<br />
The path back to normal<br />
Wrestling gave Bendy a<br />
chance to be something other<br />
than a cancer patient. He wanted<br />
to be an athlete again, a teammate<br />
again, and a winner again.<br />
He is all of those things now<br />
for the Wolves.<br />
“It had been three years since I<br />
competed, plus going through all<br />
the treatment, so it was tough to<br />
come back,” he said. “It’s been<br />
nice seeing my progression the<br />
last two years, but it’s definitely<br />
been a long road.”<br />
Bendy is set to earn his associate’s<br />
degree from JJC in May. He<br />
plans to attend Governors State<br />
next and is considering becoming<br />
a wrestling coach. While he<br />
still has some choices to make<br />
about his future, Bendy knows<br />
he made one great one to return<br />
to wrestling.<br />
“I feel like it’s one of the best<br />
decisions I’ve made in my life,”<br />
he said. “I’ve had a lot of fun,<br />
and I’m really happy that I tried<br />
this.<br />
“It’s nice to be getting back on<br />
track after everything. It’s been a<br />
long road, but I’ve learned a lot<br />
along the way.”
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Girls Gymnastics<br />
LW co-op wins fourth straight Erin Olmsted title<br />
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chip delorenzo/22nd<br />
century media<br />
1st and 3<br />
THREE STARS OF THE<br />
WEEk<br />
1. Sean Curran<br />
Curran (above), a<br />
junior guard at LW<br />
Central, poured<br />
in 32 points in a<br />
70-64 win over<br />
Bloomington.<br />
Curran has helped<br />
the Knights win<br />
nine of their first 13<br />
games.<br />
2. Grace Kmak<br />
Kmak, a junior on<br />
the Lincoln-Way<br />
co-op gymnastics<br />
team, won the<br />
all-around title at<br />
the Erin Olmsted<br />
Invitational at<br />
Andrew, finishing<br />
with a score of<br />
35.475.<br />
3. Lauren Knight<br />
Knight, a senior<br />
guard at Providence,<br />
went off for 27<br />
points in a win over<br />
Proviso East.<br />
STEVE MILLAR, Sports Editor<br />
One sign of a great team<br />
is the ability to produce<br />
successful results even<br />
when not everything is<br />
clicking.<br />
The Lincoln-Way co-op<br />
gymnastics team demonstrated<br />
that at the Erin Olmsted<br />
Invitational on Saturday,<br />
Jan. 4, at Andrew.<br />
Lincoln-Way won the<br />
meet for the fourth consecutive<br />
season despite<br />
not being at its best. Lincoln-Way’s<br />
final score of<br />
137.325 beat out Oswego<br />
(135.425) and host Andrew<br />
co-op (134.15) at the<br />
top of the eight-team field.<br />
“I think we did pretty<br />
well,” said Allie Reis,<br />
a junior at LW East. “It<br />
wasn’t our best meet. We<br />
had kind of a rough start,<br />
but we all came together<br />
at the end and finished off<br />
strong.<br />
“It says a lot about our<br />
team. We work really well<br />
together this year. I think<br />
we do a good job of not<br />
letting things get us down.<br />
We’re pretty resilient and<br />
we can come back even<br />
through rough times.”<br />
Grace Kmak, a LW<br />
Central junior, led the way<br />
by winning the all-around<br />
with a score of 35.475.<br />
“It wasn’t my best day,”<br />
Kmak said. “We’re still<br />
working on stuff for later.<br />
“I just try to do as best as<br />
I can and not worry about<br />
how I did in the past event<br />
when I get to my next<br />
The Lincoln-Way co-op gymnastics team celebrates with its championship plaque<br />
for winning the Erin Olmsted Invitational on Saturday, Jan. 4, at Andrew High School.<br />
STEVE MILLAR/22ND CENTURY MEDIA<br />
one.”<br />
Kmak also won the<br />
vault with a 9.325. She<br />
was second on bars (8.5)<br />
and beam (9.05) and tied<br />
for ninth in the floor exercise<br />
(8.6).<br />
“My vault was good all<br />
around,” Kmak said. “Going<br />
ahead, I’m going to<br />
work on bars, get everything<br />
together. I just need<br />
to hit everything at the<br />
end of the year.”<br />
Kmak was the Hinsdale<br />
South Sectional champion<br />
in the all-around last season,<br />
so expectations are<br />
high this year.<br />
“I’m ready,” she said. “I<br />
just want to go in and do<br />
even better than last year.”<br />
Lincoln-Way coach<br />
Kory Thompson said<br />
Kmak sets the tone in a<br />
major way for the rest of<br />
the team.<br />
“Grace motivates the<br />
rest of them when she’s<br />
doing well,” Thompson<br />
said. “When everyone<br />
else is doing well, that<br />
sets her up to have a better<br />
day.”<br />
Thompson said her<br />
gymnasts have a close<br />
bond, and one girl’s performance<br />
can have an<br />
impact on her teammates<br />
– in a positive or negative<br />
way.<br />
“They have grown so<br />
close,” Thompson said.<br />
“As a team, they work<br />
together so well and they<br />
get along really well. It’s<br />
tough sometimes because<br />
when one of them has an<br />
off day, it tends to reflect<br />
on the others.<br />
“But when they do get<br />
it all together, they pick<br />
each other up and build<br />
off each other’s routines.”<br />
Thompson was proud to<br />
see her team fight through<br />
some early struggles on<br />
Saturday.<br />
“We had a few bobbles,”<br />
she said. “There was a lot<br />
of time off over break. We<br />
were just a little off today,<br />
but it was nice to see<br />
the girls pull through and<br />
work together to make<br />
things happen.”<br />
Korina Jarosz, a senior<br />
at West, pitched in by winning<br />
the bars (8.875). East<br />
freshman Natale Hrkel<br />
made it three Lincoln-Way<br />
gymnasts in the top four<br />
on bars with her fourthplace<br />
finish with an 8.4<br />
Reis finished second<br />
on the floor with a 9.25,<br />
while her teammate Lucy<br />
Haas was fifth (8.825).<br />
“I’m really focusing on<br />
floor, which has always<br />
been my favorite event,”<br />
Reis said. “I’m just working<br />
on little things to<br />
get my score up, especially<br />
for the postseason<br />
events.”<br />
Reis also tied for fourth<br />
on the beam with an 8.9,<br />
tying her teammate Skylar<br />
Koczor, a junior at East.<br />
Olivia Gonda, a sophomore<br />
at West, had a solid<br />
day for Lincoln-Way as<br />
well, as she finished fifth<br />
in the all-around (32.55).<br />
Lincoln-Way will compete<br />
at Andrew again for<br />
the SouthWest Suburban<br />
Conference meet on Jan.<br />
29 before hosting a regional<br />
at East in the first<br />
week of February.<br />
Lincoln-Way is in the<br />
Hinsdale Central Sectional.<br />
Reis said Lincoln-<br />
Way’s great team bond<br />
will help it in the big<br />
events down the stretch.<br />
“It’s great having everyone<br />
support you,” she<br />
said. “Everyone’s going to<br />
have a bad routine sometimes.<br />
Having everyone<br />
else around to help you<br />
get back on your feet is<br />
really important.”<br />
LISTEN UP<br />
“I feel like it’s one of the best decisions I’ve made in my life. I’ve had a lot of<br />
fun, and I’m really happy that I tried this.”<br />
Anthony Bendy – LW West graduate, on returning to wrestling at Joliet<br />
Junior College after battling cancer<br />
Tune In<br />
Girls Basketball, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14<br />
LW Central at LW West<br />
• The Knights and the red-hot Warriors square off<br />
in a crosstown showdown.<br />
Index<br />
34 – This Week In<br />
33 – Athlete of the Week<br />
FASTBREAK is compiled by Sports Editor<br />
Steve Millar at s.millar@22ndcm.com.
new lenox’s Hometown Newspaper | January 9, 2020<br />
ON TOP AGAIN Lincoln-<br />
Way gymnasts win fourth straight<br />
Erin Olmsted title, Page 39<br />
WINNING AT HOME LW<br />
Central swimmers take championship<br />
at home invite, Page 36<br />
New Lenox’s Bendy back on the wrestling mat after battle with cancer, Page 38<br />
Joliet Junior College’s Anthony Bendy controls an opponent during a recent match. JOLIET JUNIOR COLLEGE ATHLETICS