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Primary 

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Candidates attend 

second Frankfort 

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event, Page 4 

Kiwanis Games celebrate athletes 

with special needs, Page 3 

community 

advisory 

Police discover hate 

propaganda in 

Frankfort, Page 6 

Voter info 

Candidates for 

Illinois’ first 

Congressional 

District respond 

to questionnaires, 

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Mark Eisenbrandt, of Manhattan, takes part in the ring toss event Saturday, Feb. 8, at the 36th Kiwanis 

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Faith Briefs....................16 

Puzzles..........................21 

Home of the Week.........26 

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FRIDAY 

St. Anthony WOW 

7 p.m. Feb. 14, around 

the back of the Frankfort 

Township Building, 11000 

W. Lincoln Highway, 

Frankfort. St. Anthony 

WOW, a non-denominational 

social group for 

widows or widowers, will 

meet at our new location, 

the Frankfort Township 

Building, around the back. 

Join us for a short meeting, 

entertainment and refreshments. 

New faces are welcome. 

Call Mary at (815) 

469-4351 or Bill at (708) 

478-6118 for more info. 

SATURDAY 

The Secret of My Success 

Payment is due by Feb. 

15. Departing from Frankfort 

Township at 10:45 a.m. 

Wednesday, March 11, 

11000 W. Lincoln Highway, 

Frankfort. This world 

premiere musical follows 

an ambitious Midwesterner 

trying to make it in the big 

city, secrets and all. Shown 

at the Paramount Theatre in 

Aurora. Cost is $70 and includes 

luncheon and play. 

Contact the Senior Activities 

Department at (815) 

806-2766 to reserve your 

seat. 

Talking to Your Kids About 

Healthy Relationships 

1-2: p.m. Feb. 15, Frankfort 

Public Library District, 

21119 S. Pfeiffer Road, 

Frankfort. In this program 

we will discuss ways to 

talk to your children about 

healthy relationships. Register 

or call (815) 534- 

6173. 

SUNDAY 

Winter on the Green: Chili 

Cook-Off 

Noon-2 p.m. Feb. 16, 

Breidert Green, Kansas 

and Ash streets, Frankfort. 

Battle of the bowl. Join 

the fiery competition (registration 

forms available 

at www.frankfortchamber. 

com). Free chili tasting and 

complimentary hot chocolate 

and cookies. 

Suburban Youth Symphony 

Orchestra Concert 

3 p.m. Feb. 16, St. Peter’s 

Church, 12 W. Sauk 

Trail, Frankfort. The Suburban 

Youth Symphony 

Orchestra will give its 

annual Hearts and Roses 

Chamber Music Concert. 

Coached by members of 

the Illinois Philharmonic 

Orchestra, Stephane Collopy, 

Kamen Vatchev and 

Emily Mantell, SYSO will 

treat the audience to chamber 

works of composers 

such as Vivaldi, Mozart 

and Bach. Admission is 

$10 per adult. Children 10 

and under are free. 

TUESDAY 

Hoop Dance Workshop 

7-8 p.m. Feb. 18, Frankfort 


21119 S. Pfeiffer Road, 

Frankfort. “Hooping” is 

an evolving form of movement, 

fitness, and meditation 

and is part of the flow 

arts. In addition to learning 

waist hula hoop and other 

“on-body” hooping, experts 

Emile and Morgan 

will also guide you through 

“off-body” techniques as 

you move within the space 

of the hoop and rhythm. 

Register online or call 

(815) 534-6173. 

SW 

LIST 

Wednesday 

Frankfort Wildcats 

Fundraiser 

3-9 p.m. Feb. 19, Rich’s 

Pizza Joint, 7228 Benton 

Drive, Frankfort. Rich’s 

Pizza Joint is raising some 

dough for Frankfort Wildcat 

Wrestling. Twenty percent 

of all pizza sales and 

10 percent of all other food 

menu items will be donated. 

Be sure to mention 

“dough for the Wildcats.” 

UPCOMING 

Kiwanis Night at 

Parmesans 

6-9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 

20, Parmesans Wood Stone 

Piza, 10235 W. Lincoln 

Highway, Frankfort. Members 

of the Kiwanis Club 

of Frankfort will be volunteering 

to help collect 

money for needy children 

around the world. Please 

join us for a great night and 

great food. 

Social Ballroom Dance Level 

1 and 2 

7-7:55 p.m. (Level 1) 

and 8-8:55 p.m. (Level 2) 

Thursday, Feb. 20, Thursdays 

through March 19; 

no class Feb. 27, Founders 

community Center, 140 

Oak St., Frankfort. Grab 

your partner and put on 

your dancing shoes. In no 

time at all you’ll learn the 

basic steps of the waltz, 

foxtrot, rumba and jitterbug. 

This class emphasizes 

fun, ease of movement and 

music recognition. This 

class is a great way to get 

ready for all those upcoming 

events such as weddings, 

reunions and parties. 

Our instructor combines 

the joy of movement with 

the romance of ballroom 

dancing. Instruction will 

be taught in a friendly and 

relaxed atmosphere. Level 

1 is for beginners and level 

2 is more advanced. You 

will need to register with a 

partner. This program is for 

students 18 and older. Fee 

is $39 per resident and $44 

per non-resident. 

Coffee with a Cop 

9:30-11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 

21, Jewel-Osco, 21164 S. 

LaGrange Road, Frankfort. 

Come out and join us for a 

cup of coffee and conversation. 

No speeches, no agenda, 

just an opportunity to 

meet the men and women 

who serve your community. 

All are welcome. We 

hope to see you there. 

The Land of Harry Potter 

6-8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 

21, Founders Community 

Center, 140 Oak St., 

Frankfort. Calling all Wizards 

and Muggles. Come 

explore the amazing realm 

of Harry Potter and the 

wizarding war that lies 

ahead. From wands and 

potions to Quidditch and 

more. Learn spells, create 

potions and take a look in 

the Mirror of Erised. Many 

enchanting and mysterious 

adventures await you. This 

program is for children 

ages 5-11. Fee is $29 for 

residents and $34 for nonresidents. 

Puzzle Mania 

6-9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21, 

Founders Community Center, 

140 Oak St., Frankfort. 

Looking for a fun evening 

with your family or friends? 

Put together a team (all ages, 

up to four puzzle builders 

per team) and register 

for Puzzle Mania, a jigsaw 

puzzle tournament. Teams 

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will race against each other 

to finish the same puzzle. 

Bring snacks and enjoy an 

evening working together 

to solve the puzzle. Prizes 

will be given to the winning 

team. This event is for all 

ages and there is a $25 fee 

per team. Registration deadline: 

Feb. 13 or until filled. 

Winter on the Green: 

Winter Carnival 

Noon-2 p.m. Sunday, 

Feb. 23, Breidert Green, 

White and Kansas streets, 

Frankfort. Why wait until 

summer to enjoy an outdoor 

carnival? Come enjoy 

an afternoon with your 

family, friends and Frosty 

the Snowman. Enjoy DJ 

music, child-friendly carnival 

games, crafts and much 

more. Also, stay warm by 

the bonfire with your hot 

chocolate and cookies. This 

event is free to the public. 

Frankfort Area Women’s 

Night 

5:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, 

Feb. 27, CD&Me, 

23320 S. La Grange Road, 

Frankfort. Proceeds from 

the event will benefit the 

Maddog Strong Foundation, 

created in the spirit of 

former Frankfort resident 

Maddie “Maddog” Grobmeier, 

who died unexpectedly 

last summer from an 

asthma attack the day after 

her 18th birthday. Cost is 

$35 for Chamber members 

and $40 for non-members.

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the frankfort station | February 13, 2020 | 3 

Area athletes shine at Kiwanis Games 

Mary Compton 

Freelance Reporter 

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Dylan Hanson (left), of Frankfort, and Eddie Barlzen, of New Lenox, participate in the 

36th Kiwanis Games held Saturday, Feb. 8, at the Lincoln-Way East High School Field 

House. Photos by Mary Compton/22nd Century Media 

As he watched the 

smiles of the athletes participating 

in the 36th annual 

Kiwanis Games, Paul 

“Doc” Balducci knew it 

was a special day. 

The annual event, held 

Saturday, Feb. 8, at the 

Lincoln-Way East Field 

House, gave area residents 

with special needs 

an opportunity to show 

their skills. Balducci, a 

New Lenox resident and 

a founding member of the 

Kiwanis Club of Frankfort, 

has made these athletes 

his life. 

“I brought this event to 

the club in 1984,” Balducci 

said. “I was working for 

Tony Laurie, who used to 

have the Standard station 

on Route 30. He had two 

boys with special needs. I 

saw what they had to do 

as parents, so I wanted to 

do something to give the 

parents a break. It started 

out as Special Olympics; 

now it’s known as Kiwanis 

Games.” 

The event featured different 

games, such as 

darts, bean bag toss, basketball, 

ring toss and more. 

“This day makes my 

year,” Balducci said. 

“Some of these kids have 

been with me since the beginning. 

This event gives 

them something to look 

forward to.” 

In the Kiwanis Games’ 

first year, eight athletes 

participated. On Saturday 

there were 44. 

“[Lincolnway Special 

Recreation Association] 

has been my biggest contact 

to get the athletes’ 

participation,” Balducci 

said. “In the Frankfort 

Township area, the number 

of special needs athletes 

is a large number. 

At one time, if a special 

needs child lived until 

their teens, that was considered 

a full life. Today, 

the kids are in their 60s. 

If any special needs child 

is out there that wants to 

participate, they can go 

online and look up the Kiwanis 

Club of Frankfort. 

Contact the club and we’ll 

make arrangements to get 

involved.” 

Balducci said his dream 

for the 2021 Kiwanis 

Games is to have 75 participants. 

“If I got those, I know 

I’ve reached my goal,” he 

said. 

The event was made 

possible by volunteers, a 

majority of which came 

from the Lincoln-Way 

East Key Club. For LWE 

senior Brooke Anderson, 

the president of the club, 

volunteering comes naturally. 

“It’s so important for 

teens to volunteer, because 

it builds the foundation 

of volunteering,” 

she said. “It’s also a great 

way to learn about the 

world around you. Volunteering 

opens up different 

opportunities to meet new 

people and have different 

experiences for personal 

growth.” 

Members of the Lincolnway 

Special Recreation 

Association also donated 

their time and funds to 

make the Kiwanis Games 

possible, and Joe Pascale, 

owner of Aurelio’s Pizza 

in Frankfort, contributed 

30 pizzas to the event. 

Kiwanis member Rich 

Zaremba, of Frankfort, 

joined the organization 

three months ago. After 

retiring from business, he 

went back to his first love 

of teaching, and seeing Kiwanis 

members getting involved 

with special needs 

athletes inspired him to 

become part of the group, 

he said. 

“Kiwanis provides 

a great opportunity for 

young adults and the older 

community to give back 

both locally and globally,” 

Zaremba said. “I enjoy 

serving the needs of young 

adults. The interaction 

with the participants has 

been life-changing today. 

Being a teacher allows me 

to see the competition of 

the ability to interact. It’s 

not for the glory — it’s 

about being a friend for 

these athletes.” 

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Democrats discuss platforms at second candidate night 

Nuria Mathog, Editor 

Voters had an opportunity to 

meet Democratic candidates running 

for area offices Feb. 4 during 

the second candidate night 

hosted by the Frankfort Township 

Democrats. 

The event, held at the Frankfort 


gave candidates an opportunity 

to introduce themselves, share 

their positions on local issues 

and answer questions from constituents. 

The third and final 

candidate night is set for 7 p.m. 

Tuesday, March 3, at the same 

location. 

Illinois House District 37 

Michelle Fadeley, president 

of the Illinois chapter of the National 

Organization for Women, 

is running for the Illinois House 

District 37 seat, which is currently 

held by State Rep. Margo 

McDermed (R-Mokena). Mc- 

Dermed announced in July she 

does not intend to seek re-election 

this fall. 

“I cannot buy your vote,” 

Fadeley told the audience. “I 

do not own a $400 million corporation, 

and I don’t come from 

generational wealth. Both my 

husband and I work middle-class 

jobs to make ends meet — in 

fact, I come from older generations 

of Midwest farming families 

and parents who worked 

for manufacturing companies. 

We’re as Midwest working-class 

as you can get. That’s the very 

reason why I’m running.” 

Fadeley is a graduate of Indiana 

University–Purdue University 

in Indianapolis and played 

an instrumental role in founding 

ERA Illinois, an organization that 

advocated for the adoption of the 

Equal Rights Amendment in Illinois. 

If elected, Fadeley said her 

priorities as State representative 

would include tax relief for the 

middle class, improved access 

to health care, keeping qualified 

teachers and increasing university 

funding and ethics reform. 

“We need to take action to stop 

corruption and special interests 

from influencing our elected officials 

if we’re going to see real 

progress,” she said. 

Will County Board District 12 

Longtime Mokena resident 

JoAnne Hamilton-Gunkel is running 

for one of two available 

Will County Board District 12 

seats, along with fellow Democrat 

Erin Moncek. The two incumbent 

District 12 members, 

Republicans Tom Weigel and 

Raymond Tuminello, are both 

running for re-election. 

Hamilton-Gunkel earned her 

undergraduate degree from Rutgers 

University and her master’s 

degree from Saint Xavier 

University. She initially started 

out as a microbiologist and later 

switched to teaching — a career 

she said has served her well “in 

so many ways.” 

“It has enabled me to work 

with a very diverse community 

at a personal and a professional 

level,” she said. “It has taught 

me the importance of listening, 

the power of collaboration for 

the greater good and that creating 

meaningful relationships 

with people enhances lives beyond 

measure.” 

Hamilton-Gunkel described 

herself as a dedicated, lifelong 

member and supporter of the 

Democratic Party and its values, 

adding she believed in women’s 

rights, strong public schools and 

environmental responsibility. 

“As many of you might know, 

our community is changing and 

is need of different representation, 

so that many more people 

can have a voice in our community 

as we head into a new 

decade and into new and greater 

challenges,” she said. “I hope to 

be that change for my community.” 

Will County executive 

Nick Palmer, current chief of 

staff for Will County Executive 

Larry Walsh, is one of two Democrats 

competing for the county 

executive position. He also attended 

the previous candidate 

Monica Gordon, a Democratic candidate running for the Illinois 

State Senate District 40 seat, addresses voters Feb. 4 at the second 

candidate night hosted by the Frankfort Township Democrats at the 

Frankfort Public Library District. Nuria Mathog/22nd Century Media 

night held in January, along with 

fellow Democratic candidate and 

current State Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant 

(D-Shorewood). 

Palmer, a Loyola University 

graduate and Joliet native, has 

worked for the county executive’s 

office for the past 15 years. 

In that time, the county has faced 

lots of challenges, he said. 

“We have grown leaps and 

bounds,” Palmer said. “Now, 

it’s slowed down a little bit, but 

between 2000 and 2010, Will 

County added 175,000 people, 

which is quite a bit. Most counties 

south of us are much, much 

smaller. That makes us the fourth 

largest county in the state.” 

Palmer said if he were elected 

as county executive, he would 

be “committed to continuing to 

move Will County forward.” 

“We have a diverse county 

that’s getting more diverse every 

year,” he said. “When I’m 

knocking on doors, you see the 

richness of the diversity in all 

our communities, whether it be 

Naperville or Wilmington or 

Frankfort or Joliet. We must do 

better, because we don’t have 

an endless supply of money ... 

We can be fiscally responsible 

as Democrats and use that fiscal 

responsibility to do good work.” 

Illinois State Senate District 40 

Monica Gordon is one of four 

Democrats competing for the Illinois 

State Senate District 40 

seat, along with incumbent State 

Sen. Patrick Joyce (D-Essex), 

Lori Wilcox and Marta Perales. 

Gordon, who holds an undergraduate 

degree from Northern 

Illinois University and a master’s 

degree from Governors 

State University, is taking a 

leave of absence from her role 

as executive director for the Illinois 

Legislative Black Caucus 

Foundation to run for public office. 

Her family instilled in her 

the importance of education and 

working hard to get results, she 

said. 

“What I want to achieve is 

so economical,” she said. “Economic 

development is pretty 

much the theme of what I want 

to do. And how I plan to achieve 

these goals, for example, is with 

the South Suburban Airport. 

Now, we’re talking about 15,000 

direct and indirect jobs from the 

beginning.” 

Other projects Gordon hopes 

to prioritize if elected are the 

Kankakee riverwalk project and 

aiding economic development in 

Pembroke Township. 

“Pembroke Township is one of 

the poorest townships in Illinois, 

but this township has such a rich 

history,” she said. “ ... I was there 

with the farmers of Pembroke 

last week, discussing ways how 

they can bring this industry back 

to their land, along with their 

strategies to increase the production 

of food.” 

Will County recorder of deeds 

Karen Stukel is running for reelection 

as Will County recorder 

of deeds. A lifelong Will County 

resident, she has served three 

terms in public office. 

Stukel is the second vice president 

of the Illinois Association 

of County Clerks and Recorders. 

After taking office, she made it 

her mission to complete three 

main goals: to be a full-time recorder, 

upgrade the technology 

in the recorder’s office and bring 

electronic recording to Will 

County, she said. 

“Many of you may not be 

aware, but my mom was our recorder 

from ‘92 to ‘04, and she 

had a list of accomplishments 

that she wanted to see done, 

and due to her health she was 

not able to complete them all,” 

Stukel said. “So, when I decided 

to run for office, I knew where I 

wanted to take this office and to 

follow my dreams and complete 

this list.” 

Stukel said one of her most 

important changes she made was 

allowing residents to subscribe 

to the property fraud alert, which 

notifies property owners if someone 

has unlawfully used their 

home or other property for financial 

gain, at no cost to taxpayers. 

“It probably takes two minutes 

to sign up,” she said. “You just 

register your name and a phone 

number or an email address, however 

you’d like to be contacted. 

And if anything is ever recorded 

in Will County with your name 

on it, you will be notified.”

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6 | February 13, 2020 | the frankfort station news 


Hate propaganda materials 

distributed in Frankfort 


from Feb. 6 

Multiple pieces of hate 

propaganda were discovered 

in Frankfort the afternoon 

of Thursday, Feb. 6, 

the Frankfort Police Department 

announced in a message 

to the community that 

same day. 

Police say the propaganda 

was distributed through 

plastic bags placed on driveways. 

Frankfort Deputy Police 

Chief Kevin Keegan 

told The Station in an email 

that the propaganda involved 

white supremacy 

websites and was found in 

the area of 95th Avenue and 

Lawndale Court. 

Other southwest suburban 

communities have 

experienced similar incidents 

involving materials 

dispersed in a similar way 

throughout the past few 

months. 

According to police, 

while distributing these materials 

does not constitute a 

criminal act, the Village of 

Frankfort “does not support 

offensive materials, language, 

or propaganda that 

targets or disparages any 

ethnic, racial, gender, social 

or religious group.” 

Frankfort Mayor Jim Holland 

released a statement 

Thursday afternoon strongly 

condemning “actions by 

individuals or groups that 

encourage hate, discrimination 

and exclusion.” 

“These behaviors are 

contrary to our values of 

fairness, respect and inclusion,” 

Holland said in the 

statement. “This sort of hate 

message has no place in 

Frankfort.” 

Residents who receive 

materials of this nature, locate 

any additional letters 

or are able to provide any 

other information are asked 

to contact the Frankfort Police 

Department at (815) 

469-9435. 

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Police reports 

Stolen vehicle found in Frankfort Township 

A vehicle reportedly 

stolen out of Chicago was 

later located in Frankfort 

Township the morning of 

Jan. 31. 

According to police, 

Will County Sheriff’s Office 

deputies patrolling the 

7500 block of West Benton 

Drive at around 3:15 a.m. 

that day saw the unoccupied 

vehicle parked in the 

middle of the roadway with 

the front passenger door 

open. A check of the vehicle 

revealed it had been 

stolen out of Chicago, and 

the Hyundai owner told 

deputies his vehicle had 

been stolen. 

Feb. 2 

• Miscellaneous items reportedly 

were taken from a 

home in the 22600 block of 

Lilly Pad Lane. 

• A maintenance golf cart 

reportedly was stolen from 

Green Garden Country 

Club at 9511 W. Monee- 

Manhattan Road. Tire 

tracks were seen leading 

out of the parking lot, and 

the cart was later located 

behind a dumpster in the 

25000 block of South Center 

Road in Monee. 

• Darryl Joseph, 52, of 

11010 S. Normal Ave. in 

Chicago, was cited in the 

area of South Wolf Road 

and West Lincoln Highway 

for allegedly driving with a 

suspended license and improper 

lane usage. 

Feb. 1 

• Mary Beth Browne, 55, of 

65 W. Francis Road in New 

Lenox, was cited in the 

area of 116th Avenue and 

Laraway Road for alleged 

failure to reduce speed to 

avoid an accident, following 

too close, DUI and having 

a blood alcohol concentration 

above .08. 

from Feb. 6 

Jan. 31 

• Marc A. Piedlow, 41, 

of 7843 W. Laurel Drive 

in Frankfort, was cited in 

the 20000 block of South 

Frankfort Square Road 

for alleged possession of 

a controlled substance and 

no valid registration. 

• A 2010 Hyundai Veracruz 

reportedly was stolen 

from a driveway in the 

7600 block of West Benton 

Drive. The vehicle’s doors 

were unlocked and the keys 

were inside during the time 

of the theft. 

EDITOR’S NOTE: The 

Frankfort Station’s Police 

Reports are compiled from 

official reports found online 

on the Frankfort Police Department’s 

website or releases 

issued by the department and 

other agencies. Individuals 

named in these reports are 

considered innocent of all 

charges until proven guilty in 

a court of law 

Frankfort man charged with possession, 

distribution of child pornography 

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A Frankfort resident was 

arrested Friday, Feb. 7, after 

allegedly uploading and 

sharing child pornography. 

Steven Cardenas, 30, 

of the 20700 block of S. 

Woodlawn Court in Frankfort, 

was charged with 

possession of child pornography 

and distribution 

of child pornography, both 

felonies. 

Will County Sheriff’s 

Office spokeswoman 

Kathy Hoffmeyer said the 

sheriff’s office began investigating 

Cardenas following 

a cyber-tip from the 

Internet Crimes Against 

Children Task Force, which 

ultimately led to detectives 

obtaining a search warrant 

for Cardenas’ home in 

Frankfort. Detectives took 

possession of electronic devices 

at the residence and 

brought Cardenas in for 

questioning. Police said he 

made incriminating statements 

during the interview. 

Cardenas appeared in 

court the morning of Saturday, 

Feb. 8, where bond 

was set at $50,000, and 

was released from the Will 

County Jail later that evening 

after posting bond. 

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Congressional D1 Democrats (4 for 1 nomination) 

Name: Robert 

Emmons 

Age: 28 

Town of Residence: 

Chicago 

Occupation: 

Non-profit Leader 

Prior political Emmons 

experience: None 

Why are you running for U.S. 

Congress in the 1st District of 

Illinois? 

While we suffer from some of 

the highest asthma rates in the 

country, while we struggle with 

everyday gun violence and while 

we have some of the highest levels 

of poverty in the nation, our 

Congressman and even some of 

the other candidates who have 

thrown their hats in the race are 

not offering solutions that would 

tackle the root causes of many 

of these issues. The residents of 

the Illinois First District deserve 

better. [Response truncated for 

exceeding word limit] 

What makes you the best 

candidate for this position? 

Following the death of my 

best friend and former college 

roommate, who was shot and 

killed in Chicago, I took a leave 

of absence from the University 

of Illinois. I began to see how 

problematic fear can be when 

you allow it to be your motivator, 

and although it took me 

many months to fully process 

the death of my best friend, I 

eventually turned that fear into 

purpose. I returned to school and 

completed my political science 

degree with the class of 2017. 

After graduation, I landed a 

position at OneGoal, a non-profit 

organization which promotes 

college access and persistence 

support for students; the same 

org that helped me and my best 

friend get into college. I followed 

this opportunity with a 

consultancy position with the 

Barack Obama Foundation, UN- 

LEASH (Innovation Lab) and a 

Young Diplomat title with the 

Global Diplomatic Forum. [Response 

truncated for exceeding 

word limit] 

What are the Top 3 issues you 

see facing the district, and what 

would you do to solve them? 

This campaign is about ending 

gun violence once and for 

all. It is not enough to reduce it; 

the lives lost are so much more 

than statistics. We need to call 

out gun violence for what it is: 

a public health epidemic caused 

by social and economic instability. 

Our communities are also in 

need of long overdue economic 

growth. Due to a long history of 

community disinvestment, corporate 

misconduct, predatory 

lending practices, and a range of 

other economic injustices, our 

community’s ability to prosper 

has been hampered by those in 

power. We must also find solutions 

to one of the greatest 

challenges our country has ever 

faced: the monumental reality of 

climate change and our political 

leaders’ lack of courage in addressing 

the issue. Protecting 

our environment, addressing climate 

change, and creating goodpaying 

jobs in the process are 

priorities for our campaign. 

Name: Sarah Gad 

Age: 32 

Town of Residence: 

Woodlawn 

Occupation: Thirdyear 

law student at the 

University of Chicago 

Law School; Nonprofit 

Executive; Founder 

Gad 

of Addiction 2 Action (A2A) and 

Jacket Change 

Prior political experience: Legislative 

Affairs at the Drug Policy Alliance; 

Law School Democrats; American 

Constitutional Society 

Why are you running for U.S. 

Congress in the 1st District of 

Illinois? 

I joined this race because our district 

needs a voice. We are overtaxed, 

overworked, and underpaid. Our 

school-to-prison pipeline is too wide 

and room for upward mobility is too 

narrow. We top national lists for gun 

violence, black unemployment, police 

brutality, toxic air pollution, poor 

quality of life, and worst cities to 

live and drive in. In the face of these 

challenges, bold, progressive, and 

aggressive leadership is critical. I’m 

prepared to be that leader. 

What makes you the best candidate 

for this position? 

I have been personally affected 

by many of the most pressing issues 

affecting our district. I have 

experienced addiction, incarceration, 

lack of healthcare, unemployment, 

and the financial burdens of pursuing 

higher education. I fought my 

way back from rock bottom to be a 

voice for people who feel like they 

don’t have one. Since then, I have 

not stopped fighting for my community, 

including by founding two successful 

Chicago-based nonprofits. I 

believe that a U.S. Representative’s 

job is to echo the voices of her constituents, 

be a constant advocate who 

acts on pressing issues, and retains 

strong attachment to the people that 

they serve. Unlike most politicians, 

I’m motivated by personal loss, not 

gain, so I will never sell out my constituents. 

What are the Top 3 issues you see 

facing the district, and what would 

you do to solve them? 

Financial inequality, gun violence 

and mental illness, all of which are all 

inextricably linked. Financial equality 

in our district requires rectifying 

economic imbalances resulting from 

slavery and Jim Crow. Reparations— 

especially when combined with measures 

to reduce black unemployment 

and combat discriminatory practices 

in the home-ownership market— 

would better enable communities of 

color to build social wealth and equality. 

Enforcing race-neutral standards 

for law-enforcement and eliminating 

criminal records are also essential for 

achieving financial equality, as these 

steps reduce the barriers to employment 

many in the 1st District face. 

There is an intimate relationship 

between violence and lack of opportunity. 

Reducing financial inequality 

and eliminating discrimination 

based on criminal records would also 

reduce the South Side gun violence 

epidemic, which is a manifestation 

of poverty, residential segregation 

and trauma. By allowing people to 

leave the system and rebuild their life 

without onerous impediments, they 

are far less likely to reoffend. 

Expanding access to mental health 

treatment is necessary to address 

both the South Side gun violence crisis 

and Chicago mental health crisis. 

Untreated mental illness has turned 

the Cook County Jail into the largest 

mental health provider in the country. 

Mental health crisis calls and opioid 

overdoses have overwhelmed suburban 

law enforcement agencies and 

fire departments. Treatment for mental 

illness is far more effective, economical 

and humane than criminalization. 

Of the many ways to expand 

access to mental health treatment, 

three stand out: (1) increase federal 

funding for the Substance Abuse Prevention 

and Treatment Block Grant 

and other treatment programs. (2) 

Provide people in need of treatment 

with vouchers redeemable for treatment 

services through the program of 

their choice. (3) Repeal provisions of 

the Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 

2000 that require physicians to obtain 

an X-license in order to treat patients 

who suffer from opioid dependency. 

Name: 

Bobby L. 

Rush 

Age: 74 

Town of 

Residence: 

Chicago Rush 

Occupation: 

U.S. Representative 

in the 1st Congressional 

District of Illinois 

Prior political experience: 

2nd Ward Alderman 1983- 

1993, U.S. House of Representatives 

1993-present 

Why are you running for reelection 

for U.S. Congress in 

the 1st District of Illinois? 

I have a lifetime of service 

to my country, community 

and the constituents 

in Illinois. As one of the 

senior members of the U.S. 

House of Representatives, 

there is still work to do in 

the 1st Congressional District. 

Editor’s Note 

What makes you the best 

candidate for this position? 

As a young adult, I enlisted 

in the army during a 

turbulent time where civil 

rights were beginning to 

shine a light on the social 

injustices in our nation. It 

led me on a path of making 

real change by serving 

people who needed a 

voice they could trust and 

fight for them in Washington, 

D.C. I have built longlasting 

relationships which 

have spanned nearly five 

decades fighting for people’s 

rights as a community 

activist and later as a 2nd 

Ward alderman to serving 

in the U.S. House of Representatives 

for the 1st Congressional 

District. 

What are the Top 3 issues 

you see facing the district, 

and what would you do to 

solve them? 

1. Violence prevention; 

2. Jobs; and 

Please see rush, 9 

Candidate Ameena Nuur Matthews did not respond 

to multiple requests seeking responses to the 

candidate questionnaire.

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What is one essential you 

must have when studying? 

One essential to have 

when studying is having 

an open mind. 

What do you like to do 

when not in school or 

studying? 

When I am not in school 

or studying I play with the 

kids in my neighborhood. 

What is your dream job? 

My dream job is to be a 

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What are some of your 

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Some of my most played 

songs on my iPod are “Me” 

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From Page 8 

3. Increased access to educational 

opportunities. 

While they may seem 

separate, all three of these 

issues are interconnected. A 

lack of educational opportunities 

leads to a lack of jobs, 

which is a key factor in the 

rise in violence. We must do 

what we can to stem the violence 

that exists today while 

we work to prevent future 

violence. That is why I was 

Photo submitted 

What is one thing people 

don’t know about you? 

One thing people don’t 

know about me is how 

many cousins I have. I 

have 17 cousins. 

Whom do you look up to 

and why? 

I look up to my mom. I 

look up to her because she 

is very nice. 

What do you keep under 

your bed? 

I do not keep anything 

under my bed. 

Who is your favorite 

teacher and why? 

My favorite teacher is 

Mrs. Dreyer because she is 

very nice. 

What’s your favorite class 

and why? 

My favorite class is 

math. I like it because it is 

fun. 

What’s one thing that 

stands out about your 

school? 

One thing that stands 

out about my school is the 

after-school activities. 

What extracurricular(s) 

do you wish your school 

had? 

I wish that our school 

had a math club. 

What’s your morning 

routine? 

I get up, I get dressed, 

I brush my teeth, I eat 

breakfast, I get my bag together, 

I get my shoes on, 

I get my coat on and go to 

school. 

If you could change one 

thing about school what 

would it be? 

I would change how early 

school starts. 

What’s your favorite thing 

to eat in the cafeteria? 

My favorite thing to eat 

is spaghetti. 

What’s your best memory 

from school? 

My best memory from 

school is when I graduated 

from kindergarten. 

Standout Student is a weekly 

feature in The Station. Nominations 

come from Frankfort 

schools. 

proud to host the Energy 

and Commerce Committee’s 

Subcommittee on Health 

at Kennedy–King College, 

where we discussed the epidemic 

of gun violence as a 

public health issue and possible 

solutions. Furthermore, 

I have introduced legislation 

to require a national registration 

system for firearms as 

well as make gun trafficking 

— which is responsible for 

so many of the illegal guns 

in Chicagoland — a federal 

offense. I have also introduced 

legislation that will 

help retrain workers for new 

economy jobs by providing 

them the skills and education 

they need to succeed. Furthermore, 

I have introduced 

legislation to increase educational 

and employment 

opportunities in the healthcare 

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funding to attract, recruit, 

and retain students through 

scholarships, stipends, and 

mentorship programs for 

individuals from underrepresented 

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Frankfort Village Board 

Students lead community 

campaign for kindness 


Frankfort School District 

157-C students were 

recognized at the Feb. 3 

Frankfort Village Board 

of Trustees meeting for 

their efforts in developing 

a student-led campaign 

to spread positivity in the 

community. 

From Feb. 9-14, all 

three schools in D157-C 

are slated to participate 

in Kindness Week, which 

involves designing special 

stickers that Frankfort 

businesses will then pass 

along to customers. 

"The concept is, it's going 

to go onto packaging 

and such that you can buy 

Photo Op 

This week’s Photo 

Op features the 

snowfall found 

in Frankfort 

Square resident 

CC Schmidt’s 

backyard. 

at Frankfort businesses," 

Frankfort Mayor Jim Holland 

said. "Kind of a neat 

idea. They will put these 

labels with the goods that 

you buy, and we hope that 

it gets the idea across." 

In a short presentation 

to the Village Board, 

Hickory Creek eighthgraders 

Caroline Carr, 

Lia Delage, Avery Jones 

and Kylie Steinhauser explained 

they hoped to create 

a "ripple of kindness," 

with the ultimate goal of 

making the community 

and the world a better 

place. 

The four students are 

members of the new 

PozSquad, or Positivity 

Squad, at Hickory Creek. 

Students in PozSquad 

meet twice a month, create 

positivity posters, discuss 

topics such as gratitude 

and enact "kindness 

challenges" both for organization 

members and 

for the rest of the student 

body. 

Jones said the whole 

school looks forward 

to high-five Fridays, in 

which Poz Squad members 

stand in the hallways 

and greet other students 

with high fives. 

“It's just a fun thing to 

get your brain going and 

your happiness flowing 

on a Friday morning," she 

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FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE 

Robocall, further efforts 

take aim at preventable 

crime 

This was a robocall everyone 

on the Orland Park 

Village Board could support. 

Trustee Cynthia Nelson 

Katsenes thanked the Orland 

Park Police Department 

and Chief Tim Mc- 

Carthy on Feb. 3 during a 

regular board meeting for 

an automated phone call 

that went out a few days 

prior to the meeting that 

reminded residents to be 

vigilant about locking their 

automobiles at night. 

This comes after several 

communities in the 

suburbs have been victimized 

by car burglaries and 

thefts. 

“They always tell you [9 

p.m.] is the routine [to lock 

your car],” Katsenes said. 

“And if you see something, 

say something.” 

Meanwhile, McCarthy 

said the school districts 

(including Consolidated 

High School District 230) 

are working with the police 

department to send out 

phone calls to remind residents 

of the same message. 

He said the fire protection 

district is helping, as well. 

“For a week, all of our 

surrounding departments 

are putting up information,” 

McCarthy said. 

“Simply lock your cars, 

because there are people 

out there, and it takes them 

all of about 2 or 3 seconds 

to try and get into your car, 

take your valuables, take 

your car if you happen to 

be one of those [people] 

who leaves your car keys 

in it, and they will also take 

your garage door opener 

and open your garage and 

go into your garage. 

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FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND 

Annual Wild Fest educates 

people about nature, 

conservation 

Hundreds of area residents 

got a chance to interact 

with an alligator, 

snakes, birds and other 

rare or exotic animals Jan. 

26 at Wild Fest. 

The annual event — 

hosted for the first time by 

Bolingbrook High School 

— brings together exotic 

animal keepers from the 

region, though the highlights 

were Lockport’s 

Big Run Wolf Ranch and 

Jim Necsi’s Cold Blooded 

Creatures. 

John Basile, the founder 

and president of Big Run 

Wolf Ranch, said he enjoys 

doing community 

outreach. 

“The more the kids 

know about these animals, 

the more they’ll know to 

set land aside out there,” 

Basile said. “It’s good for 

the future.” 

Basile and his daughter 

Rainah presented a handful 

of animals, including a 

lynx, an opossum, a porcupine, 

a skunk and a coyote 

named Canuck. The coyote, 

Basile said, is especially 

important to show 

and discuss, given a recent 

coyote attack in Chicago. 

“Coyotes are not 

well-liked,” Basile said. 

“They’re hated animals. 

They’ve been here for 

hundreds and thousands of 

years. If we didn’t have the 

coyotes and foxes around 

here, we’d have much 

larger problems with rodents.” 

Reporting by Jesse Wright, 

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FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION 

Results from cannabis 

sales survey show 

residents almost evenly 

split 

The results are in. 

And on the issue of allowing 

recreational cannabis 

sales in the Village of 

Tinley Park, the residents 

who submitted responses 

are nearly evenly split. 

During the Committee 

of the Whole meeting 

that preceded the regular 

Tinley Park Village Board 

meeting Feb. 4, board 

members heard results 

from the recent cannabis 

survey sent out to residents 

in early January. 

Regarding whether or 

not the Village should allow 

recreational cannabis 

sales in the Village, the 

results were: 2,509 votes 

in favor to 2,360 votes 

against. 

Village Attorney Paul 

O’Grady said the Village 

could investigate opting 

in, opting out or maintaining 

the status quo of the 

moratorium. If the board 

members want to investigate 

opting in, the legal 

staff can start reviewing 

options, such as possible 

zoning and license restrictions. 

Village Manager David 

Niemeyer suggested putting 

the item on a future 

agenda. 

“I think the goal was we 

wanted to see what the results 

of the survey were,” 

Niemeyer said. “Now, if 

we want to [we can] have 

a separate discussion on 

a future [Committee of 

the Whole agenda] about 

where to go with it.” 

The item was tentatively 

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From the Editor 

The power of 

positivity 

nuria mathog 

Editor 

This week, Frankfort 

is celebrating 

Kindness Week, part 

of a student-led initiative 

to spread positivity in the 

community. Through the 

campaign, local businesses 

are passing out stickers 

created by Frankfort 

School District 157-C students 

to customers with 

their purchases. 

The idea behind Kindness 

Week is that promoting 

kindness in Frankfort 

will have a ripple effect on 

residents, creating a better 

and more supportive community 

for everyone. A 

new student organization, 

Hickory Creek Middle 

School’s PozSquad, has 

been instrumental in leading 

this effort, and students 

at all three D157-C schools 

are involved with the 

campaign. 

Sometimes the amount 

of negative influences we 

encounter in our lives can 

feel overwhelming and 

isolating. I think it’s wonderful 

that local students 

are making an effort to 

connect with the people 

around them and create 

a more positive environment. 

Demonstrating kindness 

doesn’t have to involve 

the kind of sweeping, 

grandiose gestures we see 

in movies. It can be as 

simple as a few words of 

encouragement to someone 

having a bad day or 

a few minutes of listening 

to a friend talk about 

something on their mind. It 

can be helping a neighbor 

jump start a car or giving 

a coworker a ride home 

after work. Any action that 

says “I care about you” is 

important and meaningful 

in its own way. 

In the spirit of Kindness 

Week, I challenge readers 

to pay it forward by doing 

one kind act for another 

person in the community. 

Let’s continue to make 

Frankfort a great place for 

everyone who lives here. 

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Faith Briefs 

Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart (St. 

Francis Woods, 9201 W. St. Francis Road, 

Frankfort) 

Invitation to Spiritual Intergenerational 

Gathering 

6-7:30 p.m. Monday, 

Feb. 17, Motherhouse of 

the Franciscan Sisters of 

the Sacred Heart, 9201 W 

St Francis Road, Frankfort. 

An inter-generational gathering 

of Catholic sisters and 

spiritually diverse men and 

women will be held at the 

Motherhouse of the Franciscan 

Sisters of the Sacred 

Heart. The event is an opportunity 

to share personal 

passions and topics of interest, 

energize and feed each 

other’s spirit and talk about 

ways to possibly make a 

difference in our society. It 

is a time for sharing, reflection 

and fellowship. Pizza 

will be served, so an RSVP 

is needed. Send an email to 

sisters@fssh.net. 

Thursday Morning Scripture 

Reflections 

9-10:30 a.m. Thursdays 

through Mothers Day, 

Motherhouse at St. Francis 

Woods, 9201 W. St. Francis 

Road, Frankfort.A weekly 

Scripture reflection and 

sharing on the upcoming 

Sunday readings is held on 

Thursdays, at the Motherhouse 

at St. Francis Woods. 

Other than April 9, 16 and 

23, sessions continue until 

Mother’s Day, when there 

will be a break for summer. 

There is no fee and no need 

to register. 

Breakfast with a Cup of Spirituality: 

“Understanding the Many Names for Jesus” 

9-11 a.m. Saturday, 

March 14, St. Francis 

Woods, 9201 W. St Francis 

Road, Frankfort. “Understanding 

the Many Names 

for Jesus” will be offered by 

the Franciscan Sisters of the 

Sacred Heart. Sr. Marilyn 

Renninger, OSF, will lead 

the discussion. Participants 

will look at the names used 

in the prophecies in the Old 

Testament, and their fulfillment 

in the New Testament, 

as well as the meaning of the 

most popular names from 

both Testaments. Breakfast 

and handouts are included 

in the $15 fee. Call (815) 

464-3886 or email marilyn. 

renninger@fssh.net to register. 

Breakfast is at 9 a.m. 

The presentation begins at 

9:30 a.m. 

Scripture Reflection 

9-10:30 a.m. Thursdays 

in the Assisi Center. Sr. Marilyn 

Renninger, OSF, leads a 

reflection and sharing on the 

upcoming Sunday readings 

and how it applies to daily 

life. Participants may come 

to as many or as few as their 

schedules allow. No fee and 

no registration. Just sign in 

at the Front Desk. 

Spiritual Direction 

By appointment, five Sisters 

at St. Francis Woods in 

Frankfort who are trained 

Spiritual Directors offer 

Spiritual Direction sessions 

at Franciscan Sisters of the 

Sacred Heart. The fee is 

$50. The Sisters are: Janice 

Keenan, OSF, (815) 469- 

4883; Norma Janssen, OSF, 

(815) 464-3808; Mary Shinnick, 

OSF, (815) 464-3807; 

Joyce Shanabarger, OSF, 

(815) 464-3803; and Sr. 

Nancy Roberta Schramm, 

OSF, (815) 464-3848. 

Heritage Baptist Church (21739 S. La Grange 

Road, Frankfort) 

Worship Services 

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

Sundays. The church offers 

a staffed nursery for ages 

birth-two years, and junior 

church for ages two-five. 

Sunday School 

9:30 a.m. Sunday school 

for all ages. 

Wednesday Night 

7 p.m. Wednesdays. 

Truth Trackers Bible Club 

for children starting at age 

four through sixth grade 

(September-May), ALIVE 

Teens for grades 7-12, nursery 

for ages birth-two years, 

and Bible Study and prayer 

for adults. 

Ladies Bible Study 

9 a.m. Wednesdays (September-May). 

We are studying 

the book “Women Who 

Met the Master” by Carolyn 

Culver. Nursery is provided 

during the study. 

Heritage Christian School 

Heritage Christian School 

is a ministry of the Heritage 

Baptist Church, serving students 

as young as 4 and up 

to grade 12. Call 815-464- 

9100 for more information. 

The Family Hearth (119 Kansas St., Frankfort) 

Spiritual Direction 

By appointment. Personal 

spiritual direction session 

for men or women with a 

male/female spiritual director 

who is fully trained and 

experienced with 15 years 

of experience. Free will 

donation. To register, call 

(708) 334-1988 or email 

familyhearthfrankfort@ 

gmail.com. 

Needlecraft Workshops 

10 a.m.-non Wednesdays. 

Learn cross stitch or 

crochet or work on your 

own projects. There will 

be free refreshments and a 

free-will donation. Stop by 

for a while, and sit a spell. 

For more information or to 

inquire about the possibility 

of evening workshops, call 

(708) 334-1988 or email 

familyhearthfrankfort@ 

gmail.com. 

Scripture Study 

10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Mondays. 

Join James Littleton, 

national host of radio and 

television series Forming 

Faithful Families for this 

scripture study, and find 

hope and healing through 

Scripture for your daily 

walk with God. There will 

be a free-will donation. 

Endow Study 

10 a.m.-noon Tuesdays 

beginning Jan. 15. This 

8-10 week class will focus 

on educating on the nature 

and dignity of women. Cost 

is $35 and includes refreshments. 

For more information 

or to inquire about the 

possibility of evening workshops, 

call (708) 334-1988 

or email familyhearthfrankfort@gmail.com. 

Book Club 

10 a.m.-noon on the first 

and third Thursdays, and 

6-8 p.m. on the second 

and fourth Tuesdays. The 

Frankfort Literary Tea and 

Scone Society Book Club 

was inspired by the popular 

“Guernsey Literary and Potato 

Peel Pie Society” book 

and movie. A presentation 

of a classic will be read out 

loud followed by a lively 

discussion each month. A 

$10 per month donation includes 

refreshments (book 

not included), or $20 includes 

the book cost. 

St. Anthony Catholic Church (7659 Sauk Trail, 

Frankfort) 

Mass Service 

4 p.m. Saturdays; 7:30 

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

noon Sundays. 

Reconciliation 

3-3:50 p.m. Saturdays. 

Knights of Columbus 

Meetings 

7:30 p.m. every second 

and fourth Tuesday of the 

month in St. Anthony Hall. 

The Knights help at parish 

functions such as the church 

picnic and their annual pancake 

breakfast. 

Bereavement Support 

7 p.m. once a month at 

the Padua Center. For more 

information, call (815) 469- 

3750. 

Tuesday Morning Rosary 

and Scripture Group 

9:30 a.m. Tuesdays at the 

Padua Center. To join, call 

the Parish Office at (815) 

469-3750. 

St. Anthony Seniors 

Wednesday afternoons 

monthly. Seniors gather for 

meetings, bingo and more. 

For more information, contact 

Pat Backus at (708) 

720-9321. 

Sew ‘n’ Sews 

10 a.m. Tuesdays in 

Memenas Hall. Attendees 

make handmade crafts for 

the church. For more information, 

call (815) 469- 

3750. 

Holy Spirit Prayer Group 

7 p.m. Tuesdays at the 

Padua Center. Meetings are 

open to anyone who would 

like to join to grow spiritually 

through praise, prayer, 

scripture and music. For 

more information, call (815) 

469-3750. 

St. Anthony Religious 

Education 

Faith formation Classes 

are Wednesdays or Sundays 

weekly beginning 

first through eighth grade. 

Please call (815) 469-3750 

for more information. 

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (177 Luther 

Lane, Frankfort) 

Mite Box Collection Ash 

Sunday, Feb. 16, 177 Luther 

Lane, Frankfort. 

First Lenten Dinner 

6:15 p.m. Wednesday, 

Feb. 26. Worship with 

Communion. 

Sunday Divine Service 

8 a.m. Sundays. Divine 

service gets its name from 

the fact that worship is most 

importantly God serving us. 

We come at his invitation 

not to do God a favor, but 

to receive from Him what 

He alone has to offer, after 

which we respond in praise. 

Divine service uses a variety 

of rich, beautiful and often 

ancient traditions of the 

church found in the hymnal 

accompanied by the organ, 

as well as piano and other 

various instruments on special 

occasions. 

Sunday Morning Adult Bible 

Study 

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

in the fellowship hall. Come 

for refreshments and join 

the discussion on subjects 

like parables, discipleship, 

judgment day, heaven, 

God’s promises and so 

much more. Refreshments 

are served. 

10:46 Sunday 

Contemporary Worship 

10:46 a.m. Sundays. 

10:46 Sunday Contemporary 

Worship gets its name 

from Acts 10:46, where it 

mentions that the apostles 

“heard the Gentiles speaking 

in tongues and praising 

God” – which could well 

describe this time of worship 

where God is present 

and his people are responding. 

10:46 Worship blends 

the best of both ancient 

tradition and modern music 

and instruments recognizing 

the ongoing, presentday 

work of the Holy Spirit 

in our lives. Beginning at 

10:46 a.m. also suggests a 

more casual worship where 

you’re invited to come just 

as you are. 

Weight Watchers 

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

Alcoholics Anonymous 

10 a.m.-noon Saturdays. 

Narcotics Anonymous 

6:30-9 p.m. Tuesdays 

Amazing Love Lutheran Church (21301 S. 

Pfeiffer Road, Frankfort) 

Mornings with Mommy 

10–11 a.m. first and 

third Wednesdays of each 

Please see faith, 18

Claire Burdick, of 

Frankfort, was the youngest 

artist at the Winter Art 

Market on Saturday. Her 

handmade items, including 

the sweater she wore, 

brought her plenty of com- 

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Cindy Brei (right), of Chicago Heights, puts a knit hat on Frankfort resident Kayla 

during the Winter Art Market held Saturday, Feb. 8, at the Frankfort Public Library 

District. Photos by Mary Compton/22nd Century Media 

Library art market shines 

spotlight on artists’ talents 

Mary Compton 


Nearly 30 artists showcased 

unique items they 

had made during the 

Winter Art Market held 

Saturday, Feb. 8, at the 

Frankfort Public Library 

District. 

Frankfort resident Vicki 

Truesdale, president of the 

Friends of the Frankfort 


said the event helps raise 

funds for activities such 

as the summer reading 

program, as well as purchasing 

items not covered 

by the library’s budget. 

The organization hosts the 

market twice a year in November 

and February. 

“When [the Winter Art 

Market] started out four 

years ago there were only 

Twins Lily (left) and Claire Burdick, of Frankfort, model 

some of Claire’s handmade items. 

18 booths,” Truesdale 

said. “Today there are 28 

booths. Each year it has 

grown. The idea behind 

the market was to raise 

money for the library. It 

also is an opportunity to 

show the public what local 

artists have to offer.” 

Please see art, 18 

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Kim Bennett (left), of Frankfort, watches as Michelle McCauley browses some of her 

jewelry wire pieces during the Winter Art Market. 

art 

From Page 17 

pliments and sales. 

“I learned basic knitting 

when I was 6 years 

old,” Burdick said. “When 

I was 20, I taught a friend 

how to knit. I remembered 

how fun it was, so I taught 

myself to do more, such as 

sweaters and hats.” 

Burdick’s tables at the 

fair featured small hearts 

knitted together along with 

hats, scarves and dishcloths. 

Her twin sister, 

Lily, not only showed up 

to help but also modeled a 

beautiful shawl/scarf that 

Burdick had created. 

“I knitted some Easter 

decorations and Easter 

eggs,” Burdick said. “I 

also have baby blankets I 

brought that I made from 

flannel and dog collars. 

I’ve always loved making 

things. Even when I wasn’t 

knitting, I was always 

making some type of art. 

I love being able to make 

gifts and give to people to 

make them happy.” 

The Winter Art Market 

features a lot of upscale art 

items, Truesdale said, adding 

she never leaves the 

market without buying a 

few items. 

“There are also a lot of 

recycled art such as prints 

made from old magazines, 

upcycled fabric art, handmade 

leather drums and 

much more,” she said. 

“Each time we have the 

market, half of the spaces 

are repeat artists and the 

other half are new artists.” 

Truesdale said she is 

dedicated to helping artists 

share their creativity. 

“There is always something 

new here,” she said. 

“It’s important to help support 

the artists and the library. 

It makes the world a 

better place.” 

faith 

From Page 16 

month. The cost to attend 

the one-hour session is $5 

per child per session, and 

payments can be made by 

cash or check. Registration 

is required, and those interested 

may do so online. 

For more information, 

contact Ashley Schoech 

at ashley.schoech@gmail. 

com or visit www.amazinglove.org/morningswith-mommy. 

Teen Group 

Teens in grades 6-12 are 

welcome to join. There will 

be a meeting with new activities 

every second Saturday 

of the month. For more 

information, visit www. 

amazinglove.org. 

Women’s Group 

9:30-11:30 a.m. every 

first and third Saturday of 

the month, at the church. 

This semester we will be 

studying “Uninvited” by 

Lysa TerKeurst. More information 

is available at 

the church. 

Men’s Group 

6:30-8 a.m. every second 

and fourth Saturday of the 

month, at the church. This 

group uses the Men’s Fraternity 

curriculum, which 

is currently focusing on 

“Winning at Work and 

Home.” 

To have your church’s events 

included in Faith Briefs, email 

them to Editor Nuria Mathog 

at nuria@frankfortstation.com 

or call (708) 326-9170 ext. 14. 

Deadline is noon Thursdays 

one week prior to publication.

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Contests 

Three winners chosen from hundreds of Valentine’s Day Coloring Contest entries 

Bill Jones, Managing Editor 

Hundreds of veterans 

will feel a little more 

loved this Valentine’s Day 

thanks to area children 

who entered 22nd Century 

Media’s annual coloring 

contest. 

And three children can 

forever declare themselves 

coloring champions. 

In the ages 3-5 category, 

staff chose the entry 

of Emerald McCormack, 

5, of Homer Glen, as the 

winner. The colorful heart, 

added sparkle and lovable 

creature captured the 

hearts of our judges. 

Mikaela Enoya, 8, of 

Orland Park, was picked 

as the winner in the ages 

6-8 category. Mikaela harnessed 

something of a Bob 

Ross vibe in a serene scene 

featuring mountains, trees, 

water, birds and a sunset 

22nd Century Media received hundreds of submissions 

in this year’s Valentine’s Day Coloring Contest. 

Pictured are the winning entries in the 2020 Valentine’s Day Coloring Contest by (left 

to right) Emerald McCormack, Mikaela Enoya and Elizabeth Ewanic. Bill Jones/22nd 

Century Media 

inside of the heart framework. 

And finally, Elizabeth 

Ewanic, 10, of Mokena, 

captured the title in the 

ages 9-12 bracket. The 

judges found her work, 

quite simply, to be otherworldly. 

Publisher 22nd Century 

Media’s annual Valentine’s 

Day Coloring Contest 

asked children from 

Orland Park, Tinley Park, 

Homer Glen, Lockport, 

Mokena, New Lenox and 

Frankfort to fill in blank 

hearts with their creativity. 

They were judged 

based on creativity and 

neatness. 

In addition to being pictured 

in this week’s edition 

of The Frankfort Station, 

each winner received 

a $25 gift card for Gizmos, 

66 Orland Square 

Drive in Orland Park. 

All completed entries, 

minus the forms containing 

personal information, 

are being distributed to 

veterans. 

Youth orchestra to perform concert 

Frankfort restaurant to be featured at Chefs’ Auction 

Submitted by Suburban Youth 

Symphony Orchestra 

The Suburban Youth Symphony 

Orchestra will give 

its annual Hearts and Roses 

Chamber Music Concert at 3 

p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16. The concert 

will be held at St. Peter’s 

Church, located at 12 W. Sauk 

Trail in Frankfort. 

Coached by members of the 

Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra, 

Stephane Collopy, Kamen 

Vatchev and Emily Mantell, the 

Suburban Youth Symphony Orchestra 

will treat the audience 

to chamber works of composers 

such as Vivaldi, Mozart and 

Bach. Students of the organization’s 

beginner ensemble, the 

Incredible Opportunity Program, 

will demonstrate their 

skill advancement. 

Admission is $10 per adult. 

Children 10 and under are 

free. 

The Suburban Youth Symphony 

Orchestra is scheduled 

to hold auditions on Feb. 23, 

and interested students between 

the ages of 8 and 17 may apply 

now. 

For more than 50 years, the 

Suburban Youth Symphony Orchestra 

has brought meaningful, 

quality musical experiences 

to its members. The orchestra 

welcome students at any level, 

from absolute beginner to advanced. 

to improve their skills 

and hone their musicianship 

through participation in ensembles 

designed to let them learn, 

rehearse and perform with their 

peers. 

To learn more about the program 

please visit www.suburban 

youthsymphony.org/, or email 

thesyso@gmail.com. 

Submitted by The Bridge Teen 

Center 

The Bridge Teen Center will 

hold its Annual Chefs’ Auction 

fundraiser on Thursday, March 

5, at Orland Park’s Silver Lake 

Country Club. All money raised 

will support The Bridge Teen 

Center’s free programs for local 

teens. 

This year’s Chefs’ Auction will 

feature 14 restaurants representing 

several local communities, a 

live auction, an online silent auction, 

and a special night that will 

kick off The Bridge’s year-long 

10th anniversary celebration. 

“Chefs’ Auction has grown 

into an incredible culmination 

of the community’s overwhelming 

support of our students and 

the mission of The Bridge Teen 

Center,” said Priscilla Steinmetz, 

founder and executive director of 

The Bridge Teen Center. 

Frankfort’s very own Dancing 

Marlin is one of the featured 

restaurant participants. Other 

restaurants from neighboring 

communities include Cooper’s 

Hawk, Nothing Bundt Cakes, 

Siam Marina, Franklins Public 

House, City Barbeque, and more. 

Tickets to the 2020 Chefs’ 

Auction have sold out; however, 

anyone can support The Bridge 

Teen Center by bidding in the 

online silent auction. Auction 

items include sports memorabilia, 

event tickets, unique experiences, 

family excursions, and 

many other unique packages. 

One unique experience includes 

riding on the Ozinga 

Merry Mixer during the Mokena 

Fourth of July Parade or Holiday 

Lights Parade. Other items and 

packages were donated by K9 

Tailshakers, Bentley’s Pet Stuff, 

Emagine Theatres, Yoga 360 

Studio & Spa, and more. 

The online silent auction begins 

Monday, Feb. 17 and ends 

on Thursday, March 5, at 9:15 

p.m. Winning bidders not present 

at the event must pick up their 

items at The Bridge Teen Center 

by Friday, March 13. With more 

than 100 lots being featured in 

the silent auction, bidders can 

place bids from their mobile devices. 

Bidders may register online 

by texting “chefs2020” to 

76278 or by visiting Chefs2020. 

givesmart.com. 

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The Dish 

Taco Patio in Lockport continues to win hearts with unique family recipes 

Abhinanda Datta 

Contributing Editor 

A strong focus on building 

relationships within 

the community is what 

drives this eatery serving 

Mexican fare in Lockport. 

According to Taco Patio 

co-owner and restaurant 

manager Nasia Katris, unlike 

a franchise, “Our priority 

isn’t to make money.” 

“Growing up in the restaurant 

business, I know 

from personal experience 

that a family-owned business 

has an advantage, 

because you’re going to 

have the family there,” 

she said. “If there’s a personal 

touch, they’re more 

in touch with the community 

or the needs of people. 

That’s the priority with 

us.” 

The original Bellwood 

location was opened almost 

40 years ago by Katris’ 

father, Jim, and 10 

years ago, she launched 

the one in Lockport along 

with her husband an coowner 

Christos Giannakopoulos. 

“For such a small community, 

Lockport has really 

opened up and supported 

us,” Katris said. 

“We love to have regulars 

all the time. It’s a hardworking 

community that 

is kind and appreciative of 

our services. And because 

we are here all the time, 

we get to know everybody 

and get to see what they’re 

like.” 

Whether you want to 

dine in with your family 

or grab a quick bite on the 

way to work, Taco Patio 

caters to all kinds of dining 

needs. One item that 

is quite popular among 

those opting for the drivethru 

service is the lightly 

sweetened horchata, available 

in two sizes ($2.45- 

$2.75). Made entirely from 

scratch, this recipe has 

been in Katris’ family for 

over 40 years and is a concoction 

featuring Jicaro 

seeds ground with rice and 

ground cocoa, cinnamon, 

nutmeg and vanilla. 

“We need to cook the 

cinnamon all day; it’s a 

huge process,” she said. “I 

keep telling my husband 

that we’re going to somehow 

make bigger batches. 

We can’t keep up. People 

will come to the drive-thru 

for four or five horchatas 

at a time. It’s crazy.” 

The loaded cheese fries 

($5.89) — potatoes fried 

and salted, topped with 

seasoned meat of the customer’s 

choice, grilled 

onion, sour cream and hot 

peppers — are another 

sought-after option. 

Katris said since the 

distribution of Mexican 

products in the market was 

not as great a few decades 

ago, she saw her family 

prepare their own beans, 

taco shells and sauces in 

the kitchen. 

“You couldn’t go and 

buy ready-made products 

like so many Mexican restaurants 

do these days,” 

she said. “So that’s why 

everything was made from 

scratch, and we still do 

that. We come two hours 

early in the morning and 

we stay late at night. We 

refuse to buy anything.” 

For those looking to get 

a heartier meal, the enchilada 

dinner ($9.99) comes 

with three enchiladas with 

either chicken, beef or 

cheese, along with rice, 

tortilla chips and fresh 

guacamole. There also is 

the taco salad ($7.99) — 

a combination of protein, 

beans, lettuce, tomato, 

green onion and black 

Taco Patio 

1022 E. 9th St. in 

Lockport 

Hours 

• 10 a.m.-midnight 

Monday-Thursday and 

Sunday 

• 10 a.m.-2 a.m. 

Friday-Saturday 

For more information ... 

Phone: (815) 838- 

8226 

Web: tacopatio.com 

Pictured is the No Name ($4.99) dessert — a plate of Mexican doughnuts with 

powdered sugar, cinnamon and caramel drizzle — Taco Patio in Lockport. Photos by 

Thomas Czaja/22nd Century Media 

The nacho supreme ($7.49) comes with meat, cheese, beans, tomato and olives, 

topped with sour cream and guacamole. 

olives served in a crispy 

flour shell with a dollop of 

sour cream. Guests have 

the option of adding guacamole 

for another $1.10. 

For Katris, cooking has 

become a labor of love. 

“Working in a restaurant, 

you see what it should be 

like, what it could be like 

and what it is like in other 

places,” she said. “We do 

have a lot of families that 

come here. And I personally 

would not be able to serve 

something that I could not 

serve to my own family. 

Those who eat here know 

it will be good, because it is 

freshly made right away.” 

Some items on the menu 

take longer to prepare, 

such as the vegetarian option 

with stuffed peppers. 

The stuffed pepper burrito 

($7.75) and the stuffed 

pepper taco ($3.10) come 

with poblano peppers 

prepared over three days. 

They have to be skinned 

and fried, stuffed with a 

special five-cheese blend 

and breaded. 

While most popular 

desserts have appetizing 

names, Taco Patio’s only 

item with no name has 

been winning hearts for 

years. 

“A couple of years ago, 

we were testing a new dessert 

one night when a customer 

wanted to try it out,” 

Katris said. “He liked it 

so much that he wanted to 

order more, even before 

we could name it officially. 

So, we went with No 

Name for this phenomenal 

dessert.” 

The No Name ($4.99) 

is a plate filled with fried 

dough and served with cinnamon, 

powdered sugar 

and a drizzle of Mexican 

caramel. 

Coming from an immigrant 

family, Katris said 

food was very important 

as “it was a time to be happy, 

enjoy yourself, forget 

about what was going on.” 

Armed with strong values 

and even stronger 

familial bonds, she has 

ensured that Taco Patio is 

unique in its dedication to 

the quality of the food and 

personal service. 

“We are an upscale fast 

food place, and I hope 

Lockport will continue to 

support us, so that we can 

provide them with a great 

experience,” Katris said.

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crosstown CROSSWORD & Sudoku The crosstowns: Frankfort, Homer Glen, Lockport, Mokena, New Lenox, Orland Park, Tinley Park 

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur 

Across 

1. Do away with 

6. Sitar music piece 

10. Mariner in a 

classic literary tale 

14. Use a cell 

15. Absolve 

17. Terra ___ (pottery) 

18. Mokena 

mayor, Frank 

19. Equips militarily 

21. Rhythmic singing 

22. Lord’s Prayer 

pronoun 

23. Shelley’s “___ 

Skylark” 

25. Coin of the 

realm 

29. Early course 

30. Military rank, 

abbr. 

33. Rice dish 

34. With insight 

and wisdom 

36. Suspect eliminator 

37. Neb. neighbor 

38. Infection type 

39. One who loves 

punishment 

41. Give the slip to 

42. Trial lawyer’s 

advice 

43. Fire power 

44. Long, loose 

overcoat 

45. Registered 

names: Abbr. 

46. Singer Yoko 

47. Kenya inhabitant 

51. Couldn’t be 

found 

57. Minute examinations 

59. Prefix with 

-clast 

60. Carriage 

61. Instant 

62. Floral support 

63. PGA part 

64. Cries out 

Down 

1. Watchdog org.? 

2. Delicious bar 

3. Gp. marching around 

campus 

4. “Render __ Caesar 

. . .” 

5. Mokena gives 

awards for this to 

homeowners 

6. Cook, as beans 

7. Spindle 

8. Falls apart 

9. “Wheel of Fortune” 

request 

10. Curve outward and 

then downward 

11. Response to a joke 

12. Egyptian solar deity 

13. Muppet 

16. Rocket scientist’s 

calculation 

20. Article in constant 

use 

24. Arles assent 

25. Sends junk e-mails 

26. Rice 

27. Beethoven dedicatee 

28. Mexican resort 

29. Final word 

30. Walk around 

proudly 

31. Open space in a 

forest 

32. Mary ___ Moore 

34. They are on SI 

covers 

35. Pop musician Lofgren 

40. Express thoughtful 

hesitation 

44. One in Madrid 

46. Mary-Kate or Ashley, 

e.g. 

47. Gullets 

48. Doctor’s abbreviation 

49. Dressing ingredient 

50. Bit 

52. Puck catchers 

53. Square measure 

54. “...double __ and 

trouble” 

55. Abbr. at the bottom 

of a business letter 

56. Lady deer 

58. Start of an apology 

How to play Sudoku 

Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that 

has been subdivided into nine smaller grids 

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

column and box must contain each of the 

numbers 1-9. 

LEVEL: Medium 

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan 

answers 

FRANKFORT 

Pete Mitchell’s Bar & Grill 

(21000 Frankfort 

Square Road, Frankfort; 

(815) 464-8100) 

■6-8 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Free N’ Fun Bar Game. 

Free to play. 

ORLAND PARK 

Traverso’s Restaurant 

(15601 S. Harlem Ave., 

Orland Park; (708) 532- 

2220) 

■5-7 ■ p.m. Mondays: 

Free bar bingo 

TINLEY PARK 

350 Brewing 

(7144 W. 183rd St., 

Tinley Park (708) 825- 

7339) 

■6:30 ■ p.m. First Thursday 

of each month: 

Laugh Riot. Cost is 

$25 and includes 

dinner, two beers 

and a comedy show. 

For tickets, email 

todd@350brewing. 

com. 

LOCKPORT 

Port Noir 

(900 S. State St., Lockport; 

(815) 834-9463) 

■6 ■ p.m. - 12 a.m. 

Thursdays: Comedy 

Bingo 

■6 ■ p.m. - 12 a.m. 

Fridays and Saturdays: 

Live Band 

■6 ■ p.m. - 12 a.m. Sundays: 

Open Mic Night 

mokena 

The Alley Grill and Tap 

House 

(18700 S. Old LaGrange 

Road, Mokena; (708) 

478-3610) 

■9 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: 

Karaoke 

NEW LENOX 

Hickory Creek Brewing 

Company 

(1005 W. Laraway Road, 

New Lenox. (779) 803- 

3974) 

■3 ■ p.m.-close Fridays: 

Happy Hour from 3 

to 6 p.m. followed by 

Smokin’ Z BBQ food 

truck from 5:30 to 

8:30 p.m. and live 

music. 

To place an event in The 

Scene, email b.conboy 

@22ndcenturymedia.com.

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Why Pay Rent? 

Immediate Occupancy Homes available now from the mid $200’s 

Distinctive Home Builders Presents Quality Built Affordable Homes at Cedar Creek in Joliet 

Distinctive Home Builders 

recently began preconstruction 

sales at 

Cedar Creek in Joliet. 

Homeowners there will 

enjoy competitively priced 

quality built homes and 

low Joliet taxes from 

one of the area’s leading 

home builders. Cedar 

Creek is located on Millsdale 

Road, one half mile 

west of Rt. 53 and south 

of Laraway Road. Our 

model home visitor center 

is open for viewing. 

“Handcrafted semi-custom 

homes are unheard 

of in the area in this price 

range,” said Bryan Nooner, 

president of Frankfortbased 

Distinctive Home 

Builders. “These homes 

provide a great value and 

in many cases will be less 

than paying rent. This 

opens up home ownership 

opportunities to those 

who were locked out of 

the market previously. Although 

construction is underway, 

pre-construction 

savings are still available.” 

Affordable, conveniently 

located ranch and twostory 

homes feature floor 

plans ranging from 1,500 

to 3,000 square feet in 

size with two to four bedrooms 

and front elevation 

brick exteriors with the 

option to add stone accents. 

Prices start from 

the mid $200’s and some 

home sites back up to Cedar 

Creek Park. We have 

four immediate occupancy 

homes available at our 

Cedar Creek community - 

3 ranch homes and a twostory 

home. 

“These homes appeal 

to two markets: Empty 

nesters that are downsizing 

with our ranches and 

an outstanding value for 

first time homebuyers and 

families wanting the most 

space for their money,” 

added Nooner. 

Cedar Creek school 

children attend Elwood 

School District 203 for K – 

8 and high school age children 

attend Joliet Township 

Central High School 

within District 204, which 

was recently named the 

College Board’s Advanced 

Placement District of the 

Year. Saint Joseph Academy 

is also nearby. 

“We have closed the gap 

of getting what you want 

and getting what you 

need in a new home significantly 

by including additional 

features that our 

buyers told us were most 

important to them,” said 

Nooner. “Now is the best 

time to buy, because you 

can still take advantage 

of preconstruction prices 

that range from the mid 

$200s which makes this a 

terrific new home value.” 

Bryan Nooner, president 

of Distinctive Home 

Builders, has built thousands 

of single-family 

homes throughout the 

south and southwest suburbs 

over the past 30 

years. Distinctive Home 

Builders is dedicated to 

giving their customers the 

best home buying experience. 

A home delivery with 

zero punch list items is an 

expectation Distinctive 

has for its homeowners. 

Before closing, each home 

undergoes an industryleading 

checklist that ensures 

each home measures 

up to the firm’s high quality 

standards. Distinctive 

performs numerous quality 

control checks throughout 

the building process 

and adheres to a nearly 

1,500 point formal checklist 

that project managers 

certify. 

“Having a set of measurable, 

identifiable standards 

that our craftsmen 

are expected to maintain 

is critical to upholding 

high quality standards 

and ensures delivering a 

Zero Defect Home to our 

homeowners,” according 

to Distinctive president, 

Bryan Nooner. 

During the construction 

process, there are prescheduled 

times set for 

site visitations at various 

landmark stages of construction. 

Communication 

is an important aspect 

to maintaining an overall 

positive experience during 

the construction process. 

Therefore, all Distinctive 

customers have the Project 

Manager’s e-mail address 

and cell phone number, 

as well as, access to the 

secure online customer 

portal where pictures and 

logs show the continued 

progress on their home. 

Customers have access to 

the online portal through 

the Distinctive Homebuilders 

App that can be 

easily downloaded to any 

smartphone or tablet. 

“Our customers simply 

download our Distinctive 

Home Builders app and 

they are in touch with their 

new home 24/7 from anywhere 

in the world. The 

app allows our customers 

to see the progress of their 

home and access all their 

documents at any time” 

Nooner explained. “Our 

customers really appreciate 

the integration of social 

media sites within the 

app allowing them to easily 

share photos and updates 

of their new home 

with family and friends,” 

he concluded. 

Nooner added that all 

homes are highly energy 

efficient. Every home built 

will have upgraded wall 

and ceiling insulation values 

with energy efficient 

windows and high efficiency 

furnaces. Before 

homeowners move into 

their new home, Distinctive 

Home Builders conducts 

a blower door test 

that pressurizes the home 

to ensure that each home 

passes a set of very stringent 

Energy Efficiency 

guidelines. 

Cedar Creek is served by 

major thoroughfares such 

as IL Rte. 53, I-55 and 

I-80. Locational amenities 

for Cedar Creek homeowners 

are two large hospital 

complexes nearby: 

Silver Cross Hospital and 

Presence Saint Joseph 

Medical Center; College 

education nearby including 

Lewis University, the 

University of St. Francis 

and Joliet Junior College. 

Numerous restaurants 

and attractions such as the 

Chicagoland Speedway, 

the Joliet Splash Station 

and the Haunted Trails 

Family Entertainment 

Center, to name a few. 

Visit the Memorial Walkway 

at the Abraham Lincoln 

National Cemetery 

in Elwood comprised of 

982 acres honoring our 

veterans. 

Our model home visitor 

center is open for 

viewing. Contact Lynne 

at 708-737-9142 or 708- 

479-7700 to schedule a 

private viewing of our Cedar 

Creek model and immediate 

occupancy homes 

available: three ranch 

homes and one two-story 

home. Or visit our on-site 

Sales Information Center 

located at 23936 William 

Drive, Manhattan, IL., 

60442. Hours are daily 

10 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. open 

seven days a week. Specials, 

prices, specifications, 

standard features, model 

offerings, build times and 

lot availability are subject 

to change without notice. 

Please contact a Distinctive 

representative for current 

pricing and complete 

details.

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Distinctive Home Builders Debuts Luxury Furnished Model 

At Hanover Estates in Manhattan within the Lincoln-Way School District 


continues to add high 

quality homes to the 

Manhattan landscape at 

Hanover Estates; its latest 

new home community 

located within the highlyregarded 

Lincoln-Way 

School District. Distinctive 

is selling Craftsman 

Series and Legacy Series 

single family homes with 

base prices from the upper 

$290s - $400s. Square 

footage of the ranch 

homes begins at 2,400 

square feet and the twostory 

homes start from 

2,700 square feet. Many 

of the sites in both neighborhoods 

offer lake views 

and all homes will have 

brick around the first 

floor as a premium standard 

feature. 

“Sales and construction 

are underway and a 

brand new Stonebridge 

II model is open for touring,” 

said Bryan Nooner, 

President of Distinctive 

Home Builders, “These 

new home designs are a 

result of an extraordinary 

amount of time and effort 

spent on refining the 

architectural standards.” 

“There is indeed a difference 

– there is nothing 

else like it on the market 

– the elevations are outstanding 

and our homeowners 

also have the ability 

to customize so they 

can truly have the home 

of their dreams,” he said. 

Nooner speaks of the 

Craftsman designs the 

company has introduced 

at Hanover Estates. These 

new designs feature low 

pitched rooflines, large 

front porches with tapered 

columns and stone 

piers, partially-paned 

windows, gable brackets, 

and an exterior color 

palate with a variety of 

earth tones or gray tones. 

Popular exterior options 

are stone and cedar shake 

accents. 

Besides the new model, 

there are several homes 

at various stages of construction 

are available to 

tour and as a semi-custom 

builder, Distinctive can 

modify any of its standard 

designs to cater to a 

customer’s tastes, which 

means that moving walls, 

adding extra windows or 

even extending the garage 

are all possible. 

Numerous home styles 

are available, each with 

multiple exterior elevations. 

Hanover Estates 

homes have three to five 

bedrooms and two full to 

three and one-half baths 

and two to three-car garages. 

All of the Legacy 

Series homes will have 

three-car garages. 

Homes include custom 

maple kitchen cabinets 

featuring solid wood 

construction (no particle 

board) with solid 

wood drawers and dove 

tail joints; ceramic tile 

or hardwood floors in 

the kitchen, baths and 

foyer; genuine wood 

trim and doors; granite 

countertops and 

concrete driveways. 

Building a new home is 

certainly not what it used 

to be. Thankfully, the latest 

technology coupled 

with fine-tuned people 

skills, has made the experience 

an exciting one for 

Distinctive buyers at Hanover 

Estates. 

“We are on the leading 

edge when it comes to the 

home buying customer 

sales experience,” said 

Nooner. “Our sales professionals 

are among the 

best. We provide them 

with high-level training 

and the latest tech tools to 

enhance our homebuyer’s 

experience. We also provide 

technology to our 

homeowners throughout 

the home building 

process with a private 

homeowner portal app. 

Building a new home is 

an exciting yet long process 

that can have many 

ups and downs that can 

be neutralized by simply 

having great communication. 

We want our buyers 

to be informed and empowered 

every step of the 

way.” 

Daily pictures of customer 

homes in progress 

are taken and uploaded 

for easy access from 

anywhere in the world. 

Homeowners can view 

their selections from their 

phone, tablet or desktop; 

review detailed information 

about the quality 

components used in their 

new home, and easily access 

their documents using 

a username and password 

that is issued once 

construction of their new 

home begins. 

“Communication exists 

on an entirely new level 

making building with us a 

very personal experience. 

Never before could customers 

have access to all 

of this information 24/7. 

We want to raise the bar 

for our industry,” added 

Nooner. 

Through the customer 

portal, homeowners can 

easily share the pictures 

and progress of their 

home with friends and 

family via e-mail and integrated 

links to social 

media. They can also 

review the construction 

schedule to see 

what is happening next 

in the building of their 

new home. 

Hanover Estates boasts 

four lakes and three 

parks within its borders. 

The Manhattan Metra 

train station, several forest 

preserves and many 

dining and entertainment 

options are nearby. 

Hanover Estates children 

attend schools 

within the Lincoln-Way 

School District. 

Besides Hanover Estates, 


has built hundreds 

of homes throughout 

Manhattan most recently 

at Prairie Trails; also in 

the Butternut Ridge and 

Leighlinbridge communities, 

as well as thousands 

of other homes in 

the Will and south Cook 

county areas over the past 

30 years. 


center is located at 

23936 William Drive, 

Manhattan, IL 60442 

and is open daily from 10 

a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days 

a week or by appointment. 

Contact Lynne at 

708-737-9142 or 708- 

479-7700 to schedule a 

private viewing. Specials, 

prices, specifications, 




to change without notice.



24 | February 13, 2020 | the frankfort station local living 


Luxury Townhomes in New Lenox Pre-Construction Sales 

Distinctive Homebuilders debuts SkyHarbor Townhomes from the $300s 

Sales have commenced on 

luxury townhomes in a prime 

location in New Lenox at 

Laraway and Schoolhouse/ 

Lincolnway Roads. Known 

as SkyHarbor Townhomes, 


is meeting the need for 

townhomes in an area where 

they have not been built in a 

long time. 

“We are excited to bring 

these fresh, new architecturally 

refined townhome designs to 

New Lenox. Now residents 

can stay put in town when they 

downsize from a large home to 

a maintenance free lifestyle,” 

said Bryan Nooner, president 

of Distinctive Home Builders. 

“We discovered that many 

area single-family residents 

have parents seeking an 

independent, carefree lifestyle, 

who want to live in close 

proximity to their children 

and grandchildren. These 

buyers tend to spend a couple 

months of the year in warmer 

climates and don’t want to 

be concerned with home 

upkeep while they are away. 

At SkyHarbor Townhomes a 

homeowner’s association takes 

care of lawn maintenance and 

snow removal for residents. 

Additionally, SkyHarbor is 

a good fit for many young 

families as well. Just a few 

minutes from several commuter 

train stations and major 

highways, the location of 

this property makes it easy to 

commute to work. The idea of 

living in a community with a 

maintenance free lifestyle gives 

today’s buyer the freedom to 

travel and recreate without the 

time burden of home upkeep. 

SkyHarbor Townhomes is 

a small enclave community 

with an on-site lake and is 

adjacent to single family 

homes. Townhomes range in 

size from two to four bedrooms 

with 1,800 to 2,600 square feet 

of living space in three and 

four-unit buildings. All homes 

include a full basement and 

luxury appointments such 

as granite counter tops and 

custom maple cabinets. 

SkyHarbor Townhome 

exteriors are architecturally 

refined and feature Craftsman 

style designs in brick and 

stone construction on the 

first floor. Tapered columns, 

stone accents, bracketing 

on gables and bracket detail 

on garage doors are some 

of the thoughtful features 

Distinctive Home Builders has 

incorporated into the design. 


has built thousands of singlefamily 

homes throughout 

the South and Southwest 

suburbs over the past 30 years, 

and is dedicated to giving 

its customers the best home 

buying experience. 

Top-notch home creation 

with zero punch list items is an 

expectation Distinctive delivers 

to its homeowners. The builder 

performs numerous quality 

control checks throughout the 

building process and adheres 

to a nearly 1,500-point formal 

checklist that project managers 

certify. Before closing, each 

home undergoes an industryleading 

checklist that ensures 

each home measures up to the 

firm’s high quality standards. 

“Having measurable, identifiable 

standards that our 

craftsmen are expected to 

maintainiscriticaltoupholding 

high quality standards and 

ensuresdeliveringaZeroDefect 

Home to our homeowners,” 

Nooner said. 

Communication is key to 

maintaining an overall positive 

experience during the construction 

process. Therefore, 

all Distinctive customers have 

the Project Manager’s e-mail 

address and cell phone 

number, as well as access to 

the secure online portal where 

pictures and logs chronicle the 

continued progress on their 

home. Customers have access 

to the online portal through the 

Distinctive Homebuilders App 

that can be easily downloaded 

to any smartphone or tablet. 

“Our customers simply download 

our app and they are in 

touch with their new home 

24/7 from anywhere in the 

world. The app allows our 

customers to see the progress 

of their home and access 

their documents at any time” 

Nooner explained. “Our customers 

really appreciate the 

integration of social media 

sites within the app allowing 

them to easily share photos 

and updates of their new 

home with family and friends,” 

he concluded. 

Nooner added that all homes 

are highly energy efficient with 

upgraded wall and ceiling 

insulation, energy efficient 

windows and high efficiency 

furnaces. Before homeowners 

move into their new home, 

Distinctive conducts a Blower 

Door Test that pressurizes 

the home to ensure that each 

home passes stringent Energy 

Efficiency Guidelines. 

SkyHarbor Townhomes is 

within New Lenox School 

District 122 serving students 

K-8 and Lincoln-Way Community 

High School District 

210, which is ranked in the 

top 10 high school districts in 

Illinois. Providence Catholic 

High School is also located 

in New Lenox. 

SkyHarbor Townhomes are 

served by major thoroughfares 

such as IL Rtes. 30, 45 and 

52 and I-80, I-355 and I-57. 

Residents are serviced by 

the New Lenox Metra 

Station on the corner of 

Cedar and Laraway Roads. 

Two large hospital complexes 

are in the vicinity: Silver Cross 

Hospital and Presence Saint 

JosephMedicalCenter;College 

education nearby includes 

Lewis University, the University 

of St. Francis and 

Joliet Junior College. Many 

restaurants and pubs are in 

the area: Starbucks, Cooper’s 

Hawk, Teardrop Café, Arrowhead 

Ales Brewing Company, 

Chicago Dough Company, 

Bulldog Ale House, Portillo’s, 

and Country Charm Restaurant. 

Jewel/Osco is within 

walking distance from the 

Skyharbor Townhomes. Other 

notable retailers nearby are 

Kohls, JC Penny and Petsmart. 

and the 14-screen AMC 

Showplace is on Maple Street. 


center is open for viewing. 

Contact Lynne at 708-737- 

9142 or 708-479-7700 to 

schedule a private viewing 

of our luxury townhomes 

or visit our on-site Sales 

Information Center located 

at 23936 William Drive, 

Manhattan, IL., 60442. Hours 

are daily 10 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 

open seven days a week. 

Specials, prices, specifications, 




to change without notice. 

Please contact a Distinctive 

representative for current 

pricing and complete details.

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If you are looking for the perfect ranch home 

at a great price, look no more. Ranch Villas at 

Keating Point, in the Village of Channahon, 

offers ranch homes that are both beautiful and 

maintenance-free. 

These unique, detached townhomes feature 

two bedrooms and two baths in 1,308 to 1,621 

square feet. Each comes equipped with a full 

basement, two-car attached garage, brick fronts, 

and central air. 

These Ranch Villas start in the $230’s and 

boast an association fee of just $140 per month. 

We offer five floorplans for you to choose from. 

Do you long for a little more time to yourself? 

For more family moments, too? 

Luxury Ranch Detached Townhomes 

Immediate Move-Ins. • Maintenance-Free Living 

Starting from the $230’s 

Maintenance-free living at The Ranch Villas at 

Keating Pointe is our solution to your problem. 

In one of our ranch townhomes, you can finally 

wave goodbye to the chores that gobble up your 

precious time. All exterior and landscaping 

maintenance is done for you, including snow 

removal. If you’ve had enough of cleaning 

gutters, mowing the lawn, and shoveling the 

driveway, you’re ready to take the next step. 

The photos in this article feature The Roma, 

one of the floorplans you can choose from for 

your new ranch home. This 1,467 sq. ft. design 

features two bedrooms and two baths. Plus, 

you’ll get a flex room to use as you see fit. 

Office? Guest room?You tell us. The Roma also 

features ceilings that reach nine feet high and a 

large kitchen with included appliances. You’ll 

enjoy an impressively roomy feel, bounty of 

spaceforentertaining,andultimateconvenience. 

Speaking of convenience, a basement, two-car 

attached garage, and patio are included. The 

Roma starts in the low $240’s, delivering quality 

in its construction and price tag. 

Looking to move into a new home sometime 

soon? Our ranch homes also feature quick 

delivery homes. These quick delivery homes 

have move-in dates as early as this fall. 

To learn more about our detached ranch 

townhomes, give us a call at (815) 290-5303 or 

go to homesbycore.com. 

Immediate Move-Ins • Maintenance-Free Living

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• 8938 Holland Harbor 

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• 9802 Folkers Drive, 

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• 528 Aberdeen Road, 


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• 22532 Port Weller 

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• 22445 Cobble Stone 

Trail, Frankfort, 60423- 

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Irena Ledic, $650,000 

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• 7324 Heritage 

Court 2d, Frankfort, 

60423-9587 — Teresa 

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Bartolini, $157,500 

• 112 Center Road, 


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Falkner, $315,000 

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2701 Property for 

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COMMON AD - REAL ESTATE 

SECTION 

SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE 

of 20570 Lennon Drive, Frankfort, IL 

60423 (Single Family Home). On the 

27th day of February, 2020 to be held 

at 12:00 noon, at the Will County Courthouse 

Annex, 57 N. Ottawa Street, 

Room 201, Joliet, IL 60432, under Case 

Title: Federal Home Loan Mortgage 

Corporation, astrustee for Freddie 

Mac Seasoned Credit Risk Transfer 

Trust, Series 2017-2, as owner ofthe 

Related Mortgage Loan Plaintiff V. 

Fabio Musto; et. al. Defendant. 

Case No. 19 CH 0879 in the Circuit 

Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, 

Will County, Illinois. 

Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the 

time of sale and the balance within 

twenty-four (24) hours. Nojudicial sale 

fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring 

the residential real estate pursuant 

to its credit bid at the sale or by any 

mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other 

lienor acquiring the residential real estate 

whose rights in and tothe residential 

real estate arose prior to the sale. All 

payments shall be made in cash or certified 

funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will 

County. 

In the event the property is acondomin- 

ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS 

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

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

605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified 

that the purchaser of the unit, other than 

amortgagee, shall pay the assessments 

and legal fees required bysubdivisions 

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

required by subsection (g-1) 

of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium 

Property Act. 

Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J) 

if there is asurplus following application 

ofthe proceeds of sale, then the 

plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant 

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

to the proceeding advising them of 

the amount ofthe surplus and that the 

surplus will beheld until aparty obtains 

acourt order for its distribution or, in 

the absence of an order, until the surplus 

is forfeited to the State. 

For Information Please Contact: 

Codilis & Associates, P.C. 

15W030 N. Frontage Road Suite 100 

Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527 

P: 630-794-5300 

F: 630-794-9090 

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT 

COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT 

YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS 

LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A 

DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING 

TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY 

INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL 

BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT 

COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT 

YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS 

LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A 

DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING 

TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY 

INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL 

BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 

STATE OF ILLINOIS 

) 

) SS. 

COUNTY OF WILL 

) 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE 

TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, 

as trustee for Freddie Mac Seasoned 

Credit Risk Transfer Trust, Series 

2017-2, as owner of the Related Mortgage 

Loan 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

Fabio Musto; et. al. 

Defendant. 

No. 19 CH 0879 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that pursuant 

toajudgment entered in the above 

cause on the 25th day of September, 

2019 ,MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will 

County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the 

27th day of February, 2020 , commencing 

at 12:00 o'clock noon, at the 

Will County Courthouse Annex, 57 N. 

Ottawa Street, Room 201, Joliet, IL 

60432, sell at public auction tothe highest 

and best bidder orbidders the following-described 

real estate: 

LOT 15 IN WALNUT CREEK 

PHASE ONE, BEING A SUBDIVI- 

SION OF PART OF THE SOUTH- 

WEST FRACTIONAL 1/4 OFSEC- 

TION 14, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, 

RANGE 12, EAST OF THE THIRD 

PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, LYING 

NORTH AND SOUTH OFTHE IN- 

DIAN BOUNDARY LINE, AC- 

CORDING TO THE PLAT THERE 

OF RECORDED JULY 24, 1998 AS 

DOCUMENT NO. R98-84978, IN 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 

Commonly known as: 

20570 Lennon Drive, Frankfort, IL 

60423 

Description of Improvements: 

Single Family Home 

P.I.N.: 

19-09-14-301-015-0000 

Terms of Sale: ten percent (10%) at the 

time of sale and the balance within 

twenty-four (24) hours. Nojudicial sale 

fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring 

the residential real estate pursuant 

to its credit bid at the sale or by any 

mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other 

lienor acquiring the residential real estate 

whose rights in and tothe residential 

real estate arose prior to the sale. All 

payments shall be made in cash or certified 

funds payable tothe Sheriff of Will 

County. 

In the event the property is acondomin- 

ium, in accordance with 735 ILCS 

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

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

605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified 

that the purchaser of the unit, other than 

amortgagee, shall pay the assessments 

and legal fees required bysubdivisions 

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

required by subsection (g-1) 

of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium 

Property Act. 

Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J) 

if there is asurplus following application 

ofthe proceeds of sale, then the 

plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant 

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

to the proceeding advising them of 

the amount ofthe surplus and that the 

surplus will beheld until aparty obtains 

acourt order for its distribution or, in 

the absence of an order, until the surplus 

is forfeited to the State. 

FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CON- 

TACT: 

Codilis & Associates, P.C. 

15W030 N. Frontage Road Suite 100 

Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527 

P: 630-794-5300 

F: 630-794-9090 

Plaintiff's Attorney 

MIKE KELLEY 

Sheriff of Will County 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE 

TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS -INPRO- 

BATE 

Estate of 

Debra L. Bucek, 

Deceased, 

Case No. 19 P 1088 

PUBLICATION NOTICE INDE- 

PENDENT ADMINISTRATION 

Notice is given ofthe death ofDebra L. 

Bucek whose address was 10824 Ashford 

Avenue, Frankfort, Will County, Illinois. 

Letters of Office were issued 

February 5, 2020 to Daniel W. Bucek, 

41 W. 918 Northway Drive, Elburn, IL 

60119, as Independent Administrator 

whose attorney is John E. Newton/ 

JOHN E. NEWTON, PC, 18400 Maple 

Creek Drive, Suite 500, Tinley Park, IL 

60477. 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

The estate will be administered without 

Court Supervision, unless under section 

28-4 of the Probate Act of 1975 (755 

ILCS 5/28-4) any interested person terminates 

independent administration at 

any time by mailing ordelivering apetition 

to terminate tothe Circuit Court 

Clerk. 

Claims against the estate may be filed in 

the Office of ANDREA LYNN CHAS- 

TEEN, Clerk of the Circuit Court of 

Will County, 14 West Jefferson Street, 

Joliet, Illinois 60432 on or before 

August 13 , 2020, any claim not filed 

within that period is barred. Copies of a 

claim may be filed with the Circuit 

Court Clerk must be mailed ordelivered 

to the representative and tothe attorney, 

if any, within ten (10) days after ithas 

been filed with the Circuit Clerk. 

John E. Newton 

JOHN E. NEWTON, PC 

18400 Maple Creek Drive, Suite 500 

Tinley Park, IL 60477 

Phone: 708.407-7374 

Fax: 708.444-4322 

jnewton@newtonlawfirm.com 

898151 

BID NOTICE 

The Village ofFrankfort is accepting 

bids for mowing of Route 30 

parkways. Bid packets may be obtained 

online at http://www.villageoffrankfort.com/work/do-business-with-the-village 

or acopy can 

be picked upatthe front desk of 

the Village Hall located at 432 

West Nebraska, Frankfort, Illinois 

60423. All bids packets are due 

back tothe Village ofFrankfort by 

10:00 AM on February 20, 2020. 


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10 metal cars in boxes -New 

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1970’s locking wood and glass 

12 gun display cabinet w/storage. 

Great condition. No guns. 

Could work for pool cues $75. 

Call 815-295-7017 

2dark solid wood dinner T.V. 

tables - like new, paid $49.99 

asking $20 OBO. Call 

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2TVtray tables with stand. 

Solid wood. Trays are 21”w x 

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adjustable halo lights $4 each. 

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Aerobic River exercise machine 

$50 Call 708-403-5186 

Beautiful like new delicate 

pink table lamps with white 

shades, 3 way switch, total 

height 42” w/shade. $50 pr. 

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Cabinet, 1 shelf, door $40. 

Hoover Floormate spin/scrub 

$40. Native American ring 

black opal design size 11 $20. 

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FRANKFORT SCHOOL DISTRICT 157-C Issued for Bid and Permit 

Hickory Creek 2020 Mechanical Rooftop Unit Upgrades 

February 19, 2020 

SECTION 001113 - ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS 

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS 

The Board of Education, Frankfort Community Consolidated School District 

157-C will receive sealed bids for the Hickory Creek 2020 Mechanical 

Rooftop Unit Upgrades at Hickory Creek Middle School, according to 

Contract Documents and Bid Specifications prepared by FGM Architects 

Inc., 1211 West 22nd Street, Suite 700 Oak Brook, Illinois 60523. FGM 

Architects Inc. Job No. 20-2892.01. 

PROJECT DESCRIPTION 

1. The project consists of, but is not necessarily limited to, reinsulating exterior 

mechanical ductwork at Hickory Creek Middle School. 

TIME AND PLACE 

1. The Owner will receive sealed bids at the District Business Office, located 

at 10482 W. Nebraska Street, Frankfort, Illinois 60423 until 11:30 

A.M. CST, on March 9, 2020. Bids received after the stated time will not 

be accepted and will bereturned unopened. All sealed bids should be addressed 

to Frankfort School District #157-C and clearly marked onthe outside 

as "Hickory Creek 2020 Mechanical Rooftop Unit Upgrades", as appropriate. 

Itisthe individual bidder's responsibility to ensure that bids are 

received on time and failure of the US Postal Service or any Delivery 

Service Company to do so shall disqualify the bidder accordingly. 

2. Bids will be opened publicly and read aloud at the above address at 

11:30 A.M. CST onMarch 9, 2020 for the Hickory 2020 Mechanical 

Rooftop Unit Upgrades at Hickory Creek Middle School. No immediate 

decision shall be made concerning the proposals submitted. After the bids 

have been tabulated and studied, they will be presented to the Board of 

Education at its next regular meeting for consideration. If only one bid has 

been received on the day of the bid opening, this bid will be opened and 

considered, and if acceptable, presented to the Board of Education at its 

next regular Board meeting for consideration. 

CONTRACT TYPE 

1. Bids will be based onasingle lump sum General Construction Contract, 

with any applicable alternate bids considered individually, as may be 

in the best interest of the Board of Education. 

CONTRACT DOCUMENTS 

1. Contract Documents may be examined or obtained atTree Towns Repro 

Service. A set is made up of one bound Project Manual. 

2. Contract Documents may be examined or obtained, beginning on February 

19, 2020 at the following plan room: 

Tree Towns Repro Service 

1041South IL Route 83 

Elmhurst, Illinois 60126 

630-832-0209 (phone) 

PRE-BID MEETING 

1. There will be aMandatory Pre-Bid meeting on February 26, 2020 at 

2:30 p.m. atHickory Creek Middle School at 22150 116th Avenue, Frankfort, 

Illinois 60423. Immediately thereafter there will beasite walk of the 

project. 

BID STIPULATIONS 

1. Bid Security is required in the amount of ten percent (10%) percent of 

Project Proposal, made payable unconditionally tothe Owner. Security 

shall be either certified check, cashier's check, orabid bond issued by a 

surety licensed to conduct business in the State of Illinois. 

2. Within ten (10) days after notification of award of contract, the successful 

Contractor shall furnish aPerformance Bond in the amount of one hundred 

percent (100%) of the contract and the payment of all obligations 

arising thereunder, using a form similar to the AIA Form 312, or one acceptable 

to the Owner. The performance bond will become apart ofthe 

contract. The failure ofthe successful bidder toenter into contract and supply 

the required Performance Bond and Certificate of Insurance within ten 

(10) days after the prescribed forms are presented for signature, or within 

such extended period asthe Owner may grant, shall constitute adefault 

and forfeiture of the Bid Security, as applicable. 

3. The Owner reserves the right to accept orreject any or all bids, towaive 

any informalities in any bid, orto make awards inthe best interests of the 

district. The Owner also reserves the right to award apartial amount ofthe 

specification rather than the entire amount, or alternates asitdeems appropriate. 

4. All bids submitted shall be valid for aperiod ofat least sixty days from 

date of bid opening; the only alterations oradjustments allowed will be 

those approved by the Board of Education. 

5. The Contractor bidding the project shall be actively engaged in work of 

the nature of the project described and have adequate specialized men and 

equipment todothe work. Each bidder shall submit with his proposal a 

list of no less than four different construction projects that have been completed 

within the last four years that relate to the scope and type of work 

being specified in the bid documents. 

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FRANKFORT SCHOOL DISTRICT 157-C Issued for Bid and Permit 

Hickory Creek Soffit Repairs February 19, 2020 

SECTION 001113 - ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS 

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS 

The Board of Education, Frankfort Community Consolidated School District 

157-C will receive sealed bids for the Hickory Creek Soffit Repairs at 

Hickory Creek Middle School, according to Contract Documents and Bid 

Specifications prepared by FGM Architects Inc., 1211 West 22nd Street, 

Suite 700 Oak Brook, Illinois 60523. FGM Architects Inc. Job No. 

20-2808.01. 

PROJECT DESCRIPTION 

1. The project consists of, but is not necessarily limited to, soffit repairs 

and restoration at 

Hickory Creek Middle School. 

TIME AND PLACE 

1. The Owner will receive sealed bids at the District Business Office, located 

at 10482 W. Nebraska Street, Frankfort, Illinois 60423 until 11:00 

A.M. CST, on March 9, 2020. Bids received after the stated time will not 

be accepted and will bereturned unopened. All sealed bids should be addressed 

to Frankfort School District #157-C and clearly marked onthe outside 

as "Hickory Creek Soffit Repairs", as appropriate. It is the individual 

bidder's responsibility to ensure that bids are received on time and failure 

of the USPostal Service or any Delivery Service Company to do so shall 

disqualify the bidder accordingly. 

2. Bids will be opened publicly and read aloud at the above address at 

11:00 A.M. CST onMarch 9, 2020 for the Hickory Creek Soffit Repairs at 

Hickory Creek Middle School. No immediate decision shall be made concerning 

the proposals submitted. After the bids have been tabulated and 

studied, they will be presented to the Board of Education at its next regular 

meeting for consideration. If only one bid has been received on the day of 

the bid opening, this bid will be opened and considered, and if acceptable, 

presented to the Board of Education at its next regular Board meeting for 

consideration. 

CONTRACT TYPE 

1. Bids will be based onasingle lump sum General Construction Contract, 

with any applicable alternate bids considered individually, as may be 

in the best interest of the Board of Education. 

CONTRACT DOCUMENTS 

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Service. A set is made up of one bound Project Manual and Drawings. 

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surety licensed to conduct business in the State of Illinois. 

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to the Owner. The performance bond will become apart ofthe 

contract. The failure ofthe successful bidder toenter into contract and 

supply the required Performance Bond and Certificate of Insurance within 

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fault and forfeiture of the Bid Security, as applicable. 

3. The Owner reserves the right to accept orreject any or all bids, towaive 

any informalities inany bid, or to make awards inthe best interests of the 

district. The Owner also reserves the right to award apartial amount ofthe 

specification rather than the entire amount, or alternates asitdeems appropriate. 

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34 | February 13, 2020 | the frankfort station sports 


Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

with Grace Kmak 

Grace Kmak is a junior 

on the Lincoln-Way co-op 

gymnastics team. 

How long have you 

been doing gymnastics 

and how did you first 

get started? 

I started when I was 2 or 

3, so it’s been a long time. 

My mom just put me in 

and I stayed with it. 

What do you like so 

much about the sport? 

I just like flipping all the 

time. I really like being 

with my team. It’s really 

cool and really fun to be a 

part of team, to always be 

able to support each other 

and to have teammates 

cheering you on when you 

compete. 

What is your favorite 

event? What is your 

least favorite? 

Vault is probably my 

favorite. It’s just fun to 

do what I do on the vault. 

Bars is my least favorite. 

That’s been the hardest 

for me all these years. I’ve 

worked hard at it, though, 

to get where I am today. 

You’ve been in a lot 

of big meets, including 

state. How do you 

think that experience 

will help you this 

year? 

It really builds my 

confidence. I know how 

everything works and I 

know what I need to do in 

order to do well in future 

meets. 

You and your 

teammate, Korina 

Jarosz, are always 

neck-and-neck with 

your scores and seem 

to push each other. 

Does that help you? 

Yeah, it helps a lot. She’s 

always helping me do my 

best, and I try to help her. 

We both just really want to 

help the team do the best 

we can. 

Your team won a 

regional championship 

with your highest 

score of the season. 

What is the key to 

continue to have 

success at sectionals 

and state? 

We just have to be confident. 

We have to be confident 

with our practices, 

confident in our skills, and 

we have to be confident in 

each other. 

If you could be 

anybody else for a 

day, who would you 

want to be? 

Maybe Simone Biles. 

I think it would be really 

cool to be able to do all the 

things she does in gymnastics. 

Her life seems pretty 

cool. 

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Media 

You’re stranded on a 

deserted island and 

can have an endless 

supply of one food. 

What do you want? 

I think I’d probably pick 

french fries. I just really 

love french fries. 

If you could be any 

superhero, which 

would you want to 

be? 

Iron Man. I just like him. 

I think he’s pretty cool. 

If you could travel 

anywhere in the 

world, where would 

you want to go? 

Definitely Hawaii. It 

seems really nice there. 

There are beaches, and islands, 

and I really like being 

at the pool, too. 

Interview conducted by 

Sports Editor Steve Millar. 

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Wrestling 

Champion LaMonto leads five sectional qualifiers for Griffins 

STEVE MILLAR, Sports Editor 

Lincoln-Way East senior 

Jake LaMonto hoped for 

another shot at Lockport’s 

Andrew Blackburn-Forst. 

When the two met in the 

195-pound championship 

match at the Tom Lahey 

Invitational on Jan. 25, 

LaMonto jumped out to a 

big early lead, but Blackburn-Forst 

battled back 

and pinned him. 

Two weeks later, they 

met again in the finals at 

the Class 3A Lockport Regional 

on Saturday, Feb. 8. 

“The entire week, I focused 

a lot of my game 

plan specifically for him,” 

LaMonto said. “When I 

was down, I just knew I had 

to come back. There were 

no excuses at this point. 

“Ever since that loss, 

I’ve been doing a lot of 

thinking, a lot of mental 

preparation to be ready for 

this.” 

The match was essentially 

the polar opposite 

of the last one. This time, 

Blackburn-Forst quickly 

jumped out to a 7-0 lead. 

LaMonto, though, battled 

back with a takedown 

and a three-point near fall, 

then took control to pull 

off a 12-8 win. 

“That move that brought 

me back into the match is 

something I’ve practiced 

a lot,” LaMonto said. “He 

went to grab me, and I was 

able to hit that pretty well 

and put him on his back.” 

LaMonto was East’s 

only champion, but the 

Griffins got eight wrestlers 

into place matches on their 

way to a strong third-place 

finish in the nine-team 

field with 124.5. 

East trailed only the host 

Porters – ranked No. 4 in 

3A by the Illinois Wrestling 

Coaches and Officials 

Association – which won 

their sixth straight regional 

title with 190 points, and 

12th-ranked Lincoln-Way 

West (158). 

Andrew (114.5), Homewood-Flossmoor 

(97), 

Providence (86), Lincoln- 

Way Central (84), Marian 

Catholic (53) and Bloom 

(25) rounded out the field. 

LaMonto (32-5) opened 

the tournament with a pin 

of Providence’s Ian Mc- 

Guire and a tech fall over 

Bloom’s Jevin Dampier. 

“It was a good confidence 

boost, but I know 

there’s still more work 

to do,” LaMonto said. 

“There’s 24 hours in a day 

and at midnight a new day 

starts. So, I can celebrate 

today and a little bit tomorrow, 

but I have to get 

back to work on Monday 

to prepare to get to state.” 

LaMonto was one of 

five Griffins to advance to 

the Quincy Sectional, set 

for Saturday, Feb. 15. 

Joining him will be 

freshmen Ari Zaeske (2nd, 

126) and Connor Koehler 

(3rd, 113), sophomore 

Dominic Adamo (3rd, 

160) and junior AJ Lizak 

(3rd, 132). 

Zaeske (19-8) rolled 

into the finals with a pin of 

H-F’s Carter Maclin and 

an 8-0 major decision over 

Lincoln-Way West’s Jake 

Simon before Lockport’s 

Mike Kaminski, ranked 

No. 3, beat him by a 20-5 

technical fall in the finals. 

Zaeske, who finished 

third in the state as an 

eighth-grader at Hickory 

Creek last year, has taken 

on many challenges as a 

freshman in the varsity 

lineup. 

“It’s a lot different,” he 

said. “I came from winning 

matches every day to 

not so much. Our practices 

Lincoln-Way East’s Jake LaMonto slams Lockport’s Andrew Blackburn-Forst during 

the 195-pound championship match at the Lockport Regional on Saturday, Feb. 8. 

LaMonto won 12-8. Photos by Julie McMann/22nd Century Media 

make me better, though.” 

Koehler, Lizak and Adamo 

all prevailed in mustwin 

third-place matches 

with their seasons on the 

line. 

Koehler (22-17), in fact, 

had three straight do-ordie 

bouts after he was upset 

by Lincoln-Way West’s 

Tyler Mansker 4-1 in the 

first round. 

He battled back to beat 

Marian Catholic’s Jermaine 

Butler by a 15-4 

major decision, knocked 

off Lincoln-Way Central’s 

Nathan Knowlton 8-3, 

and punched his ticket to 

Quincy by pinning H-F’s 

Zamyr McGee-Bohannon 

in the third-place match. 

Lizak (30-11) had three 

pins on the day. He recovered 

after a 6-4 semifinal 

loss to Andrew’s Kyle 

Silzer by pinning Providence’s 

Blain Ramirez and 

Lincoln-Way West’s Kenner 

Guzman. 

“I wrestled [Guzman] 

earlier in the season and 

beat him, so I knew I could 

beat him again,” Lizak 

said. “Sectionals are going 

to be a battle, and the best 

go to state.” 

Adamo (19-9), a returning 

state qualifier, had 

to recover mentally and 

physically after a tough 

5-3 overtime loss to H-F’s 

Stacey Terry in the semifinals, 

which Adamo said 

exhausted him. 

He came back to pin Andrew’s 

Alex Cardella then 

4 

Lincoln-Way East’s Ari Zaeske (right) tangles 

with Lockport’s Mike Kaminski in the 126-pound 

championship match at the Lockport Regional on 

Saturday, Feb. 8. 

won a 3-2 thriller over 

Lockport’s Kyle Boone to 

take third. 

“My coaches told me 

that either way, win or 

lose, I was going to have to 

make sure I made weight 

for sectionals,” Adamo 

said. “If I lost, I’d be going 

down as an alternate. 

“So, if I was going to 

have to do that, I wanted 

to make it exciting and go 

down there to compete.” 

This Week In 

GRIFFINS VARSITY 

ATHLETICS 

BOYS BASKETBALL 

■Feb. ■ 14 – at Homewood- 

Flossmoor, 7 p.m. 

■Feb. ■ 18 – hosts Naperville 

Central, 6:30 p.m. 

GIRLS BASKETBALL 

■Feb. ■ 17-19 – IHSA Class 

4A regional, TBA 

GIRLS BOWLING 

■Feb. ■ 15 – IHSA East 

Moline United Sectional at 

Highland Park Bowl, Moline, 

9 a.m. 

BOYS INDOOR TRACK 

AND FIELD 


Flossmoor Invite, 10 a.m. 

GIRLS INDOOR TRACK 

AND FIELD 


Flossmoor quad, 5 p.m. 

WRESTLING 

■Feb. ■ 14-15 – IHSA Class 

3A Quincy Sectional, TBA 

griffinS 

From Page 38 

deserve this." 

That feeling of wanting 

to accomplish a state 

championship is exactly 

what the couple of Jayson 

and Julianne Polad were 

after when they took over 

as coaches a decade ago. 

"It starts with the community," 

Jayson Polad 

said. "They are behind the 

kids, and we can feel that 

support and energy going 

up. When we took over 10 

years ago, we would have 

the cheerleaders go to the 

Frankfort Falcons games 

and talk to the cheer girls 

there. So, the community 

drives it. 

"From there it's just our 

love for the community, 

love for the school and 

love for each other."



Girls Gymnastics 

7 

Lincoln-Way wins seventh straight regional with season-best score 


Lincoln-Way co-op 

gymnasts Grace Kmak 

and Korina Jarosz are used 

to battling each other for 

championships, like they 

did for the all-around title 

at the Lincoln-Way Regional 

on Feb. 4 at Lincoln-Way 

East. 

For the duo, competition 

and teamwork are not 

mutually exclusive. While 

they both go hard for the 

top of the podium, they 

also help push each other. 

“It helps a lot,” said Jarosz, 

a senior. “We’re normally 

right next to each 

other when we compete. 

When one of us goes up 

and hits, then the other 

wants to go up and hit. It’s 

a bond we have.” 

Both hit plenty at the 

regional. Kmak, a junior, 

captured the all-around title 

with a score of 37.275, 

with Jarosz right behind 

at 37.1. Senior Allie Reis 

completed an all-Lincoln- 

Way top three with a 35.25. 

They all helped Lincoln- 

Way roll to the team title 

with a 144.65, the team’s 

top score of the season. 

That was easily enough to 

hold off Naperville North 

(133.05) for the program’s 

seventh straight regional 

championship. 

Lincoln-Way was set to 

compete in the Hinsdale 

Central Sectional on Tuesday, 

Feb. 11. 

“I did especially well on 

bars,” Kmak said. “Everything 

went pretty well for 

me.” 

Kmak won the vault 

(9.3) and balance beam 

(9.4), took second on bars 

(9.375), and was third on 

the floor exercise (9.275). 

Jarosz won the bars 

(9.475) and took second 

on vault (9.175), beam 

(9.175) and floor (9.275). 

All of her runner-up finishes 

were to teammates. 

Reis (9.425) won the floor. 

“We’re all super excited,” 

Jarosz said. “That 

was a huge jump [in the 

team score] from a couple 

meets ago. It was almost 

overwhelming. It’s super 

The Lincoln-Way co-op girls gymnastics team celebrates with its regional champions 

plaque Feb. 4 at Lincoln-Way East. STEVE MILLAR/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

exciting to come into the 

postseason like that. 

“We were more calm. 

We went out there not 

freaking out, knowing we 

could hit our stuff, knowing 

this was our gym and 

we knew how to do everything.” 

Kmak said the team 

went into the meet with a 

huge sense of belief. 

“It was really exciting 

for the team,” she said. “I 

think we were way more 

confident in all our practices 

during the week, confident 

in all our skills, and 

everything just went really 

well during the meet.” 

Lincoln-Way coach 

Kory Thompson has seen 

the way Jarosz and Kmak 

have helped each other out 

this season. 

“Grace and Korina are 

always neck-and-neck 

since they’ve been on the 

team, but this past summer 

you started to see a 

difference, where they 

were working together and 

motivating each other,” 

Thompson said. “It was 

like, ‘OK, you stick, I 

stick.’ It’s really cool that 

they can feed off each other 

like that.” 

Reis (8.65) also finished 

fifth on the beam. Freshman 

Natalie Hrkel (8.475) 

tied for third on bars. Juniors 

Emerson Collins and 

Skylar Koczor (8.95) tied 

for fourth on vault, while 

juniors Lucy Haas (8.95) 

and Sarah Rosinski (8.675) 

were fourth and fifth on 

the floor, respectively, 

completing a Lincoln-Way 

sweep of the top five spots. 

“The last week since 

conference, the girls really 

focused on the little 

things, like sticking landings, 

making sure we 

have height on our leaps,” 

Thompson said. “Our main 

goal was hitting. 

“They actually had 

a completely hit meet, 

which was awesome. We 

all loved it.” 

Girls Bowling 

LW East’s Marks, Providence’s Kowalik advance to sectional 

4 

JOE BIELANSKI 


Junior Katelyn Marks 

was part of a Lincoln-Way 

East team that finished 

10th in the state last season 

but graduated its top 

three finishers from the 

state meet. 

Now, she will be the 

lone Griffins bowler competing 

beyond the regional 

round. 

Marks totaled 1,123 pins 

over six games to finish 

17th at the Joliet Central 

Regional on Saturday, Feb. 

8, at Crest Hill Lanes. 

That earned her one of 

10 individual qualifying 

spots for the East Moline 

United Sectional, which is 

set for Saturday, Feb. 15, 

at Highland Park Bowl in 

Moline. 

Providence sophomore 

Carly Kowalik (19th, 

1,101) also advanced. 

The individual champion 

was Minooka’s Kiara 

Backstrom with a 1,292. 

As a team, the Griffins 

(4,999) finished eighth, 

with only the top four moving 

on. Minooka (6,146), 

Joliet West (5,737), Morris 

(5,531) and Joliet Central 

(5,507) earned sectional 

bids. 

Lincoln-Way West 

(5,378) was fifth, followed 

by Lincoln-Way Central 

(5,135) and LaSalle-Peru 

(5,014) 

Kowalik’s journey to the 

postseason is unique. The 

Celtics do not have a girls 

bowling team, so she spent 

the regular season bowling 

with the boys team. 

While the postseason 

experience is different 

from the regular season, 

her focus helped her to accomplish 

what she needed 

to. 

"The cheering is very 

different,” Kowalik said. 

"It helps get you more excited 

than usual. You’re 

bowling with everyone 

and we are all friends here. 

Everyone supports each 

other even though we are 

competing. It feels more 

like a family.” 

The different atmosphere 

hasn’t deterred 

Kowalik from her goals, 

and she knows she needs 

to raise her game to the 

next level going into the 

sectional round. 

“I need to bowl more 

consistently,” Kowalik 

said. “Dropping those low 

games is important as I 

move along. It’s important 

to support everyone to get 

the best out of them.” 

Griffins sophomore 

Jayda Rivera (25th, 1,061) 

missed advancing beyond 

the regional by just 12 

pins. 

East senior Katelyn Adamitis 

totaled 1,005.



Boys Swimming 

4 

Griffins win first outright conference crown in over a decade 


Lincoln-Way East senior 

Mason Rhode was a 

freshman when the Griffins 

tied for the South- 

West Suburban Blue title. 

Ever since, he has wanted 

his team to win one all for 

themselves. 

The Griffins did just that 

on Saturday, Feb. 8, taking 

the SouthWest Suburban 

title at Lockport. 

“We’re really excited to 

win it,” Rhode said. “My 

freshman year, we won, 

but we tied, so this was 

great to win it ourselves. 

We were going after it, and 

we really wanted it.” 

The Griffins scored 222 

points to hold off Andrew 

(207), Sandburg (205.5) 

and Lincoln-Way Central 

(177) at the top of the nineteam 

field. 

Making the accomplishment 

more special, the 

SWSC moved to a onemeet 

format for the entire 

league this season after 

holding separate Blue and 

Red championships the 

past 11 years. 

East’s last outright title 

came in 2008-09. 

“This meet has a lot of 

fun to it, being that it’s the 

whole conference now,” 

East coach Steven Anderson 

said. “It feels like it 

has more value, and it’s 

a good opportunity to see 

what everyone can do together.” 

Rhode won the 100-yard 

butterfly in 53.75 seconds 

and took third in the 

200 individual medley in 

2:01.68. 

That was despite not being 

at his best, as he said 

he has been battling an illness 

along with many of 

his teammates. 

While Rhode was not 

thrilled with his times, he 

will use that to push him 

as the Griffins prepare for 

the Homewood-Flossmoor 

Sectional on Feb. 22. 

“I’m always competing 

against myself the most, so 

when I don’t accomplish 

something I want, it just 

pumps me up even more 

for the next meet,” Rhode 

said. 

East junior Cooper Cunningham 

won the 100 

breaststroke in 1:00.67. 

“It was really exciting 

to win the 100 breast,” 

Cunningham said. “I’m 

seeded first right now for 

the sectional in that event, 

so that’s sweet. Our relays 

were also a big part of our 

win. 

“I know coach will push 

us super hard and then taper 

us really well going 

into sectionals.” 

East’s team of Cunningham, 

Rhode, Joey Lundgren 

and Pat Rossetto 

finished second in the 200 

medley relay (1:41.28). 

Rossetto, Jacob Falejczyk, 

Damien Ezell and 

Austin Meldeau teamed 

up for a third-place showing 

in the 200 free relay 

(1:33.45). 

Meldeau, Falejczyk, 

Cunningham and Rhode 

took fourth in the 400 free 

relay (3:23.70). 

The Griffins’ performance 

was even more 

impressive considering 

they were missing a key 

performer in Jacob Fisher, 

who was out sick. 

“We had a lot of guys 

step up,” Rhode said. 

“We were missing one 

of our big guys, so some 

guys moved up and some 

guys raced in the races 

they don’t normally race 

in. Everyone really came 

through.” 

Anderson said he pulled 

up junior Julian Lee from 

the JV team “at the last 

minute,” and Lee earned 

the team five points with 

an 11th-place finish in the 

100 free and a 10th in the 

100 back. 

Lincoln-Way Central 

senior Tyler Quigley 

was third in the 200 free 

(1:52.78) and the 500 free 

(5:06.11), while sophomore 

Devin Mihaichuk 

placed third in the 100 

back (59.64). 

Lincoln-Way East’s Mason 

Rhode, seen competing 

earlier this season, won 

the 100-yard butterfly at 

the SouthWest Suburban 

Conference meet. 22ND 

CENTURY MEDIA FILE PHOTO 

Girls Basketball 

5 

Molnar, Griffins spoil Senior Night for Lockport 

RANDY WHALEN 


It was the fourth quarter 

and, all of a sudden, the 

Lockport girls basketball 

team had come alive and 

hit consecutive 3-pointers 

to close an 11-point 

deficit to six. The Porters 

wanted nothing more than 

to rally for a Senior Night 

victory over Lincoln-Way 

East, and if they got the 

ball back, they could potentially 

make it a onepossession 

game. 

So, when East senior 

guard Olivia Molnar found 

herself with the ball at the 

top of the key, was it time 

to try to pass the ball and 

run some clock? 

Nope. 

Instead, Molnar, who 

finished with a game-high 

18 points, nailed a 3-pointer 

of her own from just left 

of the top of the key. 

That basket, with 3 minutes, 

12 seconds to play, 

restored the lead to nine 

points and gave the momentum 

back to the Griffins. 

East ended up with a 

45-34 victory over the Porters 

in a SouthWest Suburban 

Conference Blue game 

Thursday, Feb. 6, at Lockport. 

“I knew they were coming 

back,” Molnar said of 

the Porters. “But we as a 

team have to know we’re 

not afraid to shoot.” 

With the victory, the 

Griffins (15-13, 1-6) not 

only registered their first 

conference win but, with 

one final regular-season 

game set for Tuesday, Feb. 

11, at Sandburg, they also 

guaranteed they will not 

have a losing season. East, 

which has not had a losing 

record since 2005-06, entered 

the game having lost 

seven of eight, including a 

50-32 defeat to Lockport 

on Jan. 21 in Frankfort. 

It was the last regular 

season game for Lockport 

(18-13, 3-5), which has 

now lost two straight and 

will have to win a regional 

title in order to get to its 

stated goal of 20 victories. 

“It was a big difference,” 

East coach Jim Nair 

said of the two games with 

the Porters. “We like to attack 

the basket and that’s 

tough to do with [6-foot- 

4] Jenna Cotter inside. So 

we changed our strategy to 

take mid-range jumpers. 

“We weren’t tired and 

had our legs back for this 

game. We hit a couple of 

big shots, including Lilly 

Genis hitting a big 3-pointer. 

We’re getting a little 

more intensity and playing 

good basketball at the right 

time.” 

East led 24-17 at halftime 

and the margin never 

got closer in the third quarter, 

which ended with the 

Griffins ahead 32-24. 

Genis (nine points), a 

senior guard, hit a 3-pointer 

in the opening minute 

of the fourth quarter for a 

35-24 advantage. But consecutive 

3-pointers by senior 

guard Sawyer Hollatz 

drew Lockport within 37- 

31 with 3:30 to play. Then 

Molnar made her trey. 

Cotter, who finished 

with a team-high 11 points 

and eight rebounds, had 

six points in the first quarter. 

Her hook shot in the 

lane midway through the 

quarter gave Lockport its 

last lead at 9-7. East led 

11-9 after one quarter. 

East lost 46-37 to last 

season’s Class 4A state 

runner-up Mother McAuley 

in Chicago on Feb. 

4. Senior forward Andie 

Perch led the Griffins with 

10 points. 

Molnar hoped the win 

over Lockport would give 

her team a lift. 

“We came in with a different 

motive,” she said of 

this game compared to the 

first one against the Porters. 

“We wanted to get shots on 

short jumpers and hit ours. 

“Getting our first conference 

win just gives us 

more push for the playoffs. 

We might have got a lower 

seed [No. 8] but we believe 

that we can play with 

anyone.”



East cheerleading adds to dynasty with fifth state title 

4 

RANDY WHALEN 


A dynasty built on love. 

That's what the Lincoln- 

Way East cheerleading 

team has built. 

The Griffins did it again, 

as they captured first place 

in the large school division 

of the IHSA state 

cheerleading finals, which 

were held Friday, Feb. 7, 

and Saturday, Feb. 8, at 

Grossinger Motors Arena 

in Bloomington. 

It is the second straight 

state championship and 

fifth in the past seven seasons 

for East, which was 

honored with a parade 

and trophy presentation 

at the school on Sunday, 

Feb. 9. 

The Griffins tied Elk 

Grove, which won the first 

five co-ed titles, for the 

second-most state championships 

in the 15-year 

history of the state series. 

Lemont leads with six, all 

in the medium school division. 

Every cheer trophy the 

Griffins have won has 

been a first-place one. 

It is also the 17th state 

championship, including 

a pair of co-op boys gymnastics 

ones, since East 

opened 19 years ago. It 

is the second this school 

year, following the Class 

8A football title last fall. 

"It's an incredible feeling," 

East junior Grace 

Karana said. "It's just being 

with every single person 

you love. All our hard 

work has paid off and it's 

amazing." 

Karana is one of five 

All-SouthWest Suburban 

Conference selections for 

the Griffins. The others are 

fellow three-year varsity 

junior Alyssa Goodman, 

along with seniors Emma 

Barnard, Karley Kalchbrenner 

and Julia Zelenika. 

East actually did not win 

the SWSC title this season. 

In the conference competition 

on Friday, Jan. 24, 

the Griffins lost the conference 

crown to Sandburg. 

But they beat out 

two SWSC teams on the 

final day for another state 

championship. 

"Honestly, this is what 

we've been working for 

the last eight months, toward 

the trophy," said 

Zelenika, a four-year varsity 

member. "The crowd 

and all the support and 

love here for us has been 

amazing." 

The Griffins’ score of 

94.96 won the state title 

by over two points. It was 

also the second-highest of 

their five championship 

point totals, behind their 

initial large school one 

(97.06) in 2014. 

Stevenson (92.63) was 

second, Marist (92.04) 

third, and Sandburg 

(89.83) fourth. Yorkville 

(89.51), Jacobs (89.07), 

Lincoln-Way West (88.33), 

Edwardsville (88.29), 

Joliet West (86.77), and 

Huntley (85.31) rounded 

out the top 10. 

Of the 24 members of 

the East cheer team, only 

six are seniors. They are 

Barnard, Rylie Bolsoni, 

Riley Feehery, Kalchbrenner, 

Sarah Toussaint, 

and Zelenika. 

There are 10 juniors: 

Chloe Brokop, Jackie 

Brown, Tiffani Gergely, 

Goodman, Karana, Devyn 

Mangin, Leah Ortiz, Lexy 

Selvaggio, Sophia Sladek 

and Ava Wise. The eight 

sophomores are Peyton 

Anderson, Sophia Barnard, 

Kylen Boundas, Emily 

Carusso, Lexi Chiuccariello, 

Chloe Friend, Adam 

The Lincoln-Way East cheerleading team performs during the preliminary round of the state meet Friday, Feb. 7, at 

Grossinger Motors Arena in Bloomington. JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

Paul and Caroline Roney. 

"Our goal was to win, 

obviously," said Barnard, 

a three-year varsity member. 

"But most of us are out 

there because we love each 

other. Yes, we work toward 

the trophy, but our passion 

gives us the drive." 

There are 25 teams that 

advance to the state finals 

in each class. In the preliminaries, 

which were 

held on Friday, Feb. 7, 

East (93.49) was also first 

and Stevenson (90.04) 

second. Those scores do 

not carry over, however. 

So that allowed Marist 

(88.93), which was fifth on 

the first day, to move up to 

third. 

It is the second repeat 

for the Griffins, who also 

won back-to-back titles in 

The Lincoln-Way East cheerleading team celebrates 

with the state championship trophy after winning the 

large school title Saturday, Feb. 8, at Grossinger Motors 

Arena in Bloomington. Photo submitted 

2014 and 2015. 

Can they three-peat next 

season? 

"Next year we have to 

remember that anything 

can happen," said Goodman, 

who plans to be back 

for her fourth varsity season. 

"But we worked so 

hard to get here and it's an 

amazing feeling." 

The five state championships 

surpassed the girls 

track and field team, which 

won four in a row between 

2013-16, as the most by 

one team at East. 

That pattern of success 

is ingrained in the cheerleaders 

well before high 

school. 

"Honestly, I wasn't satisfied 

with just winning 

one," said Kalchbrenner, 

who has been on the varsity 

all four years and won 

three titles. "When I was in 

the seventh grade at Summit 

Hill, I knew I wanted 

to be an East cheerleader 

and win state titles. I'm 

so proud of how hard we 

work, and we definitely 

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fastbreak 

Boys Basketball 

Jones’ late basket lifts Griffins over Porters 

6 

JEFF VORVA/22nd century 

media 

1st-and-3 

THREE notes on the 

STATE SUCCESS of lw 

east cheerleaders 

(above) 

1. Coaching a dynasty 

East had not won a 

state trophy before 

Jayson and Julianne 

Polad took over as 

coaches. They have 

coached the Griffins 

to five state titles in 

the last seven years. 

2. Most in large 

division 

The Griffins’ five 

titles are the most 

by any team in 

the large school 

division. Lemont has 

six in the medium 

division. 

3. Back-to-back 

This is the second 

time East has won 

back-to-back state 

titles. The only other 

team to repeat in 

the large division 

was Lockport in 

2006-07 and 2007- 

08. 

RANDY WHALEN, Freelance Reporter 

For the Lincoln-Way East boys 

basketball team, it was just like in 

practice. 

For the Lockport boys basketball 

team, it was just like it had 

been many times before this season. 

Griffins junior guard Jhei-R 

Jones scored on a layup with five 

seconds to play as Lincoln-Way 

East edged the Porters 45-43 in 

a classic SouthWest Suburban 

Conference Blue game Feb. 4 in 

Frankfort. It was the first SWSC 

Blue win of the season for the 

Griffins (15-6, 1-2), who are 6-2 

in games decided by six points or 

less this season, including 5-1 in 

games decided by three points or 

less. East was coming off its first 

one-possession loss of the season, 

a 62-61 setback to Oak Forest on 

Feb. 1 at the Lincoln-Way West 

Shootout. 

Conversely, Lockport (10-14, 

1-3) is now 3-7 in games decided 

by six points or less, including 2-5 

in games decided by three points 

or less. 

“We all have the heart and the 

hustle,” Jones said. “We know everyone 

plays hard at the end.” 

The game came right down to 

the end. Leading earlier in the 

fourth quarter by four points, 

the Porters scored three straight 

on a layup by junior center Scott 

Szymkowiak and a free throw by 

senior Tommy Ferriter (10 points, 

seven rebounds) for a 43-41 lead 

with 1:27 to play in the game. 

But Jones, who scored all eight 

of his points in the second half, 

including six in the fourth quarter, 

tied it on a layup with 1:13 

remaining. 

Lincoln-Way East’s Jhei-R Jones goes up for the game-winning shot 

in the final seconds of Lincoln-Way East’s 45-43 win over Lockport on 

Feb. 4 in Frankfort. STEVE MILLAR/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

Lockport held for the last shot 

but was fouled and missed the 

front end of the bonus with 27.5 

seconds left. The Porters, however, 

got the rebound. They called 

a pair of timeouts but turned the 

ball over when they stepped on 

the midcourt line following an inbounds 

pass. 

That set the stage for the Griffins. 

They inbounded the ball and 

Sean McLaughlin (six points, six 

rebounds) got it inside the top of 

the key. The senior center then 

delivered a perfect bounce pass to 

Jones as he cut to the basket for 

what proved to be the game-winning 

layup. 

“Every day we work on passing 

and Jhei-R is one of the best 

cutters on the team,” McLaughlin 

said. “He’s a player and players 

make plays.” 

Jones can do that in all sorts of 

ways. 

“It’s just that I’m always trying 

to get my teammates involved,” 

Jones said. “But when I have to 

score, I know I can score.” 

Lockport called a timeout 

with 4.4 seconds left and had a 

final opportunity to tie or win 

the game. But the Griffins put 

pressure on the ball as it was advanced 

and, by the time the Porters 

got a shot off, it was after 

the buzzer. 

Junior guard Ryan Sucha led 

East with nine points. Senior 

guard Ty Slager (eight points), 

junior guard Cameron Mallory 

(six points) and senior forward 

Ryan Sierocki (four points, six 

rebounds) also contributed for the 

Griffins. 

“I think it’s just that we’ve had 

a tough schedule,” McLaughlin 

said of the team’s close-game success. 

“That and everyone’s played 

together and we’ve all got that experience.” 

Porter junior guard Matas Deksnys 

scored all 14 of his points in 

the first half and led all scorers. 

Slager had six first-quarter 

points, including two straight layups 

in an 11-3 spurt that gave the 

Griffins a 19-8 lead after the opening 

quarter. 

Trailing 21-8, Lockport scored 

11 straight points in 55 seconds. 

Eight of those were by Deksnys in 

a span of 32 seconds and it closed 

the Porters within 21-19 with 5:35 

left in the first half. The game settled 

back in then. Deksnys scored 

his final points on a 3-pointer with 

1:12 left in the half to tie the game 

for the first time at 25-25. But a 

Mallory 3-pointer gave the Griffins 

a 28-25 halftime lead. 

“We try to get our guys to accept 

their roles, and sometimes even 

the scorer needs to give the ball 

up to get other guys involved,” 

East coach Rich Kolimas said of 

Jones. “It helps on the defensive 

end if we’re sharing the ball. I just 

thought Jhei-R was under control 

the entire game, had great poise, 

and Sean made a great pass at the 

end. 

“We’re just trying to get better. 

Every time we play and every 

time we practice, we shake off 

defeats pretty easily, at least the 

players do. They’re committed to 

becoming better, and maybe we 

can do something special down 

the stretch.” 

Listen Up 

“All our hard work has paid off and it’s amazing.” 

Grace Karana – LW East junior cheerleader, on the team winning its 

second straight state title and fifth in seven years 

what2watch 

Girls Basketball, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19 

IHSA Class 4A Shepard Regional semifinal 

• Eighth-seeded Lincoln-Way East takes on No. 9 

seed Thornton in the Griffins’ playoff opener. 

Index 

35 - This Week In 

34 - Athlete of the Week 

FASTBREAK is compiled by Sports Editor 

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

Frankfort’s Hometown Newspaper | February 13, 2020 

SEVENTH HEAVEN 

Lincoln-Way gymnasts 

win seventh straight 

regional title, Page 36 

MOVING ON 

Five LW East wrestlers 

advance to sectional, 

Page 35 

Griffins cheerleaders 

win second straight 

state title, fifth in 

seven years, Page 38 

Lincoln-Way East’s cheerleading team performs at the IHSA state finals Friday, Feb. 7, at Grossinger Motors Arena in Bloomington. JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA

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