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VFW Post 9545’s bingo night helps raise 

money to send care packages to four 

deployed troops from the area, Page 3 

VFW Post 9545 Commander Tim 

Terrell calls bingo during the 

Auxiliary’s Benefit for Deployed 

Troops. Laurie Fanelli/22nd 

Century Media 

Wheelchair 

hoops 

LWSRA hosts Junior 

Midwest Conference 

Championships for 

wheelchair basketball, 

Page 4 

Voting season 

Library referendum on 

ballot; Congressional 

D11 democrats answer 

questions, Pages 6 and 8 

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in new lenox 

Adult man ousted from 

organization after being 

subject of YouTuber’s 

luring sting, Page 10 

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Thursday 

State of the Village 

7-9 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 

13, Silver Cross Hospital 

Conference Center, 1890 

Silver Cross Blvd. Presented 

by Mayor Tim Baldermann. 

DIY Hot Chocolate 

5-7 p.m. Thursday, 

Feb. 13, New Lenox 

Public Library, 120 Veterans 

Parkway. Picture 

it. Andes mints, crushed 

Oreos, marshmallow 

fluff, warm milk, Nutella. 

Join us Thursday evenings 

in February in the 

Teen Scene to make your 

own hot chocolate creation. 

It’s cold outside, 

so warm up with a delicious 

drink served just 

the way you like it. There 

might be chili powder 

available. 

Friday 

Hearty Arty Party 

10 a.m.-noon, Friday, 

Feb. 14, New Lenox Public 

Library, 120 Veterans 

Parkway. All ages. Celebrate 

Valentine’s Day and 

no school by making valentines 

and playing Cupid 

games in the Makerspace. 

UPCOMING 

Comedy for the Critters 

8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 

22, New Lenox VFW 

Post 9545, 323 Old Hickory 

Road. Come out to a 

comedy show featuring 

WGN’s Mike Toomey 

and Matt Holt from Indianapolis. 

Doors open 

at 7 p.m., cost is $25 and 

you must be 18 years old. 

All ticket proceeds benefit 

The Three Rescues: South 

Suburban Humane Society, 

Illinois Horse Rescue 

of Will County or Hopeful 

Tails Animal Rescue. 

Tickets are available at 

any of these Three Rescues 

or at the NL VFW 

bar, the NL VFW Friday 

Fish Fry or call Kathy 

Connolly at (815) 325- 

9501. 

Library Referendum 

Informational Meeting 

10:30 a.m. p.m. Saturday, 

Feb. 22, New Lenox 

Public Library, 120 Veterans 

Parkway. Join us 

to learn more about the 

library’s referendum. 

Financial and architectural 

consultants, along 

with the Library Director 

and Library Trustees, 

will present the facts 

you need to make a well 

informed decision. Frequently 

asked questions 

will be addressed, and, 

most importantly, there 

will be time to ask your 

own questions. We look 

forward to seeing you 

there. 

ONGOING 

Valentine Heart Contest 

Beginning Monday, 

Feb. 3, children can guess 

the number of candy 

hearts in the jar at the Lions 

Community Center. 

Whoever guesses closest 

to the actual number 

without going over will 

receive a special prize. 

Contest will close on Friday, 

Feb. 14 and the winner 

will be notified on 

Monday, Feb. 17. 

Live Music at the White 

Horse 

8-11 p.m. every Friday, 

JBD White Horse Inn, 348 

W. Maple St. No cover, 

call (815) 485-4848 to reserve 

a table. 

Lincoln-Way General 

Federation of Women’s 

Clubs Meetings 

6 p.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday, 

Feb. 5, Trinity Services, 

301 Veterans Parkway. 

The New Lenox branch of 

the General Federation of 

Women’s Clubs. We are 

a local organization dedicated 

to strengthening our 

community and enhancing 

the lives of others through 

community service. 

Lincoln-Way Area 

Business Women’s 

Organization Meetings 

6-8 p.m. on the third 

Tuesday of each month 

Sept. through June, Gatto’s 

Restaurant, 1938 E. Lincoln 

Highway. The Lincoln-Way 

Area Business 

Women’s Organization is 

a non-profit club formed in 

the 1970s to provide scholarship 

funds to graduating 

female high school seniors 

and adult women for the 

purpose of continuing 

education. We are always 

looking for new members. 

For more information, visit 

LWABWO.org. 

Chess Club 

10 a.m. Thursdays, New 

Lenox New Lenox Public 

Library, 120 Veterans 

Parkway. Group meets 

until after noon. Open to 

anyone, from beginner to 

master, who enjoys playing 

chess. For more information, 

call (815) 485- 

7425. 

Stroke Risk Assessment 

Each year, nearly 

800,000 Americans suffer 

a new or recurrent stroke. 

That means on average, 

a stroke occurs every 40 

seconds. Taking the Silver 

Cross Neuroscience 

Institute’s free stroke risk 

assessment at silvercross. 

org/neuro. 

VFW Tuesday Bingo 

The New Lenox VFW 

Post 9545, 323 Old Hickory 

Road, New Lenox, 

hosts Bingo every Tuesday 

night, doors open at 5 p.m., 

first game is at 6:30 p.m., 

food service available at 

the break Nice menu with 

different special weekly. 

Bingo requires a $1 entry 

raffle. The rest of the 

games total $23 which includes 

Early Bird Raffle, 

10 regular games, five 

special games. Progressive 

raffles and pull tabs are 

separate and available to 

purchase. Bingo prizes are 

based on number of players 

and number of winners 

that night. 

New Lenox Toastmasters 

This group meets on the 

second and fourth Saturday 

of the month at New 

Lenox New Life Church 

(media room), 500 S. Gougar 

Road, New Lenox. The 

club’s mission is to help 

members improve their 

speaking, communication 

and leadership skills. For 

meeting times or more 

information, email jrsel 

bor@gmail.com. 

New Life for Old Bags 

6-7 p.m. second Monday 

of each month, New 

Lenox Public Library, 120 

Veterans Parkway. Join the 

local NLOB chapter as we 

make mats for the homeless 

from plastic grocery 

bags. This is a great opportunity 

for teens, grades 

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7 -12, needing community 

service hours. No court-ordered 

community service 

accepted. If you are bringing 

a group it is required 

you contact the Adult Services 

Department. 

Stone City Kennel Club 

13606 W. Laraway 

Road, New Lenox. The 

Stone City Kennel Club is 

to offer all levels of classes 

for those looking to help 

teach their family pets how 

to behave and more. All 

classes are taught by experienced 

instructors. For 

more information, visit 

www.sckc.us or call (815) 

485-5562. 

Heroin Addiction Support 

Group 

7 p.m. second and fourth 

Tuesday of each month, 

Lincolnway Christian 

Church, 690 E. Illinois 

Highway, New Lenox. 

Childcare is provided, but 

participants must register 

at lincolnway.org. For 

more information, call 

(815) 485-3004. 

Lions Club Meetings 

7 p.m. the second and 

fourth Wednesday of each 

month, Lions Community 

Center, 1 W. Manor Drive, 

New Lenox. The Lions 

Club of New Lenox will 

hold its general meeting. 

All seniors are welcome 

to attend. For more information, 

call Bob at (815) 

474-4672.

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VFW Post 9545 Auxiliary hosts bingo benefit for the troops 

Laurie Fanelli 

Freelance Reporter 

New Lenox VFW Post 

9545 Auxiliary made it 

easy for folks to support the 

brave men and women of 

the military by hosting its 

annual Bingo Benefit for 

Deployed Troops. 

The Saturday, Feb. 8 

event featured 10 games of 

bingo as well as food and 

other activities for a donation 

which supported the 

Auxiliary's ongoing campaign 

to send packages to 

members of the military 

serving overseas. Auxiliary 

President Linda Paschall 

explained that it costs over 

$18 to send one package — 

boxes of general supplies 

are sent out every week and 

an additional 80 boxes are 

sent out at Christmas — so 

postage expenses quickly 

add up. 

“Currently we have four 

men that are from New 

Lenox and Manhattan that 

are deployed and so we 

send them the care packages 

to Afghanistan and 

Saudi Arabia,” Paschall 

said. “They are very excited 

that someone is remembering 

them and thinking 

of them so that's why we 

try to do as many as we can 

each month. We do what 

we can.” 

Family members of the 

local men currently serving 

overseas were on hand 

at the benefit and received 

a well-deserved round of 

applause for their sacrifices 

as well as the sacrifices 

made by their sons and husbands. 

Each family member 

— Lindsey Uccardi 

Beecher resident Diana Breting wins a round of bingo 

during the benefit at New Lenox VFW Post 9545. 

Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media 

(Shorewood) representing 

her husband, Ronald Uccardi; 

Brenda and James Peplowski 

(New Lenox) representing 

their son Robert 

Peplowski; Val and Doug 

Slusarski (New Lenox) 

representing their son Scott 

Slusarski; and Doris Setter 

(New Lenox), representing 

her son Alexander Deleon 

(his father is Noe Deleon) 

— was recognized during 

Mayor Tim Baldermann's 

opening remarks where he 

expressed gratitude for all 

members of the military as 

well as their loved ones. 

VFW Post 9545 Commander 

Tim Terrell was the 

official bingo caller for the 

event. 

“We are so proud of our 

auxiliary for this particular 

thing that we do and we're 

so excited that the community 

embraces it,” Terrell 

said. 

Local businesses including 

Gatto's Restaurant, 

Gina's Teardrop Cafe, 

Berkot's, Fleckensteins 

Bakery and many more as 

well as individuals in the 

community donated time, 

money or items to the Bingo 

Benefit for Deployed 

Troops. Care packages 

for deployed troops often 

contain items like socks, 

toothpaste, deodorant, beef 

jerky, etc. and they also 

represent a message of love 

and support. 

Bill Klee, VFW Post 

9545 Trustee, said “it's 

great to see the community 

come out and support the 

kids that are overseas. The 

auxiliary does a fantastic 

job putting these packages 

together to send out. I 

was in 'Nam and we never 

had anything like this. We 

would get something occasionally 

from our parents, 

but we were kind of forgotten 

or not recognized. The 

kids over there now will 

get a package and they will 

know that the people back 

home are thinking about 

them. That's what this is all 

about. It's for them.” 

VFW Post 9545 is located 

at 323 Old Hickory 

Road. For more information, 

visit vfwpost9545.org. 

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Wheelchair basketball gives athletes level playing field 

2 

LWSRA’s teams 

provide opportunity 

Sean Hastings, Editor 

For many of the athletes 

in wheelchair basketball, 

the family that is built on 

and off the court is what 

has made the sport special 

for so many. 

The sport allows everyone 

who may not have the 

same opportunities in ablebodied 

sports, a chance to 

play sports they still love. 

The Junior Midwest 

Conference Championships 

brought all those 

athletes together to Lincoln-Way 

North on Saturday, 

Feb. 8-9 for a tournament. 

New Lenox resident 

Austin Spalla, 14, does not 

use a wheelchair everyday, 

but has found it difficult 

to play able bodied sports 

and the wheelchair has 

helped him play. 

“He’s always loved 

sports,” Austin’s father, 

Jim, said. “When he’s 

with able bodied, he was 

always one of the lower 

end kids, getting picked 

last or sitting on the bench. 

But here, he can be the star 

here and he loves that.” 

His mother, Joyce, added 

that it’s great to see him 

be able to play on this level 

playing field and succeed 

on it. 

Spalla plays in the prep 

division, but also has 

played on the varsity level. 

He will officially move 

up to varsity next season. 

When he’s in prep, he is 

one of the tallest ones on 

the floor. 

“It helps a lot. You can 

block shots really well,” 

he said with a smile. “You 

can also get layups easier.” 

Austin plays at different 

camps all over, including 

ones at the University of 

Illinois, Wisconsin-Whitewater 

and an upcoming 

camp in Arizona. 

Austin said he loves going 

to the different camps 

and tournaments because 

he gets to see the same 

people each time. 

One of Austin’s LWSRA 

teammates on the prep 

team, 9-year-old Cameron 

Davis (Matteson), who 

has just one leg, also loves 

playing with his friends. 

Cameron also loves to 

shoot, he said. 

His parents, Tasia 

Haynes and Michael Davis, 

were all smiles after 

the game seeing the 

fun and the joy the game 

brings to Cameron. 

“I think it is a good opportunity 

that they get to be 

around people like themselves 

and get to be in an 

environment where it’s just 

focused on them,” Haynes 

said. “They get to showcase 

all their skills and it’s 

not just about their disabilities 

or what they have going 

on. They’re just here to 

play basketball.” 

Cameron has been playing 

wheelchair basketball 

for six seasons and his parents 

had little idea what it 

was or what was offered 

back then. But it has allowed 

Cameron to grow 

up in a massive family and 

in a judge-free zone. 

“It’s like a family here,” 

his father, Michael said. 

“He’s been growing up with 

these same kids and built a 

couple good relationships 

past basketball. It’s family 

oriented and that’s another 

good thing about it.” 

For many, the sport has 

been a life changer. That’s 

Austin Spalla, 14, of New Lenox looks to make a play during the LWSRA Prep team’s opening game on Saturday, 

Feb. 8, at Lincoln-Way North. Photos by Sean Hastings/22nd Century Media 

Cameron Davis, 9, of Matteson comes away with a 

loose ball during the LWSRA Prep team’s opening game 

on Saturday, Feb. 8. 

exactly what it has been for 

Frankfort resident, Cory 

Klene. Cory has Cerebral 

Palsy and the idea of being 

in the wheelchair was not 

something he and his family 

always planned on. 

Cory does not use a 

wheelchair on a daily basis. 

“It took us a while because 

he’s not in a wheelchair 

everyday,” his mother, 

Peggy, said. “It was a 

change of thought, because 

we’ve always told him to 

keep going to [physical 

therapy] and keep doing 

your exercises, you won’t 

end up in a wheelchair, but 

now the wheelchair is providing 

opportunities for 

him. It took us a while to 

get over that hump to say 

Rance Surratt, of Matteson, puts up a shot during 

the LWSRA Varsity team's opening round game on 

Saturday, Feb. 8. 

it’s OK and that it’s just 

making it a level playing 

field for everybody.” 

Cory, 19, has been playing 

on the varsity team for 

four years. 

“This gave him an opportunity 

to level the playing 

field and go as fast as 

he can in the chair and really 

compete,” Peggy said. 

“He loves it. It’s been fun 

to see him grow up with it. 

“It’s really cool to see 

the opportunities for them 

as they get older. Doors 

open for them and it’s just 

fun to see them improve.”

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New Lenox Public Library referendum 

to be on ballot, seeking tax redirection 


The New Lenox Public 

Library paid off its construction 

bonds in December 

2019 thanks to the taxpayers. 

The average tax in 2019 

for the library was $185 

based on the average 

home value of $272,000. 

Now that the construction 

bonds are paid off, the library 

is looking to have 

that same tax rate redirected 

to attend to building 

maintenance issues, 

increase hours and maintain 

services. 

The ballot will refer to it 

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taxes are being used for 

something different than 

construction bonds. 

An assessment was done 

and it was determined the 

library will need approximately 

$5.4 million over 

the next 10 years, which 

averages to $540,000 per 

year for budgeting purposes, 

to address current 

and possible future issues. 

If the referendum 

passes, the library estimates 

that it will receive 

$957,000 in funding, 

which will be split into 

the $540,000 for maintenance; 

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early literacy, seniors and 

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The library has not received 

a voter-approved 

operational tax rate increase 

since 1946 and thus 

has been operating on the 

tax rate for the previous 

building on Cedar Road, 

which is 19 percent the 

size of the current building. 

The library has saved 

approximately $400,000 

in capital reserves, but it 

will not cover all the cost, 

Library Director Michelle 

Krooswyk said. 

Krooswyk noted that 

front railings are crumbling 

and that the carpet 

has seen better days, 

which are issues that will 

be addressed easier if the 

referendum passes. 

“The exciting part is 

that we will be able to 

be open Sundays,” Krooswyk 

said. “People have 

been wanting that and I’ve 

had to say ‘no’ because I 

don’t want to put us in the 

red.”I took annual staffing 

and building costs, divided 

by our current hours we 

are open to get an hourly 

rate of operation. That rate 

was multiplied by the additional 

hours we would 

like to be open to achieve 

the estimated $242,424.14 

figure.” 

If it passes, the additional 

hours will be added 

gradually over the next 

year. 

The Sunday hours 

would likely be 1-5 p.m. 

With the passing of the 

referendum, the library 

will also be able to add 

more services, programs 

3 

and different outreach 

programs, creating different 

partnerships with 

assisted living and local 

business. 

“Our homebound delivery 

works with one person 

orchestrating it,” Krooswyk 

said. “We want to 

reach the people that can’t 

access the library.” 

If the referendum fails, 

taxpayers will not owe 

anything, but the library 

will reduce its current 

hours by 15 percent in 

three-five years, decrease 

services including limiting 

materials budget and 

homebound delivery service 

and minimize maintenance 

to address only 

emergency or as-needed 

building repairs. 

“We’re capped at what 

we can do,” Krooswyk 

said. “Our staff is itching 

to do more, but we can’t.” 

When the library was 

built, it was meant for 

growth for the foreseeable 

future. 

“We can’t unbuild a 

building,” Krooswyk 

said. “We have to maintain 

what we have...I think 

the board, myself and the 

previous directors have 

done a good job controlling 

the finances. We’re 

on a very lean staff, we’re 

just capped. We want to do 

more, but we just can’t.” 

The library taxes are approximately 

2.5 percent of 

a resident’s tax bill. 

Early voting begins 

March 2. 

For more information or 

any questions, visit new 

lenoxlibrary.org or call 

Krooswyk at (815) 485- 

2605 ext. 101.

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photo op 

Teddy 

The Benedick Family, New Lenox 

residents 

Aloha from Hawaii 

This week’s Photo Op comes from former Lincoln-Way Central senior Air Force 

JROTC instructor Geo Ramey is back in Hawaii sporting his love for The Knights, 

where he was stationed while in the Air Force. 

Have you captured something unique, interesting, beautiful or just plain fun on camera? Submit 

a photo for “Photo Op” by emailing it to sean@newlenoxpatriot.com, or mailing it to 11516 W. 

183rd St., Office Condo 3 Unit SW, Orland Park, IL, 60467. 

Teddy is a 2-year-old German 

Shepherd/Greyhound mix. He 

was adopted from Midwest 

Animal Hospital as a rescue. 

He attends daycare at Midwest 

because of separation anxiety 

and is never left alone. Teddy 

is a huge part of our family 

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Congressional D11 Democrats (Two for one nomination) 

Name: Bill Foster 

Age: 64 

Town of Residence: Naperville, 

IL 

Occupation: U.S. Congressman, 

Former Scientist 

and Businessman 

Prior political experience: 

Elected US Con- 

Foster 

gress for IL-14 - 2008 to 2011, Elected 

US Congress for IL-11 2013 - present 

Why are you running for re-election 

for U.S. Congress in the 11th District 

of Illinois? 

This Congress, we’ve focused on 

protecting and defending the ACA, 

campaign finance reform, passing universal 

background checks, passing a 

nationwide $15 minimum wage, the 

Equality Act, and fighting back against 

climate change, just to name a few areas. 

I’m proud to have been a part of 

these historic achievements and ask for 

your support to continue fighting for the 

constituents of the 11th district with a 

Democratic President and Democratic 

Senate. 

What makes you the best candidate 

for this position? 

I am a scientist and businessman - a 

combination we need more of in Congress 

to deal with the challenges we 

face today and the numerous technological 

and economic developments our 

country will face in the coming decades. 

The government should lead the way 

on combating climate change and on 

preparing for major economic shifts as 

automation and AI continue reshape the 

workplace and our economy. My background 

in physics also allows me to be 

a leader in the area of national security 

and nuclear nonproliferation. As someone 

who created a small business and 

led it from early struggles to success, I 

understand what it takes for small businesses 

to succeed in our country. 

What are the Top 3 issues you see 

facing the district, and what would you 

do to solve them? 

The opioid crisis has ravaged our communities. 

I have proposed policies that 

would expand the availability of naloxone 

and we have passed laws that improve access 

to medical treatment for opioid dependency. 

I am proud that the Advanced 

Photon Source at Argonne National Lab 

in our district has helped scientists understand 

how addiction changes the brain, so 

we can begin to treat opioid dependency 

as a medical condition - not a moral failure. 

We can help those who struggle with 

dependency when we recognize that they 

need medical treatment and have policies 

at the federal level that help them get that 

treatment. 

I am also committed to fighting for 

infrastructure funding. Illinois loses $40 

billion each year to other states because 

we pay more in federal dollars than we 

get back in federal spending. Infrastructure 

spending is a major driver of this 

problem. I have introduced legislation 

that would change the formula for the allocation 

of highway funding to reflect a 

state’s population. We need to repair the 

roads and bridges that people use to get to 

work and school. One of the major uses 

of that federal funding will be to help the 

state widen I-80, a major thoroughfare for 

both commuters and transnational shipping. 

I will continue my work to create a path 

to citizenship for the DREAMers, who 

came to this country through no fault of 

their own. In my district, they are community 

leaders and college students who 

contribute greatly to our country. Trump’s 

decision to rescind protections to these 

young people is cruel and will devastate 

the lives of the nearly 800,000 young 

people, over 42,000 in Illinois, who have 

benefitted from the DACA program. This 

decision will also greatly harm our economy. 

Studies have found that DREAMers 

add $460 billion to our national GDP. 

Name: Rachel Ventura 

Age: 38 

Town of Residence: Joliet 

Occupation: I am a Will 

County Board Member 

representing District 9 

since 2018 and I am the 

Business Director for an Ventura 

international publishing 

company, Legendary Games. 

Prior political experience: Currently 

Represent the residents of District 9 on 

the Will County Board 

Why are you running for U.S. Congress 

in the 11th District of Illinois? 

The 11th district deserves a representative 

that will fight to close the wealth gap 

and supports Medicare for All and the 

Green New Deal. We deserve better than 

bought-and-paid-for politicians that only 

represent the interests of their wealthy 

donors. I grew up in this district and I 

understand the struggles of my community. 

I enjoy my role on the Will County 

Board, but I know that I can do more for 

our community in Congress. 

What makes you the best candidate 

for this position? 

My opponent is out of touch with the 

struggles of families living paycheck to 

paycheck. I have spoken to constituents 

who feel as if they have no one to turn to 

in D.C. On the Will County Board, I have 

been a strong voice for working families 

and the environment. I will do the same 

in Congress. Instead of investing in the 

military industrial complex and in fossil 

fuels, I will fight to invest in people, 

communities, jobs, education and addressing 

the climate crisis. I am rejecting 

corporate PAC money and am running a 

“no strings attached” campaign because 

I believe that our politicians should not 

be bought-and-paid-for. As the next Congresswoman, 

I will answer only to the 

people of Illinois’ 11th district. 

What are the Top 3 issues you see 

facing the district, and what would 

you do to solve them? 

The top 3 issues facing our district 

are climate change, healthcare costs and 

the growing wealth gap. Will County is 

home to many big fossil fuel polluters. 

The Green New Deal is a centerpiece 

of my campaign because I believe that 

creating living wage jobs that transition 

America to renewable energy 

will help families struggling to get by. 

Making our homes and businesses energy 

efficient and transitioning to electric 

transportation will help Americans save 

money. 

At a recent Medicare for All forum, 

I spoke with one woman who chose to 

lose her house so she could pay $250,000 

in doctor bills. This is unacceptable. 

I am supporting Medicare for All 

as the simplest way to implement, and 

most affordable way to cover the cost 

of healthcare for all Americans. I had a 

very similar system as a military spouse 

for 10 years of my life. Military families 

are eligible for TRICARE, a system 

that operates similarly to but simpler 

than Medicare. I was able to go to 

any private doctor of my choosing and 

TRICARE, a government insurance 

system, paid the bill. All Americans 

should have equal access to quality 

healthcare. 

The most pressing issue of the 11th 

district and the entire country is the 

growing wealth gap. The healthcare 

and climate crises are both pieces of income 

inequality. For some residents, the 

wealth gap makes it more difficult to 

pay for a college education and give 

their kids a debt-free start in life. As a 

solution, I support fully funding public 

education from preschool through college. 

Additionally, Illinois recently voted 

to introduce a $15 minimum wage and 

I support doing so on a national level, 

indexed to inflation. Finally, I support 

a wealth tax on the ultra-rich because it 

is time that they pay their fair share in 

taxes. 

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Augustana College 

Eight NL natives make dean’s list 

Kara Auchstetter, Alyssa Boisvert, 

Jeremy Brown, Alyssa Klahn, Catherine 

Lotz, Kara Lotz, Emily Luming 

and Alexander Reils were named to the 

dean’s list for the fall semester. 

Ball State University 

NL student named to dean’s list 

Madison Jenkins was named to the 

dean’s list for the fall semester 

Carthage College 

Six New Lenox students earn spot on 

dean’s list 

Kendall Bellone, Conrad Bolster, 

Anna Cabay, Grace Labriola, Isabella 

Roesing and Allison Wesel were named 

to the dean’s list for the fall semester. 

Central College 

NL student’s name on dean’s list 

Andrew Smith was named to the 

dean’s list for the fall semester. 

Columbia College 

NL native earns dean’s list recognition 

Hannah Hamilton was named to the 

dean’s list for the fall semester 

Marquette University 

Six NL students make dean’s for fall 

semester 

Matthew Cerven, Allison Gardella, 

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YouTube sting in New Lenox 


A local YouTuber reportedly 

set up a Grindr account 

pretending to be a 13-yearold 

boy in an attempt to 

lure an adult male to meet 

at Walmart in New Lenox. 

New Lenox Police are 

investigating the incident. 

And Deputy Chief Louis 

Alessandrini said police are 

unsure on which night the 

alleged incident occurred. 

The video, which was 

posted Feb. 4, shows the 

YouTuber “Bennett Buz,” 

whose real name is Bennett 

Buczynski, waiting for the 

man in the store and eventually 

following him to the 

parking lot, where he repeatedly 

asked him what he 

was doing there. 

Alessandrini said police 

do not recommend people 

set up their own sting operations, 

and do not recommend 

posting those videos 

to social media, as everyone 

is considered innocent 

until proven guilty. 

Alessandrini said Buczynski 

has been cooperative 

with the investigation. 

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“We’re looking at all 

possibilities of what may or 

may not have happened and 

get to the truth to see what 

led this male individual to 

the Walmart,” Alessandrini 

said. “If you go off what 

he claims in the video, he 

basically set up an account 

and lured in an adult. We’re 

looking to get video and forensic 

evidence, as well as 

talking with witnesses.” 

The man in the video 

is wearing an orange and 

black jacket with the letters 

“WL” depicted on it. 

According to a Facebook 

post by the West Lawn 

Little League, the board of 

directors “took immediate 

action and have removed 

him from his position as 

chairman of the West Lawn 

board of directors.” 

The investigation is ongoing 

as of press time. 

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708.326.9170 ext. 31 l.healy@22ndcenturymedia.com 

Police Reports 

Wide variety of items stolen from resident’s van 

An unknown male was 

observed on video exiting a 

four-dour sedan and checking 

the handle of a resident’s 

vehicle in the 1200 block of 

Prairie Estate Drive on Jan. 

30. The vehicle was locked. 

Deputies took a report from 

a neighbor who stated that 

someone entered his van 

and stole two cases of E- 

cigarette refills, 36 cartons 

of cigarettes, a company 

checkbook, a wireless 

printer, two bowling balls 

and a pair of bowling shoes 

were stolen. 

Feb. 2 

• A resident in the 1400 

block of Monica Lane reportedly 

had their unlocked 

vehicle entered while it was 

® 

parked in their driveway 

overnight. Nothing appeared 

missing, police said. 


block of Echo Drive reportedly 

had their unlocked vehicle 

entered while it was 

parked in the street overnight. 

A garage door opener 

was stolen. 


block of Sunrise Lane reportedly 



parked in front of the residence 

over night. Sunglasses 

and a knife were stolen, 

police said. 

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. 

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. 

Jan. 31 

• Two subjects reportedly 

stole an employees keys 

from a counter at Walgreens, 

466 Nelson Road, 

opened the fragrance cabinet 

and stole 51 bottles of 

perfume valued at over 

$1,600. 

Jan. 29 

• Someone reportedly 

forced entry to a shed at 

Providence Catholic High 

School, 1800 W. Lincoln 

Highway, and stole tools 

and cleaning products. Additionally, 

six tires were 

stolen from four school 

busses. 

Jan. 28 


block of W. Maple Road reportedly 




Reporting by Jon DePaolis, 

Freelance Reporter. For 

more, visit OPPrairieDaily. 

com. 

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 

3 

overnight. A jacket, CDs 

and change were taken. 


block of Kingsway Ave. reportedly 




overnight. Nothing appeared 

to be missing. 

EDITOR’S NOTE: The New 

Lenox Patriot’s Police Reports 

are compiled from official 

reports found online on the 

New Lenox Police Department’s 

website or releases 

issued by the department and 

other agencies. Anyone listed 

in these reports is considered 

to be innocent of all charges 

until proven guilty in a court 

of law. 

outreach. 

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. 

During the public display 

portion of the Wild 

Fest, the Basiles’ coyote, 

named Montana, would 

not come out of his carrier, 

although he has been 

raised around humans. 

Rainah said this showed 

how little coyotes care for 

the spotlight. 

Reporting by Jesse Wright, 

Freelance Reporter. For 

more, visit LockportLegend 

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Contests 

Village to hold bleeding control training 

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 

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 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 New Lenox 

Patriot, 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. 


Bank partnership 

to help Silver 

Cross Hospital with 

$15,000 donation 

Submitted by LincolnWay Community 

Bank 

Mokena residents, Mark and Ellen 

Stevens have been long-time supporters 

of Silver Cross Hospital. 

Most recently, the Stevens family 

joined forces with Lincoln- 

Way Community Bank, where 

Mark is the president and chief 

executive officer, to support Silver 

Cross Hospital’s Campaign for Heart 

Care, a fundraising drive to advance 

the hospital’s cardiology services by 

establishing an open heart and structural 

heart surgical program. 

As a part of the Campaign for Heart 

Care, Silver Cross is constructing a 

33,000 square foot, two-story addition 

to the hospital that will include 

two cardiovascular operating rooms, a 

cardiac hybrid room, an electrophysiology 

lab with CARTO three-dimensional 

mapping, four cardiac echo and 

stress testing rooms and more. 

According to Silver Cross, when 

construction is complete late this 

year, it will have the capability to deliver 

innovative, multi-specialty care 

to patients with advanced and complex 

coronary disease. 

The Village of New 

Lenox and its Safe Communities 

America Coalition 

is holding a free bleeding 

control class, during 

which attendees will learn 

skills that can make a difference 

in life-and-death 

situations. 

The event — to be held 

7-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 

20, at the New Lenox Village 

Hall, 1 Veterans Parkway 

— is to focus on treating 

injuries that could be 

sustained in motor vehicle 

crashes, mass shootings, 

at home, at work or in the 

wilderness. 

During the 90-minute 

session, participants will 

practice with tourniquets, 

apply direct pressure to 

simulated wounds and 

learn how to pack wounds 

with medical gauze. 

With that, the participants 

also will learn to recognize 

what is considered 

a life-threatening bleed. 

The past events have 

been well-attended and 

well-received, and Safe 

Community Coordinator 

Dan Martin anticipates the 

same this time. 

“Oftentimes, bleeding 

control training is thought 

to only be for active shooter 

events, but Stop the 

Bleed [techniques] can be 

utilized in many emergencies,” 

Martin said. “By 

offering Stop the Bleed 

training, we increase the 

odds of saving lives in our 

community.” 

The class is free, but 

registration is required 

at eventbrite.com/e/freebleeding-control-train 

ing-stop-the-bleed-tick 

ets-91206110933. 

For any additional questions 

regarding the training, 

contact Martin at 

dmartin@newlenox.net or 

(815) 462-6493. 

Tracy Simons (left), Silver Cross Foundation executive director, accepts 

a donation to the hospital’s Campaign for Heart Care from (left to right) 

George Alexenko, LincolnWay Community Bank chief credit officer, Ellen 

Stevens, a retired oncology nurse who served the last 14 years of her 

career at Silver Cross Hospital, and her husband Mark Stevens, LincolnWay 

Community Bank president and CEO. Photo Submitted

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“It was snow-much fun at recess at 

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from the editor 

Is your car locked? 

Sean Hastings 


It’s another week and 

another week with police 

reports jam-packed 

with “a resident had their 

unlocked car entered while 

it was parked in their 

driveway overnight, and x, 

y and z was stolen.” 

These types of weeks 

it mostly consists of copy 

and paste, and updating the 

addresses. 

Another week of these 

means Facebook comments 

on the post and 

people rudely targeting 

each other in different 

Facebook groups for those 

who left vehicles unlocked 

and questioning why law 

enforcement “is not doing 

more.” 

First off, let’s take a 

step back on the attacks 

toward people who leave 

their cars unlocked. Should 

they lock them? Yes, of 

course, but the attacks are 

not necessary as it’s likely 

an accident for leaving it 

unlocked. 

Besides for a small 

handful of violent encounters 

and actual break-ins, 

most are still unlocked 

vehicle entries. 

Then the questions get 

asked as to why law enforcement 

hasn’t stopped 

these. They can’t be on 

every street throughout 

New Lenox each night. If 

you read the police reports, 

there are usually multiple 

neighborhoods that have 

an incident happen. They 

can’t be everywhere at 

once. 

The NLPD, the Village 

and other surrounding 

communities have been 

saying the same thing for 

the last couple months as 

the car entries have really 

started to spike. The residents 

that leave their car 

unlocked do not deserve to 

have their laptops, wallets, 

or work equipment stolen 

out of their cars. 

But it is still up to 

everyone individually to 

click lock on their keys, 

not leave the key in an 

unlocked car, and if you do 

need to leave valuables in 

the car, keep them out of 

sight. 

Some communities, as 

well as New Lenox, have 

Letter to the Editor 

Valentine’s Day memories 

Dear New Lenox, 

I remember when I was 

in school in the late ’50s, 

we would give St. Valentine’s 

Day cards to each 

of our classmates. I don’t 

know if that is a tradition 

that is carried on now, but 

the holiday has definitely 

been commercialized. It 

is definitely about showing 

someone that you care 

about them in a special 

way. Besides your significant 

other, call a friend or 

give a card to a relative 

or neighbor or anyone you 

can think of that might 

love to hear from you. 

Have a happy Valentine’s 

Day. 

Dee Philiph, New Lenox 

resident 

The New Lenox Patriot seeks talented 

journalists for freelance roster 

Publisher 22nd 

Century Media’s 

Southwest Chicago 

branch is seeking to 

bolster its roster of 

freelance reporters 

and photographers to 

cover the southwest 

suburbs, including local 

government, events, 

human-interest features 

and athletic contests in 

New Lenox. 

This is a pay-perassignment 

position 

that requires journalism 

fundamentals, such 

made social media posts 

to talk about the “9 p.m. 

routine.” Even if you think 

everything is locked, just 

check. I know that since 

all of the burglaries have 

started, I have been extra 

cautious and I have made 

sure that my friends and 

as interviewing skills, 

unabated accuracy and 

adherence to deadline. 

Previous reporting 

experience is preferred. 

Photography skills a 

plus and can increase 

pay. 

To be considered for 

this opportunity, please 

send a copy of your 

resume and three (3) 

writing samples at your 

earliest convenience 

to Managing Editor Bill 

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com. 

family are, too. 

There’s only so much 

we can do. But making 

sure your neighbors’ cars 

and your cars are locked 

before you go to bed is 

something we can all do to 

help a little bit more. 

Managing Editor’s Note 

Illinois’ primary elections are slated for Tuesday, 

March 17. As per editorial policy, no election stories 

— including letters to the editor — are to appear in 

the final issue before the race, slated for Thursday, 

March 12. The last issue for election coverage will 

be Thursday, March 5, and the deadline to submit 

letters to the editor related to the elections is 5 

p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27. 

Sound Off Policy 

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22nd Century Media are the thoughts of the company as a whole. 

The New Lenox Patriot encourages readers to write letters to Sound 

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Surprisingly complex 

New Lenox woman to star in 

upcoming Drama Group play, 

Page 18 

the new lenox patriot | February 13, 2020 | newlenoxpatriotdaily.com 

Sticking around 

Lockport’s Taco Patio has become 

a fixture in community since 

opening 10 years ago, Page 19 

Pictured are three of The Scholastic Art Show’s Gold Key Award-winning artwork submitted by: 

(Clockwise from top left) Jenna Davis, Lincoln-Way West; Angela Farkic, Lincoln-Way East; and Melanie 

Piunti, Lincoln-Way Central. Lincoln-Way students took home 34 awards at the show. Photos submitted 

LW students’ artwork chosen for 

national competition, Page 17

16 | February 13, 2020 | the new lenox patriot faith 


FAITH BRIEFS 

Revolution Church (24520 South U.S. 

Highway 52, Manhattan) 

Senior Ministry Bible 

Study 

Noon, Wednesdays at 

the church. No preregistration 

required. 

Worship Service 

10 a.m. Sundays. 

United Methoidst Church of New Lenox 

(339 W. Haven Ave., New Lenox) 

Ash Wednesday Service 

and Breakfast 

9 a.m. Wednesday, 

Feb. 26, United Methodist 

Church of New Lenox, 

339 W. Haven Ave. The 

United Methodist Women 

of New Lenox invites you. 

Free will offering will 

be taken at the breakfast. 

Childcare is available during 

the worship service. 

RSVP to the Church office 

by Feb. 19 by calling (815) 

485-8271. 

Contemporary Worship 

Service 

5 p.m. Sundays. A light 

dinner is served after the 

service 

Worship Schedule 

Traditional worship is at 

9 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Sundays. 

Musical Opportunities 

Join the vocal choirs, 

bells choirs, or praise team. 

There are opportunities for 

children, teens, and adults. 

Rehearsals are on Wednesday 

or Thursday evenings. 

For more information, call 

(815) 485-8271. 

Chapel Bible Study 

7 p.m. every Monday. 

The Friday Morning 

Women’s Bible Class 

9:30- 11:30 a.m. Fridays, 

conference room. 

Men’s Study Group 

7 a.m. Saturdays, conference 

room. This group 

is led by Scott Creech. 

Ridgewood United 

Community Pantry 

Ongoing. Located next 

door to Trinity UMC (our 

sister church) on Fairbanks 

Ave. in Joliet. This food 

pantry serves the 60432 

and 60433 zip codes. The 

pantry is very appreciative 

of all food and monetary 

donations received. 

Prison Ministry 

Second Wednesday of 

the month. Members can 

send monthly packets of 

encouragement to prisoners 

who have identified 

as religious or wanting to 

know that they are God’s 

children. 

St. Jude Catholic Church (241 W. Second 

Ave., New Lenox) 

St. Valentine Dinner and 

Dance 

6:30-11 p.m. Saturday, 

Feb. 15. Register at stju 

des.org/register-here. 

Reigniting Catholicism 

7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 

19, Providence Catholic 

High School, 1800 W. Lincoln 

Highway. “The Rich 

History of Catholic and 

Social Teaching” presented 

by Fr. Anthony Pizzo, 

O.S.A. 

Life in the Spirit Prayer 

Group 

7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 

20. For more information, 

call John or Mary at (815) 

557-8990. 

St. Jude Parish Mission 

7-8:30 p.m. Sunday, 

Feb. 23, Monday, Feb. 

24, Tuesday, Feb. 25 at St. 

Jude Church. 

Ash Wednesday Services 

Feb. 26. Ashes will be 

distributed after the 7:30 

and 9:30 a.m. Mass; 4:30 

p.m. Prayer Service and 7 

p.m. Mass. 

Mass Schedule 

7 a.m., 9 a.m., 11 a.m. 

and 6:30 p.m. Sundays; 

7:30 a.m. Monday-Saturday; 

5 p.m. Saturdays and 

8:30 a.m. Wednesdays. 

MOMS Monthly Meeting 

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

Thursday of the month. 

St. Jude Franciscan Hall 

Room 3 and 4, 241 W. Second 

Ave, New Lenox. 

Called To Holiness 

7-8:30 p.m. every first 

Monday of the month. 

This is a new young adult 

faith-sharing group for 

Catholics in their 20s or 

30s in the Chicago Southland 

area. Its purpose is to 

grow in our faith through 

scripture, discussion and 

prayer. For directions to 

the meeting location and 

more information, contact 

Jennifer at calledtoholi 

nessgroup@gmail.com. 

Eucharistic Adoration 

8 a.m.- 5 p.m. first Friday 

of the month. 

Lincoln-Way Christian Church (690 E. 

Illinois Highway, New Lenox) 

Worship Services 

9 and 10:30 a.m. Sundays. 

HERO Family Support Group 

7-8:30 p.m. every Tuesday. 

This group is open to 

anyone with a family member 

currently struggling 

with addiction, suspected 

addiction, or currently in 

recovery. Family support 

meetings provide helpful 

tools and information to 

better equip people to help 

their loved ones through 

their struggle. This group 

provides a supportive environment 

with others who 

have had similar experiences 

and an opportunity 

to meet and network with 

others. 

Grandparents Raising 

Grandchildren 

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

fourth Thursday of each 

month. Are you a grandmother/grandfather/aunt/ 

uncle or other relative age 

55 or older raising a child 

in place of their parents? 

This support group will 

assist with social and emotional 

support and ideas 

to help you cope with the 

impact of this role on your 

health, emotional wellbeing, 

finances, and family. 

Social skills groups are 

also provided for children 

ages 3-12 with a reservation. 

To reserve a spot, call 

Kimberley Tarcak at the 

Senior Services Center of 

Will County at (815) 740- 

4225. 

Central Presbyterian Church (1101 S. 

Gougar Road, New Lenox) 

Church Service 

10:30 Sundays. For 

more information, call the 

church at (815) 485-5152. 

Bible Study 

7 p.m. Tuesdays 

Trinity Lutheran Church (508 N. Cedar 

Road, New Lenox) 

Services 

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

and 10:30 a.m. Sundays. 


(815) 485-6973. 

Bible Studies 

8:30 a.m. Wednesdays 

and 7 p.m. Thursdays. 

Sunday School and Adult 

Bible Class 

9:15 a.m. Sundays. 

Christ Mission Church (22811 S. Cedar 

Road, New Lenox) 

Celebrate Recovery 

7-9 p.m. every Tuesday. 

For anyone struggling with 

hurts, habits, or hang-ups. 


Deb at (708) 516-6318. 

St. John Orthodox Chapel (112 Church 

Street, New Lenox) 

Sunday Services 

10 a.m. Sundays. After 

the service is Introduction 

to Orthodoxy. Refreshments 

served, Seekers 

are welcome. Visit saint 

johnofchicago.com or call 

(630) 638-9462 

New Life Church (500 Gougar Road, New 

Lenox) 


10 a.m. Sundays. For 

more information, call 

(815) 462-0202. 

Intro to New Life 

Church staff offers a 

one-day Intro to New Life 

workshop, which will provide 

the opportunity for attendees 

to engage in an indepth 

dialogue about the 

church’s mission, beliefs 

and approach to ministry. 

To register, sign up at newlifenewlenox.org 

or call 

the church office at (815) 

462-0202. 

The Hub (1303 S. Schoolhouse Road, New 

Lenox) 

The Landing 

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

Wednesday. This is a 

group to help teens break 

free from hurts, hang-ups 

and addictions. There is no 

charge. For more information, 

search for Freedom 

Haus on Facebook. 

The Center Youth Group 

6:30-9 p.m. every Thursday. 

Teens ages 12-19 are 

welcome. The night features 

live music, an open 

gym, an encouraging message 

and a chance to meet 

new friends. For more information, 

call (815) 717- 

8002. 

Xtreme Church 

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

every Sunday. The Hub 

partners with Xtreme Ministries 

to host a church service. 

There is loud music 

and preaching. For more 

information, call (815) 

717-8002. 

Cherry Hill Church of Christ (2749 

Lancaster Drive, Joliet) 


10:30 a.m. every Sunday; 

1 p.m. on the first 

Sunday of each month 

and 6 p.m. every Sunday 

except the first Sunday of 

each month. 

Worship and Bible Service 

7 p.m. every Wednesday. 

Bible Study 

9:30 a.m. Sundays. 

Grace Episcopal Church (209 N. Pine St., 

New Lenox) 


8 a.m. Holy Eucharist 

Rite II. 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist 

Rite II with music, 

followed by coffee hour. 


(815) 485-6596. 

Saturday Service 

5 p.m. the first, third 

and fifth Saturday of each 

month. 

Cornerstone Church (1501 S. Gougar Road, 

New Lenox) 

Men’s Bible Study 

6-7:30 a.m. every Friday. 

For more information, 

call (815) 462-7700. 

Junior and Senior High 

Bible Study 

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

Wednesday. For more information, 

call (815) 462- 

7700. 

Sunday School 

9-10 a.m. every Sunday. 

Christian education classes 

are available for all ages. A 

nursery is also available. 


(815) 462-7700. 

Worship Service 

8:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. 

every Sunday. 

Parkview Christian Church (2121 S. 

Schoolhouse Road, New Lenox) 


4 p.m. Saturdays; 8:30 

a.m., 10 a.m. and 11:30 

a.m. Sundays. 

Please see faith, 17

newlenoxpatriotdaily.com life & Arts 


Lincoln-Way students receive 

recognition at art competition 

T.J. Kremer III 

Contributing Editor 

If there was any question 

about the abundance 

of artistic talent students at 

Lincoln-Way Community 

High School District 210 

possess, then those questions 

were put to bed when 

students from all three of 

the district’s schools took 

home 34 awards for their 

outstanding artwork at the 

The Scholastic Art Show 

the week of Jan. 27. 

Thirteen of those awards 

were given Gold Key 

Awards, 13 Silver Awards, 

and eight Honorable Mention 

Awards. Gold Key 

Award winners’ work will 

advance to New York to 

compete at the national 

level. 

Locally, more than 40 

area schools submitted 

2,188 works of art with 

only 638 pieces awarded 

and accepted into the 

show, according to a press 

release from the district. 

One Gold Key Award 

recipient was Jenna Davis, 

a New Lenox resident 

and sophomore at Lincoln- 

Way West, who said she 

started painting pretty 

much right after birth, and 

attributed her skills and 

success to her grandfather 

Joe Rohaly. 

faith 

From Page 16 

Peace Lutheran Church (1900 E. Lincoln Highway, New 

Lenox) 

Church Services 

5 p.m. Saturdays; 8:30 a.m. and 

11 a.m. Sundays. 

Adult Class 

9:55 a.m. Sundays. The adult 

She also described how, 

for her, art is a way to express 

her feelings. 

“Normally when I get 

stressed or there’s a lot going 

on in my life, I literally 

will pick up a canvas or 

a piece of paper and just 

start drawing or writing,” 

Davis said. “And I was really 

stressed one day over 

school, and family things 

and just life in general, 

so I picked up a canvas 

and started drawing how 

I felt. And, at that time — 

the title of the painting is 

‘When it All Falls Down’ 

— I felt like my life was 

falling down in a way. 

“I know that sounds very 

dark, but my way of getting 

my feelings out and 

expressing how I’m feeling 

is through art, and that 

day I decided I’m going to 

paint my feelings out. After 

painting that painting, 

I felt really relieved. Art 

is like my therapy: It helps 

me a lot.” 

Davis said although her 

artwork is very personal 

to her, she is happy if her 

work can connect with 

others. 

Melanie Piunti, a New 

Lenox resident who is a junior 

at Lincoln-Way Central, 

took home her Gold 

Key Award for a colored 

pencil drawing she did 

class usually meets in the back of 

the sanctuary to discuss a different 

topic each week. 

A Man in Recovery 

7-8:30 p.m. Every Tuesday. 

This recovery group is for those 

who are struggling with addiction 

or those who love someone struggling. 


that depicted three generations 

of outstretched hands 

touching each other. The 

hands in the picture are 

those of herself; her mother, 

Karen; and her grandmother 

Shirley Lundin. 

Piunti said as part of her 

art class, students have to 

build a portfolio with a 

theme, and she chose to 

use a theme of telling a 

story through hands. 

“I wanted to show the 

three generations of women 

in my family with all of 

our hands,” Piunti said. 

Also taking home a 

Gold Key Award was Angela 

Farkic, a Mokena 

resident and senior at 

Lincoln-Way East. Her 

colored pencil drawing 

that won the award was a 

class project from last year 

where the objective was to 

draw someone eating food 

or drinking something. For 

this project, Farkic chose 

to draw her sister Tijana 

blowing bubble gum. 

“It was one of my favorite 

projects I ever made,” 

Farkic said. “It makes me 

really happy because it’s 

been in a lot of art shows 

and it’s cool seeing it 

around.” 

Farkic said she may not 

pursue art as a career; however, 

she said she would 

like to study medicine in 

Angela Farkic, a Mokena resident and senior at Lincoln- 

Way East, poses with her Gold Key Award colored 

pencil drawing of her sister Tijana blowing bubble 

gum. The award was part of The Scholastic Art Show 

competition, in which 34 students from across Lincoln- 

Way Community High School District received awards. 

Photo submitted 

college, specifically a career 

in pediatrics, and that 

art could be a useful tool as 

therapy for children. 

Davis, Piunti and Farkic 

each attributed their 

success to the culture and 

personal freedom students 

in the art department are 

given by the faculty. But 

Phil Labriola, district art 

department chairperson, 

was quick to focus the 

praise back onto the students 

themselves. 

Tom at (815) 354-3195. 

Bible Study 

10 a.m. Every Wednesday. For 

more information, call (815) 485- 

5327. 

The Journey Church (14414 W. Ford Drive, New Lenox) 

Reverberate Youth Group 

1-3 p.m. Every first Sunday of 

the month. The group meets to 

discuss a message geared toward 

2 

“I think there’s a lot of 

talent this year,” Labriola 

said. “We’ve seen a lot of 

talent at all three of the 

schools throughout the district. 

You have some kids 

who are extremely talented 

and, as usual, working 

really hard. The talent 

only goes so far. The kids 

still have to put in a lot of 

work, they put in a lot of 

time on their projects. And 

that’s really what pays off 

in the end.” 

junior and senior high school students. 

For more information, email 

youth@ourjourney.cc. 

Have something for Faith Briefs? 

Contact Editor Sean Hastings at 

sean@newlenoxpatriot.com or call 

(708) 326-9170 ext. 48. Information 

is due by noon on Thursdays one 

week prior to publication. 

Poetry Corner 

Mother Needs 

Help – Husband 

Need Not Apply 

Marcia Horan 

New Lenox resident 

If the floors are in need of 

a wax and a cleaning 

Relying on my husband 

takes a whole nother 

meaning. 

To scrub them he’d rarely 

get down on his knees. 

Only to propose did he do 

homage to please 

The family bathroom 

looks an ultimate mess. 

The toilet shows the boys 

missed their targets I guess. 

The curve of contention is 

the ring in the tub. 

He’d reject the contortion 

to reach in and scrub. 

The kids’ lunches he says 

are easy to fix. 

When PB & jelly is all he 

can mix. 

He helped with the laundry, 

washing darks with 

the white. 

The finished result was so 

ghastly a sight. 

When red clothes fade, they 

turn white clothes pink, 

An awful surprise for my 

husband, I think. 

And his “lucky” shirt that 

he wears cause its loose. 

He’s shrunken to size 

for our cute front porch 

goose. 

His socks with the holes 

don’t get thrown away. 

Air conditioning for feet, 

his opinion won’t sway. 

To dust is no use when 

tomorrow its back. 

Besides there’s a ball 

game. It’s okay to slack. 

What can I do when I 

know there’s no cure? 

My only concession is my 

job is secure. 

If you’d like to submit a 

poem to poetry corner, email 

Editor Sean Hastings, sean@ 

newlenoxpatriot.com.

18 | February 13, 2020 | the new lenox patriot life & Arts 


‘Mary Page Marlowe’ paints picture of complicated woman 

Lincoln-Way actors 

star in Drama 

Group production 

Nuria Mathog 


If you go... 

What: The Drama Group’s “Mary Page Marlowe” 

When: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14, 15, 20, 21 and 22, and 2 

p.m. Feb. 16 and 23 

Where: The Drama Group’s Milord Studio Theatre, 

330 W. 202nd St. in Chicago Heights. 

Ticket information: Tickets cost $23 for adults, $21 

for seniors and $17 for students with ID. They can 

be purchased online at brownpapertickets.com/ 

event/4443615 or by calling the box office at (708) 

755-3444. 

Even the most seemingly 

ordinary people can 

turn out to be surprisingly 

complex. 

That is one of the principal 

messages behind the 

Drama Group’s upcoming 

production of “Mary Page 

Marlowe.” Written by 

American playwright Tracy 

Letts, the play chronicles 

the story of an Ohio 

accountant, her decisions 

and her relationships with 

her family. The tale is not 

told chronologically, instead 

conveyed through 

a series of scenes from 

throughout Marlowe’s 

life. Nine different actreses 

are cast as Marlowe, 

showcasing her journey 

from childhood to old age. 

Director Chuck Cairns, 

a Park Forest resident, 

has been involved with 

the Chicago Heightsbased 

Drama Group “in 

one form or another” for 

about 45 years, starting 

with a successful audition 

in the 1970s for the role of 

John Adams in the musical 

“1776.” Since then, he 

has directed about half a 

dozen plays as part of the 

community theater group, 

he said. 

He first saw the play in 

its original incarnation in 

Chicago’s Steppenwolf 

Theatre in 2016 and was 

immediately hooked, he 

said. 

“The idea of an examination 

of one woman’s 

life in non-chronological 

order, over 11 different 

scenes cherry-picked for 

her life, just intrigued 

me,” he said. “And when 

it was all done and finished, 

I wanted to know 

more about this woman. 

So the arc of her life, the 

story really enthralled me, 

and I thought, ‘What play, 

if I ever want to direct another 

one, would I want to 

do?’ 

The cast, which consists 

of about 21 actors, 

has been rehearsing for 

the production since just 

after Christmas, he said. 

The Drama Group’s rendition 

of the show is told 

in the round, meaning the 

actors can be seen from all 

sides, and involves “a lot 

of moving parts,” Cairns 

said. 

“It’s a very, very big 

piece that I’m working 

on,” he said. “I’m very 

blessed to have the caliber 

and quantity and quality 

of the actors that I have to 

do the show” 

Cairns said his favorite 

scene from the play is the 

one between Marlowe at 

age 63 and her husband, 

Andy — a moment he described 

as one of the most 

bittersweet, touching and 

comedic parts of the show. 

“It’s sort of a slice of 

life,” he said. “And any 

couple who’ve been married, 

young or old, for any 

length of time, will appreciate 

some of the action 

that goes on in that scene. 

That would probably be 

my favorite, but they’re 

all very, very good.” 

He added one member 

of the group once called 

the production a “parking 

lot play” — the kind of 

play that stays with viewers 

to the extent that it 

later compels them to talk 

about it in the parking lot 

on the way to their car. 

“You’re taking all these 

little isolated incidents 

and then seeing, out of 

time, all that happened to 

her here or her child here, 

came to affect her 10, 15, 

25 years later down the 

road here,” he said. 

Frankfort resident 

Jeannie Markionni, who 

plays Marlowe at age 59 

in the play’s final scene, 

said she typically pursues 

musical theater roles but 

was inspired to audition 

for the play because she 

thought working with 

Cairns would be “a great 

experience.” She said she 

hopes the audience is able 

to take each scene and use 

it to get a better understanding 

of Marlowe’s actions 

in other parts of the 

play. 

“I really feel that my 

role is a transitional role 

for Mary Page, where 

she’s looking back and 

possibly regretting some 

things, and then she realizes 

that that is just all part 

of life, that sometimes life 

is messy and you have to 

pick yourself up and keep 

going,” she said. “And I 

think that really relates to 

any of us — we all have 

those moments where you 

have made a mistake or 

New Lenox resident Liz Yerkovich (right), playing Roberta Marlowe, rehearses a 

scene with Oak Park resident Mia Wetzler, cast as a young Mary Page Marlowe, Jan. 

29 in the Drama Group’s upcoming production of “Mary Page Marlowe.” Photos by 

Nuria Mathog/22nd Century Media 

might have gone, ‘Hm, 

maybe I shouldn’t have 

done that,’ and then we 

move on.” 

New Lenox resident Liz 

Yerkovich and Mokena 

resident Joshua Reid are 

cast as Mary Page Marlowe’s 

parents, Roberta 

and Ed Marlowe, in the 

1940s. Reid said this will 

be his first production 

with the Drama Group, 

adding he was a big fan of 

Letts’ plays. 

“The shows he writes 

have just got such emotional 

weight, but it’s not 

gratuitous emotional baggage 

in these shows,” he 

said. “It’s very personal. 

You can empathize with it 

very well. It’s not always 

the easiest thing to write 

a very personal, powerful 

emotional show but 

also be able to get people 

to empathize with it as 

well, so that’s why I love 

this show, and it’s a very 

unique show in the way 

that it looks at Mary’s life 

Frankfort resident Jeannie Markionni, playing Mary 

Page Marlowe at age 59, reflects on her character’s 

past. 

in snapshots.” 

Yerkovich said she was 

looking forward to seeing 

the audience’s reaction. 

“[Letts] sneaks in so 

many things throughout 

his play, and we’ve done 

it so many times, but 

there’s some things now 

that we’ve just started to 

see,” she said. “So, I’m 

interested to talk to the 

audience afterwards and 

ask, ‘What do you think 

about this?’ or ‘What do 

you think about that?’ It’s 

a show that makes you 

think.”

newlenoxpatriotdaily.com dining out 


The Dish 

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

Abhinanda Datta 


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 

olives served in a crispy 

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: www.tacopatio. 

com 

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

powdered sugar, cinnamon and caramel drizzle — at 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. 

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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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.

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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 

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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. 

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in case this house did not offer enough, it features a whole house 

backup generator, a central vacuum system and second floor washer 

and dryer. Please contact Jason the listing agent to tour 

one of the very finest properties New Lenox has to offer. 

Asking Price: 

$469,000 

Listing Agent: 

Jason Smith 

(708) 209-0942 

agentjsmith.com 

Listing Brokerage: 

CENTURY 21 Pride Realty 

Mokena, IL 60448 

Want to know how to become Home of the Week? Call (708) 326-9170 ext. 47. 

Jan. 6 

• 120 Foxhill Court A, 

New Lenox, 60451- 

1672 - Sheila M. Griffin 

to Elaine Luckett, 

$116,000 

• 121 S. Cooper Road, 


1803 - Shirley A. Pinkul 

Trustee to Aimee L. 

Koch, $132,000 

• 1809 Briarcliff Drive, 


2609 - Ryan Nykaza 

to Matthew Doyle, 

$209,000 

• 2624 Foxwood Drive, 


8535 - Bret Steffes 

to Aaron P. Zibricky, 

$213,000 

• 1576 Tall Grass 

Court, New Lenox, 

60451-3515 - Crosetto 

Trust to James 

Columbus, Janice 

Columbus $278,000 

• 742 Vanderbilt Drive, 


3829 - Rodolfo Frausto 

to Kenneth Toffelmire, 

Joselin Frausto 

$307,000 

• 1996 Royalglen Drive, 

New Lenox, 60451 - 

Nvr Inc to William C. 

Olson, Donna J. Olson 

$339,630 

• 217 Hampshire 

Court, New Lenox, 

60451-1181 - Jason 

C. Grothe to Robert M. 

Warren, Lisa M. Dapkus 

$436,000 

Jan. 7 

• 113 Town Crest 

Drive B, New Lenox, 

60451-1266 - James 

F. Sanchez to Michael 

Potocki, Lydia Patricia 

Potocki $110,500 

• 15760 Primrose St., 


5413 - Bwc Holdings 

III Llc to Dina M. 

Teska, Alex R. Vainer 

$445,000 

Jan. 8 

• 1605 Delmar Drive, 


2343 - Stephen C. 

Terpening to Laura 

Antoinette Sues, Ronald 

Douglas Lampen 

$260,000 

• 716 Sojourn Road 

716, New Lenox, 

60451-9592 - Natalie 

Kacor to Ronald 

Wencel, Jennifer Wencel 

$156,500 

• 701 Lisson Grove, 


9562 - Paige Middleton 

Veihl to Bryan N. Dow, 

$318,000 

• 1134 Stacey Drive, 


4037 - First Bank of 

Manhattan Trustee 

to Brian E. Nemeth, 

$440,000 

Jan. 9 

• 21808 S Center Ave., 


2847 - Jbjn Property 

Llc to Brian M. Kaczor, 

$140,000 

• 18761 Spring 

Creek St., New Lenox, 

60451-3060 - David 

R. Burggren to Brent 

Larue, Kelly Larue 

$340,000 

• 243 Monterey Drive, 


3297 - Camelot Homes 

Inc to Michael R. Evans, 

Kyrianne K. Lisiecki 

$425,000 

The Going Rate is provided 

by Record Information 

Services, Inc. For more 

information, visit www. 

public-record.com or call 

(630) 557-1000.

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2701 Property for 

Sale 

COMMON AD - REAL ESTATE 

SECTION 

SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE 

of 2601 E. Lincoln Highway, New Lenox, 

IL 60451 (Improved commercial 

property). 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: First Midwest 

Bank Plaintiff V. SMITH BROS. 

GARDEN CENTER, INC.; DANIEL 

J. SMITH, as Trustee of THE SMITH 

TRUST dated September 5, 2013; 

JENNIFER A.SMITH, asTrustee of 

THE SMITH TRUST dated September 

5, 2013; DONNA J. METZGER, 

as Trustee of THE DONNA J. 

METZGER TRUST dated August 21, 

2013; DANIEL J.SMITH, as successor 

Trustee U/T/A dated May 24, 

2000 and designated as the Smith 

Family Trust; DONNA J. 

METZGER, as successor Trustee 

U/T/A dated May 24, 2000 and designated 

as the Smith Family Trust; 

HERITAGE BANK; GLP CELL 

SITE III, LLC f/k/a T3 Unison Site 

Management, LLC, aDelaware limited 

liability company; CELL 

TOWER LEASE ACQUISITION 

LLC, a Delaware limited liability 

company; GLP CELL SITE I, LLC, a 

Delaware limited liability company; 

GLP CELL SITE II, LLC, aDelaware 

limited liability company; GLP 

CELL SITE IV, LLC, a Delaware 

limited liability company; GLP CELL 

SITE A, LLC, aDelaware limited liability 

company; DEUTSCHE BANK 

TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS; 

CHICAGO SMSA LIMITED PART- 

NERSHIP D/B/A VERIZON WIRE- 

LESS; UNKNOWN OWNERS and 

NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendant. 

Case No. 18 CH 0850 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: 

Capadona Law Firm, Ltd. 

360 W. Butterfield Road Suite 300 

Elmhurst, IL 60126 

P: 1-630-833-1123 

F: 

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT 

COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT 

YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS 

LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A 

DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING 

TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY 

INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL 

BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 

2701 Property for 

Sale 

COMMON AD - REAL ESTATE 

SECTION 

SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE 

of 941 SBentley Rd, New Lenox, IL 

60451 (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: Quicken Loans Inc. Plaintiff V. 

Jennifer Mauerman; et. al. Defendant. 

Case No. 19 CH 1397 in the Circuit 

Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, 

Will County, Illinois. 













County. 



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

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




and legal fees required bysubdivisions 




Property Act. 












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 









2703 Legal 

Notices 









STATE OF ILLINOIS 

) 

) SS. 

COUNTY OF WILL 

) 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE 

TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

First Midwest Bank 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

SMITH BROS. GARDEN CENTER, 

INC.; DANIEL J. SMITH, as Trustee of 

THE SMITH TRUST dated September 

5, 2013; JENNIFER A. SMITH, as 

Trustee ofTHE SMITH TRUST dated 

September 5, 2013; DONNA J. 

METZGER, as Trustee of THE 

DONNA J. METZGER TRUST dated 

August 21, 2013; DANIEL J. SMITH, 

as successor Trustee U/T/A dated May 

24, 2000 and designated as the Smith 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

Family Trust; DONNA J.METZGER, 

as successor Trustee U/T/A dated May 

24, 2000 and designated as the Smith 

Family Trust; HERITAGE BANK; GLP 

CELL SITE III, LLC f/k/a T3Unison 

Site Management, LLC, a Delaware 

limited liability company; CELL 

TOWER LEASE ACQUISITION LLC, 

aDelaware limited liability company; 

GLP CELL SITE I, LLC, aDelaware 

limited liability company; GLP CELL 

SITE II, LLC, aDelaware limited liability 

company; GLP CELL SITE IV, 

LLC, aDelaware limited liability company; 

GLP CELL SITE A, LLC, aDelaware 

limited liability company; DEUT- 

SCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY 

AMERICAS; CHICAGO SMSA LIM- 

ITED PARTNERSHIP D/B/A VERI- 

ZON WIRELESS; UNKNOWN OWN- 

ERS and NON-RECORD CLAIM- 

ANTS 

Defendant. 

No. 18 CH 0850 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that pursuant 

toajudgment entered in the above 

cause on the 18th day of November, 

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 to the highest 

and best bidder orbidders the following-described 

real estate: 

PARCEL 1: LOTS 14, 15 AND 16 IN 

BLOCK 5IN ARTHUR T.MCIN- 

TOSH AND COMPANY’S LIN- 

COLNWOOD, BEING ASUBDIVI- 

SION IN SECTION 13, AND SEC- 

TION 24, ALL INTOWNSHIP 35 

NORTH, AND IN RANGE 11, EAST 

OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL ME- 

RIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE 

PLAT THEREOF RECORDED 

APRIL 6, 1950 AS DOCUMENT NO. 

671404, IN PLAT BOOK 27, PAGE 

26, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 

PARCEL 2: LOT 17, IN BLOCK 5 

IN ARTHUR T.MCINTOSH AND 

COMPANY’S LINCOLNWOOD, 

UNIT #2, BEING A SUBDIVISION 

IN SECTION 13, AND SECTION 24, 

ALL IN TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, 

AND IN RANGE 11, EAST OF THE 

THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, 

ACCORDING TO THE PLAT 

THEREOF RECORDED SEPTEM- 

BER 13, 1950, IN PLAT BOOK 27, 

PAGE 35 AND DOCUMENT NO. 

679553, AND CERTIFICATE OF 

CORRECTION RECORDED AS 

DOCUMENT NO. 681082, IN WILL 

COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 

Commonly known as: 

2601 E. Lincoln Highway, New Lenox, 

IL 60451 

Description of Improvements: 

Improved commercial property 

P.I.N.: 

15-08-24-203-014-0000 




COLNWOOD, BEING ASUBDIVI- 

SION IN SECTION 13, AND SEC- 























DOCUMENT NO. 681082, IN WILL



2703 Legal 

Notices 

2703 Legal 

Notices 

2703 Legal 

Notices 


Under $100 


Under $100 


Under $100 


P.I.N.: 

15-08-24-203-015-0000 




COLNWOOD, BEING A SUBDIVI- 

SION INSECTION 13, AND SEC- 

























P.I.N.: 

15-08-24-203-016-0000 




COLNWOOD, BEING A SUBDIVI- 

SION INSECTION 13, AND SEC- 











COMPANYâ! S LINCOLNWOOD, 














P.I.N.: 

15-08-24-203-017-0000 













County. 



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

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




and legal fees required by subdivisions 




Property Act. 












FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CON- 

TACT: 

Capadona Law Firm, Ltd. 

360 W. Butterfield Road Suite 300 

Elmhurst, IL 60126 

P: 1-630-833-1123 

F: 

Plaintiff's Attorney 

MIKE KELLEY 

Sheriff of Will County 









STATE OF ILLINOIS 

) 

) SS. 

COUNTY OF WILL 

) 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE 

TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

Quicken Loans Inc. 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

Jennifer Mauerman; et. al. 

Defendant. 

No. 19 CH 1397 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that pursuant 

toajudgment entered in the above 

cause on the 8th day of January, 2020, 

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 2 IN WINDERMERE EAST 

UNIT ONE, A SUBDIVISION OF 

PART OF THE SOUTH EAST 1/4 

OF SECTION 22, TOWNSHIP 35 

NORTH, RANGE 11EAST OFTHE 



THEREOF RECORDED AUGUST 

23, 1989 AS DOCUMENT NO. 

R89-42253, IN WILL COUNTY, IL- 

LINOIS. 

Commonly known as: 

941 S Bentley Rd, New Lenox, IL 

60451 

Description of Improvements: 

Single Family Home 

P.I.N.: 

15-08-22-476-017-0000 













County. 



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

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




and legal fees required by subdivisions 




Property Act. 












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 


Under $100 

10 metal cars in boxes - New 

$10 each. Call 708-479-0193 

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 

708-403-2525 

2TVtray tables with stand. 

Solid wood. Trays are 21”w x 

16”deep x 24” height. Excellent 

condition. $15 Call 

815-462-4942 

7.5 foot prelit Christmas tree, 

needs work with connecting 

strands of lights. Stand included 

&bag onwheels. $20 

Text 708-420-0740 

9fishing poles, reels, & tackle 

box, all for $60; 10 Ikea Inreda 

adjustable halo lights $4 each. 

Call 708-717-5054 

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. 

Call 708-403-2473 

Cabinet, 1 shelf, door $40. 

Hoover Floormate spin/scrub 

$40. Native American ring 

black opal design size 11 $20. 

Call 708-535-9354 

California brass tub and 

shower faucet, #52, new in 

box, no plastic, $100. Call 

708-310-0699, Frankfort 

Computer desk $60; HP photo 

printer $25; Exercise bike $15. 

Call 708-323-8185 

Couch and love seat, blue -excellant 


708-323-8185 

Craftsman small deluxe router 

table $25, Extension cord on a 

wheel $10. Call 708-479-0193 

Electrical triple-tap outlets 

misc. colors $4; GE 9004 auto 

headlight $12; 1960’s USA 

penlight $3; 12pk 40w soft 

white bulbs $12; 2pk 60w led 

bulbs $4 Call 708-460-8308 

Equilizer weight transfer hitch 

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height 42” w/shade. $50 pr. 

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Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

with Grace Kmak 

Grace Kmak is a junior 

on the Lincoln-Way co-op 

gymnastics team. She attends 

LW Central. 

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? 

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Steve Millar/22nd Century Media 

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. 

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. 

Roundup 

Boys volleyball coach Rucinski 

takes over Providence girls team 

STEVE MILLAR, Sports Editor 

Lee Rucinski has been 

named the head girls volleyball 

coach at Providence 

Catholic. Rucinski 

took over as Celtics’ boys 

coach last spring and will 

now take the reins of both 

programs. 

“We wish Coach Lee 

the best and know that he 

will continue to have the 

support of the Providence 

community,” Providence 

athletic director Doug 

Ternik said in a press release. 

Rucinski is a Lynwood 

native and a 1998 graduate 

of Marian Catholic High 

School. He was the boys 

volleyball coach at Oak 

Forest High School for 

six years (2013 – 2018). 

During his time as head 

coach, his team collected 

over 114 wins (an average 

of 19 wins per season), 

four South Suburban Conference 

titles, three SSC 

Players of the Year and 

18 All-Conference players. 

He was named SSC 

Coach of the Year in 2014 

and 2017. He also had 13 

players continue on to the 

collegiate level. 

In addition, Rucinski 

was the former head girls 

volleyball coach at Tinley 

Park High School. 

Over his 10 years as 

head coach, his team collected 

a total of 190 wins, 

three regional titles, two 

sectional titles, two SSC 

Blue Players of the Year, 

23 All-Conference players, 

and five players who 

continued on to the collegiate 

level. He was named 

SSC Coach of the Year in 

2016. 

Rucinski’s last game 

coaching Tinley Park 

was a 25-9, 25-18 loss to 

Providence in a Class 3A 

regional final last October. 

Rucinski is a 2002 graduate 

of the University of 

Illinois. He received his 

Bachelor of Science in 

Biology and a Masters in 

Sports Management. 

He replaces Jean Phelps, 

who went 38-40 in two 

seasons, including a 23-17 

finish and a sectional finals 

appearance last fall. 

LW Central swimmers 

fourth in SWSC; Minarik 

leads West 

Lincoln-Way Central’s 

boys swimming team finished 

fourth at the South- 

West Suburban Conference 

meet Saturday, Feb. 

8, at Lockport. 

The Knights scored 177 

points, placing behind LW 

East (222), Andrew (207) 

and Sandburg (205.5). 

LW West (106) finished 

seventh. 

Lincoln-Way Central 

senior Tyler Quigley was 

third in the 200 free (1 

minute, 52.78 seconds) 

and the 500 free (5:06.11), 

while sophomore Devin 

Mihaichuk placed third in 

the 100 back (59.64). Will 

Jager placed fourth in the 

50 free (23.16), Anthony 

Schletz took fifth in the 

500 free (5:09.32), Austin 

Moy was fifth in the 100 

backstroke (1:00.53), and 

Matthew Senese placed 

2 

fifth in the 100 breaststroke 

(1:03.9). 

The Knights’ team 

of Jager, Quigley, Moy 

and Nathan Fritz placed 

fourth in the 200 free relay 

(1:35.27). 

Tristan Minarek led the 

Warriors with a secondplace 

finish in the 100 

back (58.77). 

“I was right where I 

wanted to be,” Minarek 

said. “This year, I’ve been 

doing very well. I’ve been 

getting my times that 

were my goal times for 

the end of last year. I’ve 

already bettered my 

backstroke. I’m really 

looking forward to sectionals.” 

Sean Finley was third 

in the 100 breaststroke 

(1:01.65) and fourth in 

the 200 individual medley 

(2:02.22). 

The Warriors’ team of 

Minarik, Finley, Lukas 

Gonda and Oliver Chaa 

were fourth in the 200 

medley relay (1:44.4). 

Providence hockey wins 

Kennedy Cup semifinal 

opener 

Peyton Botich’s goal in 

overtime lifted the Celtics 

to a 4-3 win over St. Rita 

on Friday, Feb. 7, in the 

first game of the best-ofthree 

Kennedy Cup semifinal 

series. 

Tom Zschach, Tom Davis 

and Joe McConnell 

also scored for the Celtics. 

Game 2 is set for 8 

p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, 

at Southwest Ice Arena in 

Crestwood. 

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Boys Basketball 

6 

Knights pour in 19 3-pointers in rout of Stagg 



junior forward Ryan Kraft 

hit a pair of 3-pointers in 

the first 90 seconds against 

Stagg. 

It was a sign of things to 

come. 

The Knights were red 

hot from downtown all 

night, hitting 19 3-pointers 

as they rolled to an 81-49 

SouthWest Suburban Red 

win over Stagg on Friday, 

Feb. 7, in New Lenox. 

“I think we all feed off 

each other,” Kraft said. “It 

felt good to be open and 

have my teammates keep 

getting me the ball.” 

Nick Tingley led Central 

(19-7, 4-0) with 22 points, 

hitting six 3-pointers. He 

also had five rebounds. 

Mike Maloney added 15 

points on five 3-pointers, 

and Kraft finished with 

14 points, including four 

threes. 

Rounding out the barrage 

of treys were Matt 

Maloney (eight points) 

and Sean Michalak with 

two each. 

All the Knights’ 3-pointers 

came in the first three 

quarters, as they topped 

the 17 triples they made 

against Illiana Christian on 

Feb. 1. 

“Right now, a couple 

teams have really committed 

to stopping Sean 

[Curran], so they’re helping 

on him and leaving 

guys open, and these guys 

are really good shooters,” 

Central coach Bob Curran 

said. “At the beginning of 

the year, a lot of times it 

was one or two guys getting 

hot, and we were still 

winning, but when all five 

guys are on, we can be really 

tough to stop.” 

Kraft had 11 first-quarter 

points to start the Knights’ 

scoring spree. 

“They were kind of 

Lincoln-Way Central’s Mike Maloney looks to drive 

against Stagg on Friday, Feb. 7, in New Lenox. He 

scored 15 points in the Knights’ 81-49 win. 

STEVE MILLAR/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

bringing four guys out to 

guard, but leaving one guy 

in the middle,” Curran said. 

“They were just leaving 

Ryan open, and Ryan was 

like, ‘OK, well thank you.’” 

Kraft returned to the 

Knights’ lineup the final 

week of January after 

missing about a month 

with an ankle injury suffered 

in the Hinsdale Central 

Holiday Classic the 

week of Christmas. 

“It’s just good to be 

back playing,” Kraft said. 

“I missed it. I just try to go 

out there and play as hard 

as I can, get rebounds, do 

whatever I can to help the 

team out.” 

Stagg (5-18, 1-3) hung 

around through the first 

half, trailing 41-31 at halftime, 

but the Knights outscored 

the Chargers 28-6 

in the third quarter to pull 

away. 

Tingley and Mike Maloney 

both caught fire in the 

third as each hit a trio of 

3-pointers. 

“When we all play together, 

we’re hard to 

guard,” Tingley said. “We 

feed off each other’s intensity 

and energy. When 

we come together, we’re 

a pretty good basketball 

team.” 

Twelve players got in 

on scoring for Central as 

several reserves got significant 

playing time in the 

second half. 

“We have great teammates 

who work hard 

every day and push us to 

get better,” Tingley said. 

“They are a big part of our 

success. A lot of it is from 

practicing with them. So, it 

was great to see them get 

in and score.” 

Conference leaders 

The Knights topped Andrew 

63-47 on Feb. 4. Sean 

Curran scored 18 points 

and Nick Tingley added 10. 

With the wins over the 

ThunderBolts and Chargers, 

Central has topped 

all four of its SWSC Red 

foes, with another game 

remaining against each. 

Bradley-Bourbonnais (3- 

1) is in second place. 

“We’ve been playing 

well,” Bob Curran said. 

“We made it through the 

first run through the conference 

undefeated, but we 

still have work to do.” 

Central stayed hot with 

a 49-38 nonconference 

win over Glenbrook North 

on Saturday, Feb. 8. Sean 

Curran scored 18 points, 

Matt Maloney had 11, and 

Mike Maloney added 10. 

Boys Basketball 

Celtics pull away from JCA with big fourth quarter 

8 

SEAN HASTINGS, Editor 

Joliet Catholic Academy 

had multiple chances to 

keep the game in reach in 

the final minute down three 

points. But the Providence 

defense stepped up. The 

Hilltoppers’ final four possessions 

resulted in a travel, 

two turnovers and an offensive 

foul away from the 

ball, allowing the Celtics to 

pull away for a 58-48 win 

Feb. 4 in New Lenox. 

As JCA ran into its mistakes 

on offense in the final 

minute, the Celtics capitalized 

with free throws at the 

other end. 

The teams traded baskets 

nearly the entire game with 

the final 10-point margin 

being the largest lead either 

team held. And besides 

JCA’s nine-point lead in the 

first quarter after a quick 

start, neither team’s lead 

was higher than four until 

the final minute. 

Providence coach Kyle 

Murphy said, with a laugh, 

that he did not feel the 

game pivot for the Celtics 

until the final buzzer 

sounded. 

Right before JCA’s 

dreadful final four possessions, 

Joe Alfirevich (22 

points) and Noah Vassal 

(nine points), hit back-toback 

layups to put the Celtics 

in front by six. 

“I thought I felt comfortable 

because then they 

were in the situation where 

they had to start pressuring 

and fouling,” Murphy said. 

“When teams pressure us, 

Joe is so good with the ball 

and Noah can be good with 

the ball that they can get to 

the basket and get opportunities.” 

Alfirevich, who has been 

one of the Celtics’ best 

players this season, had 

nine points at the half as he 

dealt with foul trouble. 

“That second half, he 

took over like he can,” 

Murphy said. “He’s absolutely 

fantastic. You talk 

about his mid-range game. 

You can’t stop him. Sometimes 

he’s got two, three 

guys draped on him and he 

finds ways to make plays.” 

Down the stretch, Vassal, 

Alfirevich and Jack Ruddy 

(seven points) all made free 

throws to extend the lead. 

It was the play in the 

fourth quarter that made the 

difference for Providence. 

The fourth quarter was the 

highest-scoring quarter for 

the Celtics, as they outscored 

JCA 20-9. 

“The difference maker 

was we started to move 

the ball a lot more and we 

began to trust our teammates 

a lot more, taking 

a lot more shots that were 

smarter around the rim and 

finishing down low a lot 

more,” Vassal said. 

Sophomore Jimmy 

Arentz scored eight points 

in the win. Lucas Porto also 

contributed with 10 points. 

“I think that helps in all 

aspects of the game,” Vassal 

said about the Celtics’ 

scorers. “It helped us tonight 

and got us through to 

the win.” 

Of course, the win over 

rival JCA, which brought 

out a student section to 

match Providence’s, was 

special, too. 

“They’ve always been 

known to be a rival of ours, 

so to come out with a win 

feels great, especially with 

regionals coming up, it puts 

us into seeding and feels 

good,” Vassal said. 

The Celtics (12-14, 4-8) 

knocked off Montini 64-62 

in a Catholic League White 

game Friday, Feb. 7.



Cheerleading 

Another strong state showing for LW West 

with seventh-place finish in large division 

RANDY WHALEN 


4 

Lincoln-Way West’s cheerleading team performs during 

the preliminary round at the IHSA state finals Friday, 

Feb. 7, at Grossinger Motors Arena in Bloomington. 

JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

The Lincoln-Way West 

cheerleading team continues 

to make a name for itself. 

The Warriors continued 

their recent resurgence with 

another Top 10 state finish, 

placing seventh in the large 

school division of the IHSA 

state cheerleading finals, 

which were held on Friday, 

Feb. 7 and Saturday, Feb. 8 

at Grossinger Motors Arena 

in Bloomington. 

The Warriors placed 

fourth in the large division 

last season. 

"It's great," West coach 

Nicole White said. "I'm very 

proud of the team. I've been 

here at West for three years 

and we've come this far in 

the hardest school division. 

With all the excellent teams, 

it just keeps getting harder 

every year. So, just getting 

here is an accomplishment 

in itself." 

Lincoln-Way East's score 

of 94.96 won the state title 

by over two points. 

Stevenson (92.63), Marist 

(92.04), Sandburg, Yorkville 

(89.51), Jacobs (89.07) and 

West (88.33) rounded out 

the top seven. 

The Warrior seniors are 

Amiyah Chapman, Erica 

Johnson, Erika Meadows, 

Andrea Ridgway, Alyssa 

Saso, Emmi Scofield and 

Isabella Telez. 

"I'm really excited to get 

to experience this again," 

Johnson said. "Just the last 

two days at state were great. 

I feel like we are really going 

to push through in the 

future. We were like a family 

this season, at practice 

and all the way around." 

The rest of West’s roster 

included juniors Kayla Aspel, 

Kalei Belt, Emily Hill, 

Jordan Kittl, Payton Malpeli, 

Madison Raleigh and 

Grace Rinke, sophomore 

Emily Lynch and Peyton 

Wilson, and freshmen Caroline 

Klee, Aubrey Lenard, 

Maeve McNamee, and Rachel 

Turay. 

In the preliminary round, 

on Friday, Feb. 7, the Warriors 

registered an 88.23 

mark and also were seventh. 


placed 12th (84.68) in prelims, 

missing the Top 10 cut 

for day two. 

“It was not the ending we 

hoped for, but we are so incredibly 

honored and proud 

to be 12th in the state," Central 

coach Danielle Emmart 

said. "These Knights fought 

so hard all season, never 

gave up, and to have made 

it this far. 

“We will continue to hold 

our heads high and continue 

to be proud of this journey 

and the amazing accomplishment 

of making it to 

the state tournament for the 

third year in a row after a 10- 

year hiatus.” 

Central’s team included 

seniors Allison Ceh, Maddie 

Fogle, Sophia Gambino, 

Aubrey Lake, Rylee Richardson, 

Abbey Schissler, 

Sydney Steffens, Allison 

Tuskan and Lauren Urban, 

juniors Kendall Cortese, 

Marissa Elia, Katie Engerman, 

Mickayla Kukowski, 

Elizabeth Miller, Jamie 

Nightingale, Isabelle Vargas 

and Sam Youngren, sophomores 

Laila Pryor and Payton 

Vargas, and freshmen 

Emma Boskey, OnDrea 

Durka, Joey Hoffenkamp, 

Kyra Kaczor and Abby 

Preski. 

Providence placed 13th in 

the medium school division 

with an 82.27. 

The Celtics roster included 

just three seniors: Chloe 

Floeckher, Jordyn Swenson, 

and Ariana Wydajewski. 

The rest of the team was 

made up of juniors Hayle 

Hitterman, Aubrey Hoff, 

Grace Milas and Stefanie 

Rodriguez, sophomores, 

Shelby Gloss, Gabbie Lacheta, 

Alexis Madler, Sophia 

Nakos and Chloe Pavlis, and 

freshmen Abaigeal Bandyk, 

Brideigh Cavanaugh, Emily 

Gacek, Abigail Hoff, Marissa 

Majewski, Marissa Massaro 

and Savannah Sullivan.



Girls Gymnastics 

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


Girls Bowling 

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). 

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 

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 

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 

New Lenox schools send five individuals to sectional 

7 

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.” 

4 

JOE BIELANSKI 


It was not the way Lincoln-Way 

West wanted its 

season as a team to end, 

but three Warriors will 

continue to bowl beyond 

regional play. 

The Warriors finished in 

the spot no one wants to 

be in, placing fifth at the 

Joliet Central Regional on 

Saturday, Feb. 8, at Crest 

Hill Lanes. 

The top four teams advanced 

to the East Moline 

United Sectional. 

West totaled 5,378 pins 

over six games, finishing 

behind Minooka (6,146), 

Joliet West (5,737), Morris 

(5,531) and Joliet Central 

(5,507). 


(5,135) was sixth. 

“We had a fantastic season,” 

West coach Scott Ullian 

said. “I told the girls 

that one day doesn’t define 

the season that we had. We 

would have liked to qualify 

as a team, but things 

happen. 

“It doesn’t take away 

from how we did all season. 

We got team medals 

in seven out of eight tournaments 

this year. Last 

year, we had three. All of 

the girls improved a bunch 

this season and they left it 

all out there today.” 

The Warriors were in 

fourth place, six pins 

ahead of Morris, entering 

the final game, but struggled 

with a 785. Morris 

leaped both West and Joliet 

Central with a 944. 

West seniors Mackenzie 

Ullian (13th, 1,140), Olivia 

Daujatas (16th, 1,126) 

and Megan Kukulka (21st, 

1,092) advanced as individuals, 

along with Central 

sophomore Abby Nolan 

(14th, 1,133) and Providence 

sophomore Carly 

Kowalik (19th, 1,101). 

The sectional is set for 

Saturday, Feb. 15, at Highland 

Park Bowl in Moline. 

“I’m glad that I was fortunate 

enough to make it to 

the next round,” Mackenzie 

Ullian said. “Last year, 

I was only able to advance 

to sectionals. It’s good to 

know that I still have an 

opportunity to make it to 

state in my last year. 

“It is kind of sad that we 

don’t get to move on as a 

team.” 

Daujatas was West’s 

lone state qualifier last 

season, when she finished 

59th. Having that experience 

of bowling individually, 

she is happy to have 

teammates to join her at 

the sectional. 

“Last year at state, I just 

felt lost,” she said. “I had 

coach, but now having two 

other girls is way better 

than having none.” 

Nolan, whose brother, 

Alex, tied for second at 

the boys bowling state 

meet, was excited to move 

on to the sectional for the 

first time. 

“I felt that I threw the 

ball today the best I have 

all season,” Nolan said. 

“I was coming here for 

redemption. Last year, I 

didn’t make it out of regionals. 

I wanted to move 

on this year, so I had to 

respond and bowl a great 

game in order to move 

on.” 

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.”



Warriors win three regional titles, send seven to sectional 

4 

Five Celtics, two 

Knights also 

advance 


After rolling through 

much of the season, Lincoln-Way 

West senior Payton 

Geigner hit a bit of a 

rough patch in January. 

In the Warriors’ final two 

tournaments of the regular 

season, Geigner finished 

second at the Illini Classic 

and third at the Tom Lahey 

Invitational. 

Those were hardly results 

to be ashamed of 

against tough competition, 

but Geigner certainly was 

not pleased. 

“The last two weeks, 

with tournaments and everything, 

I had to change 

my attitude,” he said. “Everything 

that’s bad, you 

have to block that all out.” 

Geigner opened the 

postseason in fine fashion, 

pinning Homewood- 

Flossmoor’s Stacey Terry 

in the 160-pound championship 

match at the Class 

3A Lockport Regional on 

Saturday, Feb. 8. 

Javen Estrada and Brock 

Pfeifer also won individual 

titles for the Warriors, who 

took second in the team 

Lincoln-Way West’s Javen Estrada (orange headgear) 

wraps up Lockport’s Nate Ramsey on his way to a 10-2 

major decision in the 138-pound championship match 

at the Class 3A Lockport Regional on Saturday, Feb. 8. 

JULIE MCMANN/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

standings with 158 points, 

finishing behind host 

Lockport. 

Lincoln-Way East 

(124.5), Andrew (114.5), 

Homewood-Flossmoor 

(97), Providence (86), 

Lincoln-Way Central (84), 

Marian Catholic (53) and 

Bloom (25) rounded out 

the field. 

Geigner (36-5), ranked 

No. 6 at 160 by the Illinois 

Wrestling Coaches and Officials 

Association, pinned 

Bloom’s Kenyan Grady 

and beat Lockport’s Kyle 

Boone 4-1 to advance to 

the finals. 

“Most of the guys I 

wrestled today, I’ve faced 

before, so I knew their 

styles and stuff,” Geigner 

said. “I was ready to go.” 

Estrada (37-1), ranked 

No. 5, rolled to the title at 

138. He pinned Lincoln- 

Way Central’s Justin Brauer 

in the semifinals and 

won a 10-2 major decision 

over Lockport’s Nate 

Ramsey in the finals. 

“With regionals, it’s the 

same mentality as always 

to just go out there and 

push the pace, but it’s way 

more exciting than normal,” 

Estrada said. “State 

is one less week away 

now.” 

Estrada, a junior, has 

placed an emphasis on defense 

as he looks to make 

a run at the state podium, 

and his opponents have 

not scored on him much 

of late. 

“It feels good because 

I’ve been working on it 

so much, and now seeing 

the results, it feels good 

knowing the work is paying 

off.” 

Pfeifer (33-6), ranked 

No. 7, pinned both his opponents 

at 152, including 

Joe Oster in the finals. 

“It wasn’t quick 

enough,” Pfeifer said of 

his championship pin. “I 

wish it was quicker, but I 

got there. 

“I realize I can’t play 

around at this point. I need 

to solidify my spot.” 

The Warriors advanced 

seven wrestlers to the 

Quincy Sectional, which is 

set for Saturday, Feb. 15. 

One of West’s biggest 

surprises was freshman 

Tyler Mansker, who entered 

the tournament with 

a 7-10 record and was unseeded 

at 113. 

Mansker upset secondseeded 

Connor Koehler 

of Lincoln-Way East 4-1 

in the opening round then 

pinned third-seeded Zamyr 

McGee-Bohannon of 

H-F in the semifinals before 

falling to top-seeded 

and fourth-ranked Kaleb 

Thompson in the finals. 

Also advancing for the 

Warriors were Garrett 

Geigner (2nd, 145), Jake 

Simon (3rd, 126) and Griffin 

Ketelaar (3rd, 285). 

Pfeifer, a senior, is ready 

for a challenge in Quincy. 

Sixth-ranked James Pierandozzi 

of Plainfield 

South is among his top 

competition there. 

“[The sectional] is going 

to be tough,” Pfeifer 

said. “I have a lot of people 

with the same type of 

skill as me. It’s going to 

take a good week of practice. 

Coach [Brian] Glynn 

is going to be pushing me, 

making sure I have my 

conditioning down and 

I’m ready to compete.” 

Other champions included 

Andrew’s Trevor 

Silzer (106), Nick Barberi 

(170) and Gus Salah (220), 

Marian Catholic’s Vincent 

Robinson (120) and Kendall 

Norfleet (145), H-F’s 

Haku Watson-Castro (182) 

and Brian Smith (285), 

and Lincoln-Way East’s 

Jake LaMonto (195). 

Smith had the day’s 

biggest upset, stunningly 

pinning top-ranked Ryan 

Boersma of Providence in 

just 26 seconds, handing 

Boersma (37-2) his first 

loss against in-state competition. 

Boersma, nonetheless, 

was one of five Celtics to 

advance to the sectional, 

along with Billy Meiszner 

(2nd, 106), Kevin Countryman 

(3rd, 145), Jack 

Bruno (3rd, 152) and Liam 

McDermott (3rd, 182). 


will send a pair of wrestlers 

to the sectional. Andrew 

Hesse was the runner-up at 

182, and Joey Malito finished 

third at 106. 

Malito (34-12), a sophomore, 

beat Lockport’s 

Ryan Oster 6-2 in a mustwin 

third-place match to 

keep his season alive. 

Hesse (26-20), a junior, 

pinned Bloom’s Kendall 

Bradford in the first round 

and snuck by Lockport’s 

Mike Kinney 10-8 in the 

semifinals to seal his trip 

to Quincy. 

He fell 7-1 to H-F’s 

Haku Watson-Castro in the 

finals. 

“I wish I could go back 

to that match and re-trace 

everything I did and do 

a lot better,” Hesse said. 

“But I get to go to sectionals 

either way, so that was 

the big goal.” 

This Week In 

KNIGHTS VARSITY 

ATHLETICS 

BOYS BASKETBALL 

■Feb. ■ 13 – hosts LW West, 

6:30 p.m. 

■Feb. ■ 17 – at Southland 

Prep, 6 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. 

WRESTLING 


3A Quincy Sectional, TBA 

WARRIORS VARSITY 

ATHLETICS 


■Feb. ■ 13 – at LW Central, 

6:30 p.m. 

■Feb. ■ 16 – at Evergreen 

Park, Noon 

■Feb. ■ 18 – hosts Stagg, 

6:30 p.m. 


■Feb. ■ 13 – hosts Stagg, 

6:30 p.m 



GIRLS BOWLING 




9 a.m. 

BOYS INDOOR TRACK AND 

FIELD 

■Feb. ■ 15 – Lonnell Poole 

Invite at Bloom, 9 a.m. 

WRESTLING 


3A Quincy Sectional, TBA 

CELTICS VARSITY 

ATHLETICS 


■Feb. ■ 14 – at Loyola, 7 p.m. 


■Feb. ■ 13 – hosts Marian 

Catholic, 7 p.m 



GIRLS BOWLING 




9 a.m. 

HOCKEY 

■Feb. ■ 13 – Kennedy Cup 

semifinals vs. St. Rita at 

Southwest Ice Arena, 8 p.m. 

BOYS INDOOR TRACK AND 

FIELD 

■Feb. ■ 15 – Lonnell Poole 

Invite at Bloom, 9 a.m. 

WRESTLING 


3A Quincy Sectional, TBA



fastbreak 

steve millar/22nd century 

media 

1st and 3 

THREE notes on a 

difficult playoff 

path for lw west 

girls basketball 

1. On the road 

West is in the 

Normal Regional 

and Pekin 

Sectional. If the 

Warriors make 

state, Taylor 

Gugliuzza (above) 

and company will 

play five games 

in Bloomington/ 

Normal and two in 

Pekin. 

2. Tough competition 

West, ranked No. 

4 by the AP, and 

No. 2 Edwardsville 

could meet in a 

sectional final. 

3. Trial run 

West commuted 

back and forth 

for games at 

the State Farm 

Holiday Classic 

in Bloomington/ 

Normal after 

Christmas. 

Girls Basketball roundup 

LoConte hits 1,000 career points as Knights win twice 

LW West drops 

heartbreaker to 

Montini 


Regan LoConte’s 

1,000th career point at Lincoln-Way 

Central came on 

the first of two free throws. 

So, it’s no surprise that she 

was quickly at 1,001. 

LoConte, a senior guard, 

hit the milestone during a 

65-38 win over Hillcrest 

on Feb. 4. She scored 20 

points in the victory. 

“It was a good feeling,” 

LoConte said. “It shows 

how all my hard work has 

paid off.” 

LoConte was happy to 

share the moment with her 

teammates and family. 

“I looked over to family 

and they were all super 

excited,” she said. “My 

teammates were all holding 

up signs for me. I saw 

all the support I had, and 

that made me feel good. 

“In that moment, you’re 

just like, ‘Wow, this could 

actually happen.’ It’s a 

great feeling.” 

Junior guard Colleen 

Erdman added 14 points in 

the win. 

The Knights followed 

that up with a 47-27 South- 

West Suburban Red win 

over Andrew on Thursday, 

Feb. 6, in New Lenox. 

Central celebrated Senior 

Night for LoConte, Theresa 

Snaidauf and Abbey Ward. 

Ward has been out all season 

with an injury, but was 

put in the starting lineup so 

she could take the court one 

last time. She was replaced 

by Megan Hutchinson immediately 

following the 

tipoff. 

“Abbey Ward showed 

a lot of character to still 

want to be a part of it and 

help us out,” Central coach 

Dave Campanile said. “We 

really wanted to do that for 

her. It was a nice moment.” 

LoConte poured in 17 

points in her final home 

game, knocking down five 

3-pointers. 

“It was emotional,” she 

said. “I know I’m going 

to miss my teammates and 

playing here as a Knight. 

I’m glad I got to finish 

the season with my best 

friend, Theresa. My teammates 

have been supportive 

through everything.” 

Snaidauf also got in on 

the scoring with a fourthquarter 

basket. 

“It was a great last hurrah,” 

she said. “I couldn’t 

imagine not doing this my 

past four years at Central. 

It’s been a very meaningful 

experience. 

“I made one of my best 

friends, Regan LoConte, 

and I found out what it really 

takes to be an athlete 

at Central.” 

Sophomore guard Sydney 

Gehrke added seven 

points for the Knights (17- 

12, 5-2). Hutchinson and 

Haley Stoklosa chipped in 

Lincoln-Way Central senior guard Regan LoConte drives to the basket during the 

Knights’ 47-27 win over Andrew on Thursday, Feb. 6, in New Lenox. LoConte recently 

surpassed 1,000 career points. STEVE MILLAR/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

six points each. 

The Knights were set to 

close the regular season 

with a game at Stagg on 

Tuesday, Feb. 11. They are 

the No. 7 seed in the Class 

4A Stagg Sectional. 

West drops classic battle 

with Montini 

Four days after rolling 

past one of the state’s 

top teams in Evanston, 

Lincoln-Way West nearly 

knocked off another. 

The Warriors fell in 

a 50-48 heartbreaker at 

Montini on Feb. 5. 

Montini’s Taylor 

Charles hit a 3-pointer at 

the buzzer to lift the Broncos 

(26-4) to the win and 

snap a 10-game winning 

streak for West (24-3). 

Montini entered ranked 

No. 2 in the state in the 

Class 3A Associated Press 

poll, while the Warriors 

were No. 4 in the 4A poll. 

Taylor Gugliuzza led the 

Warriors with 18 points. 

Bri Wooldridge added 11 

and Ava Gugliuzza had 

nine. 

West led 45-39 with just 

over five minutes left before 

Montini went on a 7-0 

run to take the lead. Sydney 

Swanberg answered 

with a big 3-pointer to put 

the Warriors back in front 

48-46 with four minutes to 

go, but West did not score 

again. 

“We were in the game 

the whole time and we 

were above them,” Taylor 

Gugliuzza said. “We just 

needed to close it out. 

“Montini has always 

6 

been a great team. Knowing 

we were up almost the 

whole game shows that 

we can be better than any 

other team.” 

The Warriors are the top 

seed in their subsectional 

of the Pekin Sectional and 

will take on East Moline 

United in a Normal Regional 

semifinal Tuesday, 

Feb. 18. 

If West makes it to state, 

it will play five games in 

Bloomington/Normal and 

two in Pekin. 

Providence hits 22 wins 

Providence improved to 

22-7 with a 36-29 win over 

Joliet Catholic on Feb. 3. 

Ashley Raymer scored 15 

points, and Lauren Knight 

chipped in eight. 

LISTEN UP 

“I’m really excited to get to experience this again. Just the last two days at 

state were great.” 

Erica Johnson – LW West cheerleader, on the team’s seventh-place 

finish in the large school division at the state meet 

what2watch 

Girls Basketball, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18 

IHSA Class 4A Bloom Regional semifinal 

• Seventh-seeded LW Central takes on the host 

and No. 10 seed Blazing Trojans in the Knights’ 

playoff opener. 

Index 

38 – This Week In 

34 – Athlete of the Week 

FASTBREAK is compiled by Sports Editor 

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

new lenox’s Hometown Newspaper | February 13, 2020 

SEVENTH HEAVEN, 

PART ONE Lincoln- 

Way gymnasts win 

seventh straight regional 

title, Page 37 

SEVENTH HEAVEN, 

PART TWO 

LW West cheerleaders 

finish seventh in the state, 

Page 36 

LEFT: Lincoln- 

Way West’s 

Javen Estrada 

(right) won 

the 138-pound 

Lockport 

Regional 

championship. 

Lincoln-Way West’s Payton Geigner (left) pinned Homewood- 

Flossmoor’s Stacey Terry to win the 160-pound championship at 

the Class 3A Lockport Regional on Saturday, Feb. 8. 

LW West wrestlers Geigner, Estrada, Pfeifer win 

regional championships, Page 38 

ABOVE: Lincoln- 

Way West’s 

Brock Pfeifer pins 

Lockport’s Joe 

Oster to win the 

152-pound title 

at the Lockport 

Regional. PHOTOS BY 

JULIE MCMANN/22ND 

CENTURY MEDIA

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