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NL teens and tweens taste test different flavors of Oreos on Oreo Day, Page 4 

Giving back 

Village rebates 80 

percent of residents’ 

property taxes, Page 3 

Two for one 

NL and Mokena 

chambers combine for 

one big community expo 

event, Page 3 

Sisters Ryan (left) and Jaden Williams taste test one of 12 different Oreos during the library’s Oreo celebration. Sean Hastings/22nd Century Media 

Pint for a pint 

Local residents donate 

blood, receive 

a pint of ice cream, 

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Thursday 

Liberty Jr. High performs 

Peter Pan 

7 p.m. Thursday, March 

12 and Friday, March 13, 

Lincoln-Way West Auditorium, 

21701 Gougar Road. 

Liberty Jr. High presents 

Peter Pan adapted by Jon 

Jory from the book by J.M. 

Barrie. Doors open at 6:30 

p.m., tickets are general 

admission and $5 available 

at the door. 

Martino Jr. High performs 

Aladdin 


12 and Friday, March 13, 

Lincoln-Way Central, 

1801 E. Lincoln Highway. 

Martino Jr. High presents 

Aladdin. A show comprised 

of the school’s 7th 

and 8th graders. Tickets are 

$5 at the door. 

Friday 

Flashlight Clover Hunt 

7:15 p.m., Friday, March 

13, for ages 3-5, and 7:30 

p.m., Friday March, 13, for 

ages 6-11, Nelson Prairie 

Park, 2366 Nelson Road. 

Those silly Leprechauns 

left behind hundreds of 

clovers to find. Join the 

park district and help find 

the clovers. 

Saturday 

Joint Chamber Lincoln-Way 

Expo 

9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, 

March 14, Lincoln-Way 

Central High School Field 

House, 1801 E. Lincoln 

Highway. The New Lenox 

and Mokena Chambers of 

Commerce are thrilled to 

present a joint chamber 

event. The event is free to 

attend. 

Wounded Warriors in 

Action Luncheon 

Noon-5 p.m. Saturday, 

March 14, Thomas E. Hartung 

American Legion Post 

1977, 14414 Ford Drive. It 

is the Posts’ 12th annual 

luncheon fundrasier to 

benefit the Wounded Warriors 

in Action Foundation. 

Tickets are $20 at the door. 

Purple Heart recipients are 

free to enter. There will be 

different raffles and a guest 

speaker from the WWIAF. 

ForeverU Gala 

6-11 p.m. Friday, March 

14, Tuscany Falls Banquets, 

9425 W. 191st 

Street, Mokena. ForeverU 

is a 501(c)(3) youth development 

organization that 

will be hosting its second 

Annual Gala as an effort 

to open a community empowerment 

center in New 

Lenox. Gather your friends 

and coworkers for this fun 

night out and help support 

local youth. . Find event 

details and register at for 

everumovement.org/gala. 

Wednesday 

Matter of Balance Class 

1-3 p.m. Wednesdays, 

March 18-May6, New 

Lenox Public Library, 120 

Veterans Parkway. This 

class is for those who reduce 

the fear of falling and 

increase activity among 

older adults. Participants 

will learn to set realistic 

goals to increase activity, 

change their environment 

to reduce fall risk factors, 

and learn simple exercises 

to increase strength and 

balance. 

UPCOMING 

Dragonfly Suncatcher Craft 

1-3 p.m. Friday, March 

20, New Lenox Public 

Library, 120 Veterans 

Parkway. Join us for this 

Friends of the Library 

sponsored program. Use 

beads to make a beautiful 

dragonfly suncatcher just 

in time for spring. Registration 

Required. New 

Lenox Library cardholders 

receive priority. 

West Fest 

Saturday, March 21, 

Lincoln-Way West High 

School. 21701 Gougar 

Road. This is the annual 

fundrasier for the Lincoln- 

Way West music department. 

The event will have 

over 100 vendors, local 

food vendors, local entertainment 

from our schools 

and private dance schools 

and pictures with the Easter 

Bunny. 

Weather Spotting/Health 

and Safety Expo/Toucha-Truck 

5-9 p.m. Tuesday, 

March 24, Lincoln-Way 

West High School Performing 

Arts Center, 

21701 Gougar Road. The 

Health and Safety Expo 

and Touch-A-Truck is 5-7 

p.m. Then from 7-9 p.m. 

receive training on what 

to look for during severe 

weather season. 

Free Rail Safety 

Presentation: “Operation 

Lifesaver” 


26, Village Hall, 1 Veterans 

Parkway. The Village 

of New Lenox and the 

New Lenxo Safe Communities 

America Coalition 

are hosting an event 

on rail safety. The program 

is designed to promote 

awareness for children and 

adults. Metra will have 

an informational table at 

the event. Register for the 

event at eventbrite.com/e/ 

free-rail-safety-presenta 

tion-operation-lifesavertickets-89277807325 

and 

contact Dan Martin for 

questions at dmartin@ 

newlenox.net or (815) 

462-6493. 

Triple Play Concert Series 

Tickets on Sale 

7 a.m.-noon, Saturday, 

April 4, Village Hall, 1 

Veterans Parkway. Get 

your Triple Play tickets to 

see Dennis DeYoung June 

13, ZZ Top July 3, and Billy 

Idol Aug. 8. Tickets are 

$75 and give access to all 

three shows. Additional information 

can be found at 

newlenox.net/tripleplay or 

by calling (815) 462-6400. 

Royal Family/Majestic 

Kids 3rd Annual Fundraiser 

9 a.m. Saturday, April 

25, Francis Field Youth 

Foundation, 801 E. Francis 

Road. NL teen Jacob Cope 

is raising money again to 

send children to the Royal 

Family Kids Camp. The 

fundraiser includes different 

vendors and crafters, 

raffles, $10 poppers, silent 

auction and a 50/50. Free 

to get in. Cope is still looking 

for more vendors and 

crafters. Visit the event’s 

Facebook page “Royal 

Family/Majestic Kids 3rd 

Annual Fundraiser for 

more information. 

ONGOING 

Providence Catholic 

Theatre ‘Back to the ‘80s’ 

Musical tickets 

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Tickets are on sale for 

the Providence Catholic 

musical April 2-5. 

Tickets are $9 and available 

through pchstheatre. 

brownpapertickets.com. 

For more information, 

call (815) 717-3323. All 

shows are at 7 p.m. except 

Sunday, which is at 3 p.m. 

The performance is to be 

held at Billie Limacher 

Bicentennial Park & Theatre, 

201 W. Jefferson St., 

Joliet. 

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. 

Open Mic/Live Music at 

Arrowhead Ales 

8-10 p.m. Wednesdays, 

Arrowhead Ales Brewing 

Company, 2101 Calistoga 

Drive. The first Wednesday 

of each month will 

be open mic hosted by 

Cheryl Rodey. Every other 

Wednesday will feature 

live music from Cheryl. 

Chess Club 

10 a.m. Thursdays, 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.

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Village rebates $1.4 million in 

property taxes to its residents 

Sean Hastings, Editor 

The Village of New Lenox’s 

philosophy is that it will take 

what it needs to provide the services 

for the people and return 

what it has left over. 

“It’s something that we promised 

the people a long time ago 

that we were going to rebate 

property taxes and increase it 

as often as we can,” Mayor Tim 

Baldermann said. “We’ve increased 

it every year.” 

Residents in the Village of 

New Lenox were rebated 80 

percent of their property taxes, 

totalling more than $1.4 million. 

Baldermann said the plan 

is to increase it by 5 percent 

each year to hopefully one year 

rebate 100 percent. And if extra 

dollars come in, they put that on 

top. 

The rebates were sent out 

March 3. The rebates are only 

for homeowners in the Village. 

Unincorporated residents do not 

receive a rebate because they do 

not pay taxes to the Village. 

Baldermann said one of the 

biggest questions is: “why don’t 

you just lower the taxes.” 

“This is for homestead property 

and owners,” he said. “It’s 

not for rental units and commercial 

retail and anyone else. 

If we lowered it more, industrial 

commercial and retail would see 

the biggest benefit. EAV comes 

from those other non-residential 

users.” 

He said it is better to collect 

then give back. 

“Our number one priority 

is that people are getting quality 

services,” Baldermann said. 

“Once we see we have the money 

to do that, we’d rather give it 

back to the people.” 

The Village could, if it wanted, 

keep all the money and 

stockpile it into reserves. The 

Village always has a standard 

practice to have 90-120 days 

worth of money in reserves. 

Another way the Village has 

been able to do this is when 

there are new projects, it finds 

new revenue resources to pay 

for it, Baldermann said. 

Baldermann also noted that 

residents in New Lenox that 

live in the Union School District 

will soon have 100 percent 

of that property tax rebated. 

“If the government runs efficiently, 

whether it is the Village, 

school districts, or anything, 

just take the dollars needed to 

provide services, don’t waste 

money and give back.” 

NL, Mokena combine for 2020 expo 


The Mokena and New Lenox 

Chambers of Commerce are scheduled 

to host a joint business Expo 

at Lincoln-Way Central High 

School — 1801 E. Lincoln Highway 

in New Lenox — from 9 a.m.- 

1 p.m. March 14. 

The expo will be open to the 

public and admission is free. 

As of Monday, March, 9, over 90 

local businesses from the Mokena 

and New Lenox areas had signed 

on to be vendors, said New Lenox 

Chamber of Commerce CEO Emily 

Johnson, with more expected as 

the event draws closer. 

“We wanted to do something to 

switch up our expos and make it 

more of a destination expo instead 

of only in our town,” said Melissa 

Fedora, Mokena Chamber of Commerce 

Executive Director. 

Johnson and Fedora had tossed 

around the idea of combining expos 

for a few years now. 

“Since my first one, there were 

all these expos and I thought ‘Why 

are there so many?’ and we’re asking 

the same businesses to go to 

more than one,” Johnson said. 

Fedora said vendors will be allowed 

to sell their goods and services 

at the expo, and concessions 

will be available, as well. 

The joint expo will give residents 

of both villages an opportunity to 

see what the other offers, as well as 

allow businesses to network with 

each other. 

“A lot of it is helping businesses 

connect,” Johnson said. “Those 

business-to-business relationships 

are important, too. Something New 

Lenox might not have, Mokena 

might. It helps the businesses expand 

their customer reach.” 

Vendors can still register to participate 

in the event through March 

11. 

For more information, visit mo 

kena.com or newlenoxchamber. 

com. 

Contributing Editor T.J. Kremer III 

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Library celebrates National Oreo Day with taste tests 


While the Oreos that 

most are used to — classic 

and golden — remained 

the favorites among the 

teens participating in the 

taste-testing event, some 

Spring Craft Show 

March 14 9am-4pm 

March 15 10am-3pm 

at 

Carl Sandburg High School 

13300 South LaGrange Road, Orland Park, IL 60462 

Crafters - Vendors - Bake Sale - Raffles 

Handmade Crafts, home decor, yard art, soft goods 

food items, jewelry, handbags, clothing & more! 

$3 adults, $2 Seniors, kids under 12 free 

All proceeds benefit the Carl Sandburg Music Students 

non-traditional Oreos 

snuck their way toward the 

top. 

The New Lenox Public 

Library held an Oreo tastetesting 

event on Friday, 

March 6 for teens. Teen 

coordinator Melissa Leggero 

had to turn to Amazon 

to track down extra 

flavors that she could not 

find in store. 

“I did something similar 

before. It was a pizzatasting 

contest, but this 

was the first time with 

Oreos,” Leggero said. “I 

wasn’t sure how this was 

going to go. I had things 

planned, but I think some 

kids didn’t know that, so 

they just came and went, 

but that worked too. For 

a teen program, this was a 

Lincoln-Way students (from left) Jaclyn Duske, Rachel Tremble, Philip Levey, 

Julianna Haugh and Melanie Pivnti pose for a photo as they try different flavors of 

Oreos. Photos by Sean Hastings/22nd Century Media 

good crowd.” 

The flavors included 

chocolate peanut butter 

pie, dark chocolate, lemon, 

peanut butter cream, classic, 

mint cream, chocolate 

marshmallow, carrot cake, 

birthday cake, caramel coconut 

and golden. There 

are even more that she did 

not get. A majority of the 

teens and Leggero did not 

know that some of the flavors 

existed. 

“These were just the 

ones I could get a hold of,” 

Leggero said. “I think this 

was enough. This is a good 

representation.” 

Two of the attendees 

were sisters, Ryan, a seventh-grader 

at Liberty Jr. 

High, and Jaden Williams, 

a fifth-grader at Oakview. 

Ryan said her favorite 

was mint cream, and Jaden 

said her favorite was birthday 

cake, though the two 

both agreed that classic 

and golden still top the list. 

Mint cream and carrot 

cake received the secondmost 

votes, and caramel 

coconut received the least. 

Though it was not a 

Pictured are some of the different Oreos the teens tried 

during the library's event. 

group favorite, Leggero’s 

favorite was lemon. 

“It might sound odd, 

but I love lemon-flavored 

things,” she said. “It’s different. 

You don’t think it’s 

going to taste like a lemon 

when you’re eating an 

Oreo. It’s unique.” 

Attendees were also put 

into a raffle to take home 

a pack of their choice of 

Oreos. It was not part of 

the taste testing, but the 

pistachio flavor drew positive 

attention as an option 

to take home. 

Moving forward, Leggero 

hopes to have more 

taste-testing events and 

even try to combine to 

have a teen and adult 

event. 

“Teens like food, and 

that usually draws them in, 

but I think adults do, too,” 

Leggero said. “Especially 

free food that is available. 

Over the summer is World 

Chocolate Day, so I want 

to try and get different 

types of chocolate. These 

are pretty successful programs.”

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Residents donate blood, 

receive pint of ice cream 


“Give a pint, get a pint.” 

That was the motto for the 

blood drive coordinated by 

Kevin Molloy State Farm 

and Dr. Paul Etchison of 

Nelson Ridge Family Dental. 

The two businesses collaborated 

to host a blood 

drive, filling 28 out of a 

possible 32 spots, and rewarded 

each donor with 

either a pint of Haagen- 

Dazs or Baskin Robbins 

ice cream, or a pint of 

Guinness, just in time for 

St. Patrick’s Day. 

“I try to be creative 

with it to draw attention 

to it,” Molloy said. “Just 

to get five people to say ‘I 

wouldn’t mind ice cream’ 

and come out and donate. 

This type of stuff, let’s be 

honest, it’s not the type 

of stuff that is in your top 

10 of wanting to do. This 

might put you over the 

edge. I’d encourage you to 

I can 

 

 

 

do it one time.” 

Molloy aims to do a 

drive in March and August 

each year. 

“The method to the madness 

is that by the end of 

winter, the banks are really 

really low,” Molloy said. 

“They get his jolt in March, 

April, May and June and 

then vacations happen. We 

try to push one out to August 

and fill 32 spots.” 

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Pictured are pints of ice 

cream and Guinness, 

which were given to blood 

donors in the “give a pint, 

get a pint” blood drive 

hosted by Kevin Molloy 

State Farm and Nelson 

Ridge Family Dental. Sean 

Hastings/22nd Century 

Media 

All aboard the Brothership 

New Lenox man 

a brewer at new 

Mokena brewery 

T.J. Kremer III 

Contributing Editor 

With the popularity of 

craft beer reaching the 

stratosphere, Brothership 

Brewing in Mokena 

opened its doors at the end 

of February. 

No, this isn’t science fiction: 

It’s science fact. 

The brewery and taproom 

— tucked inside a 

converted industrial warehouse 

space located at 

18781 S. 90th Ave. Unit 

E, and decked out to look 

like the inside of a hanger 

at Area 51 — is the outof-this-world 

brain-child 

of five local men: brewers 

Ryne Willig, of New 

Lenox, and Kyle Obright, 

of Oak Forest; along with 

investors Tom Soltis and 

Pat Murphy, both of Frankfort, 

and John Panozzo, of 

Beverly. 

It all started with Willig 

and Obright home-brewing 

their own New Englandstyle 

IPA, which they touted 

at multiple competitions 

and won several awards 

for, including a first-place 

awards for IPAs at the Skeleton 

Key Homebrew Competition 

and Brixtoberfest, 

where their IPA also took 

home a second-place nod 

for Best in Show. 

“We were brewing beer 

just for fun, trying to recreate 

flavors that we’ve tried 

and didn’t have access to 

in the area five years ago, 

specifically New Englandstyle 

IPAs, hazy IPAs,” 

Willig said. “It looks like 

fruit juice and has those 

kind of tropical flavors associated 

with it. And then 

we were sharing our beer 

with people, friends and 

family, and the feedback 

New Lenox gears up for 2020 Census 

Submitted by the Village of 

New Lenox 

The Village of New Lenox 

is excited to announce that 

they are partnering with the 

U.S. Census Bureau to support 

the 2020 Census. 

The Census is conducted 

every 10 years to count the 

country’s population, which 

then determines the number 

of seats each state receives in 

the House of Representatives, 

as well as funding for state and 

local governments. 

The Census population not 

only determines the amount 

of state shared revenue, which 

includes income tax, use tax 

and motor fuel tax that the Village 

receives from the state, 

which is approximately $165 

per capita but also to market 

the Village to the types of developers 

it wants to see invest 

in New Lenox. 

Last year, the Village created 

a Complete Count Committee 

to devise various ways 

to help promote the 2020 Census 

within their specific organizations 

as well as throughout 

the community. 

This year, the Village would 

like to obtain at least a 90 percent 

response rate. Between 

March 12–20, all households 

will receive an invitation in 

the mail to respond to the 2020 

Census. 

Residents can respond online, 

by phone or a paper copy. 

Village Hall will have computers 

available for those who do 

not have personal computers. 


please visit 2020census. 

gov or contact Jenni Neu 

bauer at (815) 462-6436 or 

jneubauer@newlenox.net. 

The Brothership Brewing team of (front, left to right) 

Tom Soltis and Pat Murphy, and brewers (back, left 

to right) Ryne Willig and Kyle Obrigh opened the new 

Mokena brewery at the end of February. 

T.J. Kremer III/22nd Century Media 

FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND 

LTHS Mathletes place 

third at regional, advance 

to state 

On Feb. 21, the team 

of Lockport Township 

High School 

Mathletes put up impressive 

numbers in 

their regional competition, 

placing third overall, 

with two students 

earning perfect scores 

for the event. 

Seniors Daniel Cruz 

and Allison Brown led 

their team to the highest 

placement LTHS 

has ever earned in the 

regional competition. 

Taking place at Lincoln- 

Way East, the mathletes 

earned medals and ribbons 

in nine different 

categories. 

was really good.” 

Brothership Brewing incorporates 

a 10-barrel system 

with three fermenters 

capable of producing 20 

half-barrels of their brew 

at a time. 

The brewery and taproom 

will also offer a 

guest beer with a glutenfree 

option. 

The 3,600-square-foot 

space will allow for a multitude 

of varying entertainment 

and special event options, 

as well. 

Those interested in 

keeping up to date on the 

latest developments and 

offerings of Brothership 

Brewing can follow them 

on Facebook at facebook. 

com/BrothershipBrew 

ingCo or on Instagram at 

instagram.com/brother 

ship_brewing. 

The regional competition 

featured a panel of 

judges who gave scores 

for two categories — 

oral and written. 

The team chose to 

focus its presentation 

on voting methods and 

were given one month to 

prepare. They knew the 

breakdown of scoring, 

by which each judge 

would give a total of 25 

points, with 13 points 

given for their knowledge 

of the topic they 

presented, and 12 points 

for the composition and 

professionalism of their 

presentation. 

Reporting by Derek Swanson, 

Freelance Reporter. 

For more, visit LockportLegendDaily.com



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Happy 19th 

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of you and your 

accomplishments 

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made Private First 

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daughter, Grace 

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the national 

anthem at the 

Chicago Bulls 

game Thursday, 

Feb. 20. Grace 

is a sophomore 

at Lincoln-Way 

Central High 

School. Grace was 

chosen through a 

competition put 

together by the 

Girl Scouts for 

scout night at the 

Bulls game. 

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A special 15th Birthday wish to our 

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from the editor 

Oreo has fun flavors, still can’t beat the classic 

Sean Hastings 


Since I was covering 

an event that included 

eating Oreos, 

there was no way I was 

not going to partake in the 

festivities. 

I am a big cookie guy. 

Letter to the Editor 

How Silver Cross and 

Amita Health are handling 

the coronavirus 

Dear Editor, 

As your community hospitals, 

our No. 1 priority 

at Silver Cross Hospital 

in New Lenox and Amita 

Health Saint Joseph Medical 

Center in Joliet is to 

keep our patients and families, 

healthcare workers 

and staff safe. 

As you read and hear 

more about the novel coronavirus 

(COVID-19) in national 

and local media, we 

wanted to reassure you that 

we are closely monitoring 

the situation and stand 

ready to respond should 

patients present with CO- 

VID-19. 

While COVID-19 itself 

is new, preparing for 

responses to disasters, including 

potential epidemics 

and pandemics (e.g., 

H1N1, Swine Flu, Ebola), 

is not new for our hospitals. 

Emergency preparedness 

I prefer Chips Ahoy to 

Oreos, but I’m still a big 

fan of Oreos. I’ve stuck 

with the typical flavors: 

classic and golden. But 

the seasonal Christmas 

style — the ones with 

frosting around the cookie 

— might be the best, but 

those were not an option 

at the library’s Oreo taste 

testing event to celebrate 

National Oreo Day on 

Friday, March 6. 

I did not know a majority 

of the flavors existed. 

And that is OK. Some of 

the unique flavors definitely 

struck a palate, but a 

few should have been left 

training is a year-round activity 

that is done at both of 

our hospitals, and we are 

working closely with the 

Centers for Disease Control 

(CDC), the Illinois Department 

of Public Health 

(IDPH), and local public 

health departments to prepare 

for COVID-19. We 

are closely monitoring the 

situation, including following 

all updates and guidance 

from CDC and IDPH. 

Although Silver Cross 

Hospital and Amita Health 

Saint Joseph Medical Center 

have no patients who 

have tested positive for 

COVID-19 to date, we are 

ready: we know how to 

isolate patients within our 

facilities and what services 

and equipment are needed; 

and we will contact our local 

and state Departments 

of Public Health to coordinate 

testing and the appropriate 

care. 

What’s more, we continue 

to communicate important 

updates to our patients/ 

families, healthcare workers, 

and staff promptly as 

on the drawing board. 

For starters, peanut butter 

is always a no go for 

me, so I didn’t even try it. 

A nice surprise was carrot 

cake. I had no idea what to 

expect, but it was one of 

the better ones. 

Caramel coconut was 

unanimously the least 

favorite among myself 

and the teens participating 

in the event. While 

every other flavor received 

at least one 10/10 vote, 

caramel coconut received 

none. It was one bite and 

throw it out bad. 

Mint cream was one of 

the favorites among the 

needed. We are confident 

that we can continue to 

provide safe, effective, and 

an unrivaled healthcare experience, 

even in the face 

of an infectious diseases 

outbreak. 

Our respective Infection 

Prevention and Emergency 

Preparedness teams have 

been working tirelessly 

over the last weeks to prepare 

and refine dedicated 

COVID-19 response plans. 

Much is still unknown 

about COVID-19, but a 

clearer picture is emerging, 

teens. That one is easy to 

be good. I just think of the 

Girl Scout Thin Mints or 

the mint chocolate chip ice 

cream. But the way I see 

it with the unique flavors 

is that they are not ones 

you stock up your pantry 

with. It’s a “hey, why not” 

purchase at the grocery 

store. Though I still don’t 

see myself doing that. 

The library is hoping to 

have similar events in the 

future, which may include 

chocolate and ice cream 

taste tests, combining the 

teen and adult programs. 

I might have to check out 

those events, as well. 

and hospitals like Silver 

Cross and Amita Health 

Saint Joseph are refining 

our responses regularly 

based on new information 

as it becomes available. As 

always, community health 

remains our top priority. 

Sincerely, 

• Christopher Udovich, 

M.D, Chief Medical Officer, 

Silver Cross Hospital 

• Gary Lipinski, M.D. 

Chief Medical Officer, 

Amita Health Saint Joseph 

Medical Center 

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In 

Lo vingMemory 

William E. “Bill” Toomey Sr. 

Age 76, a resident of New Lenox, formerly 

of Chicago, passed away on Friday, January 

24, 2020. Devoted husband of Josephine 

(Maier); loving father of the late William E. 

“ Billy” Toomey Jr., Christine (Christopher) 

Sanchez, and Janet Toomey; cherished Opa of Samantha and Alec 

Sanchez; and Grandpa to Robin Toomey, Billy Toomey, and Jenny 

Toomey; also survived by his beloved dog Murphy, siblings, nieces 

and nephews, and numerous friends. He was preceded in death 

by his parents William E. and Dolores (Carlin) Toomey. Bill was a 

United States Army Veteran and retired from the CTA after 27 years 

of dedicated employment. He was an avid wrestling fan and past 

Boy Scout leader Troop #3418. The family will receive friends at 

Kurtz Memorial Chapel, 102 E. Francis Rd., New Lenox, IL 60451 

on Wednesday, January 29, 2020 from 9:00 AM until time of Funeral 

Service at 12:00 Noon. Interment with full 

military honors at Abraham Lincoln National 

Cemetery, Elwood, IL. 

In 

Lo vingMemory 

Christine Ann Sanchez 

(Toomey) 

Age 47, a resident of New Lenox, passed 

away unexpectedly on Tuesday, February 11, 

2020. Beloved wife of 21 years and high school 

sweethearts since the age of 16 to Christopher Sanchez; devoted mother 

of Samantha and Alec Sanchez; beloved daughter of Josephine and the 

late William “Bill” E. Toomey Sr. (Maier); also survived by her beloved 

animals Odie, Rosie, Ruby, Murph, and Niran. She was preceded in death 

by her brother William E. “ Billy” Toomey Jr. Christine was a graduate of 

Maria high school and received her Bachelor of Science Degree from UIC. 

She was a Paraprofessional for School District 159 and loved cooking and 

decorating. Christine was kind and generous person, who would welcome 

you into her home with open arms. She was a devoted wife, mother, and 

daughter who will always be remembered and never forgotten. The family 

will receive friends at Kurtz Memorial Chapel, 102 E. Francis Rd., New 

Lenox, IL 60451 on Tuesday, February 18, 2020 from 3:00 PM until time of 

Funeral Service at 7:00 PM. Interment private. 

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FAITH BRIEFS 

Revolution Church (24520 South U.S. 

Highway 52, Manhattan) 

Worship Service 

10 a.m. Sundays. 

United Methoidst Church of New Lenox 

(339 W. Haven Ave., New Lenox) 

Living Well Through Lent 

Small Group Study 

7 p.m. Sunday evenings 

beginning March 1. Practice 

courage with all your 

heart, soul, strength and 

mind. Lent is a time for 

self-reflection, a time to 

dwell on who we are as 

people of God. Through 

times of ambiguity, we 

rely on God. Our Sunday 

night group will meet 

to discuss what we have 

been reading and deepen 

our understanding together. 

All are welcome to 

join. Pick up your devotional 

book in the church 

narthex and RSVP to Pastor 

Matthew if you would 

like to join our small 

group. For more information, 

call (815) 485-8271. 

Special Easter Music 

Services 

9 and 10:45 a.m. services, 

Sunday, April 12. 

John Rutter’s “Gloria.” 

Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus. 

Special instrumental 

ensemble with a chamber 

orchestra. 

Introduction to United 

Methodism 

2-4 p.m. March 22, 

March 29, April 5, in the 

chapel at UMCNL. Learn 

what it means to be a United 

Methodist by attending 

the three classes. Open to 

all and to those who wish 

to become members on 

Sunday, April 12. Come 

join us! Contact Pastor 

Wesley at 815-485-8271 

or wesley@umcnl.com. 

One Performance- 

“Give My Regards to 

Broadway” 

7 p.m. Saturday, April 

25. Presented by the 

Chancel Choir, Celebration 

Bell Choir, and an 

Instrumental Combo. Absolutely 

FREE! Fun for 

the whole family. Special 

guests appearance. 

St. Jude Catholic Church (241 W. Second 

Ave., New Lenox) 

Knights of Columbus 

Lenten Fish Fry 

5-8 p.m. Fridays. 

Please join us for delicious 

shrimp and cod fish 

dinners for $11, grilled 

cheese for $4, or cheese 

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Reigniting Catholicism 

7 p.m. Monday, March. 

16, “Why We Need the 

Church” presented by Fr. 

Burke at St. Jude Church 

Stations of the Cross 

9:30-10 a.m. or 7-7:45 

p.m. Fridays during Lent. 

Welcome Weekends 

Men’s weekend is 

March 21-22, and women’s 

weekend is March 

28-29. Visit Stjudes.org/ 

register-here for more information. 

Be inspired to 

start living with a deeper 

sense of purpose and gain 

understanding that there 

truly is more to life. 

Daddy Daughter Dance 

Saturday, April 25. For 

more information, visit 

stjudes.org/register-here. 

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. 

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. 

For more information, call 

(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. For more information, 

call 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) 

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LW’s Symphony Orchestra goes on theatrical journey 

2 

Laurie Fanelli 

Freelance Reporter 

“The Music of the Night” 

sounded delightful on the 

afternoon of March 1, as 

the Lincoln-Way Symphony 

Orchestra — featuring 

Lincoln-Way Central and 

Lincoln-Way West High 

School musicians — performed 

a comprehensive 

season concert at the Stark 

Center for the Performing 

Arts at Lincoln-Way Central. 

Beginning with the overture 

to “Die leichte Kavallerie,” 

an operetta by Franz 

von Suppé, and ending with 

highlights from Andrew 

Lloyd-Webber’s “Phantom 

of the Opera,” the program 

featured a theatrical theme 

during a musical journey 

that spanned the globe. 

Stacy Williams-Jackson 

— director of Orchestras 

for LW Central and LW 

West, and music department 

chair at LW Central 

— explained that the concert 

was bittersweet as it 

marked the end of the Symphony 

Orchestra’s 2019- 

2020 season. Backstage 

prior to the performance, 

she expressed gratitude for 

the commitment of all the 

talented musicians. 

“There is absolutely 

nothing holding them to 

come to rehearsals on 

Monday,” she said. “It’s 

completely volunteer, 

and I have these students 

show up every Monday 

for 90 minutes, September 

through today wanting to 

play classical music and 

wanting to play together. 

We’ve had so much fun. 

We’ve played some really 

great music and they keep 

developing as musicians. 

I’m so proud of them.” 

During Maurice Ravel’s 

“Boléro,” everyone in attendance 

was struck by the 

dedication of percussionist 

Tanner Day. The piece was 

written when the composer 

first showed signs of aphasia 

and dementia, and Williams-Jackson 

explained 

that the piece’s repetitive 

snare motives explore 

Ravel’s “first steps into this 

murky world of his brain.” 

“It’s a snare drum 

player’s worst nightmare 

to have to play ‘Boléro.’ 

We’re shortening it to 

about an eight minute-long 

song,” Williams-Jackson 

said noting that the original 

composition is 15 minutes 

long. “The snare drum 

player plays the exact same 

thing for the entire song. 

It’s just a slow burn until 

the end, but it’s all about 

that snare motive that never, 

ever, ever, ever ends. 

Every time I’ve seen it 

performed, the snare drum 

gets a standing ovation because 

it’s a grinder to do the 

same thing without messing 

up, without losing it for 

minutes and minutes and 

minutes. It’s a really cool 

piece. It’s very trance-like.” 

Another one of the program’s 

highlights came in 

the form of Isaac Albéniz’s 

“Tango in D” featuring guitarist 

Nate Jackson, the guitar 

instructor at LW Central 

and West, as well as Williams-Jackson’s 

husband. 

“What’s really special is 

that there are three students 

in the Symphony who are 

also in the guitar studio 

program, so they’re seeing 

their teacher, Mr. Jackson, 

perform,” Williams-Jackson 

said. “It’s nice that we 

have that moment where 

they can all be on stage 

together during something 

kind of unique. I really like 

that. It’s a very sweet short 

piece and it kind of makes 

you think of summer and 

The Lincoln-Way Symphony Orchestra performs “Die leichte Kavallerie,” an operetta by Franz von Suppé during 

the 2019-2020 Season Concert. Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media 

slow dancing.” 

For senior LW West 

violinist Emma Bruno the 

“Phantom of the Opera” finale 

was her favorite piece 

of the season. 

“I think ‘Phantom of the 

Opera’ was the first Broadway 

show I saw in third 

grade, so it’s definitely 

been part of my life for a 

very long time,” Bruno said 

with a laugh. “I actually see 

it every year, so to be in it, 

playing it, is even better.” 

This year’s Lincoln- 

Way Symphony Orchestra 

season concert was extra 

special, as it not only celebrated 

the 2019-2020 

program, but it also marks 

the final performance for 

the seniors, many of whom 

were among the group’s 

founding members four 

years ago. 

Senior LW West violinist 

Zoë Linko said she hopes 

that the next generation 

will continue the group’s 

commitment to sharing 

their talent with the community. 

“I think the Symphony 

Orchestra is so great because 

we never get the opportunity 

to play with the 

band usually, so to have the 

different instruments gives 

it a different sound and 

makes it feel more whole,” 

Linko said. “Also, to play 

with some of the younger 

kids, I think it’s nice to pass 

on what we know to them 

so when they’re in our position 

they will do an even 

better job.” 

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Library celebrating National 

Poetry Month with a contest 


The New Lenox Public 

Library is looking for poets 

of all skill levels between 

grades 7-12 to kick 

off a monthlong poetry 

celebration. 

The library is holding its 

second annual poetry contest 

beginning March 15 

and concluding April 15, 

when the poems will be 

judged by university English 

professors as well as 

high school English teachers. 

As the teen coordinator, 

Melissa Leggero is 

always trying to find ways 

to “bring the library to the 

students.” 

“Last year was a good 

turnout,” she said. “We 

wanted to get into the high 

schools and get into the 

middle schools, and we 

did a good job of that. I 

would love to have even 

more this year. It’s in its 

second year, so I think it 

will catch on.” 

The poems will be 

judged on vocabulary and 

structure, idea and theme, 

and tone and mood. One 

submission is allowed per 

person. Two winners for 

grades 7-9 and 10-12 will 

be chosen. Winners will 

receive a gift card likely to 

Amazon, Starbucks or the 

movie theater. 

Following the conclusion 

of the contest, the 

library will put together a 

book of all the entries and 

will remain on display for 

people to read. 

“I think my favorite part 

is interacting with more 

kids and sharing what 

the library has to offer,” 

Leggero said. “They’re 

not reading the program 

guides, or on Facebook. 

We market to the adults. 

This helps us get to know 

what they like and helps 

determine programs.” 


visit newlenoxlibrary.org/ 

teens/poetrycontest. 

Jeanie Marie Balke 

Jeanie Marie Balke, age 63 passed away peacefully at her home in New 

Lenox, IL on February 8, 2020. She was born November 20, 1956 in Chicago, 

IL. Jeanie is missed by many from a life lived with gentle kindness, selfless 

elegance, unwavering grace and unparalleled strength. Her fortitude and 

resilience were beyond exceptional through a battle with cancer throughout 

the past four years and at the center of this incomprehensible determination 

are her granddaughters. To use Jeanie’s words, “they are the spirit of my life.” 

While her example of living may be unattainable for most, she leaves behind 

the most positive of legacies to strive toward for all who had the sincere honor 

and privilege of living this life with her. 

Jeanie is survived by her husband of 43 years, Bob Balke; son, Bobby Balke 

and wife, Courtney; granddaughters, Meadow and Harmony Balke; 

parents Robert and Diane Heilbronner; sisters Julie Harenberg 

and husband, Dan and family; Laurie Meier and family; 

and brother in-law Bruce Johnson and family. She will be 

missed by her many relatives, nieces, nephews and friends. 

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faith 

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10 a.m. Sundays. For 

more information, call 

(815) 462-0202. 

The Hub (1303 S. Schoolhouse Road, 

New Lenox) 

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) 

Bible Study 

9:30 a.m. Sundays. 

Grace Episcopal Church (209 N. Pine St., 

New Lenox) 

Sunday Services 

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. 


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. 


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 

Peace Lutheran Church (1900 E. Lincoln 

Highway, New Lenox) 

Church Services 

5 p.m. Saturdays; 8:30 

a.m. and 11 a.m. Sundays. 

Prayer Group 

11:45 a.m. Wednesdays. 

Denise Jones hosts 

a monthly gathering for 

prayer. The prayers include 

our church, our 

young people, those on 

the prayer list from the 

bulletin, and any other 

concerns or celebrations. 

The group will meet on 

the third Wednesday of 

each month at 11:45 a.m. 

Please call (815) 838- 

0388 or the church office 

(815) 485-5327 if you will 

be attending. 

Bible Study 

10 a.m. Every Wednesday. 


call (815) 485-5327. 

The Journey Church (14414 W. Ford 

Drive, New Lenox) 


10 a.m. Sundays. 

Reverberate Youth Group 

1-3 p.m. Every first 

Sunday of the month. 

The group meets to discuss 

a message geared 

toward junior and senior 

high school students. 


email youth@our 

journey.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 

Every 

Dee Philiph 

New Lenox resident 

Every morsel of food that 

we eat, 

Affects us from our head 

to our feet. 

Every drop of liquid that 

we drink, 

Every thought that we 

think, 

Every word that we tweet 

and say, 

Every action that we 

display, 

Has an effect on us each 

& every day. 

If we could do all of these 

with gratitude & love, 

We would be blessed by 

the great spirit above. 

We take so much for 

granted & forget who we 

really are, 

Because we are really a 

bright light that shines like 

a star. 

For our spiritual parents, 

who reside up above, 

Also make up our beings, 

Which comes from eternal 

love. 

So, if we can remember 

this every moment of 

every day, 

The lives that we live will 

be easier in every way. 

So my wish for you each 

and every day, 

Is to be your true self and 

not to dismay. 

For God our Father & 

Mother that shines from 

above, 

Only know that we are 

like them encompassed in 

love. 

Amen 

P.S. Breathe your breath 

of life with gratitude & 

love every day. 

Doing this, you won’t go 

astray. 

To submit a poem to poetry 

corner, email Editor Sean 

Hastings, sean@newlenox 

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Across 

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informally 

5. Baby blotter 

8. The new ketchup 

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___ Jerry 

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Little Joe’s Restaurant 

(1300 N. Cedar Road, 

New Lenox; (815) 463- 

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■5-8 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: 

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truck from 5:30 to 

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music. 

HOMER GLEN 

Front Row 

(14903 S. Bell Road, 

Homer Glen; (708) 645- 

7000) 

■7 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

Trivia 

FRANKFORT 

Pete Mitchell’s Bar & 

Grill 

(21000 Frankfort 

Square Road, Frankfort; 

(815) 464-8100) 

■6-8 ■ p.m. Wednesdays: 

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The Alley Grill and Tap 

House 

(18700 S. Old La- 

Grange Road, Mokena; 

(708) 478-3610) 

■9 ■ p.m. Tuesdays: 

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Fox’s Restaurant and Pub 

(11247 W. 187th St., 

Mokena; (708) 478- 

8888) 

■6 ■ p.m. Thursdays, Fridays 

and Saturdays: 

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Quick Bites 

A veritable pot-luck of the Irish on tap for the southwest suburbs 

Bill Jones, Managing Editor 

If we’re being honest — 

and we always are — St. 

Patrick’s Day celebrations 

might be less about the 

food and more about the 

beverages. 

But while singing along 

with the bagpipes, staring 

into the abyss of an empty 

green beer glass and trying 

to find a bathroom might 

be part and parcel for the 

holiday around the southwest 

suburbs, we would 

be remiss if we didn’t encourage 

you to enjoy being 

Irish for a day responsibly. 

And that starts with getting 

a good meal. 

Thankfully, special 

menu offerings for the 

Paddy’s celebration are as 

plentiful around these parts 

as festive atmospheres. 

Here are just a few of our 

favorites. 

Shamrock shindig 

Tom Kelly’s Chophouse and 

Pub, 495 Degroate Road in 

New Lenox 

Kelly Trumpey, coowner 

of Tom Kelly’s, 

has called March “their 

month,” and rightfully so. 

For the 13th year in a 

row, the pub is putting on 

its much anticipated St. 

Patrick’s Day Tent Party, 

which is to include live 

music on March 13 and 14. 

“It’s a lot of fun, because 

you see a lot of people that 

you may not see all year 

’round and get to reconnect 

with customers,” Trumpey 

said. “Everyone’s in such 

a great mood and having 

fun.” 

Epic, a 1980s cover band, 

is to kick off the weekend 

with a performance at 8:30 

p.m. Friday. Saturday’s 

lineup includes two bands: 

Honeydew Squeeze at 4:30 

p.m. and Hillbilly Rockstarz 

at 8:30 p.m. 

The weekend-long event 

will debut a family day on 

Sunday for children and 

their families. 

“Parents should be able 

to go out and celebrate, 

so we try to create a day 

where they can come back 

and do it as a family,” 

Trumpey said. 

That event will include 

face painting, scavenger 

hunts, games, crafts and 

more. 

Tom Kelly’s also has 

a special Guinness and 

corned beef meal available 

on March 17. 

Reporting by Sean Hastings, 

Editor 

Corned beef and beverages 

Pelican Harry’s Sports Grill, 

14807 S. Founders Crossing 

in Homer Glen 

While Pelican Harry’s 

is to have its annual St. 

Patrick’s Day Bash a little 

early on Friday, March 13, 

including Irish dancers 

performing at 9 p.m. that 

evening, there will still be 

a mixture of festive menu 

options to be had on St. 

Patrick’s Day on Tuesday, 

March 17. 

To eat, patrons will have 

their choice of a corned 

beef sandwich ($6.95) 

— a homemade specialty, 

served on toasted rye 

and with a side — or the 

corned beef plate ($9.95), 

which comes with red potatoes 

and carrots. 

Those looking to celebrate 

St. Patrick’s Day 

with a drink or two will 

find specials on many Irish 

favorites. 

For more information on 

the St. Patrick’s Day offerings, 

call (708) 301-5555. 

Reporting by Thomas Czaja, 

Senior Editor 

Reubens aren’t strictly Irish. Pizza isn’t Irish at all. But that has not stopped the 

melting pot that is Aurelio’s Reuben pizza from becoming a decade-plus hit for St. 

Patrick’s Day in Mokena. T.J. Kremer III/22nd Century Media 

Pizza for St. Patrick’s 

Day? 

Aurelio’s Pizza, 19836 Wolf 

Road, Suite 1, in Mokena 

While many area residents 

will be feasting on 

corned beef and cabbage, 

Aurelio’s in Mokena has 

something special on its 

menu for St. Patrick’s 

Day: the Reuben pizza. 

With a Thousand Island 

dressing base, topped with 

corned beef, sauerkraut, 

swiss cheese and no-burn 

mozzarella cheese, the 

Reuben pizza has been a 

popular menu item for the 

past 11 years. It is offered 

only two times during the 

year: around St. Patrick’s 

Day and in September for 

Halfway to St. Patrick’s 

Day. 

The Reuben pizza goes 

on the menu starting Monday, 

March 16, and will 

remain only while supplies 

last. The pizza will also be 

offered at Aurelio’s Frankfort 

location, 9901 W. Lincoln 

Highway. 

To wash it down, try the 

Aurelio’s Batch 59 amber 

ale, made by Two Brothers 

Brewery. Slainte! 

Reporting by T.J. Kremer III, 


A plate for traditional 

tastes 

Jameson’s Pub, 9545 W. 

Saint Francis Road in 

Frankfort 

Diners seeking a classic 

meal to celebrate St. 

Patrick’s Day need look 

no further than Jameson’s 

Pub, which plans to kick 

off the holiday with a 

corned beef and cabbage 

special ($14.95). 

The meal includes a 

house-braised brisket 

served with buttered cabbage, 

boiled red potatoes, 

sweet baby carrots and a 

side of horseradish. It will 

be served all day March 

14, 15 and 17, Jameson’s 

General Manager George 

Gelis said. 

To create a party-friendly 

atmosphere, the restaurant 

plans to break out the 

bean bag boards and set up 

a tent on the patio, in addition 

to hiring a DJ for 

the evening of March 14, 

Gelis said. Restaurant staff 

members will be dressed 

for the occasion, as well. 

“I like the big crowds, 

and everybody enjoying 

a big meal and a pint of 

Guinness to go with it,” he 

said. 

Reporting by Nuria Mathog, 


A free joy ride of a party 

Chi-Town Harley Davidson, 

17801 S. LaGrange Road in 

Tinley Park 

There is no need to 

spend any green this weekend 

at Chi-Town Harley 

Davidson’s St. Patrick’s 

Day celebration. 

The event is to be held 

from noon-3 p.m. Saturday, 

March 14, and all are 

welcome to enjoy green 

beer and corned beef sliders, 

free of charge. 

According to Marketing 

Director Diane Tragos, 

in addition to celebrating 

St. Patrick’s Day, this is 

an opportunity for newcomers 

to see what Chi- 

Town Harley Davidson is 

all about and browse the 

showroom. Riders also 

can shop for apparel, parts 

and accessories during the 

event. 

Guests can choose from 

a green Miller Lite, Coors 

Light, water or soda. 

Along with one beverage, 

two free sliders are 

offered to each attendee. 

Reporting by Jacquelyn 

Schlabach, Contributing 

Editor 

The celebration does not 

stop 

The Irish Patriot, 9875 W. 

143rd St. in Orland Park 

By this point, you have 

regrettably missed the 

Irish Music Trolley that 

stopped here and six other 

Irish (and Irish-ish) spots 

in Orland Park on Saturday, 

March 7. Thankfully, 

The Irish Patriot keeps the 

party going. 

From 4-11 p.m. Saturday, 

March 14, that means 

live music by RUA at the 

pub. On Sunday, March 

15, there will be a St. Patrick’s 

Day Pre-Party, featuring 

a DJ from noon-4 

p.m. And on the big day 

itself — Tuesday, March 

17 — RUA is to perform 

again live from 4-11 p.m., 

with bagpipers also making 

an appearance at some 

point during the festivities. 

So, what to eat? Irish 

Patriot’s menu will be limited, 

but guests can expect 

the staples. That means 

corned beef and cabbage, 

fish and chips, and shepherd’s 

pie. 

What about drink specials 

all weekend? Of 

course! What kind of pub 

do you take this for? 

Reporting by Bill Jones, 

Managing Editor

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Distinctive Home Builders Debuts Luxury Furnished Model 

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

Distinctive Home Builders 

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 

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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 

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customer’s tastes, which 

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Numerous home styles 

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Hanover Estates 

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All of the Legacy 

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Homes include custom 

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an exciting one for 

Distinctive buyers at Hanover 

Estates. 

“We are on the leading 

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home buying customer 

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Nooner. “Our sales professionals 

are among the 

best. We provide them 

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homeowners throughout 

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Building a new home is 

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We want our buyers 

to be informed and empowered 

every step of the 

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Daily pictures of customer 

homes in progress 

are taken and uploaded 

for easy access from 

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Homeowners can view 

their selections from their 

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components used in their 

new home, and easily access 

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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 

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School District. 

Besides Hanover Estates, 


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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 

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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 

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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 

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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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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 


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. 


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, 




to change without notice. 

Please contact a Distinctive 

representative for current 

pricing and complete 

details.

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• 2064 Traemore Lane, 

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9778 - Nvr Inc to Joseph 

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• 21900 Gougar Road, 

New Lenox, 60451 - 

Marquette Bank Trustee 

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• 733 Teal Drive, New 

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New Lenox 

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Under $100 

COMMON AD - REAL ESTATE 

SECTION 

SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE 

of 1223 Town Crest Drive, New Lenox, 

IL 60451 (Single Family ). On the 

2nd day of April, 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: Home Point Financial Corporation 

Plaintiff V. Steven W. Davis aka 

Steven Davis; Foundation Finance 

Company LLC, Unknown Owners 

and Non-Record Claimants Defendant. 

Case No. 18 CH 0906 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 by subdivisions 

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

required by subsection (g-1) 

of Section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium 

Property Act. 

Pursuant to Local Court Rule 11.03 (J) 

if there is asurplus following application 

ofthe proceeds of sale, then the 

plaintiff shall send written notice pursuant 

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

to the proceeding advising them of 

the amount ofthe surplus and that the 

surplus will beheld until aparty obtains 

acourt order for its distribution or, in 

the absence of an order, until the surplus 

is forfeited to the State. 

For Information Please Contact: 

ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER 

LLC. 

1771 W. Diehl Rd. Suite 120 

NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS 60563 

P: 630-453-6960 

F: 630-428-4620 

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT 

COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT 

YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS 

LAW FIRM ISDEEMED TO BE A 

DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING 

TO COLLECT ADEBT AND ANY 

INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL 

BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 

COMMON AD - REAL ESTATE 

SECTION 

SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE 

of 2665 Kingsway Avenue, New Lenox, 

IL 60451 (Single Family Residence). 

Onthe 26th day of March, 

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: Midfirst Bank 

Plaintiff V. Michael Dolan Defendant. 

Case No. 19 CH 1214 in the Circuit 

Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, 

Will County, Illinois. 













County. 



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

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For Information Please Contact: 

Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 

One East Wacker Suite 1250 

Chicago, IL 60601 

P: 1-614-220-5611 

F: 









2702 Public 

Notices 

Certificate No. 33270 was filed in 

the office of the County Clerk of 

Will County on February 25, 2020 

whererin the business firm of 

Parker Home Inspections located at 

1406 Fernwood Terrace, New Lenox, 

IL 60451 is registered and a 

certificate notice setting forth the 

following: 

Kevin Uthe 

1406 Fernwood Terrace, New Lenox, 

IL 60451 

708-516-4281 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have 

hereunto set my hand and Official 

Seal at my office in Joliet; Illinois, 

this 25th day of February, 2020 

Lauren Staley Ferry, 

Will County Clerk 

2703 Legal 

Notices 









STATE OF ILLINOIS 

) 

) SS. 

COUNTY OF WILL 

) 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE 

TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS 

Home Point Financial Corporation 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

Steven W. Davis aka Steven Davis; 

Foundation Finance Company LLC, 

Unknown Owners and Non-Record 

Claimants 

Defendant. 

No. 18 CH 0906 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that pursuant 

toajudgment entered in the above 

cause on the 16th day of August, 2019, 

MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will 

County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the 

2nd day of April, 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 6 IN FIRST ADDITION TO 

W.N. BOLKER'S SUBDIVISION, A 

RESUBDIVISION OF PART OF 

LOTS 15 AND 16, IN ARTHUR T. 

MCINTOSH AND COMPANY'S 

NEW LENOX ACRES IN THE 

SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 10, 

TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 11, 

EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL 

MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE 

PLAT THEREOF RECORDED 

JULY 7, 1972, AS DOCUMENT 

NUMBER R72-18915, IN WILL 

COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 

Commonly known as: 

1223 Town Crest Drive, New Lenox, 

IL 60451 

Description of Improvements: 

Single Family 

P.I.N.: 

15-08-10-301-061-0000 













County. 



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FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CON- 

TACT: 

ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER 

LLC. 

1771 W. Diehl Rd. Suite 120 

NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS 60563 

P: 630-453-6960 

F: 630-428-4620 

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 

Midfirst Bank 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

Michael Dolan 

Defendant. 

No. 19 CH 1214 

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 

Public notice ishereby given that pursuant 

toajudgment entered in the above 

cause on the 21st day of October, 2019, 

MIKE KELLEY, Sheriff of Will 

County, Illinois, will on Thursday, the 

26th day of March, 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 44 in Royal Meadows Unit One, a 

subdivision in the Southwest 1/4 of 

Section 32, Township 35 North, 

Range 11 East ofthe Third Principal 

Meridian, according to the Plat 

thereof recorded July 8, 1994, as 

Document No. R94-67704, all inNew 

Lenox Township, Will County, Illinois. 

Commonly known as: 

2665 Kingsway Avenue, New Lenox, 

IL 60451 

Description of Improvements: 

Single Family Residence 

P.I.N.: 

15-08-32-302-011-0000 













County. 



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FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CON- 

TACT: 

Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 

One East Wacker Suite 1250 

Chicago, IL 60601 

P: 1-614-220-5611 

F: 

Plaintiff's Attorney 

MIKE KELLEY 

Sheriff of Will County 

Legal Notice to Bidders 

The New Lenox Township Highway 

Department will accept bids 

for the following: 

Project Title: 2020 New Lenox 

Township Drainage Improvements 

– From Terry Ellen Lane toMichael 

Lane, New Lenox Township, 

Illinois 

Project Description: Construction 

consists of storm sewer removal, 

new storm sewer main of various 

diameters, grading and shaping of 

ditches, landscape restoration, articulated 

mat, HMA patching associated 

with storm sewer mains and 

any incidental and collateral work 

necessary to complete work. 

- Plans and proposal forms will be 

available upon presentation of 

IDOT prequalification for storm 

sewer construction and non-refundable 

fee of $25.00 in the office of 

HR Green, Inc., 323 Alana Drive, 

New Lenox, IL 60451. Contact 

Logan Gilbertsen, 815-759-8370, 

lgilbertsen@hrgreen.com. 

- Sealed proposals for the improvement 

described below will be 

received at the office of 

New Lenox Township Road District, 

12551 Harvey Drive, New 

Lenox, Illinois 60451 until 9:00 

AM on Friday, March 27, 2020 

- Sealed proposals will be opened 

and read publicly at the office of 

New Lenox Township Road District, 

12551 Harvey Drive, New 

Lenox, Illinois 60451 until 9:00 

AM on Friday, March 27, 2020 

Prevailing wage act in affect. The 

Highway Commissioner reserves 

the right to reject any and all bids. 

Ron Sly 

Highway Commissioner 


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Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

with Ava Gugliuzza 

Ava Gugliuzza is a freshman 

guard on the Lincoln- 

Way West girls basketball 

team. 

How long have you 

played basketball and 

how did you first get 

started? 

I’ve been playing since 

I was 4 years old in park 

district ball. I started with 

travel ball when I was in 

second grade and I was 

playing on a fourth-grade 

team. 

You are now 

teammates with your 

older sisters, Taylor 

and Tara. How big 

of an impact has 

basketball had on your 

family? 

It’s brought us together 

so much. I don’t know 

what we would do without 

it. We’re in the gym almost 

every single day. We’ve 

bonded through basketball. 

It’s helped make us 

really close as sisters and 

as a family. 

How have you been 

able to come in as a 

freshman, play in so 

many big games, and 

seemingly never be 

intimidated? 

If you’re nervous, it’s 

just going to psych you out 

before the game. You just 

have to act like you’re not 

nervous until you’re there 

and then you just push 

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photo 

through. 

Your team has made 

so much history this 

year, making it to 

state for the first 

time. What has it been 

like to be a part of it? 

It’s unbelievable. For 

me to come in as a freshman 

and go to state, it’s 

amazing. It’s been such a 

fun year and I’m just excited 

I got to be a part of 

this team. 

Did you feel like you 

could come in as a 

freshman and help 

West get this far? 

Yeah, we’ve been excited 

for this year for a long 

time. We knew it would be 

our best chance to have a 

great season, and we’ve 

done it. 

What makes this team 

3 

so special? 

How well we work together. 

Even if one of us 

is not having a good game, 

someone else steps up no 

matter what. In the big 

games, we all pull through 

and help each other. 

What makes you a 

special player? 

I feel like my shot does. 

I have been practicing 

shooting most of my life, 

and I feel like the hard 

work has paid off. 

If you could be 

anybody else for a 

day, who would you 

want to be? 

Probably Steph Curry. 

He’s one of the best basketball 

players in the 

world and it would be fun 

to be him. 

If you could travel 

anywhere in the 

world, where would 

you want to go? 

Probably Iceland. It 

looks really pretty, and I 

really want to go to there 

one day. 

If you could be any 

superhero, which 

would you want to 

be? 

I don’t even know. I 

think Spider-man. He 

climbs walls and that 

seems really cool. 

Interview conducted by 

Sports Editor Steve Millar. 

Roundup 

Providence’s Spencer has historic pole vault 

STEVE MILLAR, Sports Editor 

Sam Spencer is the defending 

state champion 

in the pole vault, and the 

Providence senior continues 

to push herself higher 

and higher in the event. 

At the Joliet Central 

Steelmen Shuffle on 

Thursday, March 5, she 

went higher than any high 

school girl ever has in Illinois. 

Spencer’s vault of 4.1 

meters, or 13.55 feet, 

topped the previous state 

record of 13.5. It’s the 

fourth-highest vault in the 

country this year. 

“She said she was warming 

up pretty good and she 

felt good,” Providence 

coach Tom Lenahan said. 

“The event went really 

long, though. We had the 

most pole vaulters we’ve 

ever had at this event and 

it went about three hours. 

“Sometimes, the girls 

lose focus when it goes 

that long and they have to 

wait for a long time. She 

obviously had her focus, 

though.” 

Spencer’s ability to record 

such an impressive 

vault early in the indoor 

season gives the Celtics 

reason to be very excited 

about what she can do going 

forward. 

“This was in spikes on 

an indoor track, where it’s 

hot and stuffy,” Lenahan 

said. “For her to start off 

this strong in those conditions, 

it’s scary to think 

about what she could do in 

the outdoor season.” 

Area boys basketball 

teams drop playoff 

openers 

Lincoln-Way Central’s 

boys basketball team won 

its first SouthWest Suburban 

Red title and won 

the most games of any 

Knights team since there 

was only one Lincoln-Way 

High School. 

Still, that success does 

not feel nearly as good 

without a postseason run at 

the end of it, and no one in 

a Central jersey was prepared 

for the season to end 

as abruptly as it did. 

Plainfield Central, seeded 

11th in the Class 4A 

Lockport Sectional, upset 

the sixth-seeded Knights 

58-44 in a West Aurora 

Regional semifinal March 

3. 

The Knights (23-9) saw 

potential for a big run, especially 

after third-seeded 

Waubonsie Valley was upset 

by 14th-seeded West 

Aurora in the first semifinal. 

Instead, it was one and 

done. 

“We just seemed rusty,” 

Central coach Bob Curran 

said. “Our last three 

games, we didn’t play 

great. I thought that was 

more mental, though. I 

think we were a little tired 

then. 

“But I really felt like 

we had a great week of 

practice coming into this. 

I don’t know if the whole 

week off hurt us, but we 

were just missing free 

throws and layups.” 

Junior guard Sean Curran 

led the Knights with 20 

points, including 18 in the 

second half, and nine rebounds. 

Junior guard Nick 

Tingley added 15 points, 

14 in the first half. 

Lincoln-Way West’s 

season ended with a 52- 

32 loss to Joliet Central in 

a Class 4A Lincoln-Way 

West Regional quarterfinal 

March 2. 

West ends the season 

with a 3-26 record and 1-7 

in conference play. 

The Warriors went into 

halftime with a one-point 

lead, 18-17, but couldn’t 

close it out as the game 

started to get away from 

them in the second half. 

Junior guard Jacob Vassalla 

led the way for the 

Warriors with 11 points 

and three assists. Sophomore 

forward Quentin Villa 

added nine points, while 

senior forward Andrew 

Pyles had six points and 

five rebounds in his final 

game with West. 

“I have a feeling that 

with a couple of these guys, 

if they put in the time and 

work on their bodies and 

athleticism, they’ll be able 

to help next year,” West 

coach Brian Flaherty said. 

“And we’ll be a much-improved 

team.” 

Providence (12-19) fell 

47-40 to Rich East in a 

Class 3A Kankakee Regional 

semifinal. 

Providence hockey falls in 

quarterfinals 

Providence Catholic’s 

hockey season ended with 

a 2-1 loss to Barrington in 

an AHAI state quarterfinal 

March 4 at the Edge Ice 

Arena in Bensenville. 

Senior defenseman 

Tom Zschach scored for 

the Celtics (43-14-1), and 

sophomore goaltender 

Luke Brzezinski recorded 

37 saves. 

Freelance Reporter Joe 

Bielanski contributed to this 

story. For full stories on LW 

Central and LW West basketball, 

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LW West falls just short in state championship game 


5 

Taylor Gugliuzza wiped away 

the tears and thought back on all 

the history she and her Lincoln- 

Way West teammates had made 

this season. 

The program’s first sectional 

title, first trip to state and first 

state championship game. There 

was just one first missing, and it 

was the one the Warriors wanted 

most: the first state title. 

Fremd instead won its first 

state championship, holding 

West to a season-low in points 

and pulling off a 58-47 victory in 

the Class 4A state championship 

game Saturday, March 7, at Redbird 

Arena 

“I expected more from myself,” 

said Gugliuzza, a senior. 

“I feel like I could have played 

so much better and I let the team 

down with how I played. That’s 

definitely not how I normally 

play, and I’m pretty upset about 

it. 

“But just the fact that we were 

all able to experience this, [people] 

rarely get to do this. It’s a 

once in a lifetime opportunity, 

and I couldn’t be more proud of 

our entire effort and play.” 

Junior guard Tara Gugliuzza 

led the Warriors (32-4) with 16 

points and six rebounds. Taylor 

Gugliuzza added 15 points. 

Alabama-Birmingham recruit 

Emily Klaczek paced Fremd 

(30-7) with 20 points and nine 

rebounds. 

The Vikings used their size 

and length to slow down the 

high-flying Warriors offense, 

while West also had plenty of 

missed layups and open 3-pointers 

to look back on and wonder 

what if. 

The Warriors shot just 30 percent 

from the field (13-of-43). 

“I don’t know if nerves got to 

us or what was going on,” Tara 

Gugliuzza said. “We usually 

make our layups.” 

Fremd and West came into 

the championship game with 

Lincoln-Way West’s Taylor Gugliuzza waves to the fans after 

receiving her second-place medal after the Warriors’ loss to Fremd 

in the Class 4A state championship game. 

differing styles. While the Warriors 

topped the 70-point mark 

15 times, the Vikings did so just 

four times and typically won 

grind-it-out, defensive games. 

The final certainly played 

more to Fremd’s style. 

“Long, athletic kids coming at 

you as you’re going to the basket 

can cause some problems, 

and they have that,” West coach 

Ryan White said. “Those are the 

types of kids who have given us 

some problems in the past. 

“Forty-seven points for us is 

pretty low, so they did a good job 

on that end of the floor. We tried 

to make it more of a scramble 

game at times, but they’re hard to 

turn over. Their guards are good. 

They have big kids to throw it 

up when they’re in trouble. They 

did a good job controlling it.” 

West led 13-8 after one quarter 

and 21-15 with just over a 

minute left in the first half, but 

Fremd hit three 3-pointers over 

the final 70 seconds of the half, 

two by 3-point contest state 

champion Ella Burns, and pulled 

level at 24-24 at halftime. 

“That stretch at the end of the 

first half was a killer,” White 

said. “That was a backbreaker, 

because we could have went 

in with the lead and felt pretty 

good, but instead we went in 

tied.” 

West led just once in the second 

half, when Taylor Gugliuzza’s 

free throw made it 35-34 

with 1:56 left in the third quarter. 

Taylor Gugliuzza’s first made 

3-pointer of the night gave her 

team one last bit of hope, pulling 

the Warriors within 44-41 with 

2:59 to go. 

Fremd, though, scored the next 

seven points to take command. 

Sophomore forward Bri 

Wooldridge, who played for 

Fremd last season before transferring, 

scored six points and 

five rebounds against her former 

team. 

Taylor Gugliuzza poured in 

26 points as the Warriors beat 

Bolingbrook 68-57 in a semifinal 

Friday, March 6. 

It was the second straight win 

Lincoln-Way West’s Sydney Swanberg lays in a shot against Fremd 

in the Class 4A state championship game Saturday, March 7, at 

Redbird Arena in Normal. 

Photos by Gary Middendorf/22nd Century Media 

over a SWSC foe after a 58-44 

victory over Homewood-Flossmoor 

in the Illinois Wesleyan 

Supersectional on March 2. 

“I’m going to remember the 

amazing season that we had,” 

Tara Gugliuzza said. “It was a 

great season. We got second, but 

that’s still amazing. Not many 

teams can say they got second in 

the state.” 

Taylor Gugliuzza is set to continue 

her career at Lewis, while 

Sydney Swanberg and Molly 

Ryan will also be big losses as 

multi-year varsity players, and 

Lindsey O’Donnell, Elizabeth 

Atsinger and Grace Hafner will 

depart as well. 

The rest of the team is expected 

to return, though, and the 

Warriors are optimistic they can 

make it back. 

“This is going to motivate us,” 

Wooldridge said. “I think this 

experience is going to push us to 

want even greater things to happen 

next year. It’s going to take 

us a while, because we’re young, 

but I think we can do it.”



Road 

warriors 

NEW LENOX 

Game 1 

Regional semifinal, Feb. 18 at Normal Community High School 

LW West 80 East Moline United 54 

Four Warriors hit double figures in scoring, led by Taylor Gugliuzza 

with 22 points, as West rolled in its playoff opener. 

Game 2 

Regional championship, Feb. 20 at Normal Community 

High School 

LW West 70 Normal West 56 

The Warriors fell behind by eight points in the second 

quarter, but fought back within one at halftime and took 

over in the second half to win the third regional title in 

program history. Tayor Gugliuzza scored 26 points, and 

Bri Wooldridge had 24 points and 15 rebounds. 

Game 3 

Sectional semifinal, Feb. 25 at Pekin High School 

LW West 77, Joliet West 40 

The Warriors were never challenged by the Tigers, advancing to a sectional 

final for the first time in program history. Taylor Gugliuzza scored 

22 points, and Ava Gugliuzza added 20. 

Game 4 

Sectional final, Feb. 27 at Pekin High School 

LW West 79, O’Fallon 67 

Taylor Gugliuzza took over, pouring in 33 points as the Warriors opened up a 42- 

28 halftime lead and cruised to their first sectional title. Bri Wooldridge added 

13 points, and Tara Gugliuzza scored 10. 

PEKIN 

NORMAL 

BLOOMINGTON 

1,342 Miles 

to History 

Warriors play seven 

postseason games 

in Central Illinois on 

their way to state 

runner-up finish 

Game 5 

Supersectional, March 2 at Shirk Center, Bloomington 

LW West 54, Homewood-Flossmoor 44 

SWSC rival H-F led 24-22 at halftime, but could not hold down West’s offense for four quarters. Bri Wooldridge 

led a balanced attack with 15 points, Tara Gugliuzza added 14, and the Warriors earned their first trip to state. 

Game 6 

State semifinal, March 6 at Redbird Arena, Normal 

LW West 68, Bolingbrook 57 

The Warriors took care of another SWSC foe, trailing just once, 2-0. The Gugliuzzas all hit double digits in scoring. 

Taylor led the way with 26, Tara scored 14, and Ava had 12 as West earned its spot in its first state championship 

game. 

Game 7 

State championship game, March 7 at Redbird Arena, Normal 

Fremd 58, LW West 47 

The magical run ended in heartbreak for West, as Fremd pulled away in the fourth quarter to win its first state 

championship. Tara Gugliuzza scored 16 points, and Taylor added 15 in the final game of her brilliant high school 

career. The Warriors won the first state trophy in program history with their runner-up finish.

38 | March 12, 2020 | the new lenox patriot sports 


Girls Basketball 

Defending champ Morton ends 

Providence’s best season ever 

RANDY WHALEN 

Freelance Reporter 

The Providence girls 

basketball team had embraced 

the saying, “We 

didn’t come this far just to 

come this far!” 

In the end, the Celtics 

went further than any other 

team in program history. 

But, they fell just short of a 

trip to state. 

That’s because the Celtics 

ran into the juggernaut 

that is Morton. 

The defending Class 3A 

state champions cruised to 

a 45-12 victory over Providence 

on March 2 in the 

Class 3A Kankakee Supersectional. 

The loss ended the best 

season in Celtics girls 

basketball history. They 

finished 27-9, easily establishing 

a new school record 

for victories - 21 in 1996- 

97 was the old mark - and 

winning their first sectional 

title in the process. 

“I couldn’t be more 

proud of my young ladies 

this entire year, accomplishing 

something that’s 

never been done at our 

school,” Providence coach 

Eileen Copenhaver said. 

“I’m just trying to embrace 

the entirety of it all. We ran 

into a powerhouse team in 

every sense of the word.” 

Providence senior guard 

Lauren Knight, who led the 

team with four points, also 

won’t ever forget that her 

team got this far. 

“Once I get over being 

sad, I’m still so proud of 

how far we’ve come and 

what we accomplished,” 

Knight said. “We broke 

our school record of wins. 

No one’s won a sectional at 

our school before. I’m just 

Providence freshman guard Annalise Pietrzyk tries to 

drive through the Morton defense during the Celtics’ 

loss in the Class 3A Kankakee Supersectional on March 

2. GARY MIDDENDORF/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

so proud of how far we’ve 

come and how much we’ve 

grown.” 

On the other side, the 

undefeated Potters (36-0) 

advanced to the state finals 

for the sixth time in the 

past eight years. They were 

bidding for their fifth state 

championship in the past 

six seasons and the 36 wins 

is already a school record. 

“That was the best team 

we’ve played,” Providence 

junior Ashley Raymer said. 

“It was terrible sitting on 

the bench [after picking up 

her third foul early in the 

second quarter] and not being 

able to help my teammates. 

We had prepared so 

much for [the Potters] but 

everyone was getting frustrated, 

because we can’t 

really prepare for that pressure 

defense.” 

Morton forced the Celtics 

into 28 turnovers and 

5-of-27 (19 percent) shooting 

from the field. 

After Morton jumped 

out to a 7-0 lead, Raymer 

rained in a 3-pointer to get 

the Celtics on the board. 

Knight had a nice driving 

layup and freshman 

guard Annalise Pietrzyk hit 

7 

a short shot in the lane as 

Providence closed within 

three points at the end of 

the opening quarter. 

Providence trailed just 

12-8 midway through the 

second quarter and, if the 

Celtics could get something 

going maybe it could 

hang in there with the top 

team. 

Instead, Morton went on 

an 11-0 run to take a 23-8 

halftime lead. 

The season is what the 

Celtics will remember, not 

the last game. 

“I still watch the videos 

of us winning the sectional 

and regional,” Knight said. 

“I’m never going to forget 

it.” 

Five seniors - Knight, 

Rost, Claire McGrath, Reagan 

Tokoly and Spreitzer 

graduate. But Pietrzyk and 

Raymer were starters that 

are expected back and there 

were six sophomores on 

this season’s squad. 

“I want to bring them 

back to this point,” Raymer 

said of the Celtics next season. 

“The last two weeks 

have been the most fun 

time. I want to come back 

and experience it again.” 

Former LW Central, North Athletic 

Director Lyke named AD at H-F 


Matt Lyke, who spent 

11 years as an athletic 

director in Lincoln-Way 

District 210, is set to take 

on the same position at 

Homewood-Flossmoor 

High School. 

Lyke was approved as 

H-F’s next athletic director 

at a Feb. 18 school 

board meeting and is set 

to take on the role beginning 

July 1, a District 233 

spokesperson confirmed. 

He has spent this school 

year as the interim director 

of activities at H-F, while 

former activities director 

Gail Smith has served as 

interim athletic director. 

Lyke was the athletic 

This Week In 

KNIGHTS VARSITY ATHLETICS 

BADMINTON 

■March ■ 16 – at Homewood-Flossmoor 

quad, 4:30 p.m. 

■March ■ 17 – at LW East, 4:30 p.m. 

GIRLS SOCCER 

■March ■ 17 – Windy City Ram Classic first 

round, TBA 

BOYS INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD 

■March ■ 13 – at Batavia Invite, 4:30 p.m. 

GIRLS INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD 

■March ■ 13 – at Batavia Invite, 4:30 p.m. 

BOYS WATER POLO 

■March ■ 12 – hosts St. Charles North, 5 

p.m. 

■March ■ 14 – at Bradley-Bourbonnais 

Tournament, 9 a.m. 

GIRLS WATER POLO 

■March ■ 12 – at St. Charles North, 5 p.m. 

■March ■ 17 – at Riverside-Brookfield, 5 p.m. 

WARRIORS VARSITY ATHLETICS 

GIRLS SOCCER 


round, TBA 

director at Lincoln-Way 

North for eight years before 

moving over to Lincoln-Way 

Central after 

North’s closure. He served 

as Central’s AD for three 

years before resigning 

Aug. 22. 

The Will County Sheriff’s 

Office, on Aug. 6, had 

opened an investigation 

into missing Lincoln-Way 

Central Athletic Booster 

Club funds. 

Melissa McGrath, a former 

athletic secretary at 

Central, was arrested Nov. 

22 and charged with five 

counts of theft, two counts 

of identification theft, two 

counts of theft by deception 

and two counts 

of forgery, according to 

a press release issued 

the same evening by the 

Will County Sheriff’s Office. 

On Jan. 8, a grand jury 

revised the charges against 

McGrath to 15 in all: two 

counts of theft, Class 1 

felony Category A; four 

counts of theft, Class 2 felony 

Category A; one count 

of theft, Class 2 felony 

Category B; four counts 

of theft, Class 3 felony 

Category B; two counts 

of forgery, Class 3 felony 

Category B; and one count 

of identity theft, Class 3 

felony Category B; and 

one count of identity theft, 

Class 2 Category B, according 

to the grand jury’s 

bill of indictment. 


■March ■ 13 – at Plainfied South Invite, 5 

p.m. 

■March ■ 17 – hosts LW West quad, 5 p.m. 

BOYS WATER POLO 

■March ■ 12 – hosts Bremen co-op, 5 p.m. 

GIRLS WATER POLO 

■March ■ 14 – at Hinsdale Central Invite, 9 

a.m. 

■March ■ 18 – at Richards co-op, 5 p.m. 

CELTICS VARSITY ATHLETICS 

GIRLS SOCCER 


round, TBA 

BOYS INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD 

■March ■ 14 – at Plainfield North Invite, 9 

a.m. 


■March ■ 14 – at Reed-Custer Invite, 10 a.m. 

LINCOLN-WAY CO-OP ATHLETICS 

GIRLS LACROSSE 

■March ■ 17 – hosts Naperville Central at 

LW Central, 7:30 p.m. 

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fastbreak 

Warriors took fans on a journey to state – and all over the state 

4 

22nd century media file 

photo 

1st and 3 

THREE notes on 

the LW West girls 

basketball season 

1. Senior star 

Lewis recruit Taylor 

Gugliuzza (above) 

became the first 

player in program 

history to top 2,000 

career points and 

was named firstteam 

All-State. 

2. Newcomers 

emerge 

The additions of 

freshman guard 

Ava Gugliuzza and 

sophomore forward 

Bri Wooldridge, 

a transfer from 

Fremd, were huge 

in getting West to 

the next level. 

3. Bright future 

With Tara and 

Ava Gugliuzza, 

and Wooldridge 

expected to 

return as starters, 

plus other key 

pieces back, the 

Warriors should be 

contenders again 

next season. 


Lincoln-Way West’s historic 

girls basketball season did not 

have the fairytale ending that the 

fans in black and orange who 

packed Redbird Arena in Normal 

were hoping for. 

But what a ride it was. 

Yes, it was Fremd that came to 

Normal – West’s second home in 

the postseason - and left with its 

first state championship. 

For three weeks, though, the 

Warriors were the Queens of 

McLean County. 

West played five of its postseason 

games in Bloomington- 

Normal, winning regional and 

supersectional titles within that 

metroplex. 

The Warriors’ other two playoff 

games were in Pekin, which became 

the site of the first sectional 

championship in program history. 

That is in Tazewell County, for 

those using this as an opportunity 

to brush up on your Central 

Illinois geography. Speaking of 

which, be sure to check out our 

map on Page 37. 

In the old days, it was common 

for pro and college sports team to 

travel the country on “barnstorming” 

tours to give out-of-town fans 

a chance to see them play. 

Well, this was the Illinois high 

school basketball equivalent of a 

barnstorming tour, and the Warriors 

put on quite a show. 

The Warriors’ powerful offense 

was on full display – they topped 

the 70-point mark in each of their 

first four playoff games – as the 

Gugliuzza sisters, Bri Wooldridge, 

Sydney Swanberg and the rest of 

the West squad left their mark all 

over school record books. 

While upsets were happening 

The Class 4A state runner-up Lincoln-Way West girls basketball team 

shows off its trophies at a rally held at the school Sunday, March 8. 

STEVE MILLAR/22ND CENTURY MEDIA 

across the state, West fought off 

all challengers on its way to the 

Final Four. 

The Warriors rallied from an 

early eight-point deficit to pull 

away from an upset-minded Normal 

West team playing in its 

hometown, winning the Normal 

Community Regional championship. 

They rolled through the sectional, 

winning by 37 in the semifinal 

against Joliet West and leading by 

more than 20 in the final against 

O’Fallon before finishing off a 79- 

67 victory. 

They ran into two South- 

West Suburban Conference foes 

in Homewood-Flossmoor and 

Bolingbrook – the league’s two 

perennial powers – and took care 

of both in the supersectional and 

state semifinal. 

The Warriors had a knack for 

fighting back immediately any 

time it seemed an opponent was 

set to take control. 

With a senior first team All- 

State performer in Taylor Gugliuzza 

leading the way, it’s easy to 

forget that West had a young team, 

with a freshman in Ava Gugliuzza 

and a sophomore in Wooldridge 

in the starting lineup, and another 

sophomore in Evan Pittman playing 

a key role off the bench. 

That youth made the team’s 

ability to keep its composure especially 

impressive. 

It was evident again in the state 

championship game. The first six 

times Fremd took a lead, the Warriors 

fought right back to tie it or 

take the lead before the Vikings 

could stretch their edge beyond 

two points. 

In the end, though, West ran out 

of answers. 

The shots that went in for the 

Warriors all season simply did not 

fall when it mattered most, and a 

season with so much excitement 

ended with tears. 

When the pain begins to wear 

off, though, there will be so many 

good memories to look back on. 

That was part of the message 

coach Ryan White gave his players, 

and particularly his seniors, 

when the final buzzer sounded, 

and it was the Vikings doing the 

celebrating. 

“I tried to tell them, ‘You guys 

did this. Look at the community 

that came out and supported 

you,’” White said. “It’s been a 

three-to-four year process to get 

here, and they’ve been the main 

cogs in it. They have a lot to be 

proud of and I think they will be 

once it all settles in.” 

This was a team that instilled 

pride in its school and community. 

That was on display throughout 

the playoffs, as West fans invaded 

gyms more than 100 miles away. 

It was certainly evident at state, 

as the West Side student section 

packed Redbird Arena with what 

longtime state finals TV play-byplay 

announcer Dave Bernhard 

said was the biggest student section 

he had ever seen at the event. 

And it was on display again 

Sunday, March 8, at the parade 

and rally held for the team. 

There, West principal Monica 

Schmitt left the Warriors players 

with an appropriate message. 

“We’re beaming with pride,” 

she said. “Thanks for putting Lincoln-Way 

West girls basketball on 

the map.” 

The Warriors certainly did that, 

and they went all over the map to 

do it. 

LISTEN UP 

“I’m going to remember the amazing season that we had. It was a great 

season. We got second, but that’s still amazing.” 

Tara Gugliuzza – LW West junior guard, on the Warriors finishing as the 

state runners-up 

what2watch 

Badminton, 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 17 

LW Central at LW East 

The Knights and Griffins face off in an early-season 

district showdown. 

Index 

38 – This Week In 

35 – Athlete of the Week 

FASTBREAK is compiled by Sports Editor 

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

new lenox’s Hometown Newspaper | March 12, 2020 

WHAT A RIDE 

Sports Editor Steve Millar 

reflects on the Warriors’ 

amazing season, Page 39 

MAGICAL RUN ENDS 

Providence girls basketball 

falls to Morton in 

supersectional, Page 38 

Lincoln-Way West’s Tara Gugliuzza drives to the basket against 

Fremd in the Class 4A state championship game Saturday, March 7, at 

Redbird Arena in Normal. Credit Credit Credit Credit 

LW West wins first girls basketball state trophy but falls short in 

championship game loss to Fremd, Pages 36-37

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