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Restaurants get creative following dine-in closures
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Bill Jones, Editor
In the wake of an order
from Gov. J.B. Pritzker
banning all dine-in service
at restaurants and bars
across Illinois, many Orland
Park restaurants have
switched up their game
plans to continue serving
local residents.
Among the first to announce
plans to switch to
a takeout focus was Rock
Bottom Restaurant and
Brewery in Orland Park —
and that meant both food
through a limited menu
and beer to-go.
But by March 18, Craft-
Works Holdings shut
down all of its Rock Bottom
restaurants for 30
days, according to Roberta
Higgins, general manager
of the Orland Park Rock
Bottom location.
A representative for
CraftWorks did not immediately
return a request
for more information, but
a statement on the franchise’s
website said the
“difficult decision” is in
“following the recommendations
of public health
officials and government
agencies to ensure that we
are all doing all that is possible”
to keep people protected.
A reopening date is
to be determined, according
to the post.
And while Rock Bottom’s
third 100 Club of
Chicago fundraiser — a
Touch a Truck and Day
of Tips originally set for
March 22 — had to be
called off for the time being,
Higgins said it will be
rescheduled.
McAlister’s Deli announced
via Facebook that
its Orland Park location is
offering carryout, as well,
for orders placed online or
through its application or
by phone. It also is utilizing
several delivery services
to get orders to people.
But the kicker for families
may be that McAlister’s
is offering free kids
meals (limit 2 per adult)
all day at the location. The
guest must come to the
restaurant or place a call
ahead to take advantage of
that offer, though.
For more information,
search “McAlister’s Deli
Orland Park” on Facebook.
The Orland Park Area
Chamber of Commerce
is offering a wider look
at what its restaurants
are doing in the midst of
COVID-19 closures. The
Orland chamber teamed
up with the Tinley Park
Chamber of Commerce
to start a Facebook page
called “Orland Park &
Tinley Park Area Take-Out
and Delivery Options amid
COVID-19,” offering an
ongoing thread of what local
businesses are doing to
weather the storm.
OPACC Executive Director
Felicitas Cortez said
the effort came out of a
“desire to serve not only
our member restaurants
but all of the food and
beverage businesses in our
communities.”
“Social media is the
fastest and most inclusive
way to pass on menu information
and changes to
hours of operation of restaurants,”
Cortez said.
The group page got nearly
800 members in just 12
hours after it was created.
And both restaurants and
customers alike have utilized
the space to showcase
what restaurants are cooking
up to get through this.
The effort has not been
easy, but Cortez said it is
vital to help Orland Park’s
business community.
“It’s going to be tough
for everyone — small,
large and every business in
between,” she said. “Every
business is affected. Owners
are not only concerned
for their livelihood but
more so for their employees.”
Gaston’s Bistro announced
it was taking orders
by phone, as well as
through its application.
Offering free delivery or
pick-up at the restaurant of
its entire menu — breakfast,
lunch and dinner.
And while owner Yaser
Elkayyal said business has
been “slow, obviously,”
the support from regulars
has been heartening.
“They are the best,” he
told The Prairie. “To be
honest, without our community
and surrounding
communities rallying
together, we would be
closed.”
Tradycja is offering
pick-up and delivery of its
full Polish fusion menu but
also a “Special Quarantine
Menu” that includes pizza,
a burger and other sandwiches.
And Bonefish Grill
has been offering takeout
from noon-9 p.m. with a
smaller-scale menu, with
a smaller staff executing
takeout and delivery
through services such as
DoorDash and Uber Eats.
General Manager Nick
Kapellas said losing the
dining room and bar has
“been a big blow, obviously,”
but support from
the community is helping.
“We love seeing our loyal
guests keep trusting us
to serve them great food,”
Kapellas said.
Hienie’s/McCarthy’s,
Burger 21, Bonefish Grill,
The Patio, Nothing Bundt
Cakes, Girl in the Park,
Fox’s, Square Celt with
alcohol, Don’s and Joy of
Thai also are among those
that have been highlighted
by the chamber for their
efforts.
During the dine-in closures,
both the Village of
Orland Park and its police
department have been encouraging
people to buy
gift cards to help out local
businesses.
Cortez echoed the gift
card sentiment. She also
said people should “support
local businesses as much as
you can afford” by ordering
carryout and delivery. Tipping
big and leaving positive
reviews for businesses
also helps, she said.
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Bill Jones, Editor
Orland Park said in the
wake of Waste Management
announcing amid
coronavirus concerns that
its call centers are closed,
residents can reach out to
the Village with concerns
— if the situation is urgent.
Waste Management
closed its call centers as
of March 18. And while
the company is in the process
of setting up remote
operations to serve customers,
according to a Village
press release, officials
have announced some contingency
plans.
Customers are first
urged to visit wm.com/
alerts for service information,
but those who are unable
to reach a representative
about the situation that
is urgent can contact the
Village through its main
line at (708) 403-6100.
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make WM aware of the
needs or concerns.
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Sandburg’s eLearning a ‘different dynamic’ for all
Kyle LaHucik, Freelance
Reporter
The global COVID-19
pandemic through which
we are living will one day
be pivotal units in high
school economics and
world history courses.
But in this moment,
Consolidated High School
District 230 students are
dealing with their own
new reality: remote learning.
Last month, before the
coronavirus took root in
the United States, students
had pined for their first eLearning
day.
When D230 officials
developed their eLearning
program, a global pandemic
likely was not fathomable
nor factored into the
contingency planning for a
system meant merely to replace
snow and inclement
weather days. The State
approved the program in
December, and prior to
the first day of eLearning
March 16, students had
two training sessions.
Sandburg High School,
like the rest of the world
right now, is “navigating
uncharted waters,” Principal
Jennifer Tyrrell said.
Despite the general uncertainty
surrounding CO-
VID-19, students have still
shown up to learn, even if
it means dressed in pajamas.
As of the first two days,
96 percent of students attended
school electronically,
the district reported.
“ELearning has been a
learning experience for not
only the students but for
the adults, as well,” Superintendent
James Gay said
in an emailed statement.
“While there have been
some small challenges
along the way, they pale
in comparison to the outstanding
compassion our
staff has for our students’
educational and emotional
well-being.”
On March 20, Gov. J.B.
Pritzker ordered a stay-athome
policy until the end
of the day April 7, which
includes extending the
school closures originally
planned till March 30.
“In light of Gov. Pritzker’s
stay-at-home order,
all District 230 buildings
and grounds will be closed
for at least the duration of
the order,” Gay wrote in a
letter to students, families
and staff shortly after the
governor’s announcement.
“I encourage you to comply
with the governor’s
order and spend time with
your families at home.”
Gay said over spring
break, administration will
be reviewing eLearning
plans. Families are asked
to complete a survey sent
to help with that planning.
Following spring break,
eLearning is to resume
March 30, and the district
is to send further details as
plans are refined.
The week of March 16,
D230 was focused on implementing
the plan, which
called for students to mark
attendance via learning
management system Skyward
between 9 a.m. and
11 a.m., and partake in a
variety of methods of remote
learning: watching
recorded lectures, posting
reading responses on
Canvas discussion boards,
video-conferencing with
teachers and classmates,
and, above all, submitting
assignments by the normally
scheduled last bell
at 3 p.m.
Meghan Haran, a Sandburg
senior and president
of the school’s Model
Pictured is one of the eLearning interfaces being
used by Consolidated High School District 230 while
students are at home but continuing their education
during the coronavirus pandemic. Image submitted
United Nations, said the
first four days had gone
“surprisingly really well.”
She said it has been an adjustment
shifting to learning
from home since finding
out the district would
make the move after leaving
school on March 13.
Her parents work for
businesses that are deemed
essential during emergency
scenarios such as the
coronavirus, so they are
still commuting to work
every day, which means
Haran not only takes part
in her own eLearning
but also looks after her
siblings: twins who are
in fifth grade in Orland
School District 135.
“It’s a different dynamic,”
she said.
“I’ve been calling her
the ‘eLearning Administrator,’”
her mother, Eileen
Dixon, said with a chuckle.
Erica Gary, a Sandburg
senior who normally
serves as co-master of ceremonies
for the school’s
daily announcements, said
the first week has gone
well. Her math and social
studies teachers have
eased the transition by
posting recorded videos
of themselves going stepby-step
through the lesson
notes.
On average, she has
spent 30-45 minutes on
each class, which is not
far off from the normal
48-minute class period.
Like Haran, Gary has
also been at home with
siblings this week. Her
two older sisters — one a
junior in college and the
other a medical student
— also were sent home
from their universities. To
crowd the Gary home even
further, both parents are
working remotely.
The hardest adjustment
for both Gary and Haran
has not been staying on
track with the curriculum.
Rather, it is the social fix
that high-schoolers crave
— the chats with friends
in the hallway during passing
periods, mingling with
classmates and hanging
out during lunch.
Haran and Gary have
FaceTimed their friends
and frequently pop into
group text messages with
friends to bridge the human-interaction
gap. Gary
had also been playing tennis
with her mother, Joelle
Gary, early in the week.
Haran met with friends
early last week but with
the constant messaging in
the news about social distancing,
she said she has
decided to essentially go
on lockdown.
The school community
has remained connected
in light of being separated
by distance, Tyrrell said,
noting students have been
“resilient and agile.” Students,
teachers and administrators
have been posting
photos and videos to social
media as part of a virtual
spirit week, led by Assistant
Principal Greg Gardner.
Social workers and guidance
counselors are still
available during eLearning,
Tyrrell said. District
administrators delivered
meals to over 300 students
on March 18 to ensure
students still have access
to food. And “teachers
are stepping up for their
kids,” Tyrrell said, adding
that they are “pushing the
envelope and doing everything
and more.”
Catherine Johnson, a
Spanish teacher, said that
the technology department
and digital professionals,
including Desi Vuillaume,
Christine Borst and Chris
Frye, have “prepared our
staff for years with setting
up learning management
system courses online and
have become true experts
in all things digital.”
For Chris Komer — a
teacher of computer aided
design, architecture and
engineering courses — the
switch to eLearning has
produced another avenue
of instruction.
“One of the positives
has been that I have utilized
a lot more online resources
and materials than
I normally would,” Komer
wrote in an email to The
Prairie. “For instance,
the Chicago Architecture
Center has a fabulous interactive
website with a
load of information for
schools and teachers, and
my students had to use it
to complete their first assignments.”
Student-issued Chromebooks
are unable to install
the Autodesk software
that Komer’s classes require,
so a hurdle he has
faced is trying to ensure
all students have access
to a computer so they can
download the free Autodesk
version available to
students.
Going digital also can
mean losing that in-person
spark.
“I know that we teachers
pride ourselves on making
personal connections each
day with our students and
live for those classroom
discussions,” Johnson
wrote in an email.
Sometimes the digital
touch can do the trick,
though.
“While it’s not the same
nor the recommended way
to acquire a new language,
for many students it adds a
certain level of confidence
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Consolidated High School D230 Board of Education
Officials praise preparedness for at-home learning success
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Aaron Dorman, Freelance
Reporter
Consolidated High
School District 230’s eLearning
program originally
was intended as backup for
a weather event, such as a
polar vortex.
Instead, the COVID-19
pandemic is forcing D230
to use it now. But the prior
development time has
proved invaluable.
“We look like geniuses,”
said School Board
President Tony Serratore
during the board meeting
held March 18. “We were
ready to go when it was
time [on March 16] and
that gave us a leg up on a
lot of places.”
Serratore praised the
student attendance record
— thus far at 95 percent
— and the engagement and
communication between
staff, parents and students
that helped engender the
switch to a virtual platform
after closing the
schools. All students have
Chromebooks and can
log in through Skyward.
They have daily assignments
posted on Canvas
or Google Docs. Teachers
were asked to be available
if students had questions.
“Our students aren’t just
taking tests,” said Eric
Olsen, principal of Stagg
High School. “It is a very
interactive experience
with our teachers.”
Teachers are given freedom
to hold classes in
a variety of ways, from
group discussions to blogging
to interactive sites.
According to Superintendent
James Gay, the
school board had started
looking at potential eLearning
programs last
June, and by September
had a working plan
approved by the State.
“When this all came about
a couple weeks ago, a lot
of districts were scrambling
to get this eLearning
plan approved by the state,
but we had a working plan
that we’d already practiced,”
he said.
Board Secretary Susan
Dalton added, “It’s a D230
proud moment when I
know where we are at for
our students.”
Still, Serratore said the
preparedness should help
D230 with the uncertainty
ahead..
“I wish we knew when
all of this was going to
end, but none of us know,”
Serratore said. “This will
keep them on top of their
subjects, and they’ll be
learning every day.”
In addition to the educational
transition, the board
was also working hard
to support other student
needs. Much of the board
spent the day prior to the
meeting going door-todoor
delivering 10 days’
worth of meals
“You don’t know what
you have until it all comes
crashing around you,”
Board Member Dave
O’Connor said. “I think
our district did great work;
everybody jumped up and
the food delivery made us
all proud.”
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During the School
Board meeting, a public
hearing was held on the
subject of issuing $24 million
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district’s working cash.
The cash is to be used to
fund multiple projects, as
previously reported.
Orland School District 135 Board of Education
Officials to use spring break to adjust eLearning game plan as needed
Jacqueline O’Reilly,
Freelance Reporter
Orland School District
135 officials were already
getting ready for eLearning;
they just did not expect
to have to roll it out
this soon.
The D135 School Board
met March 16 in a special
meeting to discuss the
district’s first attempt at
eLearning amid the international
coronavirus pandemic.
As parents, students and
faculty face the social distancing
made necessary by
the outbreak, the district
is developing and putting
eLearning plans into action
1-2 years before they
had planned.
According to David
Apps, a member of the
D135 Technology Advisory
Committee, eLearning
for inclement weather days
was an item on the Committee’s
January agenda.
“At that time, it was
anticipated that it would
require many discussions
over many meetings, and
would possibly be implemented
in 1-2 years,” Apps
said. “I recently spoke to
some of my close friends
who work in education,
and their response to what
our team has put together
in such a short amount of
time has been overwhelmingly
positive.”
Superintendent John
Bryk explained that the district
is using a combination
of emergency school days
and “act of God” days to
allow students the opportunity
to spend the week
of March 16 at home. Students
will not be accountable
for school work during
the act-of-God days. The
week of March 23 is spring
break week, and will allow
teachers to firm up their eLearning
plans.
“The Teaching and
Learning Department has
put a lot of effort in for
the last couple days, along
with union leadership,
to put together not just a
plan but an effective plan,”
Bryk said. “I’ve received
quite a few emails from
parents thanking the staff
for their efforts. This could
have been a very difficult
situation for parents.”
Bryk further stated it is
his hope that faculty members
will engage with students
on a daily basis.
While March 16 was
technically the first eLearning
day, it is clear that lesson
plans are not yet perfect.
Lynn Zeder, assistant
superintendent for teaching
and learning, explained that
the plans had been put together
in record time.
“Today, with deciding
what were the appropriate
assignments, it’s kind
of like Goldilocks,” she
said. “Some may have had
too much; some too little.
Based on feedback from
parents, we’re going to
go back and look at that,”
said.”
Board President Linda
Peckham-Dodge indicated
that a grade-specific resource
page for parents
might be helpful in avoiding
unequal expectations
across the student population.
Students can access eLearning
programs through
Google Classroom, Seesaw
and email. Access
to technology should not
present a problem for families,
according to Apps,
thanks to the recently announced
Keep Americans
Connected Pledge, introduced
by the Federal Communications
Commission,
and subsequently signed
by all telecommunications
companies in the area.
The Keep America Connected
Pledge states that
during the COVID 19 outbreak,
providers will not
terminate service to any
individual or small business
customer because of
an inability to pay; waive
late fees accrued because
of economic circumstances;
and open Wi-Fi
hotspots to any American
who needs them. Several
telecommunications companies
also are increasing
network speeds.
The district, through a
partnership with Quest
Food Management Services,
also is to provide
lunches for students in
need throughout the closure
period. Parents have
been surveyed so that the
district can determine
which students qualify for
this program. District officials
have designated the
district’s three junior high
schools as curbside pickup
locations. Installation of
satellite drop-off points
through use of school buses
has been discussed, but
according to Bryk, they are
not necessary at this point.
In terms of district staffing
levels during the closure,
Bryk indicated that
the school buildings would
always be staffed to a skeletal
level, should a parent
need assistance. But workfrom-home
plans for most
district staff is to be enacted
immediately after spring
break and will continue
throughout the closure.
Should parents or students
need to contact a teacher or
administrator, the district’s
website at www.orland135.
org is the place to go.
Bryk said he is confident
of D135’s ability to get
through this.
“The entire Orland
School District 135 staff
is prepared for an extended
school closure, should
the need arise,” he said.
“We understand these are
unique circumstances, and
appreciate everyone’s support
and assistance in making
this remote learning
process a success.”
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Sandburg employee tests positive for COVID-19
Bill Jones, Editor
A Sandburg High School
food service employee has
tested positive for CO-
VID-19.
Consolidated High
School District 230 said
it was made aware of the
positive test on Saturday,
March 21, in an update
posted to its website and
sent to families the same
day.
The district said the
last time that employee
was inside of the school
was on March 10, which
was 10 days before the
notice. The employee
was not part of a food distribution
that took place
March 18, and all food
preparation areas had
been cleaned and disinfected
prior to the distribution,
according to the
district.
Sandburg Principal Jennifer
Tyrrell noted the
Illinois Department of
Public Health was notified
“immediately” of the
coronavirus-related case
when it was brought to
the attention of administration.
IDPH advised informing
anyone who may
have been in contact with
the employee in the past
14 days.
“It is possible that the
food service employee
had limited contact
with staff or students,”
said Carla Erdey, D230’s
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LWSRA provides timeline, answers inquiries
about participant who got the coronavirus
Bill Jones, Managing Editor
Joe Coughlin, Publisher
Lincolnway Special
Recreation Association
provided additional information
March 18 about a
situation involving one of
its participants who tested
positive for COVID-19
after taking part in three
events in early March, in
response to questions the
organization said it has
received since publicly
addressing the situation
March 16.
LWSRA issued a letter
March 18, offering a timeline,
message from the
parent of the Cook County
resident who reportedly
tested positive for COV-
ID-19 and answers to some
frequently asked questions
about the situation. It can
be viewed in full at lwsra.
org/assets/LWSRA-COV
ID-19-updates-3-18-2020.
pdf.
The timeline says the
participant may have come
in contact with someone
at Elim Christian Services
in Crestwood who tested
positive for the coronavirus,
though the letter from
LWSRA emphasizes this
has not been confirmed.
That LWSRA participant
then attended a Shamrock
Shuffle event March 6
at the Orland Park Civic
Center, spending 20 minutes
around 6 p.m. at the
LWSRA facility.
Nabeha Zegar, Orland
Park’s communications
manager said the Village is
aware of the participant’s
attendance as the Shamrock
Shuffle and has notified
participants who were
in attendance at the event.
Then, on March 8 the
8
participants attended a
Chicago Wolves game, as
part of an LWSRA program,
during which the
group sat in Section 116;
Rows P, Q and R; Seats
1-7. And on March 9, the
individual was part of an
LWSRA program at Thunderbowl
in Mokena.
LWSRA said the bowling
alley also was notified.
According to the participant’s
family, the individual
did not show symptoms
of COVID-19 until March
12, and LWSRA said it
was not aware at that time.
The person tested positive
for the coronavirus at
Northwestern Hospital in
Chicago, as previously reported.
On March 13, the association
said it canceled
programs, and cleaned
buses and vehicles, unaware
that an individual
was infected but to address
growing coronavirus concerns.
LWSRA received notice
of the positive coronavirus
test on March 16. It closed
the Lincolnway Special
Recreation Center that
day, according to the letter,
and staff started to notify
people.
“We have notified families,
other participants,
staff members — everybody
we know of who
worked with this individual,”
LWSRA Executive
Director Keith Wallace
said March 16. “We are
following all of the protocols
in place right now by
the CDC and even going
above and beyond that.”
He noted he contacted
State and county health
departments, as well.
LWSRA confirmed in
the letter that the participant
was on buses, which
were sanitized after the
March 6 and March 8
events. Daily sanitizing
started March 13 in an effort
to be “proactive,” according
to LWSRA.
The organization said no
one on its staff has been
experiencing symptoms.
The letter also notes the
participant did not take
part in a March 9 lunch,
but was on the bus the day
prior to that program going
out. It also notes LWSRA
moved a polling place and
canceled a board meeting
“in the best interest of the
community.”
The parent told LWSRA
the participant has had a
“mild case” up until this
point, showing a fever
March 12 and a cough
that is “nearly gone” as of
March 18.
The Q&A adds that
LWSRA will not provide
participant information,
but anyone who thinks
their children have directly
contacted the individual
should self-isolate for
14 days and monitor for
symptoms. The letter also
suggests notifying one’s
primary care physician if
symptoms develop.
LWSRA’s building and
buses are to be cleaned
and sanitized the week of
March 27
The LWSRA is a nonprofit
organization that
serves those with mental
and physical disabilities
through athletic, social and
educational programming.
LWSRA programming is
suspended through April
5, and its offices until
March 30, in accordance
with Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
guidelines.
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Fricilone Republican D3 choice
Thomas Czaja,
Senior Editor
9 9
Homer
Glen resident
and
Will County
Board Member
Mike
Fricilone Mike
won the Fricilone
Republican
nomination for the United
States Congressional District
3 race on March 17 in
the Primary Election.
Fricilone secured a total
of 9,347 votes (57.68
percent), with Catherine
O’Shea a distant second
at 5,222 votes (32.22 percent)
and Arthur Jones at
1,637 votes (10.10 percent),
according to unofficial
results from the Board
of Election Commissioners
for the City of Chicago,
as well as clerks’ offices
from suburban Cook, Will
and DuPage counties, as of
Saturday, March 21.
Fricilone tweeted on
election night from @FriciloneMike
saying, “Thank
you to everyone that voted
for me! We have won Illinois’
3rd Congressional
District Republican Primary!
Full speed ahead to victory
in November! #IL03”
First elected to the Will
County Board in 2012, Fricilone,
65, said prior to the
primary he ran to uphold
Republican values, noting
Jones, a self-avowed
neo-Nazi and Holocaust
denier, had also run in the
same primary in 2018 unopposed
and ultimately
representing the party.
Despite Jones’ extremist
views, he was still able to
garner roughly 10 percent
of the overall vote in this
year’s primary.
The highest number of
votes came from suburban
Cook County, where with
all precincts reporting,
Fricilone captured 5,187
votes, good for 54.27 percent.
O’Shea had 3,346
votes (35.01) and Jones
1,024 votes (10.71) there.
Fricilone will now take
on progressive Marie
Newman come November,
who upset longtime incumbent
Dan Lipinski on
the Democratic side of the
D3 primary.
D3 includes all or portions
of Orland Park, Tinley
Park, Homer Glen,
Lockport and New Lenox.
Newman upsets Lipinski in Dem D3 Primary
T.J. Kremer III
Contributing Editor
Democratic
challenger
Marie
Newman unseated
longtime
U.S.
Rep. Daniel
Lipinski for Marie
her party’s Newman
nomination
for the 3rd District.
Newman defeated Lipinski
by an unofficial vote
count of 49,098 (47.27
percent of ballots cast) to
46,315 (44.59), according
to unofficial results from
the Cook, Will and DuPage
County Clerks’ Offices, as
well as the Board of Election
Commissioners for the
City of Chicago. Challenger
Rush Darwish finished
third with 6,070 (5.84) and
Charles M. Hughes last at
2,376 (2.29), as of Saturday,
March 21.
“Together, we won in the
face of adversity,” Newman
wrote in a Facebook
posted to supporters. “We
not only defeated a longtime
incumbent but we
powered through [get out
the vote] in a public health
crisis.”
Newman received
26,228 votes (48.15) in
suburban Cook County,
while Lipinski took 22,996
(42.22), with all precincts
reporting. Darwish pulled
in 4,229 (7.76) there, while
Hughes had 1,013 (1.86).
In Chicago, Lipinski led
with 19,783 votes (49.50) to
Newman’s 17,741 (44.39).
Darwish took 1,353 votes
(3.39) there, while Hughes
gained 1,086 (2.72).
But Newman gained
more ground in Will County,
where she took 5,035
votes (54.24) to Lipinski’s
3,493 (37.63). Darwish and
Hughes rounded out numbers
there with 481 (5.18)
and 274 votes (2.95), respectively.
In Dupage County, Newman
had 94 votes, Lipinski
43, Darwish 7 and Hughes
3.
Lipinski narrowly beat
Newman in the 2018 Democratic
primary and went
on to retain his seat against
Republican challenger Arthur
Jones. In November,
Newman is set to face off
against Republican challenger
Mike Fricilone, who
defeated both Catherine
O’Shea and Jones in the
Republican Primary.
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Jacquelyn Schlabach
Contributing Editor
Incumbent Bobby Rush
won a four-way U.S. Congressional
District 1 Democratic
primary March
17, setting up a three-way
bout in November against
Republican nominee
Philanise
White and
independent
Ruth Pellegrini.
In the
primary,
Rush earned U.S. Rep.
88,499 votes Bobby Rush
(71.76 percent of total
ballots cast), with all precincts
reporting, according
to unofficial results
from the Board of Election
Commissioners for the
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Bill Jones, Editor
As of 5 p.m. March 15,
the Orland Park Public
Library — one of the last
public bodies in Orland
Park to largely stay open
for business — shut down
operations, announcing by
email it would be closed
to the public “until further
notice.”
More information
was made available and
changed over the course
of subsequent updates, and
the following is the latest
regarding the library’s closure.
• Due dates for all materials
checked out have
been extended until the library
reopens.
• All fines are to be suspended
at this time, and
patrons can ignore any automated
overdue notices,
even if items have been
returned.
• To contact library staff,
people are asked to email
AskOPPL@orlandparklibrary.org
• All programs have
been postponed or canceled
until further notice.
The library also postponed
a board meeting that had
been scheduled for March
16.
• Patrons still can check
out digital items with their
library card numbers, including
eBooks, audiobooks,
digital magazines,
movies, music and comics.
• While book drops
continue to be monitored,
OPPL prefers if patrons
hold onto their items until
further notice
• The library has suspended
the ability to place
holds on materials
For more information, follow
orlandparklibrary.org.
Orland Square shut down entirely until March 29
Bill Jones, Editor
Orland Square shut down
in its entirety starting at 7
p.m. the evening of March
18 and is expected to stay
closed until March 29.
The mall announced
the closure in a post on its
website, noting the decision
came “after extensive
discussions with federal,
State and local officials.” It
is designed to help prevent
the spread of COVID-19.
Representatives for Simon
have not returned
multiple inquiries seeking
further comment on the
closure.
Further cancellations
• The Village’s annual
Curbside Spring Clean-
Up originally slated for
the week of April 13, has
been postponed, according
to Nabeha Zegar, Orland
Park’s communications
manager
• Integrated Health Solutions
“Taco” Tuesday event
originally scheduled for
March 24 has been rescheduled
for Tuesday, April 21.
For more information, call
(708) 403-5075
6
• The Bridge Teen Center
as of March 16 announced
it was closing all programs,
events and bus pick-up
through March 31. The
center distributed “Bridge
at Home” Kits on March
19 to provide students with
activities while they are at
home.
• The Friday night Orland
Park SMART Recovery
meeting has moved online.
For more information,
visit smartrecoverytest.org/
local/meeting/orland-park-
illinois-friday-700-pm-to-
830-pm.
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Orland Park to provide
daily communication
regarding COVID-19
Bill Jones, Editor
The mayor of Orland
Park is to provide daily
video communication on
the coronavirus pandemic
and answer residents questions
as they arise.
The Village announced
March 19 that it would
start providing daily communications
via orland
park.org, Orland Park’s
YouTube channel and its
social media accounts.
Residents and business
owners are asked to submit
questions to publicinfoof
fice@orlandpark.org.
dems
From Page 10
ties. Challenger Sarah Gad
earned a total of 12,805
(10.38) votes, while Robert
Emmons Jr. had a total
of 12,254 (9.93) and
Ameena Nuur Matthews
earned 9,761 (7.91), as of
Saturday, March 21.
In Chicago, Rush dominated
with 67,545 votes
(70.55). There, Emmons
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Mayor Keith Pekau said
he will address as many
inquiries as possible each
day.
The Orland Park Police
Department and Orland
Fire Protection District are
operating normally, and
are prepared to respond to
any call for service or situation
that may develop, according
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took second with 7,067
votes (8.32), Matthews
third with 5,705 (6.72) and
Gad last with 4,595 (5.41).
In suburban Cook County,
Rush tacked on another
16,861 votes (58.62).
Gad followed with 5,349
(18.60), and then Emmons
with 3,595 (12.50)
and Matthews with 2,958
(10.28).
Rush also won Will
County with 4,093 votes.
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More closures and additional emergency powers
authorized amid concerns over the coronavirus
Jon DePaolis
Freelance Reporter
As the country continues
to react to the COVID-19
pandemic, the Orland Park
Village Board took action
March 16 to close its
buildings and facilities.
The board voted unanimously
to approve amendments
to its Village Code
allowing the mayor to declare
a State of Emergency,
such as adding pandemic
to the list of disasters.
The board also approved
the immediate and
indefinite closure to the
public of the following
Village buildings and facilities:
Village Hall, the
Sportsplex, Orland Park
Health & Fitness Center,
the Franklin Loebe Center,
the Cultural Center and the
History Museum.
The same motion also
approved the cancellation
of all Village programs and
events scheduled to take
place at Village buildings
and facilities in the immediate
future — except for
meetings that are covered
®
by the Open Meetings Act.
Mayor Keith Pekau expanded
on the Village’s response
to the coronavirus,
including reiterating some
of the safety messages being
provided to the public
by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention,
and the State and federal
government.
“The Village of Orland
Park’s staff, the Village
Board and I are making
decisions based on the latest
facts and health expert
recommendations,” Pekau
said. “We also will follow
all the directives from
the governor and from the
president.”
Pekau said all access to
Village buildings for the
public will be by appointment
only, and added that
the Sportsplex and Orland
Park Health & Fitness will
only be open to those who
have medical appointments
for physical therapy.
“All essential services
will continue, but we will
be restricting in-person
interactions to only those
that are essential,” Pekau
said.
The Village also asked
the Secretary of State to
stop operating in Village
Hall for now, he said.
“Our goal is to continue
to operate as normally
as possible in these very
abnormal times,” Pekau
said. “All of our essential
services will continue operating,
and as many as
our other nonpublic interfacing
operations [as possible]
will also continue.
Our police department will
also be operating normally,
and we will assist regionally
wherever needed.”
Pekau also reminded
residents to stay home if
they are sick and to contact
a medical provider.
“Call your doctor or the
Department of Health,”
Pekau said. “They will
screen you. There is no
medication to cure this, so
they want people staying
home.”
Pekau also advised older
residents to stay home, and
families to self-quarantine
if any member of the
household becomes ill. He
added that many people
may not know they are
carrying it.
“Healthy people under
60 may not even get
sick if they are infected
by this,” he said. “That is
what makes controlling the
spread of this so difficult
from what all the experts
say. Younger people and
children probably won’t
know at all that they were
infected.”
Pekau also advised
against visits to nursing
homes or long-term care
facilities unless one is providing
critical assistance.
“I know that is really
hard to do for people who
have people in those [facilities],
but don’t compromise
them,” he said.
The mayor also restated
the directives that have
been given from the CDC
regarding large gatherings.
“Groups of over 50
people should be avoided,
and avoid social gatherings
in groups of greater
than 10 people,” he said.
“Avoid eating and drinking
at establishments and
food courts. Use drivethru,
pickup and delivery
options. Try to keep those
8
businesses healthy by doing
that.”
Pekau asked that residents
consider shopping
local as travel becomes
limited.
“Our businesses, small
and large, will be affected
by this,” he said. “Please
continue to support them.
Many restaurants still offer
pickup and delivery if you
need to eat out or cannot
prepare a meal.”
In a follow-up March
17, Pekau said that Village
buildings are open to staff,
but staff members who are
able to work remotely are
being allowed to do so.
“Our goal is to ensure
that the people that the
taxpayers are paying to
work are doing productive
work of some kind,”
he said. “Even if it is not
their normal work, it may
be something else.
“We value the safety
of our employees, so our
meetings are being conducted
in the large rooms
so we can keep with social
distancing. We are only
conducting meetings that
we have to have, and we
are doing them by phone
when we [can].”
Hope Covenant revisited
During the Committee
of the Whole meeting
that preceded the Village
Board meeting, the board
voted unanimously to recommend
future approval
— with several conditions
noted — of a text amendment
and special use permit
for Hope Covenant
Church to operate a oncea-week,
overnight homeless
shelter from the hours
of 6 p.m.-7 a.m.
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Orland Park Village Board
Three new measures designed to help residents, businesses, operations
Jon DePaolis
Freelance Reporter
The Orland Park Village
Board is attempting to help
its residents and businesses
in a variety of ways.
The Village Board voted
unanimously to approve
three ordinances Saturday,
March 21, during a special
meeting. The newly
created ordinances were
described as temporary
measures to respond to the
COVID-19 pandemic.
First, the trustees approved
establishing a revolving
line of credit in an
amount not to exceed $10
million with BMO Harris
Bank. The line of credit
only is to be used to fund
operating expenditures.
“We extended a line of
credit up to $10 million,
because obviously we are
paying these bills before
board approval, and we are
going to be paying them
faster,” Mayor Keith Pekau
explained in a followup
call after the meeting.
“So, there could be a cashflow
issue. We’re just making
sure we have enough
money set aside, and a line
of credit can handle those
temporary cash-flow issues.”
Second, the Village
Board approved the creation
of a debt-relief program
for residents and
businesses affected by the
COVID-19 pandemic. The
ordinance allows the Village
manager and finance
director to “develop and
implement policies and
procedures relating to the
collection of debt” — including
any fees, fines and
certain charges for services
that residents or businesses
have fallen behind in paying
to the Village.
“We gave the Village
manager and finance director
an ability to do that
for 60 days,” Pekau said.
“All of the details aren’t
worked out yet.
“Debt relief helps our
businesses and our residents
that may be experiencing
some difficulties
right now.”
Trustee James Dodge —
who like many attended
the meeting remotely and
whose comments during
the meeting were often
inaudible to the public —
also commented on the
creation of the debt-relief
program after the meeting.
“I think the bigger problem
right now for small
businesses, especially, is
that you don’t see a whole
lot of units of government
racing to say, ‘Don’t pay
us for a while; save the
jobs,’” he said. “Some
banks are doing some loan
forgiveness or interestonly
or waiving fees. But
have you seen a parade
of governments saying,
‘Don’t pay us for a while
and save some jobs?’”
Dodge said he does not
have any issues with the
creation of the debt-relief
program, he wants to
check with staff that there
is a good reporting system
to the Village Board about
what the Village manager
or finance director are doing
in their debt-relief authority.
FInally, the Village
Board approved temporary
measures to speed up payments
to vendors.
“We gave the Village
manager and the mayor
the ability to pay bills immediately
upon receipt —
as opposed to waiting for
board approval at board
meetings,” Pekau said. “[It
is for] any time there is an
emergency declared, so
there is no [dollar amount]
threshold.”
As part of that ordinance,
the Village Board
also approved changing
the competitive purchasing
threshold of the Village
manager without needing
Village Board approval
from $20,000 to $25,000.
The Village Board still is
to seek proposals, but it
does not need a formal bid
process for anything below
that new threshold.
The mayor added that
vendors and contractors
of the Village who have
already completed work
may be facing liquidity or
cash flow issues as a result
of COVID-19.
“They have done the
work already,” Pekau said.
“Let’s get them paid, so
that they get their money.
“I encourage the State
and the county and other
municipalities around us
to do the same thing.”
Dodge said he understands
the need for the Village
manager to be able to
act quickly but wants to be
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FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER
Medical group offers drive-up
coronavirus testing
Family First Medical Group,
with offices in Mokena and Evergreen
Park, has begun offering
people drive-up testing for the
coronavirus.
Testing begins with a phone
consultation, followed by a video
screening, according to Ryan
Dawson, marketing director for
Family First.
Should a physical test be recommended,
patients are scheduled
for a drive-up appointment,
where they are first given a flu
swab, the results of which take
8-10 minutes, Dawson said.
If that flu swab comes back
negative, then patients are administered
a COVID-19 swab,
which takes roughly 48 hours for
results to come back, Dawson
said. COVID-19 is the disease
caused by the coronavirus.
Patients enrolled in Family
First’s in-network health insurance
plans typically have their
costs covered through their insurance
policies; however, those
outside of the network also can
be tested by paying out of pocket.
Family First also works with
Women’s Healthcare of Illinois.
The group’s founder, Dr. David
Beckmann, understood the need
for quick testing while maintaining
the safety of patients who
have to come into the group’s offices,
according to Dawson, and
so began the drive-up testing on
Monday, March 16.
Those interested in setting up a
phone consultation should begin
by calling Family First at (708)
572-7575, or Women’s Healthcare
of Illinois at (708) 425-
1907.
For more information, visit
www.yourffmg.com and www.
whcillinois.com.
Reporting by T.J. Kremer III, Editor.
For more, visit MokenaMessenger
Daily.com.
FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT
Four patients test positive for
COVID-19 at Silver Cross
Four patients at Silver Cross
Hospital have tested positive
for COVID-19, according to an
email sent by President/CEO
Ruth Colby on March 23.
In the same email received
Monday, March 23, Silver Cross
noted it has tested 138 patients
to date, with 51 of those coming
back negative. It is awaiting the
results of 83 others, 29 of whom
are inpatient.
Silver Cross had its first patient
test positive for COVID-19
March 18.
The email sent on March 19
also states that Silver Cross received
a shipment of N95 and
paper masks. N-95 masks can be
reused throughout a shift.
The hospital also announced
that as of March 18 it is not allowing
visitors in any area of
the hospital, which includes inpatient,
outpatient and the emergency
department. The public
will not be allowed to wait in the
hospital lobby. For more information
about the visitor policy,
visit silvercross.org.
Limited exceptions are to be
made for single visitors over the
age of 18 to pediatric, end-oflife
and critically ill patients, to
be determined on a case-by-case
basis, according to the email. Patients
in the Mother Baby Unit
may have one visitor, as well.
While in Labor and Delivery, patients
may have one partner and
one doula if needed.
Also as of March 18, the hospital
started screening all people
who enter the hospital at all four
locations: the emergency department,
main lobby entrance, Pavilion
A/B and the cancer center.
Reporting by Sean Hastings, Editor.
For more, visit NewLenoxPatriot
Daily.com.
FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION
Tinley police chief warns
residents at-home coronavirus
testing ‘does not exist’
Some recent Facebook postings
surrounding coronavirus
concerns have warned the public
that scammers are going door-todoor,
claiming they are authorized
to administer at-home tests.
Tinley Park Police Chief Matthew
Walsh said the police station
has not received any calls
related to it but that it is still
important to let residents know
“this does not exist.”
“Do not let people in [your]
house to be tested for this virus
because it does not exist,” Walsh
said. “There’s not enough kits
available, and there’s nobody
that’s doing that.”
Assistant Village Manager Pat
Carr said in an email to The Junction
that he also has not heard of
anything like this in the area, but
the Village of Tinley Park is not
testing anyone. He added that
testings are to go through an individual’s
health care provider.
Reporting by Jacquelyn Schlabach,
Editor. For more, visit TinleyJunc
tionDaily.com.
FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND
D92 parents self-quarantines
after possible exposure to the
coronavirus
Though there is no positive
test, a parent at Lockport’s Ludwig
School may have been exposed
to the coronavirus at work,
according to a letter from District
92 Superintendent Tim Arnold.
The community letter stated
that Arnold spoke to the parent at
10 p.m. the evening of March 17
to verify the status.
The Ludwig parent was exposed
to a student at the school
where the parent teaches, and the
student’s father owns a business
that has an employee who has
been tested, but no results are
available yet.
According to Arnold, the
school district is monitoring the
student and their family. There
are no positive test results at this
time
The Ludwig parent has been
self-quarantining and acting out
of an abundance of caution. No
family members have been on
school grounds since March 13.
Reporting by Abhinanda Datta, Editor.
For more, visit LockportLegend
Daily.com.
Orland Township closes all
buildings to public, following
its public events shutdown
Bill Jones, Editor
Orland Township already
postponed events and activities,
but now it is closing its buildings
to the public, too, amid
growing concerns about the
spread of COVID-19.
Orland Township announced
Thursday, March 19, it was taking
the step “for the safety of the
Township community and staff.”
The closure took effect Friday,
March 20, and includes
closures of the Orland Township
Administration and Orland
Township Highway Department
buildings “until further notice.”
But residents may contact the
Highway Department from 7
a.m.-3 p.m. Monday-Friday at
(708) 403-5148, though recycling
items are not welcome at
this time.
An immunization clinic originally
scheduled for April 4 has
been cancelled, and Wellness
village
From Page 13
cautious about how this power
is used.
“My concern there is simply,
‘OK, what is the structure of
the ordinance to make sure that
it only applies when there is a
properly declared set of emergencies?’”
He said he worked with the
Village manager to ensure that
all parts of the idea matched the
language of the enabling ordinance.
Dodge said he also asked
the rest of the board to look at
what will happen if the Village
has a “massive drop” in revenue
as a result of the pandemic.
“What are our contingency
plans and simulations if we
have to deal with a drop in
revenue?” he asked. “What are
Wednesday appointments are no
longer being scheduled.
The Township Food Pantry
is to remain operational 9 a.m.-
4 p.m. Monday-Friday, but has
changed to drive-thru service,
for which residents are asked
to stay in their vehicles. Forms
and groceries will be brought to
them by Township staff. Identification
and proof of residency
are required.
Residents ages 60 and older
who are self-quarantining and
need basic supplies or medication
pickup can arrange delivery
by calling (708) 403-4222 from
9 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday-Friday.
Senior Transportation services
also remain available from 8:15
a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday-Friday,
though remain for medical appointments
only.
For information or to schedule
appointments, call (708)
403-4222 from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Monday-Friday.
we going to do? Are we going
to reduce capital expenditures
and operating expenditures? I
just wanted us to start thinking
down the road, that when
the economic crisis that is happening
real-time right now, that
will have a really big impact on
Orland Park — far faster than
other governments.”
Dodge said the “sky is not
falling,” but he thinks the board
needs to start thinking and planning
for what happens after the
world gets past the immediacy
of the health problem COV-
ID-19 has caused.
While several board members
were present — Mayor Keith
Pekau, and Trustees Michael
Milani and William Healy —
the rest called in by phone. The
meeting was broadcast over
Facebook Live and posted to the
Village’s YouTube page.
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When I started
editing Kyle
LaHucik’s
cover story follow-up on
Consolidated High School
District 230’s eLearning
implementation amid the
coronavirus pandemic, I
was struck by his lede.
“The global COVID-19
pandemic through which
we are living will one day
be pivotal units in high
school economics and
world history courses.”
Admittedly, I wondered,
for a split second, that it
might be overdone. Is this
really going to be studied
by students down the
road, I thought.
To paraphrase a response
from James Bond
in “Spectre” that for God
knows what reason started
going through my mind
when thinking about
this — oddly enough,
a response to questions
about whether Bond really
wants to be living in the
shadows, “always alone”
— I hadn’t stopped to
think about it.
But it only took a moment
for time to speed
back up. I came to my
senses. Of course it will
be studied.
While it remains to
be seen whether or not
it will require weeks of
exploration akin to the
“great” wars of history or
all of this gets reduced in
textbooks — or the electronic
equivalent of them
— to a few paragraphs in
a chapter on the spread
of infectious disease or
worldwide economic
troubles, it undoubtedly
will become part of our
collective history.
It already has changed
the way people are living,
not only in Orland Park
but America at large and
the rest of the world beyond
it. Many of us have
never seen anything quite
like it in our lifetimes,
and the story is still unfolding.
What also will be
remembered — maybe not
by textbooks so much but
by our friends and families
and local newspapers
and those with whom we
interact on social media
— is how we acted during
these times.
History will look
kindly upon businesses
that stepped up to feed
first responders and
health care workers (Page
17). It will favor people
like those who tirelessly
rallied around their local
business communities
(Page 3). It will document
the people who stepped
up to help their neighbors,
who took risks to
provide essential services,
who helped each other
stay sane in creative ways
while stuck at home.
It also will document
businesses that favored
profit over people. It will
remember the actions of
politicians who acted in
self-interest. It will recall
images of the fools who
potentially harmed others
by not heeding good
advice soon enough. And
for the price gougers of
the world, a special appendix
titled with a bunch
of words I cannot use in
this paper.
Fitting that a piece
about technology aiding
education serves as the
reminder that, in the age
of the internet, everyone
is watching. Now is a
good time to ask yourself:
When your children study
this years from now, how
do you want to be remembered?
Orland School District 135 posted the
accompanying image on Friday, March 20, with
the note, “Our cleaning crews have been hard
at work making sure our schools are safe and
clean for when our students and staff return!
We are so thankful for our dedicated Buildings
& Grounds Department!”
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“Happy Spring Break, Eagles. Over the next
week or more I’ll post a song of the day! Music
is a great distractor to this craziness. First up is
my guy, Ed! Dedicated you! Post yours below
if you want to play along! @SandburgHS @
jltyrrell8”
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in a second language that
face-to-face contact may
not always provide,” Johnson
said.
In addition to potentially
boosting confidence, virtual
instruction also means
the continuity of learning
during dire situations such
as a global pandemic or
less severe times such as
snow days.
Despite the governor’s
directive that this week’s
schooling fall under “act of
God” guidance, meaning
grades will not be counted,
Dixon, Meghan Haran’s
mom, said this week is still
important because it helps
her children stay on track
with their learning so they
are not behind when they
return to school.
Gay emphasized a similar
message in his statement.
“Even though guidance
from [the] State regarding
grades has been changing,
we can all agree that providing
[students] opportunities
to expand, strengthen
and deepen their learning is
in all of our best interests
along with providing feedback,”
Gay wrote.
Dixon said D230 and
D135 have done a “remarkable
job communicating,”
adding that friends
with students in other
school districts have not
been as prepared.
Though the social time
would still take a hit, D230
is prepared to extend eLearning
following spring
break.
“I think I would be able
to sustain the eLearning at
the rate it’s going now,”
Haran said. “It’s definitely
different, but at the end of
the day … not that much
has actually changed.”
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The Archdiocese of Chicago announces more
cancellations in light of coronavirus concerns
Bill Jones, Editor
Editor’s Note
Most in-person
services and events
across denominations
have been canceled,
rescheduled or
indefinitely postponed
amid coronavirus
concerns. Faith Briefs
do not appear here,
as a result. People are
encouraged to contact
their places of worship
for further information
on reschedulings,
cancellations and
online services, where
available.
The Catholic Church
has announced further
changes in response to a
global coronavirus pandemic
that has led to an increased
emphasis on social
distancing.
The Archdiocese of
Chicago announced the
Chrism Mass will not be
celebrated publicly, nor
will the annual Day of
Reflection be held. But
the Cardinal Blase Cupich
and the auxiliary bishops
are to celebrate Mass in
Holy Name Cathedral, to
be livestreamed at radiotv.
archchicago.org/televi
sion/broadcast-masses.
The Mass of the Lord’s
Supper (without washing
of the feet), the Liturgy of
the Lord’s Passion, and the
Easter Vigil will be celebrated
and streamed in a
similar manner.
If and when the Mass of
the Lord’s Supper is celebrated
privately in one’s
parish, it is not to include
the ritual of the washing
of feet. Holy oils are not
to be distributed until the
health crisis has abated,
according to a press release
issued March 19 by
the church.
Similarly, Palm Sunday
and Holy Week liturgies
are not to be celebrated
publicly by any parishes in
the archdiocese. That even
extends to outdoor happenings
such as live Stations
of the Cross on Good Friday.
And there also will be
no distribution of blessed
palms, though priests may
bless palms privately for
later distribution at a time
to be determined.
Easter sacraments for
Rite of Christian Initiation
of Adults candidates
and catechumens are to be
postponed.
Communion services
also have been put on hold.
On March 18, the archdiocese
issued new guidelines
regarding funerals
and wakes, as well as reinforced
the suspension of
all public liturgies. Among
the new guidelines, funerals
can proceed with immediate
family but should
not exceed 10 people; social
distancing of 6 feet
should be observed; no
physical contact is to take
place; high-risk individuals
are encouraged not to
attend; and physical spaces
in the church must be sanitized
after use.
Viewings are only being
conducted in cases in
which the body has been
embalmed, and similar
restrictions to the funerals
are to be observed. Hand
sanitizer and disinfectant
wipes also are to be provided.
Committal is to take
place at the gravesite, only
with immediate family not
6
to exceed 10 people, per
the archdiocese. And no
pre- or post-service social
gatherings are allowed in
parish buildings or on parish
property.
The archdiocese also
on March 20 announced
Cardinal Cupich has asked
parishes to ring bells five
times a day as a call to
prayer for groups impacted
by the COVID-19 pandemic,
beginning at 9 a.m.
March 21. It is to continue
every three hours each day,
with the last bells to ring at
9 p.m. each evening. Each
of the five prayer times
daily are to be dedicated
to a specific group particularly
impacted by the pandemic.
The archdiocese announced
it is to provide
short prayer intentions on
its website in three languages
— English, Spanish
and Polish — with a
special intention of the
day announced at the daily
Mass aired on the archdiocesan
website.
For more information
about the prayer, visit
archchicago.org.
The archdiocese on
March 13 announced a
confirmed COVID-19 case
at St. Margaret of Scotland
School in Chicago, noting
the student involved
also attended an all-school
Mass on March 12 at St.
Margaret of Scotland
Church. Both the school
and church were shut
down immediately.
Later the same day, the
archdiocese suspended
public celebration of Mass
across all of its churches,
the closure of all archdiocesan
schools and related
agencies.
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Serving the community, one pie at a time
6
Joey’s donates
roughly 500 pizzas
to people helping
in Chicago area
Bill Jones, Editor
Pictured are a group of nurses who recently were recipients of some of the generosity of Joey’s and Nick’s
Painting & Decorating Inc., who teamed up to deliver roughly 500 pizzas to those helping in the local community.
Photo submitted
Two Orland Park businesses
have been helping
those who are helping others
by making sure they
are well-fed — to the tune
of roughly 500 pizzas.
Joey’s locations in both
Orland Park and Morgan
Park teamed up with
Nick’s Painting & Decorating
Inc., of Orland
Park, to deliver the pizzas
March 19 and 20 to first
responders, family shelters,
city workers, medical
staff and more in the
Chicago area.
Nick Ipema, owner of
Nick’s Painting, said the
idea started with interior
designer Susan Devito,
who wanted to serve the
community during its response
to the coronavirus
pandemic. She wanted to
“be a light for those that
serve us daily,” Ipema
said.
The original plan was to
provide goods, doughnuts
and other items to people,
but Ipema started making
calls and found everyone
was short on food and had
limited supplies.
“We wanted to do
something big,” he said.
“So, I was conjuring up
ways that we could get a
lot of food, quickly and
efficiently, without taking
over a shop’s entire product
and workload.”
He turned to friends
Anthony Nardo and Nick
Iozzo, of Joey’s. And Joey’s
Pizza soon became
the topic of discussion.
“What an excellent way
to get food out to these
people,” Ipema said. “We
could stagger the deliveries
every three hours, and
I could have my guys use
our vans to deliver.”
Ipema said both Joey’s
and Nick’s are seeing a
slowdown in business,
so this effort became a
way to put their combined
talents, employees
and business tools to use.
His secretary, Brittany
Lisak, made a list of places
in need. Some calls
were made and then the
pizzas started going out,
from New Lenox to Mokena
to Frankfort and Tinley
Park.
Nick’s employees
Adam Bogovich and
George Stergiopoulos also
helped the group deliver
pizzas.
Orland Park man helping Tinley Park church to connect with parishioners
Effort started last
November has
become vital amid
pandemic
Alyssa Collins
Freelance Reporter
In light of the COV-
ID-19 pandemic, the St.
Julie Billiart Roman Catholic
Church has turned to
streaming Mass as a way
to keep parishioners engaged
and connected.
For the past several
years, Steve Neuhaus, of
Orland Park, has been the
unofficial photographer
and videographer for the
Tinley Park church. And
back in November, Neuhaus
and the Rev. Lou
Tylka teamed up to begin
the process of streaming
Mass.
Neuhaus and Tylka
could not have predicted
how important this would
become in the wake of a
global pandemic.
“We’re living in interesting
times, far beyond coronavirus,”
Tylka said. “The
way people interact with
the church and the way
people engage with their
faith has been shifting and
changing for years.”
With the COVID-19
virus shutting down all inperson
services, Tylka is
using this opportunity to
find new technologies and
tools to spread his message
to a broader audience, he
said. Neuhaus and Tylka
currently livestream Mass
at 9:30 a.m. each Sunday.
In addition to weekly Mass,
Tylka records what he calls
“midweek moments.”
These are shorter videos
intended to encourage
the community and allow
the parish to remain connected
in a time when they
are forced to stay away, he
said. These are to be posted
each Wednesday.
“Church is far beyond a
building,” Tylka said. “Our
discipleship goes far beyond
just coming to Mass.
So, perhaps there are things
we can think about and discover
in this crisis to continue
engaging people and
inviting people to a life of
discipleship.”
Once life regains a sense
of normalcy, Tylka intends
to continue using videos
and livestreams as a way
to connect with those who
approach faith in a different
way, he said. While
the parish has encountered
some challenges, such as
parishioners having difficulty
accessing the internet,
the feedback from
the community has been
overwhelmingly positive,
Neuhaus said.
As the COVID-19 virus
forces many parishioners
to stay home, views have
skyrocketed, and likes and
comments continue to pour
in. The idea to livestream
originated as a way to
reach the elderly or sick
5
parishioners who could
no longer attend weekly
Mass. It has evolved into
an opportunity to bring the
parish together during a
time of uncertainty.
“It’s not just shooting
photos or shooting a video;
we’re bringing the Lord to
our folks who are homebound,
who are sick and
unable to attend Mass,”
Neuhaus said.
Neuhaus and Tylka
livestream weekly on
Facebook, and the video is
then uploaded to YouTube
and the St. Julie website,
https://www.stjulie.org.
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‘Just Mercy’ elevates courtroom drama with equality cause, superb cast
Bill Jones, Editor
There is a Hallmark
version of “Just Mercy”
that exists in an alternate
universe. It has all of the
melodramatic scenes you
would expect. And it is rife
with bombastic anger —
the over-the-top righteous
indignation — its story
seemingly demands.
Were it not for the steady
work of director Destin
Daniel Cretton, that might
be the universe in which
we find ourselves living.
But with understated yet
affecting performances by
Michael B. Jordan, Jamie
Foxx and Brie Larson,
and Cretton in the director’s
chair, “Just Mercy”
knows that its true story is
compelling enough to engage
viewers and its message
might be better heard
for its hushed tone than if
shouted from the rooftops.
MPAA Rating: PG-13 | Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama | Running Time: 137 minutes
Make no mistake: “Just
Mercy” is a film about
advocacy. It is a film that
seeks to right injustices,
and not just the historical
ones documented by Jordan’s
portrayal of Bryan
Stevenson, of the Equal
Justice Initiative.
Foxx plays Walter Mc-
Millian, a black man who
in the 1980s was wrongly
convicted of the murder
of a young white woman
in Alabama. The lack of
evidence, the questionable
circumstances of his
arrest, a coaxed witness
statement and more are all
enough to show the average
person he likely did
not commit the crime. But
some folks in Monroeville
were all too happy to see
someone held responsible
— in the capital punishment
sense — who fit their
image of a killer, and the
courts all too willing to
believe an asinine police
narrative working against
McMillian.
Enter Stevenson, a recent
Harvard graduate
and lawyer with a grant to
help find justice for those
on death row in the South
who did not receive proper
representation the first
time around. He teams up
with Eva Ansley (Larson)
to set up shop in the area
and takes on a cluster of
cases, including McMillian’s,
much to the chagrin
of the local Sheriff Tom
Tate (Michael Harding)
and prosecutor Tommy
Chapman (Rafe Spall).
From there, “Just Mercy”
shows us the hurdles
they face in what should
be an open-and-closed
case of righting a wrong. It
tells a tale of two communities
at odds, and one with
the clear advantage in that
dynamic. And it highlights
the irony of a community
that prizes its Harper Lee
fiction while also complicit
in systemic injustice.
And though it is, first
and foremost, a story
about shedding light on a
long history of black people
being treated unfairly
by a criminal justice system
largely overseen by
white folks, “Just Mercy”
also serves as a blueprint
of how to be a good ally.
Ansley is a secondary figure
in the film, and in her
role she helps Stevenson
navigate the hostile waters
of the region. Ralph Myers
(Tim Blake Nelson) tries
to right his old wrong of
false testimony when he
realizes what he has done
to McMillian and his family.
And even Chapman has
a moment of redemption.
Their actions help
change the tide in the battle
for real justice, but as is
the case it often comes at
some expense to their own
well-being. Their actions
take courage, too, as going
against the grain to do the
right thing often does.
But Cretton keeps Jordan
and Foxx at the forefront
of “Just Mercy.”
Foxx makes it impossible
not to care about what
you’re seeing. And Jordan
— in one of his best roles
to date — makes sure Stevenson
is seen as the hero
he deserves to be. And
the restraint shown to the
drama keeps the truth front
and center. The real story
is enough.
As with most good historical
pieces, “Just Mercy”
is one that still resonates.
And it could be too
much to bear in the mirror
it holds up to injustices
that still exist. It could
spark righteous indignation.
Instead, Cretton gives
us a blueprint. He provides
hope that as long as good
people are fighting for
the truth, progress can be
made.
Have you seen a movie
recently and want to let
everyone know about it? The
Orland Park Prairie is looking
for residents to review
the latest new releases for its
Unscripted feature. The best
reviews will be published
in The Prairie and online
at OPPrairie.com. Keep
reviews around 400 words
or fewer and try not to give
away the key moments of the
movie. Submit your review to
bill@opprairie.com. Please
include your name and phone
number in the email.
We Got Games
‘Pong’ meets RPG in ‘Hypergalactic Psychic Table Tennis 3000’
Bill Jones, Editor
“Hypergalactic Psychic
Table Tennis 3000” — or
HPTT3K, as soon as you
get tired of repeating that
name — is simple in both
concept an execution.
Take the basic “Pong”
table tennis formula that
has been around since the
advent of video games
and modify it with roleplaying
game elements.
In execution, that means
starting with a plain white
paddle and playing a game
of first-to-3. After winning
a match, though, the
player is presented with
options for upgrades. And
this happens round after
round, with choices such
as extending the height or
girth of the paddle, and increasing
movement speed
at the core.
But where things start
to get really interesting
are the upgrades such as
the ability to throw fireballs,
cast freeze spells,
send toxic clouds the
way of an opponent and
slow down time The
paddle itself also has a
health bar that can be upgraded,
replenished and
so forth.
What it all adds is a leveled-up
complexity to an
otherwise simple game.
The courts also change,
with bumpers, wormholes
and hazards — some of
which negate particular
attacks — among the
variations. And the enemy
paddles change level to
level, from big, fat and
slow to tiny and quick as
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a hiccup. Some cast spells
of their own, too.
All of this means the
player has to approach
each round with a slightly
different game plan, and
the balance of upgrades
along the way becomes
increasingly important.
Split-second strategies
have to be developed,
maybe choosing to take
a final blow and start the
next point with a fresh
health bar, combining attacks
to score on a wily
enemy or knowing when
giving up a point might be
the better option than taking
a certain hit.
The graphics of
HPTT3K are simple. So
is its sometimes juvenile
sense of humor. And I
stopped reading many of
the enemy descriptions
and between-level transitional
texts early in the
game, finding myself less
interested in the lore and
more in pressing on with
the next round.
But for $1.99 on Steam,
HPTT3K offers plenty of
fun. It is a great combination
of accessibility and
increasing complexity as
it progresses — especially
for folks sitting around
at home at the moment,
looking for worthwhile
diversions.
Have you played a video
game recently and want to
let everyone know about it?
The Orland Park Prairie is
looking for residents to review
the latest new releases
for its We Got Games feature.
The best reviews will
be published in The Prairie
and online at OPPrairie.
com. Keep reviews around
400 words or fewer and try
not to give away the key moments
of the game. Submit
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The Dish
Chesdan’s remains operational with curbside pickup, delivery during pandemic
Business continues
to serve customers
their favorites
Thomas Czaja, Editor
With several modifications,
a Homer Glen business,
like many others, is
ready to keep filling orders
for the cuisine patrons
want during a global pandemic.
Chesdan’s Pizzeria &
Grille in Homer Glen has
had carryout and delivery
options for a while, meaning
it was prepared for recent,
indefinite changes,
according to owner Dan
Garr.
With Gov. J.B. Pritzker
mandating all bars
and restaurants in the state
eliminate dine-in through
March 30 because of coronavirus
concerns, establishments
are doing what
they can to keep business
going. Takeout via pickup
and delivery, which Chesdan’s
does, are still allowed,
as are drive-thrus.
“We are pretty well set
in terms of having boxing,
delivery bags,” Garr said.
“We have quadrants set
up, and our staff is trained
to take credit cards over
the phone for deliveries or
curbside pickups.”
The business announced
on its Facebook page
March 17 that while patrons
cannot currently dine
in, Chesdan’s is not limiting
its menu for pickups
and delivery. During this
unprecedented time, all
deliveries are free and taking
place all day, beginning
at 11 a.m.
“Somebody can be out
in the parking lot, and they
can always call and we’ll
run it out to them,” Garr
added about pickups.
Chesdan’s Pizzeria &
Grille
15764 S. Bell Road in
Homer Glen
Hours:
• 11 a.m.-10 p.m.
Monday-Thursday
• 11 a.m.-11 p.m.
Friday-Saturday
• Noon-9 p.m. Sunday
For more information ...
Phone: (708) 301-
8300
Web: chesdanspizza.
com
“Support
your local
restaurants.
It’ll be good
for everybody.”
Dan Garr — Chesdan’s
owner
In terms of cleanliness,
Chesdan’s is following the
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention guidelines,
along with sanitization
checklists. Staff there
wear gloves. Disinfectant
has always been at maximum
strength, and door
handles and pens that are
frequently used are being
wiped down as much as
they possibly can be.
Customers can still walk
in to pick up their order,
but if they are not comfortable
doing so given the
circumstances, curbside
remains the best option,
with a pickup area set up
on the side of the building.
That said, Chesdan’s is
still trying to do all it can
for its employees.
The king special personal-size pizza ($9.67) is a quick option for an individual looking for a meal on the go from
Chesdan’s Pizzeria & Grille in Homer Glen. Photos by Thomas Czaja/22nd Century Media
“We are trying to keep
the waitstaff working,
because we do need hostesses
and people manning
the phones for deliveries,
pickups and things of that
nature,” Garr said.
He noted on the first day
of the new guidelines, on
St. Patrick’s Day, that orders
were still coming in at
a decent pace. On March
17 on Facebook, the business
wrote, “A great big
thank you to all our loyal
Chesdan’s customers who
are placing those curbside
pickup and delivery orders!
We love you!”
Garr said since Chesdan’s
makes everything
from pizzas to pastas to
sandwiches to desserts
and more, he expects a
mix of their offerings to
keep moving out the door.
Those in the mood for a
pizza can still get the likes
of a large 14-inch thin
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crosstown CROSSWORD & Sudoku The crosstowns: Frankfort, Homer Glen, Lockport, Mokena, New Lenox, Orland Park, Tinley Park
Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur
Across
1. A.A.A. suggestion,
abbr.
4. Western wolf
8. Bother
13. Night of poetry
14. Much may follow
it
15. Orland Park
standout student,
Jaclyn
16. Be human
17. Heart
18. Bank profit source
19. Overstep a
boundary
22. Like Swiss cheese
23. Weather wetness
27. Character in “As
You Like It”
29. In view
30. First baseball Hall
of Famer
32. Philosophic
33. Go over
37. Cogged wheels
40. Abrogates
41. Car racing champ,
Castroneves
43. Indian lodging
(var)
45. Sandburg basketball
and soccer
player, Erin
48. Reagan and
Sinatra
53. Highly admiring
55. Country rocker
Steve
56. Decide in advance
58. Cold cream
61. Bloviate
62. Affront
63. Planet
64. “Veni, vidi, ___”
65. ___ pinch
66. James Patterson’s
detective
67. First Lady of Jazz
68. Profit bringer,
cash ___
Down
1. Bounce back again
2. Overbearing fear
3. Sign up for college
4. Not really sing
5. “Step ___!”
6. Cover
7. Milo of “The Verdict”
8. Black trees
9. Estrange
10. Big conference in
the BCS
11. Army member
12. Prof’s helpers, for
short
15. Think out loud
20. Caspian or Dead
21. French flower
24. Coal color
25. Declined
26. Parts of a min.
28. Boxer or chow, for
example
31. Hitter’s tool
33. Sneaker
34. Chest muscles,
briefly
35. More than some
36. Bowling variation
38. Raccoon feature
39. Masseur’s workplace,
maybe
42. Burdensome
44. Inactivity
46. Signs
47. Empty (of)
49. Rotating piece of
machinery
50. Of part of the eye
51. Meteorological
event
52. Playground piece
for two
54. Boldness
57. Abbr. on a business
letter
58. Director Jean-___
Godard
59. John Boyd ___:
nutritionist and nobel
prize winner
60. Confucian path
How to play Sudoku
Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that
has been subdivided into nine smaller grids
of 3x3 squares. To solve the puzzle, each row,
column and box must contain each of the
numbers 1-9.
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crust cheese ($18.50) that
serves 3-4 people, or any
of their other pies with
various sizing, pricing and
toppings.
Elsewhere on the menu,
the baked rigatoni ($17 or
$12.30 for the meta portion)
comes with tomato
Alfredo and mozzarella
cheese, with the option to
add spinach, mushrooms
or broccoli for $3 each.
That and the Parmesancrusted
tilapia ($15.55)
— served with garlic butter,
lemon and Parmesan
— are solid options during
Lent or anytime.
While it is unknown
what the future holds, including
if the no-dining in
mandate will be extended,
Garr and his staff are ready
and willing to keep serving
customers their favorite
menu items.
Those interested can
also order online with
DoorDash via the Chesdan’s
website and/or follow
the eatery on Facebook
to keep up on the
latest with any potential
further changes.
“Support your local restaurants,”
Garr said. “It’ll
be good for everybody.”
Crossword by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan
answers
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Captivating,very spacious 5 BR,
6 bath home with an impressive
indoor pool with slide & hot tub!
Dream kitchen,private backyard
& pond views!
From $970,000
The Glockler Group
708.529.5839
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Beautiful brick Georgian on a lovely
wooded setting! Full, finished lookout
basement, hardwood flrs. & a main flr.
office or optional 5th bedroom.
$450,000
The Glockler Group • 708.529.5839
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Spacious,Light-Filled Palos Park multilevel
townshome with beautiful pond view.
Formal living room,dining room,2 full
baths plus 2 half baths and a walkout lower
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basement with workshop and office
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$284,000
The Glockler Group • 708.529.5839
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finished lookout basement with bath
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$484,900
The Glockler Group • 708.529.5839
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Beautiful,Barely lived in home.Unique
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$449,900
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708.738.3163
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFCOOK
COUNTY, ILLINOIS
COUNTY DEPARTMENT -CHAN-
CERY DIVISION
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL
TRUST, COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE
FOR THE HOLDERS OF HSI ASSET
SECURITIZATION CORPORATION
TRUST 2007-HE1, MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2007-HE1
Plaintiff,
-v.-
ROBERT H. THOMAS, CINDRA
THOMAS, MIDLAND FUNDING
LLC
Defendants
2019 CH 09598
14356 STREAMWOOD DRIVE
ORLAND PARK, IL 60467
NOTICE OF SALE
PUBLIC NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN
that pursuant to aJudgment ofForeclosure
and Sale entered inthe above cause
on January 21, 2020, an agent for The
Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30
AM onApril 23, 2020, at The Judicial
Sales Corporation, One South Wacker
Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a
public sale to the highest bidder, as set
forth below, the following described
real estate:
Commonly known as 14356 STREAM-
WOOD DRIVE, ORLAND PARK, IL
60467
Property Index No. 27-07-105-013-0000
The real estate is improved with asingle
family residence.
The judgment amount was $324,582.19.
Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid
by certified funds at the close of the sale
payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation.
No third party checks will beaccepted.
The balance, including the Judicial
Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential
Property Municipality Relief
Fund, which is calculated on residential
real estate atthe rate of $1 for each
$1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount
paid by the purchaser not to exceed
$300, in certified funds/or wire transfer,
is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No
fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring
the residential real estate pursuant
to its credit bid at the sale or by any
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other
lienor acquiring the residential real estate
whose rights in and tothe residential
real estate arose prior to the sale.
The subject property is subject to general
real estate taxes, special assessments,
orspecial taxes levied against
said real estate and is offered for sale
without any representation as to quality
or quantity of title and without recourse
to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition.
The sale is further subject to confirmation
by the court.
Upon payment in full ofthe amount bid,
the purchaser will receive aCertificate
of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to
adeed tothe real estate after confirmation
of the sale.
The property will NOT be open for inspection
and plaintiff makes no representation
astothe condition ofthe property.
Prospective bidders are admonished
to check the court file to verify all
information.
If this property isacondominium unit,
the purchaser ofthe unit atthe foreclosure
sale, other than amortgagee, shall
pay the assessments and the legal fees
required byThe Condominium Property
Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If
this property is a condominium unit
which is part of acommon interest community,
the purchaser ofthe unit atthe
foreclosure sale other than amortgagee
shall pay the assessments required by
The Condominium Property Act, 765
ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).
IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR
(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE
RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION
FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF
AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN AC-
CORDANCE WITH SECTION
15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.
You will need a photo identification is-
2701 Property for
Sale
sued by a government agency (driver's
license, passport, etc.) in order togain
entry into our building and the foreclosure
sale room in Cook County and the
same identification for sales held at
other county venues where The Judicial
Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure
sales.
For information, JOHNSON, BLUM-
BERG &ASSOCIATES, LLC Plaintiff's
Attorneys, 230 W. Monroe Street,
Suite #1125, Chicago, IL, 60606 (312)
541-9710. Please refer to file number
19-7243.
THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORA-
TION
One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor,
Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312)
236-SALE
You can also visit The Judicial Sales
Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a7
day status report of pending sales.
JOHNSON, BLUMBERG &ASSOCI-
ATES, LLC
230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125
Chicago IL, 60606
312-541-9710
E-Mail:
ilpleadings@johnsonblumberg.com
Attorney File No. 19-7243
Attorney Code. 40342
Case Number: 2019 CH 09598
TJSC#: 40-664
NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection
Practices Act, you are advised
that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be
adebt collector attempting tocollect a
debt and any information obtained will
be used for that purpose.
Case # 2019 CH 09598
I3147009
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFCOOK
COUNTY, ILLINOIS
COUNTY DEPARTMENT -CHAN-
CERY DIVISION
DITECH FINANCIAL LLC
Plaintiff,
-v.-
CHRISTINE F STOLZENBACH
A/K/A CHRISTINE F HNAT, MAR-
QUETTE BANK, SHADETREE CON-
DOMINIUM ASSOCIATION NO. 1
Defendants
17 CH 14482
5200 WOODLAND DRIVE, APT D
OAK FOREST, IL 60452
NOTICE OF SALE
PUBLIC NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN
that pursuant to aJudgment ofForeclosure
and Sale entered in the above cause
on April 17, 2018, an agent for The Judicial
Sales Corporation, will at 10:30
AM on April 3, 2020, at The Judicial
Sales Corporation, One South Wacker
Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a
public sale to the highest bidder, as set
forth below, the following described
real estate:
Commonly known as 5200 WOOD-
LAND DRIVE, APT D, OAK FOR-
EST, IL 60452
Property Index No. 28-16-111-040-1012
The real estate is improved with asingle
family two story townhome with anattached
one car garage.
Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid
by certified funds at the close of the sale
payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation.
No third party checks will be accepted.
The balance, including the Judicial
Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential
Property Municipality Relief
Fund, which is calculated on residential
real estate at the rate of$1 for each
$1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount
paid by the purchaser not to exceed
$300, in certified funds/or wire transfer,
is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No
fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring
the residential real estate pursuant
to its credit bid at the sale or by any
mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other
lienor acquiring the residential real estate
whose rights inand to the residential
real estate arose prior to the sale.
The subject property is subject to general
real estate taxes, special assessments,
orspecial taxes levied against
said real estate and is offered for sale
without any representation as to quality
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2701 Property for
Sale
2701 Property for
Sale
2703 Legal
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2900 Merchandise
Under $100
2900 Merchandise
Under $100
2900 Merchandise
Under $100
or quantity of title and without recourse
to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition.
The sale is further subject toconfirmation
by the court.
Upon payment in full ofthe amount bid,
the purchaser will receive aCertificate
of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to
adeed to the real estate after confirmation
of the sale.
The property will NOT be open for inspection
and plaintiff makes no representation
astothe condition ofthe property.
Prospective bidders are admonished
to check the court file to verify all
information.
If this property isacondominium unit,
the purchaser ofthe unit atthe foreclosure
sale, other than amortgagee, shall
pay the assessments and the legal fees
required by The Condominium Property
Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If
this property is a condominium unit
which ispart ofacommon interest community,
the purchaser ofthe unit atthe
foreclosure sale other than amortgagee
shall pay the assessments required by
The Condominium Property Act, 765
ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).
IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR
(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE
RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION
FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF
AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN AC-
CORDANCE WITH SECTION
15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.
You will need a photo identification issued
by a government agency (driver's
license, passport, etc.) in order togain
entry into our building and the foreclosure
sale room in Cook County and the
same identification for sales held at
other county venues where The Judicial
Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure
sales.
MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT
PIERCE, LLC Plaintiff's Attorneys,
One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200,
Chicago, IL, 60602. Tel No. (312)
346-9088.
THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORA-
TION
One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor,
Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312)
236-SALE
You can also visit The Judicial Sales
Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a7
day status report of pending sales.
MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT
PIERCE, LLC
One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200
Chicago IL, 60602
312-346-9088
E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com
Attorney File No. 264228
Attorney ARDC No. 61256
Attorney Code. 61256
Case Number: 17 CH 14482
TJSC#: 39-7718
NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection
Practices Act, you are advised
that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be
adebt collector attempting to collect a
debt and any information obtained will
be used for that purpose.
Case # 17 CH 14482
I3147053
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFCOOK
COUNTY, ILLINOIS
COUNTY DEPARTMENT -CHAN-
CERY DIVISION
CSMC 2018-RPL3 TRUST;
Plaintiff,
vs.
WAYNE J. HAMROCK AKA
WAYNE JAMES HAMROCK;
BENEFICIAL ILLINOIS INC., DBA
BENEFICIAL
MORTGAGE CO. OFILLINOIS, ILLI-
NOIS HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY; UN-
KNOWN OWNERS
GENERALLY AND NON RECORD
CLAIMANTS;
Defendants,
19 CH 12802
NOTICE OF SALE
PUBLIC NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN
that pursuant to aJudgment ofForeclosure
and Sale entered in the above enti-
tled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales
Corporation will on Wednesday, April
22, 2020 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their
office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite
718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public
auction to the highest bidder for cash, as
set forth below, the following described
mortgaged real estate:
P.I.N. 28-28-206-003-0000.
Commonly known as 16724 Meadowdale
Drive, Oak Forest, IL 60452.
The mortgaged real estate is improved
with asingle family residence. If the
subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of
acommon interest community, the purchaser
of the unit other than amortgagee
shall pay the assessments required
by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of
the Condominium Property Act.
Sale terms: 10% down by certified
funds, balance, by certified funds,
within 24 hours. Norefunds. The property
will NOT be open for inspection.
For information call Mr. Anthony Porto
at Plaintiff's Attorney, Kluever & Platt,
L.L.C., 150 North Michigan Avenue,
Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312)
236-0077. SPS000130
INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES
CORPORATION
intercountyjudicialsales.com
I3147838
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFCOOK
COUNTY, ILLINOIS
COUNTY DEPARTMENT -CHAN-
CERY DIVISION
THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL
BANK
Plaintiff,
vs.
KEITH WOLICK, AKA KEITH E.
WOLICK; SUSAN
WOLICK; THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA, OFFICE
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE
TREASURY; STATE OF
ILLINOIS; SYSCO CHICAGO, INC.,
A CORPORATION
F/K/A SYSCO FOOD
SERVICES-CHICAGO, INC.,;
U.S. FOODSERVICE, INC.; UN-
KNOWN OWNERS AND
NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS; THE
CANTERBURY COURT
SUBDIVISION
Defendants,
18 CH 4519
NOTICE OF SALE
PUBLIC NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN
that pursuant to aJudgment ofForeclosure
and Sale entered in the above entitled
cause Intercounty Judicial Sales
Corporation will onThursday, April 30,
2020 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office
at 120 West Madison Street, Suite
718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public
auction to the highest bidder for cash, as
set forth below, the following described
mortgaged real estate:
P.I.N. 27-18-106-004-0000
Commonly known as 15200 RODAO
DRIVE, ORLAND PARK, IL 60462.
The mortgaged real estate is improved
with asingle family residence. If the
subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of
acommon interest community, the purchaser
of the unit other than amortgagee
shall pay the assessments required
by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of
the Condominium Property Act.
Sale terms: 10% down by certified
funds, balance, by certified funds,
within 24 hours. Norefunds. The property
will NOT be open for inspection.
For information call Sales Department
at Plaintiff's Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski,
LLC, One East Wacker Drive,
Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614)
220-5611. 18-008168 F2
INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES
CORPORATION
intercountyjudicialsales.com
I3148663
Legal Notice
Community Consolidated School
District 146
Notice of Public Meeting
On Thursday, April 2, 2019 at 9:30
AM, the annual Timely and Meaningful
Consultation will be conducted
by Community Consolidated
School District 146 at the
Robert Procunier Administration
Center, 6611 W. 171st Street in
Tinley Park, IL. The purpose ofthe
meeting will be to discuss the District’s
plans for providing special
education services tostudents with
disabilities who attend private
schools within district boundaries
(St. George School, Trinity Lutheran
School, Hope Montessori,
and Zion Lutheran School) and
also those students who are currently
being home-schooled. If you
are aparent of a home-schooled
student who has been or may be
identified with a disability, and you
reside within the boundaries of
District 146, you are encouraged to
attend. If you have plans to attend
or you have further questions pertaining
tothis meeting, please contact
Kelly Voliva, Director ofStudent
Services, at (708) 614-4545.
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Columbia winter jackets,
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Hitachi bread maker, excellent
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Lynx pro golf bag $35;
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708-478-8976
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708-614-8541
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Mini LED flashlite $2; Large
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12oz wood filler, repairs damaged
wood $10; Alum. snow
scoop shovel, new $24. Call
708-460-8308
Mini snow shovel steel
blade/handle $8; Ice blast
w/shield de-icer $4; New wall
covering smoother brush $5;
24pc foam brush set $5. Call
708-460-8308
Peerless kitchen faucet,
#P299575LF.SS, brand new in
box, with sprayer high arc $40.
Call 708-614-5728
Chicago Bear official NFL
authorized hooded sweatshirt
large, perfect condition. $15
Call 708-403-2525
Civil war puzzles 1000pcs all
done w/frames $20ea; wooded
ships of all kind Mayflower etc
$20ea. Call 630-346-2163
Complete set bed-in-bag brand
new never used queensize yellow
and blue floral print $25.
Call 708-403-2473
Decorator’s dream! Black w
/gold leatherete bound Encyc
Americana-shelf dec, lamp
base history buffs- creativity is
yours. FREE Call
708-687-0938
Dooney & Bourke leather
handbags -authentic -excellent
condition, both black
w/tan trim. $50ea. Call
708-429-7929. Will text picture.
Electric snow shovel, seldom
used $95. Call 815-478-3870
Golf umbrellas $10ea; tennis
racquet $10; Sears 3/8” electric
drill $20; Black & Decker
edger $10. Call 708-601-1947
Hankook Optimo H426 size
P215/55R17 slightly used,
good threads $25 Call
815-463-0282
Julien #3900 stainless steel
prep sink, new, dimensions
16”x13”x8” deep, high quality
under mount sink with mounting
hardware $85. Call
708-310-0699
Kidde fire extinguisher, rated
A-B-C gauged $17; Vehicle
w/shield snow-shield $6;
1988-89 Tracer rear window
wiper blade $10. Call
708-460-8308
Kitchen dinette set, good condition
all but one chair has no
back. Chairs are caster chairs
$100. Call 815-464-6176
Lg tent w/attached sunroom,
new in box $95. Call
708-429-0259 after 4pm
Lynx pro golf bag $35;
Bullseye putter $30; Titleist
golf bag like new $35. Call
708-478-8976
Men’s Austin Reed suit 44long
tan includes Alfani shirt
16-34-35 and 3ties $80. Call
708-614-8541
Mens cold weather jacket, rich
deep green with all the trimmings.
Excellent condition.
$25 OBO Call 708-403-2525
Mini LED flashlite $2; Large
LED flashlite $5; Miniwax
12oz wood filler, repairs damaged
wood $10; Alum. snow
scoop shovel, new $24. Call
708-460-8308
Mini snow shovel steel
blade/handle $8; Ice blast
w/shield de-icer $4; New wall
covering smoother brush $5;
24pc foam brush set $5. Call
708-460-8308
Pair of 26” crystal-look table
lamps cut-glass/polished brass,
excellent condition asking
$50pair OBO; oval mirror
34x21w beveled edge $50. Call
708-460-2587
Peerless kitchen faucet,
#P299575LF.SS, brand new in
box, with sprayer high arc $40.
Call 708-614-5728
Pillsbury Doughboy porcelain
collection 7pieces, $100 Call
815-464-6176
Pro golf bag $35; Bullseye putter
$30; 3pack Titleist balls
$5; Titleist golf bag new $30.
Call 708-478-8976
Quadrilla children’s wooden
blocks, 2complete sets-Rail +
Twist and Rail, lightly used
$100 Call 708-475-2102
Red Wing steel toe insulated
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Paid $160, sell for $100 OBO.
Call 815-485-6008
Ron Popeil rotisserie grill $30;
grey trunk, great for college
student $30. Call
708-790-1824
Singer sewing machine portible,
many fancy stitches $35;
Sea shell Tritons trumpet $50.
Call 708-535-9354
Snow skies: 5’6” Dynastar,
5’6” Rosignol, 6’3” Heads
w/poles, all for $100. Call
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Weight bench and weights
$100. Weights alone worth
$450. Call 815-469-0891
Weight bench plus weights
$100 (weights alone selling for
over $450 at store). Call
815-469-0891
Weight vest up to 40lbs $40;
Vintage Bulls xl winter jacket
$30; Scottie Pippen vintage
jersey $30. Call or text
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Whirlpool Cabrio laundry
dryer $100 firm. 708-785-0987
Wooden fireplace mantel,
never used, $70. Call
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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
10 Questions
with Samantha Higgins
Samantha Higgins is a
seventh grade player on
Jerling Jr. High’s volleyball
team, which had
a perfect regular season
record in the SouthWest
Interscholastic Conference.
She also plays
badminton.
How did you get
involved in volleyball?
I got involved volleyball
because both my sisters,
Megan and Brittany,
and family played.
What is the worst
thing about having
sports shut down?
Not being able to play
and see friends.
What is your proudest
moment in athletics?
My proudest moment in
athletics is having an undefeated
season.
Are there any
embarrassing
moments you had in
sports?
When I was playing volleyball
and I tripped over
myself.
Do you have a
favorite pregame
pump-up song?
My favorite pregame
pump up song is “Old
Town Road.”
Is there a movie you
could watch over and
over without getting
bored with it?
“High School Musical.”
Any superstitions?
A superstition I have is
when I am getting ready
for the ball I have to touch
the floor with my finger
tips with both hands.
Is there a food you
hate so much, you
wouldn’t eat it, if you
are given a million
dollars to eat it?
Mints.
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If they made a movie
about your life, who
should play you?
The person I would like
to play me is Madeleine
Petsch.
What would that
movie be called?
“The Youngest of Nine.”
Interview conducted by
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Sandburg soccer plays the waiting game with rest of the state
JEFF VORVA, Sports Editor
5
Last spring might have
been the most miserable
spring in recent memory
regarding the weather.
Cold weather. Rain. Ice.
Snow. Lightning. Stifling
humidity.
It was awful. It was a
mess.
But there are a lot of
athletes out there in Illinois
who would trade this
year’s circumstances for
last year’s lousy spring
weather.
“I would make that trade
in a split second,” Sandburg
senior Ella Hase said.
Hase is on the Eagles
girls soccer team, a team
that has realistic goals of
winning a state championship
after returning a ton
of experience from last
year’s 16-5-1 squad and
adding five talented club
players who will be making
their varsity debuts.
But one of the biggest
opponents that the Eagles,
and every other spring
team in Illinois, will face
is a possible season shutdown
amid coronavirus
concerns. The Illinois
High School Association
is in a holding pattern right
now, with the postponement
of spring sports but
could make a decision on
March 31 regarding the future
of the sports.
The Eagles had one
week of practice, and it
was a good one.
“The last time I saw the
players as a group, there
was a lot of uncertainty,”
Eagles coach Tom Kubowicz
said. “A lot of girls
were asking questions
about what I thought was
going to happen. They
wanted to know if the
season was going to be
canceled or if they would
Sandburg’s soccer team, shown lined up before a game last season, could be a state contender if spring sports take place.
JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA
let them play. We had a
lot of those questions going
around at the beginning
of practice. But even
with all of the uncertainty,
as soon as it was time to
practice, the girls were
into it and focused. I just
hope they get a chance to
play this season, because
that first week of practice
we had was one of the better
weeks of practice that I
have ever been around.”
New club players are
seniors Kiera Fullick and
Allison Kallberg, juniors
Kristiana Pappanastos,
and Alyssa Marzullo plus
sophomore Kari Ferguson,
“They will all have an
immediate impact on the
team,” he said. “They can
make us better.”
Without them, this already
figured to be a pretty
tough team to beat.
Hase returns as the defending
SouthWest Suburban
Conference Blue
Player of the Year after
scoring seven goals and
notching eight assists, and
was a Team 22 First Team
member. Bella Corluka,
Rosie Richardson, Erin
O’Connor and Arienne
Monteclar were honorable
mentions.
Other members on this
year’s roster who figure to
make an impact are Shelby
Fuller, Grace Corluka,
Madeline Pertle, Katherine
Barrios, Jelena Vasiljevic,
Alyssa Palacios, Daniella
Iraci, Maggie Manthey,
Selwa Abdelhadi and Alana
Galvin.
One of the club newcomers
is crossing her
fingers this group of talent
will get to show the state
its abilities.
“I wish we could play
right now,” said Pappanastos,
who verbally
committed to Illinois
State University. “But
we will see when we get
back. Whatever happens,
happens. I’ll still be working
to try to play for next
year at least.”
During the off time, the
players were encouraged
to continue to stay in shape
and work on their game,
even though practices
were not allowed.
“We didn’t provide them
with anything,” Kubowicz
said. “They all played soccer
for so long and they
know the type of drills they
can do for their foot skills.
They know what they can
do in their basement or
their back yard. We just remind
them to keep touching
the ball and stay active,
because if we’re allowed
to go back out there and
play, we will have to get
right into it. There won’t
be a lot of time to prepare,
so having two weeks off,
it’s on them to take it upon
themselves to go out and
work wherever they can.”
Pappanastos said she
has been working on her
game at a local park with
members of her family.
Hase said a small group
has gotten together for fitness
drills.
Hase, a Northwestern
recruit, has a feeling this
team can be special.
“This is super, super, super
different,” Hase said.
“We have talent and the
coaches are putting us in
a mindset where we have
one goal, and that is to win
state. We want to put everything
into our practices
to try to make that possible.”
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THURSDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK
Here are 60,000 reasons to
love Schofield Foundation
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JEFF VORVA/
22ND CENTURY MEDIA
1ST AND 3
THREE MAJOR HIGH
SCHOOL EVENTS
CANCELLED BECAUSE
OF CORONAVIRUS
CONCERNS
1. Prep Baseball
Classic
Sandburg’s baseball
team was to
take on Alton, Moline
and Edwardsville
in southern
Illinois.
2. Let’s Try To Beat
the Midwest
Weather event
Sandburg’s softball
team (above) was
entered in this indoor
event in Rosemont.
They could
beat the weather,
but not the virus
concerns.
3. SWSC track meets
The Eagles’ boys
and girls track
teams were to have
concluded their indoor
seasons with
the league meets
in the SouthWest
Suburban Conference.
Jeff Vorva
Sports Editor
Food for thought for,
in this case, those
who are hungry.
You gotta love Sandburg
sports’ power couple Michael
and Kendall Coyne
Schofield.
With Michael doing
great things in the NFL
and Kendall making
history for hockey and
women’s sports seemingly
every minute, we could
leave the story there and
that would be enough
greatness to last a long
time.
But these two are also
using the red-hot spotlight
they are in to help others
through the Schofield
Family Foundation, which
started last year and this
paper has publicized.
They are at it again.
They are using this coronavirus
concern for a new
project of goodwill.
The foundation is pledging
60,000 meals for those
affected by school and
business closures through
the Greater Chicago Food
Despository.
Sixty thousand!
While a small group of
sports writers can probably
snarf through that many
free meals in a couple of
days, that will feed a lot of
normal people for a long
time.
For those who want to
help the cause, visit chica
gofoodbank.org/covid.
Good people doing great
things.
A glimmer of hope
Cancel. Cancel. Cancel.
That is all most of us
have been hearing about in
recent weeks.
All around the state, athletes,
coaches, parents and
fans are hoping that the
Illinois High School Association
will not cancel the
spring season. A decision
could come on Tuesday,
March 31, to either restore
the season, postpone it
some more or cancel it.
IHSA Executive Director
Craig Anderson is on
the side of trying to get the
season back on track.
The boss was on radio
station WMIX in Mount
Vernon and admitted his
group is at the mercy of
decisions from state and
federal agencies. Anderson
is crossing his fingers
that the season will be a
go, even if it means state
championships will be
played into the summer.
“We’re hopeful that
our spring sports can be
played out in some form
of regular season [and]
some form of postseason,”
he said.
Scholar All-American
Orland Park native and
Andrew graduate Robert
Precin was one of 260
athletes to be named to
the National Wrestling
Coaches Association
Division III Academic All-
American team.
Precin was 32-1 and
ranked second in the
nation in the 125-pound
class. He had 10 major
decisions and seven pins.
He won the College
Conference and Wisconsin
Championships and
qualified for the National
Championships thanks to
a title at the Lower Midwest
Regional Championships.
His season was cut
short by, well, you know,
that virus scare. The
championships were not
held.
To earn the Scholastic
All-America honor, a student
needed to hold a 3.20
grade point average and
meet one of the following
criteria - placing in the top
with in regional action or
appearing in more than
half of his team’s matches
and winning two-thirds of
his matches.
Sandburg grads Michael and Kendall Coyne Schofield
continue to do great work through the Schofield Family
Foundation. PHOTO SUBMITTED
T-ball cancelled
No age group is immune.
The Village of Orland
Park announced spring T-
ball has been cancelled.
This is sad, sad news.
Not for the children.
They don’t know any
better.
But this is devastating
for all of the parents, who
think that their T-ball studs
are going to grow up to
be the next Kris Bryant or
Eloy Jimenez.
OK, let’s have a few
laughs
I have been asking
Athlete of the Week questions
for more than two
years and based on that,
the two most popular TV
shows among our area
high school athletes are
“Friends” and “The Office.”
Can you imagine episodes
of these shows with
the coronavirus concerns
and quarantines?
The “Friends” gang
probably wouldn’t mind
hanging out together in the
two apartments because,
well, that’s what they do.
But hilarity would ensue
over the toilet paper shortage
and the gang going stir
crazy without their trips
to Central Perk. Who kills
who first? I think they all
gang up and throw Ross
out of a window.
“The Office” workers
can’t show up at Dunder
Mifflin and have to work
remotely at home. We’ve
already seen the creepy
farm the Dwight lives on.
Do we really want to see
the digs of Meredith and
Toby?
Finally, for some of the
baby boomers, would the
seven stranded castaways
on “Gilligan’s Island” be
free of the virus? Would
they be yukking it up
or panicking when they
heard those reports on
the radio? You know if
anyone gets the virus, it
would be Gilligan - after
he drops a coconut on the
Skipper’s skull. And while
we are on the subject:
What did the castaways do
for toilet paper?
LISTEN UP
“I just hope they get a chance to play this season because that first
week of practice we had was one of the better weeks of practice that
I have ever been around.”
Tom Kubowicz – Sandburg girls soccer coach, on the possible return of
spring sports
WHAT2WATCH
IHSA DECISION
TBA, Tuesday, March 31
• The Illinois High School Association could
have a decision on the future of spring
sports.
Index
37 - Team 22 Boys Basketball Team
36 - Athlete of the Week
Compiled by Sports Editor Jeff Vorva,
j.vorva@22ndcm.com
Orland Park’s Hometown Newspaper | March 26, 2020
60,000 MEALS Vorva writes
about the Schofield Foundation’s
newest goodwill project, Page 39
OTHER BIG NUMBERS Lots of
points, rebounds and assists came from the
Team 22 boys basketball team, Page 37
Sandburg’s powerful soccer squad is one of many teams craving that
IHSA sports return soon, Page 38
Sandburg’s soccer
team, celebrating
a regional title last
year, is crossing
its fingers for more
celebrations in
2020, and athletes
from spring sports
from all over the
state are hoping
the sports season
returns. JEFF
VORVA/22ND CENTURY
MEDIA
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