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Thursday, December 19, 2013

Gated access calms Orland Crossing protests Village OKs Mariano’s and apartments

by Tim Hadac staff reporter A crowd of well over 100 men and women packed the Orland Park Village Board meeting Monday night, fit for a fight over plans to further develop Orland Crossing as a retail and residential center.

Every seat was filled, and people spilled along the sides and all the way to the back doors of the board room. Even before the meeting was gaveled open at 7 p.m., the air was thick with tension and punctuated with pessimistic grumblings.

“I’m not sure why we’re even here,” one woman said. “They’re going to do whatever they want,

regardless of what we want.”

At issue was the anger of residents living immediately east of the Orland Crossing development, upset about initial plans to build a 73,000-square foot Mariano’s Fresh Market and more than 200 townhome and row house residential units—plans they said would severely damage their quality of life by adding traffic congestion from the development.

Eighteen minutes after Mayor Daniel McLaughlin opened the meeting, however, the cynicism turned to celebration, and hands that had been clenched were suddenly applauding when residents learned that village officials had revised plans to limit access to and

from the development’s eastern edge.

“I came here to really blast you guys, and blast you hard,” said Orland Park resident Bill Wilson, leaning forward on a lectern standing mere feet from the mayor and village trustees, who responded with nervous laughter. “But the idea you came up with is the idea I had: put a gate on it.

“It’s not perfect for us, but it’s certainly a compromise. Thank you very much. I tip my cap to you,” he added, doffing his baseball cap as the audience erupted in applause.

A handful of Wilson’s 141st (See Orland, Page 4)

Photo by Tim Hadac

A grim crowd of more than 100 men and women packs the Orland Park Village Board meeting, even before the gavel fell at 7 p.m.

Heights renews trek to improve Rec. center

by Tim Hadac staff reporter

center, and that “our seniors group can no longer meet [at the center] because there’s no room there, Palos Heights officials will soon and the [Palos Heights Woman’s reach out to their counterparts Club] can barely fit into the double at School District 128 to inquire room they use.” about acquiring school land to ex- He characterized Option 1-B as a pand the city’s Recreation Center, “measured, appropriate and much 6601 W. 127th St. more modest proposal that meets City officials received the green the needs and not the wants” of light to do so Tuesday night, when Palos Heights residents. aldermen adopted, on a 4-2 vote, Mindful of past, failed attempts the Recreation Center Master Plan to move the Rec center issue forOption 1-B. ward, Key proceeded with caution.

The 60-page plan, produced “I just want to point out that this in 2008, is available online at [adoption of Option 1-B] is only palosheights.org. Option 1-B refers the first step of many steps along to the renovation of the existing the way. This is not a ‘one and Rec center (the old Crab Orchard done’ thing,” he said. Whatever School) and expansion by acquir- agreements may be hammered ing an undetermined amount of out between the city and District District 128 land immediately 128 will have to come back to the south of the building — as op- council for discussion and approval posed to building an entirely new “in terms of property [acquisition], recreation center from the ground money being spent on consulting up, a more expensive option es- fees, and if we want to put [the timated to cost taxpayers nearly matter] to a referendum; and Photo by Jeff Vorva $17 million. frankly, we’re talking about mil The measure to adopt was lions of dollars, so obviously, it’s introduced by Alderman Jeffrey going to go to referendum. The Key (1st Ward), chairman of the residents of Palos Heights will City Council’s Recreation Com- have the final vote on this.” mittee.

Key added that the entire effort Who would have guessed that last year Palos Heights’ Lexie Facko wanted nothing to do with Santa Claus? That changed Satur “About five years ago, the City is in an embryonic stage, and that day as the 2-year-old had a hug for the old man during the first Waddles Winter Wonderland, held at the Palos Heights Recreation Council unanimously voted for a the earliest a referendum would Center. recreation master plan; and our appear on the ballot would be “a The Recreation Center hosted three hours of activities for kids that included hayrides with Waddles the Penguin, music, games, rec department, under the direc- year from now.” cookie decorating, a candy cane hunt and a chance to talk with Santa and ask him for presents. More scenes on Page 4. tion of Mike Leonard, has been Voting against the measure Is there a Santa Claus? The answer endures on Page 2. carrying out that plan,” Key said were Aldermen Robert Basso (2nd as he introduced the measure. Ward) and Dolores Kramarski “We’ve made improvements to all (3rd Ward), who said that movour parks over the last five years, ing forward with a multi-million and something that was really ex- dollar project is ill-advised in citing to hear last week…was the the continued harsh economic number of users we have for the times. Basso cited the imminent various [recreation] programs at shutdown of the Dominick’s at the Rec Center. Some of the pro- 127th and Ridgeland, commercial grams have tripled the number property vacancies and residential by Bob Rakow For example, the village board of participants from five years foreclosures as obvious examples Staff Reporter on Nov. 26 voted 4-2 to privatize ago.” of a threadbare local economy.

Oak Lawn’s 911 dispatch services, Key said that the growing popu- Alderman Donald Bylut (1st It’s rare that a one-car accia move that could save the villarity of recreation programs has dent that did not involve injuries, lage $1 million over two years, led to parking problems at the (See Heights, Page 4) alcohol or other suspicious cirsaid Deetjen, who recommended cumstances would generate much the move. attention, but such is not the case Streit, who voted against the when the driver is the Oak Lawn decision, was a vocal critic of village manager. the outsourcing plan as well as Larry Deetjen was involved in a other recommendations made by minor accident last Thursday near Deetjen and Bury, such as cuts Southwest Highway and Route 83 to balance the 2014 budget and in Palos Park in which he drove transferring control of the senior a village-owned Crown Victoria center to the park district. into a ditch after attempting to Ron Cicinelli, an attorney for make a U-turn, according to police the Metropolitan Alliance of Poreports. The accident occurred at lice, the union the represents the about 9:15 p.m. The only damage dispatchers, was unaware that suffered was to the undercarriage dispatchers contacted Streit. of the car.

Deetjen’s minor accident also Two days later, Oak Lawn caught the attention of a blog that Trustee Robert Streit arrived at has been highly critical of the vilthe Palos Park police station and lage manager for many years. requested copies of reports per One day after Streit visited taining to the accident involving the Palos Park police station, a village of Oak Lawn official. StPhoto courtesy of Palos Park Police the Florida-based blog implied reit said that since Deetjen was A one-car accident involving Oak Lawn Village Manager Larry that Deetjen’s accident may have driving a village-owned vehicle, Deetjen is getting plenty of attention from a political foe. been DUI related. The blog has he should have been given blood frequently ripped Deetjen since Submitted photo alcohol tests. at the scene by Oak Lawn Police really have a duty to be aware he was the village manager in Streit was told the report was Chief Mike Murray. Both Deetjan of what’s taking place.”

Deerfield Beach, Fla. not accessible that night. He was and Murray deny the chief was Streit criticized Deetjen for fail- Deetjen was not arrested nor given Freedom of Information Act on the scene. ing to inform the village trustees did he receive a citation, accordforms and told he would need to Streit said he received several of the accident. He said he was ing to Palos Park Police Chief contact the police department on calls from Oak Lawn emergency not notified nor was Trustee Carol Joe Miller.

Monday. dispatchers who asked about Quinlan. Other trustees may have Deetjen would not comment on The Holiday Shoppe at the McCord Gallery & Cultural Center will Streit told police he became the details of the accident and been told, he said. the motivations behind Streit’s be open daily until this Saturday, Dec. 21, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., aware of an accident “involv- were seeking “justice.” He said Streit has opposed Deetjen on actions or the blog post. so there is only a short time left to support local artists while finding ing a person in a management “sometimes incidents like these several controversial issues over Deetjen told police he was lookthose special gifts for special people. position with the village of Oak can easily disappear” and wanted the past few months. He also has ing at land related to a property Silk painting instructor Karen Snow and silk artist Linda Roberts Lawn through dispatchers who to make sure that did not happen, participated in imbroglios with matter in Oak Lawn and missed are among the exhibitors this year. had contacted him,” according police said.

Mayor Sandra Bury. Streit was the driveway on Southwest High McCord Gallery & Cultural Center is located at 9602 W. Creek Road to reports.

“I didn’t believe the things I an ally of former Mayor Dave way. He said he was not familiar (129th and La Grange Road), Palos Park. For more information, call The veteran trustee said he was was hearing,” Streit said Tuesday. Heilmann, who was defeated by 671-0648, or visit mccordgallery.org. told that Deetjen was picked up “They all seemed incredulous. I Bury in April.

(See Accident, Page 4)

A hug for Santa at Winter Wonderland

Oak Lawn village manager’s minor accident in Palos Park raises questions from trustee

Last minute Christmas shopping at McCord

The Regional News Thursday, December 19, 2013

An enduring question, 116 years later The most famous editorial that has ever been written is the one titled, “Is there a Santa Claus?”

It has been reproduced in every conceivable form, in every quarter of the globe, since it first appeared in the New York Sun in 1897.

The question was raised in a letter to the Sun by 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon of New York City, the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Philip F. O’Hanlon. The classic answer was written by Francis Pharcellus Church, an editorial writer at the Sun. Church undertook the assignment with reluctance, the story goes, but his fine craftsmanship produced an article that has endured and will continue to endure as long as children ask: “Is there a Santa Claus?”

“Dear Editor: “I am 8 years old.

“Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.

“Papa says ‘If you see it in The Sun it’s so.’

“Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus?

“Virginia O’Hanlon, 115 West 95th Street “Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe unless they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s, are little.

In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.

“Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that

they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy.

Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias.

There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.

“Not believe in Santa Claus!

You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn?

Of course not, but that’s no proof that they are not there.

Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders that are unseen and unseeable in the world.

“You tear apart the baby’s rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart.

Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernatural beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real?

Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.

“No Santa Claus! Thank God he lives, and he lives forever.

A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.”

View from Trinity

by Dr. Steven Timmermans

Rejoicing in Christmas Gifts all around us As Christmas approaches, all of us — young and old alike — anticipate the gifts that come with the holidays. As I reflect on the gifts I am anticipating, I also can’t help but reflect on gifts we, as a community, have received or have yet to receive this year. Consider the following: A group from the Palos Height’s Economic Development Committee led an effort to welcome students to Trinity at the beginning of the fall semester. Signs were sprinkled throughout the city. Complimentary pizza, beverages, spa services, and a savings program were handed out to students and parents alike. Most of all, the students — whether new or returning — and their families felt a warm welcome from Palos Heights. What a gift that was!

Senior Trinity business students from their Organizational Consulting class provided final presentations to clients on Dec. 5. One of the clients was the City of Palos Heights, and this group of young adults provided a thorough and creative evaluation on branding the city — including the role of the Cal-Sag Trail. Truly, this is a case of mutual exchange, as both the city and the students benefit.

What a gift that is!

There’s a new proposal emerging for the northeast corner property at Harlem and College Drive. Early indications suggest this is a strong proposal — particularly in the way the proposal presents frontage not only facing south toward

College Drive, but also a frontage facing the Cal Sag Channel for strolling and dining. What a gift this might be!

We all have our own lists of significant gifts. Maybe it was the annual tree lighting at 123rd and Harlem with a visit by Santa and carol singing. Perhaps it was the Palos Heights Library’s Christmastime or Trinity’s annual Christmastide concert that same day — wonderful opportunities to welcome the holiday season.

Perhaps you have enjoyed the Holiday Hayride at Lake Katherine with singing, crafts, and good food. Whatever it is, the gifts of Christmas give us opportunity for great anticipation and heartfelt gratitude.

Among all of these gifts, however, one gift is supreme: the gift of the Christ child in a manger so many years ago.

Through the anticipation of the Advent season and the joy of Christmas morning, we often burst out in song. While the Christmas carols of generations past still warm our hearts, consider a more contemporary Christmas song with this chorus: “And wise men still seek him, they follow a star that leads them to Jesus as travelers afar.

Those of great nations and the poor of the earth, all join together to proclaim Christ’s birth.”

Have a blessed Christmas!

Steve Timmermans, Ph.D., is the president of Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights.

Readers Write Analyze real costs of new Rec. center

Mr. Paul Carvey wrote: “Let us really bring back the times when the Jeffersonian phiDear Editor: losophy was that only the idle I applaud the interest in a rich were qualified to make new rec. center [by a Readers decisions for its citizens.” I Write letter writer last week], have four portraits hanging in but wonder how we could justify my clinic: Jesus Christ, George spending down the city surplus. Washington, Thomas Jefferson I would be welcome to enterand Louis Pasteur. tain the idea if someone could Please give me leave to step give a realistic cost analysis of up for a moment and put in a the project. This analysis would good word for Thomas Jefneed to include the cost of a ferson since I am concerned new real estate patch or demoli- that some of your readers who tion of the existing facility, onare unfamiliar with the life of going operating costs during the Thomas Jefferson may read Mr. project construction phase such Carvey’s letter and come away as wages and related tax and thinking less of Mr. Jefferson overhead (taxes, health benefits, than I think they should. pension contributions, etc.), and The Jeffersonians believed the actual costs to build. in a republic as a form of It should also include a return government and in equalon our investment. Let’s see ity of political opportunity, some numbers before we go off with a priority for the “yeothinking we can afford a project man farmer,” “planters” and only to find out it may be over the “plain folk.” They were our head. Maybe remodeling our antagonistic to the elitism existing facility would work. It of the aristocracy, merchants worked for the swimming pool. and manufacturers. They felt James Lobash that financiers, bankers and Palos Heights industrialists make cities the “cesspools of corruption” and should be avoided.

Rule by ‘idle rich’ Dan, my brother-in-law in mischaracterizes Virginia, is a historian with a Jeffersonian ideals particular interest in both slavDear Editor: ery and our Founding Fathers.

In last week’s Readers Write, I value Dan’s insight into Mr.

Carvey’s characterization of Jeffersonian “philosophy” and have his permission to quote him here.

“John, Mr. Carvey’s comment is an exaggeration of Jefferson’s beliefs. Like most intellectuals of that time Jefferson believed that a person dependent upon others was unable to make free/independent choices. A person could not freely vote if he could be controlled by someone. A man had to demonstrate independence through land ownership or money. This excludes women, children, servants, apprentices, slaves, the poor and indigent. But it certainly does not exclude all but the idle rich, and does include most freemen. It is completely logical, though it may offend our modern sensibilities on the inherent right to vote. A wife or unmarried daughter should not vote NOT because she was less of a person, but because she was wholly dependent upon her husband or father (or another male). Therefore it would be giving the husband or father two votes, which would be unfair to the unmarried man without a wife or daughter.

Jefferson was brilliant, and abhorred aristocracy and titles.

Inside the First Amendment

Fear not Santa, ‘war on Christmas’ isn’t real

by Charles C. Haynes When I read that 52 percent of American adults say they believe in Santa Claus (according to a survey from Public Policy Polling), I wasn’t surprised to learn in the same poll that 42 percent also believe there is a “war on Christmas.”

After all (spoiler alert), both are figments of the imagination.

Belief in Santa, at least, perpetuates a spirit of joy and goodwill. But the “war on Christmas” narrative, by contrast, does little more than stir up anger and ill will.

Like so much else surrounding the commercial Christmas, the “war on Christmas” has become a lucrative franchise guaranteed to boost ratings for talk show hosts and book sales for culture warriors.

Much of the outrage — real or feigned — appears to be provoked by recent trends toward inclusion, such as employers instructing workers to say “happy holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas” and rechristening the Christmas tree “holiday.” What store owners or schoolteachers view as inclusive language, culture warriors condemn as part of the vast left-wing conspiracy to drive Christianity from the public square.

Yes, I recognize that there are knuckleheads out there who mandate “holidays” and banish “Christmas” in ways

that are unnecessary, silly and offensive to many people of faith. But do bungled efforts at “inclusion” rise to the level of an organized “war” against Christians? I don’t think so.

In reality, the shift from the religious Christmas to a secular holiday is nothing new or planned. Cultural Christmas in America — celebrations that culture warriors insist we call “Christmas” — has had little to do with Christ for a very long time. From the emergence of jolly St. Nick in the 19th century to the economic engine of today, Christmas-sans-Christ has a life of its own in the popular imagination.

Consider “Miracle on 34th Street,” a film made in 1947 and re-watched annually by millions of Americans. Like many of the other Hollywood Christmas movies, it has lots of Christmas spirit, gift-giving, warm-hearted family scenes — but nary a mention of the Reason for the Season.

Hand wringing about Christmas without Christ is a time-honored tradition in American history, starting with the 17th century Puritans of New England. For our Puritan forbearers, Dec. 25 feasts and celebrations were an abomination — a sinful holiday held on a day stolen from pagans, filled with trees, mistletoe and other pagan trappings that have nothing to do with the birth of Jesus (which almost certainly took place at another time of

year).

Before the advent of churchstate separation, Christmas was suppressed in New England.

The Puritan “war on Christmas” was the real deal.

Consider the rich irony, then, of latter-day Christians fighting to keep the Christian label on pagan rituals. If Christians on the front lines of the Christmas wars really want to reclaim Christmas for Christ, they could start by giving the pagans back their holiday and trees — and advocate re-naming the shopping mall Christmas “happy holidays.”

But truth be told, the Christmas wars are less about faith and Jesus and more about power and politics. For many of the folks upset about “happy holidays,” losing “Christmas” — however tacky the application of the label — is yet another sign of losing ground to a different, more religiously diverse America.

For faithful Christians, however, loss of cultural dominance could ultimately mean gain for authentic religion. As “happy holidays” takes over in the marketplace, Christians can save “Christmas” for the Savior.

Grant Davies, Palos Heights “I got a good report on a terrible disease.”

Jackie Smith, Palos Heights “I reconnected with sister after being estranged for 10 years.”

Charles C. Haynes is director of the Religious Freedom Center of the Newseum Institute, 555 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20001. Web: religiousfreedomeducation.org Email: chaynes@newseum.org

He didn’t want the idle rich running things.

John Fleming, DVM Palos Park

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What was the best Christmas gift you ever received?

Photos by Bob Rakow

(Asked at the Palos Heights Public Library)

Gary Alsip, Palos Heights “A Chicago Bears blanket.”

Mike Tobin, Palos Heights “A puppy when I was a kid.”

Bruce Sullivan, Oak Forest “In 1986 my mom got me the Nintendo Entertainment System.”

The Regional News Thursday, December 19, 2013

Archdiocese outlines process probing misconduct allegation

by Tim Hadac staff reporter     Archdiocesan officials confirmed this week that they are investigating an allegation of sexual misconduct made against the Rev. Michael W. O’Connell, 56, who served as pastor of Our Lady of the Woods Parish in Orland Park from 1997-2012.     At issue is behavior that allegedly occurred nearly two decades ago at Our Lady of the Woods, officials said.     O’Connell previously served at St. Michael Parish in Orland Park from 1983-89, where he was part of a team that helped establish Our Lady of the Woods.     He currently is on leave as pastor of St. Alphonsus Parish on Chicago’s North Side. According to the Rev. Shawn Gould, administrator of that parish, O’Connell “denies this allegation.�     The full text of the Archdiocese of Chicago’s statement reads:     “Rev. Michael W. O’Connell has agreed to step aside from St. Alphonsus Parish in Chicago, following receipt earlier this week by the Archdiocese of Chicago, of an allegation that he engaged in sexual misconduct with a minor almost 20 years ago while at his previous parish. Fr. O’Connell has agreed to take this action at the request of Cardinal George and is doing so out of pastoral concern for the safety of children.     “The allegation was received by the Archdiocesan Office for Child Abuse Investigations and Review and reported to the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and the Cook County State’s Attorney. In compliance with the requirements of the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, the Archdiocese has also begun its investigation of this matter.     “This action is not a judgment of guilt. Fr. O’Connell remains, according to church law, the pastor of St. Alphonsus Parish; however, he has agreed to reside away from the parish until the investigation is concluded.     “The abuse of any child is a crime and a sin. As always, the safety of children is of paramount importance. The Archdiocese of Chicago takes all allegations of sexual misconduct seriously and encourages anyone who feels they have been sexually abused by a priest, deacon, religious or lay employee, to come forward. Complete information about reporting clerical sexual abuse can be found on the Archdiocesan website at archchicago.org.�

St. Alphonsus Parish website photo

The Rev. Michael O’Connell     Archdiocesan Media Relations Director Susan Burritt told The Regional News on Monday that while the investigation is well under way, there is no rush to judgment and no way to predict exactly how long it will take.     “It will take as long as it takes until a decision is made,� Burritt said, adding that the Archdiocesan website is “a treasure trove� of information that, among other things, clearly outlines the process of how such investigations are conducted.     According to information posted on the website, “the Independent Review Board (Review Board) is advisory to the Cardinal concerning matters of allegations of the sexual abuse of minors against clergy of the Archdiocese of Chicago who are in good standing (i.e. active or retired). The Review Board consists of nine to 11 individuals who are appointed by the Archbishop. Six of the Review Board members are lay Catholics who are not employees of the church and represent one of each of the following backgrounds: a psychiatrist, a psychologist or social worker, an attorney, a parish council member, a parent, and a victim/survivor or parent of victim/survivor of child sexual abuse.

Three of the members are clerics of this archdiocese (two priests and one deacon). The Archbishop, in consultation with the Review Board, may appoint one or two additional lay Catholics who shall be considered at large members.     “The role of the Review Board is to provide determinations and recommendations to the Archbishop regarding the fitness of ministry for clerics accused of sexual misconduct with a minor, based upon the standard of safety for children.�

    Burritt encouraged everyone with relevant information about any situation regarding sexual abuse of children to report it promptly to authorities, including the Office for Child Abuse Investigations and Review at (312) 534-5205.     DCFS spokesperson Karen Hawkins told The Regional News on Monday that her agency is prohibited from commenting on the situation because it does not yet meet criteria of the state’s Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act — most notably that O’Connell has not been charged with a crime by the Cook County State’s Attorney.     DCFS describes itself as an agency that “receives, investigates and acts upon a report of child abuse or neglect every five minutes and child sex abuse every two hours,� primarily via its hotline, 1-800-252-2873.     Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez has not yet responded to a request for comment.     Archdiocesan conduct in the case has been criticized by the Survivors Network of those Abused

by Priests (SNAP), a group that bills itself as “an independent, confidential network of survivors of religious sexual abuse and their supporters.�     A statement posted on SNAP’s website reads: “Despite promises to be ‘open’ in clergy sex cases, Cardinal Francis George is not disclosing where Fr. O’Connell is now. SNAP believes he should be put in a remote, secure, independent treatment center so that kids will be safe. According to church policy, Fr. O’Connell should be suspended, not allowed to ‘voluntarily’ step aside (which minimizes his alleged crimes and enables more parishioners to assume he’s innocent).�     The response from Our Lady of the Woods Parish has been low key, with the only formal mention of the investigation contained in a three sentence post-script to the Pastor’s Notes page in the church’s current weekly bulletin.     “In response to the letter I read from the Archdiocese regarding an allegation of sexual misconduct with a minor made against Father Mike O’Connell, I would remind people that any notes or cards to Father Mike should go through Our Lady of the Woods,� wrote the Rev. Michael G. Foley, pastor. “Please keep all who are wounded in your prayers and remember that the investigation has just begun and will take time. No judgments should be made.�

Orland Township trustees hand out donations in Washington, Ill.

by Megan St. John Orland Township     The scene was bleak; a neutral color palette with the occasional blue of a tarp suggesting the process of rebuilding. As Orland Township trustees Antonio Rubino and Jacob Vandenberg drove through the destruction seen on the news, they realized the images don’t do Washington, Ill., justice.     “You don’t get the big picture until you come down here,� Rubino said.     That big picture was a leveled valley, empty of people and full of flattened dreams. Where strong houses used to stand, piles of rubble were now the only dimensions to the vastness. As the trustees made their way towards Washington’s Village Hall, they were compelled to stop and look at their surroundings — houses degraded to foundations; others without roofs, siding and doors; windows blown out and covered by oriented strand board. One house was stripped of everything except its framework and a second floor closet in which clothes were still hanging on the hangers. On every block stood a portable electricity generator to cast light on the post-apocalyptic landscape once the sun went down.     But amid the destruction was art: God bless Washington written on blown away garage doors; Washington strong spray-painted on walls where siding once was.

These signs of encouragement prove that in the aftermath of the tornado that swept thought this town on Nov. 17, a collective effervescence of faith and humanity does exist here, providing hope for an even stronger future.     Earlier on Wednesday, Dec. 11, Rubino and Vandenberg, along with Orland Township employee Bill Brady, loaded three Orland Township Highway Department trucks with toiletries, pillows, blankets, clothes, food and toysaid items collected at the Township’s Relief Drive, which was spearheaded by Supervisor Paul O’Grady to benefit the tornado victims in Washington. Bundled up to defeat the cold, the men

Photo by Kelly White

No source of a reported carbon monoxide exposure that evacuated Stagg High School on Dec. 4 has been found inside the school.

No leak found inside Stagg Traffic fumes sucked into school may have caused odor: principal

by Jeff Vorva Reporter editor     District 230 officials are not 100 percent sure what caused a strange smell that led to the evacuation of Stagg High School on Dec. 4 but they have some theories.     Stagg Principal Eric Olsen sent out a phone message and letter to parents about what may have happened and research showed it could have been an outside force.     “Based upon all available information, we cannot be certain as to the cause of the carbon monoxide exposure students and staff experienced‌however, given the weather conditions on Dec. 4, it is possible that due to the warm, foggy air that was stagnant in the morning, carbon monoxide from local traffic around the building may have built up and been pulled into the school’s fresh air intake for the HVAC system on the affected side of the building,â€? Olson said.     “Although the cause of the incident is not definitive, the district

has decided to place carbon monoxide detectors in several fresh air intakes surrounding the building that would notify personnel if carbon monoxide levels were detected and would shut down outside air intake. While this process is being completed, school personnel will regularly check the carbon monoxide levels in the building to ensure student and staff safety.�     First responders arrived on the scene that day shortly after the 1 p.m. emergency phone call was made, and the Palos Hills Police Department had blocked off Roberts Road, south of 111th Street, with the school being on the southwest corner of that intersection.     Besides the North Palos Fire Department, several surrounding area first responders arrived on site including: Orland Park, Evergreen Park, Hometown and a HAZMAT team from Bedford Park. EMS first responders also arrived on site from surrounding areas, including: North Palos, Roberts Park, Bridgeview, Chicago Ridge and Palos

Heights. Three Nicor trucks also responded to the call, according to Stagg school officials. The emergency vehicles began leaving the school grounds shortly after 2 p.m., according to school officials.     Seven people were transported by ambulance from the school — six students and one staff member. These individuals were transported as a precaution.     The school reopened to students the next day.     Public safety agencies found no gas leaks inside Stagg, Olsen noted.     “Carbon monoxide has never been detected inside of the school building by district, emergency, or outside environmental and mechanical engineering personnel,�

Olsen said. “However, District 230 has always believed that the safety of everyone who utilizes our facilities is paramount, and we believe that the steps we are taking in consultation with experts in the field are a proactive measure to assure student and staff safety.’’

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Orland Township Trustees Jacob Vandenberg (left) and Antonio Rubino deliver donations to Catholic Charities in Peoria. made their way down to Peoria where they delivered the supplies to Catholic Charities, the collection and distribution center for all Washington donations. While unloading over three pallets worth of supplies, they were greeted by a member of Catholic Charities who gave them a tour of the warehouse in which everything had a designated place: clothes on the tables near the center, cleaning supplies on the shelves in the back, water in the corner where a towering stack of cases already stood. The venue was filled to the brim, but the men were assured that everything around them would be used at some point during the recovery process.     After the supplies were sorted, the trio continued on to Washington Village Hall where they met with Mayor Gary Manier and presented him with $1,050 worth of gift cards, also collected at the Township’s Relief Drive.

Despite the circumstances, Manier was nothing but positive- a reflection of the attitude the community has as it pushes forward towards restoration. Manier informed the trustees that out of the 1,100 families that were displaced, none are in shelters and instead have found sanction with other members of the town. The struggle is getting brighter every day thanks to the generosity of individuals and organizations that have contributed to the relief efforts in some way.

    “What they really need now is assistance with the cleanup process,� Vandenberg said. “They need machinery and volunteers to help get the town back on its feet.�     Mayor Manier thanked Orland Township’s trustees and assured them their gifts will make a powerful impact on the community.     “I wish I could do this everyday,� said Vandenberg as the men climbed into their trucks and headed back to the place they call home. “My prayer is more people in this world can be compassionate and help their neighbor, like the people of Washington have done.�     “It is an eye-opening experience,� said Rubino. “Seeing how one town can seem so defeated, yet its citizens are coming together to regain what was lost. It’s inspirational. And even if it’s in a little way, I’m glad Orland Township’s efforts will help.�     As the men returned to Orland Township, they had a good feeling about Washington. It is a city that will rise from the debris because its individuals truly are Washington strong.     Orland Township’s Relief Drive was initiated by Supervisor Paul O’Grady, who sends a large thank you to everyone in our community who donated to the cause. Your support is greatly respected and appreciated by all of us at the Township, and in Washington as well.

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Winter Wonderland inside and out

Photos by Jeff Vorva

Tanyah Roper, of Crestwood, tells Santa Claus her Christmas wish list.

Volunteer Kelly Runyon laughs as she sets up canes for the candy Waddles the Penguin sits with Palos Hills’ Noor Rosales before a cane hunt at the Waddles Winter Wonderland on snowy last Satur- hayride at Saturday’s Winter Wonderland event at the Palos Heights day morning.

Recreation Center.

You are never too old for Santa as members of the Stagg High School choir pose with Santa Claus after performing at the Waddles Winter Wonderland event.

Abby Ellsworth, Lizzy Ellsworth and Annie Olson — all of Palos Heights — decorate and sample cookies at the first Waddles Winter Wonderland event.

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side of 76th Avenue” — may not be in the mood for any increased costs associated with upgrading the rec center. “We’ve been hit with a hefty [tax] increase from the Palos Fire Protection District.

I have residents in my area that have been out of work for three and four years. I think just by moving this forward, even this one step, sends a message that we are, in essence, agreeing with [a multimillion dollar project].”

After the motion passed and the meeting adjourned, Leonard emphasized that the move was a very small step of a much larger process launched in 2008, “a natural progression of a process” and that city officials are respectful of taxpayers and sensitive to their needs,

particularly in hard times.

He said that process includes successfully renovating the municipal pool and Community Park, “which was in shambles” and in the current success of expanding outdoor walking options via establishment of the Cal-Sag Trail, expected to be constructed — largely with federal dollars — in the months ahead.

In response to those who would hesitate to move forward with capital improvement projects in tough times, Leonard said, “[These community improvements] are the things that help sell homes, that help bring families to the community It drives the [local] economy, it makes Palos Heights a more attractive place. We all benefit.”

Works, who picked up the car. He also called for a ride home from CVS, according to reports.

Streit wondered why Deetjen (Continued from page 1) did not stay with the car and with the area at night. When he call police. made the U-turn, the car went “What did Larry do? Larry into a ditch in the 11900 block left the scene,” said Streit, who of Southwest Highway, according believes Deetjen should be cited to reports. for leaving the scene of an ac Deetjen said he walked to the cident. nearby CVS Pharmacy with his A witness saw the car in the wife, a passenger in the car, ditch as he was driving on Southand contacted Oak Lawn Public west Highway. He saw Deetjen

and a woman exit the car, stopped and asked if they were all right, police said. Deetjen confirmed that he and his wife were all right and that we would call a tow truck.

Deetjen did not speak to Palos Park police until 11:06 p.m., reports said.

(Continued from page 1) Ward) responded to the criticism by reminding everyone that Key’s motion does nothing more than authorize city staff to “begin a dialogue” with District 128 officials. Basso countered by saying that even authorizing preliminary talks “moves the process forward” and gives the appearance that the council is “100 percent in favor” of a multi-million dollar renovation and expansion.

Kramarski, while praising the work of Leonard and his staff, pointed out that her constituents — particularly those “on the west

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A look at the Mariano’s development northeast of 143rd Street and La Grange Road, including recent changes noted.

Orland (Continued from page 1) Street neighbors and others offered similar expressions of gratitude afterwards, as the tension rapidly dissipated.

The changes made by village staff and agreed to by developers will limit vehicular access to the development’s eastern edge by installing a gate near 141st Street and John Humphrey Drive. The electronic-access gate will only be used by emergency vehicles and by residents living in the proposed development, officials said.

Mariano’s traffic will be routed away from the eastern edge and ultimately towards 143rd Street and La Grange Road.

Warren James, principal with REVA Development, elaborated on his firm’s plans to develop the eastern portion of the parcel, which includes a 231-unit “luxury rental community” complete with clubhouse, outdoor swimming pool, bocce courts and other amenities.

James said that REVA hopes to “move dirt” in the spring and finish construction of the residences about 15-18 months after that.

Addressing criticisms by some that the development will add too many rental units to Orland Park, James said that many will be sold as condos once the housing market recovers from its current imbalance, in which rentals are “robust” and sales are slow. “Orland Park is a ‘for sale’ [residential] community,” he said, adding that the design of the units is consistent with housing directly east of the development.

Both McLaughlin and Trustee Edward Schussler agreed, with Schussler reading statistics showing that only 9 percent of Orland Park residences are rental units, as opposed to 13 percent in Tinley Park, 14 percent in Bolingbrook, 22 percent in Naperville, and 32 percent in Schaumburg.

Allaying the concerns of those who feared that Mariano’s recent purchase of 11 Chicago-area Dominick’s stores may have softened the upmarket grocer’s commitment to Orland Park was Dan Farrell, vice president of real estate at Roundy’s Supermarkets, parent company of Mariano’s. He told the gathering that Roundy’s has just inked a lease with the developer (Bradford Real Estate Companies) and that lease requires that the store open.

After the meeting, Farrell declined to predict when the new Mariano’s will open for business, but in a Dec. 12 letter to village officials, he said the store is projected to open “in late 2015 or early 2016.”

McLaughlin said the meeting illustrated the responsiveness of village government to the concerns of residents, yet he also— like other officials—praised village staff for their diligence. “Our staff did what they were supposed to do initially, and that is disperse traffic via a number of different access points,” he said. “But then when they heard the concerns of the people living right there, people we serve, people we need to protect, people who know the lay of the land better than anyone else, they made the right adjustments.”

In the end, the board gave unanimous approval to the development plans. The next step, according to village officials, is for the developers and the village “to finalize a development agreement to be approved by the village board in the coming weeks/months.”

The next Village Board meeting is set for 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 6 at Village Hall, 14700 S. Ravinia Ave. The meeting is open to the public.

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Accused drunken driver charged also with texting while driving Palos Heights police arrested Richard A. Cunningham, 47, of Tinley Park, and charged him with DUI, texting while driving, and failure to wear a seat belt.

Police curbed his vehicle in the 11900 block of South Harlem at 9:48 a.m. Dec. 11. Bond was set at $1,000, and Cunningham is due in court on Jan. 9.

In other Palos Heights police news, William Stine Jr., 49, of Oak Forest, was charged with driving on a suspended license, obstructed view, and no proof of insurance. His vehicle was stopped by police in the 12600 block of South Ridgeland Avenue at 2:27 p.m. last Friday, when they saw several objects allegedly obstructing the driver’s view. Bond was set at $2,000, and his court date is Dec. 31.

Police charged Samah M. Elayyan, 24, of Chicago Ridge, with driving on a suspended license, no proof of insurance, and improper display of registration (no front license plate). Her vehicle was curbed by police in the 6100 block

PALOS HEIGHTS POLICE of West College Drive at 11:55 p.m. last Saturday. Bond was set at $2,000, and she is scheduled to appear in court on Dec. 31.

Nakia T. Hall, 38, of Chicago, was charged withdriving on a suspended license and improper lighting (only one headlamp). Her vehicle was stopped by police in the 6500 block of West 127th Street at 11:09 p.m. last Saturday. Bond was set at $1,500, and she is set to appear in court on Dec. 31.

Police charged Omar Hussein Khalil, 44, of Oak Forest, with DUI and disobeying a traffic signal. He was stopped by police in the 13500 block of South Harlem Avenue at 11:21 p.m. last Sunday.

Bond was set at $1,000, and he is scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 24.

Jean P. Oscar, 46, of Chicago, was charged with driving on a suspended license and failure to wear a seat belt. He was stopped

by police in the 12300 block of South Harlem Avenue at 12:37 p.m. Monday. Bond was set at $1,500, and he is set to appear in court on Jan. 24.

Police charged Christiandeshean Paytes, 20, of Chicago, with leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident and no proof of insurance. Police said that Paytes was involved in an accident in the 12200 block of South Harlem Avenue at 5:33 p.m. last Sunday, but then fled in his vehicle. He was reportedly following by a Submitted photo victim and witness to the rear of a business in the 12700 block of South Harlem Avenue, where he was arrested and his vehicle towed, police said. He was released Incarnation Catholic School in Palos Heights has raised more than $700 in a special fundraiser to aid on an I-bond and is due in court relief efforts for victims of the destructive tornado that ripped through Washington, Ill. on Nov. 17. on Dec. 31.

The students purchased “out of uniform” certificates that allowed them to wear Bears attire to Eric A. Ramirez, 23, of Tinley school.

Park, was charged with speedThey raised more than $700 and it is being sent to St. Patrick Church in Washington, where more ing and driving on a suspended than 140 families’ homes were completely destroyed or severely damaged. license. Police pulled over his veThe 2nd-grade class is shown with teacher Diane Salamone. hicle in the 13200 block of South Harlem Avenue at 1:36 a.m. Tuesday. Bond was set at $1,500, and his court date is Jan. 24.

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Heights police begin crackdown on drunken driving during holidays From now through Jan. 5 of the New Year, the Palos Heights police will be out in force as part of the annual Illinois “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” crackdown on drunk drivers.

The statewide crackdown will include high-visibility alcohol and belt enforcement throughout Palos Heights.

The effort will also be supported by national and state paid advertising, creating a comprehensive campaign to curb drunken driving during the holiday season.

Palos Heights police officers will be aggressively looking for drunken drivers during the crackdown and will arrest anyone caught driving drunk. In addition, front and back seat belt law violators will be ticketed.

The Palos Heights Police Department is giving fair warning to all partygoers. “You’ll see us

making lots of stops during this highly visible enforcement period and if we suspect anyone is driving while intoxicated, officers will show zero tolerance for drunk driving,” said Deputy Chief William Czajkowski.

Data shows the holiday season is a particularly deadly time due to the increased number of drunk drivers on the roads, and the Palos Heights Police Department is prepared to stop and arrest any drunk driver they see to keep roads safe.

“The December holiday season is the ‘most wonderful time of the year,’ and we are going to keep our roads safe for travelers heading to visit friends and family,” said Deputy Chief William Czajkowski. “This holiday, we will show zero tolerance for drunk drivers on the road. If you choose to drive drunk, we will

see you, we will stop you and you will be arrested.”

Deputy Chief Czajkowski noted that being arrested for driving drunk brings a wide range of negative consequences such as higher insurance rates, attorney fees, court costs, lost time at work, and the potential loss of job. When family, friends and co-workers find out, violators also often face tremendous personal embarrassment.

“Driving drunk is simply not worth the risk. So don’t take the chance. Remember, we will be out in force and we will be watching, so ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over,’” said Deputy Chief Czajkowski.

The law enforcement crackdown is funded by federal traffic safety funds through the Illinois Department of Transportation.

— Palos Heights Police Dept.

Volunteers organizing Crisis Center annual dinner dance gala in Feb. The Crisis Center for South Suburbia’s committee members and staff are hard at work planning the Center’s annual Heart to Heart Dinner Dance, set for Feb. 22.

Committee members are asking for support from local businesses and friends of CCSS by soliciting sponsorships, donations, and advertising space in the event program book. All proceeds from their efforts will benefit the women and children who reside in the Crisis Center’s emergency shelter.

“This is our most important fundraiser of the year,” said Chris Beele, special events coordinator for the Crisis Center. “Our committee members work very hard to ensure we not only have event sponsorships, but also fantastic

donations for our silent auction.”

Beele added.

The dinner dance will be held on Saturday, Feb. 22, at Silver Lake Country Club in Orland Park and includes cocktails and dinner, silent and live auctions, live entertainment by The Jimmy O and Rhonda Lee Duo, and a raffle drawing with seven cash prizes ranging from $500 to $5,000.

Raffle tickets are now on sale, priced at just $50 each, and can be divided among several purchasers.

Tickets may be purchased on the Crisis Center’s website at crisis ctr.org/events. Once the order is complete, a raffle ticket will be mailed to the purchaser. A ticket order form (also available online) can be downloaded and mailed with payment to the Crisis Center, P.O. Box 39, Tinley Park, IL

60477. Only 500 tickets will be sold and raffle tickets make great holiday gifts!

Contact Christopher Beele at 429-7255, Ext. 118 for reservations, sponsorships, and additional information. To date, Diamond Sponsors are Advocate Christ Medical Center and Sheet Metal Werks.

The Crisis Center for South Suburbia’s mission is to provide emergency shelter and other essential services for individuals and families victimized by domestic violence and address the societal issues that contribute to domestic violence.

Visit crisisctr.org for more information on the Crisis Center for South Suburbia, ways to support its mission, and the services it provides.

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Home violence isn’t new (From Dec. 19, 1985) News readers have recently been scandalized by the many stories now appearing about child and spouse abuse.

There seems to be a general consensus of opinion that the “outbreak” is probably caused by the widespread unemployment or the stress of making a living today.

“When adults are hurting in their egos, they often take it out on the weak,” a friend commented wisely the other day.

Another contemporary thinks the quantities of liquor and drugs many Americans are now putting into themselves may be the root of “the new violence” in the home.

There are many explanations but little agreement on anything but that something ought to be done about it. Almost everybody is concerned and eager for more social protection for the abused and more punishment for the abusers.

But I sometimes wonder about the horrified attention now being paid to what is generally considered to be a new social phenomenon.

Is it so new?

I recall some half-forgotten stories from the small town where I grew up. Our neighbor, Mr. Cock,

drank heavily. Sometimes he would come home roaring drunk and start beating up Mrs. Cock and the three children. Terrified, Mrs. Cock would call the town marshal.

But by the time the marshal arrived Mr. Cock would have fallen into a drunken slumber. Mrs. Cock would then tongue-lash the marshal for abusing her poor husband.

Their situation was a town joke!

There were stories about a couple who tied their adolescent son to a tree and thrashed him with a riding whip until the blood ran.

There were also stories of a powerful man who knocked his 13year-old daughter about with his fists and beat the younger children into “instantly minding” whatever order was given them.

And of a woman who occasionally was not seen for a week or two, but during one such period somebody saw her with a face badly swollen and discolored.

My own mother’s routine mode of punishment was to wrap a switch around our legs. It hurts like the devil. Was I an abused child?

People talked about such stories in low, disapproving voices, but nobody did anything about them, perhaps because “instant and unquestioning” obedience was expected of their own children.

But even if they had wished to act, there were no state or county agencies to which they could have taken their complaint.

The current rash of abuse stories is nothing new, but something must be done about them. How did any improvement in general behavior ever begin but by our being forced to sudden acquaintance with the dark side of our common human nature? At least there are now agencies charged with protecting weaker members of the family.

Protect your auto exhaust’s catalytic converter from thieves From Palos Park Police Commissioner Dan Polk

may help in these cases if an additional sensor is installed on the converter to set off the alarm when Palos Park police report a cata- the thieves attempt to steal it. lytic converter was stolen recently Additionally, you should confrom a vehicle that was parked sider having the VIN number of at 123rd and 86th Avenue. your vehicle engraved on your A catalytic converter is a device attached to your exhaust system, which reduces the toxicity of emissions from your engine and it is located underneath your vehicle.

You will know if your catalytic converter is missing, when you start your vehicle you will immediately notice a very loud exhaust Inmates housed in the Cook noise. Catalytic converters contain County Jail are known to commit expensive precious metals. Palos many telephone scams.

Park Police suggest parking in One frequently occurring scam well-lit areas or inside garages involves inmates conning people whenever possible. Be aware of into forwarding their incoming your surroundings and report susphone calls to a number provided picious subjects; subjects under by the inmate. parked vehicles, etc.

Here’s how it works: You may also want to have an The victim receives a call from automotive repair shop or mufan individual identifying himself fler shop tack weld the nuts and as correction staff member and bolts on your catalytic converter, that an inmate needs to speak which should prevent most thieves with them, but first they must from easily unbolting the assembly. press the (*) key. The unsuspectHowever, in the majority of the ing victim does not realize *actirecent thefts the offenders have vates the call-forwarding feature. cut the pipes on either side of the The result is that another person catalytic converter. A car alarm

Jail telephone scams target local residents at the forwarded number can accept collect calls from the inmate at the victim’s expense.

How can you protect yourself?

Incoming calls originating from the Cook County Jail will show “Prison” on the Caller ID of phones equipped with this service. Be cautious when answering these calls or don’t answer the call. Anyone receiving a call originating from the Cook County Jail will hear a recorded message stating the call is coming from the Cook County Jail. If you hear that message, hang up if you do not want to receive the call.

Woman charged with felony retail theft at Orland Square Orland Park police arrested Nadine D. Robinson, 51, of Chicago, at 3:41 p.m. Nov. 18 and charged her with felony retail theft. Robinson hid under her sweater a purse with a retail value of $158 and then left an Orland Square shopping center store without paying, police said.

Robinson was held overnight for a bond hearing Nov. 19 at the 5th Municipal District Cook County Courthouse in Bridgeview.

In other Orland Park police news, Christine Miller, 44, of Oak Lawn, was arrested at 8:04 p.m.

Nov.14 and charged with felony retail theft. An off-duty officer stopped Miller after she pushed a cart full of merchandise out of a store in the Place Mall shopping center, police said. The retail value of the alleged stolen goods was $1,057.73. Miller was held overnight for a bond hearing Nov. 15 in Bridgeview.

Brian M. Scheldberg, 39, of Orland Park, was arrested at 3:50 a.m. Nov. 22 and charged with driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol and obstructed driver’sside view after he was stopped in the 15800 block of 93rd Avenue.

The tint on the front window of the vehicle Scheldberg drove was 20percent, police said. He has a court date of Dec. 27 in Bridgeview.

Alecia M. Coglianese, 22, of Orland Park, was arrested at 1:54 a.m. Nov. 19 and charged with driving under the influence of drugs or a combination of drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia. A patrol officer found Coglianese slumped over the steering wheel of a running vehicle that was stopped in the entrance driveway to a business in the 15600 block of Harlem Avenue, police said. The vehicle was in park and Coglianese told the officer she was alright and that she’d been there approximately 25 minutes, according to the police report. She reportedly told police she was on prescription medication and officers found a pipe

There are elected officials who say it is more convenient to conduct business in secret, behind closed doors. But we say that in an open society, citizens expect and demand that their elected officials be accountable, both by holding open meetings and by having open records.

Our Freedom of Information Act was created to assure this open principle in government. It was not created for the media but for the people. It is “The People’s Act.” So when some school board member, city council member, state representative or whoever says what they do and why they do it are none of your business, say you are the people and you have a right to know!

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catalytic converter. Having this information engraved on your catalytic converter would assist in returning the catalytic converter to you if it is recovered, and would also assist in the prosecution of the offender.

ORLAND PARK POLICE sitting on the front passenger’s seat of the vehicle, which smelled of cannabis, police said. Officers said they also recovered two small, broken marijuana cigarettes and several prescription and over-thecounter medications. Coglianese failed field sobriety tests, police said. She has a court date of Dec. 27 in Bridgeview.

Kenneth S. Crenshaw, 24, of Chicago, and Riccardo A. Soto, 19, of Homewood, were arrested at 12:33 a.m. Nov. 24 and charged with

theft. Crenshaw and Soto, employees of a restaurant in the 300 block of Orland Square Drive, allegedly took a cell phone valued at $800 and $270 from a customer’s purse, police said. A woman had forgotten her purse in the restaurant, and when she reentered the business about 10 minutes later, the cash and phone were missing, according to the police report. One of the men allegedly found the purse and brought it to the other, who then took the valuables, police said. Court information for the two men was not included in the arrest report.

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Students at Saint Alexander shop for gifts at Santa’s Secret Workshop St. Alexander School’s Family School Association (FSA) hosted Santa’s Secret Workshop on the morning of Sunday, Dec. 8, in conjunction with a pancake breakfast with Santa.

The festive event featured Santa as the guest of honor with whom children were able to visit and take some photos. In addition, Santa’s Secret Workshop was open for business the next school day for St. Alexander School students. Parent volunteers assisted students as the browsed through a vast

assortment of gifts to purchase for family and friends.

Santa’s Secret Workshop is an annual event that allows students to make their Christmas list and check it twice as they to do their own Christmas shopping right inside school.

St. Alexander School 8th-graders Lauren Lewis and Annie McKenna, both Santa’s helpers at the workshop, assisted Jonathan Odeh in gift wrapping his gift selections (lower right photo).

St. Michael School joins computer science campaign

Orland Twp. thanks Orland Junior High for generous donations to holiday drives

Ninety percent of American schools don’t teach computer science.

Fewer students are learning how computers work than a decade ago. Girls and minorities are severely underrepresented. And yet, technology is increasingly shaping almost every aspect of how we live our lives.

That’s why every one of the students at St. Michael School in Orland Park are joining in on the largest education event in history: The Hour of Code.

During the month of December, every student from kindergarten through 6th grade will spend time learning computer science, doing online tutorials featuring Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and Angry Birds or using special apps

Orland Township Supervisor Paul O’Grady and the Board of Trustees would like to send a warm holiday “thank you” to the fantastic children, families, and teachers at Orland Junior High for their extremely large and thoughtful donation to the Orland Township Holiday 2013 Program.

For more than 20 years, Orland Junior High has been collecting food for the Orland Township Food Pantry and has established a tradition of being the largest contributor during the holiday season.

Since 2005, Orland Junior High’s Student Council has been organizing a two-week themed event to collect food and money for the Township’s Holiday Program. This year’s theme, “Superheroes in the Community,” called

on the iPads. Students in 7th and 8th grades will participate in a longer study of coding later in the semester.

The Hour of Code is a campaign to prove that regardless of age, race or gender, anyone can learn how to not just consume, but build the technologies of the future.

Our students are among over 2 million already planning to try one Hour of Code during Dec. 9-15 worldwide. This movement, organized by Code.org and supported by Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, and over 100 others, is a statement that today’s generation of students are ready to learn critical skills for 21st century success … our Hour of

Code is a statement that St. Michael School is also ready to teach these foundational 21st century skills.

Visit saintmike.org or hourof code.org to learn more.

— St. Michael School

for homerooms to compete against each other in collecting the most food items on average per student.

On the final day, students and staff participated in a “Turkey Trot” Race/Walk and “Superhero Training” games, followed by an assembly that recognized fall clubs and sports as well as the boy and girl from each grade who finished first in the race/walk. This day of activities was held to honor and celebrate the generosity, involvement, and enthusiasm of the Orland Junior High family as they wound down the event and readied themselves to organize the donations. With the winning homeroom bringing in 119 items on average per student, Orland Junior High’s “Superheroes in the Community” collected a total of

$1,900 in gift cards, a check for $1,700, and approximately 12,000 food items, all of which the school donated to the Orland Township Food Pantry and Holiday 2013 Program.

This is an incredible act of kindness. We are honored to be the recipients of this generous gift and are proud our community is home to a school with such a big heart.

Thank you to everyone at Orland Junior High who made this donation possible.

To learn more about the Township’s Holiday 2013 Program, follow Supervisor Paul O’Grady and the Township on Facebook, facebook.com/supervisorogrady, or call 403-4222.

— Orland Township

School Notes Moraine Valley spring registration Moraine Valley Community College can help students realize their educational goals, pursue an associate’s degree and prepare for a successful future. Registration is underway for the spring 2014 semester, which starts Jan. 13 with on-campus credit classes. Off-campus credit classes and on-campus continuing education classes begin Jan. 21, and off-campus continuing education classes begin Jan. 27.

Some of the college’s courses are offered in different formats to accommodate the needs of students, making it easy for people to fit college classes into their life.

These Flexible Learning Options include: • Online and Internet Hybrid classes • Short-Term Classes • Weekend Classes • Off-Campus Classes • Evening Classes • One-Day-a-Week Classes A complete list of credit and noncredit classes can be found in the spring 2014 class schedule or online at morainevalley.edu.

Registration is ongoing. Tuition is $109 per credit hour plus fees

and books. Students who have applied to the college can register in the Registration Office, located on campus in the Student Services Center (Building S), 9000 W. College Parkway in Palos Hills; by phone at 974-2110 (TTY for the hearing impaired 974-9556); or online at morainevalley.edu.

Student News North Central College in Naperville has named its Dean’s List of scholars for the 2013 fall term. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, undergraduate students must maintain a gradepoint average of 3.6 (4.0=A) for the term and be enrolled as full-time students.

The following students from the area were named to the Dean’s List during fall term: Orland Park: Matthew Dee, Kelsey Forkin, Cora Georgiou, Kaitlyn Gordon, Dana Mazian, Nicholas Radtke.

Palos Heights: Jared Shlensky.

Palos Park: Lindsay Latanski, Alyssa Tarantino.

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Shoppers at the Jewel Food Store in Palos Heights donated more than 40 turkey dinners to the food drive at Shepard High School this year.

Shepard food drive reaps Jewel bounty

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100 families.

And for those families that either do not have cars or do not The Jerry Lemon Needy Family have time to pick up donations, Food Drive at Shepard High School staff members Erin McLean. this year received more than 40 Brad Fisher, Courtney Siska, full turkey dinners from the Jewel and Jim Benes and more than Food Store in Palos Heights.

20 student volunteers delivered The generosity of shoppers at turkeys, stuffing, potatoes, and Jewel helped make this year’s canned goods to them. food drive one of the best in its Teacher Eric Kallenborn found more than a quarter century of an inventive way to inspire stuexistence. Combined with dona- dents to give: The class that tions from students and staff, donated the most could choose, the food drive fed more than within reason, how he would cut

and style his hair. Kallenborn arrived on Monday this week with his hair spiked down the middle and colored a dark purple.

“It was completely worth it.

Students donated more than $900,” Kallenborn said.

Despite an economy that has thinned family budgets, the Shepard community again rose to help those living in need.

The event traces its history to some good fortune.

Lemon, a health teacher, had asked his students to bring in

labels from canned foods to discuss nutritional information. Too lazy to peel off the labels, many just brought the cans so Lemon chose to donate them to an area food pantry.

In the years that followed, the food drive evolved. After Lemon retired, Shepard teacher Glenn Simms managed the food drive for 20 years before retiring in 2008. He involved more teachers, parents, and Shepard clubs to grow the food drive project into a much larger project.

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Connect to Local History @ Palos Heights Public Library Lou Rini was born in 1941, in Chicago because, as he says, “That’s where the hospital was.” He was one of three children, with his brother, Frank, and his sister, Maria. His parents, Vincent and Ann, were then residents of Palos Heights; thus, Lou has lived his entire life right here, residing in his current home on Richard Avenue since 1969. Many residents remember him as the long-time pharmacist at Rini’s Drugs, a post held by his father before him. He and his wife, Kenlyn, have two children, Kenlynne and Kenny.

Mr. Rini recalls working in the pharmacy at a very young age, in the 1940s, when an apple tree or two stood outside along Harlem; he states, “My aunt used to drive all the way out from Chicago and pick the apples. My mom and her would make apple pies and freeze them.” Inside the pharmacy, young Lou would be helping his father to make preparations: “I’d be making powder papers. I was 4 or 5 years old, and he showed me how to fold them. He’d make one, and then he’d put a blank piece of paper on there, folded, put the powder in there until they both were equal. I’d fold it, put it in the box. I bottled cough syrup when I was about seven or eight. I worked in the store my whole life.”

Given the difficulty of getting gasoline during the war years, it was Lou Rini, 1959 not unusual to see horse-drawn tractors and mowers in Palos Heights; indeed much of the land immediately north and south of town was taken up by farms and farm stands, and in-town lots were farmettes, large enough for residents to grow some of their own food. During farm season, many migrant workers from Mexico made their ways to and through Palos Heights, sometimes continuing to Michigan and returning at harvest time. As a teen, Lou recalls a bit of culture shock he received one Sunday when many workers — 30 of them or so — had gathered in his parents’ yard. Being Catholics, Lou’s parents had created a grotto on their property (pictures of the grotto can be found in the Library’s Local History Room). The Mexican workers, respecting their own Catholic traditions but unable to find a nearby Catholic church, saw the grotto’s statue of Mary and gathered for lunch. Lou’s mother, who “used to make coffee cakes every Sunday,” shared refreshments with the workers.

Mr. Rini attended the old Palos Heights School and ultimately graduated from Eisenhower High School in Blue Island (he is pictured in his senior year) before attending Parsons College in Fairfield, Iowa to complete training in biology and chemistry; he attended Drake University for pharmacy. He jokes that he was really popular in school during his youth because of rationing: “Because my dad was a pharmacist, his allotment of sugar, to make cough syrups, was higher than everybody else.” As a result, his mom was able to bake a lot of cakes and cookies, things you “couldn’t go to the store and buy, because there just wasn’t any.” These items ended up in young Lou’s lunch at school and made him many friends.

Many residents will recall the movies that Lou’s parents would show on the wall at the side of the pharmacy. Abbot and Costello, Flash Gordon, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, the Bowery Boys, Laurel and Hardy — these were all standards for Palos Heights’ first public movie exhibitions. Lou also mentioned other happenings from early Palos that other residents have noted — particularly the parades for Christmas, which he and his brother Frank coordinated for the Chamber of Commerce. Residents who were children back then may recall that Santa Claus sometimes showed a slight resemblance to Mr. Rini.

Though Rini’s Drugs no longer operates, Mr. Rini keeps his license current and makes the occasional preparation of ointment or cream for a neighbor or two. He really misses the people with whom he would interact as their personal pharmacist, and he laments the very impersonal atmosphere the big-box store pharmacies seem to have fostered. He holds much respect for the late mayor Gene Simpson, whom he described as “a great person and great friend.” As for why he has remained a resident of Palos Heights all these years, Mr. Rini says, “I don’t know how to explain it, to me there was more sense of community.”

— Louis Rini, interviewed October 2013 by Public Services Librarian Bruce Sullivan. From the Palos Heights Public Library Oral History Collection.

Longtime Palos Heights residents and business owners are encouraged to share their stories for the benefit of future researchers. If you would like to be interviewed for the Palos Heights Public Library Oral History Collection, contact Bruce by calling the Library at 448-1473. Interviews last approximately 30-45 minutes and will be kept perpetually in the Library’s Local History Room.

Community Notes Holiday shopping at McCord

glass and inlayed picture frames are among the items that will be available. Holiday decorations and ornaments by community artists are being sold as well.

McCord Gallery & Cultural Center is at 9601 W. Creek Road, (129th and La Grange Road). For more information, call 671-0648 or visit mccordgallery.org.

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Heights insurer exhibits student art The talent of young artists was celebrated at a reception on Dec. 5 at the Craig Moore State Farm Agency, 12726 S. Harlem Ave., Palos Heights.

Student artists from Sandburg and Stagg high schools exhibited in a number of media, including painting, ceramics and photography.

The works are on display through Jan. 6 at the office.

Recreation Roundup Heights Rec. New Year celebration Join in ringing in the New Year at noon instead of midnight on Dec. 31, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

The Palos Heights Recreation Center and park behind will be transformed into a miniature Times Square, complete with music and a “countdown to noon” balloon drop. There will be a pizza lunch and fun New Year’s activities for families with children 10 and under. Free.

Library Notes Heights library featured database

subtitles), 2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

• The Movies to Make You Laugh series will show “Red” on McCord Gallery & Cultural Books & Authors combines over Dec. 26, “Bernie” on Dec. 27, and Center’s Holiday Shoppe stocked 140,000 titles, 50,000 authors, and “Out to Sea” on Dec. 30. All films with fine crafts by local artisans thousands of read-alike, award will begin at 2 p.m. is open through Saturday, Dec. winner and librarian’s favorites All programs are free and open 21, daily 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Closed lists, to bring readers and litera- to the public unless otherwise Sundays. ture together. noted. (448-1473) Silk scarves, pottery, jewelry, It makes exploring genre fiction and essential non-fiction fun.

Heights library Readers can be sure that their youth programs next big read comes with a BIG recommendation.

• Cocoa and Cram — Study Access is available in the library for exams tonight (Thursday) and or online at palosheightslibrary. enjoy some hot cocoa and snacks org/services/online-databases. from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Palos Treasure Chest Any Orland Park Fire Protec- html by clicking “Alphabetical Heights Public Library, 12501 S. tion District station.

List.” Scroll down and click on 71st Ave. toy and gift drive Massage Envy, 15159 S. La- “Books and Authors” to begin. • Tween Time — Children in Area residents and businesses Grange Road, Orland Park.

Use your Palos Heights library grades 4-5 can have fun with have an opportunity to support Crestwood City Hall, 13840 S. card number to login; the pass- friends and enjoy a snack too children and teens fighting can- Cicero Ave., Crestwood. word is your last name. today (Thursday), at 7 p.m. This cer by donating a new toy or gift Dave & Buster’s, 49 Orland month’s theme is Christmas Cookduring the Pediatric Oncology Park Place, Orland Park. ies.

Heights library Treasure Chest Foundation an- Ingalls Cancer Care Cen • Friday Fun — Drop in at upcoming programs nual holiday toy drive. ter, 6701 W. 159th St., Tinley the library for stories, music, Toys or gifts may be dropped Park.

The following will take place at treats and fun this Friday, Dec. through Dec. 21 at the following Dunkin Donuts, 7935 W. 171st the Palos Heights Public Library, 20, at 10 a.m. Children ages 2-6 locations: St., Tinley Park.

12501 S. 71st Ave. will enjoy this month’s theme of Treasure Chest Foundation, First Midwest Bank, 13500 S. • Thursdays at the Movies on “Jingle Bells.”

15430 70th Court, Orland Park. Cicero Ave., Crestwood.

Dec. 19 will show the film “Christ- • Teen Gaming — Start off your Pigtails and Crewcuts, 14225 95th Visit the website at: www. mas with the Kranks.” There will weekend with some Wii and Xbox Ave., Suite 414, Orland Park. treasurechest.org be three showings: 10 a.m.(with fun with friends. Gaming takes place every Friday from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. for children in grades 6 and up.

• Family Movie Night — On Monday, Dec. 23 at 1:30 p.m. all ages are invited to come to the library to watch “The Muppet Christmas Carol” with friends and enjoy some popcorn.

• Library Closing — The library will be closed Tuesday, Dec. 24 and Wednesday, Dec. 25 for the Christmas holiday.

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Bronze Star for Army doc veteran of Vietnam War U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-3) at a ceremony this week presented Dr. William DeRose, of Palos Heights, with the Bronze Star he earned for his work as an Army doctor during the Vietnam War. Rep. Lipinski’s office discovered DeRose was eligible to receive the medal after making a routine request on his behalf for a copy of his military personnel records.

“The Bronze Star is the fourth-highest individual military award. It is awarded for acts of heroism, acts of merit, or meritorious service in a combat zone.

Dr. DeRose served as the commanding officer of the 11th Armored Calvary Regiment’s 37th Medical Company for a total of one year in Vietnam in 1967 and 1968. He left the service with the rank of captain and was given by a superior officer a Bronze Star that was never officially recognized by the military. Rep. Lipinski’s office caught and corrected the paperwork error when Dr. DeRose asked for help obtaining his Army personnel file.

Army personnel were on hand with Rep. Lipinski to present Dr. DeRose with the Bronze Star at a Veterans Fair the congressman hosted Dec. 10 at the Johnson-Phelps VFW Post 5220 in Oak Lawn.

Dr. DeRose retired from his Oak Lawn practice in 1996, but he continues to teach medical students at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. He lives in Palos Heights with his wife of 53 years, Henrietta. Together they have four children and three grandchildren.

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Liz from Eddie’s Photography in Oak Forest, took all of the photos. Layla and Arnie, Best Bites’ Boxers, were very anxious to sit on Santa’s lap (a.k.a. their Uncle Jim) to tell him that they are always very, very “nice” and never “naughty.”

Despite the snowy weather, Best Bites had a great turnout. Reagan Mathers was the first pup; her family came from Chicago.

Doggies pictured with Santa are Reagan Mathers, of Chicago (clockwise from top left), Fred and Clarisse Wood, and Tara Rose Lyman, of Palos Park.

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From Dec. 19, 1963

50 Years Ago This Week Christmas this year will be a little brighter because of projects just completed by groups of students at Sandburg High School.

Stuffing stockings for children of needy servicemen are Kris Howard, Lenora Cobden and Kathy Healy of CORE Club. The group, comprised of all vice presidents of organizations at the school, filled 100 stockings for the Junior American Red Cross. (Photo by Sandburg Camera Club)

From Dec. 18, 2003

10 Years Ago This Week A large vacant tract of land in Orland Park between the Orland Park Place shopping center and Target department store is the site of a proposed commercial development that would contain a Lowe’s home and appliance store and plenty of space for other retail stores and restaurants, and a village park with a bicycle path to an underpass under La Grange Road. The proposed 116,000-square-foot Lowe’s store would anchor the development.

Pregnant pause — nearby suburb wants no part of MTV reality show

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WHATIZIT? Oh cups of Christmas joy!

Last week three people correctly guessed last week’s close up of a Christmas or Santa bra. We found that at the Discovery Store in Chicago Ridge. A little risqué for the Reporter? Maybe. But funny?

Absolutely.

Evergreen Park’s Bernadette Pratl, Vince Vizza and Worth’s Robert Solner stayed abreast of the situation with correct answers.

Those who guessed lingerie or sexy Christmas outfits receive half credit and half of their names in the paper — Da Osw and Kel Pete of Chicago Ridge, Mar Com of Palos Hills.

Wrong answers included Elf on a Shelf, Santa stocking hat, Christmas outfit for a dog or cat, winter coat for Santa’s reindeer and a pair of pajamas with a trap bottom.

A reader suggested that we run the previous week’s photo which is a good idea because (gasp) not everyone (say it ain’t so) gets every issue of our paper.

So that’s why we are rerunning the bra.

This week clue: This is, I say, this is the favorite ornament on the shutterbug’s Christmas tree.

Send those guesses by SUNDAY night (our deadline is naughty, not nice because of the holiday) to thereporter@ comcast.net with WHATIZIT! in the subject line and give us your name and hometown.

Many years ago, in the 1980s, I made a bold proclamation.

There was a show that appeared in the afternoon called “Love Connection” in which couples went on a blind date and then came on TV to tell the world and smarmy Chuck Woolery all about it.

It was then that I declared, “TV could not get any worse than this.”

Boy was I wrong.

Shows kept getting worse and worse and then reality TV not only lowered the bar, it buried it 10 feet under.

So I no longer say, “TV could not get any worse than this” even though some shows put that to the test.

One such show is “16 and Pregnant’’ in which MTV follows a pregnant teenage girl around and the trials and tribulations of being a teen mom. Not to judge, but usually the girls they pick aren’t the brightest in the world and their boyfriends tend to have the IQ of plywood.

Since people love bad TV, this show, of course, is a hit.

I would love to have been in the MTV board room hearing the pitch for this dreck and listening to the other executives fall all over each other to agree how great it is.

The show started in 2009 and it’s still going strong.

And now a few suburbs south of us, it’s creating a stir.

MTV is following a Tinley Park teen around and Mayor Ed Zabrocki and Andrew High School Principal Bob Nolting are not keen on letting the network film in the community or the school.

“The initial concept of the show probably made some sense,” Zabrocki told WGN-TV News.

“But over the years with reality TV…I think it glamorizes unwed mothers. This is a quick and easy way for some young ladies 14, 15 or 16 to have in their mind that this is a way to get on TV and have 10 minutes of fame.

“I think that sends the wrong message, and I feel very strongly about that.”

Zabrocki was a longtime counselor at Brother Rice High School and is no dummy when it comes to seeing the real-life effects that pregnancies cause for both male and female students.

But his take and my take on the show are vastly different.

Any girl that would purpose-

fully get pregnant just to get on TV probably would do just about anything if “16 and Pregnant” didn’t exist, so I am not buying that argument.

While it’s true that some of the millions of viewers think that having a baby at that young age is pretty glamorous, there has to be some out there that think the opposite. There have to be kids out there watching saying “I’m

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by Jeff Vorva glad that’s not me.”

Therein is the show’s value. I still dislike the show. But there is a tiny bit of value.

Parents can preach about the evils of having sex at an early age. Teachers can talk all they want about proper protection.

At private schools, priests and nuns can try to put the fear of God into kids about abstinence before marriage.

But I think the best way for kids who are straddling the fence on this issue to get the message is to see for themselves the lifechanging consequences, responsibilities and hardships that having a baby can cause. That could be as frightening as those old “Scared Straight” show in which hard core prisoners verbally terrorize young troublemakers in a prison setting.

The show doesn’t have too much socially redeeming value but it does serve as a trashy public service reminder.

Sick of my viruses They say a good journalist doesn’t blame his tools.

I’m blaming my tools.

To all the fine folks who might have sent some information my way and it did not make it to the paper, I am throwing technology under the bus. The e-mail has been acting up and there have been chunks of time when the e-mail just doesn’t come in.

After our computer guru, Pat Engle, ran some tests he was happy to announce that I set the Regional Publishing record with having the most viruses ever — more than 1,200.

It was something I didn’t celPhoto by Jeff Vorva ebrate.

Former Brother Rice counselor and current Tinley Park Mayor Ed Hopefully is well, but use Zabroki, here shown at a tree lighting ceremony in his community, Christmas forgiveness if someis not too jolly when it comes to letting MTV film “16 and Pregnant” thing you were hoping to make in his town. the paper failed to make it.

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Healthy Answers for Life

by Carolyn Johnson

A daily multivitamin: Choose wisely Dear Carolyn: I’ve been meaning to start taking a multivitamin for a while. I finally picked one up the other day, but (this might sound strange) when I take it, my urine is bright yellow. I’m kind of worried that my body isn’t absorbing it and it’s just going through my system.

There are so many choices for vitamins, how do I know which one to choose? Is it really necessary to take a multivitamin or should I just go back to taking vitamin C and vitamin D by themselves (which is what I was doing before).

Thanks, Laura Dear Laura: Many people question the need to take a multivitamin. Though even for a person who eats a good diet it can be difficult to get the required nutrients from food every day. There have been a number of large scale studies to assess nutrient deficiencies in the American public, with grim results. The research has found that approximately 50 percent of the population falls below the RDA, or recommended daily allowances, and that some nutrients in certain age groups were below 80 percent of the RDA. This is especially troubling since the RDAs are in many cases a woefully inadequate measure of nutrients. The RDAs were made in 1941 by the Food Nutrition Board of the National Research Council to avoid problems like scurvy. Nowadays supplements have a percents of DVs or daily values. The DVs are more accurate and are slightly higher than the old RDAs, but some physicians have likened it to minimum wage, “Enough to stay alive,” says Dr. Sears, “but perhaps not enough for some people, at least, to thrive.” Many higher quality vi-

tamins, known as high potency vitamins, will have higher values than the DVs of many vitamins and minerals to stay in keeping with recent supplement research.

Taking a multivitamin is a good idea for anyone, at any age.

Shopping for one can be confusing though, since there are a dizzying array of choices available. Not all vitamins are created equal, and it’s important to buy from reputable companies so you know what it says on the bottle is what you’re actually getting.

There are many synthetic vitamins for sale at grocery stores, and while synthetic vitamins are cheaper, they aren’t absorbed as well by the body as a natural, food based vitamin. Food-based vitamins are also better absorbed since they are in their natural state and are often bound to amino acids to further help with absorption. I also think it’s important to mention that the presence of the word “natural” on a vitamin means virtually nothing, which is another reason to buy vitamins from reputable brands and vendors, so you can ensure you get the highest quality for your dollar (since it doesn’t really matter if a vitamin in cheap if your body can’t absorb much of it).

The next main choice when it comes to selecting a vitamin is choosing a formula with or without iron. The only people who need supplemental iron are women who are menstruating, otherwise its best to choose an iron free supplement. Another thing to look for is a high amount of B vitamins.

B vitamins are wonderful for energy and reducing stress as well as helping to maintain healthy digestion, brain function, and a number of other crucial functions in the body — they even help

with red blood cell formation! B vitamins are water soluble, which means they need to be replaced every day, and what isn’t absorbed is excreted. When people take high amounts of B vitamins, they’ll notice they can have bright yellow urine. That happens because the body will take in what it needs (an amount that varies from person to person due to chemical makeup and environmental factors) and then excrete the rest. So yellow urine from lots of B vitamins isn’t a bad sign, but rather a sign that your body is taking in all of the amounts it needs, leaving the rest.

Many people, instead of taking a regular multivitamin, will take a cocktail of a few different vitamins. A person might take vitamins C, D, and E for example after reading a favorable article about them. I’d just like to stress the importance of a multivitamin being crucial for a healthy base to build upon. Often people might take extra vitamin C or D during the winter months to stay healthy, but that should be on top of the base of a good quality multivitamin. Each vitamin and mineral has a list of bodily processes it helps with. There are entire books written about the benefits of each vitamin and mineral, so I certainly haven’t the space to list them here unfortunately. One I will mention however is folic acid, a B vitamin which is crucial for women of childbearing age. Folic acid prevents a number of birth defects which can happen in the very early stages of pregnancy, before a woman even knows she’s pregnant. It’s just another reason why taking a multivitamin is important.

People will sometimes ask if they’ll feel a difference when they start taking a multivitamin. Of-

ten when people start taking a multivitamin/mineral supplement they’ll have more energy, and as time passes may notice they get sick less often, but I want to say how important it is to take a good quality vitamin even if you don’t feel any different. It’s very much like performing maintenance on a car. After changing the oil in your car it may run better, but on the other hand you may not notice a difference. I can’t imagine anyone with good sense deciding they’ll stop changing the oil in their car since they don’t feel a difference, since everyone knows that while you may not see a difference with regular oil changes, you will most certainly notice that you have a problem with your engine if you never bother putting new oil in your car. In the same way, taking a high quality, food based multivitamin is a way to keep your body running at top efficiency.

To submit a question to be answered in a future column send an email to healthyanswersforlife@ gmail.com or mail to Healthy Answers for Life c/o Pass Health Foods at 7228 W. College Drive, Palos Heights, IL 60463.

Carolyn Johnson is one of the knowledgeable associates at Pass Health Foods at 7228 W. College Drive. Feel free to stop by the store for more information or advice. passhealthfoods.com.

This column makes no claims to diagnose, treat, prevent, mitigate, or cure diseases with any advice or products. Any health related information in this article is for educational purposes only. The ultimate responsibility for your choices and their effect on your health are yours and before applying any therapy or use of herbs, supplements, etc., you should consult your health care provider.

Dear Dr. Fleming: My old dog is on chronic Metacam (a dog non-steroidal anti-inflammatory) and it has really helped her.

Can I use Tylenol when she is having flare-ups of her arthritis after our long walks?

Thomas, Palos Heights Dear Thomas: Yes, Tylenol can be given to dogs that are already on chronic NSAIDS for flare-ups of their arthritis, but only for a couple of days. The recommended dose by Dr.Gaynor is 5 to 7 mg per pound of body weight twice daily. If you are unsure of your calculations ask your vet. Never, ever, ever give a cat Tylenol or any acetaminophencontaining product.

Dear Dr. Fleming: My old vet in Kentucky started my arthritic dog on chondroitin and glucosamine. The product she recommended was Cosequin and my brother’s old dog is on Dasuquin

Dog of The Week Layla & Arnie, the two owners of Best Bites, had the opportunity to take their photo with Santa Claus (a.k.a. Uncle Jim). This is Arnie’s 1st Christmas and he’s not sure what’s going on! They told Santa what they wanted from Best Bites for Christmas and that they are only “nice” and never “naughty” boxers.

All of the dogs that sat with Santa told him they were all very, very nice. Santa said that no one was on the “naughty” list! It’s going to be a very merry Christmas this year..Ho Ho Ho. We would like to thank everyone that participated in our 3rd annual Photos with Santa Event. We value your continued business and wish you and your family a wonderful holiday! A special thanks goes to Liz from Eddie’s Photography for the wonderful photos she took of our “Best Friends”.

Best Bites is located at 13034 S. LaGrange Road in Palos Park.

708-448-1515. Visit us online at www.joysbestfriends.com. Follow US on Facebook.com/JoysBestFriendsBestBites.

Pick of the Litter

Bad Habits

By John R. Fleming, DVM

By Sneakers

Pain relievers for dogs: Do’s and don’t’s Dear Dr. Fleming: My 9-year-old Doberman is becoming sore after walking our normal two miles. Can I just give her aspirin?

Mike, Alsip Dear Mike: There are too many other safer products on the market now. One hundred percent of dogs who receive one to two doses of aspirin bleed into their GI tracts (James Gaynor, DVM). Aspirin is 120 years old and would never make it to the market now. In dogs there is a 100 percent chance of adverse side effects. Aspirin should be used only under the most dire economic circumstances, i.e. if comes down to using aspirin or euthanasia, use the aspirin.

Submitted photo, sponsored by Joy’s Best Friends, Ltd. Best Bites

which is also made by Nutramax company. Which do you recommend?

Danny, Worth Dear Danny: Dasuquin is newer and one notch up from Cosequin in that it also contains some extracts from the Avocado fruit. Both are top-notch products and we stock Dasuquin.

You can find cheaper products at the grocery and box stores but what you don’t know is virtually all products other than Nutramax products have high molecular weight chondroitin which isn’t absorbed by the dog intestine very well. Cosequin and Dasuquin are low-molecular weight chondroitin (which is absorbed) products. Nutramax’s production process is patented. You get what you pay for.

Dear Dr. Fleming: My neighbor feeds her old arthritic dog Hill’s J/D (Joint Disease) prescription dog food. It is rather expensive but I thought it might be worth a try on my old arthritic dog since it contains chondroitin. Do you think it’s worth a try?

Martha, Willow Springs Dear Martha: My understanding is that it is not actually the chondroitin in the J/D that helps the dog but rather the essential fatty acids that are added (omega-3, fish oil). Seems like pricey way to get fish oil into the dog.

Submitted photo

Meet Andre Bailey and his new 1-year-old Lab Voodoo.

Gaynor (one of our country’s DVM pain gurus), about 80 percent of our older pets have some degree of back pain. Dr. Gaynor said he is transitioning from using acupuncture to low level laser light therapy (laser) since he feels it Dear Dr. Fleming: works better than acupuncture.

My old cat has a sore back and Laser therapy increases endorneck. Do you think acupuncture phins, blocks depolarization of would help her? the C-fiber afferent nerves and Robert, Palos Park has local anti-inflammatory efDear Robert: fects. Laser is widely used in vet Interestingly, according to Dr. medicine now.

As we prepare to celebrate the birthday of Jesus next week, Connie, myself and all of the staff here at Prairie State Veterinary Clinic would like to wish each of you a very Merry Christmas and a quiet and peaceful New Year; and as Tiny Tim said, “and God Bless us, everyone!”

Determine never to be idle …

It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.

— Thomas Jefferson

Sportsplex offers weight-loss contest A member of the Village of Orland Park Sportsplex could win a $500 cash prize in the Orland Park Recreation Department’s Weight Loss Challenge.

The 10-week contest begins Jan. 13 and is open only to Sportsplex members.

“We have a number of patrons who are fans of the television show, ‘The Biggest Loser’, and the New Year is a great time to Submitted photo kick off the weight loss challenge,” The village of Orland Park Rec- said Sportsplex Fitness Manager reation Department will offer its Deborah Geghen. “Last year’s weight loss challenge beginning winner lost 32 pounds and has Jan. 13. The member with the kept it off, continuing to follow his highest percentage of weight lost Sportsplex fitness program.” will win a $500 cash prize.

Contestants may choose to

compete on their own or work out with a personal trainer once or twice a week with Pilates or personal training. Special training rates will be available.

Sportsplex members pay $50 to participate in the challenge and may register at either Recreation Department administrative office, at the Franklin Loebe Center at 14650 South Ravinia Avenue or at the Sportsplex, 11351 W. 159th St. The registered contestant with the highest percentage of weight lost will win the $500 cash prize. 2nd Place winner will receive a refund of their entrance fee.

Non-members can join the Sportsplex to participate in the competition. First time members will receive three months for free with the purchase of a twelve month membership.

“This is a great opportunity to get three extra months on a new membership and be a part of what promises to be a great weight loss competition,” Geghen added.

Or, three-month memberships are available for specific rates for individuals, couples, families, seniors and students.

The Sportsplex is at 11351 W. 159th St. For more information, call 645-7529.

My name is Sneakers, and I have some bad habits.

My owner’s habits are even worse, however, especially during this holiday shopping season.

What a Humbug! All he does is whine about “Hallmark Holidays,” and the whole tradition of giving gifts. For the last hour, my owner, or my human as I call him, monopolized the La-Z- Boy chair in the family room with his cell phone glued to his ear. I think it’s permanently stuck.

“Get this,” my human lamented. “My mother returns every gift I give her . . . correction, she orders me to return every gift I give her.

Last Mother’s Day, I bought her a sweater and a gift card. On her greeting card, I wrote ‘this beige gift card should go really well with the pink return slip.’ Although she acted like she was offended, she insisted that I return that sweater . . . and redeem the gift card. Even the gift card wasn’t good enough! This holiday, she’s getting a lump of coal!”

He’s so absorbed in his rant, he didn’t even notice that I lapped up all the water under the Christmas tree.

Then my human regaled his friend with another friend’s woes. “Over the years, my buddy John bought his Dad a bunch of expensive gifts. After his Dad died, John found dozens of these gifts unopened and tucked away in various closets and cabinets throughout His Dad’s house. Talk about thankless.”

Now I have bitten my way through my human’s sock. Oh no! Now we gotta hear about the ex.

“Here’s the kicker!” my human shouted. “Every year I was married, my ex-wife gave me junky presents that she bought from the bargain table at the local discount store. I got that same stupid pair of snowman socks four years in a row. No wonder they were a regular fixture on that bargain table. So, I finally begged her to buy me a nice portable stereo for my office. Even that discount store wouldn’t have the nerve to sell that tinny piece-of-junk stereo she bought me. She outdid herself on that one.”

I scratched open a gift under the tree. It’s a nice fluffy pillow with down feathers!

“And then my brother-in-law,” he wailed. “You know, Bill, the one who brags about earning six figures a year as a sales rep.

He gave me a premium bottle of scotch for my birthday. Man, I was truly flattered that he spent

that kind of money on me. Later, when I was tossing out the gift bag, I found a tag inside that read ‘to Bill, from Aunt Suzie.” Then I noticed that the seal around the bottle cap had been broken open. Who knows what’s in that bottle?”

The feathers floated around the living room like the inside of a snow globe. Ever since I wrote my last column on procrastination, I found that the five-minute rule (pursuing a task for only five minutes) has really curbed my tendency to procrastinate. Now I am even quicker to engage in naughty behavior. And quicker yet to write about it.

“Then those ungrateful kids,” my human lamented. “Two years ago, I spent six hours in line at the mall to buy a ‘Whining Widget’ only to have the customer in front of me snag the last one. For weeks, I dragged around to seven different malls and no stupid widget in sight. Finally, out of desperation, I bribed my nephew with $100 to buy his Whining Widget, which turned out to be a glorified Troll!!

When my kid opened the gift, he had the unmitigated gall to tell me that the Whining Widget was old news. He was happier with the lumps of coal I gave him the following year!”

What do I have to do to get my human to pay attention to me? I know . . . I’ll knock his cell phone out of his hand. So I jumped on top of his shoulder (he still didn’t flinch) and I batted away at that phone until it sailed across the family room. Even that tactical maneuver took a few seconds to register. He finally looked at me.

“Sneakers, what’s your problem!” he shouted.

I jumped down on his lap, let out a long purr and rubbed my cheek on his hand.

Suddenly, like the Grinch, his heart seemed to grow three sizes.

He looked at me fondly and petted me. Then he said,” I guess I haven’t been paying enough attention to you lately Sneaks.”

I curled up on his lap and purred even louder. Maybe these were the best gifts of all — attention and affection.

He sat quietly petting me for some time. He even seemed to forget about his phone. After a long pause, he said, “Maybe I’m just as bad as everyone I complain about. Maybe I can be selfish too.

Maybe I should cut others some slack.” With that, he got up from his recliner, and fetched me some kitty treats. Then he saw the down feathers . . . .

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The Regional News Thursday, December 19, 2013

St. Mark Lutheran Church

11007 S. 76th Ave. Worth 448-6555

COME CELEBRATE THE JOY OF CHRISTMAS WITH US! Tuesday, December 24 Christmas Eve

You are invited by these local churches to join in their holiday fellowship.

Our Lady of the Woods Church

10731 W. 131st Street Orland Park 361-4754 Tuesday, December 24, 2013 Christmas Eve 4:00, 5:30 & Midnight Wednesday, December 25, 2013 Christmas Day 8:00, 9:30 & 11:00 Wednesday, January 1, 2014 Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God 9:30 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.

First Church of Christ, Scientist

(Christian Science) 12300 S. 80th Ave. Palos Park

448-1808

(church entrance at top of hill on 80th Ave.) We’d love to have you join us this reverent season.

Christmas Service on Sunday, December 22 at 10 a.m.

(Sunday school for children and young people up to the age of 20)

Sunday Services at 10 a.m.

Wednesday Evening Testimony meetings at 7 p.m.

Care provided for babies and toddlers at all services.

10 a.m. Birthday Party for Jesus, Children ages 3 to 8 are welcomed 5:30 p.m., 7 p.m., and 11 p.m. Candlelight Service

Wednesday, December 25 Christmas Day

7059 W. 127th Street Palos Heights 708-448-0186 www.paloschurch.org Sunday, December 22 9:00 a.m. & 10:45 a.m. - Worship Service Wednesday, December 25 10:00 a.m. - Christmas Morning Service

7800 W. McCarthy Road Palos Heights (708) 448-4170 Rev. Dr. Wayne A. Basch, Pastor

Friday, December 20 7:00 p.m. All Choirs Christmas Concert

Sunday, December 22 9:00 & 11:00 a.m. - Worship

Tuesday, December 24, Christmas Eve 4:00, 6:30 and 10:30 p.m.

Special Music at all Services

10:00 a.m. Traditional Service

Rev. Jay Trygstad

Wednesday, December 25, Christmas Day

www.stmarkworth.org

10:00 a.m. - Holy Communion

Peace Memorial Church 10300 W. 131st St. Palos Park www.pmcucc.org

448-7833

Invites You to

Celebrate the Birth of Jesus with us!

Tuesday, December 24 - CHRISTMAS EVE 4:00 p.m. - Harp & Candlelight Service 10:30 p.m. - String Quartet in Sanctuary 11:00 p.m. - Candle Light Service with Caroling and Scripture

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service Join us for

Palos Heights Christian Reformed Church

The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd

Christ Lutheran Church

14700 S. 94th Avenue Orland Park 708-349-0431 www.christlutheranorland.com SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21 & SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22 Service of Lessons and Carols with Holy Communion Saturday, 5:00 p.m., Sunday 8:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m.

CHRISTMAS EVE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24 5:00 & 11:00 p.m. - Candlelight Communion Service CHRISTMAS DAY, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25 10:00 a.m. - Holy Communion NEW YEAR’S EVE, MONDAY, DECEMBER 31 7:00 p.m. Holy Communion Fully Accessible Facility

Palos Park Presbyterian Community Church Corner of 123rd St. & 88th Ave. Palos Park 708-448-5220 — www.pppcc.org

O Holy Night

Pastors James R. Tony and David M. Carlton

5:00 P.M.

Sunday, December 15 8:30 a.m. Contemporary Worship with Dance 11:00 a.m. Traditional Worship

Moraine Valley Church

6300 W. 127th St., Palos Heights, IL www.morainevalleychurch.org

A 3rd Attitude That Blesses Us (Matt. 5:6) 9:45 a.m. Advent Learning Opportunities 7:00 p.m. Choir’s Christmas Concert

Sunday, December 29

Sunday, December 22

9:00 a.m. & 10:45 a.m. - Worship Service

Tuesday, December 31

St. Alexander Catholic Church

7:00 p.m. - New Year’s Eve Service

7025 West 126th Street Palos Heights 448-4861

***Childcare is provided at all services.

Christmas Schedule 2013

The Wayside Chapel at The Center 12700 Southwest Highway, Palos Park (708) 361-3650

Please Join Reverend Chris Hopkins and our Fellowship.

We have two services December 24th, the earlier one for children (in the Anderson Center) and the later one for the general public (in the Lodge).

Christmas Eve, 3 p.m. — Children’s Service Christmas Eve, 4:30 p.m. — Candlelight Communion Service Inter-Denominational Services All Welcome Come Celebrate The Glory Of Christmas With Us!

Sacrament of Reconciliation All Saturdays after 8:00 a.m. morning Mass and after 5:00 p.m. evening Mass

8:30 a.m. Contemporary Worship 11:00 a.m. Worship with Handbell Choir A 4th Attitude That Blesses Us (Matt. 5:3) 9:45 a.m. Children’s Birthday Party for Jesus

Tuesday - Christmas Eve, December 24 3:30 p.m. Children’s Service

Christmas Masses

7:30 p.m. Candlelight, Carols and Choir

Christmas Vigil - Tuesday, December 24 4:00 p.m. - Church — Contemporary Music Ministry 4:00 p.m. - Parish Center — Children’s Choir 6:30 p.m. - Church — Traditional

(Nursery provided for 3:00 and 7:30 p.m.)

10:30 p.m. Candlelight, Carols, and Soloists & Harp A 5th Attitude That Blesses Us (Matt. 5:8)

Christmas (Midnight Mass) - Tuesday, December 24 11:15 p.m. Choir and Carol Prelude Mass begins at Midnight

Sunday, December 29 - Carol Sing

Christmas Day - Wednesday, December 25 7:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.

(Please note there is no 6:00 p.m. Mass)

11:00 a.m. Worship

8:30 Contemporary Worship A 6th Attitude That Blesses Us (Matt. 5:4) 9:45 a.m. Advent Learning Opportunities

New Year’s Day Masses Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God Tuesday, December 31 — 5:00 p.m. — Vigil Wednesday, January 1 — 9 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

January 5 - Promise Renewal Sunday (One Worship Service) 9:30 a.m. New Year Breakfast 11:00 a.m. Worship (Communion Served)

Houses of Worship Christ Lutheran Church Youth Choirs, Handbell and Jonathon A. Bohne Chime Choirs, and the Men’s Jonathon A. Bohne, 30, of Palos Orland Park • The church will, once again, bring together world-class musicians for a celebration of the Christmas season. This year’s concert of sacred and secular music, takes place on Friday, Dec. 20, at 7 p.m. and features Jonathan Beyer (baritone), Sarah Gartshore (soprano), Joanna Wernette (mezzo soprano), Stephen Hargreaves (piano), and Rose Armbrust (viola). Tickets: $15 for adults ($20 at the door), $10 for children (12 years and under). Tickets are on sale now at the church office.

• Lessons & Carols — on Saturday, Dec. 21 at 5 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 22 at 8 and 10 a.m., the church will present the beautiful service of Lessons and Carols with Holy Communion.

The Festival of Lessons and Carols was first presented on Christmas Eve in 1918 at the King’s College, Cambridge, England. The Christ Choir, Cherub a n d

Chorus prepare well to lead a joy-filled and inspiring worship service.

The church is at 14700 S. 94th Ave. (349-0431)

Height, died Dec. 15 in Scottsdale, Ariz. Visitation is to be held at Schmaedeke Funeral Home in Worth on Dec. 22, from 3 to 8 p.m.

A funeral service is to be held at All Saints Lutheran Church in Orland Palos Park Presbyterian Park on Dec. 23, at 11 a.m.

Mr. Bohne is survived by his Community Church mother, Gayle; and his brothers, Each Sunday in Advent sees Lancelot (Lance) and Berkshire families from the congregation (B.J.). speak on one of the subjects of Mr. Bohne was born in Chicago.

Advent; hope, peace, love and He was the owner along with his joy and then light the Advent brothers of Imperial Crane, Bridcandle at each of the services; geview.

8:30 a.m. contemporary service and 11 a.m. regular service.

George W. Paulson Jr. Bible study for adults is at George W. Paulson Jr., 78, of 9:45 a.m. Sunday in the original Palos Heights, died Dec. 11, at sanctuary. The subject during home. the four weeks of Advent is: Visitation was held Dec. 16 at Make This A Meaningful Sea- Van Henkelum Funeral Home son! in Palos Heights. Services were Children’s ministry during held at Salem Church of Christ worship at 8:30 and 11 a.m., in Oak Lawn on Dec. 17. Burial Wee Church throughout worship was at Resurrection Cemetery in for children 2 and 3 years in Justice. the Sonrise Room. Children’s Mr. Paulson is survived by his worship time dismissed during wife, Sara, son, Martin, daughters, the worship service for pre-K Helene and Pamela Paulson, and through 5th grade for children two grandchildren. in Primary Hall.

Mr. Paulson worked as a car The church is at 12312 S. penter.

88th Ave. (448-0819) He was a member of the Palos Lions Club, recipient of the Melvin Jones Award (highest award for Living Word Lions Club members). For many Lutheran Church years he headed the Palos Lions Orland Park annual Christmas tree sales lot.

Learn God’s ways of handling money with Dave Ramsey’s Fi- Helene Wilz nancial Peace University.

Helene Wilz, 98, of Palos Park, Nine-week course begins died Dec. 14, at home.

Tuesday, Jan. 14, at 7 p.m., at Services will be held at the Comthe church, 16301 S. Wolf Road, munity Center Foundation at a Orland Park. (403-9176) later date. Private burial at Palos

Death Notices Thomas M. Janusz, Sr. Thomas M. Janusz, Sr., age 78, late of South Holland, formerly of Dolton and Chicago’s Avalon Park/ Grand Crossing’s “Pennytown” neighborhood. Dearly beloved husband for 57 years of Betty Lou, nee Janke; Devoted father of Thomas M. Janusz, Jr. and Lynn Ann Janusz; Proud seventh son of the late Thomas and Mary (nee Postrozny) Janusz; Cherished son-in-law of the late Louis A. and Bette (nee Maras) Janke; Loving brother of the late Stanley, Edward, Alex, Chester, Julius and John Janusz; Dear brother-in-law of Elaine (late Robert) Costello; Kind uncle of many nieces and nephews; Wonderful cousin and loyal friend of many; Dearest best and loyal friend of the late Robert (late Sandra) Devine; courageous man of faith.

Founder and owner of the Thornridge Funeral Homes in Dolton/ South Holland and Orland Park for over 40 years. Tom not only built it, he practically built it brick by brick. Truly a self made business man. Tom Oak Hill Cemetery.

Mrs. Wilz is survived by her daughters-in-law, Dorothy Wilz and Stephanie Lazzeroni; and five grandchildren and one greatgranddaughter; special friend of Charlene Blount and caregiver Irena Cipriene.

Mrs. Wilz was born in Chicago.

She was a school teacher at local schools.

Club. As an active member of St. Jude the Apostle Church and the local community, Tom honorably volunteered for many memorable church and social functions.

Visitation was Thursday 2 to 9 p.m. at his Orland Park funeral home, 14318 S. LaGrange Rd. (Northbound traffic: U-turn permitted at 143rd St.). Second night of visitation was Friday 2 to 9 p.m. at his Dolton funeral home, 15801 S. Cottage Grove Ave., (four blocks North of 162nd St./ Rt. 6). Funeral was held Saturday 9:30 a.m. from his Dolton funeral home, 15801 S. Cottage Grove Ave., (four blocks North not only had good mentors, he of 162nd St. / Rt. 6) Dolton/ became an exemplary mentor South Holland to St. Jude the and example to many funeral Apostle Church Mass 10:45 a.m. directors, colleagues, and associ- Rev. John Boivin, officiating. ates. A Licensed Funeral Direc- Interment was at Holy Cross tor with 53 years of dedicated Cemetery. service. 4th Degree Knight Memorials directed to St. Jude of Columbus Genoa Council the Apostle Church or St. Jude’s #1659. Past President of St. Children’s Hospital, appreciated.

Jude the Apostle Holy Name 708-460-2300, 708-841-2300 or Society. Lifetime member of www.thornridgefuneralhomes.

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The Regional News Thursday, December 19, 2013

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Looking for that perfect; personalized gift?

Every Good Gift may just have it

by Tim Hadac staff reporter George and Judy Rock make an impersonal world more personalized, one gift at a time.

“We can put your name on just about anything,” said George Rock, co-owner of Every Good Gift, a gift shop located at 7150 W. 127th St. for the past two years.

“T-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, ponchos, fleece blankets, scarves, pillows, polo shirts, golf towels, baby bibs, birth announcement blankets, lanyards, ID holders, coasters, water bottles, coffee

mugs, ceramic tiles, and more,” Rock added.

Every Good Gift started as a home-based business about a dozen years ago when George, a longtime industrial product marketer, purchased an embroidery machine for his wife, Judy, a retired teacher. “[Judy] was selling [personalized craft items] at Brady’s Craft Mart [in Orland Park], and they said ‘You should have your own place,’” George recalled about the encouragement that led to their first store near 103rd and Cicero in Oak Lawn.

Photo by Tim Hadac

Every Good Gift co-owner George Rock shows a bit of the lighthearted ethnic humor that abounds on shirts and other items at the store.

When a change in landlord led to a spike in rent, the Rocks sought a new home for their business. George credits former Palos Heights Community Development Coordinator Jim Furey with easing them into their current location on 127th Street two years ago.

“There were two vacancies [in the strip mall]. We took one and Papa John’s Pizza took the other,” George recalled. “It’s worked out well. Palos Heights is a good place to own and operate a business.

“We’re in a good location with good [business] neighbors. We get people coming in here [carrying] their leftover trays from Harvest Room, and the people buying [athletic] shoes at Just For Kicks are walked right past our front window. Talk about ‘foot traffic,’” he added with a chuckle.

“It’s busy here, sometimes almost too busy.”

The 127th Street location also makes better sense for the Rocks, who have lived in Palos Heights for the last 12 years. “This way, I get six minutes extra sleep in the morning,” George smiled.

“Seriously, though, we like [living in Palos Heights] a lot,” he added. “It’s a nice place, a nice area and convenient to so many things.”

The shop itself is chock-full of merchandise — mostly apparel, but also a crazy quilt of knickknacks. Much of the goods are arranged by theme — various holidays, ethnic humor and pride, mothers and fathers, grandmas and grandpas, and more.

George Rock gives a tip of his cap to Rose Johnson, a partner

Photo by Tim Hadac

Owner George Rock shows off a knick knack with the New Testament passage that serves as the inspiration for the store’s name. in the business, whom the Rocks first met years ago when she was a nurse attending to Judy’s elderly mother.

“Rose is a tremendous crafter, she’s great at sewing,” George added, gesturing to row of unique, custom Christmas wreaths lining a wall.

Like most in the personalized gifts business, George has his share of colorful stories to tell about quirky requests he’s filled over the years.

“One time we did shirts for a bar in Burbank,” he recalled. “They had a customer who was noisy, loud, boisterous, whatever. So on his birthday, he walks in the bar, and all the bartenders — even his

own wife — were wearing our shirts that said, ‘Shut the ~~~~ up, [name]’. It was good natured, though, and everyone got a laugh out of it.”

There was also a time when Every Good Gift was called upon to produce shirts for staff at Chapel Hill Cemetery when they hosted a classic car show. “We came up with a really cool design of a [tricked out] hot-rod hearse. It was a hit,” he added.

Every Good Gift also offers customization services for local schools, teams, clubs and other organizations. “If we can make one, we can make a hundred,” George observed.

The store’s gift baskets have

also been seen at local charity auctions, including the “Evening Under the Stars” event at Lake Katherine.

While the Every Good Gift name was inspired by a New Testament passage. “we’re not a religious [goods] store,” George explained.

“We were just sitting around one night [years ago], trying to come up with a name [for the business]. We thought of Judy’s Gifts, Grandma’s Gifts, Grandma’s Garden, blah blah blah, Every Good Gift, blah blah blah, and I said ‘Wait a minute. Stop right there.

I like it.’ It’s a different name, a cute name, a name that is unusual all by itself. It’s a good fit, and it really describes us well.”

Assumptions can be dangerous to investors Every day of our lives, we make assumptions. We assume that the people we encounter regularly will behave in the manner to which we are accustomed. We assume that if we take care of our cars, they will get us to where we want to go. In fact, we need to make assumptions to bring order to our world. But in some parts of our life — such as investing — assumptions can prove dangerous.

Of course, not all investment-related assumptions are bad. But here are a few that, at the least, may prove to be counter-productive: • “Real estate will always increase in value.” Up until the 2008 financial crisis, which was caused, at least partially, by the “housing bubble,” most people would probably have said that real estate is always a good investment. But since then, we’re all more painfully aware that housing prices can rise and fall. That isn’t to say that real estate is always a bad investment — as a relatively small part of a diversified portfolio, it can be appropriate, depending on your goals and risk tolerance. But don’t expect endless gains, with no setbacks.

• “Gold will always glitter.”

During periods of market volatility, investors often flee to gold, thereby driving its price up. But gold prices will fluctuate, sometimes greatly, and there are risks in all types of gold ownership, whether you’re investing in actual

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bars of gold or gold “futures” or the stocks of gold-mining companies.

• “I can avoid all risks by sticking with CDs.” It’s true that Certificates of Deposit (CDs) offer a degree of preservation of principal. But they’re not riskfree; their rates of return may be so low that they don’t even keep up with inflation, which means you could incur purchasing-power risk. Again, having CDs in your portfolio is not a bad thing, but you’ll only want to own those amounts that are suitable for your objectives.

• “The price of my investment has gone up — I must have made the right decision.” This assumption could also be made in reverse — that is, you might think that, since the price of your investment has dropped, you must have made the wrong choice. This type of thinking causes investors to hold on to some investments too long, in the hopes of recapturing early gains, or selling promising investments too soon, just to “cut their

losses.” Don’t judge investments based on short-term performance; instead, look at fundamentals and long-term potential.

• “If I need long-term care, Medicare will cover it.” You may never need any type of long-term care, but if you do, be prepared for some big expenses. The national average per year for a private room in a nursing home is nearly $84,000, according to a recent survey by Genworth, a financial security company. This cost, repeated over a period of years, could prove catastrophic to your financial security during your retirement. And, contrary to many people’s assumptions, Medicare may only pay a small percentage of long-term care costs.

You can help yourself by consulting with a financial professional, who can provide you with strategies designed to help cope with long-term care costs.

You can’t avoid all assumptions when you’re investing. But by staying away from questionable ones, you may avoid being tripped up on the road toward your financial goals.

Jim Van Howe is a financial advisor with Edward Jones Investments, in Palos Heights. His office is at 7001 W. 127th St. He can be reached at 361-3400. This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

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Orland Park Area Chamber donates to township holiday giving program The Orland Park Area Chamber of Commerce and its members donated a large amount of food and toys, as well as a monetary donation, to the Orland Township food pantry.

The chamber hosted its annual holiday party on Dec. 2 at Papa Joe’s Restaurant in Orland Park, where donations were collected to benefit the township’s Holiday 2013 program.

Chamber executive director Keloryn Putnam and Chamber member Dave Kemp delivered the donations to the township office on Dec. 3. The chamber’s holiday party grossed multiple large kitchen bags filled with new toys, as well as armfuls of canned goods and a generous monetary donation.

Here, Dave Kemp (right), Keloryn Putnam, Orland Township Food Pantry director Marianne Hill, and Orland Township community outreach coordinator Megan St. John stand with the toy donations collected from the chamber’s holiday party.

“Gifts like this really do make the holiday season brighter for families in need,” said township Supervisor Paul O’Grady. “Orland Township is so thankful that our community can come together to make great occasions like this happen. Many thanks to the Orland Park Area Chamber of Commerce for hosting such a spectacular event.”

Hundreds wait hours for ‘Da Coach’ of happy memory

by Jeff Vorva Reporter Editor

doors, Binny’s officials had the rough task of turning people away after the store reached its limit of Bears legend Mike Ditka was 300 people who snaked through scheduled to be at Binny’s Bev- the aisles of booze to wait for erage Depot in Evergreen Park his signature. Some waited six at 6 p.m. last Wednesday for a hours. ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Ditka, who coached the Bears to Long before the man some call the Super Bowl title in 1985, still “Da Coach” walked through the appreciates being able to draw a

big crowd.

“Am I surprised? I’m absolutely surprised and humbled,” Ditka said. “I don’t understand it, but, hey, I’m an old man and I need the money. We have to sell this [Ditka brand] wine.’’

When it was pointed out to him that not many old men could generate a crowd like that, Ditka retorted “Oh yeah — Bill Clinton can.”

Oak Lawn resident Liz O’Neill stood in line for a couple of hours to get Ditka’s autograph five days before the Bears retired his number in a ceremony at Soldier Field.

“Growing up, he was like a national hero at our house,” O’Neill said. “He’s an institution in Chicago. He’s the real deal. He was telling us in line ‘come on guys, pick it up.’ I thought that was real cute.”

O’Neill had Ditka sign a huge Bear head that she had to bring in a suitcase.

“I bought it at a garage sale about 10 years ago,’’ she said. ‘’It cost about $30. My old boss was trying to get rid of her husband’s man-cave stuff and asked me if I wanted it and I said ‘yeah — this would be great for my dad.’ ’’ Her father, Pete, has passed on and she kept the Bears head Photo by Jeff Vorva and has autographs from Ditka Oak Lawn’s Liz O’Neill shows off a Bears head she bought at a ga- on one side and Bears Hall of rage sale 10 years ago that now has Mike Ditka and Dan Hampton’s Famer Dan Hampton on the other autographs. side of it.

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With several bottles of his brand of wine on the table, Mike Ditka signs for fans at Binny’s in Evergreen Park last Wednesday as a part of a grand opening celebration.

And who would have guessed that the first guy in line for Ditka’s scribbles would be a man from Green Bay Packer country?

Milwaukee’s Dave Allen waited six hours to have Ditka sign sev-

eral canvas prints of Ditka flipping off a photographer.

“I’m a football fan, I don’t care who it is,” Allen said. “I like Ditka because he’s a classy guy and a class act. I’ve met many [celebrities] before — baseball players,

football players — and there is no one like him. I don’t want to name names but [Packers QB] Aaron Rodgers was cool when he was a backup quarterback. Now he’s got the big head and the big money.”

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St. Michael Breakfast with Santa aids toy drive    Saint Michael School in Orland Park held its annual Breakfast with Santa on Dec. 7.    In addition to the meal, the event featured a DJ, games, crafts, face painting, and a station to make reindeer food. The school also collected more than 100 toys for Together We Cope, the area homeless prevention agency based in Tinley Park.

   At left, Saint Michael 1st-grader Aiden McGovern shares his Christmas “wish list� with Santa and Mrs. Claus.    Right photo, the Arnashus family enjoys a pancake breakfast during the festivities, sponsored by the Family School Association.

Layer outerwear for fashion and function

Caroline’s Fashion Chat

by Caroline Foreman     We struggle as expressive creatures to develop sound strategies that allow us the gratitude of both warmth and style in the blistering cold winter. We would also squeal at the satisfaction of gaining more opportunities for the usage of our cool and beloved lighter outerwear pieces even when heavier pieces, if not hibernation, are seemingly required. The retrospectively glaring response which shall assuage these difficult desires is to layer your outerwear!     Countless chic, fashionable and smartly undone groupings of pieces are possible and will do well to springboard your ensembles into

fashionable yet utilitarian hits.

Also highly notable, this technique truly is the best way to maintain one’s homeostatic peace along with aesthetic approval.     Men can champion this systematic dressing through key pieces integrated together into a balanced harmony. The full look begins generally with a thinner layer topped by a comparably thicker layer which is then topped by thick layers of outerwear. Denim jackets are one of the easiest and extremely versatile articles to work into the mix. It is best to have a perfect or slightly snug fit for these. Wear these over a flannel, chambray, henley, tee or what have you. Try topping the denim with a chunky shawl neck cardigan. These necklines tend to compliment the corroborating layers well. You can swap the denim jacket for a blazer or wear both together. Another fun look

is knit with knit. For instance, swap the innermost layer with a thin knit turtleneck and add a cardigan.     After that, top it off with layers of great outerwear. Take advantage of your buddy, the biker jacket. Also choose from parkas, puffers and peacoats. Pair two outerwear items together having varying cuts and interplay their collars together for more coherence. Another dimensional layering option is the gilet, not to be pronounced like “skilletâ€? (which I came to realize the embarrassing way) but rather like “cafĂŠ.â€? Wear these cold weather vests, if you will, over or under any layer being utilized. It is important to experiment with the items together and find the balance that works best with your pieces and your body type. Tapered sweatpants, snug fitting trousers or skinny jeans work in the most ideal manner

as they prevent the look from appearing bulky overall.     Women can similarly layer items beginning with the thinnest one closest to the body as a general rule. Begin with a tee, blouse, flannel or denim shirt and build up from there with a sweater, cardigan, camo jacket or blazer. Atop these, grab from that favorite biker jacket, lighter wool jacket, anorak or parka and pair two together. Furry vests are interesting statement pieces simple to add, and they look extremely posh over anything leather. This writer has had a ball with her biker vest by adding it into various outfits for the accent of its edgy leather collar as it peeks out over preceding and subsequent layers. Pushing up one pair of sleeves over another is a stylistic trick that adds intriguing dimension. Tighter bottoms, such as leggings, tights, skinny trousers

or skinny jeans and heels do well to maintain pleasing balance in the look and prevent bulkiness.

Seize that snood and beanie it up! You are now fully prepared to rock the look in the frigid elements!     The great fun about this systematic layering of cold weather wear comes from mixing and matching colors, textures, lengths, proportions and cuts.

Vera Wang said, “Layering lends a certain nonchalance.� When accomplished well, the ease and carefree abandon that comes forth from these looks is the essence of their visual charm.

Their warmth, comfort, stylishness, and inclusion of cherished warmer weather items provide the remaining functional and fashionable charm. Experiment with these strategies, even just using items in your closest, and create a full winter ensemble.

Senior Notes New Year’s Eve senior dinner dance

Merry meeting for Palos Park Women    The Palos Park Woman’s Club recently held its December meeting, at which 1st Vice President Nancy Mitchell installed the club’s newest member, Janice Marco-Bottger.    Entertainment was provided by Alan Gresik and Association: Gresik and Andrew Blendermann played pianos and sang a variety of songs. Raised in Palos, Gresik created and led swing bands since 1983.    To end the meeting, club members stood in a circle holding lit candles and sang Christmas songs before enjoying lunch, followed by a birthday party for past president Muriel Benz. Unfortunately, Muriel was ill and unable to attend.    Shown are Janeen Schmaedeke, 2nd vice president (from left), Andrew Blendermann, Janice MarcoBottger, Nancy Mitchell, club President Mickey Nydam and Alan Gresik.

Grandparents raising grandchildren support group     PLOWS Council on Aging will host a grandparents raising grandchildren support group beginning Wednesday, Jan. 15, at 11 a.m., at

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Staying on course Bulldogs keep rolling forward, still unbeaten

By Ken Karrson The post-Hillcrest letdown that John Chappetto feared never materialized.

Oh, there were moments during last week’s practice sessions where Richards players seemed to lack an emotional edge, but it was nothing that game-night competition couldn’t remedy.

While neither Bremen nor TF South represented the same kind of imposing obstacle for the Bulldogs to clear as the Hawks had the week before, Richards didn’t let its guard down and managed to take care of business smartly.

Against the Braves last Tuesday, for example, the Bulldogs used a 22-11 scoring advantage in the opening quarter to gain the upper hand, which eventually translated into a resounding 64-36 South Suburban Conference crossover victory.

Then on Friday versus the Rebels, Richards broke open a close contest by embarking on a 10-0 run at the beginning of the third period. The Bulldogs outscored TF South 26-9 for the entire quarter, and that surge propelled them to a 65-56 triumph that kept their 2013-14 ledger spotless.

Richards’ 7-0 start to the campaign is its best since the 2007-08 season, when it won its first eight games. The Bulldogs went 20-0 the year before that.

Photo by Jeff Vorva “It’s definitely enjoyable to be Oak Lawn’s Ibrahim Samra fires a pass to a teammate during Friday night’s South Suburban Confer- winning,” said Chappetto, who’s ence crossover game against Lemont. The Spartans dropped a 49-45 decision to the Indians. now in his 12th season as Richards’ varsity coach. “We’re getting a lot of contributions from a lot of guys and we have no issues with confidence.

“My job is to keep them focused on the bigger picture. It’s about more than winning a game on a Tuesday night in December.”

Chappetto knows of what

By Ken Karrson season. as it limited Lemont to six points he speaks — his 2007-08 club Wisz managed only seven points and, thus, kept the Spartans in brought home a Class 4A state Winning isn’t the only thing against the Spartans while be- the chase. championship. While he is not yet for Jason Rhodes. ing guarded primarily by Mitch With Justin Schutt (14 points, Sure, the Oak Lawn coach pre- Swatek, and Lemont as a team including four 3-point baskets) fers it to losing, but at least in was held below 50. According to and David Stacy (12 points) spearthe early portion of the Spartans’ Rhodes, his club is “getting back heading the effort, Oak Lawn 2013-14 schedule, Rhodes isn’t us- to playing Oak Lawn defense.” stayed within three points during it as his sole measuring stick. Unfortunately for the Spartans ing much of the fourth quarter With an inexperienced roster at on this occasion, the Indians’ 49- before one sequence knocked it his disposal, Rhodes knows that point output was still enough backward. After a Spartan got to get the job done. Despite a called for an intentional foul, the practicing patience is vital.

“The reality is, we’ve got four 7-of-16 exhibition from 3-point Indians hit two free throws and seniors, but only one played much range, Oak Lawn’s offense had then a 3-pointer to extend their By Ken Karrson [last year], so there’s a learning just enough holes in it to pin the edge to eight. curve,” he said. “They just have hosts with a 49-45 defeat.

The margin stood at 45-35 Along with death and taxes, to get used to playing at this level. At the root of the Spartans’ fall when Oak Lawn made one last one of life’s certainties through They’re going to get there, but was a nightmarish third quarter. charge. However, it was only able the years has been that Brother it’s nothing like they’ve seen Kenneth Richardson’s layup in to climb back within three before Rice basketball teams will include the last four seconds of the second Lemont nailed down the verdict plenty of good shooters. before.

Before the 2013-14 season con “I’m less concerned about the stanza had given Oak Lawn a 28- in its favor. outcome right now than the [de- 26 halftime lead, but the Spartans Also assisting the Spartans’ cludes, the current batch of Cruvelopmental] process. We’re get- proceeded to go 0-of-10 from the comeback quest was improved saders may very well take their floor when play resumed. ting better every time out.” execution. After committing 23 place alongside other great Rice Evidence of that was presented A free throw saved Oak Lawn miscues three nights earlier marksmen of the past. For the on Friday, when Oak Lawn host- from taking a third-period goose versus Tinley Park, Oak Lawn moment, though, accuracy rates ed Lemont in a South Suburban egg, but that lone point wasn’t dropped that number to a more- as more of a four-letter word than an eight-letter one.

Conference crossover game. The of much help in enabling the palatable 16.

Indians’ lineup included 3-point Spartans to retain a lead. Inter- “We did a better job of taking Neither of the Crusaders’ outspecialist Mike Wisz, who drilled estingly, Oak Lawn’s defense was care of the ball,” Rhodes said. ings last week featured them in ideal offensive form. On Tuesday, 10 long balls in one outing last rock solid at that same juncture (Continued on page 6)

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Coach unfazed by Spartans’ slow start

predicting such a lofty goal for his current squad, Chappetto also realizes the 2013-14 Bulldogs are not an extension of the 2012-13 team that was plagued by off-the-court troubles at different times.

The only real matter with which Richards had to concern itself on Tuesday was how to deal with a sub-par outing from Josh Meier.

The 6-foot-7 Chicago State University-bound senior, who is normally the Bulldogs’ go-to guy on offense, was held to eight points by a swarming Bremen defense.

“I expected [Braves coach] Brian Flaherty to have a game plan that was good,” Chappetto said. “We knew they were going to try to take Meier out by sending everybody at him. They’re tiny and quick, and we felt they would give us some problems.”

But while Meier’s whereabouts were constantly accounted for, Bremen wasn’t as successful handling Thaer Othman and Deon Alexander in the early going.

Othman deposited three 3-point baskets in the first quarter and Alexander added seven markers to spearhead a still-potent Richards attack.

The Braves made some secondperiod inroads, but a closing 7-2 run by the Bulldogs (7-0, 3-0) kept the hosts’ margin at double digits.

Then after allowing Bremen to notch the first field goal of the third frame, Richards went on a 19-0 tear that cemented the verdict in its favor.

Dedrick Shannon, who had picked up two quick fouls and been a nonfactor before halftime, tossed in eight points for the ’Dogs during their clinching blitz. He had 12 for the quarter and 16 for the evening. Alexander (10 points) nailed a 3-pointer to further aid Richards’ run.

Spencer Tears tallied 11 points for the Bulldogs and Meier grabbed a team-best eight rebounds to augment his scoring. Richards owned

a huge 47-19 edge on the glass and held the Braves to a 26 percent success rate from the floor. The Bulldogs, meanwhile, clicked on 21-of-54 shots, including half of the 12 they launched from beyond the arc.

Richards 65 TF South 56 The script got flipped on Friday, as the Bulldogs were the ones victimized by a rapid getaway.

While Meier went 4-of-5 from the field, Richards’ other players were a combined 0-of-13 in the opening eight minutes. With the Rebels canning eight of their first 14 shots, the visitors jumped out to a 19-8 lead.

“If you saw the first quarter and then saw the final score, you wouldn’t believe it,” Chappetto said. “We were getting shots — layups — and missing them [at the outset], and we did a horrible job of guarding them.

“Our kids know what’s going on as far as who’s good, and this was a team that gave us a different style of play because of their length — they’re big inside and big on the wings. [But] over the years at home, when we need it, our defense kind of shows up.”

It did so here in the third period.

The Bulldogs had played themselves back into contention during the second stanza, in part by switching to a 1-3-1 zone defense.

Individuals stepping forward for Richards included Tears (two 3s) and Jordan Cottrell (six points, including two after his own steal, and two rebounds).

TF South was still ahead at intermission, but its 27-26 lead disappeared beneath the aforementioned 10-0 Bulldogs run that ushered in the third quarter.

Shannon produced 11 of Richards’ 26 markers in the period, Meier threw down a couple dunks after the ’Dogs stole the ball from the Rebels, and the home team also (Continued on page 6)

Feast, then famine Crusaders whip Vikings, fall at Fenwick that didn’t matter, seeing as how visiting St. Laurence endured even greater struggles and ultimately dropped a 58-38 verdict in the Chicago Catholic League neighborhood showdown.

At Fenwick on Friday, however, Rice’s errant shooting was unable to be overcome. Connecting on just 25 percent of their field-goal tries, the Crusaders were held to single-digit outputs in both of the odd-numbered quarters and became the victim of a 67-39 rout by the Friars in another CCL clash.

First-year coach Rick Harrigan, whose career at Rice was

highlighted by several personal displays of sharpshooting, was at a loss to explain his club’s most recent difficulties.

“I try to curtail all the when-Iwas-a-player talk, but I don’t really know what to say [to them],” Harrigan said. “It’s concerning and I wish I knew [what was wrong]. It’s definitely not for a lack of practice, but we let our bad shooting dictate how we played on Friday.

“Fenwick’s really well-coached and they have a couple big guys that gave us trouble. They were able to keep us at arm’s length, (Continued on page 7)

The great eight Chargers’ depth sinks three foes

By Ken Karrson To reach the heights this season, Stagg must display depth.

Everyone on the Chargers’ schedule knows the kind of damage Max Strus can inflict upon them. Appropriately, more and more opposing game plans are being designed with the idea of lessening the 6-foot-6 senior’s impact as much as possible.

Lincoln-Way East was particularly effective at doing exactly that Friday night in a SouthWest Suburban Conference Blue encounter.

The Griffins devised a scheme that shackled Strus and limited him to seven points, which came on one field goal and five free throws.

Stagg coach John Daniels admitted Strus “had an awful day” shooting-wise, but credited Lincoln-Way East for creating that situation.

“When you go against a team like that, you definitely expect good competition,” Daniels said.

“They took us out of what we wanted to do and frustrated us.”

That frustration didn’t extend to everyone within the Chargers’ lineup, however. While Strus was kept under wraps, Kevin White, Nick Sims and Jeff Goral all provided Stagg with double-digit scor-

ing, and that balance catapulted it to a 64-50 victory in Frankfort.

With wins over Comer Prep (78-49) and Wheaton North (5243) banked earlier in the opening week of the Addison Trail Christmas Tournament, the Chargers are out to an 8-0 start, the best beginning ever to a Stagg basketball season. Along the way, the Chargers earned themselves spots on a few Chicagoland-area media top-25 lists.

“We’re getting a little bit of recognition and we’ve become a target [for other teams],” Daniels said. “We’ve got to expect that now.

“This was one of those grinding weeks, where we didn’t really play that well [at times]. We were losing in the first quarter on Wednesday and Friday.”

Stagg (8-0, 2-0) was barely ahead of the Griffins at halftime, but it finally established a bit of breathing room by scoring 20 third-period points and 19 more in the fourth frame. Sims was a key component for the Chargers, as he collected 11 of his 17 points after intermission.

White finished with 18 points and three assists, while Goral contributed 16 points and six rebounds. Also boosting Stagg was an 11-of-14 exhibition at the

charity stripe, which represented a vast improvement over recent showings.

Stagg 52 Wheaton North 43 The Chargers’ difficulties against the Falcons last Wednesday at Addison Trail were even more pronounced; at the very least, they lasted longer.

Like Lincoln-Way East was to do again on Friday, Wheaton North pushed Stagg into an early hole.

The Falcons could never put much space between themselves and the Chargers, but they also refused to let go of the lead through three quarters.

“They were a team that scouted us well and was really prepared,” Daniels said. “The game was real physical, which played into their hands.

“We’re a talented team, but as a team we definitely lack the toughness of Stagg teams of the past.

To me, toughness doesn’t mean hitting somebody, but doing the little things to be good, like setting screens and diving for loose balls.

Photo by Jeff Vorva And if we’re not doing that, we don’t have that kid who’ll get in the huddle and say, ‘Hey, what’s going on here?’”

But despite the apparent short- Stagg’s Casey McMahon gets pressured by two Homewood-Flossmoor defenders during Friday comings, the Chargers would not night’s SouthWest Suburban Conference Blue contest. The Lady Chargers lost to the state power Vikings. Story on Page 2.

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Girls’ basketball roundup Lady Mustangs rounding into shape behind Pfister

By jiminy, let there be cricket

By Anthony Nasella

Bartosh (Reprinted from July 21, 2011) Why can’t we be left alone?

By “we,” I mean fans of major sports. Just as society is determined to get every man, woman and child aboard the PC bandwagon, so, too, do enthusiasts of certain athletic activities seek to draw us over to their side.

And, truth be told, there are a few out-of-the-ordinary endeavors that I’ve found intriguing enough to view for short stretches.

The NBC Universal channel airs a variety of sports, none of which falls into the category of football, basketball or baseball.

Broadcast instead are things like track and field, beach volleyball, rowing, rugby, skiing and bobsleigh.

I’ve watched each of them from time to time, some more frequently than others, but I don’t feel bad when I decide to finally switch channels. And, thankfully, no one at NBC Universal tries to make me feel that way, either.

Olympics telecasts, on the other hand, are an entirely different matter.

Regardless of which network provides coverage, we can be assured of heavy doses of female-friendly sports such as gymnastics and figure skating, as well as tear-jerking features about competitors, almost all of whom have apparently risen from tragic circumstances to become an Olympian. Obviously, the networks want women to watch.

And that’s fine. In attempting to attract the distaff set, however, the networks may alienate men. Nothing wrong there if the males are simply ignored altogether.

But they’re not. Rather, men

are encouraged to intently gaze upon 16-year-old girls twisting themselves into unusual positions — a punishable offense in women’s eyes when done anywhere else — and then admit they liked it better than the previous year’s Super Bowl.

If guys choose alternative viewing, they’re often charged with being non-patriotic, misogynistic or both. The misogynist’s tag can also be attached to males who exhibit a general disinterest in women’s basketball.

Oh, and let’s not forget about the soccer fanatics, who belittle any U.S. citizen not properly worshipful of the rest of the world’s favorite game.

The latest sport desiring to encroach upon our leisure time is cricket. It’s testing the waters, though, by introducing itself to the masses in book form.

In a recent emailed press release sent my way, I learned of a publication called “Right Off the Bat: Baseball, Cricket, Literature and Life.” One of the two authors, Martin Rowe, is a self-professed “cricket buff” and believes Americans can share in his passion.

Unless a team of good-looking females opts to actually play cricket in the buff, most men will continue to ignore the sport.

Rowe and co-author Evander Lomke try to align cricket with baseball, although this would not be the first association between the two entities. Back in the 1970s, then-Cubs outfielder Jose Cardenal sat out a game because of fatigue, the result of a sleepless night caused by a noisy cricket.

Oh wait — wrong cricket. Unfortunately, the other one isn’t really appropriate, either.

Yes, there are similarities in the way baseball and cricket are played, but how serious are we

expected to get about a sport that includes terms like “googly” and “inswinger”? Heck, I still snicker at the idea of “love” being a word used regularly in tennis.

I credit the PR folks with doing their best to generate interest through hyperbole. The release sent to me stated how “much of the English-speaking world came to a complete standstill” when India and Pakistan faced off in a semifinal match at the Cricket World Cup a couple months ago.

Boy, I wish I wasn’t hearing about the Cricket World Cup for the first time now because any excuse will do when it comes to taking a work break.

In the interest of honesty, it must be admitted that Rowe and Lomke are trying to do more than just sell Americans on cricket. They also attempt to enlighten cricket fans about baseball. Along with an explanation of each sport’s rules, the authors delve into the history of both games, the people who’ve played them and those who’ve comprised the respective fan bases, and various memorable feats.

And, to be fair, cricket does predate baseball by quite a long time. It was first played in southern England in the 16th century, and it developed into that country’s national sport by the end of the 18th century.

So maybe I should give up baseball and focus on cricket instead. If I study real hard, maybe one day I’ll understand why a team “bowls” and a batsmen gets “dismissed” and a game’s duration can be measured in something called “20 overs.”

Or I could just do what most American male sports fans are doing right now: praying that the NFL and NBA resolve their labor disagreements very soon.

Winter wonderland Astros avenge summertime loss to Lemont

By Ken Karrson After wilting in the summer heat against Lemont, Shepard left the Indians cold in a December rematch.

While summer-league outcomes don’t usually weigh too heavily on the minds of basketball players or coaches, Astros boss Tony Chiuccariello didn’t want his athletes completely forgetting about the 75-35 pasting Lemont administered to Shepard on July 2. At that time, he challenged Astros players to improve their offensive abilities by taking at least 250 shots per day five days a week; those who did so were awarded T-shirts announcing membership in Shepard’s Elite Club.

Chiuccariello’s aim was to also build a sense of self-assuredness, and the Astros demonstrated a fair amount of that last Tuesday. After holding leads over the Indians at both the first- and second-quarter stops, Shepard got outscored 20-10 in the third stanza and slipped behind by a deuce.

While the margin was merely a trifle, Chiuccariello realized it might not be thought of that way by his guys.

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you lose your confidence [at that juncture],” he said. “But they had some resiliency and I was very excited for them.”

The Astros scored the first four points of the final quarter, watched Lemont pull even at 43 with a pair of free throws and then embarked on a game-turning 10-1 run. When Adebayo Ogungbemi converted two chances from the charity stripe, he gave Shepard a 53-44 advantage that would not be relinquished.

The Indians did get back within six and the Astros left the door open a crack by missing three shots on one possession, but Jacob Littleton’s layup restored a ninepoint edge and allowed Shepard to finish off a 59-51 triumph in the South Suburban Conference crossover contest.

“I thought we shared the ball well and did a nice job of getting out on their shooters,” said Chiuccariello, whose squad limited Lemont to a 31 percent success rate from the field. The Astros also helped their cause by committing a season-low nine turnovers and connecting on 50 percent of their shots from two-point territory.

And for the first time thus far this season, Shepard (3-4, 2-1) exhibited the kind of scoring balance Chiuccariello desires. Ogungbemi’s 15 points led the way, but Littleton (12 points, 10 rebounds, four assists), Kyle Longfield (12 points, eight rebounds) and Yakov Witherspoon (11 points) also made positive impacts.

Darren Cohen only netted five points, but three of those came on fourth-period charity tosses that gave the Astros a 46-43 lead. An Ogungbemi 3-pointer and basket

by Zack Hexel off a Witherspoon assist were also part of Shepard’s clinching surge.

Oak Forest 58 Shepard 34 The Astros were unable to duplicate their revenge act on Friday.

The Bengals had also doled out a lopsided summer defeat to Shepard, but recent history repeated itself as Oak Forest used a 20-7 run in the second period to seize control of the SSC crossover contest. The Astros couldn’t tally more than nine points in any of the last three quarters and wound up on the receiving end of a decisive setback.

“We did not shoot the ball well, we did not rebound well and we did not move our feet on defense,” Chiuccariello said. “[The Bengals are] a lot like Lincoln-Way Central

in some respects defensively, [so] you have to be patient. One of the nice things we did in the first quarter was move the ball, but we weren’t a threat to go to the basket [very often] after that.”

Cohen’s 3-pointer and Hexel’s field goal picked Shepard up off the canvas after Oak Forest had raced out to a 5-0 lead, and Littleton and Longfield also scored during the Astros’ 13-point opening frame.

“We were playing the style of basketball we prefer and were battling back and forth,” Chiuccariello said. “But even in the first quarter, there was room for improvement on the defensive end. I thought we gave them too many clean looks.”

Chiuccariello pointed to the Bengals’ three layups as proof of his team’s lack of defensive urgency, and the circumstances only got worse for the visitors.

Oak Forest canned half of its 36 two-point shots and clicked on 44 percent of its field-goal tries overall.

Shepard made good on just 25 percent of its shots from the floor and misfired 11 times from the foul line. Compounding the Astros’ problems were a 35-23 disadvantage on the glass and their meager total of seven assists.

“The further we got down, the quicker our possessions became,” Chiuccariello said. “It was a disappointing night.”

Littleton recorded 10 points, but he was the lone Shepard player to reach double digits. Longfield did, however, collect that same amount of rebounds.

After meeting up with Hillcrest Friday night, the Astros will participate in a four-day Christmas tournament at Romeoville. Also competing there will be Palos Heights neighbor Chicago Christian.

Statistics Lemont Shepard

8 15 18 10 - 51 14 14 11 20 - 59

Shepard Scoring: Ogungbemi 15, Littleton 12, Longfield 12, Witherspoon 11, Cohen 5, Heidinger 2, Hexel 2. Rebounds: Littleton 10, Longfield 8. Assists: Littleton 4.

Shepard Oak Forest

13 7 9 5 - 34 13 20 15 10 - 58

Shepard Scoring: Littleton 10, Ogungbemi 7, Longfield 6, Cohen 5, Hexel 2, Witherspoon 2, Lawson 1, Smith 1. Rebounds: Longfield 10. Assists: Heidinger 3.

Evergreen Park’s success on the basketball court last week, perhaps not surprisingly, coincided with junior guard Megan Pfister becoming healthy enough to be a steady contributor on offense for the Lady Mustangs.

Pfister averaged 15.3 points a game in Evergreen’s three games: a 57-35 win over Queen of Peace on Monday, a 45-44 setback against TF North on Tuesday and a thrilling 54-52 overtime victory over Tinley Park on Thursday.

Pfister scored 15 points versus both the Pride and Lady Meteors, then dropped in 16 against the Lady Titans. That latter total included the game-winning bucket with 20 seconds remaining.

The 2-1 week improved the Lady Mustangs’ season mark to 7-6.

“Megan’s been coming around for us, and it’s nice,” Evergreen coach Bruce Scaduto said. “She’s been injured a little bit, but she’s starting to be consistent. She’s scored at least 15 in the past few games.

“The kids feel a little more confident having Megan back on the floor. She is our glue that keeps us together. We’re also getting more confidence in Nicole Larkin in the post.

“I think the girls [as a group] are getting a little better overall.”

The Lady Mustangs jumped out to an early lead against Peace and dominated from there. Most of Evergreen’s starters were relieved right before halftime.

“The kids started to play well offensively on Monday,” Scaduto said. “We eventually got the whole team to play, so it was good to see everyone in the game and to see what they all could do. Some have not gotten a lot of playing time.

“The starters took care of business. Megan can score going to the basket and from the outside, while Zoe Monks is more of an outside shooter. But a couple of good shooters can take the pressure off each other.”

Monks had 10 points opposite TF North in a South Suburban Conference crossover game, which the Lady Mustangs led 13-10 after one quarter and by a point at intermission. The Lady Meteors rallied in the third period to establish a 38-33 edge for themselves, but Evergreen was not going to succumb without a battle.

The Lady Mustangs, in fact, had a couple opportunities to perhaps pull out a victory down the stretch, but came up short. Nevertheless, Scaduto liked what he saw from his athletes.

“We held our own against TF North and started out hitting some shots,” he said. “After they

Photo by Jeff Vorva

Stagg’s Hannah Henderson takes off after a loose ball during Friday night’s SWSC Blue matchup with Homewood-Flossmoor. came back, it was pretty much a fight until the end. We could have won if we had played better defense. It was hard watching the team defensively because we would score and then give up points.

“We had our chances at the end, but we didn’t execute. We had some decent shots down low that could have fallen, but it just didn’t happen for us.” *** Larkin backed Pfister with 13 points on Thursday, which enabled the Lady Mustangs to climb above the .500 mark for both the week and season. The win over Tinley was Evergreen’s first in league action.

It didn’t come easily, though, as the Lady Mustangs had to claw their way back from an 18-11 first-quarter deficit. Evergreen erupted for 21 second-period points, which lifted it into a 3225 halftime lead.

From there, it was a backand-forth affair until the end of regulation, which necessitated an extra period.

“We kind of talked about our defense in our one practice and concentrated on that,” Scaduto said. “We just kind of worked at what we needed to get better at. We had a good defensive day against Tinley Park.

“We started a little slow, but being at home I think we turned it up a little bit. Nicole Larkin hit a big 3-point shot to start overtime

[and] we played solid.

“After Megan hit her big 3 [near the conclusion of OT], we just defended well. Then we got the ball back and we were able to secure it until the end of the game.”

Ahead for the Lady Mustangs is a Friday contest against Lemont and then a matchup with Bremen next Monday in the opening game of the Chicago Agricultural Science Christmas Tournament.

“Lemont is a good team, but we’re getting better each game,” Scaduto said. “Who knows what can happen? We’re definitely looking for a good performance at the Christmas tournament.”

OAK LAWN The Lady Spartans remained undefeated after capturing three more wins last week, which ran their record to 10-0.

None of Oak Lawn’s triumphs required it to sweat. The Lady Spartans crushed Tinley Park (66-30) and Lemont (62-23) in a pair of SSC crossover contests on Tuesday and Thursday, respectively, then administered a similar beating De La Salle (64-39) in a nonconference tilt on Saturday.

LaTondra Brooks (16 points, seven assists, three steals), Brianna Markusic (17 points, five rebounds), Jannah Mahmoud (11 points, nine rebounds) and Dee Dee Shatat (11 points, four steals) were all pretty much unstoppable (Continued on page 5)

Fundamentals trump frills Knights fall short in two SCC encounters

By Ken Karrson There’s no public record as to whether or not Kevin Pittman is a vanilla-only guy when choosing ice cream, but make no mistake about his basketball-playing preference.

Plain and simple, the Chicago Christian coach wants it plain and simple.

Mind you, Pittman doesn’t detest showmanship, unless it comes at the expense of sound fundamentals. The latter is what two of the Knights’ opponents last week, Immaculate Conception and Marian Central, practice regularly and seem to operate with in abundance.

And, in Pittman’s opinion, that adherence to basic basketball principles was also the primary reason for those teams’ success versus Chicago Christian. While the Knights once again provided glimpses of their own offensive excellence, they couldn’t sustain it over long periods of time.

Worse, Christian’s defense was unable to put the clamps on either IC or the Hurricanes. The other group of Knights rolled to a 75-58 victory in a Suburban Christian Conference contest on Friday, then Marian Central handed out a 65-50 setback in another league clash on Saturday in Palos Heights.

“At the start of the game, we looked like the team that traveled two hours,” Pittman said, referring to the encounter with the Hurricanes. “They punched us in the face and I was not surprised they outscored us in every quarter.

“We had no help-line defense and we constantly ran by shooters trying to block shots, which left them open. [Our guys] want highlights, but there has to be a mentality change. We have to instill the lunch-pail mentality.”

Christian (4-4, 0-2) was unable to counter either Marian’s decent 44 percent shooting — which was actually above 50 percent when

the Hurricanes took shots inside the 3-point arc — or the visitors’ lack of turnovers.

“They had to score 25 points in the paint,” Pittman said of Marian. “Right now, we’re scoring enough points to win, but we’re not getting the concentration or effort we need on defense. Teams are getting way too many easy baskets and we don’t have the firepower to overcome playing defense like that.”

While some may excuse the Knights’ faultiness on defense to their youthful makeup, Pittman doesn’t view things that same way.

“Rebounding and defense are about want-to, and we don’t seem to have that,” he said. “The mentality right now is that defense is not the pretty side of basketball, and it’s not. But I don’t care how we look.

“We’re not playing fundamental defense and we’re making [our] shot selections way too difficult.”

There were a few individual notables for Christian on Saturday.

Scoring-wise, Marcus Parker and Blaine Wright set the pace with respective outputs of 16 and 14 points, while Bradford Fitzpatrick yanked down a team-best 14 rebounds.

However, the Knights registered only three assists, and their shooting percentage stood at a meager 29 percent.

Immaculate Conception 75 Chicago Christian 58 The visiting Knights had the final say on Friday, mostly because of a 19-9 scoring edge in the second period. That run staked them to a 12-point halftime lead and Christian got no closer than eight in the second half.

“We’re just not good enough to cut into a deficit like that against a team like that,” Pittman said.

“We’re hoping to get to that point, but we’re not there yet. Some of the growth experiences we thought we’d go through we’re experiencing now.”

Pittman did feel his Knights displayed a fair degree of energy at the beginning of the game, in part because they knew it would be necessary against one of the SCC’s better programs. But foul trouble dogged Christian in the second quarter, as Wright, Daylon Washington and Jay Spencer all had to sit on the bench for stretches of the period.

The Knights also had no satisfactory answer for IC’s tandem of Clark Brinkman and Rashawn Epting, both of whom posted double-doubles. Brinkman checked in with 18 points and 10 rebounds, while Epting supplied the visitors with 17 points and 10 boards.

In all, IC held a significant 36-23 edge on the glass and included 16 offense rebounds among its total.

Those Knights also forced Christian into making eight more turnovers than they did and outshot their hosts 47 percent to 36.

Parker’s 18 points led the local Knights, but 13 of those came in the fourth period, by which time Christian was pretty much down for the count. No one else on the Knights’ roster provided more than eight points for the evening.

Chicago Christian 54 Luther North 49 One entry went onto the left side of the win-loss ledger last week, as the Knights made a Monday journey into Chicago worthwhile by downing an old foe from the Private School League days.

Pittman wasn’t thrilled with making the trip — “Traveling up there is awful. There’s no good way to get there, and it took an hour-and-a-half,” he said — but he did like the outcome, which was sealed in Christian’s favor by a handful of Luke Boss free throws in the waning stages. Boss was seeing action because Parker had fouled out.

“It was a pretty tight game throughout,” Pittman said. “We’d always do something to let them hang around.”

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Unlikely comeback lifts Marist over St. Pat’s

By Ken Karrson St. Patrick carries the “Shamrocks” nickname, but it was Marist owning the figurative four-leaf clover Friday night.

The RedHawks certainly had good luck on their side in their East Suburban Catholic Conference opener. Consider that Marist was the road team, possessed a very youthful roster and found itself trailing by five points with 30 seconds left in what had been a painfully low-scoring game.

Without question, the circumstances seemed grim.

The Miami Heat recovered from a similar dilemma in last spring’s NBA Finals, but LeBron James doesn’t suit up for the RedHawks.

Jeremiah Ferguson and Nic Weishar do, however, and in Marist’s case that was good enough.

Ferguson, a junior guard who was limited to four games last season because of an injury, sank two free throws and then beat the regulation buzzer with a 3pointer after the RedHawks used full-court defensive pressure to cause a St. Patrick turnover. He then struck again near the end of the first overtime, as his bucket in the closing seconds established a 46-all tie and established the need for a second extra session.

And that’s when Weishar stepped forward. After Ferguson deposited one more basket to bring Marist within 51-50 with less than 20 seconds left, Weishar followed up another Shamrocks miscue on an inbounds play with a hoop that sent the RedHawks home a somewhat unexpected 5251 winner.

“It became a game that was going to be a game of will, especially

when you get into the 37th or 38th minute,” Marist coach Gene Nolan said. “It was an exciting game for a team still trying to find their own identity. The kids have really worked hard, and to come from behind [to win] was a real character builder. “[St. Patrick was] 5-1 coming in and they had a good crowd.

There’s no substitute for experience. We don’t have a lot of it at the beginning of the season, so to gain it in that type of environment was good for us.”

The RedHawks (5-1, 1-0) were held to four points in the opening session, yet amazingly found themselves in front as the Shamrocks were blanked. St. Patrick finally got on track during the second quarter, well enough, in fact, to assume an 18-17 edge.

From there, neither club had a lead of more than five points at any juncture.

“The pace of the game was not indicative of the shooters each team has or the type of shots we [both] got,” Nolan said. “I was really proud of our effort defensively, but St. Pat’s was also very good on defense.

“These were two teams that played hard. It wasn’t a game that was not played well.”

A 29-all deadlock was forged by the conclusion of the third frame, and then Marist crept ahead by three (35-32) with 2:20 remaining in regulation.

“In a game like this, it seemed more like a six- or seven-point lead,” Nolan said.

Maybe so, but that didn’t stop the Shamrocks from moving in front with an 8-0 run. Factored into that spurt were two RedHawks miscues, both of which

were turned into points by St. Patrick.

“This is one of the better teams they’ve had in a couple years, and that’s saying something because they’re so consistently good,” Nolan said of the Shamrocks.

“They’ve only had three losing seasons in 55 years and only two coaches [over that same span].”

But just when defeat appeared imminent, Ferguson came to the rescue. He finished with a teambest 19 points, while Weishar contributed eight points, 10 rebounds and four assists. Bradley Hill also tallied eight points for Marist, including a 3-point bucket in the initial OT that briefly handed the RedHawks a 43-42 advantage.

“For a team that gave us so little, we found a way to win,” Nolan said. “All these experiences are new for everybody, but I love the way our kids work together.”

Despite the relative shortage of points, Marist shot a blistering 59 percent from two-point range and a respectable 33 percent from behind the 3-point arc. It recorded assists on 14 of its baskets.

The RedHawks play twice in their own Winter Classic this week, including tonight against Powerhouse. A date with Solario on Monday will conclude the event, and Marist will then travel to Centralia for its annual appearance in that downstate Christmas tourney.

Statistics Marist St. Patrick

4 13 12 11 6 6 - 52 0 18 11 11 6 5 - 51

Marist Scoring: Ferguson 19, Hill 8, Weishar 8, Lerma 7, Burrell 5, Holland 3, Barry 2. Rebounds: Weishar 10. Assists: Weishar 4, Lerma 3.

Running on empty Eagles come up dry in two outings

By Ken Karrson Dry runs are usually made in preparation for a pursuit to follow.

But that description fit Sandburg’s actual activities last week.

Fresh off a resounding conquest of Lincoln-Way East the Friday before, the Eagles figured to bring plenty of momentum with them into a SouthWest Suburban Conference Blue encounter at Joliet Central last Thursday.

And through the first eight minutes, that was pretty much so as Sandburg jumped out to a 13-6 lead. But the Steelmen overtook the Eagles in the second period, stretched the edge out to seven points after three stanzas and then took full advantage of Sandburg’s scoring drought in the final quarter.

After hitting a basket within the first 10 seconds to draw within 46-41, the Eagles went ice cold.

The locals did not sink another shot from the field, and four scattered free throws weren’t enough to prevent Sandburg from getting tagged with a 62-45 defeat.

Two nights later in LaGrange, Sandburg hung with host Lyons Township the entire way, but then got tripped up by a few empty possessions in the waning stages.

The Lions survived well enough to bag a 64-59 nonconference triumph.

“It was a bad week for the Eagles,” Sandburg coach Todd Allen said. “We played some good basketball for stretches, but not [long] enough.”

The Eagles’ downfall at Joliet Central could be traced directly to a couple statistical areas. The Steelmen out-rebounded Sandburg 41-20, which included a 19-6 differential on the offensive end.

Those extra boards allowed Joliet

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to outscore the Eagles (3-4, 1-1) 13-3 in second-chance points.

Also detrimental to Sandburg’s well-being were its 14 turnovers, which resulted in 17 fast-break points for the Steelmen. Joliet’s overall edge in that department was 27-10.

“There’s no time to set up your defense [in those situations],” Allen said. “We just got careless with the ball [on offense] and couldn’t get anything going. We had some decent looks, but missed a few layups and a couple open 3s.

“Joliet Central’s a good team — I think they’re 6-1 or 7-1 — and if you don’t play well against a team like that, you’re not going to be successful. It was a tough loss for us.”

Niko Cahue and Niko Kogionis paced the Eagles with 16 and 12 points, respectively. Sandburg canned only 37 percent of its field-goal attempts, although its 35 percent accuracy from 3-point territory was credible.

Lyons Twp. 64 Sandburg 59 Eight turnovers in the opening period didn’t portend a good evening for the Eagles on Saturday.

“We were rushed in the first quarter, but we weathered the storm and we passed the ball better after that,” Allen said.

Sandburg was fortunate to be only six points in arrears after eight minutes, but even with improved execution, the Eagles’ deficit grew to 10 by intermission. Instead of fading, however, Sandburg underwent a thirdquarter recovery. Behind Cahue (18 points), Alec Martinez (13) and Kogionis (12), the visitors rang up 19 points on 15 possessions and reduced Lyons’ lead to 42-39.

“I was proud of the guys for Luther North’s paltry 31 percent accuracy rate from the floor.

Fitzpatrick was a monster on the boards with 23 rebounds, the most Pittman ever remembers any Christian player getting in a single game during his 19-year association with the program.

Fitzpatrick also tallied 14 points.

Wright (16 points, two assists) and Spencer (eight points, 12 rebounds) were other key figures for the Knights.

Christian faces St. Edward in an SCC contest on Friday. The Knights will then enter Romeoville’s holiday tournament the day after Christmas.

One reason the Knights were unable to pull away was because they frequently failed to sink fieldgoal attempts taken in and around the paint. Pittman suspected that some of his players were too worried about perhaps getting a shot blocked.

“That’s not the worst thing in the world,” he said. “They just lack the confidence to go inside [strong because] some of these guys haven’t been game-tested [very much].”

Christian’s 21 turnovers were no welcome sight to Pittman, Statistics either, but those mistakes were offset by the Knights’ enormous Chgo.Christian 50-19 rebounding advantage and Luther North

7 13 14 20 - 54 13 6 15 15 - 49

having a good third period,” Allen said. “Lyons is talented, and if you had told me we’d be within three points at the start of the fourth quarter, I’d have liked our chances.”

With 2:40 to go, the Eagles were still within three, but then disaster struck. Over a five-possession span, Sandburg was guilty of three miscues and also misfired on a 3-ball. One charity toss was all it had to show for itself production-wise.

“That was the difference right there,” Allen said. “To only get one free throw there was where it kind of fell apart. They were unforced turnovers and [the Lions] were able to extend [the lead] to six or seven.”

Lyons did so by sinking nine fourth-period foul shots. That total equaled the Eagles’ amount of free throws for the entire contest.

Sandburg was 21-of-44 from the field and drilled seven 3s to stay in the hunt.

“We need to learn from these mistakes,” Allen said. “We’ve just got to get better.”

The Eagles play at Lockport Friday night before joining Brother Rice and Stagg in Elmhurst for the York Tournament, which gets underway the day after Christmas.

Photo by Jeff Vorva

Oak Lawn’s Spencer Smith applies defensive pressure to Lemont’s Ethan Chester during Friday night’s SSC crossover game.

Spartans (Continued from page 1) “We’re starting to see [good] signs.”

Tinley Park 60 Oak Lawn 48 There was less for Rhodes to like last Tuesday, beginning with the Spartans’ turnover total. Nine of their 23 mistakes occurred in the fourth quarter and allowed the Titans to easily erase the 33-32 advantage with which Oak Lawn (0-4, 0-3) had entered the final frame.

Seventeen of the Spartans’ turnovers resulted from Tinley Park steals.

“They turned up the pressure and we really didn’t handle it very well,” Rhodes said. “Seventeen steals is ridiculous, and our turnovers were [largely] of the live-ball variety. While [the Titans] were throwing the ball out of bounds, we were throwing it to them.

“And they were beating us on the boards. They were bigger than us, which is going to be a common theme for us this season, and they had 18 second-chance points. We had zero.”

Overall, Tinley out-rebounded Oak Lawn 35-21 and grabbed 17 of those off the offensive glass.

That strong board work enabled the Titans to pretty much negate their 22 miscues.

Before the game went completely south on the Spartans, Swatek’s 3-pointer brought them into a 36-all deadlock. That was to be Oak Lawn’s last real high point, however.

“I think they wore us down,” Rhodes said. “We’re trying to build a bench, and in retrospect I probably should have gotten more guys in there [later on], but we were rolling along and we just leaned on the guys [already on the court].

“We need to get more out of our bench. [The reserves] know that and they’re trying, and on Friday guys like Kenny Richardson, Spencer Smith and Joe Cosenza stepped up to a greater degree.”

Cosenza was absent from Tuesday’s game because of a death in his family. Stacy (12 points, nine rebounds, three assists), Josh Prince (11 points) and Ibrahim Samra (10 points, four assists)

Photo by Jeff Vorva

Oak Lawn guard Kenneth Richardson drives to the basket against Lemont’s David Czupta with four seconds remaining in the first half Friday night. Richardson’s hoop gave the Spartans a 28-26 halftime lead. carried most of the load for the Spartans against Tinley.

Oak Lawn met Oak Forest in another SSC crossover tilt this past Tuesday, and it will participate in the East Aurora Tournament beginning next Wednesday.

Statistics Tinley Park Oak Lawn

Oak Lawn Scoring: Stacy 12, Prince 11, Samra 10, Schutt 5, Nelson 4, Swatek 3, Jones 2, Norris 1. Rebounds: Stacy 9. Assists: Samra 4.

Lemont Oak Lawn

10 16 13 15

6 17 - 49 1 16 - 45

Oak Lawn Scoring: Schutt 14, Stacy 12, Swatek 7, Prince 6, Richardson 2, Samra 11 15 6 28 - 60 2, Smith 2. Rebounds: Prince 7. Assists: 10 9 14 15 - 48 Samra 4.

Statistics Sandburg Joliet Central

13 8 18 6 - 45 6 19 21 16 - 62

Sandburg Scoring: Cahue 16, Kogionis 12, Martinez 7, Straka 6, Ruzevich 4. Rebounds: Straka 8. Assists: Martinez 5.

Sandburg Lyons Twp.

7 13 19 20 - 59 13 17 12 22 - 64

Sandburg Scoring: Cahue 18, Martinez 13, Kogionis 12, Straka 9, Ruzevich 7.

Are you the picture of health?

Chicago Christian Scoring: Wright 16, Fitzpatrick 14, Spencer 8, Boss 6, Winchester 4, Parker 3, Wolterink 3.

Rebounds: Fitzpatrick 23, Spencer 12.

Assists: Fitzpatrick 2, Wright 2.

IC Chgo. Christian

14 19 16 26 - 75 12 9 15 22 - 58

Chicago Christian Scoring: Parker 18, Spencer 8, Wright 8, Fitzpatrick 7, Wolterink 7, Washington 4, Leo 3, Winchester 2, Decker 1. Rebounds: Fitzpatrick 6, Washington 6. Assists: Parker 3.

Marian Central Chgo. Christian

17 12 20 16 - 65 10 8 18 14 - 50

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The Regional News - The Reporter

Community sports news Barragan (all-conference honorable mention) and Michael Szaflarski (all-conference honorable mention) were Oak Lawn’s top soccer players, while Ray Howard (co-MVP, all-conference), Joe Cosenza (co-MVP, all-conference), Kyle Kuzur (Sportsmanship Award) and Ed Trybula (all-conference honorable mention) were all football standouts.

Rice to hold volleyball reunion matches

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Oak Lawn High School’s Becky Bradshaw was named as the top volleyball player in the South Suburban Conference Red this fall.

Oak Lawn honors fall athletes

Brother Rice will hold its annual reunion for former Crusaders volleyball players, as well as alumni matches on Friday, Dec. 27, at 7 p.m. in the school’s South Gym. All Rice volleyball alumni are invited to play in the matches and attend a post-event reception.

There is no need to RSVP. “This event has been an annual tradition in our program for many years,” Crusaders coach Br. Paul Ickes said. “I always enjoy welcoming our alumni players back to campus, and I am really looking forward to showing them our new trophy cases.”

For more information on the reunion, contact Br. Ickes at (773) 428-1957 or pickes@brrice.org.

how to become involved with it, contact Czarnik at 599-6983.

Two more baseball camps announced

Oak Lawn High School recently honored a number of student-athletes for their accomplishments during the 2013 fall season.

Midwest Elite looking The list of feted individuals for softball players included volleyball player Becky Midwest Elite Diamond 19-andBradshaw, who was earlier named Four champions crowned over women’s fast-pitch softball the South Suburban Conference club is looking for college-rostered Red Player of the Year, and state- at Peace volleyball tourney qualifying tennis player Alexis Champions were crowned in players to compete in the sumFletcher. Fletcher shared the team four divisions at Queen of Peace’s mer of 2014.

MVP award with Paulina Kotwica 26th annual grammar school vol- The team will play in four local in that sport, and both girls were leyball tournament, which was tournaments — including nationheld the weekend of Dec. 7. A als — and two round-robin events. all-conference selections.

Other tennis players recognized total of 37 teams and 339 student- All positions will be considered, were Emily Salomone and Azizza athletes took part in the event. but specific needs include pitcher, Hasan, who were both chosen for Earning titles were St. Dominic catcher and infield/slapper. No (5th grade), St. Christina (6th), practices are required. the Sportsmanship Award.

Joining team MVP Bradshaw on Cassell (7th) and St. Catherine For more information, conthe All-SSC Red volleyball squad of Alexandria’s “A” team (8th). tact Bill Lammel at 289-3438 or were Christina Egan, Simona Respective runners-up were Incar- ditrfp73@aol.com.

Tomczak, Brianna Markusic and nation, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Tracy Peck (honorable mention). St. John Fisher and Our Lady of Openings for All of them played key roles in Guadalupe again in the 8th-grade Diamond in the Rough the Lady Spartans’ capturing of portion of the tourney.

Diamond in the Rough fastan SSC Red title. Named as Oak Placing third in the latter cat- pitch softball has player openLawn’s Sportsmanship Award egory was Byrne. ings in its girls’ windmill pitchwinner was Tara Hill. ing, beginner, intermediate and Dennis McNamara was se- Marist golfer signs advanced levels. lected as the SSC Red Coach of letter of intent For more information, call Bill the Year.

Marist golfer Ashley Kay signed Lammel at 289-3438 or email Co-MVPs Yara Ismail and Han- a National Letter of Intent on ditrfp73@aol.com. nah Featherstone led the Lady Dec. 5, becoming the first-ever Spartans girls’ swim team to a female to do so coming out of Palos Park to host conference championship. Feath- the school’s golf program. erstone earned all-conference dis- Kay, who captained Marist to winter basketball league tinction as a member of both the its best girls’ golf season in school Palos Park, in conjunction with 200-yard freestyle and 200-med- history this fall and qualified for the Palos Heights Recreation ley relay units, while Ismail was the state meet, will attend Carson- Department and Worth Park District, will host a winter bastabbed in the former event.

Newman University in Jefferson ketball league for youngsters in Other All-SSC Red swimmers City, Tenn. grades 1-8 that will play games were Kelsey Townsend (Sportseach Saturday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. manship Award) in the 200-medbeginning Jan. 18 and running ley relay, Mary Kate Brennan Hickory Hills, Palos Hills through March 15. (both relays), Shannon Mottl baseball programs merge (200-medley relay) and Samantha After years of competing against Each child will have one practice and one game per week, with an Lopez (200-free relay). each other as local rivals, Hickory The boys’ cross country team Hills Youth Baseball and the Palos emphasis being placed on skills dereceived the SSC’s Sportsmanship Hills Baseball Association have velopment. Separate leagues will be formed for boys and girls, and Award, Jake Kupres was similarly merged into one organization. honored by Oak Lawn as an in- The new entity will be known play will be conducted in a total dividual and Nick Minella was as “Hills Baseball Softball Asso- of four different age groups. the Spartans’ MVP. Minella, Rich ciation,” and provide baseball and For more information, call 671Willis and Luis Garcia represented softball at all levels for children 3760. the Spartans on the All-SSC Red aged 4-16. HBSA, which will consquad. duct play on fields in both com- Oak Lawn High School to host On the girls’ side, Jasmin Pelaez munities, will accept youngsters baseball camp in January and freshman Jessica Sciaky were from throughout the southwest Oak Lawn High School will both sectional qualifiers, and suburbs for recreational participa- host a six-week baseball camp, Pelaez was also Oak Lawn’s team tion, as well as for its part-time in conjunction with U.S. Baseball Academy, starting Jan. 5, 2014.

MVP. Gabrielle Lenihan collected and full-time travel teams. the Sportsmanship Award.

Registration dates are Jan. 11 Former Spartans varsity coach Golfers Joe Cuculich and Brandon and Feb. 8 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. each Brian Clifton will direct the proMurley were both chosen as all-re- day. Both Saturday sessions will gram, which has classes available gional performers; for Cuculich, that be held at Conrady Junior High for players in grades 1-12. Seswas in addition to claiming All-SSC School, Roberts Road and 97th sions will be offered in advanced hitting, pitching, catching, fieldRed honors and being named the Street in Hickory Hills.

Spartans’ MVP. Sean Baldwin won George Czarnik, of Hickory ing and baserunning, but space the Sportsmanship Award.

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Chicago Christian and Lewis University in Romeoville will both host six-week baseball camps during the winter.

Lewis’ camp will begin Jan. 11 and be directed by Flyers coach Tim McDonough, while the one at Chicago Christian starts Feb. 1 under the guidance of Knights coach and school athletic director Eric Brauer. Both are being held in conjunction with U.S. Baseball Academy and are open to players in grades 1-12.

Sessions will be offered in advanced hitting, pitching, catching, fielding and baserunning. Registration is now underway, and classes are limited to six players per coach. Previously, a similar camp was announced for Oak Lawn High School with a start date of Jan. 5.

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Double-0 nothing James Bond, also known as Agent 007, always got what he wanted.

Evergreen Park wasn’t so lucky last Tuesday night. For the Mustangs, it was a case of double-0 nothing.

The “0” in this instance was actually an “O,” which stood for “overtime.” Evergreen played two of them against visiting TF North, extra work the Mustangs themselves made necessary by going on a fourth-quarter tear.

But after rallying hard to force the Meteors to play beyond 32 minutes, Evergreen was unable to deliver the knockout blow. Instead, it totaled just seven points in the two OTs, which left it two points shy of TF North.

The Meteors, whose previous appearance at Evergreen in December of 2011 resulted in a lopsided South Suburban Conference crossover victory for the Calumet City school, exited with a hard-fought 53-51 win their possession. The outcome continued a gut-wrenching season-opening pattern for the Mustangs, whose losses in their first three outings were administered by a combined five points.

“We’re three possessions away from being 3-1, either with a defensive stop or basket,” Evergreen coach Pat Flannigan said. “I was very proud of [our players’] effort. We struggled early, but we scrapped, which we’ve been doing at home.

“I would have loved to come away with a win, but they did rally and they showed their character at home. They had a chance to give up, but they kept playing hard.”

The situation appeared rather grim for the Mustangs after three periods, as they trailed TF North 34-21 and had not scored more than a single-digit number of points in any quarter. Evergreen reduced its deficit early in the fourth frame, but was still in arrears by seven (38-31) at the fiveminute mark of the period.

Two Issac Matthews free throws and a basket by Tony Weathersby finally breathed some life into the Mustangs’ attack, then the latter made his presence felt to an even greater degree. Weathersby turned a pair of offensive rebounds into points, as he tallied twice at the foul line and once from the floor.

The field goal forged a 44-all tie with 1:02 remaining.

“He made a nice post move [on his earlier bucket],” Flannigan said of Weathersby, “and we started making some things happen. We got our confidence [after that].”

Matthews had a chance to decide things in regulation, but he was unable to bury a 3-pointer in the final half-minute.

“We had a pretty good look, but I didn’t feel we needed to hit a 3,” Flannigan said. “And we weren’t as aware of the clock as we should have been.”

Matthews’ hoop and Jordan Brown’s charity toss were all the Mustangs could muster in the first extra session, but the Meteors only had a 3-point basket to show for their efforts, so the game headed into a second overtime. Two TF North free throws in the last 28 seconds handed the visitors the win, as Evergreen committed a late miscue and missed two shots near the end.

Flannigan insisted the Mustangs did not run out of gas, only time.

“I was hoping for another period, another overtime,” he said.

“We knew they were getting thin foul-wise.”

Matthews (16 points), Weathersby (15 points, nine rebounds) and Jacquet McClendon (seven points, 11 rebounds, five assists, two steals) were Evergreen’s headliners. The Mustangs battled back despite going 14-of-47 from the floor, missing 14 free throws and getting charged with twodozen turnovers.

in the manner Flannigan had hoped.

Evergreen (0-4, 0-3) was within three points of the Titans with 3:21 remaining in the opening half, but it registered only three points over the next 8½ minutes of play. During that span, the Mustangs turned the ball over five times, missed five field-goal attempts and were off-target with six free throws.

Evergreen picked up a mere three points in the third period, which shoved it into a 40-27 hole, and then added just a deuce over the first 3:22 of the fourth stanza. That pretty much sealed its doom.

“I don’t want to take anything away from Tinley Park — they came out and punched us in the mouth, and we never recovered,” Flannigan said. “We had 36 turnovers, and some of them were head-scratchers. We had more turnovers than shots at one point.

“It was tough to watch, but it’s a long season and everybody has one of these. It was very odd, but we wrote it off as one of those things.

I hope it’s our last one.”

After playing Lemont in another SSC crossover affair tonight, the Mustangs will head into the Immaculate Conception Christmas Tournament, which will be held Dec. 26-28 and Dec. 30.

“We’ve got to get one of these soon,” Flannigan said, referring to claiming a win in a close ballgame.

“I keep thinking we’re going to get hot.”

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Trinity sports report

Women’s hoops team looks four-ward

By Tim Cronin This is already a better basketball season for Trinity Christian College’s women’s team than the previous one.

Victory No. 4, scored on Saturday with a 77-74 triumph over Goshen (Ind.) on the Maple Leafs’ court, vaulted the Trolls above their win total of a year ago.

The 2012-13 campaign included 22 losses. It was also Trinity’s second victory in a row, the first multiple-game win streak in two seasons.

The Trolls (4-8) were chasing three in a row — a feat unachieved in the last five years — this past Tuesday in Milwaukee versus Cardinal Stritch University. They host Judson University today at 1 p.m. in their pre-Christmas finale.

Perhaps indicative of the squad’s growth, the win over the Maple Leafs was hard-fought.

Trinity was better in almost every phase of the game, and while Goshen (2-11) isn’t a world-beater, it was precisely the type of team that would have beaten the Trolls last season.

There were still far too many turnovers — 26 — and Goshen pounded inside to the tune of 38 points, but at crunch time it was Trinity doing the crunching.

Four players landed in double figures, beginning with the 21point showing of forward Caitlin Cody, who was 8-of-11 from the floor. Seventeen points from both Allie Paluchniak and 3-point specialist Holly Boetsma aided the effort greatly, and Brooke Bambrick’s 10 points certainly didn’t hurt the cause.

What also helped was Goshen’s Tyra Carver, with 22 points the game’s leading scorer, fouling out in the late going.

Boetsma scored a trio of 3-pointers in the early going to vault Trinity to a 16-12 advantage, and the Trolls kept the lead not only through halftime at 36-34, but expanded it with an 8-0 run to open the second half. At one juncture, it was 54-17, the Trolls enjoying being on the positive end of a one-sided score for a change.

Goshen, however, was not finished. The Maple Leafs stormed back and tied the contest with less than a minute to play, but Boetsma answered with 16 sec-

onds remaining when she scored a basket, was fouled and hit the free throw to establish the margin of victory. *** • Record: 4-8 overall, 1-2 CCAC, 1-3 home, 3-4 away, 0-1 neutral. Leaders: Caitlin Cody 12.0 ppg., 7.4 rpg.; Allie Paluchniak 25 assists; Rebecca DeHaan 18 steals; Brooke Bambrick, 8 blocks.

• Schedule: Today, vs. Judson University, 1 p.m.; Dec. 30, vs.

Spring Arbor at Indiana Tech, 4:30 p.m. CT; Dec. 31, vs. University of St. Francis (Ind.) at Indiana Tech, 1 p.m. CT.

MEN’S BASKETBALL A big second half spurred the Trolls to an 81-71 victory over Indiana University Northwest in Gary on Saturday. It was Trinity’s second win in three games entering this week’s action, which is capped by today’s matinee with Judson University, the last contest before the Christmas break.

The Trolls outscored their hosts 51-40 in the final 20 minutes, shooting 48 percent from the floor while overcoming a rebounding deficiency and more turnovers.

But with Jared Jones’ 21 points leading the way, Trinity prevailed and advanced to 4-9 going into this past Tuesday’s Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference game at highly touted Cardinal Stritch University.

The Trolls’ seven-point lead evaporated late in the first half, and the RedHawks held a 3130 edge at the half, triggering a see-saw battle that featured eight deadlocks across the next 16 minutes. The Trolls, paced by Jones and Jake Van Den Berg (19 points), scored the next five points and led thereafter, pouring in 10 points from the free-throw line in the last two minutes.

Trinity was 29-of-39 at the stripe, including 22 of 31 in the second half. Van Den Berg’s 9of-11 accuracy topped the Trolls, and he also pulled down 10 of Trinity’s 39 rebounds. *** • Record: 4-9 overall, 0-3 CCAC, 2-2 home, 2-4 away, 0-3 neutral. Leaders: Jared Jones 14.8 ppg., 38 assists; Ezekiel Odonkor 8.1 rpg., 16 blocks; Cody Rhorer 11 steals.

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25 in the final NAIA poll of the season. The Trolls were rated No. 22 in the country after their inaugural appearance in the NAIA Championship.

The victory over Bellevue (Neb.) in the tournament’s opening round helped break Trinity out of the “also receiving votes” category and got it to the NAIA finals for the first time. That brought the Trolls’ play to the attention of other coaches nationally and, despite three straight losses in their group, added respect.

Coach Bill Schepel, who doubles as Trinity’s athletic director, was voted the CCAC’s Coach of the Year for guiding the Trolls to a 27-10 record — one short of their all-time victory mark — and that first-ever NAIA finals berth. It’s his second conference Coach of the Year honor in seven seasons, during which time Trinity has compiled a 19896 record.

Additionally, Kaitlin Feddema and Kristen Harms last week scored College Division Academic All-America honors. Feddema was selected to the first team, Harms to the second.

WOMEN’S SOCCER A 16-4-2 record and tie for second place in the CCAC earned Josh Lenarz the conference’s Coach of the Year honor for the third time and a seventh nod, this time shared, for the National Christian College Athletic Association’s North Central area.

The Trolls advanced to the NCCAA finals behind a stellar lineup that included NCCAA first-team All-America defender Bekah Gonzales — who also picked up plaudits from the CCAC, made the NCCAA All-Tournament team, and collected regional and conference all-academic honors — and scoring leader Rachael Webb (NCCAA national third team, all-region and All-CCAC). Earning All-CCAC second-team recognition were Becky Gold, Kayla Diemer and Katie Linehan.

MEN’S SOCCER Despite a 5-12-1 record this season, three standout freshmen took NCCAA All-North Central honors.

Scoring leader Mauricio Salgado, goalkeeper Gabe Fennema and defender Caleb Copeland all made the squad.

Sagaldo led Trinity with seven goals and two assists, Fennema took over as the starter early in the year and posted a 1.80 goals-against average, and Copeland solidified the back line.

VOLLEYBALL It was late in coming, but well Copeland was one of eight players to also receive scholar-athlete deserved.

Trinity’s groundbreaking vol- honors from either the NAIA or leyball team broke into the top NCCAA.

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SXU sports summary

More academic honors for fall-season athletes The on-field success of many St. Xavier University teams wasn’t all that was notable about the fall sports season.

Mixed in with the athletic feats were some notable ones in the classroom, as a half-dozen Cougars recently got named as 2013 Daktronics-NAIA ScholarAthletes. To be eligible for the honor, student-athletes must be nominated by their coaches or the sports information director at their school, have reached junior academic status and maintained a minimum cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale.

Recognized from SXU were soccer players Molly Sheehan (speech pathology) and James King (nursing), cross country runners Shane Kenney (communications), Amanda Magee (nursing) and Dana Martin (history), and volleyball player Marie Hackert (graphic design and marketing).

The first three Cougars are seniors, the other three juniors.

Sheehan, who started 14 of 18 matches for SXU this past season, is appearing on the Daktronics list for the second straight year. *** On the field, football linebacker Zach Dolph was named as one of 49 finalists from NCAA Division II and III and NAIA schools for the inaugural Cliff Harris Award, which will be given to the top defensive player in the country at those levels of competition.

The overall winner, chosen by a committee made up of head coaches and past greats of pro and college football, will be announced Christmas Eve. He will be officially honored at a banquet in Arkansas in February.

“Zach is very deserving to be named one of the very best small-college defensive players in the country,” Cougars coach Mike Feminis said. “He has had a tremendous playing career at St. Xavier, and an award of this magnitude would be a wonderful exclamation point for it.”

Dolph was the Cougars’ tackles leader in 2013 with 112, 46 of which were solo stops.

SIGNINGS Several sports programs recently announced athletic signings for next season.

Among the signees are three transfer students. Softball player Jessica Arebalo, a Stagg graduate, will arrive at SXU next fall after completing the current school year at Kankakee Community College.

She will pursue a degree in criminal justice.

As a freshman catcher/third baseman with the Cavaliers last spring, Arebalo helped her team post a 40-10 record and capture a National Junior College Athletic Association Region IV championship.

“Jess is a difference-maker,” Cougars coach Myra Minuskin said. “I recruited her out of Stagg, and she is even better now after her experience on a nationally ranked junior-college program. I can’t wait to see Jess in an SXU uniform. *** Also switching schools next fall will be football players Mark Strbjak and Michael Mettille, who will transfer in to SXU from Northern Illinois University and the University of Pennsylvania, respectively.

Strbjak, who is a punter for the Huskies, will get a shot at quar-

terback with the Cougars, while Mettille is a linebacker who’ll have two years of collegiate eligibility remaining.

“Mark is a terrific athlete who, like [current SXU quarterback] John [Rhode], can sling the ball around and is also a legitimate running threat, Feminis said. “He was the best punter in Indiana coming out of high school, so we’ll certainly use him in that role as well.

“Michael was one of our top defensive recruits coming out of Joliet Catholic Academy his senior year, so to get him for his final two years is exciting. With Zach Dolph graduating, Michael has a great shot to compete for the starting ‘Will’ linebacker position.

Michael is very smart, has a great knack for finding the football and is really solid in pass coverage, too.”

Also coming aboard as recruits out of high school are the Joliet Catholic trio of running back Michael Ivlow and offensive linemen Justin Hunter and Jalen Hansel, the latter two of whom are 300pounders.

“I feel like I went to the Kentucky Derby and just hit the trifecta,” Feminis said. “All three of these kids received full-scholarship offers from NCAA I-AA and D-II programs, and turned them down to come to SXU. “But they all told me the same thing: They wanted to go to a good school together, preferably close to home, and play in a program where they knew they would have a chance to win a national championship. I think that turned the tide our way even more so than the desire to play Division I.” Ivlow was named the 2013 East

Basketball roundup

into the game and it was a lot of fun for all those involved.

“It was a very special game to me personally because the funds raised at this game are being donated to my sister, Mary Haubenreiser, who was recently diagnosed with Stage 4 inflammatory breast cancer. It really meant a lot to me to see the school and the community support this event.” *** In the win over De La Salle at the Oak Lawn Holiday Tournament, Brooks (18 points, four steals), Mahmoud (10 points, seven rebounds), Shatat (11 points) and Markusic (nine points, 10 rebounds, four steals) led another balanced effort for the Lady Spartans.

Oak Lawn again came out of the gate hot and led 21-0 at one point of the first quarter. The Lady Meteors then ran off nine straight points of their own, but there would be no catching the Lady Spartans.

All five Oak Lawn starters tallied in the opening quarter, with Brooks delivering half of her game-high 18 points during the session. The Lady Spartans extended their edge to 34-17 by halftime and never led by less than 15 in the second half.

STAGG The Lady Chargers went 1-1 last week, with the victory coming in a SouthWest Suburban Conference crossover matchup with Andrew on Tuesday.

Stagg defeated its District 230 sister school 66-61 in overtime, but then ran afoul of HomewoodFlossmoor in an SWSC Blue encounter. The Lady Vikings prevailed 73-43 last Friday.

Hannah Henderson’s 16 points and four steals paced the visiting Lady Chargers (3-3) versus the Lady Thunderbolts. Stagg also received 15 points and four steals from Casey McMahon, and 11 points from Kate Adams, six of which were supplied on a perfect performance at the charity stripe.

“It wasn’t an easy win, but our captains didn’t commit a turnover the entire game,” Lady Chargers coach Bill Turner said, referring to Henderson and McMahon.

“Hannah sparked us on both ends of the floor and Casey also led the [Lady] Charger[s’] attack.

Kate Adams had her best game of the season.”

Stagg began somewhat slowly and found itself in arrears by five (18-13) after eight minutes. But when the Lady Chargers cranked up their defense in the second period and held Andrew to just one field goal, the result was a 24-all halftime deadlock Another strong defensive effort in the third quarter allowed Stagg to grab a 37-33 lead, but the Lady T’bolts played their way into a fourth-period tie, and then moved ahead with 18 seconds left on a basket and free throw. Prior to that, Andrew had misfired six consecutive times at the foul line during the final minute of regulation.

“The coaching staff decided to let the play go on without calling a timeout,” Turner said.

Junior Alex Abed (six points) was fouled while driving to the basket with 1.6 seconds remaining and the Lady Chargers trail-

ing 50-49. After missing the first free throw, she calmly swished the second one to create a 50-all tie. The Lady T’bolts were unable to get off a shot before the horn sounded.

In OT, 3-pointers from McMahon and sophomore Noor Elmosa gave Stagg a big boost. The Lady Chargers then clinched it at the stripe as they went a perfect 8-of-8 from there, an effort sparked by McMahon’s 6-of-6 display. Henderson provided the other two free throws.

Fifty-eight fouls were whistled in the contest, which translated into 33 free throws for Stagg and 38 for Andrew. The Lady Chargers missed 10, but their foe was no good on twice as many attempts, and the Lady T’bolts also undercut themselves by committing 25 turnovers.

Henderson, Mia DiGiacomo and Megan Hearne all fouled out of the game for Stagg.

“With 71 free throws shot and the extra four minutes of overtime, this was truly a marathon battle,” Turner said. “It was nice to see our sophomores [Adams and Elmosa] step up and make crucial plays when we needed them.” *** Against the nationally ranked Lady Vikings, Henderson’s 16 points and five steals were Stagg’s notable individual statistics, but nowhere enough to derail H-F. The Lady Vikings’ good 3-point shooting and full-court defensive pressure combined to make life miserable for the Lady Chargers (3-4, 0-1) at the outset. H-F was ahead 25-11 in the first quarter and 46-27 at intermission.

DiGiacomo (nine points, four rebounds) gave Stagg another decent offensive weapon, but there was no slowing the Lady Vikings.

“It took us a little too much time to adjust to the speed of the game and get our composure,” Turner said.

But adjust the Lady Chargers eventually did, as they demonstrated some defensive tenacity of their own in the third frame.

H-F managed only eight points in the quarter, but never was in danger of losing its hold on the proceedings.

Hearne, DiGiacomo, Sam Owens and Gerda Sliuzaite did their best to try to cope with a taller, more athletic Lady Vikings lineup, and DiGiacomo especially made her presence felt with numerous ball deflections and tips. Those helped cause 19 H-F turnovers, 12 of which came directly off Stagg steals.

However, the Lady Vikings compensated for any execution flaws by posting a massive 4419 advantage on the glass. The Lady Chargers were also guilty of 29 turnovers and missed 12 free throws.

“I used all nine players available [to me] in the game and was very pleased with our energy and hustle throughout the entire contest,” Turner said. “I give H-F a lot of credit — they have put together a very talented group of players. We actually beat them last year at the Hillcrest tourney, but this team looks nothing like the one we played last season.

“I told our girls that you do not have any control over the opposi-

(Continued from page 2) for Oak Lawn in its conquest of the Lady Titans, which improved its conference ledger to 3-0. Point guard Brooke Annerino made sure all four players got their hands on the ball early and often, and Alyssa Radoicic further strengthened the team’s inside presence by pulling down nine rebounds.

Another strong first quarter put the Lady Spartans in command, as they outscored Tinley 26-6. Oak Lawn came out of the gate in attack mode, with Brooks twice driving the lane, Markusic adding a layup and Mahmoud scoring on a putback in an 8-0 run.

The Lady Titans drew within 12-6, then watched Shatat hit a pull-up 3 that triggered a closing 14-0 surge. The Lady Spartans were 12-of-17 from the field in the first eight minutes and scored on all but two of their possessions.

“Our game plan was to hold Tinley to one shot and run the ball, and that’s we did in the first quarter,” Oak Lawn coach Janet Meyers said. “We came out with a lot of intensity and shot very well. I think this took Tinley Park out of their rhythm.”

The Lady Titans recovered a little bit in the second stanza, but the Lady Spartans were still in full control and up 37-13 at the half.

Oak Lawn came out strong again in the third frame, outscoring Tinley 25-9 and extending its lead to 62-22 at the period stop.

“Overall, I thought we did a great job defensively,” Meyers said. “We held Tinley to singledigit scoring in each quarter.

“I was happy with our overall play. We executed well on offense and stuck to our game plan. We had balanced scoring and did a good job on the boards.” *** Mahmoud dropped in 15 points and pulled down 16 rebounds to fuel the rout of Lemont, while Markusic (nine rebounds, four steals), Brooks (six steals, seven rebounds, four steals) and Annerino (four assists) all added 11 points apiece for the Lady Spartans.

The Lady Indians netted the game’s first five points, but then got buried by a 21-4 run that put Oak Lawn in firm control.

“It was our ‘Pink Out’ game and we came out a little too fired up,” Meyers said. “It took us a couple of plays to settle down, and then we went on to outscore Lemont with a balanced attack and all five starters scoring for us.”

Mahmoud tallied eight of her team’s 18 second-quarter points that helped construct a hefty 3915 halftime advantage. Oak Lawn had a strong third period as well, this time with an offense spearheaded by Markusic and Brooks, and outscored the Lady Indians 14-2.

Meyers said the game was also exciting for the cause it supported.

“We had a huge crowd because it was the ‘Pink Out’ game — the entire stands were wearing pink,” she said. “Our student section, the Spartan Screamers, were really

Suburban Catholic Conference Player of the Year and an all-state selection in Class 5A by the Illinois Football Coaches Association. As a senior, Ivlow rushed for a singleseason school-record 2,603 yards and scored 32 touchdowns.

“Michael Ivlow is a special player and a special young man,” Feminis said. “I’ve never seen a kid transform his body and improve his overall level of quickness, speed and athleticism from his junior year to his senior year like Michael. His stats and accomplishments speak for themselves, but he’s got an unbelievable heart and will to succeed.

“The best thing about Michael is that he is so humble and gives all the credit for his success to his offensive linemen and teammates. With the graduation of Nick Pesek, we’re expecting Michael to come in and compete right away.”

Hunter was named the 2013 Most Valuable Offensive Lineman in the ESCC, as well as a special mention on the IFCA Class 5A All-State squad. Hansel is a twotime All-ESCC performer.

“Getting Justin and Jalen was a perfect storm,” Feminis said. “I played college ball and was a good buddy of Justin’s dad [Darrin], and I knew Justin’s mom from all of us going to [the University of] St. Francis at the same time.

“When I met Justin, I was the happiest guy in the world that he was only 6-1 or 6-2 because if he was 6-4, I honestly believe the major D-I’s would have been all over him. And then I find out that the huge kid who plays next to him is his best friend and they want to go to the same school.

“Jalen had already received a full

scholarship offer to I-AA North Dakota going into his senior year, and there’s no doubt if he was an inch or two taller he’d be going bigtime too. These two are absolute road-graders — they’re huge, have great feet, and both play with a mean streak. They just bury guys and, like Michael, Justin and Jalen are quality young men.” *** Also among SXU’s latest signees are volleyball player Anna O’Hara, from Traverse City, Mich., and basketball player Brittany Collins.

O’Hara, an outside hitter, was a third-team all-state selection in Michigan as a prep senior at Traverse City West High School.

Her team was champion of the Big North Conference for the first time in seven years and a regional titlist for the first time in eight seasons.

O’Hara also served as team captain for the Traverse City Thunder 18U AAU team.

“Anna is going to come in and fill an immediate need for our team as a six-rotation outside attacker,” SXU coach Robert Heersema said.

“Two of the things that stood out for me right away with Anna is that she is very coachable and has a strong work ethic. Her high school team had a huge season, and Anna was a big reason for that.

“She will be a great addition to our program.” *** Collins, a senior at Maine West who is the Warriors’ career rebounding leader and No. 2 on their all-time scoring list, will join coach Bob Hallberg’s nationally ranked basketball team next winter. The 6-footer can play

forward or center, and Hallberg believes Collins has the talent to make an immediate impact with the Cougars.

“Brittany is a huge signing for our program,” Hallberg said. “To land a player of her talent level from a tremendous high school program speaks volumes. It shows that all the work that our coaches and players have put into building this program over the years has paid off because the top players want to come to St. Xavier University and compete for a national championship.”

MEN’S BASKETBALL Beating Robert Morris University has not rated as mission impossible for the Cougars through the years, but the wins have definitely been scattered.

And never have they come in any sort of dominant fashion — until Saturday, that is.

When the Eagles built a 4535 halftime lead in Arlington Heights, SXU appeared to be facing another stern challenge from the No. 8-ranked squad in NAIA Division II. That was particularly so since the Cougars’ field-goal percentage sat at a miserable 27 through the first 20 minutes of the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference contest.

But four substantial second-half runs changed the game’s complexion completely. SXU used a 17-7 scoring surge to pull even, a 13-3 blitz to give itself a lead, and then responded to Robert Morris’ comeback bid by setting out on unanswered 10- and 11point runs.

It all added up to a stunning 96-77 triumph for the No. 11 Cougars, who shot an otherworldly 80 (Continued on page 6)

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Stagg’s Megan Hearne drives to the hoop Friday night versus Homewood-Flossmoor. tion [as far as] how talented they are or how athletic they are, but you always have control over two things: your attitude and your effort. I thought the team did a great job in those two areas, and that is all a coach can ever ask for.

“I was very pleased with the way they competed. We will have another opportunity at H-F in conference play again in January.”

The Lady Chargers do not have much time to rest with conference foe Lincoln-Way East visiting this week and a nonconference game at Queen of Peace slated for Saturday. Stagg will then enter the Hillcrest Holiday Classic.

MOTHER MCAULEY When North Lawndale made five 3-pointers in the first quarter against the Mighty Macs in the ChiTown Showdown at Whitney Young, Mother McAuley needed a big effort to counteract its hotshooting opponent.

And while it took a while to overcome the deficit, the Macs eventually did. By converting eight free throws in the final 46 seconds, McAuley was able to bag a 59-54 triumph over the Lady Phoenix.

North Lawndale (4-5) was ahead by as many as 10 points (24-14) early in the second quarter, and it wouldn’t be until just 3:31 remained in the third period that the Macs (8-2) finally took the lead, 36-34, compliments of a basket by Raven Williams (10 points).

The edge was short-lived, however, as the Lady Phoenix surged back to take a 47-42 advantage with less than seven minutes to go.

A conventional three-point play

by Kate Drynan (eight points, nine rebounds) with 1:34 left gave McAuley a 52-49 lead that it never relinquished. Elizabeth Nye scored 19 points to pace the Macs and Molly O’Malley added 12 points.

SANDBURG The Lady Eagles began last

week on the wrong end of a 5533 SWSC Blue decision against Lincoln Way East on Thursday, but roared back on Saturday with a 48-16 rout of Romeoville at the Oak Lawn Tournament.

Sandburg was still close to the Lady Griffins at halftime, but the latter extended their 26-20 lead by unleashing a full-court press that produced 10 Lady Eagles turnovers in the third period. Lincoln-Way East scored seven unanswered points, then responded to Victoria Stavropolous’ three-point play with an 8-0 blitz that handed it an insurmountable 41-23 edge toward the end of the session.

Stavropolous (nine points) and Sam Youngwirth (10) were Sandburg’s principal figures. The Lady Eagles (6-2) hurt themselves with a total of 20 miscues and a 4-of-22 showing from 3-point land.

Sisters Kate and Julia Ruzevich were Sandburg’s headliners on Saturday, as their combined 21 points keyed the Lady Eagles’ rout of Romeoville.

CHICAGO CHRISTIAN The Lady Knights went 1-2 in three Suburban Christian Conference Gold contests last week.

Both Wheaton Academy (36-24) and Aurora Christian (45-33) got the better of Chicago Christian, while the locals salvaged the week with a 50-37 win over Marian Central Catholic on Saturday.

The latter contest was part of a girls’-boys’ doubleheader in Palos Heights.

Trisha Belgrave scored seven points and Anna Persenaire grabbed 12 rebounds for the Lady Knights (2-7, 1-2) in their road game at Wheaton last Monday. Persenaire then delivered a double-double of 15 points and 14 rebounds in the win over Marian, while Belgrave added 12 points.

Also making her presence felt was Kiersten Merrick, who finished with 13 points.

RICHARDS The Lady Bulldogs came up dry in three outings last week.

Taylor Sonichsen and Carly Stazak both dropped in eight points against Bremen on Tuesday, but the Lady Braves managed to make off with a 50-47 win in an SSC crossover game.

Also going for naught was Sydni Tears’ 15-point performance versus TF South on Thursday, as Richards (3-5) fell to a 64-31 defeat in another conference crossover affair.

Back came Stazak (11 points) and Sonichsen (nine) with solid efforts on Saturday, but again the Lady Bulldogs were unable to prosper. Instead, Riverside-Brookfield collected a 51-33 victory in the Oak Lawn Tournament.

SHEPARD Lemont (40-30) and Oak Forest (45-31) both doled out SSC losses to the Lady Astros last week, which dropped the latter’s record to 0-3 in league action and 2-8 overall.

Abby Newsome’s 10 points led Shepard against the Lady Indians, while Alyysa Dechene’s six points topped Lady Astros scorers versus the Lady Bengals.

QUEEN OF PEACE Ciarra Juggan’s 10 points represented the Pride’s best offensive effort in their loss to Evergreen.

Queen of Peace (0-11, 0-3) also tumbled in a pair of Girls Catholic Athletic Conference encounters last week: 56-20 to St. Ignatius on Tuesday and 71-15 to Trinity on Thursday.

MT. ASSISI MaryKate Wetzel totaled 21 points and 11 rebounds to power the visiting Screeching Eagles past Bremen, 50-30, last Monday. Terri Dearth tacked on 11 points for Mt. Assisi (5-6).

MARIST The Lady RedHawks dropped a double-overtime 66-61 decision to Carmel last Wednesday night in an East Suburban Catholic Conference meeting. Marist slipped to 6-3, 1-1.

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(Continued from page 5) percent (20-of-25) after intermission. That included nailing 4-of-5 3-pointers. Making that performance even more crushing to the Eagles was the hosts’ own 31 percent success rate over that same stretch.

“We played as well as we possibly could in the second half,” SXU coach Tom O’Malley said. “When you get good shots, you should hit a large number of them. But when you play a team as good as Robert Morris, it’s not easy.

“I thought we prepared well.

Coach [Tony] Bates had a game plan that addressed pretty much everything [the Eagles] would do.”

Still, O’Malley didn’t expect things to unfold quite the way they did. Although his teams have garnered some success against Robert Morris, heartbreaking setbacks have tended to overshadow those fleeting moments of glory.

“There’s been a lot more of those near-misses [for us],” he said.

What kept this latest encounter from perhaps falling into that category was a yeoman effort from Brad Karp. The senior guard netSubmitted photo ted a career-high 42 points on Sandburg’s Colin Glascott tries to flip Lincoln-Way Central’s Ian Meager during a 120-pound match 15-of-20 shooting and also snared last Thursday in Orland Park. The Eagles suffered their first SouthWest Suburban Conference dual- 13 rebounds. meet loss in nearly five years as the Knights prevailed 30-21.

Karp was a key person in most of the Cougars’ important runs.

He contributed three layups and a 3-pointer to the game-tying 177 spurt, added two layups and a jumper to the 13-3 blitz, and hit another basket to join Jack Krieger (3-pointer) and Tony greater competitive achievements Spare II.

By Anthony Nasella Core (dunk) in triggering the in the coming weeks. *** 10-0 surge.

It was just a year ago that “Kailey has been a little sick Andrew nipped Sandburg 1,692- O’Malley cited Krieger (14 Chicago Christian’s girls’ bowl- lately,” Andrew said. “I do expect 1,683 last Thursday in an SWSC points, six rebounds, three assists) ing team boasted a roster of nine her, though, to be bowling well in crossover match at Orland Bowl. as a second-half difference-maker, seniors, five of whom were proven the next month for us.”

Jessica Colson bowled the Lady and Michael Simpson (19 points, Andrew admitted that it’s dif- Eagles’ highest game with her four rebounds, three assists) and competitors.

So it shouldn’t be unexpected ficult to go from a team filled 203 score.

Josh Mawhorr (11 points, nine that the Lady Knights are experi- with experienced bowlers to a *** rebounds, six assists) also did their encing some growing pains in the one that features three juniors, Miranda Lindgren’s 319 se- part on SXU’s behalf.

2013-14 campaign. In fact, coach four sophomores and two fresh- ries paced Shepard in its loss to “Simpson is a catalyst,” Andy Andrew has just one senior men, and unproven bowlers found Chicago Christian. She followed O’Malley said. “The big thing is on this year’s squad — the only throughout the group. up with games of 167 and 207 Michael’s really starting to play as one, in fact, among 22 bowlers “Because we’re so young, I don’t last Thursday against TF South, a point guard and not just being on Christian’s boys’ and girls’ have the luxury of a go-to bowler but Lindgren’s 374 series wasn’t a point scorer. And Jack played like I had in previous seasons,” enough to save the Lady Astros pretty well — he’s been back [from teams.

Yet the latter is currently boast- Andrew said. “[But] there is po- from a 1,704-1,396 setback in an injury] for four or five games ing a two-match winning streak. tential with this group and defi- South Suburban Conference and we’ve won five in a row.”

The Lady Knights defeated Rich nitely hope for the future. They’re play.

While the Cougars (9-2, 3-0) East on Dec. 5 and Shepard 1,259- learning along the way, which is BOYS’ BOWLING burned the Eagles on several oc1,244 last Monday at Centennial always good.

Shepard went 3-0 last week as casions with sizable point runs, Lanes to square their season re- “They haven’t had a lot of prac- it knocked off Chicago Christian O’Malley pegged a second-half cord at 2-2. tices and adequate time to work (1,735-1,631 on Monday), Oak sequence when SXU’s defense Against the Lady Astros, at their games, so we’re looking Lawn (1,865-1,823 on Tuesday) registered four consecutive stops sophomore Kelsey Pujdak rolled forward to some quality time to and Argo (1,909-1,474 on Thurs- — and the Cougars augmented a 177 game and 309 series to help develop their games. I tell them if day). The latter two encounters those with a few easy buckets off Christian prosper. She joins her they’re not having fun, they prob- were SSC Red matches. their press-break — as the pivotal junior sister, Kailey, and senior ably shouldn’t be here — they’re Eric Walters led the Astros occurrence.

Bethany Romaine as the strongest all still here.” against the Knights by registering “We weren’t playing well defencandidates to become breakout *** a 448 series and 258 high game at sively in the first half,” O’Malley Stagg lost twice last week, as it Centennial Lanes. He then rolled said. “But when we got them down performers.

“Kelsey has really been the fell short against Richards (1,659- a 411 series at the same site on by 10 or 12, it was pretty easy to biggest surprise for us so far,” 1,373) and Lockport (1,605-1,366) Thursday, which combined with maintain because their guys got Andrew said. “I taught her to bowl on Monday and Tuesday, respec- Cody Larson’s 224 high game to frustrated. I don’t remember a last year, and she’s really doing tively. vanquish the Argonauts. Stepping Robert Morris team ever losing well for us this season. Sometimes Kylee Murphy was the Lady forward for Shepard against the like that.”

The Regional News - The Reporter in athletics, the switch goes on one Chargers’ top bowler in both Spartans was Matt Shaw, who O’Malley admitted that, from day and they kind of get it — that’s outings. She rolled a 341 series bowled a 255 high game. top to bottom, neither the Eagles been the case with Kelsey.” against the Lady Bulldogs at *** nor the Cougars have the same Andrew said that Kailey Puj- Palos Lanes, then produced a 254 Sandburg captured a pair of kind of overall star quality they dak possesses even more potential game versus the Lady Porters in mid-week matches at Orland once did. than her younger sister, and he’s a SouthWest Suburban Confer- Bowl and then finished 11th at “There were years where we’d (Continued on page 7) hopeful it will begin to result in ence Blue match at Strike ‘N’ have two or three kids and they’d have three or four who were of [an NCAA] Division I caliber,” O’Malley said. “We all had that change a little bit with the reduction in scholarships, but I think we’ve done a lot as far as getting people who can help us win.”

O’Malley rightfully termed this latest triumph as “a Christmas

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present for all of us,” but he’d prefer that his athletes not savor it all the way until the holiday arrives.

“You’re only as good as your next game, not your last one,” O’Malley said. “Be very thankful for it — it was a great one to get — but now we have more to do.”

A date with Roosevelt University tonight certainly deserves SXU players’ full attention, and the Cougars’ upcoming Christmas tournament does as well. Arriving in town will be several other nationally ranked programs. — Ken Karrson

half on free-throw shooting that allowed Robert Morris to get a little bit back into the game.”

The 104 points were 17 more than the Cougars had managed in any game this season. They tallied 87 in a win over Trinity International University on Nov. 13.

“Everybody on the team scored, so that was nice,” Hallberg said.

“I had 12 players in the game, and everyone scored. When you shoot the ball well, it clears up a lot of your problems.

“We had a lot of transition baskets. We were playing well; consequently, we scored a lot of baskets.”

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Individually, Hallberg contin For the four juniors on the Cou- ued to be impressed by Stuut’s gars’ roster — Morgan Stuut, Su- rebounding tenacity. zie Broski, Margaret Wildner and “Morgan is just unbelievable,” Maloree Johnson — Saturday’s he said. “Everybody talks about 104-69 victory over Robert Morris points, but she’s just amazing on the boards. She never takes University was a first.

Never before in their collegiate a coffee break. For 40 minutes, careers had an SXU women’s team she plays at such a high intenscored 100 points in a contest. The sity level. last time the Cougars eclipsed that “We’re just fortunate that she’s century plateau was in a 101-91 only a junior, so we still have her victory over Olivet Nazarene dur- for a while.” ing the 2010-11 season. That SXU Hallberg said he was also very squad also piled up 100 points pleased with Leyden, who has on two other occasions, and all bounced back nicely from a torn three efforts came in a 10-game ACL suffered a year ago to become winning streak that closed out a solid contributor off the bench for the Cougars this season. the campaign.

On Saturday, powered by four “Mikayla was 5-for-5 off the players in double figures and a bench, and two of those baskets solid shooting effort of 53 percent were 3-pointers,” Hallberg said.

(43-of-81), the NAIA Division II “She added two free throws for No. 8-ranked Cougars captured 12 points in 18 minutes. Her a CCAC road win at the RMU stepping up is making us even Athletic & Convocation Center in stronger.”

Arlington Heights.

The only bad news for SXU Stuut led the way with her was the report that freshman Revi eighth double-double of the sea- McMahon is officially out for the son, boasting team-best totals of season. She broke her foot in last 27 points, 13 rebounds and seven week’s contest against Judson assists. Broski added 17 points, University. five rebounds and three steals.

One of the most encouraging Sophomore forward Caitlin Mc- signs for the Cougars’ perforMahon also had a double-double mance on Saturday was that it performance for SXU with 14 was their only game of the week, points and 10 rebounds, while something that Hallberg deliberfreshman guard Mikayla Leyden ately does every year during finals provided a big lift off the bench week so his athletes can focus on with 12 points on perfect 5-of-5 studying for them. shooting from the field.

But he also worries there might “The girls told me that fact be negative repercussions on the in the locker room, and I didn’t court later. even realize it,” Cougars coach “Sometimes you wonder if Bob Hallberg said, referring to they’re going to come out flat the new experience for his junior [in the next game],” Hallberg quartet. “It’s hard to believe that said. “This game turned out to it’s the first time in three years, be one of the best games we’ve considering the talented juniors played so far this season. Robert who have been playing for me, Morris is a good team that has that we’ve scored over 100 points [NCAA] Division I transfers and in a game.” is well-coached, but we were on SXU jumped out to an early our ‘A’ game.”

10-2 edge and led by as many as SXU (9-3, 4-1) is in Fort Lauder23 points in the first half. How- dale, Fla., this week for two games ever, the host Eagles used an 18-3 at the Cruzin Classic Tournament. run in the final four minutes to The Cougars play No. 9-ranked shave their halftime deficit to just Oklahoma Baptist University toeight, 47-39. day at 11 a.m. and tangle with No. It took just a couple minutes of 15 Briar Cliff (Iowa) University the second half for the Cougars on Friday. to re-establish their double-digit “Oklahoma Baptist is [an NAIA] advantage, and they continued to Division I, full-scholarship school build on it the rest of the way. which is 9-1 right now,” Hallberg SXU took its largest lead at 104- said.

“Briar 16, Cliff2008 is 15th, so they’re Thursday, October Page 11 69 on a layup by Wildner in the looking to beat us and move up closing seconds. in the rankings. It’s going to be The Cougars were dominant back-to-back tough games. We on the boards, racking up 53 re- don’t have an easy tournament, bounds in the game compared to but we’ve played so many hard just 35 for Robert Morris. SXU games, with 10 out of 12 coming also did an excellent job of taking on the road, that I really believe care of the basketball, committing we’re prepared. just seven turnovers on the day. “I’m happy with the way we “It was one of those games played Saturday, and I hope that where we were hitting on all cylin- can carry into the Florida trip. ders,” Hallberg said. “Everything It’s a combination of business seemed to go well. We shot the and pleasure. It was 80 degrees ball well and we rebounded the there this past week, so we hope ball well, [although] we had a little that holds up, too.” — Anthony trouble at the end of the first Nasella

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Sandburg’s Ben Schneider twists and turns his way to a victory over Lincoln-Way Central’s Dominic Botta in last Thursday’s 138-pound match.

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eight in the fourth quarter, but never threatened to overtake Richards, which netted all but (Continued from page 1) two of its final-period points at benefited from a 12-4 advantage the foul line. Meier (23 points, 11 rebounds) was the Bulldogs’ ringon the boards. leader, but Shannon (15 points) “I’d love to be up by 25 at and Tears (11) were able accomhalftime, but a lot of the [locker plices for him. room] conversation at halftime was somewhat calm,” Chappetto After playing six of its first said. “It was an ugly first half, seven contests at home, Richards but we came back and we talked hits the road twice this week. about defending and continuing After visiting Brother Rice on to try to score within [the scheme Tuesday, the Bulldogs travel to of] our offense.”

Calumet City on Friday for an TF South narrowed the gap to SSC matchup with TF North.

Statistics Bremen Richards

11 12 7 22 13 21

6 - 36 8 - 64

Richards Scoring: Shannon 16, Tears 11, Alexander 10, T. Othman 9, Meier 8, Hussein 4, Burton 2, Jones 2, Spencer 2. Rebounds: Meier 8. Assists: Shannon 2. Steals: T. Othman 3.

TF South Richards

19 8 9 18 - 56 8 18 26 13 - 65

Richards Scoring: Meier 23, Shannon 15, Tears 12, Cottrell 6, Anagnostopolous 4, Catledge 2, T. Othman 2, Alexander 1.

Rebounds: Meier 11.

Some signs to look for:

No big smiles or other joyful expressions by 6 months.

No babbling by 12 months.

No words by 16 months.

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Moraine athletics wrap

Kentner receives another volleyball award

By Maura Vizza The volleyball season is over, but what’s continuing is the handing out of awards to Kara Kentner.

Moraine Valley College’s sophomore standout was most recently chosen as a member of the American Volleyball Coaches Association Two-Year College AllAmerica second team. Previous to this latest honor, Kentner received recognition as a National Junior College Athletic Association Division II All-American first-teamer, All-Region IV performer and the Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference Player of the Year.

Other postseason recognition came in the form of spots in on the NJCAA D-II Championship and ISCC all-tournament squads.

“We are incredibly proud of Kara being one of just four players in two-year college Division II volleyball to be named to the AVCA AllAmerica team,” former Cyclones coach Gloria Coughlin said. “Kara is very deserving of this and all of the awards that she has received so far in her collegiate career. She

Crusaders (Continued from page 1) and I think it was a snowball thing. We didn’t shoot well and [as a result] I think our confidence dropped a little bit.”

The Crusaders (3-4, 1-2) released 28 of their 49 shots from behind the 3-point arc, and only three of those attempts settled into the cylinder. To make matters worse for Rice, the Friars went 22-of-36 from the floor and added 20 more points while stationed at the foul line.

Fenwick outscored its guests in every period, beginning with a 13-7 advantage in the opening stanza. The Friars’ good shooting enabled them to render the Crusaders’ 27-16 rebounding edge somewhat meaningless, and the hosts also committed four fewer turnovers.

Once again, the duo of Quinn Niego and Ray Rubio did the heaviest lifting for Rice. The pair combined for 24 points and 11 rebounds, but this time Dan Scanlon gave his teammates some measurable help as he delivered 11 points, five rebounds and two steals.

“Danny was good for us — he really played well,” Harrigan said.

“We tried to feed off his energy a little bit. We’ve got to play [effectively with] five guys.”

That being said, Harrigan didn’t try to downplay the importance of Rubio and Niego to the Crusaders’ general well-being.

“If Ray and Quinn struggle — as they did somewhat on Friday — it’s going to be really hard for us,” Harrigan said. “They’re kind of the lifeblood of our team. We play really hard, but that [alone] isn’t enough for us to be successful [on a steady basis].”

And as for any uncertainties that may have crept into the Crusaders’ minds because of the recent shooting woes, Harrigan wants his guys to forget about what happened before.

“People talk about somebody being an unconscious shooter, but a lot of it has to do with what’s between your ears,” he said. “You can’t do anything about missed shots — they’re over. To me, it was something I didn’t think about that much [as a player].

“We talk about confidence all the time, but maybe we should stop talking about it and not have them thinking too much about it.”

Rice tried to break out of its shooting slump this past Tuesday,

is a dedicated student-athlete and the ultimate team player.

“She is one of those players that makes me sad that this is a two-year college, not a four-year [one].”

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL It was another tough weekend for the Cyclones, as they dropped two games in the South Suburban College Tournament.

Moraine opened play against Cincinnati State and Technical College and suffered an 83-62 setback on Friday. The score was tight early on, but the Cyclones were turning the ball over at an alarming rate and missing too many shots. Eventually, those shortcomings got Moraine in trouble and it trailed by 25 points at intermission.

The Cyclones did fight back and were within 11 points, but their deficit was too great to overcome fully. Maggie Yandel (Stagg) led Moraine with 17 points, while Sam Holler (Sandburg) and Katie McGann each chipped in 10. *** On Saturday, some more sloppy play saddled the Cyclones with a when it tangled with unbeaten Richards in a nonconference contest. Also on this week’s docket is a Friday CCL confrontation with St. Joseph.

Brother Rice 58 St. Laurence 38 The Crusaders’ 42 percent success rate from the field last Tuesday was certainly nothing special, but Vikings coach Mark Sevedge would have gladly swapped out his own team’s 37 percent effort for it.

Further complicating St. Laurence’s predicament were a 2of-17 performance from 3-point territory, nine fewer made free throws, six more turnovers and a 29-19 rebounding deficiency.

Rice received another good 1-2 punch from Niego (19 points, six rebounds) and Rubio (18 points, seven rebounds, four steals), and that allowed the hosts to construct an eight-point halftime lead.

“We executed our game plan OK as far as defensively,” Sevedge said. “We were about seven or eight points shy of what we wanted to hold Rubio and Niego to. We did a good job of guarding them off ball screens, but we were hoping to hold the two of them under 30 total — if we had done that, it would have been a 10-point game instead of 20.

“It was close most of the game until late. It’s been the same old thing [hurting us]: We’re just not making shots.”

Rich Lamb (11 points, nine rebounds) and Tim Delaney (10 points, six rebounds, three assists) were the Vikings’ main men, but little help was offered behind them. Of St. Laurence’s other six scorers, only one netted more than four points.

“Our kids are coming off the floor upset and mad at themselves for missing shots,” Sevedge said.

“It’s such a mental thing, and it’s in everyone’s heads [right now].

They’re putting too much pressure on themselves.”

But Sevedge believes finding a cure for what ails his athletes might be just one good performance away.

“If two or three guys can hit a couple 3-point shots, I think it’d be contagious, like a lot of things in sports,” he said. “I think everyone would feed off that and it would help us tremendously.”

St. Francis de Sales 49 St. Laurence 43 The Vikings’ problems in Friday’s Catholic League encounter with the Pioneers mirrored earlier ones, as their offense couldn’t adequately complement their defense.

67-45 loss against Lansing Community College.

As happened on Friday, Moraine hung tough for a while and was down by only eight at halftime.

The second half grew rocky for the Cyclones, however, as Lansing steadily pulled away. Moraine’s 30 percent shooting from the floor certainly did it no favors.

Holler was the Cyclones’ top player with 11 points, six rebounds, three assists, two steals and two blocks. Jamilla Jones was aggressive on the boards with 10 rebounds, six of which were claimed on the offensive end, and Ashley Cunningham went 3-of-4 from the 3-point line.

MEN’S BASKETBALL The Cyclones put up a good fight last Friday in a home game versus Elmhurst College’s junior-varsity squad, but 12 missed free throws throughout the night contributed to a 63-58 loss.

Johnte Shannon paced Moraine with 24 points and three rebounds.

Also chipping in for the Cyclones were Des’nique Harris (11 points, five rebounds) and Cameron JuilleSubmitted photo rat (seven points).

Sandburg’s John Pellegrino, one of the state’s top wrestlers at 152 pounds, prepares to pin LincolnWay Central’s Cody Millsaps last Thursday.

There was nothing wrong with holding St. Francis de Sales to dual-meet loss since January of *** 37 percent shooting or forcing 13 Stagg dropped a pair of SWSC 2009 by falling 30-21 to Lincolnturnovers, although the visitors crossover matches last week, Way Central last Thursday, Sanddid hit five 3s that Sevedge de2,204-1,663 to Andrew on Monday burg bounced back to earn the scribed as “daggers.” Upsetting at Orland Bowl and 1,857-1,764 to team championship at Saturday’s St. Laurence’s victory bid was Lincoln-Way Central on Tuesday Wheeling Invitational. more errant marksmanship of (Continued from page ) at Palos Lanes.

The Eagles’ nine finalists inits own — the Vikings (1-6, 0-3) Saturday’s fifth annual Lincoln- The Chargers’ Cody Johnson cluded seven champs, led by fourtook a goose egg from long dis- Way East Invitational at the same posted a 215 game and 372 series time Wheeling winner John Peltance (0-of-13) and were 11-of-42 location. against the Thunderbolts. legrino. He defeated Grayslake from the floor.

The Eagles finished seven pins BOYS’ SWIMMING Central’s Jonathan Makey (19-2, “We’ve been pretty happy over- ahead of defending state champion Stagg prevailed over Lincoln- fifth in Class 2A at 138 pounds) all with our defensive effort,” Lockport at the latter event. Bran- Way West 123-48 last Tuesday in 12-2 in the 152 final.

Sevedge said. It’s keeping us in don Torres was 12th individually an SWSC crossover meet.

Sandburg’s other titlists were games. If we can get four guys for Sandburg after amassing a Luke Workman won the 100- sophomores Christian Robertson in the 10-to-12-point range [on a score of 1,330 for the day. yard freestyle in 54.57 seconds (9-1 at 126 pounds) and Louie regular basis], they’ll get us where The Eagles defeated Lincoln- and the 200-free in 2:00.63 to lead Hayes (11-0 at 106), juniors Tom we need to be.”

Way East 1,894-1,529 in an SWSC the host Chargers. Workman also Slattery (10-2 at 160) and Matt Lamb and Delaney tossed in 13 Blue clash last Tuesday behind helped Stagg triumph in the 400- Frostman (9-1 at 220), and seniors and 12 points, respectively, to pace Torres’ 424 series and 219 high free relay, where he teamed with Hunter Pindel (11-0 at 182) and St. Laurence, and the former also game. Bolingbrook fell to Sand- Nick Amendola, Jacob Russo and Matt Drozd (7-1 at 195). pulled down five rebounds. Three burg next, 1,957-1,822 on Thurs- Harlan Long to complete the race *** other players had four boards. day, as Josh Harder (426 series, in 3:34.76.

Lockport beat Stagg 57-15 in The Vikings played De La 264 high game) served as the an SWSC Blue dual meet on WRESTLING Salle this past Tuesday in their Eagles’ No. 1 competitor.

After suffering its first SWSC Friday. final contest before entering the Centralia Holiday Tournament, between seven and nine points. continuation of that “is going to where their initial opponent will Stagg 78 catch up to us.” be an undefeated program from Comer Prep 49 Stagg returned to Addison another state.

(Continued from page 1) The only laugher among last Trail this past Monday for a “There’s not too many easy games on the schedule,” Sevedge said. “We be shortchanged on the score- week’s contests was a Monday tilt game against the host school. let one game really slip away and board. With Sims, White and Se- with Comer Prep, which fell be- The Chargers squared off with played well in another [loss] — if bastian Kolpak all hitting baskets, hind 22-8 in the first quarter and Bolingbrook on Tuesday and will 1-6 could have been 3-4, we’d feel a Stagg embarked on an 8-0 run never recovered. Comer was a late play once more in the tourney little better about ourselves. We’re at the onset of the fourth period replacement in the tournament later this week. just trying to stay positive and move that shifted momentum its way. for a Chicago Catholic League White and Kolpak combined for school that bowed out because in the right direction.”

Statistics 14 of the Chargers’ 22 points over of that conference’s scheduled the last eight minutes. postseason event.

Statistics 8 12 19 10 - 49 Also of note was the defensive “It was sort of nice playing Comer Prep 22 20 20 16 - 78 work Stagg did on 6-7 Falcons a city team because they don’t Stagg St. Laurence 5 15 8 10 - 38 center Jack Hegland, who was scout you — they just come out Brother Rice 11 17 13 17 - 58 held to three buckets and a total and play,” Daniels said. “It was a Stagg Scoring: White 16, Sims 15, Goral of 12 points. Responsible for most good day to get guys in and see 11, Strus 11, Kolpak 9, Stratinsky 8, JorSt. Laurence Scoring: Lamb 11, Delaney dan 3, Kelly 3, Gardner 2. Rebounds: of the double-teaming on Wheaton how they defend.”

10, Gurgone 5, Witkowski 4, Aderman North’s big man were Kolpak and Strus (seven points) and White Gardner 6. Assists: White 4.

2, Dan Curley 2, Forberg 2, Kelly 2.

Anthony Gardner. (six) led the Chargers’ early getRebounds: Lamb 9, Delaney 6. Assists: 7 12 11 22 - 52 away and wound up with 27 points Stagg Delaney 3.

“We played their style [for much between them. Sims (15 points) Wheaton North 11 11 9 12 - 43 of the game] and still found a way and Goral (11) also played pivBrother Rice Scoring: Niego 19, Rubio to get a win,” Daniels said. “This otal roles, but nine players in all Stagg Scoring: Strus 19, White 9, Sims 8, 18, Collins 4, Finn 4, Gorman 4, Badali was one of those [types of] games scored. Included among Stagg’s Kolpak 7, Goral 5, Gardner 4. Rebounds: 3, Gallagher 2, Mueller 2, Scanlon 2. I’ve lost in the past, but we made hoops were five 3s and a number Strus 8. Assists: White 5.

Rebounds: Rubio 7, Niego 6, Finn 5. the run that mattered.” of baskets that came off backAssists: Finn 2. Steals: Rubio 4.

Stagg 9 16 20 19 - 64 Strus topped the Chargers with door cuts.

11 13 14 12 - 50 19 points and eight rebounds. His About the only thing that both- L-W East Brother Rice 7 10 8 14 - 39 scoring included a 7-of-7 effort at ered Daniels was the Chargers’ Fenwick 13 15 19 20 - 67 the free-throw line. No one else lack of success at the foul line, Stagg Scoring: White 18, Sims 17, Goral was in double figures, but White, where they went just 4-of-11. Ac- 16, Strus 7, Kolpak 6. Rebounds: Goral Brother Rice Scoring: Niego 13, Rubio 11, Sims and Kolpak all registered cording to the veteran leader, a 6. Assists: Strus 3, White 3.

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Scanlon 11, Badali 2, Conlisk 1, Perez 1. Rebounds: Niego 6, Rubio 5, Scanlon 5. Assists: Conlisk 2, Mueller 2. Steals: Scanlon 2.

St. Fran. de Sales 14 9 St. Laurence 9 10

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St. Laurence Scoring: Lamb 13, Delaney 12, Gurgone 4, Cummings 3, Dan Curley 3, Forberg 2, Kelly 2, Radford 2, Witkowski 2. Rebounds: Lamb 5. Assists: Forberg 2.

Chicago Ridge Park District BASKETBALL STANDINGS 8th Grade

W L Jr. Phoenix 2 0 Burbank Fusion 1 1 Cardinals 1 1 Jr. T-Bolts 1 1 LAC Indians 1 1 Sutherland 0 2 Results LAC Indians 42, Burbank Fusion 36 Leading scorers: Alex Oruna (L) 10 points; Nic Bowes (B) 14 points.

Jr. T-Bolts 36, Sutherland 22 Leading scorers: Dan Gierhahn (J) 15 points; Thomas Greene (S) 2 points, Aidan Crotty 2 points, Josh Boulanger 2 points, Spencer Henderson 2 points.

Jr. Phoenix 28, Cardinals 19 Leading scorers: Jared Mutter (J) 10 points; Mike DeHaan (C) 8 points.

7th Grade

W L Jr. T-Bolts 2 0 Lemont Coyotes 2 0 LAC Indians 1 1 Oak Lawn Deer 1 1 Shooters 0 2 Sutherland 0 2 Results

LAC Indians 53, Sutherland 9 Leading scorers: Jake Shoudis (L) 12 points; Nick Lisanti (S) 3 points.

Jr. T-Bolts 28, Southside Shooters 18 Leading scorers: Noah O’Connor (J) 7 points, Johnny Dieck 7 points; Dan Born (S) 4 points, Ryan Sullivan 4 points, Joe O’Gorman 4 points.

Lemont Coyotes 40, Oak Lawn Deer 17 Leading scorers: Gerard Quimque (L) 7 points, James Tauer 7 points; Demarcus Williams (O) 4 points, Andrew Smith III 4 points.

5th Grade

W L Jaguars 2 0 Jr. Knights 2 0 Lemont Coyotes 2 0 Jr. T-Bolts 1 1 Orland Magic 1 1 Eagles 0 2 Palos Demons 0 2 Shooters 0 2 Results Jr. Knights 46, Eagles 9 Leading scorers: Jackson Charnley (J) 12 points; Eric Lopez (E) 5 points.

Lemont Coyotes 17, Shooters 13 Leading scorers: Ryan Tomaras (L) 4 points, Jake Wilk 4 points; Imran Sabir (S) 6 points.

Jaguars 33, Jr. T-Bolts 19 Leading scorers: Alexander Knight (J) 9 points; Johnny Dieck (JT) 6 points.

Orland Magic 30, Palos Demons 8 Leading scorers: John Scumaci (O) 6 points, Omar Elagha 6 points, Stephen Gallagher 6 points; Matthew Madaras (P) 2 points, Matthew Zielinski 2 points, Mitchell Potasch 2 points, Jack Doubek 2 points.

4th Grade

W L Orland Magic 2 0 Lemont Coyotes 1 1 R-B Bulldogs (Blue) 1 1 R-B Bulldogs (White) 0 2 Results Orland Magic 21, R-B Bulldogs White 18 Leading scorers: Ryan McPolin (O) 6 points; Joevonn McCottry (R) 10 points.

R-B Bulldogs Blue 32, Lemont Coyotes 13 Leading scorers: Owen Murphy (R) 8 points; Owen Moran (L) 3 points.

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I576082

For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL A S S O C I A T I O N � P l a i n t i f f , � v . � JOSEPH GUZOLEK, ANDREA FORTUNA A/K/A ANDREA GUZOLEK, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS D e f e n d a n t s � 11 CH 021044 12537 S. MASSASOIT AVENUE PALOS HEIGHTS, IL 6 0 4 6 3 � NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 10, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 13, 2014, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:Commonly known as 12537 S. MASSASOIT AVENUE, PALOS HEIGHTS, IL 60463 Property Index No. 24-29-404-011. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. 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 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 in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special 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 of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, 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 is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee 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 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876. Please refer to file number 14-10-37989.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION 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 a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-10-37989 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 11 CH 021044 TJSC#: 33-23122 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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����������� ����������������� For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF Cook County, Illinois, County Department, Chancery Division.

Wells Fargo Bank, NA P l a i n t i f f , � v s . � James Krol aka James F. Krol; Green Valley Estates Master Association; Green Valley Estates Master Condominium Association; Discover Bank; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants D e f e n d a n t s , � 13 CH 13189 Sheriff's # 130945 F13050016 WELLS Pursuant to a Judgment made and entered by said Court in the above entitled cause, Thomas J. Dart, Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, will on January 16th 2014, at 1pm in room LL06 of the Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction the following described premises and real estate mentioned in said Judgment: Common Address: 11012 South Theresa Circle Apt 2B and Parking Space G-8, Palos Hills, Illinois 60465 P.I.N: 23-14-302-014-1006; 23-14-302-014-1020 Improvements: This property consists of a Residential Condominium Unit with parking space.

Sale shall be under the following terms: payment of not less than ten percent (10%) of the amount of the successful and highest bid to be paid to the Sheriff by cashier's check or certified funds at the sale; and the full remaining balance to be paid to the Sheriff by cashier's check or certified funds within twenty-four (24) hours after the sale.

Sale shall be subject to general taxes, special a s s e s s m e n t s . � Premise will NOT be open for inspection.

The purchaser of a condominium unit, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments as required by 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1) Firm Information: Plaintiff's Attorney FREEDMAN ANSELMO LINDBERG LLC Anthony Porto 1807 W. DIEHL., Ste 333 Naperville, IL 60566-7228 forecl o s u r e n o t i c e @ f a l - i l l i n o i s . c o m � 866-402-8661 fax 630-428-4620 For bidding instructions, visit www.fal-illinois.com This is an attempt to collect a debt pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I575685

For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S � COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS S U C C E S S O R � IN INTEREST TO WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR THE HOLDERS O F � MASTR ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2005-5Plaintiff, v s . � UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF RICHARD F . � PASZKIET AKA RICHARD F. PASZKIET JR.; R I C H A R D � B. PASZKIET, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS I N D E P E N D E N T � ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE ESTATE OF RICHARD F. PASZKIET AKA RICHARD F. PASZKIET JR.; CHRISTOPHER M. PASZKIET; NICHOLAS J. P A S Z K I E T � UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD C L A I M A N T S � D e f e n d a n t s , � 12 CH 39561 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on October 10, 2013 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, January 13, 2014 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 e s t a t e : � P.I.N. 18-35-409-028-0000.

Commonly known as 8469 South 83rd Avenue, Hickory Hills, IL 60457.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee 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. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Mr. Anthony Porto at Plaintiff's Attorney, Freedman Anselmo, Lindberg LLC, 1807 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (866) 402-8661.

For Bidding instructions visit www.fal-illinois.com 24 hours prior to sale. F12070397 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I576584

For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S � COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION P l a i n t i f f , � v s . � RAFAL ROGOWSKI; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF RAFAL ROGOWSKI, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS A N D � NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 10 CH 30584 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on November 6, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, January 10, 2014, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 23-01-317-006-0000 Commonly known as 9406 SOUTH 76TH AVENUE, HICKORY HILLS, IL 60457 The mortgaged real estate is improved with a occupied single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the condominium Property Act Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale.

For information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1017255.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I574920

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S � COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. SUCCESSOR IN I N T E R E S T � TO WORLD SAVINGS BANK, FSB P l a i n t i f f , � v s . � NANCY L. BLARY; ORLAND GOLF VIEW C O N D O M I N I U M � ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON R E C O R D � CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 12 CH 6672 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on September 20, 2013, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, January 10, 2014, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 27-14-412-013-1047.

Commonly known as 15704 FOXBEND COURT UNIT 2N, ORLAND PARK, IL 60462.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a condominium residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale.

For information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1200445.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I574956

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST

BY PURCHASE FROM THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION AS RECEIVER OF WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK FKA WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA Plaintiff, -v.MARQUETTE BANK FKA MARQUETTE NATIONAL BANK, SUCCESSOR TO TCF BANK, SUCCESSOR TO BANK OF CHICAGO GARFIELD RIDGE AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF A CERTAIN TRUST AGREEMENT, DATED THE 14TH DAY OF MAY 1977, AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 77-5-5, ORLAND GOLF VIEW CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendants 13 CH 09361 15703 Old Orchard Ct. #2N Orland Park, IL 60462 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 28, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 29, 2014, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 15703 Old Orchard Ct. #2N, Orland Park, IL 60462 Property Index No. 27-14401-034-1021. The real estate is improved with a residential condominium. The judgment amount was $145,325.95. Sale terms: The bid amount, including the Judicial sale fee for 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, shall be paid in certified funds immediately by the highest and best bidder at the conclusion of the sale. 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 to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special 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 of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, 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 is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee 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 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: HEAVNER, SCOTT, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION 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 a 7 day status report of pending sales. HEAVNER, SCOTT, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 13 CH 09361 TJSC#: 33-24591 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S � COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL A S S O C I A T I O N , � P l a i n t i f f � V . � WILLIAM M. THOMAS; ANGELA L. THOMAS A/K/A ANGIE L. THOMAS; WEBSTER BANK, N.A.; PALISADES COLLECTION, LLC; CITY OF C H I C A G O , � AN ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL CORPORATION; MONTEREY FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., ASSIGNEE OF ARONSON FURNITURE COMPANY, D e f e n d a n t s � 12 CH 42024 Property Address: 6843 WEST EDGEWOOD RD. PALOS HEIGHTS, IL 60463 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Fisher and Shapiro file # 11-056227 (It is advised that interested parties consult with their own attorneys before bidding at mortgage foreclosure s a l e s . ) � PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered on October 8, 2013, Kallen Realty Services, Inc., as Selling Official will at 12:30 p.m. on January 6, 2014, at 205 W. Randolph Street, Suite 1020, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real property: Commonly known as 6843 West Edgewood Road, Palos Heights, IL 60463 Permanent Index No.: 24-31-110-008-0000 The mortgaged real estate is improved with a dwelling.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

The judgment amount was $ 308,991.77. Sale terms for non-parties: 10% of successful bid immediately at conclusion of auction, balance by 12:30 p.m. the next business day, both by cashier's checks; and no refunds.

The sale shall be subject to general real estate taxes, special taxes, special assessments, special taxes levied, and superior liens, if any. The property is offered "as is," with no express or implied warranties and without any representation as to the quality of title or recourse to Plaintiff.

Prospective bidders are admonished to review the court file to verify all information and to view auction rules at w w w . k a l l e n r s . c o m . � For information: Sale Clerk, Fisher and Shapiro, Attorney # 42168, 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301, Bannockburn, Illinois 60015, (847) 291-1717, between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. weekdays only.

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Publisher’s Notice All Real Estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are herby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1 (800) 669-9777. The toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1 (800) 927-9275.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S � COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, v . � RUSSELL W. NOWAK A/K/A RUSSELL NOWAK, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 12 CH 038382 8009 VALLEY DRIVE PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 2, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 16, 2014, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 8009 VALLEY DRIVE, PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 Property Index No. 23-14-401-002-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. 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 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 in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special 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 of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, 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 is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee 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 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876. Please refer to file number 14-12-26825. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION 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 a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-12-26825 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 12 CH 038382 TJSC#: 33-22578 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I578652

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S � COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, SERVICING LP P l a i n t i f f , � v s . � ADIB KITTANA; THE RIVIERA IN PALOS IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF ADIB KITTANA, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , � 08 CH 37727 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on February 24, 2009, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, January 20, 2014, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 23-23-111-091-0000.

Commonly known as 19 COUR VERSAILLE, PALOS HILLS, IL 60465.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the condominium Property Act Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale.

For information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 0821720.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I578317

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S � COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, O N � BEHALF OF THE HOLDERS OF THE HOME E Q U I T Y � ASSET TRUST 2002-2, HOME EQUITY P A S S - T H R O U G H � CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2002-2 Plaintiff, v s . � BRIAN W. SMITH, MARY T. SMITH, UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY, AND NON-RECORD C L A I M A N T S . � D e f e n d a n t s , � 13 CH 3017 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on September 27, 2013 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, January 7, 2014 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 e s t a t e : � P.I.N. 23-26-305-008-0000.

Commonly known as 12416 South Iroquois Road, Palos Park, IL 60464.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee 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. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Mr. David C. Kluever at Plaintiff's Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, Illinois 60601.

(312) 236-0077.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I574852

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For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S � COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC P l a i n t i f f , � v s . � RAEDA SHEBAN; THOMAS CHARLES ESTATES TOWNHOUSE ASSOCIATION; DELL FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC Defendants, 13 CH 6651 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on June 6, 2013 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, January 14, 2014 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 e s t a t e : � Commonly known as 8530 West Thomas Charles Lane, Hickory Hills, IL 60457 P.I.N. 18-35-307-035-0000 The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee 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. No refunds. 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. (312) 651-6705.

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Winter classes are offered for adults in Drawing, Watercolor Painting, Pastel Painting, Basketry, Weaving, Knitting, Stoneware Pottery, Woodcarving, Quilting, Collage, Lapidary, Poetry, Stained Glass, Calligraphy, Silver Jewelry, Papercrafts, and Papermaking.

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The Log Cabin Art Center offers six-week courses plus occasional one-day workshops. Classes are held in three cozy log cabins in the woods, and are known for their Submitted photo warm and welcoming ambience and excellent instruction.

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The Bridge Teen Center events Trivia & Game Night with Meijer will be held this Friday, Dec. 20, from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at The Bridge Teen Center, 15555 S. 71st Court, Orland Park. Includes trivia, games and free food.

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Nuala Walsh — 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. this Saturday, Dec. 21, The Bridge Teen Center offers High School night. Bring friends to listen to live music from Nuala Walsh and sample food from Costco. This event is exclusively for students in 9th-12th grade and is free with a student membership application or $5 with a school ID. For more information, call 5320500 or visit thebridgeteencenter. org.

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by Jon Burlingame ‘Frozen’ aims for watermark notched by ‘Mermaid,’ ‘Beauty & Beast’ On a Monday afternoon in early September, conductor Tim Davies is putting an 81-piece orchestra through its paces on the Warner Bros. scoring stage. On the big screen behind the musicians, a carrot-nosed snowman comforts an ailing princess inside an icecovered castle in a scene from Disney’s upcoming film “Frozen.”

Behind the glass a few yards away, composer Christophe Beck listens carefully to a run-through of cue 5M55, “Anna and Olaf,” then offers a few suggestions to improve the performance: “More vibe and harp at bar 22. At 46, let’s not do the crescendo. Strings at 55 and 56, let’s have a little more. At 69, more bassoon; 73, mezzo-forte, not forte.” Another take and the 2-1/2-minute cue is perfect.

Nearby, two directors, a producer and two music executives are all smiles as the music for the studio’s latest animated fairy tale nears completion.

“Frozen” is inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen tale “The Snow Queen” but takes a new direction in its story of two royal sisters, one of whom accidentally turns their kingdom into a land of snow and ice while the other attempts (with the help of a mountain man and his loyal reindeer) to break the spell of eternal winter.

Although there are eight songs in the film, nobody is calling it a musical. The studio is billing the film “a comedy-adventure” while one of the execs calls it “a movie with songs.” But privately, they express a level of enthusiasm that suggests the music of “Frozen” could be as classic as “Beauty and the Beast,” a Disney high-water mark from 22 years ago.

That’s because Disney is taking a cautious step forward by hiring the Tony-winning tunesmith responsible for the edgy, irreverent songs of “Avenue Q” and “The Book of Mormon,” Robert Lopez, along with his wife, Kristen Anderson-Lopez. And while an animated family film hardly offers the satirical form for which Lopez is best known, “I think they wanted us to be funny,” he says of his Disney collaborators.

Adds Anderson-Lopez: “We thought, this is our chance to make a really funny Disney princess - a real person that our generation has been waiting for: the one that’s not perfect, that gets pooped on, is clever and smart and has a sense of humor. I was really excited when (co-director) Jennifer Lee came on board. She had just come off ‘Wreck-It Ralph.’

Every chance we got to inject some real-girl-ness into it, we jumped on.”

The songwriters’ sense of humor comes to the fore in a pair of songs, one sung by the snowman and another by a pack of trolls, “but in the end what we really enjoyed doing was writing the sweeping romantic moments,” says Lopez.

One of those is the big empowerment number “Let It Go,” sung by “Wicked’s” Idina Menzel as the snow queen achieving her destiny in a stunningly realized ice palace.

When the Lopezes wrote it, “we knew we had to build a story about that song,” says Lee, adding that Disney Animation chief creative officer John Lasseter “played it every day in his car for nine months straight.”

Still, they felt the pressure of such modern Disney classics as “The Little Mermaid” and “Beauty and the Beast,” whose Alan Menken-Howard Ashman songs not only won Oscars but are perceived as the Broadway-style

standard for modern animated films. “Whenever we were feeling particularly lost, our battle cry was, ‘What would Ashman do?’” says Anderson-Lopez, “because he was such a force not only as a lyricist but he understood how to tell a story using music.”

The Lopezes have worked for Disney before. They wrote songs for the 2011 “Winnie the Pooh” and for a “Finding Nemo” Florida theme-park ride. This, however, was different: it was not just a big assignment, it took a year and a half of daily teleconferences, writing and rewriting.

All told, they wrote about 25 songs for the film, two-thirds of which were discarded along the way. The troll song (“Fixer-Upper,” about dating problematic people) was the fourth try. “We wrote this whole song that ended with a list of terrible things that could happen to your feet, including plantar warts and athlete’s foot,” admits Anderson-Lopez.

“John Lasseter heard it and he was like, ‘What?! How did we get onto foot fungus?!’”

Disney spared no expense to achieve aural authenticity. Disney Music senior VP Tom MacDougall flew to Trondheim, Norway, to record a 35-voice female choir singing composer Frode Fjellheim’s “Eatnemen Vuelie,” which opens the film with an earthy Nordic sound. Beck’s underscore includes the Norwegian bukkehorn (ram’s horn) and Norwegian-born, L.A.based singer Christine Hals’ “kulning,” a high-pitched vocal technique that was once used to call cattle down from Scandinavian mountain pastures.

The Lopezes, however, didn’t travel far for inspiration about snow, ice and wintry weather.

“We don’t have to go anywhere,” says Lopez. “We live in New York City.”

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by Liz Smith

Judi Dench — phenomenal in ‘Philomena’ “Christmas gift suggestions: To your Enemy — Forgiveness! ... To an Opponent — Tolerance! ...To a Friend — Your Heart! ...

To a Customer — Service! ... To All — Charity! ... To Every Child — A Good Example! ... To Yourself — Respect!” wrote Oren Arnold of Texas.

Thanks to Leonard Marinello for this.

And then there is the famous quote attributed to W.H. Auden: “We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don’t know!”

Well, I see my suggestion that columnist Richard Cohen should be the one to write Nora Ephron’s biography has already been acted on and he is the one who will do it. Good!

THE ARTIST EMIN recorded a song, titled “Hope” for the 2014 World Peace Day event. It was co-written by none other than Nelson Mandela. Now, it has been rushed into release in the wake of Mandela’s death. In the first six hours of release it received more than half a million views on YouTube. Proceeds go to the Mandela Children’s Fund.

New York’s mayor, Michael Bloomberg, always promised he’d open three centers for victims of domestic violence and their families; I worked on some of these.

The new Manhattan Family Justice Center opens Friday, Decem-

ber 20.

Soon we will far exceed the mayor’s promise and have a center in each of the five boroughs; Staten Island’s location is under way.

These centers offer police protection, legal advice, shelter, children’s care and various other services to the needy. They are one of Mayor Bloomberg’s greatest legacies to New York!

ON THE day of Paul Walker’s tragic death, a CNN anchor, who shall remain nameless, was reporting the story and then turned, with a chuckle of sloppy informality to an entertainment reporter, and indicated that Paul Walker wasn’t that well-known, please explain him and his career? (The chuckle was cringe-inducing.)

Well, nobody needed to explain Paul to more than 8,000 people who attended a memorial gathering at the site where Walker and his friend Roger Rodas lost their lives.

The more CNN tries to lift itself up, the more it seems to sink. I find myself turning increasingly to BBC where personality is nonexistent, but news is primary. Come back to CNN, Ted Turner, Ted Turner!

ON one of the coldest days in NYC in years, I recently stood in line all the block back to Avenue of the Americas to get into the famed Paris Theater in Manhattan to see the film “Philomena” starring Dame Judi Dench.

She has been a favorite of mine

since before she was so honored by the Queen, before her Oscar win for eight or nine minutes in “Shakespeare in Love” and when she was just a garden variety great actress from London. (She gained many fans in the U.S. through her Brit series, “As Time Goes By.”) I emerged from “Philomena” in a stupor of surprise and emotion. I had met the marvelous (Continued on page 12)

by Jay Bobbin (NOTICE: Ratings for each film begin with a ‘star’ rating — one star meaning ‘poor,’ four meaning ‘excellent’ — followed by the Motion Picture Association of America rating, and then by a family-viewing guide, the key for which appears below.)

STARTING THIS WEEK: “THE LONE RANGER”: Reteamed with “Pirates of the Caribbean” producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski, Johnny Depp stars in this revision of the Western legend ... but the title role of the masked man belongs to Armie Hammer (“The Social Network”).

Depp adds to his roster of unique characterizations as faithful companion Tonto, as the partners take on villain Butch Cavendish (William Fichtner). The picture famously underperformed at the box office, but it has moments to recommend, particularly a fight atop a train. Helena Bonham Carter, Tom Wilkinson and Ruth Wilson also appear. DVD extras: outtakes. ** (PG-13: AS, V) (Also on Blu-ray) “ELYSIUM”: Writer-director Neill Blomkamp (“District 9”) continues his vision of a bleak future Earth with a bigger budget and more star power in this effective sci-fi tale. Matt Damon plays a worker drone on the ravaged, overcrowded terra firma, which sits beneath a pristine space station where the elite can live an idyllic lifestyle free of worry and illness. He’s desperate to get aboard, and a dangerous mission — involving his wearing of a strength-enhancing exoskeleton — may give him the means of doing so. The cast also includes Jodie Foster, “District 9” alum Sharlto Copley, Alice Braga and William Fichtner. DVD extras: two “making-of” documentaries. *** (R: AS, P, GV) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “PRISONERS”: A big image shift for Hugh Jackman is a highlight of this intense melodrama.

After his young daughter and a friend vanish, a likely suspect (Paul Dano) is released from po-

lice custody for lack of evidence ... prompting the desperate dad to conduct his own brand of interrogation. Jake Gyllenhaal also does solid work as a detective trying to solve the case. The strong cast boasts Maria Bello, Viola Davis, Terrence Howard and Melissa Leo as well. DVD extras: two “making-of” documentaries. *** (R: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “THE FAMILY”: Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese are partnered on a mob movie again, but not in the usual way. Scorsese is an executive producer of this comedic but still violent tale from director Luc Besson (“The Professional”), casting De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer as an underworld couple new to the Witness Protection Program, with a federal agent (Tommy Lee Jones) doing his best to keep them in line ... and generally failing. Dianna Agron (“Glee”) plays their daughter, who shows her new peers a thing or two, as does her brother (John D’Leo).

Vincent Pastore (“The Sopranos”) also appears. DVD extras: theatrical trailer; two “making-of” documentaries. *** (R: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray) “ONE DIRECTION: THIS IS US”: It’s probably not a surprise that this documentary about the popular boy band is a favorable profile, but the surprise is in who made it: Morgan Spurlock, who showed a knack for exposes with “Super Size Me” and continues to in his CNN series “Inside Man.” He does get some telling comments from the male singers’ relatives, one of whom likens international fame and touring to being spirited away by aliens.

Simon Cowell — who largely was responsible for the group’s formation — also is interviewed, and as should be expected, plentiful concert footage is included. *** (PG: P) (Also on Blu-ray) “KICK-ASS 2”: The selfstyled, comic-book-inspired young heroes are back in this equally violent sequel, which co-star Jim Carrey disowned after being affected by real-world events. The

title character’s (Aaron TaylorJohnson) efforts to lead a normal life don’t go too smoothly, as is also the case for Hit-Girl (Chloe Grace Moretz, “Carrie”), and they ultimately end up engaged again in a ferocious battle with an old enemy (Christopher MintzPlasse). John Leguizamo and Morris Chestnut also are featured.

DVD extras: three “making-of” documentaries; audio commentary by Taylor-Johnson, Moretz, Mintz-Plasse and writer-director Jeff Wadlow; extended scenes. *** (R: AS, N, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) COMING SOON: “INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2” (Dec. 24): The horrors aren’t over yet for a couple (Rose Byrne, Patrick Wilson) who remain connected to sinister spirits. (PG-13: AS, V) “DON JON” (Dec. 31): Joseph Gordon-Levitt is writer, director and star of this comedy about an amorous man who believes he’s found his ideal woman (Scarlett Johansson). (R: AS, N, P) “THE FOLLOWING: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON” (Jan. 7): A former FBI agent (Kevin Bacon) tracks a familiar foe (James Purefoy) again in the Fox suspense series. (Not rated: AS, P, V) “RUNNER RUNNER” (Jan. 7): A student (Justin Timberlake) who falls prey to an online gambling site tracks down its operator (Ben Affleck) in Costa Rica. (R: AS, P) “THANKS FOR SHARING” (Jan. 7): A man (Mark Ruffalo) with an addiction he’s trying to overcome falls for a woman (Gwyneth Paltrow) who tries to understand it. (R: AS, P) “THE SPECTACULAR NOW” (Jan. 14): A high-school student (Miles Teller) whose flights of fancy are fueled by too much drink falls for a straightlaced peer (Shailene Woodley).

(R: AS, P) FAMILY-VIEWING GUIDE KEY: AS, adult situations; N, nudity; P, profanity; V, violence; GV, particularly graphic violence.

Omarr’s Weekly Astrological Forecast

by Jeraldine Saunders ARIES (March 21-April 19): What’s right is not always popular and what’s popular is not always right. In the week ahead, take time to ensure that what you are doing is something of which you can be proud.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You might feel somewhat out of your element. Wait until late in the week to make key decisions or changes that could affect your bottom line. Hold off on plans for holiday business gift-giving.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Put business ideas on the back burner until late in the week.

You’ll do better if you focus on education, travel and selfimprovement. Find ways to put your money to work to improve your surroundings.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): If you can’t beat them, join them.

Turn denial into acceptance and chaos into order in the upcoming week. You can turn a deficit into an asset by visualizing things from a different perspective.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Pay attention to the educated opinions of others. In the week ahead, honor the wishes of others and focus on creative activities.

You may be released from the chains that have been holding you back.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The greatest gift you give someone

is your time. When you give your time, you’re giving a portion of your life that you’ll never get back.

Be generous toward others in the week ahead.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Keep a life jacket handy because you might be tempted to go overboard. What you consider a smart business move could prove otherwise especially in the first half of the week.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Some people may hear you speak thousands of words and still not understand what you’re saying in the week ahead, while others understand when you don’t say a word.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): So many distractions, so little time. You may find firmer ground as the week unfolds, but you can’t risk making an important change of direction. Hold off on major financial decisions.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Some days are so dull you’d prefer to watch turtles crossing the road for excitement. This week you may find time to take advantage of newly won freedoms and to escape the monotony.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): If money is burning a hole in your pocket spend it on something tasteful and worthwhile. Good advice can come from a close companion in the week to come so keep your

eyes and ears open.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Change your luck. Give in to whims and spin the wheel of chance in the week to come. By altering your outlook and studying ways and means, you can improve your buying power or earning ability.

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Wolfgang Puck’s Kitchen

by Wolfgang Puck

This easy fruitcake recipe is ideal for holiday entertaining and gift-giving

You can vary the combination of fruit to suit your tastes.

My dear late mother, Maria Puck, started her Christmas baking at the beginning of December.

A wonderful cook, and especially gifted when it came to cookies, cakes and pastries, she loved baking as a way to express not only her creativity but also her love for the people around her. Even after I moved to Los Angeles in my mid-20s and then opened Spago in my early 30s, come the holiday season, my mother would always mail me — or arrive for a holiday visit carrying — a big tin filled with her Christmas cookies and other treats.

So it almost feels like part of my DNA when, at this time of year, I can’t stop thinking about the delicious sweet things I want to bake and enjoy with my friends and family. And that’s why, this week and next, I want to share with you a couple of my favorite holiday baking recipes.

Let’s begin with a Christmas season favorite that’s perfect to prepare early in the month because it not only keeps well but also gets even better as its flavors mature with a little time: fruitcake.

I know some people groan at the very mention of holiday fruitcake.

During the next few weeks, you’ll probably hear television comedians making jokes about it. But don’t let that keep you from this recipe, which really is the best fruitcake I’ve tasted, full of dried fruits and nuts bound together by a simple, buttery batter and

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(Continued from page 11) Judi way back when, via my old friend George Trescher, a man who knew where all the bodies were buried and what one should do about life.

The movie is directed by Stephen Frears of “The Queen” and “Dangerous Liaisons” and “The Grifters” fame. (“Philomena” reunites Frears with Harvey Weinstein, for whom he made the three abovementioned hits.)

Dame Judi Dench is now always on the minds of moviegoers, especially after she made herself so loved as M in the James Bond films. She has played the role since 1995’s “GoldenEye” opposite Pierce Brosnan. But I thought her chemistry with the current Bond, Daniel Craig was the best. (I couldn’t get over that “Skyfall” didn’t emphasize 007’s sexy girlfriends and instead had the international man-against-terror really loving the dying M.) And as an Irish lady who has given up her son for adoption in “Philomena,” Judi is at the top of her game. But don’t read anymore about this movie. Don’t let people tell you about it. Just go. She and her co-star Steve Coogan are simply superb. (He plays a disenchanted, disfranchised journalist.)

I say again — GO! IN CLOSING today, I want to thank thriller fictionalist Patricia Cornwell for her kind words thanking me for my review of her new hit “Dust.” She added that there was “...The difference you make for all artists and humankind.”

Wow! (E-mail Liz Smith at MES 3838@aol.com.)

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slowly baked.

One of the secrets to a fruitcake you’ll love is to use your favorite combination of fruits, so feel free to substitute whatever kind you prefer in the combination listed here. Same goes for the nuts.

Before being combined with the batter, the fruity mixture is simmered and steeped in Marsala, a widely available Italian fortified wine. If you don’t like its taste, use another sweet wine you do enjoy. Not only does the wine soften and flavor the fruits, but its alcohol and sugar content will also help preserve the cake for up to three weeks if you wrap it well and store it at cool room temperature.

So try making one of my fruitcakes now. And if you agree with me that it’s the best ever, go on and make more in quantity to give as holiday gifts. Let the fruitcakes cool completely, then wrap each one well in plastic wrap before wrapping again with colorful cellophane or other gift-wrap paper and a bow. For an extra-special gift, place the plastic-wrapped cake inside a nice new loaf pan and top with a copy of the recipe before completing the presentation.

Come back next week for another great holiday baking recipe!

BEST-EVER FRUITCAKE Make 1 loaf, 8-1/2 by 4 by 3-1/2 inches 1 cup Marsala, Sauternes, or other late-harvest wine 1 cup water

1 cup dark seedless raisins 1 cup dried apricots 1 cup shelled walnuts 1/2 cup dried pears 1/2 cup dried figs 1/2 cup shelled pecans 4 ounces unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus extra for dusting 1/2 cup sugar 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves 2 teaspoons baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt Confectioners’ sugar (optional), for serving In a medium saucepan, combine the Marsala, water, raisins, apricots, walnuts, pears, figs and pecans. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat; then, reduce the heat and simmer until the dried fruits are tender, about 5 minutes. Set aside to cool.

Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. With some butter, evenly grease an 8-1/2-by-4-by-31/2-inch loaf pan. Add a little flour and turn and shake the pan to dust the butter evenly, then, tap out any excess flour. Set aside.

When the dried-fruit mixture is cool enough to handle, drain it in a sieve set over a large bowl.

Reserve the liquid. With a sharp knife, coarsely chop the soaked fruits and nuts and add them to the bowl containing the reserved liquid.

In a medium saucepan, put the 4 ounces butter, sugar, cinnamon and cloves. Melt over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the sugar has dissolved completely, about 5 minutes. Set aside to cool.

In a small bowl, sift together the 2 cups flour, baking soda and salt. Gradually stir these dry ingredients into the melted butter mixture; then, scrape this batter into the fruits and nuts and stir with a sturdy spoon or mix with clean hands until thoroughly combined to form a very thick mixture.

Scrape the mixture into the prepared pan. Tap the pan firmly on the counter to settle it in well, and pat down the surface until level.

Bake in the preheated oven until the cake is nicely browned and feels firm to the touch, 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes.

Carefully invert onto a rack lined with parchment paper and leave the cake to cool. Wrap airtight and store at cool room temperature until serving time.

To serve, use a sharp serrated knife to cut the loaf crosswise into thin slices. If you like, dust with confectioners’ sugar by holding a small, fine-meshed sieve over the cake, spooning in the sugar, and tapping the rim of the sieve.

Orland offers new fly yoga sessions early in the new year The Orland Park Recreation Department continues to offer the newest form of yoga, Fly Yoga.

Participants use a flowing fabric yoga hammock to stretch further and hold challenging poses longer.

Named the best new yoga in Chicago by Chicago Magazine’s annual Best of Chicago edition, Fly Yoga is an exclusive style of suspension yoga. All of the maneuvers are achieved using hammocks suspended from a ceiling.

Newcomers and yoga enthusiast alike can enjoy Fly Yoga’s

unique combination of traditional yoga techniques, gymnastics, dance and acrobatics. It is a oneof-a-kind workout that challenges people to improve their balance and strength.

The village’s Fly Yoga classes are held during the day and evening hours at the Sportsplex, Aerobics/Dance Studio starting Jan. 5 through Feb. 14.

Private classes are also available upon request. The cost is $90 for residents, $135 for nonresidents and $85 for Sportsplex members.

A three-week “mini session” is

a great way to give the program a try. This session runs from May 20 to June 6. The cost is $45 for residents, $68 for non-residents and $40 for members.

To view a video demonstrating Fly Yoga, visit the Orland Park YouTube channel at http:// www.youtube.com/user/Villageof OrlandPark.

Spaces are limited, register now to ensure a spot in the class.

Registration and more information are available by visiting the Village of Orland Park Sportsplex at 11351 W. 159th St., or by calling 654-PLAY.

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1. Man of Steel, Warner Bros., PG-13 2. Fast & Furious 6, Universal Pictures, PG-13 3. Monsters University, Dis­ ney/Pixar, G 4. Despicable Me 2, Universal Pictures, PG 5. The Wolverine, 20th Century Fox, PG-13 6. Grown Ups 2, Sony Pictures, PG-13 7. The Heat, 20th Century Fox, R 8. Pacific Rim, Warner Bros., PG-13 9. The Conjuring, Warner Bros., R 10. We’re the Millers, Warner Bros., R

1. Wrecking Ball, Miley Cyrus, RCA 2. The Monster, Eminem, Aftermath 3. Royals, Lorde, Lava Music/ Republic Records 4. Timber, Pitbull, featuring Kesha, Mr.305/Polo Grounds Music/RCA Records 5. Counting Stars, OneRe­ public, Interscope Records 6. Wake Me Up!, Avicii, Island 7. Demons, Imagine Dragons, Interscope Records 8. Story of My Life, One Direction, Columbia 9. Roar, Katy Perry, Capitol 10. Say Something, A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera, Epic

1. Blame it All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences, Garth Brooks, Pearl Records 2. Duck the Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas, The Robertsons, Capitol Nashville (Universal) 3. Crash My Party, Luke Bryan, Capitol Nashville 4. Here’s to the Good Times, Florida Georgia Line, Republic Nashville 5. Danielle Bradbery, Danielle Bradbery, Big Machine Records 6. Based on a True Story..., Blake Shelton, Warner Bros.

7. Red, Taylor Swift, Big Machine Records

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