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Three dead – including two nuns – after 11-vehicle crash By Bob Rakow Staff Writer

Vorva talks about this paper’s sale (page 3), Rakow writes about his aunt’s departure from her longtime home (page 6) and Claudia Parker regales stories of burning popcorn on her first day on the job and a near road rage experience (page 12)

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A lone bouquet of roses was taped early Monday morning to a light pole on the south side of 95th Street near Cicero Avenue. Meanwhile, a man stood in front of the strip mall near the intersection, using a leaf blower to remove the bits of glass and debris that remained from the tragic 11-car accident that occurred the

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A bouquet of roses was affixed to a light pole Monday morning near the accident on 95th street that killed three people. Since then, a more elaborate memorial has been erected.

previous afternoon. Two Little Company of Mary sisters were killed and third injured in the crash described by officials as “a horrific scene.” The roses and the shards of metal and glass were the only signs that remained less than 24 hours after one of arguably the worst traffic accidents in the history of Oak Lawn. The roses were attached to the pole by Oak Lawn resident Jenni Simpson, who thought of the idea after taking her daughter to school. She drove the accident site and affixed the roses the pole with the help of her son, Kurt, 7. “I drove by there, and I was numb,” Simpson said. “It was so sad. It was devastating. It’s just such a tragedy. It could be any of us.” Simpson doesn’t know any of three people killed in the crash, but didn’t believe that’s was important in order to honor the victims. “It’s the right thing to do,” she said Many people in the community, especially the Evergreen Park area, did know two of the victims. “It was a horrific scene and, as (Police Chief Michael Murray) pointed out, trained investigators were shocked,” Oak Lawn Police Division Chief Randy Palmer said. Sister Jean Stickney, 86, and Sister Kab Kyoung Kim, 48, died at the scene after the car they were driving was struck by a pick-

up truck driven by Edward L. Carthans, 81, of Chicago. Carthans also was killed in the crash, in which the pickup he was driving veered in to the opposite of lanes of 95th Street, ran a red light and slammed into

cars waiting at for the light to change, police said. The third person in the car, and the driver, Sister Sharon Ann Walsh, is currently in stable condition at Little Company of Mary Hospital, officials said.

Twenty-three people were treated at the scene and 11 were taken to area hospitals, officials said. The accident remains under in(Continued on page 5)

Social media adds to the misery By Jeff Vorva, Reporter Editor It was an accident that made hardened veteran first responders shudder. Cops and firemen were calling it “horrific,” “violent” and “bizarre.’’ They compared the aftermath

ANALYSIS to a bomb going off, a movie set and a tornado. And in Oak Lawn, you don’t throw around the word tornado lightly. Sunday’s tragic 11-car accident at 95th Street and Cicero Avenue in Oak Lawn featuring the most death and destruction this area has seen in a long while was terrible on its own. But the role social media played into it added to the misery and angst. Oak Lawn Police Chief Michael Murray was bothered by some of the graphic video of the accident that popped up on Facebook minutes after it took place. “What kind of a person would post that?” Murray asked. Social media has been around for years, so it’s no surprise that Sunday night, amateur detectives were posting their opinions that the driver that

caused this accident was drunk, or angry about the Bears loss or got into a bar fight. That goes with the territory and Murray knows that. But the video in its raw form being posted got to him. “The one thing that struck me the hardest is the video that is out there,” Murray said. ‘’People don’t realize that they are putting other people’s families out there and the possibility that they someone would see this before giving us a chance to contact the families.” The misinformation caused by shoddy speculation on message board is something that Murray has to deal with but doesn’t like it. “There is no limit to what they write,” he said. “And then I get phone calls and e-mails shortly after the incident. It takes time for us to put the information together. We need time to get things together for an accurate depiction of something that can be put out. “A lot of time there are sources out there that are willing to go to people who are less reputable. As long as they can tie a name to a contact or a statement, they will print it or post it or whatever. That’s what we’re dealing with.’’ It’s not against the law to post this kind of stuff, but police hope that people think about the consequences before they post.

A new era begins

New company buys Reporter and Regional News By Tim Hadac Staff Reporter

disclosed. The move closes the book on the Richards family’s ownership of the two newspapers. The Richards family has owned The Regional for 67 years. The Regional, founded in 1941 and currently the oldest business in Palos Heights, was purchased by the Richards family in 1947. Carl Richards worked during his high school years as the “printer’s devil” at a small weekly newspaper in the Ozarks when he Photo by Jeff Vorva decided someday he wanted to own and publish his own community newspaper. The family purchased The Reporter in 1986. Former owner Charles Richards Zach Naselli of Manhattan poses with a photo of the late Ron Santo succeeded his father Carl Richards before Sunday’s JDRF Ron Santo Walk to Cure Diabetes at Moraine as publisher and served until his Valley Community College in Palos Hills. Naselli was one of approxiretirement in 2005. For more about mately 40,000 walker helping the causes at various locations in Illinois. the sale of The Reporter, see his “Let Photo by Jeff Vorva JDRF was hoping Sunday’s event could raise $4 million to go to research to find a cure for Type 1 diabetes. The Reporter and Regional newspapers were sold by the Richards (Continued on page 5) For more photos of the event, see page 4 family but Amy Richards will continue as publisher. that had been owned by the Regional Publishing Corp., as well as the company’s printing press, A new chapter in Southwest Sub- Palos Heights headquarters and urban journalism began this week, other assets, have been acquired by with the sale of The Reporter and Southwest Community Publishing The Regional News to a company Co. The new entity will be called dedicated to excellence and service. Southwest Regional Publishing Co. The two weekly newspapers Terms of the purchase were not

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POLICE AND COMMUNITY NEWS

Chicago Ridge Vicki M. Kerbs, 45, of Orland Hills, was charged with forgery and theft after allegedly stealing checks from a Chicago Ridge resident and issuing them to herself and others between April and July, police said. *** Khalid Alazzah, 30, of Chicago Ridge, was charged Sept. 29 with driving on a revoked license, speeding and disobeying a stop sign following a stop at 102nd Street and Ridgeland Avenue, police said. *** Michael Harper, 29, of Oak Lawn, was charged with retail theft Oct. 3 after allegedly stealing merchandise from Kohl’s at Chicago Ridge Mall, police said. *** Hao V. Nguyen, 22, of Orland Park; Lynh Carroll, 45, of Burbank; and Loan Thi My Pham, 44, of Palos Hills, were charged with battery following an Oct. 4 disturbance at Lee Nails Salon at Chicago Ridge Mall, police said.

Evergreen Park

Aaron Dickens, 58, Chicago, was charged with retail theft and resisting a police officer Sept. 26 after a stop at Walgreens, 8700 S. Kedzie Avenue, police said. *** Jeffrey L. Smith, 48, of Chicago, was charged with retail theft Sept. 26 after allegedly stealing goods from Wal-Mart, 2500 W. 95th St., police said. *** Crista L Godinez, 21, of Blue Island, was charged with retail theft Sept. 27 after allegedly stealing items from Wal-Mart, 2500 W. 95th St., police said. *** Michael J. McMahon Jr., 37, of Long Beach, Ind., was charged with drunken driving, speeding, speeding in construction zone,

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assault, possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting a police Sept. 28 after a stop in the 2600 of 95th Street, police said. *** Chandra M. Dase, 42, of Chicago, was charged with retail theft Sept. 28 after allegedly stealing merchandise from Carson’s in the Plaza, police said. *** Tyeshaun M. Cooper, 21, and Gregory M. Milan, 21, both of Chicago, were charged with trespassing to motor vehicle Sept. 29 in the 2700 block of 87th Street after police found them in a car reported stolen the previous night, they said. *** Deante D. Jefferson, 18, Chicago, was charged Sept. 29 with possession of a stolen vehicle Sept. 29 after a stop in the 2700 block of 87th Street, police said. *** James J. O’Neill, 36, of Hometown, was charged Oct. 2 with possession of drug paraphernalia and marijuana and expired registration after a stop in the 3900 block of 95th Street, police said. *** Luis E. Cervantes, 37, of Chicago, was charged with driving on a suspended license, no insurance, illegal transportation of alcohol and possession of marijuana Oct. 2 after being stopped at 91st Street and Pulaski Road, police said. *** Clarence R. Jones, 61, Chicago, was charged with retail theft Oct. 2 after allegedly stealing goods from Menards, 9100 S. Western Ave., police said.

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Justin R. McKenna, 28, of Bridgeview, was charged with possession of drug equipment after a Sept. 29 stop in the 8600 of 84th Court, police said. *** Tony D. Johnson, 25, of Hillside, was charged with posses-

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sion of marijuana Oct. 1 after a stop in the 8600 of 84th Court, police said.

Oak Lawn

A catalytic convertor was reported stolen Sept. 25 or 26 from a car in the 5500 block of 87th Street, police said. *** Eight auto paint guns were reported stolen Sept. 25 or 26 from a garage in the 9200 block of Keating Avenue. *** A catalytic convertor was reported stolen Sept. 26 from a car in the 8700 block of 55th Court. *** A mountain bike was stolen Sept. 27 from McDonald’s, 10535 S. Cicero Ave. *** Tools valued at $1,300 were stolen Sept. 27 from a van parked in the lot of Home Depot, 4060 W. 95th St., police said. *** A laptop computer and $600 cash were reported stolen Sept. 27 from Harmony Nails, 9544 S. Southwest Hwy. A rock was used to smash the glass front door, police said. *** A Ford F250 was reported stolen between Sept. 27-29 from Webb Chevy, 9440 S. Cicero Ave. Monique M. Carpenter, 30, and Farrice Cain, 46, both of Chicago, were charged with retail theft Sept. 29 after allegedly stealing merchandise from Kmart, 4101 W. 95th St., police said. *** Gary J. Jankowski Jr., 31, of Oak Lawn, was charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana Sept. 29 following a stop in the 5400 block of 95th Street, police said.

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Check next water bill to learn how to jam scams By Michael Gilbert Correspondent The Palos Hills Police Department has a message it wants to get out to residents and is using the city’s water bill as the means to do so. Public Safety Committee Chairman Alderman Marty Kleefisch told the council last Thursday that all homeowners will receive a double-sided newsletter containing crime prevention tips inside the October water bill. The newsletter was completely funded by the police department, Kleefisch said. The heart of the newsletter is a section alerting senior citizens to the growing number of scams targeting the elderly. Kleefisch said the latest scam involves a youthfulsounding person calling a senior citizen claiming to be a family member who is having an emergency in a foreign country and needs to have money wired to them. “They are professional con artists,” Kleefisch said. “I’ve gotten calls like this too, but now I usually don’t answer them and that’s what I encourage our residents to do. If they leave a message call and report them to the police.” Palos Hills Police Chief Paul Madigan said telephone scams like this are being reported to the police department “on a daily basis.” He said one senior citizen from Palos Hills recently fell victim to this type of scam and sent $2,000 to the caller. It was only when the caller phoned again asking for an additional $1,000 did she become suspicious and notify police. “Thankfully she didn’t send the extra $1,000 but she was already out the $2,000 that she sent earlier,” Madigan said. “These calls all come from overseas so it’s almost impossible to track down the person making the calls.” Madigan said one way to ensure the caller is legitimately a family member is to call them back at a known number. “We’re telling people to never send any money until they can verify the story,” he said. Madigan also warned residents

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Palos Hills Alderman Marty Kleefisch (left) discusses the latest phone scams targeting senior citizens as Alderman Mark Brachman (middle) and Alderman William J. Hanson listen during the council meeting last Thursday. The Palos Hills Police Department has inserted a newsletter into this month’s water bill altering residents to the latest scams. to be on the alert of email scams from the “stranded traveler” asking the recipient to send money. “Our advice is don’t open the email if you are unsure who the sender is,” he said. The newsletter also includes information on identity theft and winter traffic safety.

‘Couldn’t stop smiling’

In other news, Mayor Gerald Bennett thanked residents for the outpouring of support they displayed in writing letters of appreciation to World War II veteran and former Public Works Commissioner George Lutz to read during the mail call portion of last month’s Honor Flight Chicago. Lutz, 94, has outlived most of his comrades and never joined an American Legion or Veterans of Foreign Wars post, according to his son, Charles. So when Charles learned the vets are presented with a bag of letters to read from family and friends on the return flight from Washington D.C., he feared his father would be embarrassed by receiving only a handful of letters while others received upwards of 500 letters. Charles sent an email to Bennett a few weeks before his father’s trip on Sept. 10 asking if city employees and others who knew his father wouldn’t mind writing a quick note. Bennett

went one step further by not only asking city employees to write a letter but also reaching out to North Palos School District 117 to see if the students wouldn’t mind penning a note of thanks. The grassroots campaign resulted in George Lutz receiving an Honor Flight record of almost 2,000 letters for mail call, Bennett said Thursday. “It really turned out nice,” Bennett said. “[Charles Lutz] sent me an email of the events that day and he said George couldn’t stop smiling. He said his father plans on responding to all 2,000 letters and knowing George Lutz he probably will.” Lutz held the rank of major in the United States Army Air Corps. He was stationed in India for a majority of his service flying over the Himalaya Mountains into China to supply troops, fuel and other supplies to the Chinese and American troops fighting the Japanese. Honor Flight takes veterans on a one-day trip to the nation’s capital to view the memorials and monuments. “What a great honor to him,” Bennett said. “[George] is quite a humble guy, but also a remarkable man. At age 94 he’s got to be one of the last pilots that flew during that [World War II]. “I thank our residents and everyone else who pitched in to make it such a special day.”

OL man charged with burglary Bond was set at $50,000 for an Oak Lawn man charged with burglary Sept. 29 after being spotted leaving a garage on a bicycle with a bag of tools in his hand, police said. Matthew J. Dearman, 46, of Oak Lawn, was spotted by police at 4:17 a.m. walking up a driveway in the 9700 block of Natoma Avenue in Oak Lawn, according to reports. Moments later, police spotted him leaving the driveway on a bicycle carrying a bag. Members of the police department’s tactical team attempted to speak to Dearman, but he

dropped the bag and fled on foot into adjacent yards, they said. Police set up a perimeter and began to search for Dearman, who eventually was found hiding in bushes in a nearby backyard, they said. The homeowner identified the items in the bag, which included tools, as property taken from his garage, police said. Police had been conducting overnight surveillance in the area, as several burglaries have occurred recently in the neighborhood. — Bob Rakow

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Don’t put too much heart into raking leaves When it comes to raking leaves, your heart may not be into doing it, but the work certainly could impact your heart. That’s the word from two Advocate Christ Medical Center exercise physiologists, who say that raking is primarily an arm exercise, and arm exercises place more stress on the heart than activities in which the legs are used. “The oxygen demand on the heart is greater when only the arms are involved,” said Mark Parsons, exercise physiologist in the cardiac rehabilitation unit of Christ Medical Center’s Heart, Vascular and Transplant Institute. “Heart rate and blood pressure both rise.” Of course, the more vigorous-

ly a person rakes and the longer the period of time in which a person engages in the activity, the greater the demand on the heart, according to Parsons and his colleague, Pamela Loehrke, also an exercise physiologist in cardiac rehabilitation. Now that leaves are changing color and preparing to drop onto lawns throughout the region, Parsons and Loehrke advise property owners to “know your limits” before going out to rake. “If you are raking for a few minutes and begin to tire, stop and rest briefly,” said Parsons, who added that the need for rest breaks varies with a person’s conditioning. The best way to pull or injure a muscle is launch into a vigor-

ous exercise “cold,” both exercise physiologists said. That’s why they advise warming up the muscles before engaging in raking. “The best warm-up is a brisk, five-minute walk,” although some “easy stretches” also can help prepare the body, Loehrke said. “Raking, after all, is a strenuous exercise and requires the same precautions one would take in engaging in any competitive sport like running or when working out at the gym,” Parsons added. “The goal is to get your work done, while enjoying the physical benefits of a good exercise and avoiding injury.” — Submitted by Advocate Christ Hospital

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Thursday, October 9, 2014 The Reporter

As Richards exits, new owners hope to make their Mark “Every issue of the paper, you have to give your readers at least one thing they can’t get anywhere else.’’ Those were the words of wisdom from Charles Richards. The guy who used to own this newspaper. The guy whose family owned this newspaper and the Regional for decades. It’s no longer Charles in Charge around here. On Friday, Richards signed the papers that sold the papers (and a building that includes everything from the press to the rusty paper clips in a drawer that probably hasn’t been open since the 1970s) to a group led by Mark Hornung and Steve Landek. Regional Publishing will be known as Southwest Regional Publishing Company – or SRPC. One day, we hope that we will be as popular and well known as other folks who share those initials – the Secure Remote Payment Council, the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada, the Saudi Research and Publishing Company, the Stones River Pony Club and, of course, the Stillwater Rifle and Pistol Club. For now, we go through a transition. It’s both a scary and exciting time for us. We think the new owners like what we’re doing here. We think that we’ve been making strides informing and entertaining our readers at these two papers. And we know darn well that it’s a lot

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– including the nearby Southwest News Herald and Desplaines Valley News – have a heck of a lot of ads and the papers have a nice By look to them. Jeff Vorva The past couple of weeks have been historic, emotional and frankly, a little weird for us with the changes afoot. But we will soldier on and keep trying to give the readers a reason to look forward to Thursdays. more than once that we give our As for Charles? I’ve only readers something they can’t get known him for two years and anywhere else. while most of the people here Amy Richards will stay on as have known him longer and have the publisher, which is good better stories to tell, I’ll leave because we know her and she you with this one: knows us and she knows the In late July, he was in the midnine communities that the two dle of some important business papers serve. It’s not like some and as he was about to go into hotshot from parts unknown is an office for a power meeting, he going to come in here making said something loudly. Me being a bunch of demands and sug- one of the human jukeboxes in gestions even though he or she the office, I sang whatever line couldn’t find Harlem Avenue if it was that he said. you gave them a GPS. Well, that didn’t go over too So there will be a Richards well. still overseeing the ship. He shouted “Shut up!” to me Meanwhile, for Charles it will and slammed the door. There be a bittersweet first week away were chuckles from the others from a business that’s been in in the office about that. Vorva his blood for years. was in trouble. A big part of him will miss it. A few minutes later, he came A small part of him will be glad out with a rolled up newspato be rid of all the headaches of per and I was thinking “Geez, running a newspaper in these I wonder if he’s going to hit me lousy economic times. with that paper…” He said in Hornung, on the other hand, a stern voice “Let me tell you appears to be an aggressive go- something…” getter who will be dishing out the I was all ready for a lecture headaches rather than receiving about either office decorum or them. The other papers he runs about how bad my singing voice is.

Charles Richards, back in the heyday, poses in front of the Regional News building. Instead he spent a few minutes complimenting me on how much he loved a previous issue of the paper. You never know what you are going to get from Charles. I do know this -- I received

some interesting insight on the world of newspapers then and now from the man. I didn’t always agree with him, but I learned from him. And so did a lot of others in this building. The Reporter and Regional

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will go on without him. But a part of him will stay with this place forever. And in his honor, I will do my best to keep giving the readers something they can’t get anywhere else.

Four face drug and assault charges EP denies liquor license to Walgreens after violent sting operation in OL By Bob Rakow Staff Reporter

By Bob Rakow Staff Writer In a story eerily similar to a script of “Breaking Bad,” four men are facing federal drug charges after being nabbed last Friday in an undercover sting in Oak Lawn, authorities said. Charges were filed in federal court against Abelardo Dominguez, 59, of Mexico; Francisco Narvaez, 29, of Chicago; Peter Pietrzak, 44; and Montrail Key, 37, both of Joliet, for attempting to possess with intent to deliver a controlled substance—methamphetamine, according to a criminal complaint. Narvaez and Key also were charged with forcibly assaulting a Drug Enforcement Agency agent, the complaint said. The incident took place last Friday afternoon at 105th Street and Cicero Avenue near the Huck Finn Restaurant moments after Drug Enforcement Agency agents conducted a transaction with the four offenders in the parking lot of McDonald’s, the complaint said. Following the transaction and a brief pursuit, two of the four offenders attempted to run over federal agents with their vehicles and agents fired their weapons, striking Narvaez, who was treated at Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn before being released into police custody, the complaint said. The altercation began after several DEA surrounded the offenders’ two vehicles and exited their cars. Narvaez put the pickup truck he was driving in reverse and smashed into the car driven by Key. Key accelerated, causing the car to jump the curb and head toward two agents, the compliant said. One agent was pinned against a light pole, and the car then headed toward a second agent. The pickup truck also jumped the curb and drove directly toward the agents, who opened fire on both vehicles, the compliant said. The pickup then fled, heading west on 105th Street. Moments later it turned down a dead-end street, where Narvaez fled on foot, the complaint said. Pietrzak was arrested in the back of the truck. Narvaez was arrested moments later in a nearby residential area, according to the complaint. Dominguez was arrested at McDonald’s. The other car, driven by Key, was stopped 15 minutes later on 95th Street by Evergreen Park police. Key was arrested at the scene, the complaint said. The four men remain in custody. According to the criminal complaint, the investigation goes back to early August when agents from the DEA’s Mexico office informed Chicago agents of a narcotics broker in Chicago. The DEA agents in Mexico were

told by a confidential informant, who works for a Mexican drug cartel, that the informant was instructed to go to Chicago to find a buyer for 10 pounds of methamphetamine, the complaint said. The informant told the DEA that he knew Dominguez, a drug broker, as he was a long-time friend of his from Mexico, the complaint said. The informant traveled to Chicago on Aug. 21 and informed Dominguez that he had 10 pounds of methamphetamine to sell. Dominguez expressed an interest in purchasing the drug, which cost $15,000 per pound, the complaint said. On Oct. 1, Dominguez called the informant telling him he was prepared to purchase the drug. The informant arranged a transaction between Dominguez and an associate, who in reality was an undercover DEA agent, according to the complaint. On Oct. 2, Dominguez called the undercover agent and agreed to meet him the following day at an Oak Lawn coffee shop. Dominguez told the undercover agent that he did not have enough money to purchase 10 pounds of methamphetamine, but could get enough money to buy four or five pounds, the complaint said. The undercover agent agreed to sell the smaller amount at $15,000 per pound. Dominguez said he needed to collect the money from a couple of associates and would return shortly. Several hours later, Dominguez and the agent agreed during a phone call to meet at McDonald’s at 105th Street and Cicero Avenue to consummate the transaction, the complaint said. Dominguez arrived at McDonald’s at 2 p.m. in a pick-up truck driven by Narvaez, the complaint said. They entered the restaurant and met the undercover agent. Moments later, another car, driven by Key with Pietrzak as a passenger, arrived at McDonald’s. Pietrzak, who was carrying a medium-sized drawstring bag, placed it in the pickup truck, the complaint said. The agent walked with Dominguez to the pickup truck. He ob-

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iconic mall, which was the centerpiece in the village for many years after its opening in 1952. The mall closed in 2013 after several years of decline. “This has been like having three or four molars removed at once,” Sexton said. “There is a lot of moving parts to this. I would appreciate if we would give them a little more time before we sail in a different direction. It hasn’t been easy. “You will see some demolition equipment over there one of these days. I thank you all for your patience, but I’m not very patient either,” Sexton said. The board also approved a business license for Thi Thi Restaurant, 9144 S. Kedzie Ave., formerly Snackville Junction, the longtime snack shop that closed several months ago. Thi Thi will be a sit down restaurant that features Thi and Vietnamese food with a French infusion, the owner said.

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Evergreen Park trustees Monday said “no” to a request by a recently opened Walgreens to sell liquor at its new location at 95th Street and Pulaski Road. In a rare split decision, the board voted 4-3 against the plan after Trustee Mark Phelan raised some concerns about the proposal. “I think we have plenty of businesses selling liquor in the village,” Phelan said. Phelan added that Binny’s Beverage Depot, which is located six blocks from Walgreens on 95th Street, is “going gangbusters.” Phelan said he did not recall Walgreens representatives menMoments later, the pickup tioning a liquor license when truck, driven by Narvaez with plans for the store were first Pietrzak in the rear seat, exited brought before the village board. the McDonald’s lot, the complaint Trustees voted 3-2 against said. A car, driven by Key, drove Walgreen’s request with Mayor behind the pickup truck. Jim Sexton providing the necesserved five bundles of cash in the bag in denominations of $100s and $20s. After seeing the cash, the undercover agent called a colleague and instructed him to bring the methamphetamine to parking lot, the complaint said. In fact, the agent delivered a cooler full of “sham” drugs packaged to resemble methamphetamine. The cooler containing the sham drugs was placed in the pickup truck and Dominguez drove away as did the undercover agents. Dominguez then re-entered McDonald’s.

sary fourth vote. Trustee Carol Kyle did not attend Monday’s meeting. Sexton did not fully close the door on Walgreen’s selling alcohol, saying the store could come back to the village board with a modified proposal. “We may take that up in the future, see what they have to say,” Sexton said. The mayor did concede, however, that granting a liquor license to Walgreens might open to the door to requests from the Walgreens at 87th Street and Kedzie Avenue and CVS at 95th Street and Kedzie Avenue, he said. In other business, the board extended through the end of January its memo of understanding with Up Development, the company charged with moving forward plans to redevelop the Plaza. Village officials have talked for months about plans for the

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The Reporter Thursday, October 9, 2014

Our Neighborhood

Walking miles to turn one into none Photos and Text by Jeff Vorva, Reporter Editor

Turning one into none was the theme of the day. The 36th annual JDRF Ron Santo Walk to Cure Diabetes took place Sunday at various

locations in Illinois including Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills. More than 40,000 walkers were expected to log miles to raise $4 million

this year to eliminate Type 1 diabetes – turning one into none. The Palos event was festive with entertainment, slides and rides for kids, food and a lot of

camaraderie. Here are some photos from the MVCC leg of the JDRF event, started up by the late Cubs great Ron Santo:

Orland Park’s Taylor Kaminksi models the Team Taylor shirt depicting a pig and a phrase about how diabetes stinks (left photo) and then shows her disdain for diabetes (right photo) before Sunday’s JDRF Ron Santo Walk to Cure Diabetes at Moraine Valley Community College.

Tinley Park’s Sean Przybylski, 3, bounces around on the slide at the JDRF event Sunday.

A group of super heroes from Orland Park and Tinley Park known as the Diabeaters descended on Palos Hills to help save the day Evergreen Park Fire Department mascot Sparky has 2-year-old Grace Ferenzi squealing with delight at the JDRF Ron Santo Walk. at the Santo walk.

Mother McAuley students dance and sing “I Will Survive” at the Santo walk.

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Thousands of people walked the walk at the Santo event in Palos Hills and other parts of the Chicago area and Illinois.

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By Mark Andrews

Compiled by Jeff Vorva

News and events from our archives.

Dancing for dollars

50 years ago From the Oct. 8, 1964 The story: A copy of the Reporter, a mint set of 1964 coins, a photograph of the Beatles a prediction about the world in 2000 were placed in a time capsule as a part of a bank promotion in Blue Island. The quote: “Floor it, Jim!’’— The shout from the back seat as rookie Chicago Ridge fireman James Mott as he drove a pregnant woman to a hospital. Fun fact: Members of the Chicago Ridge Police Department did the Limbo dance as a part of a fundraiser.

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25 years ago From the Oct. 12, 1989 issue The story: A former Chicago Ridge man, Greg Tarala was acquitted on charges that he murdered his wife and dumped her body in a forest preserve in unincorporated Palos Township. The quote: “I told them to look at it as a David and Goliath battle. We woke up the sleeping giant and we were beaten but not before we bloodied his nose.’’ – Chicago Christian football coach Mike Laneve after his team lost to Aurora Christian 42-7 but played the favored team tight in the first half. Fun fact: Hickory Hills Police Detective Michael Tardi graduated from the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Va.

Rabid Bat found in Worth 10 years ago

From the Oct. 7, 2004 issue The story: A Chicago woman filed a federal lawsuit against two Evergreen Park police officers for using excessive force and alleged that she was shot in the stomach with a stun gun while she was pregnant. The quote: “There’s the dumb type and there’s the aggressive type,” -- Cook County Rabies Control Administrator Dan Parmer, explaining types of rabies after a rabid bat was found in Worth. Fun fact: Moraine Valley’s enrollment reached a record 17,400 students.

Oct. 9: ON THIS DATE in 1000, Norse explorer Leif Ericson landed on a spot in North America that he called "Vinland," which may have been Newfoundland or somewhere in New England. Oct. 10: ON THIS DATE in 1886, the tuxedo dinner jacket made its American debut at the autumn ball in Tuxedo Park, N.Y. In 1975, Elizabeth Taylor married Richard Burton for the second time; it was her sixth marriage overall to date. Oct. 11: ON THIS DATE in 1975, NBC's "Saturday Night Live" made its debut. Oct. 12: ON THIS DATE in 1492, Christopher Columbus arrived with his expedition in the present-day Bahamas. Oct. 13: ON THIS DATE in 1775, the Continental Congress ordered construction of a naval fleet. In 1982, the International Olympic Committee restored two gold medals from the 1912 Games that had been stripped from American Jim Thorpe. Oct. 14: ON THIS DATE in 1066, William the Conqueror gained control over much of England by winning the Battle of Hastings. Oct. 15: ON THIS DATE in 1917, Mata Hari, a Dutch dancer who had spied for the Germans, was executed by a French firing squad. Answer to last week's question: This week in 1973, U.S. Vice President Spiro T. Agnew resigned after pleading no-contest to a federal charge of tax evasion. He had been charged with accepting bribes while he was Baltimore county executive and later governor of Maryland. This week's question: In 1931, gangster Al Capone was convicted of what crime? (Mark Andrews can be reached via e-mail at mlandrews@embarqmail.com.)

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Community Briefs EVERGREEN PARK The Evergreen Park Youth Commission is holding its annual coat drive for the needy through Nov. 28. Residents can drop off any new or clean used coats, and coats only please, to the Community Center, 3450 W. 97th St., Room. 105, Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. *** Residents can call the Evergreen Park Youth Commission for their raking and fall yard work. The Youth Commission has young people looking to save residents time, and also to earn a few dollars to help with school. For more information, call 229-3377. The service is for Evergreen Park residents only. PALOS HILLS Haunted Hills of Palos Haunted Hayride The Palos Hills Resource and Recreation Dept. will be hosting The Haunted Hills of Palos Haunted Hayride. The event will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 17 and Oct. 18 at 108th Street and Roberts Road. Tickets are $5 per person and $3 for children 10 and younger. Tickets are on sale at the Palos Hills Community Center, 8455 W. 103rd St. Tickets can be purchased on the grounds both nights. For more information, call 430-4500, or email recreation@paloshillsweb.org.

segroup.blogspot.com. *** CineVerse, the Oak Lawn Park District’s free weekly film discussion group open to anyone age 17 and older, will host part four of Shocktober Theater, its October movie series, by exploring “Eyes Without a Face,” a 1960 French film. The group will meet from 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22 at Oak View Community Center, 4625 W. 110th St., Oak Lawn. Participants should check building signage for the room number. For more information, call 5299028, or visit cineversegroup. blogspot.com. TINLEY PARK Domestic Violence Awareness Event Scheduled for October 13 In recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Crisis Center for South Suburbia is hosting a free domestic violence awareness event from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 13 at the Tinley Park Library, 7851 Timber Drive. The Password: Purple campaign will draw attention to the issues of domestic violence, and the resources and services available to the community through CCSS. A free hot dog lunch will be provided to the first 100 attendees. The event will feature information about domestic violence, stories from survivors, a candle lighting ceremony and vigil. The Halloween Happenings vigil pays tribute to survivors Not So Scary Hayride of domestic violence and honors The Palos Hills Resource and those who have lost their lives Recreation Dept. will be host- to abuse. Community residents ing its Halloween Happenings of all ages are invited to attend. - Not So Scary Hayride from 2 For more information, call Kerri to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18 at at 429-7255, ext. 126, or email 108th Street and Roberts Road. kerrit@crisisctr.org. Children’s tickets are $5 and According to The National children younger than 1 and Coalition Against Domestic adults are free. Violence: “October is DomesThere will be lots to do in tic Violence Awareness Month addition to the Not So Scary which evolved from the “Day of Hayride. The event includes a Unity” that started in October bounce house, entertainment, 1981. The idea was conceived by crafts, face painting, treats and the National Coalition Against a storyteller. Tickets are on Domestic Violence, with an insale for this event at the Palos tent to connect advocates across Hills Community Center, 8455 the nation who were working W. 103rd St. For more infor- to end violence against women mation, call 430-4500, or email and their children. The activities recreation@paloshillsweb.org. conducted were as varied and diverse as the program sponOAK LAWN sors but had common themes: Origami Owl, Sweet Stack- mourning those who have died ers, Avon, Tupperware, Home because of domestic violence, Made Sweets, Premier Design, celebrating those who have It Works!, and Paparazzi are just survived, and connecting those a few of the items and crafts you who work to end violence. In will see at the Johnson Phelps October 1987, the first DomesOak Lawn VFW Ladies Auxil- tic Violence Awareness Month iary’s annual Craft & Vendor was observed. The tradition Fair, Sunday, Oct. 19. The event continues today as we honor, will be held from 10 a.m. until 3 remember and come together p.m. at 9514 S. 52nd Ave., Oak to serve those in need.” Lawn. There will be free admisThe Crisis Center for South sion, and lunch and beverages Suburbia’s mission is to provide will be available for purchase. emergency shelter and other esThe event also includes raffles sential services for individuals and a bake sale. Proceeds benefit and families victimized by dothe VFW Ladies Auxiliary vet- mestic violence and address the eran and community programs. societal issues that contribute For more information, call to domestic violence. Visit www. 423-5220, or visit oaklawnvfw. crisisctr.org for more informacom. tion on the Crisis Center for *** South Suburbia, ways to supCineVerse, the Oak Lawn port its mission, and the services Park District’s free weekly film it provides. discussion group open to anyone age 17 and older, continues WORTH Shocktober Theater, its October The village of Worth is hostmovie series, with “Invasion of ing an annual clean-up of the the Body Snatchers” from 1978 Lucas Berg Nature Preserve starring Donald Sutherland. with the US army corps of EnThe event will be held from gineers. Everyone is invited to 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. join the clean-up which will 15 at Oak View Community happen between 9 a.m. and Center, 4625 W. 110th St., Oak noon Saturday, Nov. 1 for a Lawn. Participants should check rare look inside this reclaimed building signage for the room gravel quarry. Volunteers are number. For more information, needed. For more information, call 529-9028, or visit cinever- call 448-1181.

New era

(Continued from page 1) me say this about that” column on Page 6 of this week’s edition The Southwest Regional Publishing Co. is affiliated with the Southwest Community Publishing Co. It is an owner and operator of now five weekly newspapers in the Southwest Suburbs, including the Desplaines Valley News, Southwest News-Herald and Clear-Ridge Reporter. With the addition of The Reporter and Regional News, their combined coverage territory spans from Countryside and McCook in the north through Orland Park in the south. Founded in 2012, the company is chaired by Steve Landek and includes veteran newspaper operator Mark Hornung.

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The new company announced that Amy Richards, publisher of The Regional News and The Reporter, will remain in her current post. “We are honored that Amy Richards has chosen to lead our team in Palos Heights and Oak Lawn,” said Steve Landek, chairman of Southwest Community Publishing Co. “Our agenda is to continue this proud tradition of the Richards family of comprehensive news coverage while we modernize the commercial aspects of the business in a challenging environment.” The Reporter serves Oak Lawn, Evergreen Park, Chicago Ridge, Worth, Hickory Hills, and Palos Hills. The Regional News serves Palos Heights, Palos Park, and Orland Park.

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vestigation and could take weeks to reconstruct, police said. Six Oak Lawn police officers were dedicated Tuesday to accident reconstruction duties, Palmer said. “I can’t get into specifics. It is an ongoing investigation,” Palmer said at a press conference Monday morning at village hall. Witnesses told police they initially saw Carthans slumped over the wheel of the pickup truck at 95th Street and Western Avenue and asked if he needed assistance. Carthans declined help and drove away, police said. “He was stopped at the light and a person saw him slumped at the wheel and didn’t know if he was having a medical emergency or fell asleep,” Palmer said. “That person did volunteer to park the vehicle for him if he was in distress.” Moments later, Carthans was involved in a four-car accident at 95th Street and Keeler Avenue near Target. None of the drivers in the crash were seriously injured or transported to the hospital, officials said. Carthans then drove at a high rate of speed toward 95th Street and Cicero Avenue. As he approached the intersection, he crossed into the eastbound lanes, ran the red light and struck cars stopped at a traffic light on eastbound 95th Street, officials said. Officials said it is too early to determine if alcohol was involved in the accident or if Carthans had health concerns that caused him to drive erratically.

Photo courtesy of Oak Lawn Police Department

The scene on 95th street a second before a pickup truck crashed into a car with three nuns. The driver of the pickup and two of the nuns were killed. Sister Stickney served as the vocation director for the Sister of the Little Company of Mary and was a member of Little Company of Mary’s board of directors. “There is no doubt that our hospital suffered a tremendous loss last night,” said Dennis Reilly, president and CEO for Little Company of Mary Hospital. “On behalf of the board of directors, physicians, administration and employees, we send our deepest sympathies and condolences to Sister Jean and

Sister Anna’s families. They were compassionate women who devoted their lives to caring for others. We continue to pray for all who were involved in yesterday’s accident.” Sister Stickney was born in Nashua, N.H., and joined the Little Company of Mary Sister in 1951. She has served in Evergreen Park; Cambridge, Mass; Torrance, Calif; and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Sister Kab Kyoung Kim, known as Sister Anna Kim to those who knew in the United

States, was born in Seoul, Korea. She was a member of the Little Company of Mary Sisters in the Korean Province and was visiting the American Province for the past two years to pursue her studies and gain an understanding of LCM ministries in the United States. Sister Kim assisted with Little Company of Mary’s comprehensive bereavement services, more specifically the children’s support group, entitled “The Heart Connection.”

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Let me say this about that

An Independent Newspaper Amy Richards Publisher

Jeff Vorva Editor

Published Weekly Founded March, 16, 1960

Publisherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Corner

Our commitment to our communities carries on By Amy Richards Publisher I am sure many of you are surprised to hear the news of the change in ownership here at The Regional News and The Reporter. I want to take this opportunity to assure everyone that Southwest Community Publishing Co. share my and my fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitment to fair, unbiased, thorough coverage of local news and the belief that a strong local newspaper connects a community in a unique way. I feel very lucky to continue to serve this community under the capable leadership of a longtime member of the newspaper industry. We believe wholeheartedly that the business model of the local, community newspaper is both sustainable and can flourish as we move into the digital age. I want to thank all of our readers and advertisers for

the amazing support over the years, and the continued support as we move forward. Under our new ownership, we here at The Regional News and The Reporter will have access to a wider pool of talent and resources that we can and will use to improve our publications in ways we have long dreamed of. I look forward to sharing in this new chapter of both The Regional News and The Reporter with all of you.

An occasional personal commentary by Charles Richards, retired publisher, The Reporter

So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, good bye It is with mixed feelings that I hand over the ownership of the Regional Publishing Corporation to a new company. Though I retired almost 10 years ago, I still consult with daughter Amy when unusual problems arise. I am greatly hindered by the lack of knowledge of the new technology, especially the Internet. Heck, I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even type! Also, dealing with the many repressive government regulations is making me almost crazy or at least extremely frustrated. Even ordering basic printing supplies has gotten substantially more complicated. In short, the time has come to turn the company over to new managers who are equipped with both knowledge and money to move comprehensively into the digital age. Happily for everyone, Amy Richards will continue as publisher. This keeps her busy handling the day-today management as she does now. More importantly, she continues the family commitment to the welfare of the communities which we serve. My wife, Gerri, has been very supportive of the time and energy I devoted to the Regional, but she is totally supporting the sale of my company. There are two points that I want to make here. 1) I am not selling for health reasons. 2) My wife and I have no plans to move away from Palos Heights. We have visited Florida, Texas, Arizona and California and soundly rejected moving there or anywhere else. We may spend a few more weeks at our vacation home in northern Wisconsin but never in the winter. My grandfather was a teacher in rural Missouri and every year or two the family was relocated to a new townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s school which offered higher

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This typesetting machine, called a linotype, was retired in 1964 when the Palos Regional converted to the new offset printing which used aluminum plates rather than lead forms. Charles Richards retired in 2005 when the new technology changed again. pay. So Carl Richards promised me that he would not do the same to his family. Stability for me lasted almost 70 years. In fact, our family has retained the same published phone number for 68 years. Some of our readers may wonder why I chose to sell to the Southwest company. 1) Their leader, Mark Hornung, worked for almost 30 years managing a number of different departments at the Southtown Economist so he knows newspapers and he knows this area well. 2) Hornungâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s company wanted to buy our printing plant as well as our building. This was the clincher. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to become a landlord. Their company was financially secure. I will definitely miss serving the local area by providing the news that residents need to make good decisions for themselves and their families. And Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll miss the happy thanks I get from parents when their sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s or daughterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name or picture appears in one of my newspapers. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll miss helping local business owners run ads that bring in

more customers. I will miss seeing the look on the face of the owner of a new newspaper which he has contracted with us to print and he admires the first copy that comes off our press. It is so very important to sincerely thank all our advertisers because they provide 85 per cent of our newspaper income. Furthermore, thanks are due to our thousands of paid subscribers who read and respond to our ads. Much appreciation is deserved by the many publishers and schools who pay us to print their newspapers and class schedules on our presses. Many thanks to all of the above parties. I must not fail to mention the scores of journalists, production workers, printers and many others who have served on our staff over the last half century. They made me a more successful publisher. I have also been blessed with a superb administrative support staff. Our in-house accountant has been with us for almost 35 years and our administrative assistant has labored here for nearly 40 years.

Our average employee has been working for us for 18 years. Kudos also to our many vendors of supplies and services. Over time they never let me down when I needed something delivered the next day, even in times of shortages. And I must confess that there were times, many years ago, when some of our vendors were patient in waiting a lot more than the standard 30 days to get paid. Thanks to the other printers and publishers who helped us out in times of emergencies like power outages or press breakdowns although such challenges were extremely rare. I am proud to report that my company has recycled every single film negative and aluminum plate used since 1972. The same applies to our newspaper recycling program. Finally, I must mention my thanks to the former Orland State Bank for providing financing of our new Goss printing press in 1970 at a fair interest rate. Thanks are due to the Illinois Press Association in Springfield. They helped our firm in too many ways to list here during the past fifty years. Last and perhaps most, I thank my dear wife for putting up with me for almost 50 years. She has been a saint. Perhaps because she is 100 percent Irish American, she could be so tolerant. High praise must also be given to my parents for the love and encouragement they gave me. I assure you that I have every confidence in the new owners of Regional Publishing. Like me, they know what they are doing. In conclusion, to paraphrase retiring Army General Douglas MacArthur, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Old publishers never die, they just fish away.â&#x20AC;? So long folks.

â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A;The Reporter Newspaper encourages letters to the editor. â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A; Letters must be 350 words or less.â&#x20AC;&#x201A; Letters must be signed and the name of the writer will be published. Writers must also include their address and telephone number for verification, but that information will not be published and will remain otherwise confidential. Mail letters to the editor to The Reporter, 12247 S. Harlem Ave., Palos Heights, IL 60463 or e-mail us at thereporter@comcast.net

Taking a wonderful woman out of her routine I stopped at my auntâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house for a visit several days agoâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the last time Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll make the trip. My aunt left her house for good the following day. Her health is declining, and sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s moving to an assisted living facility in the northwest suburbs. The move was inevitable, I suppose. My aunt is almost 90, recently lost her husband and should not live alone. The final visit to her home was unusual. The woman who for years would enthusiastically greet visitors, offer them food and pepper them with questions, sat in a chair covered with a blanket. She was thrilled to see my daughter and me, but clearly was sad to be leaving only the third home sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ever known. I think she understood the wisdom of the decision, but that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make it any easier.

For me, the thought of a woman who grew up in St. Brendanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parish, attended Visitation High School and lived in St. Thomas More parish before moving to Oak Lawn heading to the northwest burbs seemed odd. But sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s headed to a facility located near family, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good thing. For nearly four decades, my aunt lived in a well-appointed split level with three bedrooms, a nice living room and a small family room. But anytime I visited, I could count on her being in the kitchen. The kitchen was sort of her base of operation. Each day, she and her husband sat at a dining room table adjacent to a large window that looked out onto Kostner Avenue. The table typically was covered with newspapers, a few days worth of mail along with

other notes and paperwork. When I visited, I always sat in the same chairâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the one reserved for visitorsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and my aunt immediately offered food and drink. Food was often Irish soda bread. My aunt made a lot of Irish soda bread. Drink was typically tea, the companion beverage for soda bread. My children often accompanied me on my visits, and my aunt always had treats at the ready and asked numerous questions about school and outside activities. They always received generous gifts when birthdays and holidays rolled around just as I did when I was a boy. The telephone in my auntâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home was mounted on the wall behind the dining room table, and like her mother before her, my aunt loves phone conversa-

tions. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s who she is. She keeps in touch, talking with some folks on a daily basis. My memories of my aunt and her home go back many years. When I attended Brother Rice High School, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d occasionally call her from school and ask for a ride. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d swing by the school and take me to Burger King (now Plutoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) near 103rd and Cicero Avenue. It was our routine. There were even times when she let me practice driving in the cemetery in her Ford Granada. Those were fun times. Moving from her Oak Lawn home signals an end of era for me. As I mentioned, my auntâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s husband died about one year ago. My mom and dad both passed away within the past two years. Other relatives have passed away in recent years as well. For some reason, however, my

aunt seemed ageless. Since I was a boy, she traveled to Ireland on numerous occasions, adjudicated Irish dance competitions in every Midwest city I can think of and was involved along with her husband in endless Irish fundraisers and social functions. She was a woman of routines. For years, she accompanied her husband on Saturday mornings to a radio station where he broadcast an Irish radio show. She was deeply involved each year in Ireland On Parade, the celebration of all things Irish that was held the week of St. Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day. I recall her taking me to the event years ago when it was still held at Ford City Mall. She also was involved in Irish Fest at Gaelic Park. She traveled along with my mom to Lake Forest on many a Sunday afternoon to visit their brother when he was in poor

The B-Side by Bob Rakow health. She attended more wakes and funeral Masses than most, but she knows so many people and understood the importance of paying respects. And then, suddenly, signs of age began to show. Family members started to worry, wondering what to do. She no longer was able to live alone, but, like many elderly folks, was hesitant to the idea of moving and giving up independence. Over time, I guess, she saw the wisdom of assisted living. Having an apartment where help is only seconds away. But that will never replace her home of 40 yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the place on Kostner Avenue where I could pop in unannounced and be greeted by the only aunt Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever known. I sure will cherish the memories, though.

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regardless of who you are, or what you have. They are a part of my heart I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know I needed.â&#x20AC;?

Kaitlyn Hardt, Palos Heights â&#x20AC;&#x153;So much. [My dog] is my rock. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always happyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; with her tail waggingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;even on the worst days.â&#x20AC;?

Alyssa Braun, Crestwood â&#x20AC;&#x153;My cat is company, welcoming and affectionate. We watch Netflix together.â&#x20AC;?

Dan Fredericks, Palos Heights â&#x20AC;&#x153;They add comfort, joy and companionship. I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t live without them.â&#x20AC;?

Mary Vari, Chicago Ridge â&#x20AC;&#x153;They give you so much joy and companionship.â&#x20AC;?

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Hickory Hills loses a ‘bundle of energy’ with passing of Venezia By Bob Rakow Staff Writer Donna Venezia was a “bundle of energy,” a woman who multitasked so well that she may have invented the term. That’s how Hickory Hills Ald. Tom McAvoy recalled Ms. Venezia, the long-time executive director of and secretary of the Hills Chamber of Commerce. Ms. Venezia died Sept. 29 at her home. She was 53 years old. “She’s sorely missed,” said McAvoy, the city council’s liaison to the Chamber of Commerce. Venezia, the owner of Venezia’s Flowers and Gifts in Hickory Hills, did it all during her years with the chamber, McAvoy recalled. She kept records, maintained membership, oversaw events and managed the website and mailings, he said. “She was an excellent juggler,” McAvoy said. “She was a gem.” “She had a very well advanced sense of humor and could spot a phony a mile away,” McAvoy added. Phyllis Majka, chamber of commerce president, said Venezia is

“irreplaceable.” “She was probably one of the most intelligent people I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with,” Majka said. “She was just a great person. It’s hard to replace someone like that.” She also credited Venezia, an Orland Park resident, for caring for her elderly parents, Bernard and Josephine, both who are in their 90s. “She was a good person,” Majka said. “Donna’s far too brief life was full of accomplishments. The boundless energy, infectious smile and great sense of humor endeared her to all who ever came into contact with her. She will be sorely missed, but fondly remembered, by her large legion of friends,” the Hills Chamber of Commerce said in a press release. Visitation was held Sunday Submitted photo at Hills Funeral Home in Palos Hills. A funeral Mass was held Oak Lawn resident Rose Torphy , 99, and several of her great grandchildren with food pantry donations gathered at her birthday celebration. Monday at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Orland Park. Burial was at Mt. Carmel Cemetery. In addition to her parents, Ms. Venezia is survived by several Rose Torphy’s family recently she did not need at age 99, Torphy shopping bags full of socks that nize the One Community: One aunts and uncles. gathered to celebrate her 99th agreed that guests could be invited overflowed the two collection Meal gatherings held three times birthday at Oak Lawn Park Dis- to bring non-perishable food for a boxes, filled a 10-foot table and a summer at the Menard Center trict’s Menard Center. local pantry or socks for the lo- spilled over to the surrounding for the past several years. When Torphy’s family learned cal PADS homeless shelter. Her floor. Stoneburner, a home health Started by the Oak Lawn Clerthat the center would be used later daughter, Cheri Stoneburner, said care nurse, said that even some of gy and Religious Workers Assowww.lesturnerals.org. that day for a free community meal “she is the most tender-hearted her clients contributed socks when ciation, the meal brings together that would include homeless and person you will ever meet and is they heard about the celebration. members of several Oak Lawn Andrew Sacharczyk lonely persons as well as others always helping others.” Rev. Phil Leo of Calvin Chris- churches, the Mosque Foundation Andrew Sacharczyk, who wanted to share in fellowship Great-granddaughters decorat- tian Reformed Church in Oak of Bridgeview and the Muslim 95, died Sunday. Visitawith people from all religions and ed a couple of boxes for guests Lawn said he was happy with tion is from 3 to 9 p.m. Thursday backgrounds, an idea was hatched. to deposit their gifts. 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SCHOOLS

Marist teacher walks the walk in the art world Marist High School teacher Brian Keane will be a featured artist in the inaugural Beverly Art Walk from 2 to 7 p.m. on Saturday. Keane, a 1991 graduate of Marist High School, is in his 17th year of teaching at the school, and will showcase multiple pieces in the event. “I am excited to be in the Beverly Art Walk and about the impact it will have on the community,” Keane said. Keane received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Illinois at Champaign. He has continued to take classes in a variety of mediums, but focuses on oil

painting and ceramic figure sculptures. Keane’s work at the show will include four sculptures and a number of paintings, including a twelve-piece brightly colored geometric abstract installation called “Unfolding.” His works will be displayed at the storefront just north of Horse Thief Hollow, 10426 S. Western Ave. When describing his art, Keane said, “In some small way I hope my work contributes to the recognition that we are sublime beings traveling through sacred spaces and experiences.” He said that teaching both influences him as an artist and

the students he instructs. Keane encourages students to always pursue artistic endeavors. “I try to convey to them the importance of having creative outlets throughout their lives,” he said. Beverly Art Walk will feature work by neighborhood artists and artisans exhibited in nearly 30 local businesses and organizations, from Smith Village to Horse Thief Hollow, Blossom Boys to St. Xavier University, and five home studios. The event is free. For more information, email beverlyartwalk@gmail.com. — Submitted by Marist High School

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Worth businessman wins MVCC award Gene Meyers, owner of Gene A. Meyers Electrical in Worth, will receive the Entrepreneur/Small Business Person of the Year Award from Moraine Valley Community College’s Corporate, Community and Continuing Education subSubmitted photo division. Meyers supports his staff for their hard work and service through company outings, ben Chicago Christian announced its homecoming king and queen efits and praise. He also encourat halftime of the Knights victory over Walther Christian Friday ages them to be involved in the night. The queen is Sarah Seidler of Chicago and the king is Eddie community through initiatives Hood of Oak Lawn. such as P.A.D.S., outreach groups and more. Awards from the school are presented in six categories: Training and Development, Sustainability, Excellence in Government, Philanthropy, En KateLynn Hohman of Ever- curriculum. The One Course trepreneur/Small Business Pergreen Park was one of more than schedule provides students the son of the Year, and Innovation. 200 new students who enrolled in chance to dive into their stud- The Training and Development Cornell College in Mount Vernon, ies, focus more intensely on Award will be presented to Central Iowa for the 2014-15 academic the disciplines of their choice, Collision Center in Mokena. This year. and learn authentically with collision repair company invests One of the 40 “Colleges That the unique freedom to shed in each employee by paying for Change Lives,” Cornell College the confines of the traditional and arranging all training for in Mount Vernon, Iowa, is a na- classroom to study off-campus, each of them. Central Collision tional liberal arts college with a pursue research, or accept an opened an onsite training facility distinctive One Course at a Time internship. at the Mokena location that is

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used for I-CAR (Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair) classes, safety training, customer service and manager meetings, planning meetings, and all employee meetings. The company also encourages continuing education for its office staff, including a six-week social media leadership class, payroll law seminar, public relations summit, and more. The company also creates career paths for new hires and promotes internal advancement. Shark Shredding and Document Management Service in Mokena will receive the Sustainability Award. Through its digital document storage and scanning services, Shark Shredding is helping eliminate paper waste. With paper documentation rapidly decreasing in business, the need for secure and confidential digitized services is increasing. Shark Shredding works with businesses in the legal, medical and financial markets to provide secure and certified document shredding and storage. The Excellence in Government Award will be presented to Louis Presta, mayor of Crestwood, for

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Academy of Our Lady

Academy Of Our Lady/Longwood Alumnae Plan Reunion 2014 Those who graduated from the Academy of Our Lady/Longwood High School in a year ending in 4 or 9 will receive a special saWillow Springs lute at the Academy of Our Lady Grace Evangelical Church Alumnae Association’s all-school to Serve Spaghetti Dinner Grace Evangelical Lutheran reunion from 5 to 10 p.m. SaturChurch, 212 S. Nolton Ave., Wil- day, Oct. 18, at the Hilton Oak low Springs, will be serving up Lawn, 9333 S. Cicero Ave. spaghetti and sides from 4 to 5:30 Hot and cold hors d’oeuvres p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18. The tab is will be served from 5:30 to 7:30 $8 for adults and $3 for children p.m. (cash bar). Tickets are $50 3 to 9 years old. Children younger ($55 after Oct. 13). Proceeds will than 3, eat free. Dinner includes assist the Alumnae Office. Photos spaghetti, salad, bread and butter, of milestone-anniversary classes beverages, and dessert. Take-outs will be taken and may be ordered. will be available. Parking is avail- A.O.L. memorabilia will be available at the upper and lower level. able for purchase. Earlier in the day, at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, alumnae may visit the Academy of Our Lady former campus, now the Chicago International Charter School, Longwood campus, for a prayer service at the Lourdes Grotto followed by a tour of the school buildings. Alumni should enter at Loomis Street, just south of 95th Street. Reservations are required for the evening reunion, but not for the campus visit. Members of fiveyear-anniversary classes have received reunion invitation letters and reservation forms. Other alumnae may use a reservation coupon included in the summer Longwood Update newsletter. For more information, call the Academy of Our Lady Alumnae Office at 773-445-2300, or visit the website, AOLAlumnae.com. Alumnae who wish to take advantage of a group rate of $129 plus tax, single or double, for Reunion 2014 guest rooms at the Hilton Oak Lawn may access a link on the Academy of Our Lady website, or call Hilton reservations at 800-315-1058 before Sept. 26. Mention the Academy of Our Lady High School Reunion on Oct. 18. The Hilton’s phone number is 708-425-7800. Founded by the School Sisters of Notre Dame in 1874 as a Cathooak lawn continued lic school for girls, the Academy Barcus - 4708 W. 103rd Street of Our Lady/Longwood closed in 7-11 - 10441 S. Cicero Ave. 1999. The goal of the Academy of 7-11 - 10220 S. Central Ave. Our Lady Alumnae Association is to foster support of current School Foodies - 9652 S. Pulaski Sisters of Notre Dame ministries and to keep Longwood’s spirit Palos hills alive among its alumnae. as it launches a new mission initiative focused on literacy. Information on local opportunities to serve as a literacy tutor will be available after Shindler speaks.

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turning the village around after a tainted water crisis left its future in serious doubt. In one year in office, he created an open and transparent government, created the village’s first website and a monthly newsletter to provide important information to residents, lobbied major retailers to open business in Crestwood, and brought in new infrastructure to control flooding and improve traffic flow. His nominator stated he has, “brought hope, trust and prosperity to an entire region that surrounds Crestwood.” Old Plank Trail Community Bank, of Mokena, has won the Philanthropy Award for reinvesting in the communities it serves. It offers financial literacy outreach to community organizations and direct volunteer outreach to organizations such as PLOWS Council on Aging, Crisis Center for South Suburbia, P.A.D.S., and many more. In addition to volunteers in the form of bank employees, it provides monetary and material outreach donations and sponsorships, educational outreach

Andrew High School

Did you know that Tina Fey and Amy Poehler got their starts at The Second City? Tickets are on sale now for The Second City’s appearance at Andrew High School, 9001 W. 171st St., Tinley Park. The show will begin at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8 show in the Performing Arts Center. Tickets for The Second City are $25 for general admission, $15 for students with ID and seniors age 60 or older. A special rate of $20

per tickets is available for groups of 10 or more. Tickets can be purchased at d230foundation.org. Drawing on classic material from The Second City archives, as well as scenes ripped from the morning headlines, The Second City’s 55th Anniversary Tour is a chance to see comedy stars in the making in an evening of smart, cutting edge comedy. The Second City celebrates 55 years of cutting edge satiric revues, as well as being launching pad for generations of comedy superstars. The Second City continues to develop the leading voices in comedy while touring the globe. Founded in Chicago in 1959, The Second City has become the premier training ground for the comedy world’s best and brightest. Their alumni list reads like a who’s who of American comedy. In addition to Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, it includes: Mike Nichols, Elaine May, Alan Arkin, Joan Rivers, Robert Klein, Peter Boyle, Harold Ramis, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, George Wendt, Martin Short, John Candy, Bonnie Hunt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Horatio Sanz, Ryan Stiles, Jack McBrayer, Tim Meadows, Chris Farley, Mike Myers, Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, and countless others. No topic or subject matter is off limits for The Second City. If parents asked their children not to speak about it at the dinner table, chances are it will be made fun of in an evening with The Second City. This is a PG-13 show. The District 230 Foundation is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to providing innovative learning opportunities for students at Sandburg, Stagg and Andrew High Schools.

Bogan High School

The Bogan High School Class of 1974 is hosting a reunion from 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, at 115 Bourbon Street, 3359 W. 115th St., Merrionette Park. Appetizers and an open bar will be available. For more information check the reunion website at bogan1974.com, or contact Laura Thorp O’Connor atleaveittolaura@comcast.net

Brother Rice High School The Brother Rice Mothers’ Club will host its annual fashion show “Reach for the Stars! Today’s Students, Tomorrow’s Stars” at noon Sunday, Nov. 9, at the Oak Lawn Hilton, 9333 S. Cicero Ave.

This annual fundraiser supports the activities of the Mothers’ Club. All proceeds from the event are donated to Brother Rice High School for the education and enrichment of the young men of Brother Rice. This event features a luncheon, fashion show, and raffles. This year’s theme, “Reach

for the Stars! Today’s Students, Tomorrow’s Stars” references the Edmund Rice education our boys’ receive which prepares them to be the leaders of tomorrow. Tickets for the event are $45. For more information and tickets, Gale Suweat suwe@sbcglobal. net, or call at 312-375-7348.

Chicago Christian

Chicago Christian High School, 12001 S. Oak Park Ave., Palos Heights, will host an open house Sunday, beginning at 1:45 pm. Families interested in Chicago Christian can attend the open house and receive information about the counseling department, learning assistance, tuition and tuition assistance, the athletic programs, curriculum, our Project Lead the Way STEM classes, co-curricular activities, and a question and answer session with principal, Bob Payne. Faculty and coaches will also be on hand. Information regarding our seventh grade Step-Up program, shadow days, and Knight Hoops basketball program will also be available this day.

Governor’s State

Individuals thinking of running for their local school boards, and would like to know more about the role of the school board member in governing successful school districts, are welcome to attend a free workshop. Sponsored by the Governors State University Metropolitan Institute of Leadership in Education, the Prospective School Board Member Workshop will be held from 8:30 a.m. until noon Saturday, Nov. 8, at the Eisenhower Cooperative Administrative Offices, 5318 W. 135th St., Crestwood. A panel of school law and school finance experts will discuss a variety of topics ranging from what to consider when standing for public office, ethics and school law including board member liabilities, conflicts of interest and nepotism, and school budgets and funding at the local, state, and federal levels. Attendees will learn how effective school leaders can enhance student growth, support financial stability, and contribute to the quality of life in a community. For more information, call 534.4024, or to register, go to schoolboard11-8.eventbrite.com.

Oak Lawn Community High School

Family Reading Night Oak Lawn Community High School Media Center, 9400 Southwest Highway, will host Family Reading Night from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20. The event will be an evening book club for students, parents, staff, and the community. (Continued on page 9)

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Moraine Valley alum turns internship into full-time job Moraine Valley Community College graduate Anan Ayyad is a busy man. Not only is the Palos Hills native and Stagg graduate continuing his education at Purdue University Calumet, but will be working full-time for ArcelorMittal next month after participating in an internship program through Moraine Valley. ArcelorMittal is the world’s largest steel manufacturer and offers internships for students to work with a mentor in the steel industry through a partnership with Moraine Valley. Ayyad earned an Associate in Applied Science degree in mechatronics technology, but typically students studying electronics earn the internship, so he took additional related classes.

“Anan is the first traditionalaged student to go through and qualify for the internship right off the bat. He found it in his second year at Moraine Valley. It’s his first venture into manufacturing. Usually the path is a degree in integrated systems technology, which is a good path for other students if they want this internship,” said Neil Barker, instructor and coordinator of Integrated Systems Technology. Ayyad worked with engineer Dennis Kilgore in mechanical and electrical maintenance. “He taught me a lot. We were doing far more engineering and designing work than just maintenance. He introduced me to new materials that will come in handy with my engineering degree that I’m work-

ing on. These internships served as an extended interview with the company and were a great experience,” Ayyad said. The job is like a SWAT team that jumps in to repair failed equipment to get it back online. “In this area, the workforce is old and they need youth. It’s a very demanding job that pays well,” said Chuck Bales, associate professor/coordinator of Mechanical Design Drafting Technology/CAD. “It’s hard getting students there because there are several intense tests to qualify, and it’s an extensive hiring process.” The company liked Ayyad so much that they offered him a second internship before making a full-time job offer. Not only is he starting that job in industrial maintenance at a plant in Indiana this month, but he is also pursuing a mechatronics engineering degree. Juggling work and school is something Ayyad is used to and will help him reach his goals. “I’ve been constantly holding full-time jobs and going to school. My last semester at Moraine Valley I had 18 credit hours, worked part-time on campus as a lab tech and held a full-time job off campus at the same time. It’s second nature to coordinate them,” he said. “My ultimate career goal is to make major global changes through better technology. I know it sounds big and far, but when you think like an innovator, you have to believe Submitted photo that your limits are non-existent.” —Submitted by Moraine Valley Moraine Valley alumnus Anan Ayyad (right) working an internship Community College with his mentor, Dennis Kilgore, at ArcelorMittal.

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Speech Camp winners The Palos Village Players held their annual presentation to Speech Camp Scholarship winners on Sept. 22 at Hackney’s Restaurant in Palos Park. The winners are allowed to use this money at the speech or drama summer camp of their choice. This year’s winners are Kimberly Rinck, of Worth, a student at Shepard High School, who will attend the Illinois State Summer Speech Institute. Also from Shepard, David Donnick and Adam Zembrowski, both of Palos Heights, will join Kimberly at Illinois State. A fourth winner, Natalie Bozzetti of Sandburg High School, will attend Prairie State Speech Camp. Shown are Kimberly Rink (from left), Adam Zebrowski, Palos Village Players scholarship advisor Joyce Eddy, David Donnick and Natalie Bozzetti. Any students interested in attending a camp in the summer of 2015 should consult the faculty speech advisor at their local high school for information on acquiring a scholarship application.

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(Continued from page 8) All book club participants must register at surveymonkey.com/r/ FamilyReadingNight2014. A limited number of event Tshirts will also be on sale that evening, or beforehand for $10. Proceeds go to the Media Center activity account. For more information, contact media specialists Eileen Jones at ejones@olchs.org, the curriculum and continuing or Jennifer Sidlow at jsidlow@ initiatives focused on sustain- olchs.org. ability at all levels of the college.” There will be discussion and “AACC is thrilled to recognize activities based around the popucolleges like Moraine Valley that lar novel, “Eleanor and Park” by have not only prepared a skilled Rainbow Rowell. The book is a workforce, but have also become sweet, gritty, and unforgettable change agents in regional efforts story about two misfits in love. to develop a green and sustain- It is aimed at teens and adults. able economy,” said Walter G. Family Reading Night is in Bumphus, AACC president and conjunction with Illinois Reads, CEO. “Through the SEED Cen- a statewide campaign to promote ter, AACC is providing communi- reading for all Illinois citizens ty colleges an important roadmap created under the auspices of to connect and integrate campus the Illinois Reading Council. Ilsustainability practices and clean linois Reads focuses on reading economy-related education and in school, as well as at home. workforce development.” Residents across the state from Rockford to Carbondale will be — Submitted by Moraine Valley partaking in upcoming family Community College literacy nights. The culmination event is a statewide celebration of literacy on the same evening as the book club.

Moraine Valley College wins national Green Genome Award Moraine Valley Community College is one of five community colleges presented with an American Association of Community College (AACC) Green Genome Award, as part of an expanding national effort to support environmentally sustainable practices, programs and job training at nearly 1,200 community colleges nationwide. The Green Genome Award, created by AACC’s Sustainability Education and Economic Development Center (SEED), is evaluated in four key areas critical to holistic green college transformation: community engagement, governance, program design and delivery, and strategic partnerships. Moraine Valley

earned the award for program design and delivery. Other college winners include fellow Illinois school McHenry County College, Lane Community College in Oregon, Greenfield Community College in Massachusetts, and Gateway Technical College in Wisconsin. “I am very pleased that Moraine Valley, and the faculty and staff in particular who have worked diligently to promote our core value of sustainability, are being recognized for their accomplishments,” said Sylvia Jenkins, Moraine Valley president. “This monetary award will provide needed resources to expand current programming related to our efforts on greening

OLCHS Blood Drive Oak Lawn Community High School will host its annual fall blood drive from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10, in the Spartan Gym. Students are encouraged to donate blood during their gym period. Students must be at least 16-years old to participate. A parent permission slip is required for students who are only 16-years old. Parents and community members are encouraged to visit a community donor center or mobile blood drive when eligible. Individuals are eligible to donate blood every 56 days. Donors should mention donor code OL94 when donating blood. Each year, LifeSource offers area high schools the opportunity to earn valuable scholarship money. Schools who wish to par-

Bottles of goodness

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St. Louis de Montfort students, Katie Inglesby, Frankie Acosta and Karen Navarro distributed baby bottles after Sunday mass encouraging parishioners to provide financial support for The Women’s Centers of Greater Chicagoland as a part of Respect Life Month.

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ticipate must host a minimum of two blood drives per year. Oak Lawn Community High School has earned the scholarship money for the past six years. Parents and community members can also have their donation credited to their local high school every time they donate at a community donor center or mobile blood drive. By simply providing the OLCHS donor code of OL94, the school receives credit for the donation.

connect people to the supports available in our schools and in the community. The event is open to anyone interested in empowering teens to make good choices. The event will feature expert speakers and panelists including: • Keynote speaker Ron Jakubisin from the Illinois Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Association who will talk about how the teen brain works to make decisions and how to empower them to make Stagg — Andrew good choices. High Schools • Andrew High School Guid Empowering teens to make ance Director Brian Nolan; good choices is the theme of the • Illinois Alcoholism and Drug fourth Successful Schools — Suc- Dependence Association CEO cessful Students community event Sara Howe, a Stagg graduate; from 7 to 9 p.m. at Andrew High • An Orland Township Youth School Performing Arts Center, and Family Counseling Services 9001 W. 171st St., Tinley Park, Representative; Wednesday, Oct. 29. This is part of • Palos Medical Group Psychothe district’s social and emotional therapist and Addictions Counlearning goal. selor for Behavioral Health Amy A great line-up of speakers Shanahan, LCSW, CADC; and panelists will educate par- • Rosecrance Director of Outents, guardians and other inter- reach Mary Egan; ested community members on • Treatment Alternatives for preparing teens to handle the Safe Communities Executive pressures related to drugs and Vice President and Governor’s alcohol while in high school, and State University professor Peter when making the transition to Palanca; a less structured post-secondary WGN Radio’s Andrea Darlas, life. It will also address decision- an Andrew graduate and member making and risk-taking related of District 230 Legacy Hall, will to the transition to adult life, and moderate the event.

Duty, Honor, Country Army Pvt. Donald A. Jones, son of Donald Jones II and Patricia Cooper-Hampton of Oak Lawn, has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military

weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises. Jones is a 2014 graduate of Harold Richards High School, Oak Lawn.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR Library Notes

Chicago Ridge

The Chicago Ridge Public Library is located at 10400 S. Oxford Ave. For more information, or to register, call 423-7753. *** Ongoing: Patrons needing help with their computer, tablet, e-reader, mp3 player, or smartphone, need to brush up on their computer skills, or need help with in Microsoft Office, your e-mail, the Internet, applying for jobs, or their resumes, can “Book A Librarian” at the Chicago Ridge Library. Patrons can call the library and and set up an appointment with one of the library’s technologically savvy staff members, who will work one-on-one with them.

Green Hills

The Green Hills Public Library is located at 8611 W. 103rd St., Palos Hills. For more information, or to register for a program, call the information desk at 5988446, Ext. 120. Registration may also be available online at greenhillslibrary.org. The Library will be closed Monday, Sept. 1 for the Labor Day holiday. *** October: Teens looking for a way to clear some overdue fines from their Library accounts are invited to come to the Youth Services Desk to find out how they can “Read Down Your Fines” this October. This is part of the Teen Read program. *** Oct. 9: South Side Seniors will meet offsite at Lake Katherine, 7402 Lake Katherine Dr., Palos Heights, for a guided nature walking tour at 10 a.m. *** Oct. 9: Families are invited to play bingo to win prizes at 6 p.m. They can also partake in trivia between rounds. All ages can attend. Families are asked to register all those attending. Registration is required and limited to 60. Registration is available online. *** Oct. 13: Drop-In Craft making is being held between 3 and 4:30 p.m. All ages are invited to stop by the library to make some fun crafts. *** Oct. 14: The Manga Club is for those who love to read manga, watch anime and are looking for a new series to get hooked on. Those who share these qualities are invited to the Green Hills Public Library at 6 p.m. to talk about manga and enjoy some snacks. The program is for preteens and teens ages 10 to 17. Participants are asked to bring their favorite titles to share. *** Oct. 14: The Green Hills Public Library presents, “Grimm’s Grimmest: The Darker Side of Fairy Tales,” at 7 p.m. Registration is required and available online. Questions such as, “What really happened after Sleeping Beauty was awakened by the Prince’s kiss?” and “What brutal fate awaits greedy relatives?” Professional storyteller Judith Heineman and musician Daniel Marcotte offer a chilling and dramatic performance of several Grimm fairy tales as they were originally intended for adults. The Illinois Humanities Council’s Road Scholars Program is sponsoring this event. *** Oct. 15: Drop-In Story Time

for children ages 2 to 6 opens at 10 a.m. Children and their caregivers are invited to the library for songs, stories, and fun. No registration is required. *** Oct. 16: Halloween storytelling is back with Mrs. Brenda, who will be returning to the Green Hills Public Library for a spooky, Halloween-themed story time at 6 p.m. Patrons should feel free to come in their Halloween costumes. All ages are invited. Registration is required and limited to 90. Those registering are asked to give the number of everyone attending in a group. Registration is available online. *** Oct. 16: The Green Hills Public Library presents, Illinois’s Finest: A Legislator Meet and Greet. Patrons can swing by the library at 7 p.m. to meet some of their local representatives. State Sen. Bill Cunningham (D-18th) and State Rep. Kelly Burke (D36th) will be at the library to answer questions. Participants also have the chance to win an “Illinois’s Finest” gift basket filled with local goods made in Illinois. *** Oct. 17: This week’s Friday Flick at the Green Hills Public Library is “Million Dollar Arm,” from this year. The movie will be shown at 6:30 p.m. *** Oct. 21: “Retirement and You” will be the topic under discussion at 6 p.m. for those thinking about retiring. Representatives Morgan Stanley want to help participants get ready for retirement with this non-sales orientated seminar that discusses the basics and how to get oneself prepared. Refreshments will be provided. Registration is required. Registration is available online. *** Oct. 22: The Pokémon Club comes to order at 6 p.m. at the Green Hills Public Library. Pokémon fans are invited to the library to meet and battle other Pokémon fans. Club members should bring their Nintendo DS, games, trading cards, books, and anything else Pokémon that they would like to share and discuss. *** Oct. 23: Tweens can get into the Halloween spirit and come to the Green Hills Public Library to make some spooky keychain charms out of clay at 5 p.m. The event is for tweens ages 10 to 13. Registration is required and limited to 25. *** Oct. 24: Family Movie Time presents “Mr. Peabody and Sherman” at 4:30 p.m. at the Green Hills Public Library. All ages are invited to come to library for a movie, popcorn and lemonade. *** Oct. 25: Children ages 3 to 6, with a caregiver, are invited to the Green Hills Public Library to do a science experiment based on a favorite story time book at 11 a.m. Registration is required and limited to 15 junior scientists. Registration is available online.

One person will win a copy of the movie that is showing. The movie is open to teens ages 13 to 17. Registration is required and limited to 30. Registration is available online. *** Oct. 30: Patrons, ages 5 and older, can celebrate this Halloween at 6 p.m. at the Green Hills Public Library with some spinechilling stories, spooky games, and tasty treats. Partygoers are urged to come in costume to be entered into the library’s costume contest. Registration is required and limited to 40. Registration is available online

Oak Lawn

The Oak Lawn Public library is located at 9427 S. Raymond Ave. The library’s regular hours are: Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. For more information, or to register for a program, call 422-4990. The library is closed Monday, Sept. 1 for the Labor Day holiday. *** Oct. 9: The Oak Lawn Public Library will present a free movie screening of The Grand Budapest Hotel at 2 and 6:30 p.m. The movie is about adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The movie stars Ralph Fiennes, is rated R, and is 100 minutes long. *** Oct. 12: Teen Read Week takes place at the Oak Lawn Public Library Sunday, Oct. 12 through Saturday, Oct. 18. Library books, magazines, eBooks, audiobooks and more will be available. Teens are urged to stop by the Young Adult area to see what’s in store all week. *** Oct. 15: The Friends of the Oak Lawn Library are hosting a trip downtown to Eataly Chicago. Eataly is the downtown marketplace of restaurants, food counters and retail shopping intertwined together in 62,000 square feet. Participants will see pasta and cheese makers churning out homemade products, or shop the unique imported Italian delicacies, pastries, chocolates or coffees at one of its unique kiosks. Participants will need to buy lunch on their own. There will be a maximum of 56 individuals allowed on the trip. The trip departs at 9:30 a.m. and returns at 2:30 p.m. The cost is $25 for members and $30 for others. In-person registration is required on Saturday, Sept. 13 from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Members must present a current membership card or receipt to receive the $5 discount. There is a two-ticket limit per person. Trips sponsored by the Friends are not wheelchair accessible. *** Oct. 16: Dr. Anis Mekhail, a fellowship trained, board-certified orthopedic surgeon and member of the Bone & Joint Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center, will discuss back pain and its many different causes at 6:30 *** Oct. 29: Teen Scary Movie p.m. at the Oak Lawn Public Night presents “Insidious: Chap- Library. Participants can find out ter 2” at the Green Hills Public about the latest treatment opLibrary at 6 p.m. Moviegoers will tions and management strategies. *** snack on pizza and pop while watching the movie. Teen pa- Oct. 18 and Nov. 15: The trons can bring their friends. Oak Lawn Parent and Child Book

Club, children ages 5 to 7, with an adult, lets parents looking for a great book to read with their child take their from the library’s bookshelves. Parents can pick up their reserved copy at the Youth Services Desk when they register for this new program from 11 a.m. to noon at the library. Then parents can read the chosen picture book with their child. When they come back to the library for the program, they will discuss the book and feature engaging activities for parents and their child. Registration begins 10 days before each date. For more information, or to register for the program, call the library, or visit the website. *** Oct. 19: Sunday with Friends Concert Series presents, The Legacy Girls and “Nifty 50’s and 60’s, from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Oak Lawn Public Library. Patrons can get ready to rock to the songs that shaped the decades. From the Rockers to the girl group, the teen idols to Elvis Presley, The Legacy Girls bring their own style to all the favorites. The Friends of the Library sponsor Sunday with Friends concerts. *** October: New book discussion groups are forming at the Oak Lawn Public Library. There will be six new groups, each with a different theme, each with a different meeting time and place, and each with a different schedule. The variety ensures that there will be at least one that will appeal to anyone who loves to talk about books. Pick up a copy of the library’s booklet that contains titles and details for all of the book clubs. Books will be available behind the Reference Desk on the second floor. Participants can come to one, or come to all. • Mysteries in the Morning feature books that deal with murder in a most charming, humorous and gentle way. The group meets at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 10. This selection is a first in a series: “A Pedigree to Die For,” by Laurie Berenson. • Books & Brew focuses on bestsellers, popular fiction and memoirs ensures a sociable and lively discussion at Deja Brew Pub, right across the street from the library. This group will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28. The book selection is, “Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness,” by Susannah Cahalan. • Paging Through History features stories embedded in history, the riveting reads that ensure a stimulating discussion of history, the times and an era. The group meets at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15. The selection is “Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson. • Short Works After Work concentrates on slim volumes brimming with intriguing ideas and characters and are perfect for people who have busy lives. The book selection is “We the Animals,” by Justin Torres. The group meets Wednesday, Oct. 1 at 6:30 p.m. • True Crime books describe the at once frightening, fascinating and compelling true-life stories that go beyond the sensationalism of an event. They will be remembered and talked about for a long time. The group’s selection is “The Onion Field” by Joseph Waumbaugh. The group meets Thursday, Oct. 16 at 7 p.m.

Bearing down

Oak Lawn’s Ed McElroy, host of “Community in Focus” TV show, recently interviewed Cook County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Flanagan and Jim Morrissey, nine-year veteran of Chicago Bears. The show will air at 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10 and at noon on Sunday, Oct. 12 at noon on Senior Network Can TV Chicago Channel 19. Pictured from the left are former Chicago Bear Jim Morrissey, Ed McElroy and Circuit Court of Cook County Judge Thomas Flanagan.

Park Clips Chicago Ridge

The Chicago Ridge Park District has several locations. One is the Frontier Fieldhouse, 9807 S. Sayre Ave. For more information on programs at this location, or to register, call 423-3959. Another location is the Freedom Activity Center, 6252 W. Birmingham St. For more information on programs at this location, call 708636-4900. *** Oct. 11: A trip to Navy Pier is open to all Chicago Ridge Park District residents. Participants can enjoy a day at one of Chicago’s most well known tourist attractions. Navy Pier is a tradition of Chicago, filled with an assortment of family events. The fee is $7 for residents and $12 for non-residents and includes transportation to and from Navy Pier. There is a family deal of $25 for residents and $35 for nonresidents of up to five people. The bus for the Navy Pier trip leaves from the Freedom Activity Center, 6252 W. Birmingham St. *** Oct. 25: Chicago Ridge Park District’s annual Halloween at the Park event will be Saturday, Oct. 25 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Freedom Park, . This year will feature the park district’s new inflatables including the bouncey house, obstacle courses and a huge slide. The park district also will have the waxed hands event where patrons can make their own Halloween hands using their own hands. There will also be a costume contest, games, and candy. *** Note: The Chicago Ridge Park District is offering a discount special of any two yoga classes for $65 for residents and $85 for non-residents.

Evergreen Park

The Evergreen Park Recreation Department is located at 3450 W. 97th St. For more information, or to register for a program, call 229-3373, or visit evergreenparkill.com. *** For more information, or to for these classes, call the Evergreen Park Recreation Department at Worth The Worth Public Library is 229-3373, or visit evergreenparklocated at 6917 W. 111th St. For ill.com and click on the recreation more information, or to register department. *** for a program, call 448-2855. October: The Evergreen Park *** Oct. 10: A representative of Recreation Department Dance the Illinois Treasurer’s Office will Program aims to not only teach be at the Worth Public Library technique, but also to foster confifrom 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to help dence and creativity in the students. patrons claim their unclaimed Classes culminate with a spring property. The treasurer’s office recital scheduled for Sunday, March connects people with their cash 29. Children should wear comfortand other assets through the I- able clothes and proper dance shoes. Cash program. I-Cash is the un- Openings are still available in two claimed property program of the of the classes. Illinois State Treasurer’s Office Creative Movement and Preand has more than $2.1 billion in Ballet for children ages 3 and 4 cash, plus contents from inactive who must be toilet trained, takes bank accounts, utility deposits, place from 11:40 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. insurance policies, paychecks and Thursdays and begins today at the Community Center, 3450 W. 97th more. St. The cost is $156. The students *** Oct. 11: Ted Wachholz will will learn basic ballet positions and speak about the Eastland Disas- steps while also improving motor ter at 1 p.m. at the Worth Public skills through fun and creative Library. Wachholz, a historian music, stories and activities. and member of the Eastland Pre-Tap and Ballet for children Disaster Historical Society will ages 4 and 5, takes place from 10 be discussing the July 24, 1915 to 10:45 a.m. Saturdays, beginning tragedy in which 844 people per- this Saturday at the Senior Center, ished. Registration is required. 3450 W. 97th St. The fee is $161. Submitted photo Register in person, or by calling Students will begin learning the basic steps and lively rhythms of the library. tap dance as well as the creative *** Oct. 28: The Worth Public movement and basic ballet prinFor the second year, the Green Hills Public Library District has partnered with AdoptaPlatoon Library District will hold a book ciples described in Pre-Tap. in order to send signed and decorated holiday cards to United States servicemen and servicewomen discussion and signing by Jim For more information, call 229currently serving overseas. The partnership was proposed by James Kruse, pictured, of Palos Hills, Bilder, at 7 p.m. in the Library 3373. To register for the class, director of the Hickory Hills branch of AdoptaPlatoon, a nonprofit organization dedicated to support- Meeting Room. Bilder wrote “Artil- parents should come to the Reclery Scout,” and the book is about reation Department, 3450 W. 97th ing deployed troops and military families. Last year, more than 150 cards signed and decorated at the Library were sent abroad to Bilder’s grandfather’s experiences St., Monday through Friday from members of the armed forces in Afghanistan. Visit the library to sign a card and show your in World War I. Bilder is the for- 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays support. Cards signed by Nov. 1 will reach the troops before the winter holidays. If you’re mer Mayor of Worth, and a for- from 9 a.m. to noon. interested in getting involved in AdoptaPlatoon, please visit their website at AdoptaPlatoon.org. mer Worth Library board member. Oak Lawn If you know an active member of the armed forces who could use support, please leave your Registration is required. Register The Oak Lawn Park District adin person, or by calling the library. ministrative building is located at contact information for Kruse with the Library’s Information Desk.

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9400 S. Kenton Ave. For more information, call 857-2225 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. *** Online Registration is now available at olparks.com. For more information, call 857-2222. *** Nov. 20: The Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers is designed to provide a wide variety of healthcare professionals the ability to recognize several life threatening emergencies, provide CPR, use an AED and relieve choking in a safe, timely, and effective manner. Registration is available now for the Nov. 20 class which will be held from 5 to 9:30 p.m. at the Oak Lawn Park District’s Administrative Building, 9400 S. Kenton Ave. The fee for each class is $59 for residents and $75 for nonresidents.

Worth

The Worth Park District is located at the Terrace Centre, 11500 S. Beloit Ave. For more information, or to register for the programs, call 448-7080. The Winter/Spring Worth Park District program guide has arrived. Registration has begun. *** Oct. 10 — Oct. 26th: Nightmare at the Terrace returns to the Worth Park District. The haunted house with more than 12 rooms of night terrors will be open Friday through Sunday Oct. 10 through Oct. 26, from 6 to 10 pm. Admission is $8 for all ages. *** Oct. 15 and Nov. 19: Seniors can join their Lunch Bunch friends on trips to local restaurants, where they can enjoy a variety options and spend as much or as little as they like. Worth Park District is traveling to Klas Restaurant in Cicero in October and Clara’s Pasta in Woodridge in November. Registration is due one week prior to each trip for cost of only $8 per residents and $12 for nonresidents. Trips leave from the Terrace Centre at 10:30 a.m. and expect to return by 2 p.m. each afternoon. *** Oct. 18: The Senior Transportation trip takes participants to fun places they may want to visit, but are unsure of driving there. The next trip is to the Holiday Craft Corner in Alsip from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The fee for the trip is $15. *** Oct. 29: Local historian Kevin Korst reveals the meanings behind grave symbols and the local stories and legends that lie beneath during his talk on Cemeteries Around Chicagoland. Korst speaks at the Terrace Centre at 7 p.m. Registration is not required. The seminar is for those 21 and older. *** Nov. 12, and Dec. 10: The monthly Senior Luncheons at the Terrace Centre will take place from 12 to 2 p.m. Both residents and non-residents of Worth Park District are welcome to attend. Reservations are due one week prior to the luncheon. Luncheons are $7 for residents and non-residents. *** Various Dates: Jazzercise classes are offered at the Terrace Centre with a variety of days and times available to fit everyone’s schedule. Jazzercise includes a variety of fitness trends including Pilates, yoga, kick boxing and more. Unlimited classes are offered for $37 a month. A one time joining fee of $25 also is charged. *** November: The Latin rhythm fitness craze Zumba is coming to Worth Park District this Fall. Our next session begins in November with classes held on Wednesday mornings and Thursday evenings. For registration information, call the park district office.

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Bend over for iPhone6 owners? Right after the iPhone 4 was released (back in June 2010) people noticed that holding the device in a normal, natural way caused it to drop calls. I remember this well because not only was it a fact that I personally verified, but it was a fact the late Steve Jobs “Lenny Bruced” his way through. He put out a statement that included this remarkable paragraph: “Gripping any phone will result in some attenuation of its antenna performance, with certain places being worse than others depending on the placement of the antennas. This is a fact of life for every wireless phone. If you ever experience this on your iPhone 4, avoid gripping it in the lower left corner in a way that covers both sides of the black strip in the metal band, or simply use one of many available cases.” His message was clear – if it doesn’t work when you hold it that way,don’t hold it that way! It was not the message new iPhone 4 owners were expecting, but it was prescient. Unless you were off planet (or not paying attention in class) recently, you’ve probably heard that the iPhone 6 has a “form-fitting” case that will shape itself to match your backside – if you keep the device in your back pocket. In other words… it bends. Sadly for iPhone 6 and 6 Plus owners, it does not bend back. According to Apple, this is not true: “We (also) perform rigorous tests throughout the entire development

TECHNO TALK By Shelley Palmer cycle including 3-point bending, pressure point cycling, sit, torsion, and user studies … iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus meet or exceed all of our high quality standards to endure everyday, real life use.” Apparently “only nine people have complained” so far. Not

eight, not 10… nine! That’s an exact quote. (Someone counted.) Let’s put that in perspective. 10,000,000 units sold, nine complaints. If we believe what Apple is telling us, more people probably injured themselves opening the box than experienced the now infamous bend. However, other than saying that the devices have been tested and that it has only received a de minimis number of complaints, Apple has not said anything that might comfort the afflicted. Do iPhone 6’s bend and, if so, is it Apple’s problem? Photographs do lie, but alas,

the photographs of bent iPhones are mostly real. I have received several phone calls from actual victims seeking help. Sorrowfully, I have no help to offer. Apple shares were down a bit on this news along with the news that the company had to pull its iOS 8.0.1 release just hours after it became available. But do not despair. This is only a temporary setback for the newest global high-fashion brand and purveyors of objets d’art. “Thin is pretty. Let’s make a watch out of gold. Mobile devices are fashion accessories, we’ve already proved it!” Self-hypnosis is one thing, but making buyers of $400-$950 smartphones bend over is something else entirely. In practice, none of us have any standing to criticize or question. On any given day, Apple is either the most valuable company in the world – or close to it. It has more cash on its balance sheet than most countries, and it employs – without question – some of the smartest people on earth. So, it should come as no surprise that the rest of us are just stupid fanboys and fangirls (actually, I don’t think fangirls is a word) on an Apple juice drinking bender. The shareholder value and the cash had to come from somewhere. While we wait for Apple to offer a solution (as opposed to a nonexplanation or flat out denial), we can pass the time by considering all possible meanings of the phrase “bend over.” It’s what Steve would have wanted us to do.

Open enrollment: A great time to review your retirement plan If you work for a medium-to-large company, you may now be entering the “open enrollment” period — that time of year when you get to make changes to your employee benefits. Your benefit package can be a big piece of your overall financial picture, so you’ll want to make the right moves — especially in regard to your employer-sponsored retirement plan. Take a close look at your 401(k) or similar plan, such as a 403(b), if you work for a school or a nonprofit group, or a 457(b), if you work for a state or local government. And keep these possible moves in mind: • Boost your contributions. If your salary has gone up over the past year, or if you just think you have a reasonable “cushion” in your disposable income, boost your contributions to your employer-sponsored retirement plan. Even if you can’t afford to contribute the maximum amount — which, in 2014, is $17,500, or $23,000 if you’re 50 or older — to your 401(k) or similar plan, try to put in as much as you can afford. Remember the key benefits of these plans: Your money can grow tax deferred and your contributions can lower your annual taxable income. (Keep in mind, though, that you will eventually be taxed on your withdrawals, and any withdrawals you take before you reach 59½ may be subject to a 10% IRS penalty.)

money around a variety of investments within your plan, with the exact percentages of each investment depending on your goals, risk tolerance and time horizon. As you near retirement, you may need to lower your overall risk level, but even at this stage of your career, you’ll benefit from a diversified portfolio. While diversification can’t guarantee a profit or protect against loss, it can help reduce the impact of volatility on your holdings. • Review your beneficiary designations. Your retirement plan’s beneficiary designations are important and, in fact, can even supersede the wishes you express in your will. So if you experience changes in your life — marriage, remarriage, a birth or an adoption, etc. — you’ll need to update the beneficiary designations on your 401(k) or similar plan. It won’t take much time today — and it can help prevent a lot of trouble tomorrow. You work hard for the money that goes into your retirement plan —so make sure your plan is working hard for you.

• Don’t miss the match. Try to take full advantage of your employer’s matching contribution, if one is offered. Your employer may match 50 percent of employee contributions, up to the first 6 percent of your salary. So if you’re only deferring 3 percent of your income, you are missing half the match — or leaving money “on the table,” so to speak. • Rebalance, if necessary. You may be able to change the investment mix of your employer-sponsored retirement plan throughout the year, but you might find that the best time to review your holdings and rebalance your portfolio is during open enrollment, when you’re reviewing all your benefit Scott Johnson, CFP, is a finanoptions. Try to determine if your cial advisor with Edward Jones, Tony Dunst investmentwith allocation is still ap8146 W. 111th St., Palos Hills, propriate for your needs or if 974-1965. Edward Jones does not you own some investments that provide legal advice. This article are chronically underperforming. was written by Edward Jones for And always keep in mind the need use by your local Edward Jones to diversify. Try to spread your financial advisor.

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Members of the Andrews and Riontino families watch as Palos Heights Mayor Robert Straz cuts a grand opening ribbon on Friday at AneMoNe Caffe & Neapolitian Pizzeria, 6431 W. 127th St. The new eatery opened with a soft launch on Sept. 4 and is now moving ahead at full speed, the owners said, offering both carryout and dine in, in a renovated space once home to a Bakers Square restaurant.

AneMoNe Caffe spells unique dining options Eatery fills old Bakers Square By Tim Hadac Staff Reporter The ribbon was cut recently at AneMoNe Caffe & Neapolitan Pizzeria, 6431 W. 127th St., as Palos Heights welcomed its newest eatery. “We named our restaurant based off the anemone flower, which is derived from the Greek word ánemos, meaning ‘wind’—so it’s a wind flower,” said co-owner Pete Andrews. “It fits well with our concept, which is fast casual. We want our food and service to be fast like the wind and beautiful like the flower.” The new restaurant is located in the old Bakers Square outlot in the Indian Hills shopping center that had stood vacant for nearly nine years. “My wife is originally from Palos Heights. I’ve been in this area for basically 18 years,” Andrews said. “I used to eat here when it was a Bakers Square. This has been such an eyesore for the community for such a long time. “My brother-in-law [co-owner Emanuele Riontino] and I saw the opportunity and said, ‘Why not Palos Heights?’ This is a great location in a great community,” he added. Andrews said there are “not a lot of [unique dining options] being offered to the people of Palos Heights, Palos Park and Palos Hills, without having to go to Orland—and I think that matters because people cringe when they think about heading out to Orland and dealing with all the traffic and congestion along La Grange Road.” Observing that a number of independent restaurants in the area have disappeared in recent years, Andrews said that all

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With what was likely the best off the hook. hand, I could have raised to get The river was the 2s. My opvalue from numerous worse made ponent again bet 250. I elected to hands and also to protect my hand raise to 1,100. My opponent quickly from the various draws that my called. I showed my hand and won opponent could have. But by call- a sizable pot. ing, I force my opponent to stay My opponent's third bet of 250 in the pot with his entire leading convinced me that he had a marrange, which I am probably in ginal made hand. I was unsure if he with Tony Dunst with Tony Dunst decent shape against, while concould possibly call a river raise with serving chips in case he happened a worse made hand, but because of to have me crushed. Calling also the overwhelming likelihood that I under-represents my hand, perhaps had the best hand, I thought raising giving me the opportunity to extract was worth the risk. If my opponent additional value on future betting had bet more than 250 on the river, rounds if it becomes clear I have I would have just called, thinking the best hand. his range was a bit stronger. The turn was the 7s. My oppo- Remember: Thinking that you nent bet 250, and I called. have the best hand is not a good When the small blind bet the with Dunst same amount on the turn that he Tony SUDOKU Solution had on the flop, I assumed that his bet-sizing meant he had a marginal made hand. As on the flop, I wanted to keep my opponent in with numerous hands I beat. If I were to raise for value and protection, my opponent would often assume he was behind with most of his marginal hands and fold, costing me tons of value. Whenever you have your opponent crushed, especially when he probably has a marginal hand that has only a few outs, you do not want to raise and let him

ery day,” Andrews said. “Our pastas are fresh pastas, not the dry stuff you might buy in a grocery store. The pizzas are baked in the only wood-burning, brick oven in this area. We use oak, apple and cherry [wood], and it’s fast. Our pizzas come out in a minute, our pastas cook in three minutes.” Andrews and Riontino also point with pride to their imported cheeses and deli meats, all natural steaks, grass-fed beef used for their burgers and meatballs, and steroid-free, antibiotic free chickens. AneMoNe also boasts a wide assortment of gelatos made inhouse daily. At the ribbon cutting, Mayor Robert Straz praised Riontino and Andrews as “dynamic individuals who are stepping up to open a business and make a wise investment in Palos Heights.”

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Talkin Poker Raise for the right reasons The following hand took place this year in a $1,500-buy-in World Series of Poker event. The tournament had only been running for about 15 minutes. With a 4,500-chip stack at 25/25 blinds, I raised to 75 from the cutoff seat with Kd Jd, and only the small blind called. The player in the small blind was about 50 years old and seemed to play in a straightforward manner. He was likely an amateur who came to Vegas for the weekend to try his luck in a major poker tournament. The flop came Ks Qc 4h. The small blind bet into me for 250. I called. Note that my opponent bet more than the size of the pot. While I didn't know what that bizarre betsizing meant, it certainly meant something. Most likely, he either had a premium hand he was trying to get value from, a marginal made hand he was trying to protect from various draws, or a draw with which he was hoping to steal the pot. I suspected he had a marginal made hand that he was betting for protection purposes, but it's mandatory that you always put your opponent on a range of hands and not on one specific hand.

too often, the remaining dining options are dominated by “cookie-cutter, corporate chain [restaurants], and they’re all serving the exact same thing, just with different names. You can go down the line--Chili’s, Houlihan’s, TGI Friday’s—it’s pretty much the same menu, just a different name.” AneMoNe offers “something no one else in the area is offering,” Andrews continued. “We modeled our restaurant after some of the breakfast places that are in [Chicago]. We want to bring the downtown experience here to the suburbs.” The restaurant features a European-style menu, the owners said, offering breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. “We pride ourselves on the freshest ingredients; so the dough we use for our pizza crusts, we make that fresh ev-

enough reason to raise. You have to think that you'll be called by a worse hand more than 50 percent of the time. This time, the river raise worked out beautifully. (Jonathan Little is a professional poker player and coach with more than $5.8 million in live tournament earnings. He is also the author of numerous best-selling poker books, including his new ebook, "The Main Event With Jonathan Little." For more information on Jonathan, check out JonathanLittlePoker. com, and follow him on Twitter: @JonathanLittle.)

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All people had to do last week was smile and say cheese. String cheese was the WHATIZIT? photo and 12-year old Casey Barker of Chicago Ridge came in first with the right answer. Others who played the string out were Worth’s Theresa and George Rebersky, Linda and Mike Martin, Sandy Joiner, Robert Solner, Mary Kurdziel and Tammy Moran, Oak Lawn’s Dan and Laura Heneghan, Cynthia Foulkes, Jane Foley, Donna and Jim Perisin and Steve Rosenbaum plus Chicago Ridge’s Joe and Marilyn Blackwell, Kathy and Dan Higgins and Patty Vandenberg. Other cheeses who didn’t stand alone were Evergreen Park’s Bernadette Pratl, Jan Merchantz, Ellen Reddington and Vince Vizza, Palos Hills’ Lois Faragher, Hickory Hills’ Jack and Griffin Burke Faddis, Burbank’s Thomas Cech, and The Friday Night Ladies Poker and Anti-Cheesehead Club (Go Bears) from Oak Lawn, Orland Park and Oak Forest. We also had one incorrect guess of crab sticks. This week’s clue is getting to the bottom of corn and a frog. Send those guesses by Monday night to thereporter@comcast.net and put WHATIZIT in the subject line. Don’t forget to add your name and hometown.

Kernels of wisdom can come later in life Have you ever had first-day-onthe-job drama? That’s a YES for me. Back in the day, when I worked in corporate America, I found myself staring into the glares of an angry man, hitting me full speed with his tirades. I’d just gotten a promotion within my company, a position many were vying for. I was eager to learn the new role so, I worked through my lunch. My appetite didn’t share my career aspirations. Hunger pulled my attention to a bag of microwave popcorn. First-day jitters got the best of me, because I couldn’t figure out their dated, complex microwave. I’d stepped away from the break room after hitting a preset button for what I thought was two-minutes, apparently, it was 20! Trying to be discrete, I expeditiously nabbed the burnt kernels and tossed them into an outside trash. I used an alternate door to re-enter in hopes of not being indicted for the nostril offense. Now back at my desk, a haze of smoke hovered above my cubicle, taunting me like a bully. I blinked a few times and became startled to find a large figure with glaring eyes. “Are you the woman that popped the popcorn?” A stern, male voice demanded. He was dressed in a suit and tie,

Smith Senior Living continues the celebration of its 90th year by hosting Antiques and Artifacts with Antiques Roadsho appraiser Gary Piattoni from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, at Smith Village, 2320 W. 113th Pl., Chicago. For a $25 donation to Emilie’s Fund, Smith Village and Smith Crossing residents, family, friends and the general public may bring two items that can be easily carried or wheeled in for examination. Reservations are limited to 50 participants per hour, starting at noon and with the last group commencing at 4 p.m. To register for a time slot, visit SmithSeniorLiving. org and click on the logo for Antiques & Artifacts, or call 773-239-1689. Complimentary valet parking will be available. Smith Village represents the site of the original Oakhaven Old People’s Home, which officially opened on May 1, 1924. The McCormick family, Jane Addams, Clarence Darrow and other key players in the early development of Chicago played important roles in the home’s founding. Emilie Smith, the daughter of Washington and Jane Smith and the namesake for Emily’s Fund, assured the community’s future and enabled its expansion by bequeathing her inheritance, which came from her father’s involvement in the dry goods industry. In doing this, she also fortified a community covenant that assures residency for those who have outlived their means. Piattoni established his own fine arts, antiques and collectibles appraisal and consulting company after serving as an executive vice president and founding member of Eppraisals.com, said to be the largest online appraisal service on the web. There, he gained stature as an expert in European furniture and decorative arts. Piattoni has appeared regularly on PBS’s Antiques Roadshow, ABC’s the Oprah Winfrey Show and WGN Radio’s Extension 720 program with Milt Rosenberg. A graduate of the University of Chicago, he earned a certificate in Appraisal Studies from New York University and a master’s of Fine Art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Smith Senior Living, a not-forprofit organization serving older adults, sponsors Smith Village in Chicago’s Beverly neighborhood and Smith Crossing in Orland Park. For more information about how Smith Senior Living can help seniors enjoy their retirement, contact Smith Crossing at 3262300, or SmithCrossing.org, and Smith Village at 773-474-7300, or SmithVillage.org.

Evergreen Park Senior Citizens’ Council Plans Oktoberfest

The next Evergreen Park Senior Citizens’ Council Oktoberfest will be held at the next meeting Thursday, Oct. 16 at the H. B. Maher Community Center, 3450 W. 97th St. The program will feature songs and music by Frank Rossi. Luncheon tickets are $6 and

I, Claudia

compound word that starts with mother. I felt an overwhelming sense not to react. No gestures, facial expressions and rap lyrics reciprocated, I just drove around. Two hours later, I was playing with my daughters in front of my house when this eerily familiar vehicle pulled up to my neighbor’s house across the street. To my horror, sitting in the driver seat was that same ‘bleep’ mouth driver. I don’t even want to consider what could have transpired had I chosen to escalate matters earlier with an equal exchange of aggression. However, because I hadn’t, there was nothing to be finished and our lives carried on peacefully without incident. Let me challenge you to ignore the ignorant and belligerent actions of others. We choose to invite peace or chaos into our lives based on how we respond to situations around us. We have the right to remain silent. Wisdom is always present, if you cling to her, she will guard and protect you. Claudia Parker is an Evergreen Park mother, author, runner whose columns appear the second and fourth Thursdays for the Reporter.

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Wine an excellent answer to angina

During the past decade, heart researchers have conducted studies on heart attack victims to find the habits of these people. One survey, conducted at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Oakland, Calif., showed that 46 percent of heart attack sufferers were non-drinkers. After more research, the center concluded the risk of heart attack is 30 percent higher for non-drinkers than people who must be purchased by Monday, drink in moderation. Oct. 13 from the Office of Senior The relationship between alCitizens. For more information, cohol and heart attacks has atcall 422-8776. tracted much attention during the past few years. The NationEvergreen Park’s Office al Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism has noted that of Citizens’ Services moderate drinkers, in addition Offers One Day Trips The Evergreen Park Office of to being at lower risk of heart Citizens’ Services, 3450 West 97th attack than non-drinkers, are St., is inviting residents to a one- also at lower risk than heavy day trip. The trip includes round- drinkers. As is usually the case trip, motorcoach transportation. in life, with alcohol moderation “Christmas Remembered” is seems to be the key. Wednesday, Dec. 10 at Rosewood Wine has been used since the of Delavan. Departure is planned 18th century to treat angina for 9:45 a.m. and return at 6 p.m. pectoris, irregular spasms of the Tickets are $83. After experiencing “farm to table” cuisine prepared by Chef John Schnupp, participants can spend time at Rosewood’s boutique retail shops, and then enjoy “Christmas Remembered.” It will be performed (Continued from page 7) in a state of the art cabaret style theater. The reservation deadline Genesis Therapy and Oak Lawn Family Services. is Saturday, Nov. 1. Anyone with questions about Double Nickel Keeping Kids First, or who are un The Double Nickel Plus Chorus able to attend, can purchase raffle meets at the Community Center, tickets by contacting the office at 3450 W. 97th St. in Evergreen Park, 535-7320. Monetary donations can every Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. in also be made directly to Genesis Room 111. Newcomers are welcome. Therapy Center. For more information, call 422-8776. Keeping Kids First is a part of Genesis Therapy’s Kid Power iniMeals on Wheels The Evergreen Park Office of tiative, built around ensuring that Citizens’ Services offers a Meals mistreated and neglected children on Wheels program for village are able to receive the care and attenresidents 60 years and older tion they need, handling everything who are unable to prepare their from the death of a loved one to own meals. Meals are delivered learning disabilities to divorce and Monday through Friday. For more much more. Genesis Therapy has been serving individuals and families information, call 422-8776. since 1987, offering counseling and 55 and Up consultation services and high qual Palos Hills residents 55 years ity assessment, support, and therapy and older meet from noon to in need. Genesis Therapy Center 2 p.m. the second and fourth uses a multidisciplinary approach Wednesdays of each month at the built around emphasizing better Palos Hills Community Center, individual and relational choices 8455 W. 103rd St. Tickets for for patients. Their administrative events must be purchased one offices can be found at 6006 W 159th week in advance. Entertainment St., Building C, in Oak Forest, and includes musicians, singers, lun- Genesis Therapy has five additional cheons, movies, plays and bingo. locations.

Focus on Seniors Smith Senior Living to host Antiques and Artifacts with Antiques Roadshow Appraiser

bal assault, he walked away with a strut, as if he felt good about ripping into me. I was stunned and didn’t respond at all. I felt victimized that day. I didn’t recognize the lesson I now know manifested as a result of that incident. Wisdom had placed me in a classroom that was foolproof in order to prove I could exercise restraint. Trust me that Claudia, (the hot-head I once was) had a hot temper and had it not been my “first-day” silence wouldn’t have been my selection. However, as I grew professionally I also matured psychologically. Today, I would still choose not By Claudia Parker to respond but instead of feeling victimized, I believe I would feel clean shaven, with a crew cut. He empowered. How do I know? was all business, but I figured I could Allow me to usher you through a soften him with a quick admission. “Yes. It was me. I’m really sorry.” more recent scenario. After pulling I had a big smile and pouty eyes into an alley off the parking lot of my bank, another vehicle rolled up that begged forgiveness. With zero mercy, his lips fired from the opposite direction and we insults like bullets on a shooting found our headlights beaming at range. It was something along the one another. I needed to make an lines of, me, being too stupid to immediate right for the ATM. There work a microwave, being banned was 20 feet on the left side, so I sat from popping popcorn again, and idle, waiting for access. Instead, the him having to send employees home female driver proceeded to flail her because they couldn’t breathe due arms, point her fingers and mouth what looked like a few words that to the smoke. Once he was done with his ver- rhyme with witch and possibly a

The Wine Guy with Anthony Scarano coronary arteries that produce stabbing pains accompanied by feelings of suffocation. During an attack, prompt relief is essential, and wine can accomplish this because it reduces anxiety and reduces the severity of the pain. Many angina sufferers find that a breakfast of fruit, lean meat and a little sherry leaves them feeling better than bacon and eggs with a cup of coffee and cream. Doctors may recommend two glasses of red wine, Port, Champagne or Medoc with dinner or at bed-

time to reduce the likelihood of an attack. Champagne and Medoc are both very high in potassium, which is important for good muscle tension and coordination. They also strengthen the heartbeat, which increases the flow of oxygen throughout the body. The ideal alcoholic therapeutic agent during an angina attack, however, is brandy, which is distilled wine. This is because brandy’s high alcohol content prompts rapid absorption into the bloodstream, providing almost immediate relief. Some doctors rate brandy behind only to morphine and nitrates for controlling angina attacks. So remember, wine can improve your health, lengthen your life and help you be happier if drunk in moderation. This is not merely a beverage, but a food and medicine nearly as essential to proper health as any vitamin or mineral. Anthony Scarano is not a doctor.

He is an Evergreen Park resident, winemaker and certified naturopath. Suggestions in this space are solely the opinions of Mr. Scarano based on years of independent study and personal experience, and may not be beneficial to health. Wine should be consumed in moderation, as overindulgence may be harmful to health.

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Crusaders break decade-long drought vs. Caravan By Ken Karrson Brian Badke never experienced the feeling while he was a player at Brother Rice, although his brother did in 1997. Everyone who had suited up for the Crusaders in the past decade went away with an empty feeling, too. Such is life in the Chicago Catholic League Blue when Mt. Carmel is lined up on the other side. Losing to the Caravan is certainly something Rice had in common with an awful lot of programs — after all Mt. Carmel has won 11 state championships in four different classes since Frank Lenti became head coach in 1984. But that didn’t make the defeats go down any easier for anyone associated with Crusaders football. The Caravan’s most recent conquest in 2013 was only by eight points, and that followed

a hard-fought matchup in the previous year’s playoffs between the longtime rivals. So Rice knew not much separated it from Mt. Carmel. That was also true at halftime Friday night. The Caravan held a 17-14 edge at Gately Stadium, and that was only after spotting the Crusaders a two-touchdown lead. And maybe that’s why Rice players were giving Badke a hard time when the coach eschewed running a play on fourth-and-short during one first-half possession. “I told them, ‘Relax right now. We’re going to get another chance, [so] take it easy, tigers,’” Badke said with a chuckle. “Wouldn’t you know it? We were there [in that same situation] a couple times [in the second half].” And the Caravan couldn’t stop the Crusaders from con-

verting on either occasion. Those fourth-down successes went along with a 7-of-13 conversion rate on third-down plays, figures that helped explain Rice’s ability to embark on a pair of long scoring marches in the fourth stanza. Quarterback Alex Alarcon capped a 15-play, 75-yard trek with a 2-yard touchdown run and later in the period connected with Julian Blain on a 36-yard pass that nailed down a 26-17 comeback win over Mt. Carmel. “We played Carmel tough the last couple times, but we want to win the game not just be in them,” Badke said. The outcome put the Caravan on the precipice of playoff elimination for the first time since 1985. The Crusaders (5-1, 2-0), meanwhile, took over sole possession of first place in the CCL Blue.

“As you know we still have Providence [Catholic] and St. Rita [on the schedule], but we’re definitely in a very good position,” Badke said. “We control our own destiny. Obviously the goal is to win out. “The kids played well [here] and I’m really proud of them. It was kind of a tale of four quarters — we won the first, they won the second and I felt we won the third and fourth.” Marcus Jones (8-yard run) and Alarcon (20-yard dash) staked Rice to its early advantage. Both scoring journeys ate up at least 11 plays and covered more than 70 yards. “Our guys believe in themselves and have a lot of confidence,” Badke said. “What it comes down to is the senior leadership stepped up.” Alarcon and Jones combined (Continued on page 3)

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Marcus Jones, shown in a game earlier this year, and his teammates pulled off a rare victory over Mt. Carmel on the road Friday night.

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Strong all-around performance takes down Bengals By Ken Karrson

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The great escape

Stagg quarterback Joe Van Nieuwenhuyse stays beyond the reach of a pursuing Matt Key while looking for an opening during Friday night’s SouthWest Suburban Conference Blue contest against Joliet Central in Palos Hills. The Steelmen were just what the Chargers ordered as the latter snapped a three-game losing streak with a 46-6 win. Story on Page 3.

Slipping through their fingers Cougars’ turnovers prevent upset of Grand View By Ken Karrson There’s a good chance that any search Mike Feminis makes for a coffee-break snack in the coming weeks won’t include a bakery stop. The St. Xavier University football coach got his fill of turnovers Saturday afternoon in Des Moines, Iowa. And they definitely weren’t sweet as far as the Cougars were concerned. In fact, the last of five

left a bitter taste in the mouths of SXU players and coaches. A fumble inside Grand View University’ 5-yard line with less than 40 seconds remaining cost the Cougars an opportunity to score a touchdown. Two other earlier miscues, meanwhile, had set up Vikings TDs. And everything mattered as the defending NAIA national champion managed to escape with a 41-37 Mid-States Football Association Midwest League victory

over SXU at Williams Stadium. “The game was there to be taken — that was the encouraging part,” Feminis said. “[But] the turnover bugaboo comes back to bite us again. You can’t put the ball on the ground that many times. “If somebody would have told me we’d lose the turnover battle 5-0, I’d have said the final score would have been similar to last (Continued on page 5)

constructed a sizable lead for chance, put the ‘Dogs in front itself. Giving it that advantage less than two minutes into the Friday night's game between was an offense that produced big game. Soon after that Spencer Richards and Oak Forest went plays both through the air and Tears turned a short flip from on the ground. One of the latter Muhammad-Rogers into a 96against life’s natural order. In this instance cats were forced was quarterback Hasan Muham- yard TD catch. mad-Rogers’ 47-yard dash on the “It looked like it was going to to chase dogs. go for no gain or maybe a loss The Bulldogs saw to that by team’s initial series. jumping ahead of the Bengals and That run, which came on what of 1 [yard],” Sheehan said of the then refusing to ease up. In what was designed as a basic play to (Continued on page 6) ranked as its most complete per- simply convert a fourth-and-1 formance of the season to date, Richards romped over Oak Forest 39-14 in a South Suburban Conference crossover contest at Korhonen Field. The Bulldogs (5-1), who became playoff eligible for the 29th time in 30 years with their win, put the contest firmly within their grasp by scoring 20 unanswered points in a 10-minute span of the second quarter. That gave the hosts a 32-8 halftime cushion. “If we don’t score those three [touchdowns], they’re still in the game and can run their stuff,” Richards coach Tony Sheehan said of the Bengals. “Oak Forest wants the ball in their hands and to eat up the clock, but when it’s 32-8 you’re putting them in a bad spot [because] they don’t want to throw the ball that much. Our defense did a great job of stopping their dive and getting off the field on third down.” Ramonta Hill paced the Bulldogs’ defensive effort with a dozen total stops. Anthony Quinn, Roque Castro and Kevin Thompson registered eight apiece, Joe DeMarco had six and a forced fumble, and linemen Chris Casey, Kenny Spey and Tyler Demma all received praise from Sheehan for Photo by Jeff Vorva gumming up the Bengals’ offense. “We lost some of our ‘name’ An Oak Forest defender brings down Romeo Johnson after the guys from last year, but our de- Richards running back gained a big chunk of yardage Friday fense is playing lights out,” Shee- night at Korhonen Field. The Bulldogs became playoff eligible han said. “We went after them.” for the 29th time in 30 seasons by routing the Bengals 39-14 in That included after Richards a South Suburban Conference crossover game.

FOOTBALL FORECAST

Ken Karrson went 8-2 and everyone else went 7-3 last week even though the gang had differing picks on six of the 10 games. Jeff Vorva has a one-game lead on Karrson and Jason Maholy. While our picks have been amazingly average this year, we want to give a few friendly jabs to our brothers in sports journalism over at the Tower in Chicago. Our pickers are in the 62-to-74 percent range predicting a wide range of teams. But the seven boys at the Tribune who predict one Bears game a week have combined for a 7-28 record – 20 percent! One is an ex-player. Three cover the team or the NFL on a full-time basis. So maybe we’re not doing too badly. Here’s the menu for Week 7:

Last week: Overall: Richards at Reavis Marist at Marian Catholic Evergreen Park at Eisenhower Lincoln-Way East at Sandburg Brother Rice at Indianapolis Brebauf Stagg at Joliet West Aurora Christian at St. Laurence Elmwood Park at Chicago Christian Lemont at Oak Lawn Shepard at Argo St. Francis (Ind.) at St. Xavier Universitiy

Ken Karrson Jeff Vorva 8-2 7-3 42-16 43-15 Richards Richards Marist Marist Evergreen Park Evergreen Park LWE LWE Indy Brebauf Brother Rice Joliet West Joliet West Aurora Aurora Chicago Chr. Chicago Chr. Lemont Lemont Shepard Argo St. Xavier St. Xavier

Anthony Nasella 7-3 37-21 Richards Marist Evergreen Park LWE Brother Rice Stagg Aurora Chicago Chr. Lemont Argo St. Xavier

Jason Maholy Wally Findysz 7-3 7-3 42-16 36-22 Richards Richards Marist Marist Evergreen Park Evergreen Park LWE LWE Brother Rice Brother Rice Joliet West Stagg Aurora Aurora Chicago Chr. Chicago Chr. Lemont Lemont Argo Argo St. Xavier St. Xavier

Bob Rakow 7-3 40-18 Reavis Marist Evergreen Park LWE Brother Rice Stagg Aurora Elmwood Park Lemont Shepard St. Xavier

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Flipping off the concept of sportsmanship Bartosh (Reprinted from Nov. 18, 2010) First off, let me say I admire the kid’s agility. Obviously, I couldn’t contort my body these days in anything close to the manner that he did and, in all honesty, I probably never could. In fact, I’m not even sure back flips had yet been invented when I was a lad. But despite my appreciation of his dexterity, I have to come down on the side of the people who decided that Cam Haas’ antics on the football field were penalty-worthy. Playing a recent game for Watauga High in North Carolina, Haas went in motion prior to one offensive snap. Nothing wrong with that. It’s done all the time. But Haas wasn’t content with merely trotting to the opposite of the field. No, he decided to spice up the play with a bit of showmanship — make that a whole lot of showmanship. Haas back-flipped his way to the other side, an act that initially seemed brilliant since it momentarily diverted the attention of the opposing defense and allowed Watauga’s quarterback to complete the play with a two-point-conversion pass. But any joy was short-lived — or at least it should have been since, in addition to his team getting flagged for a points-removing penalty, both Haas and his coach were ejected from the contest. According to the New England Sports Network Web site, however, Haas wasn’t all that dismayed by the negative response to his impromptu gymnastics routine. The NESN reported that after a video of Haas’ play appeared on YouTube, he wrote a comment beneath it that stated [officials] “ejected me for excessive celebration ... whatever it was worth it!” In today’s attention-seeking

world, those few minutes of Internet notoriety trump everything else, including team welfare. The most telling part about Haas’ declaration is that it came after Watauga had suffered a loss on a last-second field goal. So much for taking one for the team. Taking two [points] away from the team was perfectly fine. And, at the risk of sounding a generation older than I am, Haas’ escapade is emblematic of what is wrong with so many sports at so many levels these days. Prima donna-ism is running rampant and, frankly, it’s a turn-off to an awful lot of fans. The National Federation of High Schools has clear standards established in regard to game-time behavior, and very big among the no-nos is “any delayed, excessive or prolonged act by which the player attempts to focus attention upon himself.” Several back flips certainly constitute a “prolonged act,” and Haas was unquestionably trying to “focus attention on himself,” which is evident from reading his enthusiastic YouTube comment. The NFHS, whose rules 48 of the 50 states operate under, has a zero-tolerance policy for taunting, baiting or excessive showboating, which also falls into the “unsportsmanlike conduct” category. The two states that don’t follow the NFHS’s guidelines, Texas and Massachusetts, use the equally strict NCAA rulebook as their template. Did Haas’ exhibition create any irreparable harm? No, but it was wholly unnecessary. In discussions about how much celebrating is appropriate when an athlete makes a good play, I always cite a few NFL legends. Between them, Walter Payton, Jerry Rice, Barry Sanders and Emmitt Smith scored 616

touchdowns without dancing, gesturing, gyrating, posing, preening or otherwise calling attention to themselves. Payton, in fact, usually shared his endzone moment with whichever offensive lineman was closest to him by tossing the ball to the big man and letting him spike it. So if that historic quartet could perform with low-key class, and defensive giants like Dick Butkus and Mike Singletary were able to make a bone-crunching tackle and then immediately prepare for the next play, why can’t the same sort of behavior be expected from those individuals who are legends solely in their own minds? Nobody’s suggesting the complete removal of human emotion. Even the NCAA and NFHS recognize that some occurrences will create a genuine sense of elation, and those governing bodies allow for that — within reason. But any celebration should be instantaneous and brief. If there’s a 10-second gap between achievement and reaction, it means the whole thing is contrived and done only as a self-serving act. Haas isn’t a bad kid because of what he did. Heck, he was only behaving like so many of the pro athletes he’s undoubtedly watched and idolized, and I do give him props for originality. Nevertheless, I can’t help but think back to the words of one of Illinois’ most famous prep football coaches, who was once overheard instructing his players on how to behave after reaching the end zone: Act like you’ve been there before. In other words, repress the urge to act ridiculously. Wise advice indeed. Hopefully, his own players don’t eventually become the only ones willing to follow it.

Doubling their displeasure

H-F’s twins make life miserable for Eagles By Ken Karrson Many people enjoy vacationing in the Hamptons. Sandburg coach Dave Wierzal, however, needs time away from the Hamptons. More specifically, his Eagles do. What they need to distance themselves from is a set of twin terrors who play football for Homewood-Flossmoor. A year ago Deante and Devonte Harley-Hampton tortured Sandburg twice, including once in a playoff contest. When the two SouthWest Suburban Conference Blue squads renewed acquaintances Friday night in Flossmoor, the Harley-Hampton brothers were at it again. The two combined for 250 rushing yards and six touchdowns to lead the Vikings to a 47-18 conquest of the Eagles that put the latter in serious jeopardy of missing out on the postseason for the first time since 2007. In order to at least become eligible once more Sandburg (3-3, 2-2) must win two of its final three encounters. A threegame sweep is necessary for a guaranteed berth in the Class 8A field, and that would have to be accomplished against a string of foes that count Lincoln-Way East and Bolingbrook among them. “In terms of making the playoffs, we’re in a must-win situation,” Wierzal said. “But I told [our players after Friday’s contest] I thought we represented ourselves better than the final score indicated. If we flip a few plays on offense and a few on defense, the scoreboard looks a lot different — of course, those are big ifs.” Also big was the Harley-Hamptons' presence. Both peeled off touchdown runs of at least 50 yards, with Devonte’s 50-yard burst erasing an early 3-0 Sandburg edge. “They are special kids,” Wierzal said of the twins. “[H-F has] some speed on the field that’s very impressive. They’re some of the fastest kids we see all year and we knew they were capable of doing that. “No. 1 on defense was just trying to contain their speed. If you plug the hole but allow them to spill it or break [the play] outside, that makes it even more dangerous.” In actuality, the Eagles’ prevention corps did not perform that badly. While the Vikings

managed to accrue over 570 total yards, they also turned the ball over three times, including on consecutive series to begin the game. Marcus Payton’s interception gave Sandburg possession at H-F’s 13, but a fumbled snap on fourth down halted the visitors 4 yards shy of the goal line. Brian Krasowski’s fumble recovery one series later gave the Eagles another prime chance inside the 30, but the only damage they could inflict was Jonathan Milazzo’s 43-yard field goal. “We’re on the scoreboard first, but we had two great scoring opportunities we didn’t take [full] advantage of,” Wierzal said. “We walked away with [almost] nothing. Against a team like that, you can’t let that happen.” Sandburg also failed to capitalize on a promising second-half drive as well, although by that juncture the Vikings had pretty much seized command. They did so by answering Jim Robley’s second-quarter touchdown run for the Eagles with Deante Harley-Hampton’s 53yard dash that kept the margin in double digits, then tallying twice in the third period on short runs by each of the Harley-Hamptons. “We felt like we were still in a good position with them [at intermission],” Wierzal said. “For something that was close and felt OK [then], it started to feel like it was slipping away. We knew they were going to score points, but that was definitely cause for concern that they answered right away and we didn’t.” Sandburg wasn’t completely done scoring itself, but Robley’s 1-yard plunge — which was set up by a 20-yard Alex Fidan-toZak Razik completion — represented the full extent of the Eagles’ additional production. Sandburg did make another trip into H-F’s red zone but came away empty. The Vikings concluded their assault with reserve Trevor Johnson’s 59-yard TD gallop. “It may sound silly, but we felt we played great defense,” Wierzal said. “We stopped them other than the big plays and the kids generated three turnovers.” Patrick Brucki paced the Eagles with nine solo tackles and four assists. Graham Hevel

(eight solos, four assists, blocked extra point), Matt Frostman (six solos), Anthony Lopez (four solos, two assists, two forced fumbles) and Krasowski (two solos and five assists in addition to his fumble recovery) were other principal figures on that side of the ball. One defensive area in which Sandburg took a back seat was quarterback sacks. While the Eagles had only one, H-F dropped Sandburg signal-callers six times for 29 yards’ worth of losses. Lincoln-Way East travels to Orland Park on Friday for the Eagles’ last regular-season home game. “They’re able to generate points,” Wierzal said of the Griffins. “They have good speed and multiple weapons. They execute very well, but we’re going to have to find a way to go toeto-toe with them and be more competitive [than last Friday].”

Statistics Sandburg HF

3 7 8 0 - 18 13 8 19 7 - 47

First downs Yds. rushing Yds. passing Total yds. Att./comp. Fumbles/lost Had intercepted Penalties/yds. Punts/avg.

CS HF 16 23 105 352 123 222 228 574 18-8 20-14 3-2 3-2 0 1 4-20 9-75 7-38.6 3-47.3

Scoring CS — Jonathan Milazzo 43 field goal HF — Devonte Harley-Hampton 50 run (James Sheehan kick) HF — Deante Harley Hampton 1 run (kick blocked) CS — Jim Robley 2 run (Milazzo kick) HF — Dea. Harley-Hampton 53 run (Dea. Harley-Hampton pass from Bryce Gray) HF — Dev. Harley-Hampton 1 run (Sheehan kick) HF — Dea. Harley-Hampton 3 run (kick failed) CS — Robley 1 run (Graham Hevel pass from Alex Fidan) HF — Dev. Harley-Hampton 1 run (pass failed) HF — Trevor Johnson 59 run (Sheehan kick) Sandburg Rushing: Budds 2-54, Robley 24-49, Fidan 5-19, T. Brown 1-2, Zavod 1-2, Scheldberg 1-1, Hellmich 1-(-7), Verble 6-(15). Passing: Fidan 9-5-108, Verble 7-3-15, Zavod 2-0-0. Receiving: Razik 2-44, Johnson 2-37, Valiga 2-19, Robley 1-17, Hevel 1-6.

Photo by Jeff Vorva

Tinley Park players are scattered on the floor after failing to prevent an Oak Lawn kill last Wednesday. The Titans, however, got the final say as they defeated the Spartans 25-14, 25-22 in a South Suburban Conference crossover match.

Volleyball roundup

RedHawks performing at a high level By Anthony Nasella Even though Marist opened the Asics Challenge with a close loss to Notre Dame Academy of Kentucky, the setback wasn’t going to prevent the RedHawks from playing solid volleyball the rest of the way. And that’s exactly what they did on Saturday. Despite competing in the Silver Division, Marist held its own as it defeated Cary-Grove (25-21, 2523), a talented Corona Del Mar (Calif.) team (21-25, 25-18, 2522) and Sandburg (25-19, 25-22), the latter victory coming in the divisional championship match. Before their appearance in the Challenge, the RedHawks (193, 5-0) stayed perfect in East Suburban Catholic Conference play with wins over Providence Catholic (25-19, 25-16) and Joliet Catholic Academy (25-19, 25-20). Marist coach Julie Popp-Hopkins came away from the busy week happy with her girls' abilities to seamlessly shift gears after their primary goal disappeared. “We obviously wanted to get to the [Asics] Gold championship," she said. "After the loss, we refocused our effort. We had chapel on Saturday morning and we just talked about what our goal was: to win the rest of the way. "We knew it would be tough, [but] we had three big tournament wins. The Asics is such a challenging tournament — that’s why we compete in it every year.” The variety of programs found in the tourney was never more evident than in Saturday’s three matches as Marist faced distinctly

different foes. “Cary-Grove had great hitters and a great offense,” Popp-Hopkins said. “Del Mar out of California had some big girls who could run and a different style of game, but we knew that we had to play our game. We did that and it was a great thing to see. “And the championship match against Sandburg was exciting. They’re a phenomenal program who eliminated us from the state tournament last year at sectionals. “Saturday was the first time we’ve seen them since last season. The girls were geared up, and the focus and determination they were playing with after losing the first [match] was very evident.” Top performers for the RedHawks in the Challenge were Lizzie Zaleski (69 assists), Cameron Enright (35 kills, 36 digs), Anne Marie Stifter (19 kills, 14 blocks) and Emily Graff (26 kills). Allyssa Rizzo supplied 17 digs in Saturday's finale against the Eagles, while Enright totaled 12 kills and four blocks, Zaleski dished out 26 assists and Graff chipped in eight kills and three blocks. “Lizzie did a great job of feeding our offensive players and keeping them active,” Popp-Hopkins said. “She’s extremely athletic and finds ways to get her hitters in the best situation [by] knowing who's the hottest hitter that she can get the ball to. “And Cameron is the kind of player we want everywhere on the court. She leads the team in kills, too, and she’ll make you run. She’s a great defensive player who makes a big impact for us in every game.”

Another defensive player who has come into her own as of late is Stifter. "Anne Marie is an amazing athlete and it's really come together for her recently,” Popp-Hopkins said. “She was always getting the touches, but now she’s getting the block, too. She’s not just touching the ball; she’s hitting the ball to the ground. She’s an extremely smart player with a long reach. “Her dedication to the sport and her work ethic to be the best really shows out there. And Emily Graff, too, is hitting some hard balls for us. She’s also come around in the past few weeks.” Zaleski's 21 assists, plus input from Graff (eight kills) and Rizzo (12 digs) helped Marist down Providence last Tuesday. Starring for the RedHawks in their Thursday conquest of JCA were Zaleski (30 assists, four aces), Enright (10 kills, 10 digs), Graff (10 kills), Rizzo (21 digs) and Stifter (six kills, five blocks). With ESCC matches against Benet Academy and Marian Catholic on the docket, Marist has no time to savor its recent accomplishments. “We just need to keep growing as a team and be peaking at the right time,” Popp-Hopkins said. said. “We have room to grow and they’re heading in that direction. They’re figuring it out and we’re excited.” MOTHER MCAULEY As well as cross-town Marist did last week, the Mighty Macs were even better. Mother McAuley did not suffer any losses, which meant it captured the Gold Division crown and the Asics Chal(Continued on page4)

Visiting a Blue Island paradise

Spartans snap losing at Cardinals’ expense By Ken Karrson Oak Lawn discovered an island paradise Friday night but didn’t have to board a boat or plane to reach it, only a bus. A relatively short ride to 127th Street in Blue Island did the trick. And what the Spartans found there was better than sand and surf. They found success. Oak Lawn hadn’t had any on the football field since Week 1 of the 2014 campaign, when it pummeled Kenwood Academy. There’d been promising moments after that, but no victory was able to be unearthed. Halfway through the Spartans’ South Suburban Conference Red encounter with host Eisenhower a win still seemed a bit of a long shot. The Cardinals were ahead 12-0, thanks in part to a trio of Oak Lawn miscues. But those mistakes actually gave Spartans coach Sean Lucas a reason to be optimistic. After all, Oak Lawn’s deficit was attributable as much to its own flaws as anything Eisenhower was doing to stop the Spartans — perhaps even more so. That didn't mean, however, a second-half revival would be automatic. Lucas first had to make sure everyone was on the same page. “Guys were frustrated, but we talked about sticking together and playing hard,” he said. “Our halftime talk wasn’t any different than it usually is. It’s not a matter of X’s and O’s.” Nevertheless, Oak Lawn spruced itself up in that area, too, starting with a goal-line stand at the beginning of the third quarter. That became necessary after the Cardinals recovered the Spartans’ onsides kick and marched downfield. Three shots inside the 3-yard line failed to give Eisenhower any points and Oak Lawn took over at its own 1. “To be down 18-0 would have made the task that much tougher,” Lucas said. “The defensive

line did a nice job of creating piles [of bodies].” Joe Robinson immediately got the Spartans out of danger by racing 35 yards and Oak Lawn was on its way soon after. Two Robinson touchdowns, plus one from Ryne Melnik allowed the Spartans to dominate the second half and emerge with a 22-12 victory. “It was fun watching the kids get excited,” Lucas said. “Losing the 50-50 games like Evergreen Park, Stagg and Reavis hurt us [earlier], but our goal is still to get five wins and get playoff eligible. “Defensively we played well the whole game; offensively we played well in the second half. We had some kids make plays at crucial times, which we haven’t had [often] in games. They came through when it counted.” Robinson (28 carries, 123 rushing yards) eventually capped the 99-yard drive that followed Oak Lawn’s defensive stand with a 25-yard scoring gallop and two-point conversion run. That left the Spartans (2-4, 1-3) four points in arrears, but not for very long. Robinson struck again in the fourth period with a 2-yard TD run and another conversion to lift Oak Lawn into a 16-12 lead. “It was important we were able to come back,” Lucas said. “You can talk about it until you’re blue in the face, but until they see [positive results] they’re going to have trouble believing that you’re doing the right thing. The experience of contributing to a win like this is invaluable for our juniors.” Robinson’s second touchdown didn’t finalize the verdict, but Melnik’s 68-yard catch of a Joe Cosenza throw pretty much did. That series got underway after junior linebacker Quintin Prince stole a Cards pass. “That was enormous to go from a four-point lead to a 10-point lead,” Lucas said. “That limits their options, so we knew they

had to pass.” That knowledge proved an important commodity for Oak Lawn defenders as Kamal Ashkar supplied the Spartans with another fourth-quarter interception. Other prominent individuals on the prevention side were Joe Dodaro (six solo stops, four assists, two tackles for loss), Peter Ruane (five solos, two assists, two tackles for loss), Melnik (three solos, three assists, one-half tackle for loss) and Steve Anaya (three solos, one assist). Oak Lawn's rally made it easier to forget the first-half tribulations, which included two interceptions, a fumble and pair of Cardinals touchdowns. The Spartans lost their fumble at Eisenhower’s 1-yard line at the start of the second stanza while one of the interceptions halted a march that had taken Oak Lawn inside its opponent’s 25. The Spartans will attempt to keep their slim postseason chances alive on Friday when they square off with Lemont in an SSC crossover contest.

Statistics Oak Lawn Eisenhower

0 0 8 14 - 22 6 6 0 0 - 12

OL Yds. rushing 176 Yds. passing 118 Total yds. 294 Att./comp. 15-6 Fumbles lost 1 Had intercepted 2 Scoring OL — Joe Robinson 25 run (Robinson run) OL — Robinson 2 run (Robinson run) OL — Ryne Melnik 68 pass from Joe Cosenza (run failed) Oak Lawn Rushing: Robinson 28-123, Dodaro 3-24, McCarthy 1-22, Reed 3-6, Gipson 1-1, Cosenza 1-0. Passing: Cosenza 14-6-118, Robinson 1-0-0. Receiving: Robinson 2-10, Melnik 1-68, Anaya 1-20, Dodaro 1-12, Loehr 1-8.

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Too late to change

Fourth-quarter rally leaves Knights short By Ken Karrson Better late than never only applies when an outcome is favorable. While Chicago Christian could certainly be commended for going down swinging Friday night against host Ridgewood, it received no style points for doing so. As far as actual points, the Knights’ ability to pick up 14 in the fourth quarter didn’t give them the boost they needed to rally past the Rebels. Instead, Ridgewood held on to pocket a 24-14 Metro Suburban Conference East triumph and place Christian on the brink of playoff elimination. The Knights (2-4, 1-1) cannot afford any more defeats if they hope to at least be considered for state-tournament inclusion. “This is a real tough loss,” Christian coach Jim Bolhuis said. “The kids fought so hard. [But] when you’re in the position we are — good talent and low numbers — you’ve got to play perfect. “Just a couple mistakes … some pass-blocking issues led to interceptions, and the little things turned into points.” The first three of those points came on Alex Rice’s 27-yard field goal 4½ minutes into the contest, but Bolhuis actually considered that a victory of sorts for his defense, which had its back to the wall following an interception. “It was really a bad deal for us, but the defense did a great job holding them to three points,” Bolhuis said. Ridgewood added a touchdown before the opening quarter ended but could not pad its total further before intermission. The Rebels’ TD was set up by a circus catch at the Knights’ 1-yard line. “I thought, ‘Good, that [pass is] overthrown,’ and then I was like, ‘What? No way,’” Bolhuis said. “Our coverage was just a little bit late and their kid made a diving catch. That was awesome — for them.”

Chris Serna provided Ridgewood’s six-pointer and then Tyler Gil Ramos increased the hosts’ edge to 17-0 with a 4-yard scoring dash five minutes into the third period. Chicago Christian’s offense, meanwhile, made virtually no noise until it finally pieced together a fourth-quarter touchdown drive. Christian Bolhuis culminated the possession with a 28-yard keeper that brought the Knights within 11. The Rebels countered soon after with Gil Ramos’ 13-yard run, but Colby Roundtree's 20yard dash kept Ridgewood within sight. Although Chicago Christian could draw no closer, the final stats indicated a dogfight as just 28 yards separated the two teams. The Knights rushed for 242 yards despite the fact that one of their two backs, Luke Rattler, was hampered by a shoulder strain. He still gained 72 yards, second to Roundtree’s team-leading figure of 119. “Colby and Luke Rattler ran very well,” Coach Bolhuis said. “But you can’t allow yourself to be so one-dimensional.” Bolhuis was referring to the Knights’ passing attack, which consisted of only 46 yards. The shortage of an aerial complement to its reasonably effective ground game has been a season-long problem for Christian. Its defense, however, has steadily improved since Week 1. Against the Rebels Brandon Schmidt (eight solo stops, six assists), Nate Krygsheld (seven solos, one assist), Jack De Vries (three solos, two assists, interception), Christian Bolhuis (three solos, one assist), Dan Lawler (three solos) and Ethan Friersen (two solos, four assists) all lent a hand. “They’ve got the winning mindset,” Coach Bolhuis said of his players. “They show sparks, but there’s too much catch-up [we have to make]. We have to be consistently disciplined, fun-

damentally sound, consistently tough and consistently strong.” That’s particularly true within a competitive MSC East. “The conference has proven to be a great, great deal,” Bolhuis said. “The teams that welcomed us to the conference, I think, are thrilled to have the seven new schools join them. And we’re thrilled to be there because it forms good competition.” Elmwood Park meets up with Christian on Friday in the latter’s home finale. The Tigers will arrive on the heels of two tough losses. “They’re going to come here looking for a big turnaround, but we’re the same way,” Bolhuis said. “It’ll be two teams with an attitude. “I never thought it’d be these big games with Ridgewood and Guerin Prep [in Week 9], but it’s a nice situation. I think some of our kids are healing up [from Photos by Jeff Vorva minor dings] and they are going Stagg running back Tom Poskus picks up yardage on a carry Friday night versus Joliet Central. to go after it.” The Chargers routed the Steelmen 46-6.

Statistics Chicago Christian 0 0 0 14 - 14 Ridgewood 10 0 7 7 - 24 First downs Yds. rushing Yds. passing Total yds. Att./comp. Fumbles/lost Had intercepted Penalties/yds. Punts/avg.

CC RW 8 15 242 212 46 101 288 313 12-4 20-5 1-0 1-0 2 1 6-45 7-55 5-25.4 4-25.5

Scoring RW — Alex Rice 27 field goal RW — Chris Serna 1 run (Rice kick) RW — Tyler Gil Ramos 4 run (Rice kick) CC — Christian Bolhuis 28 run (kick failed) RW — Gil Ramos 10 run (Rice kick) CC — Colby Roundtree 20 run (Luke Rattler run) Chicago Christian Rushing: Roundtree 27119, Rattler 4-72, Bolhuis 7-51. Passing: Bolhuis 12-4-46. Receiving: Boss 2-15, Hill 1-29, Roundtree 1-2.

Against all odds

RedHawks ignore obstacles, beat Shamrocks By Ken Karrson The odds weren’t insurmountable, but they definitely ranked as long for Marist. Sure, the RedHawks were coming off a satisfying win over Benet Academy, but that was at home … on a Friday night … in a warm and dry climate … with an established tailback at their disposal. None of those elements was in place when Marist met St. Patrick. The Shamrocks hosted the RedHawks at Hanson Stadium on Saturday, a day that more closely resembled early winter than early autumn. Along with cold, wet and windy conditions, Marist had to clear another unexpected hurdle when sophomore running back Micah Awodiran — who was already subbing for injured senior Jawill Aldridge — went down with a malady of his own. Panic time, right? Not for the RedHawks. Enter Darshon McCullough, fresh off an impressive showing as a receiver against Benet. The junior got shifted into the backfield as a replacement for Awodiran and gave Marist exactly what it needed to wipe out a slim halftime deficit. Touchdown runs of 9 and 34 yards by McCullough lifted the RedHawks into the lead and there they stayed as they collected a 32-20 East Suburban Catholic Conference victory over the Shamrocks. St. Pat’s made the final score more respectable by tallying with less than a minute to play. “It was definitely a great team win,” Marist coach Pat Dunne said. “I’m very proud of the way they fought. A lot of guys stepped up.” None did so more than McCullough, who wound up as both the leading rusher (149 yards on 20 carries) and receiver (five catches, 55 yards) for the RedHawks (3-3, 2-2). But Dunne also praised his linemen for their second-half work. “We put a ton [of responsibility] on the line,” Dunne said. “The feeling was, with it being rainy, windy and cold, we didn’t have the ability to throw the ball [as effectively as usual] so we had to be able to run it. “Darshon ran hard, but [the

blockers] took it on their shoulders. Those guys opened some holes.” Before he exited, Awodiran contributed to the rally with his 3-yard touchdown run, which gave Marist the lead for good at 18-13. The sophomore also reached the end zone once in the opening half, his 4-yard dash offsetting St. Pat’s passing TD on its initial possession. Pat Devlin hauled in a 34yard throw from Zach Fuller to account for the Shamrocks’ breakthrough. That series also featured a 54-yard Fuller-to-Matt Smith hookup. The RedHawks moved in front once during the first half, that being when Nick Gasbarro intercepted a Fuller aerial and brought it back 80 yards. Another Gabarro pickoff set up McCullough’s longer touchdown sprint. Also getting into the interception act was Marty Meyer. Other defenders garnering positive feedback from their coach were Marty Ryan, Sean McGuire and Taylor Weaver. “The defense throughout the day was great,” Dunne said. “The conditions being what they were, they gave the offense some great field position.” And speaking of the conditions, what was Dunne’s secret to getting his athletes adequately prepared for all the out-of-theordinary circumstances they encountered, starting with the different game day? “We’ve got to stay focused, and each day they’ve zeroed in on the game and on the moment,” Dunne said. “Our captains and seniors have done a great job providing leadership and that’s something [everyone has] been able to do. So we just talked to them about embracing the fact the game was on Saturday morning.” Mission accomplished, both in that regard and as relates to postseason qualification. The RedHawks still aren’t in an ideal position, but they’re in a better spot than they were only a couple weeks ago. They’ll be favored to defeat Marian Catholic on Friday, but Nazareth Academy and Joliet Catholic Academy lie in wait after that. To Dunne, though, an opponent’s identity doesn’t

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really matter, only that Marist handles its own business in the best manner possible. “We just go right back to work,” Dunne said. “Every game we see [in front of us] is a big playoff game. We need to focus on what we can control and not worry about what’s happening outside [the program].”

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Good for what ails ‘em Joliet Central proves a perfect tonic for Chargers By Ken Karrson Every coach likes to have his team get tested. Occasionally, though, making it one of the open-book variety is acceptable. Stagg experienced the football equivalent of such Friday night in front of a homecoming crowd in Palos Hills. Entering their SouthWest Suburban Conference Blue assignment against Joliet Central in the midst of a three-game skid, the Chargers were in need of a quick pick-me-up. The beleaguered Steelmen provided it. Joliet’s losing streak covers years, not just games, and it’s exactly what the doctor ordered for a Stagg squad desperate to climb back into the hunt for a playoff berth. Tyquan Foster’s game-opening 75-yard kickoff return started things off in explosive fashion and the Chargers kept right on rolling. Along with the runback Stagg scored a defensive touchdown as well as several on the offensive side. It all added up to a resounding 46-6 triumph over Joliet that squared the Chargers’ season ledger and left them with some wiggle room in regard to postseason qualification. A sweep of its last three contests guarantees Stagg its

first berth since 2005, while two victories would grant it eligibility. “We still have our goal to reach,” Chargers coach Mike Fahey said. “This was the best medicine for our team. You play the schedule you play, but when you play teams like Lincoln-Way East and Bolingbrook, not only do they beat you physically they [also] put a little doubt in your mind.” After losing by a combined 85-0 score to the Griffins and Raiders in Weeks 3 and 4, Stagg players’ confidence may have indeed been shaken. And losing what Fahey deemed a “pick-‘em” game to Lockport in Week 5 obviously didn’t help the situation any. But once Foster lit the early fuse the Chargers (3-3, 1-3) were virtually unstoppable against Joliet. Two other long touchdowns were notched by Gary Kopca (60-yard interception return) and Tyson Felder (45-yard run), but Stagg was also capable of grinding out lengthier scoring drives. “It started raining a little bit [after the game began] and it’s funny — when it’s wet and cold, if you can get up early on a team that’s been struggling it snowballs fast,” Fahey said. “It’s nice when you can get [yardage] in chunks.” The Chargers built an insurmountable 34-0 halftime advantage, and when quarterback Joe Van Nieuwenhuyse tallied for the second time to successfully complete a third-quarter-opening series it put into operation a running clock for the remainder of the evening. That also signaled an end to the starters’ duties as Fahey substituted liberally. “It’s not too often in a high school game you can get every-

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MAR First downs 22 Yds. rushing 174 Yds. passing 118 Total yds. 292 Att./comp. 18-10 Fumbles/lost 1-1 Had intercepted 1 Penalties/yds. 4-30 Punts/avg. 5-39.0

Statistics Joliet Central Stagg

Crusaders

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Stagg Rushing: Felder 8-88, Poskus 7-79,

Tyson Felder was Stagg’s leading rusher Friday night as the Van Nieuwenhuyse 7-40. Passing: Van Nieuwenhuyse 4-1-42. Receiving: Goral 1-42. Chargers rolled over Joliet Central. I think the kids knew they left some opportunities out there.” Although the Caravan’s late scoring seemingly gave them momentum to carry into the second half, Badke thought his club actually caught a break by limiting Mt. Carmel to a field goal at the end of the second period.

to be just 1 yard shy of 200 in the rushing category and, for the second week in a row, the former delivered pinpoint passing as well. After completing 80 percent of his throws versus St. Laurence, Alarcon was 14-of19 for 125 yards opposite the “If that goes for a touchdown, Caravan. that changes momentum a little bit [more in their favor],” Not all was perfect, however. he said. “That gave us some Mt. Carmel’s A.J. Lewis made instead.” his presence felt in the second There’s no question Rice’s dequarter as he scored on runs fense got fortified as it pitched of 31 and 16 yards to pull the a second-half shutout. For the hosts into a 14-all tie. Then game the Caravan totaled only right before intermission, Zach 205 yards, nearly 140 fewer than Mirabelli booted a 22-yard field the Crusaders. Anchoring Rice’s goal to inch the Caravan ahead prevention unit were Robert as Mt. Carmel capitalized on a Woods (nine solo stops, one botched punt. assist, one tackle for loss, one “It’s all about field position when you play those guys,” Badke said. “A bad snap, penalties — we were stopping ourselves and let them back in the game.

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Scoring AAS — Tyquan Foster 75 kick return (Chris Makris kick) AAS — Gary Kopca 60 interception return (Makris kick) AAS — Tyson Felder 45 run (Makris kick) AAS — Joe Van Nieuwenhuyse 15 run (kick failed) AAS — Tom Poskus 12 run (Makris kick) AAS — Van Nieuwenhuyse 5 run (conversion failed) AAS — Blake Williams 25 run (conversion failed)

Scoring MAR — Micah Awodiran 4 run (kick failed) MAR — Nick Gasbarro 80 interception return (kick failed) MAR — Awodiran 3 run (run failed) MAR — Darshon McCullough 9 run (Brendan Cooke kick) MAR — McCullough 34 run (Cooke kick) Marist Rushing: McCullough 20-149, Awodiran 9-34, Aldridge 1-4, Skalitzky 5-(-13). Passing: Skalitzky 18-10-118. Receiving: McCullough 5-55, Keffer 3-40, Glascott 1-13, Dunican 1-10.

body in,” he said. “It was a good team win.” Included among “everybody” was senior Dennis Egan, who suffered a season-ending injury a few weeks ago. Although he was in no condition to perform, Egan “wanted to get on the field one last time and get some closure. He was in for a play in our ‘victory’ formation.” Other scorers for Stagg were Tom Poskus (12-yard run) and backup signal-caller Blake Williams (25-yard dash). Felder (eight carries, 88 yards) and Poskus (779) were a nice 1-2 punch on the ground as the Chargers finished with 261 rushing yards in all. Van Nieuwenhuyse completed just one of the four passes he threw, but Jeff Goral turned it into a 42-yard pickup that set the table for the hosts’ second TD. Another pivotal figure for Stagg was Shane McMahon, who was a defensive standout as he registered 10 total tackles. “After [the Lockport] loss, it was a big challenge [mentally],” Fahey said. “Joliet was the right kind of team to play.” Joliet West should be a taller order on Friday, but Fahey believes the Chargers compare favorably with it. A year ago Stagg set a school record for points in a single game while knocking off the Tigers, but Joliet West is not without some firepower of its own. If successful against the Tigers, the Chargers then have to try to get past District 230 rival Sandburg, which is battling for its own playoff life, and Homewood-Flossmoor. Stagg obviously has to earn its way into the state tournament, but Fahey doesn’t want to rule out anything for his guys. “Teams in this area are always going to have downward cycles,” he said. “But if you can get kids to play hard and compete, you always have a chance.”

quarterback hurry), Jim Opoka (five solos, five assists, interception, pass breakup, hurry) and Greg Bernier (six solos, four assists, one breakup).

Also lending a hand were Manny Bravo (six solos, one assist, one sack), Jordan Boyd (five solos, three assists, one breakup) and Derrick Frye (four solos, five assists).

Statistics Brother Rice 7 7 0 12 - 26 Mt. Carmel 0 17 0 0 - 17 BR MTC First downs 20 13 Yds. rushing 218 154 Yds. passing 125 51 Total yds. 343 205 Att./comp. 19-14 12-3 Fumbles lost 1 0 Had intercepted 0 1 Penalties/yds. 3-25 5-50 Punts/avg. 3-41.7 5-26.6

Rice ventures into Indiana to take on Indianapolis Brebauf this weekend. The Crusaders had originally been slated to meet St. Francis de Sales in a Catholic League crossover, but the Pioneers have become a JV-only program and Rice Scoring would have been forced to take BR — Marcus Jones 8 run (Matt Pia forfeit. kowski kick) “We set up [Brebauf] in February,” said Badke, who added that he had been made aware through an acquaintance of St. Francis’ intentions well in advance of the official announcement.

“We jumped the gun because we knew they were going to drop [varsity] football,” Badke said. “It’s just a one-year deal, but we were fortunate we were able to get this game.”

BR — Alex Alarcon 20 run (Pikowski kick) MTC — A.J. Lewis 31 run (Zach Mirabelli kick) MTC — Lewis 16 run (Mirabelli kick) MTC — Mirabelli 22 field goal BR — Alarcon 1 run (conversion failed) BR — Julian Blain 36 pass from Alarcon (kick blocked) Brother Rice Rushing: Alarcon 23-114, Jones 17-85, Blain 1-10, Houston 2-9, Desmond 1-0. Passing: Alarcon 19-14125. Receiving: Blain 6-80, Hayes 3-15, Smalling 3-11, Jones 2-19.

Section 2

Thursday, October 9, 2014 The Regional News - The Reporter

Volleyball roundup (Continued from page 2) lenge on Saturday. The Macs claimed their first championship in that event since 1998 by defeating Notre Dame (Ky.) 25-19, 25-17. Leading the charge for McAuley (22-3, 3-0) were Kelsey Clark (nine kills, four blocks), Kayla Caffey (seven kills, two blocks), Ryann DeJarld (six kills, eight digs, two aces), Kennedy Arundel (six kills, eight digs, two aces), Jane DeJarld (17 assists, four digs), Amber Casey (nine assists, five digs) and Carla Cahill (seven digs). To reach the finale McAuley beat three-time defending titlist Assumption (Ky.) in the semifinals, 25-19, 25-17, behind Arundel (nine kills), Caffey (nine), Casey (16 assists) and Cahill (13 digs). Friday's wins were logged against Downers Grove North (25-18, 25-14) and Wallert, Iowa (25-16, 25-9). Ryann DeJarld (18 kills, eight digs over two matches) and Caffey (nine kills) were Friday's headliners. Also part of McAuley's week was a 25-8, 25-16 Girls Catholic Athletic Conference Red victory over Loyola Academy on Thursday. Ryann DeJarld (12 kills, seven digs) and Casey (13 assists, eight digs) were the key figures there. SANDBURG

Leah Lane (nine kills, three blocks), Sami Knight (16 assists) and Morgan Kmak (28 digs) were the Eagles' mainstays as Sandburg grabbed the runner-up position in the Asics Challenge Silver Division. Prior to that tourney appearance the Eagles won two other matches. They crushed Thornridge 25-2, 25-27 in a SouthWest Suburban Conference crossover last Tuesday as Gillian Thanasouras (five kills, four aces) and Emily Makina (seven assists) led the way. Bolingbrook also fell short of Sandburg on Thursday (25-12, 25-12) in an SWSC Blue encounter. Spearheading that victory were Knight (20 assists, four aces), Allison Nagel (five kills) and Caroline Stefano (five). STAGG Also appearing at the Asics Challenge were the Chargers, who lost 25-19, 25-14 to JCA in the third-place match of the Bronze Division. Prior to tourney action, Stagg split a pair of matches. It dropped a 25-22, 16-25, 25-14 verdict to Lincoln-Way Central in an SWSC crossover on Tuesday despite good outings from Lexi Mantas (14 kills, 17 digs) and Maddie Duffner (23 assists). Mantas (11 kills, five blocks, nine digs) and Duffner (19 assists, eight points) were at it again on Thursday, and this time their combined efforts were enough to lift the Chargers past Homewood-Flossmoor (2519, 25-16) in an SWSC Blue clash.

SHEPARD The Astros captured a pair of matches last week as they defeated Lemont (25-8, 25-14) in a South Suburban Conference crossover and Richards (25-14, 25-4) in an SSC Red match on Tuesday and Thursday, respectively. Abbey Graham supplied 20 service points and six aces for Shepard (21-5, 8-0) against the Indians, while Nikki Alex (19 points) and Briana Haugh (five kills) were the key performers versus the Bulldogs. RICHARDS Greater success was forthcoming for the Bulldogs (10-9, 4-4) in their other match last week as they downed Bremen 25-20, 25-22 on Tuesday behind a teamhigh nine kills from Kelly Lind. QUEEN OF PEACE The Pride improved to 8-13 overall with a 25-10, 25-21 victory over Oak Lawn last Monday. Bethany Kingsley had 16 assists and Kam Myles had five kills to spark visiting Queen of Peace. Colleen Corbett added seven digs and four aces for the winners. OAK LAWN Following the loss to Peace, the Spartans (8-8, 5-3) bounced back to beat Eisenhower in an SSC Red match on Thursday. Leading Oak Lawn to its 28-26, 25-20 triumph were Simona Tomczak (six kills, 11 digs) and Alli Yacko (six kills).

Trinity sports report

Rested Trolls run to victory By Amy Strong A couple weeks off apparently had no ill effects on Trinity Christian College’s cross country teams. In fact, the Trolls pretty much picked up where they had left off in mid-September as the women earned a victory and the men were third Saturday at Wisconsin Lutheran College’s Warrior Invitational in Milwaukee. Trinity’s females outpaced 13 other squads, while the guys were third in a 16-school field. Anna Bos claimed her second event win of the fall by completing a 6K race in 22 minutes, 43.8 seconds. The field consisted of 134 runners in all and Bos’ closest pursuer was 12 seconds behind her. Bos’ clocking was a Trolls record for that distance, supplanting her own school standard by 26 seconds. Jessica Disselkoen, also a twotime winner this season, took fourth in a personal-best 23:09.5 and Ashley Jourdan occupied the No. 6 position after covering the distance in 23:33.5. Disselkoen and Jourdan now rank 2-3 in Trinity annals for fastest 6K time. The Trolls men were third despite having just six available competitors. Cody Velthuizen reached the chute in the fourth spot overall after clocking a 27:18.0 for 8K and Michael Potter was one second behind him in fifth. Both teams will participate in the Bethel College Invitational Friday at Saint Patrick’s Park in South Bend, Ind.

half after Trinity was assessed a yellow card. The Lakers then tallied on a penalty kick. The Trolls hosted Olivet Nazarene University in a conference match this past Wednesday. They visit Robert Morris University on Saturday.

Busscher had 13 digs and Brittany Dykstra made five blocks. Overall, Trinity had 60 kills and posted a .166 hitting percentage, compared to Stritch’s 67 kills and .200 percentage. The Trolls also served 10 aces and recorded eight blocks. *** Before losing to the Wolves on Saturday, Trinity (16-6, 7-1) took down Robert Morris and Roosevelt universities at Purdue Calumet in Hammond, Ind. The Eagles were beaten 25-9, 25-13, 25-18 and the Lakers came up short by a 25-13, 25-16, 25-19 count. With Schuh at the service line, the Trolls jetted out to an 8-0 lead in the opening set versus Robert Morris and never wavered. Trinity had 11 kills and only one attack error as it compiled a .385 hitting percentage. Another quick getaway had the Trolls up 6-1 and eventually 14-4 in Game 2. The Eagles were a little more resistant in the third set, but not enough to prolong the match. Macadlo’s kill finalized the verdict. She wound up with eight kills, two blocks and nine digs, while Oeverman paced Trinity with 12 kills in 17 attempts and a couple of blocks. The Trolls had 38 kills in all and a .287 hitting percentage for the match. Also chipping in with nine digs apiece were Busscher and Tori Mantel. The Trolls jumped on North Division leader Roosevelt right at the outset and constructed a 10-2 edge in Game 1. The lead then grew to 22-11 as Trinity had little difficulty dispatching the Lakers. Overman’s three kills closed out the set.

WOMEN’S SOCCER The Trolls women were almost perfect last week, but they had to settle for a scoreless stalemate against TIU last Wednesday at the Schaaf Athletics Complex. The Trojans entered the CCAC contest ranked 22nd in the NAIA. Trinity Christian unloaded 18 shots, compared to seven for TIU. Trolls keeper Jesse Bultsma was credited with four saves. Trinity Christian took 10 first-half shots and then had two chances in the second overtime to decide things in its favor. However, one shot sailed high while the Trojans’ goaltender stopped the other. *** GOLF The Trolls’ other outing fea The Trolls concluded their tured them dispatching Roosfall season by placing fifth in evelt 3-0 on Saturday at Toyota Friday’s Chicagoland Collegiate Park behind goals from Kayla Athletic Conference Fall Preview Diemer, Cassidy Bosselaar and at Flossmoor Country Club. Rachael Webb. Amy Tadla assist The Trolls broke open Game 2 Trinity totaled 321 for 18 holes, ed on two of the scores. with an 8-3 run and used a 6-1 just one stroke higher than host Diemer and Bosselaar tallied surge to pull ahead of Roosevelt St. Xavier University and eight within two minutes of each other for good in the third set. The shots in arrears of champion in the opening half, Bosselaar’s Lakers got within 23-19 before University of St. Francis. Three marker coming in the 33rd min- Dykstra put down a kill and Trolls were among the top 10 in ute on a rebound of a Diemer Oeverman served an ace for the a 38-man lineup: Scott Ebbeling shot that had been stopped. final two points. (tied for third with a 77), Logan Bultsma’s latest shutout re- Van Dellen (10 kills), OeverVos (tied for fourth, 79) and Evan sulted from four saves. Trinity man (eight kills, three blocks), Eissens (79). Ebbeling competed (5-3-2, 2-0-1) outshot the Lakers Dykstra (eight kills, three as an individual. 17-9 overall. blocks) and Verhage (three Also golfing for Trinity was The Trolls hosted Olivet Naz- blocks) were all key figures Cody Tiesman, whose round of arene this past Tuesday and are along the net. Mantel delivered 81 landed him in a tie for 18th. at Robert Morris on Saturday. four aces on Trinity’s behalf and While most of the Trolls will Schuch had 11 digs. The Trolls’ put their clubs in storage for a VOLLEYBALL hitting percentage for the match while, Vos will continue playing. The Trolls’ 15-match win was .308. He will compete in the National streak was snapped last week, *** Christian College Athletic Associbut not until October arrived. Prior to entering the crossation National Championship Oct. That meant Trinity went un- over tournament, Trinity up27-29 in Panama City Beach, Fla. defeated for the month of Sep- ended St. Francis 25-11, 25-19, tember. 25-17 in a CCAC match last MEN’S SOCCER Bringing the Trolls’ run to Tuesday. Mauricio Salgado’s goal off a halt was Cardinal Stritch After winning Game 1 with a Fernandi Avalos feed broke University in the final match relative ease the Trolls had their up a scoreless deadlock in the of last weekend’s CCAC Cross- hands full. In particular, the final 21 seconds of regulation over Tournament. The Wolves third set was competitive as the as the Trolls edged Trinity Inneeded five sets to prevail, but Fighting Saints got up 14-11 and ternational University 1-0 in a they did 50 by scores of 25-23, were still within 18-16 before CCAC match last Tuesday. 25-21, 18-25, 21-25, 16-14 on a Trinity spurt while Karleigh Trinity Christian got a payoff Saturday. Krchmery was at the service line after outshooting the Trojans by The two teams were tied gave it some breathing room. a decisive 19-3 margin. Trolls netseveral times in the deciding Oeverman (10 kills, three minder Gabe Fennema was called game, but two Stritch kills final- blocks) and Dykstra (five kills, upon to make just one save. ly secured the triumph. Trinity two blocks) committed only one The script was flipped on Sat- had staved off match point a bit attack error between them. urday as Trinity (3-5-1, 1-2) was earlier as Erynn Schuh’s kill and Macadlo produced nine kills, on the short side of a 1-0 CCAC a combined block from Danielle Schuh distributed 26 assists outcome against Roosevelt Uni- Oeverman and Rachel Verhage and Busscher finished with 11 versity at Toyota Park in Brid- wiped out a 14-12 Wolves ad- digs. The Trolls wound up with geview. The Lakers outshot the vantage. 33 kills and a .258 hitting perTrolls 18-5, but Fennema kept Verhage finished with 11 kills centage. his team in the hunt by regis- for the Trolls, two fewer than Trinity, which is still receivtering nine saves. Seven of his Kaitlyn Van Dellen and four ing votes in the NAIA Coachstops came in the first half, which less than team leader Lauren es’ poll, hosted Purdue-North ended in a scoreless tie. Macadlo, who complemented Central this past Tuesday and Roosevelt gained its advantage her 17 kills with 20 digs. Schuh is at the Davenport University three minutes into the second dished out 51 assists, Michelle Invitational over the weekend.

Photos by Jeff Vorva

Oak Lawn’s Bri Markusic goes up high to spike the ball last Wednesday versus Tinley Park. EVERGREEN PARK Maddie Vojacek provided eight kills and seven digs for the visiting Mustangs (9-13, 4-5) in their 2518, 25-16 SSC Red victory over Reavis last Thursday.

Oak Lawn’s Rebecca Suarez (left) and Sam Lesiak are unable to stop Tinley Park from picking up a point in last Wednesday’s SSC crossover match.

Mustangs become a ‘t-air-or’ Passing game looms large as Evergreen rolls over Astros By Ken Karrson Paraphrasing a famous historical phrase might best describe what transpired early Friday night between Evergreen Park and Shepard. Two by air was more than the Astros wanted to see. The Mustangs, typically known through the years for a grindit-out style of offense, showed off their Western Athletic Conference side when they visited Palos Heights for a South Suburban Conference Red contest. Pass plays covering 81 and 75 yards stung Shepard’s defense right away and set in motion a productive evening for Evergreen. By the time the clock struck zero, the Mustangs had piled up more than 500 yards and, most importantly, enough points to cruise in an easy winner. Evergreen built a 28-3 lead and eventually bagged a 34-9 win. The Mustangs’ second triumph in a row kept them on course for a fourth consecutive Class 4A playoff berth. Evergreen needs just two victories to make it official and, seemingly, only Richards presents a giant task in the remaining three weeks. “When you breed success, the kids have seen it and been a part of it and know it can be done [again],” Mustangs coach Ray Mankowski said. “When you know you can be in any game at any time the kids believe. “Anybody can beat anybody anytime [in the SSC]. You never know what can happen, but if we go out and play a good game we’ll be OK.” Evergreen (4-2, 2-2) was more than that here. While the Mustangs didn’t function without flaw — they were guilty of three miscues — their defense was active enough to give the visitors a plus-two in the turnover column. “You control what you can control,” Mankowski said. “If adversity happens, how you react to it is how good you’re going to be.” Scoring certainly wasn't an issue here as Charles Taylor and Isaac Matthews hauled in the aforementioned bombs from Evergreen quarterback Sean Ryan. The Ryan-Matthews duo also collaborated a second time on a touchdown completion. Ryan, who was 13-of-20 for 294 yards, did damage with his

legs as well as he rushed for 79 yards and supplied two more TDs. Mankowski said getting ahead by a comfortable margin was paramount. “They were 2-3 coming in, but we know every team we play in the conference has the potential to come out and score three touchdowns early,” he said. “[But] if we do what we can do, do our job and play good football, we’re going to be in a position to [also] score and win the game.” While the Mustangs kept churning up yardage, Shepard (2-4, 0-3) struggled to make much noise. The Astros did get two first-half chances inside the Evergreen 30 after recovering a fumble and botched punt snap, but all they had to show for it was Mike Iturbe’s 39-yard field goal. “Turnovers, missed opportunities — we couldn’t put it all together,” Shepard coach Dominic Passolano said. “We got set up, and if we score [a touchdown] there it’s [at least] 7-7. That’s something we needed to have. “[The Mustangs] won the line of scrimmage. I was a little surprised by that. We’ve done a good job of playing physical football with everybody, so I didn’t see this coming.” The Astros’ offense wasn’t exactly dormant, but the 228 yards it generated paled in comparison to Evergreen’s output. Demetrius Harrison topped the 100-yard plateau in rushing and EJ Rueck caught a 42-yard touchdown pass, but there was a sense of unevenness to Shepard’s attack that kept it from functioning more smoothly. “What’s hurting us is the three-and-outs,” Passolano said. “We’re not keeping our defense off the field [long enough]. They get worn down and [opponents] break a big play.” Mario Wilson (four solo stops, seven assists, three tackles for loss, one-half sack), Kyle Dye (six solos, one assist), Aaron McCaskill (five solos, one assist, two pass breakups, interception, one tackle for loss), Jaime Herrera (three solos, five assists) and Keyon Lansdown (four solos, three assists, three tackles for loss, two breakups) all played well for the Astros

on the prevention side. Lashon Johnson (interception) Kris Nichols and Brice Martin were Evergreen’s defensive notables. One unexpected plus for Shepard was the return of senior quarterback Chris Hennington. Originally thought to be lost for the remainder of the year with a shoulder injury, Hennington’s condition was diagnosed as only a strain. “We thought he was done,” Passolano said. “He’s limited in what he can do — if there’s any sort of pressure put on him it’s a problem — but he’s throwing the ball well.” Passolano plans on splitting time between Hennington and sophomore Jack Carberry, with the latter starting the next three games, all of which the coach deems “winnable.” “We’re low on playoff points, but stranger things have happened,” Passolano said. “[And] we can still have a winning season.” The Astros are at Argo on Friday, while Evergreen squares off with Eisenhower in Blue Island.

Statistics

Final Evergreen Park 34 Shepard 9 Yds. rushing Yds. passing Total yds. Att./comp. Fumbles lost Had intercepted Punts/avg.

EP ABS 216 146 294 82 510 228 20-13 22-6 2 4 1 1 --- 4-36.3

Scoring EP — Charles Taylor 81 pass from Sean Ryan (Neil Quigley kick) ABS — Mike Iturbe 39 field goal EP — Isaac Matthews 75 pass from Ryan (Quigley kick) EP — Matthews 15 pass from Ryan (Quigley kick) EP — Ryan 37 run (Quigley kick) EP — Ryan 10 run (kick failed) ABS — EJ Rueck 42 pass from Jack Carberry (run failed) Evergreen Park Rushing: Moore 13-87, Ryan 11-79, Brown 7-29. Passing: Ryan 20-13-294. Receiving: Matthews 4-109, Taylor 3-102, Brown 1-15, Moore 1-9. Shepard Rushing: Harrison24-106, Carberry 7-25, Dye 3-15, Rueck 1-0. Passing: Carberry 9-3-62, Hennington 13-3-20. Receiving: Rueck 2-55, Lopez 2-15, Harrison 1-7, Hufstedler 1-5.

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Thursday, October 9, 2014

Section 2

Weakened by Wheaton

Vikings come up dry as Spartans notch shutout By Ken Karrson

Photo by Jeff Vorva

Halftime heroes

Members of Staggâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; cross country team that placed second in the state 25 years ago were honored at halftime of Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s football game between the Chargers and Joliet Central.

Cougars

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year. Yet we were 3 yards and one play away from getting the win.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A;And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why Feminis is upbeat about what lies ahead for the Cougars (3-2, 0-1). â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m still very confident we can have a heck of a season,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definitely a different feeling than a year ago. We were 3-2 then, too, but our two losses were pretty decisive â&#x20AC;&#x201D; [NCAA Division II University of] Indianapolis and Grand View both beat us by more than 30 points. â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x153;The encouraging thing for me is weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re eight or nine points away from being undefeated [this season]. And we have not played a team that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve felt is better than us.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A; SXU, though, gave the Vikings plenty of help, especially early on as four of its first six series ended on turnovers. One of the two that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t featured Mike Ivlow crossing the goal line from 7 yards out. â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A;That first-period touchdown offset one by Grand View quarterback Derek Fulton, who tallied on a 1-yard plunge shortly after his defense swiped a John Rhode pass. Fulton wound up having a hand in five TDs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; three running, two throwing â&#x20AC;&#x201D; while amassing 305 total yards. â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a returning all-conference player and a really, really good athlete,â&#x20AC;? Feminis said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some days you have to pick your poison.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A; Fultonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 9-yard dash and his 26-yard aerial collaboration with Keonte White following a Cougars fumble extended the hostsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; edge to 18-8 in the second quarter, and Fultonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 78-yard sprint added to SXUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s woes after that. However, the visitors sandwiched the latter between TDs from Stephen Simms (5yard reception) and Nick DeBenedetti (40-yard catch) to keep the heat on the Vikings

at halftime. â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x153;We did so many things well offensively,â&#x20AC;? said Feminis, whose club totaled 398 yards, just 36 fewer than Grand View. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They put a priority on stopping the pass and we ran the ball at will.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A;Joshua Hunter topped the 100-yard mark for SXU as he finished with 102 on 16 rushes. Ivlow and Rhode both ran for at least 50 yards. â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A; The Vikings created some immediate momentum for themselves at the start of the third stanza when White returned the opening kickoff 89 yards, but Rhode soon countered with his 12-yard run. The back-andforth tenor continued for the remainder of the game, with both teams picking up one more touchdown and recording a safety. Ivlow delivered the Cougarsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; final six-pointer on a 5-yard run. â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A; Starring for SXU on the defensive side were Michael Mettille (seven solo stops, one assist, one tackle for loss), Greg Hayward (seven solos, three tackles for loss), Dan Fitzgerald (six solos) and Mark Williams (five solos, one tackle for loss, one pass breakup). The Cougars also blocked a punt on special teams that set up Simmsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; second-quarter score. â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every game this year each phase has played an important role, whether we win or lose,â&#x20AC;? Feminis said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not one phase we can point to [as most influential]. â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A; â&#x20AC;&#x153;This one was a tough one to swallow, but I think our guys are resilient and confident. They know theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re good, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re showing so many signs that we can be a great team. Once the hurt goes away theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be encouraged by what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done so far.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A;The University of St. Francis (Ind.), which has won its last two meetings with SXU, visits Bruce R. Deaton Field on Saturday. USF is coming off a home loss, so Feminis surmises it will be â&#x20AC;&#x153;even more desperate

than we are.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A;What heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s virtually certain of is yet another dogfight in a campaign becoming increasingly filled with them. â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The competitive level of our conference is that close,â&#x20AC;? Feminis said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d put the top six or seven teams in our conference, on both sides, up against anybody in the country. If weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re fortunate enough to make it [to the national tournament], weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be battle-tested.â&#x20AC;?

Statistics St. Xavier Grand View First downs Yds. rushing Yds. passing Total yds. Att./comp. Fumbles/lost Had intercepted Penalties/yds. Punts/avg.

7 14 14 2 - 37 6 19 16 0 - 41 SXU GVU 21 19 247 232 151 202 398 434 29-14 29-14 3-3 0-0 2 0 8-41 3-35 4-41.5 6-26.0

Scoring GVU â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Derek Fulton 1 run (kick failed) SXU â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Mike Ivlow 7 run (Abdul Mahdi kick) GVU â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fulton 9 run (kick failed) GVU â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Keonte White 26 pass from Fulton (kick blocked) SXU â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Stephen Simms 5 pass from John Rhode (Mahdi kick) GVU â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fulton 78 run (Ben Hurley kick) SXU â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Nick DeBenedetti 40 pass from Rhode (Mahdi kick) GVU â&#x20AC;&#x201D; White 89 kickoff return (Hurley kick) SXU â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Rhode 12 run (Mahdi kick) GVU â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Safety (Rhode tackled in own end zone) GVU â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Cory Crnkovich 8 pass from Fulton (Hurley kick) SXU â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ivlow 5 run (Mahdi kick) SXU â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Safety (Grand View player stepped out of end zone)

â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A;As a graduate of Leo High School Harold Blackmon is admittedly â&#x20AC;&#x153;a Catholic League guy.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A; But the St. Laurence coach, at least for a fleeting moment Friday night, probably pined for the days of the Suburban Christian Conference. â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A;If that league remained in existence, Wheaton-St. Francis would likely still belong to it. But when the SCC disbanded at the end of the 2013-14 school year, members of it had to find new homes. Some joined the Metro Suburban Conference, others became part of the Chicago Catholic League. â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A; St. Francis is among the latter group, which explained its presence in Burbank for a crossover contest with the Vikings, who were playing at Kavanagh Field for the first time since Week 1. What wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite as easy to understand was how the Spartans made themselves feel so much at home. â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A;One week after earning Blackmonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s approval for its effort in a defeat against Brother Rice, St. Laurence left its leader searching for an explanation in regard to a disappearing act. â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A; â&#x20AC;&#x153;I still donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand what happened to us Friday night,â&#x20AC;? Blackmon said in the aftermath of the Vikings' 36-0 setback. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I felt we were making progress, even though we were coming up short [in some games], and it all went out the window. It was very disappointing. â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A; â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was nothing St. Francis did that we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect, but at some point we just have to make a play. This is the first time I can say a team physically outplayed us. We just did not compete with them â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that team wanted to win more than we did and it showed.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A;The outcome ruined homecoming festivities for St. Laurence fans. Blackmon wondered if the week of activities had negatively affected his athletes in a preparation sense, but whatever the cause of the sub-par exhibition he said he sensed something was amiss early on. â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A; â&#x20AC;&#x153;It just didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel right from the pregame,â&#x20AC;? Blackmon said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I tried as hard as I could to remind them that homecoming is for the students who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play football. You never want to take

away from a kidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s high school experience, but they signed up to play football.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A; Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what the Spartans did to a highly efficient degree as they amassed 355 total yards while limiting the Vikings (24) to a season-low 104. No St. Laurence runner gained more than 21 yards and no receiver managed more than 15. â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A; St. Francis quarterback Clint Bobowski accounted for 264 himself, mostly through the air. He threw scoring passes to Nick Dama (28 yards), Thomas Petrando (16 yards) and Christopher Smith (14 yards) during the game. â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A; Smithâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s touchdown followed a short kickoff the Spartans recovered. Many in attendance felt St. Francis was rubbing salt in the Vikingsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; wounds with an uncalled-for onsides kick, but Blackmon believed it was merely a squib that Warriors kicker Trevor Jungles almost whiffed. â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A; â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were more aggressive to the ball, so they deserved the ball,â&#x20AC;? Blackmon said. â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A;But what if the coach was being overly generous in his assessment? â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always future meetings,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Those things] always even out.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A;Here, however, there was a definite unevenness as St. Laurence never had a legitimate shot at expunging the shutout being pitched against it. The Vikingsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; initial series carried them to the St. Francis 37 before fizzling out and a second-half possession reached the visitorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 45 before being ruined by a fumble. â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A; The majority of events in between featured St. Laurence in three downs-and-out mode. The Vikings registered just four first downs over the gameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final 40 minutes. â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A; â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if it was [because of] homecoming or the pressure of playing in front of the student body, but that was really out of character,â&#x20AC;? Blackmon said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We could not do anything right and it just kind of piled on. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no magic potion [for improvement], but you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be passive in playing football. We canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sit and wait for [the other team] to dictate tempo.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A; Playing well in defeat for St. Laurence were defenders Jus-

tin Dennison and Tom Lyons, both of whom made seven solo tackles. Dennison assisted on three others, while Lyons had two assists. â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A;Quarterback Alex Martinez completed half of his passes, but they totaled only 38 yardsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; worth of gains. Hampering the ground attack was sophomore tailback Fayezon Smartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lessthan-100 percent physical status. Smart tweaked his ankle versus Rice and was also slowed by illness, although Blackmon did not want any excuses being made for the Vikingsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; sluggish display. â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A; â&#x20AC;&#x153;In a loss like this everybodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s involved,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our players have shown the ability to work, [so] weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to continue doing what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done. They have to find confidence within themselves and get better each week.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A;Blackmon termed the remainder of the schedule â&#x20AC;&#x153;essentially a three-game playoffâ&#x20AC;? as St. Laurence must win out in order to have any chance at an invitation to either the state tournament or Catholic League playoffs. Aurora Christian, another ex-SCC team that pushed St. Rita hard last Friday night, visits the Vikings for a White Division matchup on Friday.

Statistics W.-St. Francis St. Laurence First downs Yds. rushing Yds. passing Total yds. Att./comp. Fumbles/lost Had intercepted Penalties/yds. Punts/avg.

7 7 22 0 - 36 0 0 0 0 - 0 WSF STL 25 7 147 66 208 38 355 104 29-18 14-7 2-0 4-2 0 0 6-55 3-25 3-40.0 5-37.8

Scoring WSF â&#x20AC;&#x201D; William Purdom 5 run (Trevor Jungles kick) WSF â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Nick Dama 28 pass from Clint Bobowski (Jungles kick) WSF â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Bobowski 6 run (Purdom pass from Dama) WSF â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Thomas Petrando 16 pass from Bobowski (Jungles kick) WSF â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Christopher Smith 14 pass from Bobowski (Jungles kick) St. Laurence Rushing: Smart 14-21, Martinez 9-21, Gurgone 2-21, Delaney 1-3. Passing: Martinez 14-7-38. Receiving: Delaney 4-14, Gurgone 2-15, Snee 1-9.

St. Xavier Rushing: Hunter16-102, Ivlow 11-53, Rhode 18-50, Simms 2-18, Kelso 1-15, Ferguson 2-7, Carroll 1-2. Passing: Rhode 29-14-151. Receiving: DeBenedetti 8-120, Simms 3-20, Carroll 2-7, Strbjak 1-4.

AYSO soccer

Mixed results mark recent round of matches â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A;Recent Palos AYSO soccer matches featured a mix of results. While a few encounters were hotly contested, others tilted strongly in one direction as some teams unleashed potent offenses. â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A;Following is a recap of reported matches. UNDER-12 Batmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Crew 5, Green Lightning 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A;Jake Lata scored twice and three other players found the back of the net once as the Crew breezed past the Lightning. Also tallying for the winners were Erik Antkiewicz, Eddie Sutkus and Ian Kloen. â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A; Antkiewicz, Campbell Brown, Eamon Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Hara and Patrick Martin dished out one assist apiece, and the latter complemented his offensive work with solid defense. Others helping out on that side of the ball were Gianna and Giulia Demacopoulos. Rage United 4, Blizzard 2 â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A;Goals by Luke Christy and Michael Jeffers werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enough to spare the Blizzard from a defeat against Rage United. Jeffers also split the netminding duties with Tom DiBrizzi as each player was between the pipes for two periods. â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A;Providing defense in front of the keepers were Margaret

Keane, Alex Forczyk, Ryan Thomason, Jennifer Rizzo, Maks Srama, Colton Sterling, Hudson Sterling and Norah Sullivan. Maroon Magic 2, Demons 2 â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A; Michael Tylka and Luka Zoko tallied for the Magic, who battled the Demons to a standoff. Nathanial Tran was credited with an assist. â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A; Also playing well for the Magic were Aidan Ellayan, Amelia Kuna, Andrew Kopinski and Maya Doyle. UNDER-10 Hornets 8, Green Demons 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A; Eugene Krupinskiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s five-goal explosion catapulted the Hornets to a rout of the Demons. Brendan Arnold, Jack Tadevich and Connor Celauro completed the offensive onslaught. â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A;Celauro also doled out two assists, while Tadevich, Giulia Scarnavach amd Tegan Bumsted each distributed one. The Hornetsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; defense was a solid complement to their attack, thanks to Harry Doyle, Ivan Hokens, Delvidas Masaitis, Padraig Murnin, Roisin Murnin and Bridget Stroner. Blue Flames 6, Fireballs 3 â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A; Justin Lang tallied twice and four other players knocked in one goal apiece to lead the

Flames to a win over the Fireballs. Also scoring for the victors were Andres Villagomez, Jack Wade, Sean Doyle and Gordon Strobosscher. â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A;Lang, Wade, Doyle, Villagomez and Lucas Kopec all were credited with assists. Defensive standouts for the Flames were Sophia Alonso, Ethan Byrne, Emma Lonosky, Ava McGuire, Jacob Jennings, Rachel Jennings and Kyle Georgiou. UNDER-8 Sharks 4, Gators 0 â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A; Emma Burke earned the shutout as the Sharksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; keeper while receiving offensive support from Antoni Mierzwa (two goals, one assist), Thomas Thornburg (one goal, two assists) and Oliver Levy (one goal) in the Sharksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; triumph over the Gators. â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A;Vasilis Eliadis and Marco Marquez were other key figures for the Sharks. Blue Thunder 2, Blue Bombers 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A;Isabella Carpenterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goal wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite enough for the Bombers to avoid a loss to the Thunder in a defensive struggle. Malaina Lisiecki assisted on Carpenterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s score. â&#x20AC;&#x201A;â&#x20AC;&#x201A;Others playing well in defeat were Marco Tamayo, Jacob Goebel, Isaac Maldonado, Mari Jarmoszka and Mandi Matulenka.

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6 Section 2 Thursday, October 9, 2014 The Regional News - The Reporter SXU sports summary

Mahdi a candidate for Mitchell Award St. Xavier University’s tradition of turning out quality place-kickers continues. Following in the footsteps of former Cougars Shane Longest and Tom Lynch, Abdul Mahdi is already garnering plenty of attention in his freshman football season. A two-time Mid-States Football Association Midwest League Special Teams Player of the Week this fall, Mahdi became one of two-dozen players nationwide selected as candidates for the Fred Mitchell Award during the month of September. The award, named after the longtime Chicago Tribune sportswriter, honors excellence both on the field and in the community. Lynch was the 2010 and 2011 award recipient. This year’s winner will be announced in mid-December. Mahdi was the lone NAIA kicker tabbed in the first month of the 2014 season. He was joined by 13 Football Championship Series kickers, six from NCAA Division II, three from NCAA Division III and one from the National Junior College Athletic Association. Mahdi led the Cougars in scoring in September with 28 points as he connected on 4-of5 field-goal attempts and all but two of his 18 conversion kicks. His service projects included doing painting at his high school alma mater Bogan and spending a day cleaning up at 323acre Marquette Park on Chicago’s southwest side. “These 24 place-kickers are succeeding on the gridiron, and their civic and volunteer activities are having a positive impact in their communities,” Mitchell Award selection committee chairman Chris Kearney said. “We are delighted to honor this group.” *** Sophomore wide receiver Stephen Simms and freshman punter Joe Bailey were chosen as MFSA Midwest League Offensive Player of the Week and Special Teams Player of the Week, respectively, following the Cougars’ 28-13 win over No. 12 University of St. Francis (Ill.) on Sept. 27. Simms led SXU with five receptions for 95 yards and 37 rushing yards on nine carries. One of his catches resulted in a 66-yard touchdown. Bailey averaged 46 yards on four punts, his best effort being a 60-yarder that pinned the Fighting Saints down at their own 5. MEN’S GOLF Sophomore Robert Lively’s round of 78 helped him tie for sixth individually and was the driving force behind the Cougars’ fourth-place team finish at the the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Fall Preview on Friday at Flossmoor Country Club. SXU finished the one-day event with a cumulative 320 score, just seven strokes in back of champion St. Francis. Holy Cross College and Olivet Nazarene University were both two shots ahead of the Cougars, while Trinity Christian College and Roosevelt University were fifth and sixth in the standings. Freshman Michael Perez and junior Kyle Bahnick both carded 80s to tie for 12th in a 38-golfer field. Junior Zachary

Trent was SXU’s last scorer with an 82, which was good for the 20th position. Sophomore Mark Kluk rounded out the list of competing Cougars by shooting an 85 and tying for 30th place.

SXU participated in the William Woods Invitational at Tanglewood Golf Course in Fulton, Mo., this past Monday and Tuesday. MEN’S SOCCER By allowing two scores in the first 36 minutes of regulation, the Cougars dug a hole from which they could not escape last Tuesday as they suffered a 4-0 loss to Judson University in a CCAC match in Elgin. SXU actually outshot the Eagles 12-8. Junior Marco Gutierrez took four of the Cougars’ shots, two of which were placed on goal. Providing the offense for Judson (7-2-1, 2-1-1) were Santiago Munoz (two goals, one assist), Noah Price (goal, assist) and Ezra White (goal). SXU netminder AJ Pfatschbacher recorded one save. *** A goal by sophomore midfielder Kamil Szczesniak in the 50th minute proved to be the difference-maker as the Cougars (4-6-1, 2-1-1) squeezed out a 1-0 conference victory over Purdue University Calumet Saturday at Bruce R. Deaton Field. Pfatschbacker earned his second shutout of the season by making four saves. His diving stop of a free kick in the second half highlighted his performance. SXU placed four of its nine total shots on goal. Senior Rene Leon took one-third of the Cougars’ shots, one of which was on target. PUC finished with seven shots in all. SXU kicked off a stretch of three road matches this past Wednesday in Deerfield against Trinity International University. *** Freshman midfielder Ricardo Aldape was selected as the CCAC Player of the Week for the week ending Sept. 28 after getting a hat trick and assist in a 6-3 win over St. Francis. He also helped the Cougars battle to a scoreless tie with Holy Cross College during that same week. Aldape entered the current week tied for the team lead in scoring with 10 points on four goals and two assists. WOMEN’S SOCCER A goal by sophomore midfielder Brittany Kroening created a 1-all tie in the 60th minute that stood through two overtime periods last Wednesday against Judson. The deadlock was the Cougars’ third of the season but first in CCAC play. Sophomore keeper Alex Perry made nine saves for SXU over 110 minutes. The host Eagles collected their lone marker in the 39th minute on a shot by

Jordan Rossi off Hannah Condit’s assist. Kroening’s equalizer was set up by Christina Sperando’s corner kick. *** A pair of goals by junior Lexi Cozzi told the tale as the Cougars captured a 2-0 CCAC victory over Purdue Calumet on a rainy Saturday afternoon at Deaton Field. Perry notched her first whitewash this season and the fourth of her collegiate career by turning aside four Peregrines shots on goal. Cozzi gave her teammate a lead to protect in the 25th minute by scoring off a Delanie Bosworth assist. Less than five minutes later Cozzi struck again, this time after receiving a pass from Christina Szocka. SXU (3-4-3, 2-1-1) put 10 of its 17 shots on target. The Cougars squared off with Trinity International this past Tuesday in Deerfield. It was the first of three straight road matches. VOLLEYBALL Senior Marie Hackert was a force at the net with 13 kills and four total blocks, and her work last Wednesday lifted the Cougars to a 25-15, 25-11, 2520 CCAC victory over Robert Morris University in Arlington Heights. SXU posted a team hitting percentage of .241 behind 35 kills and just 14 attacking errors. The win was the Cougars’ fourth straight and sixth in their last seven matches. Senior Kelli Shaffer delivered 30 assists and two service aces, junior Meghan Falsey added seven kills and two block assists, and junior Heidi Gregerson supplied six kills and four total blocks, including three solos. Also contributing to the triumph were senior Jessica Galotta and freshman Shauna Meagher with 14 and 13 digs, respectively. *** Hackert finished Friday with a combined 20 kills and six total blocks as the Cougars split their first two matches of the CCAC Crossover Tournament at the Shannon Center. SXU took down Purdue-North Central (25-13, 25-20, 25-7) but fell to a three-set defeat against Indiana-South Bend (25-21, 2624, 25-19). Shaffer registered 60 assists and 12 digs over the two matches, while Gregerson had 19 kills and five total blocks for the Cougars. Falsey also played tough as she recorded 14 kills, eight digs and three block assists. SXU (11-11, 4-3) concluded its tourney activity on Saturday by dropping a 16-25, 25-22, 2522, 25-18 verdict to St. Francis despite double-digit kills from Anna O’Hara and Gregerson, who put down 12 and 11, respectively. Gregerson also had two blocks, one of them solo. Other contributors were Shaffer (36 assists, three aces), Falsey (eight kills, two block assists), Galotta (seven kills, 16 digs) and Meagher (17 digs). The Cougars resumed conference action versus Judson University this past Tuesday at home.

Photos by Jeff Vorva

Richards quarterback Hasan Muhammad-Rogers reaches up high to haul in a snap on a wet Friday night at Korhonen Field. Muhammad-Rogers and his Bulldogs teammates had little troubling handling the elements as well as visiting Oak Forest.

Bulldogs

But no more, thanks to the Bulldogs’ refusal to take their foot off the gas. The Bengals narrowed the (Continued from page 1) gap to 12-8 late in the first quarplay. “A guy was right there, but ter, but Romello Boykin (33-yard [Tears] slipped through and he reception), Tears (9-yard catch) was gone. and Hill (1-yard run) quickly re “We came out playing fast [and] sponded for Richards. with a sense of urgency, and this “That’s what we know we can is the first time where we actu- do,” Sheehan said. “We want to ally played four [solid] quarters. go on drives and we [also] have It wasn’t like we got up and just guys who can hit the home run. let it go.” Oak Forest had to be thinking, Sheehan did his part to stoke ‘Oh boy, we’re in trouble.’” his athletes. While none of the Any such thoughts would have current players was around when been accurate. The Bengals fell Richards and Oak Forest last tan- further behind when Kush Baxter gled, Sheehan and members of his recovered a drop and set the table staff spoke to them of the annual for Romeo Johnson to break off battles that once took place. a 49-yard scoring run that made “All of us played or coached in it 39-8. that rivalry in the late 1990s and Richards could have adminismid-2000s, and it was a great ri- tered even more pain, but it had valry,” Sheehan said. “They knew one TD called back on a penalty it was a very good program. And and another failed to materialize in 2008 a loss to Oak Forest cost when a pass into the end zone was us a playoff spot, so that’s been dropped. Still, those misses offered eating at me for seven [seasons].” no hope for Oak Forest, which

notched its only other six-pointer on a 31-yard pass completion. Behind Muhammad-Rogers the Bulldogs totaled 359 yards. Their senior signal-caller completed 9-of-17 passes for 168 yards and also rushed for a team-high 109 on 10 carries. Next up for Richards is a showdown with unbeaten Reavis Friday in Burbank. The winner will become the favorite to capture the SSC Red title, something the Bulldogs missed out on a year ago when they fell short against Evergreen Park. “You couldn’t ask for more,” Sheehan said. “This is not just another conference game -- this is for a lot. We want to control our own destiny and we can get that upper hand. “We’re not going in limping or playing off a bad game. We’ve got to play this way the rest of the year.”

Statistics Oak Forest Richards

8 0 6 0 - 14 12 20 7 0 - 39

First downs Yds. rushing Yds. passing Total yds. Att./comp. Fumbles/lost Had intercepted Penalties/yds. Punts/avg.

OF HLR --- 10 --- 191 --- 168 --- 359 --- 17-9 1-1 0-0 0 0 12-145 7-55 --- 3-30.0

Scoring HLR — Hasan Muhammad-Rogers 47 run (pass failed) HLR — Spencer Tears 96 pass from Muhammad-Rogers (run failed) OF — Jaron Johnson 8 run (pass good) HLR — Romello Boykin 33 pass from Muhammad-Rogers (kick failed) HLR — Tears 9 pass from Muhammad-Rogers (Ramonta Hill run) HLR — Hill 1 run (kick failed) HLR — Romeo Johnson 49 run (Andrew Calderon kick) OF — Troy Hagadus 31 pass from Connor Rago (run failed)

Richards running back Pat Doyle eyes an Oak Forest defender while deciding what his next move will be as he carries the ball for the Bulldogs Friday night at Korhonen Field. Richards downed the Bengals 39-14.

Richards Rushing: Muhammad-Rogers 10-109, Johnson 3-49, Doyle 5-26, Bridgewater 4-6, Hill 2-4, Willett 1-3, Jamerson 2-(-6). Passing: Muhammad-Rogers 17-9-168. Receiving: Willett 4-13, Tears 3-113, Boykin 2-42.

Sports Wrap By Anthony Nasella Success can be achieved in girls’ tennis by having one or more solid singles players available or a doubles teams that can dominate. That’s being proved this season at Sandburg. The Eagles are 11-1 thus far and have built that ledger as a true team. In both on-court performance and team camaraderie Sandburg continues to impress. Everyone who saw action in three matches last week — all of them Eagles victories — did something to make success happen. Sandburg opened with a 5-0 rout of Shepard last Monday and then defeated two different Lincoln-Way squads at Friday’s Lockport Invitational. “Tennis is an individual sport in a lot of ways, but these girls haven’t treated it that way,” Sandburg coach Brian Ostrander said. “They do a lot of things together as a team off the court, and they believe a fourth-doubles victory is as good as a first-doubles victory. Our success truly has been as a team because we’ve been winning at every level. “When you get to sectionals, it’s only six players, [but] we really have about 14 players who are really the same type of player. We have good two, three and four [doubles] teams, but we tend to struggle a little at the top because

the stud players, who play privately, are at the top. We don’t have those types of players, which is really special about [what our] group of girls [has done].” Where the Eagles have especially shone is tournament play. They won their own event and the 18team Ottawa Invitational, placed second in a 14-team tournament at Lincoln-Way North and were third in a 12-school field at Lincoln-Way East. “We’ve really been successful in our tournaments,” Ostrander said. “It’s been a great season and our tournament success will hopefully translate to when we compete in conference and sectionals.” Sandburg’s three singles players are junior Natalie Schultz (No. 1), senior Elisa Brooks (No. 2), and senior Alex Gentile (No. 3). Sisters Jasmine and Allia Abunaim play at No. 1 doubles, Julia Adduce and Stephanie Garoufalis compete at No. 2, seniors Jackie Makdah and Nisha Riley are at No. 3, and sophomore Sophie Sjo and junior Sierra Johnson round out the duos. “Our only loss was to Stagg,” Ostrader said. “It was 4-3 and it came down to a few points here or there. Overall, I’ve been very happy about what’s been going on, [but] you definitely want to be playing your best tennis at the conference and sectional tournaments. “Hopefully, after playing all

these matches, you begin to figure some things out. We’re pretty senior-laden — our third-doubles team has been pretty much undefeated all season. Elisa Brooks didn’t play varsity tennis last year and worked her butt off to get where she is. “We have some great girls.” GIRLS’ GOLF Frankie Saban led all golfers with an 18-hole score of 82 as Sandburg (335) topped second-place Lockport by 33 strokes in the six-team SouthWest Suburban Conference Blue meet last Wednesday. Emilyee McGiles and Erin Cronin both had 84s for the Eagles, who produced the top five individuals at Broken Arrow. BOYS’ GOLF Shepard finished second at last Monday’s South Suburban Conference Red meet and Shane Wright edged Eisenhower’s Vinny Curta in a one-hole playoff for medalist honors on Cog Hill’s No. 1 Course. Wright finished with an 8-over 80 for 19 holes, just one stroke ahead of Curta, who overcame a six-shot deficit to force the extra play. The Astros’ Johnny Korbakes (86) also finished in the top 10. In the team standings, Evergreen Park captured its second straight conference title and fifth

in nine years behind a third-place individual finish by Brendan Walsh. The Mustangs’ 336 score put them five strokes ahead of Shepard and 19 in front of thirdplace Richards (355). *** Chicago Christian took third at last Wednesday’s Metro Suburban Conference East meet at The Sanctuary. Jim Vos was the Knights’ top golfer as he carded an 82, which was good for third place individually. Illiana Christian captured the meet with a 334 score. Timothy Christian was runner-up at 345, just one shot ahead of Chicago Christian. BOYS’ SOCCER Jake Roberston scored twice and Benjamin Freisen did so once to lift host Chicago Christian (811, 2-2) to a 3-2 victory over Timothy Christian in an MSC East encounter last Tuesday. Shepard dropped a 1-0 decision to host Lemont in an SSC crossover last Thursday. GIRLS’ SWIMMING Stagg fell short of Homewood-Flossmoor, 94-87, in an SWSC Blue dual meet last Monday. The Chargers’ Laura Johnson was a two-event winner as she swam the fastest times in both the 100-yard backstroke (1 minute, 5.07 seconds) and 100-breaststroke (1:15.10).

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Moraine athletics wrap

Cyclones golfers make it to the top By Maura Vizza They’re back on top. It’s been three years since Moraine Valley College golfers ruled as Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference champions, but the Cyclones regained that title last Wednesday when they were No. 1 at Blackberry Oaks Golf Club in Bristol, Ill., Waubonsee College’s home course. Moraine’s cumulative 317 total gave it a fourth first-place finish in five conference outings this fall. The Cyclones wound up 22 points ahead of second-place Elgin and Oakton colleges. Three Moraine golfers also earned All-ISCC honors. David Karwoski fired a season-best 73 at Blackberry to take third. He averaged 76 per round during the season. Also named all-conference were Matt Contey (sixth place with an 80; 79 average for the season) and John Yerkes (10th place with an 84; 79 average). Figuring in the Cyclones’ scoring in the championship-clinching tourney as well was Joe Knight, (81). “It was a hard-earned victory [and] I’m very happy for the guys who made all-conference,” said Moraine boss Bob Freudenthal, who grabbed ISCC Coach of the Year honors. “We’re bringing more hardware back to Moraine Valley and it was truly a team effort. Everyone at one time or another shot in the 70s, which helped. “We’re back and looking forward to the regional tournament. If everyone plays to their potential, we could be a contender for

nationals.” WOMEN’S TENNIS The Cyclones logged another shutout last Tuesday as they blanked Rock Valley College, the 2011 National Junior College Athletic Association national champ. Liz Dominguez, Agnieszka Szudy (Stagg), Kaitlyn Seldal (Queen of Peace), Claudia Maka (Oak Lawn), Lindsey Walker, Tricia Poremba, Lorissa Sernus (Shepard) and Fabie Ezife all played well at singles. Maka was the first to finish, and her dominating win set the tone for the rest of the matches. Szudy played her best and most focused singles to date and clinched the team win and Dominguez was equally sharp. Poremba’s foe made some second-set noise but was unable to capitalize on an early 3-0 lead. “This kind of result is such a testament to how hard we are working as a team,” Moraine coach Nicole Selvaggio said. “Now that conference play is over, we still have to stay fresh before the regional tournament. I worked really hard to schedule tougher matches to prepare us for post-conference play so we remain at our high competitive level.” CROSS COUNTRY Cyclones coach Mark Horstmeyer felt his runners had a

difficult time dealing with the humidity at the Brissman-Lundeen Invitational in Rock Island on Sept. 26. Yousef Khazneh’s 173rdplace finish (27 minutes, 50 seconds) in the 8K race led Moraine’s men, who were 33rd in a 38team field, and Aileen Gorman (67th in 24:03 for 6K) paced the women’s team. The female Cyclones were 30th among 34 entrants. “This was an extremely competitive race and a fast course,” Horstmeyer said. “We were looking for an opportunity to see how we stacked up halfway through the season. Unfortunately, I think the hot weather took a toll, especially as the race wore on. It’s not an excuse — it was very hot for everyone — [but] we didn’t handle it as well as we should have. “Our spacing [in the women’s event] wasn’t up to what we have been doing previously, so we have to get back to running the way we can. There were some positives, so we will focus on those as we get ready for our next test.” Moraine’s women moved up a notch in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division I Cross Country poll as they now share the 23rd spot with Danville College. The previous two weeks the Cyclones shared the 24th position with Cowley College. There were no changes atop

the rankings. Iowa Central Community College held onto its No. 1 spot and Central Arizona College and El Paso College did likewise in the second and third positions. WOMEN’S SOCCER The Cyclones suffered another setback last Wednesday as they dropped a 5-2 verdict to College of Lake County. Moraine fell behind by surrendering four first-half goals. Alyssa Braun accounted for both of Moraine’s tallies with unassisted goals. Diana Lozano and Kristina Cypser shared netminding duties, with the former making eight saves. MEN’S SOCCER For a while last Tuesday it looked as if the Cyclones would go scoreless, but a second-half surge netted them the goals they needed to defeat McHenry College in an ISCC match. Przemyslaw Tylka and Jose Garcia both scored for Moraine, the latter off an assist from Jon Peters. Rafal Slomba earned the shutout. VOLLEYBALL While sporting new jerseys, the Cyclones continued dominating conference teams as they beat Elgin 25-14, 25-16, 25-22 last Tuesday to improve their ISCC ledger to 4-0. Moraine was in control the entire match and everyone who suited up was able to play and contribute. Leading the way was setter Carly Trinley with 24 assists, 12 digs, three service aces and a kill. Carolyn Yerkes had a great

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Moraine Valley College golfer Matt Contey rolls a putt toward the hole during last Wednesday’s Illinois Skyway Collegiate Athletic Conference match at Waubonsee. Contey’s round of 80 helped the Cyclones win the tournament and, with it, their first conference title in three years. night in the back row by collecting 23 digs, while Brynn Flannery contributed seven kills and 17 digs. Jessica Chaput also had seven kills, plus a solo block. Additional help came from Alex Bojan (seven kills), Allison Nash (six) and Kate Patnett (five on

six swings). Flannery (13 kills, 12 digs) and Yerkes (34 digs, five aces, three kills) also had strong performances last Thursday, but the Cyclones still fell short of Joliet Junior College in five sets: 22-25, 25-23, 20-25, 26-24, 15-12.

Community Sports News

Worth Junior High’s girls’ and boys’ volleyball teams finished first and second, respectively, in last Thursday’s South Suburban Junior High School Conference tournament.

St. Rita rededicates Doyle Stadium

St. Rita High School rededicated Doyle Stadium on Sept. 26 during the Mustangs’ Chicago Catholic League Blue football game against Providence Catholic. Over 30 Augustinian friars were in attendance for the rededication ceremony, which included a pregame holy water blessing of the new turf field. Members of former Mustangs coach Pat Doyle’s family also took part, as did school president Ernie Mrozek and representatives of all St. Rita athletic programs and clubs. Eleven years ago St. Rita became the first Chicago-area high school to install new-generation field. This year, with the assistance of many generous donations, the school was able to upgrade the stadium surface with the same turf used by the Indianapolis Colts.

Worth girls first, boys second in volleyball

Worth Junior High’s girls’

and boys’ volleyball teams both excelled at the South Suburban Junior High School Conference tournament last Wednesday. The Panthers girls took the top spot in their tourney at Wilkins Junior High after completing an undefeated regular season. The conference champion’s roster featured Nicole Stone, Farah Elhoumaidi, Julia Burda, Grace Witt, Jessica Marszalek, Alyssa Stergiopoulos, Samantha Noftz, Rebecca Harkala, Madelyn Powers, Taylor Wood, Mikayla Flanagan, Allison Witt and Emilie Bowman. Maggie Wyma and Gabriela Stefaniak were team managers. Coaching Worth to its firstplace season were Kathy Dennis and Hailey Pezdek. The Panthers boys were tournament runner-up. Comprising their roster were Stephen Simmerman Jr., Tim Kopec, Eric Longfield, Earl Edwards, Jaime Blanding, Marco Lara, Kyle Skopec, Michael Strama, Sal Alvarez, Randy Miller and Jamail Hunt. Yazan Shareef and Tristan Carrillo were the team managers. Serving as Worth’s coaches

were Tim Dlhy and Maggie Janik.

Moraine looking for basketball alumni

Moraine Valley College is reaching out to its former basketball players. In celebration of the school’s new basketball courts and Health, Fitness and Recreation Center, the Cyclones are inviting anyone who has played for either the men’s or women’s hoops program over the past 35 years to attend a basketball doubleheader on Jan. 17. The first game will begin at 1 p.m. and a reception will be held at the conclusion of the second contest. In addition, athletic director Bill Finn will name Moraine’s all-decade teams. For more information, call 974-5727 or email NagelM3@morainevalley.edu.

Oak Lawn Sharks seeking players

The Oak Lawn Sharks 14U baseball team is seeking one or two players to add to its roster. The Sharks are part of Oak Lawn Baseball’s accelerated

program and play a full-time schedule of spring and summer games following fall and winter workouts. They take part in tournaments that pit them against top-flight competition. For more information, contact Gary Renken at 903-1472 or renk6@sbcglobal.net.

Mt. Carmel Foundation to honor alumni in ‘Salute to the Champions’

The M.C. Foundation, a nonprofit organization committed to serving the financial needs of students at Mt. Carmel High School, will host a “Salute to the Champions” event on Saturday, Oct. 25, from noon-3 p.m. at Hawthorne Race Course in Cicero. The event honors coaches, players, captains, faculty and select individuals who have made valuable contributions to Mt. Carmel. Honorees will include Man of the Year Jordan Lynch (Class of 2009); Man in the Arena award winners Tom Barry (2007), Carmen Bucci (1991), Peter Doyle (1967), B.J. Futrell (2008), Robert Gordon (1958), Jerry McPartlin

(1968), John Papas (1981), Michael Power (1981), John Walsh (1967), Bob Lucid (1962), Coach John Kading and Dr. Michael Liston; and members of the 1965 city-championship team. The latter group includes Tom Kilmartin, Greg Carney, Ken Wallace, Richard Kolovitz, David Lewis, Larry Moore, John Walsh, Emmet Lewis, Charles Plonczynski, Pete Doyle, John Noonan, Tim O’Sullivan, Ben Slowinski, Mike Atkins, Pat Ryan, Victor Morris, Fr. Michael O’Keefe, Fr. Dan Carroll, Norm Kaye, Wayne Durham and head coach Howie Fagan. The cost is $60 per person or $600 for a table of 10, and includes clubhouse admission, buffet, racing program and door prizes. Checks should be made payable to the M.C. Foundation. For more information, call Howie Fagan at 780-3679 or 426-5212, or Craig Ferguson at (773) 359-0490.

South Side Shooters conducting hoops sessions

The South Side Shooters Girls

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Basketball Club is conducting its “Skills, Drills and Scrimmages” sessions for players in grades 4-12 Tuesdays at Stagg. Sessions run 6:30-9:30 p.m. For more information, contact Gary Ferguson at ssshootersbball@aol. com or (630) 935-1150, or visit www.shootersbball.com.

U.S. Baseball Academy returning to Oak Lawn

U.S. Baseball Academy, which operates a national network of affordable hitting, pitching, catching, fielding and base-running camps for players in grades 1-12, will be returning to Oak Lawn High School for a winter session. The session is scheduled to run Jan. 4-Feb. 15 under the direction of Spartans head coach Bill Gerny. Registration is now underway at www.USBaseballAcademy.com and will conclude approximately six weeks before the beginning of the session, although last year’s camp filled up before that. For more information, visit the website or call 1-866-622-4487.

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Various school dignitaries, including family members of the late coach Pat Doyle after whom the stadium is named, took part in St. Rita’s rededication of its football field on Sept. 26. The playing surface has been upgraded and is made of the same material as the home field of the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts.

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Thursday, October 9, 2014 Section 2

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, S TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE DEUTSCHE ALT-A SECURITIES INC., MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2006-AR5, MORTGAGE PASS THORUGH CERTIICATES, SERIES 2006-AR5 Plaintiff, -v.AHMAD O. ALHASHAYKEH A/K/A AHMAD ALHASHAYKEH, RIVIERA REGAL I CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, RIVIERA REGAL CONDOMINIUM UMBRELLA ASSOCIATION, DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF ACE SECURITIES CORP. HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2006-GP1, ASSET BACKED SECURITIES, SERIES 2006-GP1, CITIBANK, N.A. Defendants 13 CH 024599 11113 S. 84TH AVENUE UNIT #3B 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 August 12, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 14, 2014, at 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 11113 S. 84TH AVENUE UNIT #3B, PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 Property Index No. 23-23-200-026-1042. The real estate is improved with a condo/townhouse. 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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;AS ISâ&#x20AC;? 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. Effective May 1st, 2014 you will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-13-25986. 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. 14-13-25986 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 13 CH 024599 TJSC#: 34-14464 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I627351

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC Plaintiff, -v.MACIEJ MUSIAL AKA MACIEJ P MUSIAL, ELZBIETA MUSIAL, PNC BANK N.A. SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO MIDAMERICA BANK, N.A., FIFTH THIRD BANK, PALOS LANDINGS TOWNHOUSE ASSOCIATION, WELLS FARGO BANK N.A S/I/I TO MIDAMERICA BANK, FSB Defendants 11 CH 25789 23 WEST BAY ROAD PALOS HEIGHTS, IL 60463 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 5, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 6, 2014, at 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 23 WEST BAY ROAD, PALOS HEIGHTS, IL 60463 Property Index No. 23-24-300-173-0000. The real estate is improved with a two story townhouse with a two car attached garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for 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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;AS ISâ&#x20AC;? 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. Effective May 1st, 2014 you will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce. com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1114030. 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. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 4765500 Attorney File No. PA1114030 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 11 CH 25789 TJSC#: 3413600 I627975

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.MARY LEE WOLINSKI AKA MARY L WOLINSKI AKA MARY WOLINSKI, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MICHAEL WOLINSKI, IF ANY, THOMAS QUINN, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE, MAX WOLINSKI, GARRETT WOLINSKI, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 12 CH 15117 8118 WEST 130TH STREET PALOS PARK, IL 60464 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 8, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 12, 2014, at 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 8118 WEST 130TH STREET, PALOS PARK, IL 60464 Property Index No. 23-35-208008-0000. The real estate is improved with a 2 story home with an attached garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for 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. Effective May 1st, 2014 you will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce. com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1114935. 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. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 4765500 Attorney File No. PA1114935 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 12 CH 15117 TJSC#: 3413904 I628750

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S ďż˝ COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY; P l a i n t i f f , ďż˝ v s . ďż˝ MARLENE WILLIS MCKANE, AS SUCCESSOR T R U S T E E ďż˝ TO ANTHONY J. DESALVO, AS TRUSTEE UNDER T R U S T ďż˝ AGREEMENT DATED JUNE 20, 2005 AND D E S I G N A T E D ďż˝ AS TRUST NUMBER 14736; THE UNITED STATES O F ďż˝ AMERICA-SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND U R B A N ďż˝ DEVELOPMENT; CRYSTAL TREE HOMEOWNERS A S S O C I A T I O N ; ďż˝ D e f e n d a n t s , ďż˝ 13CH 17278 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, October 24, 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 estate: Commonly known as 14736 Pine Tree Road, Orland Park, IL 60462. P.I.N. 27-08-407-004-0000. 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. (614) 220-5611. 1 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 ďż˝ INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I626929

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For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S ďż˝ COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS T R U S T E E , ďż˝ SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO BANK OF A M E R I C A , ďż˝ NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE AS S U C C E S S O R ďż˝ BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF BEAR STEARNS A S S E T ďż˝ BACKED SECURITIES I LLC, ASSET BACKEDCERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-EC1 P l a i n t i f f , ďż˝ ďż˝ v s . ďż˝ THERESA POSPISIL; DAVID POSPISIL D e f e n d a n t s , ďż˝ ďż˝ 13 CH 18345 ďż˝ NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to ďż˝ a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales ďż˝ Corporation will on Monday, October 27, 2014 at the hour ďż˝ 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 ďż˝ below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 8812 West 103rd Place, Palos ďż˝ Hills, Il 60465. P.I.N. 23-15-202-008-0000. ďż˝ The ďż˝ 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. (614) 220-5611. 1 3 0 2 2 4 5 1 ďż˝ INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I627660

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For Sale ďż˝ IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S ďż˝ ďż˝ COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, ďż˝ SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO NATIONAL CITY BANK, SUCCESSOR BY ďż˝ MERGER TO MID AMERICA BANK, FSB Plaintiff, v s . ďż˝ PIOTR GARUS; MARGARET GARUS A/K/A Mďż˝ A R G A R E T ďż˝ MARIA GARUS A/K/A MARGARET WICKOWSKI A / K / A ďż˝ MALGORZATA M. GARUS; WOODS EDGE ďż˝ H ďż˝O M E O W N E R S ' ďż˝ ASSOCIATION; BMO HARRIS BANK, N.A. F/K/A HARRIS N.A.; Defendants, ďż˝ 13 CH 21512 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on July 22, 2014, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, October 24, 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. 23-22-200-034-1082. Commonly known as 9197 North Road, Unit F, Palos Hills, Il 60465. 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) ďż˝ 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1313137. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I626935

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC, Plaintiff, -v.PHILLIP MCLAUGHLIN Defendants 14 CH 02196 9019 W. 92ND STREET Hickory Hills, IL 60457 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 21, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 3, 2014, at 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 9019 W. 92ND STREET, Hickory Hills, IL 60457 Property Index No. 23-03412-015-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $114,721.45. 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. Effective May 1st, 2014 you will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 541-9710 Please refer to file number 14-9533. 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. JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 541-9710 Attorney File No. 14-9533 Attorney Code. 40342 Case Number: 14 CH 02196 TJSC#: 34-12720 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. I625298

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.PATRICK J. MCHALE, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 13 CH 018574 8317 W. 118TH STREET PALOS PARK, IL 60464 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 14, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 2:00 PM on October 22, 2014, at 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 8317 W. 118TH STREET, PALOS PARK, IL 60464 Property Index No. 23-23-407002. The real estate is improved with a 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. Effective May 1st, 2014 you will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues. 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 14-13-18021. 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. 14-13-18021 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 13 CH 018574 TJSC#: 34-12437 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. I626546

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION CITIMORTGAGE, INC., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER WITH ABN AMRO MORTGAGE GROUP, I N C . ďż˝ P l a i n t i f f , ďż˝ v . ďż˝ EUSEBIO NAVA, IRMA NAVA, DISCOVER BANK, BROOK HILLS HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION D e f e n d a n t s ďż˝ 13 CH 27122 17181 HIGHWOOD DRIVE ORLAND PARK, IL 60467 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 29, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 30, 2014, at 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 17181 HIGHWOOD DRIVE, ORLAND PARK, IL 60467 Property Index No. 27-30-405-014-0000. The real estate is improved with a two story single family home; three car attached garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for 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. Effective May 1st, 2014 you will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1317031. 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. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 Attorney File No. PA1317031 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 13 CH 27122 TJSC#: 34-13197 I627039

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Broaden Your Horizons This Week Blown glass ornaments, McCord The McCord Gallery & Cultural Center will offer two sessions of glass blowing with instructor John Landin this Saturday, Oct. 11. Make beautiful glass ornaments to decorate your home or to give as gifts. Using glass tubes filled with your favorite colors, you will use a torch to heat them and blow them into one-of-a-kind wonders. This is a great activity for friends and family. No glass experience is necessary to participate in the fun. Students should dress appropriately for the weather and wear closed toe shoes. Sessions are from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Price is $65 for McCord members/$75 for non-members per 3-hour class. All materials are included. The McCord Gallery & Cultural Center is located at 9602 W. Creek Road (129th and LaGrange), Palos Park. For more information call 671-0648 or visit www.mccordgallery.org.

The Bridge Teen Center programs Behind the Scenes: Marcus Theaters - 4 to 6 p.m. today (Thursday), The Bridge Teen Center, 15555 S. 71st Court, Orland Park, will host a program with Marcus Theatre to teach students about the film industry at a local theater. Ford Model A Workshop - 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Oct. 9 (today) and 16, The Bridge Teen Center will host a program with A’s R Us to teach students how to rebuild and reinstall engine parts from the 1928-191 Model As. Deadbolts with Noodles & Company - 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Oct. 10, weekly event called Friday Night Live with live music from the Deadbolts and with free food samples from Noodles & Company. Design a Dress with Pink Slip Boutique - 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Oct. 14, program with Pink Slip Boutique in Mokena to help teach students basic designing tips, how to sketch their dress idea, and pick fabric swatches. Beginning Acoustic Guitar - 5 to 6 p.m. Oct. 15, 22 and 29, program to help students learn the basics of the acoustic guitar by covering common chords, popular strumming patterns, and how to put them together to start forming a song. A Reason to Paint 4 to 6 p.m. Oct. 16, program to teach students how to express themselves in hard situations with art. These free events are for teens in 7th through 12th grade. For more information call 532-0500 or visit www.thebridgeteencenter.org.

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What’s a laughter circle? It’s a group of people who want to LAUGH! Not from jokes or comedy routines, but rather to laugh for the The McCord Gallery & Cultural sake of laughter. Research shows Center will welcome instructor Car- that laughter strengthens the immelo Schifano who will teach stu- mune system, reduces stress and dents how to apply simple principles anxiety, alleviates pain, and helps of perspective used for centuries to people get along better. O’Brien is a create pleasing compositions this registered nurse and an Advanced Saturday, Oct. 11. Certified Laughter Leader. O’Brien Whether a beginner or advanced welcomes newcomers the laughter student you’ll find these principles circle at any time. helpful and easy to grasp. Discover The cost of the laughter circle how to make a definite impact on is $5, which O’Brien donates to your creative illusion of depth. Stu- The Center. Advance registration dents should bring their own land- is appreciated. Call The Center at scape photo resources and painting 361-3650. supplies. You will be adventurous at this workshop and work on ½ Family pottery sheets, so please have at least two A pottery class for families will ½ sheets of either 140 or 300 lb. Arches paper and proper mounting be hosted at the Log Cabin Center board for both sheets. The class for the Arts on Wednesdays, Oct. will be from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. 15 and 22, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. and the price is $70 for members The Log Cabin Art Center is located of McCord/$80 for non-members. at 12700 Southwest Highway in The McCord Gallery & Cultural Palos Park. Instructor Heather Young invites Center is located at 9602 W. Creek families with children of any age to Road (129th and LaGrange), Palos Park. For more information, make colorful sculptures for Halcall 671-0648 or visit www. loween on Oct. 15 and to come back to glaze their creations on Oct. mccordgallery.org. 22. The class fee is $18 per person and includes all supplies and two Listening Luncheon kiln firings. Advance reservations The art of listening will be fea- are required. Call The Center at tured a luncheon on Tuesday, Oct. 361-3650. 14, from noon to 2 p.m., at The Center, 12700 Southwest Highway, Palos Park. Judy Ferraro will help Papercraft workshop guests learn to The Log Cabin Center for the engage in more Arts, 12700 Southwest Highway in meaningful Palos Park, will offer a papercraft conversations workshop on Tuesday, Oct. 28, from by concentrat9:30 a.m. to noon. ing on listening. Ann Fowler will teach students Ferraro says to make greeting cards with a most people thankfulness theme, to be used as think they are good listeners, but Thanksgiving greetings or thank in fact are not. By using interactive you notes. The workshop cost of games and exercises, she helps her $19 plus a $6 materials fee. Advance audience better understand the lisregistration is required. For more, tening process and how to stay in call 361-3650. the moment. Ferraro is president of her own sales development and The Haunting: training company and also has a Spooky Nights background as a standup comic. She uses her comedic skills to create at Children’s Farm presentations that are informative Tickets are on sale now for “The and fun. Haunting,” evenings of spooky fun The program begins at noon, followed by the luncheon. The cost at the Children’s Farm, 12700 is $18 per person, and requires Southwest Highway in Palos Park, advance reservations. For further on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 24 information, call The Center at and 25. Guests will be entertained with a 361-3650. frightful story revealing the haunted past of the Children’s Farm and Laughter Circle then take a hayride around the A monthly Laughter Circle meets farm trails, where the past will on Sunday evening Oct. 12, at 6 come alive, with volunteers dressed p.m., at The Center, 12700 South- as scary ghouls and ghosts. Advance tickets are required, cost west Highway, Palos Park. Laughter leader Kathy O’Brien $10 per person, and are available for brings laughter and all its benefits 6:30, 7:15, and 8 p.m. each evening. to the Laughter Circle program. Call The Center at 361-3650.

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ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19): Pay your own way. Allowing someone else to pick up the tab could be sending the wrong message. Approach social situations in a responsible manner, as being too informal with new people could invite trouble in the week ahead. TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20): Take charge. While you're able to assess situations with ease, others around you may be suffering from lapses in judgment this week. Don't be shy about jumping in and showing them the error of their ways before it's too late. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Let your heart be your guide in the week ahead. While logic may dictate that a situation is hopeless, your intuition and instincts tell you that everything will turn out for the best. You'll benefit in the long run if you just have a little faith. CANCER (June 21-July 22): In the real world, there aren't always happy endings. An injustice may have you miffed, but life isn't Hollywood where you can expect all wrongs to be righted in 90 minutes. Focus on moving forward this week rather than dwelling on things you can't change. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Unleash your ambitions. You may feel a bit more motivated than usual this week and can use this newfound vigor to set loftier goals and pursue grand aspirations. Go with your first instinct when faced with decisions and you can't go wrong. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Actions speak louder than words. There's only so much talk people will believe before you need to do something to back it up. Spending quality time with a loved one this week could greatly improve the relationship. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22.): If they've scratched your back, don't forget to scratch theirs. Be sure to repay favors to those who've

been kind enough to do something for you. Keep an eye on finances during the week ahead. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Play fair. This week, you may find yourself in a situation where you can benefit greatly at someone else's expense. While there may be nothing wrong with getting ahead, the current circumstances may not be ethical and your conscience could suffer. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Leave the past in the past. As the week unfolds, avoid lamenting over what could have been or how an error could have been prevented. Just chalk it up to experience and use it to your advantage as you move forward. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Quick fixes can lead to quick failures. Cutting corners or us-

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“Gone Girl” confusing but one of the best films of the year The movie “Gone Girl” opens with the main character Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) wondering the questions: “What are you thinking? How are you feeling? What have we done to each other?” Nick then spends most of this movie confusing us, while all too happily not answering those questions. This film is about Nick Dunne and his wife Amy (Rosamund Pike). The story gets dark really quick when Nick arrives home to see his house broken into and his wife Amy not home. This quickly brings the questions from the beginning back and has you wondering what happened. After the movie you still might be wondering what happened, so be ready for confusion. Honestly, this movie is one long confusing mess that somehow manages to make sense. This is one of those movies where going in with minimal to no knowledge is probably best. All you need to know is the wife is gone and for most of the movie they try to figure out what happened. Affleck and Pike both do stellar jobs. Ben plays Nick, a writer who has writers block, who now teaches writing. Nick’s a weird guy and Ben surprisingly plays

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Art Classes at Log Cabin The Log Cabin Center for the Arts offers new six-week sessions of art classes, beginning Oct. 16 through Oct. 23, at 12700 Southwest Highway in Palos Park. Wednesday classes begin Oct. 22, featuring Collage with April Schabes at 9:30 a.m., and Quilting with Denise Dulzo at 1 p.m. Evening Watercolor classes at 6:30 p.m. with Lenox Wallace begin Wednesday, Oct. 22, for beginners and Thursday, Oct. 23, for experienced painters. Watercolor painting is also offered with instructor Lois Hrejsa for both beginners and experienced painters on Thursdays, at 1 p.m. Hrejsa also teachers a Drawing class beginning Oct. 23, at 9 a.m. Basketry classes begin on Thursday, Oct. 16 at 9:30 a.m. with Ann Fowler and on Thursday, Oct. 23 at 6:30 p.m. with Jane Dwyer. Also starting Oct. 23, at 6:30 p.m., Harry Meneghini teaches Stained-Glass class. Shown above is a stained-glass sunflower window created at The Center by stained-glass student Kim Besowshek. Collage, Drawing, and Watercolor classes last 2 ½ hours each week and cost $110. Two hour Quilting, Stained Glass, and Basketry classes cost $90 for six weeks. Students provide their own materials for most classes. Basket classes provide all materials for students and thus require an additional materials fee of $25 each six weeks. Advance registration is required for all classes. For more, call The Center at 361-3650 or visit www.thecenterpalos.org .

Students ages 8-18 of Spotlight Youth Theater present Disney’s “Mulan Jr.” Oct. 16-18 at Chicago Christian High School, 12001 S. Oak Park Ave. in Palos Heights. Travel back to the legendary, story-telling days of ancient China with this action packed stage adaptation of the Disney film. The Huns have invaded and it’s up to the misfit Mulan and her mischievous sidekick Mush to save the Emperor. A heartwarming celebration of culture, honor and fighting spirit; Mulan is a journey for the whole family. Mimi Erickson (left) and Jazmine Ozinga are among the cast members in the production. Showtimes are 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Oct. 16 and 17, and 2 p.m. and 6 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 18. Tickets are $9-$12 advance; add $2 at the door. Call 847-516-2298 or visit www.spotlight.org. Group, child, and senior prices available

Top DVD Rentals 1. Blended, Warner Bros., PG-13 2. Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Marvel Studios, PG-13 3. Think Like a Man Too, Screen Gems, PG-13 4. The Other Woman, 20th Century Fox, PG-13 5. Draft Day, Summit Entertainment, PG-13 6. Moms' Night Out, TriStar Pictures, PG

Videoview 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: "EDGE OF TOMORROW": The "Groundhog Day" concept gets a less-humorous twist as Tom Cruise has to fight aliens — again and again, getting killed virtually every time — in director Doug Liman's well-staged sci-fi adventure. An enjoyably self-effacing Cruise plays a military publicity man extremely unskilled in the ways of battle ... but that doesn't prevent him from being thrust into duty, where he must rely on an expert soldier (a terrific Emily Blunt) to help him try to get out of his highly repetitious dilemma. Bill Paxton, Brendan Gleeson and Noah Taylor also star. DVD extras: two "making-of" documentaries. *** (PG-13: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) "A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST": Seth MacFarlane sends up every Western convention he can think of in this moderately amusing satire, which doesn't quite reach a "Blazing Saddles" level of success. Also the picture's director and co-writer, as he was on "Ted," MacFarlane plays a fellow for whom everything seems to go wrong — until he befriends a newcomer (Charlize Theron). Just when things seem to be on the upswing, her outlaw husband (Liam Neeson) shows up, wanting her back. Neil Patrick Harris, Amanda Seyfried, Ryan Reynolds, Giovanni Ribisi and Sarah Silverman also turn up. *** DVD extras: "making-of" documentary; audio commentary by cast and crew members; outtakes. (R: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) "MILLION DOLLAR ARM": Allowed to up the warmth quotient from his "Mad Men" work, Jon Hamm does engaging work in another sports-themed, feel-good offering from the Disney studio. Inspired by a true story, the drama casts him as a sports agent who seeks baseball pitching talent in a surprising place ... India, where he hopes to find cricket players with talents he can convert for his purposes. Suraj Sharma ("Life of Pi") and Madhur Mittal portray the top prospects, with Bill Paxton,

Lake Bell and Alan Arkin also in the cast. DVD extra: "making-of" documentary. *** (PG: P) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) "AMERICAN HORROR STORY: COVEN": Jessica Lange (capturing another of her trophies for the franchise) and Kathy Bates were recent Emmy winners for this latest season of the FX show that has changed itself up every year ... and will do so again soon with its new "Freak Show" round. Some actual New Orleans history is folded into the saga here, centered around a school for young witches and a struggle with the forces of voodoo. Angela Bassett, Patti LuPone and Gabourey Sidibe also are notable cast additions. Sarah Paulson, Taissa Farmiga and Lily Rabe join Lange in returning from previous seasons. *** (Not rated: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray) "SHARKNADO 2: THE SECOND ONE": The first "Sharknado" was such a success for Syfy, especially in the social-media realm, there really was never any doubt there would be a second. This time, New York is the city infested with sharks dropping from the sky ... and wouldn't you just know Ian

Ziering and Tara Reid's characters from the original movie are on their way there just as the trouble starts? Clearly played for camp, the picture includes a whole host of familiar faces in cameos — from Judd Hirsch and Robert Hays, seen doing just what you'd expect them to, to Matt Lauer and Al Roker doing mock "Today" reports on the latest sharknado. *** (Not rated: P, V) (Also on Blu-ray) "HOUDINI": There's been a lot of magic on television lately ... and while most of it was comprised of unscripted shows featuring actual magicians, there also was this biographical miniseries starring Oscar winner Adrien Brody as arguably the most famous illusionist of all. The tale does give attention to Harry Houdini's personal life, but as might be expected, the emphasis is on the death-defying stunts he performed — including his legendary immersion into a water tank. With a script by Nicholas Meyer ("The Seven-Per-Cent Solution"), the drama also features Kristen Connolly ("House of Cards") and Evan Jones. DVD extras: four "making-of" documentaries. *** (Not rated: AS) (Also on Blu-ray)

Friday, November 7, 2014 Friday, November 7, 2014 Cog Country Hill Country Cog Hill Club Club

~ Dining, Dancing & Celebration ~ $75.00 per person with an option to include the family name in the evening program book

6:30 PM Cocktail Reception ~ Dining, Dancing Celebration 7:30 PM & Dinner ~ Premium Open Bar ~ 9:00 PM

Dancing to the Outcast Jazz Band

PM Centennial Surprise 6:30 PM10:00Cocktail Reception 10:15 PM Centennial Drawing 7:30 PM Dinner ~ PremiumRaffle Open Bar Midnight ~ Thank you for attending 9:00 PM Dancing to the Outcast Jazz Band until Friday, October 17th 10:00Invitations PM available Centennial Surprise 708 . 671. 3705 ~ WWW.PALOSPARK.ORG 10:15 PM Centennial Raffle Drawing Midnight ~ Thank you for attending

Celebrate Illinois Arts & Humanities Month….

Top Pop Singles

Sculpture Dedication

1. All About That Bass, Meghan Trainor, Epic 2. Shake it Off, Taylor Swift, Big Machine Records 3. Bang Bang, Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj, Lava Music/Republic Records 4. Anaconda, Nicki Minaj, Four Glocks Ent. 5. Black Widow, Iggy Azalea, featuring Rita Ora, Island/ Def Jam 6. Stay With Me, Sam Smith, Capitol Records (Universal) 7. Break Free, Ariana Grande, featuring Zedd, Universal Republic 8. Boom Clap, Charlie XCX, Atlantic 9. Chandelier, Sia, RCA

Join Public Arts Commission on Saturday, October 18th for a free tour of the new sculpture collection and murals of Palos Heights. Tours are being offered at 2:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. and will be docent led. Meet at the city municipal parking lot at 122nd & Harlem Avenue. Call 708361-1800 to reserve your seat and then complete your evening by dining at Sam Buca's Restaurant as they will be offering a special menu to celebrate the arts.

THE REGIONAL NEWS AND THE REPORTER ARE HAVING THEIR

10th ANNUAL

Entries must be received by Monday, Oct. 20th at Noon.

COSTUME CONTEST

Enter your favorite trick-or-treater today in our 10th Annual Costume Contest. Trick-or-treaters ages 0-12 may enter. 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners will receive prizes. The three winners will have their pictures printed in The Regional News and The Reporter on October 23rd. (Picture will be printed with parental consent only). The contest is only open to children who are permanent residents of Palos Heights, Palos Park, Orland Park, Chicago Ridge, Evergreen Park, Hickory Hills, Oak Lawn, Palos Hills or Worth. Photos must include your contact name and phone number, the child’s name, age and school he or she attends. Please note that photos will not be returned.

TO ENTER: Please send pictures via email to: Regionalads@regionalpublishing.com or send by U.S. Postal mail to: The Regional News Costume Contest 12243 S. Harlem Ave. Palos Heights, IL 60463 Since members of our editorial staff will be judges, families of Regional Publishing employees and sponsoring advertisers’ families are prohibited from entering. Only one entry per child. Winners will have their picture taken as they receive their prize.