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Thursday, January 19, 2017

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Chilling testimony marks end of murder trial

By Steve Metsch At the top of a dark staircase in the wee hours of Sept. 11, 2011, standing outside the bedroom of John and Maria Granat, Ehab Qasem whispered to co-conspirator Christopher Wyma that it felt “like my heart was in my throat.”

“I told him that I could not do this,” Qasem testified Tuesday in Room 110 of the Bridgeview Courthouse where Wyma and

Granat

Qasem

John Granat Jr. are on trial for murdering his parents. Though a joint trial, each defendant has a separate jury.

“How did Chris respond?” assistant state’s attorney Deborah Lawler asked.

Qasem said Wyma slapped him on the back Wyma of the neck and told him, “F-- that. We’re going to live like kings.”

Moments later, he said, the two

stood on either side of the bed, ready to realize their royal dreams.

They raised their aluminum baseball bats high over their heads.

And then they “swung them hard,” Qasem said, repeatedly striking the skulls of the sleeping couple.

John Granat Sr. somehow rose from the bed and gave chase to Wyma. Qasem proceeded to hit him on each side with the bat, and he collapsed to the floor. Qasem testified that he then proceeded to strike Granat’s head until he

was dead.

As Qasem spoke of the attack, Maria Granat’s sister and another woman buried their faces in their hands. Others shook their heads.

Once John Granat Sr., was dead, the two focused on Maria Granat, who was still breathing.

The two ran downstairs to the garage, where John Granat Jr. was busy counting out a large stack of $100 bills. They told him his mother was still alive, making a “gurgling” noise.

Granat reached for a knife on a shelf in the garage, handed it to Qasem and told him “go take care of it.”

Qasem testified that he returned to the bedroom and with Wyma “standing a foot away from me,” proceeded to stab Maria Granat repeatedly. He said he did not know how many times he stabbed her.

Later in cross-examination, Wyma’s attorney, public defender See MURDER TRIAL, Page 2

Palos Park police hunt Subway robber Armed bandit struck Monday morning

By Dermot Connolly Palos Park police said this week that they are investigating an armed robbery that occurred Monday morning at the Subway sandwich shop at 11901 S. 80th Ave. “We continue to follow up on assorted leads and information gleaned over the past 24 hours,” Police Chief Joe Miller said on Tuesday.

Surveillance video released by the police department shows a black man enter the restaurant wearing a black hoodie and a surgical mask partially covering the lower part of his face.

The man, whose hoodie reads “Black by popular demand” in white lettering,

is seen pointing a handgun at the employee and demanding money. After the employee opens the cash register, the offender is seen reaching over the See ROBBERY, Page 2

Orland Park cuts controversy with the snipping of a ribbon

Suited for wrestling

By Jeff Vorva

• Analysis

Let’s face it — ribbon cutting ceremonies take place all over the world every day.

The scissors separate the ribbon, and businesses big and small have high hopes for success; although, yes, some end up failing and are not even worth the price of the scissors and the ribbon.

But on Jan. 11, Orland Park Mayor Dan McLaughlin and some of his colleagues on the Village Board of Trustees took scissors and slashed a ribbon on

a project that some would argue is a success even before any ceremonies took place.

The mayor and trustees ceremonially opened up the revamped Orland Park Health and Fitness Center four days shy of the anniversary when the previous building’s owners, the Palos Health and Fitness Center, created an outcry when it sent out letters to its members that it See ORLAND PARK, Page 2

Photo by Jeff Vorva

Jim Craig, 79, listens to the “Star Spangled Banner’’ last Thursday before Shepard’s final home wrestling meet of the season. Craig, who has either been a wrestler, coach, referee or official for 64 years, is retiring as the Astros longtime assistant and was honored before the team hosted a double dual with Eisenhower and Richards. He is known for always wearing suits to meets. For more, please see Sports.

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Orland Park Mayor Dan McLaughlin chats during the ceremonial opening of the Orland Park Health and Fitness Center.

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POLICE BLOTTER: PALOS HEIGHTS DUI William J. Lange, 24, of Oak Forest, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol following a traffic stop at 2:14 a.m.

Jan. 11, in the 13100 block of South Harlem Avenue. Police said he was also cited for aggravated speeding and improper lane usage.

He is due in court on March 8.

Theft Aramis D. Walker, 21, of Chicago, was charged with theft following his arrest at 7:21 p.m.

Friday, in the 7200 block of West College Drive. Police said he stole a cellphone that had been left unattended on a restaurant table. He is due in court on March 8.

Priscilla A. Vaca, 24, of Midlothian, was charged with theft at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, in the 12200 block of South 80th Avenue. Police said an investigation revealed she had stolen money from another person’s wallet. She is due in court on Feb. 21.

License charges Daniel L. Von Rooyen, 32, of Worth, was charged with driving on a suspended license following a traffic stop of the motor scooter he was driving in the 12700 block of South Harlem Avenue at 10:36 a.m. Jan. 11. Police said the scooter did not have a registration plate.

He was also cited for driving a vehicle without registration or insurance. He is due in court on Feb. 21.

Sobhia M. Odeh, 50, of Tinley Park, was charged with driving without a valid license following a property damage crash in the 11900 block of South Harlem Avenue at 12:15 p.m. Jan. 11. Police said she also was cited for driving without insurance and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.

She is due in court on Feb. 8.

Maurice F. Johnson, 33, of Chicago, was charged with driving on a suspended license following a traffic stop at 9:15 a.m. Friday, in the 13000 block of South Harlem Avenue. Police said he was also cited for suspended registration.

He is due in court on Feb. 8.

Alicia R. Kuchar, 24, of Alsip, was charged with driving on a suspended license following a traffic stop at 8:25 p.m. Saturday, in the 7900 block of West 135th Street.

Police said she was also cited for improper lane usage. She is due in court on Feb. 8.

Michael J. O’Leary, 27, of Tinley Park, was charged with driving on a revoked license at 3:15 a.m. Sunday, in the 12100 block of South Harlem Avenue.

Police said he was also cited for improper lighting. He is due in court on March 3.

Jermaine Griffin, 25, of Midlothian, was charged with driving on a suspended license following a traffic stop at 12:02 a.m.

Monday, in the 12700 block of South Ridgeland Avenue. Police said he was also cited for driving without insurance. He is due in court on Feb. 8.

Aggravated speeding Herman J. Chacon, 21, of Chicago, was charged with aggravated speeding 28 mph over the limit following a traffic stop at 7:40 p.m. Jan. 10, in the 12200 block of South Harlem Avenue. Police said he is due in court at Jan. 25 Sai Srikanth Nuthalapati, 25, of Chicago, was charged with aggravated speeding following a traffic stop at 3:58 a.m. Saturday, in the 12200 block of South Harlem Avenue. Police said he was driving 40 mph over the limit.

He was also cited for having no insurance. He is due in court on Feb. 8.

POLICE BLOTTER: PALOS PARK Ordinance violations Brian A. Burke, 29, of Tinley Park, was issued local ordinance citations for possession of cannabis and possession of drug paraphernalia following a traffic stop at 1:04 a.m. Jan. 8, at Route 83 and 119th Street. Police said a bag of cannabis and a pipe used to smoke it were in his possession.

Joseph V. Sabia, 19, of Worth, was issued local ordinance citations for possession of cannabis and drug paraphernalia following a traffic stop at 3:05 p.m. Dec. 27, at Route 83 and LaGrange Road.

Police said he was also cited for having no front registration plate.

A small amount of marijuana and a glass pipe were found in the car, according to the police report.

Pond trespassing A 65-year-old man was warned for safety reasons against going out on an iced-over pond at 10:44

a.m. Jan. 11, at Holy Family Villa, 12220 S. Will Cook Road. Staff members told police that the man, whose mother lives at the senior residence, had been jumping on the ice about 20 feet from shore. They said he had previously ice skated on the pond without permission and was told that any further activity of this type could result in trespassing or disorderly conduct charges.

Attempted fraud A 58-year-old Palos Park woman reported being the victim of an attempted identity theft at 2:52 p.m. Jan. 12. She said someone posing as her husband had called Capital One credit card company and requested additional credit cards supposedly for his children, on an existing account. The names he provided had no connection to her family and the company recognized the fraud and closed the account.

POLICE BLOTTER: ORLAND PARK Charged with DUI and speeding Orland Park police charged Angel D. Gutierrez, 31, with aggravated DUI, speeding, driving on a suspended license and no proof of insurance after they curbed his SUV at 143rd Street and West Avenue at 1:59 a.m. Dec. 30. His vehicle was travelling at about 60 mph, 20 mph over the posted limit, according to the police report. The charge was made a felony due to a prior DUI conviction, police said.

The SUV was towed and seized, and Gutierrez was due at a bond hearing later that day.

Five hit with retail theft charges Worth resident Joseph M. Moore, 41, was charge with felony retail theft after he allegedly stole $1,849 worth of men’s and women’s clothing, slippers and socks, holiday gift boxes, a Chicago Blackhawks duffel bag, 14 bottles of perfume and a lavender bath gift set from a department store in Orland Square Mall at 5:57 p.m. Dec. 24. Police said Moore used two pillows purchased by a woman he was with to conceal the stolen items in a shopping cart.

Moore was due at a bond hearing the following day.

Chicago resident Wayne Q. Slater, 24, was charged with felony retail theft after he allegedly stole two watches and a ring—worth a total retail value of $879—from a department store in Orland Square Mall at 2:48 p.m. Dec. 18. Police said he also stole two iPod Nanos—worth a total of $298-from another store in the mall.

Police said they learned that Slater was wanted on three warrants, one of which was an alleged probation violation for larceny. He was due at a bond hearing the following day.

Police charged Homer Glen resident Dominic A. Chiarelli, 21, with retail theft after he allegedly stole $799 worth of merchandise—a TV and a vacuum cleaner—from a department store in the 15800 block of South 94th Avenue at 6:52 p.m. Dec. 27. Store security told police that Chiarelli switched UPC bar codes on the merchandise in an attempt to purchase the two items for $22. The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office denied a police request to make the charge a felony, according to the police report. Chiarelli was scheduled to answer the misdemeanor charge on Jan. 11 in court in Bridgeview.

Oak Lawn resident Ahlam H. Alabdallah, 36, was charged with retail theft after she tried to return a $59 handbag that was allegedly stolen from a shoe store on Orland Park Place at 9:12 p.m.

Dec. 22. Alabdallah disputed the allegation, telling police that she had purchased the handbag but did not have a receipt for it. She was cited and was due at a hearing at the Orland Park Civic Center on Jan. 10.

Police charged Matteson resident Kim Whatley, 53, with retail theft after she allegedly stole a beanie cap and a pair of men’s shoes from a store in Orland Square Mall at about 3 p.m. Dec. 24. The charge was made a felony after authorities learned of Whatley’s prior felony convictions, according to the police report. She was due at a bond hearing the following day.

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Mayor Dan McLaughlin, Trustee Dan Calandriello and Police Chief Tim McCarthy (center) join police department command staff and Orland Square Mall security personnel at a breakfast thanking the village and the OPPD.

Orland Square Mall thanks village, police Orland Square Mall gave the Village of Orland Park and its police department a public pat on the back last week, thanking the town for its continued support throughout the year and in particular during the past holiday season.

With early morning mall walkers passing by, shopping center officials hosted a thank you breakfast and presentation for village officials and police personnel in the mall’s center court on Friday, Jan. 13.

“We’ve had a very successful, very festive season,” said Orland Square General Manager Nadia Seniuta. “We thank the Village of Orland Park and the Orland Park Police Department for their ongoing commitment to Orland Square.”

During each holiday shopping season, the Orland Park Police Department assigns additional officers to the village’s retail areas concentrating on the Orland Square Shopping Mall.

“Orland Square is one of the premier shopping destinations in

Murder trial Continued from Page 1

Daniel Nolan asked Qasem: “Did anyone tell you Mrs. Granat was stabbed 21 times? How many of those were you responsible for?”

Nolan and Granat’s attorney, public defender LaFonzo Palmer, went to great lengths to cast doubt on Qasem’s testimony. Both said Qasem, who freely admitted he had lied to police detectives and to a grand jury, could not be trusted by the jury.

‘Here to tell the truth’ “I’m here to tell the truth about what happened,” Qasem, of Hickory Hills, said repeatedly.

“You don’t want to go to jail for life, right? You know you would go to jail for life if you were found guilty of killing two people? But you don’t get life.

You get 40 years,” Nolan said.

In exchange for his testimony against his friend, Qasem signed a plea agreement in February 2015.

Under the terms, he will be sentenced to 40 years in prison with no chance of parole. In custody since October 2011, the earliest he can get out of prison is 2051.

Palmer asked if Granat had ever threaten to harm Qasem or coerce him to do the crime. “John never said he’d kill them, correct?”

“He just said he wanted his parents dead,” Qasem replied.

After the couple was killed, Wyma and Qasem left the house in unincorporated Palos Township in a van driven by Mohammed Salahat. They went to Wyma’s home in Bridgeview, where he

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was closing shop on May 1— to be torn down to make way for a medical office building.

Why the outrage?

This was far from heart-warming, or any other body part-warming decision.

The facility, located at 15430 West Ave., had a group of people (including senior citizens recovering from injuries) who faithfully used its warm-water therapy pool.

“It is devastating news, not just for myself but for many other members who depend upon the warm water therapy pool to help them in their daily functioning,” Palos Heights resident James Prendergast told the Regional News a year ago. “No other health club on the South Side has a warm

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Surveillance video taken of the

the Chicagoland area,” said Mayor Dan McLaughlin. “We are very happy that the mall had such a great shopping season both for outstanding retail sales and a lack of incidents.”

Mall administrators and store managers complimented the village and its police personnel for being an integral part of the booming holiday season.

Mall personnel touted the number of people commenting on the safe atmosphere at Orland Square.

No major incidents occurred inside of the mall or in the parking lot and retail thefts were down. The Orland Park Police Department was credited with being a “huge contributor to the mall’s great holiday season.”

Retail loss prevention agents report a decrease in shoplifting incidents when a police presence is visible and a quick police response time helps mall security personnel.

“The Orland Park Police Department begins planning for the holiday season at all of the village’s retail areas in October,” explained

Chief Tim McCarthy. “We enjoy working with the staff at Orland Square, have constant communication with them and appreciate their very professional security staff.”

Having uniformed police and security personnel at the mall offers a sense of safety and comfort for shoppers both during the holidays and throughout the year.

“Our ‘retail detail’ assigns extra officers to all of Orland Park’s shopping areas where they conduct vehicle and foot patrols,” the chief explained.

“There’s a special kind of reassurance when you see a uniformed officer when you’re making your way through a busy shopping center,” said Village Trustee Dan Calandriello, chair of the village’s Public Safety Committee. “We’ve received a lot of positive feedback on the police department’s retail details all over town during the holidays and throughout the year. People like to see our men and women out and about in the shopping areas.”

McCarthy noted the close work-

ing relationship the department has with mall administrators and thanked the Orland Park Village Board for its support of its retail patrol program that continues throughout the year.

“We have great support from the mayor and the village board because Orland Park’s retail areas are very important to the entire community,” McCarthy said. “Everyone is very happy that all of the village’s retail areas had such a great holiday season.”

During the appreciation breakfast, store managers offered their thanks to village officials and police personnel.

“We saw 330,000 customers in the last three months,” said one of the managers. “The police presence helped us. They did an exemplary job.”

Echoing the praise for Orland Park, another mall store manager added, “We appreciate all that they do to keep us safe,” referring to the mall security staff and the Orland Park Police Department.

cleaned blood off the bats and knife with Clorox wipes, Qasem said. He then burned the evidence in the backyard.

dles of cash for no apparent reason, Qasem said. And he once told them “If you like this, you know, if my parents died, everything is in my name.”

At the time of the murders, Wyma and Granat were 17 and seniors at Stagg High School. Qasem, then 19, attended Moraine Valley Community College and worked two jobs when he wasn’t selling marijuana and steroids on the side, Lawler said.

Granat allegedly grew marijuana and grew angry when he was grounded by his parents in late August 2011 after they found his pot crop in the backyard and threw it out. He texted Qasem asking if he could buy a machine gun, grenade launcher, bulletproof vest and silencer.

Eventually, after Qasem determined Granat’s threats were not idle, he, Wyma and Salahat agreed to help with his murderous plan.

people and think nothing of it.”

They found Granat outside the house in the bushes. “He was anxious, excited, ready,” Qasem said.

Cash grab While he did that, Salahat and Qasem helped themselves to a bonus, grabbing cash from the bag filled with money. It was later determined to be $1,200 each. Salahat has already been sentenced for his role and is serving a 35-year prison term.

The chilling testimony took about two hours Tuesday. Later, after the defense rested, Cook County Circuit Court Judge Neil Linehan said both murder cases will go to their juries on Wednesday.

Qasem painted a picture of a younger Granat who hated his parents but always had plenty of cash. He paid Qasem and Wyma $400 each in the spring of 2011 to clean two apartments his father owned.

He spent $600 on a shopping spree for clothing at Chicago Ridge Mall for them and Salahat in August of 2011.

After that spree, Granat treated Wyma and Qasem to lunch at The Tilted Kilt at 95th Street and Ridgeland Avenue. There he handed him an empty gum package filled with $2,300 in $100 bills. Wyma told Qasem “had earned his trust.”

“A week before, I heard him say of his parents, ‘I’m tired of it.

I want my parents dead,” Qasem testified. “At first, I was shocked for a second. Then I saw both Chris and John laughing, so I figured he was joking.”

Granat often gave Wyma bun-

Bloody details

Qasem bought gloves he and Wyma wore. Wyma furnished the baseball bats. And on Sept. 10, Granat stopped by Wyma’s house and told them, “I want it done.

I don’t care how. I want it done quickly,” Qasem said, adding, “I knew he meant murder.”

They planned a code word of “concert.” Around 1:45 a.m. Sept.

11, 2011, Granat sent a Skype message to Wyma in which the word “concert” was used. It was time.

“How was the mood in the van as you were on your way to kill two people?” Lawler asked.

“It was quiet,” Qasem said. “A bunch of idiots ready to go kill two

He led them inside and they went about their plan as he counted money. Afterward, he noticed his parents’ blood splattered on the faces of Qasem and Wyma, he used a towel in a bathroom near the bedroom to clean their faces, tossing it in a bag with the murder weapons.

After the murders, on the porch of Wyma’s house, Granat divided the money, giving $4,000 to Salahat and $5,000 to Wyma, telling him to give it to his mother, Qasem said. He paid $8,000 each to Wyma and Qasem for their deed.

Qasem said that when Wyma asked how he was doing, Granat replied, “I’m alright.”

“F--- that,” Wyma replied.

“They deserved it.”

During Tuesday’s court session, Wyma and John Granat Jr., sat at a table showing no signs of emotion while Qasem slowly laid out the bloody details. Both took notes on large legal pads, occasionally chatting with attorneys. Wyma wore a tie, Granat an open-necked dress shirt. Both needed shaves.

During a lunch break, family friend Frank Brongiel praised assistant state’s attorney Lawler.

“She is doing a fantastic job,” he said. “John and Maria, you can’t find any better people. I’ve known them for 20 years. The family is doing OK. They just want it over. It’s been five and a half years.”

water pool.”

After months of angst and anger from a segment of the public and some wheeling-and-dealing, the Village of Orland Park took over the building and spiffed it up.

“It’s been a long process, and the Village Board and I are thrilled to celebrate the fitness center now being a village facility,” McLaughlin said last week.

Last March, McLaughlin announced the village was working with St. George Corporation, the parent of Palos Community Hospital, to draft a memo of understanding to preserve the center.

The 77,000 square foot facility that opened in 2001 was earmarked for demolition because of Palos Health Care’s $130-million dollar expansion project with Loyola Medical Center. The building and its warm-water pool were saved by the village when

the mayor worked with hospital officials to adjust the hospital’s expansion plans.

“A lot of people use the center for its therapeutic water pool, the indoor swimming pool and fitness amenities and it worked out well for everyone ---truly a win-win situation,” McLaughlin said.

As a bonus, officials say that adding an indoor pool to the village’s fitness offerings saves the village millions of dollars.

“We’ve talked about adding an indoor pool to the village’s Sportsplex...saving this building eliminates that need,” McLaughlin said. “The village’s Recreation Department will now offer indoor swimming at the Orland Park Health and Fitness Center.”

The facility offers medically focused fitness programs, stateof-the-art cardio equipment, personal training, strength training

equipment, group exercise classes, the aquatics area, yoga and Pilates, swim lessons, an indoor track and a full-court gymnasium.

The full-service locker rooms include complimentary towel service and toiletries, as well as lockers. Both the women’s and men’s locker rooms have their own steam room, whirlpool and sauna.

“Everything that the village can offer at this facility benefits the entire community. We have indoor aquatics and a full fitness center right in the middle of town,” the mayor said.

The 82-degree indoor lap pool offers five lanes, 25 yards in length. The adjacent warm water therapy pool is kept at 92 degrees with a depth range of three and a half feet to five feet. Both pools offer fitness and leisure swimming, scheduled swim lessons and a number of aquatic classes.

exterior of the building from a neighboring business and released

by Palos Park police showed the suspect exiting the passenger side of a black four-door vehicle, which was parked in the bank parking lot on the west side of

80th Avenue. Afterward, he is seen getting back into the same car, which sped away south on 80th Avenue.

Miller said in a statement released on Monday that “evidence technicians are processing

through evidence and video of nearby businesses is being reviewed and enhanced. No vehicle plate information at this time.”

Anyone with information is asked to call (708) 671-3771.

‘I knew he meant murder’

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Father mourns loss of his daughter He said grandson accused of her death has a mental illness

By Dermot Connolly Steven Chmela, 27, was being held in Milwaukee County Jail awaiting extradition from Wisconsin on a murder charge filed in Cook County after his mother, Marianne Viverito, was found dead in her Oak Lawn home on Jan. 10.

Oak Lawn police asked to do a well-being check found Viverito, 55, dead in the basement of the home in the 5100 block of West 105th Street that she shared with her son. Several stab wounds had been inflicted on her and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office ruled on Jan. 11 that the cause of death was sharp force trauma.

Viverito was the daughter of Stickney Township Supervisor and former state senator Louis Viverito, and his wife, Carolyn, and worked for the past 10 years as an aide to U.S. Rep.. Dan Lipinski (D-3rd). Louis Viverito, during a phone interview this week, said that his grandson suffers from severe mental illness, including bipolar disorder and schizophre-

Marianne Viverito

Steven Chmela

nia. His daughter is also survived by her younger son, Jack, 24, who did not live at the residence.

Oak Lawn police were asked to do the well-being check by police in Oak Creek, Wis., after Chmela was taken into custody in Oak Creek, Wis., near Milwaukee, where he reportedly drove his car into a pole.

“I think he was trying to get up to a little cottage we have in Clearwater Lake, Mich., because he always liked spending time there,” said Viverito. “He told police he might have hurt his mother.”

Viverito said his grandson is being represented by retired Judge David Sterba, a criminal defense attorney.

He said that his daughter did have a restraining order against her son at one time. But he said it wasn’t because he was violent.

“He was not abusive or violent.

He was a nice, kind boy. He got

along well with his mother. But when he wasn’t taking his medication, he had hallucinations,” said Viverito.

He said his grandson had been living in a residential facility in Evanston, but he was not happy there and his daughter was trying to find another suitable place for him.

“The restraining order was only in place so that if she had to call the police, they would have it on file that he was a mental patient, and would be taken to a psychiatric ward rather than to jail,” said Viverito. “The Oak Lawn police had to be called for various episodes he had, but they were always so kind and caring. They would just take him to the psychiatric ward of one of the local hospitals,” he said.

He said his grandson had attended Brother Rice High School and then Oak Lawn Community High School before graduating second in his class from Lincoln’s Challenge Academy, a military school in Rantoul. He had talked about going into the military, and attended Moraine Valley Community College for a short time.

“He loved to play the piano, and he was very good at it. But he gave it up. He just couldn’t stay focused on anything,” said Viverito, explaining that his grandson was on medical disability for

the past two years.

Prior to joining Lipinski’s staff, Marianne Viverito had worked for 20 years for the Cook County Circuit Court, and her father said that the people who lined up to pay their respects at her wake at Lawn Funeral Home in Burbank were a great comfort to her family, including her brother and sister, Dean and Diane.

Funeral services were held Saturday morning at St. Albert the Great Church in Burbank, followed by interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.

“She was a really good caseworker. She touched the hearts of a lot of poor people. And she idolized both of her sons. A lot of people said they stood in line for an hour and a half. They were there for her, not me,” he said.

“Many people said they would testify at the trial, too,” he added.

Lipinski had issued a statement on the day of her death and said that she “was a beloved and trusted member of my staff, and she has been part of my team during much of my tenure in Congress.”

The congressman added how she solved challenges with a good disposition and humor.

“As with me and my staff, I know those constituents will miss her greatly,” stated Lipinski.

Neighbors OK after Colette Highlands changes Ready to move forward next month

By Dermot Connolly A developer who had angered some neighbors last month with his decision to add rooftop balconies to the planned Townhomes of Colette Highlands development in Orland Park has now won their support after scaling back his plans.

The Townhomes of Colette Highlands, consisting of 60 rowhouse-style homes on 3.6 acres west of Centennial Park, received village approval in December 2015. But the project came up for an appearance review at a Development Services, Planning and Engineering Committee meeting last month, when architect John Scheiss asked permission for third-floor rooftop balconies or patios to be added to 44 of the townhomes, all except the end

units.

His plans for the property at 15608- 5624 Park Station Boulevard did not initially go over too well with some residents of nearby condos and single-family homes, who raised privacy concerns because they said the balconies would allow people to look into their bedrooms. The two sides were so far apart that Trustee Dan Calandriello asked to table the discussion until Monday’s meeting, a decision that evidently worked for everyone.

Scheiss and Pat McLaughlin, president of the Park Station Boulevard 1 Condominium Association, both addressed the committee on Monday to explain that the two sides were able to resolve their differences at a community meeting last Thursday.

“We have some good news about the rooftop decks,” said Scheiss, who agreed to reduce the number of townhomes with rooftop balconies from 44 down

to 39, eliminating them all the units with any views of the existing homes. He and McLaughlin agreed that what really won the residents over was the computer graphics that allowed residents to see three-dimensional views of the planned buildings and the views they would have from every angle.

“Time and technology saved everyone a lot of trouble,” said Calandriello. He said that the way the two sides were at loggerheads at the last meeting in December, he was not so sure the changes would be approved.

“To see it worked out like this with the neighbors is great. I congratulate all of you,” said Trustee Patricia Gira. “(The developers) have been very cooperative about this, as well as our concerns about the rooftop decks being used as storage spaces,” said McLaughlin.

“No one wants an unsightly view. There is a memorandum of understanding between us and

the current residents about what can be placed on the decks,” said Scheiss. He said that when the townhomes are built, the owners will form their own board to work out the details.

“I was very impressed when I saw the 3-D views myself. This brings a whole new perspective to the whole thing,” said committee chair Trustee Kathleen Fenton, who informed the Village Board of the progress made when they met afterward. “That really helps. You get a whole different perspective with that software,” said Mayor Dan McLaughlin.

The revised plans for the townhomes, which have been under discussion for two years, is expected to be voted on at the next Village Board meeting on Feb. 6.

“I think we are just exhausted with all these meetings on this,” said Pat McLaughlin. “I think we’ve just got to a point where we are ready for this to go ahead.”

I hate chili, but you have to love these events First off, I hate chili.

I hate it so much, that if you put a gun to my head to make me eat it, I might think about it long and hard.

It’s not that I would want to get shot over refusing to eat chili, but I might ask if I could try to eat the gun instead. Just take the bullets out, please.

That said, there are a couple of chili event coming to Orland Park on the same weekend that are pretty cool. If you hate chili, you might want to stay away. But if you like it or love it…stop on by.

The annual Chilly Willie Chili Challenge takes place on Jan. 28 and some of the best chili makers in the country battle it out for spicy supremacy.

Some of these people wear

JEFF VORVA outlandish garb but are overall pretty nice and friendly. One contestant brings a cutout of a shirtless Fabio. I once asked Mayor Dan McLaughlin to pose with Fabio and he insisted that others should be in the photo, too.

He said if he was in the photo by himself with Fabio, “It wouldn’t be fair to Fabio.’’

This year’s event starts at 2 p.m. at the Orland Park Civic Center, 14750 S. Ravinia Ave. It is sanc-

tioned by both the Chili Appreciation Society International and International Chili Society groups so you know it has to be good.

One of the ICS catch phrases is “Think outside the pot.’’

One of the bosses at the Texas-based CASI is Randy Pittman, who is a director and “TallyMaster.’’ Perhaps we are all better off not knowing what a TallyMaster is.

There is a new category — craft chili — for amateur spice girls and boys to compete in. Five bucks

will give you a bottomless cup to sample the various chili in.

Proceeds go to the Orland Park Theatre Troupe.

At noon the next day, the third Chili Cook Off takes place at Mackey’s Pub, 9400 W. 143rd St. Five bucks gets you all-you-can eat chili. The best thing about this event is that it benefits the Orland Park Veterans Commission.

While it hasn’t been around as long of the Chili Willie, the Cook Off is a nice alternative for those who can’t make it to the Saturday event but want to sample chili while helping a local organization.

And for those who have castiron stomachs, maybe you want a chance to go to both events.

If you do…I wish you good luck.

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Bill Monfries, right, posed with his brother Leonard many years ago. Bill, a former PFPD fires chief, died Jan. 11.

PFPD was Monfries’ job and his hobby

By Frank Gogola William “Chief” Monfries didn’t have many hobbies.

He liked to fish, but that was an occasional outing during family vacations in Wisconsin.

Instead, he preferred to spend any free time at the Palos Fire Protection District. He spent more than 50 years at PFPD, starting as a volunteer and working his way up to being the first full-time fire chief.

Even after retiring, he’d still visit PFPD for morning coffee and talk with current firefighters — up until two or three months ago when his health turned. He died Jan. 11 at the age of 90.

“I think the department became not only his career for a period of time, but it was also his hobby,” said Steve Carr, a former PFPD fire chief (1991-2013) who started working with Mr. Monfries in 1970. “His interest was in making the department work better and making sure the guys that worked there were safe and making sure the community was served best.”

Mr. Monfries leaves his wife of 66 years, Lois (Breternitz) Monfries; two daughters, Lorraine Monfries and Kathleen Knight; one son, Kenneth Monfries; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

He was born April 1, 1926, in Chicago and grew up in Downers Grove. He joined the Marine Corps after graduating from Downers Grove North High School. A private first class, he was injured while at Okinawa in the East China Sea, and he received an honorable discharge and a Purple Heart.

After the war, he worked in sheet metal and met his future wife, Lois, in Chicago. They moved to Palos Park in 1954, and he joined the newly formed PFPD in 1956 as a volunteer fireman.

The PFPD opened in March 1956 with 40 volunteer firefighters due

to rising community concerns after 14-year-old Susan Firalyo died in a 1952 area house fire.

Despite no previous firefighting experience, his dedication helped him rise through the ranks while working full time in sheet metal.

He was a paramedic, engineer, lieutenant, captain and assistant chief. He took over as the first full-time fire chief in 1986, retiring from sheet metal work. Even as an administrator, he actively participated in calls, assisted in maintaining vehicles and ran the department budget, among a multitude of duties.

“His commitment was unchallenged,” Carr said. “He was there to do what needed to be done. It didn’t matter in what capacity he was acting in. If there was a job that needed to be done he was there to do it. Bill wasn’t an overly boisterous individual. He listened to people. He was insightful and thoughtful.”

He retired as chief in 1991 following an on-call injury, but his days at the department were far from over. He spent 18 years as one of three fire commissioners who oversaw full-time hires, discipline and promotions.

“Bill was a terrific guy,” said James Graben, the PFPD fire chief since November 2015 who started working with Mr. Monfries in 1980. “He was very straightforward. You knew what to expect from the fire chief. Just a great guy who’d give you the tools to get your work done. He was a good leader.”

Visitation for Mr. Monfries will be held from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Friday at Robert J. Sheehy & Sons Funeral Home, 9000 W. 151 St. in Orland Park. The funeral service will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday at The Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, 12219 S. 86th Ave. in Palos Park. The procession will leave the funeral home and head to the church at 9 a.m.

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Lake Katherine Winterfest coming The public is invited to Lake Katherine Nature Center & Botanical Gardens’ annual Winterfest, set for noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4 at the lake, 7402 W. Lake Katherine Drive, Palos Heights.

Attractions this year include hayrides, animals, crafts for kids, face-painting, snowshoeing, candle-making and food vendors.

Tickets cost $5 per person, with children age 2

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Throughout the afternoon Lake Katherine will host educational displays including an ice rescue demonstration on the lake, winter survival tips, advice on pruning in winter and how to reduce your ecological footprint by treading lightly on nature.

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Has success spoiled the Chicago Cubs?

I’ve loved the Cubs all my life. As they fought to win the World Series but came short, that only made that love stronger.

But now that they have won, has success changed the Chicago Cubs? Many Cub insiders hate the phrase “lovable losers,” but have they become the “complacent winners”?

I was fortunate to attend two Cubs Conventions--two years ago before the World Series win and one this week after.

When they were struggling to win, the Cubs lineup was enthusiastic about their fans. My son and other kids didn’t have to work hard to get signatures. They got them not just from the “old timers,” but from the team’s biggest hitters.

Do you know how satisfying that is for a young kid?

This year, it was significantly different. The new Cubs stars were reluctant to sign autographs outside of the structured, controlled convention system. Fans could only get autographs from the biggest players like Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo, Kyle Swarber and all of the big-name team players if they were lucky enough to receive a special, limited “voucher.”

Let me explain how it all works. You purchase a convention pass and included is a pull tab that you open that either is a voucher or a $5 discount coupon on a $50 purchase.

The whole purpose of the convention is for players to sign autographs. There are eight autograph sections, A through H, where you stand in line and the player gives you one autograph. Two sections, A and B, are special and featured 17 big name players.

Only fans with the rare “vouchers” could enter those lines.

The voucher system is secretive and many attendees said they thought their distribution is “clouted” through friends, players, season tickets with only a small percentage allotted to regular people, the unlucky majority.

Sections C through H feature 54 players, mostly “legends” from the past, or new drafts. I’m not saying their autographs aren’t worth anything. I love Ryne Sandberg, Gary Matthews, Jose Rosario and Bob Howry. What I’m saying is there has been a noticeable difference at the convention from before the World Series and after.

Before the win, fans could get autographs from anyone during the session and even after. Big name team players signed as they walked around the convention. This year, though, they didn’t. Not Bryant. Not Rizzo. Not Schwarber. Not even manager Joe Madden.

It was noticeable. Many fans were disappointed. I understand the economics of it all. Rizzo’s autograph went from $35 a ball to $375 a ball. Bryant’s is up from $75 to $450.

Is it about the money? I loved getting autographs from the legends like Randy Hundley, Ryne Sandberg, Jay Johnstone, Bobby Dernier, Bill Madlock, and Fergie Jenkins as they mingled among convention attendees. They signed for fans almost anytime and anywhere.

Many Cubs celebrities signed autographs during and after the sessions, too, like the beloved Wayne Messmer, whose rendition of the Star Spangled Banner moved fans to tears during the opening ceremonies.

Messmer was signing autographs almost the entire time as grateful fans thanked him and took pictures. So did WGN-TV sports anchor Dan Roan between interviews. The fans, especially the kids, loved it.

I listened as Schwarber told reporters over and over again that he owed his success to the fans. It sounded good when he was on TV or on stage. For thousands of post World Series fans though, his autograph was out of reach.

Some might say I’m being unfair. I get it. But in all honesty, the change was noticeable from before and after the World Series.

I know superstars like Bryant, who made $7.8 million the last two years, and Rizzo, who made $5 million last year, can’t sign every autograph.

But baseball is more than just beer and hot dogs. Strikes and outs. It is about celebrity status. And it is about the kids. Autographs are the lifeblood that keeps the diehard fan spirit alive, especially for the younger kids.

Sure, walk past me. No problem. But walk away from a young kid with the “don’t make eye-contact” attitude and just pretend they’re not there?

I was disappointed. I expected more. The Cubs were there for the media interviews, the stage-light cheering. But were they really there for the fans?

Ray Hanania is an award winning former Chicago City Hall reporter and political columnist. Email him at rghanania@gmail. com.

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Guns in America and shooting back

By Dr. Glenn Mollette I’m an advocate of the right to bear arms. I own several nice pistols and a shotgun. I wouldn’t mind adding a couple of more to my collection. I have never shot anybody or aimed a gun at a person. I hope and pray I never feel in such danger that I might feel the urgency to do so. Aiming a gun at someone means the possibility of taking that person’s life. I would never want to be in that situation. However, I know I could do it if someone was intruding my home or threatening my family.

There are two major reasons why people want guns and they are the right for protection and to hunt animals. Some people like collecting them and some like to shoot at targets.

We try to imagine a society like America free of firearms. Some believe this might be utopia for our country. We then come back to the issue of people who enjoy hunting deer, elk, rabbits, bear, ducks, etc. The sport of hunting and the griping fear of being vulnerable to evil people will forever keep

guns flowing in America. Of course, let’s not forget the Second Amendment that is not going away.

Sadly, we are all vulnerable to being shot. This reality has existed since the founding of our country. Almost anybody at any time in this nation since the beginning could access a firearm and shoot somebody.

We heard about outlaws and gunfights in the Wild West back in the 1800s. Welcome to the Wild West that now covers every inch of America and unfortunately our world.

We don’t expect to be sitting at a coffee shop sipping a latte and lose our life to an evil person who walks down the street randomly shooting, like those poor people did in Paris. Nor do we anticipate going to hear some music at a concert and be gunned down which also happened in Paris.

We don’t dream of walking through an airport to pick up our baggage and then be randomly gunned down by an insane person. Nor do we ever dream of sending our children to a school to be shot by someone who got access to a gun. We didn’t used to expect such incidents but now we look

around us. We check to see where the exit doors are at malls and theaters.

We look twice around us at restaurants and public events. We know that even in our houses of worship that unlocked doors means anybody might walk in and begin eliminating lives.

Terrorism has successfully taken away our relaxed way of living and traveling in America and most of the world. This is why every effort must be made to eliminate such groups as ISIS and any hate group that encourages such violence.

We must also realize that while wackos might only be one in a million that it only takes one to kill five people like happened in Ft. Lauderdale International airport last week.

Don’t live in fear. Don’t die of a heart attack stressing out because that’s what terrorists want. Yet, always be alert, wary and legally carry a gun and shoot back if you get the chance.

Glenn Mollette is a syndicated columnist and author of 11 books. He is read in all 50 states.

READERS WRITE Trump needs to act presidential when he takes oath of office

Donald Trump is preparing to be inaugurated as the next president of the United States of America. He may be preparing, but he definitely is not ready to assume the duties of president.

If he gets his way to register all Muslims that enter our country, he would be guilty of disobeying the First Amendment, where it states, “Congress shall make no laws respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…”

To make a law that makes a person of the Muslim faith (Islamic) to register when he arrives in the United States would be unlawful, because the First Amendment states: “no law…to people of any religious faith.”

Mr. Trump does not respect the First Amendment when it states: “or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press…”

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tens and watches the inauguration, especially when the justice reads the oath of office to him.

That is when the clock starts on his “I do.” Unless he completely changes his behavior, I predict he will be impeached within his first year in office.

— Dean Koldenhoven, Palos Heights

Honor Dr. King’s legacy by continuing Voting Rights fight We are facing a critical time for voting rights in our country. On Monday, I spoke to the Southland Ministerial Health Network at their Martin Luther King Day Spirit of Excellence Awards about the need to continue the fight for voting rights as the best way to honor Dr. King’s legacy.

Not that long ago in this country, African Americans who tried to register to vote and those who would help them register, were locked out of clerks’ offices, or worse, intimidated, beaten, even killed — so that they wouldn’t exercise their right to vote. The 1965 Voting Rights Act helped end that violent voter suppression.

As we honor the legacy of Dr. King and those who fought for the Voting Rights Act by registering to vote and going to the polls, we must confront the ugly truth that across the country, voting rights are being threatened again. In 2013 the Supreme Court severely weakened the Voting Rights Act, giving many states wide latitude to restrict access to the polls, which they are doing with enthusiasm. We have yet to see what further damage the Supreme Court will do under the next administration.

Despite the current attacks on voting rights, in Illinois we have has improved access and ease in voting. Our successes would not have been possible without the help of engaged and involved citizens, civic groups and legislators. Eleven years ago I introduced Early Voting to Illinois, and each election cycle we see significant increases in Cook County residents voting early.

We have also implemented online voter registration, same-day voter registration and expanded our election judge program to

include high school students.

This year, we reached a record three million registered voters in Cook County. We have worked diligently to ensure the lists are cleaner and more accurate.

But there is still work to do, here and nationally.

Across the country, we must bring back crucial parts of the Voting Rights Act and reverse dangerous decisions on allowing money to flood our political system. It is outrageous that the Supreme Court has said that your influence will, in effect, be determined by how much money you have.

Here in Illinois, we must pass Automatic Voter Registration (AVR). AVR will save us money be streamlining the process of cleaning the voting rolls and thereby ensuring we have the cleanest rolls possible. Government agencies should harness technology to share information so that voting rolls are accurate and citizens don’t need to unnecessarily engage with multiple bureaucracies.

A functional democracy requires voting so the wishes of the electorate are supposed to guide our public policy. When democracy is weakened, it leads to what we see today: public policy that is simply not what people want. Voters do not want continuing inequality or justice that is determined based on your skin color or your wealth. Dr. King understood this. He understood the relationship between racism, economic inequality and the right to vote. Today our challenge is galvanizing our energy to continue the fight he gave his life for.

— Cook County Clerk David Orr

Washington’s demeanor at first inaugural became precedent for future presidents In 1789, Federal Hall in New York City was the site of our nation’s first capitol and the inauguration of George Washington as the first president of the United States. The April 30 inaugural celebration of the first president by a frontier nation of three million citizens in 13 states was a joyful event. This was especially so for New York-

ers who witnessed the cheering throngs of people gathered for the official swearing in on a Bible, with Washington dressed in a brown broadcloth suit and breeches.

There was no elaborate pomp and circumstance that would follow future presidents. Inaugural observers report that people did not know how to react to their new president in 1789 with some of them singing songs like “God save the King,” which made Washington feel uneasy, “agitated and embarrassed.”

His Federal Union consisted of a standing army of only 900 soldiers and the federal employees numbered around 300 in the 13 states. Keeping the nation free from foreign dominance was always a part of his well-controlled fierce temperament.

People saw Washington as the right man for the difficult work ahead. He would become the “Father of his Country” and “First in War, First in Peace,” leaving office greater than he found it for other succeeding presidents.

In his inaugural, Washington’s most famous lines were “the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered, perhaps, as deeply, as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.”

People were deeply impressed

by Washington’s inaugural address. After the speech, Washington and his congressmen made a seven-block walk to St. Paul Chapel for services there.

This was unofficially the first inaugural parade. Later in the evening, Washington dined with friends and watched a spectacular fireworks display. There was no inaugural ball that night but one was held several days later by the French minister to honor the new president.

Inaugural Day celebrations are truly meant to be celebrated by all who live in the United States. Watching an inaugural parade, one can see the diversity of the people who make up our great nation. It truly is a celebration of the people by the people who make up this diverse United States of America.

— Dan Dwornik, Tinley Park

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What should you know about taking RMDs? As we get older, the end of another year takes on greater meaning, in many ways, than it did when we were young. And if you’re a certain age, December 31 has a very specific meaning in terms of your finances, because it’s the deadline for withdrawing money from some of your retirement plans. What should you know about these withdrawals? And how much control over them do you have?

Here’s the picture, in a nutshell: Once you turn 70½, you generally need to start taking withdrawals — the technical term is “required minimum distributions,” or RMDs — from your traditional IRA and your 401(k) or similar plan, such as a 403(b) plan (for employees of pubic schools, religious institutions and other tax-exempt organizations) or 457(b) plan (for employees of state and local governments and governmental agencies). After the first year in which you take these RMDs, you must take them by the end of each year thereafter. If you don’t withdraw at least the minimum amount (calculated based on your age, account balance and other factors) you face a penalty of 50% of what you should have taken out — a potential loss of thousands of dollars.

So, here’s priority number one: Take your RMDs before the end of the year. The financial services provider who administers your IRA or 401(k) can help you determine the amount you must withdraw.

However, after that point, it’s your decision as to whether you want to exceed the minimum. Of course, you may need to take more out to meet your living expenses. But if you have enough additional income from other sources — such as Social Security and interest and dividend payments from investments held outside your retirement accounts — you may be able to stick with the minimum withdrawals.

And this could prove to be beneficial, because you obviously want your retirement accounts to last as long as possible, considering you might spend two or even three decades as a retiree. Another reason not to take more than you need from your retirement accounts is that these withdrawals are typically

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taxable — so the less you take out, the lower your tax bill.

You can also potentially lower your tax burden arising from RMDs by being generous. If you take money from your IRA and donate it to a qualified charity (one that has received tax-exempt status from the IRS), you can exclude the withdrawal from your adjusted gross income and count the donation against your taxable RMDs. Suppose, for example, your RMD for 2016 is $5,500. If you take $5,000 from your IRA and donate it to a qualified charity, your taxable RMD obligation will be reduced to just $500. If you were to take another $500 from your IRA, you would satisfy your entire RMD for the year. (Consult with your tax advisor to make sure you’re following the rules governing these charitable donations from your IRA.) You worked many years to build your retirement accounts. So when it’s time to tap into them, make the right moves — and do whatever it takes to maximize the benefits you get from your required minimum distributions.

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

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industrial planning, currency misalignment policies, overcapacity, and state-owned enterprises, we believe that the United States must continue the longstanding policy of treating China as a NME, as WTO rules allow,” Lipinski and several of his colleagues said in a letter to the President-elect.

“Granting China MES would undermine the effectiveness of our trade enforcement policies used to combat unfairly priced Chinese imports. It is vital that these policies continue to prevent domestic producers from being driven out of business and workers from being laid off due to continued Chinese central planning and non-market policies.”

Under WTO rules, a NME is appropriately treated differently for the purposes of calculating anti-dumping duties. However,

China is alleging that it should automatically attain market economy status based on its interpretation of Article 15 of its Protocol of Accession to the WTO, and has requested consultations with the United States to force the United States and other nations to treat China as a market economy.

“We strongly urge the President-elect to continue and reaffirm the U.S. policy of continuing to treat China as a NME, which is appropriate given WTO rules, the facts, and the underlying U.S. statutory test,” stated the bipartisan group of lawmakers in the letter.

“This is not a political question, but a substantive one. Ensuring that facts determine the outcome will incentivize China to abandon market-distorting policies while protecting businesses and jobs here in the United States.”

New designation, more resources for Orland Grassland Orland Grassland, a 960-acre nature preserve near 167th Street and La Grange Road, has been designated by the Forest Preserves of Cook County (FPCC) as one of its sites to restore to a level equal to Illinois Nature Preserve status.

The FPCC’s Next Century Conservation Plan, developed in celebration of its 100-year anniversary, set as one of its goals to bring 30,000 acres of its holdings to this highest level of restoration.

Already an Illinois Land and Water Reserve, this designation affords priority of resources and additional protection to Orland Grassland.

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Don’t let China cheat U.S. companies, Lipinski says U.S. Rep Dan Lipinski (D-3rd) recently said he is leading a bipartisan group of lawmakers in urging President-elect Trump to prevent China from being granted “market economy status” (MES).

The status “would make it easier for China to cheat American companies and steal American jobs,” according to a statement from the congressman.

When China joined the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001, a provision was put in place labeling China as a non-market economy (NME) which allows the United States to implement significant anti-dumping duties to protect American companies and workers from unfair Chinese trading practices. China believes this provision should expire.

“Given continued mercantilist activities, including subsidization,

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Charles O’Leary, Deputy Director of Resource Management for the FPCC, will be attending the upcoming Orland Grassland Volunteer quarterly meeting, set for 7 p.m Tuesday, Jan. 24 at the Orland Park Civic Center, 14700 S. Ravinia Ave., Orland Park He will explain how the selection affects the site and the work of the volunteers res toring and preserving the site.

“Volunteers know what a treasure Orland Grassland is because we are surrounded by it at every workday”, said Pat Hayes, site steward. “Some 194 species of

birds that include nesting grassland and uncommonly seen migratory birds were recorded this past year. There are plants of concern present, long lists of butterflies, dragonflies, bees and other insects.

Even a mink was sighted recently.

We couldn’t be happier to hear this news.”

The volunteers will also be looking into the new year to plan their habitat rescue activity, field trips and event dates. Those interested in exploring volunteer opportunities are welcome to attend the meeting. For more information, call Pat Hayes at (708) 220-9596.

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Family Dollar is now hiring for its new store in Oak Forest.

Jersey Mike’s to open in Oak Lawn South suburban fans of Jersey Mike’s sub sandwiches won’t have as far to go to get their fill once the East Coast-based food chain opens this week in Oak Lawn. The next closest location had been in Palos Heights.

Owner Mac Shimmon will open his 13th Jersey Mike’s on Wednesday at 4807 W. 95th St. in a former physical therapy clinic.

Shimmon opened his first location in Orland Park in 2011 and now owns locations in New Lenox and Frankfort in the south suburbs. An additional location also is planned for the south suburbs.

He also owns Jersey Mike’s in Elk Grove Village, Gurnee, Schaumburg, Glenview, Niles, Park Ridge and Buffalo Grove.

As part of its opening celebration, Jersey Mike’s will distribute free sub cards with a $2 donation to either Park Lawn Services, Richards High School or Oak Lawn Community High School.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.

For information, call 708-6718748.

The chain started as a momand-pop sandwich shop in 1956 in Pleasant Point, N.J., on the New Jersey shore.

Family Dollar coming to Oak Forest Virginia-based Dollar Tree discount chain is now hiring for its new Family Dollar store under construction in Oak Forest.

The 8,300-square-foot store will be opening soon at 5400 W. 159th St. The store had an estimated construction cost of $1 million.

Construction started last year.

Job applications are being taken at www.snagajob.com.

Dollar Tree recently opened a new 10,000-square-foot store on the former site of the VFW Post in Lansing. Everything in the store is priced at $1 or less.

The store at 2433 Ridge Road opened late last year. It had an estimated cost of $400,000.

That store is the chain’s second in Lansing and 30th in the south suburbs.

Store hours are from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday to Saturday and from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday.

The chain is based in Chesapeake, Va., and operates more than 13,900 stores across 48 states and five Canadian provinces under the Dollar Tree, Family Dollar and Dollar Tree Canada.

Studio 63 open again in Summit The new Studio 63 opened its doors Saturday night in Summit.

The new location at 6249 Archer Road is about a mile from the old longtime location on 63rd Street near Harlem Avenue. That

BOB BONG nightclub closed in December 2015 after a dispute with the landlord.

Owner Nick Guotos said the new Studio 63 is smaller than its predecessor but will have a seating area, a bar, a dance floor and five gaming machines.

Health center opens in Orland Park Lyons-based Multicare Health and Wellness Center will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony next week for its new weight loss center in Orland Park.

The center at 62 Orland Square Drive will hold its grand opening from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 24.

For information, call 708-4423050.

Multicare also operates weightloss centers in Palos Heights, Darien, Skokie and Roselle.

Mattress Firm opens in Ford City Mattress Firm has opened a new store at Ford City Mall at 7600 S. Cicero Ave. in Chicago.

The new store is located next door to Pearle Vision at the mall.

The store accepts donations for Mattress Firm Foster Kids.

Store hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Tuesday to Saturday and from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday.

Noodles & Co. partners with Heartland Blood Fast-casual restaurant Noodles & Co. will give a $10 online coupon to anyone who gives blood to Heartland Blood Centers in January, which is National Volunteer Blood Donor Month.

This campaign is designed to encourage donations of blood and platelets during a traditionally difficult month for blood collections.

“Noodles and Company is thrilled to be partnering with Heartland Blood Centers during National Blood Donor Month and we’re honored to provide an incentive to help encourage community members to donate blood during the month of January,” Kathryn Broderick, Noodles & Co. Field Marketing Manager, said in a release.

In the same release, Amy Smith, Heartland Blood Centers Director of Donor Recruitment, said, “The letdown after the holidays, inclement weather and illness takes its toll on blood donation during January and we are so grateful for

our partnership with Noodles and Company! We urge all healthy and eligible donors to give the gift of life this January.”

To make your appointment, find a center or mobile location near you, call 1-800-786-4483, txt APPT to 444-999 or visit heartlandbc.org.

Heartland Donor Centers are located in Tinley Park, Aurora, Bloomingdale, Crystal Lake, DeKalb, Geneva, Highland, Ind., Joliet, Naperville, Westmont, Winfield and Yorkville.

Bank sponsors free business seminar Town Center Bank in New Lenox and Frankfort wants to pick up where Small Business Developments centers in the south suburbs left off when they closed last year due to a lack of state funding.

“Small business is the driving force behind solid, lasting economic development and meaningful, well-paid job growth,” Dan Regan, president of Town Center Bank, said in a release. “Owners know their business and its products inside and out, but they may need assistance in growth. They have a vision for expansion, but often need guidance with implementation.”

Town Center Bank and Regan will try to provide that guidance to small business when they host “Build Your Business: What you must know to survive, thrive and ask for funding” on Thursday, Jan. 26, at 5:30 p.m. at Gatto’s Italian Restaurant at 1938 E. Lincoln Hwy. in New Lenox. Appetizers and select cocktails will be served.

The seminar is free, but seating is limited so reservations are required. Email to s.pirko@ towncenterbank.com by Jan. 24 to reserve a place.

Advantage Carpetsplus helps promote Breast Cancer Awareness Advantage Carpetsplus together with other Carpetsplus stores raised over $23,000 for various breast cancer awareness charities.

Their donation was a result of a portion of flooring sales during the October “Shop for the Cause” event. Advantage Carpetsplus has been involved for over 12 years with local fund raising efforts for Avon Walk for Breast Cancer.

If you see a new business in town or wonder what happened to an old favorite, drop me a line at bobbong@hotmail.com.

You can also catch up on Comings & Goings in other parts of the Southland at www.southlandbusinessnews.com and www. southlandsavvy.blogspot.com

AREA PROPERTY TRANSFERS Following are the property transfers in the area, according to the latest report, as received from the Cook County Recorder of Deeds Office. The Regional News does not attempt to correct errors made by that office.

Orland Park Guyette Andrew C to Stanek Bartlomiej, 14114 Clearview Dr, $286,000; Bentley Paul to Kucera Marina, 17345 Brook Crossing Dr, $210,000; Gacki Conrad to West Suburban Bk, 15701 Orlan Brook Dr, Unit #G3, $500; Stalzer Jonathan to Jackson Cora, 7225 152nd St, Unit #6, $145,000; Ringbauer Jacquelyn Tr Trust One to Pawlicki Robert E Trust, 11031 Woodstock Dr, $415,000; Ellis Aaron to Stanek Stan J, 15549 117th Ct, $364,000; Prybell Carrie to Ackley Vincent, 18216 Nebraska Ct, Unit #101, $215,000;

Skucas Arvydas to Zawistowski Dariusz P, 15137 Huntington Ct, $335,000; Feeney Kimberly Marie to Agins Larry J, 11251 Melrose Ct, $297,500; Reda Anthony J Tr to Malczynski Justin, 8907 Golfview Dr, $174,500; Standard B&T Co Tr to Griffin John H Jr Tr, 34 Silo Ridge Rd. North, $1,130,000; Heerdt Barbara A to Bilian Milan, 7301 153rd St, Unit #17301, $175,000; Rauch James A to Paty Renee M, 15705 Orlan Brook Dr, Unit #10, $120,000; Austin Michelle A to Cavanaugh John T, 14545 87th Ave, $335,000; Rockside LLC to AM Real Est Holdings LLC-Orland, 9380 159th St, $1,350,000; Krzeczkowski Trust to Miao Xiao Zheng, 9031 Sunrise Ln, $262,000; Gary Paul R Jr Tr to Navarro J Michael, 7848 Sea Pines Rd,

$279,000; Jacobsma John Tr to Renewed Homes Inc, 7928 Sequoia Ct, $190,000; Pilch Przemyslaw to Tallman Thomas, 11390 158th St, $135,000; S & M Miller Investments LLC to Boll David A, 17327 Brook St, $246,000; Abdallah Munther to Barrera Alexander, 10554 Maue Dr, $310,000; Carlsen Dawn to Tomita Wayne, 15619 Garden View Ct, Unit #31B, $110,000; Fannie Mae to Rivera Sabrina, 9032 W 140th St, Unit #90322D, $92,500; Flaherty Bldrs Inc Inc to Stefansic Robert J, 14401 Wolf Rd, $850,000; Smolenski Kurt to Flores Michael S, 15129 Hilltop Ave, $200,000; Debruyn James E Tr to Boyko Susan, 15265 74th Ct, Unit #39, $146,500.

Palos Heights Tarczon Michael P to Bowen Daniel, 12645 W Navajo Ct, $338,000; Naughton Gerard A to Banovic Ronald A, 12751 Mason Ave, $213,000; Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr to Marquez Marc, 6043 W 127th Pl, $245,000; Clauson Marilyn J Tr to Poland Rosemary M, 13451 Westview Dr, Unit #13451, $274,000; Overbeck Deborah Tr to Collins Patricia M, 7735 Foresthill Ln, Unit #77351CR, $182,500; Djikas Megan to Serafin Michael A, 12312 S 75th Ave, $282,500; Deutsche Bk Natl Trust Co to Yasin Rayed, 13041 Pueblo Ct, $220,000; Fotopoulos Alexandria to Weidner-Odelson Linda, 42 W Parliament Dr, Unit #129, $150,000.

Palos Park Long Jill M Tr to Kavvadas Peter, 13203 S 85th Ave, $248,500; Mccormick Mary to Koss Nan-

cy, 11661 Matterhorn Cir, Unit #11661102, $135,000; Rokosz Richard J Tr to Maskos Christine A, 4 St. Moritz Dr, Unit

#4201, $183,000; Grove Andera M to Tzanetakos Spiros, 13041 Parkside Dr, $363,000.

Mortgage Rates Around the Area First Midwest Bank (as of January 17)

30-year fixed 15-year fixed 30-year fixed Jumbo

RATES APR POINTS 4.125 4.160 0 3.250 3.305 0 4.125 4.170 0

30-year fixed 15-year fixed 10-year fixed

RATES APR POINTS 4.060 4.081 0 3.375 3.411 0 3.250 3.303 0

30-year fixed 20-year fixed 15-year fixed

RATES APR POINTS 4.125 4.171 .25 3.875 3.938 .25 3.375 3.438 .25

United Trust Bank (as of January 17)

Prospect Federal (as of January 13)

All rates subject to change daily. Equal opportunity lenders.

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DEATH NOTICES Betty Kinnas

Betty A. Kinnas (nee Nix), 73, a former resident of Palos Heights, died Jan. 7 at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Mich.

Mrs. KInnas was an office manager for a medial office.

Survivors include a daughter, Jacqueline Erdman; son, Christopher Kinnas; brother, Jerry Nix; and six grandchildren.

Services were last Thursday at Immanuel Christian Reformed Church in Burbank. Interment took place at Fairmount-Willow Hills Cemetery. Arrangements were made by Colonial Chapel.

Martin Dorn

Martin A. Dorn, 86, an Orland Park resident, died Jan. 12 in Orland Park.

Mr. Dorn, a U.S. Air Force veteran from 1951 to 1955, was a self-employed shoe salesman.

Survivors include daughters, Laura Kelly and Lynne Schipma; son, Martin A. Dorn; brother, Jay Dorn; and nine grandchildren.

Visitation begins at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 20 at Colonial Chapel, 15525 S. 73rd Ave., Orland Park.

Services will follow at noon at Colonial Chapel. Interment is private.

Orland Park resident named St. Julie Billiart pastoral associate Orland Park resident Mike Rubino has been named pastoral associate/coordinator of parish communications at St. Julie Billiart Parish in Tinley Park.

As the coordinator of parish communications, Rubino is responsible for the parish’s public relations, website and media relations. He also oversees all of the social ministries including the book club, Scripture Group, Fellowship Sunday (formerly Donut Sunday), Young at Heart for Seniors, Bingo, Neighborhood Networking and others.

Since joining the parish nearly 30 years ago, Rubino has volunteered in a number of capacities including serving on the parish council, as a Eucharistic minister, chairing special and social events, chairing teen programs and service projects and teaching various grade of religious education for 35 years.

“I love the church and the community of St. Julie,” Rubino said.

“I love the worship space, for as unconventional as it may be for a Catholic church, it promotes a sense of community. Two half circles facing one another with the altar in the center allows the congregation to see one another and worship as a community.”

Rubino and his wife, Kathy, also volunteer for the parish’s Marriage Preparation Program and chaired the Bells of St. Julie Dinner Dance.

“The music ministry at St. Julie also plays a big part in the worship space,” Rubino continued.

“The music is alive as we utilize many instruments, drums, brass, orchestra along with piano and organ. We have a children’s choir as well as the adult choir.”

Rubino grew up in St. John Fisher Parish in Chicago where he lived for 29 years, graduating from the parish grammar school in 1973. He describes having met his then future wife in the cry room at St. John Fisher.

“I was five and Kathy was four.

My mom was pregnant with my youngest sister and Kathy’s mom jokingly stated she was glad it was my mom that was pregnant and not her,” Rubino recalled.

Rubino and his then future wife both attended Morgan Park High School where friends tried to fix them up with neither being interested.

“We met again three years after high school at a mutual friend’s house and the rest is history. We will be married 35 years in September,” Rubino said. Kathy (Mayer) and Mike Rubino live in Orland

The Multi Parish Respect Life Knowledge and Prayer Series announces a special concelebrated Mass For Life at 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22 at Our Lady of the Woods Church, 10731 W. 131st St., Orland Park.

The Mass will be concelebrated by the pastors of Our Lady of the Woods, St. Bernard’s, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Michael and Annunciation Byzantine Catholic parishes. The Mass begins the

Silver Cross Hospital, in partnership with US HealthVest, plans a 100-bed behavioral health hospital to address the local mental health and substance abuse crisis by expanding inpatient and outpatient services.

An application for the proposed hospital will be submitted to the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board in the near future, according to a Silver Cross statement. If approved by the state, the proposed $22 million Silver Oaks Hospital will be located on five acres of Silver Cross Hospital’s New Lenox campus.

Silver Cross President and CEO Paul Pawlak said since the closing of the Tinley Park Mental Health Center in 2012, there has been a severe shortage of beds, forcing more than 60 percent of mental health and chemically dependent patients to leave the area for care.

Others languish in emergency rooms waiting to be admitted, or worse, end up in jail. This complicates follow-up support services and creates confusion and lack of continuity of care.

“We strive to provide the best care and convenient access for our behavioral health patients, but the lack of resources in Will and neighboring counties has left people going without treatment leading to the increase in addic-

tions to opiates, heroin and alcohol in our community,” Pawlak said.

“Last year set a new record for fatal heroin overdoses in Will County,” said Larry Walsh, Will County Executive, who has been working with Silver Cross and other community leaders to battle this epidemic. “This new hospital will be an important asset as we continue to fight heroin abuse in our county.”

In Will County there is currently no inpatient chemical dependency unit or services for women who have been abused or traumatized.

Silver Cross currently operates a 20-bed inpatient unit for individuals 18 years and older and offers adult outpatient treatment for mental health, chemically dependency and dual diagnosis.

“Silver Cross has also been a strong partner in our ongoing battle against the growing heroin epidemic and mental health crisis in our community,” said New Lenox Mayor Tim Baldermann.

“Our community has been very progressive in helping those with mental illness,” he added.

“Our Specialty Courts, which serve veterans and many others who wrestle with mental illness and drug addiction, have been working relentlessly to fill the chasm in coverage left by the closing of Tinley Park Men-

tal Health Center, but we can only reach people after they run afoul of the law,” Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow said. “The construction of Silver Oaks Hospital will fill a terrible void in services and will enable us to become more proactive by reaching people in these struggling populations before their troubles come to a boil. In addition, the new facility will greatly expand the support network for our Specialty Courts.”

By partnering with US HealthVest, Silver Cross will be able to offer a full spectrum of inpatient and outpatient mental health and substance abuse services for youth, adults and seniors, officials said.

“We are delighted to work with Silver Cross to expand access to care for patients in the Chicago area,” said Dr. Richard Kresch, psychiatrist and president and CEO of US HealthVest. “We are committed to providing high quality psychiatric care through our model of specialized programming.”

If the plan receives state approval, development of the two-story, 68,000-square foot hospital will begin this summer and open in 2019.

ing caregivers of people with dementia and Alzheimer’s who live in and around Orland Park, and near Chicago’s Beverly/Morgan Park area, to free support groups.

The first will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2 at Smith Crossing, 10501 Emilie Lane, Orland Park. There will be an open discussion led by life enrichment director Dana Mahler, enrichment director, and Amy Majcina, social services director.

People who attend are encouraged to ask questions about the onset, diagnosis and care of dementia sufferers.

For more information and reservations, call (708) 326-2300, or send an email to familyand-

friends@smithcrossing.org.

At 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb 7, Smith Village, 2320 W. 113th Place, Chicago, will also host an open topic discussion at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, according to Diane Morgan, memory support coordinator. The floor will be open for a question and answer session with caregivers able to ask about sun-downing, the disease’s progress and what certain behaviors mean.

Light refreshments will be served before both meetings, and they will end at 7:30 p.m.

For more information and registration, call (773) 474-7300, or send an email to familyandfriends@smithvillage.org.

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Orland Park’s Mike Rubino was named pastoral associate and communications coordinator for St. Julie Billiart Roman Catholic Church in Tinley Park.

Rubino has been a parishioner for nearly 30 years.

Park and have three children: Joseph, Andrew and Michelle.

After graduating from St. Xavier University, Rubino worked in information technology serving as a regional IT manager for JP Morgan Chase, as a service delivery manager for bp North America and most recently as an independent contractor providing technology support and management.

Describing why he would recommend St. Julie for those looking for a church, Rubino said, “We have so much to offer — the parishioners and the staff are selfless in their time and talents. We have something for every age to engage and enhance the spiritual as well as the social aspects of their lives.”

The longtime St. Julie volunteer invites parishioners to get involved with the church.

“There are many ways to become engaged at St. Julie,” Rubino said. “You may feel comfortable by simply joining us for worship on Saturday evening or Sunday.

We offer Masses at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday and at 7:30 a.m., 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 12 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Sunday.”

“Our Religious Education Office is always available to provide information about catechesis for pre-k through eighth grade.

sixth year of the Knowledge and Prayer series sponsored by the five parishes. The 2017 series details will be released at the event.

The Mass is celebrated in solidarity with March for Life to take place on Friday, Jan. 27 in Washington, D.C. The March began as a small demonstration on Jan. 22, 1974, the first anniversary of the Supreme Court decisions in Roe v Wade and Doe v Bolton, then rapidly grew to be the largest prolife event in the world.

The peaceful demonstration, on

Palos Health will offer a free class on creating healthy desserts, set for 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2 in the the Palos Hospital auditorium, 12251 S. 80th Ave., Palos Heights.

Palos registered dietician nutritionist Loretta Wojtan and Palos pastry chef Stephanie Connelly will teach participants how to prepare satisfying sweets without extra calories and fat that can damage the heart.

Admission is free, but advance registration is encouraged. For more information, call (708) 226-2300.

Youth Ministry is available for high school students and St. Julie offers teen trips that are both faith focused and those for fun,” Rubino said.

He added that the sacramental ministry coordinator can help with bereavement and the church’s ministers of care provide fellowship and Holy Eucharist for the sick and homebound.

“We participate in community outreach through our Daybreak Smith Crossing/Village Shelter teams,” Rubino said add- offer help to caregivers ing that fair trade products can Life-plan communities are invitbe purchased and other church programs help community service organizations.

The church’s Young at Heart Program, offered for those age Puzzle on Page 7 55 and older, hosts day trips and lunch meetings with exciting entertainment.

“We have Fellowship Sunday, Bingo and a number of social events both on and off the St. Julie campus,” Rubino added.

“The people of St. Julie are very giving of their time and talents,” Rubino said. “It’s not difficult to find volunteers for the many worthy causes that the parish community helps. The selflessness here is amazing indeed.”

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the anniversary each year since, “is a witness to the truth concerning the greatest human rights violation of our time, legalized abortion on demand,” according to a statement from the five parishes. “People of many faiths or no faith across the U.S. participate in this event by sending representatives to stand for the sacredness of human life from conception to natural death.”

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St. Alexander School sets open house CROSSWORD PUZZLE An open house is set for 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 28 at St. Alexander School, 7025 W. 126th St., Palos Heights.

School administration and staff will be available to meet with prospective new families and answer any questions. Families interested in touring the school and learning more about its curriculum, including foreign language, art, gym, computer classes and music, can attend.

In addition to students using Macintosh computers, whiteboards, iPads and ELMOS on a daily basis, St. Alexander remains on the cutting edge of technology with an Applied Tech Lab, school officials said. Junior high students attend the lab twice a week to explore practical applications of real world technologies and incorporating STEM. Digital Design, Flight Technology, Heat and Energy and Robots are just a few modules available to students.

St. Alexander School is open to children from pre-school through eighth grade. It offers three and four year old preschool, including a four year old full-day program.

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St. Alexander students Charlie Kalousek and Devine Devin take on the role of crime scene investigators to solve a “murder” that has occurred during an Applied Tech lab class. Junior high students attend Applied Tech twice a week to learn about the role of math and science into the study of forensic science and associated legal careers, among other things.

Kindergarten classes are available as half day or full day. Extended day care is provided before and after school for families

needing additional care. For more information, call (708) 448-0408 or send an e-mail at info@stalexanderschool.com.

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3 Pitcher’s gripping aid 4 Ding-a-ling 5 “Close the window!”

6 Like a boor 7 Crispy fried chicken part 8 Cartoon collectibles 9 “No Spin Zone” newsman 10 Enterprise helmsman, to Kirk 11 “Hey hey hey!” toon 12 Gross subj.?

13 38-Across sore 18 Counting word in a rhyme 22 Well-worn pencils 25 Med. condition with repetitive behavior 27 Conservatory subj.

28 So far 29 Fair-hiring initials 30 Flowery rings 31 Ultimatum ender 32 Long-range nuke

33 Rani’s wrap 34 Deadlock 38 Aboveground trains 39 Golf gadget 41 Exude 42 Go wild 43 Ft. Worth campus 44 Queen of __: noted visitor of King Solomon 46 Copenhagen coins 47 State as fact 50 Cry to a prima donna 51 Dog-__: folded at the corner 52 Spare 53 Pickle herb 54 Albany-to-Buffalo canal 55 Water carrier 56 Spirited style 58 Major tennis event 61 MD and ME, e.g.

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Six Stagg musicians to play in Peoria

The object of the game is to fill all the blank squares with the correct numbers.

Each row of 9 numbers must include all digits 1 through 9 in any order.

Each column of 9 numbers must include all digits 1 through 9 in any order.

Each 3 by 3 subsection of the 9 by 9 square must include all digits 1 through 9.

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Six Stagg High School students have been accepted to perform at the ILMEA (Illinois Music Education Association) All-State Convention in Peoria this month. Ready to perform are (from left) Inga Hokens (Palos Heights), violin; Demetra Alikakos (Orland Park), bassoon; Joshua Melocoton (Hickory Hills), Bb clarinet; Jason Kazin (Hickory Hills), tenor II; Samuel Thomason (Palos Park), bass I; and Eliza Gallermo (Palos Hills), soprano II.

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SCHOOL NOTES Band boosters host breakfast fundraiser

Moraine Valley seeks distinguished grads

An “all you can eat” breakfast is set for 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 21 at Independence Junior High School, 6610 W. Highland Drive, Palos Heights.

Tickets are $6 at the door.

Children age 3 and under may eat for free.

All proceeds will go to the Palos Heights School District 128 band program to assist in the purchase and repair of instruments, sheet music and other educational activities, according to a representative the District 128 Band Boosters.

Graduates of Moraine Valley Community College who have been successful in their industry or career are being sought for the 2017 Distinguished Alumnus Award.

Nominations must be submitted by 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3.

In addition to being named the college’s Distinguished Alumnus, the nominee will be submitted to the state-wide Distinguished Alumnus Award program sponsored by the Illinois Community College Trustees Association.

The selection committee will consider factors such as outstanding success and distinction in his or her chosen field, humanitarian service that has proven beneficial to society, and continued interest in and support of education and community colleges. A complete list of the award guidelines can be found online at communitycolleges.org/awardsummary.

An online nomination form can be completed at morainevalley. edu/distinguishedalum. The form also can be downloaded and emailed or mailed to the address on the form.

For more information, email Jessica Crotty at crotty@morainevalley.edu, or call (708) 974-5281.

District 128 offers screening for young children Palos Heights School District 128 will provide screening for all children residing within district boundaries who are 3 to 5 years of age. The screening will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 23 at Indian Hill School, 12800 S. Austin Ave. Areas of development assessed include speech and language, gross motor skills, and visual/ auditory strengths. A vision and hearing screening will also be conducted.

Children will be screened by a diagnostic team of district personnel under the direction of District 128 Administration. Contact the Student Services office at (708) 597-1285 to make an appointment or to request additional information.

at the school, 3737 W. 99th St., Chicago.

Organizers say the event will feature a large selection of gently-worn prom and graduation gowns available. Sale hours are 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 27 and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 28.

The sale takes place in the Annex Community Room. Shoppers may park in the main lot and enter through door Number 11, located next to the main theatre entrance. Cash or credit card payments only will be accepted. All sales are final.

Donations of prom dresses will be accepted from noon to 4 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 21 and Sunday, Jan. 22 at the school’s main entrance.

Following the prom resale, the Mother McAuley and Brother Rice High School mothers clubs will collaborate to donate any unsold dresses and gently worn young men’s dress clothing to support LYDIA Home, a faithbased organization providing a variety of services, including foster care, counseling and treatment, to assist troubled families and children. The donations of clothing will be delivered to LYDIA Home in early February.

District 230 expands ‘blended learning’ offerings

The public is invited to the Mother McAuley High School Mothers Club’s annual graduation and prom dress resale, set for Friday and Saturday, Jan. 27-28

Consolidated High School District 230 has announced an expansion of its “blended” learning courses in English, Math and Social Studies, next summer. The blended classes will be offered in addition to traditional summer school offerings.

Heights have been recognized as Illinois State Scholars.

Chicago Christian students who are Illinois State Scholars are Lauren Jelderks, a Palos Heights resident; Abigail Haan, Palos Heights; Shannon Kuiper, Ben Friessen, Orland Park; Pete Vos,

Orland Park; Kimberly Bolhuis, Oak Lawn; Alexis VanRyan, Cyril Nikolovski and Jacob Bulthuis.

Illinois State Scholars represent about the top 10 percent of high school seniors from 765 high schools across the state.

McAuley moms to sell prom dresses

STUDENT NEWS Chicago Christian High School students recognized as state scholars Nine students from the graduating class of 2017 at Chicago Christian High School in Palos

Blended learning is a “blend” of face-to-face instruction and online instruction using the districts’ learning management system, Canvas.

“We have heard from students that they want to be able to take courses over the summer but need more flexibility,” said Stacey Gonzales, District 230 director of curriculum. ​“Some participate in band, athletics or even have jobs and vacation plans, yet they want to be able to accelerate their learning or make room for additional courses during the school year. We also know that when students go to college, using online learning has become the norm for many courses. We want our students to be prepared when they leave our schools, both academically and with the skills to learn in the college setting.”

District 230 summer courses are available for both in-district and out-of-district students.

Registration began this week for in-district students and will start on Feb. 1 for out of district students. For more information, visit d230.org.

Photo by Joe Boyle

WHATIZIT? The clue for this week’s Whatizit photo quiz (above) is: On shore.

Send your responses with your name and hometown by noon Monday to thereporter@conmcast.net.

No one was able to guess this week’s Whatizit photo quiz. It was a little tricky. The correct answer was Prairie View Pond, 8201 W. 85th St., Hickory Hills. We would have accepted the Prairie View Park, which is near the pond.

We can understand why no was able to answer this one. Unless you live in Hickory Hills, many people would not know where the park is. A walking or jogging trail can be found around the pond, which borders 294 on the east. Toddler and big kids slides are available for youngsters ages 5 to 12. A swinging slide is also available for parents and kids.

Palos Heights Seniors Club Welcomes New Members!

The Palos Heights Seniors Club is welcoming new members during January and February at their new meeting location, The Palos Heights Recreation Department.

The club meets at 1 p.m. on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month throughout the year.

Besides an opportunity for socializing, the calendar of events includes live entertainment, interesting speakers, luncheons and escorted trips. Member ship in the club is open to senior men and women residents of Palos Heights for annual dues of $20. For more information, call Edna Craig, president, 708-448-7498.

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Palos Heights, Palos Park women host luncheon The members of the Palos Heights Woman’s Club and the Palos Park Woman’s Club will hold a joint luncheon on Saturday, Jan. 21 at Silver Lakes Country Club in Orland Park.

Lunch will be served at noon with a program presented by Amy Logan — “A Girl With A Cape” about the superhero in all of us.

Cost is $25 and guests are welcome. Call Cathie at (708) 2931006 for more information or to make a reservation.

Mackey’s Pub chili contest coming soon

Palos Heights Girl Scouts earn top award

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The third annual Mackey’s Pub chili contest fundraiser will be held at noon Sunday, Jan. 29 at the pub, 9400 W. 143rd St., Orland Park.

Five local cooks will be donating their time and their chili for tasting. There is a $5 entry fee and entitles the individual to eat all the chili they want. Raffles

After efforts in 2015 and 2016 to aid the monarch butterfly and Illinois’ native oak trees, Lake Katherine in Palos Heights is again urging outdoors lovers to lend nature a helping hand.

By ‘treading lightly on nature’ in 2017, Lake Katherine officials will concentrate on providing practical education for children and adults alike on how to reduce their ecological footprint, according to a statement released last week.

Events and programs throughout the year will focus on ways

to reduce everyday use of energy, water and resources while providing useful information on ways to boost native plants in the area, help wildlife and protect the environment. Volunteer workdays at Lake Katherine will also continue to concentrate on planting native plants and ecological restoration.

“For both humans and nature, January represents an exciting new start,” Lake Katherine Operation Manager Gareth Blakesley said.

“As each day length get a little longer plants are beginning to

stir and come alive. The gradual increase in day length also triggers responses in our neural pathways spurring us on to make a fresh start. Having an overriding goal for the year helps us keep focused on what we want to achieve. Maybe your resolutions encompass many things, but we hope that throughout the year Lake Katherine will inspire you to tread lightly on the natural world and offer Mother Nature a helping hand.”

LIBRARY NOTES Palos Heights Public Library sets schedule Several activities have been announced by the Palos Heights Public Library, 12501 S. 71st Ave. For details, call (708) 448-1473.

• Book & Film is set for 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19. The library will show the 110-minute film “Me Before You,” based on the bestseller by Jojo Moyes starring Emilia Clarke as a caretaker who forms an unlikely bond with a recently-paralyzed man.

• Appalachian Trail: Adventure, Discovery and How to Survive is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 21. Each year, thousands of hikers attempt to walk from Georgia to Maine on the 2,190 mile-long Appalachian Trail but only one in four make it all the way. Author and through-hiker Patrick Bredlau was one of the four who hiked all the way and he will talk about the adventures and discoveries he made on the Appalachian Trail. Bredlau will also give tips on how to plan a hiking excursion and how to survive on the trail. He will also have copies of his book “The Green Tunnel” available to sign.

• Hamilton’s Women is set for 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22. Meet the real Schuyler sisters who captivated Alexander Hamilton, as actress and scholar Leslie Goddard, Ph.D., brings to life these smart and beautiful women. They discuss their complicated relationships with Hamilton and the other men in their lives and help shape the new nation. You don’t need to have seen the smash hit musical “Hamilton” to enjoy this, but if you have, it will bring the history behind the show alive.

• Intro to Pinterest will begin at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 23. Have you heard about Pinterest but don’t know how it works? Join us for an introduction to this popular social media website and learn how to set up an account, manage your “pins” and share your Pinterest page with friends and family. Seating is limited. Register for the class by calling the library.

• Microsoft Basics is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 23.

Learn how to create, edit, save and print a document. Basic computer, keyboard, and mouse skills required.

Library officials also reminded everyone that three clubs meet at the library every Tuesday. New members are welcome.

• Needle Club (for knitting and crocheting) meets from 10 a.m. to noon.

• Scrabble Club meets from

1-3 p.m.

• Mah Jongg Club meets from 1-4 p.m.

New programs added at Palos Heights Library Three new programs have been announced at the Palos Heights Public Library, 12501 S. 71st Ave. A winter reading program, Chicago Wolves Read to Succeed will be held until Saturday, Feb. 18.

Parents can sign up their children of all ages for the this winter reading program, The Wolves hockey team has donated items that children can select as they complete their personal reading goal. Parents can pick up a reading log for their children to participate in this program.

Cook A Book will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19. The program offers students in grades four and older to sample one or two recipes from a fiction novel or cook book to decide if the author got it right. Registration is required.

Families are invited to meet a player from the Chicago Wolves Hockey Team at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24. Participants check out his gear and take photos. Registration is needed for this event.

For more information, or to register for a program, call (708) 448-1473.

New activities offered at Orland Park Library A number of new activities are scheduled at the Orland Park Public Library, 14921 S. Ravinia Ave. For details on all activities, call (708) 428-5205.

• Chicago Wolves Read to Succeed for children of all ages will be held through Tuesday, Jan. 31.

Participants should reading log at the Youth Services desk, read five books, and enter to win some Wolves items.

• Blizzard of Books, a winter reading program for adults, runs through Saturday, Feb. 25. Registration must be done in person.

Participants must complete five books by Feb. 25 to receive a prize. Reading logs may be returned starting Monday, Jan. 23.

Patrons can continue reading and receive up to 10 tickets to be entered in a random drawing.

• Showcase: Old-Time American Music will be held at 7 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 20. This American roots music includes songs and tunes running the gamut from fast, and lively, to slow and lovely, to haunting and plaintive.

• The library is offering teens in sixth through 12th grade a chance

to make popcorn with their own toppings and candy at the Sweet or Salty Popcorn Bar at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20. Registration required.

• A course for adults to help them maximize their Social Security is being offered at 1 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 21. This course will provide adults with much needed information to help you coordinate spousal and survivor benefits, in addition to guidance on working while they receive benefits, taxation of benefits, issues involved in claiming benefits early, and strategies to maximize benefits while developing an income stream in retirement. Attendees will receive a workbook.

• Discovery Depot is for children in kindergarten through eighth grade and will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. beginning Saturday, Jan. 21. Children can stop in and discover something new each week at the library’s Discovery Depot maker-space station.

• Adults learn how to use the library’s eBook collection with their iPad, iPhone, Android, or other smart devices during Library eBooks for Tablets and Smartphones.

The class will take place at 11: 30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 23 at the adult reference desk on the second floor.

• Photoshop basics will be taught at 11:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 23.

Adults will see a demonstration of image editing and the tools used.

• Adult patrons are being offered an introduction to LinkedIn at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23 to help them maintain their professional network online.

• Children of all ages and their families are invited to drop in on “Once Upon a Time Family Story Time” at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24.

Children can drop in for stories, music and finger-plays to build pre-reading skills.

• Adults will see a demonstration of creating a design for 3D printing during “3D Modeling with 123d Design” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24.

• There is Life After Divorce will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24. This presentation is filled with practical tools to start living a life of forward momentum after divorce. Participants will be engaged in learning that building this new life is a process that allows for healing. Miriam Iwrey brings her unique understanding of the challenges presented by this life cycle.

• Adults will learn basic resume building at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25. Adults will create an eye-catching, well-designed resume to use in applying for employment.

Gershwin and more set for Orland Park The Southwest Community Concert Band will present “Moonlight & Music,” an afternoon of the music of George Gershwin, Rodgers and Hart and others, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12 at the Cultural Center, 14760 S. Park Lane, Orland Park.

Admission is free, although donations are welcome. The event is hosted by the Village of Orland Park’s Arts Commission.

For more information, phone (708) 403-7275.

Palos Park seeks chili cooks and judges Chili cooks and judges are needed for Palos Park’s “It’s Chili in the

Park,” being held Saturday, Feb. 18 in the Palos Park Recreation Center, 8901 W. 123rd St. Cooks arrive at 7 a.m. and start cooking at 10 a.m. Doors open for public tasting at 12:30 p.m.

The Chili Cook-off is a sanctioned event by the Chili Appreciation Society International (CASI).

CASI cooks come together to compete for prizes and points that will take them to their national competition. Local cooks are encouraged to participate. There is also a $100 People’s Choice Competition, which will be judged by festival participants. Prizes and trophies will be presented to the People’s Choice winner and the CASI top three winners.

Applications for cooks and information are available on the Village of Palos Park’s website at palospark.org. Applicants can click on the Chili in The Park link on the bottom of the page, call (708) 671-3760, or stop by the Recreation Center, Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. to register.

Orland Park to host chefs’ auction

Grace Spindler and Kylie Sterling, both from Palos Heights Troop 60087 and graduates of Shepard High School, have earned their Girl Scout Gold Award. The Gold Award represents the highest achievement in Girl Scouting, recognizing girls who demonstrate extraordinary leadership through remarkable Take Action projects that have sustainable impact in their communities-and beyond. The Gold Award is the highest achievement within the The Village of Orland Park will Girl Scouts of the USA, earned by Senior and Ambassador Girl Scouts. Only 5.4 percent of eligible Girl Scouts hold its 17th annual Chefs’ Aucsuccessfully earn the Gold Award.

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and split the pot will be offered.

Proceeds will benefit the Disabled Patriot Fund and Orland Park Veterans Commission.

For more information, call Eileen Svidergol at (708) 254-0758.

tion from 6 to 10 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23 at the Orland Chateau, 14500 S. La Grange Road.

South suburban restaurants donate their chefs’ talents and signature entrees for attendees to sample. Guests enjoy fine wines, craft beer and live musical entertainment. The evening includes a silent auction and a live auction of packages donated by the participating eateries. Business attire is suggested.

The annual event this year raises funds for The Bridge Teen Center of Orland Park.

“We’ve been helping The Bridge Teen Center because of the many services they provide

for the community,” said Orland Park Mayor Dan McLaughlin who serves as the auctioneer each year. “They are a charitable organization that receives no ongoing state or federal funding, relying on money from foundations, companies and churches in the community,” the mayor said.

The Bridge Teen Center is a non-profit community center designed around the interests and needs of suburban teens. The Bridge Teen Center serves teens and families from throughout the south suburbs and northwest Indiana. The center’s mission is to provide free programs during after-school and unsupervised hours where students in grades seven through high school can

develop mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually in a safe environment.

“The Chefs’ Auction is a wonderful way to sample the best dishes from the area’s best chefs,” said Trustee Patricia Gira, chair of the village’s Recreation and Parks Committee. “It’s a fun night with great food supporting a worthy cause.”

Tickets for the Chefs’ Auction may be purchased at Recreation Administration, 14650 S. Ravinia Ave., and at the village’s Sportsplex, 11351 W. 159th St.. Only 350 tickets will be sold and the cost is $50 per person. For corporate tables, contact Rob Steinmetz at rob@thebridgeteencenter.org or (708) 532-0500.

PAWWS Christmas tree wins award The Robert R. McCormick Museum at Cantigny Park recently announced that the Christmas tree decorated by Paws Assisting Wounded WarriorS (PAWWS) and displayed at the museum received the most votes in public balloting.

By winning the popular vote, the non-profit PAWWS earns an additional $2,500 grant from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, for a total of $5,000. The six other participating local charities each receive $2,500.

Headquartered in Palos Heights, PAWWS acquires, trains and gives service dogs to military veterans living with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). PAWWS helps them re-enter civilian life and live more independently. The organization provides their service dogs free of charge and also pays for food, veterinary care and other necessities.

“Community Trees” is an annual holiday attraction to celebrate Cantigny’s connections with the community and honor Colonel McCormick’s philanthropic legacy. Seven local charities were invited to participate because their missions involve issues or causes that were meaningful to Cantigny’s benefactor.

Museum visitors during the holiday season were encouraged to vote for their favorite tree and, if they wished, make a donation to one or more of the agencies. Cash contributions by visitors totaled $767, all of which goes to the participating charities. More than 1,500 votes were cast.

The McCormick Museum will reopen on weekends in February

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A PAWWS Christmas tree ornament featuring the likeness of Jack Brumm, a PAWWS favorite.

for free guided tours. Hours in February are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays and noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. The museum returns to its regular Tuesday through

Sunday tour schedule in March.

More information about Cantigny, including park hours, directions and details about upcoming events is online at cantigny.org.

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BROTHER RICE 73, MARIST 65 (OT)

Crusaders fill in the blank in a big way

‘Signature win’ leaves RedHawks with initial loss

By Phil Arvia Correspondent

Before Tuesday’s visit from neighborhood rival Marist, Brother Rice coach Bobby Frasor said his team was in need of a “signature win.”

So among his three keys for the game with the previously unbeaten RedHawks — after “box out” and “compete” — was a blank line.

“I told them, we beat Marist, we come back in here and sign the board,” Frasor said.

Photo by Jeff Vorva After a 73-65, A dejected Marist’s Justin Brown was overtime win be- a force in the RedHawks’ OT loss to fore a packed house Brother Rice as he scored 21 points and at Brother Rice, the hauled down 19 rebounds.

Crusaders signed their declaration of relevance.

“We got that signature win,” Frasor said. “I kind of feel like it’s a statement that Brother Rice is back.”

If so, the Crusaders (16-3) got back on the backs of Mike Shepski and Josh Niego, who combined for 55 points. Four days after scoring 22 points in a 65-45 win Friday over Mount Carmel, Shepski had 29 and hit 6-of-8 3-point atPhoto by Jeff Vorva tempts on the way to breaking Sean O’Reilly’s career mark Brother Rice’s Mike Shepski shoots what turns out to be the game-tying basket to send Tuesday’s game into overtime, and the Crusaders won, 73-65. at Rice.

Shepski, who now has 197 3-pointers to O’Reilly’s 195, broke the mark as Brother Rice scrambled back from five points down in the final 40 seconds of regulation. At that juncture, he hit a 24-footer from the wing, and with five If that enough isn’t enough of a storyline, You might have a couple he Brother Rice-Marist boys basketball seconds remaining he banked in an off-balance leaner after Benet has a kid named Jack Nolan, who last of dogs. You might have a game is usually one of the most intense faking one defender off his feet to force overtime.

Friday scored 35 points — 25 in the fourth couple of good games. and exciting events of the season, Shepski calls those not-quite-textbook efforts “Dirk-like But this? I don’t know if quarter!!! — in a 76-73 loss to St. Patrick. whether the game lives up to the hype or not. shots,” after inventive NBA big man Dirk Nowitzki.

He is the nephew of Marist coach Gene I could hype this twinbill The two teams battled in front of a loud “I try to be diverse in my shots,” he said. “But I wasn’t enough. All four teams are Nolan. crowd at Brother Rice on Tuesday night, and thinking about me being the guy to break the record, to Fun stuff? You bet. you would be hard-pressed to find a more great and, while it’s just make the big shots.

On the girls side, Benet is the two-time one game in the middle of exciting atmosphere in games involving area “Guys like Josh (Boulanger) and (Brendan Coghlan) a regular season, there are defending Class 4A champion and is steamteams.

JEFF VORVA postseason seeds to plant. rolling through most opponents in winning 17 stepped up for us and made some really big shots tonight.”

But Friday night…

Coghlan had 10 points in regulation, taking and making of its first 19 games.

Last year, Benet’s boys I’m not sure too many events can top a Making the one 3-pointer and each of the last three quarters. Boulanger Marist opened the season winning 12 and Brother Rice-Marist game, but this event will second in the Illinois converted a crucial three-point-play with 55 seconds left in Extra Point took losing three, and entered this week with a High School Association give it a run for its money. the overtime after a driving Niego dropped him a pass on seven-game winning streak. state tournament in Class Benet Academy is hosting a basketball douthe low block, giving Rice a lead, at 67-65, they’d not relinIt will also be interesting to see what the 4A for the second time in three years. bleheader against Marist, with the girls game quish.

Benet fans will have in store when the RedHeading into this week’s action, Benet was starting at 6 p.m. and the boys scheduled to That was after Niego (26 points) opened the extra period Hawks come to visit.

12-5 overall and 1-2 in the East Suburban start right after that. with a 3-pointer from the top of the key and a pair of free At last year’s boys game at Marist, a good Catholic Conference and has no interest in That’s a lot of excitement in Lisle. Betthrows. Marist (19-1) rallied to tie on a three from Morgan chunk of RedHawks fans came and some stu- Taylor (18 points) and runner from Maurice Commander falling back even further in the league. It ter than a Rice-Marist matchup? It has the dents were lifting one of the smaller students (12). nearly beat Simeon in the Pontiac Holiday ingredients. up and down.

Tournament finale in late December.

Times two.

Then Niego found Boulanger for a layup, the RedHawks’ A few years ago, I was at a game in Lisle Marist opened the week 19-0 and was tied Some of these girls/boys doubleheaders Justin Brown fouling out while going for the block. with St. Patrick and St. Viator at 3-0 for the have mixed matchups. You might have a releague lead. ally good potential battle followed by a dog.

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JIM CRAIG’S RETIREMENT

Astros say goodbye to ‘the best of the best’

By Jeff Vorva

CRAIG’S LIST: SOME CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Sports Editor

Photo by Jeff Vorva

Retiring assistant coach Jim Craig gives a Shepard wrestler some wisdom during the Astros’ final home meet of the season on Thursday.

He has coached kids with the physiques of matchsticks and others the size of kitchen appliances.

He has coached whites, AfricanAmericans, Latinos, Middle-Eastern athletes and many others with diverse backgrounds He has coached Baby Boomers, Generation X-ers and Millennials.

And they are all the same to him — they are all wrestlers.

Jim Craig, who is retiring as Shepard’s assistant coach at the end of the season, could close out a 64-year career in the sport where he has either wrestled, coached, refereed or was an official. The 79-year-old longtime Oak Lawn resident has retired before only to come back, but on Thursday he was honored before Shepard’s double-dual event with District 218 foes Richards and Eisenhower.

It remains to be seen if this retirement

Some of the top moments in Jim Craig’s 64-years in wrestling:

• 1955: Finished second in the state as a

high school wrestler in Iowa • 1959: Was an NCAA champion at 177 pounds for the University of Iowa • 1962: Coached Britt High School to an Iowa state championship • 1974: Coached Oak Lawn High School to a second-place state finish • 1980 and 1983: Was named wrestling official of the year by South Inter Conference Association

is permanent, but he reflected on his career and concluded there is not much difference in the generations. But when old school meets new school, old school usually wins out.

“Basically, kids are the same but they have some adjustments they have to make to me because I don’t adjust real well,” Craig said. “They have to under-

• 1983: Named event coordinator of the 1983 Junior World Freestyle Championship

• 1987: Inducted into Illinois Coaches Association Hall of Fame

• 1996: Honored as the Illinois High School

Association grand marshal of the state tournament • 1996: Became assistant competition director of the 1996 Olympic games in Atlanta • 2002: Inducted into the National Coaches Hall of Fame

stand I’m doing this because of them, not because of me. I enjoy working with them.’’

With the exception of a two-year hiatus to take care of national and international events, Craig has been an assistant with the Astros since 1993. Prior to

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FOCUS ON THE CHICAGO FIRE

Fire gets Louisville duo on draft day

By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor

The Chicago Fire traded away its third overall pick in the Major League Soccer SuperDraft on Friday but still picked up three players that officials are happy with, including a couple of Louisville players.

The Fire first selected midfielder Daniel Johnson in the first round (11th overall), goalie Stefan Cleveland in the second round (26th) and forward Guillermo Delgado in the second round (27th overall). The team traded away the third pick to New York City FC for $250,000 General Allocation Money and NYFC took Jonathan Lewis.

Johnson was a midfielder at the University of Louisville and appeared in 41 games over the course of two seasons, scoring seven goals and adding five assists. In his freshman and sophomore seasons, Johnson appeared in 23 matches for the University of Maryland before transferring to Louisville.

A native of Duluth, Ga., Johnson played for the West Ham Academy from 2009-12.

“I came in under a lot of people’s radar,” he said. “It took a lot of weight off of my shoulders and having Chicago pick me is a great experience.’’

Cleveland, also from Louisville, appeared in 22 games for the Cardinals and earned 10 shutouts en route to a 0.72 goalsagainst average this season. Cleveland, a Dayton, Ohio native, spent his first three collegiate seasons at Dartmouth, where he appeared in 33 games and earned 16 shutouts. He was named 2015 Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year.

Delgado, who is from the University of

Delaware, appeared in 78 matches for the Blue Hens, scoring 49 goals and tallying 19 assists. He earned 2016 Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year and 2014 Colonial Athletic Association Rookie of the Year honors.

Schedule announced The Major League Soccer schedule was announced and the Fire will open its 20th MLS season on the road against Columbus Crew SC at MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday, March 4 at 1 p.m.

The following week the Fire will host opening day at Toyota Park when it faces Real Salt Lake at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 11.

The Fire will play 34 games, including 17 home games and 17 on the road. Teams will face each of their 10 conference opponents twice during the season with one game at home and one game away. Clubs also will compete in select additional games against different conference opponents three times, and they will face each non-conference opponent once.

McCarty coming to town

The Fire late Monday acquired midfielder Dax McCarty from the New York Red Bulls for $400,000 in General Allocation Money.

General manager Nelson Rodriguez said that getting McCarty was a “No. 1 priority” since the middle of the 2016 season.

McCarty, 29, has appeared in 169 regularseason MSL games, compiling 14 goals and 27 assists. He had eight assists for the Red Bulls in 2015.

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FOCUS ON HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS

Area hitters, setters, kickers get national attention

By Jeff Vorva

for one of the top spots nationwide.’’

Sports Editor

Grappling greats

There will be plenty of questions in August as to whether Mother McAuley’s girls volleyball team will be able to repeat as a national champion or even as a Class 4A champion in Illinois.

But two of the Mighty Macs’ best players, according to the FloVolleyball organization, will be back hitting and setting.

Junior outside hitter Charley Niego was named to FloVolleyball’s All-American first team and sophomore setter Nancy Kane was named honorable mention.

Niego had 498 kills and 473 digs and helped the Mighty Macs to a 40-1 record.

Kane had 985 assists and averaged 11 assists per set.

Marist’s Diata Drayton, one of the top 220-pound wrestlers in the state, won the Lincoln-Way East Illini Classic title for the third time on Saturday. He topped LincolnWay West’s Jake Dudek in the title match, 9-3.

Watch out in the spring Prep Soccer Report released a couple of lists of girls players in the state to watch in the coming months, and a few area players were recognized.

Among the top 40 forwards listed was Stagg’s Veronica Stafira.

Mother McAuley midfielder Maggie Bettinardi was named one of the state’s 20 senior girls on the rise.

Kicking kudos Brother Rice junior Johnny Richardson was ranked the 11th-best kicker in the country by the Kohl’s Kicking organization.

It should be noted that Kohl’s only ranks players that officials from that organization have seen at that camp, but it should also be noted that a majority of the top kickers in the country attend Kohl’s camps.

A comment on Kohl’s website said Rich-

Gasca earns Oak Lawn honor Photo by Jeff Vorva

Charley Niego was named first-team All-America

by FloVolleyball.

ardson kicked a 63-yard field goal during the Winter Showcase in 2016 and “with some small adjustments, he could challenge

Oak Lawn’s Stephanie Gasca earned her school’s Athlete of the Month honor for December.

The senior helped lead the Spartans to their inaugural Baker Invite. She rolled 31 strikes and had a 70 percent spare average.

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FOCUS ON AREA COLLEGES

Moraine and SXU stars hit 1,000-point milestone

By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor

Two more area college basketball players hit the 1,000-point milestone last week.

On Jan. 10, Moraine Valley sophomore Michelle Borgen scored her 1,000th career point in an 83-61 victory over Morton College. The Andrew High School graduate scored 23 points in 22 minutes of action and added 12 rebounds.

Earlier in the day, the Cyclones found out they were finally ranked this season as they picked up the No. 15 ranking in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II poll. They improved to 15-1 after the Morton game.

The Cyclones men beat Morton, 93-79, as Jason Roland scored 22 points and Tommy Demogerontas added 20 points, 11 rebounds and four assists.

The next night at the Shannon Center in Chicago, St. Xavier University senior guard Kyle Huppe also eclipsed the 1,000-point milestone in a 10370 victory over St. Ambrose in a Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference showdown.

The Edgerton, Kansas, native is the 39th player in the school’s history to hit quadruple figures. Four days prior, Jared Jones (who also played for Trinity Christian College) scored his 1,000th career col-

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Kyle Huppe became the second SXU men’s player to hit the 1,000-point mark in the span of less than a week.

lege point in a victory over the 19th-ranked University of St. Francis.

It was a night for triple-digit performances as the women, ranked third in the nation and coming off a 10-point loss to the No. 1 University of St. Francis on Saturday, whipped St. Ambrose, 113-50. Junior Kara Krolicki scored 29 points.

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Men’s volleyball: Lawrence helped beat Lawrence.

The Trolls opened the season with Danny Lawrence pounding down five kills and had seven assists in a 25-18, 25-13, 15-22 victory over Lawrence Technological University. Mike Karl added five kills.

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That regional produced some huge scores and individually, Andrew’s Ethan Gerald exploded for a 1,537.

Bremen and Brooks regional survivors head to the Plainfield North Sectional at 9 a.m Saturday at Town and Country Lanes in Joliet.

Tyler Balandas was the individual regional champ and Brendan Collins was second as St. Laurence was runnerup at the Mt. Carmel Sectional at Castaways Bowl in Calumet City.

St. Laurence competes in the Glenbard East Sectional at 9 a.m. on Saturday at the Brunswick Zone in Glendale Heights.

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Richards captured the Brooks Regional at Skyway Bowl in Chicago with a 5,760 total, while Evergreen Park finished second with a 5,665. Chicago Christian took the fourth and final spot to advance to sectional play with a 5,649.

The Bulldogs were led by senior Matt Pierce’s 1,181, while Matt Lagioia had a 1,171, Adam Holesha rolled a 1,155, Matt LaBonte 1,130 and Max Simik had a 1,123.

Evergreen Park’s Shaun Quinn was the individual champion with a 1,355. Also contributing

to the Mustangs’ second-place finish were teammates Conner Suszynski, Kyle Ditter, Aidan Doogan and Zach McCormick.

Chicago Christian bowlers who helped get the Knights into sectional play were Colin Schaafsma, Derek Rice, Spencer Rice, Jim Bruinius, Matthew McCarthy and Jesse Geaschel.

Individuals advancing to sectional action were Stagg’s Sean Murray and Dylan Otruba, Brother Rice’s Jake Davies and Anthony Butler, Shepard’s Trevor Lorek and Jordan Noftz, Oak Lawn’s Mariano Gonzalez, and Marist’s Steve Espinoza and Nick Bigott.

Sandburg won the Bremen Regional at Centennial Lanes in Tinley Park with a 6,536 total — 469 pins better than runnerup Andrew.

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Sandburg won for freshmen and medium junior varsity.

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AREA HOOPS AT A GLANCE Mother McAuley guard Vanessa Gavin’s pony tail is flying in a recent hairraising game against Marist, with the RedHawks’ Julia Ruzevich defending her. The two teams both play three games in the next week and are both at the Kenwood Shootout on Saturday.

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* Records through Sunday, Jan. 15; compiled by Randy Whalen.

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Evergreen Park’s Kyree Hannah hit seven 3-pointers in a crossover win against Oak Forest on Jan. 10.

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FOCUS ON HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

Cross crossover games off the SSC list

By Jeff Vorva Sports Editor

There is one more crossover game to be played and three games to kick off the regular part of the South Suburban Conference boys season on Friday.

Heading into this week, the SSC Blue has a 37-11 record against the SSC Red. The Blue’s Lemont visits the Red’s Reavis on Friday night to complete the crossover round.

Also Friday, Red teams open a six-game schedule against each other with Oak Lawn visiting Evergreen Park, Richards visiting Eisenhower, and Shepard visiting Argo.

Richards had the most success against the Blue with a 4-3 mark, while Evergreen Park and Oak Lawn each had 2-5 marks.

Reavis is 1-5 heading into the Lemont battle, while Shepard and Argo each posted 1-6 marks and Eisenhower was 1-7. These records will count along with the six in-division games.

Richards, which had back-toback 14-14 seasons, is hoping for a winning campaign and improved to 8-7 overall with a 65-

Vorva

Continued from Page 1 when the preppy-dressedthemed students decided to mimic Marist coach Nolan’s moves.

If Nolan put his hand on his chin, hundreds of students put their hand on their chin. If he

62 overtime win over Lemont in the Bulldogs’ final crossover game. Jaylan Catledge, who has been up and down in the scoring department while fighting off injuries, led the Bulldogs with 18 points.

On Jan. 10, Evergreen Park had a huge night in a 70-49 crossover win over Oak Forest as Kyree Hannah knocked in seven 3-point baskets.

Success at Subway Mother McAuley and Marist’s girls teams each came away with big victories at the Subway Classic on Saturday at Willowbrook High School.

The Mighty Macs made a big splash when it convincingly beat Wheaton North, 68-47, to snap the Falcons’ 12-game winning streak. The Macs led 31-14 at halftime and led by 30 at one point in the second half.

Tara O’Malley had 20 points to lead McAuley.

Marist knocked off Stevenson, 48-36, as Julia Ruzevich popped in 18 points. That snapped Stevenson’s four-game winning streak. crossed his arms, they crossed their arms. I’m not sure if they do that for every visiting coach, but it provided some laughs.

So, if you plan on going to either or both games, plan on having a lot of fun.

Girls/boys basketball doubleheaders rarely get as good as this.

Low numbers Sandburg’s boys team had plenty to celebrate on Jan. 10 as the Eagles gave up just 10 second-half points in a 42-40 SouthWest Suburban Conference win over Lincoln-Way East.

The low numbers continued on Friday, although it wasn’t to coach Todd Allen’s liking. This time, the Sandburg offense was hard to find as the Eagles averaged 6.5 points per quarter in a 47-26 loss to Lockport.

“I got bumped, I saw Brown coming out to block my shot, so I threw Josh the pass,” Niego said. “In practice I’ll drop them to him and he’ll miss. As long as he makes them in the games.”

Without Brown, who scored 21 points on 10-of-13 shooting and added 19 rebounds after scoring 17 with 15 boards in Marist’s 56-53 Friday win over Marian Catholic, the RedHawks went scoreless the rest of the way.

While the loss might impact Marist’s postseason seeding — both the RedHawks and the Crusaders are in the Thornwood Sectional — coach Gene Nolan was unconcerned.

“It was a game of big shots,” he said. “Our kids made some, their kids made more.

“Shepski and Niego are really good, they’re really difficult covers. We’ll get better for playing this game.”

In the immediate aftermath, of course, all the positives were flowing Rice’s way.

Even O’Reilly, now a freshman coach at the school, was happy on the night his record fell.

“There’s no better scenario than this,” O’Reilly, a 2008 graduate, said. “Mike’s a great player, a hard worker, and I was 0-3 against Marist.

It’s perfect.”

“Our signature win,” Shepski said. “One I’ve waiting for. I loved our team last year — we played hard, and we’d hang around — but we’d end up losing close games to good schools.

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Images of some grappling and a tribute to Jim Craig

Shepard’s Ameen Aqel has the upper hand over Richards’ Adam Akalani at 106 on Thursday.

Eisenhower’s Lemuel Cartman (right) hangs on against Shepard’s Eric Muhammad in a 120-pound bout on Thursday.

Longtime Shepard assistant wrestling coach Jim Craig receives one of many hugs the night his retirement was celebrated in Palos Heights.

Shepard wrestling coach Scott Richardson’s troops were 19-2 after beating Eisenhower and Richards on Thursday.

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Richards’ Riley Murphy (right) battles at 152 pounds against Eisenhower on Thursday.

Connie Craig (in glasses) and other family members help celebrate Jim Craig’s retirement on Thursday at Shepard High School.

Richards’ Marquis Hall tries to lock up Shepard’s Jamir Dunbar during doubledual action at Shepard on Thursday.

An Olympics banner that was in the wresting facility in Atlanta in 1996 was presented to Shepard assistant coach Jim Craig and he donated it to the Shepard gym. Craig said only two banners like this were made and the other one is in Turkey.

Craig

Continued from Page 1 that, he was a head coach and dean of students at Oak Lawn High School and helped build up grade school wrestling in the area. He also was a D218 board member.

He has had an impact on thousands of people over the years.

“He’s the best of the best,” Astros senior Robert Muhammad said. “Without him, I wouldn’t be the person I am today. He’s like a father figure.’’

Craig fell in love with the sport in 1951 as a freshman in high school.

“It helped me as an individual growing up,” he said. “Then I got into coaching and found out that I enjoyed teaching kids about the sport and selfdiscipline. That is so important today.

If you have self-discipline, you can do anything you want.’’

A couple of the coach’s traditions are to hand out sticks of gum after his wrestlers compete and to always wear suits to matches. He said he owns 50 suits and sometime brings hats — including cowboy hats — to wear during the action.

“When I started out back in 1959, coaches wore ties and suits,” Craig

said. “I wore a bow tie back then, by the way. Wrestling is such a tough sport.

It gets a hard rap sometimes. If I can literally dress it up a little bit, I feel it’s important. Dress up and step up.’’

Bryan Barham, who coached with Craig in the past, was impressed with an encounter between Craig and one of the biggest names in amateur wrestling.

“In 2002, we took some Shepard wrestlers to the University of St. Fran-

cis to listen to Dan Gable speak,’’ Barham said. “What was amazing to me is that when it was over, everyone was trying to go see Dan Gable and Dan was leaving the other side of the gym to get to Jim Craig.

“I think that shows the legendary criteria and all that he has accomplished in his outstanding career. But his accomplishments pale to what a great person he is.’’

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWALT, INC., ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2004-14T2, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-14T2 Plaintiff, -v.JOHN P. SINIAWSKI AKA JOHN SINIAWSKI, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA-DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY-INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, ARROW FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC, SPRINGLEAF FINANCIAL SERVICES OF ILLINOIS, INC. FKA AMERICAN GENERAL FINANCIAL SERVICES OF ILLINOIS, INC., ARROW FINANCIAL SERVICES AS ASSIGNEE OF HOUSEHOLD BANK, MIDLAND FUNDING LLC, RESURGENCE FINANCIAL, LLC D/B/A RESURGENCE FINANCIAL OF DELAWARE, LLC, DISCOVER BANK, STATE OF ILLINOIS-DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE Defendants 15 CH 05689 10780 Palos West Drive 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 December 1, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 2, 2017, 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 10780 Palos West Drive, Palos Park, IL 60464 Property Index No. 23-29-403-051-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $510,513.99.

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. Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption.

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(g1). 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. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719 If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Fax #: (217) 422-1754 CookPleadings@hsbattys.com Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 15 CH 05689 TJSC#: 36-13930 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $204,659.94.

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. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 263-0003 Please refer to file number C16-38640. 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.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE HOLDERS OF THE FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-FF9, Plaintiff, vs.

ANNA E. NESTOR A/K/A ANNA NESTOR, THOMAS B. NESTOR A/K/A THOMAS NESTOR, LINCOLNWAY COMMUNITY BANK, DOORNBOS HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING, INC., STATE OF ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE, UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY, AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants, 11 CH 23296 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on May 29, 2015 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, February 10, 2017 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 27-09-108-020-0000.

Commonly known as 14460 Raneys Lane, Orland Park, IL 60462.

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 Ms. Kimberly S. Reid at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, Illinois 60601.

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JANE BLANKSHAIN; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS; CEDAR CROSSING III Defendants, 16 CH 2969 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 Thursday, February 16, 2017 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 27-02-201-079-0000.

Commonly known as 13701 Trafalgar Court, Orland Park, IL 60462.

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.

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BROADEN YOUR HORIZONS LIZ SMITH

Life is a cabaret in wintry New York City

Bridge Teen Center provides free events

The Bridge Teen Center, 15555 S. 71st Ct., Orland Park, is offering several free events for teens in seventh through 12th grade through the end of January. For more information on activities, call (708) 532-0500.

• The Giant Connect 4 tournament night is set from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20. Students are invited to a night of Connect 4, and the game app “Alto’s Adventure.” There will also be a live performance by Mark Rose.

Free food samples will be provided by Corner Bakery.

• Students will learn a variety of kitchen hacks that they can use when they are cooking at home from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24.

• Students will learn how to play a djembe drum, an African drum that is played with bare hands, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24.

• Teen girls are invited to learn how to knit their own boot cuffs from 4 to 5 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 25 and Jan. 26.

• During “Being The Best You,” set from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, students are invited to come and talk about how to use their strengths and abilities to maximize their potential.

• Middle school students will play a life-size game of Hungry Hungry Hippos from 4 to 5:45 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26. For this program students will travel in The Bridge Bus to 6850 W. 159th St., Tinley Park.

• Students are invited to come and play balloon themed games and enjoy a live performance by hip-hop artist Nehemiah Heckler from 7:30 to midnight, Friday, Jan. 27. Free food will be provided

by Chili’s. This is a High School After Hours night. High School students are invited to stay for extended hours from 10:30 p.m. to midnight.

The Center highlights weekly calendar events

The Center, 12700 Southwest

By Liz Smith

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Students turn metal into a charm using semi-precious stones during The Center’s metal stamping jewelry workshop.

Highway, Palos Park, is offering several events during the week beginning Saturday, Jan. 21. For more information, or to register for a program, call (708) 361-3650.

• A metal stamping jewelry workshop is set from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday Jan. 21. Instructor Mimi Deuser will guide participants in experimenting with metal stamping to create a charm for a beautiful bracelet made of semi-precious stones using moonstone, crystal and white turquoise.

The workshop fee is $17, plus a $10 materials fee.

• Gentle yoga classes will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. for five Tuesday evenings, beginning Tuesday, Jan. 24 at the Anderson Center at the Children’s Farm, 12700 Southwest Highway, Palos Park.This series of gentle, restorative yoga classes is taught by yoga instructor Carolyn Harms.

The classes will include discussion and practice on breathing, relaxation, and centering, as well as movement and poses. Students

are asked to dress in comfortable clothing and bring a yoga mat. The class fee is $55. Preregistration is required.

• Winter landscape sculptures will be the focus of the “Mommy and Me Art” class scheduled from 11 a.m. to noon Wednesday Jan. 25. Instructor Karen Signore will show students how to assemble a snowy winter landscape on small cuts of wood using a variety of natural items such as wood, bark, pebbles, pine cones, acorns, evergreens and homemade snow. The workshop fee is $10 per person, per class. The class is designed for mothers or grandmothers with children ages 3 to 6, but the instructor is open to family members of all ages attending.

• Instructor Marilyn VandenBout will help students learn the basics of papermaking, and create handmade valentines, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25.

The workshop fee is $17, plus a $5 materials fee.

“Time heals everything, Tuesday, Thursday Time heals everything, April, August If I’m patient the break will mend And one fine morning the hurt will end “So make the moments fly, autumn, winter I’ll forget you by next year, some year/Though it’s hell that I’m going through, Some Tuesday, Thursday, April, August Autumn, winter, next year, some year/ “Time heals everything/Time heals everything But loving you.”

All theater mavens worth their salt (and pepper!) know that the above are lyrics from Jerry Herman’s “Time Heals Everything,” sung most memorably by Bernadette Peters in Herman’s 1974 masterpiece, “Mack and Mabel.”

(Despite eight Tony nominations, the show closed after only 66 performances. Since then, in has often been revived, overseas and out of Manhattan. It has grown in stature and is weeping for a NYC revival.)

Not long ago, I heard this on the

radio and it struck me that if there was ever a song that could serve as a sentimental/hopeful serenade for Hillary Clinton — something to bring a crowd to its feet, cheering and cathartic crying, this was it.

Well, it might happen, if Hillary Rodham Clinton deigns to pop into Feinstein’s/54 Below on Feb. 25, where the talented and inescapably attractive Seth Sikes “Sings Bernadette Peters.”

Seth, who has made his name and fame singing the big hits and lovely oddities of Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli, will dig into Bernadette’s catalogue and oeuvre. He’ll learn her songs, too.

Seth doesn’t try to sound like Liza or Judy (who could?). He just sings their songs with a lot of emotion, craft and love. He’ll no doubt do the same for the eternally girlish Broadway diva, Miss Peters.

And Seth, please do dedicate “Time Heals Everything” to Hillary.

P.S. The very good author Thomas Santopietro (“Considering Doris Day,” “Sinatra in Hollywood”) writes us that he was at “The Color Purple” the other day when Hillary and Bill attended. He reported that “It was like a rock concert, people were

not just applauding Hillary they were screaming their approval at the top of their lungs.” Thomas said the emotion was so thick, that it clearly super-primed the audience for the show. “Jennifer Hudson’s big song resulted in a complete standing ovation in the middle of Act One. It was quite a memorable afternoon!”

ALSO COMING to Feinstein’s, on Feb. 7, is one Michael Griffiths.

He’ll present “In Vogue: Songs of Madonna.” The press release says he’ll do such classics as “Express Yourself,” “Into the Groove” and “Vogue.” But I hope some of the great ballads are included. (“Oh, Father,” “Live to Tell,” “La Isla Bonita,” “Love Don’t Live Here Anymore,” “You’ll See,” “The Power of Goodbye,” “Rain,” “Crazy For You” and even the recent “Ghosttown.”)

In the end — many, many years from now, please — I think The Big M’s musically tender side will be better remembered and reassessed than the dance hits or the “controversial” numbers. Some years ago, I said to her, “You really are such a romantic!” She replied with no small degree of melancholy: “Listen to the songs.

Continued on page 8

VARIETY

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:

“THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN”: Emily Blunt does an effective job as the deeply troubled commuter referenced by the title of director Tate Taylor’s (“The Help”) melodrama, based on the best seller by Paula Hawkins. The divorced central character spies regularly from a passing train on her ex-husband (Justin Theroux), the woman who’s now in his life (Rebecca Ferguson) and their baby ... but she also fixates on a neighboring couple, then comes to fear something tragic has happened to the wife (Haley Bennett). Allison Janney (“Mom”) is especially notable in the supporting cast as a police detective who’s on the case.

Luke Evans, Lisa Kudrow, Laura Prepon and Edgar Ramirez also appear. DVD extras: two “makingof” documentaries; audio commentary by Taylor; deleted and extended scenes. *** (R: AS, N, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL”: A prequel to the first “Ouija” movie, this thriller casts the typically reliable Elizabeth Reaser (“Mad Men”) as a late-1960s medium who involves her daughters (Annalise Basso, Lulu Wilson) in her consultations. They begin using a Ouija board, first for others and then for themselves — ultimately placing themselves in peril when a spirit with a link to World War II atrocities possesses the younger daughter. Henry Thomas (“E.T.: the Extra-Terrestrial”) also stars as a priest who becomes involved in the situation; Doug Jones, of the upcoming series “Star Trek: Discovery,” is featured. *** (PG13: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES”: You never know who you might get as neighbors

... say, government spies. That’s the occupation of the Joneses (Jon Hamm, Gal Gadot), who turn the lives of a nearby, toosettled couple (Zach Galifianakis, Isla Fisher) upside-down in this action-comedy from “Superbad” director Greg Mottola. The situation gives quite a shot of needed excitement to the marriage of the latter duo, though whether they’ll survive to enjoy the aftermath is a big question. Fisher is particularly engaging in a role that makes good use of her mannered daffiness, and comic Patton Oswalt has fun with his supporting role. *** (PG-13: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “THE WHOLE TRUTH”: Keanu Reeves returns to the legal profession, which he also depicted — albeit in a much different way — in “The Devil’s Advocate,” in this drama that finds him trying to keep a friend’s (Renee Zellweger) son (Gabriel Basso) out of prison.

The teen has confessed to killing his own father (Jim Belushi), and evidence may help the attorney in his quest. However, a fellow lawyer (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) starts her own investigation that ultimately complicates matters. The script is by playwright Nicholas Kazan, son of legendary director Elia and father of actress-writer Zoe. DVD extra: audio commentary by director Courtney Hunt. *** (R: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “SURF’S UP 2: WAVEMANIA”: Since this made-for-video sequel to an Oscar-nominated feature was co-financed by WWE Studios, it makes sense that a number of wrestling icons — including John Cena, Undertaker, Triple H and Mr. (Vince) McMahon — are in the voice cast. The tale continues the saga of young penguin Cody Maverick, whose hopes of becoming a professional surfer get a boost when the extremesurfing team known as The Hang 5 comes to his island, and he becomes their guide to a location with particularly awesome waves.

Jon Heder and Diedrich Bader return from the original movie to supply vocals. DVD extras: four

“making-of” documentaries; outtakes. *** (PG: AS) “DEATH RACE 2050”: A cult classic gets an update — which only can mean more violent content, if possible, than there was four decades ago — in this madefor-video reboot that’s still under the aegis of iconic producer Roger Corman. Manu Bennett now plays Frankenstein, the towering (and half-mechanical) star of a coast-tocoast auto race in which unlucky pedestrians become the means of accruing points. The contest is one President Obama. of the top attractions in a corporate-run America, personified by veteran actor Malcolm McDowell as its “Chairman,” and Frankenstein has to overcome various threats to his champion status to stay on top of the game. Yancy Butler and Charlie Farrell also are in the cast. DVD extras: three “making-of” documentaries. *** (R: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray)

COMING SOON:

“THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS” (Jan. 24): A childless, island-bound couple (Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander) claims an infant they find as their own. (PG-13: AS, P) “INFERNO” (Jan. 24): Symbiologist Robert Langdon — again played by Tom Hanks — tries to stop a villain from releasing a lethal virus; Felicity Jones costars. (PG-13: AS, P, V) “THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH” (Jan. 24): The David Bowie-starring sci-fi classic gets “Limited Collector’s Edition” treatment, with a vintage Bowie interview included. (R: AS, N) “MASTERMINDS” (Jan. 31): An armored-truck driver (Zach Galifianakis) becomes the fall guy for a thieving couple (Kristen Wiig, Owen Wilson).

(PG-13: AS, P, V) “PINOCCHIO” (Jan. 31): The animated classic gets “Walt Disney Signature Collection” treatment, with a bounty of bonus features including Walt Disney’s own comments on the film. (G) FAMILY-VIEWING GUIDE KEY: AS, adult situations; N, nudity; P, profanity; V, violence; GV, particularly graphic violence.

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Van Jones has hopes for CNN’s ‘Messy Truth’

By Brian Steinberg Van Jones seems like a person who keeps in mind the old adage about not being able to make an omelet unless some eggs get broken in the process.

“I just want to mix it up a little bit,” says Jones, the author, activist and one-time advisor to President Barack Obama. He is set to unveil at 9 p.m. this evening the second in a series of “town hall” specials called “The Messy Truth.”

A third is set to air on January 25. The goal, says Jones, is to get people with different political and personal beliefs talking to each other again.

Viewers will see the results of his travels to swing states like Ohio and Michigan, where he chats with voters who once picked President Obama, but more recently voted for Donald Trump. He finds their concerns very different from the issues that are taken up by big media outlets. “There are so many things that we obsessed about in the national media that just don’t seem to have had any relevance to the decision-making of the people who ultimately determine the election, especially

in the Rust Belt,” Jones said in a recent interview.

Former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm and former Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina will take part in the January 11 special and take questions from the audience.

CNN’s initial push behind the show suggests the network is eager to test new programming ideas to lure a viewership that has been fascinated by the recent presidential election, but could choose to reduce that interest in that event’s aftermath. Jones said he would like to continue doing “Messy Truth” events for CNN for the immediate future. “We could do this a couple of times a month,” he noted. During the first 100 days of the new Trump administration, he suggested, “there are so many topics to get out there and humanize.”

Jones likens the shows to what might happen if globe-trotting chef Anthony Bourdain combined his series with Phil Donahue’s oncepopular daytime hot-button topics program. One of the ways people can bring America’s divided populate together, he argues, is to go out to various parts of the U.S.

to meet with residents and “bring very strong, very well-known political leaders into a room with ordinary voters and community members, and let the community members really drive what we talk about.”

The program aims to show viewers that “listening makes for a better conversation,” says Rebecca Kutler, executive producer of the program. “People might disagree but they don’t have to be disagreeable.” She said CNN was focusing on the next two specials and declined to say if more might be in the works.

Jones cited his unique background as an impetus for the series. He grew up, he says, as a “red-state progressive” in western Tennessee, where he attended public school and Sunday church.

“I really understand how dad-gum smart people in the middle of the country are. I also understand how the coastal, cosmopolitan crowd can really come off as holier than thou and snotty, but of course, I really embrace those strong liberal values you find in the blue states,” he explained. “I really think that gives me something to bring to the national conversation.”

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LIZ SMITH Continued from page 7 Those are ones that tell my story.”

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MORE CABARET: Two nights only (Jan. 18, Jan. 20) to catch the delicious Melinda Hughes at The Metropolitan Room. Some of you might recall her last Manhattan stint, the well-reviewed “An English Girl in New York.”

This new one is titled, “Cheers, Darling!” Although Melinda is trained to knock you out with thrilling arias from “Aida” and “Madame Butterfly,” her cabaret act is more jazz-infused, satiric and Noel Coward-ish. For tix info, call 212-206-0440, or go to www.

Metropolitanroom.com.

Baby kale leaves are tender and mild, perfect for a salad.

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Trends come and go, but kale has staying power

By Wolfgang Puck In the new year, many food writers like to discuss the latest trends or what’s hot and what’s not. And lately, I’ve been seeing too many articles saying that kale, that crinkly, earthy, slightly bitter, and highly nutritious dark green has already enjoyed its moment in the culinary sun; that it should start disappearing from our menus and tables, especially in salads.

I think that banishing kale is a terrible idea. Yes, it’s hard to find a restaurant menu or supermarket produce shelf today that doesn’t feature kale. But the fact that it’s everywhere should no more be a reason for us to start ignoring kale than, say, deciding that we won’t eat chicken or pasta because everybody is serving those ingredients.

I myself love the flavor and texture of kale; and as someone who tries every day to make smart food choices, I don’t want to stop eating such a generous source of not only dietary fiber and vitamins, but also micronutrients that research has found can play a role in helping to prevent so many illnesses.

As I see it, the trouble with kale is that too many people don’t know the right way to shop for and prepare it. Many people find the leaves too tough or bitter. That’s why you should not only look for tenderer, milder-tasting baby kale leaves, but also take care to remove any tough stems or veins or ribs from them. And, as you’ll learn in the following recipe for one of my favorite kale salads, it also makes sense to complement the flavor of the leaves with a tangy-sweet dressing like the mixture I prefer of cider vinegar, honey, olive oil and a touch of walnut oil.

Finally, I add to the kale other complementary flavors, textures and colors — pale leaves of curly endive and beautiful purple-andwhite radicchio, matchsticks of apple, shavings of Parmesan cheese, and candied walnuts that are so easy and delicious that you’ll want to make batches of them regularly.

The result is a salad that looks as beautiful as it tastes delicious and fresh. I think you’ll feel happy to serve it as a first course. You can certainly vary it too — maybe crumbling in some blue cheese or feta in place of the Parmesan shavings, or candying a different kind of nut such as pecans or hazelnut pieces. If you like, you could top it with grilled or broiled seafood or chicken for a maindish salad. Whichever way you enjoy it, you can be sure you’re benefitting your health — not to mention defying the opinions of the so-called food trend experts!

BABY KALE SALAD WITH APPLES, PARMESAN AND CANDIED WALNUTS Serves 4

CANDIED WALNUTS: • 1 egg white • 1 cup (250 mL) coarsely chopped raw shelled walnuts • 1/4 cup (60 mL) granulated sugar • 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper CIDER-HONEY DRESSING: • 2 tablespoons cider vinegar • 1 tablespoon honey, plus more as needed • Kosher salt • Freshly ground black pepper • 1/4 cup (60 mL) extravirgin olive oil • 1 tablespoon walnut oil BABY KALE SALAD: • 6 cups (1.5 L) baby kale leaves, stemmed, any tough veins or ribs removed, larger leaves torn into bite-sized pieces • 1 head curly endive, stemmed, leaves torn into bite-sized pieces • 6 leaves radicchio, cut crosswise into 1/2-inch (12-mm) ribbons • 1/2 lemon • 1 apple, peeled, cored, sliced and cut into matchstick-sized strips • 2 ounces (60 g) Parmesan cheese, cut into shavings with a

vegetable peeler First, prepare the walnuts. Preheat the oven to 450 F (230 C).

In a medium bowl, whisk the egg white until foamy. Put the walnuts in a large bowl, add 1 tablespoon of the egg whites, and sprinkle in the sugar, cinnamon and cayenne.

Stir to coat the walnuts. Spread the nuts on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake until golden brown, 5 to 10 minutes. Cool the nuts to room temperature, then gently separate them. Set aside.

For the dressing, put the vinegar and honey in a bowl and whisk until blended. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Whisking continuously, slowly pour in the olive and walnut oils. Taste and, if necessary to balance the acidity, stir in a little more honey.

In a large mixing bowl, combine the kale, curly endive and radicchio. In a separate bowl, squeeze just enough of the lemon over the apple pieces to coat them, and toss thoroughly. Add the apples to the salad and toss well. Add just enough of the vinaigrette to coat the ingredients and toss again. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Mound the salad mixture on chilled serving plates. Scatter the walnuts evenly over and around the salad. Top with Parmesan shavings.

SAVE THE DATE: On Friday March 17, that great force of nature, Tyne Daly will be honored at the Gingold Theater Group’s 2017 Golden Shamrock Gala. This will celebrate Ms. Daly, St. Patrick’s Day and George Bernard Shaw.

(The Gingold Group is responsible for all the great Shaw productions in NYC in recent years.)

This happens at the 3 West Club (3 West 51st Street). Call 212353-7823.

THE book “Food City,” so well-reviewed in The New York Times several months ago, has been decorating my coffee table for a while. I had pleasurably been saving this tome, sub-titled “Four Centuries of Food-Making in New York,” for my spare time.

As we know “spare time” seldom comes, so the other night I dug right into this intriguing history of not only food itself, but the story of production of food and its transport in Gotham over four centuries.

This story is one heck of a delicious entertainment, brilliantly written by Joy Santlofer. (Her daughter, Doria, completed the massive work, in honor of her mom.) It has been vouched for by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Mike Wallace of “Gotham,” Paul Freedman’s “Ten Restaurants that Changed America,” The James Beard winner, Laura Schenone, of “A Thousand Years Over a Hot Stove” and Amy Bentley, author of “Inventing Baby Food.”

This work is rapidly becoming a runaway hit with its revelations of the fall of the gastronomical empire. There are also vital but unappetizing tales of slavery, immigration, unions, child labor and racial and ethnic wars, etc.

But the chief thing raising my interest was my partner Denis Ferrara. He is a guy whose tastes run the gamut from the fraught and furious hotbeds of politics, current TV and movies, books of every genre — not to mention his passion for klieg lights, classic show biz lore, Marilyn, Elizabeth, Dietrich, etc. His eye fell on “Food City” and he exclaimed, “Oh, I’ve been dying to read this!”

A greater recommendation was never heard!

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Bernadette Peters arrives at the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards show at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016.

SHORTLY before the holidays, and after the election, the fabled movie, theater and cabaret scribe, Rex Reed, sent out an email to his many friends and fans, regarding The Observer, the paper he’d long worked for, as it went under as a print entity. (Jared Kushner, publisher of the Observer, had a higher calling.)

But never let it be said that the always sunny and optimistic Rex, couldn’t squeeze lemonade out of lemons. Here in fact, is his message: “FRIENDS — I have been severely saddened by the termination of the print edition of the New York Observer, a publication I have appeared in for the past 25 years. But I am happy to tell you I am still writing more reviews than ever — on the Observer website.

The only difference is I am now online. Anyway, it has literally thousands more readers than the

print edition of the paper ever had.

I am grateful to still be in print at all, only in a different way. So if you are interested or curious enough to want to see what I am doing, I am sending you a link that cuts straight to the chase.

Put this link in your column of “Favorites,” click on it whenever you want to read a review of mine and you will bypass the rest of the paper completely and land on my reviews exclusively — including the archives, which access all of the old films and plays and cabaret acts I have reviewed in the past.

Here is the link: http://observer. com/author/rex-reed/.”

Speaking for ourselves, we couldn’t live without Rex’s expert critiques, whether appearing in a newspaper, written with a feather quill, on papyrus or online. Rex makes his pointed point, no matter the process. Long may he write!

E-mail Liz Smith at MES3838@ aol.com.

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