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Thursday, October 30, 2014

Local schools, taxpayers aren’t buying Senate Bill 16

by Tim Hadac staff reporter Taxpayers who came to Sandburg High School ready for a fight last Thursday unclenched their fists a bit after hearing that proposed legislation that would strip millions of dollars from local schools will not be considered by the Illinois House of Representatives until next spring.

Orland School District 135 Board President Joseph S. La Margo shared that news with more than 200 parents and others at a town hall forum about the impacts of Senate Bill 16,

the School Funding Reform Act of 2014.

The event was hosted at Sandburg High School by School District 230 and included officials, parents and others from school districts 117, 118, 127, 135, 140, 146, and 230.

The proposed state legislation, passed by the Senate last May but not yet considered by the House, would if unchanged result in the loss of millions of dollars in state aid to local public schools, cutbacks that include layoffs, and significant local property tax increases—all in the name of fairness and re-distributing middle-

class tax dollars to impoverished school districts.

Those who oppose SB 16 have expressed fears in recent weeks that the bill’s supporters would try to slip the measure through the House in the lame-duck, veto session in January.

“This is encouraging news,” said Palos Park resident David Baumgarten, whose grandchildren attend District 118 schools.

“The politicians pushed us, and we pushed back. We were afraid that the Democrats would play dirty and ram it through in January, but now it looks like we have some breathing room with this

bill, time to right this wrong.”

La Margo called the tabling of the House bill good news, but added a note of caution.

“Until this bill is completely killed, we will continue to inform our communities of its financial impact to our districts,” La Margo said from the lectern. “We cannot presume that any changes or modifications will be made [before it is considered in the spring].”

After the meeting La Margo warned against complacency.

“It’s a always a concern that people are going to lay off a bit (See SB 16, Page 4)

Photo by Jeff Vorva

Consolidated High School District 230 Board President Rick Nogal holds aloft a copy of the 450-page Senate Bill 16, a move that brought mocking laughter from some in the crowd at Sandburg High School last Thursday. The bill, which proposes to reform state funding of education by reducing support for some districts and increasing aid for others, has touched off a firestorm of protest in many middleclass suburban communities.

Decision 2014

Cunningham, Murphy vie for Senate seat

by Bob Rakow Staff Reporter

Photo by Patricia Bailey

McCord rocks the house at the Willowbrook Music of the 1950s and ‘60s kept the joint jumping Saturday night at the Willowbrook Ballroom in Willow Springs for the “Let’s Twist Again” fundraiser party for the McCord Gallery and Cultural Center in Palos Park.

Tribute artist Michael St. Angel greets thrilled organizers and guests Jeanne Krapauskas (from left), Carol Trzcinski, Lynne Terr, Stella Solliday, Nancy Mitchell and Cynthia Weglarz, all dressed for the era.

St. Angel wowed the crowd with music of Sinatra, Bobby Darin and – after a costume change – Elvis. More scenes from the fab evening in next week’s Regional, if space permits.

The race in the 18th Senate District pits Democratic incumbent Bill Cunningham against challenger Shaun Murphy, a name well known in local Republican politics.

Cunningham has spent the past four years in Springfield—two as a state representative and past two as a state senator. He touts his achievements and efforts to end “business as usual” as a reason to be re-elected.

Murphy, meanwhile, contends that Cunningham is not his own man, taking his marching orders from House Speaker Michael Madigan and other party leaders when it comes to key votes.

But the challenger said he knows he’s in an uphill battle.

“I realize what we’re up against,” he said, adding that Cunningham has greater financial resources and more campaign workers, many which are supplied

by Democratic organization.

“We have volunteers, not hired help,” said Murphy, who’s been going door-to-door in the district since June.

Cunningham denies the allegation, saying he and his volunteers also have been campaigning in the district since the summer.

“I’ve had no state employees walking for me,” Cunningham said.

The freshman senator said “voting and acting to end business as usual.”

For example, Cunningham supported legislation to reduce legislators pay and the stipends they receive while in Springfield. Additionally, he backed the elimination of the legislative scholarship program, following complaints that some lawmakers abused the program, he said.

He said the state’s pension crisis is one of the biggest challenges legislators face when they return to Springfield after the election.

Murphy expressed confidence about his campaign during a recent interview.

“It’s going very well in my opinion,” he said of his “grassroots” effort to unseat Cunningham.

“We’re just trying to spread the word,” said Murphy, who describes himself as an independent-minded Republican.

He added that he’s heard an overwhelming theme of “throw the bums out” when on the campaign trail.

Murphy also is trying to convince voters Cunningham “does what he’s told” by party leadership (See 18th Dist., Page 4)

Congressional Senior of the Year honored by Palos Park

by Michael Gilbert Regional correspondent

to recognize the honor bestowed upon him by Lipinski exactly one week earlier.

Garnering two pieces of hardware in such a short period of time has caused a bit of a problem for Chiapetto.

“Now I just need to find a spot to put these,” Chiapetto said as held up both plaques to show the 30 or so residents in attendance Monday.

After the meeting, Chiapetto admitted that he does have a wall earmarked for the plaques but that he’ll have to relocate the photos that are currently taking up the space.

“These awards mean a whole heck of a lot to me,” Chiapetto said. “When I got the phone call from Congressman Lipinski’s office notifying me that I was one of the award winners I was just completely floored. I was never expecting it.”

Making the honor from Lipinksi even more special was that Chiapetto’s wife and three of their four children were present when he received the award at the luncheon held at the Capri of Countryside Banquet Hall. So was Mahoney, who called Chiapetto “a true asset” to Palos Park.

“Phil’s an all-around great guy and it is an honor to be in his company,” Mahoney said. “He has always been selfless and helped Photo by Michael Gilbert Palos Park resident Phil Chiapetto thanks Mayor John Mahoney the less fortunate and anyone who after receiving a plaque Monday to recognize the volunteer work needs a hand.”

Commissioner Nicole Milovichthe 85-year-old has done in Palos Park. Chiapetto’s was recently honored by U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski among Senior Citizens of the Walters, who sits alongside Chiapetto on the recreational advisory Year in the 3rd Congressional District. a pair of plaques for his contributions to the community.

The first came during a luncheon Every so often a person winds on Oct. 20 hosted by Congressman up with a problem that is actually Dan Lipinski (D-3) to celebrate his Senior Citizen of the Year award good to have.

That is what longtime Palos winners. Chiapetto, who was nomiPark resident Phil Chiapetto is nated for the award by Palos Park Mayor John Mahoney, was one of experiencing right now.

In a span of a week, the 85-year- 12 recipients from the 3rd Congresold retired school teacher who has sional District.

At the Village Board meeting spent nearly a dozen years serving on the village’s recreational advi- Monday, Mahoney decided to sory committee was honored with present Chiapetto with a plaque

committee, echoed Mahoney’s sentiments. “Thank you for all that you do with the recreation board,” Milovich-Walters said. “You have given so much that it is just fabulous that you are being recognized.”

In addition to serving on the recreational advisory board, Chiapetto is the secretary of the Edelweiss in the Park board of directors. From 1949 to 1952, Chiapetto was stationed in Korea as a member of the U.S. Army. Upon his discharge from the military, he began a 38year career as an educator with Burbank School District 111 and later Worth School District 127.

“Phil is a man that exemplifies what it means to be an American,” Mahoney said. “He has always put his desire to help before himself.”

pleased to present Palos Park with ‘Red Bird’ to be a reminder of its artistic heritage in the village as it grows and changes.”

Beadle’s work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, MoMA exhibit at the Cleveland Museum of Art and widely published in America and Europe.

Born in St. Paul, Minn. in 1927, he served in the Navy as a Seabee in the South Pacific during World

War II. In 1948 he married Nancy Leland, sister of Dollie DeNovo and resident of Palos Heights, and by 1951 they moved Phoenix, Ariz. where his career continued to flourish.

The village intends to plant a flower garden next spring around “Red Bird,” Palos Park Commissioner Jim Pavlatos said. “I think it gives the area a lot of energy,” Pavlatos said of the statue. “It looks very neat. This is something Palos Park can take pride in.”

Red Bird

A work of abstract art presented to the village by Palos Fine Arts upon Palos Park’s 100th and Palos Fine Arts’ 30th anniversaries was dedicated during a brief ceremony prior to Monday’s council meeting.

The sculpture “Red Bird” was created by late Phoenix-based architect Alfred Newman Beadle and now sits on an 800-pound stone near the entrance of the Kaptur Administrative Center.

“As Palos Park celebrates its centennial, Palos Fine Arts takes Palos’ rich history of being home to artists, musicians, writers and sculptors to create the perfect backdrop for a sculpture – ‘Red Bird,’” said Palos Fine Arts board member Kathy Williams, who is Beadle’s niece. “Palos Fine Arts is

Photo by Michael Gilbert

“Red Bird,” a sculpture created by the late architect Alfred Newman Beadle and donated to the village by Palos Fine Arts, was dedicated during a ceremony prior to Monday’s Village Council meeting. Palos Fine Arts presented the artwork on the occasion of Palos Fine Arts 30th anniversary and Palos Park’s centennial.

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Readers Write

Our Ballot Recommendation

Yes for Rec. Center would boost Heights economy, home values Palos Heights voters have a historic opportunity in Tuesday’s election to vote for a public improvement that can only increase the property values of their homes.

A binding referendum question on the Nov. 4 ballot asks voters whether the city should borrow $6.3 million in a bond issue for the purpose of renovating the existing recreation center and build an addition onto it. The estimated cost per year of the borrowing for Palos Heights real estate taxpayers is $30 per $100,000 of a home’s market value, or about $100 for a $330,000 home.

The new rec. center would offer a number of longneeded improvements: a wellness center with exercise equipment, new walking trail, multipurpose gymnasium and batting cages, children’s playground, banquet room and other larger meeting rooms for local cubs and organizations, additional parking and more. With such amenities, the old Crab Orchard School that served Palos Heights as a perfectly good circa 1970s rec. center for too many years now would be transformed into a more spacious, modern rec. center worthy of such a community as Palos Heights.

But even if you happen to be a voter and homeowner who for whatever reason never plans to ever set foot inside a new rec. center to make use of its splendid new amenities, we at The Regional not merely suggest, but strongly urge voting Yes – to make a wise investment at small cost in the property value of your home.

Palos Heights’ greatest asset as a community is its housing stock, the total value of its mostly high-quality, single-family residences in which you and your neighbors live across this small city. Just look around. Even though Harlem Avenue remains in a bit of a slump, the beauty of Old Palos, Navajo, Westgate, Misty Meadows and other residential neighborhoods across this city was aflame with autumn colors, and flowers each spring. One can literally smell the blossoms on the trees walking down the street in late April and May. But even Palos Heights’ fine housing base took a hit and is still only slowly recovering from the residential real estate Crash of 2007-08 that took such a toll on property values across Illinois and the nation. Despite Palos Heights’ strengths, this city has not been immune to the down housing market. We have never seen so many vacant homes, unmaintained yards and single-family homes for rent in this little city of Palos Heights.

The question is how to attract new homebuyers to this community in a recovering, but still down market. How to compete with other upper middle class suburbs to attract the homebuyers with good jobs and prospects and high incomes we want as new neighbors moving in to solidify and strengthen each of our own property values.

We all know good schools make a community a more desirable place to live. And we have those in school districts 128, 118 and 230. We also have our beloved Palos Heights swimming pool, good parks, especially Community Park, its nearby improved ball fields, and also the jewels of our public library and Lake Katherine.

But what’s missing is a high-quality recreation center worthy of this community. Supporters of Tuesday’s referendum’s passage cite the National Association of Homebuilders, which states “parks & recreation areas may enhance home values of nearby land up to 15 to 20 percent.� On top of that, enhanced recreation opportunities help to attract and retain businesses and professionals. For that reason our local business community represented by the Palos Area Chamber of Commerce is urging its members to support the referendum’s passage. Let’s stop losing the traffic to Crestwood or Orland Park that an improved rec. center here would keep or attract.

Sure, we agree with the No-vote folks who note property taxes are too high in Cook County. None can argue that Illinois is not plagued with too many units of government, the highest in the nation, and the state’s failure to meet its own constitutional mandate to adequately fund education produced this over-reliance on the property tax to run our schools.

The question is why would we take that out on our own community of Palos Heights? Why would we let the appalling economy and government of this misruled state lead us to vote against ourselves, our own local interests and our own property values and future betterment of this community? Vote Yes for a better Palos Heights. It’s time; no indeed it’s well past time we do this.

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Vote Yes: Keep Palos Heights in forefront with other premier communities Dear Editor: My family has lived in the community since 1975. Palos Heights has a long standing reputation as a family-friendly community.

I became involved with the Recreation Department in 2006 when the City Council voted to close the Palos Heights Pool.

I worked with a group of residents to form the Save the Pool Team. Together with Mike Leonard, the director of Parks and Recreation, a strong volunteer group created Wacky Wednesdays and other activities to regenerate interest in the Pool. The group also worked with Mike Leonard to secure the OSLAD grant at a value of more than $800,000.

I knew it was important to maintain gathering places for all residents. The pool truly is a summer gathering place for all ages in the community and all are welcome to participate in water – safety programs and summer fun.

It will be very beneficial to the community to continue to upgrade recreation programs and facilities for residents of all ages, ranging from toddler programs to programs for seniors. Highquality programs for our youth increase social and emotional health and fitness. When students are involved with healthy, productive activities after school, on the weekends and in the summer there is a natural decrease in their involvement with drugs, violence, bullying and crime.

I am voting YES on Nov. 4 and I encourage all residents to keep Palos Heights in the forefront with other premier communities and VOTE YES. Mary Lynn Duffy Principal, Chippewa School

Tired of the outdated and substandard?

Vote Yes! Dear Editor: The residents of Palos Heights don’t have to look too far anymore to see grandparents, parents and their children and folks from all over engaged in all the wonderful Palos Heights sponsored recreational activities.

Consider all the great people involved with and the success stories of the Palos Heights Pool or Palos Power Softball or Palos Youth Baseball or perhaps the very successful annual running events.

As a community we need to endorse continual progress and good public facilities for all, so we challenge ourselves to build our good accomplishments and achieve unlimited “process improvement.�

During the early days of Crab Orchard Junior High School, 7th and 8th grade students had limited recreational options but made the best of the available options.

For anyone counting -- 45 years later‌ and very unchanged -- you can walk in the old gymnasium at Crab Orchard (the current Palos Heights Recreation Center) and smile about a Blue Devils game or sock hop

dance ‌ the place in great disrepair, ceiling falling down, etc.

I daydream about the “big steel ballâ€? hitting the walls and knocking the place so our kids don’t have to endure playing basketball, indoor soccer or gymnastics in this “rat holeâ€? OK let’s take a deep breath and say it together ‌ “rat hole.â€?

Is anyone else tired of settling for “outdated� and “substandard�? Is anyone else tired of our elected officials encouraging the residents to “vote their conscience� or hearing how “the residents already voted “no� on the Rec Center topic 100 years ago?

All kidding aside, as a lifelong resident of Palos Heights I encourage you all voters to Vote ‘YES� on Nov. 4 or earlier for the remodel and improvement of the Palos Heights Recreation Center.

Michael J. McGee Palos Heights

If you like your state government ‌ Dear Editor: ‌ you can keep it, period.

The question you will hopefully answer in the voting booth on Nov. 4 is: “What is there to like?�

Did you like the “temporary�

67 percent increase in state income tax four years ago, which the Dems promised would end Dec. 31? Well, they’ve changed their mind.

Do you like the crushing $100 billion underfunded pension liability for teachers and government employees? Where did the tax money you paid go other than the pension fund?

We hear that the inner-city schools are inferior to suburban schools. Why did they allow that to happen? They were in charge.

Do we elect the same people and give them more tax dollars to throw at the problem as they have done for decades or do we give parents a “choice� as Bruce Rauner suggests? They say they need more money for education?

They said the lottery and toll road fees would pay for that.

Where did the money go?

Now, they say there’s a critical need for “early education.� Do you really want to turn over your 3-, 4 – or 5-year-old child, or is it a ploy to have you pay more taxes for “free day care� to win more votes? Personally, as parents we chose to instill the morals and values in our children during those formative years. The Illinois Senate has already passed bill SB16 in which they say poorer school districts should receive more money. SB16 will divert state funds from suburban school districts to alleviate that problem, giving suburban governments the only option: raising your real estate taxes to make up for the shortfall. The Democratically controlled state House is ready to pass the bill shortly “after the election,� naturally! “They� are Michael Madigan, Pat Quinn, John Cullerton and your district’s Democratic state representative. Twenty-nine years of Madigan, six years of Quinn and decades of a Democrat-controlled Illinois legislature taxing us into personal financial oblivion is enough for me.

I think I’ll take a chance on a successful businessman this time.

How about you?

Jim O’Hare Palos Park

Yes to Rec. referendum for Heights home values Dear Editor: As a 73-year-old senior, I wholeheartedly support the Recreation Center, Nov. 4 Referendum.

As much as I opposed the previous over-the-top $16 million recreation center referendum several years ago, I support this well thought out, reasonable and affordable plan on a number of levels. One level is a selfish position on increasing the value on our largest single asset, our home.

We all know our city’s infrastructure i.e. Schools, Police, Fire Protection, along with Parks and Recreation drive our home values.

We have lived in this great community for 44 years and realize our Parks and Recreation Department resources have been sorely lacking. Our Rec. Director and staff have done a remarkable job, but they are not magicians. They need our vote support to bring this important part of our city services up to Palos Heights’ standards.

Please vote yes on this referendum.

Jim Keough Palos Heights, IL

Asks for your Retention vote Dear Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to bring to your attention that this coming Tuesday, Nov. 4, is Election Day. It is the day we can exercise that Great American Right and get out and vote for whomever we desire.

Democrat or Republican, you must take advantage of that Great American Right.

I would also like to bring to your attention that I am one of 72 Judges up for retention and need your approval. Judges are extremely important in our lives and I sincerely feel you should give your undivided attention to the Retention Ballot.

It has been my privilege to serve on the bench of the largest and finest Judiciary in the Country and I wish to continue.

Thank you very much.

Judge Thomas Flanagan Circuit Court of Cook County

SB 16 would hurt local schools Dear Editor: I am writing in response to your article in The Regional News on Oct. 16, titled “Senate Bill 16 school-funding reform bill raises alarm bills.�

I am concerned, as it appears you are, that our school tax dollars will be spent in other parts of the state. These tax dollars are paid by the local community to support local schools. If this bill is enacted the result will be a lower quality of education in certain communities by this reduced funding. I believe all students deserve a quality education, but if certain communities cannot support their education initiatives the funds they need should be taken from the state’s general funds and not from funds that are designated to support other local schools. I am not

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sure how the people that support this bill think the schools that may lose several million dollars can survive without these funds.

A topic that this reminds me of is school vouchers for private schools and if local communities should support private schools in their communities. School vouchers have never received much support from the general public or our elected officials in Springfield. If these elected officials do not support funding private schools in their communities I do not understand what the thought process could be to support schools that are not in their community.

All children deserve a quality education. How that education should be funded should not be at the detriment of other schools as would happen by the passage of Senate Bill 16. The state supports the states universities so there is a program in place to support education and a potential state model that can be leveraged to develop a program to assist school districts that need additional funding, do not hurt local schools by passing Senate Bill 16.

Megan Ward Palos Heights

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Hot-button issues abound in Lipinski-Brannigan battle

by Dermot Connolly Southwest Regional Publishing There are plenty of issues that U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-3rd) and Republican challenger Sharon Brannigan have heading into Tuesday’s election and they were both letting their opinions fly publicly.

The pair covered a lot of hotbutton issues — from unemployment to Obamacare, immigration to Ebola — in their Oct. 16 forum at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills.

Brannigan linked Lipinski to what she calls the failures and scandals of the Obama administration, while he stressed his independence and willingness to work with Republicans.

Lipinski, who has been in office since 2005, noted that

President Obama has not talked to him in the five years since Lipinski voted against the Affordable Care Act. Lipinski and Brannigan shared a friendly handshake before sitting down to field questions submitted by audience members.

In his opening statement, Lipinski said he shared the frustration many in the district feel due to the “ideological bickering” that has prevented Congress from getting much done.

“I listen to my constituents, not party leaders. I am a problem-solver, maybe because I am an engineer.”

He detailed his five-point jobs plan, which includes modernizing infrastructure; fair trade; strengthening manufacturing; and investing in education and innovation.

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Republican Palos Township Trustee Sharon Brannigan and U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-3rd), running against each other in the Nov. 4 election, answer questions at a forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters on Oct. 16 at Moraine Valley Community College.

When asked what he would do about the Affordable Care Act, the health insurance law referred to as Obamacare, Lipinski said some changes needed to be made. He was among the few Democrats who voted against it.

“Since then, people have realized that there are problems with it. But Republicans have stuck with the going-nowhere approach of trying to get rid of it entirely.”

Lipinski supports “getting rid of funding for abortion” allowed in the law, and changing the definition of “full-time” from a 30-hour work week to 40 hours.

“Workers are getting their hours cut because of it,” he said, referring to the rule that businesses with at least 50 employees must offer health insurance to full-time employees.

Brannigan grew up in Chicago’s Mount Greenwood neighborhood and lived in Oak Lawn before moving to Palos Heights, where she is a township trustee and business owner.

Noting that “Obamacare” was what got her into the race, she said she opposed the “intrusive and overreaching policies” of the Obama administration.

She described Obamacare as “the anvil on the backs of small businesses.”

“I have a small business (a floral shop in Orland Park) that has created local jobs. I need to be able to hire more people.”

“Citizens and business are leaving Illinois entirely. It is not a business-friendly state.”

Photos by Jeff Vorva

Incumbent Dan Lipinski (left photo) and challenger Sharon Brannigan (right photo, talking to a voter before the primary election) will battle it out for a congressional seat in Tuesday’s election.

Brannigan said “getting rid of Obamacare,” and cutting the corporate tax rate from 39 to 20 percent would result in such a growth in the economy that the $17 trillion national debt could be slashed. She said every government department should cut budgets by 1 or 2 percent.

“It would be immediate. Businesses want to stay here and grow,” she said.

Brannigan wants to bring the corporate tax rate to 15 percent permanently, and favors “a reasonable flat tax.”

Lipinski said tax reform is needed, but because of loopholes, few corporations actually pay the 39 percent rate. He said the loopholes must be closed if the rate is reduced.

“Everyone agrees that the national debt is too high and must be brought down. But there are no easy solutions. Everything has to be put on the table and dealt with on a bipartisan basis.”

He said any tax reduction would have to be made up somewhere.

While the deficit has gone down in recent years, and spending was cut by $1.2 trillion over the past 10 years, it has to be cut by about $2.5 billion over the next 10.

“We cannot saddle our children and grandchildren with this large debt,” added Lipinski.

Brannigan received a standing ovation from her supporters at one point when she listed a litany of crises facing the country that she blamed Obama for, and linked Lipinski to.

Brannigan contends that Lipinski was in favor of an “open borders” policy because he did not vote for a bill that would have denied entry to all migrants from Central America that were flooding to the border during the summer.

However, Lipinski said that while he has supported funding for border security and fencing, the bill in question was too farreaching, and would have affected youths already living here and given temporary legal status.

Asked about the Ebola crisis, they both agreed that the Centers

for Disease Control did not handle the situation very well.

Brannigan said she wanted all travel visas withdrawn for people coming from the three West African countries dealing with Ebola, and Lipinski said no visas for people coming on vacation should be issued.

Elizabeth Doody Gorman

Jim Hickey

appeals and numerous other service requests. “Infrastructure improvements were made a priority for the 17th District especially in the area of flood mitigation.

I’m proud to highlight these initiatives, services and programs,” she said.

Gorman, who holds a master’s degree from the University of Notre Dame and a bachelor’s degree from St. Mary’s University in Minnesota. She lives with her husband, Gerald, and sons, Conor, Liam and Shane.

If re-elected, Gorman plans to

“continue the reform movement that is underway at Cook County.

At no other time in recent memory has Cook County made the kinds of positive strides in reform than over the last four years. She added that she plans to “remain vigilant in my effort to reform tax and fee measures wherever possible, to have Cook County continue to invest in innovative technology to reduce costs and improve efficiencies for county services and programs, and to stabilize the long-term fiscal health of the county.”

BIG WINNING STREAK The percentage of Dan Lipinski’s vote totals in five straight wins in congressional elections: 2004 – 72.6 percent 2006 – 77.1 percent 2008 – 73.3 percent 2010 – 69.7 percent 2012 – 69.5 percent

Gorman faces token opposition from Hickey in county board race

by Tim Hadac staff reporter The two-party system appears to be a bit of a sham this fall, at least as it relates to the “race” for the 17th District seat on the Cook County Board of Commissioners.

Republican powerhouse Elizabeth “Liz” Doody Gorman, of Orland Park, appears to be coasting to victory in her quest for a fourth term, with Democrat Jim Hickey, also of Orland Park, apparently missing in action—perhaps by design—from the campaign trail.

Hickey, a Gorman ally and president of the Orland Fire Protection District, does not appear to have a functioning campaign operation. An Internet search shows no campaign website, and Hickey has not reached out to the press as a candidate.

He was unopposed in March 18 Democratic primary, picking up 7,693 votes, while Gorman amassed 13,292 votes in her contested race on the GOP side with physician Barbara Bellar.

2014 Hickey did not respond to requests for comment by The Regional News. A Wikipedia entry about him claims that he entered the race “believing that Gorman, his ally and a key supporter in his election [to the OFPD board], was planning to run for higher office, and that he would only seek Gorman’s seat in the Nov. 4 election if she retired.”

A native of the Marquette Park neighborhood on Chicago’s Southwest Side, Hickey ran for the newly created 11th Congressional District seat in 2012, finishing last in a three-way Democratic

primary. The following year, he entered and then withdrew from the race to succeed disgraced U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. Hickey’s absence has given Gorman free rein to continue her allout advocacy for Bruce Rauner’s campaign for governor. She was an early and effective supporter of Rauner and is credited by many with playing a key role in his victory last March over established GOP candidates. Last month, Gorman hosted a town hall meeting for Rauner in Orland Hills.

Gorman, a self-described conservative “on fiscal and social issues,” is perhaps best known for her successful leadership role in opposing and later repealing the 133 percent tax hike pushed by then-County Board President Todd Stroger in 2008 and passed by the board’s Democratic majority.

“Throughout my time in office, I’ve been a strong advocate for tax reform, budget and operational efficiencies, especially in the area of new technology,” Gorman told

The Regional News earlier this year. “I have worked hard to fight for tax reform on multiple fronts.

In 2013, I successfully sponsored the tax rate cut to the county’s Motor Vehicle Transfer Tax. Also, I successfully fought $1.6 billion in new tax proposals over my term in office [since 2002].”

Gorman also said she has worked hard for greater transparency throughout county government. “I sponsored an ethics law requiring greater disclosure and transparency for Cook County government and spearheaded the charge that resulted in the resolution that led to the abolishment of the corruption-riddled Cook County Regional Office of Education,” she said.

She has also endeavored to “make the Cook County Forest Preserve District a national leader in the areas of recreation, restoration and conservation,” Gorman said.

The incumbent said that her staff has assisted hundreds of constituents with property tax

Palos GOP stalwart Schumann among nine MWRD contenders

by Tim Hadac staff reporter A Palos Heights man with a well-known political name is running for commissioner of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD).

Republican Herb Schumann, 62, is one of nine candidates fighting for three seats with sixyear terms up for grabs on the MWRD’s governing board of commissioners.

Two other Republicans are running, as are three Democrats and three Green Party hopefuls.

Commissioners serve part-time and earn about $70,000 a year.

The general election is set for Tuesday, Nov. 4, although early voting has already started.

“I’ve been running this campaign since September of 2013,” Schumann told The Regional News on Tuesday. “It’s great to be near the finish line.”

Schumann served as Republican committeeman of Palos Township from 1986-2001 and as a Cook County commissioner from 1996-2002. He also served a stint as chairman of the Cook County GOP. He is now employed as a property tax analyst with the Cook County Board of Review.

Schumann said that more suburban representation is needed at the water reclamation district.

“The MWRD board consists of nine Democrats, eight of whom live in the city of Chicago. The Cook County suburbs are not fairly represented on the MWRD, and I question whether the Chicago flooding issues get priority over

the suburbs,” he stated.

He added that he is “not satisfied with the ongoing efforts of the MWRD to address [flood-related] issues. I also want to have a discussion about the long-term future of the combined sewer system. It is not clear as to what direction the MWRD is going because parts of the county have separated their sewer systems and typical road reconstruction also separates the sewer systems. Is there a plan?

Is there a time line? We hear the excuse after a heavy rain that the combined sewer systems get overwhelmed, but the TARP system will not have all the answers.”

Schumann said that local mayors typically find it difficult to work with the MWRD, and he criticized the district for allegedly holding tax dollars in reserve, rather than using them promptly for flood control and other worthwhile initiatives.

He also is critical of a recent Army Corps of Engineers study that, among other things, recommended spending $18 billion over 25 years to keep the Asian carp away from Lake Michigan.

Schumann said he sees the idea as a potential boondoggle and opportunity for pinstripe patronage.

He favors less expensive, more targeted interventions, like the electrified fencing already in place on waterways connected with Lake Michigan.

Schumann and the other two Republicans have their work cut out for them on Tuesday. No Republican has been elected to the MWRD since 1972.

About the MWRD

Established in 1889, the MWRD is a government agency responsible for wastewater treatment and stormwater management throughout Cook County.

Its mission is to “protect the health and safety of the public in its service area, protect the quality of the water supply source (Lake Michigan), improve the quality of water in watercourses in its service area, protect businesses and homes from flood damages, and manage water as a vital resource for its service area.”

MWRD owns and operates one of the world’s largest water reclamation plants, in addition to six other plants and 23 pumping stations. MWRD treats an average of 1.4 billion gallons of wastewater each day. MWRD’s total wastewater treatment capacity is more than 2 billion gallons per day.

The district’s Tunnel and Reservoir Project (TARP) is one of the country’s largest public works projects for pollution and flood control. Four tunnel systems total 109 miles of tunnels, 9 to 33 feet in diameter and 150 to 300 feet

Herb Schumann underground. One reservoir is in operation and construction is in progress on the two remaining reservoirs.

MWRD owns approximately 9,500 acres of property in Cook County for its operations and controls 76.1 miles of navigable waterways, which are part of the inland waterway system connecting the Great Lakes with the Gulf of Mexico. It also owns and operates 30 stormwater detention reservoirs to provide regional stormwater flood damage reduction.

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Palos Heights Beautification Awards recognize eye-appeal The Palos Heights Beautification Committee recently held its annual Recognition Night at Lake Katherine.

The beautification group is part of the city’s Business and Economic Development Committee.

Residents who were nominated for the appearance of their homes, gardens, porches/decks and trees were given a certificate of special recognition, along with Mona Lisa (Business), St. Alexander (Church Entrance) and Navajo Hills, Oak Hills and Westgate Valley (Subdivision Entrance).

Jean Gnap, chairman of the Beautification Committee, gave a few words and introduced Mayor Bob Straz who spoke about the progress of the city.

Also introduced to give brief reports were subcommittee chairmen Denise Hyker and Ed Dombrowski, Adopt-a-Pot; Public Art Commission Lynda Schiappa and John Hanley, Classic Car Show Bob Starzyk and John Hanley, Business & Economic Development Bob Grossart, Charity ReportJean Gnap, Farmers Market Anne Girzadas, Lake Katherine Bridget Provost and Keep Palos Heights Beautiful Lois Duran and Eileen Lunter.

Orland property tax rebate applications are due Dec. 12 Eligible Orland Park residents may apply for the village’s residential property tax rebate beginning Nov. 3.

The Village Board approved a rebate of $2.2 million this year. Including the upcoming rebate, the village will have rebated property taxes for 10 of the last 13 years.

“We began rebating property taxes to residents in 2003, and despite a suspension of the program during the economic downturn, we’re pleased that the village is again in a strong financial position to offer the rebate,” said Orland Park Mayor Dan McLaughlin. The village of will have rebated a total of about $34.5 million of the village’s portion of the property tax bill since 2003.

Residents will have three ways to apply for the rebate. They can apply online beginning Nov. 3 at www. optaxrebate.com, download a paper application and bring the completed application in to Village Hall or they can pick up an application at specific buildings in the village and apply in person or by mail.

An instructional video of the online application process will appear on the village’s cable television stations, Orland Park Comcast Channel 4 and A T & T U-Verse Channel 99 and on the village’s website at www.orlandpark.org.

On-line and paper applications will be available beginning at 8 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 3. Paper applications will be available at the Frederick T. Owens Village Hall at 14700 S. Ravinia Ave.; the Recreation Administration Building, 14600 S. Ravinia Ave.; the village’s

Sportsplex, at 11351 W. 159th St. and at the Orland Park Public Library, 14800 S. Ravinia Ave. Trustee Carole Ruzich suggested the village make available in-person assistance for residents who would rather complete and have assistance in submitting their tax rebate application at Village Hall as opposed to by mail or online.

Village representatives will be available to answer questions and accept applications at the Village Hall during regular business hours.

In addition, one-on-one assistance with the completion and submission of applications will be available on the following dates and times: Wednesday, Nov. 5, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, Nov. 7 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 6, from 9 a.m. to noon, and Thursday, Dec. 11, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Along with the required application, an eligible resident must include copies of their 2013 second installment property tax bill, driver’s license and a utility bill.

Those applying online can scan and upload copies of the documents or take a picture of them with a cell phone or tablet.

If a village of Orland Park water bill account number is provided during the online process or on the paper application, a copy of a recent utility bill is not required.

“The online process makes it more convenient for those who are familiar with computers and uploading documents,” McLaughlin said. “However, we have paper applications for those who don’t use computers.”

Eligible residents may elect to receive their rebate via check, credit to a water bill account, donation to the Open Lands, or direct deposit into a checking or savings account.

Direct deposit is a new option this year, offering convenience and expedited receipt of the tax rebate.

Eligible village residents must apply before 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 12. Questions may be directed to the village’s Tax Rebate Hotline at 403-3086.

Judge Flanagan gets bar assoc. nods J u d g e Thomas E. Flanagan has been endorsed by several bar associations within Cook County.

He has recently been informed that the South, North and West Bar Associations have recommended that he be retained for the next 6 years as Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County.

Judge Flanagan has been on the bench for 30 years and presently serves in the Law Division. He is one of 72 judges up for retention in the upcoming election on Tuesday, Nov. 4.

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Hurley, Horne clash in 35th Dist.

By Bob Rakow Staff Reporter

community with his wife. He has four children and 13 grandchildren.

“I understand that there’s nothing more important to society than The race in the 35th Legislative strong traditional families and the District features incumbent state sanctity of life,” Horne said on his Rep. Fran Hurley and political newcampaign website. “These are the comer Victor Horne. foundation for a strong and prosperHurley, a freshman legislator, was ous society.” first elected in 2012 after serving As an elected legislator, Horne for several years as an aide to 19th said, his first priority would be to Ward Ald. Matt O’Shea and former advocate for economic growth, which Ald. Ginger Rugai. he believes would lead to greater She said her first term was a learning experience, but she also state’s funding of public education, fiscal responsibility, a reduction in sponsored some important legisla- but would have a devastating impact spending and a demand for integrity and accountability from state on area school, opponents say. tion.

Hurley is a lifelong resident of the leaders.

For example, Hurley said, she “I will advocate for and support backed a bill that closed a loophole Southwest Side and a graduate of in the criminal code by barring con- Mother McAuley High School and programs that reduce our spending, victed sex offenders from privately Saint Xavier University. She lives significantly lower our taxes, create owned play areas, such a the ones in Mt. Greenwood with her three new and innovative job markets and commonly found in McDonald’s or children, where she is involved in a promote small businesses and local entrepreneurship,” he said. variety of civic organizations.

Burger King.

Additionally, Horne said, he would Horne also is a lifelong SouthShe said she also sponsored a bill that makes attacking a first sider. He served in Vietnam and support for programs and support became an ordained minister fol- projects that strengthen marriages, responder a felony.

“I try to work on things that in- lowing seminary education at Aenon build strong families and protect the volve the community,” Hurley said. Bible College and has been an or- sanctity of life.

The 35th District includes all or She added that she’s “willing to dained minister for nearly 20 years.

Horne is a volunteer Bible teacher portions of Alsip, Merrionette Park, work both sides of the aisle” to get at Cook County Jail and has worked Oak Lawn, Orland Hills, Orland important legislation passed.

Like most of her legislative col- for more than 15 years as a com- Park, Palos Heights, Palos Park and leagues from the area, Hurley is pliance investigator for the Illinois Worth. It also includes the Chicago neighborhoods of Beverly, Mount opposed to Senate Bill 16, which is Department of Agriculture.

He lives in Chicago’s Beverly Greenwood and Morgan Park. designed to correct inequities in the

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campus of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.

Karrson’s headline of “MeReporter/Regional News Sports teor slighting,” “Forgettable Editor Ken Karrson’s Crum-my Momence,’’ “Tigers get Adamheadline helped earn him another bombed,’’ “More southern comfort,’’ and “A Crum-my way to award this year.

Karrson took first place in end” earned the judges’ praises. non-daily headline writing in the “Clever and fun; just right for Northern Illinois Newspaper As- sports,’’ was what the judges said.

Reporter editor Jeff Vorva took sociation competition announced Thursday at a banquet at the second in the headline writing Holmes Student Center on the competition. Karrson and Vorva

SB 16 (Continued from page 1) and assume that [the proposed legislation] will go by the wayside, but then the [proponents] may try to sneak it through, so we have to keep an eye on this,” he noted. “It’s important for all of us to stay on our legislators to make sure they stand with us in opposing this.”

La Margo, the father of three— and soon to be four--children in local public schools, added that if SB 16 were passed in its current form, the financially healthy district will have exhausted its financial reserves and be “out of money” within three to five years—assuming it does not cut services or lay off staff.

Parents at the event were clear and not shy about their opposition to SB 16.

“I have a huge stake in this,” said Orland Park resident Tracy Pelini, president of the District 135 Parents For Education (PFE) organization and a mother of four children enrolled in district schools—a seventh grader the three fourth graders. “I’m a taxpayer, I own a home here in town, and I want the taxes I pay—which are substantial—to go to my children’s education. My husband and I work very hard for the house own and the life that we have.

“We moved to Orland Park specifically because of the high quality of education, and I don’t want to see anything happen to that,” she added. “I absolutely agree that all children deserve a good education, without a doubt, but I think our legislators need to come up with a better way to fund education. What they’re proposing with this bill is not the way to do it. You cannot take from some to give to others.”

PFE members staffed two tables at the event, urging people to sign a petition against SB 16. By the time the two-hour event ended, volunteers had boosted their cumulative total to about 1,000 signatures. Those who have not yet signed but want to are encouraged to visit ipetitions.com and conduct an “Orland” search of the website.

Keynote speaker at Thursday’s meeting was Robert Grossi, Bloom Township treasurer and president of Crystal Financial Consultants, which provides financial advisory services to school districts throughout the state. A number of elected officials, school board members, school administrators and others were on hand to express their concern about the proposed legislation.

Grossi told the audience that if SB 16 is passed in its current form, the Southwest Suburbs will be negatively affected “more than any other area in the state.”

He added that a robust economic recovery would essentially solve the current school-funding dilemma, but that with the state’s loss of population and jobs, he remains

18th Dist.

“skeptical about the future of education funding in Illinois.”

Pulling in the loudest applause of the evening was Hickory Hills resident Debbie Chaffee, a homebased business analyst an project manager, as well as mother of two children attending schools in the North Palos District 117.

Chaffee has been the lead organizer of a grassroots effort to stop SB 16. Via her website, EDGEIllinois. com, she has attracted statewide attention and helped muster parents, school officials and others.

Background SB 16, which passed the Illinois Senate in late May, is expected to be considered by the state House of Representatives as early as January, according to the bill’s opponents— although SB 16’s supporters have scoffed at that and pointed to the spring session of the General Assembly.

The bill’s principal sponsor is State Senator Andy Manar, a freshman Democrat from Central Illinois elected in 2012 with support from the Illinois Education Association.

A teacher by training, Manar is the former chief of staff to Senate President John Cullerton.

Manar describes SB 16 on his website as “a proposal to streamline the current hodgepodge of funding sources into one funding formula that would account for school districts’ funding needs. Today, only 44 percent of the state education spending is balanced against a local district’s ability to pay.

“Illinois has the second-most inequitable school funding system in the nation,” he continued. “Our current funding system is doing a disservice to taxpayers, school districts and, most importantly, our children. The funding system we are proposing will better address student needs, such as socio-economic background, language ability or special learning needs, while also accounting for a school district’s ability to raise funds locally.”

Winner and losers In its current form, passage of SB 16 would mean annual state aid losses of approximately $7.0 million for Consolidated High School District 230. For its feeder districts, the estimated losses are:  $5.1 million for Orland School District 135  $4.2 million for North Palos School District 117  $2.7 million for Kirby School District 140  $1.9 million for Community Consolidated School District 146  $1.4 million each for Palos School District 118 and Worth School District 127 Other Southwest Suburban schools would suffer losses, as well, including approximately:  $1.9 million for Oak LawnHometown School District 123  $1.6 million for Alsip-Hazelgreen-Oak Lawn School District 126  $839,000 for Oak Lawn Community High School District 229  $839,000 for Evergreen Park

ents about its potential impact since then.

Cunningham and Murphy both appeared last week at two forums (Continued from page 1) designed to give residents more despite claiming an independent information about the impact of the bill. voting record.

Cunningham, 47, is a lifelong Murphy supports term limits and said that if elected he’ll serve two resident of the Southwest Side. He also finished first and second for terms and return to the private is a graduate of Mount Carmel High School and the University of Illinois headlines in the Illinois Press As- sector.

Both Cunningham and Murphy Chicago. sociation contest earlier this year.

Prior to holding elective office, Vorva also took third place in are opposed to Senate Bill 16, which the NINA non-daily column writ- is designed to correct inequities in he was an advisor to Cook County the state’s funding of public educa- Sheriff Mike Sheahan and former ing contest.

Regional News reporter Tim tion, but would have a devastating chief of staff to Cook County Sheriff Hadac earned third place for his impact on area school, opponents Tom Dart.

He lives in Chicago’s Beverly news story “Plans unveiled to re- say.

Cunningham voted against the community with his wife, Juliana, build to rebuild larger Heights Rec Center,’’ as he reported on the bill, which passed the Senate in and their two daughters.

Murphy, 34, is a certified pubearly stages of a topic that has May, but Murphy points out that become red-hot in recent weeks. the senator said little to constitu- lic accountant. He lives in Ever-

Regional wins journalism awards

by Southwest Regional Publishing

Jill Duran, Lois Duran and Eileen Lunter, co-chairmen of the Keep Palos Heights Beautiful Committee, passed out the certificates and announced the winners. The winners of the Home, Garden, Porch/ Deck and Tree Categories received a sign to place in their lawns.

Cornelius Morgan received special recognition for his Dahlia Garden at Lake Katherine and the stunning floral displays he has given to the Palos Heights Public Library.

Shown are Jill Duran, Lois Duran, Corny Morgan, Liz Morgan and Eileen Lunter (left photo).

At right are Cheryl Evangelopoulos (winner in Home with Addition Category), seated from left, Mrs. Edward Barbour (Garden Category) and Beth and Eugene Paschall (Garden Category), and standing Jill Duran, Carol Fredericks (winner in Porch Category), Edward Barbour, Lois Duran and Eileen Lunter (co-chairmen).

Winners not in attendance are Mr. & Mrs. Walter Arvesen (New Home with Palos Charm) and Mr. & Mrs. Joel Kostelik (Older home with Palos Charm) and Carol Hansen (Garden and Mary Pat O’Connor (tree category).

Elementary School District 124  $364,000 for Atwood Heights School District 125  $330,000 for Chicago Ridge School District 127-S  $312,000 for Evergreen Park Community High School District 231 High School District 218 would see an annual gain of about $934,000 in state aid under the proposed re-formulation, but Palos Heights School District 128 would lose about $574,000.

Forty-one of the 42 school districts in DuPage County would see drops in state aid.

Chicago Public School District 299 would lose about $28.4 million annually, although that represents only about a one percent operating budget loss to the massive district.

In addition to downstate districts, big winners in the Chicago area would include a handful of South Suburban districts. Their estimated annual gains are:  $7.3 million for Cook County Consolidated School District 130  $5.7 million for Rich Township High School District 227  $4.6 million for Thornton Fractional High School District 215  $4.0 million for Dolton School District 149  $4.0 million for Matteson School District 162

Dems vs. GOP

Political support for SB 16 has mostly fallen along partisan lines, with support from Chicago area and downstate Democrats and opposition from suburban Republicans.

Notable exceptions to that include 18th District State Senator Bill Cunningham, a Chicago Democrat whose district includes a number of suburbs. Earlier this year, he broke ranks to vote against the measure.

Also bolting the Democratic Party on SB 16 are 35th District State Representative Fran Hurley and 36th District State Representative Kelly Burke.

Burke has said that she finds the proposed legislation “troubling” and that the re-formulation is flawed in that it assumes that local school districts “are wealthy, when they are not, for the most part. They are middle class.”

She also said that SB 16 merely doles out more state aid to certain school districts without requiring accountability regarding how the funds will be spent.

In a standard response to constituents who asked, 14th District State Senator Emil Jones III—who voted for SB 16 last spring—noted that the bill “is by no means perfect and will not become law in its current form.”

He added that the kind of education a child receives should not be dictated by “the ZIP code where he/she lives.”

Beyond politics, Jones added that the proposed legislation has “started a debate we are having now on how to better educate all of our students and prepare them for the future.”

green Park and serves as the vice president of the Evergreen Park Community High School District 231 board. He is also the Worth Township Republican Committee.

Murphy is no stranger to politics.

His father, John Murphy, was the former Worth Township supervisor and a longtime Evergreen Park trustee.

His mother, Maureen Murphy, was a member of Illinois House, a commissioner of the Cook County Board of Review and the chairman of the Cook County Republican Party. She died in 2008.

The 18th Senate District includes sections of Orland, Worth and Palos townships and the neighborhoods of Mount Greenwood, Beverly, Morgan Park and Auburn-Gresham in Chicago.

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Halloween safety tips

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Watch out for those little goblins From Palos Park Police Chief Joe Miller

• Be sure your children know how to cross a street properly. They should always look both ways and Palos Park police are giving free should only cross at corners using reflective trick-or-treat bags to lo- crosswalks.

• Help your child pick out a cal children. Parents can stop by the Police Department to pick up costume that will be safe. If they are wearing a mask of any kind, the bags.

On Halloween this Friday, local make certain that they eye holes kids will take to the streets dressed are large enough that their visin their costumes for an evening ibility is not limited.

• Have children carry glow of trick or treating.

The Police Department would sticks or flashlights. This will help like to provide some safety tips them see better as well as help for parents of youngsters who will drivers see them.

• Serve your children a filling participate in the festivities.

• Make sure you accompany meal before trick or treating so your children while trick or treat- they won’t be as tempted to eat ing, or designate a trusted adult any candy before bringing it home.

• Consider organizing or attendthat will accompany them.

• If your children are older and ing parties at home as an alternawill be trick or treating without tive to trick or treating. adult supervision, instruct them to take friends with them.

Drivers take care • Make certain you know the Palos Park PD is also reminding route they will be taking and make those on the roads around Halsure that they know not to deviate loween to use caution as trick-orfrom that route. treaters take to the streets.

• Let your children know that According to Safe Kids USA, they are to check in with you by children are twice as likely to be phone or by stopping back at home. killed by a vehicle on Halloween • Always make certain that your compared to other days of the children know to walk on sidewalks year. Take extra caution behind or paths. If there are no sidewalks, the wheel on Halloween and use it is safest to walk facing traffic as the following driving tips to keep far to the left as possible. trick-or-treaters safe.

• Yield to Trick-or-Treaters: Be prepared for children to run into the street at anytime.

• Refrain From Passing Idle Vehicles: You never know when the driver in front of you has stopped to drop children off. Be patient and take extra caution when traveling near other vehicles.

• Park Your Mobile Phone: With children crowding the dark roads, it is especially important to avoid any distractions while behind the wheel.

• Communicate With Other Drivers: Use hazard lights when picking-up or dropping-off trickor-treaters. And, always use turn signals.

• Consider Alternate Routes: Avoid driving near trick-or-treaters by taking routes that go around busy neighborhoods, not through them.

Palos Park Police will be targeting speed and alcohol-related violations for Halloween. In an effort to ensure the safety of the Submitted photo motoring public, Palos Park Police will be enforcing a zero-tolerance policy on speeding, drunk driving and seatbelt violations.

Police Commissioner Dan Polk The Palos Heights Garden Club held its annual Harvest Night on Monday at its regular monthly urges everyone to obey traffic laws meeting place of Lake Katherine Nature Center. to ensure a safe and enjoyable HalMembers brought potluck dishes to share and were treated to a food literacy presentation by Dr. loween.

John Principe of WellBeingMD. Bridget Provost, business manager of Lake Katherine, received a monetary donation from the Palos Heights Garden Club for one of their many improvement projects at Lake Katherine.

Shown are Walt Eisenberg (from left) Dr. John Principe and Michael Bailey, setting up the food literacy PowerPoint.

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Employee allegedly steals $63,000 over two-year span Minor charged with alcohol after vehicle hits fire hydrant ORLAND PARK POLICE

Police charged Andrzej Stopka, PALOS HEIGHTS POLICE 20, of Chicago Ridge, with illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor, as well as failure to report property Bridgeview.

Edgar Aguilar, 30, of Blue Isdamage caused by an accident.

After a citizen called 911 to report land, was charged with driving that a motorist had collided with on a suspended license, as well a fire hydrant in the 12900 block as improper lane usage, after a of South Harlem Avenue at about traffic stop in the 6800 block of 8 p.m. Friday, police investigated West College Drive at 11:13 a.m. and saw Stopka’s car parked two Friday. Bond was set at $1,500, blocks north, with damage consis- and Aguilar is scheduled to appear tent with what the caller reported, in court in Bridgeview on Nov. 17.

Police charged Jimmie L. Mipolice said. Bond was set at $1,500, and Stopka is scheduled to appear lan, 26, of Merrionette Park, with in court in Bridgeview on Dec. 3. speeding, as well as driving withIn other Palos Heights police out a valid license. Police curbed news, Kamila Kiwacz, 28, of Chica- his motorcycle in the 13000 block go Ridge, was charged with DUI, as of South Harlem Avenue at 7:53 well as disobeying a stop light. Po- p.m. Sunday after police said they lice curbed her vehicle near 127th saw it traveling at 58 mph, 23 Street and Ridgeland Avenue at mph over the posted limit. Bond Fred Cepeda 12:24 a.m. Tuesday. Bond was set was set at $1,500, and Milan is set at $1,000, and Kiwacz is due in to appear in court in Bridgeview Police charged Fred Cepeda, court in Bridgeview on Dec. 17. on Nov. 17.

33, of Burbank, with felony reMichael A. Schraer, 25, of Oak Police charged Abraham Matail theft after he allegedly stole tour, 30, of Miami, Fla., with Forest, was charged with driving two bottles of cologne worth $156 speeding, as well as driving with on a suspended license, as well as from a store in Orland Square an expired license. His vehicle was no proof of insurance. His vehicle Mall at 6 p.m. Oct. 5. Police pulled over by police in the 12900 was stopped by police in the 13500 said that charges were upgraded block of South Harlem at 1:02 a.m. block of South Ridgeland Avenue from misdemeanor theft because Monday after police said they saw at 12:08 p.m. Oct. 21 after a ranCepeda was on parole at the time it traveling at 48 mph, 13 mph dom plate check, police said. Bond of the incident. He reportedly told over the posted limit. Bond was was set at $2,000, and Schraer police that he took the merchan- set at $1,500, and Matour was is due in court in Bridgeview on dise because he wanted to get given a court date of Dec. 3 in Dec. 3. a gift to give his girlfriend on her birthday, police said. Bond was set at $100,000, and Cepeda was due in court in Bridgeview on Monday.

Daisy Martinez, 19, of Calumet City, was charged with retail theft after she allegedly stole $94 worth of lipstick, eyeliner and mascara from a store in Orland Square A F ree M eet the A uthor e vent mall at 6:12 p.m. Oct. 5. She was scheduled to appear at a hearing at the Orland Park Civic Center on Oct. 14.

Police charged Greggory P. 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm Zoller, 23, of Mokena with retail theft and possession of cannabis Featuring Loretta Anne Woodward Veney after he allegedly stole a $194 pair of Versace sunglasses from a store Author, Being My Mom’s Mom in Orland Square Mall at about 7:30 p.m. Oct. 6.

After learning that her beloved mother Doris was the

Police charged Julia Romero, 55, of Blue Island, with driving on a suspended license, no proof of insurance, and operating a motor vehicle with an obstructed view.

Her vehicle was pulled over by police in the 6500 block of West College Drive at 7:50 p.m. Friday after police said they saw several items hanging from the rear view mirror. Bond was set at $2,000, and Romero was given a court date of Dec. 3 in Bridgeview.

Police report information is provided by law enforcement agencies.

Charges are not evidence of guilt.

They are a record of police actions taken, and persons charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proved guilty in court.

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at 8:35 p.m. Oct. 3 after police saw the vehicle swerving, police said. A search of the car yielded a half-full bottle of vodka, according to the police report. Cohen was given a court date of Nov. 20 in Bridgeview.

Police charged Brian A. Corcoran, 33, of Orland Park, with possession of drug paraphernalia after police found a metal smoking pipe in his SUV during a traffic Kiana M. Gaddis stop at 149th Street and Orland A 31-year-old Lansing woman Square Drive at 7:56 p.m. Oct. was charged with felony theft 8, according to the police report. after she allegedly stole more Police said they stopped his vehicle than $63,000 from her employer, when they saw him talking on a a home improvement store in the cell phone while driving. Corcoran 7300 block of West 159th Street, is scheduled to appear at a hearing over a nearly two-year period. Ki- at the Orland Park Civic Center ana M. Gaddis was apprehended on Nov. 11.

Paul D. Kolios, 20, of Orland Sept. 13 by store security after they said they made the discovery Park, was charged with DUI, ilduring an investigation of inven- legal possession of alcohol by a tory irregularities, police said. As minor, illegal transportation of a cashier at the store, Gaddis al- alcohol, possession of cannabis, legedly rang up 33 fake transac- possession of drug paraphernations, starting in November of lia, and no light illuminating the 2012, and would then later log rear registration tag. His car was the transactions as merchandise stopped by police in the 15200 returns, with the refunded money block of South La Grange Road channeled into her personal debit at 10:24 p.m. Oct. 3. Police said accounts, according to the police that when they searched the vereport, which gave no indication hicle, they found a glass smoking pipe, a purse-like container with of a court date.

In other Orland Park police a small amount of cannabis, an news, a 37-year-old woman told empty bottle of Bacardi 151 rum, police that her wallet was stolen and a half-full bottle of Midnight from her purse while she ate lunch Moon Moonshine. Kolios is due in at Panera, 15252 S. La Grange court in Bridgeview on Nov. 20.

Police charged Matthew D. HerRoad, between 1 and 2:30 p.m.

Sept. 18. The woman, who did not mann, 32, of Orland Park, with report the crime to police until battery after he allegedly punched Oct. 3, said she became aware of a friend in the face during an arguthe theft when she received a call ment in the kitchen of a residence during lunch from an American in the 8700 block of West Sunshine Express representative, noting Lane shortly after 4 a.m. Oct. 5. unusual activity on her credit Police responding to a call of a card. Similar, sudden purchases fight said they found the victim, were made on her Visa and Macy’s a 26-year-old man, sitting in front credit cards. The victim said she of the home, holding an ice pack canceled the cards promptly, ac- on his face, which was swollen and had a gash on his left cheek, cording to the police report.

Maria L. Cohen, 37, of Orland police said. The victim said he Park, was charged with DUI, il- was not sure why he had been legal transportation of alcohol, hit, but claimed that Hermann improper lane usage, and failure was angry that he was losing at to have headlights on when re- a video game, according to the quired. Police curbed her car near police report. Hermann was set 104th Avenue and 159th Street to appear in court in Bridgeview

yesterday.

Karen J. Mejia, 37, of Chicago, was charged with speeding, no proof of insurance, and driving on a suspended license. Her car was stopped by police in the 11100 block of West Orland Parkway at 9:07 a.m. Oct. 8. The vehicle was towed and impounded, and Mejia was given a court date of Nov. 6 in Joliet.

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first female in the family to suffer from dementia, Loretta began documenting the details of doctor visits, and recording people, places, and things as a substitute for her Mom’s lost memory.

Bryson A. Christian Bryson A. Christian, 25, of Chicago, was charged with possession of a controlled substance, driving on a suspended license, and making an improper turn.

Police curbed his car in the 7100 block of West 159th Street at 2:47 a.m. Oct. 8. A search of the vehicle yielded 16 pills believed to be ecstasy, according to the police Submitted photo and text report. Bond was set at $50,000, and Christian was due in court in Bridgeview yesterday.

Police charged Inshirah S. President Kathleen Therese Meany of the Metropolitan Water Khatib, 21, of Mokena, with Reclamation District of Greater Chicago recently accompanied retail theft after she allegedly newly appointed Brig. Gen. Richard G. Kaiser and Chicago District stole two women’s tops worth Commander Col. Christopher T. Drew on a tour of the MWRD’s $72 from a department store in Orland Square Mall at 2:30 p.m.

Mainstream pumping station in Hodgkins.

The general was in town touring district facilities. Shown are Gen. Oct. 9. Khatib is set to appear Richard G. Kaiser (from left), President Meany and Chicago District at a hearing at the Orland Park Civic Center on Nov. 11.

Cmdr. Col. Christopher T. Drew.

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Moonlight Harvest senior citizen dance at Shepard tickets on sale Tickets for the annual Moonlight Harvest Senior Citizen Dance, an event that attracts hundreds, at Shepard High School are now available. Tickets cost $10.

This year’s dance will be Saturday, Nov. 15, from 4 to 7:30 p.m.

Seniors must purchase tickets in advance – they cannot buy them at the door.

Seniors may order by mail by sending a check payable to ‘Shepard High School’ to Jennifer Klein, Shepard High School, 13049 S. Ridgeland Ave., Palos Heights, IL 60463. Tickets will be sent in the mail to the person ordering.

Seniors also can buy tickets in the assistant principals’ office at Shepard during school hours.

Shepard is located at 13049 S. Ridgeland Ave., Palos Heights.

The event features entertainment by the Teddy Lee Orchestra, a renowned big band group, dinner, dancing and bingo.

Leo Club, the high school affiliate of Lions Clubs International, sponsors the Moonlight Harvest Dance.

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Pumpkin Hunt at Montessori in Palos Park The children at Southwest Suburban Montessori in Palos Park had fun scrubbing the pumpkins in preparation for the school’s annual Pumpkin Hunt.

The weather was perfect on Sunday for the dinosaurs, Princesses, wizards cowboys and superheroes and other costumed tots who gathered to find just the right pumpkin to decorate and share the afternoon with other spooky friends.

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High schoolers invited overnight to Experience the Arts at Trinity Trinity Christian College will offer the Trinity Arts Experience on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 13 and 14. This free event is open to junior and senior high school students interested in art, theater, or music.

The Trinity Arts Experience allows high school students to learn more about majoring in art, theater, or music, all while engaging in college life. The event also provides students with an opportunity to audition or share portfolio work for anywhere from $500 to $5,000 in scholarship money.

Students will spend the night in a residence hall with current students, tour campus, and visit with an admissions counselor. Students will also take a trip to downtown Chicago.

Chicago, a great resource for Trinity, allows rich cultural experiences, only 30 minutes away.

While participating in the Trinity Arts Experience, students will get to visit an art gallery, a theater, or a music event, depending on their area of interest.

To register for this experience, access the form at https://trnty.wufoo.com/forms/p11ne4u91v80fwv/ or call Emily Mitchell, campus visit coordinator, for details at 239-4833 or emily.mitchell@ trnty.edu.

School Notes Providence H.S. comedy ‘Spelling Bee’ Providence Catholic High School Theatre Club will perform “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” at 7 p.m. today (Thursday), 2 and 7 p.m. this Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1 and 2, at Billie Limacher Bicentennial Theatre in Joliet.

This award-winning musical comedy is about six awkward spelling champions and has charmed audiences across the country.

Tickets for all performances are $8 for adults and $5 for students, children and senior citizens. For tickets, call (815) 485-2136, ext. 3323.

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The Shepard High School Music Department will present the musical “Zombie Prom” in the Shepard Fine Arts Center.

Show times are 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Nov. 6 and 7, and at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, at Shepard High School, 13049 S. Ridgeland Ave. in Palos Heights.

Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for children and senior citizens.

LEGAL W12-1541 Wirbicki Law IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT – CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2006-FF16, ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-FF16; Plaintiff, vs.

OSCAR VEGA; MARY ZIOLA; CITY OF PALOS HEIGHTS; FIRSTSECURE BANK AND TRUST CO. F/K/A FAMILY BANK AND TRUST CO.; FIRSTSECURE BANK AND TRUST CO. F/K/A FAMILY BANK AND TRUST CO. AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF A TRUST AGREEMENT DATED OCTOBER 3, 2006 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 11-918; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF OSCAR VEGA, IF ANY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MARY ZIOLA, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 12 CH 18925 Calendar 57 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE 4.25" IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, December 1, 2014 at the hour of 11 a.m. in

their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: LOT 11 IN TRIEZENBERG AND COMPANY'S 2ND ADDITION TO PALOS WESTGATE VIEW, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER AND PART OF THE WEST HALF OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH, RANGE 13, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 24-31-109-0210000.

Commonly known as 6904 West Edgewood Road, Palos Heights, IL 60463.

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 the Sales Clerk at Plaintiff's Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455 W12-1541.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122

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Trots for St. Michael School St. Michael School in Orand Park held a pep rally late last month to promote the school’s annual fundraiser, Trot a thon, held Oct. 10, a tradition for more than 35 years.

This year’s pep rally showcased a 6-foot wildcat, 56 cheerleaders and the school band playing the St. Michael fight song. The rally also honored the winner of the T-shirt design contest. This year’s winner, 3rd-grader Bella Judeh, was recognized at the rally and her design was also featured on the event T-shirt worn by each student.

Trot-a-thon, one of the school’s biggest fundraisers, took place at St. Michael School on Oct. 10.

Students take center stage. They gather pledges from family members and neighbors for the laps they will do at Trot-a-thon. On the day of the event, students, teachers and staff walked, ran, skipped and sometimes danced around a track created in the school’s parking lot. A DJ playing their favorite songs kept them motivated to do as many laps as possible. For more information on St. Michael School, visit www.saintmike.org.

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Heights Community Safety, Security and Drug Awareness Fair offers help A Palos Heights Community Safety, Security and Drug Awareness Fair will be held on Wednesday evening, Nov. 12, at the St. Alexander School Gym, 7025 W. 126th St. Palos Heights.

The event is free and open to the public. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. with the program scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.

Parents and grandparents of adolescents and teens are especially welcome; the fair is geared toward helping them recognize early signs of drug use by their young loved ones. Organizers hope to make it an annual event to help protect

future generations of youth against the scourge of illegal drugs that threaten their health, safety and development.

The program will offer presentations by the Palos Heights Police Department, the Palos Heights Fire Protection District, a local D.E.A. agent and an identity theft specialist.

In addition, several information tables will be set up for local organizations and vendors to provide information related to security services and products.

The Palos Park Police Department will provide information

Community Notes Football Night Out with Palos Lions Bears vs. Packers The Palos Lions Club will sponsor Football Night Out for the Bears vs. Green Bay Packers on Sunday, Nov. 9, starting at 6:30 p.m., at Hackney’s Restaurant, McCarthy Road and LaGrange Road in Palos Park.

Cost is $20 for dinner and drinks. Door prizes, raffles, split the pot and more.

For tickets, call Forest at 4486376 or Tom at 448-5274.

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about gun safety and gun locks.

Legal Shield will have information about identity protection. Ace Hardware will display home security hardware products. Simple Circuits will show home and business security and telephone equipment.

The Knights of Columbus will give away child identification kits.

The Community Safety, Security, and Drug Awareness Fair is sponsored by Knights of Columbus Council 14057 at St. Alexandra Parish in cooperation with United Trust Bank, 12330 S. Harlem and CNB Bank and Trust, 12727 S. Ridgeland Ave.

Club Activities

Palos Park Woman’s Club blood drive

Tinley Moraine Genealogists

A community blood drive sponsored by the Palos Park Woman’s Club will be held Tuesday, Nov.18, from 3 to 7 p.m., at the Palos Park Recreation Department, 8901 W. 123rd St. For information and to schedule an appointment, call Mary Ann Parkins at 448-1289. Walk-ins are welcome, but appointments are highly recommended. Photo ID is required. Donors will receive a $5 Subway gift card.

The group will meet at 7 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 12, at Tinley Park Public Library, 7851 Timber Drive. Guests welcome.

The program on World War I, called “Over There: The War to End All Wars,” will be given by presenter Terry Lynch. He and his wife are the authors of two books: “Mistakes Happen: An Historical Guide to Overcoming Adversity” and “Nicholas Comes to America, the Story of Santa Claus.”

Library Notes Palos Park youth programs

• Children ages 8 and up will make Knots of Love fleece tie blankets for the animals at a local The following events for chil- animal shelter on Saturday, Nov. dren and young teens will take 22, at 1 p.m. Bring two yards of place during November at the fleece material and a pair of sharp Palos Park Public Library, 12330 scissors. Fleece material has recently been donated to the library Forest Glen Blvd.

• Children ages 3-8 may join in for this event or can be bought at the Gobble, Gobble Turkey Hunt Walmart, Hobby Lobby or Joann Nov. 1-Nov. 22 at the library. The Fabrics. Each participant must turkeys have flown the coop and bring his or her own scissors.

Call the library for more inhave hidden in the library. Children will find the turkeys to have formation and to register at 448their names entered in a special 1530. All programs are free and raffle to win the book “Pete the open to the public. A full calendar Cat: the First Thanksgiving.” of programs can be found at the Winner will be announced Nov. library’s website www.palosparklibrary.org 25.

• The Rainbow Loom Club meets Thursday, Nov. 6, at 4:30 Heights library p.m. First graders and older will upcoming programs bring their rainbow looms to the library to share bracelet-making • Featured program – Learn ideas with their friends. Rubber the latest about internet safety, bands will be supplied. privacy threats, and virus protec• Chicago Wolves Read to Suc- tion at Internet Safety, Security ceed Program begins Nov. 10. Chil- and Privacy on Saturday, Nov. 8, dren in 1st through 8th grades at 1 p.m., at the Palos Heights will read books; record them in a Public Library, 12501 S. 71st Ave. log. Return your completed log by Steve from Computer Greeks will Dec. 13. Receive an entry in the teach the steps to protect yourself drawing to win Chicago Wolves online. Register online at www.

Hockey tickets and merchandise. palosheightslibrary.org, in person Winners will be notified Dec. 15. or call 448-1473.

• Make new LEGO creations • Thursdays at the Movies on Wednesday, Nov. 19, at 4:30 today will show the film “The p.m. with the library’s LEGO’s Descendants”. There will be three and we’ll put them on display. A showings: 10 a.m. (with subtitles), drawing will be held at the end 2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. of the session for a LEGO prize.

• Bring your projects to the

Ex-library board members earn PLOWS recognition The Palos Heights Public Library nominated three former longtime library board of trustees members for the PLOWS Senior Recognition Award, which was given at the award luncheon last Friday at the Orland Chateau.

They are Beverly Meyer, who served 23 years, and Bill Poore, a 12-year board member. Pattie Muller, who served 18 years, is not pictured. The award is given for exemplary volunteer service to a community or organization by a senior.

Palos Historical Society marks village centennial Palos Historical Society curator Maria Rogers and her husband, Palos Historical Society President John Rogers, presented Palos Park Mayor John Mahoney with a plaque at the Village Council meeting on Oct. 13.

A gift to the village in recognition of the centennial anniversary of Palos Park’s municipal incorporation in 194, the plaque reads: “The Board of Directors of the Palos Historical Society would like to congratulate the Village of Palos Park on your 100th anniversary.” It will presumably hang in a place of honor in the Kaptur Administrative Center.

Halloween Needle Club and enjoy the company of others while working on Tuesday, Nov. 4, from 10 a.m. to noon. New members always welcome.

• Join others who love the game at the Scrabble Club on Tuesday, Nov. 4, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. New players always welcome.

• Meet at the Library and bring your game to play American Mah Jongg on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at 1 p.m. Novice and experienced players welcome.

• Thursdays at the Movies on Nov. 6 will show the film “Million Dollar Arm.” There will be three showings: 10 a.m.(with subtitles), 2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

• Create your own blog on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at 6:30 p.m., using popular sites like Blogger and Wordpress. Recommended for those with intermediate knowledge of the Internet; an active email account is required. This class is hands on, space is limited and registration is required.

• On Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 6:30 p.m., Dr. Kevin Luke, orthopedic surgeon and medical director of the Bone & Joint Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center, will discuss joint replacements. Learn how technology has changed implants in order to make them last longer and support active lifestyles.

• Historian Jim Gibbons will take you through two of the most catastrophic wars in our nation’s history during his presentation of A World Gone Mad: World Wars I and II on Sunday, Nov. 9, at 2 p.m.

Register online at palosheightslibrary.org, by phone at 448-1473, or in person. All programs are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.

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• Seriously Scary Stories – Children are invited to visit the Palos Heights Public Library and hear Halloween stories followed by ghostly treats today (Thursday) at 7 p.m. Registration is appreciated.

• Pajamarama – Children come in and wear your pajamas, bring your blanket and hear some good bedtime stories on Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 6:30 p.m. No registration necessary.

• Downloadable Books, Music and More – Parents and kids may bring your devices and your library card to learn how to download all kinds of free materials on Thursday, Nov. 6, at 4 p.m. No registration is required.

• Read for a Lifetime – High school students are encouraged to register for this state-sponsored reading program. Read four of the books from the required list, report back to us the four you read, and receive a certificate from the Secretary of State. Participation can be included on college applications. Register by today.

• Check out teen blog at http:// phplya.blogspot.com. Find out what’s happening at the library, and read reviews of books and movies. Feedback welcome.

All programs are free and open to everyone at the Palos Heights Public Library, at 12501 S. 71st Ave. For more information or to register for a program, visit www.palosheightslibrary.org, call 448-1473, or stop by the Youth Services desk.

Haunts Haunted Hallways Haunted Hallways for children in preschool through 6th grade with parent supervision will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. today (Thursday) for Halloween at Shepard High School, 13409 S. Ridgeland Ave. Enter at door 12 (if you dare).

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From Oct. 31, 1974

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40 Years Ago This Week L.T. Blount Inc. Realtor, Palos Park, was the exclusive agent in the sale of the Village Courtyard, 8101 W. 123rd St. in Palos Park.

The 6,550 sq. ft. building, where numerous art fairs and exhibits, and performances by the Palos Village Players have been held, houses a number of boutique shops and the Blount real estate office, all of which will remain.

A new restaurant will be opened in the Courtyard, and a residential lot to the west of the building will be converted to additional parking. The Village Courtyard, built and developed by Lauren T. Blount, opened in April 1961. It was designed by Richard Barry of Zay Smith and Associates. [Terms of the sale were not reported].

(Answers on page 12)

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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.

(Answers on page 12)

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From Oct. 26, 1989

25 Years Ago This Week Orland Park Mayor Fred Owens (left) and spectators watch balloons lost skyward following the ribbon cutting at the new Village Center complex Saturday.

Village and state officials and hundreds of residents turned out to celebrate the grand opening of the three buildings. A highlight of the event was the announcement that the recreation building will be named for current village Treasurer Franklin E. Loebe, who is Orland’s longest-serving appointed official. Village departments plan to move into the buildings during the second week in November.

Second hack causes no panic attack

Photo by Jeff Vorva

WHATIZIT? Evergreen Park and Chicago Ridge guessers know their beards!

Last week’s WHATIZIT was of a man’s long beard. This guy was at a recent toy train show at Richards High School, where long beards were common.

Folks in EP and the Ridge knew that.

Evergreen Park’s Bernadette Pratl was the first one to ring in with the right answer.

Evergreen Park’s Jan Merchantz and Henrietta Mysliwiec plus Chicago Ridge’s Dana Oswald and Dan and Kathy Higgins were also on target.

The hint of Three Little Pigs (“Not by the hair of my chinnychin-chin”) threw a few folks off.

Incorrect guesses were the tail of the Big Bad Wolf, pig tails and a wolf hound.

This week’s clue: It’s all about image.

Send those guesses to thereporter@comcast.net with WHATIZIT in the subject line. Don’t forget your name and hometown.

My computer was hacked last week.

I had my laptop here in the office and I heard the click-clickclick of three messages in a row and that caused me to look in its direction.

All three were messages that said that the e-mail I just sent was undeliverable.

I didn’t send any e-mail.

And the undeliverable e-mails I supposedly sent went to people who I haven’t even thought of in a long time and their e-mail addresses were no longer valid.

A few more click-click-clicks followed and I figured it out.

Yep. I’ve been hacked again.

Someone got to my computer and was sending out God only knows what kind of junk to the many in my address book.

Then I went back to my work without giving it much thought.

What a difference it was from the first time I was hacked.

I’m guessing it was five or six years ago. I had been doing a lot of work at remote sites, including a McDonald’s in Wheaton twice a week.

One morning, I opened my computer and there were hundreds of emails that I allegedly made during the night that were returned to me. For one day, emails under my good name were being sent all around the globe to saints and sinners alike representing some drug company from Canada that offered all of these wonderful pills that would help put the boing in bedroom gymnastics.

I was floored.

I was embarrassed.

Sure, there was a segment of people that I didn’t care about – friends who would yuk it up and give me a hard time.

But my address book was filled with so many different people.

Business acquaintances. Sources in the community such as mayors and school superintendents,

IMPRESSIONS by Jeff Vorva

hacks now but I would like to tell the world if you received an inappropriate e-mail from me – it wasn’t me.

Now that’s rare

an undrafted free agent at Broncos camp and made the Broncos’ practice squad.

Now he’s on an NFL team.

But despite all of that, that’s not what makes him rare in my eyes.

What made him rare was that back in high school, he was a two sport athlete – football and bowling.

I am sure there are others who have played football and bowled at their schools, but I had not encountered any until I met him.

And I first met him in a bowling alley where this big football player was hoisting a ball down the lane. He was carrying a respectable 179 average and told me he had three 300 games in his career.

And he was using a 10-pound ball!

Most male bowlers use 16-pound balls and some guys have made fun of those who use 15-pounds balls over the years and kiddingly called them sissies.

Bibbs was using a ball that kids would use.

But not too many people gave him grief.

A rare breed indeed.

A football player by the name of Kapri Bibbs was recently brought up off the practice squad an onto the regular Denver Broncos rostrustees and board members. ter.

Cops. Parents and teachers at my I knew him when he was a kids’ schools – a Catholic school senior at Plainfield North High nonetheless. And I’m sure the School. school’s principal was also on my He did things very few students list, and I’m not sure she would or athletes could do. He was a appreciate the product I was sup- rare breed. Every time I heard posedly selling. something about this dude, I This was bad. would think “Wow, really?”

I wasn’t – and I’m still not – One night back in 2010, he ran smart enough to know how to for 520 yards in a game against send a followup e-mail to everyone Oswego. But it wasn’t like he was warning them that I was hacked padding his stats against a tomato and it wasn’t me. So, basically can opponent. Both teams were for a couple of days I talked to unbeaten and his seven toucheveryone I knew and apologized downs made a difference in a for the hacked e-mail. Most were 49-43 victory. understanding. Some said it hapHe signed up with Colorado pened to them. One coach told State but took a junior college me “Geez, I thought you trying detour. Then sat out a year and to tell me something.’’ was able to suit up with CSU last In the following weeks, months year and he ran for 1,741 yards and years, I’ve seen a lot of people and 31 touchdowns and had the on my email list who were hacked attention of NFL scouts. We was sending all kinds of junk to me as well. It’s so common that I don’t give it a second thought.

Also, after a few click-clickclicks, something or someone at AOL sniffed that something was up and shut that process down and made me use a new password.

So chances are good that very few people received this hacked e-mail.

One weird aside, one hackmail that bounced back to me said “this email address is no longer accepting incoming mail’ and it was signed by Homewood-Flossmoor Athletic Director Alec Anderson.

Anderson died in August, 2013.

Chilling.

Photo courtesy of Denver Broncos Anyway, the bottom line is that Kapri Bibbs is a rare kid who played football and bowled in high I think we are immune to these school.

The Regional News Thursday, October 30, 2014

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Pick of the Litter

By John R. Fleming, DVM • PrairieStateVet.com Dear Readers, I was lucky last weekend. I had both Friday and Saturday off.

So last Friday morning, I took Molly for a walk from our home on 131st street down to Johnson Lumber Company (aka Palos Park Train Station) and back. It was about a 2-mile walk, we encountered no traffic, and Molly chased about 8,000 leaves. Later in the day I had a conversation with a lady about our day and I told her about my walk with Molly. We briefly remembered our history of Johnson Lumber Company and how the village ushered them out so they could put up their parking lot and train station.

Saturday morning our electrician, Mark, came over to do some work in our basement and kitchen. I told him how Molly and I had walked past his house the day before to our destination at Johnson Lumber Company. Mark exclaimed, “Good Gosh! I have not thought of Rich or Pam or their lumber company in some years now! The Johnson’s were great people. I used to love taking the kids over there.”

Later Saturday afternoon I drove over to the clinic to photocopy an exam on infectious diseases that I had prepared for our techs. While I was standing in the office at the copy machine, Dr. Tassone came in and said: “Hey! How’s it going? We’ve been busy and everything is going well. I heard from an old friend of yours today. Rich Johnson called from California and asked if we could help a friend of his who lives downtown. The guy’s dog lacerated his foot and one clinic looked at it and said they didn’t feel comfortable repairing it so he took him to a specialty practice. They said they needed to anesthetize his dog to examine the foot and while the dog was under they came out and gave the guy a quote of over $800 to repair the wound!”

I just lowered and shook my head. I didn’t need to say anything to Dr. Tassone; she and I both feel the same way. “The owner told them to wake the dog up; that he could not afford $800, Dr. Tassone told me. “He called Rich who told him to call us. I didn’t need to sedate him to examine the foot, and honestly, I could have just thrown some staples in it, but we knocked him out, freshened the edges and did a nice primary closure and sent him home on antibiotics and pain meds. We charged him about $250 dollars.”

Being the people’s vet that she is, Dr. Tassone saved the guy a lot of money and made a somewhat modest profit for the clinic. We believe anyone, in any sort of business, can make a decent living and still treat people fairly. I listened to her story but my mind was still back thinking about Rich Johnson. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen or thought about Rich, but within the 24 hours prior to Dr. Tassone’s story I had talked about him to two separate people.

This type of thing happens to me all the time and has happened way too many times over the years to

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Dress down for breast cancer research Submitted photo

Meet Kelly (left), who is teaching our newest tech-in-training, Michelle.

We diagnose a lot of hypothyroidism and Cushing’s to the surprise of the owners. Whatever the cause, the final common pathway in all cases is the inappropriate, premature, activation of the very powerful digestive enzymes (normally secreted by the pancreas into the intestines for digestion of fats and proteins) within the pancreas itself. The result is autodigestion and severe inflammation. The pancreas is literally digesting itself.

There is some evidence emerging in dogs that a genetic mutation of trypsinogen and/or of SPINK1 (pancreatic secretory trypsin inhibitor) predisposes a dog to pancreatitis. Whatever the underlying mechanism the end result is pancreatic autodigestion, inflammation, and peripancreatic fat necrosis, which leads to local and/or generalized peritonitis.

Dear Dr. Fleming, My roommate is mad at me There is an associated systemic and wants me to pay his big vet inflammatory response (SIR) in bill. He has an 8-year old dog, even the mildest case. Many other Maggie who got a bad case of organs can be affected and in pancreatitis and had a high bill severe cases there is multiorgan at a referral clinic. They started failure (MOF) and diffuse intratreating her at her regular vet vascular coagulation (DIC).

Parenthetically speaking, DIC but she needed to be moved to a specialty place for more intensive is a complex syndrome of excescare and plasma transfusions and sive clotting of blood within the other stuff. I guess she almost blood vessels which results in died. He is blaming me because the showering of multiple organs he read on the Internet that a with micro-thombi, along with a high fat treat causes pancreatitis. paradoxic bleeding caused by the I did give her some grease from inactivation or excessive consumpsome bacon I cooked but I don’t tion of platelets and clotting fachave three thousand dollars to tors. There are chapters written pay his bill. Do you think I am on DIC. It’s difficult to understand and harder to treat. DIC to blame?

Robert also stands for Death Is Coming, Dog In Cooler, or Dead In Cage.

You are going to have to decide Dear Robert, Your giving Maggie the bacon how to handle your roommate. I fat may have been the trigger but think most veterinarians would no one can be sure. In the dog 90 agree that the bacon drippings percent of the cause of pancreatitis may indeed have been what set is undetermined. There is most off Maggie’s pancreatitis, but likely some inherited susceptibil- no one will ever know for sure. ity to pancreatitis. Maggie may Maybe you could offer to wash have high triglycerides or may be all of the dishes, mow, shovel the obese, both of which are associated snow and detail his car off and with pancreatitis. Certain medi- on for a while.

Do not withhold good from those cations can cause pancreatitis in dogs. Do you know if she is on who deserve it, when it is in your any? Maybe she has low thyroid power to act. Do not say to your hormone levels or she could have neighbor, “Come back later; I’ll Cushing’s syndrome and your give it tomorrow” —Proverbs 3:27 roommate doesn’t even know it. be just coincidence. Spooky.

On another note – I was working out at the gym early Saturday morning and one of the guys told me that his, and some neighbor’s dogs, had been “messed with” two nights earlier, Thursday night, Oct. 17. He lives in Palos Gardens in Palos Heights. The story he told me made my blood boil.

He said, “There is a reward out for the maggots that messed with the dogs.” If you had anything to do with this incident I would be worried. Just come over the USA Gym in Bridgeview sometime and look at the people that work out there. You better hope you don’t get caught. Anyone with any information on these “maggots” can call me and I will gladly pass the information on to the appreciative party.

St. Alexander School students marked October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, with a special dress down day last week. Students were able to dress down when they contributed $1 each. All proceeds will be donated to breast cancer research. Many students wore pink attire to show their support for this worthy cause.

Health Beat Weekend ‘Birth, Babies and Beyond’ class at Palos Hospital

is open to questions and comments from the audience. Before ending, light refreshments will be served.

Smith Crossing will hold an Palos Community Hospital of- open topic discussion led by social fers a two-day interactive birthing services director Amy Majcina and preparation class, “Birth, Babies resident services director Katie and Beyond,” led by certified Liston. Any topics or questions childbirth educators. This small, related to dementia are welcome.

Smith Crossing is at 10501 Emipersonalized class is designed for expectant couples that want to lie Lane in Orland Park (enter at actively participate in the birth 104th Avenue and 183rd Street).

To reserve a place, call 326-2300 of their baby.

Participants learn about preg- or email familyandfriends@ nancy, breathing techniques, labor smithcrossing.org. and birth, medication, epidural anesthesia, medical intervention, Flu shots Cesarean birth, postpartum recovby Orland Twp. ery, infant care, car seat safety and at St. Francis more. It is recommended that expectant mothers and their support Orland Township offers quadriperson complete this class four to valent flu shots (protects against six weeks prior to the due date. four different flu viruses) this The next “Birth, Babies & Be- Sunday, Nov. 2, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., yond” weekend program will take at St. Francis of Assisi Church, place 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Satur- 15050 Wolf Road, Orland Park. day, Nov. 1, and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Residents 65 and older with Sunday, Nov. 2, at the hospital, Medicare Part B are eligible to 12251 S. 80th Ave., Palos Heights. receive the immunization free of The cost is $95 per couple. Call charge. A Medicare Part B card 226-2300 to register. must be presented at the time of vaccination. Those with an HMO/

Smith Crossing support group

Medicare plan are not eligible for a free vaccination and should visit their primary care physician.

Vaccines for residents 19 and older cost $25. Children 18 years of age and younger may receive a vaccination free of charge. Eligibility requirements apply. Senior high-dose flu vaccine will be available for residents 65 and older for $40. This vaccine is also free with a Medicare Part B card. Proof of residency is required.

For more information, call 4034222 or visit www.orlandtwp.org.

Back and neck pain seminar at Orland Township Orland Township, 14807 S. Ravinia Ave., and Dr. Cindy Jakubiec will present a free back and neck pain seminar on Tuesday, Nov. 11, at 5:30 p.m. at the township building.

Learn how to gain relief from back and neck pain, which affects 80 percent of people at some point in life. An appointment is needed; call 403-4222 by Nov. 10 to reserve a spot.

Palos hospital will host Cancer Survivors Day Out

November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness month, and Smith Crossing offers a program for residents who take new lives in different ways. care of seniors with Alzheimer’s From Palos Discover the physical, emotiondisease or dementia.

Community Hospital al and therapeutic opportunities The hour-long gathering begins at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, and At Palos Community Hospital, available through our Cancer Rewe recognize cancer survivorship habilitation program, which helps begins the day of diagnosis and improve quality of life during and continues beyond the last treat- after treatment for survivors of ment in an effort to help survivors all cancer types.

Connect with an array of inpamaximize their quality of life.

Join us 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. this tient and outpatient health care Saturday, Nov. 1, in the Palos services at Palos to meet oncology Palos Community Hospital of- Community Hospital Auditorium, needs. Area resources including fers a series of birthing prepa- 12251 S. 80th Ave., Palos Heights, the Cancer Support Center, Gilda’s ration classes, “Birth, Babies for this special event focused on Club and Wellness House will be on and Beyond,” led by certified wellness, activity and support. Not hand with information about adchildbirth educators. This small, to be missed are the stories of ditional extensive support services.

Light refreshments will be personalized class is designed for survivors who share their posiexpectant couples wanting to ac- tive and inspirational experiences. served. To register for this free Learn about survivorship, mov- event, visit the website PalosComtively participate in the birth of ing forward and how those diag- munityHospital.org or call 226their baby.

Participants learn about preg- nosed with cancer cope with their 2300. nancy, breathing techniques, labor and birth, medication, epidural anesthesia, medical intervention, Cesarean birth, postpartum recovalso be told they cannot partici- ery, infant care, car seat safety and pate in sports during the evaluation more. It is recommended that extime and some might be told that pectant mothers and their support without discount service. they can’t participate even if they person complete this class four to It’s accident no accidentmore morepeople people trust It’s no trustState StateFarm.

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The Kid’s Doctor

by Sue Hubbard, M.D. I’ve received several questions via our iPhone App about recent discussions in both the media and the medical community surrounding sudden cardiac death (SCD) in young athletes.

Each year, between 10 million and 12 million kids in the U.S. participate in sports. The tragedy of a sudden death in an otherwise “presumably healthy” child causes not only sadness, but also concern as to how the death might have been prevented. Doctors are often asked, “Isn’t there a test or something to prevent this?”

According to some studies I’ve read, the sudden cardiac death of a child or adolescent accounts for about 100 deaths a year in the U.S. The prevalence rate for sudden cardiac death is 1 death in 100,000-200,000 kids, and is higher among males than females. Statistics show that 90 percent of these sudden deaths occur immediately post-training or competition, with football and basketball having the highest incidence.

In 2007, the American Heart Association came out with guidelines to evaluate athletes who may be at risk for sudden cardiac death. The most important screening mechanism has been found to be the “gold standard” in medicine: a thorough history and physical exam.

The history that should be taken on any athlete who’s being screened for sports participation should include a history of any unexplained or sudden death in a family member. Are there any family members with unexplained fainting episodes or seizures? Are

there family members who had unexplained deaths (drowning or single car accidents)? Are there any family members with a known genetic disorder that predisposes to sudden cardiac death? The history should also ask about any fainting (syncope) in the athlete.

After a good history is taken (which should be updated yearly), the child/adolescent needs a thorough physical exam. This exam should include blood pressure measurements, and a careful cardiac exam looking for new murmurs.

Symptoms such as palpitations during exercise, visual changes, fainting while exercising or immediately after exercise, and chest pain should all warrant further evaluation.

Studies show that about half of pediatric patients who succumb to sudden cardiac death had experienced a warning sign. There are about 20 causes for SCD, with the most common causes being hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, anomalous coronary artery, and myocarditis.

While some may advocate routine EKG screening and echocardiograms on athletes (this is done in Italy), many studies have been done which show that it would take the screening of 200,000 student athletes to prevent 1 death. At the same time, you will certainly identify some children with clear risk factors for SCD, but for every positive finding there may be 10-20 athletes who have “borderline” or questionable findings that would require even more expensive follow up.

These pediatric patients might

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The Regional News Thursday, October 30, 2014

Death Notices Grace E. Bergamo

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Grace E. Bergamo (nee Snyder), Beloved wife of the late Vincent L. Bergamo.

Donald “Dean” Towers, 78, Loving mother of Corey (Barof Scottsdale, AZ, formerly a bara) Bergamo & Laura (James) resident of Palos Heights for Doran.

25 years, passed away Saturday, Proud grandmother of Nicole October 18, 2014. He was born (Ray) Franze, Jennifer (Matt) July 15, 1936 in Jacksonville, IL McCormick, Colleen (Josh) Eaton, to Joseph and Wilma Towers.

Sharon (Bryan) Owens, Lisa Doran, He moved to Gold Canyon, AZ Corey Bergamo, John Doran, Kayla in 1995 after 39 years working Doran & Anthony Bergamo. as a funeral director for Kenny Cherished great grandmother of Brothers in Chicagoland.

Ellie Grace, Lia, Kira, Colin, Gavin, He is survived by his wife, Logan, Ethan, Rylee, Kendall, MadShirley, and four children: Dr. die & Alena.

Joseph (Mary) Towers of NaVisitation Sunday from 1 until perville, Carine (Dr. Jeffrey) 7 p.m.

Girardin of Scottsdale, AZ, Chapel service Monday, 10:30 Thomas (Jennifer) Towers of a.m. at the Kerry Funeral Home, Granger, IN, and Ann (Patrick) 7020 W. 127th Street, Palos Heights.

Interment Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park. on Oct. 25. Burial was held at (708) 361.4235 ~ www.kerryfh. Orland Memorial Park Cemetery com ~ www.facebook.com/kerry- in Orland Park. funeral Mrs. Gee is survived by her husband, Edward; her daughters, Louise (Jim) Turner and Alice (ForCaryl J. Gee Caryl J. Gee, 85, of Palos Park, rest) Muehlethaler; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. died on Oct. 19 at home.

Mrs. Gee was born in Chicago.

Visitation was held at Schmaedeke Funeral Home in Worth on Oct. She was a retired secretary. She 24. A funeral service was offered was a member of P.E.O. Sisterat the Lutheran Church of the hood, Good Shepherd Lutheran Good Shepherd in Palos Heights Church.

Veterans Day benefit for disabled veterans A special Veterans Day benefit screening of the award-winning documentary “Travis: A Soldier’s Story” will be shown on Tuesday, Nov. 11, at 7 p.m., at the Beverly Arts Center, 2407 W. 111th St. in Chicago.

Travis Mills, shown with Ricardo Fernandez, a local physical therapist, is one of five surviving quadruple amputees from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. All proceeds will go to The Travis Mills Foundation, which supports disabled veterans and their families.

Travis’ foundation is raising funds to build a fully accessible camp in Maine for disabled veterans and their families.

Admission to the benefit screening is $10, $5 for students, free for active-duty military and veterans. Fernandez met Travis Mills last April, and was inspired by his positive attitude, determination and passion to support our veterans. He and his team are leading the Chicago fundraising efforts to support the Travis Mills Foundation in their goal to build a camp for disabled veterans and their families.

In addition to the film, there will be raffle baskets, a silent auction, and door prizes, with thousands of dollars in prizes including Chicago Blackhawks tickets, a 46-inch Samsung TV, Michael Jordan and other Chicago sports memorabilia, restaurant certificates, and patriotic gift baskets.

Doors will open at 6 p.m. The singing of the national anthem will kick off the event at 7 p.m. The hour-long movie will be shown at 7:15 p.m. The raffle basket drawing will end at 9 p.m.

Guests may bring and donate items to be sent to our troops. Some of the items needed include batteries, beef jerky, hand sanitizer, hand/foot warmers, small boxes of hot chocolate, single serving soups, pre-packaged cookies, lip balm and hand lotion.

For more information about the Travis Mills Foundation, visit www. travismills.org. For ticket information, email fernandez23@usa.net or call 341-2357.

Professional clothing drive

Used eyeglasses donations box

State Sen. Bill Cunningham, state Rep. Fran Hurley and Kaleidoscope will hold in a professional clothing drive. Donations are accepted Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. until Monday, Dec. 1, at Rep. Hurley and Sen. Cunningham’s Constituent Services Office, 10400 S. Western Ave., Chicago.

The Palos Lions Club, Park Police and Palos Park Citizens on Patrol Service are holding an eyeglass collection campaign through the rest of the year.

Used eye glasses can be dropped off at the Palos Park Police station, 8999 W. 123rd St., in the donation box in its lobby.

Some 153 million people in the U.S. and worldwide have uncorrected refractive errors (near-sightedness, far-sightedness or astigmatism).

Most of these vision impairments are quickly diagnosed and easy to treat with corrective lenses.

It costs Lions Club International less than 8 cents to provide a pair of recycled eyeglasses. Usable glasses will be available for Lions and other optical missions to developing nations, where the glasses will be dispensed to children and adults free of charge.

This professional clothing donation will assist young men and women ages 17 – 23 who are currently or formerly from foster care. Donations of gently used business attire will assist them in obtaining and maintaining employment.

For more information, please call Rep. Hurley and Sen. Cunningham’s constituent service offices at 773-445-8128 or 708233-9703

Leavy of Phoenix, AZ. Ryan, Breanne, Bethany Towers of Naperville, IL, Ben, Mia, Joe, Charlotte, Henry, and Linus Towers of Granger, IN, and Margaret and Michael Girardin of Scottsdale, AZ are his eleven grandchildren. He is also survived by his siblings Richard (Ellender) Towers of Jacksonville, IL and Peggy (Donald) May of Crofton, MD. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at St. Bernard of Clairvaux Catholic Church, 10755 North 124th Street, Scottsdale, AZ at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, November 1, 2014. Inurnment

Carol Long

Carol Long, nee Godin, 79, of Palos Heights, died on Oct. 25 at Palos Community Hospital.

Beloved wife of Raymond.

Devoted mother of Larry (Ellen), Sherry (John) Lazarich and the

will be Monday, November 3, 2014 at Holy Redeemer Catholic Cemetery, 23015 N. Cave Creek Rd., Phoenix, AZ at 9:00 A.M. In lieu of flowers, donations in Dean’s name may be made to: JDRF, Desert Southwest Chapter, 4343 E. Camelback Road, Suite 230, Phoenix, AZ, 85018 or HOSPICE of the WEST, 21410 N. 19th Avenue, Ste. 100, Phoenix AZ 85027.

Memories and condolences may be made by visiting the online obituary guest book at www. obits.azcentral.com Arrangements entrusted to Queen of Heaven Catholic Mortuary. late Laurie McLaughlin. Loving nana of Dan, Matt, Ryan, Mark and John. Dear sister of Mary Sorkis. Carol was the “life of the party”. Her quick wit and her humor made her fun to be around.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, Nov. 1, 11 a.m. at First United Methodist Church of Oak Lawn, 101st Street and Central Avenue, Oak Lawn.

Mrs. Long was born in Chicago.

She was a homemaker.

Billy Graham’s “My Answer” Q: Do you think some people are just destined to be bad, and no matter what happens they’ll always do what’s wrong? I’m a policeman, and I’ve often wondered about this because it seems like I keep seeing the same people over and over. — K.W. A: On the surface, it certainly may seem this way; a young person who starts out on the wrong road in life often stays on it, at least until something (or someone) intervenes to help them change.

But the Bible reminds us of a very important truth: God is able to change the heart of the most rebellious person, even a hardened criminal. Not long ago, I met the warden of one of our toughest prisons, and I was thrilled by the stories he told of prisoners whose lives had been changed because of their commitment to Jesus Christ.

But it’s true not just with hardened criminals. God is in the business of changing lives — and it happens all the time. Not every

person who’s on the wrong road will repent of their sins and follow Christ, but some will. King Manasseh was the most evil ruler God’s people ever had, but eventually he repented of his sins and his life was changed. The Bible says, “The Lord was moved by his entreaty and listened to his plea” (2 Chronicles 33:13).

Your work is difficult, and at times I’m sure it’s discouraging.

But don’t become cynical, and don’t just focus on those people you can’t seem to help. Instead, see your job as a responsibility from God, and every day ask Him to use you to make a difference in someone’s life. The Bible says, “Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise” (Proverbs 19:20).

Q: I guess you’d say my sisterin-law is kind of “high maintenance.” She’s always calling me because she’s gotten her feelings hurt by what someone said or did

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Oct. 30: ON THIS DATE in 1938, the radio play “War of the Worlds,” starring Orson Welles, aired on CBS. The live drama, which employed fake news reports, panicked some listeners who thought its portrayal of a Martian invasion was true. In 1945, the U.S. government announced the end of shoe rationing.

Oct. 31: ON THIS DATE in 1956, Rear Adm. G.J. Dufek became the first person to land an airplane at the South Pole. In 1984, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two Sikh security guards.

Nov. 1: ON THIS DATE in 1861, Gen. George B. McClellan was named general in chief of the Union armies during the U.S. Civil War. His leadership was considered an utter failure because of his hesitancy to take the fight to the Confederates; President Lincoln fired him five months later.

In 1932, Wernher von Braun was named head of Germany’s liquidfuel rocket program.

Nov. 2: ON THIS DATE in 1948, President Truman narrowly won

election over Republican challenger Thomas E. Dewey. In 1959, game-show contestant Charles Van Doren admitted to a House subcommittee that he had been given questions and answers before appearances on the NBC-TV program “Twenty-One.” Nov. 3: ON THIS DATE in 1952, Clarence Birdseye put frozen peas on the market. In 1994, 12 jurors were seated at the O.J. Simpson murder trial in Los Angeles.

Nov. 4: ON THIS DATE in 1862, the Gatling gun, forerunner of the machine gun, was patented. It was used by Union forces during the U.S. Civil War. In 1922, the tomb of Tutankhamen was discovered in Egypt.

Nov. 5: ON THIS DATE in 1956, Britain and France started landing forces in Egypt during the Egyptian-Israeli conflict over the Suez Canal. A cease-fire was declared two days later. In 1994, former President Reagan disclosed he had Alzheimer’s disease.

(Mark Andrews can be reached via e-mail at mlandrews@embarqmail.com.)

(or didn’t do) to her. How can I help her? I get tired of just being a convenient shoulder for her to cry on. — Mrs. V.J. A: Although it may be tiresome for you, in reality you’re already helping your sister-in-law by being a good listener, and I hope you won’t stop. The Bible says, “We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves” (Romans 15:1).

At the same time, ask God to give you the wisdom to help her become a stronger person, both emotionally and spiritually. I’m not a psychologist, of course, but she’s probably a very insecure person who has little confidence in herself, and as a result she is easily hurt by what others say or do. She may even assume others are tearing her down when in reality they aren’t (although it’s probably hard to convince her of this). Such people can easily become focused only on themselves and their needs, and have

a hard time thinking of others and their needs.

What can you do? First, let your sister-in-law know you care about her and accept her just as she is (which, after all, is how God looks on us). Then ask God to help you encourage her to think of others and how she can help them. The Bible says, “Therefore encourage one another and build each other up” (1 Thessalonians 5:11).

Most of all, encourage her to see herself the way God sees her — as someone who is deeply loved and valuable in His sight. And this will happen as she opens her heart and life to Jesus Christ.

(Send your queries to “My Answer,” c/o Billy Graham, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, 1 Billy Graham Parkway, Charlotte, N.C., 28201; call 1-(877) 2-GRAHAM, or visit the Web site for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association: www. billygraham.org.)

Houses of Worship Christ Lutheran Church Orland Park The church and Lutheran Special Education Ministries will hold a program called Discovering Disabilities: Including All of God’s Children on Thursday, Nov. 6, at 6:30 p.m., at the church, 14700 S. 94th Ave. To help raise awareness of spe-

cific disabilities and explore the unique strengths of individuals with disabilities, the event will view the film “Thought You’d Never Ask: Voices of People with Autism.” Discussion of the video and questions and answers will follow.

Questions? Contact Lynn Luetgert at 815-469-4797, or lynnluetgert@comcast.net.

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Avoid these scary investment moves Whether you have young children or not, you’re probably well aware that Halloween is almost here. However, despite the plethora of skeletons and ghosts you might see floating around this week, you probably don’t have much to fear (except, possibly, running out of candy). But in real life, some things genuinely are frightening — such as “scary” investment moves.

Of course, investing, by its very nature, is not a risk-free endeavor.

Ideally, though, these risks are also accompanied by the possibility of reward. Nonetheless, some investment moves carry very little in the way of “upside” potential and should be avoided. Here are a few to consider: • Not investing — The scariest investment move you can make is to not invest at all — because if you don’t invest, you are highly unlikely to achieve a comfortable retirement or meet any other important financial goals. In a recent survey conducted by the National Council on Aging and other groups, 45 percent of the

other market indices. But these declines are usually short-lived.

Of course, the markets do not exist in isolation — they can and will be affected by what’s happenJim ing in the world. Yet, over the Van Howe longer term, market movements are mostly governed by mundane, non-headline-grabbing factors, such as corporate earnings, interest rate movements, personal respondents who were 60 or older income levels, and so on. Here’s said they wished they had saved the point: Don’t overreact to those more money, and almost one-third scary headlines, or even to shortsaid they wished they had made term market drops. Instead, focus better investments. So make in- on the fundamentals driving your vesting a priority — and choose investments — and maintain a some investments that have the long-term perspective.

• Chasing hot investments— potential to provide you with the growth you’ll need to meet your You can receive tips on “hot” investments from multiple sources: objectives.

• Overreacting to “scary” head- television, the Internet, your lines — The financial markets friends, your relatives — the like stability, not uncertainty. So list goes on and on. But by the the next time you see some news time you get to these investments, about domestic political squabbles they may already have cooled off or unsettling geopolitical events, — and, in any case, may not be such as conflicts in foreign lands, appropriate for your needs. Stick don’t be surprised if you see a with investments that offer good drop, perhaps a sizable one, in the prospects and are suitable for your Dow Jones Industrial Average and risk tolerance.

• Failing to diversify — When it comes to investing, “too much of a good thing” is a relevant term.

If your portfolio is dominated by one type of asset class, such as aggressive growth stocks, and we experience a downturn that is particularly hard on those stocks, you could face sizable losses. But if you spread your investment dollars among growth stocks, international stocks, bonds, government securities and certificates of deposit (CDs), you can lessen the impact of a market drop. Keep in mind, though, that while diversification can reduce the effects of volatility, it can’t guarantee a profit or prevent losses.

Halloween is over quickly. But scary investment moves can have a lasting effect — so stay away from them.

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

Hair and nail concepts unveiled locally for spring, summer 2015 Along with fashion anticipating next spring and summer, right now we also admire the futuristic ruminations about hair and nail looks. Let us chat about some recent events that have taken a professionally presented gander at the future of these displays.

The ARROJO tour landed in Chicago for a hair show in Chicago on Sept. 21. Its founder and namesake, Nick Arrojo, is best known for the years he spent showcasing his artistry on TLC’s “What Not to Wear.” The show featured exciting spring and summer looks from which stylists can springboard, creating their own iterations of his techniques and looks in their own salons for clients.

The flouncy bob cut, tousled and layered lengthy cuts and gradu-

ated pixie cuts were highlights of his show. Arrojo’s color choices gave sleek pops as he demonstrated both toned-down colors and sleek amber orange expressions. Cotton candy pink has been taken up in other cities for spring/ summer demonstrations as well.

I was styled in the show within my black color range in order to highlight his expertly crafted graduated pixie cut.

Libertyville-based Bavaro Salon held a spring/summer 2015 hair design photo shoot on Oct. 12 for use in Queen magazine and salon promotional material. Owner Gino Bavaro has 40 years of experience in the hair and beauty industry after first beginning his career in Italy and has trained with elite stylists in

London, Paris and Milan. Gino describes his sense of style as “artistic, inspirational and refreshing.” The gracious and enthusiastic stylist explained, “You are not like everybody else. We all stand out in our own individual ways. Instead of being a natural blonde, we transform her into a Ciao Bella! Instead of being a chocolate brown or a coppery red, they are transformed into a Florentine Dream. We create to achieve the perfect chicness.” The photo shoot featured nothing less as the models showed off hair with Bavaro’s signature energy. The shoot reflected, as Gino puts it, “a twist on the feminine romantic woman while exuding a more free-spirited glamour.” The looks were perfect for the coming warm

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Models pose on stage during the ARROJO hair show on Sept. 21.

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by Caroline Foreman weather seasons, involving fresh volume and strong yet feminine looks. When I asked Gino about his thoughts on the coming trends for hair, he said, “Fresh, youthful looks are the centerpiece of new trends. These strong yet feminine hairstyles are right in sync with the overall message. They are strikingly stunning street looks with intricate flattering color.” Overall, hair is sure to highlight and feature the woman celebrating and emboldening her hair together with her fashionable self-expression.

M.GO Fashion Co. hosted a Fashion Focus Chicago featured event on Oct. 15 titled “BE-YOUTIFUL Fashion Night.” Models were given a full pampering treatment from the salon before the show, including sleek haircuts, fun “color splash” hair color, manicures with detailed nail art and therapeutic pedicures. Along with the results of these luxurious services, the event showcased designs on the runway by M.GO FASHION CO by Michelle and Melissa Gomez, PRIN by Prina Bagia Couture, Mad Style Boutique and Chapeaux Couture

by Leen Gundogdu. Natalie Martinez of NBC Chicago served as the evening’s host. The clothing was entirely enhanced by the decorated nails and elaborate yet feminine hair designs and styles.

Manicures and pedicures for spring and summer of 2015 demonstrate example of broadening of unique and fanciful art at your fingertips. Hair is invigorated and zealously feminine, artistic and strong. When the cold weather torment whirls onto the scene, find solace by collecting ideas and prospecting for your warm weather makeover.

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Chamber cuts the cake Members of the Orland Park Area Chamber of Commerce gathered to celebrate the grand opening of the new location for Aishling Companion Home Care.

Here, Orland Park Trustee Ed Schussler helps owner Aishling Dalton-Kelly cut the celebration cake as Chamber President Rob Wehmeier looks on. Dalton-Kelly was recently voted Woman of the Year by Southside Working Women Inc. Aishling Companion Home Care is at 13607 Southwest Highway, Orland Park. Visit www.aishlingcare.com.

Mortgage Rates Around the Area First Midwest Bank (as of Oct. 27) 30-year fixed 15-year fixed Jumbo 30-year fixed

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United Trust Bank (as of Oct. 28) 30-year fixed 15-year fixed 10-year fixed

RATES 4.050 3.250 3.125

Prospect Federal (as of Oct. 27) 30-year fixed 20-year fixed 15-year fixed

RATES 4.000 3.750 3.125

All rates subject to change daily. Equal opportunity lenders.

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

Kozeluh Ann E to Maslowiec Renata, 8904 W 140th St, Unit #3G, $115,000; Stack Sharon M to Dwyer Katie M, 15821 114th Ave, $153,000; Vittal Saroja Tr to Khouri John I, 15520 Cherryhills Ct, $315,000; Thielen Steven R to Defalco Nicholas J, 8802 Wheeler Dr, $289,000; Hanlon Dawn M to Alqazaha Amjad, 10443 Capistrano Ln, $525,000; Mcnaughton John Trust to Tineh Mohammed, 8936 Silverdale Dr, Unit #6C, $200,000; Hayes Deborah A to Fridrych Anne M, 7913 Keystone Rd, $339,000; Vock David L to Dobek Miroslaw, 8820 Danbury Ln, $270,000; Deutsche Bk Natl Trust Co Tr to Davidson Christine, 8061

Koehler Dr, $437,000; Grant Richard D to Page Deborah L Tr, 17535 Capistrano Ln, $410,000; Ailensworth Randall L to Allensworth Randall Lynn, 10139 Hiawatha Dr, $146,500; Sprys Henry J Tr to Duffy William, 15724 Deerfield Ct, Unit #157242S, $125,000; Wlodarski Jennifer J to Adams Doreen C, 9949 Shady Ln, Unit #2B, $100,000; May Marilyn Exec to Oldendorf Peter, 8938 Clearview Dr, Unit #8938, $109,000; Soltis Roy H Tr to Harney Jacqueline M, 15556 Hollyhock Ct, $272,000; Standard B&T Co to Roper William E, 8916 140th St, Unit #202, $90,000; Kinshaw Jane A Tr to Marshall Megan G, 9232 Woodbury Ct, Unit #503, $164,000; Kernan Susan to Hayek Ayman I Al, 14140 Trenton Ave, $275,000; Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr to Craig Robert C Tr, 7315 Tiffany Dr, Unit #1A, $83,000; Nellis Benjamin Joseph to Wi-

munc Stacy, 15623 Erin Ln, Unit #31C, $148,000.

Palos Heights

TCF Natl Bk to Kris Const Co, 12631 Parkside Ave, $145,000; Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr to Mcguire Phyllis, 13206 S Country Club Ct, Unit #132062B, $190,000; Neubaum Nancy Tr to Buehner Jason, 7761 Foresthill Ln, Unit #77611A, $130,000; Rusk Susan M Tr to Boske Wesley M, 13333 Arquilla Dr, Unit #13334, $133,500; Lauer Joseph W to Walden Phyllis, 35 Raleigh Ct, Unit #149, $126,000.

Open House: Sunday, November 9, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

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Honors SUNDAY, ProgramNOVEMBER Preview: Tuesday, November THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 6-8 p.m.

Open House: Thursday, December 4, 6 - 8 p.m.

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HONORS PROGRAM PREVIEW TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, at 6:00 p.m. Please register in advance.

Krzyzak Lorena to Stathakopoulos Georgene M, 10430 W Bloomfield Dr, $409,000; Vallortigara John R Tr to Barkemeyer Robert A, 24 Commons Dr, $200,000; Alexson Frank J Trust to Gennaro Charles P, 12650 S 84th Ave, $380,000; Jutzi Karen to Khalil Nageab, T: 2.0625 in 10730 Cherrywood Dr, $700,000.

Grammar school students can register for a Shadow Day any day Mount Carmel is in session. Contact the enrollment office to schedule your Shadow Day or private tour.

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ST. LAURENCE HIGH SCHOOL Where Leadership Begins

Girls at Queen of Peace have choices, from unique electives to hands-onworkplace experiences and college credit programs.

Girls at Queen of Peace excel through a nationally recognized curriculum, PLTW Project Lead the Way. Queen of Peace introduced this program of study to ignite our Full STEAM Ahead courses and is one of only two all-girls high schools in the nation to offer PLTW.

Open House

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Sneak Preview Shadow Day 7th & 8th Grade Girls

OPEN HOUSE I OPEN Friday, November 7 HOUSE II November 10 Thur., November 6, 2014 Monday,Sun., December 7, 2014 Girls at Queen of6-8 Peacep.m. benefit 10 a.m. - noon Fun Night @ Peace from this collaborative learning. PLTW provides a proven path to students for college scholarships, preferred college admission and career success in areas underserved by young women.

Junior High Girls ENTRANCE EXAM Friday, December 12 Saturday, January 10, 2015, 8 a.m.

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Please bring (2) #2 pencils and a $25 testing fee.

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Treats for the winners

• St. Laurence offers a dual enrollment leadership class through Lewis University, taught by professors there.

• The largest Catholic University in the country, DePaul, works with St. Laurence faculty and students on of professional development to enhance the StL STEM curriculum.

Winners of the Regional News-Reporter Halloween Costume Contest and their siblings pose H I G •HForSapplied C H Olearning O L opportunities, St. Laurence partnered with the third largest energy company in for a photo Friday afternoon. They received candy and a hot dog gift certificate to Pop’s. In the Sponsored byNorth the Dominicans of Sinsinawa America, Kinder Morgan, along with the United States Army Corps of Engineers. photo are Palos Heights’ Paul and Anastasia Kladis plus Worth’s Aaron, Naomi, Sophie, Mario 7659 South Linder Avenue Burbank, IL 60459 (708) 458-7600 www.queenofpeacehs.org and Ivaliz Cordova.

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Girls at Queen of Peace excel through a nationally recognized curriculum, PLTW Project Lead the Way. Queen of Peace introduced this program of study to ignite our Full STEAM Ahead courses and is one of only two all-girls high schools in the nation to offer PLTW. Girls at Queen of Peace benefit from this collaborative learning. PLTW provides a proven path to students for college scholarships, preferred college admission and career success in areas underserved by young women.

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Thanksgiving pottery class for families and friends A two-part pottery class for families and adults will be held at the Log Cabin Center for the Arts on Wednesdays, Nov. 5 and 12, from 6:30 to 7:30 pm., at the Log Cabin Art Center, 12700 Southwest Highway in Palos Park.

Instructor Heather Young invites families with children of any age, or adults without children, to make clay cornucopias, with an array of clay fruits and vegetables, on Nov. 5, and to come back to glaze their creations on Nov. 12.

The class fee is $18 per person and includes all supplies and two kiln firings. Reservations are required. Call The Center at 361-3650.

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Color them champions Crusaders net CL Blue title share by downing Mustangs

By Ken Karrson The last time Brother Rice reigned as a conference champion its current seniors knew more about Sesame Street than Pulaski Road.

And Crusaders coach Brian Badke was even younger when Rice last registered a victory trifecta over Mt. Carmel, Loyola Academy and St. Rita in the same season. The year was 1975 and Badke was a toddler.

But both of those long droughts got wiped out Friday night at Joe Johnston Field, where the Crusaders completed an unexpected run to the top of the Chicago Catholic League Blue. One week after suffering a gut-wrenching three-point loss to Providence Catholic, Rice joined the Celtics as co-CCL Blue kingpins by defeating St. Rita 28-21.

What made the Crusaders’ ascent particularly noteworthy is that it occurred just one year after they went winless in league play and finished 3-7 overall.

“When I came here, my motto

was ‘a new crusade,’” Badke said. “Part of my statement was we wanted to win the Catholic League Blue. I wouldn’t be doing this if that wasn’t the goal.

“That was the whole plan.

But we’re not done yet.”

Badke hopes the fun is only beginning for his guys, who return to the Class 8A playoffs after a one-year absence when they travel to Naperville Central Friday night for a matchup with the defending state champs. The Redhawks boast a stingy defense and hail from the respected DuPage Valley Conference, but Rice (6-3, 3-1) will enter with no fear.

That’s to be expected when eight of a team’s nine regular-season foes qualified for a state tournament, a group that includes Brother Rice of Birmingham, Mich., and Indianapolis Brebauf. The only opponent that missed out was neighborhood rival Marist — by one game.

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Brother Rice quarterback Alex Alarcon gets off a pass before St. Rita defenders can reach him Friday night at Joe Johnston Field.

The Crusaders defeated the Mustangs 28-21 to gain a share of their first Chicago Catholic League Blue title in a decade.

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Evergreen Park’s Will Doran (24) and LaShon Johnson join forces to wrestle down Bremen quarterback Chrisean Noble near the goal line Friday night. The Braves struck early, but the Mustangs rallied for a 31-27 win that locked up a fourth straight Class 4A playoff berth for them.

Live to fight another day Mustangs back in 4A playoffs after edging Bremen

By Ken Karrson Had Friday’s game between Evergreen Park and Bremen taken place in a boxing ring instead of on a football field, there would have been no knockout or TKO that stopped it.

But the judges, like the scoreboard at Evergreen, would likely have favored the Mustangs at the end. And nothing else mattered

to coach Ray Mankowski.

No matter how flawed the performance sometimes was, Evergreen won the South Suburban Conference crossover fight.

Because of that the Mustangs are able to continue waging gridiron battle this fall.

With five victories banked Evergreen was on the cusp of playoff qualification. Mankowski wanted his team to make it official by

bagging a sixth win, but for a while on Friday the Mustangs followed their recent pattern of unevenness.

The Braves were ahead 14-3 early on and by five at intermission, but Evergreen hadn’t been without chances. Before the touchdown was scored two other first-half forays deep into (Continued on page 3)

No one had to pose that age-old question of, “Wherefore art thou, Romeo?” Friday night.

He wasn’t stationed beneath a balcony, but he was still quite easy to find. All anybody had to do was glance in the Argo end zone.

That’s where Romeo Johnson wound up on four occasions, part of a 197-yard rushing performance for Richards’ senior running back. And behind Johnson’s exploits the Bulldogs were able to bury visiting Argo 49-0 and complete an unbeaten season within the South Suburban Conference Red. Not only did Richards (8-1, 6-0) secure an outright divisional title for itself and earn a first-round home game in the Class 6A playoffs, but the win also allowed the Bulldogs to deliver a bit of delayed payback. Just as the Argonauts denied Richards a postseason berth in Tony Sheehan’s initial coaching season by winning in Week 9 of the 2008 campaign, the Bulldogs locked Argo out in 2014, its last year under longtime leader Jim Innis.

“We played well and really took it to them, to be honest,” Sheehan said.

Richards’ romp continued an October surge that has seen the SSC Red champs also dispatch Oak Forest, Reavis and Evergreen Park with relative ease. The Bengals get another crack at the Bulldogs, however, when they visit Korhonen Photo by Jeff Vorva Field Saturday night.

While Richards’ earlier conquest understandably positions Richards’ Romeo Johnson, shown in a game earlier this year, broke out for four (Continued on page 5) touchdowns against Argo Friday night.

Martin back on track Tony Martin has regained his winning ways.

The former Palos Heights and Worth resident, who was profiled in last week’s sports section, had lost two consecutive bouts after beginning his Ultimate Fighting Championship career with eight victories

in a row. Martin stopped his brief skid, however, on Saturday night in Rio de Janeiro by beating Fabricio Camoes with a first-round submission at the UFC 179 event.

The American was booed when he walked into the octagon, which Martin found some-

what amusing.

“I’ve never been the villain before,” Martin said during a post-match interview. “I was enjoying it. I was [also] enjoying being back in the cage and I was trying to be as patient and as calm as I possibly could.’’

—Jeff Vorva

PLAYOFF FOOTBALL FORECAST There is a new king in town. Jeff Vorva won the 2014 Football Forecast kingship for the regular season with a 68-18 mark. Jason Maholy and last year’s king, Ken Karrson, each had 67-19 records, but Unholy Maholy won the tiebreaker of the point spread of last week’s Brother Rice-St. Rita game. Heading into the playoffs round, keep an eye on Bob Rakow and Wally Findysz, who each went 17-0 the past two weeks. Anthony Nasella is hoping to use his sixth-place finish for motivation to try to unseat defending playoff MVP Maholy. For the playoffs, we will pick games with area teams plus games involving teams in conferences that area schools are involved in as well at St. Xavier University tilts. This week has a couple of toughies…

Last week: Regular season: Playoffs: Oak Forest at Richards St. Laurence at Joliet Catholic Academy Evergreen Park at Manteno Brother Rice at Naperville Central Mt. Carmel at Batavia St. Rita at Plainfield East Bolingbook at Bloom Neuqua Valley at Homewood-Flossmoor St. Ambrose at St. Xavier University

Ken Karrson Jeff Vorva 9-0 8-1 67-19 68-18 0-0 0-0 Richards Richards JCA JCA Manteno Manteno Brother Rice Brother Rice Mt. Carmel Mt. Carmel St. Rita St. Rita Bolingbrook Bolingbrook H-F H-F St. Xavier St. Xavier

Anthony Nasella 6-3 56-30 0-0 Richards JCA Manteno Brother Rice Mt. Carmel Plainfield East Bolingbrook H-F St. Xavier

Jason Maholy Wally Findysz 8-1 9-0 67-19 61-25 0-0 0-0 Richards Richards JCA JCA Manteno Manteno Brother Rice Brother Rice Batavia Mt. Carmel St. Rita St. Rita Bolingbrook Bolingbrook H-F Neuqua St. Xavier St. Xavier

Bob Rakow 9-0 62-24 0-0 Richards JCA Manteno Brother Rice Batavia St. Rita Bolingbrook H-F St. Xavier

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Mightier than this Penn Viewers treated to Cougars survive triple-option threat to triumph subtraction by ad-dition

By Ken Karrson

Bartosh (Reprinted from Nov. 1, 2012) Corporate America really involves all of America.

Let’s not kid ourselves about that. You don’t have to be a business mogul to find yourself caught up in a world of rapid-fire sales pitches, marketing ploys and brand placements.

Once upon a time, though, Mr. and Mrs. Average were only exposed to those in 60- and 30-second increments. That was the price to be paid so consumers didn’t have to do the same whenever they switched on their TVs or radios.

(Does anyone still remember that, in their groundbreaking infancy, cable networks promoted themselves as the places to watch television programming without fear of commercial interruption? That’s worked out quite well over the past three decades, don’t you think?)

Slowly, however, corporate shilling began surrounding us during every waking moment.

And nowhere is that more prevalent today than in the athletic arena.

I mean that both literally and figuratively. Signage overruns ballparks and other sports venues, which fans have grown accustomed to through the years.

We all realize advertising is an important revenue stream for athletic organizations.

But now virtually every one of those stadiums and arenas also bears a corporate identity, which can sometimes backfire.

Remember when the Houston Astros played in Enron Field?

Football bowl games are similarly affected, and there’s no guarantee the sponsor will remain the same for any set period of time. So just when fans have gotten used to calling it the “FedEx Orange Bowl,” it becomes the “Discover Orange

Bowl,” and the Sugar Bowl has already bounced from USF&G to Nokia to Allstate.

Please make it stop. We know, of course, it won’t and that things are only going to get worse.

While watching Game 1 of the 2012 World Series last week, I received a reminder of how bad it already is in regard to corporate intrusion. Rarely did announcer Joe Buck speak a word that wasn’t sponsored by some business entity.

My personal favorite was when, after San Francisco Giants hurler Barry Zito started the game, Buck told viewers “the first pitch, sponsored by …” I honestly can’t recall the company’s name because, quite frankly, my eyes had already begun to glaze over.

If even a first pitch requires sponsorship these days, what’s next? Who knows, but why should we bother to impose advertising limitations of any kind?

Instead, let’s make sure every single element featured on a broadcast gets attached to a product or service. That way, you’ll never be without scintillating dialogue exchanges like the following up in the booth: Harry Homer: “… and don’t forget that today’s coin toss comes to you from the fine folks at the First National Bank of Pine Valley, where your money works harder for you because it can’t afford not to since there was no bailout money to bolster the bank’s coffers.”

Don Drone: “By the way, Harry, FNB of Pine Valley is going to need that coin back as soon as possible.”

HH: “Don, we’ve got a great matchup on tap here, although Whatsamatta U. will be without the services of star tailback Speedy Simmons due to

an ongoing foot problem, which is sponsored by Doc Martin’s Casts of Thousands, where you can find the right protection for any of your injury needs.”

DD: “Filling in for Speedy today will be Freight Train Luganski, who’s known as much for his bulk as he is for the absence of quick feet. Freight Train’s appearance is being brought to you by Brawny paper towels, which can clean up any spill other than a football that gets knocked out of one’s hands.”

HH: “And if some fans get upset by a dropped football, remember that their shows of anger will be presented to you courtesy of Tums, which is counting on plenty of deeply rooted, game-induced aggravation to necessitate heavy use of their product in a hurry.”

DD: “We’re just about ready for the playing of the National Anthem, which is being sponsored today by the Tunes-R-Us sheet music company. TunesR-Us makes any song except those without lyrics one worth singing.”

HH: “I see the Whatsamatta U. coach is yelling instructions to his players prior to the kickoff, which will be brought to you by Tees for Two, the proud supplier of kicking tees for every level of football. The coach’s shouting, by the way, is being presented through the courtesy of “The Jerry Springer Show,” which can be seen on this station at a time that will never disturb your football watching.”

Yes, it all sounds ludicrous, but don’t be shocked if something pretty close to what you just read eventually materializes into reality. And on the day that finally occurs, I already know what I’ll be seeking.

Pass me the Tums, please.

‘Brooking no nonsense

Raiders halt Eagles’ playoff-qualifying streak

By Ken Karrson Bolingbrook was a fashionable pick as the No. 1 team in a few Chicagoland-area preseason football polls.

Now as the postseason gets underway, the Raiders have regained some of their early swagger.

There were valleys along the way, enough to where Bolingbrook entered Friday night’s SouthWest Suburban Conference Blue contest against Sandburg with three losses and, in the opinion of Eagles coach Dave Wierzal, perhaps a chip on its shoulder as well.

“I think they can do well in the playoffs, but I think they definitely had something to prove,” Wierzal said. “They certainly played like it. They’re very good and they looked every bit of [a No. 1 club] against us.”

And for a Sandburg squad in desperate need of a win, that spelled bad news. The Eagles threatened early but not often and their best chance fizzled out before they could muster points.

Meanwhile, the Raiders traveled in the fast Lane. Running back Isaac Lane rushed for over 250 yards and scored four times for Bolingbrook, three of the touchdowns coming in the opening period to stake the hosts to an insurmountable advantage.

His last TD in the third quarter then set into action a running clock, which signaled the end to Sandburg’s 2014 season.

After being pinned with a 41-0 defeat, the Eagles (4-5, 3-4) will miss out on the Class 8A tournament for just the second time in Wierzal’s coaching tenure.

Sandburg last failed to make the playoffs in 2007. While disappointment was obviously the prevailing attitude among players and coaches, Wierzal attempted to put an upbeat spin on the season as a whole.

“In reflection, maybe it seems odd but there are a lot of things

that could be looked back on positively,” he said. “I think there are a lot of great kids on the team who committed heart and soul to the program and should take away a feeling of achievement for a lot of things.”

And, as Wierzal pointed out, this year’s Eagles had an unusually high amount of non-seniors playing key roles. Sandburg is expected to bring back seven defensive regulars and five offensive starters in 2015.

“For us that will be a new experience,” Wierzal said.

“Those kids were legitimate players who beat other guys out and earned those [first-string] spots. It’s a good corps to build around.”

That’s for the near future.

As for the present, the Eagles simply couldn’t match Bolingbrook’s firepower on either side of the ball. While Lane’s production helped the Raiders amass more than 430 total yards, Bolingbrook’s defense was equally impressive.

Leading the way was Julian Huff, who recorded two of the Raiders’ six quarterback sacks and also recovered a Sandburg fumble inside the Bolingbrook 20. That drop short-circuited the visitors’ best drive of the evening and prevented them from perhaps pulling even with the Raiders.

Wierzal told his players during the week that Bolingbrook was beatable and reminded them the Eagles had played well opposite it in the recent past. However, the failure to capitalize on a prime scoring opportunity proved somewhat debilitating.

“I do think there’s something to the psychology of the kids seeing we can answer,” Wierzal said. “[The Raiders] were explosive — they went 80 yards in five plays [for their initial touchdown] — but the fact was that we might have responded and matched

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that score. When that doesn’t happen it’s hard for the kids to wrap their heads around it.

“We gave [the ball] right back and that felt like a kick in the gut.”

It felt even worse when Lane raced 60 yards soon after to set up his second TD that increased Bolingbrook’s edge to 14-0. Tuf Borland (1-yard run) and kicker Adam Klein (27- and 40-yard field goals) also contributed to the Raiders’ first-half blitz.

“It was kind of amazing,” Wierzal said. “It’s a good reminder of why you need to see a team like that in person. We saw them on film and they didn’t look as good as they played against us.

“They’ve got some D-I kids, they play tough defense and very physical offense. They kind of pound it at you.”

With the sacks factored in, Sandburg finished with negative rushing yardage. Josh Scheldberg’s 11 yards represented the top figure for any individual.

Three quarterbacks threw for a total of 113 yards, with Alex Fidan (4-of-10, 73 yards) leading the way.

Avery Verble and Lavelle Johnson had pass receptions of 33 and 25 yards, respectively, but each player made only that one catch.

Bryan Hellmich caught two balls for 28 yards.

Statistics Sandburg Bolingbrook

0 0 0 0 - 0 21 13 7 0 - 41

First downs Yds. rushing Yds. passing Total yds.

Att./comp.

Fumbles/lost Had intercepted Penalties/yds.

Punts/avg.

CS BB 7 22 (-15) 352 113 85 98 437 15-8 11-6 4-1 0-0 0 0 4-30 5-50 7-37.9 1-22.0

Scoring BB — Isaac Lane 18 run (Adam Klein kick) BB — Lane 4 run (Klein kick) BB — Lane 2 run (Klein kick) BB — Tuf Borland 1 run (Klein kick) BB — Klein 27 field goal BB — Klein 40 field goal BB — Lane 12 run (Klein kick) Sandburg Rushing: Scheldberg 2-11, Robley 6-4, Zavod 2-3, Woods 1-0, Verble 3-(-5), Fidan 7-(-28). Passing: Fidan 10-4-73, Zavod 3-3-32, Verble 2-1-8.

Receiving: Hellmich 2-28, Verble 1-33, Johnson 1-25, Valiga 1-11, Razik 1-8, Carney 1-4, Parthemore 1-4.

At the end of Saturday afternoon’s Mid-States Football Association Midwest League game, St. Xavier University boss Mike Feminis told coaching counterpart Todd Hafner what he thought of the latter’s offensive scheme.

“I said, ‘Could you guys get in the new millennium and run a normal offense? My players haven’t even heard of the triple option — the only triples they know about are in baseball,’” Feminis said.

He was only joking with Hafner, a good friend of Feminis’ within the NAIA coaching fraternity, but the Cougars’ leader wasn’t kidding when he spoke of the difficulty in stopping William Penn University’s old-school attack.

That much was evident in the host Statesmen’s 631 total yards.

“Our defense struggled a little against the triple option, but they’re really good at it,” Feminis said of William Penn. “As opposed to being negative about the way we played, I’d rather give them credit. They executed their plan to a ‘T.’” But one thing the Statesmen were unable to do was complete a two-point-conversion run following a fourth-quarter touchdown. Joe DeMarco and Alex Walters teamed up to keep Penn’s runner out of the end zone and preserve a slim SXU lead.

And when Statesman kicker Ante Rogic pushed a 38-yard field-goal try wide right with 14 seconds left, the No. 9-ranked Cougars proved mightier than 11th-ranked Penn — barely.

The 48-46 victory moved SXU another step closer to a return to the NAIA tournament.

“Thankfully one of our guys is on blood-pressure medicine,” Feminis joked. “He brought an extra one and offered it to me after the game. This was not good for the ticker.”

While the Cougars (5-2, 1-1) barely escaped Lacey Complex in Oskaloosa, Iowa, with success, Feminis made it a point to tell his guys they “don’t ever [have to] apologize for winning a game” and reminded frustrated SXU defenders that “they won a couple games for us earlier.”

This one, though, was mostly about the offense, which generated 564 yards in all. Quarterback John Rhode threw for 417 yards while completing 27-of-38 passes, three of which were turned into touchdowns by either Randall Wells (42- and 15-yard catches) or Nick DeBenedetti (28-yard reception).

DeBenedetti also reached the end zone after grabbing a 13yard toss from Mark Strbjak.

“We’re clicking again,” Femi-

nis said of the Cougars’ attack.

“We’ve started to play like I thought we were capable of at the beginning of the year.

“John Rhode in the last two or three weeks has been playing lights out. He’s getting to that point where he really understands the offense and is making great decisions. We’re going to go as far as he takes us.”

Rhode did have two passes picked off deep in Statesmen territory, although Feminis absolved his signal-caller of blame because both balls were tipped.

However, those two missed opportunities, plus a couple of errant field-goal attempts kept SXU from running away from William Penn.

Still, the Cougars appeared in good shape after DeBenedetti’s second TD gave them a 48-34 cushion with 10 ½ minutes left in the contest. But the Statesmen fought back with two scoring tosses of their own, one of them a 60-yard collaboration between Tyler Hafner and Jatavius Stewart.

Stewart caught four touchdown passes and tallied a fifth time on a 38-yard run.

“You’ve got to commit so many guys to [stopping] the run that you’re left with single coverage [on receivers],” Feminis said. “Our biggest concern was facing that triple option.”

Luckily for SXU, it made William Penn play from behind much of the day. Wells’ 100-yard kickoff return to begin the game put the Statesman on their heels right away, then after the home team countered and assumed a 21-13 lead Mike Ivlow scored twice for the Cougars on runs of 3 and 6 yards.

William Penn did forge a 34-all deadlock after that, but DeBenedetti’s first score came less than three minutes after Stewart’s 6-yard touchdown reception in the third period and gave SXU the edge for good.

All four Cougars who made receptions gained at least 75 yards. Stephen Simms caught 10 balls for 175 yards and Ryan Carroll (96 yards) matched DeBenedetti by grabbing seven. Wells (four receptions, 84 yards), though, may have been the true X-factor.

“Randall Wells has just been a great addition for us,” Feminis said. “He’s probably the fastest guy on the team. When he gets a seam, he can go.”

Also noteworthy was the play of reserve linemen Mo Ashkar and Adam Smith, who were pressed into service due to injury and illness. According to Feminis, the Cougars “didn’t skip a beat” while operating behind their revamped blocking quintet.

Patrick Kelso was the top per-

former on defense with four solo tackles and 11 assists. Michael Mettille (four solos, two assists), Greg Hayward (four solos, one assist, two tackles for loss, one sack, forced fumble), Tyler Hoeg (four solos, three assists), Dan Fitzgerald (three solos, six assists, 3½ tackles for loss) and Walters (three solos, four assists) were other key figures. “[The Statesmen] needed the game as bad as we did, so it was a huge win,” Feminis said.

“Now our long trips are done.

Two of our last three games are at home and we have to travel about 40 miles for the other.”

St. Ambrose visits Bruce R. Deaton Field on Saturday and Feminis believes another impressive exhibition will prove SXU bears a closer resemblance to the program’s high achievers of the recent past than some might have initially thought.

“I don’t know if there was the expectation level among our fans that we were capable of playing at a national-championship level,” he said. “But we’ve always believed it.”

Statistics St. Xavier William Penn

13 21 7 7 - 48 21 0 13 12 - 46

First downs Yds. rushing Yds. passing Total yds.

Att./comp.

Fumbles/lost Had intercepted Penalties/yds.

Punts/avg.

SXU WPU 31 29 134 431 430 200 564 631 39-28 15-11 2-2 6-3 2 0 2-12 4-40 1-50.0 3-38.7

Scoring SXU — Randall Wells 100 kickoff return (kick blocked) WPU — Jatavius Stewart 38 run (Ante Rogic kick) WPU — Sam Tvedt 25 run (Rogic kick) SXU — Wells 42 pass from John Rhode (Abdul Mahdi kick) WPU — Stewart 46 pass from Tyler Hafner (Rogic kick) SXU — Mike Ivlow 3 run (Mahdi kick) SXU — Ivlow 6 run (Mahdi kick) SXU — Wells 15 pass from Rhode (Mahdi kick) WPU — Nathan Tvedt 5 run (Rogic kick) WPU — Stewart 6 pass from Hafner (kick blocked) SXU — Nick DeBenedetti 28 pass from Rhode (Mahdi kick) SXU — DeBenedetti 13 pas from Mark Strbjak (Mahdi kick) WPU — Stewart 28 pass from Hafner (kick blocked) WPU — Stewart 60 pass from Hafner (run failed) St. Xavier Rushing: Ivlow 12-52, Rhode 7-34, Simms 7-33, Hunter 8-10, Ferguson 1-6, Carroll 2-1, Team 1-(-2). Passing: Rhode 38-27-417, Strbjak 1-1-13. Receiving: Simms 10-175, Carroll 7-96, DeBenedetti 7-75, Wells 4-84.

Not quite 7th heaven

JCA snaps RedHawks’ postseason string

By Ken Karrson No. 7 was anything but lucky for Marist Friday night.

In their first six seasons under coach Pat Dunne, the RedHawks were an annual fixture in the Class 8A playoffs.

And those weren’t just token appearances -- Marist was state runner-up in 2009 and a semifinalist last fall.

So when the RedHawks rebounded from a 1-3 start to the 2014 campaign and positioned themselves for a possible return to the state tournament, most people likely expected that goal to be realized. Sure, Nazareth and Joliet Catholic academies were a couple of huge hurdles to have to clear in the final two weeks, but Dunne didn’t view it that way.

“I believe in our guys so much I think we’re capable of winning anytime,” he said.

But when the Roadrunners pinned a Week 8 loss on Marist its immediate future came down to a do-or-die session with the Hilltoppers in Joliet. And the RedHawks died, although they did so while definitely trying.

JCA was up only 3-0 at halftime of the East Suburban Catholic Conference clash and 10-0 after three quarters. However, Marist’s typically productive offense never got on track and the locals departed Memorial Stadium on the wrong end of a 32-7 finale.

While the Hilltoppers moved on to face St. Laurence in a Class 5A tourney contest on Saturday, the RedHawks (4-5, 3-4) will spend a November off the field for the first time since 2007. The string of six consecutive postseason appearances that got snapped was the longest in Marist football history.

“It was a tough pill to swallow,” Dunne said. “[But] any of

these losses goes on my shoulders. I couldn’t be more proud of the season we had.

“I know people like to look at wins and losses, but people don’t understand the character of our kids and their heart.

They didn’t let outside influences [negatively] affect them — guys were working hard [since before the season] and they put themselves in a great position through their work effort.”

JCA players probably wouldn’t disagree with Dunne’s general assessment, seeing as how they had their hands full with the RedHawks until the latter began mishandling the football. Three second-half turnovers hamstrung Marist, including a fumble inside the Hilltoppers’ 5 that prevented it from perhaps drawing within four points in the fourth quarter.

“Our guys fought and we definitely had our chances,” Dunne said.

The RedHawks’ one score was provided by quarterback Brendan Skalitzky, who tallied on a 6-yard keeper. The senior rushed for 45 yards and passed for 242. Darshon McCullough, who became Marist’s primary ball carrier after injuries knocked Jawill Aldridge and Micah Awodiran from the lineup during the season, finished with 82 yards on 14 carries.

With Skalitzky and McCullough playing lead roles, Marist also advanced inside JCA’s red zone on two other occasions in the first half. However, the RedHawks came away empty, once by running out of downs and the other time by failing to convert a field-goal try.

Hilltoppers kicker Brian Bravo supplied the only points of the opening half by booting a

33-yard field goal. Dunne didn’t venture a guess as to JCA’s overall frame of mind at intermission, but he had plenty to say about his own guys.

“Our defense was playing great -- I believe they held Joliet under 95 yards rushing in the first half,” Dunne said. “We were feeling upbeat and there was a great attitude [among the athletes]. They were fighting with everything they had.”

Michael Johnson’s 47-yard dash created some additional space between the two clubs in the third stanza. Later touchdowns by Nick Borgra and Drew Voss eseentially sealed the deal for the hosts.

“In games like this every possession is a big possession and you need to make the most of them,” Dunne said.

That didn’t happen here, but Dunne offered a reminder that when the season began Marist had one returnee who logged much playing time in 2013 — Aldridge, who was only healthy in the early going. As a result Dunne felt the RedHawks really did accomplish a lot in their nine-game campaign.

“They’re the ones the lower levels look up to,” he said. “And this [varsity] group had a positive impact on our program.”

One other indication that Marist’s time spent away from the state tournament will be short was found in last weekend’s other two games involving the RedHawks. Marist’s freshman and sophomore squads both scored victories over JCA. “I’m excited about the lower levels and every kid in the program,” Dunne said.

Statistics Marist JCA

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Volleyball roundup

Knights receive wakeup call

By Anthony Nasella

Photos by Jeff Vorva

Evergreen Park’s Kerron Brown fights for extra yardage as several Bremen defenders try to halt his progress Friday night.

Mustangs

(Continued from page 1) Bremen territory netted only the points attached to Neil Quigley’s 34-yard field goal.

“Penalties, pushing yourselves back … you can’t do that in the red zone,” Mankowski said. “We were hurting ourselves. We were ready to score twice and had three to show for it.”

The Mustangs finally surged ahead in the second half and then withstood one last flurry by the Braves. When Evergreen recovered an onsides kick, it was able to run out the clock on a 31-27 triumph.

The win propelled the Mustangs (6-3) into the state tournament for a fourth consecutive year. They travel to Manteno Friday night for the postseason opener.

Unlike last season when it brought a spotless record into battle, Evergreen will enter the playoffs without huge expectations accompanying it. However, Mankowski doesn’t figure on the Mustangs being able to spring any surprises.

“We’ve been in 4A and done some good things [before], so people know who we are,” he said. “Playing these bigger teams [during the regular season] really helps out. We have a good opportunity, so let’s run with it.”

Mankowski admitted, though, that Evergreen must spruce up its execution.

“We’ve got the potential to play well and I hope we can live up to that, but there are things that need to be corrected if we want to make it [to the state final],” he said. “It’s either feast or famine for us. We’re not going to make it easy [on ourselves].”

That was true a couple weeks ago when the Mustangs struggled to vanquish Eisenhower and again versus Bremen. Mankowski credited the Braves’ defense for “spectacular” play, better than he had anticipated.

But LaShon Johnson’s 23-yard scoring run in the second quarter

A Bremen player flattens Evergreen Park’s Julian Rodriguez after the latter picked off a Braves pass on the visitors’ opening series Friday night. The Mustangs’ defense forced four turnovers in the South Suburban Conference crossover game. proved Bremen was fallible and Michael Horton gave Evergreen its first lead when he caught a 12-yard touchdown throw from Sean Ryan early in the third period. The TD came after the teams traded fumbles, Will Doran making the Mustangs’ recovery at their own 14.

“We got lucky there,” Mankowski said.

Evergreen’s defense delivered another big play in the fourth stanza shortly after Isaac Matthews (63-yard reception) had countered a Braves six-pointer with one of his own. Zach Rogers pounced on a Bremen fumble that Ray Graham caused and the hosts took over at the Braves’ 23.

Ryan’s 1-yard keeper made it 31-21 and enabled the Mustangs to withstand Bremen’s last round of noisemaking. Ryan and Julian Rodriguez both picked off Braves passes during the game, giving Evergreen’s defense four turnovers in all.

As for the locals’ offense, Ryan accounted for 326 total yards (201 passing, 125 rushing) and Johnson contributed 151 (84 receiving, 67 rushing). The Mustangs were guilty of just the one miscue that Doran quickly offset.

“It was crazy, just back-and-

forth,” Mankowski said. “[But] you’ve got to get to six wins and we did. We talked about how far we can go [in the postseason] and we really have to take it one game at a time and keep trying to move forward.”

Statistics Bremen Evergreen Park

7 7 7 6 - 27 3 6 7 15 - 31

EP Yds. rushing 216 Yds. passing 201 Total yds.

417 Att./comp. 29-13 Fumbles lost 1 Had intercepted 0 Scoring EP — Neil Quigley 34 field goal EP — LaShon Johnson 23 run (conversion failed) EP — Michael Horton 12 pass from Sean Ryan (Quigley kick) EP — Isaac Matthews 63 pass from Ryan (Ryan run) EP — Ryan 1 run (Quigley kick) Evergreen Park Rushing: Ryan 13-125, Johnson 15-67, Brown 5-22, Simmons 1-2. Passing: Ryan 29-13-201. Receiving: Matthews 5-96, Johnson 5-84, Horton 1-12, Simmons 1-6, Brown 1-3.

See you later, Gators

Knights pass their way to win over Guerin

By Ken Karrson Even the most ardent Chicago Christian football fan might be tempted to say the Knights failed the passing test this season.

Certainly that lack of aerial punch was evident most of the year. The lion’s share of yardage gained by Christian’s offense in 2014 came from its runners, most notably tailback Colby Roundtree, who twice eclipsed the 200-yard plateau in a single game.

But that same format wasn’t followed on Saturday afternoon in River Grove. In their season finale the Knights amassed 173 yards through the air — 69 more than on the ground — and used that unexpectedly potent display to knock off host Guerin Prep 27-13 in a Metro Suburban Conference East contest.

The win gave Christian (4-5, 3-2) its best record since 2009 and the most on-field victories in six years. One of the Knights’ 2009 triumphs resulted from a forfeit.

“It took a while, but we got it done,” Christian coach Jim Bolhuis said, referring to his team’s suddenly-adept passing game.

“We got a lot of man coverage, which made it kind of fun to beat — and we did that. The really cool thing about it for me was seeing how hard the kids played.”

Bolhuis wasn’t only talking about his offensive guys. The Knights’ defense slammed the door on the Gators by limiting them to 120 total yards while forcing a pair of turnovers.

Clay Bouquet (five solo stops, two assists, one-half sack), Nate Krygsheld (four solos), Brandon Schmidt (three solos, one assist) and Christian Bolhuis (one solo, four assists, 1½ sacks) served as prevention-side ringleaders.

And it was the younger Bolhuis

(8-of-9, 128 yards) who triggered the offense as well as he completed touchdown throws of 10 and 56 yards to Luke Boss. Boss also hauled in a 45-yard halfback-option pass from Roundtree that got the scoring underway three-plus minutes into the contest.

Luke Rattler added a 36-yard touchdown run for Chicago Christian, which had two other wouldbe TDs negated by holding calls.

With all that was going for them the Knights wore the look of a dominant club, but Guerin refused to quietly succumb. The Gators fell behind for good on Boss’ 10-yard catch with 7:35 left in the opening half, but their relentless style of play took a toll on Christian.

“They were fired up and they were hitting hard,” Coach Bolhuis said of the hosts. “It was a brawl.

Everybody left it all on the field — you could hear it. “[Guerin was] charged up and it was dicey for us. Things were going rough for a while, but we were able to reach deep, suck it up and get a second wind [later on].

“I’m proud of the kids. I felt they toughened up and they were dishing it out as well as they were taking it.”

Bolhuis said the Knights had some trouble dealing with Guerin’s run game, “but they had difficulty with their passing, which helped us [control them].”

While Christian again missed out on the postseason, Bolhuis didn’t want to downplay the importance of finishing on such a high note.

“It really was a great way to end and I think it can have a big effect [entering the offseason],” he said of the win. “The kids recognize that their hard work paid off. There were only two games we were really out of this year:

the second half of the Wheaton Academy game and St. Ed’s.

“I think there’s a little bit of a buzz [around the school]. I’ve already heard some kids say they want to come out next year, so it’s encouraging for everybody.”

Bolhuis chuckled as he relived the Knights’ bus ride home on Saturday, saying the sight before him perfectly illustrated Christian’s level of effort.

“I looked around and everybody was sound asleep,” he said.

“They gave it their all and they were spent. It’s a pretty cool memory.”

Statistics Chicago Christian 7 12 0 8 - 27 Guerin Prep 7 0 6 0 - 13

First downs Yds. rushing Yds. passing Total yds.

Att./comp.

Fumbles/lost Had intercepted Penalties/yds.

Punts/avg.

CC GP 5 6 104 96 173 24 277 120 10-9 23-3 2-0 0-0 0 2 13-145 10-105 6-31.5 5-29.0

Scoring CC — Luke Boss 45 pass from Colby Roundtree (Jeremy Slager kick) GP — Richie Zacharias 2 run (Jared Soriano kick) CC — Boss 10 pass from Christian Bolhuis (kick failed) CC — Boss 56 pass from Bolhuis (pass failed) GP — Jarvis Davis 7 run (kick failed) CC — Luke Rattler 36 run (Brandon Fitzpatrick pass from Bolhuis) Chicago Christian Rushing: Roundtree 17-54, Rattler 9-44, Bolhuis 8-23, Bouquet 1-(-2) Team 2-(-15). Passing: Bolhuis 9-8-128, Roundtree 1-1-45. Receiving: Boss 5-117, Hill 2-37, Roundtree 2-19.

Even before Chicago Christian lost five of six matches at the Lincoln-Way Central Tournament, Knights coach Chrissy Gust felt her team was lacking some swagger.

But one week removed from the toughest stretch of an otherwise dominating season Gust is feeling confident her girls have tied up loose ends and are ready for the challenge of the state tournament that began this week.

“Our girls had a little touch of not being pushed hard because they didn’t have to work as hard earlier in the season,” Gust said.

“The Lincoln-Way Central Tournament was a real wake-up call for them. They needed that because I don’t think the girls have been playing like they’re the team to beat.

“I don’t think they realized how good they are and how badly other teams want to beat them. After they had those tough losses, they realized there was a target on their back and that we are the team to beat. That’s been their mentality heading into the postseason.”

At Lincoln-Way Central, Chicago Christian (27-8) captured a win over Chicago Agricultural Science while suffering setbacks against Oak Lawn, Lincoln-Way Central, Marian Catholic, Homewood-Flossmoor and Glenbard South. Gust said her players “really dissected those losses and learned from them,” which led to a week of encouraging practices.

“We’ve been killing it in practice and are really confident as we head into the postseason,” she said.

“The girls have definitely realized that they need to step up their play as we approach the postseason.

They are all ready for the challenge [and] they’re working really hard in practice in tightening up their defense and blocks.”

Leading the way has been Anna Kamp, who Gust said takes the weight of the team on her back.

Kamp’s sister, Leah, is also one of Christian’s steadiest performers.

“Anna is solid all the way around,” Gust said. “When the team is struggling, she really picks up the slack. She is really vital. When she’s on, the whole team is on.

“Leah Kamp has a very strong

hitting percentage when she hits the ball. She puts it away.”

Gust said setter Sam Kubik is the brains of the operation while Abby Leo has been an unsung hero on defense.

“Sam makes sure that everything on the court is working,” Gust said. “She’s the on-the-court quarterback for the team.

“Abby has kind of flown under the radar this season, but she can get to any ball on the court. Abby has been gradually stepping into the libero role. We’re [also] bringing up a sophomore libero and freshman middle hitter for the postseason, and we’re very excited about having both of them.”

The Knights will likely face either Nazareth Academy or Timothy Christian in regional play and most likely will have to beat longtime nemesis Illiana Christian in order to advance further.

“We’ve played them all, so the girls know what to expect from those teams,” Gust said. “Everything we’re doing in practice is up three notches. If they can be as effective as they’ve been in practice, they should be able to compete and defeat the higher-level teams we’ll be playing in the state tournament.”

SANDBURG The Eagles captured a pair of SouthWest Suburban Conference Blue matches last week as they topped Lincoln-Way East (25-19, 25-22) on Tuesday and Homewood-Flossmoor (25-11, 25-14) on Thursday. The latter triumph was Sandburg’s 30th of the season and it is undefeated in conference play.

Gillian Thanasouras finished with eight kills and three service aces to lead the Eagles (30-5, 7-0) in their win over the Griffins.

Julia Borschel added seven kills, Leah Lane had six, Morgan Kmak scooped 19 digs and Sami Knight dished out 22 assists.

Knight distributed 17 assists and Borschel registered seven kills to pace host Sandburg versus the Vikings.

STAGG SWSC Blue wins over Lockport (25-19, 25-22) and Joliet West (25-18, 25-20) on Tuesday and Thursday, respectively, improved the Chargers to 5-3 in the conference and 19-16 overall.

Lexi Mantas put down 15 kills and Maddie Duffner doled out 25 assists to elevate visiting Stagg

against the Porters. Ari Mantas helped out with 15 digs. Keying the victory over the Tigers were Lexi Mantas (12 kills), Duffner (19 assists), Ari Mantas (11 kills) and Amanda Collins (12 digs).

MARIST The RedHawks played a total of six sets last week while splitting a pair of East Suburban Catholic Conference matches.

Marist beat Joliet Catholic Academy (22-25, 25-12, 25-15) on Tuesday behind the leadership of Lizzie Zaleski (26 assists, five blocks, four aces), Cameron Enright (10 kills) and Colleen Reilly (nine kills, five blocks). Zaleski (25 assists, 15 digs, four aces) and Enright (17 digs, six kills, five blocks) were solid again on Thursday, but even with input from Emily Graff (10 kills) and Alyssa Rizzo (21 digs) also mixed in the RedHawks (26-8, 8-1) didn’t have enough to prevent a loss to Benet Academy.

The Redwings outlasted Marist 20-25, 25-21, 25-19 on Thursday.

MOTHER MCAULEY The Mighty Macs improved to 32-3 on the season with a 25-15, 25-16 victory over Lyons Township last Wednesday.

Ryann DeJarld totaled 12 kills and 10 digs for Mother McAuley, while Jane DeJarld and Amber Casey added 14 and 13 assists, respectively.

SHEPARD Briana Haugh finished with five kills and three aces for the host Astros (25-5, 13-0), who completed an unbeaten South Suburban Conference Red season with a 25-7, 25-15 decision over Bremen last Tuesday.

OAK LAWN Bri Markusic notched 11 kills and Daniele Vanderwarren had eight digs to lift the host Spartans (16-14, 8-5) to a 25-20, 25-18 SSC crossover victory over Hillcrest last Tuesday.

Neither of Oak Lawn’s SSC Red partners, Richards and Evergreen Park, fared as well last week. The Bulldogs wound up on the short end of the score against both Illiana Christian (25-12, 25-20 on Monday) and Oak Forest (25-17, 25-17 on Thursday). The Bengals also collected an SSC crossover victory against the Mustangs, who fell to a 25-15, 25-17 setback on Tuesday.

Queen of Peace was a 25-19, 26-24 loser to Marian Catholic last Thursday.

Johnson gets waxed Vikings’ romp past Pumas nets playoff berth

By Ken Karrson Anyone planning a trip to Las Vegas in the near future may want to take Harold Blackmon along as a consultant.

The St. Laurence coach rolled the dice last week when he lobbied to have the IHSA sanction a Week 9 game against Johnson College Prep. Blackmon sought out the Chicago Public League contingent as a replacement for St. Francis de Sales, which pulled the plug on its varsity football program early in the season.

That left the Vikings with a hole to fill on their schedule, although they were assured of a forfeit victory if the spot remained empty.

Seeing as how five wins do not guarantee inclusion in the state tournament, Blackmon opted to forgo the certain one and take a gamble.

But the risk came with high reward. By thrashing the Pumas 59-0 on Thursday at Kavanagh Field, St. Laurence collected four more playoff points and along with them a berth in the Class 5A field.

The Vikings (5-4), who reached the playoffs for the first time since 2009 and only the fourth time in 18 years, will meet Joliet Catholic Academy on Saturday night in an opening-round matchup. The Hilltoppers enter the tourney on the heels of a 32-7 triumph over Marist that kept the RedHawks out of the Class 8A playoffs for the first time in Pat Dunne’s seven coaching seasons.

“I hope this is more the norm for us than the exception [in the future],” Blackmon said. “We couldn’t care less [who we play] — whatever’s in front of us is what we’ll take on.

“We were just hoping to extend our season because that’s part of the progress of the program. If we want to contend for state [titles], we have to get to state."

Blackmon said he wasn’t surprised the IHSA gave the Vikings a choice to not accept the forfeit.

“A couple other teams rescheduled [because of St. Francis’ situation] and we’d been looking for a Week 9 game since the beginning,” he said. “We were excited to just get a ninth game.”

And the excitement built quickly once play commenced. St. Laurence, which Blackmon said treated this contest like its initial playoff encounter, jumped ahead 14-0 within the

first four minutes and racked up 32 points before the period break.

Mike Sterna’s 69-yard punt return got the Vikings on the board with 9:55 remaining in the quarter, then Matt Gurgone (8-yard catch), Fayezon Smart (11-yard run) and Carlos Baker (45-yard reception) all got into the first-quarter scoring act. Tyler Snee’s fumble recovery, Jimmy Burnette’s interception and a pair of safeties were all part of the early onslaught as well.

“You don’t expect to completely dominate a team, but the competition they played this year probably didn’t prepare them to face a Chicago Catholic League team,” Blackmon said of Johnson. “It can get ugly fast, and our overall size and speed was a little too much for them [to handle].

“We talked to our seniors and reminded them we took a win off the board, so [this game] needed to count. Our senior leadership is outstanding and our kids played hard. They knew what was on the line and I guess they didn’t want to take any chances.”

The Pumas could never recover from St. Laurence’s opening blitz and the hosts — who allowed Johnson Prep to hold its homecoming festivities at halftime because its would-be homecoming game had been cancelled — added to the visitors’ misery by tallying twice more before intermission.

Smart capped a six-play, 90-yard drive with a 20-yard touchdown dash and Mario Aranda scored on a 2-yard plunge.

The long march was set up by Baker, who caused two fumbles on one play. A Puma recovered the first drop and jetted downfield, only to have Baker catch up to him, knock the ball loose again and this time pounce on it.

The running clock was instituted before halftime, but even real-time passage couldn’t prevent Johnson Prep from experiencing more pain. Aranda (1-yard run) and Danny Schadt (3-yard run) each reached the end zone in the third stanza before the scoring mercifully concluded.

Aranda (132 yards) and Smart (106) both topped the century mark in rushing while St. Laurence amassed 402 total yards as it broke in a new quarterback.

Tim Delaney was shifted from receiver to replace Alex Martinez, who is sidelined by injury.

Defensively, the Vikings completely stymied the Pumas, who netted only 48 total yards and committed four turnovers. Snee accrued four solo tackles, seven assists and two sacks in addition to his fumble recovery and Gurgone (five solos, three assists, two sacks) also starred.

While Blackmon obviously looks like a genius for pushing to play a Week 9 game, he insisted there really wasn’t much of a decision to make.

“I like [the playoff system] because it adds a sense of accomplishment,” Blackmon said. “I believe teams need to earn their way into the playoffs. It was a risk [playing Johnson], but we had a realistic chance to be on the outside looking in at the playoffs [without it].

“If we had come out and been on the other side [of the final score], I would have been the first to say we didn’t belong there. The struggles we had during the season were because of our inexperience, but we still had nobody to blame but ourselves for being in that [tenuous] position.”

Statistics Johnson Prep St. Laurence

0 0 0 0 - 0 32 14 13 0 - 59

First downs Yds. rushing Yds. passing Total yds.

Att./comp.

Fumbles/lost Had intercepted Penalties/yds.

Punts/avg.

JCP STL 2 23 13 281 35 121 48 402 20-3 9-7 5-2 2-1 2 1 4-30 4-30 3-30.7 1-18.0

Scoring STL — Mike Sterna 69 punt return (Saul Pinal kick) STL — Matt Gurgone 8 pass from Tim Delaney (Pinal kick) STL — Fayezon Smart 11 run (Pinal kick) STL — Safety (Johnson Prep punter runs out of own end zone) STL — Safety (Johnson Prep snaps ball out of own end zone) STL — Carlos Baker 45 pass from Delaney (Pinal kick) STL — Smart 20 run (Pinal kick) STL — Mario Aranda 2 run (Pinal kick) STL — Danny Schadt 3 run (kick failed) STL — Aranda 1 run (Pinal kick) St. Laurence Rushing: Aranda 22-132, Smart 9-106, Schadt 5-28, Delaney 1-15.

Passing: Delaney 9-7-121. Receiving: Gurgone 4-52, Baker 1-45, Sterna 1-16, Burnette 1-8.

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Evening the score

Spartans finish season by bouncing Astros

By Ken Karrson

Photos by Jeff Vorva

Sophomore receiver Ricky Smalling stretches out to make one of his eight catches for Brother Rice Friday night vs. St. Rita. Smalling gained a team-high 88 yards on his receptions to help the Crusaders clinch a share of the Chicago Catholic League Blue crown.

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that],” Badke said of facing such a power-laden slate. “I like being crazy. We could have played a cupcake [along the way] and gotten a first-round home game, but our guys are prepared and feel they can compete with anybody.”

That included the visiting Mustangs on Friday. St. Rita was staring at a 14-0 deficit less than midway through the opening stanza as the Crusaders scored once on both offense (Marcus Jones’ 1-yard run) and defense (Greg Bernier’s 29-yard fumble return 19 seconds later).

The Mustangs' failed punt fake in their own territory set up Jones’ six-pointer.

The visitors never did catch up after that, although they didn’t merely slink away, either.

Julian Blain’s 27-yard reception gave Rice a 21-7 halftime lead and his 5-yard dash with just over two minutes remaining in the third period restored a two-touchdown cushion for the home team.

But the Mustangs — whose first two TDs were notched by Tyre Lee on runs of 5 and 3 yards —responded with another score 4½ minutes into the final quarter. Quarterback Scott Proctor supplied it on an 8-yard keeper.

“We shot ourselves in the foot a couple times with bad snaps or penalties,” Badke said. “It should have been 28-7 at halftime — we had an interception for a touchdown called back — but give credit to St. Rita. They played us tough.

It’s always that kind of game [with them].”

Proctor directed another drive in the late going that reached inside the Crusaders’ 40, but Robert Woods’ third-down tackle for loss stifled some of the momentum. The Mustangs then tried a halfback-option pass that fell incomplete and gave possession back to the hosts.

Woods (four solo stops, two tackles for loss) was one of several heroes on the Rice defense. Also making their presences felt were Jordan Boyd (six solos, one assist, forced fumble), Kevin Furlong (five solos, three assists, two tackles for

Brother Rice’s Branden Houston finds running room against visiting St. Rita Friday night. loss, one sack), Jimmy Opoka (five solos, one quarterback hurry), Steven Robinson (four solos, one assist, one tackle for loss), Derrick Frye (three solos, two assists, one tackle for loss, one hurry) and Manny Bravo (three solos, two assists, one sack).

While the Crusaders’ offense wasn’t quite as explosive as in recent weeks, it still generated 312 total yards, 58 more than St. Rita. Quarterback Alex Alarcon completed 15-of-24 passes for 170 yards and also rushed for 56 more, second only to Jones’ 60.

Ricky Smalling gathered in eight of Alarcon’s throws for 88 yards’ worth of pickups.

“Alex has really come into his own,” Badke said. “He’s doing a better job of taking care of the ball [than in 2013]. Having a two-year starter at quarterback is big and he and Marcus have carried this team thus far.

“We’ve got more leadership [this season], more experience and more [overall] talent. That’s a good recipe for success.”

Statistics St. Rita Brother Rice

0 7 7 7 - 21 14 7 7 0 - 28

First downs Yds. rushing Yds. passing Total yds.

Att./comp.

Fumbles lost Had intercepted Penalties/yds.

Punts/avg.

SR BR 18 17 193 142 61 170 254 312 18-6 25-15 1 0 1 0 3-15 6-60 4-35.8 4-33.0

Scoring BR — Marcus Jones 1 run (pass failed) BR — Greg Bernier 29 fumble return (Matt Pikowski run) SR — Tyre Lee 5 run (Bailey Marth kick) BR — Julian Blain 27 pass from Alex Alarcon (Pikowski kick) SR — Lee 3 run (Marth kick) BR — Blain 5 run (Pikowski kick) SR — Scott Proctor 8 run (Marth kick) Brother Rice Rushing: Jones 13-60, Alarcon 20-56, Blain 3-17, Houston 1-6, Pikowski 1-3, Taylor 1-0. Passing: Alarcon 24-15-170, Miller 1-0-0. Receiving: Smalling 8-88, Blain 3-41, Jones 2-35, Hayes 2-6.

One more silent night Chargers end season quietly vs. H-F

By Ken Karrson The Christmas holidays are several weeks away, but that didn’t stop Stagg from experiencing its own version of “Silent Night.”

All was definitely calm for the Chargers Friday night at Homewood-Flossmoor but little was bright. Stagg’s offense and defense both ran afoul of a Vikings squad that is expected to be a team with which to reckon in the Class 8A playoffs.

And if H-F’s display in its regular-season finale was any indication, such a lofty outlook would seem justified. Scoring on their first seven possessions, the Vikings made short work of the Chargers in a SouthWest Suburban Conference Blue matchup as they bagged a 48-0 victory.

The defeat was Stagg’s third in a row to conclude the 2014 campaign. During that stretch the Chargers — who were dealing with a fair number of injuries on the offensive side — got outscored 125-28.

“It’s our schedule and we’ve got to play it,” Stagg coach Mike Fahey said of his club’s SWSC Blue slate.

“You’ve got to have a lot of things go your way [to succeed]. I think if we were down in the [Red] division we’d be more competitive.”

The Chargers (3-6, 1-6) will actually revisit their recent past by renewing acquaintances with former Red mate and fellow District 230 member Andrew in Week 1 of the 2015 season. Week 2 may feature a date with Thornton as Stagg did not renew deals with Hillcrest and Oak Lawn.

“We’ve got to get better and we’ll step up our competition a little bit earlier,” Fahey said. “We’ll get pushed, that’s for sure.”

Most of the pushing done on Friday was instigated by H-F, which rode the 1-2 ground-gaining punch of twin brothers Devonte and Deante Harley-Hampton to more than 500 yards’ worth of offense. The Vikings amassed 370 of that total on 28 first-half plays, which included scoring runs of 51 and 77 yards by the Harley-Hamptons.

“Those two running backs are pretty good,” Fahey said. “They’re very, very quick, fast, they have great vision and they run hard.

They get into space and it’s kind of a mismatch for us. Every time they touched the ball they could score — and they pretty much did.

“Offensively, [H-F is] awfully good. They can run it, they can throw it and they have size on the line.”

But even with all their apparent shortcomings, the Chargers were not completely without scoring chances of their own. On its initial possession of the evening, for example, Stagg marched downfield and took two cracks at the Vikings’ end zone, only to see passes dropped each time.

“That’s the story of our season — we had to play pretty much a perfect game [to have a realistic shot at winning],” Fahey said. “We’re getting beat by good teams and the kids know that. Lincoln-Way East has a pretty good, deep team and H-F can win state.”

The Vikings intercepted a pass and recovered a Chargers fumble late in the second period, mistakes that allowed the home team to distance itself even further from Stagg. Other key individuals for H-F on offense were quarterback Bryce Gray and receiver Kendric Pryor, who hauled in a 15-yard TD pass and made a 78-yard

catch that set up Devonte Harley-Hampton’s 8-yard dash that extended the Vikes’ edge to 34-0.

Little went right for the Chargers, who finished with 182 total yards. Spearheading that effort was Josh Sterling, who rushed for 114 yards on 16 carries and whose presence in the backfield illustrated the injury-induced changeover Stagg has undergone during the course of the season — three weeks ago Sterling was an offensive tackle.

Quarterbacks Joe Van Nieuwenhuyse and Konrad Lach provided most of the remaining yards on a combined 10 carries. Van Nieuwenhuyse also completed 3-of-7 passes for the Chargers but gained only 10 yards with those as one of the catches resulted in a loss.

Tyquan Foster made the other two receptions for 12 yards.

Statistics Stagg H-F

0 0 0 0 - 0 21 20 7 0 - 48

Scoring HF — Devonte Harley-Hampton 51 run (James Sheehan kick) HF — Deante Harley-Hampton 4 run (Sheehan kick) HF — Dea. Harley-Hampton 77 run (kick failed) HF — Kendric Pryor 15 pass from Bryce Gray (Sheehan kick) HF — Dev. Harley-Hampton 8 run (Sheehan kick) HF — Sheehan 4 pass from Gray (Sheehan kick) HF — Trevor Johnson 79 run (Sheehan kick) Stagg Rushing: Sterling 16-114, Van Nieuwenhuyse 4-22, Lach 6-20. Passing: Van Nieuwenhuyse 7-3-10. Receiving: Foster 2-12.

Some of the most intense competitions, athletic or otherwise, exist between friends.

Former Providence Catholic teammates Sean Lucas and Dominic Passolano no longer play football, only coach it, but that doesn’t mean the urge to one-up each other has also gone away.

While neither man puts personal goals ahead of team ones, Lucas jokingly said how nice it was “to get back to even” against Passolano. That occurred Friday night in Oak Lawn, where Lucas’ Spartans rolled over Passolano’s Shepard Astros 28-3 in a South Suburban Conference Red encounter.

Oak Lawn’s victory was actually its second in a row over Shepard, but the 2013 contest came down to the Spartans being a bit better on kicking extra points. This time any drama was removed by halftime as Oak Lawn (3-6, 2-4) constructed a 21-3 advantage.

“That’s the best one of our teams has played since I’ve been here,” said Lucas, who just completed his fourth season in charge of the Spartans. “We didn’t play perfectly, but our kids picked each other up [when necessary]. We’re obviously happy with how we ended it.

“To do it against a team like that was definitely a positive [thing]. The kids can draw confidence from beating Shepard and Eisenhower.”

Lucas’ buddy was impressed

by Oak Lawn, too.

“I tip my hat to him,” Passolano said. “They were prepared and his kids played well.”

Giving the Spartans some juice right away was Alec McCarthy, who intercepted an Astros pass and later caught a 5-yard scoring one from Joe Cosenza to move Oak Lawn in front. McCarthy also contributed a 25-yard reception to the touchdown march.

“He was put in position to make a play and he did,” Lucas said of his senior receiver. “All the kids were energetic. We came in, we

executed the game plan and the kids made plays.”

A pair of short TD runs by Joe Robinson in the second quarter gave the Spartans firm control of the proceedings. Shepard’s lone response before halftime was a Mike Iturbe field goal, although the Astros did have some success moving the ball.

“It’s everything we’ve seen all year — we’re a few steps away from making that big play,” Passolano said. “We’d get a drive going, but once we’d get in the red zone we stalled. We couldn’t finish drives.”

Iturbe misfired on a 45-yard field-goal attempt, but the Spartans also squandered a decent first-half opportunity by losing a fumble inside Shepard’s 35. Still, it was the Astros (3-6, 1-5) who had to play catch-up and, despite gaining nearly 240 total yards, they were unable to ever reach Oak Lawn’s end zone.

The Spartans weren’t through scoring, though, as Tyler Loehr snagged a 15-yard TD pass in the fourth period. Lucas said he didn’t want his guys to relax just because they held a sizable lead after 24 minutes.

“We were up 14-0 on Evergreen Park and we let it slip away,” Lucas said, referring to a Week 5 setback that also featured Oak Lawn locked in a 28-all tie during the second half.

“We had a lot of positive energy going, so [the earlier game] was not what we wanted them to think about. We just kept our kids thinking [against Shepard] that it was 0-0 and told them to keep playing with intensity — that’s what they did.”

Mitchell Gonsch helped disrupt the Astros’ offense with a pair of fumble recoveries. Shepard did have some individual standouts, however, in spite of its lack of scoring.

Tailback Demetrius Harrison rushed for 84 yards, receivers Alec Hufstedler and Isaiah Lopez had 13 catches between them for 91 yards and quarterback Jack Carberry produced 73 total yards, including 45 on the ground. Of that group only Lopez will graduate, which makes it easy for Passolano look beyond the here and now.

“I’m excited about next year,” he said. “You see teams go through three- and four-year cycles and you bank on getting that one kid walking through the door that can turn things around. You need talented kids and we’ve got a few of them — Harrison is one of the top rushers in the area and Carberry is starting to make good decisions.

“The good thing, too, is that [current] junior class has never been shy about getting in the weight room. Some of [the inconsistency] was physical immaturity, but hopefully we continue to get stronger.”

Oak Lawn is in a somewhat similar position as its SSC Red neighbor, albeit without as heavy an influx of youngsters. But Lucas wants his returning players to remember that the Spartans’ sub.500 ledger wasn’t too far away from being over the break-even mark.

“The Argo and Evergreen Park games were very much winnable,” he said. “That’s what we told the kids. We’d like to have a few plays back [in those contests].”

Statistics Shepard Oak Lawn

Yds. rushing Yds. passing Total yds.

Att./comp.

Fumbles lost Had intercepted Punts/avg.

0 3 0 0 - 3 7 14 0 7 - 28 ABS OL 132 147 104 165 236 312 31-14 15-11 2 1 1 1 3-43.7 ---

Scoring OL — Alec McCarthy 5 pass from Joe Cosenza (Adnane Laanati kick) ABS — Mike Iturbe 30 field goal OL — Joe Robinson 1 run (Laanati kick) OL — Robinson 4 run (Laanati kick) OL — Tyler Loehr 15 pass from Cosenza (Laanati kick) Shepard Rushing: Harrison 20-84, Carberry 11-45, Rueck 1-6, Hennington 1-(-3). Passing: Hennington 22-10-76, Carberry 9-4-28. Receiving: Hufstedler 7-38, Lopez 6-53, Rueck 1-13.

SXU sports summary

Soccer player Rodriguez among ‘Best of the Best’ David Rodriguez doesn't only do good work on the soccer field.

St. Xavier University's senior midfielder has also been recognized for his off-the-field exploits. Specifically, Rodriguez became one of just five national nominees to make up the male college division when the Mundial Sports Network announced the names of 20 individuals for its “Best of the Best” Athletic Leadership scholarship last week.

“Best of the Best” recognizes student-athletes who demonstrate unprecedented leadership and exceptional talent both on and off the field. Rodriguez now competes for a chance to be a finalist for the award, which comes with a spread in the Fútbol Mundial print publication, a Front Page Award in Fútbol Mundial, a $1,000 scholarship ($500 for the “Best of the Best” student, $500 for the student’s school athletics program) and a catered Leadership Awards luncheon at the student’s school.

“It is an honor to be nominated for this award and have an opportunity to represent St. Xavier University and our men's soccer program,” said Rodriguez. “It’s this program and my teammates that have helped me be successful.

I’m looking forward to competing for this award and continuing to have a great season.”

Joining Rodriguez in the male college division category are Mario Da Silva from United States Military Academy in West Point, N.Y.; Martin Giordano from Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, N.Y.; Andres Garcia from California State University in Sacramento, Calif.; and Joshua Zapata from Suffolk County Community College in Selden, N.Y. Since 2012 “Best of the Best” has made a profound difference in the lives of student-athletes nationwide and the Latino community that supports them. The finalist from the male college category will be announced on Friday, Dec. 12.

“I could not be happier for David and think he is very deserving of this recognition because he has made himself a leader on our team,” SXU coach Ed Vucinic said.

“David came into our program as a freshman walk-on and is now a starter, a scholarship player and key part of what makes our program successful.

"He is an extremely hard worker, both on the field and in his academic pursuits, and it would be difficult to find someone with more passion for the game of soccer than David. He is a true leader by example and does whatever he is capable of doing to find success.”

Rodriguez has started all 16 matches for the Cougars, who currently lead the 12-team Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference with 19 points and a 6-2-1 conference record. He carries a 3.268 cumulative grade-point average and is working toward a degree in political science. Rodriguez was a member of the CCAC All-Academic team in both 2012 and 2013.

Mundial Sports Network is a leading Latino sports media company based in New York. Founded in 1999 by entrepreneur Felix Sención, who was voted by Crain’s as one of its “40 under 40” to watch, Mundial offers advertisers direct access to the highly coveted U.S. Hispanic sports fan. For more information about “Best of the Best” 2014, visit www.futbolmundial.com/bestofthebest. *** A pair of second-half goals by senior midfielder Tom Lojek were key as the Cougars defeated Cardinal Stritch University 3-1 in a CCAC encounter last Wednesday night at Bruce R. Deaton Field.

The victory, SXU's third straight, gave it a 4-1 record during the month of October. The lone loss came against Olivet Nazarene University in overtime.

Ricardo Aldape also scored for the Cougars (8-7-1, 6-2-1 CCAC), his goal off a free kick in the 25th minute giving SXU an early lead.

Lojek extended it three minutes into the second half as Kamil Szczesniak and Marco Gutierrez each earned an assist on the play. Lojek knocked in another shot in the 51st minute, this one off an Aldape assist, to complete the home team's production.

Senior keeper AJ Pfatschbacher collected the win while making four saves. The Wolves' only success against him was registered

by Favian Gonzalez right after Lojek had increased the Cougars' advantage to 3-0.

Stritch outshot SXU 15-12, but the Cougars held a 7-5 edge in shots on goal.

SXU returns to action Saturday at Toyota Park when it squares off with Roosevelt University at 2 p.m.

VOLLEYBALL The Cougars' 25-12, 25-16, 25-11 triumph over Trinity International University last Tuesday night at Van Dixhorn Arena in Deerfield might have seemed no different

than any other SXU victory this fall, but it was.

It was, in fact, a personal landmark for veteran coach Bob Heersema, whose career win total was at 600 once the conquest of the Trojans was official. Now in his 28th season with the Cougars, Heersema's record stood at 600-545 after the match.

This latest victory was made possible through a balanced attack.

Right-side hitter Meghan Falsey (seven kills and career-high six service aces) played a pivotal role, but support for her came from outside hitter Anna O’Hara (six kills) and middle hitter Marie Hackert (five kills, three block assists), both of whom were also solid along the net.

Additional help was provided by setter Kelli Shaffer (15 assists, three kills, five digs), libero Dominique Aramburu (seven digs) and defensive specialist Erica Harris (seven digs). *** Hackert and Falsey combined for 50 kills on the day as the Cougars split two Friday matches at the CCAC Crossover Tournament hosted by Trinity Christian College at the DeVos Athletic and Recreation Center in Palos Heights.

SXU beat Purdue University Calumet 20-25, 25-20, 25-13, 25-15 in its opening match but couldn't handle the host Trolls, who swept to a 27-25, 27-25, 25-15 triumph in the second encounter.

Hackert and Falsey each recorded 14 kills against the Peregrines while the latter augmented that number with three total blocks, including one solo. Middle blocker/outside hitter Heidi Gregerson contributed nine kills and also had one solo block among her total of three.

Shaffer registered 39 assists, eight digs and a pair of block assists toward the win, Aramburu scooped a team-best 22 digs and defensive specialist/outside hitter Jessica Galotta chipped in 16 digs and five kills.

Hackert paced the Cougars with 12 kills versus Trinity, but Falsey also reached double figures with 10. Gregerson was tough defensively with five total blocks (one solo) to go along with her nine kills. Shaffer totaled 27 assists, six digs and four kills and Galotta added nine digs.

SXU couldn't close out the Trolls in either of the first two sets after holding 23-20 leads in each. Service errors hurt the cause as the Cougars finished with 13 as a team in the match. *** (Continued on page 5)

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UNDER-12 Batman's Crew 4, Demons 2 Eric Antkiewicz registered a hat trick and Jacob Nowobilski added one goal as Batman's Crew defeated the Demons. Passing out one assist apiece were Ian Kloehn, Eddie Sutkus, Campbell Brown and Tom Lamb.

Supplying the winners with solid defense were Eamon O'Hara, Gianna Demacopoulos, Giulia Demacopoulos and Noraan Mohamed.

Blizzard 7, Blue Pickles 2 Ryan Thomason's hat trick was the Blizzard's biggest offensive weapon, but three other players also scored as the Pickles were soundly defeated. Finding the

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it as the favorite to advance in the state tournament, that very same thing is making Sheehan wary.

“I don’t like playing teams twice [in the same season], especially with 16- and 17-year-old kids who remember what happened before and think it’s going to be easy [to win again],” he said. “This is a whole different thing in the playoffs — anything can happen. With as many senior leaders as we have, I hope they can get that message across to the younger guys.”

And just in case Sheehan needs something else to strengthen his argument, he can point to 2007.

The final season of Gary Korhonen’s illustrious coaching career concluded with a playoff loss to the Bengals — a team Richards beat during that regular season.

But Oak Forest will be squaring off against a 2014 Bulldogs squad that’s operating on all cylinders. Its defense barely allowed the Argonauts to venture onto Richards’ side of the field while its offense racked up more than 400 yards, nearly half of which were generated by Johnson, who tallied on runs of 6, 35, 77 and 13 yards before halftime.

His big effort followed a similar one versus Evergreen, which got torched for 101 yards on just six carries the week before. So what’s been the secret to Johnson’s late-season barrage?

“I think [sophomore Pat] Doyle having a big game against Reavis [in Week 7] was kind of a wake-up call,” Sheehan said with a chuckle.

“They’re patting each other on the back, but it’s competition [between them]. They both want the ball and the last two weeks Romeo’s really stepped up.

“We’ve got a good 1-2 punch [at

SXU sports summary (Continued from page 4) Falsey had a big day with 26 kills as the Cougars (20-14, 10-4) won twice in tournament play on Saturday. SXU defeated Calumet College of St. Joseph (25-23, 25-16, 25-11) and Olivet Nazarene (25-19, 25-18, 25-20) while being extremely efficient offensively as it posted respective attack percentages of .271 (40 kills, 14 errors) and .379 (44 kills, eight errors).

Falsey was the lone Cougar to put down a double-digit number of kills against the Crimson Wave as she finished with 14. Shaffer delivered 33 assists, six digs, two kills and two block assists while Aramburu was tough on defense as she scooped up a match-best 15 digs.

Falsey amassed 12 kills for SXU in its second match, which also featured Hackert and Gregerson (nine kills apiece) doing their part to spark the Cougars at the net. Shaffer led the team in three categories with 36 assists, 10 digs and two aces.

SXU hosted Ashford (Iowa) University in a nonconference match this past Tuesday.

MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY Junior Janis Pastars finished 55th overall in a field of 375 runners to pace the Cougars at Saturday's NAIA Great Lakes Challenge, hosted by Aquinas College at Gracewil Golf Course in Grand Rapids, Mich.

Pastars, one of just three runners

back of the net as well for the winners were Erik Knutson (two goals), Luke Christy and Michael Jeffers.

Jennifer Rizzo dished out an assist and the trio of Tom DiBrizzi, Maks Srama and Colton Sterling shared the netminding duties. Providing good defense in front of the keepers were Alex Forczyk and Hudson Sterling.

UNDER-8 Sharks 5, Blue Rays 2 The Sharks stung the Rays behind goals from Vasilis Eliadis, Oliver Levy, Marco Marquez and Thomas Thornburg.

Thornburg also distributed a pair of assists while Marquez was credited with one. Also setting up one of the markers was Jack Dakiel.

Maroon Magic 14, Screaming Purple Cosmonauts 2 In the biggest offensive outburst for any team this season, the Magic made the Cosmonauts disappear beneath a flurry of scoring. Michael Tylka booted in six goals and Andrew Kopinski was an able accomplice as he knocked in four others.

Tallying once each to complete the onslaught were Alicia Kuna, Maya Doyle, Nathaniel Tran and Omar Gad.

Blue Bombers 4, Green Tornadoes 3 Max Kawa delivered all four of the Bombers' goals and they needed every one of them to calm the Tornadoes. Garnering assists were Marco Tamayo (two), Isabella Carpenter and Malaina Lisiecki.

Also playing well for the Bombers were Mandi Matulenko, Mari Jarmoszka, Isaac Maldanado and Matthew Swais. Matulenko spent time between the pipes, as did Kawa and Lisiecki.

running back]. It’s going to be November in Chicago. God knows what we’ll get [weather-wise], so we’ve got to be able to run the ball to be successful [in the postseason].”

It definitely was a recipe for success on this occasion as the ‘Dogs finished with 325 yards on the ground.

Reserve DJ Bridgewater added 62 rushing yards on 11 carries, much of the work being done on a 14-play second-half march that resulted in Jordan Jamerson’s 1-yard run that ended Richards’ offensive assault.

“We told [the backups], ‘You’ve got a whole half to play. Show us what you've got,’” Sheehan said. “We weren’t trying to rub it in, but you’re not going to tell your young guys not to score.”

Quarterback Hasan Muhammad-Rogers understandably didn’t throw often, but two of his four completions went for scores as Ryan Willett (26 yards) and Jared Moore (9 yards) both hauled in touchdown passes.

Just as detrimental to the Argonauts was the loss of quarterback Corde O’Neal to injury. He was hurt on the kickoff return that followed Johnson’s first TD.

[in the tournament]; anybody that comes out of the south is going to earn it. But if you’re going to win a state championship, you’ve got to beat some good teams. We just need to limit mistakes and let the chips fall where they may.”

“I really think when he went down it was one of those things where [Argo players] were saying, ‘It ain’t looking good,’” Sheehan said.

That description certainly doesn’t apply to the Bulldogs, who are benefiting from an overall return to health. Richards wasn’t able to field its projected first-string lineup in its entirety until past the halfway point of the schedule.

And now, as Sheehan opines, the Bulldogs are “starting to get hot at the right time.”

“We were playing a lot of young guys and some seniors who didn’t get a lot of playing time [in 2013],” he said. “After nine games they’re all veterans.

“It’s not going to be an easy one to compete for SXU, completed the 8K race in 27 minutes, 8.78 seconds. Senior Kyle Counter claimed the 103rd position in 27:51.40 and sophomore Alex Ray was the 165th individual down the chute as he clocked a 28:40.68.

The Cougars now prepare for the CCAC Cross Country Championships on Saturday, Nov 8. The meet is being hosted by Judson University and will be held at Wing Park Golf Course in Elgin. The men’s race is scheduled to begin at 11:45 a.m.

WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY Junior Ann Kolker led the way individually by placing 83rd among 367 competitors and the Cougars used that performance as the springboard to an 18th-place team showing at the 35-school NAIA Great Lakes Challenge at Gracewil Golf Course.

Kolker covered the 5K distance in 20:13.03. Also contributing to SXU's 565-point total were sophomore Nicole Watkins (96th in 20:25.94), freshman Alondra Delfin (113th, 20:54.72), senior Ali Proffitt (134th, 21:33.43) and sophomore Courtney Correa (139th, 21:40.46).

Rounding out the Cougars' lineup were freshmen Jocelyn Camacho (188th, 23:19.93) and Diondria Woodhouse (191st, 23:30.51).

SXU's women will also compete in the CCAC Championships on Nov. 8. Their race at Wing Park Golf Course is scheduled to get

Defensive standouts for Richards in its regular-season finale were Ramonta Hill (eight tackles), Roque Castro (eight), Tyler Demma (six) and Kenny Spey (six). Also enjoying his best outing of the season was place-kicker Andrew Calderon, who was perfect on seven conversion tries.

Statistics Argo Richards

0 0 0 0 - 0 21 21 7 0 - 49

HLR First downs 15 Yds. rushing 320 Yds. passing 94 Total yds.

414 Att./comp. 9-4 Fumbles/lost 1-1 Had intercepted 0 Penalties/yds. 5-25 Punts/avg. 0-0 Scoring HLR — Ryan Willett 26 pass from Hasan Muhammad-Rogers (Andrew Calderon kick) HLR — Romeo Johnson 6 run (Calderon kick) HLR — Johnson 35 run (Calderon kick) HLR — Johnson 77 run (Calderon kick) HLR — Johnson 13 run (Calderon kcik) HLR — Jared Moore 9 pass from Muhammad-Rogers (Calderon kick) HLR — Jordan Jamerson 1 run (Calderon kick) Richards Rushing: Johnson 6-192, Bridgewater 11-62, Muhammad-Rogers 1-33, Anderson 1-12, Jamerson 6-8, Baxter 1-7, Coleman 5-5, Doyle 1-1. Passing: Muhammad-Rogers 9-494. Receiving: Moore 2-15, Boykin 1-53, Willett 1-26.

underway at 11 a.m.

WOMEN'S SOCCER A goal by sophomore defender Heidi Tamblyn less than five minutes into overtime was the difference-maker as the Cougars suffered a 2-1 CCAC loss to Cardinal Stritch last Tuesday at Deaton Field.

SXU (4-8-3, 3-5-1) led 1-0 early in the second half following an unassisted goal by midfielder/forward Julia Gawlak in the 56th minute, but Wolves scores in the 73rd and 95th minutes were enough to net them the victory. Gawlak's tally came on a deflected ball as she had initially been stopped by Stritch keeper Kathleen Sauvey after being tackled in the box and awarded a penalty kick.

Gawlak put two other shots on target but was denied each time.

The Wolves held the edge in both total shots (21-10) and attempts on goal (14-7), but the match remained close thanks to Alex Perry's play between the pipes. The sophomore netminder was credited with 12 saves, the second consecutive match in which she turned aside a double-digit number of shots.

Jamie Karch accounted for the Wolves' regulation goal and also assisted on Tamblyn's match-winner.

The Cougars visited Cornerstone College in Grand Rapids, Mich., this past Tuesday for a makeup match.

The original contest, scheduled for Sept. 10, was postponed by inclement weather.

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Team do final tune-ups before playoffs Palos AYSO soccer teams did final tune-ups before embarking on the league playoffs. Following is a recap of reported matches for the last week of regular-season play.

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By Anthony Nasella Sandburg girls’ cross country team has had a goal all season to peak by Saturday’s Class 3A Marist Sectional meet.

And the fact that the Eagles captured last Saturday’s regional meet at Midlothian Meadows, they look to be right on schedule.

Despite having to sit three of its runners due to injuries, Sandburg received solid contributions across the board and scored 28 points -distancing itself from runner-up Marist (43), Trinity (88), Mother McAuley (90), Eisenhower (157) and Stagg (165) -- all of whom also qualified for the sectional.

All five of the Eagles’ scorers finished among the top 12 individuals. Leading the way was Casey Jensen, who was runner-up after completing the three-mile race in 18 minutes, 48.27 seconds. Following her down the chute were Erica Cerva (third in 19:01.23), Grace Foley (fourth, 19:06.54), Jade Lukas (seventh, 19:24.37) and Francesca Strolia (12th, 20:09.70).

Marist’s Maryclare Leonard was the individual champion.

“The day was great,” Sandburg coach Jenn Genslinger said. “[The girls] did excellent and everything we asked of them We wanted them to practice their packing-up skills. We were on par for our times, and even a little slower because we were saving ourselves for the sectional meet.”

“Even though three girls were injured, the three girls we replaced them with [Francesca Strolia, her sister Bella and Claire Crotty] really stepped up and ran well. We were really proud of their performances, too.”

A year ago Sandburg fell one point short of capturing a regional crown.

“To miss first place by one point was disappointing, so this year’s win is very satisfying,” Genslinger said. “We were very hungry for a regional title -- that was a goal.”

Even though the sectional meet will be back at Midlothian Meadows, the Eagles will have to contend with a field that features Neuqua Valley, Lyons Township, Downers Grove North and South, Marist and Oswego.

“It will be a very hard sectional, but performances from the girls keep getting better in every meet we compete in,” Genslinger said. “I think we’re going to peak at the right time. The girls are putting in the work [and] our taper is going well. We have high expectations for the girls.

“We believe Casey can finish in the top five at sectional and be in the 17-minute range. She doesn’t feel pain, so that is good.

We’re planning on advancing to state.”

Among the top five individuals who advanced from non-qualifying teams was Shepard’s Kelli Callahan, who finished 17th overall. *** Chicago Christian captured the first regional cross country championship in school history on Saturday as it took first in the Class 1A Aurora Christian Regional. Comprising the Knights’ lineup were Bre Kooiman, Allie Boss, Jill Van Dyk, Becca Falb, Sarah Claud, Jess Brady, Cassidy VandeKamp and Maya Cain.

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Chicago Christian’s Chad Ellens has a hop in his step after passing the ball off to a teammate during last Tuesday’s Class 1A sectional semifinal matchup with Timothy Christian. with his 15:16.91, which was good for the runner-up position.

Dan Laskero (15:35.60) was right behind him, Dylan Jacobs (15:41.38) took fourth, Dave Gleisner (15:49.36) placed sixth and Brady Walter (15:59.98) was the ninth runner down the chute.

Shepard’s Caleb Washington, the reigning South Suburban Conference Red champ, added a regional crown to his collection by covering the three-mile distance in a meet-best 15:15.94.

That was an improvement of more than 48 seconds over his 2013 time at Midlothian Meadows, which netted him the No. 12 spot on that occasion.

The Astros totaled 94 points and advanced as a team to the Marist Sectional.

Stagg did not qualify as a team for the sectional round, but Preston Caydler moved on as an individual after being the 14th runner to finish.

cision to Chicago Latin’s Alessandra Bianco. She then caught fire and claimed consolation-bracket triumphs over Glenbrook North’s Danielle Sokol, Urbana’s Lindsey Huang and Glenbard East’s Priscilla Palermo, the first two in straight sets. Palermo fought hard before suffering a 5-7, 7-6 (8-6), 6-1 setback.

Chionis finally bowed out against Niles North’s Michelle Bacalla but not before pushing the match into a third set. Bacalla prevailed 5-7, 6-3, 6-1. *** Also picking up a couple points at state were Sandburg’s doubles pairs of Allia Abunaim-Jasmine Abunaim and Stephanie Garoufalis-Julia Adduce, each of whom triumphed once in consolation play.

BOYS’ SOCCER Stagg advanced to the Class 3A Sandburg Sectional semifinal by upsetting Bloom Township 1-0 after outscoring the Blazing Trojans 4-3 on penalty kicks at Saturday’s Lincoln-Way North Regional.

GIRLS’ TENNIS Niko Davelis, Sami Kizlaitis, Stagg totaled seven points and Chicago Christian had five at last Rafal Kobylarczyk and Chris Reed scored for the Chargers in the weekend’s state meet.

Six of the Chargers’ points were penalty-kick phase. Matt Kois put generated by their doubles tan- five shots on goal for Stagg, John dems. After losing a second-round Zajac had three and netminder match to Glenbard South’s Jenna Erick Estrada made five saves.

The Chargers (8-11-3) faced Brambora-Rachel Rettger, Stagg’s duo of Leeza Bodnar-Silvia Kulbo- Lockport this past Tuesday. *** kas picked up consolation-brackChicago Christian was unable et victories over Fenwick’s Rylee Brennan-Ana Sprajcer in three to hold onto an early 1-0 advansets and York’s Abigai; Kay- tage in last Tuesday’s Class 1A sectional semifinal against Timoman-Paige Wang in two sets. thy Christian and dropped a 5-2 Their run ended in the fourth decision to the Trojans in Palos consolation round against Prai- Heights. rie Ridge’s Natalie Favia-Mikaela Jake Robertson and Ben McNally, who administered a 6-0, Friesen scored for the Knights 2-6, 6-3 defeat. Bodnar-Kulbokas (11-15), while Chad Ellens assistalso won once in the champion- ed on both goals. ship bracket as they knocked off *** Timothy Christian’s Toni PaterRichards, an 18th seed, no-Ellie Wiener. stunned regional host Sandburg Singles player Jillian Atken- last Tuesday by beating the Eason beat Mendota’s Whitney gles 2-1 in a semifinal match.

BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY Lewis 6-2, 6-1 in a consolation Also seeing its season come to Despite resting the top six match before losing to Neuqua an end was Shepard, which fell finishers from the SouthWest Valley’s Anusha Pai. Atkenson’s to a 2-0 defeat against Thornton Suburban Blue meet, Sandteammate, Nicole Pamphilis took in the other Sandburg Regional burg’s boys matched the girls’ defeats in both of her singles semifinal. squad by winning a Class 3A matches. regional title Saturday at Midlo*** GIRLS’ SWIMMING thian Meadows with 24 points.

Lisa Chionis was Christian’s Shepard routed Crete-Monee The Eagles beat second-place lone representative at state, but 130-41 in a dual meet last TuesOak Lawn by 30. she lasted until the fifth round day as four girls won two events.

Sandburg’s five scorers all of consolation.

Mary Lippert captured the Chionis opened with a 6-1, 6-1 50-yard freestyle (27.69) and placed in the top nine and were within 43 seconds of each other. win over Coal City’s Carli McGinn 100-free (1:02.38), Annie RanGreg Burzinski paced the Eagles before dropping a straight-sets de- gel was first in the 100-butterfly (1:09.58) and 100-backstroke (1:10.78), Becca Gleich set the pace in the 200- and 500-frees (2:14.79 and 5:57.71, respectively), and Joanna Rangel racked up victories in the 200 IM (2:34.67) and 100-breaststroke (1:21.20).

Lexi Carr scored 114.90 points to win the diving competition.

The Rangels, Lippert and Gleich teamed up to touch first in the 200-free relay (1:56.02); the Rangel sisters, Grace Spindler and Hannah Vasil triumphed in the 200-medley relay (2:13.89); and GlePhoto by Jeff Vorva ich, Spindler, Vasil Chicago Christian’s Josh Van Dyk (right) tries to get position on Timothy and Lippert joined Christian’s Alex Markewycz during last Tuesday’s Class 1A sectional semifinal forces to gain a vicmatch in Palos Heights. The Knights’ 2014 campaign came to a close with a tory in the 400-free 5-2 loss to the Trojans. relay (4:16.67).

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Go-to guy

Jake Robertson, seen here moving the ball downfield, was a go-to guy for Chicago Christian last Tuesday as he scored one goal and assisted on another. The Knights’ defense, however, was unable to slow Timothy Christian, which registered a 5-2 win in a Class 1A sectional semifinal.

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Volleyball team closes out regular season with wins

By Maura Vizza Postseason has been Moraine Valley College’s favorite time of the year in volleyball recently and the Cyclones hope that continues in 2014.

To try to build momentum for the playoffs, Moraine concluded its regular schedule with a pair of victories, the first of them in an Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference match. The Cyclones defeated Morton College 24-26, 27-25, 25-21, 25-18 last Tuesday behind big performances from Carly Trinley (26 assists, nine kills, 11 digs, three service aces, two solo blocks), Carolyn Yerkes (41 digs, four service aces, two assists and 2.5 serve-receive efficiency), Kayla Manthei (12 kills, 28 digs, one assist), Brynn Flannery (10 kills, 23 digs, one solo block, one ace), Allison Nash (10 kills, three digs, assisted block) and Amanda Host (17 assists, five digs).

Yerkes, Trinley and Manthei were named to the All-National Junior College Athletic Association Region IV team. Yerkes was third in the overall voting, making her a candidate for All-America honors.

After finishing a 6-1 conference season that garnered it second place, Moraine wrapped up its 2014 schedule by crushing Malcolm X College (25-9, 25-1, 256) last Thursday. The Cyclones’ attack percentage was over .500 and they served 20 aces.

CROSS COUNTRY Cyclones coach Mark Horstmeyer was chosen as women’s Coach of the Year after guiding Moraine to ISCC and Region IV championships. The Cyclones bested nine other teams in the regional race and six in the conference meet.

Moraine’s men took fourth in both conference and Region IV. WOMEN’S SOCCER The Cyclones went into their Oct. 20 match versus College of DuPage uncertain of what to expect.

The Chaparrals had fought ISCC leader Waubonsee College to a draw, so Moraine knew nothing would be easy. Moraine hung tough on its home field but eventually got tagged with a 1-0 setback.

COD didn’t break the scoreless tie until less than 13 minutes remained. A little later the Cyclones goalie received a red card for going out of the box to grab the ball, an infraction that left Moraine a player short.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL Former Cyclones basketball player Dwight McCombs (200910) was highly decorated in college and is now planning to play professionally in Argentina. He will be a member of San Isidro in the Argentinian Torneo Nacional de Ascenso league.

Following his brief stint at Moraine, McCombs continued his education and basketball career at the University of Central Florida (2010-12). Last year he split time between teams in the National Basketball League of Canada.

which netminder Gabe Fennema stopped — while Trinity took nine. *** Double overtime was needed to decide a winner on Saturday, but that victory finally went the Trolls’ way when Mauricio Salgado converted an Edgar Rodriguez pass in the 105th minute. Trinity prevailed despite being outshot 14-11 at Schaaf Athletics Complex.

Fennema and Ivan Gomez teamed up between the pipes to share the shutout. The Trolls performed in front of a Family Weekend crowd that was on hand to honor the team’s seniors.

In its final week of the regular season Trinity was scheduled to host Cardinal Stritch this past Tuesday and visit Judson on Saturday for a 2:30 p.m. match.

VOLLEYBALL Another unblemished week raised the Trolls’ record to 26-7 overall and 14-1 within the CCAC. Action began with a 25-15, 25-20, 25-5 conquest of Purdue University Calumet at last Tuesday’s Pink Out match.

Three kills and a service ace

by Tori Mantel got Trinity off to a 7-4 lead in the opening set, then three kills from Courtney Samudio were pivotal in extending a 15-10 advantage to 20-10 and putting the Trolls firmly in control. It was a different story in Game 2, however, as Trinity had to rally from a 7-1 deficit, which it did with a 9-0 run.

Twelve kills and only one error in 23 attempts boosted the Trolls in Game 3. Mantel and Karleigh Krchmery were at the service line when Trinity embarked on two spirit-crushing surges, the bigger of which was an 8-0 blitz that gave it an insurmountable 22-4 lead.

Samudio (13 kills), Danielle Oeverman (eight), Krchmery (12 digs), Lauren Macadlo (10) and Erynn Schuh (10) were the Trolls’ headliners. Trinity totaled 39 kills and posted a .311 attack percentage. *** The Trolls’ other three successes were garnered at last weekend’s CCAC Crossover Tournament as they beat St. Xavier University (27-25, 27-25, 25-16), Trinity International University (25-15, 2517, 25-17) and Judson University (25-14, 23-25, 25-15, 25-15) from the North Division.

The confrontation with the Cougars featured Trinity Christian staving off defeat in each of the first two games while dealing with match point. A combined block

by Macadlo and Brittany Dykstra broke a 25-all tie in Game 1 and an SXU hitting error then decided things in the Trolls’ favor. Schuh’s block and another Cougars mistake enabled Trinity to grab the second set as well.

Having withstood SXU’s stern challenges, the Trolls finished off their neighborhood foe by building a 17-9 lead in Game 3 and never

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The Cyclones couldn’t score against Oakton College, either, in an ISCC encounter last Wednesday, but the latter’s 2-0 win was a struggle because of Carly Trinley’s work in the nets. Trinley stepped away from her volleyball duties long enough to register 11 saves.

Moraine meets Elgin College, an opponent it defeated in overtime during the regular season, in a playoff match on Saturday. *** Six Cyclones received All-ISCC recognition, with Esmeralda Padilla, Kortnie Hanold and Alyssa Braun all being tabbed for the first squad. Second-team selections were Alexis Delgado, Maggie Hacker and Diana Lozano. Padilla and Hanold were also All-Region IV first-teamers while Braun and Delgado filled spots on the second team.

Their sports may differ, but one thing remains the same: Their efforts are getting recognized.

Trinity Christian College athletes have been honored a number of times this fall by both the National Christian College Athletic Association and Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference for their competitive exploits. While Trolls cross country runners have drawn the greatest amount of attention, there are enough accolades to be spread around.

The latest honoree was soccer player Rachael Webb, who was chosen as Player of the Week for the week ending Oct. 18 by both the NCCAA and CCAC. Webb was feted after scoring the deciding goal in a pair of Trinity victories.

For the season she has 10 goals and three assists. Her goals total leads the Trolls and ranks in the top three for CCAC scorers. Webb, who also is No. 1 for Trinity in points and shots taken, has produced four match-winning markers this season. *** Webb had a goal and two assists to help the Trolls defeat Calumet College of St. Joseph 4-0 last Tuesday. The shutout was Trinity’s seventh of the year.

Trolls scorers besides Webb were Taryn South, Kayla Diemer and Katie Linehan. Trinity (104-2, 7-1-1) was ahead 3-0 just 28 minutes into the CCAC match.

Diemer and Cassidy Bosselaar distributed one assist apiece and netminder Jesse Bultsma made three saves to preserve the whitewash. The Trolls put 14 of their 18 shots on target. The Crimson Wave took only six shots overall.

Shutout No. 8 came on Saturday as Trinity blanked Holy Cross College 5-0. The CCAC match was a Pink Out event for cancer awareness.

Also part of the day was honoring the Trolls’ senior players, and 10 minutes into the match two of them had tallied. AnaIsa VanHeukelum struck first, off an assist from fellow upperclassman Kelsey Moshier, and then Rachel Brouwer drilled home a shot after being set up by Samantha Burgess.

Two familiar faces, Webb and Diemer, soon got into the act as well. Diemer converted Webb passes into goals in the 19th and 36th minutes to give Trinity a commanding advantage. Linehan completed the Trolls’ assault with her goal early in the second half, another score that was made possible by a Webb feed.

Trinity held a 20-7 edge in shots.

Bultsma and Liz Schutte teamed up in the nets to maintain Holy Cross’ goose egg.

The Trolls hosted Cardinal Stritch University this past Wednesday and visit Judson University Saturday. The latter match, which marks the end of regular-season play for Trinity, gets underway in Elgin at noon.

MEN’S SOCCER The Trolls split a pair of CCAC matches last week, with the win coming Saturday against Holy Cross. Before that they suffered a loss to Calumet College.

The Crimson Wave notched a 1-0 triumph on Wednesday when Trinity (5-9-1, 3-6) inadvertently kicked in an own goal in the 62nd minute. Calumet College finished the match with 13 shots — five of

letting the Cougars bite into it.

Both teams totaled 41 kills, but Trinity owned the superior attack percentage (.263-.204).

Oeverman put down 12 kills in as many attempts and Kaitlyn Van Dellen added 10 for the Trolls.

Dykstra (four blocks), Schuh (39 assists, nine digs) and Krchmery (11 digs) were other key figures in the victory. *** Saturday morning’s win over TIU was made largely possible by a .346 attack percentage, 39 kills, 42 digs and six blocks. Only Game 2 was much of a nail-biter, but three Samudio kills allowed Trinity Christian to pull away from the Trojans in the late going.

Samudio (nine kills) and Oeverman (eight) were the ringleaders for the Trolls.

Against Judson, Trinity bounced back from its Game 2 loss to take down the Eagles in the next two sets. The Trolls racked up 66 kills in the match and recorded a .338 attack percentage.

Schuh set up that attack with 58 assists while also scooping 12 digs. Van Dellen led Trinity with 16 kills, Macadlo had 12 and Oeverman 11, plus five blocks.

Michelle Busccher contributed 27 digs for the Trolls, who squared off with Indiana University-South Bend this past Tuesday.

Trinity is continuing to receive votes in the NAIA Coaches poll.

CROSS COUNTRY The Trolls faced a large field of NAIA competitors at Saturday's NAIA Great Lakes Challenge, hosted by Aquinas College at Gracewil Golf Course in Grand Rapids, Mich.

The meet included 35 schools from the Great Lakes region. Trinity’s women finished 14th and the men were 21st.

Anna Bos was third overall in the 5K women's race, which she completed in 18 minutes, 34.22 seconds. Jessica Disselkoen (19:08.76) wound up 18th in a 367-runner field and Ashley Jourdan (19:34.74) occupied the No. 45 position.

Two of Trinity's seven male competitors were in the top third of the finishing field. Cody Velthuizen was 73rd among 375 participants in the 8K event as he reached the chute in 27:20.90 and teammate Michael Potter placed 96th in 27:45.32.

Both teams will take part in the CCAC Championships on Nov. 8 in Elgin.

GOLF Senior Logan Vos completed in the NCCAA National Championship held earlier this week at The Hombre Golf Club in Panama City Beach, Fla. Vos qualified for the event out of a regional tournament that was held in conjunction with the Bethel College Invitational Sept. 12 and 13. He became the Trolls' first-ever participant in the national tourney.

Vos was part of a 66-golfer lineup that shot 36 holes over the first two days in Florida. The top 30 individuals and top nine teams in a 12-school field advanced into Wednesday's final round.

During the season Vos was the Trolls' low scorer with a per-round average of 76.6 over 10 rounds.

He led the team in four of the seven events in which he competed and finished among the top 10 individuals three times. Vos' highest placing was a second at the Olivet Nazarene University Fall Invitational Sept. 4 and 5.

EP's Przeslicke, Marist's Leonard cross country champs

Evergreen Park's boys' cross country team didn't have its best day, but Matt Przeslicke was certainly at the top of his game.

Przeslicke set the pace in Saturday's Class 2A Riverside-Brookfield Regional as he completed the three-mile race in a winning time of 16 minutes, 24.5 seconds. He finished more than 15 seconds ahead of his closest pursuer. The Mustangs, however, had to settle for fourth place with 95 points although that was still good enough for sectional qualification.

No other Evergreen runner stayed close to Przeslicke, but they did run in a pack as the 2-6 finishers were within nine places of one another. Accounting for the remainder of the Mustangs' points were Dan Alexander (21st in 18:43), Jack Zofkie (22nd, 18:48), Jake Quigley (24th, 19:02) and Marsean Anderson-Slappey (27th, 19:28).

Capturing a Class 3A regional championship at Sandburg was Marist's Maryclare Leonard, who clocked an 18:00.25 for three miles. RedHawks occupied six of the top 15 spots, with Catherine Vis (eighth in 19:31), Carlin McNulty (10th, 19:57), Bridget McDermott (11th, 19:59) and Molly Fahy (13th, 20:13) providing the remainder of the team points.

Fahy was just four seconds ahead

of teammate Grace Stinites (15th).

Marist (43 points) wound up second in the team standings to the host Eagles. Mother McAuley (90 points) was fourth as Ashley Canner (fifth, 19:10) and Ashley Bryja (ninth, 19:37) both occupied spots within the top 10.

Oak Lawn's girls did not advance to sectionals as a team, but Tasneem Jaber (19th, 20:30) and Jessica Sciaky (39th, 21:58) moved on as individuals.

Oak Lawn's Luis Garcia was runner-up to Shepard's Caleb Washington in the boys' regional at Sandburg. Garcia reached the chute in 15:44 and was only nine seconds out of third place.

Also contributing to the Spartans' second-place showing were Diego Arana (11th, 16:11), Nick Minnella (12th, 16:14), Steve Raybould (19th, 16:41) and Omar Abdelrahman (31st, 17:03).

Garcia, Arana and Minella had run 2-3-4 behind Washington at the South Suburban Conference Red meet one week earlier. Evergreen's Przeslicke was eighth in that race, one spot in arrears of Richards' Mike Rores.

Oak Lawn's 78 points put it 16 ahead of third-place Shepard at Sandburg. Brother Rice and Marist were fifth and sixth, respectively.

The RedHawks' Mike Conrad was seventh overall (15:53) while the Crusaders landed two runners among the first 20: Mike Joyce (18th, 16:30) and Joe Swee-

ney (20th, 16:42).

SPBL seeking players

The Southside Pony Baseball League is seeking players aged 13 and 14 for the 2015 season.

Players must be in grades 7-9 as of May 1.

All games will be played at the Spartan Athletic Complex in Oak Lawn. The season runs April through June.

For more information, email pony@oaklawnbaseball.com. To register, go to www.oaklawnbaseball.com.

Online registration for Oak Lawn baseball, softball

Oak Lawn Baseball and Softball is currently conducting online registration and accepting payment for the 2015 spring season.

Registration in both sports is open to players aged 5-18. Visit www.oaklawnbaseball.com.

Moraine looking for basketball alumni

Moraine Valley College is reaching out to its former basketball players.

In celebration of the school’s new basketball courts and Health, Fitness and Recreation Center, the Cyclones are inviting anyone who has played for either the men’s or women’s hoops program over the past 35 years to

attend a basketball doubleheader on Jan. 17. The first game will begin at 1 p.m. and a reception will be held at the conclusion of the second contest.

In addition, athletic director Bill Finn will name Moraine’s all-decade teams. For more information, call 974-5727 or email NagelM3@morainevalley.edu.

PBO registration coming soon

Registration for the 2015 Palos Baseball Organization season will be held Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 6, from 6-9 p.m. each day at the Palos Heights Recreation Department, 6601 W. 127th St. For more details, visit www. palosbaseball.org.

U.S. Baseball Academy returning to Oak Lawn

U.S. Baseball Academy, which operates a national network of affordable hitting, pitching, catching, fielding and base-running camps for players in grades 1-12, will be returning to Oak Lawn High School for a winter session.

The session is scheduled to run Jan. 4-Feb. 15 under the direction of Spartans head coach Bill Gerny. Registration is now underway at www.USBaseballAcademy.com and will conclude approximately six weeks before the beginning of the session, although last year’s camp filled up before that.

For more information, visit the website or call 1-866-622-4487.

The Regional News - The Reporter

For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S ďż˝ COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION AP WIP HOLDINGS, LLC AS ASSIGNEE OF FIRST MERCHANTS BANK, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER OF CITIZENS FINANCIAL BANK; P l a i n t i f f , ďż˝ v s . ďż˝ CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COMPANY, AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE IN INTEREST TO F O U N D E R S ďż˝ BANK A/T/U/T/A DATED 04-01-02 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NO. 6074 DATED APRIL 5, 2002; DOUGLAS R. ENGBERG; SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT, INC.; FORMULA OUTDOOR, INC.; INVESTMENT P R O P E R T Y ďż˝ MANAGEMENT, INC.; INDEPENDENT PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, INC.; UNKNOWN BENEFICIARIES; UNKNOWN TENANTS IN POSSESSION; NON R E C O R D ďż˝ CLAIMANTS AND UNKNOWN OWNERS; D e f e n d a n t s , ďż˝ 13 CH 6103 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, November 17, 2014, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 13500 S. Harlem Avenue, Orland Park, IL 60462.

P.I.N. 27-01-201-006-0000.

The mortgaged real estate is a sports bar and parking l o t . ďż˝ Sale terms: Bidders must present, at the time of sale, a cashier's or certified check for 10% of the successful bid amount. The balance of the successful bid shall be paid within 24 hours, by similar funds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Mr. Adam C. Toosley at Plaintiff's Attorney, Freeborn & Peters LLP, 311 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606-6677. (312) 360-6000.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I630267

PUBLISHER’S NOTICE   All Real Estate advertising in this

newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination.� Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18.   This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are herby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1 (800) 669-9777. The toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is: 1 (800) 927-9275.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY ďż˝ DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEEďż˝SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTďż˝ EE, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE ďż˝ FOR STRUCTURED ASSET INVESTMENT LOAN TRUST MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFIďż˝ CATES, SERIES 2004-2 Plaintiff, ďż˝ -v.MARIA EVELINA CRUZ AKA MARIA EVELINA L. CRUZ, DARLENE CURRY, UNITED STATES OF ďż˝ AMERICA-DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURYďż˝ INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, TOWN OF CICERO, TARGET NATIONAL BANK FKA RETAILERS NATIONAL BANK, ERIN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES LLC, NORTHERN ILLINOIS GAS COMPANY DBA NICOR GAS COMPANY, MIDLAND FUNDING LLC Defendants 13 CH 16202 50 Ruggles Ct. Orland Park, IL 60467 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 19, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 24, 2014, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 50 Ruggles Ct., Orland Park, IL 60467 Property Index No. 27-06-303-011-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $270,321.92. Sale terms: 100% of the bid amount, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, shall be paid in certified funds immediately by the highest and best bidder at the conclusion of the sale. The certified check must be made payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. 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 theďż˝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 ďż˝ sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and ďż˝ in “AS ISâ€? condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full ďż˝ of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to ďż˝ 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(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. Effective May 1st, 2014 you will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues. For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: 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 � Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE Floor, 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 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 13 CH 16202 TJSC#: 34-17927 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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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET INVESTMENT LOAN TRUST, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-2 Plaintiff, -v.VICTOR H. MORALES SR., VICTOR MORALES JR., MONICA MORALES A/K/A M. MORALES, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., PALISADES COLLECTION, LLC, CITIFINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., MIDLAND FUNDING, LLC, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ROBERTS HILLS CONDOMINIUM HOMEOWNER’S ASSOCIATION, STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, CITY OF CHICAGO, AN ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL CORPORATION Defendants 12 CH 039599 9143 S. ROBERTS ROAD UNIT #9 HICKORY HILLS, IL 60457 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 11, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 20, 2014, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 9143 S. ROBERTS ROAD UNIT #9, HICKORY HILLS, IL 60457 Property Index No. 2301-306-028-1009. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS� condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. 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(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. Effective May 1st, 2014 you will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-13-27355. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-13-27355 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 12 CH 039599 TJSC#: 34-15307 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S ďż˝ COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION P l a i n t i f f , ďż˝ v s . ďż˝ KAZIMIERZ KIPTA; ZOFIA KIPTA; KAZIMIERZ KIPTA AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE KAZIMIERZ KIPTA DECLARATION OF TRUST DTD 2/6/02; UNKNOWN ďż˝ BENEFICIARIES OF THE KAZIMIERZ KIPTA DECLARATION OF TRUST DTD 2/6/02; HICKORY HILLS CONDOMINIUMS; PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION S/B/M TO NATIONAL CITY BANK S / B / M ďż˝ TO MIDAMERICA, BANK, FSB; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , ďż˝ 13 CH 23046 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on June 11, 2014, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, November 17, 2014, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 23-01-303-018-1008.

Commonly known as 9407 SOUTH ROBERTS ROAD APT 2NE, HICKORY HILLS, IL 60457.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a condominium residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale.

For information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1313044.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I630272

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S ďż˝ COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION CHASE HOME FINANCE, LLC P l a i n t i f f , ďż˝ v s . ďż˝ GEORGE KASBOSKE; HANNAH KASBOSKE; J P M O R G A N ďż˝ CHASE BANK, NA; D e f e n d a n t s , ďż˝ 10 CH 43017 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on February 24, 2014, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, November 21, 2014, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 23-02-103-008-0000.

Commonly known as 9040 SOUTH 85TH AVENUE, HICKORY HILLS, IL 60457.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale.

For information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1027157.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I630318

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S ďż˝ COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC; P l a i n t i f f , ďż˝ v s . ďż˝ BERTHA JOHNSON; SOUTH SUBURBAN R E H A B I L I T A T I O N ďż˝ CENTER, LLC; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC R E G I S T R A T I O N ďż˝ SYSTEMS, INC.; CRYSTAL CREEK C O N D O M I N I U M ďż˝ ASSOCIATION; OCWEN LOAN SERVICING LLC; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD C L A I M A N T S ; ďż˝ D e f e n d a n t s , ďż˝ 14 CH 2612 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, November 14, 2014 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 27-23-117-041-1073; 27-23-117-041-1080.

Commonly known as 16060 Crystal Creek Drive, Unit 1A, Orland Park, Illinois 60462.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a condominium residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act Sale terms: 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 The Sales Department at Plaintiff's Attorney, Freedman Anselmo Lindberg LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 453-6960.

For Bidding instructions visit www.fal-illinois.com 24 hours prior to sale. F14010306 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I629570

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE PRIMESTAR-H FUND I TRUST Plaintiff, -v.DANIEL DE LUNA, MONICA DE LUNA A/K/A MONICA P. DE LUNA Defendants 13 CH 005024 8733 SURREY PARK PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 3, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 5, 2014, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 8733 SURREY PARK, PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 Property Index No. 23-11-111-054. The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. Effective May 1st, 2014 you will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-12-30663.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY D� I V I S I O N � NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC P �l a i n t i f f , � - � v . � CHRISTOPHER A. HASSON, THE RIVIERA IN PALOS IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION D� e f e n d a n t s � 12 CH 31536 8 COUR LA SALLE PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 28, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 1, 2014, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 8 COUR LA SALLE, PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 Property Index No. 23-23-201-104-0000. The real estate is improved with a townhouse with no garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. Effective May 1st, 2014 you will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1216508. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 Attorney File No. PA1216508 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 12 CH 31536 TJSC#: 34-15326 I631313

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S � � COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, O � N � BEHALF OF THE HOLDERS OF THE HOME � E Q U I T Y � ASSET TRUST 2002-2, HOME EQUITY P �A S S - T H R O U G H � CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2002-2 P l a i n t i f f , � v s . � BRIAN W. SMITH, MARY T. SMITH, UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY, AND NON-RECORD C L A I M A N T S . � D e f e n d a n t s , � 13 CH 3017 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on September 27, 2013 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, November 14, 2014 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real e s t a t e : � P.I.N. 23-26-305-008-0000.

Commonly known as 12416 South Iroquois Road, Palos Park, IL 60464.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Mr. David C. Kluever at Plaintiff's Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, Illinois 60601.

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Real Estate IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY D I V I S I O N ďż˝ PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION P l a i n t i f f , ďż˝ v . ďż˝ ALKETA DARDOVSKI, NEHART DARDOVSKI, NATIONAL CITY BANK D e f e n d a n t s ďż˝ 08 CH 15753 12900 SOUTH 82ND COURT PALOS PARK, IL 60464 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 19, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 21, 2014, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 12900 SOUTH 82ND COURT, PALOS PARK, IL 60464 Property Index No. 23-35-206-001. The real estate is improved with a single-family, one-story, red brick house with an attached garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. Effective May 1st, 2014 you will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA0808276. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 Attorney File No. PA0808276 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 08 CH 15753 TJSC#: 34-14548 I629705

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BY MERGER TO FIRST PLACE BANK Plaintiff, -v.JEFFREY D. WATSON, MEGHAN M. MCLAUGHLIN, FIDELITY BANK Defendants 14 CH 005893 6030 W. 128TH PLACE PALOS HEIGHTS, IL 60463 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 14, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 2:00 PM on November 19, 2014, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 6030 W. 128TH PLACE, PALOS HEIGHTS, IL 60463 Property Index No. 24-32-110-022. The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS� condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. Effective May 1st, 2014 you will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-14-05945.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-14-05945 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 14 CH 005893 TJSC#: 34-12825 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S ďż˝ COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVISION BANCO POPULAR NORTH AMERICA, P l a i n t i f f ďż˝ V . ďż˝ MANUEL CASTILLO; GLORIA CASTILLO; BANCO POPULAR NORTH AMERICA; CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A.; D e f e n d a n t s ďż˝ 10 CH 18827 Property Address: 12650 SOUTH 76TH AVENUE PALOS HEIGHTS, IL 60463 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Shapiro Kreisman & Assoc. file # 10-035969 (It is advised that interested parties consult with their own attorneys before bidding at mortgage foreclosure s a l e s . ) ďż˝ PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered on September 4, 2014, Kallen Realty Services, Inc., as Selling Official will at 12:30 p.m. on December 5, 2014, at 205 W. Randolph Street, Suite 1020, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real property: Commonly known as 12650 South 76th Avenue, Palos Heights, IL 60463 Permanent Index No.: 23-25-302-012 The mortgaged real estate is improved with a dwelling.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

The judgment amount was $648,740.37. Sale terms for non-parties: 10% of successful bid immediately at conclusion of auction, balance by 12:30 p.m. the next business day, both by cashier's checks; and no refunds.

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Palos-roots Amity Tribe will play Hackney’s The music group Amity Tribe, most of whom hail from the Palos area, will perform on Friday, Nov. 7, at 8:30 p.m., at Hackney’s, 123rd Street and La Grange Road in Palos Park.

The show is among special events throughout the year celebrating Palos Park’s centennial.

Shown are Amity Tribe members Chuck Goranson (from left), Bill Robinson, Mike O’Meara, Paul Langdon, Keith Robinson and Dean Vassa on the set of their “Boneyard Blues” music video released for Halloween.

Primarily composers, the musicians record their own own songs. Their first CD is titled “Small Roots from Sacred Trees,” taken from a Native American chief’s phrase to describe ideas, and fitting with the natural attraction to trees of the group members from Palos.

Amity Tribe has developed a fan base from appearances at Ed & Joe’s in Tinley Park, the VFW in Chicago Ridge and Joe’s Pit in Crete.

“Most of us grew up in the Palos area before moving around over the years. When I retired, I came back to Palos and we started this band,” said Bill Robinson, keyboards and acoustic guitar.

The musician/composers are now working on their second CD, “Noise,” aiming for its release by February. The group records at Joy Ride Studios in Chicago, which won a Grammy for its recording work with Pinetop Perkins.

The band recently put on YouTube a music video for Halloween based on one of Robinson’s songs, “Boneyard Blues.” The video was the brainchild of Palos Heights filmmaker Megan St. John, who recently completed shooting her film “Broiled.” For more, visit the group’s website Amity Tribe.com

The Boogeyman comes out, in Keanu’s return to glory “John Wick” is a return to form for actor Keanu Reeves. This may not be “The Matrix,” but he is back and ready for action as retired hit-man John Wick.

Wick a recently lost the love of his life. Years before that, he left the seedy underworld to be with his wife.

A dog dies, many people get shot, and Keanu Reeves has still got it, what more do you need to know?

His dying wife gives him a dog so he has someone to grieve with.

It’s a sad scene to see and this movie really only has this one sad scene. A Russian gangster’s idiot son breaks into Wick’s house and steals his car, but who cares about the car? He kills the dog too and that leads to the so-called “Boogeyman” coming

out of Wick.

The plot is a little thin. A killing spree basically happens because a dog dies. The wrong dog just happened to die. If only the car was stolen, we’d have no movie.

This is not one of those movies that re-invents the wheel. It has the same old plot lines and plot twists of a lot of action movies. But unlike other recent action movies including: “The Equalizer,” “The November Man,” and “A Walk Among the Tombstones,” this film does action genre correctly. Everything is done with a so-called artistry. Things are not just done to add action they are done for a reason.

This movie has everything an action movie needs. It has lots of action and lots of violence. If you can make it through the first 20

minutes, the movie is almost all action from there on out.

A lot of movies have gory violence that is too over-the-top, but here it all seems more realistic.

None of the movie is actually realistic but it seems like it could be. One guy is most likely not going to kill all these people, but this movie makes it seem like it really is possible.

Anyone who takes the time to see “John Wick” is doing so for one reason and that is to see Keanu Reeves killing people, which he does extremely well. It’s okay because they mostly all deserve to die. He does, too, but he’s the good guy here, so you won’t see that.

Just because Keanu is 50 doesn’t mean he’s lost his touch.

He is in tip-top form and looking as good as ever. There are other

Pinto’s Popcorn Picks by Tony Pinto actors and actresses but this film is all about Reeves.

Overall, the film is a big win for Reeves and it includes another spectacular character to add to his already impressive resume. This just may be a return to the glory days of Keanu as a bonafide action star. “People keep asking me if I’m back. Yeah. I’m thinking I’m back.” That may be John Wick talking, but that could easily be Keanu Reeves talking about his career.

With the rumor of a franchise coming for “John Wick,” this may not be the last time you hear of The “Boogeyman” known as John Wick. Let’s just hope a sequel will not be a reloading of the original.

Tony Pinto’s Grade: B+

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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: “LIFE OF CRIME”: Based on the Elmore Leonard novel “The Switch,” this comedy-mystery can be considered a relative of “Ruthless People,” since it casts Jennifer Aniston as another kidnapped woman whose husband — in this case, a crooked realestate developer (Tim Robbins) — refuses to pay the demanded ransom. He was planning to abscond with his mistress (Isla Fisher) anyway, but the abductors (John Hawkes and Yasjin Bey, a.k.a. Mos Def) don’t intend to let him off the hook easily. Will Forte, Mark Boone Junior, Charlie Tahan (“Charlie St. Cloud”) and Clea Lewis also appear. DVD extras: three “making-of” documentaries; audio commentary by Forte and director-screenwriter Daniel Schechter; deleted scenes. *** (R: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “DELIVER US FROM EVIL”: Apparently supernatural crimes lead an initially skeptical New York policeman (Eric Bana) to team up with an offbeat priest (Edgar Ramirez) to stop the bizarre wave in this melodrama from veteran producer Jerry Bruckheimer. The film is based on a nonfiction book by the person Bana portrays, Ralph Sarchie.

Joel McHale (“Community”) and Olivia Munn (“The Newsroom”) also star. DVD extras: “making-of” documentary; audio commentary

by director Scott Derrickson. *** (R: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “MASTERPIECE MYSTERY: DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY”: The follow-up to Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice,” as envisioned by celebrated mystery novelist P.D. James, comes to home video before PBS televises the concluding half. The now-married Elizabeth and Darcy — played

by Anna Maxwell Martin and “The Americans” star Matthew Rhys — host a lavish event at their Pemberley estate, where an

uninvited guest (Jenna Coleman, “Doctor Who”) arrives and sets in motion events that lead to a murder charge and a trial. Matthew Goode (“The Good Wife”), Trevor Eve and James Fleet (“Four Weddings and a Funeral”) also star. *** (Not rated: AS) (Also on Blu-ray) “WKRP IN CINCINNATI: THE COMPLETE SERIES”: It’s a pretty good bet that many broadcasters will be adding this to their DVD collection, as particularly iconic as the sitcom is to them.

Boasting a bounty of great music

by artists from Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen to the Rolling Stones and the Police, the 1978-82 CBS show also includes a wealth of great characters including ultrahip disc jockeys Dr. Johnny Fever and Venus Flytrap (Howard Hesseman, Tim Reid), nerdy newsman Les Nessman (Richard Sanders) and voluptuous receptionist Jennifer Marlowe (Loni Anderson).

Gary Sandy, Gordon Jump, Frank Bonner and Jan Smithers also star.

DVD extras: two “making-of” doc-

end of The Center parking lot.

In addition to the group walks focused on peace and fellowship, The Bridge Teen the labyrinth is available for indiCenter events vidual walks at any time during the month.

There is no cost to those wish• Halloween Bingo – 5 to 6 p.m. today (Thursday), The Bridge ing to walk the labyrinth and Teen Center, 15555 S. 71st Court, no reservations are necessary.

Orland Park, will host a game of The walks will take place rain Halloween themed Bingo. Stu- or shine. For information, call dents are encouraged to come Pastor Chris Hopkins 361-3650. wearing a costume.

• Haunted Bridge – 7:30 to Center Cinema 10:30 p.m. Oct. 31, haunted house. During the night students “The Graduate” will be shown will be able to walk through on Friday, Nov. 7, at 6:30 p.m., as a scary zombie and vampire part of the monthly Center Cinthemed haunted house, partici- ema series at The Center, 12700 pate in a costume contest, play Southwest Highway, Palos Park. games, win prizes and eat free Dustin Hoffman has the titular food samples from P.F. Changs. role in the picture that helped • Lead U: No Man Is An Island kick off the American New – 4:30 to 6 p.m. Nov. 4, program Wave. Produced in 1967, “The to teach students the importance Graduate” is still edgy and very of leadership. In this “leadership funny. It got seven Oscar nomipod”, students will learn how to nations, with Mike Nichols takwork with others as a team. ing the prize for Best Director.

• Soul Café: Life with #No- A discussion follows the movie.

Filter – 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Nov. Free popcorn is served. No fee 5, talk about how students can is charged but pre-registration use social media in a way that is necessary. Call The Center at leaves them feeling good about 361-3650. themselves. This program will be led by Michelle Krepps, LCSW. Center Singers • DIY Bleach Leggings – 4:30 to 6 p.m. Nov. 5, program to show The Center, 12700 Southwest students how to make their own Highway, Palos Park, invites new patterned leggings with bleach members to join its choir, which pens. rehearses throughout November • Knitting – 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Monday evenings from 7 to Nov. 6, 13 and 20, learn the basics until 8 p.m. of knitting.

Known as the Center Singers, • Everyday Science – 5 to 6 the choir performs once or twice p.m. Nov. 6, program to show a month on Sunday afternoons at students how to conduct cool ex- Wayside Chapel Vespers services periments with items they can and at special seasonal events find at home. such as the Wayside Chapel’s These free events are for teens Christmas Cantata on Nov. 30. in 7th through 12th grade. For The choir is led by Director more information call 532-0500. Penny Wills and accompanied by rehearsal pianist Shirley Swanson. They welcome all who love Fair Trade Bazaar to sing! and luncheon For further information conThe Center, 12700 Southwest tact 361-3650 or www.thecenterHighway, Palos Park, will host palos.org. a Fair Trade Luncheon and Bazaar on Tuesday, Nov. 4, featuring the Ten thousand Villages Fair Trade organization, which helps artisans and farmers around the Pinecone world. wreathmaking A luncheon incorporating some of the fair trade products will The Log Cabin Center for the be served at noon, followed by a Arts, 12700 Southwest Highway 1 p.m. presentation by the staff in Palos Park, will offer a pineand volunteers of Ten Thousand cone wreath-making workshop Villages. Fair Trade is a system on Saturday, Nov. 8, from 9:30 of trade in which artisans and to 11:30 a.m. farmers receive living wages and Program Director Lois Lauer employment opportunities for the will help students create wreaths products they produce. of pine cones, fir cones, spruce From 11 a.m. until 2 p.m., cones, acorns, and various other guests will have an opportu- pods and nuts. The wreaths can nity to shop at the bazaar for be used as holiday decorations Fair Trade items including fair or as year round items of natutrade coffee, chocolate, jewelry, ral beauty. Students will have a personal accessories, home decor, choice of using hot glue, which toys, ornaments and nativities is easier but less permanent, or and alpaca knits. the classic technique of using The luncheon costs $18, and wire, which is a bit harder but requires advance reservations. produces a wreath, which can Folks who do not attend the last a lifetime. luncheon may stop in to shop The workshop fee is $15, plus at the bazaar between 11 a.m. $6 for materials. Advance regisand p.m. Call 361-3650. tration is required. For further information, call The Center at 361-3650.

Labyrinth

Upcoming

Group labyrinth walks will be held this Saturday, Nov.1, at 8 a.m. and Thursday, Nov. 6, at 5:30 p.m., at The Center, 12700 Southwest Highway, Palos Park.

The labyrinth, a new large circular stone path for spiritual meditation is located at the north

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AND CHICAGO SYMPHONY VIOLINIST BAIRD DODGE PERFORM IN THE…

Baird Dodge and Schubert’s

“Great” Concert Violin Concerto — Kabalevsky Baird Dodge, soloist

Symphony No. 8 in C (Great) — Schubert In Autumn — Grieg Nocturne — Borodin

Sunday, November 9, 2014 - 4:00 p.m.

Oak Lawn Masonic Lodge 1166 2015 Officers Rufus Warren, Jesse Martin, Joe Derbas, Brad Johnson, Rick Illian, Al Kochanski, Jamal Baker, John Petreikis, Eric Fordan, Martin Gonzalez, Not pictured Miles Barler and Martin Neilsen The Oak Lawn Lodge proper was formed in 1930 and numbered 1166. Members of the Masonic Fraternity have been making positive contributions to the Oak Lawn community for over 84 years through programs that promote education, reduce substance abuse, care for the elderly and for our youth.

Lodge 1166 is located at 9420 S. 52nd Avenue, Oak Lawn, IL. Meetings are held at 7 PM on the 1st & 3rd Thursday of each month. For information on up coming lodge events visit www.OakLawnLodge1166.com

Trinity Christian College, Ozinga Auditorium 6601 West College Drive (Rt. 83), Palos Heights, Il. 60463 Students $5 | Adults $20 - $25 | Seniors (65+) $16 | Children 12 & under free Tickets may be purchased at the door or in advance by calling 1-800-838-3006 or online at www.southwestsymphony.com This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency

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Out & About Divine Jullianni’s a delicious mainstay

Your Guide to Arts and Events in the Southwest Suburbs and Beyond

outlasts others in Pizza Heights And so much more on menu lunch and dinner

by Tim Hadac staff reporter

where they want to go get it.”

But since its first days, Jullianni’s has become a Palos favorite, Five years after a stylish rede- a mainstay amid the pizza places sign helped bring his restaurant that otherwise come and go in from “just surviving” to robust Palos Heights that led accounand thriving, Bill Malliaras is able tant Rich Jakes to post “Welcome to look back and laugh a bit as he to Pizza Heights” on his often recalls the roller coaster ride of humorous message board facing Jullianni’s, 7239 W. College Drive, Harlem Avenue Jullianni’s is so named because Palos Heights, one of the most popular pizzerias and restaurants the Malliaras brothers wanted a name that sounded close, but not in the Southwest Suburbs.

“My brother [Perry] and I were too close, to Giordano’s.

“My brother was coming up originally the Giordano’s Pizza franchisees at this site,” he said with names that I didn’t like, and last week in a conversation with I was coming up with names he The Regional News. “We leased this property in 1988. In 2000, we left Giordano’s and went independent. We’ve been Jullianni’s since 2001.”

Walking away from the thenformidable pizza chain had its price.

“Initially, we lost 30 percent of our business,” Malliaras said. “It was rough going at first. You know what was happening? Our customers would walk in, look around, and say, ‘You mean this is not a Giordano’s anymore?’ and I’d say, ‘No, we’re independent now, we’re called Jullianni’s,’ and they would walk right out. They It’s the food, whether pizza, would walk right out. sandwiches or hearty din“You know, pizza is tough on ners of pasta, veal, steaks or the South Side,” he continued. chops, that fuels Jullianni’s “It’s tough to break in, because draw of hungry appetites for people are creatures of habit. They lunch, dinner or carry-out. enjoy their pizza, and they know

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Divine didn’t like, and the best thing we had was Jullianno’s,” Malliaras recalled. “But it didn’t work.

So then we saw New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani on TV—he was everywhere after September 11, and he had earned a lot of popularity—and my brother looked at me and said, ‘Drop the damned ‘o’—put an ‘i’ in there, and let’s be done with it.’”

A catchy name that rolls off the tongue was no guarantee of success, however.

The post-September 11 economy was sluggish, as millions of Americans stayed home and clung to their pocketbooks, a time “that was really tough for us,” Malliaras recalled.

Perry left the restaurant in 2006, and then in 2007-08 “the economy collapsed, and it was headed to hell again,” Malliaras added.

“So yeah, we were struggling—but there were restaurants out there that were still doing well, and I’m saying to myself, ‘Wait a minute. Why are they working, and I’m not working like I used to?’

“Something was not right, but I didn’t figure it out right away.

I mean, our food was good, our service was good, the people who work for us are incredible people— I’ve got people who have been

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Photo by Tim Hadac

Bill Malliaras, owner of Jullianni’s, 7239 W. College Drive, Palos Heights, takes a moment out of his daily whirlwind to talk for a few minutes about his popular pizzeria and restaurant. An accomplished chef who has cooked for the famous--including the late Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis—Malliaras maintains an average-joe persona and has referred to himself jokingly as a “glorified busboy” with his hands-on style of management. working her 20 years.

His light-bulb moment came when he took a long look at the inside of his restaurant and said, “This place is old on the inside.”

Armed with a bank loan, Malliaris and crew got busy.

“The first thing we did was take the carpeting out and replace it with hardwood floor all over the place,” he said. Then we put in a bar, which is where most of the [loaned] money went. We took out all those old booths by the windows and replaced them with tables, so it looks more like an Italian restaurant. We put the wine shelves in the middle of the restaurant.”

The renovation was complete

by Thanksgiving of 2009, and Julianni’s re-opened to customer acclaim.

“Business has been incredible since,” he said with a smile. “I can’t be happier.”

there for many years.

“Then they opened the Submarine King at Clark and Wacker,” he continued. “They were at 95th and Commercial, as well as at Milwaukee, Belmont and Ashland.

My dad was at 103rd and Kedzie with the Mt. Greenwood Restaurant. They started the Paradise Restaurant at 103rd and Halsted.”

As a child Malliaras said he did not get to see his father much, “because he worked so many hours, so I went to work and hung out with him. He taught me the rudimentary part of the restaurant business.”

Later, he went to college. “I majored in political science, but restaurants were in my blood. So I went to cooking school, got my cuRestaurants in his blood linary degree and came back into Malliaras comes from a food- the business with my brother.”

One thing of the many things oriented family.

“My father and his brothers Malliaras has learned along the were always in the restaurant way is, “If you serve good food, if business,” he recalled. “My dad you give good service, at a value was at McVickers Restaurant at price, people are going to come.

The Food One thing that didn’t change is State and Madison, and at the Here at Jullianni’s, you can feed the food, especially Jullianni’s re- Silver Coin at State and Ohio— your family for 25 bucks—an nowned pizza, loaded with sauce, this is back in the 1960s, when extra-large pizza and a pitcher cheese and as many as 20 different there were real diners. They were of pop and you’re done.”

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“PLANES: FIRE & RES- The story of pop music’s Four SeaCUE” (Nov. 4): Dusty Crophop- sons is told in the Clint Eastwoodumentaries; Paley Center panel per (voice of Dane Cook) becomes directed screen version of the stage discussion. *** (Not rated: AS) one of the vehicles in a rescue hit. (R: AS, P) “TAMMY” (Nov. 11): With “RUNNING FROM CRAZY”: brigade; Julie Bowen, Ed Harris, The celebrated Hemingway fam- Cedric the Entertainer and Stacy everything in her life seemingly going wrong, a woman (Melissa ily is profiled by noted documen- Keach also are heard. (PG: V) “HOW TO TRAIN YOUR McCarthy, also the picture’s cotary maker Barbara Kopple. The study evolves from the creative but DRAGON 2” (Nov. 11): Hiccup writer) takes a road trip with her complicated life of novelist Ernest (voice of Jay Baruchel) and his grandmother (Susan Sarandon).

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Mariel, who has been determined to move beyond her clan’s troubled history by living and promoting a healthy lifestyle. *** (Not rated: AS, P) “A STAR FOR CHRISTMAS”: Each holiday season brings a bounty of appropriately themed attractions on television, and of the many yuletide TV movies made recently, this is among the most charming. Presented the past couple of years on ION Television, it casts Briana Evigan (“Step Up All In”) as a small-town cupcake maker whose fortunes change for the better once she learns her handsome new employee (Corey Sevier) is an actor who’s posing incognito. Romance blooms, but it’s complicated by the arrival of his recent flame th (Brooke Burns). Lest you wonder if there’s a happy ending ... again, it’s a holiday movie. *** Saturday, November 8, 3 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

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Mass Disney-studio re-imagining of the Sunday, Nov 9 classic fairy tale. (PG: AS, V) $35 advance tickets; $40 at the door 5 p.m. in the “A MOST WANTED MAN” (includes buffet dinner, beer, house wine and soda) Church.

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toppings mingling on a delicious crust in thin crust, pan or stuffed styles.

While pizza is at the heart of Jullianni’s success, its Italian and American fare plays a strong supporting role. Barbecue baby back ribs, salmon, tilapia, spaghetti, mostaccioli, ravioli, lasagna, chicken entrees prepared at least nine taste-tempting ways, a full line of sandwiches and wraps, soups, salads, appetizers and desserts.

Jullianni’s also boasts a broad and deep selection of red and white wines, as well as a fully stocked bar.

The restaurant also offers catering services for events large and small.

Why not dine out tonight?

Support your local restaurants!