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Thursday, March 5, 2015

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Hate graffiti at Sandburg under investigation By Tim Hadac Staff reporter

Orland Park police continue to investigate two reported incidents of hateful, bigoted graffiti found in a boys’ bathroom stall last month at Sandburg High School, 13300 S. La Grange Road. “F~ck the Arabs,” “Death to the Islamic people” and “All Islam will be killed in this school” were three of five messages scrawled in early February, according to images released to the press on Feb. 20 by the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic

Relations (CAIR-Chicago). Village spokesman Joseph S. La Margo told The Regional News Monday night that Orland Park police continue to look into the situation and that Mayor Dan McLaughlin is satisfied with the pace of the investigation and confident in the Police Department’s ability to get to the bottom of the matter. Sandburg Principal Deborah Baker addressed the matter in an email sent to parents on Feb. 21. “While I am unable to share explicit details related to the investigation, I believe it is important

"Once the investigation is complete, we will partner with the Orland Park Police Department to modify, if necessary, any steps in our security and communication protocol."

— Sandburg Principal Deborah Baker to reiterate that we continue to take this matter very seriously and to re-emphasize that our goal to insure a safe and secure learning environment for all students and staff is paramount,” she wrote. “In addition, it is our ongoing practice to strengthen and improve all of our processes. With regard

to this situation, once the investigation is complete, we will partner with the Orland Park Police Department to modify, if necessary, any steps in our security and communication protocol,” she added. Baker said she has “several plans in motion to achieve this goal” that include “ongoing con-

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versations with various community leaders, staff advisory and planning committee to evaluate all current and future professional development needs, meeting with local community social service organizations to learn about how we can pair their expertise to our needs” and more. In a statement to the press, CAIR officials said they have demanded “a full investigation, safety measures, parents/students and staff notification, and sensitivity training for staff.” “Our paramount concern is for safety of all students, staff and

faculty. We requested that the threat be taken seriously, particularly given its specificity, like any other death threat, and for parents to be updated on investigation progress, staff training, and increased security precautions taken,” said CAIR-Chicago attorney Rabya Khan. The bigoted scrawlings are an irony at a school named for a poet who once said, “Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed.”

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Palos Park, Heights would lose at least $840,000 combined By Tim Hadac Staff reporter

The inaugural “Dancing with the District" fundraiser staged Saturday night at Shepard High School by the Palos Heights School District 128 Parent Faculty Association entertained a large crowd. Top: Independence Junior High School language arts teacher Pam Peters was a crowd favorite, as she and dance partner Anthony DiMaria blazed through a high-energy, acrobatic jive routine set to “Great Balls of Fire.” Right: Independence science teacher Dana Boulukos is dipped by her professional dance partner, David Saucedo. Above: District 128 teachers display a range of emotions moments before they were introduced to audience applause. Most were outfitted by the Kimberly Bond Boutique of Orland Park. More coverage: Page 2.

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Drug abuse awareness forum short on numbers By Tim Hadac Staff reporter

A well-known program that warns teens and parents about the destructive impact of life choices—such as drug and alcohol abuse—received a boost last Thursday from a self-described “warrior mom” who urged a group of local Catholics to use their faith and each other to save teens from harm. Orland Park resident Patti Brucki, a high school teacher and church catechist, delivered

her impassioned plea to about 40 people as an addition to the “In the Blink of an Eye” presentation at Our Lady of the Woods Church, 10731 W. 131st St., Orland Park. “I am a Catholic from conception, the oldest child conceived during the honeymoon--June wedding, April birth,” Brucki said, drawing nods and chuckles from the audience. “Even though I’m a public school teacher, I’m still a cradle Catholic from the South Side of Chicago,” she added. “I wear my faith like some good gym shoes, because I’m walking

my faith. We walk by faith and not by sight. We live it, we breathe it, we feel it, it’s on a cellular level.” Brucki, the wife of Orland Fire Protection District (OFPD) Chief Ken Brucki, delivered a homily-like presentation immediately after a trio of volunteers finished about 30 minutes’ worth of testimony about how foolish choices by otherwise good people can damage or even ruin lives. See FORUM, Page 2

Two Palos mayors have added their voices to the chorus of concern opposing Gov. Rauner’s budget proposal to slash in half the share of state income tax funds Illinois disburses to cities and villages. The governor’s call to reduce those funds by 50 percent would cost localities nearly $50 per resident, according to the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus, which is chaired by Orland Park Mayor Daniel McLaughlin. Palos Park Mayor John F. Mahoney, in a letter sent last week to Rauner and local state legislators, said his community will lose nearly $240,000 a year if the governor’s cuts become reality. “Along with a proposed property tax freeze and the likelihood of more unfunded mandates from the state, how are our elected leaders supposed to find the dollars to pay for critical local services?” Mahoney wrote. “We have already made the tough decisions, and we are already operating efficiently and effectively, especially when compared to the state. “We balance our budget every year, and we watch each dollar to make sure it is returned to the local taxpayers through quality programs and services,” he continued. “When these cuts are passed down to the local level, the message being sent is, ‘Thanks for doing the right thing, now you have to pay again for our mistakes.’” Palos Heights Mayor Robert Straz is taking a more of a “wait and see” view of the Rauner’s proposed budget unveiled on Feb. 18. “I’m hoping it just a bargaining chip he’s going to use to try to get the state legislature to really deal with the problems they have, as far as budget shortfalls that they’ve avoided for a number of years,” he said. Should Rauner’s plan be implemented as is, Palos Heights would lose “in excess of $600,000 a year on a total income budget of $8 million,” Straz added. Orland Park stands to lose $3

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million a year under Rauner’s budget, according to the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus as The Regional reported last week. Even if Rauner’s scenario became reality, Straz said that Palos Heights is in good fiscal shape “and would have alternatives” that might stave off layoffs and other cutbacks. “Quite frankly, there are some taxes that we have never levied that we could, although we don’t want to,” the mayor added. “But we would be forced to make cuts, cuts that state government has never done, that kind of thing.” Straz said that the General Assembly has in recent years shirked its duties and “pushed this ball down the road, over and over again, and never dealt with the bureaucracy that’s down there and its inefficiencies.” He added that municipalities across Illinois have been receiving an annual share of the state income tax revenues “ever since it was initiated in 1969. So now it’s been 45 years, and all of a sudden [a governor] is going to say you’re going to cut it.” Despite the concern and in response to a question, Straz said he’s not panicking or raising a red flag over Rauner’s shot across the bow. “I learned a long time ago that you can’t panic in this environment,” he said with a slight laugh, noting that over the years, he has heard similar proposals from both incoming and sitting governors. “It’s easy pickings for them to just say, ‘We’re just going to cut this.” Straz criticized state officials for “setting up a short-term income tax increase, and then they basically set their budgets to be funded by that, and that just doesn’t work.”

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Why Schussler goes it alone in Orland election By Tim Hadac

The Regional Monday night in Village Hall. “He said, ‘I thought you told me when you ran last time you were not going to run again.’ I said ‘No, I never said that.’ So he said, ‘Let me think about it,’ and he thought about it for about five months and then he said, ‘I’m not going to support you.’ “I said, ‘OK, that’s your right, but I’m going to run,’” Schussler continued. “He also told me that he thought I was too old to be on the board. I take issue with that. “He’s not that much younger than I am, so you’ve got to be careful when you make those statements,” Schussler said. Asked to respond, McLaughlin issued a statement to The Regional News: “If Ed actually said that, I’m really disappointed because that’s not true, and he knows that it isn’t,” the mayor wrote. “Fact is, I’m not much younger than Ed myself. Bernie Murphy was one of our best trustees, and I valued his experience and supported

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Orland Park village Trustee Edward Schussler, who ran for re-election four years ago on a slate backed by Mayor Daniel McLaughlin, now finds himself flying solo as an independent after being dropped from the mayor-backed slate in the April 7 election. Schussler is the odd man out among the four trustee candidates vying for three, four-year terms on the Village Board. Backed by the mayor, Michael Carroll and incumbents Patricia Gira and Carole Griffin Ruzich, running under the First Orland Party banner, make up the rest of the field. Why was Ed Schussler — who has served on the Village Board for 17 years, including a brief stint as acting mayor — dumped from the ticket? “Nine months ago, I went and asked [Mayor McLaughlin] to support me for re-election,” Schussler told

him on the board until he was 75 and he chose to retire. “As far as new ideas or new approaches go—sure, I’m always seeking that, but new ideas and innovative policies can come from anyone at any age,” McLaughlin continued. The mayor recalled that “after the last election, Ed told me that that was going to be his last term and as a result, I approached Mike Carroll, who has been very active on the [Orland School District] 135 board and very instrumental in helping make it one of the highest performing school districts in the state. “So if Ed actually said, what you suggest he said, all I can say is that again, nothing could be further from the truth, he knows it and I’m sorry he feels that way,” McLaughlin concluded. A longtime liaison between Orland Park’s elected officialdom and the Orland Park Area Chamber of Commerce, Schussler most recently

found himself on the outs with the rest of the Village Board when last year he supported the chamber’s then president and some business owners in their losing battle to loosen the village’s prohibition against commercial signs containing modern electronic message boards. “I’ve always been kind of independent,” Schussler said Monday night. “I’ve been a team player, but I’ve always been one to call a spade a spade—now more so.” His re-election campaign has been “pretty quiet” thus far, he added. In his pitch to voters, Schussler plans to emphasize his experience and his ongoing work on infrastructure issues like roads and flooding abatement. “I’ve put in 17 years of hard work, and I think I’ve done a credible job for the village,” he said. “I’m very interested in the road program, which is front and center these days. I’ve spent a lot of time with our engineers on that.

“It’s not just La Grange Road,” Schussler continued. “We’ve got other roads that need to be widened here—159th, 143rd, Wolf Schussler Road, just to name a few.” The veteran trustee also acknowledged that Orland Park has “a lot of flooding issues, which kind of falls in my Public Works area. We’re working on that diligently and spending a lot of money to do flood-control work. We just approved one tonight for the Parkview subdivision. Maycliff is right behind that, and there are a few more under study. We did something over in Catalina, adding some new detention basins, so I would expect to continue working on flood-control efforts [if re-elected].”

Dancing with the District draws hundreds to cheer teachers’ moves

Photo by Tim Hadac

Orland greets St. Patrick’s Queen and Court

Orland Park Mayor Dan McLaughlin congratulates St. Patrick’s Day Parade court members Catherine Coghlan (from left), Maggie Dolehide, Lauren Griffin, Parade Queen Lauren Corry and Erin Mulcahy at Monday’s Village Boar meeting. Griffin and Mulcahy are Orland Park residents. Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day parade is scheduled for Saturday March 14. The South Side Irish St. Patrick’s Day Parade will march on Sunday, March 15, at noon. See our special section on St. Patrick’s Day-related fun and events inside this week’s Regional.

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strengthen and use personal connections—with priests, teachers, coaches and other parents—to encircle their children with love that is watchful, protective and even intrusive, when necessary. She urged parents who detect unhealthy behavior in their sons and daughters—drug or alcohol abuse or “sex for the sake of self-satisfaction without a meaningful relationship”—to be “interrupters” without regard for hurt feelings. “Don’t be afraid when you son or daughter says, ‘I hate you, Mom,’” she said. “Say, ‘Great. I’m glad you hate me, because you know what? I love you enough for both of us.’ If you remember nothing else tonight, remember that. It’s something I was raised with by my Catholic mother.” Brucki ended her presentation with an exhortation. “Never stop hugging your teenagers,” she said. “Fathers, when your daughters grow breasts, keep hugging them. Don’t be afraid. Hug them. Hug them hard. Scratch their backs, feel their arms, look in their faces. Show them what tender touch looks like and feels like when it’s safe, from the man they’re supposed to love the most. “Mothers, keep loving your sons,” she concluded. “Hug them hard, scratch their backs and kiss them. And if they don’t want to be kissed, kiss them while they’re sleeping. Do it. They need to know what that ‘safe love’ feels like, what ‘normal’ feels like. Tell them you love them, every day. That’s what Jesus wants for us.” Brucki’s comments were praised by Mary Lee Noonan, Respect Life coordinator at Our Lady of the Woods. “Patti took what we heard from our secular community and linked it with our faith community,” she said, adding that the “In the Blink of an Eye” presentation “is consistent with what our faith teaches us about the dignity of the human person and why we protect life at all stages of development. That’s a pillar of our faith.” The event at was part of the Knowledge and Prayer series of pro-life events sponsored by a group of local Catholic parishes. The next one in the series is set for 7 p.m. next Thursday at Our Lady of the Woods. Guest speaker is the Rev. Charles Dahm, who will lead a discussion of domestic violence and explore strategies to confront it.

Continued from Page 1 “In the Blink of an Eye” founder Michael Schofield—a retired Homer Glen fire chief and current OFPD battalion chief—led the event by using video and audio materials to pound home the destructive impacts of drug overdoses, and drinking and texting while driving. He reiterated what he has said at past events, including how heroin—once considered a drug found only in the inner city—has spread to teenagers and young adults across the nation’s suburbs, including the greater Orland area. The problem was so bad among young people that Homer Glen was nicknamed Heroin Glen by some, Schofield said. He sounded an alarm about the importance of parental awareness. “In high school, the parents are always the last to know,” Schofield said. “If someone’s doing drugs, all their friends know. Other kids know, and unfortunately sometimes, it’s too late. “We’ve got to tell kids, ‘If you see someone [on drugs], tell someone, because then we can get help,’” the battalion chief continued. “We have to tell kids that if they see another kid doing drugs and they don’t tell someone and then something bad happens to that kid, they’ll regret that for the rest of their lives--that they never told anybody.” Also speaking were Homer Glen resident Brian Kirk, who became an anti-drug advocate after his teenage son, Matt, died of a heroin overdose in 2009, and Lockport resident Tami O’Brien, whose son, Jason—an award winning Chicago police officer—drove drunk and caused an auto crash near 159th Street and Harlem Avenue in 2005, which killed two Sandburg high school students. As Schofield did, they spoke about how even a momentary bad choice by otherwise good people can wreak havoc. Brucki urged the audience—almost entirely adults--to remember that “the teenage brain is under construction. It wants to take risks, wants to press limits. That’s what it’s driven to do. That is the age when the warrior takes shape.” It is the job of Catholic parents, she said, to build,

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Lori Pierce (foreground), a pre-kindergarten teacher at Indian Hill School, gives a slightly nervous smile before competing against seven District 128 colleagues, all of whom were paired with Arthur Murray Dance Centers professionals. Pierce won the competition by dancing the cha-cha to Michael Jackson’s “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough.”

Navajo Heights School fifth grade teacher Lisa Sinovich and dance partner Anthony DiMaria finish their Lindy Hop routine with a flourish. As many as 800 children, parents and others attended the event, and custodians hurriedly set up folding chairs on the gym floor as people poured in the door and volunteers at the check-in table were briefly overwhelmed.

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Continued from Page 1 Mahoney ended his letter to the governor with a simple plea. “Please take a stand against the unnecessary and unrealistic cuts that have been proposed against local government,” he wrote. “This is not a case of ‘don’t cut my pet program,’ this is a case of common-sense governing.” The Palos Heights City Council Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution to be sent to state lawmakers opposing the halving of the state income tax share disbursed to localities, called for in Rauner’s budget.

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Thursday, March 5, 2015

Orland’s Rapid Recovery program ‘Lincoln and the Civil War’ will helps track wandering loved ones fill McCord Gallery with history By Tim Hadac Staff reporter

An electronic tracking system with the potential to save lives in Orland Park is apparently underutilized and mostly unknown, Village Board members acknowledged Monday night. The observation was sparked by a newspaper report about Safely Home, a tracking system recently implemented in Oak Lawn, primarily to locate and rescue people with Alzheimer’s disease who may have become confused and wandered away from home. “I was in Jewel last night, and a neighbor came up to me and said, ‘Do we have something similar?’” said Trustee Carole Griffin Ruzich. “We do, and it’s called the Rapid Recovery program. It’s a little hard to find on our website, but we have a similar program where you can register with the Police Department and get an ID band with a transmitter.” Ruzich added that Orland Park Police Chief Tim McCarthy told her that police used it once several years ago, and were able to quickly have somebody who went missing found. Mayor Dan McLaughlin said he thought the village has offered the program for the last five years, although “people probably don’t know we have this program.” He added that people with elderly family members living in Orland Park and who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia should consider taking advantage of the service. Rapid Recovery participants wear a wristband that regularly sends out a signal that can be traced by law enforcement to locate a person in need. It is similar to electronic tracking systems that have been used for more than 25 years to help police locate stolen or missing vehicles. According to estimates provided by the Alzheimer’s Association, 1 in 9 older Americans has the

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Orland Park Mayor Daniel McLaughlin congratulates Eagle Scouts Matthew Lusa (left) and Eric Franklin for their service to the community.

disease or a related form of dementia. An estimated 40 percent people of people age 75-84 have Alzheimer’s. Further, the disease’s prevalence appears to be increasing. Currently an American is diagnosed with the disease every 67 seconds, on average. That is expected to speed up to every 33 seconds by mid-century, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. After the meeting, Deputy Clerk Joseph S. La Margo acknowledged that in a village of more than 56,000 people—as many as 9,000 of whom are elderly (according an estimate on the village website), no one is currently enrolled in the program. Village Manager Paul Grimes pledged to work with village public information staff and police officials to make the program more visible on the website, “but also perhaps reintroduce it to the community.” Trustee Patricia Gira added that Rapid Recovery can be used to help track and rescue younger

people with special needs, such as autism. Those enrolled in the program pay a one-time fee of $308, and then an annual charge of $84 to cover batteries—although village officials say that no one is turned away from the program if they can’t afford the cost. Those who want more information on Rapid Recovery are encouraged to call 403-6150. Also Monday, McLaughlin gave awards to two Orland Park Eagle Scouts, Matthew Lusa and Eric Franklin, both of Troop 318. To earn the Eagle rank, Lusa planned and organized a clothing drive that brought in about 3,000 garments for people in need. Franklin’s project involved organizing others to help build an archery range in Frankfort. The next Village Board meeting is set for Monday, March 17, at Village Hall, 14700 S. Ravinia Ave. Committee meetings start at 6 p.m., with the full board meeting set for 7 p.m.

Coach who blew whistle on Jackie Robinson West arrested after scuffle By Bob Rakow Staff Reporter

The Evergreen Park Athletic Association official who blew the whistle on the Jackie Robinson West Little League for cheating by violating residency rules was charged early Tuesday morning with disorderly conduct and assault after chasing a woman down a residential street and threatening her husband, police said. Chris Janes, 39, of the 9100 block of Albany Avenue, was standing near his car when the woman arrived home at approximately 1:09 a.m., police said. The woman spotted him and he began to chase her, police said. Janes, who is the vice president of the Evergreen Park Athletic Association, admitted Tuesday afternoon that he was “inebriated” when the incident occurred. “I was overserved and had a tough time getting home,” Janes said. “Nothing happened.” He added that he mistook the house he was at for his own. “I went to the wrong house,” he said. “I was inebriated and if that’s the case I need to go over there and apologize,” he added. “It’s regrettable.” The woman entered her house, and Janes began to shout vulgarities and demanded that her husband come outside, according to police. Neither the woman nor her

because JRW defeated husband knew Janes, the Evergreen Park team who also was charged 43-2 in four innings. with resisting and obJanes did not return structing a peace officer, to work for several days public intoxication and after the incident as his using vulgar and threatemployer decided his ening language toward presence might present police and paramedics. a safety threat. Paramedics were on “It just got really the scene because Janes Janes convenient to point the got a minor cut in the finger this way,” Janes scuffle, police said. Janes told police that he was said a few weeks ago. “It’s dewalking home but did not recall flection.” where had been. He denied that He added that Little League International’s decision to strip he was driving, police said. Janes is scheduled to appear JRW of its title was not the result in Bridgeview court on April 13. of his initial compliant. In fact, Little League officials The arrest is just the latest chapter in Janes’ saga, which initially ruled they were confibegan last year he alleged to dent that JRW had met residency Little League authorities that requirements and considered the JRW had recruited players out- issue closed. But in early Febside their boundaries in order to ruary, officials met in Chicago a field a team well-prepared to with presidents from JRW’s siscompete in Little League World ter leagues. Series competition. The allegations initially were ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s ignored, but upon further review Research Hospital® Little League International deMemorial and Honor cided to strip JRW of its U.S. P.O. Box 1000 Dept. 174 championship much to the dismay of the team’s supporters and Memphis, TN 38148-0174 civic leaders, including Jesse 800-276-8340 Jackson and the Rev. Michael www.stjude.org/tribute Pfleger among others. Janes was branded a racist and required police protection at his home after receiving death threats and other intimidating phone calls in the days after JRW was stripped of its title. Others accused him of sour grapes

The Lincoln and the Civil War exhibit opens next Wednesday, March 11, and runs through Sunday, March 15, at the McCord Gallery & Cultural Center in Palos Park. The exhibit will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $12, $10 for members of McCord; free for students and children under 18. A special evening event will be held on Friday, March 13, at 7 p.m. Cost is $50 per guest. Museum-quality artifacts from private collections, many of which have not previously been seen in Illinois will be featured in this one of a kind exhibit. Never-before published photographs of Abraham Lincoln, uniforms, flags, swords, muskets, letters, slave shackles, and an amputation kit are among the many items that will be on display At the evening event, guests will be able to handle selected items and a lecture will be presented by Dr. Ted Karamanski, professor of history at Loyola University. Throughout the weekend, docents will be on hand to help discuss the significance of the items and muskets will be fired by reenactors in military arms demonstrations. McCord Gallery & Cultural Center is at 9602 W. Creek Road (129th St. and LaGrange Road), Palos Park. For more information, visit www.mccordgallery.org. Call 671-0648 for daytime general admission tickets or reservations for the evening reception. —The McCord Gallery and Cultural Center

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Photographer Christopher Smith German’s photograph of Abraham Lincoln. Although German photographed Lincoln many times, this portrait shows one of Lincoln’s last sittings at Springfield on or about Jan. 13, 1861. Lincoln left for Washington on February 11, 1861, never to return again alive. From the collection of David Carroll.

Orland open house will air green triangle nature center The creation of the village of Orland Park Nature Center at 139th and LaGrange Road is closer to becoming a reality. Before it was purchased by the Orland Park Open Lands Fund in 2012, the 3.5-acre site housed the Pebble Creek Landscape Nursery. “The nature center planned for 139th and LaGrange Road is a nice example of the great work that the village’s Open Lands Commission has done to preserve open space in the community,” said Orland Park Mayor Dan McLaughlin, who created the group in 1995 to preserve open space in the village. The Pebble Creek parcel is part of the “green triangle,” an area bound by Southwest Highway, LaGrange Road and 135th Street. The Open Lands Program has targeted this area for protection because of its sensitive and distinctive natural features and its proximity to Cook County’s McGinnis Slough on the opposite side of LaGrange Road. The area already encompasses Open Lands’ 135th Street Wetlands acquired in 2003 and the O’Malley parcels acquired in 2011. “A lot of people have been working very hard on this project and it will be nice to see what they’re proposing,” the mayor added. A public meeting to discuss the proposed nature center master plan will be held on Tuesday, March 10, at the Village Hall, 14700 S. Ravinia Ave. An open house will begin at 6 p.m. Attendees will be able to discuss the conceptual draft plan with village staff and Open Lands commissioners. The commission has been working with Planning Resources, Inc. to develop ideas for the site. The formal presentation of the plan will be made at 7 p.m. before the village’s Plan Commission. Trustee Kathy Fenton said: “This will be a great benefit for many reasons, including the site forever remaining open space and residents and visitors being able to learn about native plants and wildlife in Orland Park.” In 2013, the village of Orland Park was one of 17 northern Illinois municipalities and non-profits awarded grants from ComEd and Openlands, a Chicago based conservation non-profit. Agencies throughout northern Illinois applied for green

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A public meeting to discuss the Village of Orland Park’s proposed nature center master plan for 139th and LaGrange Road will be held on Tuesday, March 10, at the Village Hall.

region grants with the recipients chosen by local environmental leaders. The ComEd grant helped Orland Park with its site preparation including prairie seed mix and the development of a master plan for the property. Questions about the property and the March 10 presentations may be directed to the village’s Development Services Department at 403-5300. —Village of Orland Park

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Tweeting: setting the Ageless Minoso was a legend for the ages nation’s ‘chat agenda’ By Jeﬀ Vorva Reporter Editor

By Gene Policinski

None of us were sure if he was 67 or 70 at the time. There were conflicting reports. rom Sean Penn and the Oscars to Keith Olbermann and Bill But I’ve never seen a bigger twinkle of O’Reilly at their cable TV perches, and with a dash of national the eye of someone that old. security issues for good measure, we’re “all atwitter”—literally. He was like a kid again. Twitter—the 140-character social media phenom—is used by It was Sept. 29, 1993. The White Sox had just 23 percent of adult Americans who are online, according to a just sewn up the division title two nights 2014 Pew Research Center report. For teens, surveys say it’s about prior and were playing out the string of the one-quarter of online regulars, and rising quickly. final couple of games before getting ready But wherever the numbers fall, Twitter has become a free speech for the playoffs against Toronto. And there and free press touchstone. The once scorned-as-mere-gossip “Twitter- in the locker room was Minnie Minoso sphere” often sets the agenda for national chatter, serious discourse, wearing a uniform with his trademark No. 9 press accountability and the occasional verbal-call-to-arms that once on the back with a smile and that twinkle. was the province of daily newspapers and, later, network television. This story is back in my brain after MiMost recently, ESPN’s oft-controversial commentator Keith Olnoso passed away Sunday, allegedly at age bermann lost his TV chair for the rest of the week after a series of 90. No one knows for sure how old he was rants with and about Penn State students and the value of their edso he truly was an ageless wonder. ucation—tweets that wandered off into seeming criticism of student What a lousy 2015 it has been. First Mr. fundraising efforts that raised more than $13 million for pediatric Cub Ernie Banks dies in January. Now Mr. cancer research. White Sox follows on the opening day of Olbermann ultimately posted: “I apologize for the PSU tweets. I March. Two popular sports icons are no was stupid and childish and way less mature than the students there longer with us and both were known for who did such a great fundraising job.” ESPN management wasted always smiling and bringing joy to others as no time in reacting, saying management was “aware of the exchange ambassadors for their respective teams. Keith Olbermann had on Twitter last night regarding Penn State. It I was working for the Northwest Herald was completely inappropriate...ESPN and Keith have agreed that he in McHenry County and spent a lot of time will not host his show for the remainder of this week.” around the Sox in 1993. Seeing Minoso in Fox provocateur-extraordinaire Bill O’Reilly used Twitter in a the clubhouse in a uniform instead of a suit decidedly non-apologetic manner. On the offensive after an article in was a surprise. Mother Jones magazine attacked his claims to have reported from a In the pregame session with manager “war zone” during the 1982 Falklands War, on Feb. 20 @oreillyGene Lamont, I piped up “Hey, I just saw factor had this tweet: “Bill has decided to release Friday’s Talking Minnie Minoso wearing a uniform. You’re Points Memo EARLY in order to address the Internet guttersnipes.” not planning on activating him, are you?” Two days later: “Bill calls in to Media Buzz with Howard Kurtz to Lamont smiled and said he couldn’t say address the left’s latest smear campaign against him.” anything about it just yet when, in a moOne of the most creative—and nonpartisan—Twitter comments ment of fantastic timing, a media relations worker stopped by Lamont’s office with a on the controversy came from @lybr3: “I think they should have replaced O’Reilly about 10-12 years ago when he turned into angry stack of press releases announcing that the legend was indeed going to be activated. grandpa. Mother Jones is a joke though.” Minoso had major league at-bats in the Actor Sean Penn caused one of the larger Twitter-spasms late 1940s, '50s and '60s as player. After his Sunday when at the end of a long Academy Awards program, in retirement, showman/owner Bill Veeck let announcing Best Picture winner Alejandro González Iñárritu, Penn him bat a couple of times in 1976. He even said, “Who gave this son-of-a-bitch a green card?” Penn and others insisted it was dark humor between friends, and a self-deprecating singled off of Sid Monge. Minoso picked up a pair of at-bats against California in 1980 joke aimed at fellow U.S. directors. so he could keep his decade streak alive in Backstage and later online, Iñárritu said he found the remark “... hilarious. Sean and I have that kind of brutal relationship.” But on the '80s. Twitter, critics said the comment was offensive to immigrants regardless, and many chose to attack Penn by tweets referencing accounts of domestic abuse and violence in public from the actor’s past. In fact, recent 87th Academy Awards show prompted a larger Twitter campaign—one aimed at the overall lack of diversity in the What happens in Chicago doesn’t stay in competition. In January, when nominations were announced, social Chicago. media guru April Reign created the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag, which You don’t have to live in Chicago to quickly gained a sizeable following. Reign moderated a live-tweet be satisfied with the results of Chicago’s session during the Feb. 22 telecast, asking Twitter followers to “do mayoral election. Chicago Mayor Rahm anything” other than watch the Oscar show. Emanuel needed to be “brought down a For those who did watch, there was another “Twitter” moment. notch.” He was so arrogant. So cocky. So “Citizenfour,” a film about NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, mean. took the “Best Documentary” award. Host Neil Patrick Harris In a way, Chicago voters handed Mayor remarked that “... Snowden could not be here tonight for some Emanuel his middle finger back – the one ‘treason’.” The pun drew tweets from many who consider the stillhe lost in an accident years ago. on-the-run Snowden to be a national hero for leaking secrets about Emanuel spent more than $10 million government surveillance programs. One Twitter post said Harris “is while his chief rival, Cook County Comnow dead to me.” But @EricBoehm87 posted: “I laughed at the missioner Jesus “Chuy” Garcia spent about ‘treason’ joke. Snowden’s no traitor, but that was funny. And NPH $1 million. also made fun of Meryl Streep. Nothing off limits.” Emanuel won only 45 percent of the All of this is worth noting because of what we might call the vote and Garcia took 34 percent. Three “atmospherics” around the First Amendment’s protection of freeothers split the remaining 21 percent. dom of speech. None of the tweets noted—even those regarding The question is, who will Chicago voters Snowden—were likely to bring down government’s heavy hand of support? Emanuel “The Humbled” or Garcensorship. But such exchanges by thousands on a myriad of topics cia the “Empowered Radical?” is a new kind of national dialogue, where uncomfortable issues are I know politics in Chicago is confusing, held up for comment, where public figures are held accountable and where millions can talk to each other in what are online Town Hall meetings. A new kind of “marketplace of ideas” to be sure. But a valuable one. Even at a sentence or two at a time.

A sideshow? Certainly. An embarrassment to the game? Some thought so. Cool for Sox fans? You bet. And on Sept. 29, 1993, days after securing a rare playoff appearance, this was poised to be a fun story that I couldn’t wait to write. Minnie was going to appear in a major league game at age 67 or 70. I wasn’t jaded enough to think it was a stupid story. It was history involving a really popular guy. Keep in mind that while others thought this was circus time, Minoso was dead serious about these at-bats and emphatically said he was not making a mockery of the game. “This is not a clown thing,” he said in his thick Cuban accent. “I love this game. I’m in shape. I’m doing this to prove to the youngsters and to older gentlemen like myself that you can do anything if you take care of your body.’’ He even bragged about his virility and how he fathered a son 4 ½ years before. Remember, this is a guy who was either 67 or 70. “I am so grateful he will get to see me swing the bat,” Minoso said. He didn’t get to swing the bat. I didn’t get to write that story. Some of the Sox stars were complaining about it and protested to Major League Baseball and later that night, we found out that league officials scotched the idea. It was a heartbraking moment for Minoso, who left the park in the middle of the game. “This is baseball, not a sideshow,’’ said shortstop Ozzie Guillen, whom we all know was never controversial nor ever created his own distractions while a player or manager with the South Siders. “It’s just not right,’’ added player union rep Jack McDowell. “We shouldn’t even be talking about this. We should be talking about the playoffs.” At least one guy in the room was on Minnie’s side – center fielder Lance Johnson.

I’ve known Johnson with the Sox and Cubs and he is not a guy who wastes a lot of words. But that night, he said “If I have to lose my job, I want to lose it to Minnie. He had it a long Photo courtesy of Chicago White Sox time before I had it.” Minoso On the field, Minosa played 17 seasons and hit .298 with 186 homers and 1,023 RBI. Most amazing is the 814 walks and just 584 strikeouts in 7,712 plate appearances. He was a seven-time All-Star and won three Gold Glove Awards. He led the AL in hits in 1960, in doubles in 1957 and triples three times. He led the league in sacrifice flies twice and stolen bases three years in a row. He’s not in the Hall of Fame…yet. That’s up to the 16-member Golden Era Committee to decide. Off the field, he was as great of an ambassador for the Sox as Banks was for the Cubs. Maybe he didn’t get to have that at-bat in the 1990s or 2000s or 2010s but he touched many fans lives by just being Minnie. He tried to make people around him feel like a million bucks. He attended so many events including countless winter hot-stove and old-timers banquets. Once he was at a winter event and gave a short speech, which I hardly could understand because of his accent but I did pick up “I love coming to these things, but I eat like a peeeeeeg.” The crowd gave him a big cheer. One of the other speakers was umpire Bruce Froemming (hold your boos Cubs fans), who said “It’s always great to see Minnie at these banquets. We all love him. We don’t understand what the hell he is saying but we love him.’’ Yes, a lot of baseball fans loved him. I loved my small amount of time when I was with him. I just wish that in 1993, I could have had the chance to write the story about his major league at-bat.

After vote, Emanuel’s finger might not be on pulse of Chicago RAY HANANIA especially when you throw in Congressman Luis Gutierrez, or Gutierrez “The Opportunist.” I don’t trust Gutierrez. I’ve known him for years. I’m also unsure about Garcia. He’s too cozy with Gutierrez, who endorsed Emanuel. (That was odd? Or suspicious?) Still, Mayor Emanuel dislikes me, perhaps, because I am Arab American. The first things he did when elected in 2011 was abolish the Arab Advisory Commission and pull support for the

Arabesque Festival, which was only four years old. I know. I know. You hate it when I talk about me being “Arab-American” or, as I prefer to call myself “American-Arab.” Readers complain to me on Facebook (RGHanania) and Twitter (RayHanania) all the time, saying they oppose “hyphenated Americans.” Really? Then why do they LOVE St. Patrick’s Day, Columbus Day and Pulaski Day, three of a dozen hyphenated American holidays that we “Americans” celebrate? I can promise you that regardless of who wins, Chicago will continue to screw the suburbs! Ray Hanania is an award-winning former Chicago City Hall reporter. Catch his radio show every Friday at 4 p.m. on 1450 AM. Reach him at rghanania@gmail.com

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Gene Policinski is chief operating ofﬁcer of the Newseum Institute and senior vice president of the Institute’s First Amendment Center. He can be reached at gpolicinski@newseum.org.

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Whole Foods Market Orland Park for their Feed 4 More contribution. Through the Feed 4 More program, Whole Foods Market Orland Park presented a check for $19,994.50 to Orland Township to support its Food Pantry. The funds were raised at Whole Foods Market Orland Park this past holiday season from caring customers who volunteered to add Food Pantry contributions to their bill when checking out at the register. Whole Foods Feed 4 More is a donation program in which money can be donated to purchase meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner. It is a nationwide goal of the company to try to feed one million people across the United States and in working with local food banks this goal is attainable. The Whole Foods Feed 4 More program gave shoppers an opportunity to help those in need this holiday season and greatly showed their generosity. With these contributions, the Orland Township Food Pantry has even more resources to continue to provide struggling citizens with food in times of need. —Paul O’Grady, supervisor, Orland Township

Do you believe the economy and small business will rebound in 2015?

Kathy Siuta Hickory Hills

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It’s going to take a little longer than one year.

It’s starting to rebound. You’re seeing more money being spent.

Yes. People seem to have more money to spend now.

I think very slightly at this point.

We have seen banking pick up.

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POLICE BLOTTER: ORLAND PARK Woman charged with identity theft and credit card fraud Orland Park police charged Jaquelyn Marie Collazo, 24, of Chicago, with felony identity theft, as well as felony credit card fraud, after she allegedly used three altered credit cards belonging to others to attempt to purchase $1,220 worth of women’s clothing and accessories from a store in Orland Square Mall. Police summoned to the store at 9:06 p.m. Feb. 7 took Collazo into custody and held her for a bond hearing set for Feb. 8.

Pair charged with stolen goods at Orland Square

Police charged Chicago residents Gregory V. Diggins, 45, and Maicharia J. McClain, 27, with control of stolen property and possession of a theft detection device remover. A loss prevention officer for a store in Orland Square Mall called police shortly after 1 p.m. Feb. 9 to say he was watching a suspicious-looking man and woman carrying black plastic trash bags out of the mall and putting them Supplied photo into an SUV. Police arrived on the scene and loOrland Fire Protection District President Jim Hickey (left) joins Fire Chief Ken Brucki (right) to honor Kayla Kutinac, cated Diggins and McClain, who allegedly began Heather Elledge and Zoe Spada who assisted in an emergency at a fitness center in January. loudly protesting their innocence and claiming that police were creating a “race issue,” according to the police report. Police said that the merchandise in their vehicle had been stolen from several stores and included six jackets and vests, 35 pairs of underwear, a watch and more. Police also said that they found a screwdriver on Diggins and McClain. The SUV was towed and impounded, and each suspect was given a court date of March 20 in Bridgeview. Heather Elledge and Zoe Spada. Also, the Muscular Dystrophy Association pre- Charged with retail theft Mahmoud Akef Ali, of Oak Lawn, and Malik sented its Golden Boot Award to the Orland Fire The Orland Fire Protection District board of Protection District and its firefighters who, MSA A. Kurdi, of Tinley Park, both 18, were charged trustees voted last month to approve the hiring of officials said, raised more than $25,000 this past with retail theft after they allegedly stole a wallet, nine firefighters. year to fight Muscular Dystrophy, the highest amount socks and a pair of pants from a store in Orland The proposed hiring will be supervised by the raised in the South Suburbs. The MDA raised $24 Park Place at 7:40 p.m. Feb. 8. Police responding district’s board of commissioners, which will re- million nationwide with $1 million coming just from to a call of a “theft in progress” said that the pair view and select candidates from the existing hiring Illinois, officials said. During the past seven years, fled the store in a vehicle, but later parked it and eligibility list. the OFPD has helped raise more than $77,000 to bailed out in the parking lot of Hooters, 15300 S. Last year, the board authorized the hiring of 10 help the MDA fund research and provide programs La Grange Road. Ali was apprehended a short time firefighters who are scheduled to complete their to assist children with Muscular Dystrophy and to later. Kurdi turned himself in the next day, explaining one-year training on May 10. that he avoided capture by ducking into Longhorn fund research centers around the country. Fire Chief Ken Brucki said the proposed new hires “Every year, the firefighters volunteer to raise Steakhouse, 15531 S. La Grange Road, and ordering will fill vacancies created by the retirement of nine funds to fight Muscular Dystrophy and we are very dinner, according to the police report. Both men— veteran firefighters over the past few months. The proud of them,” Hickey said. who are cousins, according to police—are due in 10 firefighters hired last year also filled vacancies Fundraising for the MDA has been spearheaded by court in Bridgeview on March 20. created by retirements. Police charged Michael B. Kozlowski, 22, of Alsip, the Firefighters Union 2754. Union representative and The board voted three to one to approve the mo- OFPD Engineer Robert Griffin accepted the Golden with retail theft after he allegedly stole a shirt and tion by OFPD Board President Jim Hickey. Hickey, Boot Award from the Muscular Dystrophy Associa- pair of shorts from a store on Orland Park Place at Chris Evoy and Jayne Schirmacher voted yes and tion on behalf of the Orland Fire Protection District. 3:30 p.m. Feb. 12. The value of the merchandise Blair Rhode voted no. Trustee John Brudnak had “The Fire District is very proud to participate in was more than $75, according to store officials. an excused absence from the meeting. that effort and we applaud the members of Fire- Kozlowski is set to appear at a hearing on Tuesday In other business, the OFPD Board presented the Fighters Union 2754 and Engineer Robert Griffin at the Orland Park Civic Center. Citizens Life Saving Award, named in honor of the who has led this effort,” Brucki said. “They have Sherry L. Smith, 52, of Midlothian, was charged late Battalion Chief William Bonnar Sr., to three done a phenomenal job for a very worthy cause individuals who assisted in an emergency situation and we applaud them for their efforts.” at the Palos Health & Fitness Center on Jan. 25. Recognized with the CLSA were Kayla Kutinac, —Orland Fire Protection District

Orland Fire Dist. approves the hiring of nine firefighters Citizens Awards presented

with retail theft after she allegedly stole DVDs, a DVD cover, candles and a picture book from a thrift store in the 7400 block of West 159th Street at 3:09 p.m. Feb. 8. The total retail value of the merchandise was about $22, police said. Smith is scheduled to appear at a hearing at the Orland Park Civic Center on Tuesday. Police charged Jamal Al Amarin, 45, of Orland Park, with retail theft after he allegedly stole a portable radio, four hats, a package of combs, and a toy microphone from a thrift store in the 7400 block of West 159th Street at 7:57 p.m. Feb. 5. The retail value of the items was about $18, a store clerk told police. Al Amarin is due in court in Bridgeview on March 20.

Charged with DUI Marie E. Dorans, 50, of Orland Park, was charged with DUI, leaving the scene of an accident, and improper lane usage. Police investigating a hit-and-run crash near 143rd Street and 84th Avenue at 5:50 p.m. Feb. 7 said they curbed Dorans’ SUV in the 14300 block of South Deer Haven Lane. Dorans claimed to be unaware that her vehicle has sideswiped another, police said. Her vehicle was towed and impounded, and Dorans was given a court date of March 30 in Bridgeview. Police charged Samuel W. Vesely, 25, of Merrillville, Ind., with DUI and improper lane usage after they stopped his car in the 15800 block of South La Grange Road at 1:19 a.m. Feb. 8. The vehicle was towed and impounded, and Vesely is set to appear in court in Bridgeview on March 17. Ricardo T. Mendez, 26, of Crestwood, was charged with DUI, driving without a valid license, and unlawful stopping on a roadway. Police on patrol said they found Mendez asleep and slumped over the steering wheel of a car parked on 86th Avenue at 7:25 a.m. Feb. 8. The vehicle was towed and impounded, and Mendez is due in court in Bridgeview on March 17. Police charged Jason B. Hurst, 32, of Shorewood, with DUI after they found him asleep and slumped over the steering wheel of an SUV parked in the parking lot of Staples, 15515 S. 95th Ave. at 9:02 p.m. Feb. 6, according to the police report. His vehicle was towed and impounded, and Hurst is scheduled to appear in court in Bridgeview on Monday.

Man charged with criminal trespass Don M. Gaston, 56, of Chicago, was charged with criminal trespass to property, as well as obstruction of identity. Police summoned to a party supply store in the 14900 block of South La Grange Road at 4:40 p.m. Feb. 6 were told by a manager that Gaston was selling candy outside the store, without permission, and had refused to leave. Police said that Gaston initially said his name was Donald Black. His candy was confiscated when he was apprehended, and he was set to appear at a bond hearing on Feb. 7, according to the police report.

POLICE BLOTTER: PALOS HEIGHTS

Grandparent scam caller tries to bilk Palos woman, age 104 By Jack Murray

Regional News editor A 104-year-old Palos Park woman last week was called by a man claiming to be her grandson in jail, needing $900 bond. Palos Park police responded to the grandparent scam Wednesday last week. It was “yet another scam in which a [so-called] grandchild has been in an auto accident, had been drinking and was being held by police until he posted $900 cash,” Police Chief Joe Miller said. Instead of sending the money, the would-be elderly victim called her caregiver, who called the woman’s daughter who called police,

Chief Miller said. Police advise anyone receiving such calls to take that same course of action: call a relative or police, do not take the caller’s word for it. In the common scam, a caller pleads for the grandmother not to call his or her parents, but simply send money to be released from jail. Often during the telephone call, the con artist impersonated claims to be in a foreign county and in need of money in order to resolve the crisis. “The entire matter is a fraud based on a fabricated situation (car accidents or arrest scenarios, where bail money or repair expenses immediately required),” Miller said. Often the caller puts another per-

son on the line impersonating third parties whom they introduce as an attorney or official acting in the best interest of the phony relative. Victims are instructed where and to whom the funds should be sent via a wire transfer service. Across the country, law enforcement officials are warning seniors to beware of so-called “grandparent scams,” in which fraudsters are impersonating a grandchild in distress—and begging for cash, CNN Money reports. “Such scams have become increasingly common. impersonating a family member or friend in need of money. Since 2010, the FTC has recorded more than 40,000 and it is estimated that many more go unreported.”

Palos Heights police charged Ryan W. O’Hare, 21, of Palos Heights, with reckless driving and obstructing a peace officer. Police said that they spotted him driving a vehicle traveling at 91 mph, 71 mph over the posted limit, in the 12600 block of South 73rd Avenue at 12:49 a.m. Feb. 18. O’Hare then pulled into the driveway of his home nearby and fled on foot, successfully eluding police, according to the police report. A week later, police stopped the vehicle when they saw O’Hare backing it out of the driveway. He was taken into custody. Bond was set at $1,500, and O’Hare is scheduled to appear in court in Bridgeview on April 2.

Charged with DUI Police charged Luke J. Helsel, 22, of Palos Heights, with DUI and speeding, after they curbed his vehicle in the 12900 block of South Harlem Avenue at 2:29 a.m. Saturday. His vehicle was spotted traveling at 55 mph, 20 mph over the posted limit, according to the police report. Bond was set at $3,000, and Helsel was given a court date of April 2 in Bridgeview. Shardai N. Kinsey, 29, of Chicago, was charged with DUI and improper lane usage after police stopped her

vehicle in the 7600 block of West 127th Street at 2:35 a.m. Sunday. Bond was set at $1,000, and Kinsey is set to appear in court in Bridgeview on March 19.

Charged with cannabis Police charged a 22-year-old Palos Heights man with possession of cannabis, possession of drug paraphernalia, and operating a motor vehicle with only one working headlight, after they curbed his vehicle in the 7000 block of West 127th Street at 11:28 p.m. Friday. A search of the vehicle yielded a glass smoking pipe and a plastic bag containing cannabis, according to the police report. He was released on his signature and is due in court in Bridgeview on March 19.

Man charged with DUI; possession of cocaine

Brian D. Carey, 27, of Orland Hills, was charged with DUI, possession of a controlled substance, improper lane usage, and making an improper turn. His vehicle was pulled over by police in the 12100 block of South Ridgeland Avenue at 1:15 a.m. last Thursday. A search of the vehicle yielded a plastic bag containing cocaine, according to the police report. Carey was given a court date of March 19 in Bridgeview.

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Regional correspondent Palos Park Police Sgt. John Sawyer was honored during last week’s Village Council meeting for his efforts in leading a team that came to the aid an elderly woman who lives alone and had fallen while attempting to take a shower in her home. Police Commissioner Dan Polk said Palos Park police units were dispatched to check on the wellbeing of the woman on Feb. 9 after her family was unable to make contact with her for several hours. Police were also unable to make contact with the woman when they arrived at her residence so Sgt. Sawyer and his team of three other police officers began looking for a way to enter the home without causing damage. Eventually Sawyer was able to make entry via the locked rear sliding patio door by unhooking the locking mechanism. When inside he found the woman on her bathroom floor injured having fallen while trying to shower the night before. Polk said the woman is now doing fine and has made a full recovery. “In the finest tradition of police service, Sgt. John Sawyer took personal initiative to look for and

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Palos Park Police Sgt. John Sawyer (left) is congratulated by Police Commissioner Dan Polk during last week’s Village Council meeting.

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New partnership between Trinity and Lewis U benefits graduates Trinity Christian College and Lewis University have signed an agreement that provides a new opportunity for Trinity graduates looking to pursue an advanced degree. Trinity graduates who enroll in Lewis University’s Master of Business Administration (MBA) or Master of Finance degree level programs at Lewis’s Graduate School of Management may be eligible to receive a tuition discount. Graduates of Trinity’s business programs may be eligible to apply up to 21 credits (based on a transcript review and meeting minimum grade requirements) of their undergraduate academic credits toward completion of the graduate program. Trinity’s traditional business program provides rigorous coursework, professional experiences, and a collaborative

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learning environment. Trinity’s Adult Studies business program is a degree completion program for adult learners who want to finish their bachelor’s degree in two years. MORE Students will also have access to resources at Lewis such as a personal advisor who will help develop a customized degree completion plan. Trinity graduates must meet Lewis admission requirements, including a minimum GPA and recommendation letter submission. For more information about the Trinity-Lewis partnership, contact Michele Ryan, director of Lewis’s Graduate School of Management admissions, at ryanml@lewisu.edu or 815-836-5337. —Trinity Christian College

SCHOOL NOTES Moraine Valley Six Sigma courses

under Academic Focus and then “Search, register and pay for noncredit classes.” Use course code Individuals looking to earn the MP5-450-202 (Introduction to Six Six Sigma Green Belt certification Sigma) or MP5-451-002 (Six Sigthrough the American Society of ma Green Belt). Quality (ASQ) can do so with Moraine Valley Community Col- Sandburg Music Boosters lege’s upcoming Six Sigma coursspring craft show es. Noncredit classes are being offered at the main campus, 9000 The 26th annual Carl SandW. College Pkwy., Palos Hills, burg Music Boosters Spring beginning Thursday, March 26. Craft Show will be held Saturday, Six Sigma is a business-driv- March 14, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., en, multi-dimensional structured and Sunday, March 15 from 10 approach to improving processes, a.m. to 3 p.m., at Carl Sandburg lowering defects, reducing pro- High School, 13300 S. LaGrange cess variability and costs, and Road, Orland Park. increasing customer satisfaction More than 115 crafters and and profits. Using Six Sigma vendors will be in attendance. In methodology, businesses can addition to shopping, the show measure defects in a process and will offer raffle prizes, food systematically eliminate them to concessions, a bake sale and ensure they meet the demand for entertainment. Attendees will be near perfect products and services. entertained by the musical perTaught by a certified ASQ Mas- formances of students throughout ter Black Belt instructor, Moraine the event weekend. Valley’s program is composed of two classes: Introduction to Lean Open house Wednesdays Six Sigma, a one-day class on at St. Alexander School Thursday, March 26, from 6 to 9 St. Alexander School will host p.m., ($395) and Six Sigma Green Belt, April 20 to 24, 8:30 a.m. to Welcome Wednesday Open Houses on March 11, April 15 and 5 p.m., ($1,950). For more information about May 20, from 9 a.m. To 11 a.m. the Six Sigma Program, call 974- School tours will be available. 5735. Register for the classes in A Time For Twos program person at the Registration Office, will also be held on Tuesdays located in Building S, Room 125 in March. Explore St. Alexander on campus, or by calling 974- School on March 10, 17 and 25 2110 (TTY 711). Register online from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. For at morainevalley.edu by selecting more information, call 448-0408: “Register for Noncredit Classes” www.stalexanderschool.com.

Art teacher Nancy Heuser works with her class on pencil drawings of the Cat in the Hat and outlining.

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Orland student artwork on display at library during Youth Art Month The artwork of Orland School District 135 students is on display until the end of March at the Orland Park Public Library. District 135 art teachers are sponsoring the visual arts show to mark Youth Art Month. Selected pieces of artwork will showcase the talents of students in 1st – through 8th-grades. A reception honoring all student artists will be held on Tuesday, March 10, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., at the library, 14921 S. Ravinia Ave. The artwork is on display through March 30, for the whole community to see an array of art that includes pencil drawings, water coloring, acrylic paintings, mixed media collages, Kachina Dolls and 3-D clay. Superintendent Dr. Janet Stutz said: “The district is proud to be

able to share the talented work of our students with the Orland community and work with the Orland Park Public Library on providing a community forum for the exhibit. The students are excited to display their projects to all and we hope the community will enjoy this year’s Youth Art Show.” This annual exhibit is organized by the art educators of Orland School District 135: Sue Berry, Eryn Blaser, Diane Buerger, Sharon Grasman, Nancy Heuser, Debbie Johnson, John Murphy and Cathy Yager. Youth Art Month emphasizes the value of art education for all children and as a viable factor in the total education curricula that develops citizens of a global society.

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A kindergarten student from Center School enjoys painting as part of —Orland School District 135 National Youth Art Month.

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The Chicago Christian High School Mock Trial team recently competed in the DuPage County competition. Chicago Christian tied with Hinsdale Central for second place overall. The team will next participate in the Kane County competition followed by the state competition. Members of the Chicago Christian High School Mock Trial team with Mr. Jack Haan (from left) are Anna Huisenga (Oak Lawn), Jimmy Brady (Palos Park), Madi DeJager (Alsip), Meghan Trentz (Chicago ), Mattie Mikitka (Orland Park), Li Zhang (Tinley Park), Abby Haan (Palos Heights), Eddie Hood (Oak Lawn), Alyssa Rumbuc (Homewood) and Mr. Neil Okuley.

North Central 2014 graduate Jared Shlensky, of Palos Heights, was among student journalists from North Central College who earned awards for excellence from

the Illinois College Press Association (ICPA), announced at ICPA’s annual conference Feb. 20-21 in Chicago. Shlensky earned second place in sports game stories.

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Shepard Leo Club makes blankets for patients

Leo Club students from Shepard High School recently stayed after school to make fleece blankets for patients in the Pediatric Surgical Heart Unit at Advocate Hope Children’s Hospital in Oak Lawn. Leo Club members Trevor Mikos (from left), Lauren Mikos, Liliana Esparza, Maria Sanchez, Angelique Harmon, and Valeria Vasquez show the blankets they created. Volunteering at Ronald McDonald House, animal shelters and nursing homes, and planning their annual senior citizen dance are among other service activities of the Leos.

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COMMUNITY NOTES Sons of Italy Saint Joseph’s table The Sons of Italy of Orland Park Leone D’Oro Lodge 2700 will host a Saint Joseph’s table on Monday, March 9, at the Orland Park Civic Center, 14750 S. Ravinia Ave. The event begins at 6 p.m. In the tradition of the Saint Joseph’s Table, attendees are asked to bring non-perishable food items for the Together We Cope food pantry for admission to the pasta dinner. Tinley Park-based Together We Cope helps residents in temporary crisis by providing food, shelter, clothing and referrals.

Fish fry at Worth American Legion The Marrs-Meyer American Legion Post 991 in Worth serves a fish fry every Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. through April 3 at the post, 11001 S. Depot Ave., Worth The menu includes beer-battered cod, jumbo shrimp and chicken, soup, salad and potato, coffee, soda and dessert. Cost is $11; $6 children ages 5 to 10; free for children 5 and under with a paying adult. Dinner guests can stay afterwards for live entertainment in the post lounge.

League of Women Voters will discuss gun laws The Palos-Orland Area League of Women Voters will feature a speaker on gun laws at its meeting on Saturday, March 14, at the Palos Heights Public Library, 12501 S. 71st Ave. Coffee at 9:30 a.m., speaker at 10. Mark Walsh, a representative of the Illinois Council on Handgun Violence, will discuss his organization and the work they do to promote sensible gun laws. The League supports these efforts as well as those involving assault-type weapons. The League will offer pins in support of an assault weapon ban to all attendees. All meetings are open to the public to attend. The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization, which never supports or opposes candidates or parties. They do develop positions on issues, based on study and consensus.

LIBRARY NOTES Book & Film The Book & Film Series at the Palos Park Public Library will show “The Railway Man” based on the book by Eric Lomax at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 11. Academy Award winners Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman star in the powerful and inspiring true story of British Army officer Eric Lomax who is captured by the Japanese during World War II. Runtime 108 minutes. This program is free and open to the public. All who attend will be entered in a raffle to win a copy of the book. The library is at 12330 Forest Glen Blvd. Call the library to register at (708) 448-1530.

Battlefield Balladeers Songs of the Civil War The Palos Park Public Library will present Songs of the Civil War at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 10 The Battlefield Balladeers will perform an evening of patriotic, sentimental, and comic songs and music from the American Civil War. This program is scheduled in conjunction with the Civil War Exhibit at the McCord Gallery and Cultural Center from March 11-15. Call the library to register at 448-1530 or visit the library online at www.palosparklibrary.org. The library is at 12330 Forest Glen Blvd. in Palos Park.

Celtic music live Get in the St. Patrick’s Day spirit with the live music of Dyed in the Wool at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 12, at the Palos Park Public Library. Back by popular demand, this four-piece American folk group will flash their Celtic edge in an evening of traditional and contemporary song. Register by calling the library at 708-448-1530 or visit the library online at www.palosparklibrary.org. The library is at 12330 Forest Glen Blvd.

Heights library upcoming programs • Featured Database – The Palos Heights Public Library subscribes to Universal Class, a comprehensive service offering access to continuing education courses covering a broad range of topics from accounting and computer classes to reiki and gardening. Classes are self-paced and instructor-led with certified instructors available to answer questions and assess your performance. You have 24/7 access to courses by logging on through the library’s website with your library card barcode. For a complete list of classes, visit the website at www.palosheightslibrary. org, hover on the programs tab, and choose Online Databases. The following clubs meet at the library, 12501 S. 71st Ave. No registration necessary. • Lunch Bunch Book Discussion will meet at noon on Monday, March 9, to discuss Anne Fadiman’s “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures.” Bring your lunch; coffee, tea, and a treat will be provided. • Needle Club – Bring your projects to the Needle Club, and enjoy the company of others while working, on Tuesday, March 10, from 10 a.m. to noon. New members always welcome. • Mah Jongg – Meet at the Library and bring your game to play American Mah Jongg on Tuesday, March 10 at 1 p.m. Novice and experienced players welcome. • Scrabble Club now meets weekly. Play Scrabble with other enthusiasts of game. Scrabble Club will meet Tuesday, March 10 at 1 p.m. • Prevent and recognize injuries in young throwing athletes – Dr. James Leonard of the Bone and Joint Institute at Advocate Christ Medical Center presents this program about risk factors and avoiding common injuries on Tuesday, March 10, at 6:30 p.m. • Label making made easy will be held Wednesday, March 11 at 2 p.m. in the new Technology Lab Hands-on course on label making for cards and invitations. Every participant will leave with a sheet

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BENEFITS & FUNDRAISERS

St. Alexander FSA candlelight bowl party The St. Alexander Family School Association (FSA) will sponsor a candlelight bowling fundraiser on Saturday, March 14, at 9 p.m., at Oak Forest Bowl, 15240 S. Cicero Ave. Participants must sign up by Friday. Cost is $30 per person for bowling and food, or $15 for food only. Make checks payable to St. Alexander FSA. Call Vicki Finegan at 7521984 or email finegan@yahoo.com

Catholic Charities Helping Hands dinner and auction Catholic Charities’ local advisory board will hold its 17th annual Helping Hands dinner and auction on Saturday, March 21, from 6: to 10:30 p.m., at Silver Lake County Club, 14700 82nd Ave., Orland Park. The theme is “Red Carpet Hollywood Gala,” with live music for dancing. Event proceeds allow Catholic Charities to provide programs to those in need, including food, housing, rental and Photo by Patricia Bailey utility assistance, and services for seniors and veterans. Tickets cost $75 each; $750 table of 10. Reservations can be made by calling Teresa Rodriguez at 430-0428 or visit: catholic Palos Heights Woman’s Club President Rose Zubik and Palos Park Woman’s Club President Lucy Crocilla met for charities.net. breakfast recently to endorse interrelationships between both Palos women’s clubs. Service projects to promote

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community improvement through volunteer service are their focus. Both clubs belong to the General Federation of Women’s Clubs.

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An Elim Benefit Concert will be held at 4 p.m. this Sunday on the campus of Elim Christian Services, 13020 S. Central Ave. in Palos Heights The concert will feature The Peg Mooney Singers performing music favorites such as “Circle of Life” (Lion King), “With a Little Help from My Friends”, “Hallelujah” (Shrek soundtrack By Kelly White version), and “Put a Little Love in Your Heart.” Correspondent The one-hour performance will also include a brief intermission and a free will offering, At first they square danced their way into each with proceeds benefiting Elim Christian Services. other’s hearts. (293-6509) Then they got away from the sashay. Now they are swinging, twirling, do-si-do-ing and scooting and all that other stuff that goes with square dancing again. Bernadette and George Schnitzenbaumer of Evergreen Park, who have been married for more than of printed return-address labels. Space is limited for 25 years, have been members of Swing’n Sugar this course; please register using the Library’s online Squares Dance Club of Evergreen Park since 2013 programs calendar at www.palosheightslibrary.org and continue to actively partake in Wednesday weekor by calling the Adult Services Desk at 708-448- ly lessons at Evergreen Park Central Junior High 1473. School on 95th and Spaulding and some of the • Create a flyer using Microsoft Publisher on group’s dances on Thursdays. Thursday, March 12 at 2 p.m. in the new Technol“We originally met at a singles square dance and ogy Lab. Learn how to use a pre-set template to started dating, which eventually led to our marcreate a personalized flyer. Space is limited for this riage,” George Schnitzenbaumer said, “We drifted course; please register using the Library’s online away from dancing as we raised our children, but programs calendar at www.palosheightslibrary.org as they grew up we have enjoyed being able to or by calling the Adult Services Desk at 448-1473. return to this activity. When our oldest child went • Thursday at the Movies – The library will show away to college, Bernadette asked me if I would the 2014 film “The Hundred Foot Journey,” starring be interested in taking square dancing lessons again Helen Mirren, on Thursday, March 12. The film and I said yes.” will play at 10 a.m. (with subtitles), 2 p.m., and Just two years later, the two were honored by 6:30 p.m. For more, visit palosheightslibrary.org. All programs are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Registration is required as noted and always encouraged.

the club earlier this year as they were given the title of the Sweetheart Couple that represented the Swing’n Sugar Squares at the Metropolitan Chicago Association of Square Dancers 55th annual Sweetheart Dance on Feb. 15 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Roselle. “It wasn’t a competition – I think they picked our name out of a hat,” George joked. “This isn’t like ‘Dancing With the Stars’ – it’s more of a social gathering,” Bernadette said. “We have met people from all over the country through square dancing.’’ Joking aside, George said he was honored with the designation. “It is a great feeling, knowing that our club has chosen us to represent our club at this event,” he said. The Schnitzenbaumers make up two of the 46 square dancers in the organization and this is their first time nominated as the Sweetheart Couple. “We try to choose a different couple every year,” Swing’n Sugar Squares Club President Terrence O’Brien said. “All of our members vote on a couple and the couple with the most votes becomes the year’s Sweetheart Couple for Swing’n Sugar Squares. We were happy to select Bernadette and George for the Sweetheart Couple. They are a wonderful couple and have been married for a long time.”

Heights library youth programs Spring Story Times – designed to develop literacy skills, promote language development and instill a life-long love of reading in children. The six-week spring session ends April 16. Tiny Tots (birth to 23 months with an adult) Mondays, at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Terrific Twos (ages 24 to 35 months with an adult) Tuesdays, at 10 a.m. Preschool Story Time (ages 3-6) Wednesdays and Thursdays, at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. After School Club – Kids in grades 1-3 can enjoy stories, games, experiments, crafts and snacks with friends on Tuesday, March 10, at 4 p.m. Registration is advised. Teen Tech Week is March 8-14. • Make Your Own Movie – Students in grades 5 and up are invited to use the new Media Lab to make your own movie on Tuesday, March, 10 at 6 p.m. Registration is required. • Silly Shelfies – Students in grades 5 and up are invited all week beginning March 8 to take a selfie in the 2nd floor library “shelfies” and share it for a photo collage. • Foil Sculptures – Students in grades 5 and up are invited to participate for simple, fun art using foil beginning March 8-14 at 3 p.m. Registration is advised. • Chess Club – Children ages 6 and up can play chess and get advice from Stagg High School’s Chess Team on Wednesday, March 11, at 7 p.m. No registration required. • Friday Gaming – Grades 6 and up can unwind at the end of the week with gaming in the Young Adult Section every Friday from 2:30-4:30 p.m. No registration required. All programs are free and open to everyone at the Palos Heights Public Library, 12501 S. 71st Ave. in Palos Heights. For more information or to register for a program, visit www.palosheights library.org, call 448-1473, or stop by the Youth Services desk.

Evergreen Park’s Bernadette and George Schnitzenbaumer show some of their dancing chops at a square dancing event at Central Junior High last Thursday night.

CLUB ACTIVITIES Tinley-Moraine Genealogists The group will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 12, at the Tinley Park Public Library, 7851 Timber Drive (80th Avenue and 180th Street). Writer and family historian Pat Biallas will present “The Crash: How one Chicago Family Navigated Personal and Financial Loss during The Great Depression.” Guests are welcome.

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Dogs can get bad hips, too Dear Dr. Fleming, I want to buy a German shepherd, but my mother-in-law is yelling at me saying that I’ll be sorry because my dog most certainly will go lame from bad hips. I’m tempted to have me and my wife move out on our own so I don’t have to listen to her anymore. But, is she right? Eugene, Palos Hills Dear Eugene, Maybe she’s harassing you so that you will move out. But no, she is not right. It’s possible that a German Shepherd dog could develop bad hips over time, but “most certainly” is taking it a bit too far. Here’s the short version of the hip discussion. The hip joint consists of the femoral head (ball) of the thigh bone and the acetabulum (socket) on the side of the pelvis. These two bony structures are held together primarily by the ligament of the head of the femur and the capsule that surrounds the joint. In canine hip dysplasia (CHD) the ligament and joint capsule are too loose, and the ball does not sit securely in the socket. Because CHD develops in puppyhood, the socket does not form properly. The looseness stretches the joint capsule, which is painful and results in inflammation. In time, scar tissue and arthritis (degenerative joint disease) develop. Some dogs “come to terms” with the condition, as did my Labrador Leah, while others slowly become more lame as the arthritis worsens and the joint is slowly destroyed. Even young dogs may have severe destruction of their hips. CHD occurs mostly in large dogs but I have seen it in small dogs and even in a few cats. Orthopedic exam reveals pain and loss of mobility in the affected hip(s). X-rays and a thorough orthopedic exam while the dog is anesthetized are often needed to evaluate the hip joint (and to examine the knee ligaments) to determine what treatment options to consider. Medical management may be effective, especially for older animals that are mildly affected or when financial concerns preclude surgical options. Recently, the use of laser light therapy has proven itself to be very beneficial in providing pain relief (see Laser Testimonial on our website: PrairieStateVet.com. Click on the Arthritis tab). Very young dogs (less than four months) can be treated with a procedure called juvenile pubic symphysiodesis (JPS). This procedure uses heat to destroy the growing cartilage of part of the pelvis so that the acetabulum rotates to better cover the femoral head. If a dog is lame, still growing (five – 12 months, and has appropriate physical and x-ray findings, a triple pelvic osteotomy can be performed to rotate the acetabumum and achieve the same purpose as the JPS. If the dog is mature and does not respond well to medical management, then femoral head and

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Stagg seniors Hustle Up the Hancock with friends

Stagg High School seniors Claire Kredens, of Palos Park, and Samantha Delp, of Hickory Hills, and two of their friends were participants in the Hustle Up the Hancock held Feb. 22. The annual climb on stairways up the skyscraper raises funds and awareness for the Respiratory Health Association. Kredens and Delp (from left) are shown with friends Caillyn Costello and Troy Vander Wyst. The four participated as a team in the CBS Channel 2 half climb of 52 floors, which equals 816 steps. The full climb was 94 floors, or 1,632 steps. They finished with a team average of 10:26 seconds. A total of 3,247 people participated.

Smith Village offers its annual Health Fair Smith Village invites the pub- well as the benefits of establishlic to attend its annual Health ing exercise regimens tailored to Fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on individual fitness needs. Thursday, March 12, at 2320 W. Walgreen’s will conduct free 113th Place in Chicago’s Beverly glucose screenings. Angels at neighborhood. Home Health Care, which manThe continuing care retirement ages Smith Village’s Wellness community sponsors this free an- Center, will offer free blood nual event to share with neigh- pressure and heart rate checks. Memory support coordinator Supplied photo bors the same wealth of expertise Diane Morgan will provide inforMeet Jim and Mary from Woodridge with their 2-year- available to its residents. old Cavachon, Murphy. Healthful foods, fitness as- mation on coping with dementia. sessments, recipes and health Smith Village executive chef screenings eill be available. David Somerfield encourages neck osteotomy (FHO) or total hip arthroplasty Somerfield Phil Blundell, wellness coordi- all participants to “Bite into a may be considered to resolve the pain associatnator for Smith Village, will be on Healthy Lifestyle,” the theme of ed with CHD and improve hip mobility. When hand to answer questions about national nutrition month, with O’Neil provides information I was working the German Shepherds in the military the procedure we always performed was social and emotional wellness. a culinary demonstration at 1 about healthy snacking, recipes Fitness coordinators Debra p.m., including tasting samples and product samples. the FHO as total hips were not commonplace Doorn and Justine Van Dyk will of super foods known to help For more, call 773-474-7300. way back when. We still perform FHOs in our clinic today, although I defer now to our visiting talk about fitness classes offered prevent serious diseases, includin the Senior Fitness Center as ing cancer. Dietician Christina —Smith Village orthopedic surgeon to do the surgery. The prognosis for CHD varies tremendously depending on the severity and progression of the disease. Some dogs have radiographically severe dysplasia yet never develop significant signs of lameness or stiffness. X-rays are useful tools, but should not be the sole criterion used to judge the Information about the extensive support services at Free CPR classes at Orland Twp. severity of the disease. Palos, including nutrition counseling and comprehenOrland Township, 14807 S. Ravinia Ave., offers free sive diabetes program, home health care and physical —John F. Kennedy held a dinner in the White CPR classes for both seniors and adults ages 16-54 therapy, also will be provided. Registration is required; House for a group of the brightest minds in the on the following days: Tuesday, March 10 at 1 p.m. call 226-2330. nation at that time. He made this statement: The Palos Community Hospital Diabetes Program (seniors), Thursday, March 12 at 6:30 p.m. (adults), “This is perhaps the assembly of the most inTuesday, April 14 at 1 p.m. (seniors) and Thursday, has earned continued recognition from the American telligent ever to gather at one time in the White Diabetes Association. The nationally recognized proApril 23 at 6:30 p.m. (adults). House with the exception of when Thomas JefferThe classes are led by instructors from the Orland gram provides a continuum of care for people with son dined alone.” Fire Protection District and certificates will be distrib- diabetes, and education for caregivers and physicians uted upon completion. Additional classes, including in the management of the disease. health care provider CPR, which includes a certification card, are also held monthly at the fire department’s Smith memory support Station 3. Dates and times may be found at www. orlandfire.org. Smith continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) plan programs for residents who take care of older adults with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. Orland Township immunization clinic At 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 10, Smith Village’s Orland Township offers its monthly immunization memory support coordinator will talk about “Positive clinic this Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., and on Techniques for Successful Communication,” tips for Tuesday, April 7 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday, interacting with those who cognitive loss. Smith Village May 2 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the township building, is at 2320 W. 113th Place, in Chicago. To reserve a 14807 S. Ravinia Ave. seat, call 773-474-7300 or email to familyandfriends@ Free vaccines are available to township children smithvillage.org. 18 and under. Some eligibility restrictions apply. For Before ending at 7:30 p.m., light refreshments will children residing outside of the township’s boundaries, be served at both meetings. a $20 administration fee per vaccine will be charged vitamins are essential to the central nervous system. (does not apply to those with Medicaid/All Kids). Aging parents and elder care workshop She states, the lower the B vitamins the higher the An up-to-date shot record is mandatory to receive homocysteine. any vaccine, and children must be accompanied by Orland Township will hold a workshop to help Cohen explains all of this in the first 9 pages of a parent or legal guardian. caregivers and families dealing with the hardship of her book. Children’s vaccines that are available include DTaP, assisting elderly parents and adults on Wednesday, The first medications she discusses are statin drugs. DTaP-Hep B-IPV, DTaP-IPV-Hib, DTaP-IPV, Hep A, March 11, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at the township, While statins can reduce cholesterol levels, she ex- Hep B, Hep B-Hib, HPV, Meningococcal, MMR, 14807 South Ravinia Ave., Orland Park. plains they do so at another health cost. The drugs IPV, Pneumococcal, Rotavirus, Tdap and Varicella. This workshop will provide information to help stop the liver from producing CoQ10, an essential Adult vaccines include HPV, Pneumococcal, Hep A, families make informed decisions concerning elder nutrient that is involved in energy production of Tuberculosis, Hep B, Tdap, IPV, Meningococcal, Hep care, as well as strategies for coping with day-to-day every cell in the body. Alternative physicians were A-Hep B, MMR, Typhoid, Varicella and Shingles. challenges involved with caring for your elderly loved prescribing CoQ10 for patients given statin drugs, for For adult immunization prices, visit www.orlandtwp. one. There will be free time for one-on-one discussion 10 to 15 years, while many conventional physicians org. between guest speakers and participants. are just prescribing it now. Believe it or not, there are Guest speakers include representatives of Age Opstill many doctors who do not even suggest taking tions, PLOWS Council on Aging; home care and law Stomach pain seminar CoQ10 in the ubiquinol form when taking statin drugs. firms. For more information, call 403-4222. Cohen recommends that when a patient must take Palos Township Health Service presents “Why Does a statin drug for cholesterol, CoQ10 in the ubiquinol My Stomach Hurt?” the latest in a series of educational Palos Community Hospital form is a must. lectures by retired nursing educator Patricia O’Donnell, atrial fibrillation Presentation Some symptoms of CoQ10 deficiency (while taking RN, BS, MA. The program will begin at 9 a.m. on statin drugs) are heavy legs, fatigue, leg cramping, Tuesday, March 17, at the Palos Township office, 10802 Palos Community Hospital presents “Keeping Up high blood sugar, impotence in men, palpitations, S. Roberts Road in Palos Hills. Call 708-598-2441 to with AFib,” led by Cardiac Electrophysiologist Wilshortness of breath and memory loss—even to the reserve your seat. Light refreshments will be served. liam Spear, M.D. point of a physician considering a patient might have Dr. Spear will discuss the causes, symptoms and dementia or Alzheimer’s. Since the book was writpotential complications, as well as current treatment Palos Community Hospital ten, new studies implicate statins in neuropathy and options available to help restore the heart’s rhythm. annual Diabetes Fair cancers in rodents. The free presentation will take place 6:30 to 7:30 Sadly, Cohen states as a pharmacist, she can say Palos Community Hospital will host its annual Di- p.m. Monday, March 9, at Palos Health and Fitness some physicians treat the above side-effects as ad- abetes Fair for people with diabetes and their fam- Center, 15430 W. Ave., Orland Park. ditional diseases and disorders and prescribe even ilies from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. this Saturday at Palos Atrial Fibrillation is the most common heart rhythm more medications. Misunderstanding symptoms of Community Hospital Auditorium, 12251 S. 80th Ave., disturbance, affecting more than 2.3 million people deficiencies that are caused by the first prescribed Palos Heights. Check-in is at 8 a.m. in the United States. It can lead to more frequent medication, can lead to a vicious cycle of adding one During this year’s free event – “Get Moving, Get hospitalizations and an increased risk for stroke, heart drug after another rather than attempting to replace Control,” Michelle Adams, an exercise physiologist, attack and sudden cardiac arrest. the vitamin or mineral deficiency caused by the first will share tips for living healthy and being active as To register, visit PalosCommunityHospital.org or medication given. key components to diabetes management. call 226-2300.

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Some more wisdom from ‘Drug Muggers’ One of my favorite reference books is “Drug Muggers,” by Suzy Cohen. Cohen is a pharmacist who has researched drugs and what nutrients various drugs deplete. Every medication, according to Cohen, depletes vitamins and minerals. There is so much essential information in her book, I occasionally like to cover a topic here and there. While I have referenced her book many time, I haven’t written of the valuable information very frequently. I felt this column should be dedicated to some of her research on a few medications. She feels so strongly about the fact that drugs mug your vitamins and explains her concern comes from her belief that what is considered the “recommended daily intake (RDI) is actually far too low on many nutrients. Then when a patient takes medications, particular nutrients become dangerously low. Cohen explains that depression, osteoporosis and irregular heartbeat can be caused by a deficiency of the mineral magnesium. She explains hormone treatment, diuretics, raloxifen (Evista), anti-inflammatory medications and even aspirin can deplete magnesium. She explains symptoms as simple as bald patches, lost of taste or smell, erectile dysfunction and chronic diarrhea can be caused by a zinc deficiency. Her drug muggers that create zinc deficiency are antacids, ulcer and heartburn medications, diruretics and estrogen drugs use for birth control and menopause. Another drug mugger that can cause leg cramps, muscle spasms, memory loss and fatigue, can be caused by a CoQ10 deficiency. Of ocurse most of us know by now, statin drugs (to reduce cholesterol), metformin for diabetes, antidepressants, beta blockers and diuretics. Another example are eye disorders such as cataracts, macular degeneration, liver problems and high levels of homocysteine that may be tied to low glutathione. Glutathione is a powerful antioxidant that eliminates poisons in the body. Acetaminophen can also be a drug mugger of glutathione, according to Cohen. She explains simply taking acetaminophen on a daily basis can contribute to vision loss later in life. One of the most important of vitamins, the B’s, can be mugged by birth control pills, female hormones, alcohol, antacids, ulcer medication, diuretics raloxifine (Evista), Cholestyramine and diabetes drugs. B

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Look through this ‘LENS’ when making Social Security decisions Your Social Security benefits can be an important part of your retirement income strategy. But when should you start taking these payments? You can begin accepting Social Security as early as 62, but your monthly checks will be much smaller than if you wait until your “full retirement age,” which will likely be between 66 or 67. And these monthly payments will get even bigger if you wait until age 70, at which point they “max out.” So, should you take your Social Security as early as possible and hope that the smaller monthly payments will be justified by the extra years of receiving them, or should you wait until you are older and hope that the bigger checks will be worth the delay? In weighing this decision, consider the acronym LENS, which stands for Life expectancy, Employment, Need and Spouse. Let’s look at each component: Life expectancy — If your family has a history of longevity, and if you are in excellent health, it may make sense for you to take Social Security later, when your monthly benefits will be higher. You’ll also want to consider your spouse’s life expectancy. Employment — If you want to keep working in your “retirement years,” be aware that your earnings could affect your Social Security payments. Specifically, if you take Social Security early — that is, before your full retirement age — your benefits will be withheld by $1 for every $2 in earned income above a certain amount ($15,720 in 2015). During the year in which you reach your full retirement age, this withholding changes to $1 for every $3 in earnings over the annual limit ($41,880 in 2015). The withheld amounts could also affect spousal benefits. However, beginning the month you attain your full retirement age, benefits will no long longer be withheld based on how much you earn. Also, Social Security will recalculate your benefits at full retirement age to account for the benefits that were withheld. In any case, if you do plan to continue working, and you think you could have significant income, you’ll need to under-

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Thursday, March 5, 2015

COMINGS & GOINGS Hawks and Jersey Mike’s have goal of giving BOB BONG

The Chicago Blackhawks Charities and the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Edward Jones Investments Chicago are joining forces with 40 Jersey Mike’s Subs restaurants throughout the Chicago area for stand the effect that earnings will have on your the fifth annual March Month of Giving fundraisannual benefits. ing campaign. Photo by Bob Bong Need — In deciding when to take Social During March, customers can make a donation The former All-Star Sports restaurant and bar in Justice Security, here’s a key question: Do you need to the Chicago Blackhawks Charities and Lurie will be demolished for green space by Indian Springs School District 109. the money? If you can support your lifestyle for Children’s at any area Jersey Mike’s restaurant. several years with alternative sources of income The campaign will culminate in Jersey Mike’s with Tommy Nevin’s Frankfort gift cards and fre(such as a pension) and modest withdrawals Day of Giving on March 25, when 100 percent quent diner cards can still redeem them at the Tomfrom your investments, you may be able to of the day’s sales at Jersey Mike’s locations my Nevin’s locations in Naperville and Evanston. delay Social Security, thereby increasing the size nationwide will go to more than 120 different of your monthly payments. Be careful, though, charities including hospitals, youth organizations, Indian Springs School because relying too heavily on your investment food banks and more. District to demolish building portfolio can shorten its own “life expectancy.” On the March 25 Day of Giving, all Chicago Big things are coming to Indian Springs It’s essential that you maintain a reasonable area Jersey Mike’s restaurants will donate 100 School District 109. withdrawal rate for your investments throughout percent of the day’s sales to the Chicago BlackThe school district is seeking bids to tear your retirement. hawks Charities and Lurie Children’s. down a building the district acquired last year at Spouse — Your decision of when to take For a list of participating restaurants in your 8000 S. Roberts Road in Bridgeview. Social Security will affect your spouse’s surviarea and for more information on our chari“I’m hoping we can tear it down by May, but vor benefit. Surviving spouses can receive their ty partners, visit www.jerseymikes.com/mog. nothing is certain,” said Supt. Jon Nebor. “It will own benefit or 100 percent of their deceased Everyone is invited to come in to a local Jersey spouse’s benefit, whichever is greater. So, if you Mike’s restaurant and enjoy a delicious sub meal. make for some nice green space.” Tearing down the building, which the district were to take your Social Security early, when Last year’s Month of Giving campaign raised purchased last summer for $609,000, is just the the payments are smaller, your spouse’s survivor $2.1 million for 100 different charities nabeginning for some planned improvements at the benefits will also be permanently reduced. If you tionwide. Since 2010, Jersey Mike’s locations district. are older than your spouse, or otherwise expect throughout the country have raised nearly $10 More on that to come later. your spouse to outlive you, it might be a good million for worthy local causes and distributed idea to delay taking Social Security to maximize more than 1 million free sub sandwiches to help Orland OKs Paddy B’s expansion, new Pizza Hut the survivor benefits. numerous causes. Orland Park trustees voted in February to As you think about when to take Social Secu“I would like to extend a personal invitation rity, look at your decision through the LENS de- to come in and enjoy a Jersey Mike’s sub during approve special-use permits that will allow an expansion at Paddy B’s Pub at 11969 W. 143rd scribed above. It could help clarify your options. our Month of Giving,” said Peter Cancro, Jersey St. and the opening of a carry-out Pizza Hut Mike’s founder and CEO, who started the comrestaurant at 7842 W. 159th St. Jim Van Howe is a ﬁnancial advisor with pany when he was 17 years old. “This year we Paddy B’s will be taking about 900 square feet Edward Jones Investments, in Palos Heights. hope to raise more than $2.5 million to support of adjacent space in the Pinewood Plaza ShopHis ofﬁce is at 7001 W. 127th St. He can be these local causes so we can bring hope to all ping Center that had been the Intellect Learning reached at 361-3400. This article was written those involved with the charities and make a Center. This is the second expansion for Paddy by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward difference in people’s lives.” B’s at this location after moving into the plaza Jones Financial Advisor. from its longtime home in Old Orland in 2010. Mexican foods company leases space The expansion will allow for additional seatOle Mexican Foods, one of the largest tortilla ing—32 seats at eight tables—and a storage area makers in the U.S., has leased a 37,000-squarefor kitchen supplies. foot industrial space at 6748 S. Sayre Ave. in Hours will remain the same from 11 a.m. to 2 Bedford Park. The company has a Midwest a.m. daily. Green earned a bachelor’s degree from Eastern Il- headquarters at 5140 W. 73rd St. in the village. Heights Dist. 128’s next No timetable for the expansion was announced. linois University, and master’s and doctorate degrees superintendent named Pizza Hut plans to operate a carry-out only at Illinois State University. Her previous educational Northwestern College honored by BBB restaurant in the former space of Universal TherNorthwestern College, a career-focused twoDawn Green, Ph.D., has been positions include history teacher; assistant principal; apy at the Patio Retail Center. appointed as the next superintenassociate principal; middle school principal, director of year college with a campus on Harlem Avenue Pizza Hut will remodel the 1,151-square-foot dent of Palos Heights School Dissecondary curriculum, director of human resources, and in Bridgeview, has announced that the Better space to accommodate the restaurant. trict 128. Dr. Green will officially last four years serving as superintendent of Somonauk, Business Bureau has awarded the college its No timetable for the remodeling was anComplaint Free Award for 2014. begin her role on July 1, but has a small, rural, unit district southwest of Chicago. Dawn Green nounced. This honor is awarded exclusively to BBB already begun connecting with the Green is married to her husband Tim, who also The special-use permits were approved at the current administration and board serves as an educational administrator, as a middle Accredited Businesses. The college, which has been educating students Feb. 2 Orland Park Village Board meeting. They of education members to ensure a smooth transition. school principal. They have six children. for more than a century, has about 1,200 students were required because both restaurants are within 300 feet of nearby homes. and 250 employees. “Your company’s commitment to customer If you see a new business in town or wonder service excellence pays dividends in many ways what happened to an old favorite, drop me a in meeting and exceeding their needs,” Steve line at bobbong@hotmail.com. This meeting is open to the public and all are J. Bernas, BBB President & CEO noted in the Orland Chamber State You can also catch up on Comings & Goings welcome to attend. Lunch will be served and the award letter. “We are honored to recognize your of the Village luncheon in other parts of the Southland at www.southcost is $35 per person. To RSVP, call the Chamber business for superior performance in the area landbusinessnews.com and www.southlandsavvy. The Orland Park Area Chamber of Commerce office at 349-2972 or visit the website at www. of ethical business practices and encourage you blogspot.com to continue your commitment to total customer will hear Mayor Dan McLaughlin’s annual State of orlandparkchamber.org. the Village Address during a luncheon scheduled The Chamber is collecting village-related or busi- satisfaction.” for Wednesday, March 11, at 11:15 a.m., at the ness-related questions for Mayor to address during Elements Conference Center & Banquets, at 16235 the event. Forward your queries to felicitas@or- Tommy Nevin’s switching to Mexican restaurant S. La Grange Road in Orland Park. landparkchamber.org. The Tommy Nevin’s Irishthemed pub at 9680 Lincolnway Lane in Frankfort closed at the end of December and is being remodeled and will be rebrandFirst Midwest Bank (as of March 2) Following are the property $182,500; ed as a Toro de Fuego Mexican Palos Heights RATES APR POINTS transfers in the area, according Butcher James G to Esposito Maruette Bk Tr to Enright restaurant, according to Sophia 30-year fixed 4.000 4.035 0 to the latest report, as received Judith E, 15720 Brassie Ct, Unit Nicole L, 11900 S 75th Ave, Schneider, executive administra15-year fixed 3.250 3.305 0 from the Cook County Recorder #1572015, $142,000; tor of The Nevin’s Group. $175,000; 30-year fixed Jumbo 4.000 4.045 0 of Deeds Office. The Regional The Tommy Nevin’s FrankGibbs Carol L Tr to Candelaria Calvert Ronald H to Ali Ifikhar, United Trust Bank (as of March 3) News does not attempt to correct Lisette M, 9124 Sandpiper Ct, Unit 138 Augusta Dr, $525,000; fort Facebook page posted a errors made by that office. #50, $100,000; V&T Inv Corp to Zager Joshua message that the new restauRATES APR POINTS Brosius Edward J Jr to Fritz J, 8126 Aberdeen Dr, $460,000. rant would feature “authentic 30-year fixed 3.990 4.011 0 Mexican cuisine with complex Orland Park John A, 15426 Tulip Ct, $180,000; 15-year fixed 3.125 3.161 0 flavors that are complimented Murphy Jeffrey P to Dabek Schaffer Arthur R Jr to Marx Palos Park 10-year fixed 3.125 3.177 0 Boguslaw, 14784 Montgomery Nicole M, 15325 Orlan Brook Dr, Ahrendt Michael W Tr to Wade with creative drinks and an Prospect Federal (as of March 2) Dr, $165,000; $244,000; Michael R, 12104 S 86th Ave, assortment of tequilas, beer, & RATES APR POINTS wines.” Sethi Surji to Chicago TiFannie Mae to Angelucci Cin- $232,500; 30-year fixed 3.875 3.913 .25 “We are shooting for a May 5 tle Land Trust Co Trust, 15703 dy, 9344 Bradford Ln, Unit C, Marquette Bk Tr to Bestas Bro20-year fixed 3.625 3.677 .25 Sunset Ridge Ct, Unit #157032S, $108,000; nius, 13308 80th Ave, $275,000; opening,” Schneider said Mon15-year fixed 3.000 3.064 .25 $124,000; Judicial Sales Corp to Kesmat Korbakes Alexandra R to Grie- day in an email. 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HOUSES OF WORSHIP Shroud of Turin event at St. Alexander Church St. Alexander Church in Palos Heights will present a Lenten meditation on the death of Jesus Christ with an exhibition based on the Shroud of Turin and the Sudarium of Orvieto at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 11. Two corresponding cloths that are widely separated geographically, but have remarkably similar markings and some believe may have been the burial cloths of Jesus Christ. The church is at 7025 W. 126th St. (448-4861)

Christ Lutheran Church Orland Park The church offers Thursday Lenten communion services at 11 a.m. (with lunch after) and 7 p.m. every Thursday during Lent. The theme is “Angels

Watch in Solemn Wonder.” The services will take place in Duehr Memorial Chapel. The church is at 14700 S. 94th Ave. (349-0431)

The church’s response To domestic violence The church’s response to domestic violence is the topic of the next meeting Multi Parish Respect Life Knowledge and Prayer Series at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 12, at Our Lady of the Woods Church, 10731 W. 131st. St., Orland Park. The Rev. Charles Dahm, of the Archdiocese of Chicago Domestic Violence Outreach program, will lead the discussion, sponsored by the Respect Life Ministries from Our Lady of the Woods, St. Francis of Assisi and St. Michael churches in Orland Park, and St. Bernard and Annunciation Byzantine Catholic churches in Homer Glen.

SIMPLE GIFTS Orland Twp. food pantry The Orland Township Food Pantry, 14807 S. Ravinia Ave., Orland Park, is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and accepts donations of

canned vegetables, soups, fruits and tuna, as well as macaroni and cheese, spaghetti sauce, peanut butter and jelly, and toilet paper. All donations are appreciated and may be dropped off during hours of operation.

Resale shop for Together We Cope seeks clothing and housewares to sell What do you have that you want to get rid of? Kids’ clothes that don’t fit anymore. A jumble of drinking glasses taking up too much space in your cupboard. That lamp you’ve been meaning to replace? Nu2u resale store is looking for all these and more to benefit Together We Cope, the Tinley Park-based prevention agency that provides resources to families in temporary crisis in 27 south suburban communities, enabling them to stay in their homes. “Our shelves are empty and we need donations right now,” said Pat

Hosman, store manager. “We need community residents to bring new or gently used household items, clothing and accessories to the store.” Nu2u is at 17010 S. Oak Park Ave. in Tinley Park. It is open Monday through Saturday.” Some donations go straight to clients reestablishing a home after a crisis. Others are available for sale at the popular resale shop. “Of every dollar we get, 93 cents goes to client programs and services at Together We Cope,” Hosman said. Spring and summer clothes help the most since the resale store has

Southwest Chicago Christian School in Oak Lawn is holidng in its second annual “Hope Packs” event, partnering with Elim Christian Services in providing “Hope Packs” for children in need. “Hope Packs” are packs of school supplies that are assembled and delivered to disadvantaged children around the world. Students from Southwest Chicago Christian School help by collecting the school supplies needed for each “Hope Pack,” which will then be delivered to the Adult Services program at Elim Christian Services. Shown are Southwest Chicago Christian School very little space to store out-of-sea- 6th-graderss Ivan Arroyo and AJ Kuipers, of Worth, as they assemble some of the “Hope Packs”.

son items. Christmas decorations are the lone exception. “People buy them year-round,” Hosman said. Bring donations to Nu2u on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and on Thursdays from 2 to 6 p.m. Furniture donations are welcome, and Nu2u staff are available to pick up most donations. To schedule an appointment, call 633-9180. —Together We Cope

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Christ can quell your selfish spirit and make you more patient Q: Is impatience a sin? If so I’m in deep trouble, because I’m not a patient person. It’s probably one reason why my first marriage went down the drain. I know I need to change, but I’m not sure I can. I guess it’s just the way I’m made. — Mrs. N.H. A: Occasionally, impatience can be a good thing — for example, when we’re impatient over injustice or wrongdoing. Sometimes I’ve been impatient with myself, because I’ve allowed myself to become lazy or distracted, and I know I shouldn’t have done so. But usually impatience is a bad thing, because it gets us into trouble and hurts our relationships. Think back for a moment: Have you ever had to deal with an impatient person — someone who was constantly getting after you because you weren’t doing things their way, or nagging you because you weren’t measuring up to their expectations? If so, you probably reacted in a negative way — and you certainly didn’t want the person as a friend. The real issue, however, is that impatience is

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the fruit of a far more serious problem: selfishness. We get impatient because we want things done our way, and we want everyone else to fit in with our plans. Then impatience becomes sinful, and often gives birth to a host of other sins. The Bible says, “The acts of the flesh are obvious... hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy” (Galatians 5:19-21). Don’t excuse your impatience or assume you’ll always be this way. Instead, turn to Christ and ask Him to come into your life. He can take away your selfish spirit and replace it with His love. Then you’ll discover what it means to be “completely humble and gentle... patient, bearing with one another in love” (Ephesians 4:2). (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.)

DEATH NOTICES Luke T. Mallek

Luke T. Mallek, 91, of Orland Park, died on Feb. 28. Visitation was held at Colonial Chapel funeral home in Orland Park on March 3 until time of funeral service at the funeral home. Interment was at Resurrection Cemetery in Justice.

Mr. Mallek is survived by his step-daughters, Patricia Banasiak and Geraldine Weaver; three grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and two nephews. Mr. Mallek was born in Chicago. He was a retired factory worker. He was a former active member and past grand knight of Knights of Columbus Archbishop Weber Council 2789.

THE B–SIDE This apology is no way to (cruci)fix the situation Fourteen years ago, Terrell Owens, a star wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers, caught a touchdown pass in a game against the Dallas Cowboys and celebrated by running from the end zone to the 50-yard line where he posed on the giant Cowboy star. Seconds later, Cowboys player George Teague leveled Owens, knocking him off the team logo. Owens later explained that he planned the The school added another sentence that touchdown celebration days before the game. He was running out of the unique celebrations but “I changed the whole dynamic. “We apologize the act could solicit a percepwasn’t doing it to taunt anyone by it, I was just tion of disrespect to faith, one’s school or the coming here to pay my respect,” Owens said. community they represent.” I don’t believe Terrell, but I’ll always rememIt’s always interesting to read carefully worded ber the game. apologies issued by individuals or organizations Just like I remember the outcry on social media when Justin Beber inadvertently stood on the after they make a serious misstep. For example, Woodstock apologies for an act Blackhawks Indian head logo while posing with that “could solicit a perception of disrespect to the Stanley Cup in the Hawks locker room. faith…” The Blackhawks, like most NHL teams, have Those are weasel words. They are disingenan unwritten rule that no one is permitted to step uous and unnecessary. Worse yet, the wordon the logo in the dressing room. Players have ing places the onus on the persons who were been known to scold people for accidentally or offended. It’s like saying, “I’m sorry if you were purposely stepping or standing on it. offended.” Heck, I recently saw a Montreal Canadians Please understand, there was no perception of player chastise his mother for standing on the team logo during an NHL Network special about disrespect to the faith. The team disrespected the Catholic faith inside a Catholic school. Plain and the Canadians’ mom’s weekend. simple. These traditions may seem silly. After all, The apology also said, “The team’s symbol it’s only the Cowboys blue star painted at the of ‘girl power’ was used in an inappropriate center of the football field or the Blackhawks’ Indian head logo emblazoned on the locker room manner.” Forget the team’s symbol for a moment. It’s carpet. only a doll. Lots of teams use some sort of Then again, there’s a lot of tradition behind object around which to rally. Several years ago, those logos. They recall team history, great Notre Dame football players used a big piece of players and special moments. They embody an organization—players, fans, memories, traditions. chain to symbolize team unity. Whatever works. The focus needs to be on the girls. This is a These symbols and the respect they deserve varsity team comprised of juniors and seniors, aren’t limited to sports. Apparently, no one girls who are old enough to know better. taught that lesson to the members of the WoodMarian Central and Woodstock high schools stock girls’ basketball team. have decided to let the athletic departments hanRecently, the team won the regional title after dle the issue. How they do that, I do not know. defeating rival Woodstock North at Landers PaBut this is a teaching moment that extends well vilion at Marian Central Catholic High School. beyond the religion. Here’s hoping both schools Following the win, the girls affixed a Barbie take advantage of it. doll—the team’s symbol for girl power—to a crucifix in the gym. The photo, which made the rounds on social media, shows the team smiling and pointing at the crucifix. It was a poor decision, not well thought out by any means. And the idea of a Barbie doll as symbol for girl power also seems odd, but that’s a topic for another column. The point is, the team hung a doll on one of the most important symbols of the Catholic faith and proceeded to celebrate their win. You would think at 9236 ROBERTS ROAD least one of the 13 girls in the HICKORY HILLS, IL photo would have the good sense to think the move was 708-430-5700 disrespectful. You would think a coach, parent, moderator; anyone conFor Information an Affordable Full Funeral Service About with Burial or Cremation nected to the team would stop the girls. You would be wrong. Since Cremation www.lackfuneralhome.com Woodstock High School 1916 Service Activities and Athletic Director Glen Wilson issued an apology “THE NEXT GENERATION TO CARE FOR YOU” after the image surfaced on social media, saying the team is “sincerely regretful.” “Our intent was certainly not to insult, nor denigrate, Marian Central and its family.” 10701 S. Harlem Ave. Worth, IL The apology should have 708.448.6000 stopped right there. Owned and Operated by the Mintle Family “Your Neighborhood Funeral Home” But no...

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Recently retired Cook County Circuit Court Judge John Doody Jr. recently visited St. Alexander School in Palos Heights. Judge Doody read to 3rd – and 4th-graders. A participant in a literacy project of the Illinois Judges Association, Judge Doody spoke to the students about U.S. presidents and read the book “Abe Lincoln’s Hat” by Martha Brenner before taking questions on those topics and the judicial profession.

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37 Automaking pioneer 38 Climb aboard

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Residents complain of more tree-cutting in Spring Creek: About 10 acres of trees and shrubs were cut down last week on property in Orland Park owned by Gallagher and Henry Builders. The acreage, located at 155th Street and 116th Court, was designated as wooded open space in the preliminary plan for the site, according to a village official.

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Cozy nook for coffee: Some may not know that a small but colorful seating area is nestled among tea pots, coffee, mugs, jams, spreads and candles sold at Gourmet Coffees Etc, 12246 S. Harlem Ave. in Palos Heights. Owner Stephanie Hamilton moved her store about five years ago from its original location across the street. Bath and gourmet foods are also at the store, which features a wide selection of coffees and teas.

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 2)

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Boxing interest has waned but OLOR show lives on JEFF VORVA Gather around my rocking chair, boys and girls, and Uncle Jeff will tell you a story about an era a long, long time ago when the sport of boxing was huge. Casual fans knew the names of the top boxers at the time. Ali. Frazier. Foreman. Leonard. Duran. Hearnes. Norton. Hagler. Tyson. Spinks. Another Spinks. Even the next level – the Quarrys and the Wepners of the world had some name recognition. People thirsted to find out who was going to win matches. And, boys and girls, before the invention of Pay Per View, people would go to movie theaters to watch closed-circuit broadcasts of big fights. I once saw a closed-circuit Tyson fight at what used to be known as the Rosemont Horizon and it drew a huge crowd. Now? Well, I can name Floyd Mayweather and and Manny Pacquiao. They are fighting in a huge bout coming up May 2 in a match that can do more than $300 million in Pay Per View sales for a match that is about three or four years too late. So boxing is not completely dead. I think Roy Jones Jr. is still fighting even though he is closer to becoming a senior. The heavyweight division has some big Russian guys, I think. But I would have to Google that and get back to you. After that? I can’t help ya. I just don’t know many of the elite current fighters any more. Ultimate fighting and even professional wrestling has helped the short attention span generation turn away from the sweet science. But there is a pocket in our area where every year you can find boxing a boxing card taking place. The Our Lady of the Ridge boxing show

is in its 53rd year and gets rolling at 7 p.m. at 10820 S. Oxford in Chicago Ridge. The doors open at 6 p.m. Kids from kindergarten through sixth grade from the area will put on the gloves and head gear and box. For those who feel a little weird about seeing little kids fight, ring announcer Don Pratl said that it’s not a violent event. “Yes, we’ve had some kids Submitted photo get sick in the ring and we A couple of kid boxers pose during a past show at Our Lady of the Ridge. may have had a few bloody noses, but that’s it,” he said. “There is a difference between boxing and Gordie Gillespie. Gillespie had success just fighting and for the last couple of months, about everywhere he went, including Joliet we’ve been teaching these kids how to Catholic, Lewis University and the Unibox. We work on sticking and moving and versity of St. Francis. He coached football, we match the kids up as evenly as we can. basketball and baseball and is in a whole “There have been times when we’ve bunch of Halls of Fame. had to tell some kids they can’t participate Eerily, I saw a big painting in homage because they are too big or too small.’’ to Gillespie on late Saturday afternoon at Pratl said he was a Golden Gloves boxer Lewis and I wondered where the coach growing up and has been a ring announcer was and how he was doing. That night, he for this event for decades. died. He said that no matter how much other Gillespie knew so many people and sports have gained in popularity and how didn’t always remember names so I (and much boxing has declined, boxing purists probably a million other dudes) became like himself will continue to embrace it. known as the “big guy’’ whenever he “Boxing can never be replaced,” he said. would see me. He once spoke at a coach“The MMA or Ultimate fighting – that’s ing class I took and his booming voice what happens in the streets, not the ring. needed no microphone. He was funny, Those are entertainment events. Boxing is entertaining and wise. a sport.’’ My friend, also known as “big guy’’ to Pratl remembers the days when the Gillespie, attended St. Francis many moons OLOR event would have beer and smokago and would remember seeing Gillespie ing in the gym. Those days are gone, but standing on top of a desk and enthusiastithere is still an old-fashioned atmosphere cally bellow to students in whatever class surrounding the event. it was he was teaching. “Fathers, sons, cousins and neighbors People have millions of funny Gillesall come back to talk about the good old pie stories and quotes but my favorite days,” Pratl said. quote was one he said on a practice field This also serves as a fundraiser for the when he was dressing down a player. He school and its athletic department. hollered: “If you don’t get this play right, I’m going to trade you for a dog and then Remembering the ‘big guy’ shoot the dog!” The death of Minnie Minoso this weekMaybe PETA members won’t appreciate end (see editorial page) overshadowed that line, but it still makes me laugh. the death of another local legend, coach Rest in peace, big guy.

Whatizit?

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Aw nuts, we had to bring the Board of Directors back for a ruling. That’s never pleasant. Last week’s spaghetti-like object was of a phone charger, yet the angle and cropping of the picture could make it look like a USB cord or a cord for computer games. Before the lazy board members could go on their four-hour lunch break, they flipped a coin and were lenient because they were hungry. Palos Heights’ Crystine Busch charged in first in with the right answer Other great guessers were Palos Heights’ Walter Mlynarski, Worth’s Carol and Jerry Janicki and Robert Solner, Chicago Ridge’s Dana Oswald, Palos Park’s Al Forte, Evergreen Park’s Henrietta Mysliwiec, and the Friday Night Ladies Poker and Hot Wires Club of Oak Lawn, Orland Park and Oak Forest. Incorrect guesses were a set top video game console, a toilet seat, and DVR cables. This week’s clue: This is one Hilton you can’t check into. Send those guesses to thereporter@ comcast.net with WHATIZIT in the subject line by Monday night. Don’t forget you name and hometown.

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‘Annie’ then and now at Chgo. Christian FASHION CHAT

Runway show echoes the thrill of designer spring collections

The Chicago Christian High School Theater Department hosted an alumni reunion last Saturday during its production of the musical “Annie.” The cast and crew of the 2004 production a decade ago were invited to come back with guests to view the show. After the show, a reception was held in the cafeteria. Several cast and crew members took a backstage tour, where they took a picture on the current set, and met current cast members (above). At right, The three “Annies” take a moment to pose together; Abby Haan, Class of ‘17, Elizabeth O’Neil Hooker ‘04, and Shannon Kuiper ‘17. They all took a turn in the same red dress.

SENIOR NOTES Men sought for senior speed dating Calling all men ages 60 and over: if you are single and ready to mingle, Orland Township’s senior speed dating will be held at 94 West – Grille & Tavern in Orland Park on Thursday, March 26. Registration is closed for women, but numerous spots are available for men. The night entails mini “dates” in which one gets several minutes to get to know the person on the other side of the table. When the music plays, people rotate to the next table where they have an allotted amount of time to get to know someone new. After the “dates” there will be socializing and refreshments. To register, call 403-4222.

Senior American Idol auditions at Orland Twp. Auditions for the third season of Senior American Idol, a fundraiser for the Orland Township Scholarship Foundation will be held on Tuesday, March 10, with check-in at 5:45 p.m. and auditions starting at 6 p.m., in the Orland Township Activity Center, 14807 S. Ravinia Ave., Orland Park. Auditions are open to seniors age 55 and require participants to perform a song of their choice (no more than two minutes long) a capella in front of a panel of judges. Auditions are free. If chosen to be a contestant for the show in May, participants will be required to pay the contestant fee of $30. Call Orland Township at 403-4222

to register for auditions. Senior American Idol will be held at Georgio’s Banquets, 8800 W. 159th St., Orland Park, from 4:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Thursday, May 14. Tickets are available at the township.

Crossing Lake Michigan trip with Orland Township Orland Township offers a trip for seniors to ferry across Lake Michigan aboard the S.S. Badger, which departs June 24. The trip lasts three days and includes four meals (two dinners and two breakfasts), a night at the Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort, free time for shopping in downtown Bay City, touring the historic Temple Theatre, watching a Silent film with Barton pipe organ accompaniment, and a trip to the Kalamazoo Air Zoo. Free home or local pick up and return is available. The trip costs $729 per person twin room; single room is an additional $149. The group will travel to Manitowoc, Wis. where they will board the vessel to cross Lake Michigan. During the four-hour cruise, seniors can enjoy a movie, play bingo, or just relax and appreciate the view from the comfort of their desk chair. Time will be spent in downtown Bay City with its “Early Americana” shopping district, and historic waterfront. From there it is over to Saginaw to visit the historic Temple Theatre for a tour and viewing of a silent film with accompaniment on the Barton pipe organ and an over-

The spring season is steadily approaching, bringing along the rebirth of nature, nostalgic fashion inspirations and innovative style riffs that are truly revitalizing. Before we discuss the season’s most influential expressions, let us chat about a recent local presentation of spring and bridal fashions. Designer Victor Miller of Fashion in Fashion held his annual spring and bridal collection fashion show on Feb. 21 at the Hyatt Hotel in Lisle. The looks were joyful and lively, full of unabashedly heavy doses of bold colors and the elegance of delicate details. Miller’s inspiration for the spring collection was the diversity in cultural portrayals of the Virgin Mary by various countries. He used traditional-style ethnic garb, namely that of Filipino, Korean and Polish clothing. Overall, the clothing featured reminded me of the romantic bohemian looks on the spring and summer collections of designers like Alberta Ferretti, Emilio Pucci and Etro. It was thrilling to see the variety of garments all displayed in the same runway collection. One of my favorite looks was a ribbed, royal purple long-sleeved gown with a turtleneck and a 1970s style silhouette. Another gown was a lovely take on the portrayal of Our Lady of Guadalupe with a straight cut sky blue dress with swaying horizontal lines holding lively fringe traveling along the entirety of the garment. In the show, I modeled a Filipino inspired pastel green ensemble. The look included a long skirt divided between satin fabric at the top and silk from the hips to the hem. The top had three-fourths length sleeves, delicate beading, floral appliqués and scalloped finishing. To complete the outfit, I wore an effervescent veil and a traditional neck scarf. The wedding garments were very much in tune with the spring and summer runway fashions. Similar to spring and summer looks from Valentino, Givenchy and Chloe, Miller’s fashions involved a variety of beautiful integrations of lace of differing sizes and structural floral motifs similar to those seen in ‘60s fashions. My dress involved a halter neck formed by silver sequins and beading. The base of the dress held a mermaid style skirt made of crinkly tulle night stay at Soaring Eagle Casino flowers. Modeling in this runway show made me all and Resort. Also included is a visit to the Kalamazoo Air Zoo, the 10th largest non-governmental aviation museum in the nation, featuring 4-D theatres, flight simulators and a collection of rare and historical aircraft. For reservations or more information, call Marie Ryan, senior services coordinator, at 403-4222.

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Caroline Foreman models a bridal gown by Victor Miller during his Spring and Bridal Collection Fashion Show held Feb. 21 in Lisle.

the more excited about wearing the fashions of the coming season. Next time, we will chat about these exciting designer creations and prepare to indulge our wardrobe in our favorite expressions.

Orland Fire Dist. corned beef luncheon A representative of Walgreen’s Pharmacy is scheduled to be the guest speaker at the Orland Fire Protection District’s Senior Advisory Council luncheon. Also addressing the attendees will be Orland Fire Chief Ken Brucki, district board President Jim Hickey and Cook County Board Commissioner Elizabeth Gorman. The corned beef and cabbage luncheon will be held on Friday, March 13, at 11 a.m., at the OFPD administration’s headquarters at 9790 W. 151st Street starting at 11 am. The cost is $10, which will be used to cover the event costs and support the Senior Advisory Council’s programs and activities. Attendees will receive tours of the Administration Building, Fire Station 1 and the 911 Dispatch Center and afterwards will enjoy an afternoon of Bingo. Seating is limited so tickets for the luncheon must be purchased in advanced by calling 349-0074. Tickets will not be available at the door.

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Isle a la Cache relives fur trade history

A living history demonstration will be held from noon to 3 p.m. this Sunday, March 8, at the Forest Preserve District of Will County’s Isle a la Cache Museum, 501 E. Romeo Road. Watch Isle a la Cache Brigade volunteers re-enact life in the 1700s as they portray voyageurs, courier du bois, French women and Metis. Brigade members will demonstrate their skills as potters, musket shooters, cooks, seamstresses or craftsmen. Registration is not required for the free, all-ages program, which is held indoors and outdoors, weather permitting. For information, visit ReconnectWithNature.org.

Ruth Rusie is part of United Way’s ongoing work to improve the education, income, and health of our communities. To find out how you can help create opportunities for a better life for all, visit LIVEUNITED.ORG.

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For Coyne, flipping the switch would mean the world Palos Heights hockey standout ready to turn her focus to Women’s World Championship By Tim Cronin The defeat was a heartbreaker. The American women’s hockey team led Canada 2-0 with four minutes remaining in the Olympic championship game last February in Sochi, Russia. And the Americans lost. Canada scored twice late in the third period to tie the game, then scored in sudden-death overtime to collect a 3-2 victory and the gold medal. For a lesser person, the circumstances

of such a setback in the Olympics — one that mirrored an earlier loss — would have left scars. Not so with Kendall Coyne of Palos Heights. Yes, the loss hurt in the locker room, but the junior communications major knows there’s a world outside those confines. “We were there for 25 days and there was a lot to it, but what you remember most is the finish, what you go there for and the end result,” Coyne said from Northeastern University in Boston last week. “We didn’t come away with the

color medal that we wanted. But coming back home and sharing the experience with everyone, we found they didn’t care if we won gold, silver, bronze or no medal [at all]. “They were just so proud of our team and what we did. When we returned home, there was more a sense of reality of what we accomplished.” For Coyne, the stunner in Sochi was déjà vu. She was also a key member of the U.S. squad that surrendered a two-goal lead and lost in overtime to

“There’s nothing like living out your dream.”

Canada in the 2010 Women’s World Junior at Seven Bridges in Woodridge. That came after Coyne, who had tallied the gold-medal-winning goal the previous two years, knocked in a score that was never counted even though many people saw the puck enter and exit the net. Coyne said she thought back to that “a little bit.” “When you’re in that much pain from

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STATE WRESTLING

Eagles stopped one step short of team crown By Anthony Nasella

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St. Viator’s Nick Ferrante (left) and Marist’s Taylor Weaver chase after a loose ball last Wednesday in Mount Greenwood. A strong second half wasn’t enough to prevent the RedHawks from suffering a 59-51 East Suburban Catholic Conference loss.

Only 16 is sweet for Marist Strong second half can’t prevent RedHawks’ loss By Ken Karrson Sports Editor

Sweet 16 is fine when it refers to a birthday. When it describes the amount of time a basketball team excels in a game, that’s not so good. That, however, was the way it went for Marist in its regular-season finale last Wednesday in Mount Greenwood. Coming off a lopsided loss to Notre Dame in their previous outing, the RedHawks found themselves in a similar offensive torpor versus visiting St. Viator and trailed 34-20 at halftime. They had been down to the East Suburban Catholic Conference-champion Dons

by 20 at the midway point. “In the first half we did not bring it to the level Marist teams need to bring it,” RedHawks coach Gene Nolan said. “It was very similar to the previous Friday. At this time of year it’s hard to shake that.” Nolan worried about how his athletes would react to a second straight drubbing and the degree to which it could negatively affect Marist’s entry into the Class 4A tournament. But that feeling passed by evening’s end. No, the RedHawks didn’t manage to make up all the early lost ground, but their ability to keep heat on the Lions almost until the final buzzer gave everyone a much-needed emotional boost.

Although Marist suffered a 59-51 ESCC setback, Nolan said he was “as proud as I’ve ever been of a Marist team” during the second half. “Our kids fought, rebounded well and executed [the game plan],” he said. “It was a good ending. We had talked [at halftime] about why they came to school here and who we really want to be as a team. It’s about how we respond to adversity. “The biggest thing is that you do get better, and we played very hard and together. [Coming back strong] — that was the win. We’re going to be confident

The word “dynasty” gets tossed around a lot in sports when it comes to programs that dominate over an extended period of time. But when considering Sandburg's wrestling achievements of the past decade, calling the Eagles dynastic is apt. It’s difficult to argue with their year-in, year-out success, which was at the forefront again at Saturday’s team state final in Bloomington. Sandburg reached the championship match at U.S. Cellular Coliseum against the nation’s No. 1 squad, Oak Park-River Forest. And while the Eagles dropped a 39-16 verdict in the finale, their runner-up showing gave the program its eighth top-three finish in the past 11 years. And with only two senior starters on this season’s 23-man roster, Sandburg's run of excellence should continue into 2015-16 and beyond. “I’m really proud of our kids and

the way they performed.” Eagles coach Eric Siebert said. “They did exactly what we were hoping they would do -- go out there and lay it on the line. They really battled and it’s really gratifying. It was a great weekend overall. “I’m so proud to be associated with the program, the coaches, the kids and the families. In 11 years there’s definitely a lot to be proud of with this program. If you want to be successful, you have to have quality people -- we have four coaches on varsity and nine on staff [and] it’s really a team effort. “Everybody is invested in this program. We have a common philosophy and the coaches, kids and parents all buy into it. It makes for one big movement going forward.” Sandburg defeated Mt. Carmel 39-27 last Tuesday night at Shepard to advance to the quarterfinals. On Saturday it defeated LincolnSee SANDBURG, Page 4

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Animated coach Homewood-Flossmoor coach Anthony Smith gets animated while watching Rachel Distor set up a play for Sandburg last Tuesday in a Class 4A LincolnWay North Sectional semifinal game. Smith felt fine by evening’s end as the Vikings rolled over the Eagles 73-40. Story on Page 2. Photo by Jeff Vorva

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Sandburg coach Eric Siebert (left), pictured during a match earlier this season, guided the Eagles to a second-place finish in the state team wrestling championships Saturday in Bloomington.

INSIDE Chargers gets revenge: Stagg avenges an earlier blowout loss to Joliet West by taming the Tigers by a 59-57 score in Palos Hills. Page 2

Tough finish for Knights: After beating Lisle in its regional basketball opener, Chicago Christian gets swamped by St. Edward. Page 3

St. Laurence seniors prevail: A quintet of upperclassmen poured in 42 of the Vikings’ points in a 56-47 victory over neighborhood rival Reavis. Page 4

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Locals get sidetracked in sectionals By Anthony Nasella Flush with the thrill of capturing regional titles, both Sandburg and Evergreen Park were looking forward to last Tuesday's entry into the sectional round of the state tournament and the fresh challenge that would represent. But the initial task proved too great as the Eagles and Mustangs each ran afoul of a formidable opponent. In Sandburg's case, the foe was a familiar one. Fellow SouthWest Suburban Conference Blue member Homewood-Flossmoor, which was held out of last year's tournament by the IHSA because of rules violations, had already squared off with the Eagles twice this season with positive results. And the third time offered no reversal of fortunes for Sandburg as it suffered a season-ending 73-30 loss in a Class 4A Lincoln-Way North Sectional semifinal. Making an uphill climb even steeper for the Eagles (24-8) were two player injuries — guard Jess Merino sprained her ankle before the game and forward Victoria Stavropoulos was forced to exit with a knee injury just three minutes into the contest. Merino did wind up playing but was visibly hampered by her injury and Stavropoulos made only a token appearance at the start of the second half before going to the sidelines for good. As for Evergreen, it was no match for Bogan in the Class 3A Brooks Sectional as it got tagged with a 71-38 setback.

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The Eagles certainly had momentum entering their encounter with H-F as the regional crown they claimed by beating Marist 61-57 the week before was Sandburg's first in a decade. It helped too that it happened on the RedHawks' home floor. "The girls went out and took it,” Eagles coach Chris Hellrung said. “They fought harder and played harder, and because of that we won the game. That’s the proudest I’ve ever been of a team. The school rallied around the girls and they deserved that win because they worked hard and won it on Marist’s home court — that was something special. “I had an outstanding group of girls who always worked hard. We had a great season — we went 11-3 in a very tough conference and finished 24-8 overall with some really big wins over some really nice teams — [so] that hard work really paid off. It’s satisfying when you preach the stuff and girls buy into it and they succeed.” H-F was a mountain that couldn't be scaled, however. The Eagles had been competitive with the Vikings during the regular season, but operating in a weakened state wasn't going to get it done for Sandburg.

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The wait became a weight for Shepard, but Friday night the load finally got lightened. While the Astros had been competitive with a number of their South Suburban Conference foes this winter, they were never able to break into the win column. As both the losses and frustration mounted, Shepard coach Tony Chiuccariello found it increasingly difficult to foster an upbeat attitude among his athletes. But one thing the Astros never did was allow the lack of success to become a reason to deliver lackluster performances. And that refusal to roll over paid off in a big way against host Argo. On the strength of a superb third period Shepard carried a ninepoint lead deep into the fourth quarter. But behind Marcus Fry the Argonauts roared back, and when his assist set up a gametying, NBA-length 3-pointer by Levar Turner with 7.1 seconds remaining the home team seemingly had all the momentum. However, Kyle Longfield had no intention of letting the Astros fall short again. The senior center, who had blocked a Fry shot from behind earlier in the stanza,

From April 26, 2007 Basketball for credit — it sounds like a collegiate hoopster’s dream. Give it some thought for just a moment. If athletes were able to actually use their sport as a means through which to earn credit hours and get a few steps closer to that degree most of them won’t ever see even if enrolled under the 12-year plan, valuable space would be freed up in such challenging academic endeavors as Turf Toe 101 and Advanced Jigsaw Puzzling for everyday students who don’t make a dime for their respective universities. Hey, why should the jocks always have first dibs on those brain-busting classes? They already benefit from paid-for schooling and receive undying adoration from fat-cat alumni that lasts a lifetime, or at least until the end of the current football or basketball season. But in an unusual and unexpected twist, it was non-athletes who recently took part in a course where credits were given for attending the NCAA men’s Final Four. Lynn University in South Florida offered a program called “The Final Four Experience,” which included as part of its teaching a trip to this spring’s Final Four in Atlanta. As reported in an Associated Press story, students taking the class received three credits. Watching basketball, eating popcorn and waving giant, we’reNo.1 foam hands — with a staggering work load like that, the young people who signed up for “The Final Four Experience” are preparing themselves for a rewarding career in government. Or so it seems. In actuality, the class was a primer of sorts for those students who wish to tie their futures into the management aspects of sports. The trip to Atlanta didn’t consist solely of fun at the games; rather, participants took an up-close look at how frontoffice operations work. The students were required to keep a diary of their experiences, take a couple exams and, upon returning to campus, give a multimedia presentation on sports facilities and event operations. Some of the details on which they had to focus were vendor and sponsorship setups, security positioning and seating arrangements. I don’t know about you, but suddenly that doesn’t sound so glamorous to me. In fact, it strikes me as the corporate equivalent of being an offensive lineman. Think about it — if everything goes off without a hitch, fans simply take the smooth-running operation for granted. But if something is amiss, critics pop up without haste and immediately point the finger of blame at whomever’s in charge. And trust me, that incriminating digit’s not made out of foam. So why would anyone want to seek out an occupation that can be pretty thankless? Well, for one thing, the monetary compensation isn’t bad, although it pales next to the amount the organization’s middle reliever, backup center or second-string goalie pulls down in salary. And unless ownership is completely hapless, the company that runs the team and facility in which it plays should be on pretty solid financial ground. Thus, the futures of most employees, particularly those with identifiable skills, are relatively secure. Another fringe benefit is that you get to regularly interact with public figures others yearn to rub shoulders with and fawn over. You may go so far as to consider yourself an honorary member of the athlete’s posse or, at the very least, a sycophantic hanger-on, but don’t expect to spend any quality time with the star jock. For instance, you probably won’t get invited to go nightclubbing with him, which is just as well. That way, you won’t be tempted to morph into Tank Johnson and acquire a police record, which would severely damage your credibility with the company and likely get you fired since you have absolutely no leverage. Remember, nobody buys a ticket to watch you work, purchases jerseys with your number on it or uses a product merely because you tout it. Don’t ever forget you’re a nobody generating zero revenue, so improper behavior won’t be brushed aside like it is for the athletes. What you’ll spend most of your time doing is acting as manservant to a bunch of pampered players, who need you to handle all the menial chores attached to their celebrity. And you’ll require a college degree to make sure you’re qualified to take care of millionaire kids just out of high school. After thinking about all that, I have just one question for the people at Lynn University who masterminded “The Final Four Experience” and probably will do so again in the future. Are you sure three credit hours are enough?

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Evergreen Park’s Nicole Larkin (left) battles a Bogan player for possession of the ball last Tuesday during a Class 3A Brooks Regional semifinal contest. The Mustangs’ season ended with a 71-38 loss.

“We knew H-F was one of the top teams in the state," Hellrung said. "We played them pretty tough in the two previous meetings, [but] being without a Jess Merino at full strength and Victoria Stavropoulos definitely left us a little shorthanded. To the girls’ credit they played on and played hard as they could. We just lost to a much better team on that night.” Hellrung praised Merino and Stavropoulos for trying to play through their injuries in the team’s most important game of the season. “Jess played hard for us, but you could tell that her ankle was really bothering her,” he said. “She gutted it out and had a great performance for being injured. When you lose your last game, you want it to be [while you're] playing hard and [at] full strength — we were definitely playing hard. “I give the girls a lot of credit [for] never giving up a minute of that game. You just have to deal with injuries and unfortunately we had to deal with them at a very tough moment of the season.”

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The Mustangs (21-9) could never get things going against Bogan. They were only down 19-10 after one quarter but trailed 32Photo by Jeff Vorva 16 at halftime. Evergreen drew Whatever hope Sandburg had of hanging with Homewood-Flossmoor last within 12 once during the third Tuesday took a hit when the tallest Eagle, 5-foot-11 Victoria Stavropoulos, period, but it could never reduce went down with a knee injury. Minus Stavropoulos Sandburg didn’t have enough inside presence to slow the Vikings, who collected a 73-40 victory

See GIRLS ROUNDUP, Page 4 in a Class 4A Lincoln-Way North Sectional semifinal.

Long time coming By Ken Karrson

Final Four, final exams: What’s the difference?

In last game, Astros finally get league win raced down the court to rebound Kenjrick Watson’s missed layup and hit a putback as time expired to give Shepard a 58-56 victory in Summit. “It was a great way to finish [the regular season],” said Chiuccariello, whose club began Class 4A tournament play this past Monday versus Lockport at the Yorkville Regional. “It was not [accomplished] on talent, but on hustle. I was happy for the kids — they haven’t quit [all season]. We finally broke through but not without a lot of drama in the last 2:30.” Chiuccariello admitted that he wondered about the Astros (7-19, 1-12) being “snake-bit, especially when we were missing free throws.” Shepard misfired seven times in 10 tries at the stripe during the fourth frame, a showing that mixed with a couple turnovers to create some anxious moments. “We had multiple chances [to extend the lead], but it was getting tight quickly,” Chiuccariello said.

Fry (23 points) was at the forefront of Argo’s late surge as he nailed a 3-pointer and sank three other baskets, two of them on drives to the hoop. “I could give him accolades all day long,” Chiuccariello said. “Fry was amazing, but Longfield was amazing too. The key to Longfield [is] the hustle part of his game.” Longfield racked up a doubledouble of 28 points and 18 rebounds on the Astros’ behalf. He also blocked a shot during the third period that was part of a solid defensive display by Shepard. Zack Haxel drew a pair of charges in the quarter as well as Argo managed just three points. With Longfield (eight points), Joe Newhall (3-point bucket), Watson and Malik Smith all chipping in, the Astros complemented their defense with an offense that produced 17 points in eight minutes and put the visitors ahead by four (40-36) entering the final stanza. “That was the best quarter we played all year — it was good

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basketball,” Chiuccariello said. “We had nice [scoring] balance and played good half-court manto-man [defense].” Thanks to nine offensive rebounds, Argo took 15 more shots than Shepard, but it made only four additional baskets. The Astros held an edge in field-goal percentage (46-41) and, despite the shortcomings at the line, buried seven more free throws than the Argonauts attempted. Shepard also held an overall advantage on the glass (31-24). Watson gave the Astros a second double-digit scorer with 17 points. But it was Longfield whom Chiuccariello credited with being Shepard’s emotional leader. “He really had a good game,” Chiuccariello said. “I like when a great kid — and I can use that term with him — has success. Kyle’s got great character. He brings the right attitude and works so darn hard.” Shepard 58 Argo 56

Shepard scoring: Longfield 28, Watson 17, Gorski 4, Haxel 3, Newhall 3, Smith 3. Rebounds: Longfield 18. Assists: Newhall 3. Blocks: Longfield 2.

Deny of the Tigers Chargers avenge earlier loss to Joliet West By Ken Karrson Sports Editor

These Tigers weren’t so ferocious after all. Joliet West had certainly lived up to its predatory nickname the first time it played Stagg this season. The Tigers broke open a competitive SouthWest Suburban Conference Blue contest in the second half and eventually pinned a 24-point defeat on the Chargers. Stagg got its chance for revenge on Joliet West last Thursday in Palos Hills and didn’t waste it. While the Tigers didn’t suddenly turn into lap cats, they were unable to tap into their inner beast quite so effectively in the rematch. Joliet West was ahead by three entering the fourth quarter, but the Chargers netted the first six points of the period — half of them on a Jeff Goral long-distance shot — and never relinquished their advantage. Twelve consecutive made free throws, eight of which were evenly split between Goral and John Contant, gave Stagg just enough cushion to withstand any rally attempt and pocket a 59-57 triumph. The win assured the Chargers (12-16, 6-8) of finishing in a thirdplace tie with Joliet Central, which beat Stagg 60-48 on Tuesday, in the SWSC Blue. While both teams were well off the pace set by divisional front-runners HomewoodFlossmoor (13-1) and Bolingbrook (12-2), Chargers coach John Daniels was thrilled with his club’s final resting spot, particularly since Stagg had been ticketed for the basement in preseason forecasts. “We’ll take it and the kids deserve it,” Daniels said. “We don’t

have the same talent [level] as some of these teams and we were playing the heart of the conference schedule with sophomores getting solid minutes, [but] 13 of our 16 losses were to teams over .500. [Our youth] bodes well for the future. “We were 3-11 at one point, so the kids were pretty happy [about placing third]. The kids are coachable and they work hard — as a coach you just want that. We’re a totally different team than we were in November.” Daniels said he’s “always looking for rally points” and admitted to dangling the prospect of a possible third-place finish in front of his players as an enticement for bouncing back quickly from Tuesday’s setback. They did so by riding Goral’s nine first-period points to an 18-12 lead, which became 22-12 a couple minutes into the second frame. But for the next six minutes the Chargers’ offense went frigid and the home team was able to add only a pair of free throws to its first-half total. Joliet West, meanwhile, roared back into a tie by the break. Any temptation Daniels might have had to change what Stagg was doing got shot down by his assistants, who pointed out the Chargers had “played a real good quarter.” “We had really good looks at the rim,” Daniels said. “We were able to get some good shots but couldn’t hit them.” After Stagg struck first in the third period, the Tigers coach called a couple timeouts, which See CHARGERS, Page 5

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Daylon and darkness Minus Washington, Knights’ season reaches an end By Ken Karrson Sports Editor

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Marist’s Kevin Lerma can’t slam on the brakes quickly enough and is called for an offensive foul after running into St. Viator’s Kevin Monson last Wednesday.

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Continued from page 1 going into the playoffs now.” The RedHawks (20-9, 5-4) were still chasing 11 points heading into the fourth stanza, but Maurice Commander lit a fire beneath Marist. The freshman guard deposited four 3-pointers and Brian Barry hit a fifth to give the RedHawks some juice. The hosts were within six at the three-minute mark and had possession of the ball. Along with the long shots, Marist benefited from improved defense. With Kevin Lerma and Justin Brown doing a good deal of the dirty work, the RedHawks limited St. Viator stars Patrick McNamara and Sal Cannella to a combined 11 points in the last 16 minutes after the duo had poured in 27 prior to intermission. “Our issue in the first half was on the defensive end,” Nolan said. “We always talk about how we want to make unknowns beat us, but we weren’t doing that. It was two totally different [stretches of] 16 minutes.” Nolan said Marist’s complete switch to a man-to-man scheme helped it control the Lions better, but even more important in the coach’s opinion was the RedHawks’ “overall energy and effort.” He also liked his team’s “best offensive half of the season” as Marist wound up shooting 47 Photo by Jeff Vorva percent from the floor, an exhibition that included an 8-of-18 Marist’s Maurice Commander tried to fuel a late rally with several baskets, but the RedHawks couldn’t completely performance from beyond the arc. overcome a lackluster first half as they dropped a 59-51 decision to visiting St. Viator last Wednesday. The locals also kept their turn“They’re a team that can re- team-best four assists. No one Marist beat the Spartans during overs to a respectable 10. ally guard,” Nolan said of the else tallied in double figures, the regular season but not without What impressed Nolan most Lions. “In a year of [greater] but Lerma and Jeremiah Fer- a bit of a struggle. was that the RedHawks recov- parity [in the ESCC] they prob- guson both had six points and 59 ered against a foe that had flexed ably would have been picked to the former tied Brown for the St. Viator 51 some defensive muscle during finish first — deservedly so. St. rebounding lead as each player Marist Viator’s good.” grabbed six. the season. St. Viator held Loyola Marist scoring: Hill 14, Commander Bradley Hill had 14 points and The RedHawks met fellow 13, Ferguson 6, Lerma 6, Brown 4, Academy to 21 points in a nonconference contest and surren- two steals to pace the RedHawks ESCC member Marian Catholic Barry 3, Hawkins 3, Weaver 2. Redered only 34 to St. Patrick in in both categories while Com- this past Tuesday in a Bloom bounds: Brown 6, Lerma 6. Assists: mander added 13 points and a Township Regional matchup. Commander 4. Steals: Hill 2. an ESCC clash.

Short is not a popular word in basketball circles, but it was the most appropriate one to apply to Chicago Christian’s situation last Tuesday. The Knights were short one key player — guard Daylon Washington, who had been declared ineligible for the postseason — and they were also short on time to revise their game plan thanks to having opened Class 2A tournament action the night before. While Christian was able to defeat host Lisle in its regional debut on Monday, the quick turnaround to Tuesday’s matchup with St. Edward proved too great to handle. The Knights hung with the Green Wave for two-plus quarters, but the bottom fell out over the last 14 minutes as St. Edward piled up 38 points in that span. The barrage carried the Wave to a 63-39 triumph and they captured a regional championship a few days later by defeating Immaculate Conception. Christian, meanwhile, was forced to close the books on a 14-14 campaign that featured it being in the hunt for a Metro Suburban Conference East title until the last day of the regular season. “I know the kids felt horrible about the way it all went down, but we battled St. Ed’s pretty well,” Knights coach Kevin Pittman said. And if Christian had had a full day to get ready for the Wave and were operating at full strength, Pittman would have liked its chances to advance into Friday’s finale. “To play Lisle on Monday and not have a day to prepare for the No. 1 seed, I don’t get it,” he said. “We tried to do a dual-practice approach [prior to Monday], but that’s hard because if you don’t get past Lisle then everything you’ve done to prepare for St. Ed’s is wasted. And we couldn’t just say we were going to roll the ball out there and beat Lisle.” That was especially so without Washington around to spearhead the offense. “A lot of things we had drawn up [to use] we had to keep in our back pocket,” Pittman said. “He’s one of our quickest players and a lot of things we run are things that go through him. We had to change so many matchups.” Washington’s absence didn’t negatively affect the Knights from a size perspective, but it did make guarding the Wave more of a chore. Six-foot-4 Jay Spencer, for example, was sent out more toward the perimeter than he otherwise might have been and couldn’t always keep up with St. Edward’s smaller but speedy athletes. The Wave were ahead 25-16 early in the third period when Christian made a bit of noise. Bradford Fitz-

patrick’s putback and Trevor Wolterink’s three-point play sandwiched a defensive stop and brought the Knights within 25-21. Wolterink’s score came after he rebounded a Spencer miss, one of two offensive boards collected by Christian on that same possession. But then St. Edward embarked on a 12-4 surge that was triggered by Joe French. Two of the Wave's buckets were on layups — one of those followed a Knights turnover — and another resulted from a putback. Ten points separated the two teams at the period stop and St. Edward never let Christian gain any footing over the final eight minutes. Included among the Wave's fourthquarter field goals were four 3s and three layups. “We just didn’t hit enough shots,” said Pittman, whose club connected only 29 percent of the time from the floor. “When we would miss a shot, they loved to rush the ball in transition. Those were backbreakers.” The Knights extended their pressure in an attempt to force St. Edward into some mistakes, but it was to no avail. As Pittman put it, “You know it’s either make or break when you do that — for us it was break.” Spencer paced Christian with 13 points and nine rebounds and Wolterink had 10 points, but no one else netted more than five. “St. Ed’s is a scrappy team and they do a lot of things well, and we didn’t do enough things right to win,” Pittman said. “There are things you have to take care of in the game — [for instance] the number of shots we missed in the paint was staggering.” While Pittman didn’t say Washington’s presence would have reversed the outcome, he insisted that “the difference wouldn’t have been 6339.” But with the majority of his 2014-15 roster scheduled to return next fall, Pittman believes the Knights can make deeper inroads a year from now — assuming they can settle into a rhythm sooner than they did this winter. “The basketball we were playing in the last month I thought we’d be playing in late December,” he said. “We didn’t have that many changes from last year, so the question is what in the world took so long for us to come around? A lot of it still boils down to confidence — it’s so fragile.” Chicago Christian 52 Lisle 47 No lead on Monday exceeded eight points, but with Wolterink and Spencer combining for 37 points the Knights had just enough potency to slip past the host school. Christian made good on 37 percent of its shots versus the Lions. Chicago Christian 52 Lisle 47 Chicago Christian scoring: Wolterink 20, Spencer 17, Parker 9, Decker 2, Fitzpatrick 2, Johnson 2.

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Chicago Christian scoring: Spencer 13, Wolterink 10, Ellison 5, Mayberry 4, Johnson 3, Fitzpatrick 2, Hill 2. Rebounds: Spencer 9.

Matthews matters most

Senior guard propels Mustangs past Spartans By Ken Karrson Sports Editor

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A basketball finds its way into the bleachers during last Tuesday’s playoff game between Evergreen Park and Bogan. The Mustangs won’t pick up a ball for a while as their season came to a close with a 71-38 defeat.

Not much separates Evergreen Park from Oak Lawn in a geographical sense and the same might be said basketballwise as well. The disparity between the two South Suburban Conference Red squads could, in fact, be measured in mere inches. Specifically, it’s the 72 inches comprising Evergreen Park’s Isaac Matthews. The 6-foot senior guard was the unquestioned differencemaker Friday night as he contributed solid stats in several categories. His 25 points on 10-of-16 shooting was the biggest asset the Mustangs had, but seven steals on the defensive end were harmful to the visiting Spartans too. Oak Lawn overcame a 10-minute first-half dry spell to assume a few slim leads after intermission, but following a 27-point third-period eruption its output dropped to nine over the final eight minutes. Evergreen countered with 20 points and was able to make off with a 57-47 victory in both teams’ regular-season finale. “If Isaac Matthews plays well, we have a shot [to win any game],” Mustangs coach Pat Flannigan said. “He was fantastic.” Matthews, who also delivered eight rebounds and five assists, has occasionally struggled with his marksmanship this season. But performing in front of a Senior Night crowd did wonders. “I did not have a doubt — I knew we were going to get the best out of him,” Flannigan said. “With his friends there, I worried about him getting too amped up, but we said, ‘Let’s call his number.’” Matthews hit three baskets and Tyler Sorbellini buried two of his five 3-pointers to fuel a 12-0 run that allowed Evergreen (8-20, 3-10) to capitalize on the Spartans’ drought, which began a minute-and-a-half into the game and didn’t end until Leo Nelson sank a free throw with 4:25 left in the second stanza. During that span Oak Lawn missed 13 shots and six free throws and committed a few turnovers. The Mustangs exited the half ahead but only by eight as they netted just five points of their own in the second quarter. “I thought our defense was good, [but] all I thought about was the missed free throws [of theirs] we didn’t rebound and a couple loose balls we didn’t get to,” Flannigan said. “There were more possessions out there for us.” Evergreen’s leader likely worried, at least for a few moments, that the Mustangs’ failure to take full advantage of the

opening the Spartans (9-17, 3-10) gave them would come back to haunt his team. With Josh Prince serving as its catalyst, Oak Lawn roared to life in the third quarter. Prince had three baskets and a free throw during a Spartans blitz that drew them within 27-24 at the 4:53 mark of the period. Joe Cosenza’s 3-ball created a 27-all tie and Jimmy Wiltzius’ free throw pushed Oak Lawn in front for the first time since the game’s earliest stages. Darren Pritchett (basket) and Matthews (free throw) restored some order for the Mustangs, but 3-pointers from Cosenza and Wiltzius enabled the Spartans to conclude the stanza with a rush. “We said [to our players], ‘They’re going to punch us in the mouth and we’ve got to take it,’” Flannigan said. “I’m proud we kept fighting and the bench kept staying in the game. That hasn’t always happened this year.” Declan Smyth’s charity toss snapped a 40-all tie and put Evergreen in front to stay with just over 6½ minutes to play. Sorbellini and Matthews both drilled long-distance shots right after that to increase the Mustangs’ lead as Oak Lawn endured another untimely dry spell that resulted in only one point over a four-minute stretch. “We’ve been far more competitive [recently] without a doubt,” Flannigan said. “We struggled all year to find a second consistent scorer [behind Matthews], but Tyler has been that of late.” With Sorbellini’s marksmanship setting a positive tone, Evergreen went 8-of-18 from 3-point territory, one of its strongest showings of the season. The Mustangs fired away at a 45 percent clip from the field overall and was guilty of a season-low six turnovers. Flannigan was hoping that kind of play would continue this past Monday in the Class 3A King Regional versus Perspectives Calumet. “We want more basketball,” he said. “We like hanging around with the kids and they like hanging around with each other, so we want to spend another day [or more] together.” Oak Lawn, which also dropped a 51-40 verdict to Lindblom last Monday despite 13 points from Prince and 10 from Cosenza, took on cross-town neighbor Richards on Monday in a Class 4A Thornton Regional contest. Evergreen Park Oak Lawn

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Evergreen Park scoring: Matthews 25, Sorbellini 15, Pritchett 5, Smyth 4, Brown 2, Ford 2, Moran 2, Smith 2. Rebounds: Matthews 8. Assists: Matthews 5. Steals: Matthews 7. Blocks: Brown 2.

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Double trouble

Eagles have no answer for H-F, Raiders By Ken Karrson Sports Editor

— largely offset a credible 13-turnover display. However, the Raiders were even more careful with the ball as they gave it up only five times in 68 possessions.

The sleeping giants were awakened. Actually, neither Homewood-Flossmoor nor Bolingbrook ever really dozed off. That much was Homewood-Flossmoor 69 evidenced in both teams’ recent play — the Vikings Sandburg 45 had rattled off a double-digit win streak while the When the Eagles squared off with the Vikings Raiders' lone loss in a 14-game span was to their previously, H-F’s Destin Barnes was something SouthWest Suburban Conference Blue counterpart. of a non-factor as he collected 11 points. The But even as the two squads basically ran roughshod story changed last Tuesday as Barnes earned the over all conference competition, one club refused to distinction of being referred to as a “one-man be cowed by the duo. Sandburg didn’t beat either wrecking crew” by Allen, a description given H-F or Bolingbrook in earlier meetings, but the after the 6-foot-6 center piled up 31 points. Eagles’ two defeats came by a total of five points Behind Barnes H-F sank better than 50 percent — and the Vikings required an overtime to prevail. of its shots (25-of-48) from the field while be“Maybe they had taken us a little lightly [the first ing guilty of only seven miscues. The Vikings time],” Sandburg coach Todd Allen said. “I think garnered 14 fast-break points and 10 more off we got their attention.” 10 offensive boards. Indeed the Eagles did, so much so that they paid And still they found it difficult to run away a heavy price for it in a pair of rematches. First and hide. Photo by Jeff Vorva H-F overpowered Sandburg 69-45 last Tuesday in “As mediocre as we played, we did a good Evergreen Park coach Bruce Scaduto gives his players instructions during a timeout in last Tuesday’s Class 3A Flossmoor, then Bolingbrook made itself feel right job of keeping [the margin] between five and 10 at home in Orland Park by handing the Eagles their [points],” Allen said. “It was a tough game on the Brooks Regional semifinal matchup with Bogan. most one-sided loss of the year, 73-35, on Friday. road for us to win, but we were hanging around “I knew we’d have to play well to beat them and for three quarters [so] maybe we had a chance.” they’d have to play an average game,” Allen said Sandburg might have if it had been able to of the Raiders. “[But] they shellacked us. It was get its deficit below double digits before the Continued from page 2 tough on our Senior Night, but give them credit. start of the fourth quarter. A 2-on-1 break had They kind of outgunned us in every facet. the deficit to single digits. the Eagles thinking in those terms late in the “We knew it was going to be tough going in [to third, but they turned the ball over and H-F hit “Turnovers really hurt us the week]. Needless to say it was a [crummy] week. a layup before time expired to carry a 55-42 against Bogan because many I would have liked to have had a better showing, lead into the final frame. of their points were scored off but we told our guys to forget about it and get turnovers,” said Evergreen coach Having failed to gain momentum, Sandburg saw ready for the playoffs.” Bruce Scaduto, whose squad had the bottom drop out over the last eight minutes Those began for Sandburg (10-16, 5-9) at the as it went without a basket. The Eagles’ 16-of-38 19 first-half miscues. “Bogan’s Class 4A Romeoville Regional this past Tuesday shooting for the night wasn’t bad, but 19 turnpressing also took us out of our versus fellow SWSC Blue member Joliet Cen- overs and a 29-16 shortage on the glass proved game and we were really forcing tral, an opponent the Eagles beat twice during impossible to completely overcome. a lot shots. Then we also got into the regular campaign. A third conquest of the foul trouble and that led to more Niko Kogionis nailed six 3s and paced Sandburg Steelmen could very well pit Sandburg against with 22 points, but just as was true on Friday forced shots. Bolingbrook once again, this time with a regional with Demogerontas there was too heavy a reli“It just wasn’t meant to be. Botitle at stake. gan is a good team and I’m sure ance on just one man. Demogerontas was held One thing the Eagles would definitely have to five points here, which ranked third among they were out for some revenge to do better than they did Friday was shoot the Eagles scorers. Mo Abed was closest to Kogionis on the win we scored over them ball. A superb 13-of-27 effort from 3-point terri- with eight markers. last season. They worked hard and tory had kept Sandburg in the hunt in its initial their shooting was good, and we The Vikings’ switch from the man-to-man demeeting with the Raiders, but that accuracy rate fense they employed the first time against Sandwere not capitalizing on the open dipped to 3-of-16 in the rematch. Compounding burg to a 1-2-2 zone was something Allen cited looks we were getting.” matters for the Eagles was Bolingbrook’s 26- as pivotal in H-F’s success. He also credited the And as the Mustangs fell further of-52 marksmanship that included an 8-of-20 Vikings for “making some tough shots.” behind, the Bengals increased the exhibition from downtown. pressure. “I’m proud of the way we hung around and Three of those 3s came during a second-quarter were competitive with them for three quarters,” “We knew about the pressure stretch in which the Raiders tallied on seven Allen said. “But it didn’t go very well at the end.” and that was a good part of the straight possessions. Sandburg countered with just game,” Scaduto said. “We just one score over that same span, a differential that Homewood-Flossmoor 69 were never in sync. Meanwhile, helped shove the latter into a 36-16 halftime hole. Sandburg 45 Bogan kept pressing and hitting With only Tommy Demogerontas able to break 3s. Then their lead was in the 30s through with any regularity on offense, the Ea- Sandburg scoring: Kogionis 22, Abed 8, T. Demogeand they poured it on a little bit gles weren’t up to a game of chase. All 15 of rontas 5, Paxinos 5, Kotsogiannis 2, Razik 2, Gallagher more in the end.” Bolingbrook’s players scored, something Allen 1. Rebounds: T. Demogerontas 4. Assists: Paxinos 5. Despite the loss Scaduto was didn’t recall ever happening before to his team. able to look back on a third conDemogerontas finished with 17 points, all of Bolingbrook 73 secutive regional championship, which were netted in the middle two stanzas. Sandburg 35 tournament titles at ThanksgivSandburg totaled 19 in those periods. No one ing and Christmas and a 20else managed more than four points. Sandburg scoring: T. Demogerontas 17, Kogionis 4, win campaign. He gave special The Eagles’ lack of shooting success — which Abed 3, McLin 3, Gallagher 2, Paxinos 2, Razik 2, L. praise to team leaders Nicole included a 9-of-17 performance at the foul line Demogerontas 1, Gold 1. Larkin and Megan Pfister, the latter of whom will compete in the 3-point-shooting finals this weekend in Normal, something Scaduto called "a little silver lining in the cloud for the end Photo by Jeff Vorva of her senior year." Sandburg guard Lauren O’Leary goes up for an uncontested shot against Pfister also took part in last Homewood-Flossmoor last Tuesday, but little else came easily for the Eagles year's finals. as they suffered a season-ending 33-point setback. “Megan Pfister and Nicole Larkin have been a big part of ment,” Scaduto said. “They the positives after the loss, but this program for four years, and played hard all season and played their heads were ultimately up for what they and other girls did this hard against Bogan. It was a little what they accomplished — and season was a great accomplish- hard to make them understand they should have their heads up." week and opened postseason practicing hard and we played By Ken Karrson Sports Editor play on Monday versus Comer all those [stronger] teams close. Barbour (182) and Cole Bate- to give them their due. There’s a Prep. It’s not like we were getting man (195). Bateman, Brucki, good reason why they’re ranked Playing an all-senior lineup at “We had a rough stretch for blown out.” Continued from page 1 Frostman, Hayes, Krasowski, where they’re ranked. Before closing out the camRobertson, Slattery, Stearns “They’re the most talented team season’s end doesn’t guarantee a while, but hopefully all that will pay off in the playoffs,” paign with a rush the Vikings Central 55-12 in the quarters and and Yates led the way against that I’ve ever seen from top to success. Sometimes those upperclass- Maley said. “We’re starting to had endured a 16-losses-inbottom. They’re nationally ranked Glenbard North 34-24 in the semi- Glenbard. 17-games stretch. Maley admitGarnering the Eagles’ victories in seven weight classes -- that’s men are merely being treated to play pretty well on offense.” finals. what is deemed a proper sendoff Against the Rams that resulted ted that in the midst of such The Eagles used major deci- versus Oak Park-River Forest half their starters. for anyone who has invested four in an 18-point fourth quarter, struggles it “gets to the point “We tried to manipulate our sions from state placers Brian were Yates, Hayes, Brucki and Krasowski (36-9 at 170 pounds) Slattery. Hayes was runner-up lineup the best we could to be years into a program and spent which the Vikings used to pull where you start thinking [in and Patrick Brucki (39-4 at 182) in his weight class at the indi- competitive, but you feel like literally hundreds of hours prac- away. Tim Delaney and Rich terms of] do you want to keep to jump out to an 8-0 lead over vidual state meet, Brucki took you’re going up against the 1985 ticing. Regardless of the amount Lamb led the way for St. going to practice or do you just the Caravan. Mt. Carmel pulled third there and Slattery was also Chicago Bears. I thought we really of floor time given them earlier, Laurence by netting 19 and want it to be over?” He never got a sense, though, battled -- five of the losses were seniors traditionally log several 15 points, respectively, on the within 14-12, but Sandburg rolled a medalist. Although the Huskies’ win- in matches that we could have minutes in their team’s regular- night, a two-pronged assault that his players were considering off victories in six of the next season home finale. that offset a 25-point effort by anything but the first option. seven matches to seal the victory. ning margin was rather wide, potentially won.” But what St. Laurence coach Reavis’ Isiah Apulche. Delaney “Who wants to keep playing Only Slattery and Frostman Winners for the Eagles dur- beating Sandburg wasn’t easy. ing that pivotal span included Oak Park-River Forest’s Maxwell have wrestled their last matches Jim Maley did last Tuesday night had a 3-pointer and two layups — that’s all you can ask for,” Louie Hayes (106), Robbie Pre- Metzger, Allen Stallings and Sa- for Sandburg, which was ranked against Reavis went beyond a in rapid succession to fuel a Maley said. “We were keeping cin (113), Kevin Stearns (120), vonne Bennette all triumphed by 19th entering the state finals. The show of gratitude. His seniors Vikings surge that bridged the everything competitive in pracstate singles champion Rudy Yates one point. Metzger did so by a Eagles will likely finish among played with an attitude — a third and fourth periods and kept tice and we tried to be positive. winning one as it turned out. them in charge. That motivates the kids. We’ve (132), Christian Robertson (138) 3-2 count over Krasowski while the top 15 nationally. A quintet of upperclassmen “He’s just a leader out there,” done a pretty good job of not “Finishing 15th is a great startand Ben Schneider (145). Matt Stallings and Bennette recorded Frostman (220) triumphed later 4-3 decisions over Bateman and ing point for us,” Siebert said. provided the Vikings with 42 Maley said of Delaney. “I’m making it miserable for them.” And now everything begins Robertson, respectively. “The fact that we are returning points, a total very nearly equal- pretty sure this was the best in the meet. Other close matches were Pre- 12 starters next year [means] ing that amassed by Reavis’ en- game he’s played at St. Lau- anew. While St. Laurence won’t Logging wins for Sandburg be favored to advance out of versus the Knights were Hayes, cin’s against Jason Renteria (3- we’ll probably be in the top 10 tire squad. With a few others rence. It was good to see.” Also chipping in for the Vi- its own regional, Maley bePrecin, Stearns, Ben Kirby 0) and Frostman’s versus Adam to start next season. With a great also contributing, St. Laurence group of kids that are talented was able to close out its regu- kings was junior Brett Risley, lieves anything is possible. As (126), Yates, Robertson, Schnei- Lemke-Bell (6-3). “Oak Park is ranked No. 1 in the and experienced, we have a lot lar schedule on a high note by who went 7-of-8 at the foul evidence he cited Providence der, John Prieto (152), Tom Slatdowning its Burbank neighbor line to help seal the deal and Catholic, which was seeded tery (160), Krasowski, Ameer nation,” Siebert said. “You have of momentum going forward.” 56-47. gathered in a team-high four re- ninth in the Chicago Catholic The win, the Vikings’ second bounds. Senior Quentin Forberg League tournament but emerged in their last three games, gave dished out three assists but had as champion after knocking off them a boost heading into Class his minutes limited because of higher seeds St. Rita, Hales 3A regional action. St. Laurence concussion symptoms and fel- Franciscan and St. Joseph. (10-18) hosted its own event this low senior Dan Cummings lent a “We have used Providence as hand by supplying good defense an example for our kids,” Maley throughout the contest. said. “We [often] shoot the ball The Rams scored the game’s really well — if we’re shooting first five points, but St. Laurence it well [in the playoffs], we can SIGN UP TO GET FREE responded with a 14-4 run that beat anybody. We just need to AMBER ALERTS gave it a lead to protect. As [continue to] figure out ways to ON YOUR CELL PHONE. expected Reavis hung around win at the end and make winthe whole way, but it was never ning plays.” wirelessamberalerts.org able overtake St. Laurence. 56 “We needed some break- St. Laurence Reavis 47 through wins and we haven’t beaten a team with a winning St. Laurence scoring: Delaney record since the beginning of 19, Lamb 15, Risley 7, Aderman A child is calling for help. the year,” Maley said. “[But] 6. Rebounds: Risley 4. Assists: guys have kept competing and Forberg 3.

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Continued from page 2 Daniels welcomed because it gave his guys an opportunity to catch their breath. From there Goral (19 points, five rebounds), Josh Strama (16 points, four rebounds) and Contant (12 points, six assists) spearheaded the Chargers’ attack well enough to keep the hosts in front. “We handled their pressure a lot better than we did the first time,” Daniels said. “One of the [other] things we did was a much better job defensively. It was a good win because of what they did to us before and a good mark of improvement.” Joliet Central 60 Stagg 48 Daniels felt the Chargers had played three very good quarters versus Joliet West and he thought the same was true against the Steelmen. The only difference was in the two outcomes. While Stagg’s 15-of-37 shooting was somewhat similar to its 19-of-45 effort on Thursday, a 3-of-14 display from 3-point range opposite Joliet Central was problematic. So too were 19 Chargers turnovers — seven of which led directly to Steelmen scores — and 12 offensive rebounds grabbed by the hosts, which led to them taking 14 more shots than Stagg. “We competed and it easily could have gone the other way at the end,” Daniels said. “A lot of good things happened for us,

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but [the turnovers were] a killer.” The Chargers were in front by a point at each of the first three period stops but gave up 29 points to Joliet Central in the last eight minutes. Not aiding Stagg’s cause was the loss of Goral to a fifth foul. “We had four sophomores on the floor at times,” Daniels said. “You saw our youth out there. We missed Goral’s leadership.” The return of sophomore Tom Kazanecki, who had missed a large chunk of the season with a torn rotator cuff, was valuable in slowing the Steelmen for a while. However, Joliet Central also profited from a player return as Taquan Sims, who had been suspended for the first encounter with Stagg, returned to score 15 points, including 13 in the final period. Contant totaled 15 points and five assists for the Chargers while Strama tallied 14 points. The foulplagued Goral managed only seven points but was strong on the glass with eight rebounds. Stagg played Kennedy this past Monday in the Class 4A Thornton Regional. Success there would have moved it into a third meeting with H-F on Wednesday.

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Stagg swimmers finish memorable season

While Stagg didn’t finish in the top 10 at last weekend’s state finals, the Chargers did have a successful meet that capped a memorable regular season and postseason run for a talented group of swimmers. Stagg amassed 31 points, which gave it a 16th-place finish. Hinsdale Central won the team title (126) — the school’s seventh state championship in athletics since last May — by beating out runner-up Peoria Notre Dame by 12 points at New Trier. The Chargers’ Lucas Smiarowski took sixth in the 200-yard individual medley (1 minute, 55.01 seconds) and swam with teammates Zack Amendola, Nick Amendola and Evan Johnson on three relays: the 200-medley (11th in 1:35.49), 200-freestyle (eighth, 1:26.94) and 400-free (ninth, 3:09.79). Most noteworthy was the fact Stagg came back in all three relays by displaying the resiliency of a squad that had won back-to-back sectionals. On Friday the Chargers gave themselves hope for a strong Saturday performance by qualifying for the consolation-bracket final in the three relays. The 400-free relay berth Stagg filled was the last one as its 3:09.53 prelims time netted it the 12th position. Smiarowski, meanwhile, earned the sixth and final spot for the 200 IM championship final. Friday’s meet started with a fourth-place finish in the Chargers’ heat of the 200-medley relay (1:35.09). It turned out to be the 10thbest time overall and earned the Chargers a spot in the consolation final. The Amendolas, Smiarowski and Johnson timed out in 1:26.04 to take ninth in the 200-free relay prelims. Zack Amendola came close to gaining a spot in the consolation final of the 100-butterfly. He clocked a 51.07 to place 14th but was just .08 seconds behind Riverside-Brookfield’s Kevin Garza, who grabbed the last berth by finishing 12th.

Stagg 59 Joliet West 57

BOYS’ TRACK

Stagg scoring: Goral 19, Strama 16, Contant 12, Zaremba 4, Kazanecki 2, Liput 2, Stratinsky 2, Worst 2. Rebounds: Goral 5. Assists: Contant 6.

Sandburg scored 87 points and edged Yorkville by three to win Saturday’s 11-team Joliet West Invitational. Individual winners for the Eagles were Chris Torpy in the 800 (2:03.66), Sean Torpy in the 1,600 (4:29.65) and Ayoolumide Abiona in the long jump (20 feet, 4¼ inches). Sandburg’s 1,600- and 3,200relays were also triumphant in respective times of 3:44.18 and 8:22.04.

Joliet Central 60 Stagg 48 Stagg scoring: Contant 15, Strama 14, Goral 7, Stratinsky 4, Worst 4, Kazanecki 2, Zaremba 2. Rebounds: Goral 8, Kazanecki 5. Assists: Contant 5.

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Stagg swimmers, shown here after capturing their second consecutive sectional championship, earned several berths in Saturday’s state finals.

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No national appearance for Cyclones By Maura Vizza The National Junior College Athletic Association Division II basketball tournaments will go on without Moraine Valley College. Both the Cyclones men’s and women’s teams tumbled in Region IV Tournament play, the former doing so in the semifinal round. Moraine’s women lost their initial tourney matchup. The men moved past the opening round by romping past Black Hawk East College 78-59 last Thursday. But Olive-Harvey College halted the Cyclones’ progress in Sunday’s semifinal contest by pocketing an 82-70 victory. The Panthers already owned one win over Moraine, that coming earlier in the 2015 portion of the Cyclones’ schedule. However, Moraine was a team on a mission at the outset as it constructed a 38-21 first-half lead and was ahead by 11 (43-32) at intermission. But problems arose after the break. Not only did the Cyclones’ defense begin to fail them, but their offense produced more turnovers (11) than assists (seven) over the final

20 minutes. Still, Moraine was tied with Olive-Harvey at 65-all with four minutes to go before victory slipped through the locals’ fingers. “They deviated from the plan and [our] guys got caught up in the moment, but it was a hard-fought game,” Moraine coach David Howard said. “I tip my hat to Olive-Harvey. They played well. “The guys and I believe we should still be playing, but with our accomplishments this season I told them to not hang their heads. They have nothing to be ashamed of. We had a really good season.” Ermias Nega led the Cyclones’ scoring with 17 points to go along with seven rebounds and three assists. Brian Townsend finished with 16 points and eight rebounds, Niko Cahue fashioned a double-double of 13 points and 10 boards, and DJ Deere (eight points, four rebounds, two assists) and Randall Rushing (seven points, six assists, four rebounds, four steals) also played well for Moraine in a losing effort. *** On the heels of their Illinois Skyway Colle-

giate Conference championship, the Cyclones entered postseason play on a roll. There was some early sluggishness versus Black Hawk East on Thursday, but Moraine quickly extended a five-point halftime lead and gradually pulled away from its foe. Some familiar faces again stepped forward for the Cyclones, including Nega, who totaled 23 points and four steals. Cahue (14 points, seven rebounds) and Townsend (10 points, seven rebounds, three assists, two steals) were other ringleaders. Also supplying solid performances were Calviontae Washington (seven points), Vicpatrick Harris (seven), Deere (six points, six assists, two steals) and Rushing (five rebounds, five assists, three steals).

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The Cyclones shared the regular-season ISCC title, but that accomplishment did nothing to intimidate Morton, which repaid Moraine for two earlier losses. The Panthers defeated the Cyclones 75-69 last Thursday. Morton was up most of the game, including by eight points at halftime. Moraine narrowed its deficit to 64-61 with four minutes remaining, but the Panthers sidestepped another setback by embarking on a closing 14-5 run.

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Trolls women finish season strong By Amy Strong

but connected on 88 percent of their free throws. The Peregrines couldn’t quite match that level of foulshooting success, but they did sink a healthy 47 percent of their field-goal tries and held a 34-26 rebounding edge.

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Cody Rhorer, who twice erupted for 37 points in games this season, was named All-CCAC honorable mention. His 16.7 points-per-game average topped the Trolls and ranked sixth in the conference while he was fifth among CCAC performers in steals per contest. Rhorer, a first-time all-conference selection, shot 45 percent from the field and averaged 4.8 rebounds per game.

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The Trolls women will be represented in four events at the NAIA Indoor Championships, which begin today in Geneva, Ohio, and run through Saturday. Courtney Kalous and Ashley Jourdan qualified as both individuals and as members of Trinity’s distance-medley relay team along with Jessica Disselkoen and Emily Dykstra. Kalous’ solo event will be the 800-meter run while Jourdan will run the mile. Also at Geneva will be Anna Bos, who will compete in the 3,000.

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The Trolls played fellow CCAC member Trinity International University three times last week, but they had to travel to Selmer, Tenn., to do so. The trip was worth it for Trinity Christian, though, as it collected victories in each game to climb over the .500 mark. All three contests were played Sat-

urday and the Trolls’ bats were in full force the entire day. Trinity Christian piled up 41 runs as it claimed 13-4, 14-5 and 14-0 triumphs. The Trolls outhit the Trojans 15-5 in Game 1 as Dylan Hatch led the way with three. Three other players knocked out two hits while Grant Lyons (two-RBI single) and AJ Hyatt (RBI single) capped Trinity Christian’s scoring in the top of the seventh. Nick Nauracy threw six innings to earn the pitching win. *** TIU was ahead 4-3 through 4½ frames of the second contest but got buried beneath a Trolls onslaught that encompassed both the fifth and sixth innings. Marty Mennenga (two RBI) and JT Yocum each stroked run-scoring hits during a five-run fifth and Trinity Christian also benefited from a bases-loaded walk and wild pitch. Yocum came through again in the sixth with a two-RBI single and Blake Kerzich slammed a basesemptying double to complete the Trolls’ scoring. Yocum and Kerzich combined for five of Trinity Christian’s 13 hits and drove in a total of seven runs between them. Tanner Reklaitis logged the pitching victory with three innings of relief. *** Joe McCaw’s second-inning grand slam highlighted the Trolls’ offense in Game 3. Hyatt, Josh Pieper and Brad Kopale also hit safely in that stanza. McGaw had two hits and five RBI in the contest and Hyatt and Kopale also registered a pair of hits apiece. Trinity Christian amassed 12 in all. Robert Wilmsen went five innings on the hill to pocket the victory. The Trolls, who plated runs in five different innings, were slated for five doubleheaders this week during spring break.

Coyne

Continued from page 1 losing a hockey game ... there’s obviously much worse things in life, but you sit back and remember when you were in that situation before,” she said. “Seven Bridges went through my mind, but I was just really excited to return home because I knew I’d see the support everybody was giving my family and my team. It was bittersweet, but I think the best part was coming back home. “There’s nothing like living out your dream. Looking back on things, I keep saying I can’t believe it’s been a year.” Within a few days the focus was on the future. Already planning on a master’s degree, Coyne interned in the Blackhawks’ media department last spring while continuing to work out, and this winter the present and future have collided in playing for Northeastern. Twice this season Coyne’s been tabbed as the Hockey East Player of the Week, including the Feb. 16-22 stretch when she piled up six points in a pair of Huskies wins. She might gain a nod for last week as well. On Sunday Coyne’s hat trick — the third goal being the gamewinner — led Northeastern to a 4-3 victory over New Hampshire in the deciding contest of their firstround Hockey East playoff series. The Huskies play Boston University in Saturday’s second semifinal. Coyne is the fourth-leading scorer in women’s college hockey with 31 goals and 54 points in 31 games. Those numbers and her tenacious two-way play — she’s a plus-18 on a team that is 15-16-5 and has allowed three more goals than it has scored — are why she’s one of 10 nominees for this season’s Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award,

the sport’s equivalent of the Heisman Trophy. She was also nominated two years ago. “It’s a tremendous honor that wouldn’t be possible without great teammates, coaches and, most importantly, the support from my family along the way,” Coyne said of her most recent Kazmaier nomination. That’s the present. The future is another run with the U.S. team, this time in the Women’s World Championship, which begins March 28 in Malmo, Sweden. Unless there’s a surprise it’ll once again be the U.S. and Canada going for the title. “Right now I’m focusing on the Hockey East playoffs, but that’s always in the back of your mind,” Coyne said of the world championship. “Every day in practice you either run when you get off the ice or stay on the ice and do a little bit extra — extra for your college team but also for the experience of what’s coming up in the next few weeks. [I] just focus on the little things day to day. That’s how I never lose sight of what’s at the other end of the tunnel.” Training camp begins Match 19 on Long Island, but it’s not as if Coyne will see an all-new group in the locker room. There are plenty of holdovers from the 2014 squad, including goaltender Alex Rigsby and forwards Meghan Duggan and Alex Carpenter, who played key roles in Sochi. Although it’s not the Olympics, Coyne said she is as enthused about this year in Malmo, even though there won’t be nearly as much attention paid to the quest. “One-hundred percent [as enthused],” Coyne said. “But [if we had won in the Olympics] it would be a little bit sweeter. Now it’s just a little bit bitter.” The taste may be sweeter than she could imagine come April 4 when the championship game is held.

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With powerhouse St. Xavier University among the teams standing in its path, Trinity Christian College was not pegged by even the most optimistic fan as a serious threat to win the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament. Next year? Who knows? One thing’s for sure, though: The Trolls are no longer anyone’s doormat. By winning its first-round tourney encounter, Trinity assured itself of having the program’s greatest number of single-season triumphs in eight years. The Trolls, a wild-card entry into the CCAC event, beat Judson University 5752 last Monday by overcoming a 12-point halftime deficit. The good times did not keep rolling, however, as Trinity (1418) was shown the exit door by Purdue University Calumet on Wednesday. Still, the Trolls didn’t embarrass themselves as they fell by just nine points, 57-48, to the Peregrines. And along with its win Trinity was rewarded further by being presented with the CCAC Champions of Character team award for the third consecutive year. The Trolls showed a fair amount of character in overcoming some early struggles versus Judson, which went ahead by as many points as 13 points in the first half after breaking the last of four early ties. The Eagles’ advantage stood at 31-19 by intermission. Improved defense by Trinity began a turnaround and the Trolls climbed to within four (41-37) with seven minutes to go. Judson went stone-cold for most of the remaining time as it added only two free throws to its scoring total over the next six minutes. Trinity, which had pulled even

with the Eagles at 41-all on Rebecca DeHaan’s layup, inched ahead on a pair of Caitlin Cody charity tosses. After Judson forged another deadlock, the Trolls netted eight unanswered points during the Eagles’ aforementioned dry spell to seize control of the proceedings. Judson hit a flurry of points near the end, but Trinity held its foe at bay by going 6-of-6 from the free-throw line. The Trolls canned 79 percent of their tosses, which helped offset a sub-par 33 percent display from the floor. Trinity outrebounded the Eagles 40-35 and held the latter to a 34 percent success rate on field-goal attempts. DeHaan totaled 18 points and eight rebounds to pace the Trolls, but Cody was right behind her with 14 points and eight boards. Lauren Stokes chipped in 11 points and five rebounds and Holly Boetsma matched Stokes’ work on the glass. *** Trinity struck early against PUC, scoring seven of the game’s first nine points and 13 of the first 19. But the Peregrines caught the Trolls at 19 and then went on an 11-3 run that served as a punch to Trinity’s gut. PUC used its inside game to create a double-digit margin and the Trolls never got closer than seven during the second half. Cody (11 points, four rebounds), Boetsma (11 points), DeHaan (eight points, five rebounds) and Stokes (seven points) were again Trinity’s headliners. The Trolls shot 36 percent overall, 28 percent from 3-point range,

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No. 4 Cougars stunned in CCAC tourney finale Even the mighty fall every once in a while. Seeing as how St. Xavier University hadn’t lost a game since five days before Christmas, it was reasonable to expect the NAIA Division II No. 4-ranked Cougars to sail through last week’s Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament. Sure, Cardinal Stritch University represented a possible roadblock, but the No. 6 Wolves had twice failed to derail SXU during the latter’s schoolrecord 18-game win streak. The Cougars brushed aside Stritch with little resistance on both occasions. But the third time was the charm for the Wolves and the harm for SXU. Plagued by below-average 34 percent shooting — which included a 21 percent effort from beyond the arc — and 16 turnovers, the Cougars were held to a season-low point total on Saturday as they fell to a 72-58 defeat in the tourney title game at the Shannon Center. Freshman Kara Krolicki had 15 points for SXU (29-3) and both sophomore Mikayla Leyden and junior Caitlin McMahon tallied 11. Senior standout Morgan Stuut was held to just eight points, although she made her presence felt with game-best totals of 13 rebounds, eight assists and five blocks. Junior Emily Neitzel paced Stritch with 14 points and freshman Miranda Huibregtse finished with 11 points and eight assists. Defensively, the Wolves caused nine of the Cougars’ miscues by making steals. “Give Cardinal Stritch credit — they came out fighting and played well against us,” Krolicki said. “We didn’t play our best game and sometimes that’s going to happen. But we obviously can’t let that happen again. “We’ve had a few losses, but you just have to look past those losses and learn from them. We’ll learn what we could have done different. It will make us that much stronger and better prepared for the national tournament.” The visitors raced out to a 7-0 advantage in the first two minutes and SXU never enjoyed a lead. Leyden’s layup had the Cougars within 17-16 with 5:33 left in the opening half, but a closing 13-4 run by Stritch handed it a 33-22 edge at intermission. SXU never got closer than five in the second half, that coming after a Krolicki basket at the 5:18 mark. “It was just one of those days for us,” Stuut said. “But it is better that it happened today than in one or two weeks from now. I’d rather get it out of our system now.” “I don’t think we were complacent," Cougars coach Bob Hallberg said. “The concern was how we looked when we got behind early — the look of panic [and] a little lack of composure. "You can’t always be up 25 to 30 points. I always say that anybody can steer the ship, [but] I want to see who’s in the charge when the typhoon hits. We just need to continue to play when we struggle." Interestingly, Stritch gambled that SXU would not hurt it with 3-point shooting, normally a strength for the Cougars. On this occasion, though, SXU was unable to do damage against the Wolves' zone defense. “They zoned us and that should have fit right into our game plan with our good 3-point shooting," Hallberg said. "It wasn’t there today, but we’ve been a solid 3-point-shooting team. Most teams are afraid to zone us and today it was different. We can have a bad game at any time and we had one today, but we have to look at the season as a whole.” The Cougars learned the identity of their first-round opponent in the NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball National Championship this past Wednesday. “We’re remaining hopeful that the committee will look at our season as a whole and the fact that our losses were to a No. 1-, 3- and 6-ranked team,” Hallberg said. “I’m hopeful we’ll have a top-four seed.” *** Leyden scored a career-best 22 points and tied her career high with five steals in leading the Cougars to a 71-47 semifinal win over the University of St. Francis on Friday. Krolicki added 12 points for SXU. Also providing support were Stuut (eight points, 20 rebounds, eight assists) and McMahon (seven points, five rebounds, four blocks). Behind Stuut the Cougars out-rebounded the Fighting Saints by a hefty 59-38 margin. USF’s cause was also hurt by 15 turnovers — nine of them resulting from SXU steals — and 21 percent shooting. Senior Katie Gonnering was the Saints’top scorer and all of her points came at the free-throw line. She also snared eight rebounds. USF fell behind 15-4 in the first nine minutes and never recovered. The Cougars were up 23-6 with sev-

en minutes remaining in the opening half and carried a 35-14 lead into intermission. Leyden’s three-point play gave SXU its biggest edge at 58-23 during the second half. “The St. Francis game on Friday was one of the best games of the year,” Hallberg said. “It’s also one of the great college rivalries in all sports. Both teams get up to play each other. "We played as good as we played defensively all year long [by] holding a team to 14 [points] at halftime. The key was how aggressive we were and what great defense we played.” *** Stuut produced a stats line of 20 points, 17 rebounds and five steals last Wednesday and the Cougars used that as the catalyst for an 8068 victory over Indiana UniversitySouth Bend. SXU blew open a close game with a 15-0 surge that gave it a 36-15 lead. Sophomore Brittany Collins jump-started the run with a fastbreak layup that had its origins in her blocked shot at the other end of the court. A McMahon layup before the buzzer staked the Cougars to a massive 50-22 halftime advantage. McMahon also posted a doubledouble for SXU with 15 points and 12 rebounds. Krolicki tossed in 13 points, senior Suzie Broski had 11 and Collins 10. Leyden dished out 10 assists, which equaled her career high for a single game. Senior center Maegen Callaway topped the Titans with 24 points and seven blocked shots. IU-South Bend fought its way back into contention during the second half by canning 71 percent of its field-goal tries, but the visitors could get no closer than nine (74-65) with 2:33 to go. “The South Bend game was really a tale of two halves — we had a great first half and a terrible second half," Hallberg said. "We wanted the clock to do the work for us in the second half and we let our opponent back in the game. “When we were up 28 points, I think the girls thought South Bend would never catch us. They didn’t come out to bury them and had a low intensity level in the second half. They started to go down low and we started fouling them — thankfully we finally woke up.” — Anthony Nasella

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No. 1 seed Olivet Nazarene University brought the Cougars’2014-15 campaign to a halt on Friday as it administered a 90-79 setback in the CCAC tourney semifinals. The Tigers needed to rally from a 41-33 halftime deficit at McHie Arena but did so behind astounding 86 percent shooting (18-of-21) over the final 20 minutes. Olivet, which received a game-high 29 points and nine rebounds from junior forward Aaron Larson, also made hay at the foul line as it sank 17-of-20 free throws in the second half. The Tigers needed to be that efficient because SXU (20-11) was no slouch itself. With four players scoring in double figures, the Cougars used 52 percent accuracy to build their first-half edge. They ended the game with 13 3s. In his final collegiate outing Jack Krieger tossed in 18 points to pace SXU. Freshman Larry Motuzis had 16 points behind four 3s, freshman Quinn Niego finished with 15 points, eight rebounds and five assists and junior Stanley Moore totaled 12 points, four assists and four steals. “It was a good effort,” said Cougars coach Tom O’Malley, who guided the Cougars to their 15th 20-win season in the last 18. “We played the game the way I thought we had to. “Offensively, we did what we could do pretty much and we got the early lead, but we couldn’t handle their big man. That’s something we struggled with all year. We tried to get a little more quickness in there, but they got too many easy baskets.” But it was SXU doing the initial damage as it maintained a lead for the majority of the first half. The Cougars were up 32-19 with just over five minutes left before halftime and took an eight-point lead into the break. Olivet’s hot shooting gave it a boost right away when play resumed and the hosts went on a 12-3 tear in the first four minutes to grab a 4544 edge, their first since the game’s opening minutes. SXU stayed within single digits until a Larson jumper gave the Tigers a 10-point cushion with two minutes to go. Olivet’s 11-of-12 exhibition at the stripe then sealed the deal for it. Krieger exited the program as the Cougars’ No. 7 career scorer with 1,767 points. While he is the team’s lone senior, his loss will be keenly felt. “Who do you lean on next year?”

O’Malley said. “Jack Krieger was a decent player as a sophomore, but he was nowhere near the player he is now. His versatility [is what makes him valuable] — he just does a lot for us.” O’Malley is excited, though, about many of his returnees. He foresees good things for Niego, Motuzis, Moore and Kyle Huppe in particular. “Guys are going to get better and better,” O’Malley said. “Game experience is something you can’t give them; they’ve got to get it themselves. [But] when you feel yourself getting better, you probably will. “The outlook is good. There were a lot of positives, but we have to do our homework and find a couple big guys who can play [inside].” One thing that energized O’Malley and sent him into the offseason in a good frame of mind was SXU’s late resurgence. The loss to Olivet snapped a season-best six-game win streak. “When we were there at 14-10, you wonder why am I doing this?” O’Malley said. “We came on strong at the end and that brightens things for the future. It’s a different experience every year and the thing that keeps your mind going is [thinking about] what can we do to get better?” *** Krieger supplied the Cougars with a fifth straight game of at least 26 points last Wednesday as he poured in 27. SXU used his latest eruption to defeat Purdue University Calumet 81-68 in a tournament quarterfinal at the Shannon Center. Niego (15 points, three assists, two steals), Moore (13 points on 5-of6 shooting, five assists) and junior Tony Core (12 points, two blocks) were other principal figures for the Cougars, who shot a blistering 65 percent in the first half and 56 percent for the game. Senior Kaspars Brencans and junior forward Ryan Rader both had 18 points for the Peregrines and the latter complemented his scoring with a game-best 12 rebounds. PUC was nearly SXU’s equal when it came to accuracy, but the Peregrines’ field-goal percentage of 53 was undercut by 16 turnovers, seven of which were caused by Cougars steals. Krieger’s layup less than five minutes into the contest sparked an 18-6 SXU surge that gave it a 27-14 lead. The Cougars were ahead by 17 multiple times after that and held a 44-29 advantage after 20 minutes. PUC roared back by netting the first 10 points of the second half before Moore’s layup eventually restored a double-digit margin for the home team. The Peregrines climbed back within seven at one juncture but were unable to mount a more serious threat. — Ken Karrson

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Senior Ali Proffitt surpassed her previous personal-best time by 20 seconds when she went 18 minutes, 36.24 seconds in the 5,000-meter run at last Saturday’s NAIA Last Chance Qualifier hosted by Olivet Nazarene in Bourbonnais. Proffitt just missed the “B”-standard national-qualifying time of 18:35.00 in the event. The NAIA Last Chance Qualifier was the final indoor meet of the season for SXU’s women. Sophomore Courtney Correa also recorded a season-best time of 11:21.59 in the 3,000 while junior Ann Kolker ran even faster in that event as she clocked an 11:15.10. Sophomore Rachel Koronkiewicz (Evergreen Park) turned in a solid performance in the 400-dash as she crossed the finish line in 1:06.01. Sophomore Nicole Watkins will represent the Cougars at the NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Championships, which runs today through Saturday at SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio. Watkins qualified earlier this month in the 1,000.

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Freshman Kyonn Keith took fourth place overall in a schoolrecord time of 7.08 in the finals of the 60-dash to highlight the Cougars’ final meet of the indoor season, the NAIA Last Chance Qualifier. Keith also placed fourth in the 200 after completing the race in 22.60. In addition, senior Brian Corcoran (Brother Rice) posted another “A”standard qualifying time of 4:19.88 while finishing second in the mile run. Corcoran and junior Rexford Wiafe will both represent SXU at the NAIA Indoor National Championships, Corcoran in the mile and Wiafe in the 800. Also turning in solid performances for the Cougars last weekend were senior John Scancato (sixth in the 200, 22.84), junior Janis Pastars (fourth place in the mile, 4:22.27), sophomore Abel Hernandez (third in the 5,000, 15:32.15), senior Kyle Counter (fifth in the 5,000, 16:04.28) and junior Victor Solis (seventh in the 5,000, personal-best 16:29.77). Pastars’ clocking missed the NAIA provisional qualifying mark in his event by .27 seconds.

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A career-high total of 15 kills

by sophomore outside hitter Sean Barry and career-best 46 assists from sophomore setter Moises Lopez (Oak Lawn) were impressive, but they couldn’t carry the Cougars to victory last Tuesday night at the Shannon Center. No. 5 St. Ambrose University prevailed in a hard-fought battle, 29-31, 25-19, 25-23, 25-17. Lopez also had a team-best nine digs. Senior middle blocker Sam Kull had a monster match for SXU too as he tied his career high with a match-best 19 kills. In addition Kull set the program record for most points by an individual in a four-game match with 26 and, for good measure, chipped in seven total blocks — three of which were solos — and two service aces, which made him the Cougars’ all-time leader with 114. Sophomore outside hitter Dan O’Keefe (Evergreen Park) delivered 12 kills and eight digs for SXU. The Fighting Bees had three players register double-digit kills, a trio led by senior outside hitter Jamie Schnittker’s 17. *** Led by 51 kills and 17 total blocks (four solos) from Kull, the Cougars captured one of four matches at last weekend’s Missouri Valley College Viking Invitational at the Burns Athletic Complex in Marshall, Mo. SXU (6-11) dropped two tough matches Friday night as it fell to host Missouri Valley in four sets (25-17, 25-19, 23-25, 25-19) and to No. 4 Missouri Baptist University in three sets (26-24, 25-21, 25-17). On Saturday the Cougars lost a morning match to No. 1 Park (Mo.) University (25-13, 25-15, 25-15) before ending their appearance on an upswing by defeating Bluefield (Va.) College 2125, 25-19, 25-19, 25-17. Kull was a force in Friday’s first match as he racked up 16 kills and nine assisted blocks for SXU, which also received a good performance from Lopez (37 assists). Kull (seven kills, four total blocks, three solos), O’Keefe (seven kills) and sophomore libero Dominic Villa (11 digs) were the mainstays versus Missouri Baptist. Kull was it again Saturday morning as he recorded 11 kills and three aces to lead the Cougars against Park. Freshman middle blocker Bradley Gadek provided five total blocks, including one solo, and Villa had nine kills. Starring for SXU in its lone victory were Kull (17 kills, six aces), O’Keefe (13 kills, nine digs), Barry (10 kills) and Villa (nine digs). The Cougars hosted Culver Stockton (Mo.) College (Mo.) in a nonconference match this past Wednesday.

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The recruits keep coming for the Cougars and there was a distinctively local flavor to the latest batch of new arrivals. Joining SXU in the fall will be the Richards trio of defensive lineman Josh Hettiger, defensive back Roque Castro and offensive lineman Kevin Leifker and Oak Lawn linebackers Joe Dodaro and Joe Cosenza. Also coming aboard will be quarterback Matt Mindak of Marian Catholic, Cougars coach Mike Feminis’ high school alma mater. “It’s always nice when the neighborhood prep players decide to stay close to home,” Feminis said. “Hettiger was outstanding on both sides of the ball, but his heart is on defense so that’s where he will get his opportunity. Consenza never came off the field either and played quarterback out of necessity, but he’s better suited to play on the defensive side of the ball as a linebacker along with Dodaro. “Castro is athletic and tough enough to play in the secondary or possibly even outside linebacker against today’s spread offenses. Leifker is definitely a project who will need to get bigger and stronger, but he is a quality young man and happy to be a part of our program. “Mindak has good size for a quarterback and will certainly benefit by working with [current SXU quarterback] John Rhode every day in practice. It will be interesting to see how Matt develops over the next few years.”

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Alyssa Gaede, a senior defender/ outside midfielder at Crystal Lake South, recently signed a letter of intent to continue her educational and athletic careers at SXU as a member of the Cougars women’s soccer program. Gaede, who is coached by Jay Mueller at Crystal Lake South, is also a member of the Crystal Lake Force club team directed by Diego Cevallos. “Alyssa is another defender who we will be looking to come in and help us out in the back,” SXU coach Evan Strehlau said. “Not only will Alyssa be looking to earn playing time here on defense, but she will be looking to play the outside midfielder position as well. With Alyssa’s signing, this adds another player who can play multiple positions, making us deep at every position.”

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Stagg senior basketball players Joe Zaremba, Jeff Goral, Brett Stratinsky and George Kazanecki presented representative Autumn Aumann with the team’s donation to the Jason Foundation.

STAGG BASKETBALL TEAM RAISES FUNDS FOR CHARITY

Each season Stagg’s boys’ basketball team raises money for a foundation that provides service or care to members of the community. Their efforts are called “Hoops for Hope” and feature players doing free-throw drives, where monetary pledges are made for each successful foul shot out of 100 attempts. This year the Chargers were able to raise and donate $1,875 to the Jason Foundation. The Jason Foundation is dedicated to the prevention of youth suicide through educational and awareness programs that equip young people, educators, youth workers and parents with the tools and resources needed to help identify and assist at-risk youth. This year’s donation was presented by senior players Joe Zaremba, Jeff Goral, Brett Stratinsky and George Kazanecki to Jason Foundation representative Autumn Aumann at a recent Chargers game. For more information on the Jason Foundation, visit the website at http://jasonfoundation.com/.

RICHARDS FALLS TO EISENHOWER IN BASKETBALL

This was not the kind of ending Jevon Mamon envisioned. Even though a 10th consecutive conference title was not in the cards for Richards Friday night, the Bulldogs had another set of Cards in their sights. Eisenhower, which had ended Richards’ long stint atop the South Suburban Conference Red and also flattened the Bulldogs in a Thanksgiving-week matchup, presented an inviting challenge and offered a chance for Richards to rebuild some momentum to take with it into the postseason. But that didn’t happen despite a 27-point outburst from talented Bulldogs sophomore Jaylen Catledge. Overshadowing his individual exploits was the Cardinals’ team-wide feat. By sinking a single-game state-record 25 3-pointers, Eisenhower buried Richards 109-64 in Blue Island. The loss, which came in a Coaches For Cancer charity event, concluded the Bulldogs’ first regular season under Mamon at 13-13. They went 6-7 in the SSC Red. Richards opened Class 4A tournament play this past Monday in the Thornton Regional versus cross-town rival Oak Lawn, which dropped a regular-season decision to the Bulldogs.

STAGG’S MUSSALLEM SIGNS WITH PURDUE

Stagg senior soccer player Hannah Mussallem signed a National Letter of Intent with Purdue University to continue her educational and athletic careers in West Lafayette. Mussallem received an athletic scholarship to play for the Boilermakers. In addition to playing for the Chargers, Mussallem has been a member of the Oak Brook-based Eclipse Select Soccer Club since 2010. In 2011 she was selected to play in the Elite Clubs National League. Among Mussallem’s list of soccer achievements are Midwest Conference championships in 2012, 2013 and 2014; ECNL national finalist spots in 2012 and 2014 and a regional Hannah Mussallem championship in 2014; a Disney Showcase championship in 2013; and Illinois State Cup U-19 championships in 2013 and 2014.

TRINITY CHRISTIAN HOSTING YOUTH SOCCER LEAGUE

Trinity Christian College will host youth soccer league matches beginning Saturday and running each Saturday through May 9. Trolls soccer coaches Jose Dominguez and Josh Lenarz will direct the league with help from Trinity athletes. The cost is $85 per player and includes T-shirt, shorts and socks. For more information, contact Emily Bosscher at 239-4779 or Emily.bosscher@trnty.edu.

TRYOUTS COMING FOR SOUTHSIDE SHOOTERS

The Southside Shooters boys’ basketball club will hold spring tryouts Tuesday at Moraine Valley College’s “G” gymnasium. Sessions are open to boys in grades 5-8. The first session, for grades 5 and 6, will run from 6:30-7:30 p.m. with the one for grades 7 and 8 to follow from 7:30-8:30. One team is being formed at each level and play will be conducted March 16-May 16. For more information, contact Bill Finn at 508-0170 or Coachfinn34@yahoo.com.

PEACE HAS TWO NAMED TO ALL-GCAC HOOPS SQUAD

Senior Allie Herman and sophomore Kara Shimko represented Queen of Peace on the 2014-15 All-Girls Catholic Athletic Conference basketball team. The duo accounted for 53 percent of the Pride’s scoring this season and Herman established a single-season school record with 235 rebounds. Shimko placed her name in the record book three times as she set program standards for points in a season (390), 3-point shooting (72-of-118, 61 percent) and free-throw shooting (80-of-88, 91 percent). Shimko, the daughter of Peace coach George Shimko, averaged 13 points per game. She also qualified for the state’s 3-point-shooting contest and will compete today at Illinois State University, site of Supplied photo the Class 3A and 4A Queen of Peace basketball players Allie Herman championship tourna- (left) and Kara Shimko earned All-GCAC honors ments. for the 2014-15 season.

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For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.ROBERT M. CHAFFIN, SUSAN P. CHAFFIN, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 14 CH 16689 9913 ELM CIRCLE DRIVE Oak Lawn, IL 60453 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 28, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 17, 2015, 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 9913 ELM CIRCLE DRIVE, Oak Lawn, IL 60453 Property Index No. 24-09-403-004-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $186,161.37. 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, or a 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 and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). In accordance with 735 ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(h-1) and (h-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified that the purchaser of the property, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and legal fees required by subsections (g)(1) and (g)(4) of section 9 and the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact the sales department, ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER LLC, 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 150, NAPERVILLE, IL 60563, (630) 453-6960 For bidding instructions, visit www.fal-illinois.com. Please refer to file number F14090062. 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. ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER LLC 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 150 NAPERVILLE, IL 60563 (630) 453-6960 E-Mail: foreclosurenotice@fal-illinois.com Attorney File No. F14090062 Attorney ARDC No. 3126232 Attorney Code. 26122 Case Number: 14 CH 16689 TJSC#: 35-2221 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.

For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION PNC BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO NATIONAL CITY BANK SUCCESSOR B Y MERGER TO MIDAMERICA BANK, FSB; Plaintiff, v s . WALTER LESNICKI; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND N O N R E C O R D CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 12 CH 15256 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on November 10, 2014, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, March 17, 2015, 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. 23-13-204-012-0000. Commonly known as 10441 South 75th Avenue, Palos Hills, IL 60465. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale. For information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1207555. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I645243

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC Plaintiff, -v.BROOKSHIRE ORLAND PARK, IL 60467 MICHAEL A VALLONE A/K/A MICHAEL VALLONE, TRINA L VALLONE A/K/A TRINA VALLONE, CITIBANK, NA FKA CITIBANK (SOUTH DAKOTA), NA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MICHAEL A VALLONE, DIRECTOR OF THE VALLONE ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY, TRINA L VALLONE, DIRECTOR OF THE VALLONE ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY, BROOK HILLS WEST P.U.D. TOWNHOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 14 CH 05315 11901 BROOKSHIRE DRIVE A/K/A 11901 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 9, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 10, 2015, 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 11901 BROOKSHIRE DRIVE A/K/A 11901 BROOKSHIRE, ORLAND PARK, IL 60467 Property Index No. 2730-315-007-0000. The real estate is improved with a tan, brick, single family home; three car attached garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. 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. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information: 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 PA1115603. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www. tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 4765500 Attorney File No. PA1115603 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 14 CH 05315 TJSC#: 35-459 I647503

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVISION BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., P l a i n t i f f V . ELIZABETH PACURA; STONY CREEK CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, D e f e n d a n t s 10 CH 25926 Property Address: 6 WEST STONEBRIDGE COURT UNIT A PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE C O N D O M I N I U M Shapiro Kreisman & Associates, LLC file # 10-036585 (It is advised that interested parties consult with their own attorneys before bidding at mortgage foreclosure s a l e s . ) PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered on April 22, 2013, Kallen Realty Services, Inc., as Selling Official will at 12:30 p.m. on April 2, 2015, 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 6 West Stonebridge Court, Unit A, Palos Hills, IL 60465 Permanent Index No.: 23-14-400-071-1055 The mortgaged real estate is improved with a dwelling. The property will NOT be open for inspection. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). The judgment amount was $ 244,902.07. Sale terms for non-parties: 10% of successful bid immediately at conclusion of auction, balance by 12:30 p.m. the next business day, both by cashier's checks; and no refunds. The sale shall be subject to general real estate taxes, special taxes, special assessments, special taxes levied, and superior liens, if any. The property is offered "as is," with no express or implied warranties and without any representation as to the quality of title or recourse to Plaintiff. Prospective bidders are admonished to review the court file to verify all information and to view auction rules at w w w . k a l l e n r s . c o m . For information: Sale Clerk, Shapiro Kreisman & Associates, LLC, Attorney # 42168, 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301, Bannockburn, Illinois 60015, (847) 291-1717, between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. weekdays o n l y . I646686

For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVISION BANCO POPULAR NORTH AMERICA, P l a i n t i f f V . MANUEL CASTILLO; GLORIA CASTILLO; BANCO POPULAR NORTH AMERICA; CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A.; D e f e n d a n t s 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 . ) 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 March 26, 2015, 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. The sale shall be subject to general real estate taxes, special taxes, special assessments, special taxes levied, and superior liens, if any. The property is offered "as is," with no express or implied warranties and without any representation as to the quality of title or recourse to Plaintiff. Prospective bidders are admonished to review the court file to verify all information and to view auction rules at w w w . k a l l e n r s . c o m . For information: Sale Clerk, Shapiro Kreisman & Associates, LLC, Attorney # 42168, 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301, Bannockburn, Illinois 60015, (847) 291-1717, between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. weekdays o n l y . I645917

For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION CHRISTIANA TRUST, A DIVISION OF WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT AS TRUSTEE OF ARLP TRUST 2 Plaintiff, -v.KENNETH STOKLOSA A/K/A KENNETH DANIEL STOKLOSA, ALICE STOKLOSA A/K/A ALICE JOAN STOKLOSA, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA, AS PURCHASER OF THE LOANS AND OTHER ASSETS OF WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, F/K/A WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LONG BEACH MORTGAGE COMPANY FROM THE FDIC, ACTING AS RECEIVER FOR THE SAVINGS BANK AND PURSUANT TO THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE ACT Defendants 11 CH 004132 10940 E. EASTWOOD DRIVE PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 18, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 20, 2015, 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 10940 E. EASTWOOD DRIVE, PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 Property Index No. 23-13-304-016. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, 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 14-11-02625. 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. 14-11-02625 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 11 CH 004132 TJSC#: 35-542 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. I644882

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY D I V I S I O N BEAL BANK USA P l a i n t i f f , v . TOMASZ SLABY D e f e n d a n t s 14 CH 13596 9001 WEST 89TH STREET HICKORY HILLS, IL 60457 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 25, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 24, 2015, 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 9001 WEST 89TH STREET, HICKORY HILLS, IL 60457 Property Index No. 23-03-216-001-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family home with a detached 1.5 car garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information: 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 PA1405531. 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. PA1405531 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 14 CH 13596 TJSC#: 34-20495 I645505

For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC; P l a i n t i f f , v s . MICHAEL REMES; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MICHAEL REMES, IF ANY; U N K N O W N OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , 14 CH 13607 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 Tuesday, March 31, 2015 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. 23-12-105-013-0000. Commonly known as 7823 West 98th Place, Hickory Hills, IL 60457. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call the Sales Clerk at Plaintiff's Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455 W 1 4 1 5 5 7 . INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I646821

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For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET INVESTMENT LOAN TRUST MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-2 Plaintiff, -v.WASFI TOLAYMAT, CYNTHIA R. TOLAYMAT AKA CYNTHIA TOLAYMAT, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR AEGIS FUNDING CORP, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, KHALIL OUYUON, ENTERPRISE LEASING CO OF CHICAGO D/B/A ENTERPRISE RENT A CAR, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 11 CH 5840 7911 WEST 101ST STREET 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 July 11, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 25, 2015, 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 7911 WEST 101ST STREET, PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 Property Index No. 23-12-306-004. The real estate is improved with a two level, red brick, single family house; detached 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. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information: 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 PA1037061. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www. tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 4765500 Attorney File No. PA1037061 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 11 CH 5840 TJSC#: 35-2831 I646616

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PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 8, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 13, 2015, 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:

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 26, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 15, 2015, 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:

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR COUNTRYWIDE MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES 2004-R1 Plaintiff, -v.DAWN FRY AKA DAWN T. FRY, TONY FRY Defendants 10 CH 18183 9348 SOUTH 87TH AVENUE 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 September 3, 2010, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 23, 2015, 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 9348 SOUTH 87TH AVENUE, HICKORY HILLS, IL 60457 Property Index No. 23-02-302-037-0000. The real estate is improved with a brick house; attached 2 car garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information: 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 PA1009527. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www. tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 4765500 Attorney File No. PA1009527 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 10 CH 18183 TJSC#: 35-71 I645342

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.JUDY PETTAS, AMERICAN GENERAL FINANCIAL SERVICES OF ILLINOIS, INC., MUIRFIELD HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 10 CH 20514 10630 CHURCHILL DRIVE ORLAND PARK, IL 60467 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 19, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 20, 2015, 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 10630 CHURCHILL DRIVE, ORLAND PARK, IL 60467 Property Index No. 27-29-206-014. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information: 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 PA1119349. 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. PA1119349 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 10 CH 20514 TJSC#: 34-21875 I645106

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Property Index No. 23-14-400-137-1007. The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $263,046.42.

The judgment amount was $182,440.09.

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 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.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

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

For information, contact Plaintiff s attorney: HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719

If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee s attorney.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 09 CH 28348 TJSC#: 35-2861

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 14 CH 01251 TJSC#: 35-3041

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.

The real estate is improved with a residential condominium. The judgment amount was $147,066.93.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY,

DIVISION UNITED SECURITY FINANCIAL Plaintiff, -v.ROBERT J. DARTT, CANDACE C. DARTT, WOODS EDGE I CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendants 14 CH 002255 9193 NORTH ROAD, UNIT D 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 January 13, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 15, 2015, 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 9193 NORTH ROAD, UNIT D, PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 Property Index No. 23-22-200-034-1068. 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. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, 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 14-14-00005. 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. 14-14-00005 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 14 CH 002255 TJSC#: 35-1604 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. I647062

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The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact Plaintiff s attorney: HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719 If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee s attorney. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 14 CH 00273 TJSC#: 35-3066 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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The one-time fresh prince and box office champion Will Smith stars in “Focus,” and this movie about a con-man that might just be the perfect con. It wants to be “Oceans Eleven” but falls far short of being in that class. It’s Will Smith trying to be someone he’s not. Mr. Suave is not who he is, but it’s who he tries to be here. If you will, we have the wannabe 007 of con-men. Smith stars as Nicky Spurgeon, a big time conman who’s into small-time crime like pickpocketing. He preys on the weak and the overly drunk folk who go on vacation to have a great time. He runs a very sophisticated network of con-men. They set up shop at big events like “The Big Game,” rob you blind, sell your stuff online and then they move on to the next city. If only everything was that easy for Nicky Spurgeon - well, it might have been until he met Jess (Margot Robbie). She tries to con him, it doesn’t work. It actually goes horribly bad for her which helps set up the rest of the film. She wants to learn from the so-called master of thievery. He uses her and it’s a wonderful love story. Maybe not that wonderful for her, but you get the idea. The film has multiple big climaxes. It could have and should’ve ended after the first one but instead they kept the film going. You might enjoy “first act,” might even tolerate the “second act,” but the “third act” is just an unenjoyable mess. There’s a big scene in the middle of the film where they are at “The Big Game” and Nicky’s gambling habit gets them in some serious trouble with a high rolling business man (a phenomenal

TONY PINTO BD Wong). End the film here and you get this short little gem that would be worth watching, but they have to ruin it and move the film to Buenos Aires where they basically start a new story. Written by co-directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (“Crazy, Stupid, Love”), this wants to be more than a lowly con-man drama. It’s not more than just an excuse to get Will Smith on stage with an attractive female. It does that and that’s really all the film does well. The film is man-focused. For all practical purposes, there is only one female in the film and she’s really just an object of sexual desire. The directors have this plot that moves a strange pace. Some of it moves too slowly while some moves too fast - they found no happy medium. Slow down the first half and just eliminate the second half and they’d be all good. “Focus” is a perfect con. It’s Will Smith stealing $12 from your pocket. The best con pulled off is not in the film but it’s the film itself. Don’t be swindled and wait for this caper to appear on your TV. —Tony Pinto’s grade: C

VIDEOVIEW BY JAY BOBBIN (NOTICE: Ratings for each film begin with a ‘star’ rating — one star meaning ‘poor,’ four meaning ‘excellent’ — followed by the Motion Picture Association of America rating, and then by a family-viewing guide, the key for which appears below.) STARTING THIS WEEK: “THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY — PART 1”: In the beginning of the end of the screen versions of Suzanne Collins’ best-sellers, heroine Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) is sought to unite the survivors of District 13 in an uprising against their society’s leadership. Her concerns about the captured Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) weigh heavily on her decision, worrying the rebellion sponsors (Julianne Moore and, in his final movie role, Philip Seymour Hoffman) who want her participation. Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Stanley Tucci, Elizabeth Banks and Donald Sutherland are among other returnees; “Mockingjay — Part 2” will be in theaters in November. DVD extras: audio commentary by director Francis Lawrence and producer Nina Jacobson; deleted scenes. *** (PG13: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “FOXCATCHER”: With five nominations in the most recent Academy Awards, director Bennett Miller’s fact-inspired drama obviously was well-received, in no small part because of its performances ... two of which, by Steve Carell and Mark Ruffalo, earned their own Oscar bids. Carell plays John du Pont, the wealthy patron of the 1988 U.S. wrestling team for the Olympics in Seoul ... one of whose members (Channing Tatum) is especially impressed by the sponsor. Ruffalo plays Tatum’s brother, a gold medalist with his own take on the situation. Sienna Miller (“American Sniper”), Vanessa Redgrave and Anthony Michael Hall also appear; the script is by Dan Futterman, who also wrote “Capote” for filmmaker Miller, and E. Max Frye. *** (R: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “OUTLANDER: SEASON 1, VOLUME 1”: Diana Gabaldon’s book series has yielded a hugely popular Starz romantic-adventure that resumes soon, and for those

who want to catch up — or to get initiated before subsequent episodes start in April — here’s an opportunity. Caitriona Balfe plays heroine Claire Randall, literally caught between two worlds when she finds herself taken from the era of World War II back to 18th-century Scotland, where she becomes the wife of warrior Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan). Tobias Menzies has dual roles in the very scenic saga that also features Gary Lewis, Graham McTavish and Bill Paterson. DVD extras: two “making-of” documentaries. *** (Not rated: AS, V) “THE CAPTIVE”: Long regarded as one of the most challenging filmmakers working today, Atom Egoyan (“The Sweet Hereafter”) strikes again with this melodrama about a man (Ryan Reynolds) who spends years wondering what happened to his daughter, who vanished while in his care. His wife (Mireille Enos, “The Killing”) thinks he harmed the girl, but the work of two detectives (Rosario Dawson, Scott Speedman) finally may lead to the resolution of the case. Bruce Greenwood and Alexia Fast (“Jack Reacher”) also star. *** (R: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “LONGMIRE: THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON”: Both mystery series and modern Western, the series will live on, since Netflix has ordered new episodes after A&E Network’s cancellation of the show based on Craig Johnson’s novels. In the meantime, this set of the most recent stories may help tide fans over as Wyoming lawman Walt Longmire (Robert Taylor) faces many challenges after winning re-election as sheriff. One involves his friend Henry’s (Lou Diamond Phillips) arrest on a murder charge, while another concerns the apparent reappearance of a long-missing man from a wealthy family. Katee Sackhoff, Cassidy Freeman and Bailey Chase also star. DVD extra: “makingof” documentary. *** (Not rated: AS, P, V) “LET’S KILL WARD’S WIFE”: Despite the title, this is a comedy, involving a wide crosssection of characters who have something in common ... none of them, including Ward (Donald

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Faison) himself, is a fan of his wife. An accident provides an immediate solution to that problem, but others are generated, including how to get rid of a corpse. Scott Foley (“Scandal”), Amy Acker (“Person of Interest”), Patrick Wilson, Nicollette Sheridan and Greg Grunberg (“Heroes”) also are in the ensemble cast. DVD extras: outtakes. *** (Not rated: AS, P) (Also on Blu-ray) COMING SOON: “ANNIE” (March 10): The musical about the famous orphan gets a revision starring Quvenzhane Wallis, Jamie Foxx and (as Miss Hannigan) Cameron Diaz. (PG: AS, P) “FIREBALL XL5: THE COMPLETE SERIES” (March 10): Col. Steve Zodiac and Venus are among the characters in a reissue of the classic, Gerry and Sylvia Anderson-produced “Supermarionation” adventure. (Not rated: V) “NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB” (March 10): In the series’ third and last installment, Larry (Ben Stiller) goes to London in search of the tablet that brings exhibits to life. (PG: AS, P) “THE SOUND OF MUSIC: 50TH ANNIVERSARY ULTIMATE COLLECTOR’S EDITION” (March 10): The halfcentury movie milestone of the beloved Rodgers and Hammerstein musical is marked; Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer star. (G) “PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR” (March 17): The animated title characters are on a crusade to save the world; the voice cast includes Benedict Cumberbatch and John Malkovich. (PG: AS) “INTERSTELLAR” (March 31): A space explorer (Matthew McConaughey) seeks a future for mankind — and, even closer to home, his family — in the galaxy in Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi drama. (PG-13: P, V)

The Orland Park Theatre Troupe has chosen Rodgers and Hammerstein’s ‘Oklahoma!’ as its summer musical. “We are looking for a large cast of more than 50 people, including kids,” said Orland Park Resident Producer/Director Frann Carnivele. ‘Oklahoma!’ was Rodgers and Hammerstein’s first musical with the original Broadway production opening on March 31, 1943. It was a box office hit, running for 2212 performances. The pair won a special Pulitzer Prize in 1944 for the show and the 1955 film adaptation won an Academy Award. “Adults will remember this show because it’s a favorite among high school and community theater groups,” Carnivele said. “The

kids who are in the show will learn about an American Broadway classic. This is one of the best parts of having kids in our musicals, helping them learn about the Broadway greats.” Auditions will be held Sunday, March 15, from 1 to 7 p.m., at the village’s Cultural Center, 14760 Park Lane. Auditions for adults only will also be offered on Monday, March 16, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. with callbacks on Tuesday, March 17, if necessary. Previous theater experience is not required. Strong roles for both leading and supporting male and female characters are available. Auditions are open to those ages seven and older. Everyone auditioning must be able to read and they must be

prepared to sing 16 measures of a prepared piece of music from the show. A dance audition piece will be taught and if necessary, those auditioning may be asked to remain and read from the script. Once cast, participants must pay the $35 registration fee. Rehearsals will be held at the Cultural Center March 22 to June 7. The cast will rehearse on Sundays, from noon to 4 p.m., and on Mondays and Thursdays, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Performances will be at the Sandburg High School Performing Arts Center June 12, 13 and 14. For more information, call the Orland Park Recreation Department at 403-PARK.

BROADEN YOUR HORIZONS This Week The Bridge Teen Center programs • Project Serve: Mats for the Homeless – 4 to 5:30 p.m. today (Thursday), The Bridge Teen Center, 15555 S. 71st Court, Orland Park, will host a program with Sandburg High School’s Key Club to turn a pile of grocery bags into mats for the homeless. • Culinary: Kolaczki – 4:30 to 6 p.m. today, a culinary program to teach students how to make a popular Polish pastry. • Karaoke Night – 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. March 6, a Karaoke Night with free food from Legendary Baking. • The Great Divide: Divorce – 4 to 5 p.m. March 10 and 17, a program series that will allow students to support each other while learning how to live joyful lives and work through the challenges that come with difficult family situations. • 3D Printing – 4 to 6 p.m. March 10 and 17, a program with Moraine Valley Community College to teach students how to print a 3D object, such as a phone case. • Behind the Scenes: 911 Call Center – 4 to 6 p.m. March 10, a program to take students behind the scenes of this fast paced profession to see how emergency situations are handled. • So You Think You Can Dance – 4 to 5 p.m. March 11 and 18, a program series with Elite Dance Academy to teach students how to dance to several different styles of music. • Culinary: Pork with Cooper’s Hawk – 4 to 5:30 p.m. March 11, teaches students how to make a delicious pork dish. • How to Train Your Dog – 4 to 5:30 p.m. March 12, a program with Mokena Animal Clinic to teach students how to train their dog. • Parent Night at The Bridge – 7 to 8:30 p.m. March 12, a night for parents to experience The Bridge just like their teen would. Free events are for teens in 7th through 12th grade. For more information call 532-0500.

Book review luncheon by author Finding direction through meditation is the topic of a Tuesday luncheon on March 10, from noon to 2 p.m., at The Center, 12700 Southwest Highway, Palos Park. Lynn McLaughlin will review her new book, “The ABC’s of Planning Your Life,” which she describes as a little book with a big message. McLaughlin says the inspiration for the book came to her when she learned to be still and meditate and listen. Her book encourages readers to do just that: to be still and listen. McLaughlin is a spiritual retreat leader and drumming circle facilitator who loves to teach meditation. The luncheon costs $18 and requires advance reservations. For more information, call The Center at 361-3650.

Yoga class

FAMILY-VIEWING GUIDE A new five-week series of Gentle Yoga classes will KEY: AS, adult situations; N, be offered at The Center on Tuesday evenings beginning nudity; P, profanity; V, violence; March 10, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The class will meet at GV, particularly graphic violence. the Anderson Activity Center of The Children’s Farm,

12700 Southwest Highway, Palos Park. Instructor Valerie Lindstrom will lead the yoga sessions, which will include discussion and practice on breathing, relaxation, and centering, as well as movement and poses. Yoga newcomers are welcome. Students should dress in comfortable clothing and bring a yoga mat. The five-week class costs $50. Registration is required. Call The Center: 361-3650.

Laughter Circle A monthly Laughter Circle meets this Sunday, March 8, at 6 p.m., at The Center, 12700 Southwest Highway, Palos Park. Laughter leader Kathy O’Brien brings laughter and all its benefits to the Laughter Circle, which is a gathering of people who want to laugh--not from jokes or comedy routines, but rather from laughter for the sake of laughter! Research shows that laughter strengthens the immune system, reduces stress and anxiety, alleviates pain, and helps people get along better. O’Brien is a registered nurse and an advanced certified Laughter Leader. O’Brien welcomes newcomers the laughter circle at any time. The cost of the laughter circle is $5, which O’Brien donates to The Center. Advance registration is appreciated. Call The Center at 361-3650.

Spiritual Companionship Spiritual Companionship is available each Tuesday at The Center, 12700 Southwest Highway in Palos Park. Spiritual Companion Kathy Fontaine guides a person in prayer, meditation, and dialogue. Fontaine has been trained at the Institute of Spiritual Companionship in Chicago and is known to the Palos community as a spiritual growth leader and former kindergarten teacher. According to Fontaine, spiritual companionship is “holy listening.” The cost of Fontaine’s one-on-one service is $20 per hour, which she donates to The Center’s camp scholarship fund. For information about Spiritual Companionship appointments, call The Center at 361-3650.

Upcoming Gardening class A Gardening class will be held at The Center on Sunday, March 15, from 2 to 4 p.m. at 12700 Southwest Highway in Palos Park. Lois Lauer will guide students through the basics of herb and vegetable gardening in order to grow food effectively, enjoyably and sustainably. Topics to be included in the class are soil fertility and preparation, early March garden plantings such as peas, onions, and lettuce, coldframes and growlights, and starting seeds of some long season vegetables indoors. Lauer grows a large vegetable and herb garden at the farm, and even a new fruit garden, and wants to share some of the joys and lessons she’s learned. The class fee of $24 includes the cost of one tray of tomato, pepper, basil and parsley seedlings, which each student will plant in class. Reservations are required. Call The Center at 361-3650.

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The Regional News • The Reporter

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Your Guide to Arts and Events in the Southwest Suburbs and Beyond

WOLFGANG PUCK’S KITCHEN

Fragrant fennel stars on an easy, hearty homemade pizza By Wolfgang Puck

Weaving class at Log Cabin

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A new six week weaving class begins at The Log Cabin Center for the Arts, 12700 Southwest Highway in Palos Park, on Wednesday, March 18, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Weaver Nettie Botts, of Palos Park (pictured) teaches new students to create samplers on portable table looms during their first weeks in her class. For the remaining class weeks, Botts helps them to design a project of their own choosing. Experienced weavers design projects in the pattern weave of their choice, using either the table looms or the large floor looms. Weavers make projects, such as scarves and table linens of their own color scheme and design. The cost is $90, plus a $10 materials fee for new weavers’ samplers. Students will purchase their own threads and yarns for future projects. Registration is required. Call 361-3650.

OMARR’S WEEKLY ASTROLOGICAL FORECAST By Jeraldine Saunders ARIES (March 21-April 19): New ideas and attractions could be much like eating truffles. Truffles are exotic and tasty, but you probably wouldn’t want a steady diet of this expensive treat. Don’t make drastic changes this week. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You reap what you sow. Escaping from duties can be enjoyable but is unproductive. When partnered with the right person this week you can make progress on a project or can build something worthy. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Face the future with frankness. Honesty is the best policy where your job and health are concerned. You may be overly optimistic about your ability to complete tasks on time in the week to come. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Remain poised and practical. You can earn brownie points by actively bringing everyone together through a compromise. This is a good week to ingratiate yourself to those who can help you earn money. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): To win at Bingo you must pay attention to all the calls. You could miss out on a beneficial opportunity by taking people or things for granted in the week ahead. Affairs of the heart require more than just empty promises. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You can be lucky as a leader. You possess a knack for making wise business decisions and following through on any project or idea that interests you. This week, focus

on dedication and commitment. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Don’t lose your momentum. Taking care of your home and family can be both a source of aggravation and a source of motivation. Circulate and network to gain new friends in the week to come. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You won’t win the lottery unless you buy a ticket. You’d like to have the best of everything, but will be disappointed by results if you don’t put forth the effort. Put your shoulder to the wheel this week. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Friends are like rainbows that show up after a storm. You might find out just who you can trust and count on this week. Take well-considered steps to protect the health of your piggy bank. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Reap the benefits of your hard work. This week, you may realize that your passion to succeed can pay off if you simply keep at it. Stay in touch with trusted partners and advisors. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Balance your act. You want people to like you so you may go overboard to impress them with your generosity and good humor. This week, you should consider when to be gregarious and when to be reserved. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Opportunity is like lightning and seldom strikes twice. With this in mind, don’t hesitate to take advantage of whatever is offered in the week ahead. You may permanently improve your income.

The growth of farmers’ markets over the past couple of decades has brought so many benefits. It has led to the increased availability of fresher ingredients that are often also organic, sustainable and locally produced-and not just fruits and vegetables but also eggs, cheeses, artisan breads, quality oils and vinegars, and a wide array of other products. I also love the way farmers’ markets enrich a sense of community, something I experience when my two young sons and I stroll through one on Sunday mornings not far from our home. One of the greatest gifts we’ve all received from farmers’ markets is in the variety of vegetable and fruit choices. I remember not so long ago when supermarkets displayed a surprisingly limited array, their selections seemingly based more on inventory control and what stayed freshest and looked attractive longest rather than on any dedication to offering great tastes and inspiring options. Today, however, competition from farmers’ markets has also led many food stores — and not just those dedicated to healthier foods — to rethink and expand their produce selections. Onceexotic mushroom varieties; heirloom tomatoes of all colors, shapes and sizes; baby lettuces and other salad greens; potatoes ranging far beyond small waxy boiling kinds and big russet bakers: All these and more, I believe, trace their widespread availability to the farmers’ market revolution. One of my favorite examples of this newfound variety is fennel bulb, which entered its seasonal peak just before the holidays and remains abundantly available at good prices into spring. Fennel is best described in terms of other, more familiar ingredients: It has the crispness and cool freshness of celery, combined with a mildly sweet taste and scent faintly reminiscent of licorice. (Crescentshaped fennel seeds, sometimes used in baking, also carry that distinctive flavor and aroma.) I love fennel raw in salads, for which I usually shave it thinly using a sharp knife or a mandoline. But I also love it cooked: cut up more thickly, brushed with olive oil, and grilled; or slowly braised; or sliced and spread on top of a pizza, as I do here in my recipe for Pizza with Fresh Fennel, Italian Sausage, and Roasted Red Peppers. Heat helps to concentrate that wonderful fennel flavor, caramelizing the vegetable’s natural sugars to produce a rich, mellow effect. I hope you’ll give my recipe a try soon, serving it to your family or friends for dinner or even doubling or tripling the recipe to keep baking these easy pizzas one after another for a casual party. I’m sure you’ll find the flavor of fennel as delightful as I do. And maybe you’ll be encouraged to seek out other great ingredients at your own local farmers’ market. PIZZA WITH FRESH FENNEL, ITALIAN SAUSAGE, AND ROASTED RED PEPPERS Makes 4 small pizzas, each 8 inches (20 cm) • 2 tablespoons extravirgin olive oil, plus extra for brushing the

pizza crusts • 2 medium fennel bulbs, cut into eighths, cored and thinly sliced • 1 teaspoon finely chopped garlic • 1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme leaves • 1 recipe Wolfgang’s Pizza Dough (recipe follows) • ½ cup (125 ml) prepared pesto • 2 cups (500 ml) freshly shredded mozzarella cheese • 2 cups (500 ml) freshly shredded Fontina cheese • ¼ cup (65 ml) freshly grated Parmesan cheese • 1 large roasted red bell pepper (fresh or bottled), cut or torn into thin strips • 6 ounces (185 g) fennelscented sausage or other mild, sweet Italian sausage, crumbled or sliced Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat and add the 2 tablespoons olive oil. When the oil is hot enough to flow freely when the pan is tilted slightly, add the fennel and saute until just tender, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the garlic and thyme. Place a pizza stone or perforated pizza rack on the middle rack of the oven and preheat the oven to 500 degrees F. (260 degrees C). Roll or press out the pizza dough as directed in the recipe to form 4 crusts. Brush lightly with olive oil, then spread the pesto evenly on the crusts, leaving a ½-inch (12 mm) rim. Sprinkle the cheeses evenly over the pesto. Distribute the fennel, red pepper and sausage on top. Using a lightly floured baker’s peel or rimless flat baking tray, pick up a pizza and slide it onto

the pizza stone or rack, transferring as many as will fit comfortably and taking great care while working around the very hot oven. Bake until nicely browned, 10 to 12 minutes. Carefully transfer the baked pizzas to a cutting board and cut into slices using a pizza cutter or very sharp knife. Serve immediately, while baking any remaining pizzas. PIZZA DOUGH Makes enough for 4 pizzas, each 8 inches (20 cm) • 1 packet active dry yeast • 1 teaspoon honey • 1 cup warm water, 105-115 degrees F (40-46 degrees C) • 3 cups (750 ml) all-purpose flour • 1 teaspoon kosher salt • 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil In a small bowl, dissolve the yeast and honey in ¼ cup (60 ml) of the water. In a mixer with a dough hook, or a food processor with the stainlesssteel blade, combine the flour and salt. Add the oil, yeast mixture, and remaining water and mix on low speed until the dough clusters around the dough hook; or process until it rides on the processor blade. Turn out onto a clean work surface and knead by hand until smooth and firm, 2 to 3 minutes. Cover with a clean, damp towel and leave in a warm spot to rise for 30 minutes. Divide the dough into 4 equal balls. Shape each by pulling down the sides and tucking under the bottom, repeating 4 or 5 times. Then, on a smooth, unfloured surface, roll under your palm until smooth and firm, about 1 minute. Cover with a damp towel and leave to rest about 20 minutes. At this point, the balls can be wrapped in plastic and refrigerated for up to 2 days.

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