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Get real about Harlem's retail mix: consultant Agrees with Mayor Straz’s prognosis and prescription By Tim Hadac Staff reporter

Anyone expecting a retail revival along the long-struggling Harlem Avenue business strip in Palos Heights—at least any time soon—is not being realistic and ought to think about alternatives. That’s the unvarnished advice Douglas J. Hammel, senior associate at Houseal Lavigne Associates, gave the City Council at its committee-ofthe-whole meeting last month. His firm was hired by Palos Heights to analyze its practices relating to business development, especially along the Harlem Avenue business strip, and suggest improvements. “The fact is, there’s currently not enough retail market to fill the spaces

that are zoned specifically for retail,” Hammel said. “The assumption is that the community wants those to be filled, ideally by retail; but if the retail market is not there, there may be a next best option in the short term.” That option could include allowing and even encouraging a limited amount of non-retail uses in a corridor largely zoned for retail, he said. Decades ago, the strip thrived with a diverse and prosperous mix of independent retail businesses like grocery stores, pharmacies, clothiers, and sporting goods and variety stores. In recent years, Harlem Avenue has fallen on hard times, pocked with vacancies, as many shoppers continue to choose big-box stores, as well as the Internet, to make retail purchases.

Some aldermen object

The option suggested by Hammel is not without controversy. Some City Council members, including Alderman Dolores Kramarski (3rd Ward) and Alderman Jeffrey Key (1st Ward) see non-retail establishments as an assault on the strip’s retail character. “This is our last [retail] stronghold on Harlem Avenue, this little district that we have,” Kramarski said at a City Council meeting back in February, when she and Key unsuccessfully opposed granting a special-use permit that would allow a law practice to set up shop in a long-vacant storefront at 12224 S. Harlem Ave. “You know, sooner or later, the economy is going to pick up, and I don’t think it’s up to the city to bail out a landlord [who can’t currently find a retail tenant].”

Photo by Tim Hadac

A newly established law office in a long-dormant storefront stands next to Computer Greeks, 12222 S. Harlem Ave., illustrating a point by made by Palos Heights Mayor Robert Straz about how filling in gaps with non-retail businesses can increase foot traffic and benefit established shops along the strip.

At the May 26 meeting, Key asked, “What do we want to see Palos Heights look like in five, 10, 15 years from now?

Do you want to open up the floodgates See HEIGHTS, Page 2

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They carry the Torch for Special Olympics Summer Games

Participants in the local leg of the Law Enforcement Torch Run for the Illinois Special Olympics last week included Palos Heights Deputy Police Chief Bill Czajkowski (standing third from left), DARE/Community Relations Officer Kevin Apostal, other police officers and their family and friends. They are shown after they went the distance from Route 83 and Harlem in Palos Heights all the way to a point where La Grange Road meets I-80. There, the torch was passed onto the Mokena Police Department, on its way to open the Illinois Special Olympics Summer Games held last weekend in Bloomington-Normal. For more, see Page 5.

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Salute before Flag Day

Civil War re-enactors Jason Krausz, of Palos Park (left), and John Fenton, of Naperville, fire a salute over the Village Green during the annual Salute to Old Glory last Thursday. They wear uniforms common to the 36th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, which Krausz said fought in every major battle in the western theater of operations from 1861-65. For more scenes from the Salute, see Page 3.

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Orland Park Mayor Daniel McLaughlin reached out to his neighbor to the south at Monday Night’s Village Board meeting, hosting former Tinley Park Mayor Ed Zabrocki for the first time ever. Zabrocki recently resigned after a cancer diagnosis, saying he wanted to spend more time with his family and throw all his energy into beating the disease and living a long, healthy life. “I really appreciate you coming to our meeting tonight,” McLaughlin said as he and Zabrocki stood front and center, in from of the mayor’s chair. “I don’t think we’ve had you out to one of our meetings, right?” “First time,” Zabrocki confirmed. “When I started out [in public service], you were about this big,” Zabrocki said, holding him palm at McLaughlin’s waist and earning laughs from the mayor and his colleagues. “And I had black hair,” the silver-haired McLaughlin quipped in response. Zabrocki was there to receive Orland Park’s thanks for his years of public service, both to Tinley Park

and the region. Zabrocki and his wife, Emily, moved to Tinley Park in 1970. He served as a municipal volunteer and was named a trustee in 1977 to fill a vacancy. He was elected mayor in 1981 and has held that post since. McLaughin acknowledged the difficult task before him. “Last week, I attended a function in Tinley Park—a retirement party for Ed, I guess,” McLaughlin recalled. “It was quite impressive, a big turnout, hundreds of people showed up, several state reps and senators and dignitaries. “But let me say this: it’s impossible to summarize a 34-year-career as mayor in just a few words,” McLaughlin continued before reading a mayoral document that proclaimed June 15 as Ed Zabrocki Day in Orland Park. McLaughlin hailed Zabrocki not only for making Tinley Park a better place, but for “providing leadership regionally on the Southwest Conference of Mayors, South Suburban Mayors, Metropolitan Mayors Caucus, Illinois Municipal League—all the different things that help Orland Park and all the

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Palos Heights snuffs smoking at all parks Ald. Basso casts lone ‘no’ vote, calls city ban ‘way too much government’ By Tim Hadac Staff reporter

Smoking is now forbidden on all municipal parks and recreation property in Palos Heights, inside and out. The prohibition, effective immediately, was approved as a matter of policy, but not yet law, by the City Council at its meeting Tuesday night. Currently, people are prohibited by state law (the Smoke-Free Illinois Act) from smoking inside or within 15 feet from entrances, exits, windows that open and ventilation intakes of all public places and workplaces, including but not limited to offices, theaters, museums, libraries, educational institutions, schools, commercial establishments, enclosed shopping centers and retail stores, restaurants, bars, private clubs and gaming facilities. What Palos Heights’ action means is that city employees may now ask smokers to either snuff out cigarettes, cigars and pipes (as well as e-cigarettes) immediately or leave the property—even if the smoker is outside and nowhere near anyone else. Since the new policy is not yet a law, violators will not yet be fined, arrested or forced to leave. Mayor Robert Straz predicted that the City Council may, in the weeks and

months ahead, vote to move forward with legislation. Alderman Michael McGrogan (4th Ward) said he would welcome codification, which he said would give the policy teeth. The measure was introduced by Alderman Jeffrey Key (1st Ward) and seconded by Alderman Donald Bylut (1st Ward). It passed on a 6-1 vote with Alderman Alan Fulkerson (3rd Ward) absent and Alderman Robert Basso (2nd Ward) voting against. “Why would we be making a policy for such a thing like smoking in a public park?” Basso asked his colleagues. “Why would we?” Key responded. “Because we don’t want smokers there.” Key added that he hopes the City Council committee Basso chairs, Municipal Grounds and Property, would consider expanding the ban to all city property. “I’m not a smoker,” Basso replied. “I don’t like to be around smokers, I don’t like to be in the same room with smokers, but I don’t mind being on the same planet as smokers.” Basso said he sees Tuesday night’s vote as “an overstep of authority” by city government. “If somebody who happens to be a smoker wants to go to the park and enjoy the park or maybe take his dog for a walk or children for a

walk—[a ban is] an unenforceable thing, and it seems like way too much government,” Basso said. After the meeting, Key acknowledged that the policy is a first for Palos Heights and that previously, there had been no policy addressing the issue of smoking outdoors at parks, the municipal pool or similar publicly-owned or leased property. Tuesday night’s move puts Palos Heights among more than 1,000 municipalities nationwide that have banned smoking entirely or in part from its outdoor grounds. In the Southwest Suburbs, Oak Lawn has banned smoking in its parks, and Orland Park has a limited ban that applies to playlots and other park areas where children congregate. In addition to smoking being a concern at the municipal pool, Bylut said the city “also has a problem” at the Palos Heights Recreation Center, 6601 W. 127th St. “There are some adult groups that use the Rec Center the same times as kids’ dance groups, which to tend to arrive at the same time that adults are taking cigarette breaks outside, and the kids kind of have to go through the gauntlet [of smoke],” Bylut said. Key said that the purpose of the policy is to shield children from

Photo by Tim Hadac

Mayor Straz joined members of the Palos Heights Classic Car Event Committee to draw its third and final early-bird raffle winner before Tuesday’s City Council meeting. The name drawn to win $250 was that of Palos Heights resident Joyce Eddy. Tickets for the split the pot raffle are priced at $2 each and are still available at City Hall, as well as at about a dozen local businesses. Guaranteed grand prize is $10,000, and the winner will be drawn at the 2015 Classic Car Event, set for Thursday, July 16, along Harlem Avenue. Raffle proceeds benefit beautification projects in Palos Heights.

exposure to secondhand smoke, but also to shield them from what he said are unhealthy examples set by adults. He likened the new policy to what most schools already have in place: a prohibition on all school property, inside and out. “It gets a little sticky,” Key added. “You know, where do we do this or when do you say you

Make Harlem the place to be: McGrogan By Tim Hadac Staff reporter

Hipster housing on Harlem in the Heights? Not as far-fetched as some might think, a Palos Heights alderman told his colleagues at a City Council committee-of-the-whole meeting last month. In a discussion of how adding a layer of residences—apartments or condominiums— could possibly pump life into the city’s Harlem Avenue business corridor, Alderman Michael McGrogan (4th Ward) said that Palos Heights could conceivably rival Chicago’s North Side as a dining, entertainment and living option for twentysomethings. “Apartments, by far, are the biggest segment of real estate in the country,” McGrogan said at the meeting, held May 26 at City Hall. “This millennial generation, which are kids… they have an entirely different view than just about everyone in this room. What they’re looking for is mobility. Baby boomers would stay at their first jobs an average of 12-13 years. The kids of the boomers are averaging 18 months before they move on. “[Young people] don’t want to be tied down with a house in the suburbs,” the alderman added. “They want to go where the action is… if you think Sam Buca’s and Joe Daniel’s are busy, go down to Lincoln Park or Bucktown. They’re jammed because the kids all want to go there.”Buca’s and McGrogan said he favors allowing apartments to be built above businesses on Harlem Avenue because “it will maybe attract some of the kids of the parents that live here” and that “they would stay in town, spend the money and not have to race [to Chicago’s North Side] to all these bars and restaurants.” The alderman also cited a statistic showing that for the first time ever, more consumer dollars are being spent at restaurants than at grocery stores, a trend driven by young people. “That’s all the kids do. They take their money and go out and eat and drink—and I’m not sure about that order, either,” McGrogan added, drawing a few laughs from his colleagues.

Not so fast

Others at the meeting had their reservations. Alderman Robert Basso (2nd Ward) expressed skepticism about any rush to build residences about the businesses on Harlem, saying that he has not seen any surge in demand for rental housing, and what demand is out there may already be met by rentals of single-family homes and condo units.

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Continued from Page 1 and say, ‘Let a thousand lawyers come in here,’ and we’ll become the city of lawyers? “Do we want to do that or do we want to say, as a city, ‘Let’s agree that we want to see retail here, and we’re going to do everything possible to bring retail here,’” the alderman continued. “So what can that be? Are there tax incentives? Maybe we should take the TIF district that we have at Route 83 and Harlem and pull it right up Harlem Avenue, all the way to 127th Street and make the whole stinking town a TIF district and invite developers to come in and take a look at what we’re doing.”

Mayor weighs in

Agreeing with Hammel’s advice was Mayor Robert Straz, Palos Heights’ foremost proponent of allowing non-retail businesses to

can’t do that. It’s just nice to have something in place that you can point a finger at and say, ‘We have a policy against that.’” Key acknowledged that he does not know exactly how or if parks and recreation staff will make people aware of the new policy at its playlot, pool and six parks. The new policy does not affect Lake Katherine, which is owned

by the city but not administered as a department of city government. Lake Katherine abides by state law in terms of indoor smoking, but does not prohibit it outside, a spokesperson told The Regional Tuesday night. Unclear from Tuesday night’s meeting is whether the ban applies to the Palos Heights section of the Cal-Sag Trail.

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Final, and with churning clouds lurching in from the west—looking like giant water balloons ready to burst-- Zabrocki vowed to keep his comments brief, and did. “Over the years, there has sometimes been bit of competition between our communities, but that’s a good thing, Zabrocki said, with McLaughlin nodding in agreement. “Competition makes all of a little sharper. “But I think it’s more important than ever that not only do our two communities pull together, but to ‘think regionally,’ because if we don’t, we’re going to get picked off one by one,” Zabrocki added.

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other communities in the Chicago area, Ed’s been involved with. “He’s done a great job for all of us,” Orland Park’s chief executive said. “Tinley Park is a better place because of Ed Zabrocki, and Orland Park is a better community because Tinley Park is our neighbor, so I’d be remiss if I didn’t thank you personally and publicly.” Never one to resist an opportunity to lighten a mood or give a plug for the village, McLaughlin added, “When I was at your party last week, Ed, I gave you an Orland Photos by Tim Hadac Park jacket. Now, I expect you to High-end rental residences under construction on the second floor of Palos Place, 12306 S. Harlem Ave., wear it when you’re shopping in are expected to make the new development more attractive for retailers and other first-floor tenants. Orland Park”—drawing laughter They are seen by some as a model of what could be and perhaps ought to be in the city’s downtown from the hometown audience in Village Hall. ‘They want to go where the action is. If you think Sam Buca’s With his wife snapping cell phone photos of the tender moand Joe Daniel’s are busy, go down to Lincoln Park or Bucktown. ment, Zabrocki thanked McLaughThey’re jammed because the kids all want to go there.’ lin and the board. But with the puck already on the —Alderman Michael McGrogan ice in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Even if there were a consensus that adding residences to the Harlem Avenue is a good thing, several aldermen noted that it could be an uphill battle, saying that getting the several dozen landlords on the strip to agree to anything is a challenge, to say the least. Others pointed to Brigid Capital’s Mike Coogan, who appears to be pioneering the mixed-use concept successfully at his company’s new Palos Place development, 12306 S. Harlem Ave.

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Parking would also be squeezed if residences were added along the Harlem Avenue corridor, and the city filled vacant storefronts with non-retail businesses and decided to reduce parking requirements as an inducement to development, one alderman said. “We’re going to reduce the parking required while increasing the density,” Basso said. “We can look at Capri and Joe Daniel’s and a couple of other places in town that already have taken over tremendous amounts of communal parking, if you will.” Basso added that if nearby vacant storefronts become filled with thriving retail businesses, then “we obviously are going to have a big problem”—and a bigger problem Also expressed concern about adding residential units and its automatic demand for parking.

fill in the gaps along Harlem. “The face of retail has changed, and if we can fill these storefronts with a law firm or a medical office, those will actually help [retail businesses],” he said earlier this year at the same February meeting where Kramarski made her plea. “I’ve been out here close to 40 years,” the mayor said then. “We used to have sporting goods shops. They don’t exist any more. People go to Sportmart. We had clothiers and a men’s store. There are no more men’s stores. People shop at the big boxes. We had two independent pharmacies. They’re not around any more. We’ve got to look and see what we can fill the storefronts with and work together and get a good mix [of retail and non-retail].” At the May 26 meeting, Straz said the key to a retail revival is foot traffic, and non-retail businesses can play a valuable role. “If I’m a retailer, if I’m a Steve Georgiou at Computer Greeks (12222

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A “No Parking” sign in the 12200 block of South Harlem Avenue shows the sentiment of some merchants along the strip and illustrates a point made by Alderman Robert Basso (2nd Ward) about how several popular pubs and restaurants take up Sudoku Solution (Puzzle on page 11) #3572-M a good deal of what he called communal parking.

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But creative solutions can be found for any increase in demand for parking, said consultant to the city Douglas J. Hammel, a senior associate at Houseal Lavigne Associates. As an example, Hammel said that church parking lots, which are empty most days of the week, could be offered for business use, and churchgoers could use empty business lots on Sunday mornings

S. Harlem Ave.), I want somebody next door to me like a dentist or an attorney who maybe sees 30 people a day, as opposed to a knick-knack store that maybe gets 10 customers a day,” the mayor said.

Flexibility important

Hammel addressed Key’s concerns by saying that Palos Heights ought to allow non-retail businesses on its retail strip “in a controlled way.” “We introduced the idea of a ‘limited use,’” he said. “The notion there is that we don’t want to allow service and office uses to run rampant throughout the corridor…but we want to allow them in the door enough to fill up spaces, create some vibrancy and create a more active corridor.” Houseal Lavigne has recommended that Palos Heights allow up to 30 percent of its retail corridor to be used for non-retail businesses. “But the number is flexible and can be adjusted,” Hammel quickly added. “If retail makes a strong recovery in the marketplace, you can knock

this number down to 20 percent and prevent [non-retail] uses from coming in.” The committee-of-the-whole meeting was part of an ongoing discussion of how to best establish a Harlem Avenue Commercial Corridor Overlay District, as recommended eight years ago by the framers of the City of Palos Heights Comprehensive Plan. Hammel said the district will stretch from the Cal-Sag Channel on the north to Ishnala Drive on the south. “An overlay district is a set of development rules and regulations that get put on top of the base zoning district,” Hammel said. “The zoning districts that are already in place will remain there, but the overlay is intended to provide another set of detail to accomplish specific objectives that relate to a certain part of the community.” The committee of the whole will meet again to discuss the corridor’s future at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 7 at City Hall, 7607 W. College Drive.

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Thursday, June 18, 2015

Palos Salutes Old Glory for Flag Day

No luv for Guv’s budget cuts Park Lawn group among protesters at Rauner’s speech By Dermot Connolly Staff Reporter

Photos by Tim Hadac

Knights of Columbus volunteers carefully place a U.S. Flag on the fire as part of a disposal ceremony held at the end of the Salute to Old Glory celebration last Thursday at the Palos Park Recreation Center, 8901 W. 123rd St. In all, about a dozen tattered U.S. flags went up in flames, after a prayer and a few words about the importance of treating the nation’s symbols with appropriate respect. The 13th annual celebration was sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Crusaders Council 10145, which includes members from four local Catholic parishes: Our Lady of the Woods, St. Francis, Sacred Heart and St. Bernard. The Salute event is held the week of Flag Day, June 14.

Gov. Bruce Rauner was met by hundreds of picketing union members and other protesters, including Oak Lawn special needs provider Park Lawn, who waited in driving rain for him to arrive at Gaelic Park in Oak Forest on Monday before he spoke to the Chicago Southland Chamber of Commerce. Park Lawn, an organization that has been serving people with developmental disabilities for 60 years, was there to protest Rauner’s budget cuts that are expected hit social services hard. “We wanted to show him that we matter,” said Kelly Ewing, a case manager in charge of enrichment programs at the facility, located at 5040 W. 111th St. in Oak Lawn. Dozens of Park Lawn clients were present picketing. “Social services are underfunded anyway. There hasn’t been any increased funding at Park Lawn for more than seven years,” said Ewing. “It is reflective of who is valued in society and who is not.” She couldn’t say whether funding cuts would result in Park Lawn programs being cut. Ewing said that the agency already depends heavily on fundraising, and that will have to increase to make up for any more cuts. “The state is already slow to pay. It is a bad situation that is

Photo by Dermot Connelly

Park Lawn clients and officials protest Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposed cut before he gave a speech in Oak Forest on Monday.

not getting any better,” she said. From a worker standpoint, hundreds of union employees were on hand to give the governor a piece of their mine. “We’re just here to let him know we don’t like what he is trying to do to the unions,” said Brian Hickey, president of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 399. Hickey was referring to Rauner’s efforts to revamp workers compensation laws, among other things. Electricians, carpenters, sheet metal workers, pipefitter, sprinkler fitters and others were also there. Rauner proposed eliminating the requirement that employees pay union dues. While outside of the building was hostile, inside, chamber members gave Rauner a warm welcome. He

spoke at length about his turnaround plan. Rauner didn’t dwell on the protesters in his speech but said: “Change isn’t easy. If you’re not upsetting somebody, you’re not making changes.” Keloryn Putnam, executive director of the Orland Park Chamber of Commerce, described Rauner’s speech as “pretty impressive.” “I wasn’t surprised by what I heard him say, because I am familiar with the turnaround plan. But I was surprised by all the protesters. “As citizens, we have to make sure that our voices are heard. They certainly heard the group outside,” she said, referring to the chanting of protesters that could be heard while Rauner was speaking inside the banquet hall.

West Nile can sting hard: Sexton By Dermot Connolly Staff Reporter Members of the Joliet American Legion Band play a stirring rendition of a patriotic tune before an audience of about 65 Palos Park residents. Founded in 1946, the band has played before seven U.S. Presidents and prides itself on its disciplined musical style, in the tradition of John Philip Sousa. ◄ Ed Stangel, a Naval veteran of World War II and the Korean War, as well as a life member of the Reber-Tesmond Palos-Orland VFW Post 6863, stands and salutes the U.S. Navy Flag as the band plays “Anchors Aweigh.”

Palos Park Mayor John Mahoney stands in solidarity with Elizabeth Riegler, minutes after he presented her with a handful of stars from a retired U.S. flag to honor the service of her husband, Navy Cmdr. Brian E. Riegler, who recently began his fifth deployment—this time to Afghanistan. The Rieglers live in Palos Park with their children, Kailee, Mackenzie, Grace and Liam. The Rieglers are expecting their next child, a boy, in late August. ►

Evergreen Park Mayor James Sexton lost 60 pounds the hard way. And he nearly lost his life. So when there is even a hint that the West Nile virus can be found in his village, he takes it seriously. Sexton, who has battled and survived the West Nile virus, and Oak Lawn officials said the Illinois Department of Public Health reported last week that mosquitoes testing positive for West Nile virus were found in Oak Lawn and Evergreen Park in May—one in each village. Sexton said it serves as a reminder to residents to take precautions. Sexton, who survived a serious bout with West Nile virus is 2012, said his village had been at the forefront of the battle against West Nile virus since 2002. “I take a serious, hard look at (reports of positive tests). But we were leading the way on this, even before I got sick,” said Sexton. “We’ve always taken a very aggressive approach (to mosquito abatement), since 2002. We’re going to continue on this same path.’’ Sexton contracted the virus in 2012 right around the time another mayor, Lombard’s Bill Mueller, died of West Nile virus. The story was

huge in the Chicago area. reported a West Nile virus “I certainly wasn’t lookpositive mosquito batch, ing for the PR that Everbird and/or human case. green Park received,’’ SexIDPH reported 44 human ton said. “But in a strange cases in 2014, including way it was good if it helped four deaths. others by shedding light Douglas Wright, generon the seriousness of the al manager of the South situation. I spent 45 days in Cook County Mosquito Christ Hospital, including Mayor Sexton Abatement District, extwo in intensive care. plained that finding by the “I lost 60 pounds, but I wouldn’t IDPH of one or two mosquitoes that recommend that diet to anyone,” he tested positive will not require any added wryly. additional action to be taken beyond A single mosquito with West Nile what is being done already. doesn’t sound like big news, but SexSurveillance for West Nile virus ton has some warnings. in Illinois includes laboratory tests “I am not sure how seriously on mosquito batches, dead crows, people take it, but we all must be blue jays, robins and other perching diligent in covering up and apply- birds, as well as testing sick horses ing repellant when mosquitoes are and humans with West Nile virus-like active,” he said. symptoms. People who observe a Sexton encouraged residents to be sick or dying crow, blue jay, robin diligent about checking their property or other perching bird should contact for standing water, and disperse it. their local health department, which “The village will abate it,” said will determine if the bird will be Sexton, explaining that anyone need- picked up for testing. ing help to get rid of water can get West Nile virus is transmitted assistance from the village. through the bite of a mosquito that The IDPH statement said employ- has picked up the virus by feeding on ees collected a positive mosquito an infected bird. Common symptoms batch on May 21 in Oak Lawn, and include fever, nausea, headache and another one on May 26, in Evergreen muscle aches. Symptoms may last Park. These were the first positive from a few days to a few weeks. batches in northern Illinois this year, However, four out of five people according to a statement. No human infected with West Nile virus will not cases were involved, and none have show any symptoms. In rare cases, been reported so far this year. severe illness including meningitis or Last year, 50 counties in Illinois encephalitis, or even death, can occur.

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INSIDE THE FIRST AMENDMENT

A High Court win for workplace religious freedom

OPINION

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The Regional and Reporter earn Illinois Press awards By Jack Murray

Regional News editor

The redesigned Regional News’ front page has won first place in the Illinois Press Association’s annual Best of the grooming, it remains to be seen By Charles C. Haynes Press newspaper contest. to what extent the Court’s ruling It was one of three journalism and two will encourage business owners to advertising awards brought home by The “This is really easy.” work harder to accommodate oth- Regional News and The Reporter NewsSo said Justice Antonin Scalia er requests for religious accommo- paper at the Illinois Press Associwhen he announced last week’s dation on such issues as religious ation’s annual convention held Supreme Court 8-1 ruling in holidays and Sabbath observance. last week in Normal. More Equal Employment Opportunity Title VII requires religious Commission v. Abercrombie & than 100 daily and non-daily accommodation only if it doesn’t newspapers competed in 36 Fitch. cause “undue hardship on the con- editorial categories. Judges The case involved Samantha duct of the employee’s business.” evaluated more than 3,100 contest Elauf, an American Muslim who claimed that Abercrombie & Fitch Unfortunately, past court decisions entries denied her a job because she wore have set a low bar for “undue The Regional News won first place in hardship,” allowing companies to the category of single page design and took a headscarf to a job interview. refuse accommodation if it causes an honorable mention in feature writing in In siding with Elauf, the more than a minimal burden. justices relied on Title VII of the the 2015 Best of the Press contest. The ReIn other words, employers may porter Newspaper took third place in headCivil Rights Act of 1964, which now be more careful about dress prohibits religious discrimination line writing. Both newspapers are owned codes but still do little to accom- and published by Southwest Regional in hiring. modate other religious practices Abercrombie had argued that Publishing in Palos Heights. of people they hire citing “undue allowing head coverings would In the IPA’s Best in Advertising Contest, violate the “look policy” required hardship.” The Regional won first place in the categoFor more than 15 years, a of all employees. Moreover, since ry of best community focus special section bipartisan coalition in Congress Elauf didn’t inform the company and second place for best spot color ad. — supported by many religious that she wore a headscarf for Both contests judged submitted entries groups — has tried without sucreligious reasons, she had no published during 2014. cess to strengthen the requirement grounds for claiming religious ■ Newspaper designer Chuck Ingwersen for religious accommodation by discrimination. was responsible for the first-place award amending Title VII. A majority of the justices, for the redesigned Regional, winning for Called the the Workplace Rehowever, found it easy to reject his layout and design of the Front Page ligious Freedom Act, the amendthe clothing company’s argument of Dec. 4. 2014. In their comments, ment would require employers to the judges were fulsome in their praise: since there was ample evidence accommodate religious practice that Abercrombie officials knew “Judging this category is subjective. unless it causes “a significant dif- There are differing views on page design. Elauf’s headscarf was a religious practice — and their decision not ficulty or expense on the conduct of the employer’s business” — to hire her was motivated by a much tougher than the existing desire to avoid accommodating standard. that practice. The Supreme Court’s decision Under Title VII, the court in E.E.O.C. v. Abercrombie sends concluded, “an employer may a needed message to employers not make an applicant’s religious practice, confirmed or otherwise, a warning against religious discrimination in hiring. But given the factor in employment decisions.” pattern of discrimination experiNow that the Supreme Court enced by many religious workers has ruled that Elauf had a cause over the years, more needs to be of action, the case goes back to the appeals court where it is very done to expand religious freedom in the workplace. likely Elauf will prevail. Samantha Elauf’s case should The decision in E.E.O.C. v. remind business owners that for Abercrombie may help prevent many religious Americans, head future religious discrimination in hiring — and that’s a good thing. coverings are not fashion statements, Saturdays are not simply The Court has made it clear that “days off,” and holy days are a Muslim cannot be rejected as more than holidays. a job applicant because of his or Religious obligations are not her dress or grooming. This ruling will help protect the religious ex- mere preferences or lifestyle pression of other religious groups choices — religious obligations including Sikhs, Jews and others. are matters of conscience. In a country committed to At the very least, the Court’s protecting liberty of conscience, decision should push employers workers should not have to to re-think dress codes — and choose between practicing their add religious exceptions if they have none. Abercrombie itself has religion and keeping their job. already changed its “look policy” Charles C. Haynes is vice presto allow more flexibility and, in ident of the Newseum Institute and the years since this lawsuit was filed, the company has made any executive director of the Religious Freedom Center. Web: www.renumber of religious accommodaligiousfreedomcenter.org E-mail: To avoid f-bombs, don’t tions. chaynes@newseum.org But beyond religious garb and take teen to R-rated flick

‘When I see this page, I want to spend time with it. The design draws me in and the quality content keeps me there.” — IPA contest judge on The Regional

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Many of us still believe we can have graphically pleasing page design that draws the reader with crisp headlines, interesting photos and graphics and still include good old-fashioned text. When I see this page, I want to spend time with it. The design draws me in and the quality content keeps me there.” Staff graphic designer Rebecca Lanning worked with Ingwersen who trained and taught her his layout for The Regional redesign process. ■ Lanning’s work was responsible for both awards earned by The Regional in the IPA’s Best in Advertising Contest, winning with designer Kari Nelson a first place for The Regional’s Palos Park Centennial/Autumn in the Park special section

in the category of best community focus special section. A “great reflection of the past entwined with the present – nice layouts and presentation of information,” the judges wrote in their comments. ■ Lanning’s work also resulted in a 2nd place award in the category of best spot color ad for the McCord Gallery ad in The Regional’s Gift Guide. “A very festive ad … the color of the artwork, product, logo is tied together beautifully,” the judges commented. ■ The Reporter Editor Jeff Vorva wrote the headlines that won the third-place award in headline writing for The Reporter. “Five headlines from Jeff Vorva. Some creative headlines,” the judges’ comments stated. Last year, Vorva’s headlines won second place for The Reporter in the same category. ■ The Regional’s staff reporter Tim Hadac was given an honorable mention in feature writing for his story, “Is it junk or genius?” It told the story behind a colorful artwork made up of an old pickup truck filled with empty oil drums that sat for some months on the lawn of a house in Orland Park. The judges commented on Hadac’s story: “Strong, clear writing that clearly outlined the article’s subject matter and greater universal theme.” Publisher Amy Richards represented Southwest Regional Publishing at the IPA’s annual convention and awards luncheons held June 10-12 at the Marriott Hotel and Convention Center Bloomington-Normal. Celebrating its 150th anniversary, the IPA, located in Springfield, represents 450 daily and weekly newspapers.

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Dear Editor: Mr. Hanania took his son to see “Spy,” an R-rated movie and then complained about f – bombs in the movie. R-rated movies prohibit children under 17 from attending unless accompanied by an adult. A responsible parent does not take a 14-year-old to a R-rated movie. Mr. Hanania could have avoided embarrassment by researching the movie rating system. My advice to Mr. Hanania is if he wants to avoid further embarrassment, don’t take a 14-year-old to an R-rated movie. John Sawilchik Palos Heights

Government gets the job done right on Cal-Sag Trail Dear Editor: Thank you to all the elected officials and government agencies that made the new Cal-Sag Trail possible. Thanks to the U.S. Government (which paid billions for the Deep Tunnel to clean up the Cal-Sag Channel, plus further money to build the project), former Gov. Quinn (whose Department of Transportation selected the project for funding, and administered its construction), the MWRD (which furnished the land for most of the trail), and the villages (which paid for the rest), people were put to work building the trail, and our quality of life will be enhanced for

future generations. Only the public sector could have accomplished this work. Government can do things right, and does it more often than we care to admit. Elias M. Gordan Attorney at Law Palos Park

Pizza supply surplus in Palos Heights?

Dear Editor: If the law of supply and demand is a valid principle of economics, should a family sized-pizza in Palos Heights be going for about a buck right now? Bill Robinson Palos Heights

A toast to one hell of a public servant Ed Zabrocki was first elected as a Tinley Park trustee in 1979, right about the time that I bought my first home there in Brementown Estates. It didn’t take him long for the longtime Brother Rice counselor to become mayor, in 1981. Tinley Park was a blossoming suburban community “through the forest preserve” back then. Today’s it’s one of the region’s best, right there next to Orland Park where I moved a few years later. Last Thursday, I attended the salute to Zabrocki as he ended his career in public service surrounded by his friends, colleagues and many of the people who were inspired to volunteer by him to make Tinley Park a better place. More than 300 people filled the banquet room at the Odyssey Country club right behind the old Tweeter Center, which is now called The First Midwest Bank Amphitheater. Tinley Trustee Dave Seaman, who was named to take Zabrocki’s place, was the emcee. Years ago when I met Seaman, he was shy and wasn’t much of a speaker. But last week, he was on point. Seaman was followed by Clerk Patrick Rea, who is as glib today as he was when we first tussled over issues years ago. Also attending were dozens of mayors and politicians including Orland Park’s Dan McLaughlin, and State Senator Michael Hastings. When it was Zabrocki’s turn to speak, he was overwhelmed and could barely get his words out through his tears. With him were his kids, his wife Emily, and his granddaughter Faye, who is wheelchair bound but inspired the crowd when she offered

RAY HANANIA

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Ed Zabrocki, celebrating at an event in 2014, is a great mayor and politician according to columnist Ray Hanania.

her own words of love for her grandfather. I can’t imagine Zabrocki without thinking about politics. One of my favorite columns that I wrote was about Zabrocki resigning from the Illinois Legislature after citing Springfield’s molasses culture of conflict and slowness to act. Zabrocki, who in recent years was called “coach” by friends, was elected to the 37th House District in 1994, and retained his post

as Tinley Park mayor. He surprised everyone when he announced that he would resign the post less than a year later. Zabrocki never really explained the precise reason why he resigned, but I recall that the issue was that he was still serving as mayor and also as a legislator. In a Democratic-controlled state, Zabrocki’s real crime was that he was a Republican. The column I wrote compared him to Jimmy Stewart in the 1939 movie “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” the story of a great young man who goes to Congress believing he can make a difference, only to discover the Congress is corrupt and dysfunctional when it comes to serving the people. Zabrocki does not stutter like Stewart, despite his loss of words Thursday, there was no doubt in mind that he was cut from the same cloth, wanting to do good but discouraged by the hurdles of the Springfield’s molasses. While he may not have conquered Springfield, Tinley Park really owes its greatness today to Zabrocki’s hard work. Zabrocki started working as a counselor at Brother Rice High school in 1965 and retired in 2005. I couldn’t stay long to chat much that night with Zabrocki, because I had promised my son, Aaron, that I would take him that same night to the premiere of “Jurassic World.” Then it hit me. I watched a blockbuster film after spending time with a blockbuster politician of Jurassic stature. You are one hell of a public servant, Ed “Jefferson Smith” Zabrocki. Ray Hanania is an award-winning former Chicago City Hall reporter.

The Regional News

Thursday, June 18, 2015

POLICE BLOTTER: ORLAND PARK Charged with felony forgery

Orland Park police charged Tommy L. Phillips, 24, of Hazel Crest, with two felony counts of forgery after he allegedly used counterfeit $100 bills to make purchases at a clothing store and a department store on Orland Square Drive at about 4 p.m. May 31. Police said that Phillips admitted that he knew the bills were fake and that he had gotten them from a friend. He was due at a bond hearing on June 1, police added. Chicago resident Nickhol K. High, 46, was charged with felony forgery and felony retail theft after she allegedly attempted to use another person’s checks to purchase an Xbox video game console from a department store on Orland Park Place at 5:27 p.m. May 21. After the purchase was denied, she allegedly left the store with the merchandise. She was taken into custody, and a search of her vehicle yielded other blank checks not belonging to her, as well as another person’s credit report, according to the police report. The vehicle was towed and impounded, and High was set to appear at a bond hearing on May 22, police said.

Criminal damage incidents A man who was reportedly screaming, shaking ornamental light posts and urinating in bushes shortly after 1 a.m. May 30 in the 15000 block of South Holiday Court successfully eluded police responding to a 911 call. Police and a homeowner described the offender as white, age 18-25, about 6 feet 1 inch tall, weighing 175 pounds, with brown hair, wearing pants and a white T-shirt. Police added that the man damaged one of the light posts. Two Orland Park residents—a 52-year-old woman and a 55-year-old man—told police that someone smashed the rear windows of their vehicles sometime before 11 p.m. June 1, as they sat parked in the 14000 block of South Longrun Drive.

Charged with DUI Police charged Edwin G. Evans, 48, of Frankfort, with DUI, no proof of insurance and improper lane usage after they curbed his car in the 15100 block of South La Grange Road at 8:34 p.m. May 23. The vehicle was towed and impounded, and the police report did not indicate a court date. Orland Park resident Nylah Y. Razvi, 39, was charged with DUI and making an improper stop on a roadway, after police encountered her SUV stopped on a hill near 143rd Street and Ridge Avenue at 11:24 p.m. May 29. The vehicle was towed and impounded, and Razvi was given a court date of June 26 in Bridgeview.

Charged with unlawful use of a weapon

Police charged Carlos S. Rojas-Escalona, 21, of Orland Park, with unlawful use of a weapon after they responded to a 911 call of two men fighting in the 9100 block of West Kennedy Court at 12:42 a.m. May 29. People said they confiscated a “knuckle weapon with a fixed blade” that belonged to Rojas-Escalona. The other man refused to sign a complaint for battery, police added, and Rojas-Escalona is scheduled to appear in court in Bridgeview on June 26. Palos Hills resident Dominykas Merkelis, 19, was charged with unlawful use of a weapon after police stopped his car near 135th Street and La Grange Road at 6:20 a.m. May 21. Police said they stopped his vehicle when they had difficulty reading its front license plate. A pat-down of Merkelis yielded a switchblade knife, according to the police report. He told police that he uses the knife to open boxes. Merkelis was due at a hearing at the Orland Park Civic Center on June 9.

A 54-year-old Palos Park woman claimed that she was bilked out of nearly $10,000 by an overseas, online pharmaceutical dealer that never sent her the painkillers she paid for. She reported the crime on June 2 and said that over several weeks in May, she had sent funds via Western Union to recipients in India and Thailand. She said that when she inquired about why she had not received her meds, company representatives would demand more funds before the painkillers could be shipped. Police told her that recovering her money or prosecuting those responsible were “remote possibilities,” according to the police report.

Man charged with making threat against workingman

Torch Run carries the flame through Palos-Orland to Illinois Summer Games

Charged with retail theft Police charged Miquel K. Smoot, 18, of Country Club Hills, with retail theft after he allegedly stole two pairs of men’s silk underwear worth a total of $52 from a department store in Orland Square Mall at 11:55 a.m. May 29. He is due at a hearing at the Orland Park Civic Center on July 13.

Charged with cannabis Orland Park resident James A. Javorsky, 19, was charged with possession of cannabis, possession of drug paraphernalia, illegal possession of alcohol by a minor and failure to signal a turn after police curbed his car in the 14400 block of South Beacon Avenue at 5:12 p.m. May 16. A search of the vehicle yielded a small amount of cannabis, a grinder, and an open bottle of Absolut vodka, according to the police report. Javorsky was given a court date of July 8 in Bridgeview. Police charged Ryan Robert Abney, 21, of Tinley Park, with possession of cannabis and possession of drug paraphernalia after they stopped his car near 179th Street and La Grange Road at 12:21 a.m. June 2. Police said that they spotted Abney’s vehicle traveling at 55 mph, 10 mph over the posted limit. They added that they searched the vehicle and found a glass smoking pipe and several burnt roach butts. He was given a warning for the traffic offense and is scheduled to appear at a hearing at the Orland Park Civic Center on July 14.

POLICE BLOTTER: PALOS PARK Bilked out of $10,000

Charged with driving while license revoked

Photo by Jeff Vorva

Runners in the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics head south on Harlem Avenue Wednesday morning last week, in advance of the Illinois Special Olympics Summer Games held last weekend in Bloomington-Normal. Torch runners in the Palos Heights leg met at Private Bank at Route 83 for the 8 a.m. start. They carried the Torch south on Harlem to 159th Street, turned west to La Grange Road, then south to I-80, where the torch was passed to the Mokena Police Department. The run is about 11 miles. “Participants range from police officers, their family members and community members in an effort to bring light to the great cause,” said Palos Heights DARE/Community Relations Officer Kevin Apostal. Josh Martino took home the Gold Medal in Bocce Ball. He was among five athletes from the Andrew High School Special Olympics program who competed. Kevin Childs earned the Silver Medal in Softball Throw, Jihad Khalaf took the Bronze Medal in Softball Throw and Caitlin Lambrecht earned a 4th place ribbon in Softball Throw. ► Supplied photo

Glenview resident Thomas William Blackwell, 49, was charged with driving on a revoked license and no proof of insurance after police curbed his pickup truck in the 9700 block of West 123rd Street at 4:40 p.m. June 1. Police said they stopped the truck because it appeared that Blackwell was looking down at something and not heeding a traffic signal. Blackwell admitted he was distracted, but said he was looking at his pit bull in the passenger seat, according to the police report. The truck was towed and impounded. Bond was set at $2,000, and Blackwell was given a court date of July 8 in Bridgeview.

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Sandburg High School junior Bethany Hopman, who finished 4th place in the Bocce competition, is shown with Sandburg Special Olympics Coach Kaitlyn Evoy and student coach Dallas Artis at the Illinois Special Olympics Summer Games . Special Olympics Illinois provides opportunities for nearly 22,000 athletes, 40,000 volunteers and thousands more people statewide through programs in all 102 of Illinois’ counties, according to Officer Apostal.

Accused suspended driver Police charged Alfredo Gomez, 24, of Roselle, charged with cannabis

with assault after he allegedly threatened to beat up a man painting the exterior of Standard Bank, 11901 S. Southwest Highway, at about 8:30 a.m. June 3. The alleged victim, a 32-year-old Lombard man, said he was on a ladder when Gomez drove by in a work van and hollered at him, claiming that Palos Park is his area and that the victim was stealing work from him, police said. Gomez then drove away before police arrived, the victim said, but was apprehended when he came back and was pointed out by the victim, according to the police report. Bond was set at $1,200, and Gomez is set to appear in court in Bridgeview on July 8.

Police charged Christopher A. Palmer, 29, of New Lenox, with driving on a suspended license, possession of cannabis and possession of drug paraphernalia after they stopped his car in the 12300 block of South La Grange Road at 2:04 p.m. June 3. Police said they made the stop because the vehicle’s front license plate was difficult to see. Police searched the vehicle and found a smoking pipe and a small amount of synthetic cannabis, as well as a pocket knife and an expandable baton., police said. They confiscated the weapons and gave Palmer a warning, according to the police report. The car was towed and impounded. Bond was set at $1,500, and Palmer is set to appear in court in Bridgeview on July 8.

POLICE BLOTTER: PALOS HEIGHTS Charged with DUI

Palos Heights police charged Adrian Arceo, 21, of Darien, with DUI, no proof of insurance and improper lane usage after they curbed his car in the 7600 block of West 131st Street at 3:04 a.m. June 9. Bond was set at $3,000, and Arceo was given a court date of July 10 in Bridgeview.

Charged with driving while license suspended

Tinley Park resident Donald J. Klinger, 37, was

charged with driving on a suspended license and failure to dim headlights after police stopped his car in the 12500 block of South Harlem Avenue at 4:37 a.m. last Thursday. Bond was set at $1,500, and Klinger is scheduled to appear in court in Bridgeview on July 24. Police charged Jamica J. Wright, 35, of Chicago, with driving on a suspended license and improper lane usage after they stopped her SUV in the 7900 block of West College Drive at 11:19 p.m. June 10. Bond was set at $1,500, and Wright is due in court in Bridgeview on July 10.

Beware government impostor scams Attorney General Lisa Madigan alerted Illinois residents to a phone scam in which callers pose as representatives of the Attorney General’s office in an attempt to con people into sending money on supposed unpaid fines. Madigan’s office has received several complaints this week from people who have been contacted by scammers pretending to be officials representing the Illinois Attorney General with bogus claims that the call recipients have warrants out for their arrest. Call recipients, some of whom received multiple calls, are told they will be arrested if they do not pay the fines within 30 minutes. The phone scams “spoof” caller ID devices into displaying what appear to be legitimate calls from the (773) area code in the Chicago area. Scam artists on the other end of the line claim they are representatives of the Illinois Attorney General collecting on a phony debt and instruct their targets to contact the caller within 30 minutes to make payment arrangements in order to avoid arrest by local authorities. “Someone calling you to demand money upfront is the hallmark of a phone scam, especially if the caller claims to represent a legitimate government agency. My office will never contact you seeking money or threatening your arrest,”

Madigan said. “If you receive a call like this, hang up immediately.” Madigan urged Illinois residents to report the scam to her Consumer Fraud Bureau at 1-800386-5438. Madigan said this scam is the latest version of what the Federal Trade Commission has termed a “government imposter scam.” Last June, Madigan’s office received complaints of a similar scheme from Illinois residents who had received phony emails from scammers posing as representatives of the Attorney General’s office, claiming the targets owed outstanding debts and could face potential prosecution if they didn’t pay up. In August 2014, Madigan’s office issued an alert after receiving complaints from Illinois residents who had received calls from scammers claiming to represent the Internal Revenue Service. Regardless of the tactics in the individual scheme, the goal is always to get the targets to send money. Madigan urged Illinois residents who receive calls or emails from supposed government agencies to hang up or delete the email and contact the government agency directly to report the correspondence. — Illinois Attorney General’s Office

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Olympian Danny McGuire Jr., who placed 4th in softball fast pitch, is congratulated by Palos Heights police Officers Kevin Apostal (left) and Jim Nix last Saturday at the Illinois Special Olympics Summer Games held in Bloomington-Normal. Law enforcement officers around the state raised more than $4 million last year for Illinois Special Olympics: the Palos Heights Police Department raising nearly $9,600. Anyone wishing to make a donation toward this great cause can contact Officers George Drikos or Kevin Apostal at 448-5060.

Orland limits outdoor water use The village of Orland Park’s Water Conservation Program is in effect year-round. Since May 15 through Sept. 15, outdoor water may be used from 7 to 11, both a.m. and p.m, according to the odd/even address system. All outdoor water usage – lawn sprinkling, washing cars, watering flowers, etc.—is limited according to the address of the building, both business and residential. Homes and businesses with addresses ending in 0, 2, 4, 6 or 8, may sprinkle between 7 a.m. and 11 a.m. or 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. on even-numbered days only. Homes and businesses with addresses ending in 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 may sprinkle between 7 a.m. and 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. on odd-numbered days only. Regulated outdoor water use includes, but is not limited to all lawn and garden sprinkling by hose-fed sprinklers or underground irrigation systems for residential and commercial properties, all non-commercial car washing, residential pool maintenance and other similar uses. Lawns are equipped for hot, dry conditions. Instead of wilting and dying like many plants, they simply go dormant if they’ve been established for a year. In general, cool-season grasses need about one inch of water per week to maintain green color and active growth. Those violating the village’s water usage provisions are subject to fines

of $750 for each offense. Each day of violation and each violating location shall be considered a separate offense. Orland Park’s Water Conservation Program is a necessary part of managing the Lake Michigan Water that the village receives from the city of Chicago via the Village of Oak Lawn. Orland Park provides water to more than 22,000 homes and businesses that use an average of 6.5 million gallons of water every day. Consumption can

reach as high as 17 million gallons during peak days in the summer. Changing weather conditions may require additional conservation measures. Residents will be notified of any adjustments to the conservation hours. For more information, visit the village’s website orland-park.il.us, or call the Public Works Department at 403-6350. — Village of Orland Park

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Wilson makes history as Marist wins 2nd state softball title in four years By Jeff Vorva

Reporter Editor The Illinois High School Association Class 4A state softball state championship between Marist and Lincoln-Way East was scheduled to begin downstate at 5:30 p.m. Saturday. But at 5:30 p.m. the RedHawks players, coaches and fans were back in Chicago celebrating in the Marist cafeteria, eating cake after listening to speeches about how great they were. The weather forecast in East Peoria forced the IHSA officials to schedule the game before noon and the Redhawks found morning glory with a 1-0 victory over the Griffins at the EastSide Center to claim its second softball title in four years. Pitcher Zariya Gonzalez notched the shutout, tripled in the second inning and scored on Vanessa Villasenor’s groundout. Senior outfielder Brooke Wilson, from Orland Park, had four catches on defense and played on both championship teams. She was a freshman on the 2012-winning team and is now the first Marist female athlete to win two state titles. “I still feel like I’m on a softball high,” she said at the celebration. “The entire experience has been surreal.’’ Wilson is headed to Loyola to play softball next season. She compared the two championships. In 2012, the team was 15-15 and then ran the table. This year’s team finished 364-2 with a 29-game winning streak. “Our first year, it was definitely unexpected,” she said. “We got hot in the postseason, which really helped us. This year, we were driven to achieve that goal of winning state and winning conference. We did both

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The graduates who finished with the 10 highest GPAs in the senior class at Shepard High School are Nicolette Alex (front from left), Gabriella Ramirez, Oluwatomi Sogebi, Leaana Skuby, Aubrey Quick, (second row) Kyle Ruger, Nick Martinez, Brandon DeChene, Logan Dolehide and Nate Gibson. Photo by Jeff Vorva

Marist outfielder Brooke Wilson poses with the 2015 and 2012 state championship trophies on Saturday. She became the first female in Marist history to win two state titles.

of those.’’ It was also a state title for former player Colleen Biebel, who is in her first year as the RedHawks coach. “You brought glory and honor to us and glory and honor to God, who gave you that talent,” Marist president Brother Hank Hammer told the players at the celebration. “You should reflect on that – thanking God for your talent, sense of perseverance and sense of commitment.’’ He also said that either in August or September, the players will be honored with a banner unveiling and ring ceremony.

Principal Larry Tucker and athletic director Bob Lim also gave speeches praising the team. Lim was choked up and had to put the microphone down before talking about the first team to win a state title under his watch. The Redhawks have seven state titles in school history. “It’s nice to win one of the trophies,’’ he said. “And I’m not going to say it’s not important to win first place, because it is. But just seeing the hard work and resiliency and love to make it down state was great.’’ For more details on the postseason, see the sports section.

STEM for kids at Moraine Valley The Valley Learning Center at Moraine Valley Community College is now registering for its summer eFun STEM Academy. Kids ages 6 to 18 will be challenged by an adult mentor to solve real world-inspired science, technology, engineering, and mathematics challenges. Some classes began June 15, with additional classes starting throughout the summer. Kids have 23 classes to choose from; however, each class is designed for a particular age group. Each class is one week but times and costs vary. Lego builders have a variety of classes to enroll in, including Lego Moviemaking: Star Wars, Lego Moviemaking: Minecraft, Lego Moviemaking: Marvel’s Avengers, The LEGO Movie: Make Your

Own! and Lego Master Builder/ Programmer. In Youth Robotics: Soccer and Youth Robotics: Wild Animals, students will build and program up to six LEGO models. Teens can register for an Android App Programming or Microsoft App Studio class to learn how to develop software applications for their personal use or to sell in the Windows Phone Store. Game Programming I, II and III introduce the programming concepts behind popular online games such as Angry Birds, Plants vs. Zombies and Club Penguin. Students in these classes will be given lab time to implement their own game using a programming tool. Younger kids ages 6 to 9 who enroll in Tech Time: Frozen, Tech Time: Minecraft or Tech Time:

The LEGO Movie will develop their own stories using their favorite characters. At the end of each course, students can show family and friends the stories they created. A complete list of available classes with dates can be found on the college’s website morainevalley.edu/ccce. Click on the Summer Community Education Schedule in the Highlights box. Register today in person at the Registration Office, located in Building S, Room S103 on campus, 9000 W. College Pkwy., Palos Hills, or by calling 974-2110. Participants also can register online at morainevalley.edu.

and are taught by state-certified teachers. Camps and classes range from Common Core Math and Language Arts, Drawing, Cartooning, Pottery, Lego Robotics, Moviemaking, French Language, Chemistry, Magic, Juggling, Creative Writing, Sewing, CSI Moraine Valley and

more. Days and times vary. Sessions start June 15, June 29 and July 13. Visit morainevalley.edu/ vlc to see a detailed brochure. Children must be registered under their name and not a parent’s name. To register, call 974-2110 or register online at morainevalley.edu.

Orland Park, Annika Evenhouse of Palos Heights, Matthew Kauth of Orland Park, Maura Melfi of Palos Heights, Allison Von Borstel of Orland Park, and Michael Von Borstel of Orland Park. Dean’s list honors are accorded to Carthage students who achieve a 3.5 grade-point average while carrying at least 14 credit hours during a semester. *** Lewis University honored undergraduate and graduate students at May 16-17 graduation in Romeoville. Joanna Kotsiovos of Orland Park, graduated from Lewis University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. Jonathan Ryan of Palos Park, psychology. Zeferino Martinez, of Orland Park, in history. Mary Bradley of Palos Heights, psychology. Noelle Trainor of Orland Park, broadcast journalism. Benjamin Feithen of Palos Park, criminal/social justice. Sevanna Wojciechowski of Orland Park, liberal arts. Jillian Newstat of Orland Park, psychology. Justin Ramotowski of Orland Park, biology. Amy Mlynarski of Palos Heights, chemistry. Nicholas Kaminski of Orland Park, computer information systems. Sean Cleary of Orland Park, biology. Cody Marks of Orland Park, aviation maintenance manage-

ment. Terese Larocco of Palos Park, business administration. Justin Custer of Orland Park, business administration. Kevin McKeown of Palos Park, computer science. Dana DeLisa of Orland Park, nursing. Mary McCann of Palos Heights, master’s degree in special education. Jenna Lucio of Orland Park, master’s in graduate school counseling. Diana Suwada of Palos Park, master’s in business. Michael Burns of Orland Park, master’s in finance. Laura Wrona of Orland Park, master’s degree in nursing. *** Amy Mlynarski, of Palos Heights, showcased research at an international symposium. Lewis University chemistry students presented research May 26 at the 227th Meeting of The Electrochemical Society, a gathering of thousands of scientific leaders from around the world. Mlynarski was one of the Lewis University students that presented. She and Lisa Janes presented “Electrochemical Analysis of Film Forming Mechanisms Relevant to Data Storage Chemical Mechanical Planarization” *** Kathryn S. Hermanas, of Palos Heights, made the spring dean’s list at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa.

Shepard High Top 10 graduates named Shepard High School in Palos Heights has named the students who graduated with the 10 highest grade point averages for the class of 2015. Each has merited Honors with Distinction, the highest classification possible, for earning a GPA above 4.0 (possible due to weighted grades for Honors and Advanced Placement courses.) All 10 also qualified for National Honor Society and received Illinois State Scholar honors this year. The top 10 graduates include: Nicolette Alex – A Shepard Ambassador, Freshman Advisor and a volleyball and softball player, Nicolette will begin studies next fall at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Brandon DeChene – A Mathlete who competed in cross-country and track, Brandon will begin

studies in the fall at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Logan Dolehide – President of German Club and captain of Mathletes and soccer, Logan will study business at Carthage College. Nate Gibson – Captain of the cross-country team and a Mathlete who also competed in Scholastic Bowl, Nate will study actuarial science at Bradley University. Nick Martinez – President of the senior class and a member of Senior Leaders, Shepard Ambassadors and Peer Mentors, Nick will attend the University of Notre Dame. Gabriella Ramirez – A Golden Apple Scholar, vice president of NHS, drum major, and secretary of Tri-M (music honors society), Gabriella will study secondary education at Eastern Illinois University. Aubrey Quick – Secretary for

National Honor Society and captain of SSC champion soccer team, Aubrey qualified for Spanish National Honor Society and served as a Freshman Advisor. She will attend Carthage College in the fall. Kyle Ruger – President of National Honor Society and Tri-M (music honorary society) and a member of marching band and speech team, Kyle will begin studies at Purdue University next fall. Leeana Skuby – President of Leo Club and the winner of many individual honors for the Shepard speech team, Leeana will study political science at George Washington University. Oluwatomi Sogebi – A member of student council, Class Officers and the biodiesel project, Oluwatomi will begin studies in pharmaceutical science at the University of Pittsburgh in the fall.

Patron Appreciation Day at Heights library

— Moraine Valley Community College

SCHOOL NOTES Kids and Valley Learning Center at Moraine Valley Moraine Valley Community College offers a summer of fun with the Valley Learning Center – Programs for Children and Teens. Academic camps and classes are available for kids ages 4 to 16

▲ The Palos Heights Public Library hosted an ice cream social Wednesday evening last week as part of Patron Appreciation Day festivities before a folk concert of Pete Seeger music. ▼

STUDENT NEWS The following local students were named to the Dean’s List for the spring 2015 semester at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wis. Palos Heights residents Emily Reynolds, pursuing a Bachelor of Arts, Advertising; and Rachel Schmiedl, Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Palos Park residents Meredith Atkenson, pursuing a Bachelor of Science, Exercise Physiology; Tyler Esser, Bachelor of Science, Exercise Physiology; Beth Nance, Bachelor of Science, Biomedical Sciences; Christina Pavilon, Bachelor of Science in Nursing. *** Elizabeth Kantowski, of Orland Park, takes Lewis University travel study program to Italy. Rome, Assisi, and Florence were destinations for the Lewis University Travel Study trip May 9-19. For more than a decade, the Italy travel study trip has been a cornerstone of Lewis University Study Abroad program. Kantowski was one of the 20 student participants. *** The following local students were named to the Carthage College dean’s list for academic excellence during the spring 2015 semester: Bridget Adams of Palos Heights, Roxanne Balaskas of

◄ Ice cream was served in the Youth Services area after rain clouds threatened the planned outdoor social. Anyone who checked out a book that day could enter a raffle for a chance to win a Kindle. ►

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Patron Appreciation Day at the library ended with a tribute to the music of Pete Seeger by Mark Dvorak of the Old Town School of Folk Music.

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COMMUNITY NOTES Movie in the Park Palos Heights Rec. will show “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day!” today (Thursday) at Memorial Park. Movie starts at dusk. Bring your lawn chairs or blankets. Popcorn, soda pop and water will be sold.

Heights Dist 128 Band car wash The Palos Heights School District 128 Band will hold a car wash this Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Independence Junior High School, 6610 W. Highland Drive. Proceeds will go to the band program to assist in the purchase and repair of instruments, sheet music and other educational activities. Rain date is Saturday, June 27.

Outdoor music fest at Marrs-Meyer Post The Marrs-Meyer American Legion Post 991 in Worth will host an outdoor music fest this Saturday, from 7 to 11 p.m., at the post’s lounge and banquet hall, 11001 S. Depot St. in Worth. Live music by the band Rusty Nails. All are welcome; no cover. Beer and hot dogs will be sold, and raffles held.

Silk painting workshop at McCord Students will drip, drop or spray alcohol on inks designed to bleed into amazing formal or abstract designs as they create their own luxurious painted Habotai silk scarf at the McCord Gallery & Cultural Center on Wednesday, June 24, from 1 to 3 p.m. Fees are $35 for members, $45 for non-members and include materials and use of tools. Instructor Karen Snow has more than 20 years of specialization in silk painting and fabric embellishments. She is a member of Silk Painters International, founded her own local chapter, and is an Illinois Artisan. Her work is shown in the Illinois Artisan shops statewide. McCord Gallery & Cultural Center is 9602 W. Creek Road (129th and LaGrange), Palos Park. To register or for more information, call 671-0648 or visit www.mccordgallery.org

Meet author Mary E. Matury Gibson, of Palos Heights, whose debut memoir, “Remembering Strawberry Fields” explores her coming of age on her first-generation Italian-American family’s farm in the small town of Lowell, Ind. Regional file photo She will discuss her book Palos Heights author and the writing process at 6:30 Mary Gibson, who p.m. next Thursday, June 25, published her memat the Palos Heights Public oir, “Remembering Library, 12501 S. Harlem Ave. Strawberry Fields.” Refreshments will be served, copies of the book will be available for purchase, and a book-signing will follow the program. The author extends this invitation: “Perhaps you and some of your friends may like to joint me for refreshments and a lively discussion about writing memoirs and about my book. Registration is requested for the food count. RSVP at Adult Services Reference Desk, call 448-1473, or visit the library’s website at www.palosheightslibrary.org.

Strawberry Festival at Palos United Methodist

11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Church, 121st Street and Harlem Avenue, Palos Heights. Lunch and dessert costs $8 adults, $4 children under 10; $4 for dessert only. Children’s activities cost $5, including pony rides, petting zoo, bounce house and face painting to raise money for missions. Tickets available at the door, or call 448-0798.

Forest Preserve’s Camp Sullivan opens

CLUB ACTIVITIES Heights Woman’s Club invites ladies to luau

The Palos Heights Woman’s Club is looking for new members. The club will hold a new member outreach luau on Wednesday, June 24, in a member’s garden. To learn about the club, or attend the event, call Marilyn at 361-4682

BENEFITS & FUNDRAISERS March with PAWWS for veterans with PTSD

People who want to help military veterans living with Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are invited to participate in the first-ever March with PAWWS to Stop 22, a “walk, run or bike” fundraiser set for 8 a.m. Sunday, June 28. Participants, who must obtain at least $250 in pledges, will start at 124th Street and Harlem Avenue in Palos Heights and then walk, run or ride a bicycle for all or part of a 22-mile course that runs along the Tinley Creek Trail System. The event is named to recognize the fact that on average, 22 U.S. military veterans commit suicide every day, according to Pam Barnett, founder and director of Paws Assisting Wounded WarriorS (PAWWS), a not-for-profit that acquires and trains service dogs for veterans struggling with PTSD. More information may be obtained by calling (708) 369-1981 or visiting pawws. org online.

LIBRARY NOTES

Heights library upcoming events • Summer Reading continues through July 30 at The Palos Heights Public Library. See your Page Turner newsletter for a list of activities, music-themed programming and book discussions, information about our prize giveaways, and more. Patrons of all ages are encouraged to participate in this yearly celebration of summer reading. • Featured Database/Product – Want to start a book club, but don’t know where to start? The library can help with its “It’s All In the Bag” book discussion kits. Each bag has everything you need to host a book discussion group, including: eight copies of the book; a book discussion guide; author information; reviews; and more. Nineteen titles are available. The following clubs meet at the library, 12501 S. 71st Ave. No registration necessary; new members always welcome. • Needle Club – Bring your projects to the Needle Club, and enjoy the company of others while working, on Tuesday, June 23, from 10 a.m. to noon. • Mah Jongg – Meet at the Library and bring your game to play American Mah Jongg on Tuesday, June 23 at 1 p.m. • Scrabble Club – Scrabble Club meets weekly; play with other enthusiasts on Tuesday, June 23 at 1 p.m. • Thursday @ the Movies – the 1954 film “The Glenn Miller Story” about the life of American jazz giant Glenn Miller and starring Jimmy Stewart will be shown today (Thursday), at 10 a.m. (w/ subtitles), 2 p.m., and 6:30 p.m. No rating; 115 minutes. • Internet Basics – an introductory class about the Internet on Friday, June 19, at 10 a.m., will cover basic searching, privacy concerns, and much more. Space is limited; register by calling 4481473, or use the Library’s online calendar at www.palosheightslibrary.org. • Searching Enterprise, the New SWAN Catalog – Discover the power of nearly 80 SWAN libraries through the new online catalog, Enterprise, on Monday, June 22 at 6:30 p.m. Enterprise provides all the features of the earlier SWAN catalog, with better integration of ebooks and

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Lois Duran (right) will bring animals from the Children’s Farm to the next Palos Heights Farmer’s Market on Palos United Methodist Church will hold its 25th Wednesday, June 24. She is shown with Jill Duran (from left) and Center Program Director Lois Lauer, all holding annual Strawberry Festival on Sunday, June 28, from animals from The Children’s Farm at The Center in Palos Park.

Camp Sullivan in Oak Forest opened last Friday. For the first time in 50 years, public camping is available in Cook County. Camp Sullivan, at 14630S. Oak Park Ave., will open in two phases. The first phase includes bunkhouses for groups, smaller rustic cabins, primitive group campsites and a picnic program shelter. Camp Sullivan is also within walking distance to the 10-mile Tinley Creek paved trail and unpaved nature trails and a short drive to George Dunne Golf Course. Reservations can be booked online at www.fpdcc.com/ camping, by phone 1-855-YES-CAMP and in person at Forest Preserves of Cook County Headquarters, 536 N. Harlem Avenue in River Forest. Phone and in-person registration are open Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.

Living with wildlife

Meet ‘Strawberry Fields’ author

RECREATION ROUNDUP

Lake Katherine Nature Center Operations Manager Gareth Blakesley will present on Living with Wildlife at the Palos Park Public Library at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 23. Learn what to do when encountering local wildlife such as coyotes, raccoons and more. Participants in the summer reading program will earn extra points for attending. Register for this program online at www.palosparklibrary.org or call 708-448-1530. The library is at 12330 Forest Glen Blvd.

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electronic offerings. Space is limited; call to register or use the online calendar. • Excel 101 – Familiarize yourself with fundamental concepts and terminology of Microsoft’s spreadsheet and budgeting software, Excel, on Tuesday, June 23 at 6:30 p.m. Space is limited; call to register or use the Library’s online programs calendar . • Remembering Strawberry Fields – Meet local author Mary E. Matury Gibson, whose debut memoir, “Remembering Strawberry Fields,” explores the life of a first-generation American coming of age in a small rural town, on Thursday, June 25 at 6:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served, copies of the book will be available for purchase, and a book signing will follow the program. Please RSVP. Registration is required for programs where noted, and always encouraged. Register for programs by contacting the Adult Services Reference Desk at 448-1473, or visit the Library’s website at www.palosheightslibrary.org, hover over “Programs,” and click “Online Programs Calendar.”

Heights library youth programs • Tweens – kids entering grades 4 and 5 may stop by the Palos Heights Public Library for an hour of fun with activities and friends today (Thursday), at 1:30 p.m. Registration is appreciated. • Read to the Dogs Friday-June 19 at 2 p.m. – ages 6 and up. Cuddle up with one of our trained therapy dogs and read. Limit: 15 minutes per person. Register early to be guaranteed a spot. Space is limited to 16 children each week. • Dads and Donuts Story Time – Kids, bring your dad or grandpa to the library for Father’s Day stories and a project, plus donuts, juice, and coffee on Saturday, June 20 at 10 a.m. Registration is required. • Teens entering grades 6 and up are invited to meet friends at the library and have some fun on Monday, June 22 at 1:30 p.m. Registration is appreciated. • Lego Builders– ages 4 and up make something LEGOs on Wednesday, June 24, at 10 a.m. No registration required. • Fun Fridays – Come to the library every Friday during Summer Reading for fun. All programs are free and open to everyone at the Palos Heights Public Library, located at 12501 S. 71st Ave. For more information or to register for a program, visit www.palosheightslibrary.org, call 448-1473, or stop by the Youth Services desk.

Orland Park library events Too many to list here. See Out&About, Section II..

Animals to pet from The Center’s Children’s Farm at Heights Market

Richert-Phillips Farm has a limited number of The Center in Palos Park will be the guest of the Palos Heights Farmers Market on Wednesday June CSA applications available for the 2015 season. CSA 24. Small bunnies and chickens will be available to stands for Community Supported Agriculture. The pet, and program information will also be available. patron “buys” a share of the farm, is guaranteed It’s not too late to sign up for the Summer Camp the first picks of the week, and your basket is ready at the Children’s Farm. In addition, many children’s and waiting for you at the market. This program is art programs are available this summer at The Log great for time-crunched patrons. Stop by and speak Cabin for the Arts, including drawing, printmaking, with Michael or Daniel for more information and pottery, papier-mâché, painting, papermaking, knit- to pick up an application. Reservations continue to be taken for this year’s ting, calligraphy, and beading. Adult art classes are also held. Mark your calendar for the upcoming Community Tent. Interested not-for-profit organizaRummage Sale, to be held on Aug. 28 and 29, tions, area businesses and local artisans should email and the S.A.G.E. Farm to Table Fundraiser, to be farmersmarket@palosheights.org or call 203-6631 held on Sunday, Aug. 23. Finally, The Chapel at for more information. Reservations are taken on a the Center has many offerings. Make sure to stop first come first served basis, and dates are available in September and October. by the Community Tent for all the information. Representatives from the Palos Heights BeautifiThe selection of fruits and vegetables coming into the market increases every week. Many of the cation Committee will be on hand at the City Tent spring fruits have a short season, so make sure to with split the pot raffle tickets for this year’s “Car stock up on farm fresh spring produce while it is Classic Event”. Tickets are only $2.00 each. The available. Find all you need for summer barbeques, drawing will be held on July 16, and a minimum graduation parties, and other special events right here! grand prize is $10,000. Additional information about the Palos Heights Additional food products available include breads, croissants, bakery, pies and noodles, cheeses, eggs, Farmers Market can be found at www.palosheights. butter, olive oils and vinegars, jams and local honey, org, by calling 361-1800, or email farmersmarket@ beef, pork, bacon, sausages, chicken, salsas, pasta palosheights.org sauces and Italian peppers, toffee, three different — Palos Heights Farmers Market varieties of ready to eat tamales, pizza and pizza products, ready to bake pizza, pesto, and organic and vegan frozen vegetable patties, soups, desserts and peppers. Make sure to bring your knives and tools to be sharpened onsite, and pick up everything withoutdiscount discount service. without service. you need for summer parties and It’s accident no accidentmore morepeople people trust It’s no trustState StateFarm. Farm. picnics at Pampered Chef. Face painting will be available ErikR RNelson, Nelson, Agent Agent Erik 10200S SRoberts Roberts Road Road 10200 at the City Tent. Cate has lots Palos Hills, Palos Hills,ILIL60465-1539 60465-1539 of designs to choose from, so Bus: Bus:708-430-7575 708-430-7575 erik.nelson.hr35@statefarm.com stop by and have fun picking erik.nelson.hr35@statefarm.com out your favorite. LINK cards are accepted at the Palos Heights Farmers Market. Recipients must stop at the City Tent to start the P040036 StateFarm FarmMutual Mutual Automobile Insurance Company in NJ), Bloomington, IL process. Also, pick up or have P040036 02/04 02/04 State Automobile Insurance Company (Not in (Not NJ), Bloomington, IL endorsed your “Frequent Shopper Card.” Ten card endorsements will enter you into a year-end market raffle held on Oct. 14, at noon. Bring a can of fruit, vegetables, or protein and receive double credit on your card. All canned goods are donated to local food pantries. Recipients of the canned goods to date have been the Worth Methodist Church Food Pantry, Catholic Charities, and Operation Blessing. The market is partnering with Dr. John Principe MD of WellbeingMD Center for Life for the 2015 “Recipes of the Week”. Pick up this week’s recipe along with 7329 W. 79th Street, Bridgeview previous early spring recipes while (79th & Harlem, next to K-Mart) at the City Tent. In addition, all 708-496-8822 previous recipes can be found at advantagecarpetsplus.com www.WellbeingMD.com, or at HOURS: Mon. - Thurs. 9am-8pm; Fri. & Sat. 9am-5pm; Sun. 11am-4pm www.palosheights.org

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Prostate health: what may help Could not do it without the help and Dear Carolyn, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been diagnosed with an enlarged prostate. My doctor has offered me medication for my symptoms, but I thought I might want to try something natural first to see if it would help. Would you recommend anything? Thanks, Frank Dear Frank, Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re certainly not alone. More than 50 percent of men in their 60s have an enlarged prostate, and that number increases to 90 percent with men in their 70s. Prostate enlargement, also known as benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH, is the most common prostate problem for men over 50. There are prescription medications that can help with symptoms, but there are also natural products that work very well for managing BPH without the side effects that often come with pharmaceuticals. The prostate is a walnut sized gland that encircles the urethra. Symptoms of an enlarged prostate include difficulty or pain during urination as well as frequent urination and incontinence. This happens because as the prostate grows, it can squeeze the urethra and cause pain. Natural products can be very effective in treating symptoms, although it is still important to get regular checkups from a physician. When it comes to prostate health, the natural product superstar is saw palmetto. This herb works to help reduce the swelling of the prostate, allowing for easier urine flow, and also helps to strengthen the neck of the bladder. A British study found that 320 milligrams of saw palmetto per day was four times more effective than a placebo in improving the emptying of the bladder. In addition, the men didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have as much difficulty and pain in urinating as they had before taking the herb. A recent Swiss study found that men with varying degrees of prostate enlargement found relief after taking saw palmetto, with a 42 percent improvement in the mild BPH group, 38 percent in the medium group, and a 30 percent improvement in those with the most severe prostate enlargement. Saw palmetto is so effective that 90 percent of men in Germany with prostate enlargement take it daily for reducing symptoms. The herb is best taken in capsule form, since handling saw palmetto in tablet form can be harmful to pregnant women. Many men avoid having a prostate exam. In fact, a UK survey determined that six out of ten men would wait to see if a problem went away before going to the doctor, and one out of ten would wait until symptoms became unbearable before seeing a doctor. Some men said they would refuse to seek help no matter what. These are alarming statistics, because a prostate exam is important to determine if one is experiencing common benign prostate enlargement or a more

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serious problem like prostate cancer. The nutrient lycopene, which is found in tomatoes, is probably the most effective supplement in preventing prostate cancer. A Harvard study of over 40,000 men found that those who ate 10 servings of tomato based-foods daily had a 35 percent reduction in prostate cancer. Ten servings of tomatoes can be a difficult thing to eat in a day, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nice that lycopene is available in capsule form. In another study, researchers found that increased levels of lycopene in the blood reduced the risk of developing prostate cancer, especially aggressive forms of the disease that are harder to treat. The study determined that taking 50 mg of a lycopene supplement was able to significantly increase the amount of lycopene in the blood, and thereby reduce prostate cancer risk. Some other recommendations would be to make sure to drink at least eight glasses of water a day, since dehydration stresses the prostate gland. Many men reduce their fluid intake when they are dealing with urinary problems, but doing so can cause more harm to the prostate. Adding pumpkin seeds to the diet can also help with restoring normal flow of urine. Unsweetened cranberry juice can also be beneficial, since it helps to prevent urinary tract infections which are common in men with an enlarged prostate. To submit a question to be answered in a future column send an email to healthyanswersforlife@ gmail.com or mail to Healthy Answers for Life c/o Pass Health Foods at 7228 W. College Drive, Palos Heights, IL 60463 Carolyn Johnson is one of the knowledgeable associates at Pass Health Foods at 7228 W. College Drive. Feel free to stop by the store for more information or advice. www.passhealthfoods.com This column makes no claims to diagnose, treat, prevent, mitigate, or cure diseases with any advice or products. Any health related information in this article is for educational purposes only. The ultimate responsibility for your choices and their effect on your health are yours and before applying any therapy or use of herbs, supplements, etc., you should consult your health care provider.

SENIOR NOTES Fireside Theater trip

Tickets are now available for Orland Townshipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s senior trip to see â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pump Boys and Dinettesâ&#x20AC;? at the Fireside Theater in Fort Atkinson, Wis., on Thursday, Aug. 13. Transportation is provided. Buses leave from Orland Township, 14807 S. Ravinia Ave., at 7:45 a.m. and return at 7:30 p.m. Before the show, seniors will enjoy a delicious full-course meal from Firesideâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exquisite featured menu. After the show, they will have the opportunity to shop in the theaterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s many specialty shops and bakery. Tickets are $95 for residents; $100 non-residents and can be purchased at the township. For more, call 403-4222.

Lake Geneva trip

Orland Township offers a trip up to Lake Geneva, Wis., to see mail jumpers, lunch and shopping on Aug. 4, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. For waterfront residences of Lake Geneva, the daily mail delivery is made by the U.S. Mailboat jumpers. Seniors will get a close up view of the

mansions as these athletic jumpers deliver the mail. After this experience, enjoy lunch at Sprecherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant where seniors can choose from five different entrees. There will be time after lunch for shopping in the charming shops of Lake Geneva. Tickets for residents ($95) and non-residents ($100) are available at Orland Township, 14807 S. Ravinia Ave. For more, call 403-4222.

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It was a sight to behold. We were up at the lake in Fish Creek for the Memorial Day holiday and it had rained hard the night before. The dogs got us up at 0600h and needed their morning walk. After their walk I was ready to sit down with a cup of coffee and start a fire and relax. Connie, however, was up and ready to take the boat out. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need much egging on so within the hour we were out on Green Bay with water as smooth as glass. The Skeeter was running well and Molly was out with us for her the first boat ride of her life. She did well for the first 15 minutes then I noticed her drooling, which is often a sign of nausea in dogs. She dutifully puked up her breakfast and proceeded to enjoy the rest of the ride. As we came around the backside of Adventure Island at a very slow throttle we noticed a bald eagle at waterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s edge about 50 feet up in the top of a dead cedar tree. We cut the engine and just stared at that beautiful bird for some time. We slipped away and left him scanning the waters for fish. A short while later we pulled into the dock at Nicolet Bay and tied up the Skeeter. I backed the trailer into the water to pull the boat in and was about to walk out into the water to hitch it up when Connie said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hey Bub, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got your jeans on, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m in shorts, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll walk out and hook it up.â&#x20AC;? I felt like it was my job to wrench the boat in but she got into the water before I could get off of the dock. I stood there and watched my wife walk out knee deep and latch up the boat then crank her in. She had to bend over a little bit to operate the crank and let me tell you, the eagle sighting was nice, but for a man to see his wife cranking in the boat â&#x20AC;&#x201C; now that is a sight to behold! It does a manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heart good to see his lady in cut off short jeans, maneuvering her boat up onto the trailer and hooking up the cables then pulling that boat out of the water onto the trailer. As we were driving back through the forest I was thinking about how Connie always goes out of her way to help people. My mind wandered back to when we met as students at the University of Florida and how she encouraged me when we were in college to pursue the application process to vet school. I had to write an essay as part of the application process and thankfully she worked on mine. I remembered our first movie together, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fiddler on the Roof,â&#x20AC;? and our first date, swimming down the Ichetucknee River, just north of Gainesville. I remembered back to when we first started our Palos area veterinary house call practice in 1989 and how Mick Snyder of Palos Park fame took me to one of the local high schools and commandeered an old large wooden teacherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s desk that we put into our kitchen. With one home phone line and one business line (each with call-waiting) in the kitchen, I can still see Connie with three or four people on the line wanting to make appointments while she simultaneously got three kids fed and dressed for school. Things have changed a lot but in all of the

Orland Park Mayor Dan McLaughlin will host his Summer Senior Coffee on Monday, June 22, at 1 p.m. at the Orland Park Civic Center, 14750 S. Ravinia Ave. The guest speaker for the semi-annual event is Orland Andrea Darlas Bone health seminar Park native Andrea Darlas, an award-winning radio and television news anchor/ Orland Township and ATI Physical Therapy will reporter at Chicagoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s WGN Radio and WGN TV. host a seminar on osteoporosis, osteopenia and bone All seniors are invited to join for coffee and health at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 25, at the township, refreshments. There is no charge to attend the event. 14807 S. Ravinia Ave., Orland Park. Bone density gradually decreases over time, attend this free event and learn what can be done to delay the process. Attendees will also learn how to combat common bone density ailments and how to decrease the chances of bone injuries and adverse conditions. Registration is required, call 403-4222 to reserve a spot.

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years that have passed and there still has never been a business decision made without her input. A lot of people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even know she works here but without her efforts this place would close in a New York minute. When we decided to buy this building she designed the layout and continues to help with ideas to keep the place looking good. Her plate is full with such things as the myriad of Federal and state rules, accountants, employee contract issues, taxes, resumes, 1099â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, attorneys, more federal forms, credit card issues, Department of Homeland defense 1099 illegal hiring rules, financial statements, checkbooks, accounts receivables, arranging relief vets, IRS 5500s, condo association matters, deposits, profit sharing plan administration, a plethora of insurance matters, payroll, employee scheduling issues, W-2â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, HR, maternity issues, quarterly tax forms, I-9â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, various personnel problems, hiring ,firing, reassuring, disciplining, staff birthday parties, office parties, ADP, AIRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, city licenses and ordinances, inspections, OSHA and need I go on? Thanks to her things run smoothly and the rest of us just come in at the beginning of the day and have no idea of how much work goes into providing a nice place to work. I have my own plate full with medicine and surgery and I feel like I can still do that part of the practice, but what we vets do up here is only a portion of what makes this place continue to be able to serve the community. I, as the veterinarian, could be replaced with a couple of phone calls. Our technicians could be replaced with a couple of more calls. Receptionists, really good receptionists (and ours are stellar), would be a little harder to find. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really know what Connieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s title is, she wears so many hats: practice manager, coach, counselor, advisor, practice owner and small business employer, financial advisor, partner, and best friend. As we come near to the end of our journey together with this practice I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what that ending will look like. She canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go on forever. I know that this is a role that she never dreamed of when she was a young woman, marrying a Florida redneck and running an animal clinic. In any event she has given her all to our family and our business and I know without her help Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d probably be pumping gas back at Docâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bait House on the Indian River. When she retires Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m done. I wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do this without her and when we do reach that point in life Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find something else to start on. Thanks dear.

HEALTH BEAT

Moraine Valley gets grant to help implement campus smoking ban Legacy, the public health organization responsible for a national smoking prevention campaign, has selected Moraine Valley Community College as one of only 38 community colleges across the country to receive a $5,000 grant to assist in promoting the collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tobacco-free policy going into effect on July 1. The ban is a result of a new state law, passed in August 2014, preventing tobacco use on all public university and college campuses in Illinois. Smoking on Moraine Valleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campus will only be allowed inside personal vehicles. A Tobacco-Free Task Force, composed of a cross-section of college employees, has been working to make Moraine Valley tobacco-free since 2012. The task force has assessed tobacco use and attitudes on the campus, developed

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a free treatment plan for current smokers, and created the Clean Air Policy to be in accordance with state law. The task force is using the funds from the Legacy grant to print communication materials about the new policy, including signs for campus entrances, posters, handouts, and ads in the student newspaper, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Glacier,â&#x20AC;? as well as promote its smoking cessation program to students, employees and community members. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our past student leaders were the first people on campus to push for a no-smoking policy, and the college responded by assembling this task force. Over the last few years, we have listened to the needs of smokers and non-smokers alike. Once the state banned tobacco products on college campuses, our goal became very clear,â&#x20AC;? said Dr. Normah Salleh-Barone, vice pres-

Activity Center at 14807 S. Ravinia Ave. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. An appointment is necessary. Residents can have their blood pressure (free) and glucose levels ($5 for residents, $10 for non-residents) checked by a registered medical professional. A basic cholesterol screening is also offered for a $5 charge ($10 for non-residents) and the test requires a nine to 12 hour fast. Wellness Wednesday is a service that is offered to residents of Orland Township in partnership with local medical professionals. To make an appointment, call 403-4222.

Wellness Wednesdays ident of Student Development and at Orland Township co-chair of the Tobacco-Free Task Force. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our work now is aimed at Orland Township will host Wellness Wednesday educating our campus community on June 24 and July 22 in the Orland Township about the new law and helping people quit smoking.â&#x20AC;? More than 1,500 higher education institutions in the United States have gone smoke â&#x20AC;&#x201C; or tobacco-free, including 330 community colleges. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With 99 percent of smokers starting before age 27, college campuses are critical platforms for preventing young adults from starting tobacco use, aiding those current tobacco users in quitting and reducing exposure to secondhand smoke for all,â&#x20AC;? said Robin Koval, CEO and president of Legacy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are looking forward to *'#4+0) 56#48'& $4#+0 $4#+0 6*#6 *'#45 9'.. supporting Moraine Valleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s efforts to make smoking and tobacco use Research at Johns Hopkins University and the National a thing of the past.â&#x20AC;? Institute on Aging reveals that with only a mild hearing loss you double your risk of dementia. Your brain needs healthy, â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Moraine Valley effective hearing to maintain its overall health. Community College

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Celebrate Father’s Day by investing in your children’s future Father’s Day is almost here. If you’re a father, especially one with young children, get ready to add to your collection of homemade cards, ties, golf tees or other such gifts designed to please you. Your greatest gift, of course, is your children — and you would doubtlessly get great satisfaction from knowing that you’ve provided them with financial resources that can benefit their lives in many ways. So, why not use this Father’s Day as a starting point for investing in your children’s futures? Here are a few methods for doing just that: • UGMA/UTMA — If you would like to buy and sell securities for the benefit of a child, you may consider opening a custodial account known as either an UTMA (Uniform Transfers to Minors) or UGMA (Uniform Gifts to Minors) account. You would serve as the custodian for this account, giving you control of it until your child turns either 18 or 21 (depending on your state of residence), at which point he or she would take over ownership. Investment income from an UGMA/UTMA account can receive favorable tax treatment. As long as the child is under age 19 (or under age 24 and a full-time student) and does not have earned income providing more than half of his or her support, the first $1,050 of investment income is tax-free, and the next $1,050 will be taxed at the child’s tax rate, which is typically 10 percent. Investment income above $2,100 will be taxed at the parent’s tax rate. • Roth IRA — Even young children can contribute to a Roth IRA, as long as they have some type of earned income from babysitting, mowing lawns or any other type of employment. Your children can fund a Roth IRA and choose from several different types of investments — stocks, bonds, government securities, and so on — and withdrawals of contributions are tax-free. Roth IRA earnings are also tax-free, providing the investor is at least 59½ and has had the account for at least five years. A Roth IRA can be used to help provide retirement income for your children, but it also offers penalty-free withdrawals of earnings when the money is used for a firsttime purchase of a home. • 529 Plans — If you would like to give your child the gift of education, earnings in a 529 college savings plan accumulate and are

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Connolly Jerry J Jr to Liu Dan, 15720 Liberty Ct, $235,000; Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr to Ulverton Enterprises Inc, 9865 144th St, $100,000; 2013 Real Estate Foreclosure LLC to Szczepanski Grzegorz, 14430 Mason Ln, $250,000; Macino Guy to Hasan Md Badrul, 9307 141st Pl, Unit #302, $166,000; Gallo Sabina Tr to Mcacy Thomas, 9860 Avenida Del Norte St, $227,000; Elayyan Amira to Lebdeh Fawzy A, 11821 Canon Rd, $430,000; First Midwest Bk Tr to Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr, 8419 Golfview Dr, $371,000; Smolenski Kurt to Woods Christopher M, 10300 Hilltop Ave, $200,000; Massey William W to Aloush Hind A, 8932 W 140th St, Unit #89321C, $65,000;

COMINGS & GOINGS ◄ Grand has opened in Orland Park at the old Grant’s location. Photo by Bob Bong

Edward Jones Investments distributed tax free, provided they are used for qualified higher education expenses. (529 plan distributions not used for qualified expenses may be subject to federal and state income tax and a 10 percent IRS penalty on the earnings.) Another benefit to 529 plan contributions is that they may be deductible from your state taxes. However, 529 plans vary, so be sure to check with your tax advisor regarding deductibility. A 529 plan offers other benefits, too. For one thing, the lifetime contribution limits are generous; while these limits vary by state, some plans allow contributions well in excess of $200,000. And a 529 plan is flexible: If your child decides against college or vocational school, you can transfer the unused funds to another family member tax and penalty free. • Living and Testamentary Trusts — If you would like to leave a financial legacy for your children, and even their children, but still maintain some control over when they receive the money and how they can use it, you might consider speaking with an estate-planning attorney about establishing a trust. Some individuals create a trust to offer long-term support to heirs or charities after death, whether for several decades or several generations. Before you decide on any of these plans, consult with your tax and financial professionals to make sure the arrangement you’ve selected is suitable for your needs. But however you choose to help your children, your generosity will make all the Father’s Days to come even more meaningful for you — so consider taking action soon. Jim Van Howe is a financial advisor with Edward Jones, in Palos Heights. His office is at 7001 W. 127th St. He can be reached at 3613400. This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

Mcguire Timothy J to Chicoine Mary, 17224 S Doe Ln, $425,000; Lipetzky Regina L to Quagliani Linda, 10623 Lynn Dr, Unit #118, $167,000; Dantonio Mary Ann Tr to Otoole James R Jr, 18242 Montana Ct, Unit #81, $165,000; Miller Danny L Tr to Szekely Carol Tr, 15510 Orland Ct, Unit #258, $143,000.

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Sula James M to Scardino Anthony, 13310 S Country Club Ct, Unit #133102B, $170,000; Binninger Declan J to Woods John D, 12533 S 69th Ave, $207,000; Chicago Title Land Trust Co to Kelly Mary, 7698 Arquilla Dr, Unit #76981B, $172,000.

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Sroka Rene Tr to Gazdziak Richard T, 12848 S 82nd Ave, $320,000; Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr to Milligan Catherine M, 9830 Terrace Ct, Unit #B2L14, $161,000; Henderson Eileen R Tr to Balzekas Darlene, 11545 Autobahn Drive East, Unit #11545102, $155,000.

Grand moves into Grant’s in Orland It didn’t take long for northwest suburban Grand Appliance & TV to pounce once Grant’s Appliance finished its liquidation sale earlier this year. The Zion-based chain quickly moved to take over the space at 14740 S. LaGrange Road in Orland Park. “The company had been thinking about opening in Orland Park for a while and had had discussions with the plaza owner,” said store manager Jeff Serr. “Orland was always Grant’s top location. The traffic counts on LaGrange are off the charts.” As soon as Grant’s was done for good, Grand swooped in and began renovating the space in February. The 11,000-square-foot was gutted and renovated and held a soft opening under its Grand Appliance banner. “We took everything down to the concrete,” said Serr. “It was a tremendous investment.” Serr said the company was not concerned about ongoing construction on LaGrange. “There is still plenty of traffic,” he said. “The construction was not a deterrent.” There will be a grand opening later for the store, which is the chain’s 18th location but its first in the southern suburbs. It has eight stores in Illinois, but the majority of stores is in Wisconsin. Store hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Friday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Grand was founded in 1930 under the name Service Electric and while it sold appliances its main business was electrical supplies and light fixtures. After World War II, the company concentrated on home appliances because of the Baby Boom. In 1966, then owner, Fred Reckling, moved the store to a bigger, more visible location on Grand Avenue in Waukegan. He also changed the name to Grand Appliance to signify the move and change in company focus. The store in Waukegan remained Grand’s sole location until 1992 when current owner, Mark Reckling, convinced his father, Fred, to open a second location in Kenosha. For information, visit the company website http:// www.grandapplianceandtv.com. Summit OKs cruise nights Fergie & Foz sports bar and dance club and Korner Shrimp House restaurant are partnering up to sponsor a weekly cruise night every Tuesday from 6-9 p.m. The cars will be parked across the street from Fergie & Foz at 7245 W. Archer Road in Summit and spectators can park at the Fleetwood Roller Rink, Auto Zone and Burger King back lot. The cruise night started this week and will continue weekly through the rest of the summer.

Evergreen Park Culver’s hosts Special Olympics fundraiser Culver’s in Evergreen Park is partnering with Special Olympics Illinois this June with several in-store activities planned including the inaugural ButterBurgers & Badges fundraising event from 5 to 9 p.m. June 30. ButterBurgers & Badges will feature local law enforcement officers providing table service for guests dining inside, and also delivering the chain’s famed burgers and fresh frozen custard desserts to those visiting the drive-thru at the 9515 S. Kedzie Ave. location. The officers will collect tips for their service, which along with one dollar for every purchase of any size concrete mixer, will benefit Special Olympics. In addition, local Special Olympics athletes will be on-hand to meet and greet guests and sign autographs. ButterBurgers & Badges is part of a monthlong initiative by more than 45 Culver’s locations across Chicagoland that includes participating stores displaying Change for Champions donation canisters near counter areas. “Culver’s is proud to partner with Special Olympics Illinois,” says Guy Hollis, owner of Culver’s of Evergreen Park. “Many of our restaurants currently employ team members who are also Special Olympic athletes, and that brings us an even closer connection to this great organization.” Funds raised will help Special Olympics Illinois continue its programs that provide year-round sports training and competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Culver’s will continue its support of Special Olympics throughout the month as the organization approaches its Illinois Summer Games mid-June and, shortly after, when 15 athletes from Illinois head to Los Angeles for the World Games in July. “We’re excited to partner with Culver’s

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

Thursday, June 18, 2015

BOB BONG

Indian Motorcycle opens Indian Motorcycle of Monee, a new dealership that features Indian and Victory bikes opened last month at 26120 S. Governors Highway in Monee. Indian Motorcycle dates back to 1901 and the brand was relaunched as an American-made bike in November 2013 by its new owner, Minnesota-based Polaris Industries. The new Indian brand was aimed at stealing customers from Harley-Davidson, the No. 1 bike company in the United States. The expansion has been slow but steady and the Monee dealership is only the third one in Illinois. Other dealerships are in South Elgin and East Peoria. A dealership also is under construction in west suburban Countryside. The Monee dealership sells three models of Indian bikes as well as Victory models, which Polaris started in 1998 to capitalize on the popularity of Harley-Davidson. The Monee location is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday and Wednesday, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday and from noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday. For information, call 708-746-5750 or visit www. indianvictorymotorcyclesofmonee.com. Sensational Snow opens for season Sensational Snow, one of the season stands that sells shaved ice with flavors provided by Tropical Sno, is open for the summer at 10600 S. Ridgeland Ave. in Chicago Ridge. This is the fourth summer for the stand. It offers 19 flavors. Hours are 2-10 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday and from 2:30-6:30 on Sundays. For information, call 847-907-0250 or visit www. sensationalsno.com. If you see a new business in town or wonder what happened to an old favorite, drop me a line at bobbong@hotmail.com. You can also catch up on Comings & Goings in other parts of the Southland at www.southlandbusinessnews.com andwww.southlandsavvy.blogspot.com

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DEATH NOTICES John E. Boersma

John E. Boersma, age 81, of Palos Heights, died June 12. US Army Veteran, beloved husband of 60 years to Annette R., nee Leo. Loving father of James (Donna) Boersma, Suzanne (Dave) James and Valerie Boss. Cherished grandfather of eight and great-grandfather of four. Dear brother of Gary (Evelyn) Boersma and the late Ann (late Douglas) Rozema. Fond uncle of many nieces and nephews. Visitation was held June 15 at Colonial Chapel, in Orland Park. Memorial service June 16 at Palos Heights Christian Reformed Church. Prior to the memorial service, the committal service and Military Honors were held Tuesday at at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood. Memorials to Bethany Christian Services preferred. Mr. Boersma was born in Evergreen Park. He was a semi-truck driver.

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All due honors proper and fitting

Like a flag at half staff, the lowered angle of the ladder truck outside Kerry Funeral Home on Sunday signals the aspect of mourning in memorial tribute to Palos Fire Protection District Lt. Shawn McHale, who died on June 10. Firefighters from across the Southwest Suburbs joined their Palos brethren and Lt. McHale’s friends and family last Sunday and Monday to pay their respects for the beloved firefighter and marshal honor guards to accompany him to his final resting place.

Mary S. Leahy-Yant, nee Schaub, age 94, of Palos Park, died on June 10 at Palos Community Hospital. Beloved wife of the late Jerry P. Leahy (1979) and the late Fred Yant (2009). Loving mother of J. Patrick (Barbara) Leahy, Kathleen M. Leahy and Brian M. (Catherine) Leahy. Cherished grandmother of Margaret, Taylor and Trevor. Dear sister of the late Wilma (late Joseph) Naegle. Dearest aunt of Jill Davis. Graveside service will be held at St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery in Bellevue, Iowa Mrs. Leahy-Yant was a retired cashier for the Chicago Board of Education.

Shawn T. McHale Sr.

Shawn T. McHale Sr., 53, of Orland Park,

died on June 10. Dedicated fireman for over 30 years. Lieutenant Palos Fire Department and part-time Captain Evergreen Park Fire Department on leave. Loving dad of Shawn Jr., Hanna and Lyndsey. Dear brother of Jim, Pat and the late Eddie McHale. Dear son of the late Grace and Edward McHale. Uncle of Angela (Chris) Tagler, Jaclyn, Patrick, Tricia (John) Zbonski, Lisa (Nick) Pycz, Brett and Kyle Hann and the late Veronica. Godfather to Rachel. Former husband of Tracy. Dearly loved by family and friends. Member of the Sportsman Club, Alsip. Visitation was held June 14 at the Kerry Funeral Home, in Palos Heights. A funeral Mass was offered at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Orland Park on June 15. Interment Good Shepherd Cemetery. Lt. McHale grew up in Palos Park and called Orland Park home for the past 25 years. He was a 28-year veteran of the Palos department and member of IAFF Local 4480. He became a cadet firefighter with Palos FPD in 1977. He attended Paramedic school at Ingalls Hospital/ South Cook County System, obtaining his license in 1983. Shawn began his professional career in 1986 as a firefighter/paramedic with the Worth Fire Department (now a part of North Palos FPD), and began his career at Palos FPD as a firefighter/paramedic in 1987. In 1988, he also became a member of the Evergreen Park Fire Department, spending 27 years with them. A memorial fund has been established for the benefit of Lt. McHale’s children. Donations can be made to: The McHale Memorial Fund c/o CNB Bank 12727 S. Ridgeland Ave. Palos Heights, Il 60463

HOUSES OF WORSHIP Christ Lutheran Church Vacation Bible school Christ Lutheran Church in Orland Park will offer its annual Vacation Bible School the week of June 22 – June 26, from 9 a.m. to noon, at the church, 14700 S. 94th Ave. Classes are open to children age 3 through 6th grade. Children will be placed in the grade that they have just completed in the spring of 2015. The theme will be “Camp Discovery – Jesus At Work Through Us”. This VBS will teach children through five Bible stories that Jesus saves us and works through us by giving us courage, wisdom, faith, and love to share. The children will sing, pray and play as they learn more about Jesus and His saving love. Families are invited to a special closing celebration on Friday, June 26, at 11:30 a.m., a time for fellowship and fun as the children give a performance of some of the lessons they have learned during the week. Refreshments will be served after

LEGAL NOTICE the program. Pre-registration for VBS is strongly encouraged. There will be a $10 fee per child attending, which includes a T-shirt and daily snack and craft. Registration forms can be picked up at the church office or printed off the church’s website at www.christlutheranorland.com. (349-0431)

Wayside Chapel offers monthly family service A Sunday morning outdoor Family Service will be held on June 21 at 10 a.m. at The Center at 12700 Southwest Highway in Palos Park. Led by Rev. Chris Hopkins, the service is for families with children of any ages. Weather permitting, the service will be held out of doors behind the main lodge on the west side of Southwest Highway. In inclement weather, the service will move indoors. For further information, call The Center at 3613650.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION

LEGAL NOTICE VILLAGE OF PALOS PARK PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The Zoning Board of Appeals Committee of the Village of Palos Park, Cook County, IL has scheduled a public hearing on Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at 7:30 PM in the Council Chambers of the Kaptur Administrative Center, 8999 West 123rd Street, Palos Park, IL to consider the following: ZBA 2015–05: The owner, John Doyle, requests a 6.56 foot front yard setback variance from Chapter 1268.02(e), a 16.29 foot rear yard variation from Chapter 1268.02(f), and a 1.5 foot side yard variance from Chapter 1268.02(g) of the Village Park Code to allow construction of a second story addition and an addition to the garage to an existing single family residence on the property commonly known as 11950 Hobart Avenue in Palos Park. The site is legally described as follows: THE EAST HALF OF THE SOUTH 1/5TH OF LOT 4 IN MONSOON AND SMITH’S THIRD ADDITION TO PALOS PARK, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 27, TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PIN Number: 23-27-101-005-0000 All are welcome to review the applications for relief, and proposed Village staff recommendations, to send correspondence, attend the public hearing, submit evidence, and testify at the public hearing. For further information, please contact the Community Development Director, Lori Sommers at 708-671-3731 or lsommers@palospark.org. Respectfully submitted by: Marie Arrigoni, Village Clerk

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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS SUCCESSOR TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR C-BASS MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-CB8 Plaintiff, -v.JAMES L. GOGGINS, ANGELIA F. GOGGINS, CAPITAL ONE BANK Defendants 09 CH 13148 12959 SOUTH MEADE AVENUE Palos Heights, IL 60463 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 12, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 6, 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: LOT 16 IN BLOCK 12 IN PALOS GARDENS-UNIT #4, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PARTS OF LOTS 1, 2 AND 3 IN CIRCUIT COURT PARTITION OF THE SOUTH HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH, RANGE 13 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO PLAT OF SAID PALOS GARDENS-UNIT #4 REGISTERED IN THE OFFICE OF REGISTRAR OF TITLE OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS OF AUGUST 1, 1968 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 2402333. Commonly known as 12959 SOUTH MEADE AVENUE, Palos Heights, IL 60463 Property Index No. 24-32-119-016-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $558,357.92.

Scott’s Garage Car Show will be held June 27 at Elim Christian Services in Palos Heights.

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Car shows will benefit Elim Christian Services Two car shows that benefit Elim Christian Services will take place on Saturday, June 27. Schepel Buick/GMC/Cadillac, 3209 W. Lincoln Highway in Merrillville, Ind., is hosting its 19th annual Charity Custom Car, Truck and Motorcycle Show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to benefit Elim. Scott’s Garage is hosting its 5th annual Elim Benefit Car Show on the same day, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Elim’s Campus in Palos Heights, 13020 S. Central Ave. The Scott’s Garage Car Show will also include its second annual Art & Craft Show and Kid Zone – fun for the whole family. Both shows promise lots of great cars,

trucks, motorcycles, and food – with proceeds benefitting children and adults with disabilities served by Elim Christian Services. Schepel Buick/Cadillac/GMC General manager Tom VanProoyen views the event as “an opportunity to gain support in Indiana for Elim, allowing clients of Elim to come out and spend time looking at the cars, trucks, and motorcycles and interacting with the other people at the show. This is all about raising money for a great cause and having a venue to interact with each other.” Scott’s Garage co-owner Paul Iannarone said, “The day is about having fun and helping those with special needs! So, bring your fam-

ilies out to socialize, tell your kids about the cars and motorcycles, and enjoy the nice surroundings of the forest preserves and live DJ music. Everyone likes to talk about their cars and motorcycles!” Elim’s mission is to equip children and adults with disabilities to achieve to their highest God-given potential. Elim pursues this mission by providing educational, vocational, and therapeutic services to over 1,000 persons with developmental disabilities. Information on both shows can also be found at elimcs.org or by calling 293-6509. — Elim Christian Services

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in AS IS condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact Plaintiff s attorney: POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 263-0003 Please refer to file number C14-95985. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

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Golden Oaks Seniors enjoy monthly delights

The K-B Adorables and Men in Black entertained the Golden Oaks Seniors at their June luncheon meeting at Palos Park Presbyterian Community Church. Lunch was stuffed chicken breast, au gratin potatoes and all of the trimmings. Several people attended Golden Oaks for the first time and now look forward to next month’s meeting. The entertainers share a common interest in fitness, friendship and fun. These enthusiastic ladies and men from the King Bruwaert House assisted living center in Burr Ridge entertain audiences of all ages. The Golden Oaks will next meet for lunch on July 1. The scheduled entertainer is magician Dennis DeBondt. To attend, contact the church at 448-5220 to make your reservation.

POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 263-0003 Attorney File No. C14-95985 Attorney Code. 43932 Case Number: 09 CH 13148 TJSC#: 35-8315 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 Regional News

Thursday, June 18, 2015

PHOTO MEMORIES FROM THE REGIONAL ARCHIVE

CROSSWORD PUZZLES "A/Cs" Across

1 Shade provider 7 Thousand ___, Calif. 11 Took the cake 14 Amerindian language 15 Eye opening for a squint 16 "It's ___-brainer!" 17 Cloyingly charming

21 ___ out a living (gets by) 22 Car alarms of a sort: abbr. 23 Carded, say 24 Device with a snooze button 26 ___ up (get dressed) 28 Freedom from worries 29 Up-to-date 38 U.S.C.G. rank

40 Years Ago This Week

39 City south of San Diego 41 "... ___ woodchuck could..." 42 Clock keeper

26 30

22 25 28

35 40

43 46

48 51

35 Vehicle engine

From June 19, 1975

19 Disco-era kid 20 Paris parents

45 In jeopardy

2 Did an electrician's job

13 From Oslo's country, to a native 18 Buddhism, e.g.: Abbr.

3 ___ Dame

22 "One more thing..." 24 Prefix with business

50 Egypt's capital

4 "That was my habit once" 5 No votes

25 Popular Chevy model

6 Health supplement store 7 Japanese port city

29 Part of a play

8 Tweak, e.g.

32 Steely Dan album

44 Persian alternative

A sales rep at Terry’s Lincoln Mercury in Orland Park recently addressed a consumer economics class at Sandburg High School. Bringing a car from Terry’s used car lot, Bill DuBois gave the students specific insights on how to judge the value of a used car, including basic tips on the pros and cons of purchasing a used vs. new car.

46 H.G. Wells' blond race 48 Elbow bender

Down 1 "Same here"

49 Password 54 Knee-to-ankle bone 58 Baby's powder 59 Cabby's car 60 Rosetta ___ 61 Mendacity 62 "The Fall" author 64 Coach Parseghian 65 Count (on) 66 Pull through 68 "Ah, yes!"

9 Valentine candy message 10 Place to serve slop

69 Family emblems

11 Use purple prose

67 Dad's boy

12 Year in Augustus' reign

27 Codas 30 Wire service letters 31 Tell all 33 Franciscan, e.g. 34 Cry before "You're it!" 36 Son ___ gun

47 Yucca fibers 49 Book of maps 51 Part of CNN 52 Variety of daisy 53 N, E, W, or S 55 Dwellings 56 Native up north 57 Tree homes 60 Identifying mark 62 NPR correspondent Shapiro 63 Alternative to HBO

37 Inform 40 One margin of victory 43 "Juice": abbr.

(Answers on page 2)

Sudoku Puzzle #3572-M

1 2 4 5

From June 14, 1990

25 Years Ago This Week

A frontier festival was held June 9 at The Children’s Farm in Palos Park. The event featured Wild West entertainment, including horseback rides, carnival games, hayrides and frontier craft demonstrations. Pony rides around the farm gave youngsters a taste of travel before the age of the automobile and four-lane highways.

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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IMPRESSIONS

With a horse in the race, this high school season was special The 2014-15 high school sports season officially ended in our area on Saturday, with Marist’s softball team bringing a state championship trophy back to the Chicago school. Also, a handful of Orland Park kids who play for Providence brought a first-place trophy in baseball to New Lenox. For me, it was one of the most emotional seasons I ever encountered. At times, I was at the top of the world. Other times I felt like I was in a sewer in Hell. The first sporting event I ever covered as a professional reporter was in November, 1977 and it was a boys basketball game between Lemont and Bolingbrook. I was a senior in high school. Since then, I’ve been to thousands of high school, college and professional events as a reporter. I’ve covered kids and their kids and possibly their kids’ kids. I’ve always maintained a reporter’s detachment. I never rooted for anything but a good story. This year – and the last couple of weeks – has been surreal. My son, T.J. was a key cog on Sandburg’s boys volleyball team. Now I am at these games as a parent, not as a reporter. After decades of covering other kids in a multitude of sports, it was a little shock to my system to see T.J. and my daughter, Lauren, the first time they donned high school basketball or volleyball uniforms for their first game. I don’t care if your kid is a star or a benchwarmer, the accomplishment of making even a freshman team is still rare and not to be taken lightly. There are thousands of kids who go to some of our area’s bigger schools and a tiny percentage who make it on a high school team. It’s even rarer to be on a state power. I’m not going to take you on a trip through Sandburg’s volleyball season but after an 8-4 start, the Eagles looked like a good, but not great team. Then they piled up a 28-match winning streak that took us

JEFF VORVA frazzled parents to the state’s final four. As a writer and photographer, I’ve always enjoyed covering state tournaments. The drama. The triumphs. The disappointments. It’s all good stuff. Emotions run high and even for a detached writer, I get pumped up. I still get goosebumps when I shoot photos of a state football championship celebration when all these big macho guys are screaming and hollering and jumping up and down like little school girls. And now, there was my kid on the floor for a state tournament game. The sportswriter in me doesn’t allow me to yell and scream too much during these games. I try to stay cool. But inside, I am dying after every error and ready to have my head explode after every kill or block. My wife, Maggie said the stress was getting to her so much, she joked about it feeling like having a heart attack, especially in the last four or five matches. Friends and family came to Hoffman Estates to watch the action – some of whom may have not been to a volleyball match in a while – if ever. We hoped hard that he would play well in front of them. This postseason was the weirdest and most pressure-filled because we had a horse in the race. During sectional play, the fellas beat Eisenhower in a wild first match at Shepard and then I breathed a sigh of relief as I broke out the camera to cover another fun battle between Marist and Brother Rice. “Now I’ve gone from (deleted) father

Photo by Jeff Vorva

WHATIZIT?

Photo by Jeff Vorva

“Geez, is that MY kid with a state trophy?” is columnist Jeff Vorva’s reaction on June 6. Vorva also will look at postseason triumphs, such as A healthy dose of Whatizit wizards really knew their stuff as they knew that Marist’s softball supersectional win on June 9, last week’s photo was of asparagus. in a different light after this season. Oak Lawn’s Steven Rosenbaum was the first to stalk the right answer. Kudos to Chicago Ridge’s John Mrozek who not only guessed the right back to unbiased reporter,” I told a couple answer but also guessed it came from the Chicago Ridge Farmer’s Market. of my peers. “The pressure is off.” Others who got it right were Oak Lawn’s Frieda D’Amore, Jane Foley, Cindy The volleyball season ended with a Foulkes, Diane Dee, Robin Scanlan, Worth’s Celeste Cameron, Mike Martin, fourth-place finish on June 6 and I figured Laurie Cerle, Tammy Moran, and Theresa and George Rebersky, Evergreen Park’s Henrietta Mysliwiec, Rich Rahn, Vince Vizza, Ailish Ryan and Jan that would be the end of that. It’s over. Merchantz, But three days later, the Marist softball The list also includes Chicago Ridge’s Dana Osward, Patty Vandenberg team won a come-from-behind 5-4 victory and Chris and Rick Towner, Hickory Hills’ Cathy Krueger and Janice Mastro, over Downers Grove South at the Benedictine University Class 4A Supersectional Palos Park’s Helga Fuller, Palos Hills’ Linda Pinto and Palos Heights’ Jim Cap, Donna White and Jackie Miller, and I was caught in the middle of the A guy who identified himself just as THOM from Oak Lawn also nailed it. mob-scene celebration. “One handsome guy from the Asparagus night Poker Town from the O More goose bumps. Yeah, the players went nuts and that was Towns” also got it right as did the The Friday Night Ladies and Boy to be expected. Toy Poker, Agricultural and Poetry But after the wild celebration and posing Club of Oak Lawn, Orland Park and for photos was over, I watched the Marist Oak Forest. parents as they excitedly talked about the There was one incorrect guess of game and their travel plans for the state sweet smelling lavender. tournament. For them, all was right in the This week’s clue: Don’t break a leg world. on this. I knew how they felt. Send those guesses to thereporter@ So after what has turned out to be an comcast.net with Whatizit in the unusual sports season for me, I am never subject line by Monday night. Don’t going to be able to cover a high school forget your name (first and last, please) and home town. postseason event without a little smile.

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Farm camp opens its doors for season The Children’s Farm in Palos Park begins its 79th season of camp this Sunday. Campers ages 9 through 15 will arrive to enjoy two weeks of living at the farm, riding horses, caring for animals, hiking in the woods and creeks, making campfires, meeting new friends, and enjoying campouts, hayrides, games, and crafts. Older teenagers, ages 15-17, learn leadership and outdoor adventure skills, such as canoe-camping. Later in the summer, one – and two-week sessions of overnight

camp begin on July 5, July 19, July 26, Aug. 2, and Aug. 9. Day Camps are also offered for one week sessions throughout the summer, for children in grades 2 through 7. There are still some open spots in some sessions in the 2015 season roster. Interested families should contact camp director Amy DiDominicis at 361-3650 as soon as possible. The Children’s Farm is at 12700 Southwest Highway in Palos Park. More information is available at www.thecenterpalos. org.

Children’s Farm 2015 camp staff members are Ellie Janosz (front row), Billy Touhy, Patrick Boyd, Eddie Hood, Jordan Hale; (back row) Tatyahna Cherry, Camp Director Amy DiDominicis, Olivia Merced, Juras Arsenault, Lauren Tuchek, Assistant Camp Director Paul Purdy. No shown Connor Johnson. ► Supplied photo

Instant replay for garage sale at McCord this Friday and Sat.

The doors will be open again this Friday and Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., for the garage sale at the McCord Gallery & Cultural Center in Palos Park. Thanks to the generosity of friends and neighbors, new donations have made it possible to extend the sale for a second weekend. In addition to the treasures in the garage visitors can enjoy the new exhibit in the Gallery, which features the work of the students of McCord’s art classes. The McCord Gallery & Cultural Center is at 9602 W. Creek Road (129th and La Grange Road), Palos Park. For more information call 671-0648 or visit www.mccordgallery.org. — McCord Gallery & Cultural Center

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Brunch extraordinaire for Park Woman’s Club

Nancy Mitchell, a gourmet cook, hosted the Palos Park Woman’s Club’s annual new membership brunch last Thursday at her home. Among the guests were Sister Theresa Papsis (seated from left), Jonell Richard, Jeanne Krapauskas, Alma Fremarek, Loretta Herm, and (standing) club President Lucy Crocilla, Jan Bray, Rita Bonoma, Barbara Allen and hostess Nancy Mitchell, the club’s membership chairman. Ladies interested in joining the cub are welcome to attend its monthly meeting, held at 10 a.m. on the second Thursday. Either send a note to the Palos Park Woman’s Club at P.O. Box 250, Palos Park, IL 60464; email palosparkwc.wordpress.com or call the Palos Park Presbyterian Community Church at 448-5220, where the club meets.

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Nancy Bronson, Paulette Santori and Nancy Mitchell were on hand to greet shoppers at last week’s garage sale at the McCord Gallery in Palos Park, which has been extended to this Friday and Saturday.

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SPORTS

Southwest • Section 2, Page 1

Thursday,March June 5, 18,2015 2015 Thursday,

Ken Karrson, Sports Editor • sports@regionalpublishing.com

Un-4A-gettable RedHawks

Marist rules over Illinois softball for 2nd time since 2012 By Anthony Nasella Correspondent

Every sports program sets goals for itself at the start of a season. Depending on the team, those may be modest in nature. Sure, everyone says winning a state title is the main objective, but the truth is only a handful of squads have a realistic chance to achieve such rarified status and therefore must adjust their sights downward a bit. For Marist softball players, however, shooting for the top was not only a reasonable aspiration but an attainable one as well. The RedHawks made it so on Saturday in East Peoria, where they squeezed out a 1-0 victory over Lincoln-Way East at EastSide Centre that gave them the Class 4A championship for the second time in four seasons. That win followed a pair of comefrom-behind triumphs. Marist, which will carry a 29-game unbeaten streak into 2016, edged Oak Park-River Forest 2-1 in Friday’s semifinal and slipped past Downers Grove South 5-4 in last Tuesday’s Benedictine Supersectional. What made this latest title particularly noteworthy is that it came under the leadership of a rookie coach. Colleen Biebel took over the reins of the RedHawks’ highly successful softball program from Denise Bromberek, who had guided Marist to its 2012 crown. “No first-year coach at Marist has

ever won a state championship,” school president Brother Hank Hammer said during a welcome-home celebration on Saturday. “And isn’t it wonderful that it happened with a woman’s sports team here in a formerly all-male high school? This is something we would have never dreamed about years ago.” Current players definitely dreamt about it, though, prior to the start of the 2015 campaign. “We talked about this in March and set goals at the beginning of the year,” Biebel said. “We said we wanted to win [the East Suburban Catholic] conference and win state, and each girl did not take one step back the whole year. We stayed focused and determined and I could not be prouder of them. “They’re a mentally tough group of girls. They knew they had to get the job done, and if one didn’t do it then another would. We really took things an inning at a time this season.” While each of its last three victories came by one run, Marist’s championship-game clash with the Griffins may have redefined the term “nail-biter.” The RedHawks (36-4-2) managed just two hits, but one of them was a triple by pitcher Zariya Gonzalez, who then tallied the contest’s lone run in the second inning by racing home on Vanessa Villasenor’s sacrifice fly. From there Gonzalez maintained control as she stranded five baserunners and struck out four. Outfielder

Photo by Jeff Vorva

The celebration Marist players held after beating Downers Grove South for a Class 4A supersectional title last Tuesday was merely a prelude to a bigger prize: the school’s second softball state championship in four years, which was garnered Saturday in East Peoria as the RedHawks edged Lincoln-Way East 1-0 in the finale.

Brooke Wilson, who also played on Marist’s 2012 state-winning club, supported Gonzalez with four catches. “My defense always backs me up,” Gonzalez said. “It feels good to have them behind me catching every ball

Taking it to the top By Jeff Vorva Reporter Editor

It took Marist’s softball team until the last possible day to prevent the area from being shut out in winning an Illinois High School Association state title. The last time that happened was the 2007-08 season. The Reporter/Regional area has had a remarkable run of state championships as nine of its 12 coverage schools have combined to win 62 crowns since 1974-75. Marist moved into a third-place tie with Richards with seven state titles apiece. Sandburg leads the way with 19, but Mother McAuley is right behind with 18. The RedHawks also won a state crown in softball in 2012 and brought home the top trophy twice in both boys’ volleyball and wrestling. The baseball program captured a championship in 1978. Sandburg was runner-up in boys’ cross country and wrestling and Photo by Jeff Vorva The sign says it all as Marist boasted its seventh state fourth in boys’ volleyball this school year. It did, however, have indichampion after the softball team captured its second vidual state champs in wrestling and boys’ track. By not winning any team titles, Sandburg was blanked for the second Class 4A title in four years by defeating Lincoln-Way East 1-0 on Saturday in an all-South Side finale in East Peoria. year in a row after claiming at least one in the five seasons prior to that.

and making every play. And when somebody didn’t do their job, another teammate picked them up.” Gonzalez, who won 28 of 32 decisions this spring, said she relished the challenge of having to perform in a

tense situation. “I thought about the pressure the 2012 team had when they won state and I just wanted to be in that posiSee REDHAWKS, Page 2

HOME OF THE CHAMPIONS 1974-75 -- Richards wrestling 1975-76 -- Brother Rice baseball 1976-77 -- St. Laurence football, Richards wrestling 1977-78 -- Mother McAuley volleyball, Marist baseball 1978-79 -- None 1979-80 -- None 1980-81 -- Mother McAuley volleyball, Chicago Christian girls’ basketball 1981-82 -- Mother McAuley volleyball, Brother Rice football 1982-83 -- Mother McAuley volleyball, Marist wrestling 1983-84 -- Stagg wrestling 1984-85 -- Mother McAuley volleyball 1985-86 -- Mother McAuley volleyball 1986-87 -- Richards girls’ volleyball, Marist wrestling 1987-88 -- Mother McAuley volleyball 1988-89 -- Richards football 1989-90 -- Richards football, St. Laurence wrestling, Chicago Christian girls’ track 1990-91 -- Mother McAuley basketball, Chicago Christian girls’ track 1991-92 -- Chicago Christian girls’ track, Richards boys’ volleyball 1992-93 -- Mother McAuley volleyball 1993-94 -- Sandburg boys’ soccer, Oak Lawn boys’ volleyball 1994-95 -- Mother McAuley volleyball

1995-96 -- Mother McAuley volleyball, Sandburg boys’ volleyball 1996-97 -- None 1997-98 -- Mother McAuley volleyball 1998-99 -- Sandburg girls’ volleyball, Sandburg boys’ volleyball 1999-2000 -- Sandburg boys’ volleyball 2000-01 -- Mother McAuley volleyball 2001-02 -- Sandburg boys’ soccer, Mother McAuley water polo, Marist boys’ volleyball, Sandburg baseball. 2002-03 -- Sandburg boys’ soccer, Mother McAuley water polo, Brother Rice water polo. 2003-04 -- None 2004-05 -- Mother McAuley volleyball, Sandburg wrestling 2005-06 -- Sandburg cheerleading, Sandburg wrestling 2006-07 -- Sandburg wrestling, Mother McAuley water polo 2007-08 -- None 2008-09 -- Sandburg cheerleading 2009-10 -- Marist boys’ volleyball, Sandburg softball 2010-11 -- Chicago Christian girls’ volleyball, Sandburg badminton, Sandburg boys’ volleyball 2011-12 -- Sandburg cheerleading, Sandburg wrestling, Marist softball 2012-13 -- Sandburg wrestling 2013-14 -- Mother McAuley volleyball 2014-15 -- Marist softball

2015 ALL-AREA BASEBALL TEAM

Diamond gems POY Schalasky was a double-edged weapon for Rice FIRST TEAM MIKE SCHALASKY, Brother Rice, C/P, Sr. * When the National Federation of State High School Associations removed aluminum bats from prep baseball a few years ago, there was a noticeable drop in power numbers. Suddenly far fewer balls were leaving the yard and teams were forced to improvise a bit more in order to score. And then along came Schalasky, who managed to turn back the clock by unloading a dozen homers this season and serving as the ringleader of a potent Crusaders lineup that cleared the fence more than two-dozen times in all. But unlike so many free swingers, Schalasky was definitely not just an all-or-nothing performer -- when he wasn’t go-

ing deep he was finding holes in opposing defenses often enough to compile a hefty .459 average and respective on-base and slugging percentages of .543 and .936. And there was more, such as the 51 RBI, 102 total bases, 12 doubles, 21 runs and 19 walks. Schalasky fanned just 17 times in 130 plate appearances, fielded his position at a .942 clip and, as a bonus, was Brother Rice’s winningest pitcher with a 7-1 record. He kept his earned-run average below three, held opponents to a .207 cumulative average, struck out 51 batters in 52 2/3 innings and tossed two complete games. The 2015 area Player of the Year was an Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association All-State selection and will attend the University of Indianapolis on a baseball scholarship.

CHRISTIAN BOLHUIS, Chicago Christian, P/OF, Sr. * While Bolhuis didn’t repeat as Player of the Year, he became the Knights’ career-wins leader during his senior season after claiming seven of eight decisions and is also No. 1 all-time in strikeouts with 298, a teamhigh 75 of which were registered in 2015 in only 49 1/3 innings. Headed to Wheaton College in the fall to play both football and baseball, Bolhuis struggled a bit more with his control this season than he had as a junior, which was reflected in his 39 bases-on-balls, but he still did well enough to post an impressive 1.99 ERA. At the plate Bolhuis stroked 33 hits -- 10 of which went for extra bases -scored 30 runs and drove in the same number of them, the latter

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Mike Schalasky’s combination of hitting heroics and pitching and catching prowess was strong enough to net the Brother Rice senior this paper’s baseball Player of the Year award for 2015.

mark placing him in a four-way tie for team leadership in that department. For good measure he also drew 20 walks and stole 10 bases.

ANDREW DYKE, Brother Rice, OF, Jr. * Dyke skipped football last fall so he could concentrate on baseball and his extra work

paid off in a season that, had Mike Schalasky not been on the scene, likely would have es-

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Hair today, fans gone tomorrow? People are fascinated by hair. Maybe it’s just an American thing, but there’s no denying the importance of it here in the U.S. The availability of hair-care products is seemingly infinite, gazillions of dollars are spent on them and countless folks devote far more time to working on their coifs than working at their jobs. Sometimes fame can be gained from going hairless simply because such a look runs counter to what most of us prefer and thus stands out. Would Michael Jordan have become a household name or Mr. Clean a notable household cleaner without his bald pate as a form of advertisement? Quite possibly not. Hair can be unwelcome too if it’s found anywhere but on one’s head, unless we’re referring to a man’s chest. Over the years that’s often been thought as a sign of virility, although once those hairs turn gray all bets are off in that department. But a woman typically wants hair solely on her head and neither sex is keen about having any that turns two eyebrows into one. And who among us desires even a few strands of hair substituting for parsley as plate garnish at a fine-dining establishment? Apparently there’s also one guy who’d prefer to see it removed from the faces of NHL players in the spring. It’d be easy to dismiss this man’s dislike by labeling him some sort of weirdo except for one thing: He’s a very influential weirdo. Actually, Mark Lazarus’ feeling about bearded hockey players is quite easy to understand. As chairman of NBC Sports, he has a vested interest in players’ recognition level and, by extension, their potential marketability. Lazarus’ network dropped $2 billion — that’s billion with a “b” — on the NHL for the sport’s broadcasting rights over a 10-year span. Considering hockey is still seen as a regional sport in some ways, the Blackhawks’ hold over Chicagoans notwithstanding, it’s not at all surprising Lazarus and whoever else has a financial stake in the NHL would want to put the organization’s best face forward. But playoff beards have been a tradition for over three decades, dating back to the New York Islanders teams of the early 1980s that won four straight Stanley Cups. At least that’s where credit is given — or the blame if you’re Mr. Lazarus. “Let’s get their faces out there,” Lazarus told one major news outlet. “Let’s talk about how young and attractive they are. I know it’s a tradition and superstition, but I think (the beards) hurt recognition.” Maybe, but try telling that to James Harden. The Houston Rockets player was runner-up for the NBA’s MVP award this season, but no one knows him solely because of that; in fact there are probably a number of people who had no idea of how the MVP voting unfolded until it was just mentioned here. No, what makes Harden eminently recognizable is a beard that would fit right in with those worn by colonialists. It’s become as much of a trademark for him as the chrome dome was for Jordan and Clean. There’s no case of mistaken identity whenever one sees a painting of Jesus, and that pudgy guy who spends his Decembers mingling with reindeer and elves has gotten pretty good mileage out of a face filled of whiskers. So too did our nation’s 16th president. Some may say Jesus, Saint Nick and Abe Lincoln are exceptions, that beards are the domain of the unkempt and connote an overall unsavory quality. According to Lazarus, hockey players “have a great opportunity with more endorsements or simply more recognition with fans saying, ‘That guy looks like the kid next door,’ which many of these guys do.” But what if the kid next door chooses to look the way former major-leaguer Johnny Damon did before joining the New York Yankees? With his long hair and shaggy beard, Damon resembled the kind of guy whose mug shot might have appeared on “America’s Most Wanted.” At least that’s what we’re told. Somehow I don’t think the Boston Red Sox cared much about Damon’s grooming habits while he was helping them win the 2004 World Series. Neither did long-suffering Red Sox fans whose wait for a championship was almost as inexhaustible as that of Cubs fans. Although Mark Lazarus isn’t trying to be a stick in the mud, he’s falling into that same trap as so many before him: thinking clean-shaven equates to clean living. It sometimes does, but as many debutantes could verify the biggest wolves are often the ones with every hair in place and none of it on their faces. Now let me make clear that Lazarus is not suggesting hockey players are suddenly bad guys because they’re sporting facial foliage. His contention is that they’ll be more appealing to a greater number of fans minus the beards. But it really shouldn’t matter because the game ought to be enough of a draw on its own merits. Playoff hockey is, in this humble opinion, the most exciting happening in sports. How can it not be? Heck, those of us watching are barely able to keep our balance while emptying the contents of an ice tray in our kitchen let alone while skating on a surface covered with ice. These guys are magicians who skate fast enough to get ticketed in a school zone and are also the toughest sons of guns around. So if hockey somehow fails to connect with enough of an audience to satisfy NBC honchos, I highly doubt being able to see Jonathan Toews or Patrick Kane in a less-hirsute state is going to make that much of a difference. And let’s not forget that even with freshly shaved mugs, hockey players still won’t be all that visible thanks to the helmets and face shields they’re required to wear. Lazarus isn’t suggesting that safety gets compromised in the name of promotion, so aren’t we really back at Square 1 regardless of how close athletes get to their razors? Truth is, broaching a subject like beards and attaching any degree of importance to them seems rather silly. You obviously don’t see the NBA worrying about such trivial matters. Why just the other day I noticed an important story about LeBron James, one that frankly I was surprised to see because I thought everything that could have possibly been written about him already had been. But I learned that James does not use dye on what little hair he has, a declaration that came straight from his barber’s mouth. Boy, I can rest easy now knowing the truth about LeBron’s head. And now you can officially call me — and everyone else who perused the article — hair-brained.

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With the state championship trophy in the background, Marist coach Colleen Biebel speaks Saturday during a gathering to welcome the RedHawks softball team home from East Peoria.

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Continued from page 1 tion,” Gonzalez said. “I was pretty much in a groove in those final two games and I knew I had to focus on every pitch and just get the job done. We all just wanted to win state and we knew we had to be laid back and positive about the game.” Biebel wasn’t surprised by either Gonzalez’s handiwork or that of her team as a whole. “She had her stuff -- [if] I asked for a pitch on the plate or outside, she would hit it,” Biebel said of Gonzalez. “[And if] I’d ask for a changeup, low and inside, she would hit it. She hit every one of her spots and was just stellar. Zariya was hungry for a state championship and she was not going to take anything less. “Everyone was making the plays, especially in those last two games. It was not an easy ride to get down there and defense is what really pulled us through. We had to play tough defense.” Wilson, the first female athlete in school history to be a two-time state champion, said the two triumphant clubs “were definitely two very different teams, but both teams put it together at the right time.” Actually, the 2015 RedHawks rarely failed to be at their best as evidenced by their record. The 2012 contingent, however, sat at .500 well into the season before embarking on a late charge that resulted in 12 straight victories, the last, of course, being the championship-clinching encounter. “Our first year it was definitely unexpected,” Wilson said of the title. “We got hot in the postseason, which really helped us. This year we were driven to achieve that [preseason] goal of winning state.” Biebel was grateful for Wilson’s presence. “Brooke was the No. 2 hitter on that [2012] team and she knew what the experience was like and was able to share [it with the other players],” Biebel said. *** In order to punch their ticket to the finale, the RedHawks had to rally against Oak Park-River Forest on Friday. Paige Egan’s fifth-inning RBI single that knocked in Alexis Rogers proved to be the difference for Marist. Egan had also stroked the game-winning hit versus Downers South three days earlier. That chopper past the infield was good for two RBI and handed the Mustangs only their second setback in 37 games. “I wanted to put the ball in play,” Egan said, referring to her clutch hit in the supersectional. “I wanted to make sure I was able to do something. I didn’t know it would go through when I hit it, but I did know the field had a lot of bounce to it.” “Paige is our little slapper and she came

Junior pitcher Emily Reilly operated in the shadow of Zariya Gonzalez this season, but it was Reilly getting the win in relief for Marist last Tuesday when it rallied past Downers Grove South 5-4 to claim the Class 4A Benedictine Supersectional crown

through with three big RBIs for us in the playoffs,” Bielbel said. Egan’s hit on Tuesday capped the RedHawks’ rebound from what had once been a 4-2 deficit against Downers South. Marist also trailed 1-0 on Friday before overtaking the Huskies. “We’ve been strong in making comebacks this year,” Egan said. “We just want to try to win the inning [and] we were relentless in doing that. We picked each other up at the plate and we were sure something [good] was going to happen. “We knew we had a good team and that Coach Biebel is a good coach. It was a matter of bringing it all together [this season] and becoming one.” Gonzalez held Oak Park-River Forest in check after surrendering an early homer. She fanned three and stranded five bas-

erunners. Earning the pitching win against the Mustangs was Emily Reilly, who relieved Gonzalez in the third and allowed just two hits the rest of the way. “Emily Reilly helped us get to state,” Biebel said. “She didn’t get the chance to pitch in Peoria because Zariya was so stellar, but she saved the [playoff] games against Mother McAuley and Downers Grove South. That was huge for us.” While Biebel admitted to some anxious moments along the way because “the teams that we played were amazing teams,” she said her athletes’ resolve provided comfort. “The girls’ energy, focus, drive and determination definitely helped me to keep calm and know that we were going to be focused on our task at hand,” Biebel said. “The girls executed when it was needed.”

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Vikings as a hitter as he batted .344 with 33 hits, 49 RBI and 20 runs. Included among his safeties were 10 doubles, five triples and three homers. Greco’s slugging stood at .646, his on-base percentage was .431, and he received 16 walks and stole 8-of-9 bases.

Continued from page 1 tablished Dyke as the Crusaders’ top gun. As it was, he still enjoyed an outstanding junior campaign with a .440 average, .680 slugging percentage and .537 on-base percentage. Augmenting those statistics were 44 hits, 37 runs, 35 RBI, eight doubles, four homers, 18 free passes and seven stolen bases. Dyke, a first-team all-area pick for the second consecutive year, whiffed only 13 times in 123 plate appearances and was guilty of just two errors, which helped him produce an excellent .965 fielding percentage. Dyke, Michael Massey, Ryan Kutt and Ryan King will form the nucleus of Rice’s 2016 club that should contend for a Chicago Catholic League Blue championship next spring. TOMMY FARRELL, St. Laurence, 1B, So. * After displaying plenty of promise while participating in summer ball with the Vikings, Farrell showed those 2014 exploits were no fluke as he quickly became an integral part of a revamped St. Laurence lineup. He paced the Vikings with a .429 average and 51 hits while manning first base and demonstrated a keen batting eye for one so young -- opposing hurlers fanned Farrell just eight times in 132 plate appearances, which included 119 official atbats. Twelve of his hits went for extra bases, but even when he only got to first Farrell was a threat because of his speed, as attested to by his team-high 13 steals. He scored 36 runs, drove in 26 more, drew 10 walks and generated respective slugging and on-base percentages of .546 and .485. ANDY GAYTAN, Sandburg, OF, Jr. * A virtual unknown at the start of the 2015 season, Gaytan was a shining light for the Eagles in what turned out to be something of a rebuilding campaign. Sandburg failed to win 20 games for the first time in memory, but Gaytan certainly did his part to try to prevent any shortcomings as he batted .408 with a .504 on-base percentage and .495 slugging percentage. He included six doubles among his 42 hits, tallied 34 runs, knocked in 13 more and demonstrated a superb eye at the plate -- he struck out only four times in 124 plate appearances while coaxing 17 walks. Gaytan also was reliable on defense -he made two catches Richards coach Brian Wujcik raved about in the Eagles’ 7-1 victory over the Bulldogs in the teams’ Class 4A regional opener. ADAM GREGORY, Shepard, P, Sr. * An Illinois Baseball Coaches Association All-Northern Illinois selection and runner-up to Oak Lawn’s Boo Quillin in South Suburban Conference Red Player of the Year voting, Gregory anchored an Astros pitching staff that was missing one of its aces -- Brett Smith -- much of the year due to injury. He went 9-1 on the hill, the only loss being a 2-1 decision to Evergreen Park in a game where Mustangs hurler Brian Pall fanned 15, and Gregory complemented that record with a 1.02 ERA and 68 strikeouts in 55 innings while holding opposing batters to a meager .172 cumulative average. Gregory, who walked only 19 and threw seven complete games, did not give up any triples or home runs. As a hitter, he batted .391 with a .509 on-base percentage and .494 slugging percentage, 18 RBI, 18 runs and 15 walks. Gregory posted a solid .975 fielding percentage as well while helping the Astros tie the school record for single-season triumphs and capture their first league title in two decades. RICH KAIRIS, Marist, OF/P, Sr. * Making his second straight appearance on the all-area first team and a three-time All-East Suburban Catholic Conference pick as well, Kairis was the RedHawks’ cornerstone both as an everyday player and on the hill. At the plate Kairis batted .427 with 53 hits, .556 slugging and .503 on-base percentages and 19 stolen bases; the average and hits total were dramatic increases over 2014. He tallied 33 runs, knocked in 16 more, smacked 10 doubles, coaxed 18 walks and was virtually impossible to strike out -- only four whiffs in 124 official at-bats. When he stood on the rubber, however, Kairis managed to find opponents’ weaknesses as evidenced by his 53 strikeouts

ERIC HORBACH, Shepard, P, Sr. * Adam Gregory understandably commanded the most attention among Astros pitchers, but Horbach also was a significant contributor to Shepard’s South Suburban Conference Red-winning fortunes in the absence of Brett Smith from the rotation. Horbach didn’t match Gregory’s glossy ledger, but his 5-3 record was certainly acceptable, particularly when complemented by 51 strikeouts -- versus 17 walks -- in 56 innings and a 1.50 ERA. Opposing batters managed just a .213 cumulative average against Horbach, who tossed four complete games. Offensively, he racked up a .327 average with 32 hits, 26 runs, 18 RBI and seven doubles. Horbach got hit by a pitch 11 times, making him the Astros’ leader in that painful category.

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Mike Schalasky slugged an area-best 12 homers, drove in 51 runs and went 7-1 as a pitcher for Brother Rice, a season-long performance that deemed him worthy of receiving Player of the Year recognition.

in 67 1/3 innings of work and foes’ cumulative .198 average. Kairis boasted a 1.35 ERA, logged six wins and didn’t hand out many gifts -- batters drew only 14 free passes from him. And just in case that wasn’t enough, Kairis, who’s headed to Augustana University, did not commit a defensive error in 85 fielding opportunities. RYAN KING, Brother Rice, 2B, So. * Being surrounded by heavy hitters likely helped King see some good pitches, but he didn’t squander his opportunities as he quickly became a stalwart in his own right. King performed admirably on both sides of the ball for the Crusaders -- defensively he accumulated a .985 fielding percentage by committing just two errors in 136 total chances. He augmented that with offensive production that included a .369 average, 38 hits, 25 runs, 15 RBI and 17 stolen bases in 19 attempts. King’s respective slugging and on-base percentages were .456 and .444. While Brother Rice will obviously miss Player of the Year Mike Schalasky in 2016, King is one of several solid returnees who will give the Crusaders a running start into next season. BOBBY PETERKA, Shepard, DH, Sr. * While no one was about to dislodge Mike Schalasky from his position as all-area firstteam catcher, Peterka’s numbers were too good to drop him down into second-team territory. And although he was the Astros’ regular backstop, Peterka easily could have filled the designatedhitter role as he swung the bat to the tune of a hefty .422 average. Thirteen of his 38 hits were of the extra-base variety -- two of them left the ballpark -- and he posted a solid .622 slugging percentage to go along with an equally impressive .509 on-base percentage. Peterka drove in 34 runs, scored 20 of his own and reached base 17 times via walks. He struck out just seven times in 90 at-bats. Behind the dish Peterka was highly dependable -- he was guilty of only three errors while ringing up a .986 fielding percentage. BOO QUILLIN, Oak Lawn, SS, Sr. * The 2015 South Suburban Conference Red Player of the Year put together a memorable senior campaign for the Spartans, who led the division for a while before giving way to eventual champion Shepard. Quillin batted a hefty .454 with 49 hits, 35 runs, 19 RBI and respective slugging and on-base percentages of .565 and .535. He reached base 16 times on free passes, went 12-of-14 in steals and rarely whiffed -- just six strikeouts in 128 plate appearances. What further enhanced Quillin’s value to Oak Lawn was his work on the mound. While his 4-2 ledger seems somewhat pedestrian, there was nothing ordinary about his other pitching stats, which included a microscopic 0.58 ERA and .192 opponents’ batting average. Quillin, who will play baseball at Elmhurst College next season, struck out 43 in 48 1/3 in-

nings while walking only 12. He threw five complete games and two of his victories came via shutout. JACK SNYDER, Marist, P, Jr. * Rich Kairis understandably attracted much of the attention directed toward the RedHawks, but Snyder was an important member of first-year coach Kevin Sefcik’s roster. His seven wins were tops among Marist pitchers and he also saved one game. Working 50 2/3 innings, Snyder issued just 13 walks while striking out 32 and opponents didn’t do much against him when they put the ball in play, as shown by their cumulative .173 batting average for the season. Snyder, who’ll unquestionably be considered the RedHawks’ mound ace in 2016, registered a minute 1.11 ERA. DAN VOS, Chicago Christian, P, So. * Proving his notable sevenwin freshman campaign was no accident Vos stepped forward as the Knights’ workhorse in 2015. His 63 2/3 innings pitched were 14 more than the next-busiest hurler and he compiled a 10-1 record, which put him more than halfway to Christian Bolhuis’ program-best career total for victories. Vos registered his second straight sub-2.00 ERA (1.98) and whiffed 68 batters while walking just 22. He was not necessarily counted on to be an offensive force, but Vos still contributed 24 hits, 26 RBI and 24 runs to an attack that played a key role in Christian reaching the 30-win plateau. Vos achieved all-area honorablemention status as a freshman. TREVOR WOLTERINK, Chicago Christian, 3B, Jr. * Chosen an all-area firstteamer for the second season in a row, Wolterink performed well enough to be named the Metro Suburban Conference Player of the Year in the Knights’ inaugural campaign there. His 2014 stats obviously warranted later recognition, but Wolterink still managed to improve on all of them this spring. As a junior he batted an even .400 with 40 hits, 38 runs and team-high 30 RBI. Eleven of his hits went for extra bases as he posted respective slugging and on-base percentages of .530 and .485. Wolterink drew 26 free passes, stole five bases and was unselfish -- he tied for the lead among Chicago Christian players with nine sacrifices. And although Dan Vos and Christian Bolhuis anchored the pitching staff, Wolterink certainly did his part in that area too as he went 7-3 with a 1.76 ERA and 61 strikeouts over 47 2/3 innings.

SECOND TEAM JOHN CARMODY, Marist, 1B, Jr. * Solid both offensively and in the field, Carmody’s RBI total was just one less than his number of base hits (35-36). A dozen of the latter went for extra bases, including four roundtrippers, and he recorded a .479 slugging percentage to go along with a .391 on-base percentage, .308 average, 18 runs and 15 free passes. Carmody handled

his defensive chances at a .960 clip and was a part of 16 double plays turned by the RedHawks’ infield. Last fall he gained allarea first-team recognition as a defensive lineman after making 56 tackles for Marist’s football squad. JACK CAVANAUGH, St. Laurence, OF, Jr. * Along with Tommy Farrell, Cavanaugh was a newcomer of influence as the Vikings survived the graduation of some key individuals from the previous season to remain an area heavyweight. Cavanaugh was somewhat anonymous at the outset, but he quickly made himself known with a potent bat that generated an eyeopening .408 average by year’s end. He stroked 40 hits -- 10 of them going for extra bases -scored 27 runs and drove in 21 while posting a .551 slugging percentage and .450 on-base percentage. Cavanaugh also swiped 8-of-10 bases. MAX DOWNS, Stagg, OF, Jr. * The Chargers’ attack couldn’t be termed a juggernaut, but it was improved over the past couple seasons and a big reason for that was Downs’ presence in the lineup. He flirted with the .400 mark before finishing with a .392 average, one point less than Josh Nowak’s team-leading figure. Downs built his mark on 40 hits, which included a Staggbest 11 doubles, and amassed respective slugging and onbase percentages of .529 and .451. He accounted for 40 runs (22 scored, 18 driven in) and augmented his efforts at the plate with a respectable .965 fielding percentage. ZACH FRIELING, Chicago Christian, SS, So. * An all-area honorablemention choice as a varsity freshman, Frieling continued his rapid development in 2015 and stands on the cusp of becoming one of the Knights’ all-time greats. In his second year he paced Chicago Christian in virtually every major offensive category, including average (.402), runs (47), hits (45), doubles (19), slugging (.607), on-base percentage (.531), steals (18 in 21 attempts) and even hit-by-pitches (eight). Frieling’s 30 RBI tied him with three teammates for the No. 1 slot in that department while his 24 bases-on-balls ranked third overall. FRANK GRECO, St. Laurence, 3B, Sr. * Greco is back as a member of the all-area second team, but he accomplished the repeat in a rather unique manner as this time he was selected as an infielder. He got tabbed as a pitcher in 2014 and again performed admirably in that regard as he was 6-4 with a 2.71 ERA and nearly 4-to-1 strikeouts-to-walks ratio (44-12) in 59 1/3 innings. One of his losses came in a 2-1 verdict against a California team that occupied the nation’s No. 1 position in USA Today for part of the season. However, Greco was perhaps even more valuable to the

PAT MEEHAN, Marist, P/INF, Sr. * Along with Rich Kairis, Meehan served as a veteran ringleader for the RedHawks, who won 24 games and just missed reaching a sectional final. He saw action on the hill as both a starter and reliever and had a hand in one-third of Marist’s successes (five victories, three saves). He averaged nearly a strikeout per inning, finishing with 45 in 48 frames while surrendering only 11 free passes. Meehan’s ERA was 2.63 and opponents hit just .237 against him. He was also a defensive standout -- Meehan registered a .929 fielding percentage on 127 total chances and took part in 14 double plays. He will attend Dayton University but does not plan to continue his baseball career in college. SEAN MILLER, Evergreen Park, 2B, Sr. * Alongside fourth-year shortstop Mark Martin, Miller provided the Mustangs with one of the south suburbs’ best double-play tandems. The latter was especially proficient with the glove during the South Suburban Conference Red portion of Evergreen Park’s schedule as he committed only one fielding error in 68 defensive plays. Miller was guilty of just two miscues on 94 chances overall for the season and had a hand in nine double plays. He was no slouch as a hitter either as he batted .358 with a .427 onbase percentage, .547 slugging percentage, 32 RBI, 25 runs and three homers. Miller will attend Loras College in Iowa along with Mustangs teammate Brian Pall. BRIAN PALL, Evergreen Park, P, Sr. * The other half of Evergreen Park’s Loras College-bound duo, Pall pieced together the single most memorable pitching outing of the spring when he mowed down 15 Shepard batters on third strikes in a 2-1 win over the eventual South Suburban Conference Red champions. Pall, an honorablemention linebacker on the 2014 all-area football team, ended the season with 77 strikeouts in 60 innings and mustered a 6-3 ledger. He also recorded a save in his lone opportunity to garner one. JOHN ROBERTS, Oak Lawn, C, Jr. * In a year when quality catchers abounded, Roberts nosed out such strong competition as Evergreen Park’s Mike Rizzo, St. Laurence’s Anthony Rios and Stagg’s Mitchell Spencer for the second-team nod. The Spartan did so largely on the strength of a superb .448 average -- which was just four points below Boo Quillin’s squad-leading mark -- that was constructed on 47 hits, eight of which went for extra bases. He accrued 25 RBI, tallied 15 runs and fanned only nine times in 114 plate appearances. Roberts’ respective slugging, on-base and fielding percentages were .543, .478 and .973, the latter of those being fashioned on 222 chances. JIM ROCHE, Sandburg, DH, Sr. * The Eagles shortstop didn’t get placed ahead of Chicago Christian’s Zach Frieling at that position on the all-area second team, but he was still

good enough to warrant a spot after pacing Sandburg with an excellent .458 average. He also was No. 1 in hits (44), doubles (14) and triples (three) while being runner-up in runs (32) and RBI (23). Roche drew 12 walks and struck out just seven times in 111 plate appearances. He was named an all-area honorable mention as a junior. PATRICK SLATTERY, Oak Lawn, OF, Jr. * Another important cog in the Spartans’ offensive machine was Slattery, one of four Oak Lawn players to bat at least .365 for the season. Slattery’s final mark was .385, which was generated on 40 hits, almost one-third of which were of the extra-base variety. Those included nine doubles and two homers, which helped him compile a .567 slugging percentage. Slattery also had a .453 on-base percentage, 27 runs scored, 17 RBI and nine steals. He reached base eight times after being plunked by a pitch and produced a fielding percentage of .915. ANGELO SMITH, Richards, P, So. * After becoming just the second freshman to start his prep baseball career at Richards on the varsity level in 2014, the hard-throwing Smith returned to action this spring as one of the area’s top strikeout pitchers. While exhibiting just enough wildness to keep batters from getting comfortable in the box, Smith blew third strikes past 83 of them – the highest total among local hurlers – in just 53 2/3 innings of work. And despite his alleged control issues, the lefty boasted a fine 3-to-1 strikeouts-to-walks ratio. Smith won six of nine decisions and amassed a nifty 1.57 ERA. In addition, he fielded at a .943 clip (six errors in 98 chances) and batted .327 with 27 hits and 16 RBI.

HONORABLE MENTION RYAN KUTT, Brother Rice MICHAEL MASSEY, Brother Rice TOM PRZEKWAS, Brother Rice PAT MCCARTHY, Chicago Christian MARK MARTIN, Evergreen Park MIKE RIZZO, Evergreen Park JOE DODARO, Oak Lawn IVAN GEORGELOS, Oak Lawn NICK MEJIA, Richards BRETT THOMAS, Richards CHRIS ZESCHKE, Richards KENNY GORSKI, Shepard ETHAN GLAZA, Stagg JOSH NOWAK, Stagg MITCHELL SPENCER, Stagg ANTHONY RIOS, St. Laurence

COACH OF THE YEAR FRANK DIFOGGIO, Shepard * The veteran skipper had several close calls over the years when it came to conference championships, but the Astros always had to settle for bridesmaid status -- until 2015, that is. Not only did Shepard erase a 2 ½-game deficit to overtake Oak Lawn and end a 20-year title drought by capturing the South Suburban Conference Red championship, but the Astros’ 24 victories tied a single-season school record and their winning percentage was the program’s best ever. What made DiFoggio’s coaching stand out was that he was able to keep his guys focused on the task at hand while dealing with injuries that sidelined two mainstays -- Brett Smith and Kevin Carmody -- for most of the year. Along the way DiFoggio also collected his 300 th career triumph.

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Thursday, June 18, 2015

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Community Sports News ST. LAURENCE SEEKING FOOTBALL COACHES

St. Laurence is seeking two assistant football coaches for the 2015 season. Offensive coordinators are being sought for both the sophomore and freshman teams. The latter candidate should have a specific ability to coach quarterbacks and both must have a flexible schedule that will allow for attendance at summer practices as well as those conducted during the school year. Previous high school coaching experience or the equivalent is preferred and candidates must hold a valid Illinois teaching certificate or be ASEP certified. Qualified individuals should send a letter of interest and resume to varsity coach Harold Blackmon at hblackmon@stlaurence.com.

REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR UPWARD SOCCER IN ORLAND PARK

Upward Soccer in Orland Park is accepting registration for the 2015 fall season and will conduct evaluations on Saturday, July 18, from 9 a.m.-noon. Practices begin Aug. 15 and the first matches will take place one week later. The league is open to youngsters in grades K-6. For more information, call the Stone Church office at 385-2770 or visit the web site at www.thestonechurch.org/next-steps/ministry/kids/upward-soccer.

CHRISTIAN TO HOST ‘STAR SHOOTER’ CAMP IN JUNE

Chicago Christian will host the “Star Shooter” camp for youngsters entering grades 5-12 in the fall on Monday in two sessions. Kids in grades 5-7 will go from 8:30 a.m.-noon while those in grades 8-12 will meet from 1-4:30 p.m. Both sessions will be run by Jay Wolf, who is recognized as one of the world’s finest shooting instructors. The cost is $59. Registration can be picked up in the high school’s main office at 12001 S. Oak Park Ave. For more information, call Kevin Pittman at 388-7650.

SPORTS CAMPS AT RICHARDS

Camps in a number of sports — including softball, basketball, baseball, football and volleyball — will be held at Richards this summer. For a full listing of what’s being offered along with specific dates, times and age requirements, call 499-2550.

IN THE PAINT HOOPS TO HOLD ‘BIG MAN’ CAMP

In The Paint Hoops will conduct its inaugural “Post Player/Big Man” basketball camp Monday-Thursday. The camp, which is devised to develop both offensive and defensive techniques, will run each day from 9:30-10:30 a.m. For more information, call Mike Robinson at (773) 257-7525 or visit www.itphoops.com.

SPORTS CAMPS AT QUEEN OF PEACE

Queen of Peace will offer eight sports camps this summer for girls in grades 4-12. Youngsters can participate in basketball, cross country/track, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, volleyball and dance. The camps will focus on conditioning and developing both individual and team-related skills through instruction, contests and the introduction of game rules and advanced strategies. Class sizes are limited and those interested are encouraged to sign up at least three weeks before camps begin. To register or for more information, contact George Shimko at 496-4736 or at www.queenofpeacehs. org.athletics.

BEARS NON-CONTACT CAMPS COMING THIS SUMMER

Chicago Bears youth football camps for ages 6-14 will return to 26 Illinois locations this summer. Former Bears players Rashied Davis, Jason McKie, Jim Morrissey, Mickey Pruitt and Kris Haines are among those expected to visit the camps, which will offer non-contact instruction. Led by professional, USA Football-certified coaches, kids learn to run, throw, catch, defend and compete the Bears’ way. A comprehensive skills camp is designed for newcomers while the accelerated skills camp is for experienced players between the ages of 9 and 14. The cost is $259 for a five-day camp. To register or for more information, visit www.BearsCamps.com or call (312) 226-7776.

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Freshman courtesy runner Kara Apato scores Marist’s third run in last Tuesday’s 5-4 come-from-behind triumph over Downers Grove South in the Class 4A Benedictine Supersectional.

TRINITY TO RUN SUMMER SPORTS CAMPS

Trinity Christian College will offer a variety of summer sports camps for youngsters in grades K-9. Each week-long camp will be directed by Trolls head coaches and assisted by Trinity student-athletes. Among the scheduled events are a boys’ basketball camp for grades 3-9 June 22-26 and July 13-17; a girls’ basketball camp for grades 5-8 June 22-26; a boys’ baseball camp for grades 1-8 July 6-10; a girls’ softball camp for grades 1-8 June 22-26; a boys’ and girls’ soccer camp for grades K-8 June 22-26; a boys’ and girls’ track-and-field camp for grades 3-8 June 29-July 2; and a boys’ and girls’ volleyball camp for grades 5-9 July 20-24. For more information or to register online, visit www.trnty.edu/summercamps. Information can also be obtained by calling 239-4779.

YOUTH SPORTS CAMPS COMING TO MORAINE

Moraine Valley College will host youth camps in basketball, tennis and volleyball this summer. Athletic director and former Cyclones basketball coach Bill Finn will conduct a hoops camp for youngsters entering grades 3-8 July 13-16 from 9-10:30 a.m. daily. A volleyball camp for kids entering grades 5-9, headed up by Moraine coach Mark Johnston, will run that same week from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. each day. Women’s tennis coach and former Cyclones player Nicole Selvaggio will lead a camp for youngsters entering grades 5-12 July 6-9. There will be two daily sessions: 9-10:30 a.m. for grades 5-8, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. for grades 9-12. The cost of each camp is $70. Registration can be made through Moraine’s athletics department. For more information, visit www.morainevalley.edu/Athletics/summer camp.htm. or call 974-5727.

SHRINERS FOOTBALL GAME SET FOR SATURDAY

The Illinois Football Coaches Association and the Shriners of Illinois will co-host the 41st annual Illinois High School Shrine Game on Saturday at Tucci Stadium on the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University. Eighty-eight of the state’s best football players will participate in the contest, which helps raise money for Shriners Hospital for Children, the official philanthropy of Shriners International. Last year’s event raised over $23,000 that went directly to providing medical care for children at Shriners Hospital. Kickoff will be at 1 p.m., but the day’s festivities get underway at 9 a.m. with a Walk for LOVE event at the stadium. A postgame banquet will feature Alex Tanney, who competed in the 2006 game and now plays for the Tennessee Titans, as guest speaker. More information about scheduled events, along with rosters for both the East and West teams, can be found at www.ilshrinegame.com<http://www.ilshrinegame.com/>. Information can also be obtained by calling Eric Tjarks (217) 781-2400 or Matt Hawkins at (309) 665-0033.

NAYS TOURNEYS COMING TO PLAINFIELD, BOLINGBROOK

North American Youth Sports will conduct basketball tournaments for players in grades 4-12 this summer. The Plainfield event will be held at Plainfield East High School July 17-19 while several area sites will host the Bolingbrook tourney, which will run July 22-26. Included among the game locales will be Bolingbrook High School, Annerino Recreation Center and the Bolingbrook Recreation and Aquatic Center. The entry fees are $265 (Plainfield) and $600 (Bolingbrook) with respective signup deadlines of June 26 and July 1. Each team at Bolingbrook is guaranteed a minimum of nine games while those at Plainfield will play at least five. For more information, call (866) 352-5915 or visit the website at www.northamericayouthsports.org. Additional info on the Plainfield tournament can also be obtained from Tracy Rainey at (630) 677-7988. Are heroes born? Or are they made?

Inside every child is a hidden strength, an unknown ability, a hero waiting to be discovered. In afterschool programs, kids get involved in all kinds of activities – scholastic, athletic and creative. Activities that help them realize they have the potential to do better and reach further than they ever imagined. Because in the end, that’s what makes a hero. Let us know you want afterschool programs in your area. Call 1-800-USA-LEARN.

Firing it up

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Marist’s Alexis Rogers fires to first base to record an out against Downers Grove South during last Tuesday’s 5-4 win in the Class 4A Benedictine Supersectional.

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For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION HSBC BANK USA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF ACE SECURITIES CORP. HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST AND FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF ACE SECURITIES CORP. HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2006-HE4, ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES Plaintiff, -v.MARIO RODRIGUEZ Defendants 12 CH 40424 4609 W. 106TH STREET 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 April 27, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 28, 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 4609 W. 106TH STREET, Oak Lawn, IL 60453 Property Index No. 24-15-116-015-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $329,582.95. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in AS IS condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact Plaintiff s attorney: POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 263-0003 Please refer to file number C13-92846. 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. POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 263-0003 Attorney File No. C13-92846 Attorney Code. 43932 Case Number: 12 CH 40424 TJSC#: 35-6927 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, Illinois, County Department, Chancery Division. JP Morgan Chase Bank, National Association P l a i n t i f f , v s . Kenneth W. Anderson III aka Kenneth Anderson III; Crystal Tree Homeowners Association; Grotta & Associates, P.C.; Unknown Owners and Non-Record C l a i m a n t s D e f e n d a n t s , 12 CH 33820 Sheriff's # 150213 F12080208 CHOH Pursuant to a Judgment made and entered by said Court in the above entitled cause, Thomas J. Dart, Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, will on July 6, 2015, at 1pm in room LL06 of the Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction the following described premises and real estate mentioned in said Judgment: Common Address: 14451 Morningside Road, Orland Park, Illinois 60462 P.I.N: 27-08-203-017-0000 Improvements: This property consists of a Single Family Home. Individually owned Row House or T o w n h o m e s . Sale shall be under the following terms: payment of not less than ten percent (10%) of the amount of the successful and highest bid to be paid to the Sheriff by cashier's check or certified funds at the sale; and the full remaining balance to be paid to the Sheriff by cashier's check or certified funds within twenty-four (24) hours after the sale. Sale shall be subject to general taxes, special a s s e s s m e n t s . Premise will NOT be open for inspection. For information, contact the sales department, ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER LLC, 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 120, NAPERVILLE, IL 60563, (630) 453-6960 For bidding instructions, visit www.fal-illinois.com. Please refer to file number F 1 2 0 8 0 2 0 8 . This is an attempt to collect a debt pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I659042

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Real Estate IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.MAUREEN A. MCKAY Defendants 12 CH 020341 11610 W. 139 STREET 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 April 20, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 22, 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 11610 W. 139 STREET, ORLAND PARK, IL 60467 Property Index No. 27-06-202-025, Property Index No. (27-06202-018 underlying). 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 14-11-42012. 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. 14-11-42012 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 12 CH 020341 TJSC#: 35-6637 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. I660409

For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY D I V I S I O N CITIMORTGAGE, INC. P l a i n t i f f , v . DAVID SOLLIS, PALOS CREEK TOWNHOME A S S O C I A T I O N D e f e n d a n t s 12 CH 10487 10870 S. 84TH AVENUE 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 April 24, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 27, 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 10870 S. 84TH AVENUE, PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 Property Index No. 23-14-410-020-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. 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 PA1404947. 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. PA1404947 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 12 CH 10487 TJSC#: 35-6536 I659853

For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY D I V I S I O N PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION P l a i n t i f f , v . ALKETA DARDOVSKI, NEHART DARDOVSKI, NATIONAL CITY BANK D e f e n d a n t s 08 CH 15753 12900 SOUTH 82ND COURT PALOS PARK, IL 60464 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 19, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 1, 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 12900 SOUTH 82ND COURT, PALOS PARK, IL 60464 Property Index No. 23-35-206-001. The real estate is improved with a single-family, one-story, red brick house with an attached garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. 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 PA0808276. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 Attorney File No. PA0808276 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 08 CH 15753 TJSC#: 35-7987 I658871

For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF CITIGROUP MORTGAGE L O A N TRUST INC., ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-HE3; Plaintiff, v s . JADWIGA BACZOWSKI; WOJCIECH BACZOWKSI; UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY AND NON R E C O R D CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 14 CH 15994 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on March 27, 2015 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, June 30, 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 e s t a t e : P.I.N. 23-36-205-019-0000. Commonly known as 7518 W. Manitoba Drive, Palos Heights, IL 60463. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Mr. David C. Kluever at Plaintiff's Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 236-0077. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I658690

For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION CHASE HOME FINANCE, LLC P l a i n t i f f , v s . GEORGE KASBOSKE; HANNAH KASBOSKE; J P M O R G A N CHASE BANK, NA; D e f e n d a n t s , 10 CH 43017 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on February 24, 2014, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, July 6, 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. 23-02-103-008-0000. Commonly known as 9040 SOUTH 85TH AVENUE, HICKORY HILLS, IL 60457. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale. For information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1027157. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I659594

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“10 in the Park” For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC, Plaintiff, -v.RICKEY E. LOEPER A/K/A RICKEY LOEPER, PINEWOOD P.U.D. SOUTH HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, PINEWOOD EAST UNIT FIVE ASSOCIATION, PINEWOOD P.U.D. SOUTH ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 14 CH 01613 11958 S. PINECREEK 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 March 13, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 14, 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 11958 S. PINECREEK DRIVE, Orland Park, IL 60467 Property Index No. 27-07-308-016-0000 VOL. 0146. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $54,517.91. 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 identifi cation 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: JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 541-9710 Please refer to file number 14-9420. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 541-9710 Attorney File No. 149420 Attorney Code. 40342 Case Number: 14 CH 01613 TJSC#: 35-4240 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. I659802

For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK County, Illinois, County Department, Chancery Division. BMO Harris Bank N.A. f/k/a Harris N.A. f/k/a Harris Trust & Savings Bank, P l a i n t i f f , v s . Kazimierz Chlebek, Anna Chlebek, Marquette Bank, solely as Trustee u/t/a dated January 13, 2003 known as Trust No. 16513, Orland Car Wash, Unknown Owners, Unknown Occupants, Unknown Tenants, and Non-Record Claimants, D e f e n d a n t s . 14CH 2501; Sheriff's No. 150106-001F. Pursuant to an Amended Judgment made and entered by said Court in the above entitled cause, Thomas J. Dart, Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, will on July 9, 2015, at 1:00 P.M. in Room LL06 of the Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction the following described premises and real estate mentioned in said Amended Judgment: PIN.: 27-13-205-005-0000 Address: 7225 W. 151st St., Orland Park, IL 60462.Improvements: A ten bay self serve car wash.Sale shall be under the following terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.Sale shall be subject to general taxes, special assessments, and prior first mortgages. Premises will NOT be open for inspection. For information: Mia D. D'Andrea, Chapman and Cutler, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 111 W. Monroe St., Chicago, IL 60603, Tel. No. (312) 845-3000.This is an attempt to collect a debt pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.I659159

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO NATIONAL CITY BANK, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO MID AMERICA BANK, FSB Plaintiff, -v.JADWIGA DZIUBEK, PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO NATIONAL CITY BANK, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO MID AMERICA BANK, FSB Defendants 14 CH 02122 12001 SOUTH 70TH COURT PALOS HEIGHTS, IL 60463 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 20, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 21, 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 12001 SOUTH 70TH COURT, PALOS HEIGHTS, IL 60463 Property Index No. 24-30-112-001-0000. The real estate is improved with a one story, single family home with a two car attached garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “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 PA1317767. 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. PA1317767 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 14 CH 02122 TJSC#: 35-6218 I659358

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Plaintiff, -v.D AV I D J K R AW C Z Y K , B A X T E R C R E D I T UNION, PNC BANK, N.A. SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO NATIONAL CITY BANK, GLENMOOR COMMONS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendants 14 CH 14603 9439 SOUTH 79TH AVENUE UNIT 302 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 April 24, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 27, 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 9439 SOUTH 79TH AVENUE UNIT 302, HICKORY HILLS, IL 60457 Property Index No. 23-01-318-026-1010. The real estate is improved with a 6 unit condominium; no garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. 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 PA1406039. 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. PA1406039 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 14 CH 14603 TJSC#: 35-6542 I659097

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A Plaintiff, -v.STEVE KOSTECKI AKA STEVE W KOSTECKI, BARBARA KOSTECKI AKA BARBARA J KOSTECKI, THE EARL CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, MILL CREEK CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 14 CH 17873 9748 MILL DR E APT 2E AKA 9748 W MILL DR UNIT #2-E PALOS PARK, IL 60464 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 19, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 14, 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 9748 MILL DR E APT 2E AKA 9748 W MILL DR UNIT #2-E, PALOS PARK, IL 60464 Property Index No. 23-33-209-031-1022. The real estate is improved with a mid rise condominium; no garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in â&#x20AC;&#x153;AS ISâ&#x20AC;? condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identifi cation 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, Plaintiffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1407545. 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. PA1407545 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 14 CH 17873 TJSC#: 35-4450 I658354

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BROADEN YOUR HORIZONS This Week Juried community art exhibition at Moraine Valley Moraine Valley Community College is hosting a juried exhibition of artwork by community artists in the Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery, in the Fine and Performing Arts Center, 9000 W. College Pkwy., Palos Hills. The exhibit runs through Friday, July 31. The exhibition features original work from across all areas of study, including painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, photography, metal, and mixed media. Submissions were judged on May 31. From 90 submissions, awards were given to the top three pieces of artwork along with two honorable mentions at a reception on June 6. One of the honorable mentions was presented to Carole Wilson, of Palos Heights. The Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery provides students of Moraine Valley and the surrounding community the opportunity to view locally and nationally recognized artists. All exhibits are free and open to the public. Summer hours for viewing are Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., as well as during most Fine and Performing Arts Center performances. For more information, visit morainevalley. edu/fpac.

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• Make Your Own Short Film – 5 to 6 p.m. today (Thursday), The Bridge Teen Center, 15555 S. 71st Court, Orland Park, will host a program to show students how to create a successful short film. • Behind the Heart and High School After Hours – 7:30 p.m. to midnight June 19, The Bridge Teen Center will host a S’mores Night with live music from punk band Behind the Heart. High school students are invited to stay for extended hours (10 p.m. – midnight). • Open Studio – 1 to 2:30 p.m. June 24, students will create their own personalized items. • Space, Time & Einstein – 4 to 5:15 p.m. June 24, a program with Fermilab for students to see several experiments that will visually explain how space and time are related.

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A celebration of the Summer Solstice will be held on Monday, June 22, from 8 to 10 p.m., at The Center’s labyrinth garden, 12700 Southwest Highway, Palos Park. Pastoral Director Chris Hopkins will lead the group in star-watching and a celebration of gratitude for summer’s bounty and long days of light, and then invite participants to walk the labyrinth which will be ringed by candlelight. Participants are asked to bring lawn chairs, bug spray, a small snack to share, and a poem or short reflection about nature, Earth, or the cosmos. The summer solstice celebration costs $10 and registration is required. The evening is not weather dependent, but the format will change if it is raining. (361-3650)

Upcoming Weaving class A new six-week weaving class begins at The Log Cabin Center for the Arts, 12700 Southwest Highway in Palos Park, Wednesday, July 1, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Weaver Nettie Botts of Palos Park teaches new students to create samplers on portable table looms during their first weeks in her class. For the remaining class weeks, Botts then 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 of the weaving class is $90, plus a $10 materials fee for new weavers’ samplers. Students will purchase their own threads and yarns for future projects.

Memoir writing workshop A memoir-writing workshop is offered at The Log Cabin Center for the Arts, 12700 Southwest Highway, Palos Park,

on six Thursday afternoons, beginning July 16, by Personal Historian Beth LaMie of Kankakee. From to 3 p.m., students write memoirs or family stories. Using writing prompts, exercises, and techniques to capture memories, participants learn to organize their thoughts and experiences and how to elicit stories from other family members. The Memoir Writing class fee is $90 per person paid upon registration, plus a $10 workbook fee to be paid directly to the instructor in class. Students should bring a notebook or pad of paper and their favorite writing instruments. Advance registration is required. Call 361-3650.

Citrasolv workshop at McCord Learn to manipulate inks using Citrasolv to create beautiful abstract pages of color at the McCord Gallery & Cultural Center, Saturday, June 27, from 1 – 3 p.m. Fees are $45 for members, $55 for non-members. Supply list will be provided at registration. Participants will learn the process of creating and manipulating old magazine pages to create scenes and an image transfer. The class will be taught by instructor Lorelei Jones. McCord Gallery & Cultural Center is at 9602 W. Creek Road (129th and LaGrange), Palos Park. To register or for more information call 671-0648 or visit www.mccordgallery.org

Tinley Park Community Band summer concert

The Tinley Park Community Band will give their annual free summer concert on Saturday, June 27, from 3 to 4 p.m. at the Tinley Park Park District Bettenhausen Recreation Center, 8125 W. 171st St. This outdoor concert includes high school musicians who have been rehearsing with the adult band. Selections include tunes from movies and musicals. Highlights include John Williams music from “Superman” and “Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back,” “The Phantom of the Opera” and “The Sound of Music.” Bring a lawn chair or blanket. In inclement weather, concerts will be held in the Recreation Center Gym. Free water and lemonade will be available while supplies last. Refreshments will sold.

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Iron Chef Teen! Battle of the Brands Friday, June 19 at 7 p.m. Team up with a friend for this sweet challenge! Create a delicious Twinkie dish based on your favorite music and present it to our judging panel, including a special chef guest judge, for tasting. We provide the ingredients. Summer Craft Café, Cassette Tape Wallet Thursday, June 25 at 1 p.m. Test your crafting skills by making a wallet out of an old cassette tape, fabric, and a zipper. Pinterest Palooza Teen! Monday, June 29 at 7 p.m. Supplies provided to make Pinterestinspired project: Sheet Music Monogram

Youth Services

Cozy Corner Bedtime Storytimes Friday, June 19 and 26 at 7 p.m. Children, ages 4 and older. Don’t forget to wear your pajamas and bring your favorite stuffed animal! EnvironMental Club 2 Friday, June 19 and 26 at 4 p.m. Grades 3-5. Learn how to save the earth through interactive science activities. Your help is needed to maintain the library’s container gardens. Bright Starts Family Storytimes Saturday, June 20 and 27 at 10 a.m. Children of all ages and their families. Rhythm and Rhymes with Laura Doherty Sunday, June 21 at 2 p.m. Clap and sing along to Laura’s catchy, original songs at this upbeat concert. Bring your own chairs. May be moved indoors in bad weather. Tail Waggin’ Readers Monday, June 22 at 11 a.m. Cuddle up to an adorable pup and read him your favorite story. REGISTRATION for your 15 minute storytime begins Sunday, June 7 at 1:00 p.m. either online or in

Youth Services. You may register for one 15 minute session only during our Read to the Rhythm summer challenge. Space is limited. Handlers/dogs are licensed by Therapy Dog International. LEGOs Galore Wednesday, June 24 10 a.m.–Noon OR 6–8 p.m. Children of all ages are invited! Children must be registered for the Read to the Rhythm summer reading challenge. Parents of children ages 5 and under must stay with their child during the program. Music Makers Thursday June 25 at 10 a.m. Ages 24-47 months with parent/adult caregiver. Music, books and fun. What more could you ask for? Children must be registered for the Read to the Rhythm summer reading challenge. Space is limited. Pinterest Palooza Junior Thursday, June 25 at 2 p.m. Grade 4 & 5. Feeling crafty? Join us to create a Pinterest-inspired Fourth of July wreath. We’ll provide the supplies. Children also must be registered for the Read to the Rhythm summer reading challenge. LEGO Club Sunday, June 28 from 2–3 p.m. Children of all ages are welcome. Parents of children ages 5 and younger must stay with their child. Music with Little Miss Ann Monday, June 29, at 11 a.m. The whole family will be hooked with Miss Ann’s rhythm and melody! Children must be registered for the Read to the Rhythm summer reading challenge. All events are free. Some programs may require participation in the Summer Reading Challenge, which is open to Orland Park Public Library cardholders. For more information, visit orlandparklibrary.org or call 428-5100. The Orland Park Public Library is at 14921 S. Ravinia Ave. in Orland Park. Hours are Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. — Orland Park Public Library

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