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PALOS HEIGHTS

City pulls out all Stops on 76th Ave. FAU route means a thru street

By Jack Murray

Regional News editor

Photo by Tim Hadac

Palos Park poet Vijay Chopra holds a copy of “Colors of Leaves” outside the Palos Park Public Library, where he hopes it will be available soon.

ART BORN OF SUFFERING Palos man pens ‘Colors of Leaves’ poetry collection

By Tim Hadac

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new wife, Aruna, Chopra, 69, moved forward with compiling the poetry collection, writing along the way and adding new works.

“It’s a nice family effort,” he added with a smile.

The collection is dedicated to his father, Som Dutt Chopra, a literary scholar in India.

“My father was a writer of some measure in India, and I think some of his genes rubbed off on me,” Chopra said. “In fact, there is library that my forefathers established in India in the 1920s. I had the opportunity to visit there and present them with a copy of my book.”

In addition to many poets in the rich and deep body of Indian literature, Chopra’s artistic influences include English-language writers Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg, Maya Angelou and others.

Featuring about 70 poems, “Colors of Leaves” focuses on “the different phases of life, the finality of life, love, newly found love satisfaction,

Palos Park man’s often difficult but ultimately successful journey through love, loss and love again is now available for everyone to sit still with, and listen.

“Colors of Leaves” is a newly published collection of poetry by Vijay Chopra, who began writing more than a dozen years ago as a way to cope with the illness and death of his wife, Usha.

“I always enjoyed poetry, not only in English but in my native language—in Hindi and Urdu,” Chopra said. “After my wife passed away, I found that writing was very good for me, very therapeutic. It helped me get back on my feet.”

He informally shared his poems with a few family members and friends, and the reaction was positive.

“People would tell me, ‘Hey, this is good stuff. Maybe you ought to put it together,’” he recalled. “So after I retired, I had more time, and that’s what I decided to do, share it with other people.”

With the support of his son, Sunil, daughter-in-law, Elizabeth, and his

See POEMS, Page 2

A motorist can now drive unimpeded by a single stop sign on 76th Avenue all the way south from Route 83 to 135th Street through Palos Heights.

Traffic lights remain and will stay in place, however, at 76th Avenue’s intersections at 127th and 131st streets.

Cross traffic doesn’t stop on 76th Avenue anymore after the Palos Heights City Council voted unanimously at its most recent meeting on July 21 to repeal the ordinances that years ago established north-south stops on the roadway, reconstructed using federal funds a few years ago.

And you can blame the feds and state of Illinois Department of Transportation if it feels funny not stopping every few blocks or so after years of heeding those white-lettered red octagans: Stop.

The removed stop signs on 76th Avenue include one at 121st Street, near the spot where Palos Heights Public Works built a post-and-rail fence to stop people on foot or bicycle from leaving the bicycle path from Community Park and entering highly-trafficked 76th Avenue. A group of neighborhood moms took the City Council to task for the city’s blocking their time-honored pathway into the park at the previous council meeting on July 7.

City officials, however, replied that Illinois Department of Transportation required the city to block the way as a safety measure to prevent incursion onto 76th Avenue, especially by children on bicycles.

Even the T-intersection facing westbound traffic on 123rd Street no longer has stop signs halting

north-south traffic on 76th Avenue.

Bright orange flags now hang from the stop signs for east-west traffic on 123rd Street that warn: “Cross traffic does not stop.”

The same warnings hang from the east-west stop signs on Ishnala and Sequoia drives at 76th Avenue, which was long a four-way stop regulating traffic entering or exiting Palos Pines and Ishnala. It is a favored shortcut to and from downtown from Oak Hills Country Club Village. But police radar units stood on the side of the road this week, reminding drivers of the 20 mph speed limit.

Most of the removed stop signs never had the state-required traffic studies done to justify the ordinances that put them up years ago in the first place, hence the ordinances’ repeal, officials said.

Their removal from 76th Avenue is mandated by Federal Aid Urban (FAU) rules that provided matching funds for Palos Heights’ project to reconstruct 76th Avenue with improved storm drainage, according to Alderman Dolores Kramarski (3rd Ward), chairwoman of the council’s Roads and Construction Committee.

Both Kramarski’s Roads and the council’s Public Safety Committee, chaired by Alderman Jerry McGovern, studied the stop sign issue before both made recommendations to the council to remove them, and make traffic clear sailing all the way up 76th Avenue, now a designated FAU route.

An FAU route “is a through street, connecting through streets” in federal and state transportation parlance, Kramarski explained after See STOP SIGNS, Page 2

Some Palos residents plane angry over Midway noise A few from the Palos area are making some noise about the noise.

The rise in Midway Airport noise complaints, coming from as far away as Palos Hills and Palos Park, was among the issues discussed at last Thursday’s second-quarter meeting of the Midway Noise Compatibility Commission at The Mayfield banquet hall, 6072 S. Archer Ave., in Chicago.

Sarah Contreras, of aviation consultant Landram & Brown, reviewed the quarterly report showing that noise complaints lodged with the Chicago Department of Aviation from April to June, 2015 were more than twice the first-quarter numbers, up from 2,277 to 4,844. There were 135 total complainants, but she also said that 76 percent of

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Some of the increase has been attributed to a change in flight paths that the FAA instituted last year, resulting in more arriving flights coming in from the northeast over Chicago neighborhoods such as Bridgeport and McKinley Park, more than five miles from the airport, where residents weren’t used to be affected by aircraft noise. Departing flights also are heading southwest, causing unusually high noise and subsequent complaints in Burbank.

In order to gather conclusive data regarding increased noise in those areas, Chicago Deputy Commissioner of Aviation Aaron Frame said that a temporary noise monitoring device was deployed in May on the grounds of Reavis High School, at 6034 W. 77th St. in Burbank. He said that in June, See MIDWAY, Page 2

Photo by Jeff Vorva

A plane gets ready to land at Midway Airport on Tuesday afternoon. People as far away as Palos Hills and Palos Park are complaining about noise the planes make at Midway.

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the complaints came from just six addresses.

The 4,844 second-quarter complaints were scattered across 14 communities. Understandably, almost 75 percent (3,048) came from 67 Chicago addresses. But they also included 31 from Palos Hills (four addresses) and 665 complaints from Palos Park came from a total of nine addresses. One Palos Park address accounted for 633. Many reports were complaining of noise at night, between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.

Complaints, which are made through the city Aviation Department’s toll-free hotline (800-914-8537) or online at www.flychicago. com, rose significantly in the fourth quarter of 2014, when they amounted to 1,995.

In most quarters since the Department of Aviation began tracking complaints in 2006, the number usually didn’t amount to more than 500.

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Hot dog diggity Palos Pet Parade

Poems

and frustrations in life,” among other things, Chopra said.

His poem, “Looking for You” captures some of his sense of loss:

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The sun and the stars are all there As are the streets, the house The cat and the greenery outside Every little thing around seems the same But it’s not the same As I look for signs of you And sigh From every corner my eyes return empty Where are you?

I look and search against hope My feelings are numbed Dreams are asleep forever now Only memories remain, I know Yet I look again Where are you?

So much to tell you, to talk about So much to share Who came, who did not, who said what And who cared As our kids try to keep me together But where are you?

Life around tells me you are not here But heart and mind say otherwise You’ll open that door and quietly walk-in now, And the clatter around drowns these recurring thoughts I know you’re with me forever But where are you?

Your scent, twinkling eyes, smiling face linger Images race in mind, and I look for you In all the faces around As my heart aches And I wonder where are you?

My eyes return empty again Photos courtesy Palos Park Recreation and Parks Dept.

Families enjoy fresh-off-the-grill hot dogs with all the fixings at Palos Park’s annual celebration of National Hot Dog Day and Pet Parade held picnic style last Thursday on the Village Green. Village Manager Rick Boehm was among the event’s grill masters.

Chopra made a career at the Andrew Corporation, first as head of engineering and then later in business development. His position afforded him the opportunity to travel to nations around the world, which he said helped broaden his perspective.

He has lived in Palos Park for the last 29 years.

“I love it here,” he remarked as he stood near the Village Green last Saturday. “The small-town

atmosphere, plus living so close to the natural beauty of the forest preserves. It’s a wonderful place.”

Published by Xlibiris, “Colors of Leaves” is available through online booksellers like Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Chopra hopes that it will soon appear on the shelves of local public libraries, and he welcomes the opportunity, as a newly published poet, to speak before local clubs, literary societies, school classrooms and others.

Stop signs

Stop signs dot the way along 123rd Street at 73rd Avenue, 73rd Court, and Richard and 76th avenues. Anyone who has driven 123rd between Harlem and 76th avenues must make a full stop and go only one block apart from 73rd Avenue to 73rd Court.

The 123rd Street reconstruction project, however, will likely not begin until next year, Kramarski said. It will be funded through the Southwest Conference of Mayors with an 80/20 split, the city responsible for only 20 percent of the cost.

Continued from Page 1 the July 21 council meeting.

123rd Street up next

The watermelon-eating contest is a fun addition to the hot dog fest’s attractions.

Pointiest ears winner in the Pet Parade– Megan Fields with Scooby.

The next side street to be deemed an FAU route that will likely lose stop signs is 123rd Street between Harlem and 76th avenues, Kramarski told fellow aldermen when they voted at the same meeting to approve a preliminary engineering services agreement for 123rd Street’s planned reconstruction.

Midway

that monitor registered an average of 55.2 decibel noise levels, below the 60 level required for schools to be soundproofed. Homes within the 65 DNL sound footprint are eligible for soundproofing.

Another permanent monitor is also being installed northeast of the airport, at 40th and Albany Avenue in the city, Frame said.

Commissioner Gail Conwell said in her report on the residential sound insulation program that 1,396 qualified dwellings (single-family homes and apartments and condos in buildings up to four units) had been inspected for illegal conversions, which are banned from the program. She said 151 units, in 69 buildings, were forwarded to the Chicago Department of Buildings for further review. It was then determined that 57 dwellings in 25 buildings included illegal conversions, and were removed from the list to be soundproofed. These included 12 in Archer Heights, seven in Clearing, four in Garfield Ridge, and one each in West Elsdon and West Lawn.

Frame said they had to eliminate entire buildings if there was one illegal conversion because of common walls and utilities shared between units.

“We have always been very strict about that,” said commission chairman Thomas S. Baliga. “We are not going to pay for new windows and doors on an illegally converted property.”

According to Conwell’s report, there are currently 2.142 dwelling units in various stages of the process of being soundproofed as part of what is called “Phase 15”—the largest package of homes ever soundproofed

since the commission was formed 19 years ago. They are divided into five bid packages, and are in various stages of completion. They are all due to be completed by spring of 2016.

Baliga and others on the commission were surprised to hear from city officials that residents of as many as 1,400 units in 900 buildings offered soundproofing have not responded to efforts by city officials to get in contact with them and start the process.

“There are just some people who don’t want to let people or anyone from the government into their house,” said Stan Lihosit, a commissioner from Archer Heights.

Baliga said he was “shocked” to hear that many people turned down the program. “Who wouldn’t want to get new windows and doors?,” he wondered. When he and other commissioners suggested there might be a language barrier, because many residents speak either Spanish or Polish as their first language. But Frame said the Department of Aviation took that possibility into consideration when the program began.

“We do have staff who speak Spanish and Polish,” he said. “They do make calls (in those languages), Frame said.

When the floor was opened for public comment, a lifelong Garfield Ridge resident who said she first heard about the 19-year-old commission that day questioned how she could live blocks from Midway and not qualify for soundproofing under the current FAA noise contour map.

But Baliga said “the word is out there” about the program. Because so many people with broken English ask him about soundproofing, he said he is inclined to agree with Lihosit that the problem is a reluctance to allow government workers inside homes, for whatever reason, rather than a language barrier.

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Cuddliest Kitty winner in the Pet Parade was Henry Lata with his cat Rapunzel.

For Ivy Ogrizovich and others with Gussie, it was hard to tell who enjoyed the event better, the kids or the pup. ◄Best costume winner – Trisha Pavgurkas and her family with Maxi.

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Taste of Orland flavors summer festivals lineup Food, music and more Friday through Sunday

A village of Orland Park summer favorite, the Taste of Orland Park, will return this Friday through Sunday at the Orland Park Village Center, 14700 S. Ravinia Ave. Now in its 12th year, the Taste of Orland Park showcases Orland Park eateries, community organizations, event sponsors, and offers a number of activities, including Kids’ Day, a car show and live entertainment on two stages.

The Taste on Friday will be held from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Saturday, from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m. and Sunday, from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Admission and parking are free with participating restaurants selling tastes of signature dishes at individual food booths.

Participating Orland Park eateries include 94 West Grille and Tavern,

Beggars Pizza, Blissful Banana Café, The Brass Tap, Café Gaston, Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurants, El Famous Burrito, El Pueblito, Granite City Food & Brewery, Mo’s Chinese Kitchen, Oberweis Dairy, Orland Park Bakery, Palermo’s Restaurant & Pizzeria, Papa Joe’s Italian Restaurant, Q Restaurant, Riviera Country Club, RoccoVino’s Italian Restaurant, Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery, Square Celt Ale House and Grill, and Wooden Paddle Pizza.

A number of food items food items will be sold, including fried goat cheese and gluten free gelato from Wooden Paddle Pizza and fish and chips and candied beer bacon from Square Celt Ale House and Grill. Select restaurants are alcohol vendors with soft drinks and water being available for purchase from all participating restaurants.

“There are so many great things about the Taste of Orland Park,” said Trustee Patricia Gira, chairman of the Village Board’s Recreation and

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The village of Orland Park will host its 12th annual Taste of Orland Park this Friday through Sunday at the Orland Park Village Center, 14700 S. Ravinia Ave. The three-day fest showcases Orland Park’s best eateries, community groups, sponsors, live entertainment, Kids’ Day and a car show. Full details are at www.orlandpark.org/taste.

Parks Committee. “The food, the activities, the people and the entertainment, among other things, are what make it such a great weekend for everyone to enjoy.”

A variety of musical talents will perform on two stages throughout the weekend. The main stage will have Nick Lynch of American Idol and Trippin’ Billies perform on Friday,

Dr. Rock, The Chicago Kingsnakes and 7th Heaven perform on Saturday, Aug. 1 and The Lowdown Brass Band, Tumbling Dice and American English perform on Sunday, Aug. 2.

Kid’s Day will be held at the adjacent John Humphrey Sports Complex Saturday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. A number of free games, activities and programs will be held for kids of

all ages. The Annual Taste of Orland Park Car Show will be held at the Humphrey Complex on Sunday beginning at 1 p.m. Orland Park’s Got Talent live finals will be held on Sunday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Community Stage.

The Orland Park Lions Club will host Bingo inside the Civic Center on Saturday and the Orland Park

Kiwanis Club will do the same on Sunday, with both events starting at 1 p.m.

Complete Taste of Orland Park details are available at www.orlandpark. org/taste. For more information, call the Village of Orland Park Recreation Department at 403-7275.

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Morrison lands in Schumann, Gorman 17th Dist. Cook seat

By Jack Murray

Regional News Editor Newly sworn Cook County Commissioner Sean Morrison (R-17, Palos Park) spent a busy day in meetings with his new staff Monday after his election Wednesday last week.

Morrison was elected by fellow GOP committeemen to Morrison succeed Orland Park Republican Elizabeth “Liz” Doody Gorman who resigned her 17th District seat on the County Board two days before, in order to take a job in the private sector.

The Palos Township Republican Committeeman, Morrison was appointed county commissioner at a special meeting of Republican committeemen representing the 11 townships within the 17th District that Gorman chaired at Hackney’s restaurant in Palos Park. More than 50 people attended the selection meeting, according to Morrison’s office.

The founder and CEO of Morrison Security Corporation, Morrison was the sole candidate to submit his credentials for nomination and was overwhelmingly selected by the weighted vote of GOP committeeman, a spokesman said.

“I’m honored to be given the opportunity to represent the citizens of the 17th District,” Morrison said in a release. “I know expectations are high for me and I will do my very best to meet those expectations. I plan to bring a business man’s approach to the county board and make fiscal responsibility a pillar of my agenda.”

Cook County Circuit Court Judge James Riley attended the selection vote at Hackney’s, and immediately swore-in Morrison as the new county commissioner of the suburban 17th District. Morrison will fill the remaining three years of former commissioner Gorman’s four-year term, to which voters elected her last November.

Commissioner Morrison “has hit the ground running in his first week in office with daily meetings with county officials and briefings with staff,” his office said in a release. “Right now, I’m making the needed preparations for the upcoming budget process which begins in just a couple of months,” Morrison said.

As a GOP party leader, Morrison also serves as Supplied photo State Central Committeeman of the 3rd CongressioThe Orland Park Police Department’s Bike Patrol Unit is one of the many department programs that will be on nal District. He lives in Palos Park with his wife hand when the village hosts its National Night Out Observance on Tuesday, Aug. 4, from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Orland Lora, a registered nurse, and their two daughters.

Park Village Center.

Gorman will retain her elective GOP party post as Orland Township Republican committeeman. In that spot, she and Morrison have worked as close allies since he was named Palos GOP committeeman in 2012. The two are backing Palos Township Trustee

Sharon Brannigan for the party’s nomination against Republican incumbent Board of Review Commissioner Dan Patlak, of Wheeling Township. They backed her in her losing race against entrenched Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D3, Chicago).

Morrison becomes the second Palos GOP committeeman to also serve as 17th District Cook County commissioner. The first was Herb Schumann whom Gorman defeated in the 2002 Republican primary.

She went on to win the incumbent Schumann’s seat on the County Board over the Democratic nominee an was re-elected three times.

Schumann is now planning a second run for the GOP nomination to run for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) Board of Commissioners in the 2016 primary election. He served as Palos GOP leader from 1986 to 2001. His successor as Palos GOP committeeman was former state Rep. Anne Zickus of Palos Hills, 2001-2005.

Schumann and Gorman both during their terms of office on the County Board relished playing an active part in the dual role of commissioner of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County Board, furthering the cause of the Palos forest preserves serving the Palos-Orland area. It is likely Morrison will too, as a Palos GOP leader who now sits as successor in that seat each once held on the board.

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Orland, Heights police offer annual National Night Out WE’RE BUYING oLD TREASURES! The Orland Park and Palos Heights police departments will each host National Night Out Against Crime on Tuesday, Aug. 4 They join communities across the country holding the event. Orland Park’s will be held from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Orland Park Village Center, 14700 S. Ravinia Ave. The Palos Heights Police Department’s Night Out goes from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Police Department.

Park in the Palos Baseball lot (rear of police station) off Route 83. Guests will meet local police officers, tour the police station and learn about personal safety and crime prevention. Interactive events for kids and adults alike will include food and prizes and child safety seat inspections.

“National Night Out is an Orland Park summer favorite,” said Orland Park Mayor Dan McLaughlin.

“The Police Department offers a fun and educational evening for the whole family and we look forward to it every year.”

In Orland Park, National Night Out Against Crime enables residents to meet Orland Park police officers, including the Bike Patrol, Traffic Unit, Motor Cycle Unit, DARE and school resource officers. The Carl Sandburg High School Color Guard will perform along with music provided by Electric Blue. Jim Nesci’s Cold Blooded Creatures will make an appearance along with Mr. D’s Magic Show.

“This event is a great night for the Orland Park Police Department,” said Trustee Dan Calandriel-

lo, chairman of the Village Board’s Public Safety Committee. “It gives up an opportunity to show the community all that the department offers and lets kids meet police officers in a comfortable, fun environment,” he said.

Residents across the country are encouraged to turn on their porch lights as a statement against crime before joining the festivities held in their towns.

“Orland Park’s National Night Out is a great way to raise crime prevention awareness among our residents,” said Orland Park Police Chief Timothy McCarthy. “It’s an opportunity for everyone to learn ways to be cautious and aware of criminal activity while hopefully making people more comfortable with police officers.”

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Orland Park’s National Night Out will also include a free community document shred, provided by ProShred, an Orland Park-based mobile document destruction company. Families are invited to bring 100 pounds of documents to National Night Out to have them shredded for free as part of the Orland Park Police Department’s Identity Theft Prevention Program.

Attendees will be able to see the prisoner van, squad cars, and motorcycle units up close. Free children’s DNA kits will be available for parents.

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To fight hate, schools are the long game

By Charles C. Haynes

that teach the principles of democratic freedom, social justice, and understanding of different Propaganda works.

Consider Mohammad Abdula- faiths and cultures.

Fortunately, resources are zeez, the young man who shot and killed five service members available to help schools combat extremism through education. in Chattanooga, Tennessee last SPLC, for example, has develweek. oped a “Teaching Tolerance�

According to FBI reports, program that provides — free Abdulazeez was inspired to of charge — a comprehensive “martyrdom� through listening anti-bias curriculum to help to the hate-filled sermons of teachers counter the bigotry and Anwar al-Awlaki, the al Qaeda recruiter killed by an American extremism that young people are exposed to on the Internet drone strike in 2011.

Or consider Dylann Roof, the and elsewhere in our society (www.splcenter.org). suspect in the murder of nine Another effective resource is African American churchgoers Face to Faith, a free schools in Charleston, South Carolina program sponsored by the Tony earlier this summer.

Blair Faith Foundation (discloFrom what we know at this sure: I serve as U.S. advisor to stage in the investigation, Roof this initiative). was influenced by the online Through videoconferencing racist ideology of the Council of and a secure online community, Conservative Citizens, a white F2F gives students of many supremacist group that vilifies faiths and cultures across the African Americans. world a safe space to learn Of course, propaganda alone about one another through direct didn’t cause either shooter to contact. (www.facetofaithonline. pull the trigger. Drug abuse org) and mental illness were likely To date, Face to Faith has factors in both cases.

But propaganda — extremist, connected more than 120,000 students from 20 countries in hateful, twisted ideology — respectful and civil dialogue clearly played a critical role in about global issues of shared the lead-up to these demented concern. acts of violence.

Last month, Voice of America In the age of the Internet and broadcast a story about a F2F social media, it is disturbingly videoconference that linked easy for purveyors of hate to capture the minds of vulnerable, students in a predominately Muslim school in Indonesia alienated young people in the with a religiously diverse class United States and across the of students in a Fairfax County, world.

Virginia public school.

Numbers are hard to come In an honest and open exby. But earlier this year, the National Counterterrorism Cen- change, students discussed a wide range of topics — from ter estimated that some 3,400 people from the U.S. and other what it is like to be a Muslim Western countries were fighting in America to the problems of sectarian violence in Indonesia. for ISIS in Syria and Iraq.

Closer to home, the Southern Through direct engagement, students practiced civil dialogue, Poverty Law Center (SPLC) dispelled stereotypes and built reports that in 2014 there were bridges of understanding across over 700 active hate groups religious, cultural and other in the U.S., more than half of differences. (www.voanews. them white supremacist. Since the 1995 Oklahoma City bomb- com/content/high-school-videochats-bridge-religious-cultural-diing, there have been more than vides/2855995.html) 100 terrorist plots and racially Programs like Teaching motivated rampages in America Tolerance and Face to Faith are by the extreme right, usually not add-ons or luxuries — they white supremacists.

Sadly, it often takes a tragedy are essential to the mission of schools. to create public awareness of At a time of growing relithe dangers of extremism in gious extremism, deep racial diAmerica. Even then, governvides, and widespread ignorance ment responses range from the symbolic (taking down the Con- about “the other,� every school federate flag) to modest changes has a civic and moral obligation to counter messages of hate by in procedure (proposals to arm educating for a more just, tolerservice members at National ant and free society.

Guard facilities).

Propaganda works — but But fewer flags and more only in a vacuum. guns will do little to halt the spread of hate and the recruitCharles C. Haynes is vice ment of young people to the president of the Newseum Inrapidly growing network of stitute and executive director of extremist groups in the United the Religious Freedom Center.

States.

E-mail: chaynes@newseum.org For the long game, the best Web: www.religiousfreedomcenanswer to websites that preach ter.org Twitter: @hayneschaynes hate and violence are schools THE THE REGIONAL NEWS

Gorman was the force in getting Rauner elected

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iz Gorman, the Orland Township GOP Committeeman and Cook County Commissioner, and I did not get along originally. We were at odds until she showed up at a public discussion about fighting rising taxes and I got a chance to understand her.

I realized Gorman opposed rising taxes as much as I did. I realized she was a “centrist� willing to push back on extremists not just in the Democratic Party on the far left, but also in the Republican Party on the far right.

Gorman turned out to be the real deal when, in 2008, she became the inspiration for the fight against the one percent sales tax increase that then County Board President Todd Stroger proposed to off-set the county’s wasteful spending.

Gorman fought against the sales tax hike and when it passed with the support of Chicago’s Democratic board members, she led a rebellion to repeal the tax until it was finally gone.

She was also a critical cornerstone of commonsense in renovating the Republican party in Cook County.

Let’s face it, for a long time, “Republicans� were non-existent in Cook County, which is the foundation of the Democratic Party’s control of the state.

What made Gorman different? She had common sense. Her priority wasn’t political ideology, it was commitment to the citizens that she represented.

She didn’t mind taking on the Dem-

RAY HANANIA ocrats, but she also didn’t mind taking on the Republicans — including the far right wing like the Tea Party and others who believed extremism was the key to defeating the Democrats – a losing cause that anyone with common sense would recognize.

In the battle for Governor, Gorman recognized most Democrats were disappointed in the failings of Gov. Pat Quinn, who took office as the running mate of disgraced former Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

Quinn might have won re-election, except that Gorman stepped up to the Republican plate and threw her weight behind an unknown businessman, Bruce Rauner.

Forget about the reality of Illinois — no single person can resolve the state’s financial troubles, a challenge Rauner now faces. But last year, the choice for Republicans was to support candidates who toed the party ideology or support candidates who used their brains, had common sense and were not afraid to be honest.

Had it not been for Gorman organizing suburban Cook County behind Rauner, Quinn would have easily trounced the tra-

ditional Republican Party choices, most of whom were all decent people. Rauner won office, thanks to Gorman.

Sadly, power goes to the heads of even the best leaders, and Rauner stumbled. His first mistake was to not grab Gorman and put her in a top cabinet position. I knew it was over for him then.

And I knew it was over for the taxpayers, too.

Eventually, after serving in her fourth term on the county board, more than 13 years in public service, Gorman stepped down to take a job in the private sector with a Fortune 100 corporation, putting the interests of her family first.

But her loss pretty much signaled an end to the feistiness that blocked Stroger.

At the same meeting in which she resigned, the County Board approved a 1 percent sales hike. Gorman voted “present� only out of respect for Board President Toni Preckwinkle and to not saddle her successor with someone else’s vote. She believes Preckwinkle can solve the county’s financial problems, and then repeal the tax hike.

The following week, Gorman was succeeded by Palos businessman Sean Morrison, who has big shoes to fill but has a strong record of leadership in Palos Township.

Ray Hanania is an award-winning former Chicago City Hall reporter. Reach him at rghanania@gmail.com.

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POLICE BLOTTER: ORLAND PARK Concession stand burglarized at park

Burglars pried open a window of a concession stand at Centennial Park, 15600 S. West Ave., and stole eight boxes of hot dogs, two boxes of soft pretzels, a box of pizza puffs, four cases of Gatorade, five three-gallon tubs of ice cream and an undisclosed amount of cash. The crime was discovered by a concession company employee at 7:45 a.m. July 18. The employee told police that the stand had been fully stocked the night before, in anticipation of a softball tournament the following day. The merchandise was valued at $770, the employee told police.

Accused pantsless, exposed man charged with disorderly conduct

Orland Park police charged John C. Caswick, 41, of Orland Park, with disorderly conduct after a group of six children saw his genitals exposed as he stood in the driveway of his residence in the 8700 block of West Robinhood Drive at about 5:30 p.m. July 3.

The older children alleged to police that Caswick was wearing only a T-shirt as he looked in their direction, raised his arms and stretched, police said. The boys and girls, ranging in age from 6 to 12, then ran to tell an adult, who told police he confronted Caswick and also saw that he was not wearing pants or underpants, according to the police report. Police said that when they later quizzed Caswick at his home, he said he did not recall the encounter with the children, but did admit that he and a friend had been drinking heavily that day, according to the police report. Caswick is set to appear in court in Bridgeview on Aug. 20.

Reckless conduct charged in alleged firecrackers incident

Police charged Orland Park resident Maher A. Ayyash, 21, with reckless conduct after he allegedly threw lit firecrackers in the direction of a group of 15-20 people at Centennial Park, 15600 S. West Ave., at 9:56 p.m. July 4. Police patrolling the village’s annual Independence Day fireworks display said the firecrackers exploded about two feet away from the victims. No injuries were reported, according to the police report. Ayyash is scheduled to appear in court in Bridgeview on Aug. 20.

Damage to school property Police making a routine premises check at Lib-

erty School, 8801 W. 151st St., at 7:43 a.m. July 5 found that 10 metal picnic tables outside the school had been flipped over. The legs of four tables were bent or broken, according to the police report. A school employee said that the tables are valued at about $100 each.

Mailboxes blown up Vandals used fireworks to blow up a mailbox at a home in the 13500 block of South 85th Avenue at 12:32 a.m. July 5. The victim told police that he was outside his home when he heard a loud explosion. He ran around to the front and saw a dark sedan speeding away, he reported. The crime was the second such act of vandalism to his mailbox in two weeks, the victim added.

A man and his wife were jolted awake when they heard their mailbox explode in front of their home, in the 17000 block of South Steeplechase Parkway at 12:46 a.m. July 5. The man told police he believed that the offender must have been on foot, because he neither saw nor heard a vehicle on the street.

SUV damaged in driveway A man told police that someone keyed the back of his SUV as it sat parked in the driveway of his home, in the 15300 block of South Raintree Drive. The crime was discovered at 8 a.m. July 6. The victim said that the rear of his vehicle was slightly blocking the sidewalk, and he noted that the SUV had been vandalized before under similar circumstances.

Charged with DUI Police charged Orland Park resident Jennifer L. Kapelinski, 22, with DUI and improper lane usage after they curbed her car near 108th Avenue and Crystal Springs Drive at 9:40 p.m. July 5. The vehicle was towed and impounded, and Kapelinski is expected to appear in court in Bridgeview on Wednesday.

Charged with retail theft Orland Park resident Cassandra M. Rosa, 36, was charged with retail theft after she allegedly tried to remove sliced lunchmeat—Polish ham, turkey breast and salami—from a grocery store in the 9300 block of West 159th Street at 4:34 p.m. July 4. Rosa was given a hearing date of Aug. 11 at the Orland Park Civic Center.

POLICE BLOTTER: PALOS PARK Doughnut shop burglarized

Police responded to the scene of a business burglary early Sunday at doughnut shop in the 11900 block of South 80th Avenue.

The burglary occurred in the previous last several hours, Palos Park Police Chief Joe Miller reported at 5:47 a.m. A rear door was discovered pried open; coins and under $20 cash was stolen, police said.

A police evidence technician on the scene collected evidence and police reviewed store video, police said. Police believe the offender was male, dressed in all black, wearing gloves.

Accused suspended driver arrested on warrant charge

Palos Park police charged Billy W. Towry, 35, of Lemont, with driving on a suspended license, operating a motor vehicle with suspended registration and no proof of insurance after they curbed his SUV near 123rd Street and Fox Lane at 9:55 a.m. July 22.

Towry reportedly told police he was in the area because he had heard that his old residence, in the 12400 block of South Wolf Road, had been demolished and he was looking to scavenge scrap, according to the police report. Bond was set at $2,000, and the vehicle was towed and impounded. Towry was given a court date of Aug. 13 in Bridgeview. Police said Towry was wanted on warrant on a burglary charge out of Will County. After processing at Palos Park police headquarters, Towry was turned over to Will County Sheriff’s Police.

Charged with driving with suspended license Palos Park resident Edward J. Bunegar, 39, was charged with driving on a suspended license, speeding and no proof of insurance after police stopped his car in the 8000 block of West Brook Lane at 2:18 p.m. July 9. His vehicle was spotted traveling at 51 mph, 16 mph over the posted limit, according to the police report. The car was towed and impounded.

Bond was set at $2,000, and Bunegar is scheduled to appear in court in Bridgeview on Aug. 13.

Police charged Andre I. Guidry, 56, of Cut Off, La., with driving on a suspended license after they stopped his pick-up truck for a traffic violation in the 8700 block of West Route 83 at 1:59 p.m.

July 21. Guidry is expected to appear in court in Bridgeview on Aug. 13.

Charged with license plate misuse Chicago resident Michael S. Outten, 41, was charged with improper use of a vehicle’s registration, operating a motor vehicle with expired registration, and operating a motor vehicle with no front license plate after police curbed his car in the 13100 block of South Wolf Road at 7:01 p.m. July 15. Police said the one license plate affixed to the vehicle belonged to another vehicle, and Outten explained the situation by saying a mechanic must have put on the wrong plate during recent repairs, according to the police report. The car was towed and impounded. Bond was set at $3,000, and Outten is set to appear in court in Bridgeview on Aug. 13.

Three of Palos Park’s finest honored for work stopping impaired drivers Three Palos Park police officers have received recognition from the Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists (AAIM) for their exceptional efforts in keeping impaired drivers off the village’s roads.

Village Police Commissioner Dan Polk recognized the efforts of Officers Ross Chibe, Jeremy Maske and Nick Spurgash. “I’m very proud of the diligence shown by these officers, they work not only to keep the streets safe, but to make the state of Illinois a safer place,” Polk said.

“These three officers are generally working midnights and it’s great to know when you go to sleep at night they are out keeping things safe,” Chief Joe Miller said. “We are only recognizing three, but all our officers are great public servants.”

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Orland firefighters assisted by responders from other agencies were able to limit the damage caused by a fire at Crystal Tree Country Club’s clubhouse last week.

Polk noted it is rather a simple choice: “Drunk drivers are selfish and they know better. When you sit in a bar, get in your car and drive on a highway, anybody can be your victim, be it a mother, father, child or grandparent.”

AAIM’s purpose is to prevent deaths and injuries caused by intoxicated drivers in Illinois and to help the victims of these drivers and the victims’ families.

Every year, AAIM conducts a survey of more than 700 police agencies in the state, asking for each police department’s top DUI officers. Looking at each department’s statistics of the nominated officers, AAIM considers the size of each town.

Crystal Tree clubhouse in full swing after blaze Crystal Tree Golf and Country Club’s clubhouse was back to full operations this week after it sustained damage in a fire that started in a garbage dumpster a week ago Tuesday.

The Orland Fire Protection District responded to a fire reported at around 10 p.m. just outside of the clubhouse, at 10700 W. 153rd St. in Orland Park.

No civilian injuries were reported.

The fire started in a dumpster in which cardboard had been. The flames reached high enough to catch the rooftop on fire, an employee reached this week confirmed published reports.

The clubhouse sustained minimal damage and is “back up and operating” as normal, she added. The manager was unavailable for comment on Monday when the clubhouse office is closed.

Firefighters arrived to observe heavy fire on the east side of the structure housing banquet rooms and lounges, extending up two floors and into the attic of the building, a fire district spokesman said in a press release. The Battalion Chief on the scene

upgraded the response to a box alarm due the extent of the fire and the size of the structure, he added.

Orland firefighters were assisted by several area fire departments to control and extinguish the blaze.

“Fire crews initiated an aggressive exterior attack establishing a master stream operation as well as several large diameter hose lines,” a district spokesman said.

The spokesman added that more crews were sent in to conduct a primary search, evacuation, and secure the building. Interior crews also searched for extension of fire into the structure and begin salvage operations to preserve the contents of the structure and minimize any damage from the fire attack. The fire was under control within 30 minutes.

The fire did extensive damage to the east side of the structure and roof, limited water damage, and smoke damage throughout the interior of the structure.

Some dozen or so people were inside the clubhouse at the time the fire started, according to published reports.

POLICE BLOTTER: PALOS HEIGHTS Work tools stolen A 50-year-old Palos Heights man told police that someone entered his unlocked pickup truck, parked near his home in the 13000 block of South 71st Avenue, and stole a number of construction tools.

The crime was reported at 6:10 p.m. Monday.

Charged with DUI Chicago Ridge resident Amy L. Skalnik, 29, was charged with DUI and improper lane usage after police stopped her vehicle in the 12500 block of South Ridgeland Avenue at 5:29 a.m. Sunday. Bond was set at $3,000, and Skalnik is set to appear in court in Bridgeview on Aug. 17.

Accused speeder charged with stun gun possession

Police charged Homer Glen resident Amer I. Maijdobeh, 42, with unlawful possession of a stun gun and speeding after they stopped his pickup truck in —Palos Park PD the 13100 block of South Harlem Avenue at 8:02 p.m. Friday. His vehicle was traveling at 52 mph, 17 mph over the posted limit, according to the police report. Police said they searched they vehicle after they smelled a cannabis odor. No cannabis was found, but police said they found a stun gun, which they confiscated. Bond was set at $1,500, and Maijdobeh was given a court date of Sept. 16 in Bridgeview.

Accused speeder charged with controlled substance

Worth resident Matthew F. Heinrich, 26, was charged with possession of a controlled substance, speeding, improper lane usage and driving on a suspended license after police curbed his car in the 12200 block of South Harlem Avenue at 12:25 a.m.

Monday. His vehicle was spotted traveling at 52 mph, 17 mph over the posted limit, according to the police report. A search of the car yielded a plastic bottle that contained a clear liquid, which tested positive for the presence of gamma hydroxybutanoic acid (GHB), a controlled substance, according to the police report. Heinrich was due at a bond hearing yesterday, police added.

Heights woman charged with aggravated stalking

A 51-year-old Palos Heights woman was charged

with counts of felony stalking, felony aggravated stalking, and a misdemeanor charge of violation of stalking no contact order after she was taken into custody on July 22, police said.

The woman was arrested after the alleged victim reported to police that in recent days “the suspect engaged in conduct which caused the victim to fear for his safety, as well as suffer emotional distress,” police said in a release last week.

Police had arrested the same woman in April 2013 and charged her with stalking, police said.

In August of 2014, she was sentenced in that case, which included 180 days of incarceration, two years probation, and a permanent stalking no contact order, which listed the victim and his family as protected parties, police said.

This second arrest came after the department’s Investigations Bureau conducted an investigation.

The case was presented to the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, which approved the latest charges, police said.

The woman was scheduled for a bond hearing last Thursday at the 5th District Cook County Courthouse in Bridgeview.

Charged with driving while license suspended

Police charged Scott J. Johnson, 30, of St. Charles, with driving on a suspended license and failure to wear a seatbelt after they curbed his pickup truck in the 12500 block of South Harlem Avenue at 9:10 a.m. July 21. Bond was set at $1,500, and Johnson is scheduled to appear in court in Bridgeview on Aug. 17.

Riverdale resident Ladell Curtis, 19, was charged with driving on a suspended license after police stopped his car in the 7100 block of West College Drive at 4:36 p.m. July 22, after a random plate check. Bond was set at $1,500, and Curtis is due in court in Bridgeview on Aug. 31.

Police charged Elvira Malinek, 63, of Stickney, with driving on a suspended license, speeding and no proof of insurance after they curbed her pickup truck in the 12200 block of South Harlem Avenue at 2:35 a.m. last Thursday. Her vehicle was spotted traveling at 45 mph, 10 mph over the posted limit, according to the police report. Bond was set at $2,000, and Malinek is set to appear in court in Bridgeview on Aug. 17.

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Moraine Valley’s Adult College SCHOOL NOTES Success Fair offers new futures

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Over the age of 25 and thought about attending college but are apprehensive about it?

Moraine Valley Community College’s Adult College Success Fair can show you the way this Saturday.

Adults who are newly enrolled or plan to re-enroll to complete an associate degree or career certificate should attend Saturday’s fair, from 9 a.m. to noon, in the Moraine Rooms in Building M on the main campus, 9000 W. College Pkwy, Palos Hills. This event is free and open to the public.

Whether you have been out of school for years or are considering college for the first time, this event aims to help you feel comfortable using campus resources to reach academic, personal and/or career goals.

Moraine Valley representatives from various career programs and departments, including Health Sciences, American Sign Language, Criminal Justice, and Technology, will be in attendance as well as staff from Admissions, Job Resource Center, Financial Aid, Academic Advising, and the Counseling and

Career Development Center. While at the fair, you can complete the online admissions form, apply for financial aid, have an on-the-spot transcript evaluation, and get help registering for classes. A career assessment workshop will be offered for those considering a career change. Successful adult students also will talk about their experiences.

“The college recognizes how dramatically the workplace and job market are changing. We want to help adults in the community gain the knowledge and skills needed to be successful,” said Peg Heenan, Admissions recruiter. “The Adult College Success Fair provides an opportunity for people to learn more about the programs and resources the college offers all in one place at one time.”

To RSVP for the event or for more information, call 974-5355, email madsenk6@morainevalley.edu or visit morainevalley.edu/adultsuccess.

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Moraine Valley Community College registration is underway for the fall 2015 semester, which starts Aug. 17 with on-campus credit classes. Off-campus credit classes and on-campus continuing education classes begin August 24 while off-campus continuing education classes start Aug. 31.

Moraine Valley offers classes for those interested in transferring to four-year colleges or universities by earning associate’s degrees in Arts, Fine Arts or Science. Students also can choose from several career programs offered at the college including Allied Health and Nursing, Business and Computer Sciences, Industrial Technology, and Public Service.

Additionally, the college offers noncredit programs, courses, workshops, and seminars.

Some courses are offered in different formats to accommodate student needs, making it easy to fit college classes into a busy life. These flexible learning options include evening, off-campus, oneday-a-week, online, weekend, and short-term classes.

With an annual average cost of $3,996, attending classes at Moraine Valley can save students up to $24,000 per year compared to private colleges or universities.

A complete list of credit and noncredit classes can be found in the fall 2015 class schedule or online at morainevalley.edu. Registration is ongoing. Tuition is $116 per credit hour plus fees and books. Students who have applied to the college can register in the Registration Office, located on campus in the Student Services Center (Building S), 9000 W. College Pkwy. in Palos Hills; by phone at 974-2110 (TTY 711); or online at morainevalley.edu.

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Staff from the Ingalls Care Center in Crestwood will provide reduced cost school physicals at the District 218 Back to School Health Fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 7 at Shepard High School.

Shepard will host Dist. 218 Back to School Health Fair Community High School District 218 will host its eighth annual Back to School Health Fair on Friday, Aug. 7, at Shepard High School in Palos Heights.

From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., the fair will feature free and reduced-cost school physicals, dental exams, and eye screens. The event also will feature free food and school supplies.

The Ronald McDonald Care Mobile from Advocate Christ Medical Center will provided a limited number of free school physicals and immunizations for the under and uninsured.

Other health care facilities will offer physicals

and vaccines at significant discounts.

The Saint Xavier University Health Clinic will offer physicals for $35, the Tdap vaccine for $60, and the meningococcal vaccine for $125. The Crestwood Ingalls Care Center will also offer physicals for $35.

Parents must bring immunization records in order for children to receive new ones.

The fair also includes more than 60 information booths with staff from government organizations, health care providers, and family support agencies.

For young children, the fair will feature bounce houses, two clowns, and face painting.

National Immunization Month specials at Orland Twp. on Tues.

Orland Township, 14807 S. Ravinia Ave., is celebrating National Immunization Month at its Tuesday, Aug. 4, clinic from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Both children and adult vaccines will be offered.

Any parent who immunizes their child on this day will be automatically registered to win a free backpack filled with school supplies, just in time for back-to-school. All adult vaccines will be offered at a discounted price on this day only.

National Immunization Month is held each year to highlight the importance of immunizations, which are a critical step in protecting against serious, and sometimes deadly, diseases.

Immunizations are recommended at all stages of life: infancy, childhood, young adulthood and adulthood.

Free vaccines are available to township children 18 and under. Some eligibility restrictions apply.

Moraine Valley Community College will offer more than 60 classes, beginning Aug. 24 and later, at its Southwest Education Center (SWEC), 17900 S. 94th Ave. in Tinley Park.

Some credit classes include Composition I and II, Keyboarding I, Art Appreciation, Principles of Macroeconomics, Probability and Statistics, Introduction to Psychology, Medical Terminology, General Sociology, and Music Appreciation. There are also several noncredit classes offered at SWEC including 50 Plus Computer Basics, 50 Plus Computer Basics Cont., Medicare Workshop, Career Assessment Seminar, Belly Dancing I, Tai Chi I/Qi Gong I, Yoga I and II, Food Service Sanitation, Pharmacy Mathematics, Pharmacy Technician Review, Fit for Life, Motivation for Life, Positive Thinking for Life, Decorating Secrets, Illinois Concealed Carry, Beginning Conversational Italian, Beginning Conversational Spanish, Clear the Clutter!, Get a Grip on Paper Management, and Intro to Mindful Meditation. Programs for children and teens include Lego master Builder/Programmer, Lego Moviemaking: Minecraft, Marvel’s Avengers Superherobot, Tech Time: Frozen, and Youth Robotics: Soccer.

A complete listing of all the classes at SWEC and credit and noncredit classes offered at all Moraine Valley campuses can be found in the fall 2015 class schedule or online at morainevalley.edu. Registration is ongoing. Tuition is $116 per credit hour plus fees and books. Students who have applied to the college can register in the Registration Office, located on the main campus in the Student Services Center (Building S), 9000 W. College Pkwy. in Palos Hills; by phone at 974-2110 (TTY 711); or online at morainevalley.edu.

Online and Internet hybrid learning at Moraine Valley Moraine Valley Community College’s online and Internet hybrid courses now total m ore than 300 classes are offered during the 2015 fall semester.

Online classes are taught primarily over the Internet, while Internet hybrid courses are taught through a combination of classroom and Web-based instruction. Both types allow for students to attend all or part of their class via the Internet with the ability to access the instructor, classmates and course materials. Access to a Web-equipped computer is required.

Some of the online and Web-assisted classes this spring include Arabic, General Sociology, World Religions, Music Appreciation, Intermediate Algebra, Western Civilization I and II, Medical Terminology, Composition I and II, and Fundamentals of Chem-

Non-residential children who meet the eligibility guidelines are welcome. For children residing outside of the township’s boundaries, a $20 administration fee per vaccine will be charged (does not apply to those with Medicaid/All Kids). An up-to-date shot record is mandatory to receive any vaccine, and children must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.

Children’s vaccines that are available include DTaP, DTaP-Hep B-IPV, DTaP-IPV-Hib, DTaP-IPV, Hep A, Hep B, Hep B-Hib, HPV, Meningococcal, MMR, IPV, Pneumococcal, Rotavirus, Tdap and Varicella. Adult vaccines that are available include HPV, Pneumococcal, Hep A, Tuberculosis, Hep B, Tdap, Brooke Shepherd, of Orland IPV, Meningococcal, Hep A-Hep B, MMR, Typhoid, Park, and Bradley Thomas, of Varicella and Shingles.

Palos Heights, were named to For additional information, call 403-4222. the dean’s list during the spring 2015 semester at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais. *** The following local students were named to Creighton University’s Spring 2015 Dean’s List.

Full-time students who earn a 3.5 grade-point average or better on in Lost Coast Review. Though I generally don’t love a 4.0 scale are eligible for the “concrete” poetry, the first one there in the shape of Dean’s List. the Sears Tower is particularly close to my heart. It is Erin Whiteford, of Orland Park, about facing the literal fears mentioned there, sure, but a junior in the College of Arts writing it helped me really realize that resilience is a and Sciences. learned skill, not an inborn one. My hope, of course, is Meghan Connery,of Palos that it resonates with others. Additionally, what I love Heights, a sophomore in the Colabout “Golden Moment” (which has been a favor- lege of Nursing. Creighton Uniite among responders) is that students and colleagues versity is in Omaha, Neb. have guessed among three different members of my *** department. This speaks not only to the rapid change The following local students have in attitude happening in society, but also of the kind of colleagues I am lucky enough to work with.

“Generally, I like the challenge of writing poetry— figuring out how to say a lot in a small space. Ideally, I love when poetry (both what I read and what I write) blends the humorous and the heart-felt. I have not mastered the style yet. Overall, reading and writing poetry has taught me how better to listen, observe, and edit.

“Finally, I have been so thrilled to begin the Visiting Writer Series with colleague Tom Maguire, thanks to District 230 Foundation Grants. Last year’s visiting writers Kathleen Rooney and George Bilgere are exactly the kinds of writers from whom I draw inspiration for my students, my teaching career, and my own writing. This fall, we are beyond thrilled to welcome Stuart Dybek.

“I can be found on Twitter: @KathrynGuelcher where I follow a number of fabulous writers and literary magazines.”

Weekend classes at Moraine Valley Moraine Valley Community College offers weekend classes throughout the fall 2015 semester. Classes available to suit an individual student’s needs include: • Fridays only—Introductory Automotive Technology, Performance and Driveability II, General Biology I, Human Anatomy and Physiology I and II, Fundamentals of Chemistry beginning Aug. 21 for 16 weeks; Electrical/Electronic Systems 1, beginning Aug. 21 for 17 weeks; College: Changes, Challenges, Choices, beginning Aug. 21 or Oct. 16 for eight weeks • Friday/Saturday/Sunday—Principles of Macro-Economics, General Sociology, beginning Sept.

11 for three weeks; Introduction to Psychology, beginning Sept. 25 for three weeks; American National Government, beginning Oct. 2 for three weeks; A Healthy Lifestyle and You, beginning Oct. 9 for three weeks; Principles of Micro-Economics, First Aid, beginning Nov. 6 for three weeks • Friday/Saturday—Job Skills for Competitive Advantage, beginning Sept. 11 for four weeks; Cargo Security, beginning Nov. 6 for three weeks • Saturdays only— Digital Photographic Imagery, Introductory Automotive Technology, General Biology I, Human Anatomy and Physiology I and II, and Introduction to Earth Science, each beginning Aug. 22 for 16 weeks; Introduction to Photography: Digital, beginning Aug. 22 for 17 weeks; Introduction to Interpreting Profession, American Literature I, Medical Terminology, Beginning Algebra, each beginning Aug. 29 for 16 weeks; Introduction to American Music, beginning Oct. 3 for 10 weeks • Saturday/Sunday—Fire Prevention Principles I, beginning Sept. 19 for three weeks; Special Topics in Security, beginning Sept. 19 for one week • Sunday— Basic Arc/Gas Welding I, beginning Aug. 23 for 16 weeks; Composition I, beginning Aug. 30 for five weeks; Fitness Programming, beginning Sept. 6 for seven weeks A complete list of credit and noncredit classes can be found in the fall 2015 class schedule or online at morainevalley.edu. Registration is ongoing. Tuition is $116 per credit hour plus fees and books. Students who have applied to the college can register in the Registration Office, located on campus in the Student Services Center (Building S), 9000 W. College Pkwy. in Palos Hills; by phone at 974-2110 (TTY 711); or online at morainevalley.edu.

MVCC Orchestra seeks members The newly formed Moraine Valley Community College Orchestra is seeking players to perform in the ensemble during the fall 2015 semester. The orchestra is open to musicians who are at least 15 years old with high school or college orchestral performance experience or equivalent playing proficiency. Openings are for violin, viola, cello, and a limited number of wind instruments.

The orchestra is dedicated to performing the standard orchestral literature from the Baroque to present day. It gave its premiere concert in spring 2015 featuring a performance of the Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 with Moraine Valley adjunct faculty member, Dennis Dorris, as soloist and ended with a performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1.

The orchestra is under the direction of Joseph Tumino. Music to be performed in the upcoming semester will include works by Rossini, Debussy, Copland, and Prokofiev. This course may be taken for credit or noncredit. The orchestra rehearses Wednesdays from 7 to 9:30 p.m. The first rehearsal will be Aug. 19.

All interested players should contact the Moraine Valley Music Department at 974-5318. Register for the class online at morainevalley.edu, by calling 974-2110 (TTY 711) or in person at the Registration Office, Building S, Room S103, on campus, 9000 W. College Pkwy., Palos Hills.

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Sandburg teacher has three of her poems published in literary magazine Sandburg High School English teacher Kathryn Guelcher recently had three pieces of poetry published in Lost Coast Review literary magazine.

They can be found online at http://www.lostcoastreview.com/three-poems-by-kathryn-guelche/ and will be available in print next month.

Asked about writing poetry, Kathryn Guelcher shared the following: “The summer before I entered fifth grade, my father, a high school English teacher in the city, gave me a spiral notebook and suggested that I keep a journal. I quickly discovered the power and magic behind the act of writing. Since that time, I have scarcely been without a journal— which for years was always a spiral.

“Reading poetry is something that I have always loved— yet I do not love all types of poetry equally just as I do not love all types of music equally. A few years ago, colleagues Kristin Spooner, Charlie Tarjan and myself began a writing circle (triangle?) that we maintain today. We send each other our own poems for editing and commentary as well as poems of others we admire. Without them, none of my publications would be possible “The publishing process is a massive undertaking that feels like a layered secret world with oceans of depth and uncertainty— especially at first. One editor I worked with from Memoir Journal said that getting published is a little like hoping to get struck by lightning. It requires a willingness to receive rejection after rejection and not give up.

“I am so thrilled about the newest poems published

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A complete list of credit and noncredit classes can be found in the fall 2015 class schedule or online at morainevalley.edu. Registration is ongoing. Tuition is $116 per credit hour plus fees and books. Students who have applied to the college can register in the Registration Office, located on campus in the Student Services Center (Building S), 9000 W. College Pkwy. in Palos Hills; by phone at 974-2110 (TTY 711); or online at morainevalley.edu.

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COMMUNITY NOTES Dianne Masters Cup in need of sponsors

Blue Moon party for Palos 118 PFA

The Crisis Center for South Suburbia’s Dianne Masters Cup Golf Outing will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 11, at Silver Lake Country Club in Orland Park.

The day begins with a continental breakfast at 7:30 a.m. and shotgun start at 9. The outing features popular contests, a picnic-style lunch on the course, and dinner of grilled steak cooked to order with a baked chicken and salad buffet. Raffles with a grand prize of $1,000 and fun awards round out the day.

To become a sponsor, call Christopher Beele at 429-7255 ext. 16 or email at cbeele@crisisctr. org. To learn more about the event of to purchase golf, dinner, or raffle tickets, visit www.crisisctr. org/golf-outing.

A Blue Moon Party to benefit the Palos School District 118 PFA will be held this Friday, from 6 to 9 p.m., at the Clubhouse Inn at Palos Country Club, 13100 Southwest Highway in Orland Park.

Tickets are $20; live music by The Planetary Blues Band. Food and drink will be available for purchase. Kitchen open until 9 p.m. For adults 21 and over.

To buy tickets, visit www.palos118.org/pfawebstore.

Heights Woman’s Club annual blood drive The Palos Heights Woman’s Club will hold its annual blood drive on Thursday, Aug. 6, from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m., at the Palos Heights Recreation Center, 6601 W. 127th St. Light refreshments will be served and anyone donating blood will be given a $5 Target gift card.

Walk-ins will be accepted, but you can reserve a time by calling Nancy at 769-5724.

Community Notes Recycle and shred event State Sen. Bill Cunningham (D-18) offers a Recycle & Shred event this Saturday, from 9 a.m. to noon, at the Orland Hills Public Works Building, 16533 S. 94th Ave. Electronics recycling and residential shredding will be available until the trucks reach capacity.

The event is co-hosted by State Representative Fran Hurley, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart and AT&T. Electronics recycling and residential shredding will be available until the trucks reach capacity. For more, view a flyer for the event on Senator Cunningham’s website, www.senatorbillcunningham.com.

RECREATION ROUNDUP Ice cream social at Passarelli Park The Palos Heights Parks and Recreation Department will host an ice cream social with games and music at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5, at Passarelli Park.

Ice cream to the first 100 people. For more, call the Recreation Center at 361-1807.

Theatre at train depot: ‘Play about a Dragon’ Palos Youth Theatre presents “A Play About A Dragon” this Sunday evening at the Palos Park

Metra Depot, 123rd Street and 82nd Avenue.

The outdoor theater production written by Steph DeFerie is about a troupe of traveling players who happily believe they have volunteered to perform their play about slaying a dragon for King Stanley The Stern until they realize they have actually volunteered to slay a real dragon.

The lot opens at 6:30 p.m. and the show will begin at 7:30 p.m. The fee of $10 per car will be paid upon entering the Palos Metra Depot. Bring your own lawn chairs for seating. Concessions will be available.

For more, call 671-3760 or visit palospark.org.

CLUB ACTIVITIES Heights Women seek bridge players The Palos Heights Woman’s Club Ladies Bridge is looking for a team of two or two single ladies to join their Tuesday afternoon bridge, resuming this fall at the

Palos Heights Recreation Center, at 6601 W. 127th St. Bridge is played at noon on the third Tuesday of each month from October to April (no bridge in December), with a final bridge luncheon in May. Call Jeanne at 448-2778.

LIBRARY NOTES Heights library youth programs Performer Ralph Covert - at 10 a.m. today (Thursday) the singer, musician, author and all-around theater geek, Covert brings his family friendly rock ‘n’ roll show to the library for all to enjoy. Register in advance to help rock the end of the summer reading program.

Drop In Stories & Movement -weather permitting, August stories and large motor movement will be held outdoors in our circular patio on the north side of the library beginning on Tuesday, August 4, 10 a.m. No registration is required.

Pajamarama - all ages. Wear your pajamas, bring your blankie and listen to some good bedtime stories on Wednesday, Aug. 5 at 6:30 p.m. No registration is needed.

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

Heights library upcoming programs The Palos Heights Public Library will be closed all day this Friday, July 31 for staff training. The library will re-open at 9 a.m. on Saturday.

• Ravinia Tickets – The library has a limited number of lawn tickets available for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Martin Theatre at Ravinia. Tickets are free but are limited to Palos Heights Library cardholders only, and two tickets (one event) per family. Stop at the Adult Services Reference Desk for more information.

• The library is currently collecting school supplies until the end of July. The library will donate all collected materials to Palos and Worth Townships. Please bring anything you can donate to the Circulation Desk near the Library’s entrance.

The following clubs meet weekly at the Palos Heights Public Library, 12501 S. 71st Ave. No registration necessary.

• Needle Club – Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to noon in the Library’s Conference Room.

• Mah Jongg – Tuesdays from 1-3 p.m. in the Library’s Meeting Room.

• Scrabble Club – Tuesdays from 1-3 p.m. in the Library’s Conference Room.

Registration is required for programs where noted, and always encouraged. Please register for programs by contacting the Adult Services Reference Desk at 4481473, or visit the Library’s website at www.palosheightslibrary.org, hover over “Programs,” and click “Online Programs Calendar.”

• Download Books for Free – Learn about Media On Demand, the library’s primary downloadable ebook service, at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 30. Space is limited for this course; registration is required.

• Introduction to Microsoft Excel – Learn to create spreadsheets, enter and edit data, and use simple functions and formulas during this hands-on class on Saturday, Aug. 1 from 10 a.m. to noon. Space is limited for this course; registration is required.

• Read to the Rhythm Summer Reading Wrap-Up – Summer Reading Participants are invited to our party concluding 2015’s summer reading program on Tuesday, Aug. 4, at 7 p.m. Please register with the Adult Services Desk.

• Editing Digital Photos Online – Learn to use free software such as Pixlr and Photoshop Express to enhance your digital photos during this hands-on course on Wednesday, Aug. 5, at 2 p.m. Space is limited for this course; registration is required.

Palos Park library youth programs • The library will celebrate the end of the summer reading program this Saturday, at 11 a.m., with Super

Stolie as she shares her original get-up-and-dance music and tongue-twisting word games with kids of all ages.

After the show, children will be invited to the “instrument petting zoo” to give them a chance to show off their musical talents. Summer reading prizes will be awarded following this program.

• Story Times – Good Morning Story Time for children ages 2-5 year olds will be held at 10:15 a.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 4 through Sept. 22. Tiny Tots Story Time for children ages 2 – and 3-year-olds begins on Wednesday, Aug. 5, thru Sept. 23, at 10 a.m. Story Time prepares children for school by promoting language development and literacy skills. Seating is limited; call the library to register at 448-1530.

• Ice Cream Social – Families are invited on Thursday, Aug. 6, at 6 p.m. for some old-fashioned family fun with ice cream treats, games, face painting and more.

Culvers from Bridgeview will supply the ice cream.

Please register early for this special event.

• Stories in Full Color – Children ages 3-5 are invited to explore the world of color through stories, songs, and finger plays. On Saturday, at 11 a.m., the children will create a special collage craft filled with colors.

• LEGO’s @ the Library – Children will make new LEGO creations on Wednesday, Aug. 19, at 3:30 p.m., with the library’s LEGO’s and we’ll put them on display.

Bring a friend and let your imaginations run wild. A drawing will be held at the end of the session for a LEGO prize.

All programs are free and open to the public. A full calendar of programs can be found on our website.

Call the library to register for these programs at 4481530, or register online at the library’s website www. palosparklibrary.org.

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Dr. John Principe of WellBeingMD, shown with Farmers Market Manager Anne Girzadas, has been providing weekly seasonal recipes to the Palos Heights Farmer’s Market for several years. To celebrate National Farmer’s Market Week, Dr. Principe and his staff will present his “Recipe for a Healthier America” at the next market on Wednesday.

Palos Farmers Market celebrates National Farmers Week on Wed. WellbeingMD, Library and Friends of Library will join the festivities Join the Palos Heights Farmers Market on Wednesday, Aug. 5, as we celebrate National Farmers Market Week. Dr. John Principe MD and his staff from WellbeingMD Center for Life, the Palos Heights Library and the Friends of the Palos Heights Library will all join the market on Wednesday to help celebrate the day.

The Palos Heights Farmers Market is one of more than 380 markets in Illinois, and more than 8,000 nationally. There is so much more to the farmers market than what meets the eye.

Farmers markets help preserve America’s rural livelihoods and farmland. Small and mid-sized farmers are the typical farmers’ market vendor, and nationally they derive at least 50 percent of their total income at farmers markets. Farmers markets also help stimulate local economies.

Many more farm jobs are created by small farmers selling locally than by large industrial farm operations.

Farmers markets increase access to fresh, nutritious food for all patrons. Low-income residents benefit from the expansion of SNAP, Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) and Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) coupon acceptance at farmers markets.

In 2015, the Palos Heights Farmers Market joined the more than 5000 markets nationally that accept SNAP, and all of our farmers accept SFMNP and WIC coupons. Farmers markets help support healthy communities. Since 2012, Dr. John Principe MD provides our market with the “Recipe of the Week.” The recipe features a fruit or vegetable that is just coming into the market, along with nutritional information about that produce. In addition, all the local groups visiting our market’s Community Tent strengthen our sense of community. Finally, farmers markets promote sustainability. Nationally, more that 75 percent of farmers at farmers markets use practices consistent with organic standards. At the Palos Heights market, we have one certified organic farmer, and one that does not use any pesticides. With the severe drought in the western US, it is very wise to buy locally sourced produce.

The guests of the Community Tent will help us celebrate the day. Dr. John Principe of WellBeingMD® has been providing weekly seasonal recipes to the Palos Heights Farmer’s Market for several years. Join Dr. Principe

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and his staff as he presents his “Recipe for a Healthier America” at the market. Nutritional information, purposeful physical movement, and stress reduction will be featured. Instructors from the areas listed will be conducting sessions throughout the day for you to experience the recipe.

The Palos Heights Public Library will be well represented at the market Wednesday.

Library staff will host a musical Story Hour starting at 10 a.m., with great stories, singing and making a craft. Library staff will also have free tote bags, and “Novel Cooking” cookbooks will be sold while supplies last. The Friends of the Library group will promote the upcoming Book Sale to be held Aug. 7-11 at the Library. They will have some “freebies”, face painting, and story hour for older children will take place from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Summer fruits and vegetables have arrived!

Berries, cherries, peaches, apricots and a very large selection of vegetables are in the market every week. Stop by and pick up everything you need for summer parties and celebrations.

Other food products available include breads, croissants, bakery, pies and noodles, cheeses, eggs, butter, olive oils and vinegars, jams and local honey, beef, pork, bacon, sausages and chicken, salsas, pasta sauces and Italian peppers, toffee, three different varieties of ready to eat tamales, pizza and pizza products, ready to bake pizza, pesto, and organic and vegan frozen vegetable patties and wraps, soups, desserts and peppers. Make sure to bring your knives and tools to be sharpened onsite, and pick up everything you need for summer parties and picnics at Pampered Chef.

Make sure to stop at the City Tent. LINK cards are accepted at the Palos Heights Farmers Market. Stop by the City Tent to start the process. Pick up this week’s “Recipe of the Week”, along with previous summertime recipes. In addition, all previous recipes can be found at www.WellbeingMD.com, or at www.palosheights.org. Make sure to pick up or have endorsed your Frequent Shopper Card at the City Tent. Ten endorsements of your card enter you into a year-end market raffle, to be held at noon on Oct. 14. Every time you bring a can of fruit, vegetables, or protein to be donated to the local food pantries, you receive double credit on your card.

For more, visit www.palosheights.org, call 361-1800, join us on Facebook, or email farmersmarket@palosheights.org — Palos Heights Farmers Market

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Members of the Saturday Senior Wellness class posed late last month with the Palos Park Woman’s Club, all seated new chairs donated by the club, at the Palos Park recreation Center. The Palos Park Woman’s Club presented a donation of $1,800 to the Palos Park Recreation and Parks Department at the May 11 Village Council meeting.

The check was presented to Parks and Recreation Director LeeAnn Fisk and Assistant Theresa Tevsh from Woman’s Club President Lucy Crocilla. Using the funds, 40 new chairs were ordered for the Recreation Center to serve the fitness classes, basketball league and general users of the facility.

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Busy summer schedule for Heights Women

Palos Heights Woman’s Club members Audrey Draeger, Carol Miller and Elaine McClure, all members of the Home Life Committee, held the guest spot at the Community Table at a recent Palos Heights Farmers Market, selling used jewelry donated by club members. The week prior, club members and guests rode in a trolley sponsored

by CNB Bank in Palos Heights’ Independence Day parade.

The next event is their annual blood drive to be held on Thursday, Aug. 8, from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m., at the Palos Heights Recreation Center, 6601 W. 127th St. Light refreshments will be served and anyone donating blood will be given a $5 Target gift card. Â Walk-ins will be accepted, but donors can reserve a time by calling Nancy at 769-5724.

In August, the club plans a pig roast fundraiser party open to the community at lake Katherine.

BENEFITS & FUNDRAISERS Catholic Charities 5th golf outing for Holy Family Villa The 5th Annual Catholic Charities Holy Family Villa Golf Invitational at Gleneagles Country Club is on Wednesday, Aug. 12.

This all-day event includes breakfast and morning refreshments, a putting contest, betting holes, grilled lunch on the course, cocktails & hors d’oeuvres, dinner, and raffle opportunities.

Foursomes start at $800 and individual golfing starts at $225. Non-golfers can purchase tickets for dinner for $75 per person. Raffle tickets are $20 each or 3 for $50.

Proceeds support the completion of the Holy Family Villa Expansion Project. With a growing population of seniors in the Palos area, Holy Family Villa, a skilled nursing and rehabilitation center, expanded the facility to meet the demands of the area, including a new short-term rehabilitation wing.

For more information about the event, sponsorships or to register visit www.catholiccharities.net/hfvgolf.

Catholic Charities golf outing at Crystal Tree The 14th annual Catholic Charities William E. Joyce Golf Invitational will be held Monday, Aug. 3, at Crystal Tree Golf & Country Club in Orland Park.

The day will kick off with a practice range and lunch at 10:30, followed by a noon shotgun start. The evening will feature cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, dinner, and a silent auction. Individual golf starts at $375.

Sponsorships are available. Non-golfers are invited to attend through a special “Cocktails & Dinner Package,� for 75 per person. All ticket sales benefit the Catholic Charities Loving Outreach to Survivors of Suicide (LOSS) program. The program guides and supports children and youth who have endured the loss of a loved one to suicide.

For more information about the event, sponsorships or to register visit www.catholiccharities.net/ wejgolfinv

Food and school supply drive at Orland library The Orland Park Public Library’s Teen Inc. teen group is holding its 15th annual School Supply and Food Drive at the library this summer.

Donations are accepted through Aug. 8 and donated to Orland Township to benefit local families in need.

Needed items include canned goods, cereal, diapers and pet food. The library is at 14921 Ravinia Ave. For more, call the library’s Teen Desk at 428-5154.

Treasure Chest gala The sixth annual Treasuring Our Kids Night on the Town fundraiser gala benefit for the Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation will be held Saturday, Aug. 22, from 6 to 10 p.m., at the Beverly Country Club, 8700 S. Western Ave. in Chicago.

Tickets in advance cost $65 (adults), $30 (kids 12 and under) at the door $75; and $35. For more, visit www.treasurechest.org or call 687-TOYS (8697).

Illinois Sepsis Challenge 5K in Orland will raise awareness of a leading killer A cut at a playground, a tear of a cuticle at a nail salon, a wound from a house repair‌ If left unattended, these everyday events can – and too often do – lead to one of our nation’s top killers: sepsis.

Sepsis, also known as blood poisoning, is a toxic response to infection that kills more than a quarter of million Americans each year – more than breast, lung and prostate cancer combined. In fact, sepsis is the third leading cause of death in the US, killing more kids than cancer. It doesn’t have to be that way.

Hundreds of participants will join forces Saturday, Aug. 9, at Orland Park’s Centennial Park to raise awareness of this potentially deadly medical emergency at the second Illinois Sepsis Challenge 5K Fun Run and Walk.

The event, organized by Presence Health in coordination with the national Sepsis Alliance, also will

help raise money to educate people about actions they can and should take to fight sepsis. Illinois lawmakers underscored the importance of this issue by passing a resolution declaring Aug. 9 Illinois Sepsis Day and encouraging people to join the fun run and walk. “Sepsis is a life-threatening response to infection that can affect anyone, but, unfortunately, the signs of this medical emergency are not widely-known,� notes State Rep. Fred Crespo, who championed the Illinois resolution. “By raising awareness of this important public health issue, we can help to ensure that the symptoms of sepsis can be quickly recognized and treatment administered when every minute counts.�

Individuals interested in joining the Sepsis Challenge are encouraged to sign up online at illinois. sepsischallenge.org/

SENIOR NOTES Orland Township’s ‘50s Sock Hop Party

Orland Township offers a trip to Four Winds Casino Resort in New Buffalo, Mich., in September.

Transportation will leave at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Sep. 10, and will return at 4:30 p.m. Tickets cost $42 for residents; $47 for non-residents and are now available at the township. The Four Winds Casino package includes a $15 instant credit and a $10 food voucher. The township office is at 14807 S. Ravinia Ave., Orland Park. For more, call 403-4222.

Orland Township will host a nostalgic rock ‘n’ roll ‘50s Sock Hop party on Thursday, Aug. 20, from 5 to 10 p.m., at Orland Chateau, 14500 S. LaGrange Road.

The Sundance Band will play music for dancing.

Orland Chateau will be serving a ‘50s – themed menu and there will be a ‘50s costume contest with prizes, split the pot and raffle prizes. Tickets are $20 for residents and $25 for non-residents and are available at the township.

HEALTH BEAT Residents who take care of older adults with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia are invited to participate in a free support group at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 11, at Smith Village at 2320 W. 113th Place. The hour-long gathering will be an open topic get-together where families

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I got lectured Tuesday by a really nice lady who is a long-term client.

She had been in the clinic the day before to have some blood work done prior to having her 10-year-old dog’s teeth cleaned. When the results returned from the lab, I noticed that one of her pet’s liver enzymes called alkaline phosphatase was elevated. In talking to her, it was revealed that Charlie had been drinking a fair amount of water, which was unusual for him. I told her that Charlie may have Cushing’s disease and that we could pursue a diagnosis if she wished. At that point I should have grabbed a beer and made myself comfortable in a chair.

Barbara proceeded to tell me that she had been in the clinic back in February for Charlie’s yearly physical exam and vaccination and wanted to know why we didn’t find this problem at that time. She says she paid a good bit of money for the February visit and would have liked to have known back then about the possible Cushing’s.

I told her that his February physical exam was totally normal and that there was no notation in Charlie’s history at that time that she had any concerns. Also there was no Supplied photo notation about increased water drinking, which Meet Jeremie and Shorty. Jeremie is the owner of Plum is questions I always ask about older pets at Loco Animal Farm in Door County, Wis., and Shorty is a a yearly visit. I also gave her a little insight 23-year-old miniature horse. Every animal at Plum Loco into veterinary medicine. As I explained to her, has a permanent home for life and gets to stay with his we could ask the next 100 clients who come or her family, for life. Plum Loco is a great place to take children to learn some good life philosophy. in for a yearly exam (with an older animal) if they would like some blood work done to office I just noticed a flyer from our lab titled check the old boy or girl out. Out of those 100 “Introducing a medical and preventative care people perhaps two or three would say yes. I breakthrough: SMDA.� SMDA is a new kidney told her that many of the others who said no would have in their mind that we are just trying biomarker that identifies the onset of kidney disease in dogs and cats much earlier in life than to push services onto them. This is veterinary our current tests. Earlier detection will allow for medicine nationwide. It becomes wearisome more effective intervention and kidney disease being the pet’s advocate all the time. management, which could add months and years We ended our conversation on a good note, to pets lives. This is a huge step forward medand I subsequently had Vistaprint make us a ically. Hmm, how will we go about asking our poster for each exam room, advising people to clients if they want the test? ask if they’d like to add on a little blood work.

The pet owner, after all, is the pet’s best advoCredulous hope supports our life, and cate. I did remind her that on each of our yearly always says that tomorrow will be better. reminder postcards that there is a little blurb —Tibullus about considering some blood work for older pets and that our current printed and framed invitation to do the same hangs in each exam room.

Perhaps our new and improved Vistaprint posters will be better.

We do have a new tech that is good about asking the older pets if they want a cheap CBC and Chem panel added to the yearly heartworm test and I suppose that in another year she too will become less enthusiastic about being told no. By the way, to add on a CBC and a chem panel to a heartworm test run *'#4+0) 56#48'& $4#+0 $4#+0 6*#6 *'#45 9'.. by our outside lab is about 30 dollars. That’s a bargain and I Research at Johns Hopkins University and the National bet every clinic in the area can Institute on Aging reveals that with only a mild hearing loss makes that same offer. you double your risk of dementia. Your brain needs healthy, Most thinking people know effective hearing to maintain its overall health. that older animals get medical problems and I know older pets Get a free hearing check with us and learn how you can avoid are quite loved. However, most the permanent brain-health consequences of hearing loss. veterinarians are not aggressive, are mostly non-confrontational and, like all people, tire easily SERTOMA SPEECH & HEARING CENTERS of the “noâ€? word. Therefore, 0QPRTQĆ’V URGGEJ CPF JGCTKPI JGCNVJECTG VTWUVGF UKPEG most of us are not going to try to “sellâ€? you something that you should be asking for on your To schedule your screening, call own. www.sertomacenter.org By the way, as I’m sitting here at my desk in the clinic

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Term vs. permanent insurance: Which is right for you?

What’s your most valuable asset? While you are still working, this asset may actually be your future income — so you need to protect it.

And you can do so by maintaining adequate life insurance, which can help provide your family with the financial resources necessary to meet critical expenses — such as mortgage payments, college tuition, and so on — should you pass away prematurely. But what type of insurance should you purchase? There’s no one “right” answer for everyone, but by knowing some of the basics of different polices and how they relate to your specific needs, you can make an informed decision.

As its name suggests, term insurance is designed to last for a specific time period, such as five, 10 or 20 years. You pay the premiums and you get a death benefit — that is, the beneficiaries of your policy will collect the money when you pass away. In general, term insurance may be appropriate for you if you only need coverage to protect a goal with an “end date,” such as paying off your mortgage or seeing your children through college. Term insurance may also be a reasonable choice if you need a lot of coverage but can’t afford permanent insurance.

Why is permanent insurance more costly than term? Because, with permanent insurance, your premiums don’t just get you a death benefit — they also provide you with the potential opportunity to build cash value. Some types of permanent insurance may pay you a fixed rate of return, while other policies offer you the chance to put money into accounts similar to investments available through the financial markets.

These variable accounts will fluctuate in value more than a fixed-rate policy, so you will need to take your risk tolerance into account when choosing among the available permanent insurance choices.

Permanent insurance may be suitable if you want to ensure a guaranteed death benefit for

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Edward Jones Investments life, rather than just for a certain time period.

Permanent insurance may also be the right choice if you have a high net worth and are seeking tax-advantaged ways of transferring wealth.

Still, you may have heard that you might be better off by “buying term and investing the difference” — that is, pay the less costly premiums for term insurance and use the savings to invest in the financial markets. However, this strategy assumes you will invest the savings rather than spend them, and it also assumes you will receive an investment return greater than the growth potential you receive from permanent insurance.

Both assumptions are just that: assumptions, not guarantees. If you are considering the “buy term and invest the difference” route, you will need both a consistent investment discipline and a willingness to take a greater risk with your money, in hopes of higher returns.

In any case, your financial professional can review your situation with you and help you determine whether term or permanent insurance is best suited for your needs. But don’t delay. If you have even one other person depending on your income to maintain his or her lifestyle, you need to be covered — and once you are, you’ll consider those premium dollars to be well spent.

Cruise Nights return to Diane’s Place

Photo by Jeff Vorva

Tastee-Freez, now renamed Diane’s Place, was a busy place the night of the Palos Heights Classic Car Event on July 16. Customers took time out from walking the auto display on Harlem to order ice cream treats while taking shelter from the intermittently heavy rain showers outside. Weekly Cruise Nights, smaller versions of the big car show, are held Sunday evenings at the venue on Harlem Avenue just south of 123rd Street.

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

CHAMBER CORNER Orland Chamber Expo call for booth vendors The Orland Park Area Chamber of Commerce is looking for vendors to exhibit at its 26th annual Community EXPO, to be held on Saturday, Oct. 17, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Sandburg High School, 13300 S. LaGrange Road.

This upcoming event is a way for businesses and organizations to promote their products or services to the community. Last year more than 2,000 people attended this free event.

Planned entertainment at the EXPO include musical performances by local school children, a Culinary Corner featuring food samples from area

restaurants and caterers, as well as the Advocate Children’s Hospital Kids’ Fair.

The early bird rate to reserve a booth is $199 for current Chamber members and $349 for non-Chamber members. After Sep. 18, reservation rates go up to $250 for members, $400 for nonmembers.

Promotional inclusion in the EXPO Welcome Bag— Owners of The Lexingtom House in Hickory Hills will sell off parts of the interior. distributed to each attending family—is available to Chamber members only, for additional charge.

Representatives from each business will staff individual booths; all mascots are welcome. For more, or to download a Community EXPO registration form, visit the Chamber’s website at www. orlandparkchamber.org or call the Chamber office at 349-2972.

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CAREER & BUSINESS Coyne re-elected at Plumbers Union

James F. Coyne

James F. Coyne is the Business Manager of Plumbers Local Unions 130 U.A. Coyne is a 38-year member of the Union, who in the first 25 years of his plumbing career worked on many commercial buildings in downtown Chicago.

In 1987, Coyne was appointed a part-time officer by business manager James J. McCarthy. Since then, he held many part-time posts until 2000 when Business Manager Gerald M. Sullivan named him as the recording secretary. In 2002, Jim was appointed as the financial secretary-treasurer, where he served for the next 10 years. In 2012 Jim was elected as the business manager.

He also serves as the president of the Chicago St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee, which produces the annual downtown parade.

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

Orland Park Tosch Richard L Jr to Jarad Nader, 8330 Legend Ln, $330,000; Murphy Imelda to Azarias John, 14501 Golf Rd, $303,500; Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr to Ahmad Rammy, 9946 Constitution Ct, $215,000; Shops of Orland Pk LLC to Mr Orland Pk LLC, 11225 W 143rd St, $1,718,000; Croce Lynne A to Naughton Gerard, 10251 Hibiscus Dr, $96,000; Hamater Lillian to Ligue Michael, 15720 Old Orchard Ct, Unit #157201E, $128,000; Smith Mark L Tr to Kishta Mamoon, 15131 Saint

Andrew Ct, $303,000; Judicial Sales Corp to Galmaka Inc, 8932 W 140th St, Unit #17, $56,000; Premier Home Developers Inc to Zajac Jerzy, 14440 92nd Ct, $163,500; Federal Home Loan Mtg Corp to AH & Grp Inc, 17124 Kropp Ct, $210,000; Dixon Dawn M to Dziechciowski Grzegorz, 13712 Mccabe Dr, $265,000; Faifer Todd L to Trainys Valdas, 14752 Montgomery Dr, $200,000; Erffmeyer Louis F to Sherry Thomas, 11626 Brookwood Dr, $305,000; Pondelicek Ronald J Jr to Esparza Maria I, 7818 Ponderosa Ct, $215,000.

Palos Heights Zeidan Ziyad to Mufarreh Michael P, 7744 Mcintosh Dr, $525,000; FSBT Holdings KKC to Ewing Ted W, 12924 S Forestview Rd, $220,000; Kerr Thea Nelle to First Midwest Bk Tr, 1270 Golf Dr, Unit #77341CR, $189,000.

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

RATES 4.250 3.375 3.750

United Trust Bank (as of July 27) 30-year fixed 15-year fixed 10-year fixed

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Palos Park Toth Mark S to Hepp William G, 11845 Glen Rd, $549,000; Imes Andrea Tr to Schiera John, 7801 Oakridge Dr, $200,000; Olson Mark E to Earley John, 12757 Pebble Dr, $293,000; Mcnamara Dennis J to Renewd Homes Inc, 8001 127th St, $245,000.

You could own a piece of the Lexington House after it ends its long run next month in Hickory Hills.

The iconic banquet hall, which was opened in 1970 at 7717 W. 95th St. by Jack McGann, will close after its final event on Aug. 22, a reunion for Burnside Academy.

Long known for its decor, co-owner Lorry Fitzpatrick said everything was for sale. “We own everything inside and it all must go,” she said.

“We’re going to be selling everything in the place that last week. We have to be out of here

by Aug. 30.”

She said customers have already been asking about acquiring part of the iconic hall.

“We have commitments for the stage decorations, the drapes and everything, and the risers we use for fashion shows,” she said. “They are spoken for.”

Fitzpatrick said she and her two sisters agreed to sell the banquet hall after they were approached by Drive Time Auto Sales.

“They made us an offer and we decided to take it,” she said. “We’re all 60-something. Our children have all gone their separate ways and none wanted to continue.”

Fitzpatrick said it was a bittersweet decision to sell the banquet hall.

“My sister Barbara was married here,” she said. “Many of our customers have had all kinds of family parties here. People who worked here as busboys would have their wedding receptions here.”

Fitzpatrick said she would be retiring, though she said she would likely stay active as a real estate agent.

She said her sister Barbara Vuletic would concentrate on her other business, Evergreen Park Bath and Tennis.

Fitzpatrick said another family owned business would remain open after the Lexington House closes.

“My brother Jack runs the Beverly Woods restaurant and that will stay open with his son and daughter managing things.”

Orland Park attorney David Sosin, who represented Drive Time at last week’s Hickory Hills City Council meeting, said the Arizona-based company had been looking for a South Side location for “some time.”

Drive Time has 131 dealerships in 24 states including ones in Schaumburg and Lombard as well as Highland, Ind. Sosin said Drive Time was the sixth-largest

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used car company in the United States with more than $2 billion in deals.

He said dealerships typically have from 60-70 vehicles with vehicle ages generally ranging from three to seven years.

He said the company was hoping to be ready by the end of the year.

“They are going to remodel the front of the building,” he said. “Take down the facade, clean up the site.”

Budget crisis claims Tinley gallery Garden Gallery & Studio, which was opened a few years ago at 17459 S. Oak Park Ave. in Tinley Park by the Alsip-based Garden Service Center social services agency, was closed as of June 30 thanks to the state’s budget crisis and the threat of future state funding cuts.

Executive Director Gerry Beagles wrote in the agency’s July newsletter that the art classes offered to its developmentally challenged clients would be moved to space at the Burbank location, 8333 S. Austin Ave.

Nicky’s Drive-Thru closes Owner Gus Assimakopoulos has closed Nicky’s Drive-Thru at 11500 S. Western Ave. because he just couldn’t take the daily grind any longer.

He closed the restaurant he opened more than 20 years ago at the end of June so he could get the hip replacement surgery he’s needed since a car accident a few years ago.

A second Nicky’s restaurant in Berwyn closed in 2007.

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

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

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DEATH NOTICES

Ann M. Alkema

Ann M. Alkema, nee Boomsma, age 87, of Palos Heights, died on July 24 at RML Specialty Hospital in Lyons Township. Beloved wife of the late Paul Alkema, Jr. (2002) and Andrew DeVries, Jr. (1965). Loving mother of Barbara (David) Vander Woude, Karen (Tom) De Young, Carol Alkema, and Paul Alkema.

Cherished grandmother of seven and great – grandmother of seven. Fond sister of the late John Boomsma and Melvin (Pearl) Boomsma.

Mrs. Alkema was born in Chicago. She was a retired bookkeeper for a scavenger service. Visitation was held July 27. Funeral service was held July 28 at Colonial Chapel in Orland Park. Interment Beverly Cemetery. Memorials to Mt. Greenwood Community Church preferred.

Marjorie Cosgrove

Marjorie Martha Cosgrove, neé Holtorf, age 89, of Orland Park, passed away on July 23, at Advocate Christ Medical center in Oak lawn. Beloved wife of Charles H. Cosgrove for 62 years. Loving mother of Dr. Charles H. (Dr. Debbie), Dr. Joseph K. (Dr. Belén Atienza), Laurie K., Peter W., Matthew P. (Mary Rose), and the late Michael P. Cherished grandmother of Kerry Brackin (Kamel Atia), Katherine, Natalia, Daniel, and Kelsey. Dearest great-grandmother of Ibraheem. Dear sister of Theodore and the late David, and the late Paul (Betty).

Dedicated elementary teacher for Orland Park School District 135 from 1970 to 1992. Mrs. Cosgrove was born in Wheaton.

Memorial Visitation was held July 27 until time of Memorial Service at Hope Covenant Church, in Orland Park. Memorials to Salvation Army preferred.

Gertrude Dykstra

Gertrude Dykstra, nee Roeters, age 95, of Palos Heights, died on July 20. Beloved wife of the late Henry W. Dykstra (2008). Loving mother of Karen (Siebe) Sluis, William, John (Marcia) and Roger (Jane). Cherished grandmother of 10. Dearest great-grandmother of 11. Preceded in death by one great-grandchild. Fond sister of the late Cornelius “Kelly” Roeters.

Ms. Dykstra was born in Chicago. She was a retired church custodian.Visitation was held July 23. Funeral Service held July 24 at Colonial Chapel, in Orland Park.

Interment Orland Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials to Hope Christian Reformed Church or the Alzheimer’s Association preferred.

Eileen T. Martinez

Eileen T. Martinez (nee Malone) of Palos Park, died on July 24 at Palos Community Hospital.

Beloved wife of the late Francis. Devoted mother of Jack, Dr. Mary Lynn (Patrick) Sullivan, Joan (Chuck) Kiser, Tom (Liz) and Billy (Eve). Loving grandmother of Sebastian, Bradley, Andrew, Patrick, Luke, Colin and Kellen.

Mrs. Martinez was born in Chicago. She worked as a nurse.

Visitation Saturday morning, 10 a.m. until time of Mass, 11 a.m. at St. Thomas More Church, 2825 W. 81st St., Chicago. Interment Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Palos Community Hospital Hospice, 15295 127th St. Lemont, IL 60439.

Arrangements by Palos-Gaidas Funeral Home, Palos Hills.

William F. Stoub Jr.

William F. “Bill” Stoub, Jr., age 99, of Orland Park, died on July 23. WWII US Army Air Corps Veteran, beloved husband of Fennetta Kuiper Stoub, nee Doornbos, and the late Anna Stoub, nee VanOosbree (1998).

Loving father of William (Elaine), John (Marcia), Marie (Jack) Klein, Marvin (Barbara), Muriel (Gerald) Mulder, Lois (Ronald) Speelman, Vernon (Evelyn), Roger, Marcia (Rodney) Krosschell, Linda (Donald) Parrish, Donald (Lisa) and the late Nancy (Arnie (Barb)) Stolte. Fond step-father of Barbara ( Keneth) Grimberg, Dorie (late Howard) Kuiper, and Theresa (Leonard) Boer. Cherished grandfather of 52 and step-grandfather of eight. Dearest great-grandfather of 128. Great-great-grandfather of five. Survived by his brother Ed Stoub and his sister Betty Van Bruggen.

Mr. Stoub was born in Orange City, Iowa. He was the former owner and president of Standard Cartage Co. Visitation was held Supplied photo July 27 at Colonial Chapel, in Orland Park. A Memorial Service to celebrate Bill’s life was held July 28 at Hope Christian Reformed Nancy McCord Bronson’s children and grandchildren gathered Sunday at the McCord Gallery & Cultural Center in Palos Park to celebrate her 80th birthday.

Church, in Oak Forest. Burial pri- Mrs. Bronson (fourth from left) is the great-great granddaughter of both John D. McCord and Matthew McClaughry, members of two of the first families vate Chapel Hill Gardens West, of Palos Township and Palos Park. McClaughry built the McCord House in 1834 and the McCord family later lived in it. Mrs. Bronson still lives in Palos Park.

Oakbrook Terrace. Memorials to Roseland Christian Ministries or Hope Christian Reformed Church Building Fund preferred.

Milestone birthday at historic McCord House

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Evelyn Vloedman

Evelyn Vloedman, nee Medema, age 92, of Orland Park, died on July 25. Beloved wife of the late Joseph (2006). Loving mother of Ronald (Pam) and Joseph (Bonnie).

Cherished grandmother of Andy (Anne), Jodi (Norm) Eisengart, Adam, Michelle (Josh) Nissen, Joseph (Sarah) and Rachel (Ken) Warren. Dearest great-grandmother of Kaela, Cora, Austin, Dakota, Aidan, Brandon, Emma, Graham and Mara. Fond sister of the late Neal Medema. Dear sisterin-law of Ange Vloedman.

Mrs. Vloedman was born in Chicago. She was a retired clerk at 1st National bank of Evergreen Park. Visitation was held July 28.

Funeral Service was held July 29 at Colonial Chapel, in Orland Park.

Interment Chapel Hill Gardens South, Oak Lawn. Memorials to Grace Community Christian Reformed Church, 10415 Kedvale Ave., Oak Lawn, IL 60453 preferred.

Caregiving requires rest, prayer and help from others Q: My husband has a long-term medical condition, and I’m his only caregiver. I wish he’d understand how hard this is, especially when all he does is complain. He reads your column, so maybe you could say something about this. — Mrs. R.S. A: When we don’t feel well, it’s easy to become short-tempered and impatient. That doesn’t make it right, however, because what’s really happening is that we’re becoming concerned only about ourselves. But the Bible says, “Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of oth-

ers” (Philippians 2:4, ESV).

What can you do? First, pray for your husband. Pray not only that he’ll become more thoughtful and patient, but also that he’ll turn to God for daily strength. Pray, too, that each day he’ll turn to Christ and focus anew on the hope we have of heaven because of His death and resurrection. The Apostle Paul suffered much, and yet he also knew that because of Christ “our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all” (2 Corinthians 4:17).

Let me also encourage you and your husband to pray and read God’s Word together (perhaps from a book of daily devotions based on Scripture). If you’ve never done this before,

one place to start could be pausing before each meal to thank God for His goodness and love.

Then ask God to help you. We all need rest; seek others who can assist you, even for only a few hours. Ask God also to give you an extra measure of understanding and patience, and a deep sense that you are doing His will. May the Psalmist’s experience become yours: “I delight to do thy will, O my God” (Psalm 40:8, KJV).

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

Together We Cope selected for United Way’s Safety Net Award Together We Cope recently received the Safety Net Award from the United Way. This honor, bestowed annually, recognizes the Tinley Parkbased prevention agency’s work in connecting with the community by fostering leadership from within and developing partnerships that support the food pantry, said Stephen Samuels, program coordinator for United Way. “Together We Cope has helped sustain the south suburban community from within by collaborating on partnerships and emphasizing outreach within the community, showing that anybody can be in the position of needing help,” he said. “It’s incumbent on all of us to do what we can to make a difference.”

Samuels also noted that Together We Cope, in serving 27 south suburban communities, helps residents in an area that is often perceived as too economically sound to include those who are struggling. “Even in areas like Tinley Park, Orland Park and the Palos communities, there’s still need,” he said. “The economic downturn affected the

entire community.”

Executive Director Kathryn Straniero said that Together We Cope was deeply honored by receiving the United Way’s Safety Net Award.

“Everyone at this agency works very hard every day with one goal – to help families in crisis, which strengthens the community for all of us,” she said.

“This recognition from the United Way confirms our partnership and creates lasting change. We are thrilled to have their continued support in playing a role in that change.”

Together We Cope is a nonprofit prevention agency based in Tinley Park that provides resources to families in temporary crisis in 27 south suburban communities, enabling them to stay in their homes. Of every dollar the agency receives, 93 cents goes to client programs and services. In 2014, TWC received its fourth four-star rating from Charity Navigator for sound fiscal management.

For information, visit www.togetherwecope.org.

— Together We Cope

Father Cronin inherits sticky situation The Rev. Edward J. Cronin, former pastor of St. Alexander Church in Palos Heights for 13 years, and his new flock last weekend celebrated the annual summer festival at St. Jane de Chantal Parish in Chicago’s Midway neighborhood. Father Cronin (top from left), Paul Lally and Monica Kopinski gather at the fest on Sunday with Cash the Calf before St. Jane’s traditional Cow Pie Drop Raffle for cash prizes.

Kopinski led the calf around the pavement marked with numbered raffle squares; lucky winner chosen by cow droppings on it.

Palos friends who went to the fest Sunday included Sue MacKenzie, Andrea Covert and her son Trent (inset photo). Cronin is remembered fondly by many parishioners in Palos, and is often called back here to perform baptisms, weddings or funerals.

Photos by Steve Neuhaus

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Nostalgia transports Harlem: Original owner Herb Zerth, of Palos Park, displayed this classic 1979 Mark V Lincoln, with only 22,000 miles on it, parked outside The Regional, in the second Palos Heights Classic Car Event (right photo).

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Here is the cowboy who says he is going to fix America

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ather ‘round the campfire cowpokes and I’ll tell you a story about the sheriff who is going to fix America.

See, there is this cowboy in Bealeton Virginia named Chris DeCarlo and he’s running for his county’s office of sheriff because he wants to “fix America.’’

His campaign people sent the Reporter a press release on quality stock paper in the real mail and they spelled my name right (bonus points!). The one side of the page is complete with a drawing of a cowboy on a horse and an American flag with the slogan “The sheriff to fix America.’’

OK. I want to see America fixed.

Sounds like a pretty good idea to me.

The trouble is that most of you reading this live in the south suburbs of Chicago and can’t vote for the man. Why he is spending valuable money sending these flyers to goofs like me and other editors across the nation is a puzzle but I’m glad he did.

The other side is a copy of the campaign speech he made earlier this month at the Fauquier County Fair (I can’t make this stuff up, folks).

Maybe we’re spoiled here, watching some of our candidates make their speeches in places like the soon-tobe-closed Lexington House in Hickory Hills and other fancy banquet and hotel venues.

But Mr. DeCarlo made his announcement at an event that also featured a meat goat show, Rosaire’s Racing Pigs, a Marvelous Mutts show, a “bedazzle your bra” contest, a chicken parade, camel rides, a livestock obstacle course, a watermelon seed spitting contest, a barnyard beauty contest, zucchini races, a corn hole tournament and much, much more

JEFF VORVA including a Tracy Lawrence concert.

It’s hard to take that announcement seriously, but if that’s the audience he is trying to reach…

Anyway, I want to know how a guy who is throwing his hat in the ring at the place where people are spitting watermelon seeds while the womenfolk are having their bras bedazzled is going to fix America.

This is what he said: “As your sheriff I will fix America by arresting Virginia’s elected officials that accept contributions, charging them with bribery, treason and sedition.

“I will charge them as traitors for trading access to the power you have placed with them. I will charge them with treason because they are violating their oath of office and articles of the Virginia Constitution in an official capacity. And I will charge them with sedition for conspiring with their contributors to allow the power and greed of money to overthrow the governments of the people.

“Article 2, Section 7 of the Virginia Constitution provides sheriffs, via a sworn oath and the power of arrest with standing to protect the power the Constitutions give you. So what do you think?

Do campaign contributions dilute your power to control your governments? Do contributions serve the common good?

Can and should the sheriff arrest elected officials for bribery, treason and sedition?

“November 3rd is your chance to

answer these three questions with your one vote. As your chief law enforcement officer in Fauquier County my authority will supersede that of any state or federal officer.

“As your elected sheriff I will have your authorization to proceed against these at large villains and declare them ‘Most Wanted.’ Please tell your friends to support this campaign and vote so the deputies and I can jail these privileged at-large criminals with all the others and fix America.’’

He also has a cute campaign slogan of “Don’t just throw the bums out, I’ll lock ‘em up.’’

So there you have it, folks. Vanquish a few scummy Virginia politicians and put them in a cell with Big Bubba and all will be right with America. Inflation will come down. Crime rates will disappear.

Gas prices will be about a buck a gallon.

Unemployment will be nonexistent. We will all have quality health insurance.

Mr. DeCarlo also has a rap video on YouTube called “Democracy Rides Again” that you have to see to believe.

He looks a little older in the video than he does in the drawing of him on the horse.

I kind of hope he gets elected just for the comedy of watching him and his deputies ride up on a horse to the state house ready to cuff the bad guys in suits.

This guy is Virginia’s version of Donald Trump. He is a candidate who is going against the grain and breaking convention. Is he dead serious or his this all an Andy Kaufman-like spoof? Is this guy Andy Kaufman, who some believe is still alive?

Anyway, we can all laugh at DeCarlo like we have been laughing at Trump.

But have you seen how Trump is doing in the latest polls?

WHATIZIT?

Photo by Jeff Vorva

Give me a break. Or should it be give me a brake?

Either way, our wacky clue from last week didn’t prevent a handful of WHATIZIT wizards from getting last week’s photo of a bicycle brake.

Worth’s Theresa and George Rebersky were the first to brake in with the right answer.

Brake-ing news is that other correct answers came from Worth’s Frank Hirsch, Darrel Hardin and Russ Martin, Evergreen Park’s Henrietta Mysliwiec, Chicago Ridge’s Chris and Rick Towne, someone called Captain Morgan from Palos Hills and the Friday Night Ladies and Boy Toy Poker and Velocipede Club of Oak Lawn, Orland Park and Oak Forest.

There was one incorrect guess of a camera tripod.

This week’s clue is that some think this just a hole in the wall.

Send your guesses by Monday night to thereporter@comcast.net with Whatizit on the subject line. Don’t forget your name and hometown.

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ARTS & NATURE

The Regional News

Chicago Kingsnakes will play lakeside pig roast here

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The Chicago Kingsnakes will perform at the Palos Heights Woman’s Club’s Lakeside Pig Roast II fundraiser party to be held Sunday, Aug. 16, from 3 to 7 p.m., at Lake Katherine Nature Center and Botanic Gardens in Palos Heights. Mike Bailey, of Palos Park (center), is among the members of the blues band. His wife Patt is a member of both the Palos Heights and Park woman’s clubs. Both are active in the Palos Heights Garden Club. The pig roast will also include a full buffet dinner, beer and wine, plus raffles. Tickets cost $40 and are available at Mona Lisa, 12330 S. Harlem Ave. in downtown Palos Heights, or call 361-1551.

Garden Club goes to market

Moraine Valley announces 2015-16 performance season

The lineup for Moraine Valley Community College’s Fine and Performing Arts Center 22nd season has something for everyone. Performances will feature Jim Brickman, Broadway music, modern dance, Chicago improv comedy, and much more.

Patrons can purchase membership and subscription packages or individual tickets. Current subscribers/ members can renew beginning Monday, Aug. 3. New subscription/memberships and individual tickets for the general public will go on sale Monday, Aug. 10.

Details can be found at morainevalley.edu/fpac and in the season brochure.

The Mainstage Series features world-class artists on the Dorothy Menker Theater stage. Tickets range from $25 to $40 for adults and $20 to $35 for seniors and students. Performances are at 7:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted.

The Sunday Salon Series is returning with cabaret-style performances in the John and Angeline Oremus Theater, where tables ring the stage and additional seating on the risers offer an intimate setting. Table seating is $25 for the general public and $20 for seniors and students.

Riser seating is $20 for the general public and $15 for seniors and students. Performances are at 2 and 5:30 p.m.

The Academic Theater Department will stage four productions. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for seniors and students.

The Academic Music Series is composed of several musical ensembles. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for seniors and students. Admission is free to Percussion Ensemble and Flute Choir concerts.

To be placed on the mailing list for a season brochure or for more information on these performances, call the Box Office at 974-5500 or email BoxOffice@ morainevalley.edu.

Tickets can be purchased online (additional fees will be incurred), in person, by mail, or over the phone.

Box Office hours are Monday through Friday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and one hour prior to all performances.

Summer and holiday hours may vary. Additional information, updates, and new performances can be found at morainevalley.edu/fpac.

Saving the monarch A monarch caterpillar feeds on a swamp milkweed. In the past 20 years, the monarch butterfly population has dropped from a billion to 30 million largely because of habitat destruction, according to Lake Katherine Nature Center. Monarch caterpillars feed and lay their eggs exclusively on milkweed, but the colorful flower is rapidly disappearing from the countryside due to the overuse of herbicides and decline of the native prairie. Throughout 2015 Lake Katherine has been a major force to help improve the environmental conditions of the monarch butterfly and encourage the community to lend a hand in this effort. The Palos Heights Garden Club is among supporters of those efforts to protect the monarch. Lake Katherine’s annual Monarch Butterfly Festival is planned for Sunday, Sept. 13. Look for details in The Regional closer to the date.

Palos Heights Garden Club members Sherry TerMaat looks on as Joan Meyers paints a rainbow and butterfly on the arm of club President Jim Agnos. The garden clubv held the Community Tent center stage spot at the farmers market Wednesday last week.

Members gave gardening tips, club membership information and small potted chives while supplies lasted.

The Palos market plans special events celebrating National Farmers Market Week this coming Wednesday.

Photo by Patt Bailey

Photo by Patt Bailey

SHE SNORES MORE THAN I DO, BUT I STILL LOVE MY HUMAN. — BANDIT adopted 11-26-09

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Ken Karrson, Sports Editor • sports@regionalpublishing.com

Southwest • Section 2, Page 1

Still going strong

Long after wrestling season ended, Tarver forges on

By Bob Roubik Correspondent

For someone to whom wrestling was merely a preparatory activity for mixed martial arts, Savanna Tarver sure has grown to love the sport.

And she can’t get enough of it.

The high school wrestling season ended in February, but Tarver, who competed for Shepard last winter, forges on.

After completing her junior season as the only female member of the Astros varsity team, Tarver went on to win an Illinois state championship in the female division of a tournament and then become a member of Team Illinois in the USA Wrestling Girls Folkstyle National Championship.

Tarver went 3-2 in helping Team Illinois place fifth.

Most recently she was training to compete at the prestigious Cadet and Junior National Championship Freestyle Tournament in Fargo, N.D., which draws many of the nation’s top amateur wrestlers.

Tarver raised over $1,000 for

her trip through a Go Fund Me campaign.

“It was amazing to know just how many people I had that were helping me on my journey,” she said. “If I didn’t have all this support, I don’t believe I would be able to experience these opportunities.

“Wrestling has helped me grow so much as a person. Wrestling has taught me about confidence and making my own luck.”

Initially, wrestling was simply a recommended means by which Tarver could better establish her ground technique for MMA. But she quickly gained the respect of her coaches and teammates at Shepard with her work ethic, and that dedication eventually paid off in a pinfall against a Hillcrest opponent.

It also boosted her confidence, both on and off the mat.

“Before wrestling I would just keep to myself and only talk to a select group of friends,” Tarver said. “But I noticed once I started wrestling I became more open to others and going outside my com-

fort zone. At the beginning of the year if you would have asked me to go out to Fargo without my parents for a whole two weeks, I would have said no way.

“I feel that I’ve climbed a huge milestone in my life that I would have never believed I would [be] able to do.”

Helping Tarver train for Fargo was Oak Lawn sophomore-to-be Kasia Galica, who connected with Tarver on Facebook. They solidified their bond by attending nocharge freestyle wrestling sessions conducted by Bremen coach Tom Sanders, who has been running those since 2000.

“It was free when I was a kid and it keeps the kids wrestling that want to but really can’t afford club cost,” Sanders said. “We practice two days a week and lift three.

“Savanna was practicing at a few clubs but now is focusing on both wrestling and strength training. She is a very dedicated and tough kid.”

Sanders is familiar with coaching girls, but he had not encountered any as dedicated as Tarver

The Cadet and Junior National Freestyle National Championship in Fargo, N.D., is one of the country’s most prestigious amateur wrestling tournaments.

and Galica, “I have had a couple come out during the season but never [in the] offseason,” he said. “None have put in the work like Savanna and Kasia. They both have really pushed each other and get right in See TARVER, Page 2

Savanna Tarver (second from left) and Kasia Galica (third from left) both traveled to Fargo, N.D., for a national wrestling tournament. An injury prevented Tarver from competing.

SUMMER BASEBALL ROUNDUP

Community Sports News

Second to one

SPORTS COLLECTORS’ CONVENTION IS UNDERWAY

RedHawks fall to Phoenix in title contest

The National Sports Collectors Convention has returned to the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center and is running today through Sunday.

Show hours today-Saturday will be 10 a.m-6 p.m. while Sunday’s finale will go from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Over 600 dealers and distributors are in attendance along with 50 corporate displays.

Items for sale include sports, entertainment and gaming cards, event-used equipment, toys and autographed materials. Over 70 signing guests, featuring both current and retired athletes, are also on hand at the convention.

For more information, google “2015 national sports collectors convention” and go to the official site.

By Ken Karrson Sports Editor

The Palos Heights Recreation Department will offer golf this summer.

Skyhawks Golf will teach beginning golfers proper technique to refine their skills during sessions held at Meyers Park in Palos Heights. A system developed by PGA professionals that is designed specifically to assist entry-level players will be used.

All equipment will be provided and the instructor-to-camper ratio kept low. The cost is $125 for Palos Heights residents, $145 for non-residents. Registration can be completed online or at the recreation center.

For more information on either the tennis or golf program, call 361-1807.

Kevin Sefcik had no idea what he was missing.

Actually, he probably did after watching his Marist team navigate through the regular summer season and then defeat four opponents in as many days in the single-elimination Richards Regional.

The championship there placed the RedHawks in the eight-team, doubleelimination Phil Lawler Classic last week, but Sefcik wasn’t around to watch. He had already committed to accompany his 12-year-old son to a tournament in Cooperstown, N.Y., home of the baseball Hall of Fame.

And Sefcik did see some good baseball out east. His son’s squad wound up 16th overall in a 104-team field, a showing that kept Sefcik in New York the entire week and forced him to miss all of Marist’s action.

“They didn’t need my help,” he joked of the RedHawks. “They were rolling.”

Indeed they were, at least after absorbing a 3-2 setback to East Suburban Catholic Conference rival Notre Dame at Benedictine University in Lisle on Day 1 of the Lawler Classic. But with its back to the wall, Marist responded as it had all summer: by digging deep and finding a way to prosper.

The RedHawks bounced back later that same day to down Oak ParkRiver Forest to remain alive in the tourney. They then avenged the earlier loss to the Dons with a 3-0 victory on Tuesday and romped past another ESCC foe, Benet Academy, 10-0 on Wednesday.

That landed Marist in the finale opposite Lincoln-Way North on Thursday in what became quite the pitchers’ duel. Neither club mustered more than four hits, but the Phoenix did just enough offensively to squeeze out a 2-0 triumph and deny the RedHawks a chance to become the third local program to capture a state crown.

Sandburg did so in the summer of 2007 and St. Laurence stood tallest in 1981. However, Sefcik had no complaints about the way in which his guys performed, both at those times he wasn’t in attendance and during the campaign as a whole.

“The one thing that’s really cool is the expectance to win,” Sefcik said.

“They proved a lot to themselves. They see what we told them works [and] they don’t fear anybody.

“I think we know how to get ready for the playoffs now. [We realize] that’s the way we have to do things to win.”

The way Marist (19-6) did things throughout the tournament was by committee. While players such as spring all-area selections John Carmody and Jack Snyder picked up where they left off with their hitting and pitching, respectively, a number of other lesser-known types made their presences felt.

And it seemed as if somebody different stepped forward almost every day. Shane Brannigan, for example, proved a solid performer on the mound and the RedHawks also received a lift there from Brandon Hanik and Colin Pfotenhauer. That pair combined to four-hit Lincoln-Way North.

None of Marist’s hurlers is blessed with an above-90-mph fastball, but Sefcik said that’s not always the most important ingredient in pitching success within the prep ranks.

“There are not enough kids who can hit a breaking ball or hit to the opposite field,” he said. “[Our pitchers] are not overpowering guys, but all of them throw 82 or 83, and if they can throw a first-pitch breaking-ball strike, that gives them an advantage.

“If you get hit around, you get hit around, but you can’t give up free passes.”

In the championship contest, the RedHawks faced an opponent that bore a resemblance to them. Like Marist, the Phoenix’s mound corps was minus flamethrowers but filled with effective arms.

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See BASEBALL, Page 2

PALOS MELTDOWN SCHEDULED FOR AUG. 9

The ninth annual Palos Meltdown Mountain Bike Race will be held Sunday, Aug. 9, beginning at 9:15 a.m. at Pulaski Woods, near the intersection of 95th Street and Archer Avenue in Willow Springs.

Over 600 people are expected to take part in the event, which will also feature the dedication of the new Stone House Trail. Races will be held for juniors and first-timers (9:15), children (1:30 p.m.) and pro-end experts (2 p.m.). Top finishers in both the men’s and women’s expert races will receive $650.

Race distances will range from 5 to approximately 30 miles and racers will face a number of challenges along the way.

Submitted photo

The Palos Thunder 8U team went 5-0 to win a baseball tournament in Homewood.

team surrendered a total of just five runs over the course of the tournament. The championship was garnered with a 10-1 victory over Hamlin Park. The Thunder roster included Dean Elmosa, Eddie Lovell, Anthony Lenard, Dante Piere, Matt Steinke, Billy Djikas, Patrick Coogan, Kevin Murney, Conner Glennon, Clayton Bumsted, Colin Hobart and Jack O’Leary.

The Thunder 11U squad beat Ridge The event is a fundraiser for the ChiBeverly 9-2 to complete an unblemished cago Area Mountain Bikers, a nonprofit tourney run. Palos team members were organization that builds trails and currently Connor Crotty, Cole Downs, Joe Egan, maintains seven trail systems and parks Mike Jeffers, designed for all skill levels at no cost to Charlie Koeppen, Justin Lang, Owen Mctrail users or land managers.

Govern, James Murphy, Connor O’Mara, For more information, visit www.paloMitchel Potocsnak, Quinn Sytsma and smeltdown.com.

Aydan Wilson.

THUNDER KEEP ON ROLLING

Once again the Thunder struck down their opposition.

Three Palos Heights baseball teams bearing that nickname notched tournament championships last weekend. The Thunder 8U team went 5-0 at the Homewood Invitational while the 13U and 11U squads prevailed at the Palos Rumble.

The 8U club, which defeated the Roselle Rage 10-3 in the title contest, included Scott Dinnon, Casey Giemzik, Brody Jeffers, M.J. McKinney, Jackson Natanek, Jimmy Sloan, Brock Sperling, Chase Sytsma, Gavin Triezenberg, Ethan Wilson, Caden Workman and Brendan Zielinski on its roster.

In winning the Rumble crown, the 13U

STAMPEDE BASEBALL TO HOLD TRYOUTS

The Stampede Baseball Organization will hold tryouts for the 2016 season on Saturday at Stagg High School. Individuals trying out need only to attend one session.

Registration will begin at 9:30 a.m. each day with tryouts to follow from 10 a.m.noon. The sessions are open to players in every age group from U10 to U17 except for U 12.

Registration and medical-release forms can be filled out online at www.palosstampede.com. For more information or to make alternate arrangements if unable to attend either tryout session, contact Mark Zaremba

at 369-2090 or mazaremba@ameritech.net.

SOUTHSIDE SHOOTERS TRYOUTS IN AUGUST

The Southside Shooters will conduct tryouts and hold an organizational meeting on Monday, Aug. 31, at Moraine Valley College’s “G” building gymnasium The tryouts are open to youngsters in grades 4-8 and will run as follows: grades 4 and 5 from 6-7 p.m.; grades 6 and 7 from 7-8; and grade 8 from 8-9. For more information, contact Bill Finn at coachfinn34@yahoo.com.

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The Regional News - The Reporter

Words still get in their way

Community Sports News

Remember the World War II warning that “loose lips sink ships?”

Well, I’m not old enough to have heard it as originally stated, but the phrase has survived for 70 years so it can’t be classified as merely a trite utterance. Still, as Gilligan and the Skipper would attest, a gaping hole in the hull of a boat doesn’t portend a trouble-free seafaring journey either.

To a degree, the loose-lips sentiment applies today too, but a slight change is needed. To be completely accurate, we must substitute the word “careers” for “ships.”

On a seemingly weekly basis we read about one public figure after another putting his livelihood in jeopardy by voicing an opinion. Certainly, there is room for honest debate between disagreeing factions, but most people no longer have the stomach for a legitimate give-and-take exchange or the patience to even listen to the opposing side.

And heaven help the individual who dares to express a negative viewpoint about a so-called “protected class,” which encompasses pretty much everyone who is not a conservative, white, heterosexual male.

But that’s OK. Words can never hurt any of us, right? Well, not unless they’re actually spoken.

The latest guys to get caught in the PC trap were wrestler Hulk Hogan and sports announcer Colin Cowherd. Hogan came under attack for going off on a rant about his daughter dating a young black man; the fact his tirade included the dreaded n-word meant Hulkster was immediately knee-deep in the doo-doo.

As for Cowherd, his verbal crime was referencing the Dominican Republic when spouting off about baseball and its lack of complexity.

Now, I’m not here to defend either guy. Both know the ultrasensitive climate in which we all live these days, so Hogan and Cowherd should have disengaged their yaps sooner.

While Hogan’s was the more inflammatory rant, it was supposedly done in a private conversation. But as former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Stirling discovered, the where doesn’t matter, only the what.

Cowherd’s statement was given on his radio program, which prompted immediate action from ESPN. The network removed Cowherd from the air a few days before he was going to remove himself with an already-announced move to Fox, so there really was no penalty attached to his outburst.

As for Hogan, World Wrestling Entertainment reportedly expunged all references to him from its website and wants to pretend Hulk never existed. That is certainly within the company’s rights, but I pose just one question to owner Vince McMahon: Are you going to give back all the money WWE made off Hulk? Because without the notoriety the blonde and balding behemoth gave the organization back in the 1980s, there’s a good chance professional wrestling never would have been lifted out of the carny-like existence it led prior to that.

In short, Hulk Hogan is to Vince McMahon what Michael Jordan was to David Stern and the NBA. What I find interesting in Hogan’s case is that some black wrestlers came to his defense, saying that not only had Hogan never demonstrated racist tendencies but he had helped them advance their careers. Shouldn’t a man’s actions speak louder than his ill-chosen words?

In light of the Hogan and Cowherd situations, I find what Charles Haley had to say particularly interesting.

The NFL Hall of Famer played on multiple Super Bowl champions while dividing his career between San Francisco and Dallas.

Never known for pussyfooting around, Haley was seen as a bit of a loose cannon during his playing days.

And some might say nothing has changed since, although it’s only fair to note Haley was diagnosed with bipolar disorder after he retired. The Dallas Morning News originally reported that in a 2010 story.

Haley counsels young NFL players these days, and in a May meeting with 49ers rookies the San Jose Mercury News reported he dispensed the following piece of advice: “Why don’t you all act like the white guys?”

Whoa there, Charles. You can’t say that — can you?

He can and did, following it up with the reason why: “You never see them [written about] in the paper getting high or hitting people.” Never mind that the statement isn’t true — Haley wasn’t reprimanded by the NFL or anyone else.

He did receive criticism, of course, some of which came from a female Sporting News columnist who said Haley’s comments were a “shallow, short-sighted insult, regardless of race” and added that he could have “told the players to be gentlemen [and] live a life of unquestioned integrity, on and off the field.”

Hmm … I’m not sure that message would have clicked because Haley proclaimed in the Mercury News account that “these guys, they have an attention span of a 5-year-old. … I know they probably got mad; they all looked at me crazy.”

Who knows? These days Haley might be the sanest one in the room. And if not, he’ll find plenty of company on the PC hit list because there’s never a shortage of individuals willing to claim they were verbally victimized.

And rest assured, as long as human beings speak, that list will continue to grow.

BARTOSH

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The Palos Thunder 13U (above) and 11U baseball teams both captured championships at last weekend’s Palos Rumble.

SPORTS CAMPS COMING TO PALOS HEIGHTS

Soccer and basketball camps for young people will be held in Palos Heights this summer.

The soccer camp for ages 3-16 will be run in full-day and halfday sessions Monday-Friday at Meyers Park, 6601 W. 127th St. Sponsored by Challenger Sports and operated by an elite British coaching staff, the camp will offer an innovative curriculum with age-specific instruction. Each day will include work on individual foot skills, technical drills, tactical practices, small-sided games, coached scrimmages and a tournament.

In addition, the international instructors will provide lessons in the areas of leadership, sportsmanship, integrity, responsibility and respect. Each camp participant will receive a T-shirt and soccer ball.

For details on sessions and rates or to pre-register, visit www. palosheightsrec.org or www.challengersports.com. *** The Chicago Bulls’ annual rookie and veteran camp for ages 6-12 will take place Aug. 10-14 at the Palos Heights Recreation Center.

The camp is one of many being conducted throughout the Chicagoland area and will focus on basketball fundamentals such as ball handling, passing, shooting, rebounding, footwork, individual moves and team concepts. Student-to-instructor ratio will be no more than 10-to-1. On the final day all participants will receive an evaluation form and graduation certificate.

More than 45,000 young people have taken part in the Bulls’ summer camps, which are in their 18th year. For more information, visit www.palosheightsrec.org or www.bullsoxacademy.com.

DE LA SALLE LOOKING FOR BASEBALL COACH

De La Salle Institute in Chicago is looking to fill a head-coaching vacancy with its varsity baseball team. Teaching positions are avail-

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But just when it appeared that everything was falling into place, Tarver suffered a physical setback.

“It started with just regular head fighting, which is one of the basic drills that we do to help us create angles and position for takedowns,” she said. “But the final blow was when I was working shot-reshot. I went in for a double-leg takedown, and when I landed I hit my temple on the other girl’s hip when we hit the ground.”

That resulted in a concussion, which made Tarver nauseous and also made it difficult to talk to a trainer.

“This was brand new to me, so I didn’t fully comprehend what was happening,” she said. “I thought I just got a bug or something, but sure enough when I got to the ER it was definitely a concussion.”

And it quashed her dreams of success at Fargo. Tarver was held out of action but was still on hand to cheer on teammates, including Galica, who wound up eighth for the Cadet women.

Tarver’s display of camaraderie was not lost on Caitlyn Chase, one of the Team Illinois coaches.

“I was truly happy she was taking care of herself and was all right but also that she

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able for the 2015-16 school year.

Interested candidates should contact athletic director Tom White at (312) 842-7355, ext. 118 or white.@dls.org.

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.

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.

wanted to be there to support her teammates,” Chase said.

Tarver’s mother, Missy, acknowledged missing out on competition was “a huge blow for the poor kid. She’s been trying really hard for this, but we need to do what’s best for her.”

Missy admitted it can be difficult to watch Savanna because of the injury risk attached to her endeavors. But since her daughter’s been involved in martial arts since age 6, Missy has grown a little more accustomed to the situation.

“I sometimes walk away from her meets with a migraine,” Missy joked. “[But] I have to put my fears to the side. I just want to support her and her dreams, and I’m very confident in her. We have seen a very positive change in Savanna since November.”

Another of Tarver’s Team Illinois coaches, Jason Stauffenberg, believes the best is yet to come for her.

“She had trained extremely hard with countless extra hours, [was] eating right and having a great camp before her concussion,” he said. “In order to prepare for this sport, it demands the most out of athletes — grinding drills, situation wrestling and live matches are a constant. With all of that, injuries happen regardless of how in shape you are mentally or physically.

“It was a heartbreaker, [but] I am confident that this will push her and she will prepare her body and mind even further for next season. This young athlete is a warrior

with limitless potential.”

Sanders agrees.

“She was excited with the big improvements she has made just since the state tournament,” he said. “I just told her to look at the huge improvements she made in such a short time and think where she will be by next season.

If she keeps working as hard as she has been, next year will be her year.”

“Any time you put the time in during the summer and wrestle freestyle, it will definitely improve you,” Shepard coach Scott Richardson said. “It is a disappointment [about Fargo] because she put the time in and she was really excited about it.”

Like Stauffenberg, Richardson sees only good things ahead for Tarver and credits her offseason dedication to the sport for whatever transpires.

“I think that’s where a lot of kids miss out,” he said. “If you go to the IHSA state meet and the kids that are winning state, taking second and placing, there’s a correlation between them wrestling freestyle at Fargo and being successful at the state meet.”

Although her journey to Fargo didn’t pan out as hoped, Tarver’s spirits remain high.

She is already looking forward to next season.

“I plan to train even harder than I did this year and I’m going to go out on the mat and try even harder than I already have,” Tarver said. “I also hope to get some more wins under my belt. But most of all, I want to see myself succeed beyond what I have already hoped.”

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THIS IS, DARE I SAY, A STAGGERING WORK OF HEARTBREAKING STUPID F# %ING GENIUS.”

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In the finale, Ian Vanwitzenburg matched the RedHawks’ HanikPfotenhauer duo by tossing a fourhitter while issuing just one walk.

Vanwitzenburg, one of several Lincoln-Way North pitchers trying to compensate for the graduation of three Division I recruits, had made a relief appearance the day before to help the Phoenix nail down a semifinal win.

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by Notre Dame’s Scott Kutschke in its Lawler Classic opener.

Kutschke whiffed eight and exited with a victory after teammates Will Iacadlo and David Wendel stroked RBI hits in the seventh inning.

Both of those players collected two hits in the game.

Carmody produced two RBI for the RedHawks in their bounceback triumph over the Dons, doing so with a first-inning single and fourth-inning sacrifice fly. Elijah Hynes tallied both times. Also driving in a run was Tom Wade, who singled in the third.

“They were doing a great job of grinding it out,” Sefcik said of his athletes’ weeklong exploits.

“It’s tough going in the summer because you’ve got a lot going on. A lot of these kids are doing

football and other things.”

A statistic Sefcik pointed to as proof of Marist’s offensive accomplishments throughout the 25-game summer campaign was strikeouts-to-walks ratio.

“I think we had one more strikeout than walk,” he said. “That’s great -- you’re either getting on base or putting the ball in play.

“This was a great experience [overall]. I think we got a pretty good idea where we’re at heading into the winter and spring, [and] when we face adversity and things don’t go our way, you can lean on those things [we’ve encountered before]. We know what we can do.”

Sefcik’s first year at Marist resulted in 43 wins between the spring and summer seasons and would have to be termed a rousing success, even by a guy who “expected the program to do well.”

“Kids are emotional because they’re teenagers and sometimes you can tell what the heartbeat of your team is,” Sefcik said. “Kids get a little nervous and I do let them know when they’re doing something wrong, but I believe in what I’m doing and I got the kids to buy in pretty quick.

“Everybody’s got a good feeling now, so it’s time to take a break.

We’ll start doing some workouts in October or November.”

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS

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

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

U.S. BANK, N.A., SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDERS OF BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES I TRUST 2006HE10, ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES SERIES 2006-HE10 Plaintiff, -v.CHERYL DOLEZAL Defendants

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF SUSAN M. DRZEWIECKI, DECEASED, UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS AND LIENHOLDERS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF SUSAN M. DRZEWIECKI, DECEASED, UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS AND LIENHOLDERS AGAINST THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF SUSAN M. DRZEWIECKI, DECEASED, STEVEN DRZEWIECKI, JEREMY DRZEWIECKI, WILLIAM BUTCHER, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF SUSAN M. DRZEWIECKI, DECEASED Defendants

COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Plaintiff, -v.ARKADIUSZ ROMANOWSKI, KATARZYNA ROMANOWSKA, SCENIC TREE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF ARKADIUSZ ROMANOWSKI, IF ANY, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 10 CH 35405 10126 S 84TH TER UNIT 203 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 June 9, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 10, 2015, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 10126 S 84TH TER UNIT 203, PALOS HILLS, IL 60465 Property Index No. 23-11-302-003-1283. The real estate is improved with a brick 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 PA1019501. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 606064650 (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. PA1019501 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 10 CH 35405 TJSC#: 35-8734 I663809

PUBLISHER’S NOTICE All Real Estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are herby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1 (800) 669-9777. The toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is: 1 (800) 927-9275.

13 CH 13608 10446 SOUTH 80TH COURT Palos Hills, IL 60465

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 27, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 25, 2015, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 10446 SOUTH 80TH COURT, Palos Hills, IL 60465

14 CH 11438 9536 S. Homan Avenue Evergreen Park, IL 60805 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 21, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 24, 2015, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:

Property Index No. 23-14-223-015-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Commonly known as 9536 S. Homan Avenue, Evergreen Park, IL 60805 Property Index No. 24-11-202-059-0000.

The judgment amount was $291,313.58.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours.

No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in AS IS condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, or a unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). In accordance with 735 ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(h-1) and (h-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified that the purchaser of the property, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and legal fees required by subsections (g)(1) and (g)(4) of section 9 and the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $198,625.60.

Sale terms: 25% of the bid amount, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, shall be paid in certified funds immediately by the highest and best bidder at the conclusion of the sale. The certified check must be made payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation.

No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in AS IS condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

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

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

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

For information, contact the sales department, ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER LLC, 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 150, NAPERVILLE, IL 60563, (630) 453-6960 For bidding instructions, visit www.fal-illinois.com. Please refer to file number F12050113.

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

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

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

ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER LLC 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 150 NAPERVILLE, IL 60563 (630) 453-6960 E-Mail: foreclosurenotice@fal-illinois.com Attorney File No. F12050113 Attorney ARDC No. 3126232 Attorney Code. 26122 Case Number: 13 CH 13608 TJSC#: 35-10495

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 14 CH 11438 TJSC#: 35-8368

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.; P l a i n t i f f , v s .

MARY M. SAKIN AKA MARY O'SULIVAN; MURAT S A K I N UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; THE RIVIERA IN PALOS IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION; D e f e n d a n t s , 14 CH 14607 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 16 Cour Saint Tropez, Palos Hills, IL 60465.

P.I.N. 23-23-110-043.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff's Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611.

14-018984 NOS INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I664254

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.

“10 in the Park” For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.PATRICIA M. PAAS A/K/A PATRICIA PAAS Defendants 13 CH 017790 8201 W. 89TH STREET HICKORY HILLS, IL 60457 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 27, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 31, 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 8201 W. 89TH STREET, HICKORY HILLS, IL 60457 Property Index No. 23-02-203-022. 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 14-13-16299.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-13-16299 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 13 CH 017790 TJSC#: 35-8633 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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For Sale For Sale IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION FIRSTMERIT BANK, N.A., SUCCESSOR IN I N T E R E S T TO THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE C O R P O R A T I O N AS RECEIVER FOR GEORGE WASHINGTON S A V I N G S BANK Plaintiff, v s .

CLEARLAKE PROPERTIES, LLC; EDWARD RAUEN; UNKNOWN OWNERS, UNKNOWN TENANTS AND N O N RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 14 CH 14501 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, August 18, 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 mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 10241 & 10243 South 86th Court, Palos Hills, IL 60465.

P.I.N. 23-11-306-041-0000 and 23-11-306-042-0000.

The mortgaged real estate is a single family residence.

The property may be available for inspection by contacting Mr. Mike Zucker at (773) 281-5252. 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: Bidders must present, at the time of sale, a cashier's or certified check for 10% of the successful bid amount. The balance of the successful bid shall be paid within 24 hours, by similar funds.

For information call Ms. Stephanie A.S. Stinton at Stahl Cowen Crowley Addis LLC, 55 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603.

(312) 641-0060.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I663467

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, I L L I N O I S COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. P l a i n t i f f , v s .

VYTAS PASKUS; LINDA PASKUS; FIRST P E R S O N A L BANK; THE VILLAGE OF ORLAND PARK; U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR HOME EQUITY MORTGAGE TRUST 2005-HFI; C A P I T A L ONE BANK (USA), N.A.; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND N O N RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 14 CH 11327 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 8756 West 144th Street, Orland Park, IL 60462.

P.I.N. 27-11-100-039-0000.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff's Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611.

15-017203 NOS INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I665075

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION CROWN MORTGAGE COMPANY Plaintiff, -v.LESTER TRILLA III, KATHLEEN T. TRILLA, BROOK HILLS HOMEOWNER’S ASSOCIATION Defendants 13 CH 019984 11745 INNISHMOR COURT 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 August 14, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 18, 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 11745 INNISHMOR COURT, ORLAND PARK, IL 60467 Property Index No. 27-31-104-008. The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-13-19943.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-13-19943 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 13 CH 019984 TJSC#: 35-10358 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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F13030010 Anselmo Lindberg Oliver LLC IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, vs.

MARIE FINNIGAN AKA MARIE E. FINNIGAN; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 13 CH 7359 Calendar 63 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, September 4, 2015 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 5504 West 90th Street, Oak Lawn, Illinois 60453.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call The Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Anselmo Lindberg Oliver LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890.

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BROADEN YOUR HORIZONS This Week Geocache Week at Isle a la Cache Find hidden treasures during the Forest Preserve District of Will County’s Geocache Week.” The program will be offered from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesday Aug. 4 through Saturday, Aug. 8, at Isle a la Cache Museum, 501 E. Romeo Road.

Learn about geocaching and try your hand at this fun recreational activity. Using your smartphone or GPS, staff will send you on a scavenger hunt to find island caches.

Registration is required for the free, all-ages program; call 815-886-1467.

The Bridge Teen Center programs • Step By Step Painting – 4 to 5:30 p.m. today (Thursday) at The Bridge Teen Center, 15555 S. 71st Court, Orland Park, will host a program with Art-aLa-Carte to teach students how to create a masterpiece with step-by-step instructions.

• Have A Fearless School Year – 1 to 2 p.m. today, a program to let students talk about the upcoming school year with others over a drink from the cafe.

• Grilling Meat – 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. today a program for students to come grill their own burgers.

• Taste of Orland: Battle of the Bands – 7 to 11 p.m. this Friday, a Battle of the Bands with the Village of Orland Park at the Taste of Orland, 14700 Ravinia Ave. Orland Park.

• Getting Organized for School (Middle School only) – 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Aug. 4, a program to help students get an organizational system that will help them keep track of their assignments as well as to keep their lockers tidy.

• Getting Organized for School (High School only) – 2:45 to 3:45 p.m. Aug. 4, The Bridge Teen Center will host a program to help students get an organizational system that will help them keep track of their assignments as well as to keep their lockers tidy.

• High School Meet-N-Greet – 4 to 5 p.m. Aug. 4, a meet-n-greet for high school students to get to know other students while they enjoy an ice cream sundae.

• Middle School Meet-N-Greet – 1 to 2 p.m. Aug. 5, a meet-n-greet for middle school students to get to know other students while they enjoy an ice cream sundae.

• Better Than Revenge – 2 to 3:15 p.m. Aug. 5, a program with PASS to teach students how to not let others’ actions dictate their emotions.

• Washi Tape School Supplies – 2 to 3 p.m. Aug. 6, a program for students to give a fresh, new look to their old school supplies with some washi tape.

• Lead U: True To You – 4 to 6 p.m. Aug. 6, a program for high school students to receive leadership training.

These free events are for teens in 7th through 12th grade. For more information call 532-0500.

Family pottery birdbaths A pottery class for families will be hosted on two Wednesdays, Aug. 5 and 12, from 6 to p.m. at the Log Cabin Center for the Arts, 12700 Southwest Highway in Palos Park.

Instructor heather Young invites families with children of any age to make summer birdbaths for their yards

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PINTO’S POPCORN PICKS or gardens on the first night of class and to come back to glaze their creations a week later. Students will pick small leaves and twigs to make tiny impressions in the clay, plus create a tiny bird sculpture for their birdbath. The class fee is $18 per person and includes all supplies and two kiln firings. Advance registration is required. Call The Center at 361-3650.

Upcoming Cattail Basket Workshop The Log Cabin Center for the Arts, 12700 Southwest Highway in Palos Park, is offering a Cattail Basketry workshop on Monday, Aug. 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Basketry instructor Jane Dwyer and naturalist Lois Lauer will lead participants into The Center lowlands to gather cattails to weave them into natural baskets.

The workshop cost is $30, and requires advance registration. Participants should bring a lunch and extra shoes that can get wet in case we have to stick our toes in the water for the best cattails. For further © 2015 CTMG, Inc. All Rights Reserved. information, interested persons should call The Center All images are property of sony pictures entertainment inc. For promotional use only. at 361-3650.

Live model drawing and painting workshop A figure drawing and painting workshop with a live model will be offered on Tuesday, Aug. 11, from 9 to 11:30 a.m., at The Log Cabin Center for the Arts, 12700 Southwest Highway in Palos Park.

Artist Susan Flanagan will give an introduction about facial and figure proportions and assist students as they draw or paint. Students should bring their own paper and pencils, pens, watercolors or pastels. A model has been hired to pose for the class so that students can practice drawing human figures.

The cost of the workshop is $18 plus a $7 model fee. Registration is required and can be done in person, by mail, or by calling The Center: 361-3650.

Sunday morning mindfulness A Mindfulness group meets every Sunday morning at 11 a.m. at The Center, 12700 Southwest Highway, Palos Park.

Pastoral Director Chris Hopkins and volunteers lead these hour-long meditations which focus on one aspect of mindfulness each week. The group offers encouragement and support as participants seek to be mindful of their thoughts, feelings, and surroundings in the present moment. No fee is charged and new participants are always welcome. Call 361-3650 or visit www. thecenterpalos.org for information about The Center.

Celebrated Clarinet Choir 12th annual free concert The Celebrated Clarinet Choir will perform classical and pop tunes such as: Sousa’s Washington Post March, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Bach’s Celebrated Air, Haydn’s Symphony No. 94 Third Movement – Surprise, Peter Schikele’s Monochrome III and “The Clarinet Polka.”

The free performance will be given Monday, Aug. 10, from 7 to 7:45 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, 17100 S. 69th Ave. in Tinley Park.

This 13-piece ensemble is comprised of high school students who have been rehearsing all summer. Lynn Hojnacki leads this event to showcase the clarinet.

‘Pixels’ was a better YouTube video “Let the nerds take over” is an official order handed down by President Cooper (Kevin James), and that tells you almost everything you need to know about “Pixels.”

Yes, you read that right — the actor who plays Paul Blart (in the worst movie of the year until this point) plays the President of the United States, and that may just be the funniest thing about the film.

There is not much to know about the film beside that it needs to hit the reset button. It’s about three childhood friends, who played too many video games when they were younger, who now have to save the world from Pacman, Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, and other video game characters that 40 year olds reminisce about.

The premise of the film seems like it could work, which it does. It just doesn’t work here. “Pixels” is based on the award winning short film “Pixels” by French filmmaker Patrick Jean. Hollywood wasn’t going to stand by while this went viral, so the rights were bought by Sony and a big screen adaptation was born. Unsurprisingly, this makes a far better YouTube video than a feature film.

Don’t be fooled by the colorful posters and dose of nostalgia these classic video games can give you. This is just a standard Adam Sandler production.

It has all the traits that we have become accustomed to in a Sandler film: bad acting, lack of female character development, horrendous writing, and lack of continuity.

This is easily one of the worst acted films ever. Some so-called funny actors, most noticeably Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Josh Gad, and Peter Dinklage, don’t help this film at all.

They might even make this worse. Individually, these actors are actually funny, but as an

TONY PINTO ensemble in “Pixels” they don’t provide the comic relief you would expect from them.

The only female character who gets a name is Violet Van Patten (Michelle Monaghan).

She apparently is in the movie so Sandler has someone to kiss at the end. Why do all Sandler movies have an attractive co-star who falls in love with him? It can’t be because he writes them, can it?

This movie joins a list of less than stellar movies that Sandler has co-written, stared in, or produced such as “Blended,” “That’s My Boy,” “The Cobbler” (this apparently was so bad it went straight to DVD), and “Jack and Jill.”

In typical fashion, not enough of the scenes seem to go together. It plays almost like a series of short films.

Some viewers may feel nostalgia towards the classic games portrayed throughout the movie, which is probably what the film is going for.

On the same token, if you’re old enough to remember playing Pac-man in an arcade, you’re too old for an Adam Sandler film.

If you expect anything besides uninspiring acting and a sub-par summer flick out of “Pixels,” you’re expecting far too much. Ultimately this is one movie that’s game over from start to finish.

Save your quarters and skip out on “Pixels.”

— Tony Pinto’s grade: F

OMARR’S WEEKLY ASTROLOGICAL FORECAST

By Jeraldine Saunders ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19): Here today, gone tomorrow. Meeting interesting new people may brighten your week, but don’t expect anything lasting to come from it. Concentrate on what’s happening right now rather than looking toward the future.

TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20): Shine beneath the spotlight. You’ll be the star this week as others are drawn to your charm and magnetism like moths to a flame. Keep in touch with old friends and go out of your way to make new ones as your social skills peak.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Bide your time.

While your assessment of situations may be right on the mark, it would be to your benefit to allow events to unfold before making your move.

Write down ideas this week that you can use at a later time.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Use your gift of gab. The right words will come to you no matter what the situation and you’ll have no trouble getting your own way. In the week ahead, keep your door open to friends and loved ones for congenial group activities.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The right idea often comes at the wrong time. You have the keen insight to understand the inner workings of key issues, but lack the time and resources to act upon them. Don’t force yourself into taking a severe course of action in the coming week.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Dare to be different.

Break away from the routines and try something exciting and new. Don’t get down in the dumps

if the outlook appears bleak, as the week ahead is likely to be a roller coaster ride of highs and lows.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22.): If you’ve got it, flaunt it. You’re able to captivate an audience by showing off your greatest assets. You’ll gain very little from being a wallflower. As the week unfolds, plan to visit some local hotspots and mingle with those who appreciate your charms.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Explore what lies beyond the beaten path. Friends or partners may want you to try something this week that strays from the usual routine. Keep an open mind and heart and you’ll gain from new experiences.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Follow your instincts. But don’t be afraid to take good advice to heart when you hear it. This week may be a poor time for making crucial decisions, however, as all

the information may not be available when needed.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Don’t compromise yourself. Peer pressure may push you to try something you really have no interest in doing.

In the week ahead, concentrate on the things you enjoy rather than bowing to the agendas of others.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Too much of a good thing can be a bad thing. You may not realize just how much of your time a new hobby or pursuit consumes. In the week ahead, take a step back and make sure that all aspects of your life are in good running order.

PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): Shine on, you crazy diamond. Spread your social wings and gracefully enchant all those you meet. You’re able to have it your way right now, but later in the week others may not be as receptive.

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PALOS HEIGHTS POLICE DEPARTMENT’S NATIONAL NIGHT OUT Where: The Palos Heights Police Department Parking in the Palos Baseball Lot (Rear of PD) When: Tuesday August 4th, from: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

• Meet your local police officers • Take a tour of the Palos Heights Police Department • Learn about personal safety and crime prevention

• Interactive events for kids and adults alike • Food and Prizes • Child safety seat inspections • K-9 Demonstration • Vehicle Display

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Farm and Nature Discovery Preschool and Kindergarten teacher Loryl Fisher is shown with her 4 – and 5-year-old students out for a walk at the Children’s Farm in Palos Park.

Still openings for Children’s Farm discovery preschool, kindergarten A few fall openings remain for young children who love animals and nature at the Farm and Nature Discovery Preschool and Kindergarten at the Children’s Farm, 12700 Southwest Highway in Palos Park.

The school is a lively hands-on opportunity for children to become creative learners through experiences with the natural world of the woods, fields, farm, and animals that

lie directly outside their classroom door.

Farm and Nature School director Kristin Hale says the adventure-packed program includes creek-walks, hayrides, hikes in the woods, animal care, pony rides, and naturethemed crafts, plus a basic academic curriculum to prepare children for kindergarten and first grade.

The preschool and kindergarten are held in

the Anderson Activity Center, with separate classrooms for children ages 3, 4 and 5, and kindergarteners. Both morning and afternoon sessions of preschool are offered, either two or three days per week. Kindergarten is a five-day afternoon program.

For more, contact preschool director Kristin Hale at 361-8933 or visit www.thecenterpalos. org.

VIDEOVIEW BY JAY BOBBIN (Ratings for each film begin with a “star” rating — one star meaning “poor,” four meaning “excellent” — followed by the Motion Picture Association of America rating, and then by a family-viewing guide, the key for which appears below.)

STARTING THIS WEEK: “THE WATER DIVINER”: Russell Crowe tries his hand at directing for the first time — and directing himself as well — with this drama in which he stars as an Australian farmer who sets out across Turkey to find his sons, all of whom fought in the famed Gallipoli battle. He encounters many other people impacted by that conflict, including a woman (Olga Kurylenko, “Quantum of Solace”) whose child (Dylan Georgiades) he befriends. Ultimately, one of his sons” battlefield enemies becomes his best hope of locating them. Jai Courtney (“Divergent”) and Isabel Lucas also appear. *** (R: AS, V) (Also on Blu-ray and On Demand) “HOME”: Another extraterrestrial has thoughts of home — his new one, also known as Earth — in this animated fantasy. Voiced by multiple Emmy winner Jim Parsons (“The Big Bang Theory”), he makes a new friend in a teen (voice of music star Rihanna) who embarks with him on a major trip around the globe. Paris and Australia are on their itinerary as each traveler gets lessons from the other one being comfortable with themselves wherever they are; Jennifer Lopez and Steve Martin also are in the voice cast. DVD extras: two music videos; interactive jukebox; party-planning tips. *** (PG: AS) (Also on Blu-ray) “DESCENDANTS”: “Classic Disney Characters: The Next Generation” also would be a suitable title for this tale, arriving on home video just before its Disney Channel debut and seeing the son of now-royals Belle and Adam — of “Beauty and the Beast” fame — try to be a positive influence on the troublesome teen children of several of the most famous villains in the Disney canon, namely Maleficent, Cruella De Vil, Jafar and snow White’s opponent, the Evil Queen. Kristin Chenoweth gets to inherit the part of Maleficent, with Kathy Najimy as the sinister queen; Sarah Jeffery (“Wayward Pines”), Stephanie Bennett (“UnREAL”) and — as Belle — Keegan Connor Tracy (“Once Upon a Time”) also appear in the film guided by veteran director-choreographer Kenny

Ortega (“High School Musical”). *** (Not rated) “JUSTICE LEAGUE: GODS AND MONSTERS”: Take everything you know about DC Comics characters and turn it inside out.

That’s pretty much the approach of this animated feature, which takes some big liberties with the histories of some famous figures.

For instance, in what seems like a parallel to Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader, Superman’s (voice of Benjamin Bratt) father here is General Zod. Wonder Woman (voice of Tamara Taylor, “Bones”) also is in on the topsy-turvy action, since she’s posited as the daughter of a warlord. Michael C. Hall (“Dexter”) is the voice of Batman, and Paget Brewster (“Criminal Minds”) is heard as Lois Lane ... and for evidence of just how different a take on the superheroes is, note that nudity is involved. *** (PG-13: AS, N, V) (Also on Blu-ray) “THE HOMEFRONT”: It’s a given that while members of the military are performing their duties, others are affected — very particularly, the loved ones they leave to serve America. This recently televised PBS special profiles a number of families connected to the various branches of the Armed Forces, with enlisted

men and women talking about finding and keeping the balance between the patriotic and the personal. Spouses and children are among others who also give their perspectives. ABC newsman Bob Woodruff is the host. *** (Not rated) “HELIX: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON”: You can run, but you can’t hide from a virus ... that’s pretty much the byword for the final round of this Syfy series that counted Ronald D. Moore, one of the architects of the rebooted “Battlestar Galactica,” among its executive producers. After the Arctic BioSystems crisis, those who made it out alive find themselves plunged unto further peril on a remote island. The timeline moves back and forth as Billy Campbell and Kyra Zagorsky continue as stars, joined by Matt Long (“Mad Men”). DVD extras: deleted scenes; outtakes. *** (Not rated: AS, P, V) (Also on Blu-ray) COMING SOON: “TRUE STORY” (Aug. 4): A reporter (Jonah Hill) seeks a career rebirth by interviewing a jailed killer (James Franco) who has been posing as him. (R: AS, P) “THE COMEBACK” (Aug. 4): All of the original and more recent episodes of Lisa Kudrow’s HBO comedy series are combined

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Palos Heights Woman's Club Fundraiser

Lakeside Pig Roast II all proceeds to benefit the Palos Heights Recreation Center Project

Sunday, August 16, 2015 3:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Lake Katherine Nature Center and Botanic Gardens 7402 W. Lake Katherine Drive, Palos Heights, IL Tickets: $40.00 per person Cash or checks made payable to Palos Heights Woman’s Club

Includes: Full Buffet, Beer and Wine, plus Raffles Live Entertainment: The Chicago Kingsnakes

Purchase Tickets at Mona Lisa Boutique 12330-B S. Harlem Avenue/708.361.1551 Follow us on Facebook: “phwomansclub” or view our website: phwc.wordpress.com For more information, contact Rose @ 708.945.6254

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